Chapter Summaries

Qian returned to Konoha and found no sign that Obito Uchiha had acted, then continued with his plans to grow stronger. The next evening, Uchiha Shisui visited and revealed that a Spiral-Masked attacker had killed his squad, causing Shisui to awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Qian returned to his home after using the Flying Thunder God Technique to bypass Konoha's Perception Barrier.
• Qian reviewed his Shadow Clone's memories and concluded that Obito Uchiha was likely investigating him covertly or was occupied.
• The next evening, Qian found Uchiha Shisui waiting outside his home and invited him inside.
• Uchiha Shisui activated his newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, and Qian congratulated him after the two exchanged pressure.
• Uchiha Shisui told Qian that a Spiral-Masked attacker had killed every member of his mission squad and that he had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan in response.

Qian told Uchiha Shisui that the mysterious attacker was an Uchiha ninja targeting the Nine-Tails, while withholding his specific identity. Shisui reacted with alarm and killing intent over the threat to the village and the Uchiha clan.

• Qian recognized that Shisui had awakened the same Mangekyō Sharingan pattern associated with Kotoamatsukami and planned to protect himself with a Transcription Seal.
• Shisui pressed Qian to identify the mysterious man, and Qian refused to reveal details because the matter was too dangerous for Shisui to get involved in.
• Shisui guessed that the attacker was the enemy the village had been searching for, and Qian confirmed it was the same man he had fought near the Cemetery.
• Qian revealed that the attacker was an Uchiha ninja whose target was the Nine-Tails.
• Shisui realized the attack could drive the Uchiha clan and the village back into conflict, and he radiated killing intent.

Qian warned Shisui about Akatsuki and its pursuit of all the Tailed Beasts, then used him as a potential obstacle to Nagato’s plans. After Shisui left, Qian activated Ame no Minaka and vanished.

• Qian told Shisui that Akatsuki sought all the Tailed Beasts and warned him to investigate secretly because he was no match for them.
• Shisui left Qian’s home with more questions, suspecting that Qian had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan long ago.
• Qian revealed that he had shared Akatsuki’s secrets to draw Shisui into opposing Nagato’s plan to gather the Tailed Beasts.
• Qian considered helping Shisui improve his Mangekyo Sharingan with the Mind Reflection Technique and Human Authority.
• Qian entered the Cultivation Room, activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and used Ame no Minaka to vanish.

After confirming that Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami had not affected him, Qian reviewed the materials he had borrowed to prepare for mastering Kekkei Mōra. He then began nourishing his Byakugan and resolved to improve his All Things of the Universe Sealing to speed up training.

• Qian used Ame no Minaka to confirm that his mind and will were unaffected by Uchiha Shisui’s Genjutsu.
• Qian contacted the Shadow Clone following Uchiha Shisui and confirmed the location it had tracked.
• Qian examined scrolls and books on Earth, Fire, and Lightning chakra training that he had borrowed from the Uchiha clan’s Secret Archive.
• Qian resealed the materials and put them away, planning to study them after he finished perfecting the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qian used stored Chakra to nourish his Byakugan and decided to raise the level of All Things of the Universe Sealing to shorten his training time.

Qian continued training on his island, alternating between Mystical Palm Technique enhanced by Human Authority and Lightning Release Chakra Mode to strengthen his body. He planned to keep alternating the methods as he worked toward his next bodily transformation.

• Qian stopped nourishing his Byakugan after sensing he had reached its limit, then rested for the night.
• Qian traveled to his training island, checked the surrounding area with the Byakugan, and sent more than a hundred shadow clones to practice assigned skills.
• Qian used the Mystical Palm Technique and Human Authority together, increasing his body-enhancement efficiency.
• Qian trained in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, allowing uncontrolled lightning to injure him before healing himself with chakra and Hashirama Cells.
• Qian recalled his shadow clones, converted their training experience into skill Proficiency, and resumed body training with the Mystical Palm Technique.

Qian advanced several techniques, then raised All Things of the Universe Sealing to lv9 and began replacing the seal on the Seven-Tails. The tailed beast escaped briefly, but a towering giant blocked its path.

