Recaps

After awakening the plunder system during a graduation assessment, Lin Chen stole Morino Kenta’s abilities and defeated him, then gained a trace of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s fortune. The Heavenly Dao identified Lin Chen as a heretical plot anomaly, and he vowed to defy its control.

• Lin Chen remembered that he had transmigrated into a death-trap world as a weak Ninja Academy student facing Morino Kenta’s lethal attack.
• A system activated and promised a guaranteed critical plunder on Lin Chen’s first target.
• Lin Chen plundered Morino Kenta’s chakra, Taijutsu talent, and physical explosive power, then struck him down with one punch.
• The system announced that Lin Chen had overturned the underdog plot and plundered a trace of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s fortune.
• The Heavenly Dao awakened, marked Lin Chen as a heretical plot anomaly, and drew his defiant resolve.

Lin Chen stunned the students by defeating Morino Kenta in one punch during the preliminary assessment. After Watanabe declared Lin Chen the winner, Lin Chen resolved to keep taking fortune and strength from Naruto and Sasuke, while Sasuke grew resentful of his sudden rise.

• Lin Chen sent Morino Kenta flying with one punch, shocking the students and drawing Naruto's and Sasuke's attention.
• Morino Kenta accused Lin Chen of using a dirty trick, but Lin Chen dismissed his excuses as Watanabe arrived to restore order.
• Watanabe confirmed that Morino Kenta could not continue and declared Lin Chen the winner, then accepted Lin Chen's explanation that he had finally taken the assessment seriously.
• The system announced that Lin Chen's attributes and potential had increased after his first combat comeback, and Lin Chen eyed Naruto and Sasuke's abundant fortune.
• Sasuke clenched his fists and vowed that Lin Chen would not surpass him.

Lin Chen defeated Inoue Yū and every other opponent in the preliminary assessment, taking first place after once ranking last. Watanabe promised to report Lin Chen for personal Jōnin instruction, while the system announced that the Will of the World's correction mechanism had begun activating.

• Inoue Yū challenged Lin Chen, but Lin Chen dodged his high-speed attack and threw him to the ground in less than a second.
• Watanabe declared Lin Chen the winner, and Lin Chen went on to defeat every remaining opponent in three seconds or less.
• Naruto admired Lin Chen's strength, while Sasuke grew increasingly wary as Lin Chen drew the attention and acclaim he had expected for himself.
• Lin Chen won every match and placed first in the preliminary assessment, overturning his former position as the school's lowest-ranked student.
• Watanabe said he would report Lin Chen to the Konoha High Command and request personal Jōnin instruction for him.
• The system reported that Lin Chen had completed a milestone reversal and that the Will of the World's correction mechanism had begun its initial activation.

After placing first in the preliminary assessment, Lin Chen secretly plundered parts of Naruto’s and Sasuke’s talents and fate. The system then revealed a chance to seize the Scroll of Seals before Naruto could use it.

• Naruto admired Lin Chen’s performance and asked him to teach him fighting techniques.
• Lin Chen plundered a trace of Naruto’s Nine-Tails stamina source and heavenly fate, slightly weakening Naruto’s future gifts.
• Sasuke challenged Lin Chen to take back the top spot, and Lin Chen plundered a fragment of Sasuke’s bloodline potential and delayed his Sharingan awakening.
• The system warned Lin Chen that Mizuki would soon lure Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals and offered him a chance to seize the opportunity first.
• Lin Chen decided that the Scroll of Seals and its secrets would be his.

Lin Chen intercepted Naruto and Mizuki as they came to steal the Scroll of Seals, defeated Mizuki, and drove Naruto away. He then plundered the scroll’s Origin, gaining its techniques and a tenfold increase in chakra, while the world’s corrective pressure intensified.

