Recaps

Bullfighting Master convinced Raijin that recruiting Dai Xiaomei was unlikely to expose their secret, while Dai Xiaomei rested and argued with her viewers. Shikamaru took Choji's red pill to boost his speed, dodged Dai Xiaomei's Rasengan, and she prepared to use Five Elements Talismans.

• Bullfighting Master explained that Dai Xiaomei's livestream showed the VR gameplay rather than her body, and argued she would probably keep the secret for long-term profit.
• Raijin accepted Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master's reasoning as the three watched Dai Xiaomei.
• Dai Xiaomei recovered her stamina, snapped at viewers who criticized her, and got back up.
• Shikamaru, with only thirty percent of his chakra recovered and Shadow Possession Jutsu on cooldown, swallowed Choji's red pill.
• The pill surrounded Shikamaru with red vapor and greatly increased his speed, though the boost would leave him unable to move after it wore off.
• Dai Xiaomei fired a Rasengan, but Shikamaru dodged it at high speed, so she pulled out Five Elements Talismans.

Dai Xiaomei held off Shikamaru with a barrage of tools and ninjutsu, but Choji and Ino joined the fight and turned it into a three-on-one chase. The battle ended in a stalemate, with Shikamaru’s pill weakening and Choji and Ino running low on chakra.

• Dai Xiaomei bombarded Shikamaru with talismans and Lightning Release: Thunder Strike, keeping him at a distance while his pill was active.
• Choji rescued Ino and helped her separate the three women, then defeated the two Hidden Jun Village players with Expansion.
• Ino used the Mind Body Switch Technique on Dai Xiaomei as Choji charged her with Human Bullet Tank.
• Dai Xiaomei recalled a guide to breaking genjutsu and disrupted her chakra flow, freeing herself from Ino’s control.
• Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino coordinated their attacks against Dai Xiaomei, who fought back with her tools as the battle settled into a stalemate.

Dai Xiaomei nearly turned the battle around with her Chakra reserves, but Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji coordinated a desperate attack that caught her with Shadow Possession Jutsu. With Shikamaru’s Speed Pill wearing off and the trio exhausted, the fight remained unresolved but Dai Xiaomei was close to breaking free.

• Shikamaru charged Dai Xiaomei as Ino used the Mind Body Switch Technique to restrain her again.
• Choji expanded his belly to shield Shikamaru from Dai Xiaomei’s Rasengan, suffering a severe injury but giving Shikamaru time to ensnare her shadow.
• Dai Xiaomei froze at Choji’s sacrifice, allowing Shikamaru’s Shadow Possession Jutsu to take hold.
• Raijin, Corpse Bearer, and Bullfighting Master discussed Dai Xiaomei’s impending defeat as Daoist Master Sanfeng joined them.
• Shikamaru’s Speed Pill wore off, and he urged Ino and Choji to attack before he lost the ability to maintain the jutsu.
• Ino lunged at Dai Xiaomei while Choji ate snacks to recover, and Shikamaru began suffering the pill’s side effects.

Choji and Ino defeated Dai Xiaomei after Shikamaru collapsed, but the Ino-Shika-Cho trio were left badly weakened and Konoha intervened to protect them. Meanwhile, Tsunade questioned Ye Chen about Hidden Jun Village's use of Wood Release, and the chapter ended with her remarking that the village seemed increasingly mysterious.

• Shikamaru passed out, and Choji struck Dai Xiaomei with an electrically charged Expansion attack as Ino continued fighting.
• Dai Xiaomei tried to retreat, but Choji swallowed another blue pill and, with Ino, defeated her.
• Shikamaru and Choji lost their ability to move after their pills wore off, while Ino was left with no chakra; Ebisu and Kurenai Yuhi took the trio away to recover.
• Tsunade asked Ye Chen why Hidden Jun Village's fighters knew Wood Release Ninjutsu, and Ye Chen blamed Kusagakure's leadership for the techniques he had learned.
• Tsunade said she had only recently returned from abroad, and Ye Chen let her explanation pass without challenging it.
• Tsunade watched the battlefield and told Ye Chen that Hidden Jun Village seemed more and more mysterious.

After the battles in the Forest of Death, Ye Chen tried to return to Hidden Jun Village to investigate Orochimaru's missing trio and check the system's influence report. Tsunade suspected he had a scheme and insisted on following him, leaving Ye Chen unable to depart unnoticed.

