Recaps

Qian helped lead Konoha’s assault on Aburatsu Port and fought to protect the retreating Leaf forces from Mist reinforcements. After Konoha reached a ceasefire with Sunagakure, Kirigakure counterattacked, leaving Qian defending the front as reinforcements arrived.

• Qian ordered Kobayashi Shunji’s battalion toward Aburatsu Port, then joined Namikaze Minato’s assembled force for the decapitation operation.
• Namikaze Minato led the Leaf forces into Aburatsu Port, where allied clans broke through the Mist defenses and advanced on the Command Headquarters.
• Qian fought through Mist Ninja attacks, then delayed reinforcements with shadow clones while Minato’s group withdrew from Aburatsu Port.
• Qian helped guide the retreat through the Mist encirclement and defensive line, and the survivors reached the Konoha Camp before three in the morning.
• Qian returned to the battlefield and helped Konoha recapture lost territory, then trained new techniques and improved his Shadow Clone Technique and Wind Release: Wind Wings.
• After Sunagakure surrendered and Konoha declared a ceasefire, Qian trained until Kirigakure attacked, then flew back to defend the camp and fought Mist Ninja at the front.
• Qian continued holding off Mist attacks as his shadow clones trained, and the first reinforcements from the Sunagakure Battlefield arrived five days later.
• Qian treated wounded shinobi at the Temporary Hospital and considered whether he would return to his original unit or volunteer to go back.

Qian uncovered Danzo’s plot to use the Mist ambush against him, then defeated Root operatives and helped expose the operation. As Kirigakure renewed its advance during Konoha’s negotiations with Iwagakure, Qian monitored the front and attacked a Mist squad infiltrating toward Black Stone Outpost.

• Qian advanced his Rasengan and led reinforcements toward Black Stone Outpost, where Mist Ninja ambushed his force.
• Qian identified Aburame Wuying as a Root operative and learned that Danzo had leaked intelligence to Kirigakure and planted Root squads and a mole in his unit.
• Qian defeated Root attackers, endured their sealing barrier, and killed operatives while extracting information about the mission.
• Qian killed the mole Oda Shunji, helped stabilize the battlefield, and returned to Black Stone Outpost as the Mist Ninja withdrew.
• Nara Akimitsu and the Third Hokage confronted Danzo, who ordered Root to stop targeting Qian.
• Qian perfected the Mystical Palm Technique, strengthened his body, and increased his chakra capacity and daily recovery.
• As negotiations with Iwagakure continued, Kirigakure mobilized toward the Land of Fire, and Sano Nobuhisa assigned Qian to monitor its movements.
• Qian reported that Mist forces were advancing and later attacked a squad infiltrating near Black Stone Outpost, killing three Chunin and wounding two others.

Qian hunted down Mist Ninja squads, then joined the fight to retake Red Tree Outpost and helped Namikaze Minato subdue the Six-Tails. After Utakata escaped, Qian resumed training and advanced his Sharingan and chakra capacity.

• Qian fought and wiped out Hozuki Muzuki’s Mist Ninja squad, then continued patrolling and hunting other Mist Ninja.
• Over three days, Qian drained nearly six hundred thousand chakra points, raised his Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak to lv4, and learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Nara Akimitsu ordered Qian to scout and support the effort to retake Red Tree Outpost, where Kirigakure had deployed the Six-Tails.
• Qian used aerial attacks and shadow clones to support Konoha’s fighters, then flew to Namikaze Minato’s battle with the Six-Tails.
• Qian and Namikaze Minato weakened the Six-Tails, and Qian drained its chakra while Minato bound it with Chakra Chains.
• Namikaze Minato suppressed the Six-Tails and revealed Utakata beneath it, but Utakata vanished, and Qian left without telling Minato he had witnessed his escape.
• Qian returned to training after Konoha pursued the remaining Mist Ninja, raising his Spirit attribute to 21 and his theoretical chakra capacity to 600,000 points.

Qian advanced his techniques and bodily abilities while helping Konoha reclaim territory and counter Kirigakure’s attacks. After serving as bait in a counter-encirclement and treating wounded ninja, he led his squad against Mist reinforcements and killed Horikawa Hosuke before pursuing another battle.

• Qian tested his second-stage Susanoo, then trained through the ceasefire with Iwagakure and perfected Earth Flow Wall and Water Formation Pillar.
• After Konoha launched a counterattack, Qian fought Mist Ninja near Flying Fish Town, helped Konoha capture it, and broke through the bodily restraints on his growth.
• Qian was transferred to Aburatsu Port, where he helped Nara Akimitsu lure Mist forces into a counter-encirclement and fought alongside the arriving Leaf Jonin.
• After the battle, Qian treated more than twenty wounded ninja and resumed training as fighting flared around Aburatsu Port.
• Qian led two squads to intercept Mist reinforcements, fought their Jonin and Chunin, and killed Horikawa Hosuke after driving the Mist force into retreat.