• Lin Chen waited near Konoha’s Archives Room for Naruto and Mizuki to arrive, intending to seize the Scroll of Seals.
• Mizuki tried to stop Lin Chen from interfering and attacked him with Water Release: Wild Water Wave.
• Lin Chen plundered Mizuki’s chakra and Water Release talent, then knocked him unconscious with one strike.
• Lin Chen told Naruto to leave, and Naruto returned home dejectedly.
• Lin Chen entered the Archives Room and plundered the Scroll of Seals, mastering its techniques and gaining greatly increased chakra and physical abilities.
• The system announced a major plot deviation as the Will of the World’s corrective pressure on Lin Chen intensified.

After Lin Chen’s rise to the top of the Preliminary Assessment drew attention at the Academy, Sasuke blamed him for his own stagnating power and challenged him to fight after school. Lin Chen accepted, leaving the class expecting a confrontation.

• The students at Konoha Ninja Academy focused on Lin Chen and discussed his victories and Mr. Watanabe’s recommendation for individual Jōnin instruction.
• Sasuke Uchiha brooded over Lin Chen’s growing fame and his own stalled bloodline power, suspecting Lin Chen had taken his fortune.
• Naruto praised Lin Chen and showed no resentment over missing the Scroll of Seals.
• After class, Sasuke challenged Lin Chen to meet him at the Training Ground and dismissed Lin Chen’s victories as luck.
• Lin Chen calmly accepted Sasuke’s challenge.

Lin Chen defeated Sasuke after Sasuke forcibly awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan, then used his system to plunder the eye’s essence, Uchiha potential, and Heavenly Dao blessing. The onlookers watched in shock as Sasuke lost his Sharingan and the world’s will turned against Lin Chen.

• Sasuke forcibly awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan with help from the Heavenly Dao and challenged Lin Chen, confident he would win.
• Sasuke launched a rapid barrage of attacks, but Lin Chen evaded every strike and exposed the strain of Sasuke’s forced breakthrough.
• Lin Chen countered with a precise palm strike that disrupted Sasuke’s chakra, then activated Plunder to take Sasuke’s Sharingan essence, Uchiha potential, and temporary blessing.
• Sasuke’s Sharingan vanished and his bloodline power weakened, while Lin Chen gained enhanced perception and ocular power.
• The Heavenly Dao’s warning intensified, and the silent spectators realized Lin Chen had defeated Sasuke as Lin Chen asked whether Sasuke still thought he had only been lucky.

After defeating Sasuke and stripping away his Sharingan, Lin Chen absorbed the Heavenly Dao’s first punishment and drew the attention of Kakashi and Konoha’s leaders. Sasuke vowed revenge as Lin Chen gained new abilities, while the changes to Sasuke’s fate threatened future events.

• Sasuke lost his awakened Sharingan and much of his bloodline potential after Lin Chen defeated him.
• The Heavenly Dao tried to suppress Lin Chen, but his system absorbed the punishment and converted it into strength.
• Kakashi witnessed the strange power and questioned Lin Chen, who denied knowing anything about it.
• Sasuke swore to repay his humiliation and left the Training Ground in defeat.
• Lin Chen gained system experience, potential points, and the ability to sense changes to Heavenly Fate plot points.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Lin Chen from the shadows as Konoha’s leaders began focusing on him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Root ANBU to covertly probe Lin Chen after hearing how he had defeated Sasuke and absorbed a mysterious force. Lin Chen sensed the two operatives outside his home and invited them to face him, as the probe began.

• Root ANBU reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sasuke Uchiha awakened and then lost his Sharingan during his fight with Lin Chen, while a strange pressure appeared and vanished.
• Kakashi said the phenomenon was unlike Ninjutsu, a kekkei genkai, or a Secret Technique, and described it as a collision between the rules of the world.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Root to conduct a low-intensity probe of Lin Chen without seriously injuring him or revealing their identities.
• Lin Chen refined the heavenly dao punishment power and sensed a hostile chakra presence surrounding his wooden house.
• Lin Chen identified the intruders as Root ANBU, called them out, and watched two figures emerge from the shadows.

