Chapter Summaries

Qian spent three days harvesting chakra from Mist Ninja and improving his techniques while the enemy offensive kept him busy. After his Shadow Clone Technique reached lv7, he learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, but discovered that using it still caused substantial chakra loss.

• Qian spent the chakra he had gained from Yuhua and two Chunin on the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak, then resumed patrolling and attacked more Mist Ninja squads.
• Over three days, Qian plundered nearly six hundred thousand points of chakra from Mist Ninja and used four hundred thousand to raise the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak to lv4.
• Qian avoided attacking large Mist Ninja groups, choosing caution despite the greater chakra he might have gained.
• After digesting his shadow clones' training experience, Qian advanced Shadow Clone Technique to lv7 and learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Qian created two or three hundred clones and realized that the technique's chakra loss made him need to limit how many he summoned.

Qian trained his Sharingan and ninjutsu, then advanced Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique to the Perfected Realm. He allocated the Chakra freed by the technique to Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and resumed training it as a future trump card.

• Qian created shadow clones to train Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique while he practiced the Mind Reflection Technique to evolve his Sharingan.
• Qian estimated that his Sharingan was about three days from crossing the threshold for its second stage and stronger Susanoo.
• Qian advanced Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique to the Perfected Realm, allowing him to cast it with one seal.
• Qian put the forty thousand points of Chakra saved by the perfected technique into Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and resumed training the S-Rank technique.

Qian was summoned to help retake Red Tree Outpost after Kirigakure captured it by unleashing the Six-Tails. Nara Akimitsu assigned Qian to scout ahead and assist against the beast if needed, while keeping the identity of the person handling the Six-Tails confidential.

• Qian received an urgent order to report to the Command Headquarters and joined Uchiha Shisui and several jonin in a briefing.
• Nara Akimitsu announced that Kirigakure had captured Red Tree Outpost, shocking the gathered ninja because it guarded the route to the Daimyo's Residence.
• Nara Akimitsu revealed that Kirigakure had deployed the Six-Tails and said surviving Konoha ninja were still resisting at the outpost.
• Nara Akimitsu ordered the group to retake Red Tree Outpost and said someone else would handle the Six-Tails, without revealing who.
• Nara Akimitsu assigned Qian to fly ahead, gather intelligence for the jonin, and help deal with the Six-Tails if necessary.

Qian was assigned to support Namikaze Minato’s force after the Six-Tails attacked Red Tree Outpost, and he welcomed the chance to test whether his Chakra Absorption Technique could drain a Tailed Beast. After scouting the area, he found two battles where outnumbered Leaf ninja were fighting stronger Mist ninja, and he headed to help them first.

• Nara Akimitsu assigned Qian to support Namikaze Minato, believing Qian’s hidden strength would provide an extra safeguard.
• Qian planned to test his level 6 Chakra Absorption Technique on the Six-Tails, though he knew he could not capture it without more Sealing Techniques.
• Qian flew to the ruined Red Tree Outpost, sensed the Six-Tails’ chakra, and heard Exploding Tags detonating nearby.
• Qian used the Byakugan to find two battles where Leaf ninja were struggling against stronger Mist ninja, then sealed the Byakugan to avoid detection by Hyuga ninja.
• Qian contacted his approaching teammates with the Telepathy Technique and flew toward the battlefield to support the Leaf ninja before seeking out the Six-Tails.

Qian joined the battlefield and used aerial attacks to disrupt the Mist Ninja and relieve pressure on the Leaf shinobi. He kept moving between skirmishes to stall for time, while the Mist Ninja failed to stop him.

• Qian flew openly over the battlefield, raising the Leaf shinobi’s hopes and drawing the attention of both sides.
• Qian used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to rain shuriken on the Mist Ninja while avoiding the Leaf shinobi.
• Qian followed with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, forcing the Mist Ninja to dodge and giving the Leaf shinobi openings to recover and counterattack.
• The Mist Ninja sent fighters after Qian, but his speed and aerial agility let him evade them.
• Qian alternated between small battlefields, giving the Leaf shinobi time to recover as he continued stalling.

Qian joined the battle on the ground after Uchiha Shisui and the other Konoha jonin reinforced the battlefield. He drained the chakra from five Mist Village Chunin in under a minute, forcing the Mist Ninja to recognize how dangerous he remained without flight.

