Chapter Summaries

Senju Chen entered Ryūchi Cave’s outer region and fought his way through its snakes, reaching the Snake Bone Wasteland and confronting the giant Black Scale. He revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and began using its ability to redirect Black Scale’s attacks.

• Tagorihime described the outer region’s snake tiers and warned Senju Chen away from the Poison Mist Swamp, Snake Bone Wasteland, and Snake Cave Abyss.
• Senju Chen entered the outer region, used his Sharingan to defeat a venomous snake, and stole Scale Hardening.
• Senju Chen defeated more snakes and fused several stolen abilities into his War God Body.
• Senju Chen reached a cavern piled with bones, where Black Scale attacked him with its tail.
• Senju Chen struck Black Scale with Lightning Release: Lightning Fist, but its scales blocked the attack.
• Senju Chen awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye and redirected Black Scale’s attacks through genjutsu, enraging the snake.

Senju Chen defeated Black Scale with his Genjutsu and stole its advanced Scale Armor Defense, then entered the Poison Mist Swamp and encountered a much larger, crazed purple snake. The purple snake attacked, but Chen evaded its strikes by distorting its perception inside his Genjutsu space.

• Senju Chen dodged Black Scale’s attacks, struck it with a Lightning Release punch, and trapped it in a Genjutsu that made it run in circles.
• Senju Chen stole Black Scale’s advanced Scale Armor Defense and fused the ability into his War God Body.
• Senju Chen reached the Poison Mist Swamp, judged it too dangerous to explore while his Magic God Bloodline remained sealed, and turned to leave.
• A fifty-meter purple snake emerged from the swamp and attacked Senju Chen, calling him blood food.
• Senju Chen used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to evade the purple snake’s fangs and tail by altering its perception of distance.

Senju Chen defeated Purple Scale after stealing and safely fusing its berserk instinct, then learned that something deep in the Poison Mist Swamp drove snakes mad. A mysterious black snake emerged from Purple Scale’s corpse, recognized the White Snake Sage’s aura on Senju Chen, and warned him not to go to the Snake Cave Abyss.

• Senju Chen stole Purple Scale’s berserk instinct and fused it with his war god body, gaining a controlled boost to strength and speed.
• Senju Chen trapped Purple Scale in a genjutsu, where the snake briefly regained enough consciousness to reveal that something deep in the Poison Mist Swamp made snakes stronger but erased their reason.
• Senju Chen killed Purple Scale with a Rasengan and decided to leave the swamp rather than investigate while his magic god bloodline was sealed.
• A small black snake burst from Purple Scale’s corpse and displayed an aura stronger than Purple Scale’s.
• The black snake recognized the White Snake Sage’s aura on Senju Chen, questioned whether he was human, and warned him not to go to the Snake Cave Abyss before vanishing into the swamp.

Senju Chen explored Ryūchi Cave’s outskirts, using his Sharingan genjutsu to make a group of snakes attack one another and steal their abilities to strengthen his War God Body. An ancient snake recognized the White Snake Sage’s mark on him and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had once visited Ryūchi Cave, leaving Senju Chen stunned.

• Senju Chen decided to avoid the Snake Den Abyss while his Magic God Bloodline remained sealed and continued exploring Ryūchi Cave’s outskirts.
• Senju Chen trapped seven or eight snakes in genjutsu, making them attack one another and then run in circles.
• Senju Chen stole Scale Regeneration from Ryūchi Cave Spirit Snake Qinglin and fused it into his War God Body along with other physical enhancements.
• An ancient snake stopped the fight, recognized Senju Chen as someone acknowledged by the White Snake Sage, and asked why he was not receiving the inheritance.
• The ancient snake told Senju Chen that the Sage of Six Paths had visited Ryūchi Cave long ago, shocking him.

Senju Chen learned that the Sage of Six Paths had entered Ryūchi Cave’s Snake Cave Abyss and emerged transformed, leaving behind a stone tablet warning of the price of truth. While waiting for his seal to lift before investigating the abyss, Senju Chen continued grinding for abilities and greatly strengthened the War God Body.

• The old snake told Senju Chen that, over a thousand years earlier, a powerful human entered the Snake Cave Abyss and emerged with red eyes and an aura like a god.
• The old snake revealed that the man left a stone tablet at the abyss entrance warning that those who saw the truth must first bear its price, and that only the man had ever returned alive.
• Senju Chen decided to wait until his seal lifted in eighteen hours before reading the tablet and considering a trip into the abyss.
• Senju Chen spent the next dozen or so hours provoking snakes around Ryūchi Cave and stealing their abilities to fuse into the War God Body.
• Senju Chen increased the War God Body’s strength by fifty percent, gained abilities including toxin resistance, and became almost immune to Ryūchi Cave’s deadly poisons.

