Chapter Summaries

Qian and Uchiha Shisui advanced through the Chunin Exams until they faced each other in the final match. Qian took the upper hand in their sword fight, and Shisui realized he needed to change his approach.

• Qian received a bye in the third round while the other candidates fought to advance.
• Qian defeated Amano Kai with a Sharingan genjutsu before Amano could use his Lightning Release ninjutsu.
• After Uchiha Shisui won his match, the examiner announced the final contest between him and Qian.
• Qian and Shisui clashed swords, and Qian’s strength and Leaf-Style Swordsmanship forced Shisui to defend.
• Shisui concluded that Qian’s Uchiha-Style Swordsmanship might surpass his own and decided to change tactics.

Qian and Uchiha Shisui fought fiercely, with Qian gaining slight advantages in swordsmanship and ninja tool throwing before losing their genjutsu clash. The battle continued as Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to escape Qian’s close-range attack.

• Qian pressed Uchiha Shisui with Uchiha-Style Swordsmanship, but Shisui retreated and scattered caltrops to halt his pursuit.
• Qian and Shisui cast Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, and their fireballs collided and exploded.
• Qian and Shisui exchanged shuriken and kunai, and one of Qian’s shuriken cut Shisui’s left shoulder.
• Shisui cast Genjutsu: Sharingan, and Qian took minor spiritual damage in their clash.
• Qian charged Shisui with his sword, but Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to move away.

Qian and Uchiha Shisui fought in the arena, trading ranged attacks until Qian used Genjutsu and Fire Release to bring the match to an end. Shisui admitted defeat after Qian reached him with his sword at his neck.

• Qian avoided Shisui's shuriken and kunai attacks but could not close the distance, so he began bombarding Shisui with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Qian mixed shuriken into a second wave of fireballs, then kept attacking while studying Shisui's movements and forcing him to dodge.
• Shisui launched a counterattack with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and tried to seize the advantage with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, but Qian anticipated his strategy and controlled him with the Genjutsu first.
• Qian followed with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique, and Shisui broke free and dodged aside, though the flames caught him at the edge of the blast.
• Qian used the Body Flicker Technique to reach Shisui and held his sword to Shisui's neck, prompting Shisui to admit defeat.

After defeating Uchiha Shisui in the final match, Qian recognized that he lacked large-area attacks and began considering how to learn them. Shimura Danzō ordered Root to investigate Qian and Shisui, and Qian returned home wary of Danzō before resuming his training.

• Qian defeated Uchiha Shisui, realized his ninjutsu lacked effective large-area attacks, and considered seeking stronger Fire Release techniques.
• After Qian won, he sensed Shimura Danzō's malice and saw him order a Root ninja to gather information on Qian and Shisui.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced the end of the Chunin Exams, and Uchiha Zhi Ren and Uchiha Shisui left with Qian.
• Qian returned home, checked for anything suspicious, and considered searching the Uchiha clan's collection for large-scale Fire Release techniques.
• Qian began his daily training, determined to keep building strength despite the exam being over.

After being promoted to Chunin, Qian entered the Uchiha Library and selected techniques to develop chakra absorption and Wind Release. He returned home to train during a month-long break before being sent back to the Rain Country Battlefield.

• Qian completed his Chunin registration and collected two standard Leaf Village Chunin vests.
• Qian learned that his application to enter the Uchiha Library had been approved and used his Sharingan to search its collection.
• Qian chose the Chakra Absorption Technique and studied notes on developing a second Chakra nature.
• Qian selected Wind Release: Great Breakthrough as his third choice after failing to find the two large-scale Fire Release techniques he had wanted.
• Qian returned home and began training during his month-long rest before returning to the Rain Country Battlefield.

Over a month of relentless training, Uchiha Qian improved several techniques and strengthened his Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, though his Sharingan remained far from evolving to Three Tomoe. The next morning, he met Uchiha Shisui at the Hokage Building and prepared to head to the Rain Country Battlefield.