• Uchiha Shisui and the other Konoha jonin arrived and attacked the strongest Mist Village jonin, boosting Konoha's morale.
• Qian flew to another battlefield and attacked the Mist Ninja with jutsu before diving into their ranks.
• Mist Ninja and Leaf ninja rushed to engage Qian after he landed, but Qian stayed on the ground to fight.
• Qian used the Chakra Absorption Technique and Chakra Scalpel to disable Mist Village Chunin and drain their chakra.
• After Qian drained five Mist Village Chunin, the Mist Ninja stopped charging recklessly and realized they could not easily defeat him.

Qian defeated the Mist Village Chunin and helped the Konoha shinobi overwhelm the Mist forces by using his chakra-absorbing techniques and shadow clones. After sensing a surge of Tailed Beast chakra, he left the pursuit to investigate the battlefield where he suspected Namikaze Minato had engaged the Six-Tails.

• Qian burned Akahito, created four shadow clones, and captured the six Mist Village Chunin who had surrounded him.
• Qian used Genjutsu: Sharingan and the Chakra Absorption Technique on the burned Mist Ninja while deflecting an Exploding Tag kunai.
• Qian's shadow clones joined the Konoha shinobi in battle, and the Mist forces suffered heavy losses before the survivors fled.
• While pursuing the fleeing Mist Ninja, Qian sensed a surge of Tailed Beast chakra and concluded that Namikaze Minato had likely engaged the Six-Tails.
• Qian told a Leaf Village Jonin he had another mission, then flew toward the source of the chakra while the Konoha shinobi continued the pursuit.

Qian arrived at the Six-Tails' battlefield and found Konoha's Sealing Team restraining the beast while Namikaze Minato fought five Kirigakure ninja. He fought off two opponents, wounded Amada Hideo, and faced a Kirigakure Jonin who intervened before he could press his advantage.

• Qian reached the battlefield and saw four Leaf shinobi bind the Six-Tails while Namikaze Minato clashed with five Kirigakure Jonin and Special Jonin.
• Two Kirigakure ninja charged Qian, and he dodged their attacks and blocked a Water Dragon Bullet Technique with Earth Flow Wall.
• Qian dodged the Special Jonin's shuriken and countered with Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, wounding Amada Hideo.
• Qian drew his long blade to attack Amada Hideo, but the Kirigakure Jonin who had used Water Dragon Bullet Technique stepped in front of him.

Qian fought Kamiue Kazuhiro and Amada Hideo while Namikaze Minato battled three Mist Village Jonin. Qian defeated Amada Hideo with a concealed Rasengan, and the Mist shinobi called for a retreat as Minato won his fight.

• Qian avoided Kamiue Kazuhiro’s caltrops and fought him and Amada Hideo cautiously, while Namikaze Minato launched an all-out attack against the three Mist Village Jonin.
• Qian exploited a gap between Kamiue Kazuhiro and Amada Hideo, forcing Amada back and inflicting only a shallow wound from Kamiue’s counterattack.
• Qian used the Illusion Sword Technique to make Amada Hideo dispel the genjutsu, then struck his abdomen with a concealed level 8 Rasengan and knocked him down.
• Kamiue Kazuhiro regained his footing and found Amada Hideo defeated, while Namikaze Minato killed a Mist Village jonin and the remaining Mist shinobi shouted for a retreat.
• Qian and Kamiue Kazuhiro looked toward the retreating Mist shinobi as Qian considered whether to stop them.

The Mist Village jonin released the Six-Tails, which broke free and attacked the Leaf shinobi. Qian stopped an enemy from stealing Amada Hideo, drained his chakra, and joined Namikaze Minato against the beast, but the Six-Tails unleashed a terrifying surge of chakra.

• The Mist Village jonin undid the Six-Tails' seals, and the beast grew to six tails before killing two members of the Leaf Sealing Team.
• Namikaze Minato rescued the two surviving Sealing Team members with the Flying Thunder God Technique while Kamiue Kazuhiro and two other enemy ninja escaped in smoke.
• Qian stopped an enemy ninja from approaching Amada Hideo underground, then drained the gravely injured man's chakra, Spirit Energy, and Body Energy.
• Qian flew to Namikaze Minato's fight with the Six-Tails and burned much of the beast's body with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique.
• The Six-Tails unleashed a powerful, oppressive chakra surge that forced Namikaze Minato and Qian back, while Qian looked at the beast with greed.

