Recaps

Qingyu went to the Ninja Academy with Shizune and Rin Nohara, where Rin discussed her Medical Ninjutsu studies and Obito challenged Qingyu to a fight. After classes ended, Obito hurried to the Third Training Ground for their match, leaving Rin concerned Qingyu might hit him too hard.

• Qingyu finished his morning run with Might Guy, bought breakfast, and walked to the academy with Shizune.
• Rin Nohara asked Qingyu about the upcoming Konoha Hospital medical exam and showed him her extensive study notes, which he praised.
• Obito arrived early, saw Qingyu talking with Rin and Shizune, and challenged Qingyu after boasting about his new Fire Release and Shuriken training.
• Qingyu accepted Obito’s challenge, hoping to obtain traits from him, and they agreed to meet after school.
• Qingyu impressed Umino Shika during Substitution Technique practice, while Obito rushed to the Third Training Ground after dismissal and Rin worried Qingyu might hit him too hard.

Qingyu defeated Obito in a brief training-ground match and gained a Fire Release Affinity trait. Afterward, Tsunade asked Qingyu whether he had a team leader and what he thought of Orochimaru.

• Kakashi, Asuma, and other students gathered at the Third Training Ground to watch Qingyu face Obito.
• Obito attacked Qingyu with wire-guided shuriken and a Fireball Jutsu, but Qingyu dodged and struck back with Water Bullets, winning in about a second.
• Qingyu acquired Obito's Fire Release Affinity trait, while Rin comforted Obito and he vowed to win next time.
• Qingyu returned to training, then Tsunade asked whether he already had a team leader and brought up Orochimaru.

Tsunade admitted she had arranged for Qingyu to help Orochimaru after borrowing money from him, and Qingyu agreed to go. At Orochimaru’s research facility, Qingyu gained two traits, including one that extended his cells’ division limit.

• Tsunade confessed that Orochimaru had lent her money and she had offered Qingyu as his assistant for a few days.
• Qingyu agreed to help Orochimaru and later followed Tsunade to his research facility.
• Orochimaru explained through his interest in Qingyu that he was studying Sharingan side effects and had noted Qingyu’s Senju and Uchiha blood.
• Qingyu greeted Orochimaru and gained the D-Rank traits Desire for Longevity and Regeneration of the White Snake.
• Qingyu realized that Desire for Longevity had extended the maximum number of times his cells could divide.

Qingyu impressed Orochimaru during a combat test, and Orochimaru hired him as a laboratory assistant and began teaching him. After several days of work and study, Qingyu eagerly asked what they would learn next.

• Orochimaru asked Qingyu to attack him, and Qingyu demonstrated his Water Release, shuriken skills, and One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Qingyu used ocular Genjutsu to immobilize Orochimaru's summoned snakes before Orochimaru appeared behind him and ended the test.
• Orochimaru praised Qingyu's talent, paid Tsunade, and said he would keep Qingyu at the laboratory for a few days.
• Qingyu left the laboratory with Tsunade and considered the benefits and risks of his new connection with Orochimaru.
• Over the next several days, Qingyu helped with basic experiments and learned ninjutsu from Orochimaru.
• After finishing his work, Qingyu asked Orochimaru what they would study that day.

Orochimaru taught Qingyu the Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu and questioned him about survival and his newly awakened Sharingan. Qingyu’s practical outlook intrigued Orochimaru, who gained a new trait after recognizing something of himself in the child.

• Orochimaru demonstrated the Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu and explained how it could ambush opponents.
• Qingyu called the technique useful for escaping and surviving, prompting Orochimaru to ask what a ninja’s first priority should be.
• Qingyu answered that survival came first, reminding Orochimaru of Nawaki’s death and his own pursuit of immortality.
• Orochimaru asked whether the Sharingan had changed Qingyu, and Qingyu said it made him eager to learn more Ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru found Qingyu unusually rational and kindred in his desire to pursue jutsu, and Qingyu acquired the D-Rank trait Serpent’s Gaze.

Qingyu learned Fire Style: Snake Bullet from Orochimaru, who considered whether Madara Uchiha had possessed a counterpart to Hashirama Cells. Tsunade gave Qingyu a katana, and the chapter ended as Qingyu, Kakashi, and Might Guy prepared for their final exams.