• Qian's Chakra Scalpel reached lv8, and he later upgraded Transcription Seal and used it to seal Ame no Minaka within himself.
• Qian continued training while waiting for All Things of the Universe Sealing to advance, hoping to reduce the time he spent nurturing the Byakugan.
• Qian's All Things of the Universe Sealing reached lv9, letting him recognize loopholes between the four techniques he had combined.
• Qian began updating the seal on the Metal Sphere containing the Seven-Tails so he could preserve the chakra stored in his Glabella Pocket Dimension.
• The Seven-Tails escaped when Qian released the old seal and flew toward the sky, but a giant blocked its way.

Qian captured the Seven-Tails with Complete Body Susanoo, trapped it in an illusion, and sealed it inside the Metal Sphere. He transferred his stored chakra into the sphere, opened a new Different Space, and began drawing the chakra back out.

• Qian caught the Seven-Tails in his Complete Body Susanoo and pulled its consciousness into an illusion.
• Qian used All Things of the Universe Sealing to trap the Seven-Tails inside the Metal Sphere.
• Qian transferred a little over two million points of stored chakra into the Metal Sphere while keeping the Seven-Tails under Genjutsu.
• Qian undid the seal at his brow and opened a new Different Space in its place.
• Qian used the Chakra Absorption Technique to draw the transferred chakra back from the Metal Sphere.

Qian assessed the results of his recent training, finding that his upgraded seal stored more chakra and nurtured his Byakugan faster. He estimated that reaching his next physical transformation would take about five months, when he also hoped to finish assimilating his Hashirama Cells.

• Qian found that the lv9 All Things of the Universe Sealing could store roughly twenty million chakra points, twice its former capacity.
• Qian tested the seal’s Byakugan nurturing and found it consumed 150,000 chakra points in half an hour, a 50 percent improvement.
• Qian estimated that his body would reach its next transformation threshold in at most five months, while further Physical Constitution gains would become increasingly difficult.
• Qian assessed that he had assimilated about 52 percent of his Hashirama Cells and expected to complete the process around the time of his next transformation.
• Qian checked his eye evolution progress and found that Human Authority accelerated both eyes, while the Hashirama Cells also helped his Sharingan progress toward the Rinnegan.

Qian continued training on the island, nurturing his Byakugan and refining his skills until his Flying Thunder God Technique reached perfection. He demonstrated that he could now place its seal on a tree with barely a touch.

• Qian used shadow clones to train while strengthening his body with the Mystical Palm Technique, Human Authority, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Qian spent nearly three hours channeling stored chakra into his Byakugan before going to sleep.
• The next morning, Qian resumed training, and Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change rose from lv7 to lv8.
• After five more days of practice, Qian raised Flying Thunder God Technique from lv9 to lv10, making it his second perfected S-Rank Skill.
• Qian lightly touched a tree and left a Flying Thunder God Seal on its trunk without forming seals.

Qian perfected the Flying Thunder God Technique, created a personal seal, and prepared to redirect his training toward elemental ninjutsu. A memory from his Konoha shadow clone revealed that Namikaze Minato had assigned him an S-rank mission to infiltrate Kirigakure and investigate why it had sealed off the Land of Water.

• Qian decided to keep his knowledge of the Flying Thunder God Technique secret from Konoha’s higher-ups.
• Qian replaced the tree’s old Flying Thunder God Seal with a sun-shaped mark based on his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qian brought out scrolls and books from the Uchiha clan’s Library to begin studying Fire, Earth, and Lightning techniques.
• Qian received memories from his Konoha shadow clone and learned that Namikaze Minato had assigned him an S-rank infiltration mission.
• Qian learned that Kirigakure had sealed off the Land of Water and suspected something was wrong because Obito Uchiha had not yet taken control of Yagura Karatachi.

Qian traveled from the Land of Fire to the Land of Water to infiltrate Kirigakure and gather intelligence. After entering the country undetected and waiting for nightfall, he reached the village from above.