• Uchiha Qian tested his upgraded Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and saw its fireballs hit harder and attack in a tighter barrage.
• Uchiha Qian reviewed his progress panel, noting improvements in several skills and that his Double Tomoe Sharingan had reached 354/5000 toward its next evolution.
• Uchiha Qian continued his daily training routine, building chakra and practicing techniques until he reached his body's limit.
• Uchiha Qian arrived at the square before the Hokage Building and spotted Uchiha Shisui, whom he had occasionally sparred with over the past month.
• Uchiha Qian joined the crowd, preparing to travel with Uchiha Shisui and the others to the Rain Country Battlefield.

Uchiha Qian and Uchiha Shisui joined Tanigawa Masaki’s team heading to the Rain Country Battlefield, but Rock Ninja ambushed them after they entered the Land of Rain. The team broke out of the encirclement, and Qian and Shisui stayed behind with Tanigawa Masaki to hold off the pursuers while Qian sought to discover how the enemy learned their route.

• Tanigawa Masaki ordered the group to follow his commands, while Danzo learned that Qian and Shisui had departed and ordered the Weeping Rain Squad to act.
• Rock Ninja ambushed the team on a remote route in the Land of Rain, and Qian suspected that someone had leaked their movements.
• Tanigawa Masaki assigned Qian to defend the left flank and Shisui to cover the right, then led the group in a breakout.
• Qian used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique to disrupt the Rock Ninja, while Shisui attacked their ranks with his short sword and Body Flicker Technique.
• After the team escaped the encirclement, Tanigawa Masaki sent one Special Jonin onward with the others and stayed behind with Qian, Shisui, two Special Jonin, and eight Chunin to delay the pursuers.

Qian used guerrilla tactics to ambush three Rock Hidden Chunin and tested his newly learned Chakra Absorption Technique on the last one. After draining chakra from his defeated opponent, he checked his Status Panel and found that his own chakra had increased.

• Tanigawa Masaki ordered Plan B after the Rock Ninja survived the initial explosive-tag and Kunai attack, and Qian left his position to join the guerrilla fight.
• Qian ambushed Ishimatsu and two other Rock Hidden Chunin, using his Sharingan and swordsmanship to quickly wound Ishimatsu and gain the advantage.
• Qian incapacitated the second Rock Ninja with his Short Sword and thrown Kunai, then evaded the third ninja’s Earth Style: Mud Swamp Technique and crippled him.
• Qian used the Chakra Absorption Technique on the final Rock Ninja for about twenty seconds, draining roughly a thousand points of chakra into himself.
• Qian checked his Status Panel and estimated that the level 1 technique extracted about one hundred chakra points per second and converted half into his own chakra.

Qian killed three Rock Ninja and absorbed their chakra, speeding the progress toward evolving his Sharingan. Two Root ninjas then attacked him, and he suspected Danzo had targeted him because of his Uchiha heritage and Sharingan.

• Qian drained the chakra from three Rock Ninja and killed them, gaining enough chakra to advance his Sharingan’s evolution by six points.
• Qian dodged repeated Kunai attacks, countered with a Great Fireball Technique, and escaped a Steel Wire trap using his Sharingan.
• Two figures in Iwagakure uniforms emerged, and Qian recognized their deathly aura as similar to that of Root ninjas.
• Qian suspected Danzo had sent the Root ninjas to eliminate him, and the two men attacked.

Qian fought two Root ninja who used a blood-based sealing technique to trap him in the Blood Demon Barrier. He wounded one Root ninja and struck down the blood-reviving fighter, but the barrier and its effects remained.

• Qian realized the two Root ninja were using their wounds to form a sealing array and tried to retreat.
• One Root ninja raised the Blood Demon Barrier, while the other stabbed himself and became a blood-covered fighter who healed from seemingly fatal wounds.
• Qian struggled against the regenerating fighter and the second ninja’s attacks, unable to find a chance to use ninjutsu.
• Qian severed the blood-covered fighter’s windpipe and hand, then used his Sharingan to stun the other Root ninja.
• Qian cut open the stunned ninja’s chest and followed with a shuriken to the throat.