Qian and Namikaze Minato worked together to injure the Six-Tails and create an opening for a decisive attack. Qian struck the beast with a Rasenshuriken, then escaped its counterattack and left the next move to Minato.

• Namikaze Minato distracted the Six-Tails with explosive kunai and evaded its corrosive liquid using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qian scattered the Six-Tails' corrosive mist with Wind Release, letting Minato attack its head while Qian struck it from behind with fire dragons.
• Qian used Water Release: Water Severing Wave to slice into the Six-Tails, provoking it to spray acid mist at him.
• Qian protected himself with a Chakra Feather Cloak, flew toward the Six-Tails' mouth, and used Sharingan genjutsu to halt its attempt to close its jaws.
• Qian drove a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken into the Six-Tails' mouth, then survived a tail strike and escaped the acid mist while leaving the next attack to Namikaze Minato.

After Qian badly injured the Six-Tails, Namikaze Minato restrained it with Chakra Chains, giving Qian the chance to test his Chakra Absorption Technique on a tailed beast. Qian successfully absorbed its chakra, though the technique worked less efficiently and exposed him to the Six-Tails' will.

• Namikaze Minato recognized the extraordinary power of Qian's Rasenshuriken and other self-developed ninjutsu, and worried that village prejudice against the Uchiha could deepen the clan's rift with Konoha.
• Seeing the weakened Six-Tails, Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God and Shadow Clones to surround it and bind it with eight Chakra Chains.
• The Six-Tails struggled against the chains, which began to weaken as it gathered chakra.
• Qian pressed his palm against the Six-Tails and activated his Chakra Absorption Technique, enduring the beast's spiritual will as he drained its chakra.
• Qian found he could absorb tailed-beast chakra, but at reduced speed and with a lower conversion rate than when absorbing human chakra.

Qian and Namikaze Minato subdued the Six-Tails, and Qian absorbed much of its chakra while assessing his techniques and weaknesses. After the beast was sealed away and Utakata was revealed, Minato hesitated over whether to take the young Jinchuriki back to Konoha as ordered or spare him further suffering.

• Qian absorbed chakra from the Six-Tails, created four shadow clones to train with their share, then resumed absorbing.
• Qian concluded that chakra absorption and suitable ninjutsu worked against Tailed Beasts, but he lacked a way to control one for a long time.
• Namikaze Minato and his three shadow clones used Chakra Chains and Sealing Technique to suppress the weakened Six-Tails.
• The Six-Tails vanished, revealing the unconscious, acid-scarred Utakata beneath it.
• Namikaze Minato considered Sarutobi Hiruzen's order to bring Utakata back to Konoha, but hesitated as he thought of Kushina Uzumaki and the suffering the child might face.

Utakata was summoned away, and Qian realized Namikaze Minato had let him go but chose not to expose it. After deciding to take responsibility for his choice in the war, Minato remained behind as Qian returned to the battlefield and resumed training.

• Utakata vanished in a burst of Chakra smoke, and Qian suspected Kirigakure had summoned him away.
• Qian concluded Namikaze Minato could have stopped Utakata but had deliberately allowed him to escape, then left without revealing what he had witnessed.
• Namikaze Minato decided to join the war against Kirigakure and personally save those who might suffer because of his choice.
• Qian returned to the battlefield as the Mist Ninja received a message, split into squads, and fled in different directions.
• Uchiha Shisui and the other Konoha shinobi sent small units to monitor and pursue the Mist Ninja while waiting for reinforcements.
• Qian sent a shadow clone to help with surveillance and went to train so he could absorb more Chakra without wasting it.

Qian finished processing the chakra and memories gathered by his shadow clones, then pushed his Sharingan Evolution Progress past 20,000 and raised his Spirit attribute to 21. He tested the resulting growth in his chakra capacity and recovery, then began considering how to use his increased daily chakra supply.

• Qian digested nearly 400,000 points of chakra and invested the surplus in the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak, raising both skills' proficiency.
• Qian reviewed his surveillance clone's memories and learned that Konoha had wiped out all but one of the fleeing Kirigakure squads after the mission ended.
• Qian used the Mind Reflection Technique until his Sharingan Evolution Progress crossed 20,000, causing his Spirit attribute to rise from 20 to 21.
• Qian checked his new limits and found that his theoretical chakra capacity had increased to 600,000 points and his natural daily chakra recovery had risen to 430,000 points.
• Qian calculated that his daily usable chakra now reached 466,000 points and began deciding how to allocate it.