Two Root Anbu tested Lin Chen under orders from the Third, but he easily defeated their coordinated attack and plundered their stealth and assassination talents. The shaken Anbu left to report that Lin Chen was a dangerous anomaly, while he warned Konoha against targeting him.

• Two Root Anbu arrived to assess Lin Chen's strength, and he recognized their visit as an opportunity to plunder their abilities.
• Lin Chen let the Anbu attack first, then evaded their coordinated ambush and struck them down with precise taijutsu.
• The Anbu ended the probe after recognizing that Lin Chen's combat ability rivaled an elite Jonin's.
• Lin Chen used his plunder ability to take the Anbu's supreme stealth, Silent Assassination, and chakra presence-suppression skills, weakening their combat abilities.
• Lin Chen warned the Anbu to tell the Third that he would not bring chaos to Konoha unless its leaders continued to target him.
• The Anbu fled to report their findings, realizing they had not uncovered the full extent of Lin Chen's abilities.

After Lin Chen’s defeat of the ANBU probe, Hiruzen ordered special-grade training and the highest-priority supervision for him. Lin Chen resolved to accept Konoha’s resources without submitting to its control, and the chapter ended with a Jonin summoning him to the Hokage Building.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi heard the ANBU report, stopped further probing, and ordered the Special-Grade Training Plan and highest-priority supervision for Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen judged Konoha’s training offer to be an attempt to bind him and decided to use its resources while remaining independent.
• Lin Chen’s calm mindset unlocked a hidden passive that slightly increased his Heaven’s Chosen exemption and weakened the Heavenly Dao’s suppression.
• Lin Chen consolidated his abilities overnight and arrived at the Ninja Academy, where students treated him with awe and wariness.
• Sasuke Uchiha watched Lin Chen with resentment and hatred after losing his bloodline potential and chance to awaken his eyes.
• A Jonin entered the classroom and told Lin Chen that Lord Hokage had summoned him to the Hokage Building.

Lin Chen met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who offered him exceptional resources and Kakashi as an instructor in exchange for strict oversight. Lin Chen pretended to accept Konoha’s control while planning to use its support for his own growth, and Hiruzen and Kakashi ended the meeting wary of his intentions.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Lin Chen for defeating Sasuke and offered him special-tier training privileges, additional resources, and Kakashi as his jonin instructor.
• Hiruzen required Lin Chen to follow village rules, report his training and missions, and obtain permission before leaving Konoha.
• Lin Chen politely agreed to the terms while privately intending to exploit Konoha’s resources and evade its surveillance.
• Hiruzen authorized Lin Chen to choose an intermediate-level ninjutsu scroll and assigned Kakashi to guide him.
• After Lin Chen left, Kakashi warned Hiruzen that Lin Chen’s obedience was false and that Konoha had never controlled him.
• Hiruzen concluded that Konoha had to win Lin Chen’s loyalty, though he hinted at taking harsher measures if Lin Chen proved disloyal.

Lin Chen reviewed the powers he had plundered and resolved to use Konoha’s resources while resisting the Heavenly Dao’s attempts to control him. He headed toward the Scripture Repository, intending to claim the knowledge and techniques within it for himself.

• Lin Chen rejected the idea that he was devoted to Konoha and vowed to break free of every restraint on his path to power.
• Lin Chen assessed his enhanced chakra, recovery, perception, Sharingan-derived abilities, and Root concealment technique.
• Lin Chen reviewed his bloodline origins, combat skills, Shadow Clone Technique, sealing jutsu, and growth system as the results of plundering others.
• Lin Chen decided that the Scripture Repository offered more than the single mid-level ninjutsu scroll Konoha had promised him.
• Lin Chen resolved to use his legitimate visit to plunder the essence of the Scripture Repository.