• Dai Xiaomei was defeated, and Ebisu and Kurenai Yuhi took the Ino-Shika-Cho trio away as Raijin's trio and Daoist Master Sanfeng moved to another battlefield.
• Ye Chen left Tsunade in charge of the tournament and headed toward Hidden Jun Village, but Tsunade caught up and challenged him to fight.
• Ye Chen refused to spar before the Chunin Tournament ended because he was worried about Orochimaru's trio lurking in the Forest of Death.
• Ye Chen decided to return to Hidden Jun Village to search for Orochimaru's trio and verify the system's report that Open World's influence was only 0.01%.
• Ye Chen suspected Orochimaru's trio might be waiting for him and Tsunade to leave before attacking the original protagonists' team, but he chose not to warn Tsunade because the resulting chaos could benefit Hidden Jun Village.
• Tsunade grew suspicious of Ye Chen's haste and insisted on following him to make sure he was not scheming against the tournament.

Ye Chen persuaded Tsunade to leave the Forest of Death with him, giving Orochimaru’s group the chance to begin their plan. Back at the Hidden Jun Village, Dai Xiaomei was resurrected and left Emperor of Sinking behind as she hurried off, still shaken by her battle.

• Ye Chen convinced Tsunade to trust him and accompany him to the Hidden Jun Village, leaving Kakashi Hatake and the others to maintain order.
• After Ye Chen and Tsunade departed, Orochimaru ordered his two subordinates to begin their operation in the Forest of Death.
• Dai Xiaomei emerged from the Resurrection Hall and encountered Emperor of Sinking, who complained that bad luck and his newly hatched battle pet had caused his defeat.
• Dai Xiaomei agreed absently with Emperor of Sinking and quickly left the hall, saying she had something urgent to do.

Dai Xiaomei fled the viewers’ demands to honor her bet and logged out, believing her exhaustion came from playing too long. Ye Chen investigated the open world’s influence on the other world, and the system’s explanation left him startled.

• Emperor of Sinking tried to keep Dai Xiaomei to discuss their combat experience, but she hurried away.
• Dai Xiaomei’s viewers reminded her of her bet, and she ended the livestream, promising to honor it after resting.
• Dai Xiaomei logged out, unaware that her severe fatigue might be connected to the game and reality.
• Ye Chen used the system to locate Orochimaru’s team near Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno in the Forest of Death.
• Ye Chen asked why the system always assessed the open world’s influence as 0.01%, and the system explained that it measured influence against the total population or all matter in the relevant world.

Ye Chen questioned how the system measured the open world's influence, then checked on Dai Xiaomei and worried that players might expose the game's secrets. Meanwhile, in the Forest of Death, Kiba and Akamaru confronted a mysterious figure as two boys appeared behind them.

• Ye Chen learned that the system's assessment included everyone in China who paid attention to the open world and used the total population of the other world as its reference.
• Ye Chen watched Dai Xiaomei recover after the game awakened some of her physical potential, and a scan confirmed she had suffered no lasting harm.
• Ye Chen considered how to keep gifted players from revealing the game's secrets and getting Hidden Jun Ninja banned.
• In the Forest of Death, Akamaru alerted Kiba to a figure in the bushes, and Kiba challenged the hidden person.
• A mocking voice answered Kiba, and two boys emerged behind him.

Shino Aburame faced Kankuro in the Forest of Death while Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga reluctantly withdrew. The chapter ended with Shino using his insects to engulf Kankuro’s chakra projectile.

• Shino Aburame identified Kankuro and ordered Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga to leave while he held their opponent off.
• Hinata Hyuga reported that Kankuro’s teammates were not nearby, but Shino insisted they follow his cautious plan.
• Kankuro provoked the Konoha squad and sent his puppet charging at them as Shino prepared to fight.
• Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka left the battlefield, while Kankuro let them go and fired a chakra projectile at Shino.
• Shino Aburame spread his insects across the ground, then raised them to envelop Kankuro’s projectile.

Raijin and the other Hidden Jun Village Jonin watched Shino Aburame and Kankuro fight, giving Daoist Master Sanfeng new ideas about puppetry and summoning. Master of Open Stratagems then led them to observe a much larger battle from afar, where he warned that experts were lurking nearby.

• Raijin and the other three Hidden Jun Village Jonin gathered near Shino Aburame and Kankuro's battle and discussed the contestants' abilities.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng watched Shino Aburame control insects and Kankuro control puppets, finding inspiration for his own specialized arts.
• Master of Open Stratagems appeared and invited the group to watch a more exciting fight elsewhere in the forest.
• Master of Open Stratagems used a crystal ball to show the distant battle, then pointed out that several experts were lying in wait nearby.

