Chapter Summaries

Qing completed another ten-day training period, checked the limited progress of his Shadow Clone’s Byakugan research, and spent his rest day searching the Uchiha Library for a useful barrier technique. He found the Uchiha Flame Formation and planned to eat before returning home to train.

• Qing finished his ten-day cultivation schedule and returned to Konoha to synchronize with the Shadow Clone, learning it had mastered only about a quarter of the Hyuga techniques for activating the Byakugan.
• Qing nourished his Byakugan late into the night, then woke near noon and went to Gourmet Street for a meal.
• Qian visited the Uchiha Library to search for the Four Red Yang Formation but could not find it.
• Qian discovered a scroll for the Uchiha Flame Formation, registered it with the Uchiha Elder, and headed to Gourmet Street before going home to train.

Qing returned to Moon Island and resumed training, assigning shadow clones to develop Storm Release and learn the Uchiha Flame Formation. After mastering the barrier technique, he continued his Sharingan and physical training, ending the chapter deep underwater at his current pressure limit.

• Qing left Konoha, flew to Moon Island, and created more than two hundred shadow clones to train in Storm Release and the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• After more than two days, Qing learned the Uchiha Flame Formation and tested its strong defensive barrier over the sea.
• Qing summoned another group of shadow clones, assigned them to training, and used the Mind Reflection Technique to stimulate his Sharingan.
• Qing teleported to the seabed, descended to seven hundred meters, carved a platform into the volcanic cliff, and began enhancing his body.

Over two weeks, Qian perfected the Uchiha Flame Formation and pushed his chakra limit beyond one million. He also brought his Byakugan close to its next evolution and decided to proceed with it despite uncertainty about how his body would handle the change.

• Qian found that the Uchiha Flame Formation required 200 chakra points per Proficiency point and allocated 300,000 chakra points a day to train it without disrupting his Storm Release development.
• Qian trained for two weeks, returning to the village once to rest and complete an easy mission.
• After digesting his shadow clones’ memories, Qian perfected the Uchiha Flame Formation and concluded it could block a Tailed Beast Bomb and seal off a large area.
• Qian saw that his chakra limit had reached 1,030,644 points and that his Byakugan was close to advancing at 4,945/5,000.
• Qian considered waiting for his body transformation before evolving his Byakugan, but sensed that his body could withstand the change and decided to proceed as usual.

Qian continued his daily training, advancing his Byakugan’s Evolution Progress to its threshold. After it consumed most of his Chakra, his Byakugan evolved to the next stage.

• Qian trained with shadow clones, the Mind Reflection Technique, and the Wood Clone Technique, which also increased his Wood Release Evolution Progress.
• Qian nurtured his Byakugan for three and a half hours and gained eighteen points of Evolution Progress, leaving it close to advancing.
• Two days later, Qian nurtured his Byakugan again and brought its Evolution Progress to 5000/5000.
• Qian supplied the Byakugan with Chakra from his seal and then his body as it absorbed more than a million points.
• Qian sensed the Byakugan’s absorption stop and realized it had evolved to the next stage.

Uchiha Qian examined the improvements to his newly advanced Byakugan and tested the effects of his increased Spirit attribute. He found that his body’s imbalance limited his gains and began considering how to use his increased chakra recovery.

• Uchiha Qian tested his advanced Byakugan and found that it could see finer chakra meridians and shift its field of vision faster.
• Uchiha Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw that his Spirit had risen from 28 to 29, while his Byakugan had advanced to a new progress threshold.
• Uchiha Qian recognized that his high Spiritual Power was straining his body because it remained mismatched with his Physical Constitution.
• Uchiha Qian estimated that the Spirit increase had raised his theoretical chakra limit by about 1.6 million points, less than he had expected.
• Uchiha Qian measured his natural chakra recovery and found that the increase added 800,000 chakra to his daily supply.
• Uchiha Qian considered allocating the additional chakra and testing how further nurturing would affect his Byakugan.

Qian tested how his Byakugan’s latest advancement had changed its chakra absorption and endurance, then adjusted his training and chakra plans. He left the test intending to proceed with his existing plans and devote an extra hour each day to the Wood Clone Technique.

