Recaps

Ye Chen’s players hunted wolves, defeated the Kusagakure infiltrator Youzhi, and found Kusagakure before new recruits arrived. As Hidden Jun Village expanded, Master Sanfeng developed powerful talisman techniques that only he could use.

• Ye Chen recruited players who trained to strengthen him, and Dai Xiaomei’s livestream brought Hidden Jun Ninja to public attention.
• Emperor of Sinking and the other players fought wolves, learned chakra, and helped Raijin create Lightning Release techniques that made coordinated hunts possible.
• Ye Chen discovered Youzhi, a Kusagakure Genin spying on Hidden Jun Village, and sent players to eliminate him.
• Youzhi killed the players repeatedly, but they adapted and revived until they defeated him, earning rewards that helped Ye Chen reach roughly Chunin strength.
• Ye Chen opened new village facilities and sent players to locate Kusagakure, where Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking were captured before killing themselves and respawning.
• Hidden Jun Village reached level two, allowing Ye Chen to recruit 19 new players as Master Sanfeng developed three powerful chakra-based talisman arts.
• Master Sanfeng’s talismans proved unusable by other players, while 19 recruits arrived and the system issued a quest to expand the surrounding map.

Ye Chen and the players defended Hidden Jun Village from Kusagakure’s attacks, then prepared to counterattack as Ye Chen grew stronger and advanced the village. The arc ended with Kusagakure learning that Ye Chen had badly wounded Elder White Ape and might be at Early Kage Level.

• Taro Boba earned a hidden achievement from Ye Chen, while repeated encounters with Kusagakure’s Grass Ninja left the new players struggling to survive.
• Ye Chen issued a quest to protect Hidden Jun Village, and the players held off Yoshino Ichiro’s squad until the mission ended, after which Ye Chen defeated the invaders with Planetary Devastation.
• Ye Chen rallied the players against Kusagakure, and their chakra contributions strengthened him as Kusagakure prepared for war and the other great villages chose not to intervene.
• The players used talismans and Rasengan to fight Kusagakure’s forces, while Ye Chen’s Rasengan mastery brought him to initial Kage Level and helped drive the enemy squads back.
• Ye Chen ambushed Kusagakure’s attacking forces with Lightning Blade, then fought Elder White Ape and wounded him badly enough to force his retreat.
• Ye Chen introduced village jobs, daily quests, merits, and penalties, and the players prepared for a counterattack while repairing and guarding Hidden Jun Village.
• Ye Chen developed the advanced Rasengan, raised Hidden Jun Village to level three, and listed the S-rank Big Ball Rasengan in the shop, though the players could not use it yet.
• Bibiye reported that Ye Chen had gravely wounded Peak Jonin Elder White Ape, leading Kusagakure to suspect that the village chief was at Early Kage Level.