Raijin and the others used the Telescope Technique to watch a chaotic battle involving Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and several ninja teams, while Qian Feng impressed them with his talisman skills. Raijin, Corpse Bearer, and Daoist Master Sanfeng moved closer to the battlefield, leaving Master of Open Stratagems to coordinate from a distance as the fight drew a popular livestream audience.

• Raijin inspected Master of Open Stratagems’ crystal-ball images and identified the combatants and hidden experts gathered near the battlefield.
• Master of Open Stratagems praised Qian Feng’s combat strength, and Daoist Master Sanfeng watched his talented, hardworking student fight with talismans.
• Corpse Bearer, Raijin, and Daoist Master Sanfeng agreed to move closer to protect their player squad and observe the battle, while Master of Open Stratagems stayed back to coordinate.
• The participants’ melee continued despite Kankuro’s attempt to drive away other squads, and the Sunagakure fighters’ battle diverged from the original plot.
• A player livestreamed the chaotic battle, and his stream quickly became one of the most popular.

Falcon's Eye livestreamed the chaotic battle as players and Naruto characters drew viewers and other streamers toward the battlefield. Naruto unleashed Shadow Clones while Sasuke prepared Chidori to attack a sudden intruder, as Gaara transformed into a half-Shukaku form.

• Qian Feng recruited his friend Falcon's Eye, whose speed-focused gear and talismans made him an exceptional scout and battlefield correspondent.
• Falcon's Eye surveyed the battlefield from the ground and his summoned night owl, and his livestream drew huge crowds and sparked arguments about the game's departures from Naruto's original plot.
• Other players and streamers headed toward the fight after seeing Falcon's Eye's popularity, setting off a wider campaign.
• Gaara activated a tailed beast fusion technique and took on a half-human, half-Shukaku form surrounded by a sand-and-wind barrier.
• Naruto summoned hundreds upon thousands of Shadow Clones, while Sasuke charged Chidori and aimed at a talisman-wielding intruder.

Kiba and Hinata joined the fight against Qian Feng’s teammates while Naruto’s shadow clones battled Gaara and Sasuke pressed Qian Feng with Chidori. Naruto’s Thousand Years of Death enraged Gaara and triggered Shukaku’s appearance, while Sasuke pushed himself to keep attacking Qian Feng’s layered talisman defenses.

• Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga attacked Falcon's Eye, while Temari, Sakura Haruno, and Qian Feng's teammate became tangled in a chaotic fight that left the two female ninja teaming up against him.
• Naruto sent a swarm of shadow clones against Gaara, whose sand arm destroyed many of them while his Shield of Sand protected him from their blows.
• Naruto sneaked behind Gaara and struck him with Thousand Years of Death, provoking a roar that blasted Naruto and his shadow clones away.
• Gaara released the One-Tail, Shukaku, and grew into a towering beast before the battlefield.
• Sasuke attacked Qian Feng with Chidori, but Qian Feng countered with layered Five Elements Talismans as Sasuke struggled to break through his defenses.

Sasuke copied Qian Feng’s lightning and earth talisman techniques with his Sharingan, putting Qian Feng on the defensive. Meanwhile, the Five Shinobi of Hidden Jun Village spotted a disguised team entering the battlefield and Raijin concluded that Orochimaru was about to act.

• Sasuke used his Sharingan to copy Qian Feng’s lightning and earth talisman effects, then overwhelmed him with their power.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng and the others judged that Qian Feng’s lack of combat experience had made him vulnerable to Sasuke’s copied attacks.
• Corpse Bearer and Daoist Master Sanfeng agreed that Qian Feng needed more real combat experience.
• A disguised team led by a fair-skinned woman slipped onto the battlefield, and the Five Shinobi of Hidden Jun Village noticed them.
• Raijin suspected that the team had changed its appearance and identified them as Orochimaru’s group.

Raijin warned the other Hidden Jun Village players that Orochimaru was a dangerous Kage Level enemy whose Cursed Seal could affect players, but the group decided to wait rather than intervene. When the Otogakure Trio entered the battlefield, Raijin was convinced the melee was about to grow chaotic.

• Raijin explained that Orochimaru had infiltrated the Chunin Tournament to attack Konoha and had killed the Third Hokage in the original storyline.
• Raijin revealed that Orochimaru could use a Cursed Seal to suppress chakra, drain its targets, and revive himself through them, including when the targets were players.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng worried about Qian Feng, then calmed down after realizing that Orochimaru's curse art fell within his expertise.
• Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master argued that Hidden Jun Village should wait for other experts and trust their Village Chief to respond if players were threatened.
• The Otogakure Trio arrived at the battlefield, and Raijin announced that the fight was about to descend into chaos.