Qian weakened and destroyed the Blood Demon Barrier, then fought his way through the Rock Ninja surrounding him. After failing to find his teammates at the First Rendezvous Point, he reached the Second Rendezvous Point and reunited with them.

• Qian discovered that attacking the two Blood Men weakened the barrier, then used Fire Release Ninjutsu to crack and destroy it.
• Rock Ninja ambushed Qian as the barrier vanished, and he fought his way through their encirclement into the forest.
• Qian reached the First Rendezvous Point but found only two Rock Ninja corpses and signs of a fight, so he continued onward.
• Qian escaped another Rock Ninja squad despite taking a slash to his side, then reached the Second Rendezvous Point.
• Qian passed his teammates' improvised identity test, confirmed who they were, and went to Uchiha Shisui.

After Qian and Uchiha Shisui compared notes about the strange attackers, Qian identified them as Root ninja and warned Shisui that people coveted the Sharingan. The interception mission ended with heavy Leaf casualties, while Qian survived.

• Qian asked Uchiha Shisui whether he had encountered anything unusual during the battle and learned that two fearless attackers had ambushed him.
• Qian told Uchiha Shisui about the Blood Demon Barrier and suggested that their attackers were Root ninja because of their lifeless aura.
• Qian told Uchiha Shisui that Shimura Danzō led Root and hinted that the Sharingan was why they had been targeted.
• Qian warned Uchiha Shisui to be careful, then left without explaining how he knew about Root.
• After another hour passed without reinforcements, Tanigawa Masaki ended the mission and led the survivors toward the main force; six of the eleven Leaf shinobi survived.

Danzo learned that the assassination attempt on Uchiha Qian had failed and redirected Root’s attention toward Kumogakure. Meanwhile, Qian’s training advanced, and he began a week-long patrol on the western front to prepare for encounters with Sand ninja and pursue the Puppet Secret Technique.

• A Root Ninja reported that Uchiha Qian and Uchiha Shisui had reached the front-line camp and the Weeping Rain Squad’s mission had failed, so Danzo canceled further attacks and ordered Root to watch Kumogakure.
• Over the following days, Qian improved his Body Flicker Technique, Genjutsu: Sharingan, swordsmanship, and Chakra Absorption Technique, using chakra taken from enemies to advance his Sharingan’s evolution.
• Qian followed his squad to the west side of the Main Camp for a week-long patrol, hoping that assignments against Sand ninja would bring him closer to obtaining the Puppet Secret Technique.
• Qian considered how Sand ninja’s elite, one-on-one fighting differed from the Rock Ninja’s group tactics, then began patrolling after his squad completed the handover at their post.

Qian investigated the death of Kuraki and concluded that a skilled Sunagakure Puppet Master had attacked him from hiding. After finding the enemy’s tracks, Qian ordered his squad to pursue them.

• Qian’s squad arrived at Kuraki’s body, and Teramitsu identified clean wounds and spreading toxins as signs of a Sunagakure puppet attack.
• Qian ordered Teramitsu to search for the attacker and sent Kamijo Yoichi to warn nearby squads using his summoned parrot.
• Teramitsu found signs that someone had waited nearly twenty meters from Kuraki’s body, prompting Qian to recognize the Puppet Master’s skill and raise his guard.
• Teramitsu found more tracks leading away, and Qian ordered him and Kamijo Yoichi to continue the pursuit.

Qian and his team were ambushed in the forest by a Sand ninja using puppets and three real Chunin. Qian killed one attacker and clashed with another while Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi moved to engage the Giant Spider Puppet.

