Chapter Summaries

Qian used his Wind Wings to turn the tide at the Mist assault on the Leaf stronghold, attacking Mist forces across several battlefields. Terumi Mei and the Mist ninja discovered the flight technique’s limits and coordinated a trap, but Qian escaped their water whips with a Chakra Scalpel.

• Terumi Mei chased Qian to the battlefield, where he attacked Mist ninja from above and helped the Leaf forces stabilize their defenses.
• Qian drove Terumi Mei and the other Mist Jonin back with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, then flew to other battlefields to attack Mist forces.
• Terumi Mei used Corrosion Release: Melting Monster Technique, while coordinated kunai attacks targeted the limits of Qian’s Wind Wings.
• Two Mist Anbu used Water Release: Rain Cutter as lower- and mid-ranked ninja launched weapons at Qian, forcing him to dodge and fly higher.
• Two Kirigakure Anbu caught Qian’s ankles with Water Whip Technique, but he cut both whips with Chakra Scalpel and broke free.

Qian fought off waves of Hidden Mist attacks, using his aerial mobility and ninjutsu to inflict heavy casualties while drawing enemy forces away from the wider battlefield. After Terumi Mei stopped the attacks, Qian resumed his assault, and the chapter ended as he used the mist from their clash to launch a surprise blade strike at her.

• Terumi Mei ordered the Mist Ninja to keep attacking Qian, who dodged their weapons and ninjutsu with his Sharingan and Chakra Wings.
• Qian counterattacked with Fire and Wind Release techniques, killing many Mist Ninja as Terumi Mei and the other Jonin tried to block his escape.
• Qian feigned fatigue and worsening injuries to encourage the Mist leadership to commit more forces, but Terumi Mei realized something was wrong and halted the attacks.
• Qian healed his wounds with the Mystical Palm Technique and attacked with Phoenix Sage Fire, targeting the Mist Ninja below.
• Terumi Mei fired a Water Dragon Bullet at Qian, who answered with a Fire Dragon Technique, creating a huge cloud of mist.
• Terumi Mei sensed chakra in the mist and recognized the Hidden Mist Technique, but Qian's blade flashed toward her, forcing her to dodge.

Qian broke off his attack on Terumi Mei when reinforcements converged, then flew to aid a Leaf force outnumbered by Kirigakure. He struck the Mist Ninja from above with shuriken and a Great Fireball, leaving the battlefield engulfed in flames.

• Qian used the Hidden Mist Technique to ambush Terumi Mei and pressed her with a rapid series of sword attacks, wounding her as she defended herself.
• Kunai flew toward Qian as Mist Ninja gathered nearby, giving Terumi Mei a chance to retreat and forcing Qian to abandon the fight.
• Qian used Wind Wings to leave the mist and spotted several dozen Leaf ninja surrounded by more than a hundred Kirigakure ninja.
• Qian threw shuriken at the Mist Ninja, wounding several despite their attempt to dodge.
• Qian followed with a Great Fireball that exploded among the Mist Ninja, knocking some down as flames swept over the battlefield.

Qian used his flight ninjutsu and powerful Wind Release attacks to disrupt the Mist Village forces and help the surrounded Konoha ninja recover. Terumi Mei and the others realized their plans could not contain him, so they followed as he flew toward another battlefield.

• Qian killed fleeing Mist Ninja with Wind Blades, then blasted a counterattack with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, sending weapons and Exploding Tags back into the enemy ranks.
• Qian used the chaos to kill and wound more than a dozen Mist Village ninja, disrupting their formation and giving the surrounded Konoha ninja time to recover.
• Qian flew toward another battlefield, and Terumi Mei pursued him while cursing their failed plan.
• Terumi Mei and the others recognized they had not planned for Qian's Flight Ninjutsu and could not stop him with their current methods.
• The Mist Village team continued trailing Qian, relying on their mission to keep him away from other battlefronts rather than capture the stronghold at all costs.

Qian used his improved Flight Ninjutsu to strike Kirigakure forces across the Eagle Beak Cliff battlefield, while Konoha shinobi kept enemy groups divided. Near dawn, both sides had suffered heavy losses, and Qian flew to rescue Leaf shinobi as the battle continued.

