Recaps

Qian advanced his body and trained relentlessly while warning the Uchiha about Orochimaru’s interest in their eyes. After Orochimaru attacked Itachi and his squad vanished, Qian joined a search party that found evidence the Third Kazekage had fought in the area.

• The White Snake Sage escaped Qian’s attacks, questioned his identity and motives, then returned to Ryūchi Cave with the others while Qian let them go.
• Qian secretly established Natural Energy training sites, studied Tagorihime’s memories, and warned Shisui that Orochimaru might target his eyes and other Uchiha.
• Qian advanced his Dust Release and completed a major body breakthrough, increasing his physical constitution, chakra potential, and daily recovery.
• Qian began training three Genin, but failed Uchiha Qinghua, Kondo Yu, and Nariya Daishi after they did not work together as a team.
• After Uchiha Itachi and his Anbu squad disappeared while investigating Orochimaru, Fugaku assigned Qian, Shisui, and Tekka to join an investigation team led by Yashiro.
• Qian joined the search party with two Anbu squads, and the team found a battlefield bearing iron sand and traces of the Third Kazekage’s Magnet Release.

Qian and Yamato’s team fought Sunagakure forces before confronting Orochimaru and Sasori at Amatsuji Pass. Qian sealed Orochimaru’s reanimated fighters, but Orochimaru escaped through Ryūchi Cave, and the team returned to Konoha without finding Itachi.

• Yamato’s team followed the clue to Amatsuji Pass, where Qian recognized Orochimaru’s former experimental base and suspected Itachi was nearby.
• Qian, Shisui, and their allies fought off Sunagakure puppet masters and reinforcements, then continued toward Orochimaru’s base.
• Orochimaru and Sasori ambushed the team, and Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan to fight Sasori and the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Yamato used Wood Release against Orochimaru as Qian and Inabi joined the attack, but Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Kazekage through Reanimation.
• Qian entered Sage Mode and pursued Orochimaru into a cave, where he used Susanoo to defeat and seal the Third Kazekage.
• Qian sealed the other Reanimation Bodies and Manda, but Ryūchi Cave used Reverse Summoning to carry Orochimaru away.
• Qian learned that Itachi was absent and Sasori had escaped, then returned to Konoha with Yamato and Shisui before dawn.
• Yashiro briefed Fugaku about Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Qian left the village after assigning a Shadow Clone to monitor events and answer Minato’s questions.

Qian developed the Kekkei Mōra, invaded Ryūchi Cave, and subdued the White Snake Sage. After a major physical breakthrough, he began collecting the Tailed Beasts and captured Yugito, Killer B, Han, Gaara, and Utakata.

• Qian increased his Byakugan’s power through training, mastered the fusion of all seven chakra attributes, and gained the Kekkei Mōra.
• Qian unleashed an Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball in Ryūchi Cave, restrained its inhabitants with the All Things of the Universe Array, and subdued the White Snake Sage with a contract seal.
• Qian drained chakra from the White Snake Sage and other Ryūchi Cave creatures, then decided to gather the nine Tailed Beasts and use a God Tree seed to evolve his Rinnegan.
• Qian’s body transformed, raising his Physical Constitution and chakra capacity, and he discovered that it could convert Natural Energy directly into chakra.
• Qian disguised himself as Obito Uchiha, captured Yugito and the Two-Tails, then traveled to Giant Turtle Island and sealed Killer B and the Eight-Tails’ jinchūriki.
• Qian infiltrated Iwagakure, defeated Han, and sealed him with the Five-Tails before capturing Gaara and the One-Tail in Sunagakure.
• Qian reached Kirigakure, subdued Utakata and the Six-Tails, and sealed them before teleporting away.