Chapter Summaries

Qian defeated Kisame Hoshigaki’s shadow clone and continued training his techniques while monitoring the battlefield for chances to take chakra from Mist Ninja. By January, Konoha had pushed the Mist Ninja back to four outposts, and forces from Black Stone Outpost gathered outside Flying Fish Town as reinforcements were called in to complete the encirclement.

• Qian dodged Kisame Hoshigaki’s attacks and used shuriken and Fire Release techniques to force him to defend with a water wall.
• Qian struck Kisame Hoshigaki’s shadow clone underground with Lightning Style, destroying it.
• Qian created four shadow clones, sent them away to train their techniques, and then resumed his own training while watching reports from the battlefield.
• After reinforcements arrived, Konoha recovered most of its territory and drove the Mist Ninja toward four outposts, including Flying Fish Town.
• Qian’s forces at Black Stone Outpost gathered outside Flying Fish Town, leaving the sea-facing side open until Nara Akimitsu could send additional troops.

Qian spotted the Mist Ninja’s planned counterattack and alerted Sano Nobuhisa, helping Konoha avoid being caught off guard in an all-night battle. After the Mist Ninja retreated, Sano seized the chance to attack Flying Fish Town, where the defenders blocked Konoha’s opening bombardment with a massive Water Style barrier.

• Qian used the Byakugan to see the Mist Ninja assembling inside Flying Fish Town and preparing to attack from three directions.
• Qian warned Sano Nobuhisa, who quickly organized Konoha’s defenses before the Mist Ninja launched their counterattack.
• Konoha and the Mist Ninja fought through the night; Konoha gradually gained the advantage, and the Mist Ninja retreated into Flying Fish Town by morning.
• Sano ordered Konoha to rest for three hours and then attack, aiming to exploit the Mist Ninja’s low morale.
• The Mist Ninja defended Flying Fish Town as Konoha advanced, and four Kirigakure Special Jonin joined forces to block Konoha’s fireball barrage with a Water Style barrier.

Qian attacked the Mist Ninja defending Flying Fish Town, using a massive fireball and concealed shuriken strikes to disrupt their formation. As the Leaf ninja began fighting their disorganized opponents, Qian flew toward the other battlefields.

• Qian waited for the Mist Ninja to drop their water barrier, then flew toward Flying Fish Town and endured their shuriken, kunai, and Exploding Tag attacks.
• Qian launched a gigantic Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique at the Mist Ninja, who combined their Water Release ninjutsu to break it apart.
• Hidden by the resulting steam, Qian struck the Mist formation twice with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, killing and injuring several Genin.
• The Mist Ninja used Wind Style to clear the fog, but Qian had already disrupted their formation as the Leaf ninja charged into battle.
• Qian left Flying Fish Town and flew toward the other two battlefields.

Qian used his flight and ninjutsu to turn the battle for Flying Fish Town in Konoha’s favor. He pinned down Mist Village reinforcements at sea while Konoha retook the town, then watched the Mist Ninja regroup and withdraw.

• Qian attacked outstanding Mist Ninja from above, freeing Leaf Village fighters to press their attacks.
• After concentrating on the western battlefield, Qian helped Leaf Village ninjas break into Flying Fish Town and force the Mist Ninja to retreat east.
• When Mist Village warships appeared, Qian repeatedly struck them with Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, then flew above them and bombarded the fleet with ninjutsu.
• With Qian holding the reinforcements at sea, the Mist Ninja in town retreated under Konoha’s assault.
• Qian and Sano Nobuhisa let the town’s Mist Ninja regroup with the fleet and depart, leaving Konoha in control of Flying Fish Town.

Qian spent the night cultivating after the battle to retake Flying Fish Town, then resumed training the next morning. He repeatedly used Human Authority and the Mystical Palm Technique to overcome his body's limit, finally breaking through the invisible shackles.