Qian allocated his newly gained chakra to four underdeveloped ninjutsu and confirmed that his Byakugan’s awakening progress had improved. He then demonstrated his newly accessible second stage of Susanoo and its Yasakani no Magatama attack.

• Qian found that increasing his spirit attribute had raised his Byakugan awakening progress from 30 to 40, and he confirmed that using it consumed less chakra.
• Qian reviewed his existing skills and assigned 20,000 chakra per day to each of four level-one ninjutsu: Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, Vacuum Sphere, Wind Style: Vacuum Blade, and Wind Style: Wind Devour.
• Qian noted that his Physical Constitution was expected to transform again in roughly forty days, while his Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak would continue improving with chakra plundered from the battlefield.
• Qian activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed the second stage of Susanoo despite the pain it caused him.
• Qian tested Susanoo by firing three chakra tomoe at a distant hill with Yasakani no Magatama.

Qian tested the destructive power and physical strain of his second-stage Susanoo before resuming his missions and training at Black Stone Outpost. After Konoha and Iwagakure agreed to a ceasefire, the Leaf Village Jonin celebrated while Qian remained unsurprised.

• Qian fired three Yasakani no Magatama, destroying a hill and carving paths through the forest, then tested his Susanoo further before dismissing it.
• Qian returned to Black Stone Outpost, greeted Sano Nobuhisa, and continued his training without being assigned another task that night.
• The next morning, Sano Nobuhisa tasked Qian with patrolling, gathering intelligence, and supporting Konoha's frontline ninja.
• Qian sent shadow clones to patrol while his true body trained and hunted Mist Ninja for chakra, and the fighting intensified over the next two days.
• Konoha and Iwagakure completed negotiations and agreed to cease fire, prompting the Leaf Village Jonin to celebrate while Qian remained serious.

After learning that the ceasefire agreement with Iwagakure would not be signed for another week, Qian considered the risks of interfering with Danzo’s plans in the Rain Country and decided to keep his abilities hidden. He spent the following days training, and Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall reached the Perfected Realm.

• Sano Nobuhisa announced that the ceasefire agreement with Iwagakure would be formally signed in one week, and ordered everyone to strengthen their vigilance.
• Qian considered tracking Danzo in the Rain Country but abandoned the idea to avoid drawing the attention of Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu.
• Qian anticipated that Iwagakure’s opponents of the agreement might provoke trouble and watched for possible action by Kirigakure.
• After the meeting, Qian left the stronghold, sent shadow clones to perform missions, and went to train.
• Five days later, Qian absorbed his shadow clones’ training experience and advanced Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall to the Perfected Realm.

Qian perfected Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall and later mastered Water Release: Water Formation Pillar, adjusting how he allocated his chakra to train other techniques. As Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty and Kirigakure remained inactive, he kept watch at Black Stone Outpost and continued cultivating.

• Qian perfected Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall and decided to divide its daily chakra gains between Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak.
• Qian used shadow clones to train while practicing Mystical Palm Technique and Mind Reflection Technique.
• Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty, and Qian flew beyond Black Stone Outpost to watch for action from Kirigakure.
• Kirigakure continued to stall without launching a major offensive or withdrawing, while Qian expected the war to end as other villages withdrew.
• Qian perfected Water Release: Water Formation Pillar and decided to increase the chakra allocated to Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Chakra Feather Cloak.

Konoha ordered its forces to switch from defending to counterattacking and drive the Mist Ninja out of the Land of Fire. Qian joined the campaign to gather chakra, then encountered Kisame Hoshigaki’s Shadow Clone after draining several Mist Ninja.

• Sano Nobuhisa announced headquarters’ order for all outposts to go on the offensive and reclaim Konoha’s territory.
• After learning of the order, Qian decided to join the counterattack to gain chakra for improving his techniques.
• Five days later, Qian killed several Mist Ninja near Flying Fish Town, drained their chakra, and burned their bodies.
• Qian sensed a masked Mist Anbu watching him and recognized him as Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Qian realized Kisame had sent only a Shadow Clone and showed little concern that Kirigakure had discovered his chakra harvesting.