Senju Chen read the Sage of Six Paths’ warning at the Snake Cave Abyss but postponed entering until his bloodline seal was lifted. Back in Konoha, he sent clones to gather abilities and began a plan to master Sage Mode in all Three Great Sage Lands, while a clone used a promised A-rank Scientific Ninja Tool to lure Public Security Department members into sparring.

• Senju Chen examined the stone tablet beside the Snake Cave Abyss and read its warnings about the beginning and end of samsara, power, and truth.
• Senju Chen decided not to enter the abyss while his magic god bloodline remained sealed and returned his attention to his main body in Konoha.
• Senju Chen assigned clones to steal useful combat abilities in Konoha and Kirigakure, while planning to train in the Three Great Sage Lands after the seal expired.
• Senju Chen’s shadow clone went to the Public Security Department training ground and challenged its members to spar, offering an A-rank Scientific Ninja Tool to anyone who lasted a minute.

Senju Chen’s shadow clone tested Public Security Department members in combat, stealing and fusing their abilities before visiting the Akimichi Clan to study its techniques. The chapter ended as Senju Chen struck an Akimichi Jonin and sent him through a wall.

• Senju Chen’s clone invited Public Security Department members to attack him for a chance to win an A-rank Scientific Ninja Tool, then defeated them while assessing their skills.
• Senju Chen’s clone stole abilities from the fighters and fused several into his war god body.
• Senju Chen’s clone awarded Ken Yamada the promised tool for lasting a minute and decided to visit the Akimichi Clan.
• Senju Chen’s clone asked Chōza Akimichi for guidance on the clan’s Taijutsu and Multi-Size Technique, and Chōza took him to the clan training ground.
• Senju Chen faced an Akimichi Jonin in a sparring match and punched him through part of a wall.

Senju Chen tested his Taijutsu against the Akimichi Clan, overwhelming their fighters and prompting Chōza Akimichi to use increasingly powerful Multi-Size Techniques. The chapter left Chōza stunned after Senju Chen stood firm against his full-body expansion attack, while the system detected Chōza’s intense emotional fluctuations.

• Senju Chen accidentally sent an Akimichi Jonin flying with a punch, startling Chōza Akimichi and the clan members.
• Senju Chen invited the Akimichi to attack together, and he swiftly countered several enlarged clansmen until they hesitated.
• Senju Chen challenged Chōza, who used Partial Expansion Jutsu and swung his enlarged arm at him.
• Senju Chen caught Chōza’s full-force punch with one hand and urged him to use his full strength.
• Chōza expanded his whole body and slammed both fists down, but Senju Chen blocked the attack without moving, triggering a system notification about Chōza’s emotional fluctuations.

Senju Chen defeated Chōza Akimichi in a sparring match and used the encounter to promote the Medical Department’s enhancement potion. After absorbing and fusing several stolen abilities, he found that the Multi-Size Technique had extremely high compatibility with his War God Body.

• Senju Chen examined Chōza Akimichi’s Chakra Conversion Technique but dismissed it, then asked to see more of the Akimichi Clan’s moves.
• Chōza Akimichi attacked with Human Bullet Tank, but Senju Chen stopped the spinning attack barehanded and left the Akimichi clansmen stunned.
• Chōza Akimichi admitted defeat and asked how Senju Chen trained, so Senju Chen introduced the Medical Department’s enhancement potion to him and the clan.
• Chōza Akimichi asked to be notified when the potion went on sale, and Senju Chen promised to contact the Akimichi Clan first.
• Senju Chen fused several stolen abilities into his War God Body, then checked the Multi-Size Technique’s compatibility and found it was 96%.

Senju Chen used his left eye’s illusion space to provoke people in Konoha’s hot spring district and harvest abilities from their emotional reactions. After causing chaos for an hour, he expanded the illusion over the crowded square and prepared to stage a real-life 5D movie.

• Senju Chen sent a clone to the hot spring district and used his illusion space to make a young couple see Yamada Ryūta with a pig’s head.
• Senju Chen harvested emotional reactions from the couple and the growing crowd, then dispelled the illusion as bystanders argued over what they had seen.
• Senju Chen used more illusions on several couples, turning them into bizarre figures and creatures while stealing various abilities from the resulting reactions.
• Senju Chen noticed that the crowd was growing and the Konoha Military Police Force might arrive, so he went to the district’s central square.
• Senju Chen expanded his illusion space to cover the square’s hundred or so people and announced that they would enjoy a real-life 5D movie.

Senju Chen staged a golden dragon apparition in Konoha and a series of supernatural events in Kirigakure to steal abilities from frightened witnesses. After unleashing the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons on Kirigakure’s ninja, he spotted Black Zetsu’s name in the system notifications and suspected Obito Uchiha was nearby.