Lin Chen plundered the Konoha Scripture Repository’s technique knowledge and mastered a broad range of skills. After defeating Kato Iwa when he tried to search him, Lin Chen sensed Sasuke Uchiha’s attention and anticipated an approaching plot correction.

• Lin Chen used Full-Domain Plunder to extract knowledge from the repository’s scrolls, mastering techniques across all five chakra attributes as well as sealing, genjutsu, swordsmanship, and medical fundamentals.
• Lin Chen chose an ordinary Great Fireball scroll, but Kato Iwa confronted him over a perceived fluctuation in the repository’s texts and demanded to search him.
• When Kato Iwa grabbed for him, Lin Chen evaded the attack, plundered his chakra control and sealing fundamentals, and restrained him with a single move.
• Lin Chen warned Kato Iwa against making baseless accusations and left the repository with the Great Fireball scroll.
• Lin Chen sensed Sasuke Uchiha’s obsessive attention and received a system notification that a plot correction event would soon occur.

Sasuke challenged Lin Chen again after the Heavenly Dao restored his Sharingan, but Lin Chen plundered the blessing and defeated him instantly. The Heavenly Dao moved the graduation assessment forward by three days and increased its difficulty, and Lin Chen prepared to face its next attempt to suppress him.

• Sasuke demanded another fight with Lin Chen, and the teacher failed to dissuade him.
• Sasuke awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan again with help from an unfamiliar power that Kakashi recognized as external.
• Lin Chen plundered Sasuke's temporary Heavenly Dao blessing and drained his power before Sasuke's attack could land.
• Lin Chen knocked Sasuke down with one palm, and Sasuke passed out from rage and exhaustion.
• The system reported that Lin Chen's ocular power had nearly reached Sharingan awakening and that the graduation assessment would begin three days early at increased difficulty.
• Lin Chen welcomed the harder assessment as an opportunity to plunder more power while the Will of the World watched him.

After defeating Sasuke, Lin Chen learned that the Will of the World had advanced and intensified the Graduation Exam to counter him. He accepted the challenge and left the training ground intent on using the exam to gain more power and defy fate.

• Lin Chen watched Sasuke lie unconscious and refused to pity him, believing mercy toward fate’s chosen would endanger his own survival.
• The system warned Lin Chen that the Graduation Exam would begin three days early with increased difficulty after the Heavenly Dao’s correction failed again.
• Lin Chen planned to exploit the altered exam to plunder opportunities, including the abilities of other students, examiners, and any special variables introduced by the Will of the World.
• Kakashi questioned Lin Chen about Sasuke’s condition, and Lin Chen apologized while concealing his true intentions.
• Kakashi told Lin Chen to prepare for the exam, and Lin Chen left the training ground determined to make the exam another step toward overcoming fate.

Lin Chen intercepted a Root ninja delivering Naruto a secret training scroll, plundered its contents and Naruto’s fortune, and left Naruto without an easy path to graduation. Three days later, Lin Chen stood at the Graduation Exam, sensing that Konoha and the Heavenly Dao were preparing to interfere.

• Lin Chen anticipated that the Heavenly Dao would give Naruto another chance and concealed himself near Naruto’s cottage.
• A Root ninja delivered Naruto a scroll promising graduation if he mastered the Clone Technique within three days.
• Lin Chen plundered the ninja’s abilities, knocked him unconscious, and drained the scroll’s contents and a trace of Naruto’s fortune.
• Lin Chen told Naruto to practice rather than rely on shortcuts, then left with new skills and improved chakra control.
• Three days later, Lin Chen arrived at the Graduation Exam and sensed hidden chakra signatures gathering around the Training Ground.

Lin Chen passed the Graduation Exam after displaying extraordinary Clone Technique control and defeating three Root elites who attacked him under the guise of rogue ninja. He became a Konoha genin with ordinary Jonin-level strength, while the Heavenly Dao prepared a major plot correction and the Chunin Ninja Exams storyline began ahead of schedule.

