Chapter Summaries

Ren trained with Might Duy, gained support from Shikaku and other clan heirs, and learned that the Second Shinobi World War had eased while new developments threatened. Months later, Ren’s Yoga Technique expelled impurities from his body, leaving him stronger and newly cleansed.

• Ren trained with weighted wristguards and taught Might Duy body-conditioning methods, though Might Duy could not perform the Yoga Technique.
• Shikaku returned six Spatial Backpacks and told Ren that several clan heirs and their clans would stand behind him because of the war credit Ren had shared.
• Shikaku reported that flooding in the Land of Rain had damaged Iwagakure’s supply route and forced it to build Kannabi Bridge, while Cloud Hidden seemed increasingly active.
• Shikaku told Ren that some people had proposed a joint examination for young ninjas, and Ren asked him to keep gathering intelligence while the war continued.
• Over the following months, Ren trained as the war quieted, then used the Yoga Technique in his courtyard and expelled black-red fluid from his body.

After months of Yoga Technique training, Ren strengthened his body enough to surprise Tsunade, and his personal progress caused the Trash Station to evolve. He discovered a damaged spacecraft from the Dragon Ball World and began exploring its advanced facilities.

• Ren increased his strength and constitution through months of daily Yoga Technique practice, then used his improved body to catch Tsunade off guard.
• Tsunade told Ren that Orochimaru had returned and went back to sleep while Ren left to collect the new trash.
• Ren entered the Trash Station and found a huge, damaged spacecraft that had fallen through a vortex.
• The Trash Station identified the spacecraft as valuable trash from the Dragon Ball World and explained that it evolved when Ren grew stronger through personal training.
• Ren recognized the spacecraft as Frieza's ship and explored its command room, medical room, training room, and other facilities.

Ren explored Frieza's spaceship and found equipment that could support training and research in the Naruto World. In the command room, he discovered a strand of Goku's golden hair, a trace of the Super Saiyan's visit.

• Ren found twelve intact Healing Pods and planned to have the Dog Clan clean and preserve them after the exploration.
• Ren entered Frieza's training room, where its scanner rated his combat power as 5 because it could not detect Chakra, and he inspected the body-analysis and training equipment.
• Ren explored the dining hall and equipment room, finding food, armor, Scouters, and weapons, then decided the armor would need testing and modification.
• Ren entered the command room, sealed an alien corpse in a Sealing Scroll, and spotted a golden strand of hair on the control console.
• Ren recognized the hair as Goku's, left behind when Goku had tried to operate Frieza's spaceship.

Ren left Sha’s damaged spaceship in the Trash Station and discovered that Green Willow Manor from the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre World had arrived as low-grade trash. He returned to Beast King Mountain, where he reunited with the rapidly grown Growlithe and headed toward the gathered Dog Clan.

• Ren activated the spaceship console, learned that Sha’s ship had suffered severe damage, and found no Dragon Ball World training methods he could use.
• Ren saw the Trash Station identify new low-grade trash as Green Willow Manor, which Zhao Min had burned down.
• Ren left the Trash Station and used the Reverse Summoning Technique to travel from his courtyard to Beast King Mountain.
• Ren met Growlithe, whose size and speed had increased greatly under the Dog Clan’s care and with its daily nourishment.
• Ren led Growlithe toward the Kong clearing, where the Dog Clan had gathered.

Ren recovered Frieza’s spaceship and valuable medicines from Green Willow Manor, then studied their potential uses and trained his Chidori techniques and physique under artificial gravity. After several days of training, Nawaki arrived at Ren’s pavilion.

• Ren had Bulldog and Bully Dog catch Frieza’s spaceship as debris from Namek and Green Willow Manor fell onto Beast King Mountain.
• Ren ordered Papillon to examine and dismantle the spaceship carefully, including its Gravity Chamber.
• Papillons found bottles of Black Jade Intermittent Paste, and Ren told Sheepdog to research how to reproduce it.
• Ren received a bottle labeled Seven-Insect and asked Sheepdog to study the poison and its antidote.
• Ren trained Chidori Stream, practiced the Yoga Technique under tenfold gravity, and ate Magical Beast meat to fuel his training.
• A maid came to Ren’s pavilion with Nawaki following behind her.

Ren visited Orochimaru and received the Monkey Demon Clan’s summoning contract as a reward from the Third Hokage. As Ren considered the contract’s future value, a blood-scented white python arrived for Orochimaru.