• Senju Chen summoned an enormous golden dragon over Konoha’s hot spring square, frightened the crowd, then dispelled the illusion and watched the Konoha Military Police Force investigate.
• Senju Chen planned to use the Public Security Department to contain the Konoha incident and decided to target Kirigakure next.
• Senju Chen staged supernatural incidents across Kirigakure, frightening villagers and collecting abilities through the system.
• Senju Chen trapped more than a hundred Kirigakure Ninja in an illusion and unleashed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, plunging the village into panic.
• Senju Chen noticed Black Zetsu among the system notifications, suspected Obito Uchiha was nearby, and returned to the Mizukage Building.

After a supernatural incident terrified Kirigakure’s commercial district, Kirisame Ryo ordered a full investigation while hiding that he had caused it. Mei Terumi joined the inquiry and nearly suspected him, leaving Ryo to wonder how Konoha was reacting to the same event.

• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed whether the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons had been caused by Genjutsu or a formation, and wondered who was behind it.
• Hozuki Anyue reported the panic and injuries in Kirigakure’s commercial district, and Kirisame Ryo ordered a thorough investigation.
• After Hozuki Anyue and the Security Department ninja left, Kirisame Ryo dropped his stern act and enjoyed the abilities he had stolen.
• Mei Terumi asked to investigate the incident, and Kirisame Ryo assigned her to join Hozuki Anyue while ordering her to keep the matter secret.
• Mei Terumi questioned whether Kirisame Ryo had left the Mizukage Building, but Rin Nohara confirmed his alibi, and Mei Terumi departed.
• Kirisame Ryo relaxed after Mei Terumi left and thought that the incident had probably already caused a stir in Konoha.

Obito noticed a woman in Kirigakure who reminded him of Rin, while Senju Chen’s village-wide illusion pranks angered Tsunade. Tsunade treated his eye strain, banned him from using his ability for three days, and arranged a cover story for the hot spring district incidents.

• Obito watched Rin Nohara follow Mei Terumi and wondered whether a woman who resembled Rin could be Kirigakure’s Three-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Senju Chen relaxed at home, pleased with the abilities he had gained by frightening crowds in Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Tsunade confronted Senju Chen with a report about his illusions in the hot spring district, including a giant golden serpent and multiple pranks on civilians.
• Senju Chen admitted he had tested his illusion ability on crowds, and Tsunade scolded him for causing panic and overusing his Sharingan.
• Tsunade examined Senju Chen’s eyes, ordered him not to use his ability for three days, and arranged for the Police Force to blame an unidentified genjutsu attacker.
• Tsunade asked whether the golden serpent looked good, then left after Senju Chen offered to conjure it for her privately.

Senju Chen regained his Magic God Bloodline and set out to begin training in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku, bringing Water Release scrolls as a gift for Gamahiro. Meanwhile, Kirisame Ryo arranged for Mei Terumi and Hozuki Anyue to run Kirigakure while he left on a secret journey, then Senju Chen teleported to Shikkotsu Forest.

• Senju Chen recovered his bloodline abilities, selected three Water Release scrolls from the Senju library, and sent a clone to find Jiraiya and visit Mount Myōboku.
• Kirisame Ryo heard Hozuki Anyue's report on the unexplained attack in Kirigakure and ordered the investigation to continue under a public cover story.
• Kirisame Ryo told Hozuki Anyue, Mei Terumi, and Rin Nohara that he would be away for several months and assigned them to oversee village affairs.
• Senju Chen pretended to leave Kirigakure, then teleported to Shikkotsu Forest using a mark he had placed there earlier.
• Senju Chen asked Jiraiya to take him to Mount Myōboku so he could deliver the scrolls to Gamahiro and stay to train in senjutsu, and Jiraiya agreed.

Senju Chen brought Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and gave Gamahiro three Water Release scrolls, winning the toad’s enthusiastic support. Sage Fukasaku recognized that Chen’s body was a Puppet Clone carrying a Tailed Beast’s life force, and took him to seek the Great Toad Sage’s permission to train in Sage Mode.

• Jiraiya reverse-summoned Senju Chen to Mount Myōboku, where Gamabunta sensed that Chen seemed different from before.
• Senju Chen gave Gamahiro three Water Release scrolls, and Gamahiro declared him his little brother and promised to protect him.
• Sage Fukasaku asked Jiraiya to leave so he could speak privately with Senju Chen.
• Senju Chen admitted that his body was a Puppet Clone and asked to remain on Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode.
• Sage Fukasaku noticed signs of a Tailed Beast’s life force in the puppet and said the Great Toad Sage had to approve Chen’s request.
• Sage Fukasaku took Senju Chen to see the Great Toad Sage.

