Chapter Summaries

Qian defeated a Mist Village Chunin, learned that the squad had no ties to Root, and used the chaotic battlefield to eliminate the Leaf Village mole. The chapter ended with Oda Shunji dying after Qian’s Shadow Clone stabbed him through the heart.

• Qian defeated Miyazaki Tomohisa, used genjutsu to learn why the Mist squad had come, then killed him and left the body burning.
• Qian learned through his Shadow Clone that Sano Nobuhisa’s support force had arrived and returned to the battlefield.
• Qian sent a Shadow Clone disguised as Miyazaki Tomohisa to approach Oda Shunji while the real Qian watched from above.
• The Shadow Clone exploited Oda Shunji’s distraction, briefly showed him the Sharingan, and stabbed him through the heart.
• Oda Shunji realized who had killed him and died after the Shadow Clone pulled out the Kunai.

Qian helped Konoha hold off a Kirigakure assault, while suspecting Danzo was closing in on the secret of his Mangekyō Sharingan. After Kirigakure withdrew, Qian and Sano Nobuhisa returned to Black Stone Outpost to investigate the battle and report to Nara Akimitsu.

• Qian used Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique to burn the mole's body to charcoal, preventing others from extracting intelligence from it.
• Qian rejoined the battle as Sano Nobuhisa's reinforcements helped stabilize Konoha's position, though the Mist Ninja still had the advantage.
• After more Konoha reinforcements arrived, Kirigakure sounded a whistle and withdrew, while Qian and Sano Nobuhisa ordered Konoha's troops not to pursue.
• Qian told Sano Nobuhisa that a Shadow Clone was following the retreating Mist Ninja, and they merged their forces under Sano Nobuhisa's command before returning to Black Stone Outpost.
• At Black Stone Outpost, Sano Nobuhisa brought Qian and the accompanying jonin to a conference room to piece together what had happened and prepare a report to Nara Akimitsu.

Qian used his report to pressure Nara Akimitsu into confronting Danzo over Root’s failed operation, then resumed training. After the Third Hokage reprimanded him, Danzo questioned Root’s operatives and learned that Qian had endured the Four-Life Sealing Formation until its users were drained, leaving him alarmed as Kinoe began recounting the battle in detail.

• Qian submitted a report implying that Root’s operation had suffered an intelligence leak, then went west of Black Stone Outpost to train with the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Nara Akimitsu inferred that Danzo and Root were behind the attack and wrote to the Third Hokage demanding that Danzo be restrained.
• The Third Hokage summoned Danzo, questioned him about the failed operation, and warned him not to target the Uchiha clan or Qian again.
• A Root Ninja told Danzo that Qian had discovered the operation’s arrangements and attacked before Root could use most of its preparations.
• Another Root Ninja revealed that Qian had endured the Four-Life Sealing Formation until Tsuru and the others were drained of their life force.
• Danzo asked Kinoe to recount the operation from beginning to end, and Kinoe began giving his full account.

Danzo suspected that Uchiha Qian had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan but ordered Root to halt operations against him while he waited for a chance to recruit him. Meanwhile, Qian used the lull in Mist Village activity to train, perfected his Mystical Palm Technique, and shortened the time needed for his next body transformation.

• After hearing Kinoe's report, Danzo considered the power of Qian's Sharingan and ordered Root to halt all operations targeting him.
• Qian reviewed the outpost briefing and concluded that the Mist Ninja would avoid attacking while they investigated the possibility of an infiltrator in their ranks.
• Qian trained overtime, expecting his Mystical Palm Technique to reach perfection and strengthen his body further.
• Three days later, Qian perfected the Mystical Palm Technique and found that it had greatly improved its bodily strengthening and healing effects.
• Qian calculated that his next body transformation could arrive in about six days instead of ten and considered, then dismissed, developing a Yang Release body-enlargement technique.

Uchiha Qian used Human Authority to break through his body's growth limit, raising his Physical Constitution to 20 and triggering a major transformation. He discovered that the transformation also advanced his transplanted Byakugan's awakening and reduced its Chakra consumption.

• Qian continued training with the Mystical Palm Technique until his body reached a growth limit.
• Qian released his Shadow Clones and absorbed their accumulated Cultivation Experience and memories.
• Qian activated Human Authority ten times while using the Mystical Palm Technique, breaking the invisible shackle that restricted his body's growth.
• Qian let his body evolve naturally for about half an hour, raising his Physical Constitution from 19 to 20 and increasing his Byakugan awakening progress from 16 to 30.
• Qian tested his Byakugan and found that activating it consumed less Chakra than before.