• Orochimaru taught Qingyu Fire Style: Snake Bullet, and Qingyu managed only a brief burst of flame on his first attempt.
• Orochimaru wondered whether Madara Uchiha had possessed a special ability like Hashirama Cells, but admitted he had no way to verify his theory.
• Qingyu returned home, where Tsunade gave him a katana to use until the Sword of the Thunder God arrived.
• On the day of the final exams, Kakashi told Qingyu he expected to place first or second.
• Might Guy challenged Kakashi as his eternal rival, and Kakashi reacted to Guy's growing muscles.

Qingyu defeated Hatake Kakashi in the practical exam after revealing his Fire Release and using a clone to land the deciding blow. White Zetsu relayed a record of the match to Madara Uchiha.

• Umino Shika paired Qingyu with Hatake Kakashi after Qingyu had requested the match.
• Qingyu and Kakashi exchanged sword strikes until Kakashi used an Earth Release wall to counter Qingyu’s Water Release.
• Qingyu shattered the wall with Fire Release: Snake Bullet, then used a clone to distract Kakashi and struck him with a punch.
• Kakashi conceded, and Qingyu received the D-rank trait Dog-Head Earth Style, which increased his Earth Release talent by 30%.
• White Zetsu recorded the duel and relayed what happened to Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha watched Qingyu’s battle with Kakashi and saw a resemblance to his brother Izuna, deciding to take a special interest in him. Qingyu realized Madara had noticed him and considered using the connection to obtain Izuna’s sword, while his victory over Kakashi brought him before Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• White Zetsu showed Madara Uchiha Qingyu’s fight, and Madara recalled Izuna before wondering whether Qingyu might be his reincarnation.
• Madara Uchiha decided Qingyu could become more than a chess piece, while the system granted Qingyu Madara’s youthful Fire Release talent through the trait Madara’s Phantom Vision.
• Qingyu suspected Madara mistook him for Izuna and considered seeking the sword Izuna had left behind.
• Qingyu and Kakashi ended their battle with the Seal of Reconciliation, and news spread that Qingyu had defeated the Academy’s undefeated genius.
• Tsunade brought Qingyu to the Hokage Building, where Sarutobi Hiruzen asked about his victory over Kakashi and Qingyu modestly credited luck.

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Qingyu the Sword of the Thunder God after Qingyu activated and strengthened its chakra blade. Tsunade began helping Qingyu build his physique with a Senju medicinal bath and told him she planned to take him to Shikkotsu Forest to form a contract.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen handed Qingyu the Sword of the Thunder God and explained that its chakra blade grew stronger with its wielder’s chakra.
• Qingyu activated the sword on his first try and made its blade brighter and thicker by increasing his chakra output.
• Tsunade reminded Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had promised Qingyu an extra reward if he kept coming in first, and Sarutobi agreed to consider it.
• Tsunade prepared a Senju Clan medicinal bath for Qingyu, who soaked in it for an hour and felt lighter afterward.
• Tsunade told Qingyu to continue the baths and revealed that she planned to take him to Shikkotsu Forest to form a contract.

Tsunade told Qingyu about Shikkotsu Forest and its Sage Mode, then arranged for Orochimaru to take him on missions. After testing a combined Water and Lightning blade technique, Qingyu prepared to travel with Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest.

• Qingyu asked Tsunade about the Three Great Sage Lands’ Sage Modes, and she explained that Shikkotsu Forest’s Katsuyu could guide him in controlling natural energy.
• Tsunade said Hashirama Senju had developed his own Sage Mode with guidance from the Katsuyu Sage, then told Qingyu to improve his stamina before visiting Shikkotsu Forest.
• Qingyu asked Tsunade to take him on missions, but she suggested Orochimaru instead so she could repay some of her debt to Jiraiya.
• Qingyu coated the Sword of the Thunder God’s lightning blade with Water Release chakra and cut through a wooden target with the combined technique.
• Half a month later, Tsunade woke Qingyu and told him they were leaving for Shikkotsu Forest that day.