Senju Chen used Ten-Tails Tree Puppet Clones to begin training in Senjutsu at all Three Great Sage Lands at once. As his original body monitored the clones from Konoha, he wondered what the Great Toad Sage meant by saying all paths led to the same destination.

• At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage recognized Senju Chen as a Puppet Clone and revealed he knew Chen had clones training at the other two Sage Lands.
• Senju Chen admitted he planned to learn all three Sage Modes at once, and the Great Toad Sage allowed him to stay while offering an unfinished hint about all paths leading to the same destination.
• At Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu recognized Chen’s Puppet Clone and agreed that its Ten-Tails Tree cells made it suitable for Senjutsu training with little risk to his original body.
• Katsuyu agreed to train Chen in exchange for learning how he made the puppet so she could study the Ten-Tails Tree’s cell division.
• Chen’s three clones began Senjutsu training at Ryūchi Cave, Mount Myōboku, and Shikkotsu Forest while his original body monitored their sensory links in Konoha.

Senju Chen prepared to receive a Kumogakure delegation whose public purpose was to sign a peace treaty, while privately the Third Raikage had sent them to investigate Konoha’s technology and seek the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan. The delegation approached Konoha, and Senju Chen suspected their visit concealed a larger objective.

• Senju Chen advanced his senjutsu training through clones at Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest.
• Shizune told Senju Chen that Tsunade wanted him to receive Kumogakure’s diplomatic delegation and sound out its intentions.
• Senju Chen reviewed intelligence showing Kumogakure had increased border security, infiltrated the Land of Fire, and sought information about Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Killer B accompanied Little A and twelve Kumogakure ninja toward Konoha, while Little A warned him to behave during the visit.
• The Third Raikage had instructed Little A to investigate Konoha’s limb-regeneration technology, scientific weapons, and ties to the Akatsuki, and to take Byakugan if an opportunity arose.

Little A led the Kumogakure delegation into Konoha, where Senju Chen welcomed them and escorted them toward their lodgings. As Little A noticed Konoha’s new equipment and bustling departments, he kept his mission to capture Hinata Hyuga in mind while weighing the danger of Chen’s presence.

• Little A recalled that the Third Raikage had tasked him with capturing Hinata Hyuga for her Byakugan, but warned him to prioritize his safety if Konoha proved too strong.
• At Konoha’s gates, Little A and Kumogakure’s Anbu noticed unfamiliar cylindrical pouches on the guards and recorded the new equipment.
• Little A entered Konoha with Killer B and the delegation, then saw Senju Chen arrive to receive them on Tsunade’s behalf.
• Killer B greeted Senju Chen loudly and asked him to provide a feast, while Chen welcomed the delegation and offered refreshments at their lodgings.
• As Chen led them through Konoha, Little A observed the busy Public Security Department and a long line outside the Medical Department, rumored to offer limb regeneration.

Senju Chen escorted Kumogakure’s delegation to its lodging and monitored their movements while they prepared for a welcome banquet. At dinner, Little A began probing Konoha’s new medical advances, and Senju Chen left him wondering whether those methods could help the Third Raikage’s old injury.

• Senju Chen explained Konoha’s busy Medical Department to Little A while Kumogakure’s covert observers recorded details and one secretly acted during Killer B’s distraction.
• Senju Chen took the delegation to its guarded guesthouse, where Little A ordered a search but found no obvious surveillance devices.
• Little A instructed the delegation to behave cautiously at the welcome banquet and brought Killer B along to divert Senju Chen’s attention.
• Senju Chen hosted Little A and Killer B at the Akimichi Pavilion, where Little A thanked Konoha for its help during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Senju Chen mentioned the Third Raikage’s lingering back injury and hinted that ordinary medical ninjutsu might not be enough to treat it.
• Little A raised Konoha’s medical breakthrough, and Senju Chen called its effects limited while confirming that his sister had developed new methods with the Medical Department.

Senju Chen tested Little A and Killer B during a welcoming banquet, then recognized that the Kumogakure delegation was studying Konoha and him. Suspecting the delegation might target the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan, he ordered Shisui to place the Main Family residence under constant watch.

• Little A questioned Senju Chen about the Land of Rain, but Chen gave vague answers and learned that Little A was probing his reactions.
• Senju Chen invited Little A to tour Konoha’s Ninja Academy the next day, and Little A accepted.
• Killer B entertained the banquet guests while secretly surveying the room, and Senju Chen escorted the delegation back to its guesthouse.
• Senju Chen told Shizune that Little A had been studying his response patterns, then ordered Public Security to report the delegation’s movements.
• Senju Chen considered the delegation’s possible targets, underlined the Byakugan as a concern, and ordered Shisui to watch the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family residence around the clock.