• Nawaki told Ren he had given up pursuing Naruko and handed him the Second Hokage’s notes on the Flying Thunder God.
• Ren and Nawaki went to Orochimaru’s estate, where Ren learned that the Third Hokage had sent him a reward for his wartime performance.
• Orochimaru gave Ren the Monkey Demon Clan’s summoning contract, leaving it up to him whether to form a contract.
• Ren accepted the scroll and considered how the Monkey Demon Clan might eventually become his summoning beasts.
• A white python slithered to Orochimaru, who stroked it and asked whether it had arrived.

Ren entered Orochimaru’s secret laboratory and watched him experiment on corpses while explaining his pursuit of reviving the dead and achieving Changsheng. Orochimaru revealed that Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Art—Inorganic Reincarnation might offer clues, and Ren showed interest in learning Sage Mode.

• Orochimaru invited Ren into a hidden laboratory filled with preserved corpses and operating tables.
• Ren asked whether the Third Hokage knew about the experiments, and Orochimaru said the old man knew but did not oppose them.
• Orochimaru said he had brought Ren because Ren’s curiosity and disregard for strangers’ lives set him apart from Jiraiya, Tsunade, Minato, and Nawaki.
• Orochimaru dissected corpses while describing his research into the human body, reviving the dead, Kekkei Genkai, and Changsheng.
• Orochimaru demonstrated a technique that briefly revived a corpse, then explained that Ryūchi Cave’s Inorganic Reincarnation could give life to lifeless matter.
• Ren said he wanted to study Sage Mode, and Orochimaru asked how he knew about it.

Ren asked Orochimaru to investigate the Amethyst Winged Lion King's blood and the secrets of bodily longevity, then supplied him with thousands of powerful corpses for experiments. They agreed to cooperate, and Ren signed the Ryūchi Cave summoning contract so they could stay in contact.

• Ren gave Orochimaru the Amethyst Winged Lion King's blood and proposed studying the body and soul to discover the path to Changsheng.
• Orochimaru found that the blood retained extraordinary vitality and began investigating its properties.
• Ren summoned hundreds of unusually durable corpses and offered them to Orochimaru as experimental materials.
• Orochimaru accepted the corpses and promised to share his research results with Ren.
• Orochimaru gave Ren the Ryūchi Cave summoning scroll, and Ren signed the contract before leaving the secret chamber.

Ren took Kushina and Mikoto out after they came to find him, but he sensed an ambush in the forest and discovered the attackers were Cloud Ninja. He began fighting their captain, Tsukiyo Ryuzo, and prepared a lightning-charged strike as the battle continued.

• Kushina and Mikoto found Ren outside Orochimaru's residence, and he agreed to spend time with them.
• Ren sensed hidden ninja in the forest and warned Kushina and Mikoto that danger was near.
• Cloud Ninja emerged and revealed that Hanzo had spread information and bounties about Ren and other Konoha figures.
• Ren told Kushina and Mikoto to retreat, then used Six Powers—Shave to attack the Cloud Ninja and severed a Special Jonin's arm.
• Tsukiyo Ryuzo confronted Ren, but Ren recognized how much stronger he had become and formed a Chidori Sharp Spear around his Stellar Katana.

Ren used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and a rudimentary Flying Thunder God to protect Kushina and Mikoto while killing three Cloud Ninja, but the incomplete technique wounded his left arm. He faced Tsukiyo Ryuzo’s Lightning Armor and charged into a clash with Liu Zang.

• Ren used Chidori Sharp Spear to kill a wounded Cloud Ninja and revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan as Tsukiyo Ryuzo attacked with False Darkness.
• Ren used an incomplete Flying Thunder God to reach Kushina and Mikoto, then paralyzed three Cloud Ninja with Chidori Stream and killed two of them with his Stellar Katana.
• A Cloud Ninja’s blade struck Ren’s neck without harming him because he used Six Powers—Iron Body, but Tsukiyo Ryuzo intercepted Ren’s Chidori with Lightning Armor.
• Mikoto healed Ren’s wounded left arm, and Ren recognized Lightning Armor as a Kumogakure secret technique he wanted to obtain.
• Tsukiyo Ryuzo charged Ren with Lightning Armor, and Ren used Shave and Strength Fist as Liu Zang met him with Lightning Fist.