• Qian postponed further testing the previous night so it would not interfere with the next day’s training.
• Qian nurtured his Byakugan and found it absorbed two million points of chakra per hour, twice its previous rate.
• After two and a half hours, Qian reached the Byakugan’s endurance limit at five million points of chakra, one and a half million more than before.
• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and found the session had added seventeen Evolution Progress, leaving the next stage’s ten thousand-point requirement far away.
• Qian decided to increase daily Wood Clone Technique practice from two hours to three and planned to use stored chakra to cover the Byakugan’s increased needs.

Qian expanded his shadow-clone training while testing his limits and continued strengthening his body in the depths of the sea. He settled on about 280 clones and planned to finish his cultivation before replacing his clones in Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure.

• Qian created shadow clones to train and research Storm Release, then increased their number as his improved spiritual attribute let him handle more simultaneous training.
• Qian used Flying Thunder God to reach the deep sea, adapted to the pressure, and built a cultivation platform on a volcanic rock wall.
• Qian trained his body using Lightning Release Chakra Mode methods and incorporated Gentle Fist routines learned by a shadow clone.
• Qian recalled the clones and absorbed their training memories, eventually settling on about 280 clones as the limit he could process without wasting chakra.
• Qian continued cultivating into the evening and planned to replace the shadow clones he had left in Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure before returning to the village.

Qian traveled from Moon Island to Kirigakure, reviewed a month of intelligence, and replaced his dormant shadow clone with a Wood Clone supplied with chakra. He then left Kirigakure and teleported into an abandoned experimental base beneath Kumogakure.

• Qian completed his training, flew from Moon Island to Kirigakure, and teleported to the shadow clone hidden in an underwater limestone cave.
• Qian reviewed the clone's memories and learned that Karatachi Yagura's position was strengthening while the Kaguya Clan grew restless.
• Qian created a Wood Clone, gave it access to around one million points of chakra, and left it in Kirigakure to gather intelligence.
• Qian used Ame no Minaka to leave Kirigakure undetected and flew across the ocean toward the Land of Lightning.
• Qian reached the outskirts of Kumogakure and teleported into the abandoned experimental base beneath a pool.

Qian reviewed his Kumogakure clone’s intelligence, then traveled to Iwagakure and retrieved what little information his other clone had gathered. He left Iwagakure without investigating further and flew toward Konoha.

• Qian dismissed his Kumogakure Shadow Clone and learned that Kumogakure faced growing opposition to its war with Konoha and that Yugito Nii was training with Killer B.
• Qian created a wood clone in Kumogakure, sealed one million chakra points within it, and ordered it to recruit more hidden agents.
• Qian flew west to Iwagakure, evaded its patrols, and dismissed his Shadow Clone to review its memories.
• Qian decided not to investigate Iwagakure further or have his wood clone act, since he had no immediate need for the Four-Tails or Dust Release.
• Qian slipped out of Iwagakure and flew silently toward Konoha.

After returning to Konoha, Qian discovered the village had heightened security and learned that an Anbu ninja guarding the pregnant Kushina Uzumaki had been killed. He suspected Namikaze Minato was secretly preparing a trap for Obito Uchiha, while a Barrier Team worked with Minato on a countermeasure.

• Qian entered Konoha late at night and noticed increased patrols, sentries, and security throughout the village.
• Qian synchronized his Shadow Clone's memories and learned an Anbu ninja assigned to protect Kushina Uzumaki had been found dead.
• Qian discovered that the Barrier Team had detected repeated unverified crossings of Konoha's Perception Barrier, prompting the village to raise its alert level.
• Qian concluded that Namikaze Minato was using the visible security response to lull Obito Uchiha while secretly preparing to counter him.
• Qian went to sleep, while Namikaze Minato and the Barrier Team studied a special sensing and Sealing Barrier designed to stop Obito Uchiha.

Qian suspected that his unusually vivid dreams came from an imbalance between his mind and body after repeatedly synchronizing Shadow Clone memories, and he tried to recover through food, rest, and a hot spring bath. The next day, he left Konoha for Moon Island, wary of new barriers the village was installing to detect abnormal activity.