Raijin explained Orochimaru’s rebirth technique and abilities while Orochimaru entered the battlefield to pursue Sasuke and advance his plan against Konoha. After interrupting Sasuke and Qian Feng’s fight, Orochimaru confronted Qian Feng and trapped him in a chilling stare.

• Raijin told Daoist Master Sanfeng, Corpse Bearer, and his companion that Orochimaru could repeatedly change compatible bodies through the Snake Shedding Technique and described his other Ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru entered the field with two trusted subordinates, targeting Sasuke while intending to create unrest and draw Konoha’s leaders away from the village.
• Naruto summoned Gamabunta to battle the fully transformed Shukaku, while Orochimaru quietly skirted their fight and Sasuke eased his attacks on Qian Feng.
• Orochimaru lunged at Sasuke with his Kusanagi Sword, and Sasuke dodged the chakra slash as Qian Feng objected to the interruption.
• Orochimaru deflected Qian Feng’s fire and lightning talismans, warned him to stay out of the fight, then turned his head unnaturally and froze Qian Feng’s consciousness with his gaze.

Qian Feng escaped Orochimaru’s attack with a rare Substitution Talisman and fled, while Orochimaru turned his attention to Sasuke. Kakashi and several other Konoha experts arrived on the battlefield, bringing the confrontation to a new stage.

• Raijin prepared to intervene when Orochimaru attacked Qian Feng, but Daoist Master Sanfeng, Corpse Bearer, and Bullfighting Master persuaded him to wait.
• Qian Feng used a Substitution Talisman to evade Orochimaru’s palm strike, leaving a decoy in his place.
• Qian Feng fled with Divine Travel Talismans after realizing he could not match Orochimaru, who had secretly marked him.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng told the others that Substitution Talismans could not be mass-produced.
• Orochimaru turned to attack Sasuke, but Kakashi Hatake and several Konoha experts arrived.

Kakashi Hatake and the other Konoha experts attacked Orochimaru, but he used shadow clones to slip past them and seize Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke escaped Orochimaru’s coils by copying Qian Feng’s method, though Orochimaru remained confident he could catch him.

• Kakashi Hatake recognized Orochimaru’s aura and charged him with Lightning Blade as the other Konoha experts joined the battle.
• Orochimaru avoided Kakashi Hatake’s attack with a Death-Substitution Puppet, then created shadow clones to distract the Konoha fighters.
• Orochimaru used the distraction to reach Sasuke Uchiha and restrain him with his coils.
• Sasuke Uchiha stabbed his thigh with a lightning-charged kunai to break free of Orochimaru’s gaze, then used a substitution effect to escape the coils.
• Orochimaru watched Sasuke Uchiha escape and asked if he thought he could get away.

Orochimaru summoned Manda, who battled the gathered shinobi while Orochimaru secretly pursued Sasuke Uchiha. At the Hidden Jun Village, Ye Chen used the distant fighting to persuade Tsunade to return to the battlefield, then noticed Granny Qianyin was absent and flew after her.

• Kakashi Hatake arrived to protect Sasuke Uchiha, but Orochimaru summoned Manda before he could reach him.
• Manda attacked the shinobi as Gamabunta and One-Tail Shukaku joined the fight, and Gamabunta began battling Manda.
• Orochimaru vanished from the battlefield and crept toward Sasuke Uchiha to claim his body and advance his plan against Konoha.
• Ye Chen told Tsunade that a Kage Level expert was fighting at the border of the Land of Grass, and she agreed to investigate.
• Ye Chen sensed Granny Qianyin was missing from the Hidden Jun Village and flew away after Tsunade.

As the battle raged at the Land of Grass's border, Orochimaru wore down Sasuke Uchiha so he could implant a Cursed Seal and bend Sasuke to his will. Kakashi Hatake failed to stop him, and Orochimaru bit Sasuke's neck, leaving the seal spreading across his skin.

• Manda fought Gamabunta and Shukaku while the Otogakure Trio and their companions attacked the contestants.
• Orochimaru exhausted Sasuke Uchiha and waited for him to collapse so he could implant a Cursed Seal.
• Kakashi Hatake attacked Orochimaru with Chidori and Kamui, but Orochimaru escaped by abandoning his body.
• Orochimaru emerged from the ground behind Sasuke Uchiha and bit his neck, implanting the Cursed Seal as Kakashi Hatake watched helplessly.

