Chapter Summaries

Haku opened his final Level 4 Chest and received the Epic Snow-Snow Fruit, which Shen Mo explained could transform its eater and grant a powerful ability. Haku ate the fruit despite its awful taste, and the chapter ended as he began to sense a change.

• Shen Mo explained that Haku's replica dagger could undo almost any Chakra-based Ninjutsu, but could only be used five times.
• Haku opened his final Level 4 Chest, which produced an Epic item and astonished everyone present.
• Shen Mo identified the item as the Snow-Snow Fruit, a valuable Logia Devil Fruit with great potential.
• Haku decided to eat the fruit rather than leave it behind and risk drawing trouble.
• Haku swallowed the fruit despite its terrible taste, then looked at his hands and began to sense something.

Shen Mo demonstrated that Haku’s Snow-Snow Fruit let him turn into snow and withstand physical attacks, then explained its weaknesses and potential. Naruto and Sasuke struggled with the fact that Haku might now be stronger than them, while Shen Mo urged Sasuke to develop his swordsmanship.

• Shen Mo cut off Haku’s arm, and it turned into snow before reforming on Haku’s body.
• Shen Mo explained that Haku’s Logia ability made him immune to purely physical attacks, though Ninjutsu—especially Fire Style—could still hurt him.
• Sasuke and Kakashi realized that elementalization did not make Haku invulnerable, and Shen Mo urged Haku to develop the Snow-Snow Fruit’s power.
• Shen Mo told Naruto and Sasuke that Haku’s Epic Grade treasure gave him an advantage and that there was nothing strange about being unable to defeat him.
• Shen Mo reminded Sasuke that if his swordsmanship could not cut something, he needed to become stronger.

Shen Mo demonstrated how Haki could turn willpower into a weapon, then returned to his room and used his earnings to purchase Ikaros as the Merchant Guild’s first official employee. Ikaros appeared, completed her master-recognition ritual, and pledged to fulfill Shen Mo’s commands.

• Shen Mo showed Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Haku how Haki could let a sword harm an opponent who had elementalized.
• Sasuke recognized that controlling willpower was the key, while Naruto mistakenly thought a strong aura could scare someone to death.
• Shen Mo encouraged the group to earn money or develop techniques so they could open more chests, then vanished.
• Shen Mo decided to hire Ikaros because she could store knowledge, learn new functions, and work without sleeping.
• Shen Mo purchased Ikaros, who appeared in his room, bound herself to him through a contract, and promised to fulfill his commands.

Shen Mo restored Ikaros’s sealed memories and told her he wanted an assistant rather than a weapon. He turned her Omnipotent Card into a tool for handling Jar transactions remotely, leaving her to learn the work and build her own customers.

• Shen Mo used Trading Points to remove Ikaros’s emotional and cognitive restrictions, restoring her memories and identity as the Queen of the Skies.
• Ikaros asked whether Shen Mo wanted a weapon, but he said he wanted an assistant and reassured her that her gentleness and strength could coexist.
• Shen Mo transmitted detailed instructions for her future work, and Ikaros accepted the command.
• Ikaros showed Shen Mo her Omnipotent Card, and he modified it to request Jars from his system and teleport them to designated locations.
• Shen Mo connected his old customers’ communication requests to Ikaros and promised her a red packet if she learned the work and gained customers.

Shen Mo and Ikaros watched Neji approach Sasuke and Naruto to recruit them for the Chunin Exams, while Gaara’s team looked on. The groups’ tense encounter ended with Kankuro confronting the Konoha Genin.

• Hikari asked Shen Mo for a red envelope, and Ikaros stroked her until Hikari slapped her hand away.
• Shen Mo sensed Neji near Team 7, then took Ikaros to an alley to watch and meet potential customers.
• Shen Mo and Ikaros hid in a tree, shared chips, and discussed Ikaros’s wish to become an entertainment-type unit.
• Neji told Sasuke and Naruto that he wanted them to enter the Chunin Exams so he could compete against them, and he noted Sakura was their teammate.
• Kankuro grew angry at the Konoha Genin’s confidence and walked toward them to confront them.

