Chapter Summaries

Qian developed Lightning Release Chakra and learned Lightning Style: Lightning Strike while continuing to improve his skills. Back at camp, he learned that Sunagakure had surrendered, though he expected Kirigakure to counterattack before the wider war ended.

• Qian tested Lightning Style: Lightning Strike and checked his progress on the Proficiency Panel.
• Qian decided not to increase his attacks on the Mist Ninja because they had rebuilt their command system and were growing restless.
• Qian returned to camp and found the soldiers celebrating.
• Kobayashi Shunji told Qian that Sunagakure had surrendered and the war with them was over.
• Qian anticipated that Kirigakure would launch a counterattack before the wider war came to an end.

Qian received official news that Konoha and Sunagakure had agreed to a ceasefire, then returned to camp after the Mist Ninja attacked. He headed back expecting a chance to gain chakra and improve his skills.

• Qian dismissed Kobayashi Shunji's concerns, ordered him to arrange the night watch, and went to sleep.
• A messenger Chunin delivered a secret letter telling Qian that Konoha and Sunagakure had reached a ceasefire and that reinforcements would arrive within half a month.
• Qian announced the ceasefire to the camp, then went into the woods to train.
• Four days later, Qian received a message that the Mist Ninja had attacked and hurried back toward camp.
• Qian released his shadow clones, absorbed their training experience, and flew toward camp using Wind Release: Wind Wings and Chakra Feather Cloak.

Qian led his squad to help defend the Leaf line against the Mist Ninja’s counterattack, using shadow clones to absorb Chakra while he fought. The shadow clones gained Chakra and improved their skills, but two Mist Village jonin came directly for Qian.

• Qian returned to camp and received Nara Akimitsu’s order to lead his subordinates to the battlefield.
• Qian joined the Leaf defense west of Aburatsu Port, where the Mist Ninja’s large-scale attack had failed to break through.
• Qian created three shadow clones, disguised them as Leaf shinobi, and sent them to absorb Chakra while fighting.
• The shadow clones drained two Mist Ninja of nearly ten thousand points of Chakra, then balanced absorption with combat to improve their skills.
• Two Mist Village jonin charged toward Qian, and he was glad he had sent the shadow clones away beforehand.

Qian fought Mist Village jonin while using the battle to improve his skills, then watched the Mist forces retreat at night. Back at the Temporary Garrison, he absorbed the experience and memories from his shadow clones and reviewed the ninjutsu they had trained.

• Qian intercepted two kunai and engaged a Kaguya Clan jonin while another Mist jonin attacked from range.
• Qian fought cautiously to gain Proficiency, and two Mist Special Jonin arrived to help their struggling comrades.
• After a signal from Aburatsu Port, the Mist Ninja withdrew, and Qian let the remaining jonin escape.
• Qian returned to the Temporary Garrison, checked the troops' losses, and made arrangements.
• Qian dismissed his three shadow clones and absorbed their Cultivation Experience and memories from training several ninjutsu.

Qian fought off a renewed Mist Ninja assault while using his shadow clones to improve his skills, then helped treat wounded shinobi as reinforcements arrived. He expected Konoha to retake its lost strongholds soon and wondered when he would be transferred back to his original unit.

• Qian woke to an explosion, learned the Mist Ninja had attacked, and led his subordinates to defend a new area.
• Qian sent three transformed shadow clones away to cultivate while he and his troops joined the battle.
• Qian held off four Mist Village jonin, severely injured one, and survived several further dangerous assaults over the next few days.
• The first reinforcements from the Sunagakure Battlefield arrived five days later, bolstering Konoha's defenders.
• Qian treated wounded shinobi at the Temporary Hospital and anticipated that Konoha would retake the other three breached strongholds.
• Qian considered that he might be transferred back to his original unit or volunteer to return.

Qian received orders to lead reinforcements to Black Stone Outpost, where Nara Akimitsu appeared to expect an urgent threat. After completing his training, Qian advanced his Rasengan and reviewed the substantial gains he had made across many skills; he then flew back to camp to rest before departing.