• Qian exploited his aerial speed to attack Mist Ninja across the battlefield while Uchiha Tekka and the others prevented Kirigakure teams from regrouping.
• Terumi Mei and the other Kirigakure leaders scattered their forces, and Qian assassinated two jonin, but Konoha still suffered heavy losses.
• After nearly four hours of fighting, Qian learned from Kurosawa Naruki that strongholds across several defense lines had been attacked and some had fallen.
• Qian inferred that Kirigakure was prolonging the battle to pin him down, then flew toward a surrounded group of Leaf shinobi.
• Qian's Wind Release: Wind Wings advanced to lv3, raising his maximum flight speed to thirty meters per second.

Qian used his flight and chakra reserves to support the exhausted Leaf forces at Eagle Beak Cliff while Kirigakure’s jonin pursued him. After receiving orders from their superiors, the Mist ninja retreated, leaving Qian to suspect they had captured other strongholds and that he would face them again.

• Qian pressured the Kirigakure ninja surrounding the Leaf fighters, helping the Leaf forces counterattack while he killed one enemy and wounded three.
• Qian continued his delaying tactics as the battle stretched past five hours, killing a Kirigakure jonin and a Special Jonin.
• A Messenger Hawk delivered orders, and Terumi Mei’s group used the Mind Transmission Technique to command the Kirigakure ninja to retreat.
• Qian let the scattered Kirigakure groups withdraw because he could not stop them all and did not want to trigger another major battle.
• Qian watched the Kirigakure warships sail away and suspected he would soon fight the same jonin again over captured strongholds.

After the Mist Ninja withdrew, Qian treated the wounded Leaf ninja despite the cost to his chakra and rest. By noon, everyone had received treatment, and Qian returned to his quarters to recover while Uchiha Tekka and the others handled the remaining duties.

• Qian returned to the stronghold and learned from Uchiha Tekka that fewer than seventy of the original two hundred Leaf ninja had survived the battle, all of them injured.
• Qian instructed Uchiha Tekka to assess the wounded, then treated a badly injured Leaf ninja using the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Qian removed the toxins from another critically injured Leaf ninja with the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique and treated the resulting wounds.
• Qian created nine shadow clones so they could treat the remaining severely injured ninja at the same time.
• Qian and his clones treated every injured Leaf ninja by noon, after which Qian rested in his quarters while Uchiha Tekka and the others took over the remaining work.

Qian learned that he had been ordered to report to Black Stone Outpost by eight the next morning to join a force preparing to retake a captured outpost. After discussing the reinforcements left behind and reviewing his gains from treating the wounded, he spent the night training his Sharingan.

• Uchiha Tekka told Qian that Captain Kurosawa had ordered him to reach Black Stone Outpost before eight the next morning.
• Qian learned that Kirigakure had captured four outposts and that jōnin from other locations were gathering at Black Stone Outpost to retake one of them.
• Uchiha Tekka told Qian that a hundred-man unit would reinforce their outpost and that Kirigakure was expected to consolidate its gains rather than attack elsewhere.
• Qian checked his Status Panel and saw that treating the wounded had increased the Proficiency of his Medical Ninjutsu, especially Mystical Palm Technique.
• Qian practiced the Mind Reflection Technique through the night to promote his Sharingan's evolution.

Qian flew to Black Stone Outpost to join Konoha’s counterattack against Kirigakure and met with Uchiha Yashiro, who was coordinating the Uchiha clan’s forces. Yashiro promised to assign Qian and Uchiha Shisui relatively safer missions and urged them to survive.

• Qian finished training, packed his equipment, and flew toward Black Stone Outpost using Wind Release: Wind Wings.
• At the outpost, Konoha ninja recognized Qian as their captain and told Inuzuka Black Fang about his earlier achievements.
• Qian registered at Black Stone Outpost and went to find Uchiha Yashiro, the Uchiha clan’s coordinator.
• Qian found Uchiha Shisui with Yashiro, and the two learned routine mission details before Yashiro warned them about the counterattack’s danger.
• Yashiro said he would try to give Qian and Uchiha Shisui safer assignments because they were important to the clan, and he told them to preserve their lives.

Qian received the Earth Release materials he had requested from Uchiha Yashiro and prepared to train with them. He parted from Uchiha Shisui after Shisui argued that the village’s interests should come before the clan’s.