Sasuke confronted Kankuro and effortlessly defeated him after Kankuro trapped him with a Puppet Technique. Kankuro’s Puppet was destroyed, leaving him devastated.

• Kankuro grew angry at the Konoha Genin’s confidence, and Sasuke challenged him to prove the gap in their strength.
• Sasuke moved behind Kankuro and held a sheathed sword to his neck, but Kankuro revealed that he had disguised his Puppet as himself.
• Kankuro trapped Sasuke in the Puppet’s bindings and threatened to injure him, while Naruto and Sakura reacted from the sidelines.
• Sasuke cut through the Puppet with his Qing Feng Sword, shattering it and leaving Kankuro on his knees in disbelief.

Sasuke and Neji tested each other’s strength while Gaara and his companions watched, and their clash revealed how powerful the Konoha Genin were. They decided to move their fight to a Destiny Stage, but neither wanted to admit he could not afford to open one.

• Gaara ordered Kankuro to stand up and stop disgracing the village after Sasuke cut through his puppet.
• Sasuke challenged Neji, and Neji caught Sasuke’s sword between his hands before they activated their Sharingan and Byakugan.
• Temari and Kankuro watched in shock as Gaara felt pressured by the two Konoha Genin and wondered why they were not feared like monsters.
• Shen Mo listened to Gaara’s thoughts and tossed Property Detection Agents at Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, finding their finances unimpressive.
• Naruto warned Sasuke and Neji that fighting there would cost them money, so they agreed to open a Destiny Stage instead.
• Sasuke and Neji argued over who should pay to open the stage, while Gaara’s group mistook their reluctance for secretive talk.

After Neji and Sasuke agreed to settle their rivalry during the Chunin Exams, Gaara left in a fury, and Shen Mo chose not to intervene. Back at his room, Shen Mo defined his second-stage objective as establishing a Merchant Guild across worlds and began searching for a way to help promising customers earn money for Jars without disrupting the economy.

• Naruto revealed that he had enough money to open more Jars, and Sasuke and Neji agreed to postpone their conflict until the Chunin Exams.
• Neji, Sasuke, and the others left without acknowledging Gaara, who declared that killing them would prove his existence as Temari and Kankuro hid their fear.
• Shen Mo decided not to approach Gaara and took Ikaros back to his room, realizing that talented ninjas could lack the money to buy Jars.
• Shen Mo wrote that his new objective was to establish a Merchant Guild connecting myriad worlds, with making money through selling Jars as his core method.
• Shen Mo considered how to expand his customer base and give high-potential players access to resources without harming the world's economy, then searched the system for a World Gate.

Shen Mo decided to expand his business by creating a PVE dungeon system, though the World Gates needed for it were extremely expensive. He traveled to Sunagakure with Ikaros and Hikari to approach Fourth Kazekage Rasa as a potential customer.

• Shen Mo considered how ninjas could earn money and settled on fighting monsters in other worlds as a way to create value.
• Shen Mo discovered that even a World Gate to a low-level apocalyptic world cost four hundred million Trading Points, but decided that expansion was worth the investment.
• Shen Mo searched for Fourth Kazekage Rasa and found that he was still in Sunagakure, then decided to visit him with Ikaros.
• Shen Mo changed Ikaros into a maid outfit and told her to observe how he developed a new customer.
• Shen Mo, Ikaros, and Hikari arrived in the Land of Wind, where Shen Mo reflected on Sunagakure’s strained finances and its conflict with Konoha.

Shen Mo and Ikaros reached Sunagakure, where Shen Mo told her he wanted her to find happiness as his companion rather than merely obey him. Facing the village’s wary guards, he announced that he had come to trade in a way that could fulfill their wishes and change Sunagakure’s fate.

• Shen Mo explained to Ikaros that every life had a reason to exist, and told her he hoped she would be happy and grow as his companion.
• Ikaros asked whether Shen Mo would be happy with her by his side, and his reassurance led her to feel happiness and smile.
• Sunagakure’s guards spotted Shen Mo and Ikaros approaching through the sand and raised the alarm as the pair’s strange movement and appearance unnerved them.
• Shen Mo and Ikaros arrived before the guards, and Shen Mo identified them as traveling merchants.
• Shen Mo revealed his presence to the village and offered a trade that could fulfill the villagers’ wishes and change Sunagakure’s fate.