• Nara Akimitsu ordered Qian to set out the next morning and reach Black Stone Outpost before noon with the assembled reinforcements.
• Qian suspected that vague intelligence about Kirigakure reinforcements had prompted the urgent transfer, but he resolved to handle any threat with his own strength.
• Qian completed his training and advanced his Rasengan to level eight, demonstrating its concentrated power by boring a smooth hollow into a rock.
• Qian reviewed his progress, including perfected Earth Release: Hardening Technique and three perfected Rank C ninjutsu, along with improvements to his medical, water, and other skills.
• Qian reallocated chakra to Shadow Clone Technique, then used Wind Release: Wind Wings to return to camp and rest.

Qian led two companies of Leaf ninja toward Black Stone Outpost, but they were ambushed in the forest just before reaching its defensive zone. Suspecting their movements had been leaked and wondering whether Danzo’s Root Organization was behind the trap, Qian faced the enemy with retreat likely cut off.

• Qian marched with two companies toward Black Stone Outpost, stopping briefly to rest while he scouted the area from the sky.
• Qian led the Leaf ninja through the forest toward the outpost after finding no sign of danger along the route.
• Qian’s force encountered a large group of Mist Ninja waiting in an ambush, and he realized they had prepared for the Leaf ninja’s arrival in advance.
• Qian considered whether Nara Akimitsu’s intelligence had been compromised and suspected Danzo and Root might have targeted him.
• Qian judged that the enemy outnumbered and outweighed his force, while the route behind them was probably blocked, leaving a fight as the likely next step.

Qian protected the Leaf ninja from a Mist Ninja attack with powerful Earth and Fire Release techniques, then spotted a Mist Ninja carrying Kikaichū and flew to investigate. He left Shadow Clones to request reinforcements and support the battle while he pursued the mysterious figure.

• Qian raised an Earth Flow Wall to block the Mist Ninja's kunai, then struck them with Earth Mausoleum Spears.
• Qian flew above the battlefield and hurled a huge Great Fireball at the Mist Ninja, whose Jonin countered with Water Dragon Bullets.
• Qian activated his Byakugan and spotted Kikaichū clinging to a figure among a distant group of Mist Ninja.
• Qian created two Shadow Clones, sending one to Black Stone Outpost for reinforcements and the other to help the Leaf ninja fight.
• Qian flew toward the Mist Ninja carrying the Kikaichū to discover the figure's identity and purpose.

Qian attacked a group of Mist Ninja, using flight, the Sharingan, and several powerful techniques to kill multiple opponents. After spotting a fearless ninja he suspected belonged to the Aburame Clan, Qian grew certain that Danzo was behind the plot and flew back toward the formation.

• Qian met more than thirty Mist Ninja in midair and fought them without exchanging words.
• Qian used Genjutsu: Sharingan and Chakra Scalpel to kill a Mist Village Chunin, then killed three more while withstanding a wind-powered kunai with Earth Release: Hardening Technique.
• Qian attacked the formation with Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique and Lightning Style: Lightning Strike, killing two Mist Village Chunin with lightning.
• Qian hovered above the Mist Ninja and noticed that the ninja suspected to be from the Aburame Clan showed no genuine fear.
• Qian concluded that Danzo was likely behind the plot and flew toward the Mist Village formation again.

Qian fought through the Mist Ninja formation and captured the disguised Aburame Clan ninja after realizing the Root might be connected to Danzo’s targeting of him. He escaped into the sky with the captive, leaving the Mist Ninja confused and unable to stop him.

• Qian evaded the Mist Ninja’s attacks with his Sharingan, Wind Wings, and defensive techniques, then targeted the Aburame Clan ninja with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique.
• Qian realized that using the Leaf Anbu’s secret technique could expose how he obtained it and lead Danzo to suspect him of destroying the Ghost Island base.
• Qian broke into the Mist Ninja formation, recognized the Aburame Clan ninja as Root, and struck him with a Rasengan that left him seriously injured.
• Qian knocked the Root ninja unconscious, grabbed him, and flew out of the Mist Ninja’s reach with Wind Wings.
• The Mist Village Jonin hesitated over Qian’s focus on an apparently ordinary Chunin and failed to stop his escape.

