Chapter Summaries

After dying, Ye Liang transmigrated into the Naruto world and received basic ninja skills and a mission to save Anko from Orochimaru. He tricked Orochimaru with a story about Pain and Uchiha Itachi, then asked to take Anko along.

• Ye Liang awakened in a cave, realized he had transmigrated, and received max-level basic ninja skills from a system.
• The system assigned Ye Liang a mission to save Anko, with Shinra Tensei as the top reward for rescuing her unharmed in front of Orochimaru.
• Ye Liang approached Orochimaru as he prepared to place a cursed seal on Anko and claimed he had come to negotiate on behalf of Pain.
• Ye Liang told Orochimaru that Pain was waiting outside and offering him Uchiha Itachi's body if he joined the Akatsuki.
• Ye Liang asked Orochimaru to bring Anko along as a hostage who had overheard their conversation.

Ye Liang rescued Anko and received the system rewards, including Shinra Tensei, after leaving the cave. He used the new technique to blast Orochimaru away, leaving Orochimaru wary and uncertain of Ye Liang’s identity.

• Orochimaru allowed Ye Liang to carry Anko out of the cave while warning him not to lie.
• Ye Liang carried Anko after freeing her and followed Orochimaru toward the cave entrance.
• Ye Liang completed the SSS-rank mission to rescue Anko and received max-level abilities and Shinra Tensei.
• Orochimaru charged at Ye Liang when he suspected the boy had deceived him.
• Ye Liang used Shinra Tensei to blast Orochimaru through several trees, and Orochimaru wondered whether Ye Liang was connected to Akatsuki.

Ye Liang fled from Orochimaru while carrying Mitarashi Anko, repeatedly using Shinra Tensei despite discovering that the jutsu had no cooldown. He reached Hokage Rock and sought help from Konoha’s guards, leaving Orochimaru’s forbidden experiments exposed to them.

• Ye Liang escaped with Mitarashi Anko, and Orochimaru pursued him with Hidden Shadow Many Snake Hands, which Shinra Tensei destroyed.
• Ye Liang discovered he could use Shinra Tensei repeatedly, but his Chakra was running low as Orochimaru activated the Curse Mark of Heaven and caught up.
• Ye Liang asked Anko for directions to Konoha, but she refused to help because he had groped her butt.
• Ye Liang recognized Hokage Rock, blasted Orochimaru back, and jumped toward Konoha with Anko.
• Ye Liang landed near the Hokage’s office, set Anko down, and told two Konoha guarding Jonin that Orochimaru had been conducting forbidden experiments on her.

Ye Liang impressed Hiruzen Sarutobi with his strength after their handshake turned into a contest, then stayed in Konoha and followed Mitarashi Anko home. He ended the chapter taking money from Anko’s wallet to buy ramen.

• Ye Liang claimed to be an Otogakure ninja and matched Hiruzen Sarutobi’s strength during a handshake.
• The onlookers speculated that Ye Liang came from a powerful hidden village, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the contest and told him to stay in Konoha.
• Ye Liang asked Mitarashi Anko for a place to stay, and she feared he had ulterior motives.
• Ye Liang arrived at Anko’s shabby home and reasoned that he had crossed over into the era before the Fourth Hokage’s rise.
• Ye Liang entered Anko’s private room and took money from her wallet to buy ramen.

Ye Liang left Anko’s home to find work after a system quest offered him a C-rank Ninjutsu for earning money. When Danzo confronted him with seven Anbu, Ye Liang provoked them, intending to reveal enough of his strength to deter Danzo.

• Ye Liang woke at Anko’s home, ate breakfast with her, and learned that he had spent her money on ramen the night before.
• Ye Liang’s system activated a quest to earn his first pot of gold in exchange for a random C-rank Ninjutsu.
• Ye Liang left to look for work while Konoha Jonin followed him, then sensed intense killing intent and suspected Danzo was behind it.
• Seven Anbu cornered Ye Liang in an abandoned alley, and Danzo emerged, accusing him of scouting Konoha.
• Ye Liang insulted Danzo, who ordered the Anbu to attack, and Ye Liang prepared to demonstrate his strength.

Ye Liang defeated Danzo’s Anbu with Shinra Tensei, then used his enhanced Body Flicker Technique to reach Ichiraku Ramen and learned that Minato Namikaze had returned as a hero. That evening, Minato reported a coming attack to Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked about the mysterious outsider, Ye Liang.

