Recaps

Ye Chen activated a village-building system that let him summon players from another world and grow stronger from their gains. He created a spectacular promotional video for Hidden Jun Ninja, attracting the attention of streamer Dai Xiaomei, who prepared to test the game live.

• Ye Chen activated the system after becoming chief of Hidden Jun Village and learned that he could recruit players whose training gains would strengthen him.
• Ye Chen gained absolute control over nature within Hidden Jun Village and used it to create a promotional video featuring a devastating imitation of Kirin.
• A pop-up advertisement interrupted Dai Xiaomei’s livestream and introduced Hidden Jun Ninja to her viewers.
• Dai Xiaomei and her viewers were amazed by the trailer but suspected the game was a scam.
• Dai Xiaomei put on her VR headset and prepared to log into the game and criticize it live.

Dai Xiaomei and eight other players entered Hidden Jun Ninja and discovered its world felt astonishingly real. Ye Chen welcomed them as Hidden Jun Village’s first villagers, explained its cultivation and village-building systems, and recruited them under the village’s terms.

• Zhang Tian and other notable players received closed-beta invitations, while Dai Xiaomei downloaded the game and logged in during her livestream.
• Dai Xiaomei and the other players appeared in Hidden Jun Village and tested its realistic scenery and sensory feedback.
• Ye Chen inspected the new villagers, recognized Dai Xiaomei, and introduced himself as Hidden Jun Village’s chief.
• Ye Chen explained the Shinobi World, chakra, ninjutsu, village contributions, tasks, and the consequences of dying in the game.
• Dai Xiaomei and the other eight players accepted Ye Chen’s terms without reading them, completing recruitment and earning him a Ninja Village Gift Pack.

Ye Chen activated a contribution-points system and issued quests to improve Hidden Jun Village’s infrastructure and villagers’ happiness. As players explored and streamed the game, Hidden Jun Ninja went viral, and streaming platforms competed to sign its closed-beta players.

• Ye Chen added five basic ninjutsu and chakra to the system shop, where players could buy them with contribution points.
• Ye Chen issued quests to build roads, reclaim farmland, and help villagers with their problems.
• Dai Xiaomei and the other players accepted quests and explored the village while completing simple tasks.
• Viewers shared recordings of Dai Xiaomei’s stream, making Hidden Jun Ninja trend across major platforms.
• Major streaming platforms offered contracts and fortunes to find the game’s other closed-beta players.

Dai Xiaomei and the other players learned that Chakra greatly increased physical abilities and that hunting Ninja Beasts offered a large contribution reward. Emperor of Sinking led them into the forest to hunt, where they found themselves surrounded by a pack of Giant Wolves.

• Dai Xiaomei bragged about quickly completing quests, but the public feed announced that Emperor of Sinking and One Sword Opens Heaven had already learned Chakra.
• Players gathered around Emperor of Sinking, while Ye Chen realized he had earned Chakra by repeatedly finding a cat that kept running away.
• Emperor of Sinking demonstrated that Chakra had increased his strength and other physical abilities fivefold.
• Emperor of Sinking revealed that killing a Ninja Beast earned 80 contribution points, and the players decided to hunt them despite Ye Chen's alarm.
• Emperor of Sinking led Dai Xiaomei and the other players into the forest, where a Giant Wolf howled and countless wolves emerged from the undergrowth.

The players charged the ninja beasts and were swiftly wiped out, then returned to the village to train in ninjutsu and refine chakra. After a day of practice, they grew stronger, while Ye Chen absorbed their chakra and reached Genin-level strength.

• Emperor of Sinking led the players in a charge against the wolves, but one wolf's swipe sent nearly the entire group to the respawn point.
• One Sword Opens Heaven also died after the wolves detected him in a tree and knocked him down with their howls.
• The players decided to stop fighting head-on and began studying ninjutsu and buying chakra.
• After a day of training, Dai Xiaomei and the other players successfully refined chakra and became more agile.
• Ye Chen absorbed the players' chakra through the system and reached Genin-level strength.

Bullfighting Master’s first kill of a Ninja Beast revealed that players could combine Chakra with martial arts they knew in real life. The players clamored to learn his Eight Extremes Collapse, but he was unsure how to teach it in the game.