• Iruka announced that the exam would test the Clone Technique and combat adaptability, with simulated rogue ninja attacks, after Root proposed the rule change.
• Lin Chen summoned ten solid clones and earned full marks on the basic test, shocking Iruka, the Third, and Kakashi.
• Three Root elites attacked Lin Chen from different directions, but he plundered their skills and Heavenly Dao-enhanced killing intent before defeating them with three palm strikes.
• Lin Chen placed first, received his Konoha Forehead Protector, and officially became a genin.
• The system reported that Lin Chen had crossed the Jonin threshold and warned that the Chunin Ninja Exams storyline had begun early as the Heavenly Dao's anger and Akatsuki activity intensified.

Iruka assigned Lin Chen to join Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno on Team 7, where Kakashi Hatake tested the group with a bell challenge. Lin Chen subdued an evil-energy-tainted Ninja Wolf and took Kakashi’s bells, then accepted Team 7’s upcoming escort mission to the Land of Waves.

• Iruka announced that Lin Chen would temporarily join Team 7 under Kakashi Hatake, prompting surprise and resentment from the other students.
• At the Training Ground, Kakashi set a bell test, and Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha failed to land attacks while Sakura Haruno hesitated.
• Lin Chen cut the bells’ cord with a concealed Wind Release technique, impressing Kakashi with his precision.
• An evil-energy-tainted Ninja Wolf attacked Lin Chen, who drained its power and caused it to collapse unconscious.
• Lin Chen took both bells while Kakashi was distracted, and Kakashi declared the entire team had passed the test.
• Kakashi told Lin Chen about a C-rank escort mission to the Land of Waves in three days, and Lin Chen agreed to go.

Team 7 traveled with Tazuna toward the Land of Waves as signs of otherworldly forces appeared along their route. After reaching the village, Tazuna revealed that disappearances and strange nighttime attacks had made the mission far more dangerous than he had admitted.

• Lin Chen learned that the Myriad Worlds Fusion was accelerating, with energy from the Pirate and Jujutsu planes seeping into the Shinobi World.
• Kakashi found a drained corpse and chakra-suppressing metal fragments at the border, while Lin Chen recognized traces of a cursed spirit and seastone.
• Team 7 continued through the border forest, encountering increasingly frequent signs of strange creatures and foreign forces.
• After arriving in the Land of Waves, Tazuna admitted that workers had heard a crying woman, lost their strength, and disappeared, and that a strange ship had washed ashore.
• Kakashi realized the escort mission had escalated beyond its stated rank and now involved unknown supernatural threats.

Kakashi’s team investigated a strange shipwreck and discovered evidence that it came from another world, while Lin Chen absorbed its energies and gained new abilities. After Lin Chen effortlessly killed a mutated sea beast, the group settled near the construction site as Zabuza and Haku watched from the forest and the spatial rift continued to grow.

• Kakashi investigated the shipwreck and found charts and a log describing a voyage from the Grand Line and Reverse Mountain.
• Lin Chen secretly absorbed the wreck’s Pirate Plane imprint and nearby Cursed Energy, gaining Armament Haki insight, Spirit Vision, and Cursed Energy Affinity.
• A mutated sea beast attacked Sakura, but Kakashi’s Water Dragon Bullet and Sasuke’s shuriken failed to stop it, while Naruto’s Chakra was suppressed.
• Lin Chen devoured the sea beast and its attached Low-Level Cursed Spirit, killing the creature and stunning Kakashi and Team 7.
• Kakashi questioned Lin Chen about his power, but Lin Chen dismissed it as a method for dealing with spirits.
• Zabuza and Haku watched the group from the forest, while Lin Chen learned that the Myriad Worlds Fusion was deepening and anticipated plundering more powers.