• Ye Liang repelled Danzo’s Anbu with Shinra Tensei, leaving them badly injured but alive, and Danzo ordered that he be watched.
• Ye Liang used his enhanced Body Flicker Technique to travel to the busy district, ate ramen at Ichiraku, and learned that the returning hero was Minato Namikaze.
• Ye Liang pretended to seek Minato’s autograph so he could leave without paying for his ramen.
• Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sunagakure and Kirigakure planned to attack Konoha in three months.
• Minato asked Hiruzen about Ye Liang, and Hiruzen explained that Ye Liang was a skilled traveler whom Orochimaru could not match.

Minato went to test Ye Liang after hearing warnings about his strength, but Ye Liang’s instinctive Shinra Tensei sent Minato flying and left him convinced he was too weak to protect Konoha. Minato left the village to train, and Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged to describe his departure as a long-term secret mission.

• Minato decided to investigate Ye Liang despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s warning not to provoke him.
• Ye Liang begged Anko for food, then went into her bedroom and unknowingly drew Minato’s attention from the rooftop.
• Minato threw a marked Shuriken through the window and used Flying Thunder God to appear beside Ye Liang.
• Ye Liang instinctively unleashed Shinra Tensei, destroying Anko’s bed and blasting Minato through the window.
• Minato concluded that he was too weak to protect Konoha and left the village to train.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi became furious over Minato’s farewell letter, then agreed with Shikaku Nara to tell the village Minato had gone on a long-term secret mission.

Ye Liang asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for low-paying bounty missions and met Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara in the Hokage Office. After Obito challenged him to a duel, Ye Liang knocked him down, shocking Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Ye Liang asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for bounty missions and insisted he would take low-paying work.
• Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara entered to ask about their absent teacher, Minato Namikaze.
• Ye Liang recognized the three teenagers and stared at Rin Nohara, prompting Obito to confront him.
• Rin Nohara apologized for Obito, but Obito challenged Ye Liang to a duel.
• Ye Liang rushed forward and knocked Obito to the ground, startling Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Ye Liang accepted Kakashi’s request to lead Team 7 after Obito provoked him into boasting about bringing peace, then joined the team on an S-rank mission to defend the Grass Village. As they reached Kannabi Bridge, Kakashi proposed that Team 7 destroy it while Ye Liang scouted the area.

• Obito objected to Kakashi’s suggestion that Ye Liang replace Minato, but Ye Liang angrily demanded the position and promised to bring peace to all ages.
• Hiruzen appointed Ye Liang as Team 7’s temporary teacher while Minato was away, and Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were impressed by Ye Liang’s declaration.
• Three days later, Hiruzen briefed the gathered Konoha forces on an infiltration mission to disrupt more than a thousand invading Land of Earth ninja and aid the Grass Village.
• Kakashi suggested targeting Kannabi Bridge to hinder enemy supply transport, and Ye Liang agreed while concealing that he knew little about tactics.
• After Team 7 traveled for several days, Kakashi proposed that the team destroy Kannabi Bridge while Ye Liang scouted the surrounding area.

Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were ambushed while trying to infiltrate Kannabi Bridge, and Kakashi fought to protect his injured teammates. As enemy ninja surrounded him and cut him off from Obito and Rin, he faced an increasingly desperate battle while Ye Liang remained nearby.

• Ye Liang entrusted the mission to Kakashi, who led Obito and Rin toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Obito and Rin urged the cautious Kakashi to cross, and disguised enemy ninja waited until the team reached the bridge before attacking with Shuriken.
• Obito was wounded while shielding Rin, and Kakashi used Earth Style to protect the team before carrying Obito as they retreated.
• Four Land of Earth ninja blocked their escape, and Kakashi handed Obito to Rin before confronting them alone.
• Kakashi attacked with Water Style, but the enemy split him from his teammates with Earth Style and surrounded him with coordinated attacks.

Ye Liang arrived just in time to save Team 7 from Hidden Stone Village ninjas, then tried to lead them away from the battlefield. An injured enemy detonated an Explosive Tag while attacking Ye Liang, but he escaped with the Substitution Technique.

