Chapter Summaries

Shen Mo arrived at the Hyuga Clan to discuss selling Jars, but his newly advanced mental power overwhelmed everyone until he withdrew it. He explained his earlier appearance to Tsunade as merely a finger testing the waters between worlds, leaving her fired up to pursue greater strength.

• Hyuga Hiashi summoned the clan's elders and younger and middle-aged elites to meet Shen Mo and consider opening Chests.
• Tsunade contacted Shen Mo, who teleported to the Hyuga Clan after learning Shizune had returned.
• Shen Mo's uncontrolled aura overwhelmed those present, and he explained that he had just become a Planetary Level Mental Power User.
• Tsunade asked why her earlier examination had found Shen Mo's body, and he said the version she met had only been a finger testing the waters between worlds.
• Tsunade laughed that Shen Mo made her feel like a little girl and said she felt fired up again.

Tsunade bought thirty Level 3 Paladin Chests to demonstrate chest-opening to the Hyuga elders, but most of her early pulls were ordinary items. She eventually obtained the Spear of Victory skill and regretted not having it during her fight with Orochimaru.

• Tsunade spent nine million Trading Points on thirty Level 3 Paladin Chests and explained to the Hyuga elders how qualifications unlocked Limited Series Chests.
• Tsunade performed her own rituals before opening the chests, and the first contained an Agility Orb that she said could give an ordinary person speed close to a Genin's.
• Tsunade opened nine chests containing ordinary items, growing increasingly frustrated before the tenth yielded a Skill Orb.
• Tsunade absorbed the Skill Orb and obtained Spear of Victory, a ranged Holy Light attack that burned and bound its target before exploding.
• Tsunade realized Spear of Victory might have stopped Orochimaru from escaping their fight that morning.

Tsunade obtained a Resurrection Coin that could bring her brother Nawaki back, but chose to wait until Konoha was safe. She secured the Hyuga Clan's support for her plan to make the village powerful enough to protect those they loved.

• Tsunade opened more Jars and obtained the Pants of Divine Authority, which Shen Mo explained could inspire awe and overwhelm weak-willed people with evil intentions.
• Tsunade found a Resurrection Coin in the nineteenth Jar and broke down in tears at the chance to resurrect Nawaki.
• Tsunade told Shizune she would not resurrect Nawaki yet because Konoha faced internal and external threats and war was approaching.
• Tsunade declared that she wanted to build a prosperous, powerful Konoha free of threats and asked the Hyuga Clan to help her.
• A Hyuga elder pledged the clan's full support for Tsunade, and she put away the Badge with renewed determination to change Konoha.

Tsunade improved her strength by opening thirty Jars, while Shen Mo explained that those who wanted to change their fate could qualify to Open Chests. The Hyuga Clan gathered its elite Branch House ninja before him, and he focused on three young people at the front.

• Tsunade opened more Jars and obtained two group skills, a healing bracelet, and Paladin combat experience, though she found no Grand Prize.
• A Hyuga elder asked whether aptitude required a desire to change fate, and Shen Mo said the clan elders could qualify if they turned their unwillingness into motivation.
• Tsunade warned that cultivating Chest Openers affected Konoha's future and that Shen Mo's arrival had changed the world and era.
• Shen Mo sensed the Hyuga Clan's elite waiting outside and said a promising prospect needed more tempering.
• Hyuga Hiashi gathered the clan's ninja, most of them Branch House members bearing the Caged Bird mark, and Shen Mo turned his attention to three young people at the front.

Shen Mo assessed the Hyuga Clan members and singled out Neji, revealing that he understood Neji’s desire to escape the Caged Bird curse and his conflicting beliefs about fate. The chapter ended with Shen Mo offering Neji a chance to change his fate and asking whether he dared accept it.

• Shen Mo met Hinata and Hanabi as Hyuga Hiashi introduced his daughters, and Hikari jumped onto Hanabi’s head, startling the gathered clan members.
• Shen Mo named Neji as the only person among those present who interested him, and the elders sent everyone else away while keeping Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi.
• A Hyuga elder asked whether Hinata and Hanabi could buy jars, and Shen Mo said qualified clan members could open Non-Limited Series jars for them.
• Shen Mo told Neji that he knew about Neji’s longing for freedom, hatred of the clan, and desire to break the Caged Bird curse.
• Shen Mo offered Neji an opportunity to change his fate and asked whether he dared accept it.