• Qian trained through the night while the other Leaf Ninjas rested, but his body did not reach the threshold for transformation.
• Qian returned to his assigned room in Flying Fish Town and slept, then went back to the forest early the next morning to cultivate.
• After two and a half hours, Qian sensed the invisible shackles restricting his body's growth and dispelled his Shadow Clones to absorb their experience.
• Qian repeatedly activated Human Authority and used the Mystical Palm Technique to guide his body's evolution, resting between attempts.
• Qian's invisible shackles finally vanished, marking his breakthrough.

Qian used Human Authority and the Mystical Palm Technique to strengthen his body, advancing the transplanted Byakugan’s integration and raising his Physical Constitution. He assessed his improved chakra recovery and planned how to spend the additional chakra, including developing the Shadow Sword Technique.

• Qian’s ninth use of Human Authority and the Mystical Palm Technique triggered a major bodily transformation and further integrated his Byakugan.
• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and found his Byakugan at 70/100, his Physical Constitution increased to 21, and several skills had gained proficiency.
• Qian estimated his theoretical chakra limit had risen to 750,000 and found he could use the Chakra Refining Technique for about twenty hours a day.
• Qian measured his natural chakra recovery at 530,000 points per day, bringing his total daily chakra recovery to 570,000.
• Qian planned to invest an extra 25,000 chakra each day in each of four skills and use the remaining 4,000 to develop the Shadow Sword Technique.

On his thirteenth birthday, Qian reviewed his growing chakra, attributes, and skills and calculated how long each would take to advance. He resolved to develop his potential faster as several key techniques neared their next levels.

• Qian noted that his chakra had risen to 176,308 while his Sharingan Evolution Progress reached 24512/50000, and he expected further gains to raise his theoretical chakra limit.
• Qian calculated that his Chakra Refining Technique would reach lv6 in about nineteen days, but its slow proficiency gain made him worry about potential accumulating faster than he could develop it.
• Qian reviewed his combat skills, noting that Wind Style: Rasenshuriken had reached lv8 but still injured its user if thrown, while Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique and Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique had also advanced.
• Qian saw that Rasengan was nearing lv9, its maximum level, while Multiple Shadow Clone Technique would take longer to advance.
• Qian noted that Chakra Absorption Technique had reached lv6 through experiments on Mist Ninja, while Guardian Seal and Sealing Array remained low-priority skills.

Qian trained with twelve shadow clones for three days, rapidly improving his skills and developing the Shadow Sword Technique. After discovering that its attacks were too rigid, he resolved to refine it and continued training as news suggested he might soon be transferred.

• Qian assigned twelve shadow clones to train different ninjutsu and techniques while he practiced his own skills.
• For three days, Qian repeatedly recalled the clones to absorb their training experience, then sent them out again to continue practicing.
• Qian developed the Shadow Sword Technique and confirmed that it could produce three physical blade attacks.
• Qian found the new technique's attacks too rigid to meet his goals, but decided he could refine the prototype with help from the Proficiency Panel.
• Qian created twelve shadow clones again and resumed training, knowing that reports from other strongholds suggested a transfer might be approaching.

Qian fought three Kirigakure jonin at Aburatsu Port while using them to refine the Shadow Sword Technique. After spotting signs of a larger ambush, he activated the Byakugan and discovered Mist Ninja closing in from all directions.

• Qian was transferred to Aburatsu Port and spent five days fighting Kirigakure jonin while honing his sword techniques.
• Qian used the Flash Sword Technique, Shadow Sword Technique, and Sharingan genjutsu against three jonin, but held back to keep practicing.
• The Mist Village commander arranged for jonin from quieter battlefields to gather and surround Qian while his current opponents stalled him.
• Qian noticed the three jonin were delaying and activated the Byakugan, revealing the surrounding Mist Ninja forces.

Qian discovered Kirigakure’s plan to concentrate its forces and kill him, then contacted Nara Akimitsu to arrange a counter-encirclement. As Kirigakure’s Jonin closed in, Qian stayed to stall them while Konoha prepared to strike.

• Qian used the Telepathy Technique to contact Nara Akimitsu and explain Kirigakure’s plan to surround and kill him.
• Nara Akimitsu realized Qian wanted Konoha to counter-encircle the Mist forces and agreed to prepare the plan, asking Qian to hold out for five minutes.
• Qian committed to the plan, relying on Namikaze Minato’s scattered teleportation marks to support a Center Breakthrough.
• Two minutes later, the three Mist Village Jonin realized Qian’s refusal to retreat meant they might be walking into a trap, but they charged him anyway.