Tsunade brought Qingyu to Shikkotsu Forest to meet the Katsuyu Sage and sign a summoning contract. After discovering that Qingyu could sense Natural Energy, the Sage invited him to return when he was older to train in Sage Mode, and Qingyu completed the contract.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to take Qingyu to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Qingyu gained the Natural Energy Affinity trait and sensed Natural Energy as he signed the summoning scroll.
• The Katsuyu Sage recognized Qingyu's unusual chakra pathways and balanced Senju and Uchiha bloodlines, and invited him to train in Sage Mode when he was older.
• Tsunade told Qingyu that Minato Namikaze was training at Mount Myōboku and would meet him after returning from a mission.
• Qingyu finished writing his name on the scroll and formed a connection with the Katsuyu Sage.

Qingyu tested new applications of the Sword of the Thunder God and trained with Might Guy, gaining a trait that strengthened his taijutsu. He defeated Might Guy with his own Leaf Whirlwind and left him eager to train harder.

• Qingyu returned from Katsuyu Sage’s realm and planned to experiment with combining Water Release and Yin Release chakra on his sword.
• Qingyu failed to stabilize the water and genjutsu pattern on the blade, but continued practicing as his first month of vacation passed.
• Might Guy attacked Qingyu at the Third Training Ground, but Qingyu caught his kick and explained how the Sharingan could reveal chakra flow.
• Qingyu gained the Robust Physique trait, increasing his taijutsu power by 30%.
• Qingyu dodged Might Guy’s punch and defeated him with a stronger, faster Leaf Whirlwind.

Qingyu trained with Might Guy and Kakashi, then returned to the Ninja Academy and demonstrated his improved kunai skills. He asked Umino Shika to arrange sparring matches against students in higher grades so he could face stronger opponents.

• Qingyu encouraged Might Guy after beating him, and Might Guy vowed to train harder while Kakashi took his turn sparring with Qingyu.
• Qingyu, Might Guy, and Kakashi went to Ichiraku Ramen after training.
• At the start of the new school term, Qingyu hit every bull's-eye with his kunai, leaving Obito frustrated by how much the gap between them had widened.
• Rin Nohara gave Qingyu a towel, and Obito felt jealous as he watched their easy familiarity.
• Qingyu asked Umino Shika to arrange challenges against students in higher grades, and Umino agreed while warning him that he might lose.

Kakashi and Qingyu prepared to challenge older Ninja Academy students after Qingyu proposed finding stronger opponents. The chapter left Kakashi entering the training ground for the first match, with Hatake Sakumo and a crowd watching.

• Kakashi agreed to join Qingyu's challenge, while Umino Shika refused Obito's request to participate.
• Umino Shika arranged an after-school contest with Koji Moku, who selected several older students to face the younger ones.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo about the challenge, and Sakumo decided to watch and encouraged him to prepare.
• At the training ground, Uchiha Domon, Inuzuka Saori, and Hyuga Osamu gathered among the older students, while Obito and Rin Nohara watched from the crowd.
• Koji Moku and Umino Shika set the match order, and Kakashi stepped forward to face Shiya Oyama.

Qingyu faced Hyuga Osamu in the academy tournament after Kakashi defeated Shiya Oyama. He provoked Osamu by declaring the Senju Clan had once been Konoha’s greatest, then overwhelmed him with successive ninjutsu attacks.

• Kakashi defeated Shiya Oyama with a swift sword strike, earning praise from the watching students and teachers.
• Qingyu entered the Training Ground with Tsunade’s katana, while Obito wondered how strong he was and Uchiha Domon and Yūhi Kurenai watched closely.
• Hyuga Osamu claimed the Hyuga would be the greatest clan, and Qingyu countered that the Senju Clan used to be Konoha’s greatest before drawing his katana and revealing his Sharingan.
• Hyuga Osamu prepared Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, and the onlookers worried that Qingyu’s limited training would put him at a disadvantage.
• Qingyu stopped Osamu’s charge with Fire Release: Snake Bullet, then followed with Water Release: Water Bullet Barrage, forcing Osamu to expend chakra deflecting the attacks.

Qingyu defeated Hyuga Osamu by draining his stamina with alternating Water and Fire techniques before finishing him with a punch, then challenged the other students to face him in a king-of-the-hill format. Umino Shika hesitated over the proposal as Qingyu insisted he did not need to rest.