• Qian woke groggy after dreaming all night and concluded that his spiritual power might be overwhelming his body after synchronizing several Shadow Clones’ memories.
• Qian ate at Gourmet Street, relaxed at Leaf Hot Spring, and reviewed his Shadow Clone’s progress learning Hyuga techniques for awakening the Byakugan.
• After nurturing his Byakugan and resting, Qian woke the next day feeling better and left a Shadow Clone to watch his house before slipping out of Konoha.
• Qian noticed Anbu measuring and installing what he suspected was a monitoring barrier, and decided to avoid using the Flying Thunder God Technique inside the village.
• Qian flew toward Moon Island using Wind Release: Wind Wings, Chakra Feather Cloak, and Earth Release: Super Lightened Boulder Technique.

Qian developed a new taijutsu secret technique called Pinnacle of Body to stimulate his bloodline and help evolve his Byakugan. After it appeared on his Status Panel, he began practicing it himself, hoping to reach entry level before assigning it to his shadow clones.

• Qian returned to Moon Island and saw shadow clones practicing Storm Release and a taijutsu derived from the Hyuga clan's secret technique.
• He dispelled his shadow clones and absorbed their Cultivation Experience, though maintaining so many clones continued to strain his body.
• Qian discovered that Pinnacle of Body had appeared on his Status Panel at lv0 (1/100).
• He realized the technique actively stimulated his bloodline and could potentially help evolve his Byakugan while addressing the imbalance between his spirit and body.
• Qian began practicing Pinnacle of Body repeatedly to raise its Proficiency to entry level.

Qian reached the entry level in "Pinnacle of Body" and confirmed that practicing it could promote the Byakugan’s evolution. He chose to suspend daily Byakugan nurturing so he could quickly raise the technique’s Proficiency, and continued strengthening his body as it neared another breakthrough.

• Qian’s focused practice raised "Pinnacle of Body" to lv1, and he sensed it stimulating his Byakugan’s evolution.
• Qian sent fifty shadow clones to practice "Pinnacle of Body" while two hundred continued developing the fusion of Water Release and Lightning Release chakra.
• After reviewing the clones’ experiences, Qian personally practiced the technique to convert their training into Proficiency and found that it consumed more than six hundred Chakra per Proficiency point.
• Qian decided to suspend his daily Byakugan nurturing and use that time and saved Chakra to grind "Pinnacle of Body" toward its limit.
• Qian returned to the seabed to strengthen his body and sensed that he was nearing the shackles limiting his physical growth.

Uchiha Qian broke through the limit of his body, raising his Physical Constitution to 27 and improving his chakra capacity, recovery, and bloodline progress. He left the transformation focused on continuing to close the gap between his body and spirit, while several Kekkei Genkai neared their next advances.

• Qian reached his body's growth limit, returned to Moon Island, and absorbed the experience and memories of his shadow clones.
• Qian used Human Authority and Yang Release Chakra to break his body's shackles and complete a transformation that raised his Physical Constitution from 26 to 27.
• Qian tested his new limits and found that his theoretical chakra capacity had increased by about 900,000, while his natural daily chakra recovery had risen to 6,700,000.
• Qian saw progress in his Sharingan and Byakugan, and his Ice Release, Lava Release, and Wood Release all advanced closer to their next stages.
• Qian recognized that his spirit still exceeded his physical constitution by two points and resolved to keep narrowing the gap.

Qian shifted his training toward strengthening his body, reducing time spent stimulating his Sharingan so his Spirit would not outpace his Physical Constitution. At the seabed, he found he could endure greater pressure than before and planned to eventually train inside the magma beneath Moon Island.

• Qian created two hundred and eighty shadow clones, assigning thirty of them to practice Pinnacle of Body.
• Qian chose to spend less time using the Mind Reflection Technique and more time practicing the Wood Clone Technique and strengthening his body.
• Qian teleported to the seabed, descended to a depth of 1,100 meters, and found it was his current limit.
• Qian used his Byakugan to inspect the deeper seabed and the magma inside the extinct volcano beneath Moon Island.
• Qian returned his attention to training and began strengthening his body at the volcanic rock wall.