• Qian restored his strength, used Wind Release: Wind Wings and Chakra Feather Cloak, and flew across the sea toward the Land of Water.
• Qian bypassed the sealed ports, entered through a gap in the northeast border patrols, and hid in a remote forest.
• Qian created an underground cave and spent more than three hours nurturing his Byakugan with chakra from the Different Space.
• After nightfall, Qian took Soldier Pills, flew through the mist toward Kirigakure, and arrived above the village after more than two hours.

Qian infiltrated Kirigakure by using Ame no Minaka to bypass its Perception Barrier undetected. After reaching the village’s outer defenses, he prepared to capture Mist Ninja for information and began planning how to obtain the Three-Tails.

• Qian surveyed Kirigakure with his Byakugan and spotted the Perception Barrier covering the village.
• Qian activated Ame no Minaka and crossed the barrier without alerting the Mist Ninja guarding it.
• Qian observed patrols and underground structures in Kirigakure’s outer defenses, then hid and dispelled his ability to rest.
• Qian decided to abduct Mist Ninja to learn about Kirigakure’s situation and to prepare for taking the Three-Tails.
• Qian crept toward a Kirigakure squad that had just finished its patrol.

Qian ambushed four Mist Ninja and read their memories, learning that Karatachi Yagura had become the Fourth Mizukage and was facing resistance after moving to end the Bloody Mist Policy. He suspected the coup rumors were a warning from Kirigakure's vested interests and concluded that the struggle would continue for roughly two years.

• Qian used Genjutsu: Sharingan and Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to incapacitate four Mist Ninja, then carried them to a remote spot with a shadow clone.
• Qian drained the Mist Ninja's chakra and read their memories, learning that Karatachi Yagura had replaced the Third Mizukage days earlier.
• Qian learned that Karatachi Yagura had declared an end to the Bloody Mist Policy and that rumors of a coup had prompted martial law across the Land of Water.
• Qian suspected that beneficiaries of the Bloody Mist Policy were resisting Karatachi Yagura and using the coup rumors to warn him.
• Qian estimated that the conflict would continue for about two years, before Zabuza's class massacre and coup attempt against Karatachi Yagura.

Qian went deeper into Kirigakure to investigate the Anbu and the village lockdown, capturing a Mist Anbu and a suspicious Mist Ninja. He brought both unconscious men to a hidden underwater cave so he could question them.

• Qian killed the four Mist Ninja he had captured, burned their bodies, and scattered the ashes with Wind Style.
• Qian followed the four men’s memories deeper into Kirigakure to search for the Mist Anbu.
• Qian found a Mist Anbu monitoring a suspicious Mist Ninja and immobilized the Anbu with the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal before trapping him in a genjutsu.
• Qian reflected the Mist Ninja’s genjutsu back at him, knocked him unconscious, and then knocked out the Mist Anbu.
• Qian used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take both men to a hidden underwater cave.

Qian confirmed Kirigakure’s Perception Barrier could not detect spatial fluctuations, then tried to read a captured Mist Ninja’s memories. He learned the man was a spy, acquired the Heart-Locking Seal, and discovered another outsider was operating in the village as he considered how to use that information against the Mist Anbu.

• Qian drained the chakra of the captured middle-aged Mist Ninja and began probing his memories while staying alert for traps.
• A Heart-Locking Seal emerged in the Mist Ninja’s mind and threatened to seal Qian’s memories, but Qian delayed it and studied its structure.
• Qian learned the Heart-Locking Seal and failed to access the man’s deeper memories; the strain killed the Mist Ninja.
• Qian discovered from the man’s surface memories that he was a spy who had planned to meet a contact and deliver intelligence that night.
• Qian learned another outsider had infiltrated Kirigakure and confirmed that Karatachi Yagura’s lockdown concerned changes to the Bloody Mist Policy.
• Qian looked toward the unconscious Mist Anbu and considered how to expose the outsider and exploit the ensuing confusion.

Qian read the Mist Anbu’s memories, then disguised himself and his Shadow Clone as the dead Mist Anbu and Iwagakure spy to take over their scheduled meeting. At the lakeside, a faint Chakra fluctuation came from underground just as the Shadow Clone turned to leave.

