Recaps

Qian searched the Land of Earth for Roshi, eventually locating and defeating him before extracting the Four-Tails’ chakra and sealing the beast. The capture alarmed the ninja world, while Qian returned to his training until Namikaze Minato ordered him to the front line.

• Qian infiltrated the Land of Earth, planted informants to watch for Roshi, and returned to his island to resume training.
• Qian developed his Earth and Lightning Release techniques, but his informant network eventually led him to a report that Roshi was traveling back to Iwagakure under Anbu escort.
• Qian ambushed Roshi and his escorts, defeated the Anbu, and wore Roshi down until he released the Four-Tails’ chakra, allowing Qian to trap them both in a Sharingan illusion.
• Qian drained the Four-Tails’ chakra into a scroll, then bound the weakened beast with Chakra Chains and sealed it in the Metal Sphere beside the Seven-Tails.
• Ōnoki investigated Roshi’s capture and learned that the enemy had used informants, killed witnesses, and likely relied on long-distance space-time ninjutsu.
• Ōnoki ordered Akagi to edit the findings and pass them to other villages, while Qian concluded the incident would not interfere with his training.
• Qian’s mission scroll revealed that Namikaze Minato had ordered him to reach the front line and take command the next morning.

Qian captured the Four-Tails chakra from Imamura Tsukiko and drew Obito Uchiha’s attention, then concealed the truth from Namikaze Minato while training in secret. The arc left Qian back on his island and in Konoha, advancing his Earth Release techniques and Byakugan while Minato investigated Orochimaru.

• Qian perfected his Weighted Boulder and Lightened Boulder techniques, trained with chakra extracted from the Four-Tails and Seven-Tails, and set out to develop a new sealing technique.
• After Nara Akimitsu assigned Qian to support an Anbu squad, Qian flew to the mission site and pursued Rock Ninja who had fled the battlefield.
• Qian discovered that Imamura Tsukiko carried Four-Tails chakra, controlled her with Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, and took her to an island before draining and killing her.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu suspected Qian had taken the Four-Tails and Seven-Tails, while Qian continued training and learned that Obito had trapped one of his shadow clones in the Kamui Dimension.
• Qian sent a shadow clone to confront Obito and Black Zetsu, admitted he had captured both Tailed Beasts, and claimed he intended to become the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki before the clone dispersed.
• Qian told Namikaze Minato an embellished account of the attack, identified the attackers as a Mangekyō Sharingan Uchiha and a Wood Release experiment, and revealed his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After speaking with Uchiha Fugaku, Qian evaded Konoha’s surveillance and returned to his island, where he developed the Super Weighted Boulder and Super Lightened Boulder techniques.
• Qian continued training and nourishing his Byakugan, while Namikaze Minato ordered an Anbu investigation into Orochimaru over suspected human experiments.

Qian expanded his network of sleeper agents, perfected several techniques, and assimilated Hashirama’s cells, greatly improving his body and chakra recovery. When Namikaze Minato moved against Orochimaru, Qian infiltrated Konoha and began breaking into the Hokage Building to seek the Book of Seals.

• Qian infiltrated Kirigakure, placed Genji and several Mist shinobi under seals or genjutsu, and drained four Mist Ninja before traveling to Iwagakure to recruit more agents.
• Qian returned to Konoha, trained on a remote island, perfected Lightning Release: Lightning Blade and Fire Style: Flame Gathering Strike, and invested chakra to advance his other techniques.
• Qian perfected Lock Heart Soul Contract Instant Body Seal and both advanced Earth Release techniques, then used Mystical Palm Technique and Human Authority to assimilate Hashirama’s cells.
• Uchiha Qian found that the assimilation raised his Physical Constitution and chakra recovery and increased the evolution progress of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Byakugan, though he did not awaken Wood Release directly.
• Qian focused his shadow clones on developing Wood Release and strengthening his body, then trained underwater to increase his ability to hold his breath.
• After his Konoha clone reported that Namikaze Minato had moved against Orochimaru, Qian infiltrated the village and observed Leaf forces fighting Orochimaru’s modified subordinates near his laboratory.
• Qian saw Orochimaru researching Impure World Reincarnation but chose to withdraw, leaving a clone to monitor the laboratory as Sarutobi Hiruzen and the advisors kept Minato occupied.
• Qian transformed into Obito Uchiha, entered the Hokage Building, and subdued its two guards while approaching the room he believed held the Book of Seals.

Qian trained in secret while Konoha’s leaders suspected him, then followed Jiraiya’s pursuit of Orochimaru to study Sage Mode. After Orochimaru escaped their battle, Qian caught up with him and was left fighting the reanimated Danzo.

• Qian entered the Secret Archive, memorized the Spirit Transformation Technique from the Book of Seals, and recognized the Flying Thunder God Seal as Namikaze Minato arrived.
• Namikaze Minato told Qian that Orochimaru had defected and asked him to help stop him, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other leaders suspected Qian had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and killed Danzo.
• Qian left Konoha to train in secret, perfected Wind Release: Wind Wings, practiced the Spirit Transformation Technique, and strengthened his body and Byakugan.
• Namikaze Minato sent Qian to monitor Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and Qian secretly watched their prolonged fight before observing Jiraiya enter Sage Mode.
• Orochimaru escaped Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Goemon, and Qian tracked him down and fought him using sword techniques, Flying Thunder God, Rasengan, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Orochimaru summoned a reanimated Danzo and released his control over him before leaving, so Qian stayed to confront Danzo and study his soul.
• Qian fought Danzo’s healing reanimated body while waiting for Namikaze Minato, and considered how to seal him and use his infinite chakra.