• The system announced that Bullfighting Master had completed the first-kill quest by slaying a Fierce Wolf, and he appeared at the revival point as players crowded around him.
• Bullfighting Master explained that he had used Chakra with his Eight Extremes Collapse to strike a wolf’s head repeatedly, though the pack killed him afterward.
• Bullfighting Master confirmed that real-life martial arts worked even better in the game, prompting players to ask him to teach them.
• Emperor of Sinking clung to Bullfighting Master’s leg and begged for instruction, while the others joined in the commotion.
• Bullfighting Master said Eight Extremes Collapse was difficult to teach and that he did not know how to teach it in the game, disappointing the players.
• As the players prepared to return to their quests, another system notification appeared overhead.

Ye Chen allowed players to exchange self-created skills for contribution points, and Bullfighting Master contributed Eight Extremes Collapse for a large reward. The players and gaming forum then turned their attention to inventing more skills, while businesses began planning to capitalize on the game’s popularity.

• Ye Chen announced that players could contribute qualifying self-created skills to the village for contribution points, and he priced Eight Extremes Collapse at one point in the shop.
• Bullfighting Master demonstrated his complete Eight Extremes Collapse set, earning an offer of 120 contribution points and choosing to contribute it.
• The system added Eight Extremes Collapse to the shop, and Bullfighting Master spent half his reward on Chakra and half on ninjutsu.
• Players discussed whether they could create ninjutsu for rewards, but the system’s requirements for complete and lethal techniques discouraged most of them.
• Expert players formed a private group to plan how to create ninjutsu, while online businesses and Dai Xiaomei’s streaming company began looking for ways to benefit from the game’s popularity.

After learning Taijutsu: Eight Extremes Collapse, Emperor of Sinking tried to kill a wolf but was overwhelmed and eaten by its pack. He returned from the Resurrection Hall to find the other players had built a grave for his belongings.

• The players learned Taijutsu: Eight Extremes Collapse, and Emperor of Sinking charged into the forest to hunt wolves.
• Emperor of Sinking ambushed a small wolf, but his punch shattered his hand without hurting it.
• The wolf pack attacked Emperor of Sinking, seized him, and tore him apart while the watching players looked on in horror.
• The players concluded that the wolves were too strong and built Emperor of Sinking a grave from his recovered clothes.
• Emperor of Sinking emerged from the Resurrection Hall and found the players' makeshift grave waiting for him.

Emperor of Sinking abandoned his failed attempts to fight the wolves and rapidly gained contribution points by accepting every available quest, while the other players helped develop the village. One Sword Opens Heaven led the players in a trap-based plan to defeat a wolf, but it killed all six of them with one swipe, leaving them determined to return stronger.

• Emperor of Sinking exhausted his Chakra fighting wolves, then accepted every quest he could find to grow stronger.
• Ye Chen posted village-development quests, and the players quickly completed several days' worth through teamwork.
• One Sword Opens Heaven proposed trapping and luring wolves apart instead of fighting the pack head-on.
• Six players dug a deep pit and successfully lured a wolf into it.
• The wolf escaped the pit, killed all six players with one swipe, and left them vowing to return stronger.

After the players struggled to defeat the wolves, Dai Xiaomei suggested using ranged attacks, and One Sword Opens Heaven devised a new plan. Ye Chen learned that Raijin had created a powerful C-Rank ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Thunder Strike, leaving the players eager to try it against monsters.

• One Sword Opens Heaven analyzed the wolves' agility and sense of smell, then realized the players needed to lure them toward the forest's edge and attack from range.
• Dai Xiaomei proposed ranged attacks, and One Sword Opens Heaven rallied the players to look for ranged ninjutsu.
• The system informed Ye Chen that Raijin had created Lightning Release: Thunder Strike and awarded him 180 contribution points.
• Raijin demonstrated Thunder Strike, calling down lightning onto his hammer and scorching the trees and undergrowth five meters away.
• The players praised Raijin's technique and cheered that they could now defeat monsters, while Ye Chen marveled at his ingenuity.

Ye Chen reviewed Raijin’s history and learned how the player had persevered through repeated failures to create powerful lightning ninjutsu. After Ye Chen confirmed players could develop and share their own skills, Raijin began demonstrating his techniques while Ye Chen watched confidently.