After his Physical Constitution reached 20, Qian gained a much higher chakra recovery rate and could run his Chakra Refining Technique for longer. He assessed his improved limits and allocated his daily chakra to accelerate selected techniques.

• Qian found his theoretical Chakra Limit had risen to 500,000 and tested how long his body could run the Chakra Refining Technique.
• Qian discovered he could run the technique for eighteen hours a day and that his natural chakra recovery had increased to about 350,000 points daily.
• Qian reviewed his skills’ progress and decided not to increase investment in techniques already advancing fast enough or already at maximum proficiency.
• Qian raised his daily Rasengan investment to 50,000 chakra and allocated the remaining 79,000 to Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique, Water Style: Water Formation Pillar, and Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
• Qian finished planning his allocations and began a final test.

Qian tested his growth, finding that his body would reach its next transformation in about two months and that his wounds healed much faster than before. After hearing that Leaf Hidden Village and Iwagakure were negotiating a ceasefire, he returned to training while doubting Kirigakure would give up its gains easily.

• Qian cultivated with the perfected Mystical Palm Technique and estimated that his body needed about two months to reach its next transformation.
• Qian cut his arm and found that it healed completely in about three minutes, faster than in his previous test.
• Qian returned to Black Stone Outpost and accepted Sano Nobuhisa's summons to a meeting.
• Sano Nobuhisa announced that Leaf Hidden Village and Iwagakure had begun negotiations and planned another round of talks in five days.
• Qian left the meeting and flew out to continue training, suspecting Kirigakure would not readily surrender its gains.

Qian and the other Konoha shinobi at Black Stone Outpost prepared for an imminent Kirigakure assault while Konoha awaited the final round of peace negotiations with Iwagakure. After receiving orders to hold out for ten days, Qian sent shadow clones to monitor and patrol the area while he continued training.

• Kirigakure moved troops toward the Land of Fire, increasing pressure on Konoha's eastern outposts as negotiations with Iwagakure progressed.
• Sano Nobuhisa told the outpost's jonin that the third round of negotiations had gone smoothly, but Command Headquarters could not spare reinforcements and ordered them to hold for ten days.
• Sano Nobuhisa assigned Qian to watch the Mist Ninja in Flying Fish Town and patrol the area within thirty kilometers of Black Stone Outpost.
• Qian handed over command of his unit, flew beyond the outpost, and dispatched five shadow clones to monitor Flying Fish Town and patrol in four directions.
• Qian continued training with Wind Release: Wind Wings, which was close to reaching lv7.

Qian learned that Kirigakure had begun mobilizing toward Black Stone Outpost and brought the news to Sano Nobuhisa, who organized Konoha’s response. Konoha squads moved out to intercept the Mist Ninja in smaller engagements while Black Stone Outpost became a logistics and medical center.

• Qian’s Shadow Clones reported that Mist Ninja were leaving Flying Fish Town for Black Stone Outpost and that Kirigakure warships were approaching by sea.
• Qian flew to Black Stone Outpost, where he told Sano Nobuhisa and the waiting jonin that the Mist Ninja had mobilized.
• Sano Nobuhisa assigned the Konoha forces their duties and ordered Qian to relay intelligence hourly and check nearby outposts for enemy movements.
• Qian flew out to monitor the Mist Ninja, while Konoha squads left Black Stone Outpost under jonin leadership to intercept them along different routes.
• Sano Nobuhisa designated Black Stone Outpost as a logistics and medical center and chose a series of smaller interception fights instead of a large-scale battle.

As the Mist Village launched a full-scale offensive across Konoha’s Eastern Defense Line, Qian used his intelligence advantage to find and ambush a Mist Ninja squad sneaking toward Black Stone Outpost. His surprise attack killed or wounded five Mist Ninja, leaving the rest of the squad reeling.

• Qian learned through his Shadow Clones and Sano Nobuhisa’s contact with headquarters that fighting had erupted across the Eastern Defense Line.
• Qian discovered a Mist Ninja squad infiltrating the area to destroy Black Stone Outpost and secretly followed them after pretending to pass by as a Shadow Clone.
• When the Mist Ninja stopped to rest, Qian attacked with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• A Mist Village Jonin and two Special Jonin blocked Qian’s fire dragons, but Qian then swept the squad with Water Release: Water Severing Wave, killing three Chunin and wounding two others.