Shen Mo confronted Rasa outside Sunagakure and offered to sell him items that could change the village’s fate. Rasa tested Shen Mo with a Gold Dust attack, but the sand stopped less than a meter from him, leaving Rasa unable to control it.

• The lead ninja sent word to Rasa after Shen Mo claimed he could change the village’s fate.
• Rasa arrived and questioned Shen Mo and Hikari, while Shen Mo observed Rasa’s exhaustion and worries about Sunagakure, Gaara, and Konoha.
• Shen Mo told Rasa he had items that could change the situation and asked whether he wanted to buy them.
• Rasa demanded Shen Mo reveal his origins and purpose, then attacked him with Magnet Release: Sand Wave to test his strength.
• The Gold Dust wave halted just short of Shen Mo, and Rasa realized he could no longer control it.

Shen Mo overwhelmed Rasa and Sunagakure with a display of immense sand-controlling power, then offered Rasa a chance to change his fate through the Jars from the New World. Rasa began to believe in the offer after Shen Mo revealed he knew about Gaara and transmitted information about the Jars.

• Rasa increased his Chakra input, but still could not control the Gold Dust, and he and the other shinobi realized Shen Mo was responsible.
• Shen Mo raised a vast sea of sand and shaped it into a colossal Sand Dragon, leaving Rasa, the Sunagakure shinobi, and civilians helpless and terrified.
• Shen Mo explained that he and his companions were merchants who traveled between worlds and wanted to witness fate changing.
• Shen Mo told Rasa that Gaara was suffering and questioned why a father who was not cold-hearted would seek to kill his own child.
• Shen Mo offered Rasa an opportunity to change his fate and transmitted information about the wish-granting Jars into his mind, causing Rasa to grow hopeful.

Rasa welcomed Shen Mo and Ikaros into Sunagakure and learned that his treatment of Gaara had helped destroy the boy’s will. He chose to buy jars, hoping to grow stronger and improve the village’s chances of survival and development.

• Rasa ordered the ninjas to calm the villagers and summoned the squad leaders to the reception room.
• Shen Mo told Rasa that the gathered ninjas could buy jars and singled out Gaara as someone with great potential.
• Shen Mo explained that Gaara had once wanted to avoid hurting people, but Rasa’s actions had crushed his will.
• Rasa regretted his failures as a father, and Shen Mo told him there was still a chance to redeem Gaara.
• Rasa decided to buy jars and said he wanted strength and a better future for Sunagakure.

Rasa learned that the Nature Series Jars could help Sunagakure overcome the harsh desert environment and began opening them to discover what they contained. The chapter left Rasa and the other ninjas hopeful as they saw technologies and materials that could transform barren land.

• Shen Mo explained to Rasa that the Nature Series could help change Sunagakure’s environment and encouraged him to try Level 1 Chests.
• Rasa had Baki bring the village’s gold and decided to purchase twenty Nature Series Chests.
• Rasa opened a Chest containing Black Sand, and Shen Mo demonstrated how water turned it into soil for growing plants.
• Rasa continued opening Chests and found environmental technologies, soil-free crops, and Natural Water that rapidly grew plants.

Rasa opened Level 2 Chests hoping to find a Grand Prize for Sunagakure, and Baki gained a skill that could gather water from the air. The final chest contained a seed identified as the Fate-type Item meant for Rasa.

• After buying two hundred Level 1 Chests, Rasa purchased Level 2 Chests, which held plants and technology to improve Sunagakure’s harsh environment.
• As hundreds of Level 2 Chests yielded no Grand Prize, Shen Mo urged Rasa not to settle for ordinary rewards.
• The 458th chest produced a Skill Orb, and Rasa chose Baki to receive it instead of using it himself.
• Baki learned the Water Gathering Technique and demonstrated that he could create real water, prompting Sunagakure’s people to celebrate.
• After the remaining chests yielded no further Grand Prizes, the last chest contained a seed that Shen Mo identified as Rasa’s Fate-type Item.