• Ye Chen used the energy orb to review Raijin’s activity and saw how he repeatedly practiced ninjutsu and fought wolves before creating Ninjutsu: Lightning Release: Click Selection.
• Raijin’s story inspired the players, who regained their confidence and wanted to challenge the wolves again.
• One Sword Opens Heaven and Dai Xiaomei warned that the players were not yet proficient enough, and a player’s weak Thunder Strike demonstrated the need for practice and chakra.
• Raijin explained how ninjutsu proficiency and chakra affected its power, then offered to develop his technique into skills that would save players contribution points.
• Ye Chen confirmed that players could create anything the system judged valuable, and Raijin began demonstrating his new skills as the others retreated and Ye Chen stayed put.

Raijin demonstrated Lightning Release: Thunder Strike, and Ye Chen showed the players how greater chakra greatly increased its power. After recognizing flaws in Raijin’s technique, Ye Chen watched as Raijin began trying to summon and control lightning without his hammer.

• Raijin used his hammer and chakra to unleash Lightning Release: Thunder Strike, impressing the players with its power.
• Ye Chen performed the technique with more chakra, creating a crater and explaining that chakra increased its damage and range.
• One Sword Opens Heaven urged the players to focus on mastering Raijin’s technique and spending their contribution points on chakra.
• Emperor of Sinking provoked a Giant Wolf, was killed twice, and was blown off a cliff by the wolf’s wind.
• Ye Chen recognized that Raijin’s technique resembled the Falling Thunder Technique but was too slow and complicated to use effectively.
• Raijin realized his technique depended too much on his hammer and began trying to draw down and control lightning with chakra alone.

Emperor of Sinking killed the Wolf King by luring it over a cliff with chicken drumsticks, while other players hunted giant wolves in the forest. Ye Chen detected an enemy infiltrating Junying Village and watched the disguised ninja gather information from the villagers.

• The players saw a notification that Emperor of Sinking had killed the Wolf King and then hunted giant wolves together using coordinated lightning attacks.
• Dai Xiaomei and the other players roasted and ate wolf meat after killing nearly ten wolves.
• Emperor of Sinking prepared another cliff trap and recalled how he had accidentally killed the Wolf King with the same method.
• Ye Chen heard Junying Village's alarm, used the Energy Ball to locate a suspicious disguised ninja, and observed him questioning villagers.
• The infiltrating ninja left the village center, unaware that Ye Chen had been monitoring his every move.

Ye Chen discovered that Youzhi, a Kusagakure intelligence-gathering ninja, had infiltrated Hidden Jun Village and chose to designate Kusagakure as hostile. As players gathered around Emperor of Sinking’s wolf-catching cliff trap, the system announced a mission to kill the invading Grass Ninja.

• Ye Chen used the system to learn that Youzhi was a Kusagakure Genin who had entered the village while gathering intelligence.
• Youzhi investigated the village and its new road, then decided to stay undercover and search for the powerful source of chakra he had sensed.
• Ye Chen chose to capture Youzhi, designated Kusagakure as hostile, and issued players a mission to eliminate the intruder for contribution points and hidden rewards.
• Players followed Emperor of Sinking to the cliff and discovered he was luring giant wolves to their deaths with chicken drumsticks.
• Emperor of Sinking let the other players use his trap, and the system then announced the mission to kill the invading Grass Ninja.

The players confronted Youzhi after Ye Chen warned them that he was far stronger than they were, but they dismissed the danger and attacked. Youzhi recognized their weak techniques, countered with a Great Fireball, and killed five players in the first exchange.

• After days of hunting Giant Wolves, the players spent their contribution points on chakra and prepared to pursue the new quest's hidden reward.
• Ye Chen warned the players that Youzhi was much stronger and marked the left side of his chest so they could recognize him if he transformed.
• Dai Xiaomei and the other players found Youzhi in the village while he complained about its poor conditions.
• Bullfighting Master charged Youzhi as Emperor of Sinking and the others attacked with techniques from five chakra elements.
• Youzhi realized the players were weak, used the Great Fireball Technique, and killed five players in the first exchange.