Shen Mo demonstrated that he could control the Hyuga elders and offered Neji a chance to break free of the Caged Bird seal and choose his own fate. Neji accepted the chance, but was left wondering what kind of future he wanted to pursue.

• Neji insisted that fate could not be changed, while Shen Mo compared him to a bird trapped in a cage.
• Shen Mo made a Hyuga elder kneel and confess that he had proposed sacrificing Hizashi Hyuga in Hiashi's place.
• Shen Mo told Neji his strength could break the cage, and Neji declared that he wanted to escape the fate of the Caged Bird.
• Shen Mo asked Neji where he wanted to fly, leaving Neji unable to answer.

Neji chose to leave the Hyuga Clan and establish a Branch House while remaining in Konoha, after learning that his father had willingly sacrificed himself. Shen Mo removed Neji’s Caged Bird seal, and Hyuga Hiashi offered to recognize the Branch House and return his father’s property if Neji accepted two conditions.

• Neji asked Shen Mo to let him follow, but Shen Mo said he was not strong enough and showed him Hikari’s overwhelming power.
• Hyuga Hiashi gave Neji the scroll from his father, and Neji learned that Hizashi had voluntarily died in Hiashi’s place.
• Neji declared that he would leave the Hyuga Clan but stay in Konoha to judge whether the Main House deserved his father’s sacrifice.
• Shen Mo touched Neji’s forehead protector and erased the Caged Bird seal.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered to let Neji establish a Branch House and return his father’s property if Neji protected Konoha and kept the Hyuga Clan’s secret techniques confidential.

Neji learned that Shen Mo’s chests could grant him power and chose the Fighting Series, using the wealth Hyuga Hiashi had prepared for him to buy hundreds of chests. He began opening them before the clan elders, and his first Experience Orb taught him the Great Vajra Hand.

• Tsunade urged Neji to accept Hyuga Hiashi’s prepared wealth so he could obtain power from Shen Mo’s chests.
• Shen Mo revealed the truth about the chests, and Neji learned why the clan elders and Tsunade had brought him there.
• Neji chose the Fighting Series, trusting Shen Mo’s recommendation.
• Neji decided to buy two hundred Level 1 Chests, five hundred Level 2 Chests, and ten Level 3 Chests, despite Tsunade’s warning.
• Shen Mo summoned the chests, and Neji began opening the Level 2 Chests as the elders watched.
• Neji absorbed an Experience Orb and gained the Great Vajra Hand palm technique.

Neji opened Level 2 Chests and gained combat techniques and the Wind Blessing skill, while Shen Mo explained the value of Grand Prizes and new techniques. After Neji opened many jars without another Grand Prize, equipment appeared in his eighty-fifth jar, and Tsunade wondered whether it was a Grand Prize.

• Neji absorbed a palm technique from an Experience Orb and used it to release a powerful burst of air.
• Neji obtained the Wind Blessing skill, and Shen Mo explained that it could enhance his Gentle Fist and that new techniques could be exchanged for Points.
• Tsunade warned Neji that their future enemies would not be limited to ninjas, and Shen Mo urged him and Tsunade to keep advancing.
• Shen Mo told Neji that Grand Prizes were important trump cards for becoming a Senior Member, making Neji tense as he continued opening jars.
• Neji found a piece of equipment in his eighty-fifth jar, and Tsunade wondered if it was a Grand Prize.

Neji opened hundreds of Level 2 Chests before drawing the extraordinarily rare Primary Martial Body: Heart of the Immovable King. Shen Mo explained that the weak Martial Body could change Neji’s constitution and mindset, leaving the group astonished by his unlikely prize.

• Neji drew Silk Gloves, and Shen Mo explained that they were a Grand Prize with exceptional durability but no special enhancements.
• Neji tested the gloves with his Kunai and found that they resisted his attacks without a scratch.
• Tsunade showed off her Cross Pendant, but Shen Mo told her it was not a Grand Prize and teased her about her poor luck.
• Neji opened more than three hundred Chests without drawing another Grand Prize, while Tsunade hoped the Konoha group would get good items.
• When Neji opened his 354th Chest, seven-colored radiance appeared, and Shen Mo identified the prize as the Primary Martial Body: Heart of the Immovable King.