• Uchiha Yashiro gave Qian a book on developing Earth Release Chakra and scrolls for Earth Release: Hardening Technique, Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Spear, and Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
• Qian thanked Uchiha Yashiro and Elder Huo Xuan, then left with the materials.
• Uchiha Shisui waited for Qian and discussed his belief that they should prioritize the village over the clan and themselves.
• Qian responded perfunctorily and left Shisui near the residences.
• Uchiha Shisui doubted that Qian disagreed with him, while Qian quietly looked forward to training.

Qian continued developing Earth Release Chakra, then received a scouting mission to observe Kirigakure’s forces at Flying Fish Town Outpost. After seeing the outpost’s strong defenses, he recorded its movements for Konoha’s Command Headquarters.

• Qian concluded that developing a fourth chakra attribute was difficult but continued training Earth Release Chakra because he wanted to eliminate weaknesses in his abilities.
• While Konoha and Kirigakure prepared for battle, Qian received a mission arranged by Uchiha Yashiro to scout Flying Fish Town Outpost.
• Qian flew to Flying Fish Town Outpost under cover of night using Wind Release: Wind Wings.
• Qian used his Sharingan to observe Kirigakure’s patrols and defenses and judged that Konoha would struggle to retake the outpost with its available forces.
• Qian carefully recorded the enemy’s movements to submit accurate intelligence to Konoha’s Command Headquarters.

Qian was caught off guard by Kirigakure’s concealed ballistas and narrowly escaped an explosive attack while scouting Flying Fish Town. After evading the barrage, he counted twenty-one ballistas and flew back to Black Stone Outpost, more wary of Kirigakure’s capabilities.

• Qian dodged a ballista bolt carrying Exploding Tags, but the blasts injured him before he treated himself with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Qian spotted three figures operating a ballista and evaded their next explosive bolt after preparing for the attack.
• Kirigakure revealed more concealed ballistas and fired a sustained barrage, but Qian flew higher and dodged the shots until he escaped their range.
• Qian used his Mangekyō Sharingan to count twenty-one ballistas and considered how Kirigakure had transported them so quickly.
• Qian concluded that Kirigakure could have used space-time ninjutsu or the Reverse Summoning Technique to move its supplies, then flew to Black Stone Outpost.

Qian escaped an ambush in Flying Fish Town and returned to Black Stone Outpost with intelligence about Kirigakure’s ballistae. After reporting, he treated his injuries and used shadow clones to pursue several training projects as the war drew closer.

• Qian and the Kirigakure Jonin discussed how their ambush had failed, while Qian considered the ballistae’s limitations and how to counter him.
• Qian returned to Black Stone Outpost near midnight and reported his findings, including that Kirigakure had obtained twenty-one ballistae.
• Qian considered developing an invisibility technique like Iwagakure’s Camouflage Concealment Technique, but decided to focus on strengthening his foundations first.
• Qian treated his injuries and created three shadow clones, assigning them to develop Earth Release Chakra, the Telepathy Technique, and the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• Qian began a sleepless training session, alternating between the Mind Reflection Technique and the Mystical Palm Technique.

After an exhausting day of training, Qian received a mission to verify reports of Kirigakure reinforcements approaching by sea. He searched all three possible routes, left shadow clones to watch them, and continued studying the Telepathy Technique as he waited.

• Qian ended his training and slept until a messenger chunin brought him a changed mission from Sano Nobuhisa.
• Nakagawa Ichiro told Qian to investigate whether Kirigakure reinforcements were arriving and determine their strength and numbers.
• Qian searched the first sea route, found no Mist Ninja, and left a shadow clone to monitor it before flying to the second route.
• Qian searched the second and third routes without finding anyone, leaving shadow clones to watch each route.
• Qian began studying the Telepathy Technique so he could communicate more easily with his shadow clones.

Qian successfully developed the Telepathy Technique and used Shadow Clones to improve its proficiency while continuing his training. A Shadow Clone spotted four Kirigakure warships near the second shipping route, and Qian hurried over to investigate.