Youzhi slaughtered waves of players, but their repeated resurrections finally terrified him. He fled toward the Land of Grass to report the impossible phenomenon to Lord Kusakage and urge an attack on Hidden Jun Village.

• Youzhi killed all nine players, then froze when another identical group charged at him.
• Youzhi killed more players with an Explosive Tag and his kunai, but Emperor of Sinking wounded him with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• One Sword Opens Heaven struck Youzhi's wounded chest with Lightning Release before Youzhi killed him again.
• Emperor of Sinking and the other eight players resurrected and charged once more, leaving Youzhi panicked and confused.
• Youzhi fled, intending to report the players' resurrections to Lord Kusakage and ask him to send the main force against Hidden Jun Village.

Emperor of Sinking, One Sword Opens Heaven, and the other players killed Youzhi after eight waves of attacks, improving their combat skills along the way. They spent their contribution rewards on chakra, and Ye Chen received feedback that raised his chakra reserves to roughly Chunin level.

• Youzhi realized the players were adapting to his attacks and tried to flee, but Emperor of Sinking and the others coordinated to block his escape.
• The players attacked in repeated waves, dying and reviving as their combat proficiency improved.
• On the eighth wave, One Sword Opens Heaven and the others killed Youzhi, earning 600 contribution points each.
• Emperor of Sinking and the other players spent their contribution points to increase their chakra reserves, and four or five players reached Genin level.
• Ye Chen inspected the players’ progress and synchronized the rewards, receiving enough chakra feedback to reach roughly Chunin level.

After the Grass Ninja’s defeat, Ye Chen opened an achievement resource pack that gave Hidden Jun Village C-Rank ninjutsu and modern facilities. The players bought food, equipment, and medical services, then learned the new techniques as Ye Chen began planning to destroy Kusagakure and issued a mission.

• Ye Chen opened the achievement resource pack and received five C-Rank ninjutsu techniques, a generator, a gourmet restaurant, an item shop, and a medical department.
• The system completed the new village facilities, and players celebrated the restaurants, shops, and medical services.
• Ye Chen listed the five C-Rank techniques for sale, and Emperor of Sinking and the other players bought and learned them.
• The system rewarded Ye Chen with proficiency in each technique as villagers learned them.
• Ye Chen decided that destroying Kusagakure was his priority and issued the mission he had prepared.

Ye Chen sent players to find Kusagakure, while Anbu Captain Bibiye investigated unknown chakra in the Land of Grass. Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking searched the forest, where Grass Ninja ambushed them.

• Ye Chen offered 2,000 contribution points for locating Kusagakure, and players rushed out to search.
• Bibiye learned that a Genin investigating strange chakra had gone missing and ordered intelligence teams to report every half hour.
• Dai Xiaomei teamed up with Emperor of Sinking to explore the hidden map and find Kusagakure.
• A trap snapped Emperor of Sinking’s ankle as he raced through the treetops.
• Five Grass Ninja appeared before Dai Xiaomei and the injured Emperor of Sinking.

Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking were captured by Grass Ninja and taken to Kusagakure, where they completed a map exploration quest before being brought to an underground torture cavern. Emperor of Sinking killed himself in front of his captors, and Dai Xiaomei asked them to kill her too.

• Ukulele's Grass Ninja squad captured Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking and escorted them to Kusagakure.
• Dai Xiaomei showed Kusagakure's unusual tree-top buildings to her viewers, and she and Emperor of Sinking received 2,000 contribution points each for completing the map exploration quest.
• Ukulele brought Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking to an underground cavern and threatened to torture them unless they revealed their origins and purpose.
• Emperor of Sinking used Eight Extremes Collapse to smash his own head, horrifying the Grass Ninja.
• Dai Xiaomei refused to say she wanted to live and pleaded with the Grass Ninja to kill her.

Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking respawned after their deaths in Kusagakure, leaving the Grass Ninja shaken by their fearlessness. Back in Hidden Jun Village, the players learned that Emperor of Sinking had found Kusagakure and competed to join his future missions as war with Kusagakure seemed to approach.