Qian learned the Mist jonin’s Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave by copying it, then flew out to confront the Mist squad instead of warning Black Stone Outpost. He dodged a Hozuki clan jonin’s surprise attack and countered a water dragon with Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique, sending the enlarged shark plunging toward the Mist Ninja.

• The leading Mist jonin used Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to flush Qian out, and Qian copied the technique with his Sharingan and Byakugan.
• Qian escaped the wave with Wind Release: Wind Wings, then flew toward the Mist Ninja rather than retreating to Black Stone Outpost.
• Qian hardened his body against a barrage of kunai and shuriken, closed in, and struck two Mist Ninja with Lightning Style: Lightning Strike.
• A Special Jonin sent a Water Dragon Bullet Technique at Qian while the leading jonin, a Hozuki clan member, prepared a Water Gun Technique sneak attack.
• Qian spotted and dodged the Water Gun Technique, then countered the water dragon with Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique.
• Qian’s giant shark swallowed the water dragon, grew larger, and lunged down at the Mist Ninja.

Qian survived the Mist Ninja’s three-round barrage of Exploding Tags by exploiting the timing gaps between attacks, though he was badly injured. Hozuki Muzuki and the remaining Mist Ninja were left stunned as Qian emerged from the flames and stood in the sky.

• Qian drained the chakra of the two wounded Mist Chunin, Oike and Taijin, and discovered they had died.
• After recognizing Qian’s strength, Hozuki Muzuki ordered the surviving Mist Ninja to execute Plan C.
• The Mist Ninja threw waves of kunai and shuriken fitted with Exploding Tags, saturating the sky around Qian with explosions.
• Qian used the attacks’ timing gaps, his defenses, and his Wind Wings to evade direct hits and survive the barrage.
• Qian emerged badly injured but alive, shocking Hozuki Muzuki and the remaining Mist Ninja.

Qian feinted against the Mist Ninja before diving into their ranks, where he wounded one Chunin and used genjutsu and Chakra Absorption Technique to replenish his energy. After restoring his chakra, he escaped the Mist Ninja’s attacks with Wind Release: Wind Wings.

• Qian baited the Mist Ninja into throwing explosive kunai, then turned back and attacked them at close range.
• Qian wounded a Mist Village Chunin with his sword and forced a Mist Village Jonin to retreat by threatening him with his Sharingan.
• Qian paralyzed another Mist Village Chunin with Genjutsu: Sharingan and absorbed his chakra while carrying him away from an explosive kunai.
• Qian drained the Chunin’s chakra, Spirit Energy, and Body Energy, replenishing the chakra he had spent on Shadow Clones.
• Qian used Wind Release: Wind Wings to fly beyond the Mist Ninja’s attack range, leaving them unable to stop him.

Qian continued fighting the Mist Ninja, using a massive fireball to erase their water-made terrain and reduce their numbers. He remained surrounded by the surviving Jonin but held his own against their coordinated attacks.

• Qian unleashed an enormous Great Fireball Technique, evaporating part of the lake and destroying the Mist Ninja's terrain advantage.
• Qian attacked through the steam, severely injuring two Mist Village Chunin and absorbing their Chakra.
• Qian baited the Mist Village Jonin into protecting a one-armed Chunin, then used Genjutsu: Sharingan on Nishikawa Ochi, but dodged Hozuki Muzuki's Water Gun Technique.
• Two Mist Village Special Jonin attacked Qian while Nishikawa Ochi and Hozuki Muzuki joined in, surrounding him with four Jonin.
• Qian used his enhanced reaction speed and Sharingan to evade and block the coordinated attacks.

Qian fought off a Mist Village team, using his Byakugan, Sharingan, sword skills, and ninjutsu to wound several opponents and seize the advantage. Hozuki Muzuki ordered a coordinated retreat, leaving one Special Jonin as bait, and Qian pursued the fleeing Mist ninja.

• Qian used his Byakugan and Illusion Sword Technique to fight five Mist Village ninja while waiting for the Leaf reinforcements or an opening.
• Qian spotted a mistake in the Mist team's coordination, endured a slash from Nishikawa Ochi, and wounded a Mist Village Special Jonin.
• Qian pressed his advantage with Chakra Scalpel, Rasengan, and sword techniques, while lightning-infused attacks prevented Hozuki Muzuki from using Hydrification Technique.
• Qian used Flash Sword Technique and Illusion Sword Technique against another Special Jonin as Nishikawa Ochi and Hozuki Muzuki threw explosive-tagged Kunai and fled with the rest of the team.
• Qian knocked the Kunai aside, saw the remaining Special Jonin escape, and used Body Flicker Technique to pursue the retreating Mist ninja.