Shen Mo explained that the Heart of the Immovable King could strengthen a person's temperament, and Neji chose to give the rare item to Hinata. Hinata accepted, leaving the Hyuga family to see whether she would change and compete for the Main House position.

• Shen Mo explained that the Heart of the Immovable King could help its bearer remain calm and rational, while stronger versions could grant extraordinary insight.
• Hyuga Hiashi wanted to buy the item for Hinata, but the elders argued that money should go toward Hiashi and Hanabi instead.
• Neji saw Hinata's distress and asked whether the clan had treated his father the same way, recognizing how the family had valued and used him.
• Neji gave the Heart of the Immovable King to Hinata, telling her that he wanted to see whether she would overcome her fear and compete with Hanabi.
• Hinata accepted the item after an elder urged her to, and Shen Mo anticipated that the Hyuga family would buy more jars.

Hinata absorbed the Heart of the Immovable King and became calmer and more expressive, while Shen Mo explained that the Martial Body helped reveal her own character rather than dictate her growth. Neji finished opening the Level 2 Chests and began opening Level 3 Chests, finding a Toughness Orb as he faced the possibility of changing his fate.

• Hinata touched the ball of light, absorbed it, and told Hyuga Hiashi that she felt wonderful and was sorry for worrying him.
• Shen Mo explained that the Martial Body helped Hinata understand her heart, and Hinata thanked him and bowed to Neji.
• Neji finished opening all five hundred chests without finding another Grand Prize or a Fate-type Item in the Level 2 Chests.
• Shen Mo explained that the strength of a class did not depend on which level of chest it came from, and Neji began opening Level 3 Chests.
• Neji absorbed a Toughness Orb, which enhanced his body's flexibility.

Neji received a Nen Fate-type Item from Shen Mo, who warned that the dangerous Class Change could drain him to death if he failed to control the power. Neji chose to proceed, and after touching the orb, he began converting his Chakra into Nen as Shen Mo guided him.

• Neji opened the second, third, and fourth Jars and found that the final orb was his Fate-type Item.
• Shen Mo identified the orb as Nen and explained its life-energy power, Hunters, and the risks of its Class Change.
• Shen Mo warned that the orb would open Neji's aura nodes and could drain him to death, but Neji said he accepted the danger.
• Neji touched the orb, causing his aura nodes to open and his Chakra to transform into Nen and escape from his body.
• Neji saw the Nen rushing out like boiling steam, and Shen Mo told him to relax and control it like Chakra.

Neji struggled to control the Nen surging from his body, but Hinata's encouragement helped him endure until he mastered it. Shen Mo then tested Neji's Nen category and discovered that he was an Enhancer.

• Neji's powerful life energy made his Nen difficult to contain, and he grew dangerously weak as he tried to control it.
• Hinata urged Neji to keep going, and his resolve helped him strengthen the Nen armor around his body until the energy stopped leaking.
• Tsunade examined Neji, confirmed he was not seriously harmed, and gave him Qi Replenishing Pills.
• Neji said he wanted to judge whether the Main House deserved its status before he would die, while Hiashi and the elders reacted with mixed relief and discomfort.
• Shen Mo used a Water Divination Nen Test, and the water in the cup overflowed, revealing that Neji was an Enhancer.

After Neji’s Class Change, Tsunade challenged him to test his new Nen in battle at the Hyuga Clan’s Training Ground. Neji demonstrated immense strength and learned that he could release Nen directly, before Tsunade engulfed him in a torrent of Holy Light to test his limits.

• Shen Mo praised Neji’s pure, stubborn will and urged him to think carefully as he explored his new Enhancement Nen Ability.
• Tsunade said Hyuga Hiashi could no longer defeat Neji, and Shen Mo warned everyone that the jars had changed the world.
• Tsunade and Neji went to the Hyuga Clan’s Training Ground, where Neji’s Nen shattered the floor beneath him without destabilizing him.
• Shen Mo explained that Neji’s attack showed Nen’s Emission characteristic and that Enhancement was only the system he was best suited to use.
• Neji sensed that Nen had greatly strengthened his body and senses, and Tsunade attacked him with a torrent of Holy Light, saying she had used less than one-tenth of her power.