Ren defeated Liu Zang after studying and copying his Thunder God Armor, then turned toward Kushina and Mikoto’s ongoing fight against a Kumogakure Special Jonin. The chapter left Ren rushing to join them.

• Ren blocked Liu Zang’s Hell Stab with his lightning-armored hand and broke his four fingers.
• Ren used Six Powers—Iron Body to strike Liu Zang through the heart, killing him.
• Ren saw that Kushina and Mikoto were retreating while fighting the remaining Special Jonin.
• Ren used Natural Chakra lightning to move at Body Flicker speed toward Kushina and Mikoto.

Ren defeated the Cloud Ninja who attacked Kushina and Mikoto, then left Orochimaru to conceal the incident and investigate the Lightning Armor. The next day, Ren reflected on his growing strength as Konoha tightened security after the infiltration.

• Ren killed the remaining Cloud Ninja with a lightning-powered Rankyaku and asked Orochimaru to study Liu Zang and the Lightning Armor.
• Orochimaru warned Ren that ANBU were approaching, so Ren escorted Kushina and Mikoto away; he explained that Kumogakure had targeted Kushina because she hosted the Nine-Tails.
• Orochimaru hid the real circumstances from the ANBU, used other Cloud Ninja corpses to disguise the incident, and took the surviving attackers and bodies for research.
• Ren advised Kushina and Mikoto to stay home, then returned home while Konoha launched a crackdown after the Cloud Ninja infiltration.
• Ren considered how easily he had defeated an Elite Jonin and resolved to improve his physique to grow stronger.

Ren gathered seven trusted companions and learned that Hanzo had publicized their abilities, identities, and bounties, drawing attention from rival villages. He resolved to help them overcome their clans’ physical and chakra limitations, leaving them hopeful that they could grow stronger.

• Ren trained beneath twenty times gravity with Lightning Armor, then welcomed Shikaku and the others to his courtyard.
• Shikaku recognized Ren’s lightning as the power behind the Cloud Ninja incident, and Ren asked the group to keep his strength secret.
• Shikaku explained that Hanzo had exposed and praised the team, revealed Kushina’s status as a Jinchuriki, and raised their bounties.
• Ren urged his companions to become stronger, while Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza, and Kurama Yun described the limitations of their clans.
• Ren decided that the Trash Station could help the seven break through their innate limits, and he promised to provide what they needed.

Ren planned to strengthen his subordinates and offered Might Duy and Kurama Yun extreme methods to overcome their physical limitations. The chapter ended with Might Duy agreeing to have his bones reshaped and Kurama Yun choosing gene fusion to protect his clan’s descendants from physical weakness.

• Ren chose medicinal baths and Sea King meat to strengthen Shikaku and the others, and assigned Might Duy to teach them physical training.
• Ren asked Might Duy and Kurama Yun whether they would try extreme methods to overcome their physical flaws.
• Ren proposed breaking and reshaping Might Duy’s bones, while he offered Kurama Yun a choice between Natural Energy and gene fusion for the Kurama Clan.
• Might Duy agreed to have his bones reshaped, and Kurama Yun chose gene fusion so his descendants would not inherit the clan’s frailty.
• Ren told Kurama Yun to return and strengthen his body, then instructed Might Duy to prepare for the procedure that afternoon.

Ren visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru explained the powerful and dangerous effects of genes found in the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s blood. Ren supplied more materials for research into a safer genetic serum, leaving Orochimaru to investigate a mysterious severed arm as well.

• Ren found Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone in the courtyard and went to the laboratory, where Orochimaru reported that the creature’s blood could strengthen humans but risked madness and beastification.
• Orochimaru revealed that two captured Cloud Ninja had been injected with the genes and were showing signs of madness, while Ren asked him to research the process for Kurama Yun and possibly Might Duy.
• Ren gave Orochimaru additional blood, flesh, and scales, and Orochimaru agreed to continue researching a genetic serum with fewer side effects.
• Ren released thirty-six kinds of Magical Beast flesh and blood from Sealing Scrolls for Orochimaru to study.
• Ren gave Orochimaru another scroll containing a severed pink arm, which Orochimaru agreed to research under their arrangement to share results without questioning each other’s materials.

Ren used a Dragon Ball World scouter to examine Might Duy and then began reshaping his bones with a summoned python, forcing his body through painful stretches to correct deformities and expel hidden injuries. The procedure left Duy limp and unable to move as Ren summoned two Sheepdogs and one Papillon.