• Qian stopped Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi, then blocked a swarm of Steel Needles with his Short Sword.
• Qian recognized that Qianye and the Giant Spider were puppets and attacked them with the Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Three Sunagakure Chunin emerged from the forest and surrounded Qian's team with the puppet.
• Qian killed one Sunagakure Chunin with his Short Sword after dodging a counterattack and catching him in Genjutsu: Sharingan.
• Qian attacked a second Sunagakure Chunin as Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi charged the Giant Spider Puppet.

Qian battled Sunagakure forces, then dismantled parts of the puppets controlled by the hidden Puppet Master, forcing him to flee. Qian pursued the Puppet Master, hoping to capture him and obtain the Puppet Secret Technique.

• Qian used his Sharingan and swordsmanship to injure two Sunagakure Chunin, then struck them with his Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Teramitsu was killed by the Giant Spider Puppet, while Kamijo Yoichi struggled against the Humanoid Puppet.
• Qian intervened to face the Humanoid Puppet and told Kamijo Yoichi to deal with the injured Chunin.
• Qian dodged the Humanoid Puppet’s Steel Needles and severed its left shoulder at the joint with a precise sword strike.
• Qian dismantled parts of both puppets, prompting Qianye to flee; Qian chased him and the puppets out of sight.

Qian confronted Qianye in the forest and fought through his puppets, pressing him until he deployed a swarm of explosive Spider Puppets. Qian spotted the Exploding Tags and retreated as three puppets detonated around his former position.

• Qian revealed that he had tracked Qianye and chose a nearby underground space as a place to imprison him.
• Qian and Qianye exchanged attacks, but Qianye's Spider Puppet blocked Qian's strike and sprayed poisonous mist.
• Qian used three Exploding Tags to blast the Spider Puppet, then dismantled the Humanoid Puppet and removed another of the Spider Puppet's legs.
• Qianye unleashed more than a hundred small Spider Puppets, each controlled by splitting his Chakra Threads.
• Qian noticed an Exploding Tag inside a Spider Puppet and retreated before three puppets detonated in flames.

Qian wore down Qianye’s Spider Puppets, exposed his Shadow Clone ruse, and tracked down the real Qianye. He defeated and captured the exhausted Puppet Master, then headed back toward the underground space with him.

• Qianye used explosive Spider Puppets to chase Qian, who dodged their attacks and found they could not spread far from their control cores.
• Qian used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique to destroy the remaining Spider Puppets.
• Qian attacked the Qianye who emerged from hiding and discovered he was a Shadow Clone, then searched for the real Qianye’s escape route.
• Qian tracked Qianye through the forest and confronted him, then quickly defeated him without his puppets.
• Qian absorbed all of Qianye’s chakra, concealed the traces of their battle, and carried him toward the underground space.

Qian used the captured Qianye as a source of chakra to accelerate his training in the Limestone Cave. He planned to learn the Shadow Clone Technique so he could guard future prisoners himself while keeping his mission duties on track.

• Qian briefed Kamijo Yoichi and another Chunin on their patrol plan, then slipped away to the hidden Limestone Cave.
• Qian confronted Qianye, who refused to talk, and used the Chakra Absorption Technique to drain his chakra.
• Qian gained three thousand chakra points and divided them between the Mind Reflection Technique and Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Qian decided to learn the Shadow Clone Technique so he could stay with prisoners and capture more ninja safely.
• Qian checked Qianye's restraints and returned to his mission area.

Uchiha Qian perfected Uchiha-Style Swordsmanship and fused it with Leaf-Style Swordsmanship to create a new Swordsmanship skill. The breakthrough increased his Physical Constitution and chakra potential, and he began using his recovery to train Shadow Clone Technique.

• Uchiha Qian returned to the Main Camp after completing his week-long patrol mission.
• Uchiha Qian perfected Uchiha-Style Swordsmanship and fused it with Leaf-Style Swordsmanship, creating a new Swordsmanship skill.
• The fusion raised Uchiha Qian’s Physical Constitution from 9 to 10 and increased his expected chakra capacity and recovery.
• Uchiha Qian spent chakra practicing several techniques, then repeatedly trained Shadow Clone Technique as his chakra recovered.