• Qingyu dodged Hyuga Osamu’s Gentle Fist and Vacuum Palm, wearing him down with water bullets and Fire Style: Snake Bullet before striking him down with a punch.
• Kakashi watched the fight and wondered whether he could defeat Qingyu, while Hatake Sakumo advised him to find a fighting style suited to himself.
• Umino Shika and Koji Moku were stunned by Qingyu’s skill and chakra, and Umino Shika declared him the winner.
• Qingyu received the E-rank Arrogance of the Main Branch trait, which increased fist technique training speed by twenty percent.
• Hyuga Osamu left the field in frustration, while Uchiha Domon looked favorably on Qingyu after seeing him defeat the Main Branch student.
• Qingyu proposed that the remaining students fight him one at a time until he lost, and he refused Umino Shika’s suggestion to rest first.

Qingyu began an arena-style tournament and defeated Inuzuka Saori and Uchiha Domon in succession, gaining new traits from both. He still needed Counter-Attack Intuition to combine his sword traits into Sword Bone.

• Koji Moku and Umino Shika agreed to let challengers face Qingyu one after another in an arena-style tournament.
• Inuzuka Saori used Beast Human Clone and Four-Legs Technique, but Qingyu caught her with Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu and forced her to surrender, gaining Superhuman Smell.
• Uchiha Domon attacked Qingyu with Great Fireball Technique, but Qingyu used a hidden underground tunnel to disrupt his footing and defeat him with Water Release: Water Blade Slash.
• Qingyu gained Sword Path Mastery from Uchiha Domon and realized he needed Counter-Attack Intuition to combine his traits into Sword Bone.

Qingyu’s swordsmanship and strength impressed his classmates and drew the Uchiha clan’s attention, sparking a dispute over whether he belonged with them. A week later, Tsunade prepared to take Qingyu somewhere.

• Qingyu defeated Uchiha Domon and received praise from Rin Nohara, while Kakashi felt pressured by his strength.
• Uchiha Fugaku heard Domon’s assessment of Qingyu and told him to interact more with Qingyu as a fellow Uchiha.
• Uchiha Setsuna argued that Qingyu’s Senju blood made him a threat to the clan, but Fugaku set the matter aside.
• Mikoto urged Fugaku to help Qingyu build a sense of belonging by returning to the clan and meeting children his age.
• One week later, Tsunade watched Qingyu practice swordsmanship and told him to get ready because she was taking him somewhere.

Tsunade brought Qingyu to Maruboshi Kosuke to learn swordsmanship, and Kosuke recognized his talent and began training him. After months of steady progress, Qingyu entered winter aware that the Third Shinobi World War was approaching and that Hatake Sakumo would soon face slander.

• Tsunade offered to take Qingyu to Maruboshi Kosuke for swordsmanship lessons, then used his money to fund her gambling and carried him there with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Maruboshi Kosuke tested Qingyu's swordsmanship, praised his aptitude, and agreed to teach him in gratitude for Senju Tobirama's past kindness.
• Qingyu gained the D-rank trait Seasoned Sword Sense after sparring with Kosuke.
• Over several months, Qingyu trained daily and mastered Konoha-Style Swordsmanship: Dance of the One-Day Flow.
• Winter arrived in Konoha, and Qingyu reflected that the Third Shinobi World War was near and Hatake Sakumo would soon be targeted by slander.

Kakashi decided to graduate early and showed Qingyu his early research into Lightning Style, which granted Qingyu the Lightning Style Genius trait. Madara Uchiha sent Black Zetsu to deliver Izuna's sword techniques to Qingyu, while Yūhi Kurenai visited Qingyu to ask about going on missions during vacation.

• Kakashi told Qingyu he had decided to graduate early, and Qingyu agreed to accompany him on missions.
• Kakashi showed Qingyu his Lightning Style research, and Qingyu gained the Lightning Style Genius trait.
• Madara Uchiha chose Qingyu as a successor for Izuna's swordsmanship and ordered Black Zetsu to deliver him a scroll of techniques.
• Yūhi Kurenai visited Qingyu and asked whether he planned to go on missions during vacation.