Qian pursued the fleeing Mist Village ninja, killing two Chunin and draining a Special Jonin of his chakra after the Jonin used a Chunin as explosive bait. He then split into shadow clones to hunt down the remaining Jonin, personally targeting Hozuki Muzuki.

• Qian caught the one-armed Chunin and Oda Hikaru, drained their chakra and life energy, and burned their bodies.
• Qian pursued the wounded Mist Village Chunin and the Special Jonin protecting him, but the Chunin exploded after the Special Jonin had secretly placed a cursed seal on him.
• Qian immobilized the Mist Village Special Jonin with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, drained his chakra, and burned both bodies.
• Qian used the Byakugan to locate the remaining four Mist Village ninja and created three shadow clones to pursue three of them.
• Qian set off alone after Hozuki Muzuki, the strongest remaining target.

Qian tracked down Hozuki Muzuki, defeated him, and extracted intelligence from his memories. After draining Muzuki’s chakra, Qian reunited with his Shadow Clones, who had eliminated the rest of the Mist Ninja squad.

• Qian used the Byakugan and Wind Wings to find Hozuki Muzuki and sent his Shadow Clones the locations of the other targets.
• Qian attacked Muzuki with wind-accelerated kunai, then engaged him in a fierce sword fight.
• Qian used his Sharingan to catch Muzuki off guard and struck him with a lightning-charged blade as Muzuki used the Hydrification Technique.
• Qian paralyzed Muzuki, searched his memories for intelligence, and absorbed his remaining chakra.
• Qian’s three Shadow Clones returned after completing their missions, leaving the Mist Ninja squad wiped out.

After defeating the Mist ninja, Qian used the chakra he had gained to plan training for two techniques and avoided meeting the approaching Leaf scouts in person. He left a shadow clone to explain the battlefield while he continued his patrol and waited for his Shadow Clone Technique to advance before pursuing his larger plan.

• Qian burned Hozuki Muzuki's corpse and counted about 120,000 chakra points drained from twelve Mist ninja.
• Qian chose to focus the gains on improving Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak, then sent three shadow clones away to train.
• Qian spotted an approaching Leaf scouting team and left a shadow clone to meet them before flying off to continue his patrol and search for another target.
• Qian checked his panel and saw that Shadow Clone Technique was close to lv7, which he believed might unlock Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Hyuga Ling used his Byakugan to observe Qian's shadow clone, recoiled from its apparent Sharingan, and told the Leaf Special Jonin that Qian was still waiting nearby.
• The Leaf Special Jonin led the team toward Qian's clone, while Qian's main body stayed away to keep his unmerged Byakugan from being exposed.

Qian used a Shadow Clone to report the defeat of a Mist Ninja squad, then flew northwest to confront another isolated group. After killing two Chunin, he pursued Yuhua, who had fled as soon as she recognized him.

• Qian's Shadow Clone told Iwata Ichiki that Qian had discovered and defeated a Mist Ninja squad near the outpost, and Iwata Ichiki accepted the account without pressing him on its timing.
• Qian received a Shadow Clone's report about three Mist Ninja recovering after a battle and flew northwest to find them.
• Yuhua sensed Qian approaching, recognized him as Ghost Sword Qian, and fled without warning her two Chunin subordinates.
• Qian disabled and killed the two Chunin with his Chakra Scalpel, Genjutsu: Sharingan, and Chakra Absorption Technique, then burned their bodies.
• Qian used the Body Flicker Technique to chase after Yuhua.

Qian pursued Yuhua as she fled, using shadow clones to evade him, and eventually captured her by sealing her acupoints. He drained her chakra and life energy, killed her, and burned her corpse before checking what he had gained.

• Yuhua split into three shadow clones to escape, but Qian pursued them one by one using his Byakugan.
• Qian caught up to the first two figures and destroyed them, discovering that both were shadow clones.
• Qian intercepted the real Yuhua and sealed her acupoints, preventing her from using chakra or escaping.
• Yuhua asked whether Qian had used the Hyuga clan's acupoint-striking technique, but he did not answer and instead began absorbing her chakra.
• Qian drained Yuhua's chakra, Spirit Energy, and Body Energy until she died, then burned her corpse and checked his gains.