Recaps

Qian led the Leaf forces through a series of battles against the Mist Ninja, killing their key fighters and helping break through the port’s defenses. As the Leaf advanced toward the final defensive line, two Mist ninja engaged Qian to delay him while their commander prepared an attack on the Leaf Camp.

• Qian helped defeat Mist forces on patrol, trained between missions, and perfected his Rasengan.
• Ordered to raid Aburatsu Port, Qian attacked with a massive fireball and fought through Mist defenses as Leaf reinforcements entered the port.
• Qian killed Fukui Takuichi and Hasegawa, then fought Kuroki Izumi and other Mist ninja until Leaf reinforcements arrived.
• Qian killed Kuroki Izumi and the remaining Mist fighters around him, then attacked Shinkawa Genichi’s group and routed its lower-ranked ninja.
• Qian countered the Mist Jonin’s water technique, helping the Leaf forces breach the second defensive line and drive the Mist defenders toward the port’s final line.
• As the Leaf attacked the final defensive line, two Mist ninja intercepted Qian, who used his Chakra Feather Cloak to withstand the Special Jonin’s lightning-enhanced fighting.

Qian helped the Leaf forces drive back Kirigakure, trained while the ceasefire took hold, and returned to Konoha with the other frontline ninja. After confirming Danzo had Root watching him, Qian left the village to train and lure Danzo into a confrontation.

• Qian defeated Mist Village Jonin and helped open a path through their defenses, then drove the battle toward a Leaf victory as Kirigakure withdrew by warship.
• Qian learned that Konoha and Kirigakure had agreed to a ceasefire, perfected several techniques, and continued training while awaiting orders to return home.
• Qian escorted a supply convoy toward Konoha, killed a group of bandits at a mountain stronghold, and trained at Twin Peaks before resuming the journey.
• Qian perfected Lightning Style: Lightning Prison and began practicing Lightning Release: Lightning Flash Sword with Xiao Leiyingren’s chakra-conductive Short Sword.
• Qian arrived in Konoha, rested after the long campaign, then detected and killed a Root Ninja who had been spying on him.
• Danzo learned that Shadow Ghost had vanished and ordered Root to intensify surveillance of Qian while considering how to exploit his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qian left Konoha, evaded the Root teams following him, and settled in a remote forest to train while drawing Danzo toward a trap.
• Qian perfected Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique, developed Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave, and chose to focus his saved chakra on Chakra Feather Cloak before his coming battle with Danzo.

Qian defeated Danzo and destroyed Root’s evidence, then returned to Konoha amid suspicion and political tension. After the Uchiha clan offered protection and access to its archives, Qian clashed briefly with Orochimaru before leaving to resume training.

• Qian lured Danzo and Root into a battle, killed the Root squads, and defeated Danzo after surviving his Sharingan, Baku, and Izanagi tactics.
• Qian killed the remaining Red Rain Squad members, destroyed the battlefield, and stole Root’s secret books and scrolls before Yamato tried to stop him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the advisers learned that Danzo had targeted Qian, then chose to conceal Root’s misconduct and avoid confronting Qian.
• Qian returned to Konoha, refused an unsupported Anbu summons, and was escorted to Uchiha Fugaku’s residence as the village reacted to Danzo’s death.
• Fugaku concluded that Qian had killed Danzo, while the Great Elder offered Qian clan protection and a permit to access the Uchiha secret archives.
• Uchiha Zhi Ren thanked Qian for avenging his brother, but Qian denied killing Danzo and continued his training at home.
• Orochimaru confronted Qian outside Konoha, but they stopped fighting after Qian escaped his snakes and Orochimaru voiced hope of cooperating in the future.
• Qian let Orochimaru leave, flew to his training island, and resumed his cultivation.

Qian prepared to capture the Seven-Tails, then was recalled to lead Konoha forces against Kumogakure’s infiltration teams. After defeating the three squads in Ghost Cry Forest and treating the wounded, he returned to Takigakure to check on the planned Seven-Tails transplant.

• Qian broke through his bodily shackle, awakened the Byakugan, and trained new sealing and teleportation techniques while preparing to capture the Seven-Tails.
• Qian infiltrated Takigakure disguised as Mizutani Yuichi and learned that the Seven-Tails would soon be sealed into Kaede.
• Uchiha Fugaku recalled Qian to lead a Konoha unit against Kumogakure, and Qian took his team into Ghost Cry Forest to stop three infiltrating squads.
• Qian ambushed Izuko’s squad, killed several Cloud Jonin, and drove the surviving shinobi away as Leaf reinforcements arrived.
• Qian located and defeated the second Cloud squad, killing Akita Ri, Miura Naosuke, and Yano Song before extracting information about Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Qian helped his subordinates defeat the remaining Cloud ninja, treated the wounded, and reported the destruction of all three squads to Nara Fufeng.
• Qian left a Shadow Clone at Camp and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the forest outside Takigakure and check on the Seven-Tails transplant experiment.