Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen experimented with improving the Rasengan and began developing a fusion technique to prevent different chakra attributes from weakening one another. On the battlefield, the players’ Rasengan bombardment and Daoist Master Sanfeng’s talismans forced the Kusagakure squads to retreat, and the players charged after them.

• Ye Chen used the system’s evaluation mechanism as motivation to experiment with Rasengan improvements and began devising a stable way to fuse chakra of different attributes.
• The players returned from town with A-rank ninjutsu and bombarded the Kusagakure forces with Rasengan, increasing their proficiency as they fought.
• The players’ attacks broke the encirclement, forcing the Kusagakure squads to withdraw.
• Emperor of Sinking urged the players to chase the retreating ninja for contribution points, and Dai Xiaomei led the charge among the female players.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng’s talismans proved effective on the battlefield, while he stayed in the village drawing more and earned a fortune.

Ye Chen paused his Rasengan research and reviewed the battle, discovering how quickly the players had grown and how much chakra feedback he had received. Suspecting Kusagakure’s retreat was a trap, he flew out to investigate.

• Ye Chen stopped his fusion experiments after nearly a thousand failed attempts and checked the system notifications he had muted.
• Ye Chen saw that San Feng had reached elite jonin and used the playback function to learn that his talismans had earned him a fortune during the battle.
• Ye Chen checked his status and found that he still needed 500,000 chakra to advance from early Kage level.
• Ye Chen surveyed the players, who had gained rewards and strength from the battle, while they explored and hunted beyond the village.
• Ye Chen recalled sensing an elite jonin among the Kusagakure forces, suspected their retreat was a trap, and flew out to search the village.

Ye Chen discovered that the Hidden Jun Village had been left without defenders and sensed Grass Ninja squads preparing to attack. He unleashed Lightning Blade to annihilate the advancing force, while one cautious squad leader remained hidden.

• Ye Chen noticed that most players had left the village to farm mobs and decided to assign them official duties.
• Ye Chen sensed a Grass Ninja squad observing the village and secretly moved into the forest.
• A Grass Ninja squad leader warned his men that Elder White Ape was using them as cannon fodder, then chose to wait as other squads charged.
• Ye Chen saw the Grass Ninja squads advancing toward the village and used Lightning Blade to strike them with a massive bolt of lightning.
• Ye Chen swept through the survivors at lightning speed, killing or incapacitating the charging Grass Ninja.

Ye Chen used Lightning Blade to break through White Ape’s Wood Release attacks and severely wounded the Kusagakure Elite Jonin. White Ape escaped, realizing the Hidden Jun Village chief was far stronger than the intelligence had claimed.

• White Ape revealed himself and attacked Ye Chen with Wood Release: Ghost Tree Forest, intending to hold him until reinforcements arrived.
• Ye Chen let the branches ensnare him, then shattered the cage with lightning and charged at White Ape.
• White Ape used Wood Release: Puppet Art to evade Ye Chen’s strike, but Ye Chen pursued his real body through the forest.
• Ye Chen caught White Ape and struck him with a lightning blade, leaving him badly wounded.
• White Ape fled the forest and concluded that the Village Chief of the Hidden Jun Village was far stronger than a peak Jonin.

Players gathered to investigate a massacre in the woods east of Hidden Jun Village, where they suspected the Village Chief had defeated a Kusagakure attack with Lightning-Style Ninjutsu. They wondered why the developers had not announced an event that seemed to offer a rare chance to interact with an NPC.

• White Ape decided to risk his life to deliver the intelligence he had gathered to Kusagakure.
• Dai Xiaomei and Emperor of Sinking led their groups toward a dark cloud and thunder at the eastern end of Hidden Jun Village.
• One Sword Opens the Heavens arrived first and found a gruesome, charred scene deep in the woods.
• Dai Xiaomei warned her viewers about the graphic scene, and the platform blurred her stream as viewers argued in chat.
• One Sword Opens the Heavens and Emperor of Sinking concluded that Kusagakure had launched a sneak attack and that the Village Chief had wiped out the attackers with Lightning-Style Ninjutsu.
• Emperor of Sinking questioned why the developers had not notified players about the apparent event.