Qian left a Shadow Clone to fight the Mist Ninja while he carried Aburame Wuying away from the battlefield. After foiling Wuying’s attack and extracting his memories, Qian discovered the Root spy’s identity and found information about his mission that filled him with killing intent.

• Qian created a Shadow Clone to distract the Mist Ninja and flew away with the Aburame Clan ninja.
• Qian landed in a remote forest and confronted the Aburame Clan ninja, who pretended to be unconscious before lunging at him with a kunai.
• Qian used Ame no Minaka to evade the attack, then trapped Aburame Wuying in Genjutsu: Sharingan and removed an Exploding Tag from his hand.
• Qian read Wuying’s memories and learned that he was a Root Ninja codenamed Shadow Bug, disguised as the Mist Village Chunin Nishikawa Se.
• Qian searched Wuying’s memories for the mission’s objective and accomplices, then opened his eyes with killing intent.

Qian discovered that Danzo had orchestrated the ambush to kill him, using Kirigakure and hidden Root squads as borrowed weapons. He decided to move up his plan to eliminate Danzo, though he would wait for an opportunity after the war, and killed Aburame Wuying before burning the body to ashes.

• Qian learned from Aburame Wuying's memories that Danzo had used the Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique to suspect him and planned the ambush near Black Stone Outpost.
• Qian discovered that Danzo had leaked intelligence to Nara Akimitsu, arranged for Qian to join the reinforcement unit, and sent information about the group to Kirigakure.
• Qian learned that three Root squads were hidden near the battlefield and that a Root mole in his unit had been guiding Aburame Wuying and the squads.
• Qian considered Danzo's capabilities and decided he could defeat him, but would wait until the war ended to find an opportunity to act.
• Qian killed Aburame Wuying with a Kunai and burned him and his insects to ashes with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique.

Qian searched for Danzo’s hidden Root squads while his Shadow Clones supported the ongoing battle and summoned reinforcements from Black Stone Outpost. He found one Root squad and attacked, but they countered with a sound-wave ninjutsu that destabilized his flight, so Qian retaliated with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique.

• Qian used Wind Wings and Chakra Feather Cloak to fly back toward the battlefield, then learned through Telepathy Technique that reinforcements from Black Stone Outpost were on their way.
• Qian searched outward with his Byakugan and found a Root squad hiding west of the battlefield.
• Qian surprised the Root ninja with two Great Fireball attacks, killing three and forcing the remaining nine to scatter.
• The Root ninja attacked Qian with poisoned weapons and Exploding Tags, then one of them used a sound-wave ninjutsu that made Qian’s ears bleed and disrupted his flight.
• Qian identified the sound-wave attack and cast Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique at the ninja who used it.

Qian fought nine Root ninjas from the air, using fire and wind ninjutsu to set the forest ablaze before they extinguished most of it with Water Release. Suspecting the Root ninjas were pretending to be vulnerable to lure him into close combat, he kept his distance and continued attacking them with long-range ninjutsu.

• Qian dodged a Root ninja's copied Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique and cut down a tree with Wind Style: Wind Blade.
• Qian spread fire through the forest with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, but four Root ninjas countered with Water Release.
• Qian assessed the nine surviving Root ninjas and decided their hidden tactics made close combat too dangerous.
• Qian attacked from the air, suspecting the Root ninjas were feigning weakness to create an opening for a lethal counterattack.
• Qian continued bombarding the Root ninjas from a distance rather than approaching them.

Qian was trapped by Root Ninja in a sealing barrier that suppressed his chakra, while concealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and studying the technique. He realized the barrier was draining the four users’ vitality faster than expected, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• The Root Ninja launched Plan C, forming a sealing barrier as Qian tried to escape and dodged their Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere attacks.
• A Root Chunin controlled a summoned bird to attack Qian from behind, but Qian beheaded it with his Chakra Scalpel and the Chunin suffered backlash.
• The four Root Ninja completed the barrier and sent transparent sealing chains into Qian, making it much harder for him to use ninjutsu.
• Qian noticed a sloth-like summoned beast recording the fight and chose not to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan or escape with Ame no Minaka.
• Qian saw that the four Root Ninja were rapidly aging and realized the barrier was consuming their vitality more quickly than they had expected.