Rasa gained the Druid profession after enduring a trial that let him experience nature’s struggle and vitality. He decided to spend Sunagakure’s wealth strengthening himself and travel to Konoha to deter an attack while his village developed.

• Shen Mo explained that Rasa’s Fate-type Item granted him the Druid profession and the power to draw strength from and transform nature.
• Rasa underwent an illusionary trial, experiencing life as different creatures and a tree before awakening the Power of Nature.
• Rasa said the trial had taught him that life meant protecting life and continuing to live, and he chose to buy every Druid Series Chest available.
• Rasa announced that Sunagakure’s ninjas would stay behind for the Chunin Exams while he went to Konoha with only a few Chunins.
• Rasa began opening more than two hundred Level 3 Chests, planning to use his enhanced strength to warn Konoha and buy Sunagakure time to develop.

Rasa opened more than two hundred Level 3 chests and gained enough power to approach or surpass the previous Kazekage, while Shen Mo introduced Ikaros as his assistant. After Shen Mo taught Ikaros that their work brought happiness and hope, news of his power spread through the Ninja World, and Ikaros received her first customer message.

• Rasa opened over two hundred Level 3 chests, gained two Blue Rare skills, and sensed that his strength had surpassed the previous Kazekage's.
• Shen Mo gave Rasa a Member Badge and introduced Ikaros as his assistant.
• Shen Mo brought Ikaros and Hikari home, explained that their work was about bringing happiness and hope, and encouraged Ikaros to learn at her own pace.
• News of Shen Mo's display of power spread through the Ninja World, and Hiruzen Sarutobi resolved to speed up chest purchases for Might Guy and the others.
• After several days at home, Ikaros received her first customer message from Tsunade, who asked Shen Mo to come sell chests.

Ikaros arrived to help Tsunade’s group purchase jars, but explained that money had lost value and could not cover Might Guy’s planned purchases. Shen Mo appeared to advise the undecided buyers, while Guy began opening Fighting Series chests.

• Ikaros teleported to Tsunade and greeted the gathered buyers, impressing Hiruzen Sarutobi with her presence.
• Might Guy volunteered to buy two hundred Level 1 Chests and five hundred Level 2 Chests from the Fighting Series, with more purchases planned if he did not get a class change.
• Ikaros warned that jointly printed currency had lost about 0.89 percent of its value and advised the group to use supplies for future transactions.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi approved making up the shortfall, Ikaros produced the jars and Might Guy eagerly began opening them.
• When Tsunade asked for recommendations for buyers who had not chosen a series, Shen Mo appeared and offered to handle the advice.

Shen Mo confirmed his visit to Sunagakure and recommended Jar series for the Konoha group, while Hiruzen Sarutobi urged everyone to protect the village. As Might Guy continued opening Jars, he revealed that training items excited him more than skills he could use immediately.

• Shen Mo reunited with Tsunade and Ikaros, then confirmed to Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had visited Sunagakure.
• Shen Mo described the world's misfortune as fertile ground for desire, and Hiruzen Sarutobi called on everyone to protect Konoha.
• Shen Mo recommended Jar series for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and Kurenai Yuhi, while Tsunade told Asuma Sarutobi to choose a series himself.
• Tsunade noticed Might Guy had opened hundreds of Jars and asked whether he had received a Grand Prize.
• Might Guy said he had obtained two powerful skills but preferred Amplification Orbs and Skill Inheritance because they gave him new goals for training.

Might Guy opened a Fate-type Item as Shen Mo warned him that limits and time would eventually end his growth. Guy reaffirmed that he would keep breaking through his limits for the sake of what mattered, even if it cost his life.

• Might Guy opened jars with fierce enthusiasm while Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, and Kurenai Yuhi joined in.
• Asuma Sarutobi drew a Dharma Series jar and told Shen Mo he was willing to devote his life to saving others through his Will of Fire.
• Might Guy opened a crystal-clear pill that Shen Mo identified as his Fate-type Item.
• Shen Mo explained that limits and time were youth's greatest enemies and that Guy would eventually grow weaker despite his effort.
• Might Guy declared that he would keep breaking through his limits, even at the cost of his life, to protect what mattered most.