Qingyu accepted Yūhi Kurenai’s invitation to join an escort mission with her father and received an Uchiha Style swordsmanship scroll from Maruboshi Kosuke. As Madara Uchiha watched Qingyu practice, he considered making him a second spokesperson alongside Obito.

• Qingyu agreed to join Yūhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma on an upcoming escort mission with Yūhi Shinku.
• Maruboshi Kosuke gave Qingyu an old Uchiha Style swordsmanship scroll he had found among his belongings.
• Qingyu gained the C-rank trait Pride of the Uchiha and began learning the scroll’s techniques.
• Madara Uchiha watched Qingyu practice through an illusory image and reflected that Qingyu was talented but less extreme than Obito.
• Madara Uchiha considered using Obito to collect the Tailed Beasts while keeping Qingyu in Konoha as a spy.

Qingyu joined Yūhi Shinku, Yūhi Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma on a C-rank mission escorting Fukuda Jun’s cargo toward the Land of Grass. When bandits attacked, Qingyu revealed a new technique he had developed and prepared to face them.

• Madara Uchiha decided Obito would act as Madara while Qingyu supported him in secret as Izuna.
• Yūhi Shinku briefed Qingyu, Kurenai, and Asuma on their escort mission for merchant Fukuda Jun.
• After three days on the road, bandits surrounded Fukuda Jun’s ox cart and threatened the cargo.
• Qingyu drew the Sword of the Thunder God, and Shinku assigned him and Asuma to drive off the bandits while Kurenai protected the client.
• Qingyu combined water and lightning chakra on his blade, then revealed his self-developed Yin Release technique, Kyoka Suigetsu.

Qingyu and his team defeated bandits during an escort mission, and he impressed Yūhi Shinku with his combat skill. Back in Konoha, Tsunade began testing whether Qingyu was ready to learn Strength of a Hundred.

• Qingyu used a water-based Genjutsu to trap the bandits, then killed their leader and several others; Yūhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma stopped the fleeing bandits.
• Yūhi Shinku reflected a hidden bandit's Genjutsu, and Qingyu gained the Genjutsu Reflection trait.
• Fukuda Jun resumed the journey, and the group returned to Konoha several days later.
• Qingyu went home and painted Tsunade's toenails while she told him she would assess his readiness to learn Strength of a Hundred.

Qingyu began learning Tsunade’s Strength of a Hundred and made rapid progress while also training under Maruboshi Kosuke. As Qingyu’s chakra and abilities grew, Tsunade wondered whether his Sharingan might evolve through his physical growth alone, and he obtained the Senju Instinct trait, which increased his Senju bloodline purity.

• Tsunade tested Qingyu’s chakra control, then showed him how Strength of a Hundred released concentrated chakra at the moment of impact.
• Qingyu began practicing the technique and, after more than half a year, could sometimes leave deep craters in wooden posts, though his timing remained inconsistent.
• Maruboshi Kosuke taught Qingyu Tobirama’s four-seal Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu and gave him the Logistics Cooking trait.
• Tsunade watched Qingyu’s rapid training and wondered whether his growing body and chakra reserves could help his Sharingan evolve without an emotional shock.
• Qingyu obtained the C-rank Senju Instinct trait, which increased his Senju bloodline purity by 20%.

Qingyu’s Senju bloodline strengthened, increasing his chakra and physical power, and he later matched Kakashi’s Water Dragon Jutsu with a four-seal version. The chapter left Kakashi and the Training Ground crowd astonished while Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the duel.

• Qingyu felt his chakra, recovery, and endurance increase as his Senju bloodline grew stronger, and his Sharingan began to heat up.
• Qingyu struck a wooden post with enough force to dent it, surprising Tsunade, who later urged him to eat more to support his training.
• Qingyu and Kakashi met at the Ninja Academy for another sparring match as the semester neared its end.
• Kakashi used Water Dragon Jutsu, but Qingyu formed the same technique with four seals and their water dragons collided in midair.
• Qingyu explained that he had learned Senju Tobirama’s simplified version, leaving Kakashi and the spectators astonished.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the duel and remarked that Qingyu reminded him of his former glory.