Qian used shadow clones to delay the Mist Village force while Nara Akimitsu’s arrangements were completed. The Leaf Village Jonin arrived and encircled the Mist Ninja, who realized Qian had lured them into a trap.

• Qian drove back three Mist Village jonin, then created seven shadow clones to split the attackers’ attention instead of using his escape technique.
• Qian and his clones used ninjutsu and scattered, buying time as the Mist Village jonin divided into groups to pursue them.
• The Mist Village jonin coordinated their attacks, destroyed all seven shadow clones, and overwhelmed Qian’s true body.
• Leaf Village Jonin arrived and surrounded the Mist Village force.
• A Mist Village sensor confirmed the encirclement, and the Mist Ninja inferred that Qian had used himself as bait after their information leaked.

Qian used Wind Style: Wind Devour to force the Mist Village jonin away, then protected himself from their attacks with Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall. When the Leaf Village jonin joined the fighting, Qian helped them kill a Mist Village Special Jonin and began looking for other targets.

• Qian unleashed Wind Style: Wind Devour, shredding the kunai thrown at him and driving the Mist Village jonin back.
• The Mist Village jonin attacked Qian with Fire Release, scorching him, but he raised Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall to shield himself from their barrage.
• The Leaf Village jonin rushed in and clashed with the Mist Village fighters, so Qian lowered his earthen walls and joined the battle.
• Qian ignited a Mist Village Special Jonin with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique, and a Leaf Village jonin finished the man with an exploding-tag kunai.
• Qian searched for another target, drawing on intelligence he and his seven Shadow Clones had gathered about the Mist Village jonin.

After Qian’s ambush helped turn the fighting near Aburatsu Port into a massive battle, Konoha and the Mist Village fought through the night before withdrawing. Nara Akimitsu then sent Qian to the hospital to treat the wounded, giving him a chance to practice his medical techniques.

• Qian exploited Nara Akimitsu’s restraints to kill Mist Village Jonin as they struggled to escape.
• The Mist Village commander sent lower- and mid-ranked ninja and the remaining reserves to support the trapped Jonin, turning the one-sided fight into a large melee.
• Konoha and Mist Village forces fought near Aburatsu Port until both sides ordered a withdrawal deep into the night.
• After the armies separated, Nara Akimitsu summoned Qian and asked him to help treat the seriously wounded.
• Qian agreed and went to the hospital to practice Chakra Scalpel and Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.

Qian arrived at the Camp hospital and took charge of several seriously wounded patients whose injuries he could treat efficiently. He saved a young ninja with severe wounds, then moved on to another ward.

• Qian reached the Camp hospital and saw the wounded filling the grounds and wards.
• Shi Changpu, captain of the Third Medical Squad, guided Qian through the hospital and showed him the patients’ conditions.
• Qian chose several badly injured but less complicated cases to treat, freeing other Medical Ninja to help more patients.
• Qian examined a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy with burns and multiple Kunai wounds, then used his medical techniques to remove damaged tissue and foreign objects and regenerate the wounds.
• After an hour, Qian finished treating the boy, called others over to handle the remaining injuries, and hurried to another ward.

After treating wounded through the night, Qian completed Delicate Illness Extraction Technique and made progress with Chakra Scalpel, then rested before resuming training. As the final battle with the Mist Village approached, he used his two-day leave to train and focused his resources on Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

• Qian treated more than twenty severely injured ninja, completed Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, and increased his Chakra Scalpel proficiency.
• Qian anticipated a final battle with the Mist Village after Nara Akimitsu warned the jonin to prepare, then returned to his tent and slept.
• After sleeping for eleven or twelve hours, Qian realized he needed to rest more and went outside the Camp to train during his leave.
• Qian created more than a dozen shadow clones and allocated his disposable Chakra to Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, estimating it could reach lv9 within seventy days.