• Qian learned that Karatachi Yagura had sealed off the Land of Water to suppress backlash against policy changes, and that the middle-aged Mist Ninja was likely an Iwagakure spy being tracked by three Mist Anbu squads.
• Qian created a Shadow Clone, which transformed into the Iwagakure spy and took the sealed intelligence scroll without opening it.
• Qian transformed into the Mist Anbu, replaced his ninja tools, and burned both bodies before returning with his clone to the secluded path.
• Qian and his Shadow Clone followed the original pair’s route to the meeting point, leaving marks that kept the Mist Anbu squads from approaching.
• At the forest lake, the Shadow Clone waited in disguise while Qian hid nearby; when it turned to leave, a faint Chakra fluctuation came from underground.

Qian used a Shadow Clone disguised as the Iwagakure spy Venom Fang to meet an Iwagakure Anbu and attack him after failing to confirm his identity. The clone vanished, and Qian’s true body, disguised as a Mist Anbu, arrived to confront the Iwagakure Anbu.

• Qian’s Shadow Clone met the Iwagakure Anbu, who asked for the intelligence scroll and used a codename to verify their identities.
• Qian’s Shadow Clone failed to provide the required secret phrase and attacked the Iwagakure Anbu with a Chakra Scalpel.
• The Iwagakure Anbu retrieved the scroll and evaded the clone’s attacks, while shuriken from the forest disrupted his attempt to escape.
• Qian’s Shadow Clone kept attacking until the Iwagakure Anbu countered, forcing Qian to release the clone.
• Qian’s true body appeared through the mist disguised as a Mist Anbu and drew his blade against the Iwagakure Anbu.

Qian fought an Iwagakure Anbu while concealing his Sharingan, then pursued him to draw the Mist squads closer. As the Anbu attacked with poisoned kunai, Qian revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving the Anbu certain he was a true Uchiha shinobi.

• Qian defended against the Iwagakure Anbu’s sword attacks and steadily forced him toward defeat.
• The Iwagakure Anbu endured a slash, broke away, and threw shuriken to halt Qian’s pursuit before fleeing.
• Qian used the Byakugan and Body Flicker Technique to pursue the Anbu, dodging poisoned kunai and interrupting his escape attempts.
• After confirming the three Mist squads had drawn near, Qian charged through the Anbu’s latest kunai attack and revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Iwagakure Anbu recognized Qian as a true Uchiha shinobi from his eyes and movements.

Qian used a sudden burst of ninjutsu to draw the Iwagakure Anbu into the open before disappearing. The Mist Anbu arrived and pursued the Iwagakure Anbu, who escaped across the lake with intelligence he believed he needed to report.

• Qian placed a Flying Thunder God Seal on the Iwagakure Anbu during their close-quarters fight.
• Qian attacked with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, then vanished while the Iwagakure Anbu sheltered behind an Earth Release barrier.
• The Iwagakure Anbu tried to leave, but Mist Anbu ambushed him with kunai carrying Exploding Tags.
• The Mist Anbu ordered the Iwagakure Anbu to surrender, but he threw a kunai and fled into the lake.
• The Mist Anbu pursued the Iwagakure Anbu across the lake.

Qian secretly followed the Mist Anbu pursuing an Iwagakure Anbu and used the confusion of the chase to tamper with one Mist Anbu’s memories and seals. He vanished after arranging a way to detect the Three-Tails, leaving the Mist Anbu unaware of what had happened.

• Qian followed the Mist Anbu as the Iwagakure Anbu used a shadow clone and Water Release to draw some pursuers away.
• The Iwagakure Anbu emerged from the lake, was discovered by sensory ninja, and cast the Hidden Mist Technique to escape.
• Qian used his Flying Thunder God Seal to track the Iwagakure Anbu through the mist and approached a Mist Anbu from behind.
• Qian placed a Flying Thunder God Seal and two Transcription Seals on the Mist Anbu, setting one to activate when he found the Three-Tails and the other to conceal Qian’s identity.
• Qian erased the Mist Anbu’s memories of the encounter and disappeared, leaving the man to resume his search without noticing anything unusual.