After defeating the attackers, Ye Chen warned the players about leaving Hidden Jun Village undefended and introduced new systems for tracking merit and assigning village positions. He then announced a counterattack against Kusagakure, while preparing new shop merchandise and considering how to advance the Rasengan.

• Ye Chen appeared before the gathered players, confirmed he had defeated the enemies, and warned them that leaving the village unguarded had put its villagers at risk.
• The players apologized, and Ye Chen introduced the merit and penalty system and a position function with jobs and daily quests.
• Ye Chen offered Pig Keeper as a well-paid village job, prompting the players to joke about Emperor of Sinking's interest in easy money.
• Ye Chen announced that Hidden Jun Village would counterattack Kusagakure, and the excited players returned to prepare for battle.
• Ye Chen added his B-rank Five Elements Ninjutsu to the shop and considered how his fight against a Kage Level opponent might help him advance the Rasengan.

Ye Chen completed an advanced fused Rasengan and upgraded Hidden Jun Village to level three. The upgrade unlocked room for more villagers and two facilities as war with Kusagakure approached.

• The players registered their professions and used their missions to repair the village, patrol its outskirts, and prepare medical supplies.
• Ye Chen refined his approach and successfully fused different chakra attributes into an advanced Rasengan after more than a hundred experiments.
• Ye Chen uploaded the advanced Rasengan for system evaluation and accepted the system's offer to upgrade the village.
• Hidden Jun Village reached level three, increasing its capacity to thirty-six villagers and unlocking the Training Grounds and Stable.

Ye Chen unlocked level-three village rewards, listed new ninjutsu and the Cowhide War Drum in the shop, and released the S-rank Big Ball Rasengan. Dai Xiaomei bought it to demonstrate on stream, but her first attempt failed.

• Ye Chen opened the village level-up gift pack, learned five C-rank Five Elements Ninjutsu, and listed the techniques in the shop.
• Ye Chen received the Cowhide War Drum and added it to his inventory, then gained 100,000 chakra for developing the S-rank Big Ball Rasengan.
• Ye Chen listed Big Ball Rasengan for 1,000 contribution points and posted an announcement that it was available.
• Dai Xiaomei bought Big Ball Rasengan during her stream and tried to use it, but the chakra in her palm flickered out.
• Dai Xiaomei's viewers mocked her failed attempt while she stood confused.

Dai Xiaomei and other players discovered that they could not use the S-rank Ninjutsu, and they debated whether it required more practice or strength. Meanwhile, Hidden Jun Ninja opened its third closed beta with only thirty-six slots, which filled in less than ten minutes, leaving disappointed players protesting on the forum.

• Dai Xiaomei asked the in-game chat whether anyone had managed to use the S-rank Ninjutsu, and several players said they had failed despite repeated attempts.
• Raijin and San Feng argued that players needed greater strength or more practice to master the technique, while Emperor of Sinking suspected it was a scam.
• Dai Xiaomei defended the players who believed in the technique and reassured her livestream viewers that nobody had managed to use it.
• A popular video of Hidden Jun Ninja's ninja village battles drew praise on the official website, while users complained that only twenty-seven beta slots had been offered so far.
• Hidden Jun Ninja announced a third closed beta with thirty-six slots, and users filled them in less than ten minutes.
• Players who missed out protested on the official forum, but the developers disappeared without responding.

Bibiye brought Kusagakure news that Elder White Ape’s forces had been nearly wiped out by the Hidden Jun Village. The report revealed that the village chief might have reached Early Kage Level, leaving Kusagakure shocked and wondering what the powerful leader intended.

• Bibiye received a report that Elder White Ape’s forces had been nearly wiped out and went to inform Kusagakure.
• Kusagakure ordered Bibiye to bring Elder White Ape to him for punishment when the elder returned.
• Bibiye explained that the Hidden Jun Village’s ninja could revive the dead and fought without concern for their lives.
• Bibiye reported that the Hidden Jun Village’s chief had gravely wounded Peak Jonin Elder White Ape with a single blow and might be at Early Kage Level.
• Kusagakure reacted with disbelief and wondered why such a powerful figure was hiding in the small village.