Qian’s platoon discovered Konoha forces fighting Mist Ninja, and he divided his team to reinforce the battle and intercept incoming reinforcements. He led two squads toward the two approaching Mist Jonin squads while ordering the other squads to hold the battlefield until he returned.

• Qian’s missions increased as fighting resumed around Aburatsu Port, but he maintained his training by using Shadow Clones.
• A Hyuga Chunin reported that Konoha forces were fighting four Mist squads, with two more squads approaching.
• The Hyuga Chunin identified the incoming Mist reinforcements as two Jonin squads, prompting Qian to assess the enemy’s strength.
• Qian ordered First Squad and Second Squad to follow him and intercept the two Mist Jonin squads.
• Qian sent Third Squad and Fourth Squad to support the Konoha fighters and told them to hold out until he returned.

Qian led part of his force to intercept two Mist Village Jonin squads while the other squads went to delay the enemy elsewhere. He fought off several attacks and escaped a water-based restraint, leaving the battle against the Mist Ninja ongoing.

• Qian split his forces, sending Third Squad and Fourth Squad to delay the Mist Ninja while he advanced with Hyuga Shancha and the First and Second Squads.
• Qian ambushed the two Mist Village Jonin and their six Chunin with explosive kunai, but the Mist Ninja dodged the attack.
• Qian dispersed the Hidden Mist Technique with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, then killed one Mist Chunin with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and wounded another.
• The two Mist Village Jonin restrained Qian with water whips while the remaining Chunin fired explosive kunai at him.
• Qian cut through the water restraint with Chakra Scalpel and blew the explosive kunai away with another Great Breakthrough.
• Qian's eight companions attacked the Mist Chunin as they prepared to strike again.

Qian fought two Mist Village Jonin while the Leaf Village ninja he had brought battled five Mist Village Chunin nearby. He cut free of their water restraints and pressed one Jonin with his sword, but Horikawa Kosuke’s Water Dragon Bullet Technique forced him to face a dangerous attack.

• Qian used his Sharingan to evade Shuriken, cut through the water streams restraining him, and countered with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Qian freed his ankles, activated Flash Sword Technique, and charged at Horikawa Kosuke, but the other Mist Village Jonin intercepted him.
• Qian tried to catch the intervening Jonin with Genjutsu: Sharingan, then attacked with Shadow Sword Technique, which the Jonin narrowly blocked.
• Horikawa Kosuke threw Shuriken at Qian, who evaded them and resumed his attack on the other Mist Village Jonin.
• Horikawa Kosuke cast Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, sending a water dragon diving toward Qian.

Qian fought two Mist Village jonin, countered their coordinated attacks, and created an opening to strike Horikawa Kosuke with a Rasengan. Horikawa was blasted away with cracking bones, and Qian’s fight with Kawada Yuhiro remained unresolved.

• Qian survived Horikawa Kosuke’s Water Dragon and Kawada Yuhiro’s Lightning Cone with his Earth Release and Chakra Feather Cloak.
• Qian used Earth Mausoleum Spear to divide the two Mist Village jonin, then rushed Horikawa Kosuke with the Flash Sword Technique.
• Qian’s Shadow Sword Technique and Illusion Sword Technique cut Horikawa’s shoulder and waist after Horikawa blocked only one real slash.
• Qian struck Horikawa in the chest with a Rasengan, blasting him away and apparently fatally injuring him.

Qian drove Kawada Yuhiro into retreat and helped his Leaf squad defeat most of the Mist forces, though he was wounded in the fight. After healing himself, he led his squad toward another battlefield before more Mist reinforcements could arrive.

• Qian blocked Kawada Yuhiro from reaching the wounded Horikawa Hosuke, and Kawada ordered the Mist ninja to retreat after failing to gain an advantage.
• Qian and the Leaf ninja killed three fleeing Mist Chunin, leaving only Kawada Yuhiro and two Chunin to escape.
• Qian drained Horikawa Hosuke's remaining chakra to finish him off, then treated the kunai wound in his shoulder with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Qian ordered his squad to clean up the battlefield and hurry to another fight before more Mist ninja could arrive.