• Dai Xiaomei urged a Grass Ninja to kill her, then reinforced herself with chakra and smashed her head against a wall to die.
• Ukulele told Bibiye that Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking had killed themselves before the Anbu could obtain information, and Bibiye ordered a village-wide search for their home village.
• Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking respawned at Hidden Jun Village and told the other players how they had located Kusagakure.
• The players praised Emperor of Sinking's luck and vied to join his next mission, while Dai Xiaomei resolved to team up with him again.

Ye Chen upgraded Hidden Jun Village to level two and recruited more players to help prepare for a possible war with Kusagakure. On Earth, Hidden Jun Ninja’s popularity continued to grow, though millions of fans still had no way to join the closed beta.

• Emperor of Sinking spent his contribution points on chakra and C-Rank Ninjutsu upgrades, becoming one of the village’s strongest players.
• Ye Chen weighed the threat from Kusagakure and recognized that Hidden Jun Village lacked players and combat strength.
• After Hidden Jun Village earned enough experience, Ye Chen upgraded it to level two and received 19 recruitment slots.
• Ye Chen ordered the system to recruit new players.
• Zhang Qiang and his relatives praised Hidden Jun Ninja’s appeal but lamented that its tiny closed beta offered no way to get a slot.
• Millions of users visited Hidden Jun Ninja’s official website app, despite the game having no publicly identifiable developer or operator.

Ye Chen synchronized the players’ chakra gains and discovered that Master Sanfeng had developed a new secret art by combining chakra with Mount Mao’s talisman techniques. The chapter left Ye Chen impressed by Master Sanfeng’s ingenuity as he watched him continue exploring the possibilities.

• A pop-up announced that 19 Hidden Jun Ninja beta slots would be released in two hours, exciting players and prompting streaming platforms to recruit beta testers.
• Ye Chen synchronized the players’ chakra feedback and received the new ninjutsu Secret Art: Talisman Technique.
• Ye Chen checked the developer’s profile and learned that Master Sanfeng was an heir to the Celestial Masters of Mount Mao.
• Ye Chen used Time Reversal to observe Master Sanfeng studying chakra and the Shinobi World rather than focusing on combat.
• Master Sanfeng bought Explosive Tags, studied their markings, and realized he could combine them with Taoist talisman techniques.
• Ye Chen understood that Master Sanfeng had blended Mount Mao’s talismans with chakra, then kept watching to find out what he had invented.

Ye Chen watched replays of Master Sanfeng inventing three talisman-based secret arts: the Zhurong Spell, No Thought Spell, and Six Harmonies Spell. He awarded Master Sanfeng 540 contribution points, prompting players to question why the reward exceeded the usual amount for a C-rank Ninjutsu.

• Master Sanfeng criticized Explosive Tags and began experimenting with talisman paper to create more effective Taoist talismans.
• Master Sanfeng developed the Zhurong Spell, which formed and directed up to five fireballs that blasted craters into a mountainside.
• Master Sanfeng tested lightning talismans on himself and completed the No Thought Spell, which could incapacitate a target.
• Master Sanfeng created the Six Harmonies Spell, an earth-chakra shield that defended against Ninjutsu attacks.
• Ye Chen awarded Master Sanfeng 540 contribution points for independently creating three C-rank secret arts.
• Dai Xiaomei and other players questioned why Master Sanfeng's reward was three times the usual amount for a C-rank Ninjutsu.

Master Sanfeng demonstrated his talismans to the gathered players, but they failed to use them, inspiring him to create talismans anyone could wield. A second batch of nineteen players entered Hidden Jun Village, where the system announced a new quest to expand the map.

• Master Sanfeng showed the players his Zhurong Curse, Wuxiang Curse, and Liuhe Curse talismans and explained that Liuhe referred to a divine beast of Eight Gates Dunjia.
• One Sword Opens Heaven suggested distributing talismans to strengthen the players, but no one besides Master Sanfeng could activate them, even after he explained how to channel chakra into them.
• Master Sanfeng resolved to develop talismans that ordinary players could use, while Ye Chen saw potential in his work.
• Nineteen new players entered Hidden Jun Village, and Emperor of Sinking and Dai Xiaomei considered recruiting them as disciples or followers.
• The system issued a main quest to expand the map around Hidden Jun Village, offering participants 1,000 contribution points.