• Obito awakened his Sharingan and used it to detect and kill the invisible Taiseki while Kakashi fought the enemy leader.
• The Earth Village Leader overwhelmed Kakashi as Rin struggled, but Ye Liang arrived and killed him with a Shuriken before blasting away two other ninjas with Shinra Tensei.
• Rin hugged Ye Liang, and he remembered that the mission was the Kannabi Bridge incident and feared the disastrous events from the original story.
• Ye Liang warned Team 7 that more Land of Earth ninjas were nearby, and Kakashi prepared to leave with Obito while setting out Explosive Tag Shuriken.
• The wounded Earth Village Leader grabbed Ye Liang and detonated an Explosive Tag, but Ye Liang escaped by substituting a tree branch for himself.

Ye Liang received several delayed mission rewards, including the Flying Thunder God Technique, and agreed to train Rin Nohara before promptly forgetting. Days later, Obito Uchiha told him Rin was in trouble at a training ground, and Ye Liang rushed there with him.

• Ye Liang collected rewards for completed missions, including Summoning Jutsu, Flying Thunder God Technique, Transformation Jutsu, and Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Ye Liang realized that unfinished missions had delayed the appearance of later missions and their rewards.
• Rin Nohara asked Ye Liang to guide her training, and he agreed, but then left without her and forgot his promise.
• Days later, Obito Uchiha told Ye Liang that Rin had clashed with a group of Chunin at a training ground and that Kakashi had gone there.
• Ye Liang remembered his promise to Rin, left Anko, and hurried out of the village with Obito.

Ye Liang arrived late to train Rin Nohara and found her and Kakashi surrounded by newly promoted chunin who mocked Team 7 and challenged their right to use the training ground. He wagered ten thousand ryo on Rin beating one of them in a Shuriken contest, then quietly gave her instructions as the contest began.

• Ye Liang apologized to Rin Nohara for arriving late and persuaded her that his absence had been a test of her independence.
• Ye Liang confronted the chunin surrounding Team 7 and noticed a burn on Kakashi's wrist.
• After the chunin insulted Rin Nohara's Shuriken skill, Ye Liang challenged them to a contest with Rin as his competitor.
• Ye Liang accepted a ten-thousand-ryo wager, and a chunin scored a fourth-ring hit from a hundred meters away on his first throw.
• Ye Liang whispered instructions to a nervous Rin Nohara before her turn began.

Ye Liang went to the Valley of the End to test the defective random Summoning Scroll he had bought from Hiruzen Sarutobi, but after a hundred bizarre summons he contracted a weak, wriggling mud-like creature. He then stormed into the Hokage Office, furious at Hiruzen Sarutobi for giving him the faulty scroll.

• Ye Liang took the high-grade Summoning Scroll to the Valley of the End and began summoning random creatures.
• Ye Liang repeatedly summoned useless or strange things, while a jōnin told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the missing scroll was defective and Hiruzen admitted he had given it to Ye Liang.
• After nearly a hundred failed summons, Ye Liang summoned a huge slug and dispelled it in disgust.
• Ye Liang’s next summon lunged at him, and his instinctive block made the weak, mud-like creature submit and form a contract with him.
• Thirty minutes later, Ye Liang stormed into the Hokage Office in anger.

Ye Liang led Kakashi, Obito, and their team to the Land of Waves to deal with rogue ninja, while concealing that his Summoned Beast was a shapeshifting creature named Ruǎnruǎn. They met their client, the impoverished fisherman Kaizoku, and Ye Liang began to suspect he could not afford the mission fee.

• Ye Liang lamented that his summoning had produced Ruǎnruǎn, while Kakashi and Obito believed the creature was a powerful Summoned Beast.
• Ye Liang discovered Ruǎnruǎn could imitate creatures it touched so convincingly that even sensory ninja could not detect the deception.
• Ye Liang told his team to hide their identities as they entered the Land of Waves to investigate the rogue ninja.
• Ye Liang and his team found Kaizoku's home, where Kaiza attacked Ye Liang with a wooden stick, mistaking the visitors for predatory merchants.
• Kaizoku apologized and welcomed the team inside, but Ye Liang and Kakashi noticed his poverty as Obito asked for food.

Ye Liang learned that Gato’s Black Merchant Guild was likely behind the threats against Kaizoku’s fishermen and decided to investigate the merchant. After triggering an SSS-rank mission to eliminate Gato and his forces, Ye Liang began mapping the guild’s strength in the Land of Waves.