• Ren left Orochimaru to study the alien corpse's genes, confident that Orochimaru would not surpass him.
• Ren brought Might Duy into a secret chamber and used the Battle Power Scouter to reveal Duy's numerous injuries and abnormal skeletal development.
• Ren summoned a white python and had it constrict Duy until the bones throughout his body fractured and separated.
• Ren used the python to twist Duy into twelve poses, helping correct malformed bones and draw black blood from his hidden injuries.
• The python withdrew, leaving Duy unable to move, and Ren summoned two Sheepdogs and one Papillon.

Ren learned that the Chunin Ninja Exams would gather elite Genin from every village and serve as a contest over the spoils of war, while Might Duy recovered from his shattered bones through enhanced Black Jade Intermittent Paste. Orochimaru then showed Ren an ape created by combining genes, which could absorb Natural Energy and produce electricity.

• Ren ordered two Sheepdogs to cover Might Duy in enhanced Black Jade Intermittent Paste and bind him in bandages.
• Shikaku told Ren that the Chunin Ninja Exams had been arranged and that he, Ren, and other elites would take part as examinees.
• Shikaku explained that the exams would showcase each village's future and help decide how to divide gains from the Second Shinobi World War.
• Might Duy returned fully recovered, with stronger bones and a tougher physique that let him release the Eight Gates faster.
• Nawaki summoned Ren to Orochimaru's laboratory, where Orochimaru revealed a pink-furred ape that absorbed Natural Energy and emitted lightning.

Ren learned that Orochimaru had transformed two Cloud Ninjas through genetic experiments and received research notes and serums before the war resumed. After the Third Raikage was gravely weakened in battle, Konoha prepared a decisive strike against the Sand Ninja Village and ordered its young ninja to train for the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Orochimaru showed Ren a Thunder Monkey created from a Cloud Ninja and described how genetic material had enhanced and transformed his subjects.
• Orochimaru gave Ren a scroll containing his research, body-enhancing serums for Kurama Yun, and information about rival villages’ exam candidates before leaving for an emergency meeting.
• Nawaki told Ren that fighting had resumed, and Shikaku explained that the Third Raikage had fought ten thousand Rock Ninjas for three days before Hanzo’s attack helped him escape.
• Shikaku said the Third Raikage was near death and that the Third Hokage had summoned the Jonin for a decisive strike against the Sand Ninja Village.
• Ren urged Shikaku and the others to train for the dangerous Chunin Ninja Exams, while Tsunade joined the operation because of the Sand Ninja Village’s poison and puppet techniques.

Ren was unexpectedly summoned to Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage explained the Three Sacred Lands’ distinct powers and revealed that she foresaw Ren leading the Snake Clan’s evolution into Flood Dragons. Ren recognized that he possessed a possible means of Dragon Transformation but remained cautious about sharing it.

• Ren’s summoning brought him to Ryūchi Cave instead of Beast King Mountain, where Manda threatened him and Ren answered with his Sharingan and powerful Chakra.
• Aoda stopped Ren from attacking Manda and led him to meet the White Snake Sage, who had influenced the contract to summon him.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that she had met Indra and explained the origins of the Orochimaru Clan and the Three Sacred Lands’ different forms of foresight and Sage Mode.
• The White Snake Sage said she foresaw Ren controlling the Snake Clan’s evolution and giving it hope of becoming Flood Dragons.
• Ren realized that dragon-attributed Magical Beasts from Panlong World might enable the Snake Clan’s evolution, but he warned that Dragon Transformation would not be simple and withheld his help.

Ren negotiated with the White Snake Sage for Ryūchi Cave’s allegiance and learned that Indra’s Chakra might merge with him. After agreeing to help the Snake Clan achieve Dragon Transformation, he tasked the snakes with keeping Orochimaru under watch.

• The White Snake Sage explained Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode and offered Ren the Core Scroll, which guaranteed the Snake Clan’s allegiance to its signer.
• Ren signed the Core Scroll with his true name and discovered that Indra had signed it before him.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that Ren qualified to inherit Indra’s Chakra and offered him the Chakra left in Ryūchi Cave in exchange for helping the Snake Clan achieve Dragon Transformation.
• Ren summoned a dragon-attributed Magical Beast, and the White Snake Sage agreed to cooperate with him.
• Ren asked the Snake Clan to restrain and monitor Orochimaru, and the White Snake Sage accepted the task.