Qian fought five Root Ninja while four others maintained a life-draining Sealing Barrier, gradually overcoming its suppression and surviving their attacks. When two Root jonin unleashed powerful combined ninjutsu, the barrier consumed its casters’ remaining life force and collapsed, leaving Qian free.

• The four Root Ninja signaled five allies to enter the barrier, and the five attacked Qian with Kunai.
• Qian landed, used Lightning Style: Lightning Flash Body, and fought the five Root Ninja while evading their attacks.
• Qian killed the weakest Root Chunin as the barrier’s suppression weakened, then continued fighting and wounded other attackers.
• Two Root jonin combined Water and Lightning Release ninjutsu, shocking and burning Qian inside the barrier.
• The combined attack drained the four barrier casters’ life force, destroyed the Sealing Barrier, and freed Qian.

Qian recovered from the Sealing Barrier’s effects and faced four Root Ninja. He used his speed, Byakugan, and chakra to turn their coordinated attack against them, leaving one unable to fight while his own injuries began to heal.

• Qian used the Mystical Palm Technique alongside his natural healing to recover from the lightning damage.
• The Root Ninja attacked, and Qian dodged a lightning strike before rushing the first Root Jonin with his Flash Sword Technique.
• Qian changed targets and badly wounded the Root Ninja preparing a sonic technique, then endured the resulting infrasound attack.
• Qian rolled clear of two Root Ninja’s attempted sneak attack, using his Byakugan to anticipate them.
• Qian concluded that the wounded Root Special Jonin had lost his combat strength while his own injuries were already healing.

Qian fought three Root Ninja while his Shadow Clone drove off their hidden sloth Summoning Beast. After the Root Ninja recognized Qian’s Mangekyō Sharingan and tried to flee with the information, Qian vanished to pursue them.

• Qian fought the three remaining Root Ninja and secretly sent his Shadow Clone to approach their surveillance sloth.
• The sloth evaded the Shadow Clone’s attack and disappeared, allowing Qian to use his full strength.
• The Root Ninja realized their Summoning Beast was gone and prepared to retreat, but Qian checked the area and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The leading Root jōnin recognized Qian’s Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered the others to scatter and flee.
• Qian vanished from his position as the three Root Ninja fled in separate directions.

Qian tracked down Huishe, the last surviving Root Ninja, and captured him with a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu. He began searching Huishe’s memories for information about the mole in his squad.

• Qian’s shadow clone intercepted Huishe, who used the Shadow Clone Technique to split up and flee in several directions.
• Qian caught up with Huishe after learning new Wind Style techniques from another Root jōnin, who died when his own Wind Style: Wind Devour trapped him.
• Qian and Huishe fought, and Qian used his speed to wound Huishe’s right arm and disarm him.
• Qian caught Huishe’s gaze and trapped him with Genjutsu: Sharingan.
• Qian began guiding the illusion’s scenes to search Huishe for information about the mole in his squad.

Qian killed Huishe after learning the man had been coerced by Danzo, then flew back toward the main battlefield to deal with the mole. On the way, he attacked a Mist Ninja squad and killed its leader, Akiwara Shinnosuke.

• Qian learned that Danzo had forced Huishe to serve as a spy, drained Huishe's chakra, and slit his throat.
• Qian burned Huishe's corpse to ash and flew toward the main battlefield, hoping to reach it before the Mist Ninja withdrew.
• Qian spotted four Mist Ninja following Huishe's escape route and decided to disguise himself as one of them to approach the mole unnoticed.
• Qian struck the squad with a Great Fireball, killing two Mist Ninja and injuring the other two.
• Qian used Flash Sword Technique and Illusion Sword Technique to kill the squad leader, Akiwara Shinnosuke.