• Qian completed the Telepathy Technique and contacted a distant Shadow Clone, confirming that the new ninjutsu worked.
• Qian assigned a Shadow Clone to train the Telepathy Technique while he continued practicing the Mind Reflection Technique and Mystical Palm Technique.
• A Shadow Clone flew patrol near the second shipping route and trained Wind Release: Wind Wings while monitoring the sea.
• The Shadow Clone spotted four Kirigakure warships and used the Telepathy Technique to alert Qian.
• Qian told the Shadow Clone to fly higher and remain hidden while he rushed toward the ships.

Qian watched the Mist Village warships before recalling a shadow clone and learning that his Wind Release: Wind Wings had advanced to level 4. After testing his faster, more agile wings, he returned to the fleet and captured a Mist Village Chunin to obtain the mission’s intelligence.

• Qian's shadow clone followed four Mist Village warships and considered taking Ao's Byakugan for reconnaissance.
• Qian recalled the clone and received its limited observations of the Mist Ninjas.
• Qian recalled another shadow clone and discovered that Wind Release: Wind Wings had advanced to level 4.
• Qian flew away from the warships, tested his more compact wings, and confirmed that they were more agile and faster.
• Qian returned to a Mist Village warship, trapped a Chunin with Genjutsu: Sharingan, and carried him off to question him.

Qian escaped the Mist Village warships with a captured Chunin, then used genjutsu to obtain intelligence about the enemy reinforcements and killed him. After confirming his mission was complete, Qian returned toward Black Stone Outpost and set up shadow clones on nearby reefs to train.

• Qian repelled the Mist Ninja’s attacks with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, then flew away with the captured Mist Village Chunin.
• Qian landed on a reef, incapacitated the Chunin, and used Sharingan genjutsu to extract intelligence about the Mist reinforcement unit.
• Qian drained the Chunin’s Chakra, killed him, and burned his body before deciding his mission was complete.
• Near Black Stone Outpost, Qian cleared a cluster of reefs, made shadow clones to cultivate there, and returned to the outpost.

After weeks of training, Qian used Human Authority and the Mystical Palm Technique to break through his body's limits and raise his Physical Constitution to 19. He then calculated his increased chakra capacity and recovery, and reassigned chakra to accelerate the growth of several skills.

• Qian activated Human Authority while using the Mystical Palm Technique, breaking the invisible shackles limiting his body's growth.
• After fifteen minutes of transformation, Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw his Physical Constitution rise from 18 to 19, while Rasengan advanced to level 7.
• Qian tested his chakra recovery and estimated that his theoretical chakra limit had reached 390,000 and his daily natural recovery had increased to 250,000.
• Qian decided to invest 33,000 chakra evenly in Wind Release: Wind Wings and Telepathy Technique, bringing each skill's investment to 20,000.
• Qian allocated another 15,000 chakra to Shadow Clone Technique to raise its level directly.

Qian reviewed his skill progress and decided to use his remaining chakra and Uchiha-provided books to develop Earth Release. He also planned to capture the Seven-Tails after the war, which would let him use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique without worrying about chakra.

• Qian concluded that he needed to raise Shadow Clone Technique to improve his plans for the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, Shadow Sword Technique, and coordination with Wind Release: Wind Wings.
• Qian looked toward Takigakure and prepared to target the Seven-Tails, Chomei, after the war ended.
• Qian reviewed his ninjutsu and medical skills, noting that several were close to advancing or reaching the Perfected Realm.
• Qian found that Illusion Sword Technique had reached lv7, while Flash Sword Technique still needed more proficiency to reach lv7.
• Qian decided to spend his remaining four thousand chakra points developing Earth Release and hoped to learn several Earth Release techniques soon.

Qian estimated that his body would need about two more months to reach its next transformation, then rested before continuing his nightly reconnaissance mission. At Flying Fish Town, the Mist Ninja prepared a plan to kill him, and Qian’s latest attack was intercepted as the town’s defenders emerged.

• Qian used Human Authority to assess his body’s progress and estimated that another transformation would take roughly two months.
• Qian rested, then created ten shadow clones at Reef Beach to train several techniques while he carried out his mission.
• Ao took command of the Mist Ninja’s plan to kill Qian and damage Konoha’s morale.
• Qian watched Flying Fish Town until late at night, then threw an explosive-tagged kunai toward a rooftop.
• Another kunai knocked Qian’s attack away, and the Mist Ninja emerged from their cover; Qian saw a possible opportunity to destroy their wheeled crossbows.