Orochimaru attacked Kakashi Hatake and his students, planting a Cursed Seal on Sasuke Uchiha and disrupting Naruto Uzumaki’s connection to the Nine-Tails. After Orochimaru escaped, Kakashi was left devastated while the Four Ninja of Hidden Jun Village discussed the battle from a distance.

• Orochimaru planted a Cursed Seal on Sasuke Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake charged to stop him when he attacked Naruto Uzumaki.
• Kakashi used Kamui against Orochimaru, but Orochimaru shed his shell and struck Naruto in the navel.
• Orochimaru added Cursed Seals to Naruto’s sealing array, cutting off his contact with the Nine-Tails and preventing him from borrowing its chakra.
• Orochimaru vanished into the earth as Kakashi raged, leaving Sasuke’s and Naruto’s conditions uncertain.
• Bullfighting Master, Corpse Bearer, and Daoist Master Sanfeng watched the fight and debated whether they could safely join it.

Daoist Master Sanfeng discussed what he had learned from Orochimaru’s techniques while Master of Open Stratagems arrived with a plan to gather players and earn war merits on the battlefield. The group prepared to join the fight, then wondered why the Village Chief and Tsunade were missing.

• Daoist Master Sanfeng shared how Orochimaru’s techniques and Cursed Seals had inspired his research, though the others could not follow his explanations.
• Master of Open Stratagems joined the group, eager to earn war merits after deciding the Chunin Tournament event had ended.
• Master of Open Stratagems said he had gathered competing players to use their numbers, mass revival, and Allied Shinobi Forces Technique in the battle.
• Raijin questioned whether players could survive a battlefield dominated by giant beasts, but Master of Open Stratagems insisted they could contribute damage.
• Raijin and the others noticed that the Village Chief and Tsunade were missing, and Master of Open Stratagems guessed they had died in scripted events.

Master of Open Stratagems rallied the Hidden Jun players to join the battle against Manda, Gamabunta, and One-Tail Shukaku, while Raijin, Corpse Bearer, Bullfighting Master, and Daoist Master Sanfeng entered the fray. The players’ repeated returns after dying stunned the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and the chapter ended with Manda asking whether he could withdraw after receiving his payment.

• Master of Open Stratagems used his crystal ball to show players converging on the battlefield, drawing the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ contestants deeper into the forest.
• Raijin rode Azure Bird: Thunderclap into the battle, while Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master followed and Daoist Master Sanfeng headed toward the battlefield’s far end.
• Master of Open Stratagems led the Hidden Jun players onto the battlefield with a plan to defeat the giant beasts and earn battle merits.
• The Hidden Jun players charged Manda, Gamabunta, and One-Tail Shukaku without fear, repeatedly returning after being killed and astonishing the other factions.
• Manda swallowed over a hundred shinobi as he fought back, then asked whether he could withdraw now that he had received his payment.

Tsunade confronted Orochimaru over his attack on Konoha, but he challenged her right to condemn him for abandoning the village. Ye Chen arrived and argued that Tsunade’s escape had harmed no one, while Orochimaru had sacrificed innocents for his ambitions.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, found Orochimaru hiding, and demanded to know why he had attacked Konoha ninja.
• Orochimaru said Konoha’s refusal to save his dying parents and its opposition to his experiments had turned him against the village.
• Tsunade accused Orochimaru of disguising selfish revenge as a desire to change Konoha.
• Orochimaru countered that Tsunade had abandoned Konoha during a crisis and therefore had no right to judge him.
• Ye Chen arrived and told Orochimaru that Tsunade had escaped because of emotional wounds, while Orochimaru had harmed innocent people to pursue his ambitions.

Ye Chen stalled while Kakashi Hatake attacked Orochimaru, only to provoke Manda and trigger a clash between the legendary summoning beasts. Tsunade joined the fight and followed Ye Chen’s guidance toward Orochimaru, whose delay appeared to support a plan to attack Konoha.

• Ye Chen continued denouncing Orochimaru to build goodwill with the Five Great Shinobi Villages and deliberately stall for time.
• Kakashi Hatake struck Orochimaru’s shed-skin puppet with Kamui and a lightning spear, but Orochimaru’s real body escaped again.
• Manda roared and struck Kakashi Hatake with his tail, sending him flying from the battlefield.
• Tsunade had Katsuyu spray acidic slime at Manda and leaped toward Orochimaru’s location using Ye Chen’s guidance.
• Ye Chen reasoned that Orochimaru was waiting for Konoha’s forces to be drawn away so he could exploit the delay and attack the village.