Qian advanced Pinnacle of Body to its perfected lv7 state through intensive shadow-clone training, then used the technique to accelerate his Byakugan’s evolution. After two hours, his body reached its endurance limit, but his Byakugan’s Evolution Progress had increased by twenty points.

• Qian returned to Moon Island, absorbed the shadow clones’ cultivation memories, and practiced Pinnacle of Body to convert them into Proficiency.
• Qian created three hundred shadow clones for auxiliary cultivation, then continued his own Body Enhancement training over repeated hours.
• By the next day, Pinnacle of Body reached the Perfected Realm of lv7 (0/0), its current limit.
• Qian practiced the perfected technique to stimulate his Byakugan’s evolution, using less Chakra than direct nourishment.
• After two hours, Qian stopped when his body reached its endurance limit and found that his Byakugan’s Evolution Progress had increased by twenty points.

Qian trained on the island, arranging shadow clones to develop Storm Release and refine Pinnacle of Body while he strengthened his body. After completing ten days of training, he headed back to the Land of Fire to find out what had happened in Konoha.

• Qian estimated that harsh seabed training and upcoming Kekkei Genkai advancements would let him undergo another bodily transformation within five months.
• Qian assigned 250 shadow clones to develop Storm Release and 50 to optimize Pinnacle of Body, then began another round of body strengthening.
• Qian absorbed his clones’ training memories and used the time saved to advance his Byakugan’s evolution and continue training.
• After completing the tenth day of training, Qian wondered whether Obito Uchiha had returned and whether Konoha’s secret preparations had progressed.
• Qian confirmed the island was unoccupied, reduced his body’s density, and flew toward the Land of Fire.

Qian learned that Konoha had caught Obito Uchiha infiltrating the village, but Obito escaped after a brief fight. After resting and enjoying a meal around Food Street, Qian sensed someone watching him and headed for a secluded place to confront the pursuer.

• Qian synchronized with his Shadow Clone's memories and learned that Konoha had ambushed Obito Uchiha, who escaped using Kamui.
• Qian concluded that Obito Uchiha was unlikely to strike at Kushina Uzumaki before Naruto's birth because Namikaze Minato would guard her closely.
• Qian slept soundly after raising his Physical Constitution, then went to Food Street the next morning and ate at more than a dozen shops.
• Qian sensed someone watching him, failed to identify the observer among the people nearby, and walked toward a secluded place to draw the pursuer out.

Qian pursued the mysterious follower into a remote forest and captured him after a brief fight, only to discover that the apparent Uehara Shinichi was an impostor. As Qian moved to read his memories, the hidden presence abandoned the body, which transformed into a pale monster.

• Qian noticed a disguised ninja following him and used his Sharingan to detect the chakra concealed in the man's abdomen.
• Qian attacked with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, then charged in and overpowered the pursuer in close combat.
• Qian restrained the man with the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal, causing him to drop his Transformation Technique and appear as Uehara Shinichi.
• Qian recognized from the man's eyes and attitude that he was not the real Uehara Shinichi and prepared to use the Mind Reading Technique.
• The hidden presence told Qian to wait, but Qian continued, so it abandoned the body and left it transformed into a pallid monster.

Qian recognized the disguised attacker as an enhanced White Zetsu, then met with Zetsu and Obito Uchiha, who threatened to expose his control of the Four-Tails and Seven-Tails. Obito offered a chance to target the Nine-Tails in a few months and told Qian to watch Kushina Uzumaki; after they left, Qian hid in a dimensional space as Namikaze Minato arrived.

• Qian recognized the attacker as an enhanced White Zetsu and watched Zetsu and Obito Uchiha appear nearby.
• Obito Uchiha threatened to reveal that Qian controlled the Four-Tails and Seven-Tails, but Qian acted as though the threat troubled him.
• Obito Uchiha asked whether Qian wanted the Nine-Tails, and Qian pointed out the protection Kushina Uzumaki had from Namikaze Minato and Konoha.
• Obito Uchiha said an opportunity would come in a few months and ordered Qian to keep an eye on Kushina Uzumaki before teleporting away; Zetsu escaped underground.
• Qian concealed himself in a dimensional space, and Namikaze Minato arrived at the field.