Recaps

Qingyu strengthened his abilities, helped seal Mōryō, and prepared for war while entering the Chūnin Exams. After taking first place in the written test, he led his team toward the tower with an Earth Scroll as rival teams closed in.

• Qingyu awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, defeated Baki and Mukade’s puppet in battle, and returned to Konoha with new traits.
• Qingyu joined Tsunade and Minato Namikaze’s mission to the Land of Demons, where he helped Miroku seal Mōryō and survived the transfer of her chakra.
• Qingyu learned the Shrine Maiden Sealing Technique, synthesized the Shrine Maiden’s Inheritance trait, and returned to Konoha as war began.
• Qingyu trained in ninjutsu and sealing, joined the Chūnin Exams with Kakashi and Hyuga Ginka, and encouraged Shizune and Obito to enter as well.
• Qingyu studied medicine, tested Orochimaru’s forbidden drug, and synthesized the Undying Will trait before the exams began.
• Qingyu answered the written test first and earned a perfect score, placing ahead of Kakashi as his friends passed the cutoff.
• Qingyu’s team drew an Earth Scroll for the second exam, and he led Kakashi and Hyuga Ginka toward the tower while rival teams gathered to challenge them.

Qingyu rose to prominence in the Chunin Exams, then joined Konoha’s forces against Kirigakure and traveled with Minato’s team to Rōran. He helped defeat Anrokuzan, preserve the Dragon Vein, and send Hinata back to her own time, while his companions lost their memories of the battle.

• Qingyu defeated his opponents in the Chunin Exams, won the final match against Kakashi, and was promoted to Chunin.
• Qingyu trained with Tsunade and Katsuyu Sage, mastered new medical and sensory techniques, and joined Tsunade’s mission to support Jiraiya’s forces on the front lines.
• Qingyu and his squad exposed Kirigakure’s ambush at the supply depot, then helped Minato defeat Mei Terumi’s forces in the mist.
• Qingyu trained Rin in the Yin Seal, briefly entered Sage Mode, and joined Minato’s team on its mission to Rōran.
• Qingyu and Tsunade discovered Anrokuzan’s puppets attacking Queen Sara, while Hinata appeared and revealed that she had come from the future.
• Qingyu fought Anrokuzan’s puppet army, found the Dragon Vein’s relay towers, and destroyed one so Anrokuzan could no longer regenerate.
• Qingyu warned Minato that sealing the Dragon Vein completely would doom Rōran, then helped defeat Anrokuzan and preserve the vein’s power.
• Qingyu defeated Hinata in a spar before she returned to her timeline, remained unaffected by Minato’s memory erasure, and received Anrokuzan’s scroll and Rōran’s promise of aid from Sara.

Qingyu fought the Cloud, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure while developing new abilities and strengthening his ties with Tsunade, Kurenai, and Akatsuki. After helping kill the Third Raikage and earning promotion to Special Jonin, he returned to the Eastern Coastline and arranged to learn Paper Release from Konan.

• Qingyu helped Orochimaru destroy a Cloud Village supply convoy, killed Daruto, and drove Yugito Nii back before returning to camp.
• Qingyu joined Tsunade’s mission into the Land of Rain, fought alongside Akatsuki against Amegakure, and secured Konoha’s support for Yahiko’s group.
• Qingyu signed Ryūchi Cave’s summoning contract with Orochimaru, then rescued Konan and helped defeat the Amegakure force attacking Akatsuki.
• Qingyu joined Tsunade’s force against Kirigakure, helped kill Jūzō Biwa, and sealed the Kubikiribōchō after the battle.
• Qingyu reinforced Minato’s mission against Iwagakure, struck the weakened Third Raikage after three days of fighting, and escaped with Orochimaru after the Raikage died.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Qingyu and Kakashi to Special Jonin, and Qingyu later demonstrated his Lightning Chakra Mode and related techniques to Tsunade.
• Qingyu kissed Kurenai and gave her an early birthday gift, then brought supplies to Akatsuki and asked Konan to teach him Paper Release.

Qingyu rose to prominence through battles against the Cloud and Mist, then led Konoha forces to destroy the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After returning to Konoha, he obtained the Flying Thunder God scroll and began studying it.

• Qingyu learned Paper Release techniques from Konan, defeated Pakura, and escorted her and Baki to Konoha, where he encountered Yakushi Nonō and sensed Shimura Danzō at the orphanage.
• Qingyu mastered Water Severing Wave, trained with Katsuyu and Tsunade, and defeated Obito in a spar before beginning a reconnaissance mission against the Cloud Village with Tsunade’s team.
• Qingyu defeated Yugito Nii with Sage Mode and Water Severing Wave, helped his team escape her Tailed Beast Bomb, and returned to camp as news of his victory raised morale.
• After Qingyu was assigned to lead the Kannabi Bridge mission, Madara Uchiha revealed himself and explained his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, while Obito was left buried beneath the collapsed cave.
• Qingyu awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after Kannabi Bridge fell, discovered its water-control and brief-future-rewriting abilities, and warned Shisui to hide Kotoamatsukami from Shimura Danzō.
• Qingyu led Konoha forces against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, killed Suikazan Fuguki and Jinin Akebino, and helped deliver Kirigakure a crippling defeat.
• Qingyu trained in the Eight Inner Gates with Might Guy, learned to open and stabilize the first four gates, and prepared to return to Konoha as Shimura Danzō pursued an alliance with Hanzō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Qingyu the Flying Thunder God scroll and recorded his front-line missions as S-rank assignments, and Qingyu began testing the technique’s formula on a teacup.