Neji tested the power of Nen against Tsunade, impressing the Hyuga Clan with the strength gained from opening chests. After Shen Mo explained the benefits and limits of membership, Hyuga Hiashi decided to buy chests for the clan.

• Neji struggled to withstand Tsunade's Holy Light Baptism, then used Nen to charge at her and exchange a powerful punch.
• Tsunade remained standing after the clash, while Neji suffered scrapes and torn clothes but was still able to get up.
• The Hyuga elders, impressed by the demonstration, asked Shen Mo whether they could purchase chests.
• Shen Mo told them membership benefits belonged only to members, and Tsunade said Hyuga Hiashi had to become a member and buy chests.
• Hyuga Hiashi decided to purchase several hundred Level 1 Chests and two thousand Level 2 Chests.

Hyuga Hiashi bought two thousand Level 2 Chests for the Hyuga Clan, while Neji spent his remaining money on Nen Ability Series chests. Shen Mo agreed to stay at the Hyuga residence and revealed his room between worlds, prompting Tsunade to ask if she could enter.

• Tsunade was stunned by the billion yuan Hiashi planned to spend, and Hiashi explained that the clan would buy Fighting and Medical Series chests while saving Level 3 purchases for later.
• Hiashi ordered one thousand five hundred Fighting Series chests and five hundred Medical Series chests, and Shen Mo began exchanging the clan's valuables for them.
• Neji decided to spend all his remaining money on Nen Ability Series chests, while Shen Mo welcomed the rush of Trading Points from the purchases.
• Hiashi invited Shen Mo to stay at his residence, and Shen Mo agreed; Tsunade also chose to stay and watch the chest openings.
• Shen Mo opened a door in the wall to reveal his room between worlds, and Tsunade asked if she could go inside.

Tsunade visited Shen Mo’s modest home and tried to understand their relationship and the Merchant Guild’s plans. Shen Mo told her Senior Members were only a possible outcome of his arrival and urged her to keep opening Jars.

• Tsunade entered Shen Mo’s room, where Hikari guarded her dried fish and Shen Mo warned Tsunade not to tease her.
• Tsunade admitted her view of Shen Mo had changed and that she was unsure how to define their relationship.
• Shen Mo explained that his help to Tsunade came from work and appreciation, though he admitted he liked her.
• Tsunade asked whether Shen Mo intended to choose the strongest people as Senior Members of the Merchant Guild.
• Shen Mo said Senior Members were not his purpose and urged Tsunade to open more Jars, leaving her discouraged by their cost.

Shen Mo anticipated earning enough from the Hyuga clan to summon Ikaros, while Tsunade left to help them open more Jars. As the Chunin Exams began, Shen Mo spotted Haku in Konoha with Naruto’s team and learned that the Hokage had invited the wandering ninja to the village.

• Shen Mo told Tsunade that Ikaros was in another world and would arrive soon, and Tsunade went to help the Hyuga clan open Jars.
• The Hyuga family gathered in its Training Ground, Neji moved out after reaching an agreement with Hiashi, and foreign ninja arrived for the Chunin Exams.
• Shen Mo watched Konoha from a rooftop and noticed Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji were unusually strong because they had opened Jars.
• Shen Mo found Haku walking through Konoha with Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi, and Naruto complained that Haku was a boy despite his feminine appearance.
• Kakashi explained that Haku was a wandering ninja invited by the Hokage and hired by Konoha, and that Naruto’s team was responsible for his daily needs.

Haku used the money he had saved to buy two Level 4 Equipment Series chests from Shen Mo, hoping to become stronger before the war against Akatsuki. He opened the first chest and obtained an ornate counterfeit dagger that could destroy magic contracts.

• Shen Mo appeared before Haku and the others in Konoha, explaining that Haku could buy as many Level 4 Chests as he could afford.
• Haku spent his roughly seven million Points on two Level 4 Equipment Series chests, while Sasuke wished he could buy one too.
• Shen Mo shifted everyone into Mirror Space and summoned the two chests for Haku to open.
• Haku opened the first chest, producing the blue-smoke dragon sign of a Blue Rare item.
• Haku drew an ornate lightning-shaped dagger, and Shen Mo identified it as an All-Purpose Magic Item - False that destroyed magic contracts.