• Kaizoku explained that Rogue Ninja were robbing merchants in the moat, then admitted the fishermen’s pooled reward money had been stolen by the Black Merchant Guild.
• Kaizoku identified Gato as the guild’s leader, and Ye Liang suspected Gato had arranged the attacks to suppress the fishermen’s trade.
• Ye Liang led Team 7 out of Kaizoku’s home and told Kakashi that they should be good people before doing good work.
• Ye Liang triggered an SSS-rank mission offering rewards for killing Gato and eliminating his Mafia and Rogue Ninja forces.
• Kakashi and Rin were moved by Ye Liang’s words, while Ye Liang spent half a day investigating the Black Merchant Guild’s forces.

Ye Liang and his students discovered the abuse of child workers at Gato Company and prepared to deal with the Rogue Ninjas, but an ambush led by Juzo Biwa interrupted their plans. Ye Liang recognized Juzo as a former Seven Ninja Swordsmen member and prepared to fight him after learning an unidentified elderly man had hired him to kill Ye Liang.

• Rin Nohara reported that Gato Company forced young children to work at construction sites and asked Ye Liang to help them.
• Ye Liang said Konoha reinforcements would deal with the Rogue Ninjas and promised to handle Gato himself.
• More than twenty Rogue Ninjas emerged from the moat and surrounded Ye Liang and his companions; Kakashi pulled Obito out of the way of a Jonin's Shuriken Shadow Clone attack.
• Ye Liang recognized the leader as Juzo Biwa, a former Seven Ninja Swordsmen member wielding the Kubikiribōchō, and sent Kakashi, Obito, and the others to deal with the remaining ninja.
• Juzo told Ye Liang that an elderly man had hired him to kill Ye Liang, but he did not know the man's name.
• Ye Liang vanished and attacked with Shinra Tensei, while Juzo raised the Kubikiribōchō to defend himself.

Ye Liang defeated Juzo Biwa and questioned him about the people behind the assassination attempt. Juzo explained Kirigakure’s search for a Three-Tails Jinchuriki and described the terrifying old man who had ordered the attack.

• Ye Liang used a Shadow Clone and Earth Style to trap Juzo in the ground after evading his Hidden Mist attack.
• Ye Liang took Kubikiribōchō and threatened Juzo, demanding to know who had ordered his death and why Kirigakure was in the Land of Waves.
• Juzo said Yagura had sent him to find a suitable ninja for Three-Tails Jinchuriki experiments because Isobu’s power was becoming unstable.
• Ye Liang wondered how the Three-Tails’ history connected Kirigakure, the Land of Earth, and Rin Nohara, whose fate he had changed.
• Juzo described the old man as long-haired and bare-chested, with blood-red eyes that trapped him in an endless illusion.

Ye Liang realized Uchiha Madara had targeted him after his intervention disrupted Madara’s plans, and he returned to Konoha after Juzo Biwa died under mysterious circumstances. He began looking for ways to strengthen himself, ending with thoughts about Princess Kaguya and the origins of Chakra.

• Ye Liang deduced that Uchiha Madara wanted to kill him because he had disrupted the plan involving the Three-Tails and Obito, then gathered Kakashi, Rin, and Obito to change their mission plan.
• The Third Hokage told Ye Liang that Anbu had found Juzo Biwa dead from a Genjutsu that left him terrified, and Ye Liang concluded that Madara had killed him.
• Ye Liang collected his increased mission reward and tested the Tailed Beast Bomb technique, discovering that his limited Chakra made it weak.
• Ye Liang considered how to increase his Chakra and recalled the story of Princess Kaguya, the God Tree, and her sons Hagoromo and Hamura.

Ye Liang decided to learn senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave to gain power, but his search of the forest near the Valley of the End found no entrance. He concluded the cave was hidden and began destroying the forest with Shinra Tensei to uncover it.

• Ye Liang reasoned that learning senjutsu from the White Snake Sage was his best chance to gain Chakra quickly.
• Ye Liang went to the forest near the Valley of the End at night and searched for Ryūchi Cave, but found no clues.
• Ye Liang deduced that Ryūchi Cave was concealed somewhere in the forest and decided to expose it by clearing away the trees.
• Ye Liang unleashed a charged Shinra Tensei that destroyed nearly half the forest, then planned to repeat the attack after recovering his Chakra.
• Ye Liang bought Military Rations Pills in Konoha and spent the next month continuing to blast the forest.