Zabuza and Haku attacked Tazuna’s house, but Lin Chen neutralized the cursed power on Zabuza’s sword and forced them to retreat. The group planned to investigate Gato’s dangerous shipment at the Dock Warehouse the next day.

• Tazuna told Kakashi that Gato had locked away strange black iron fragments and carved plaques at the docks, which caused fever and nightmares among those who touched them.
• Lin Chen recognized the cargo as seastone residue and cursed objects, while the system detected energy from other planes at the Dock Warehouse.
• Zabuza burst into the house with a cursed Kubikiribōchō as Haku attacked Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Tazuna with Ice Release.
• Lin Chen caught Zabuza’s sword between two fingers and plundered its seastone resistance, cursed energy, and assassination techniques, then disrupted Haku’s Ice Release.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique to escape with Haku after Lin Chen revealed his name.
• Kakashi questioned Lin Chen about the sword, and Lin Chen urged the group to investigate the Dock Warehouse the next day.

Lin Chen led Kakashi’s team through Gato’s warehouse, defeating its Haki-wielding guards and devouring a Cursed Spirit while plundering the foreign treasures inside. Zabuza and Haku then appeared in the mist to claim the treasures, and Lin Chen prepared to take Haku’s Ice Release.

• Tazuna guided the group to Gato’s warehouse, where Kakashi sensed unusually powerful guards and Lin Chen detected Seastone fragments, Cursed Objects, and two warriors with Armament Haki.
• Lin Chen charged through the entrance and knocked out two guards with his bare hands, forcing Kakashi and the others to follow him inside.
• Sasuke and Naruto failed to harm the two Haki-wielding warriors, but Lin Chen drained their power and defeated them.
• A Low-Level Cursed Spirit attacked Sakura, and Lin Chen devoured it before the group searched the warehouse’s hidden contents.
• Lin Chen plundered knowledge and abilities from a Voyage Log and Cursed Objects, gaining navigation, Haki, and Cursed Energy insights.
• Zabuza and Haku appeared in a Hidden Mist Technique, revealing that they had come for the foreign treasures, while Lin Chen focused on taking Haku’s Ice Release.

Lin Chen turned Zabuza and Haku’s warehouse ambush around by resisting the mist and Seastone dust, then plundered much of their abilities. After clearing the cursed goods and Seastone, he and the others witnessed a spatial rift opening over the sea, revealing the next threat and opportunity.

• Zabuza and Haku used chakra-suppressing mist, Ice Release, and surprise attacks to trap Kakashi and his team in the warehouse.
• Lin Chen ignored the mist and Seastone dust, stripped the Kubikiribōchō of its Seastone and cursed aura, and plundered much of Haku’s Ice Release.
• Lin Chen plundered Zabuza’s assassination techniques and swordsmanship, forcing him to flee with the weakened Haku.
• Lin Chen absorbed the remaining cursed energy and Seastone in the warehouse, while Kakashi and the others reacted with shock to his power.
• A spatial rift opened over the distant sea, and Lin Chen recognized it as a gateway to more planes and greater dangers.

A spatial rift opened off the coast of the Land of Waves, releasing mutated sea beasts and pirates from other worlds. Lin Chen defeated the creatures and absorbed their abilities, while Kakashi prepared to report the anomaly to Konoha and an Akatsuki observer secretly withdrew to alert the organization.

• A level-one spatial rift opened over the sea, and the system revealed that creatures and items from the Pirate Plane and Jujutsu Plane would spill through.
• Four Mutated Sea Beasts and two pirates emerged from the rift, and Kakashi and Sasuke struggled to damage the beasts as they attacked the villagers.
• Lin Chen used his devouring force to kill the four beasts and then drained the two pirates, plundering their abilities and knowledge.
• The rift closed, and Kakashi identified the creatures and pirates as outsiders before deciding to report the event to Lord Hokage.
• Lin Chen received his first-rift rewards and grew stronger, while an Akatsuki observer secretly left to report the anomaly to the leader.