Chapter Summaries

Qian tested the optimized "Pinnacle of Body" and found that it accelerated his body strengthening and Byakugan evolution at the cost of more chakra. He planned his revised training schedule and expected to raise the technique to lv8 in about three weeks.

• Qian found that the optimized "Pinnacle of Body" strengthened his body faster and produced about twenty-five points of Byakugan Evolution Progress per day.
• Qian confirmed that the technique still benefited from harsh environments, though he could not yet withstand the Second Cavity without Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Qian calculated that maintaining peak training efficiency would require four million chakra points daily, an increase of 980,000 points over his previous costs.
• Qian decided to extend his daily "Wood Clone Technique" practice from two hours to four and use all three hundred Shadow Clones to develop Dust Release.
• Qian checked his Status Panel and saw that "Pinnacle of Body" had gained 3,000 Proficiency in three days, putting lv8 about three weeks away.

Qian’s Ice Release advanced, intensifying the strain on his body, so he devoted himself to training and hastened his approaching transformation. After reaching his physical limit on August 29th, he prepared to break through the shackles holding back his body’s growth.

• Qian’s Ice Release advanced from (900/1000) to (1/5000), improving his aptitude but making its power harder for his body to control.
• Qian trained on Moon Island and returned to Konoha every ten days to rest, while avoiding training and limiting his attention to village affairs.
• Qian’s Pinnacle of Body advanced from lv7 to lv8, increasing his Byakugan’s daily Evolution Progress and the speed of his Body Enhancement.
• On August 29th, Qian sensed that he had reached his physical limit, released his shadow clones, and absorbed their training memories before preparing for his breakthrough.
• Qian checked Moon Island for anything abnormal, then used Human Authority and Mystical Palm Technique to channel Yang Release Chakra into his body and break through its invisible shackles.

Qian broke through his physical bottleneck and completed a transformation that raised his Physical Constitution to 28, bringing it close to his Spirit attribute. He reviewed his growing chakra and bloodline progress and planned to resume accelerating his Sharingan after Wood Clone Technique reached perfection in about thirty days.

• Qian rested between attempts to break through his physical bottleneck, then finally shattered the invisible shackles after several hours of effort.
• Warm currents repaired hidden injuries as Qian's body transformed, leaving him relaxed and raising his Physical Constitution from 27 to 28.
• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw that his chakra had increased to 1,851,450 and his Kekkei Genkai had made further progress.
• Qian noted that his Sharingan was at 19,585/100,000 evolution progress and expected it to reach 20,000 in under nine days.
• Qian decided to wait until Wood Clone Technique reached perfection in about thirty days before devoting its training time to the Mind Reflection Technique and restoring the Sharingan's evolution speed.

Uchiha Qian broke through the physical bottleneck and completed a transformation that increased his physical constitution and chakra, while also boosting the evolution progress of his bloodlines. He planned to resume accelerating his Sharingan’s evolution after his Wood Clone Technique advanced in about thirty days.

• Uchiha Qian spent several hours attacking the invisible shackles restricting his growth, finally shattering them as night fell.
• Uchiha Qian rested through the warmth of his transformation and found his body lighter and his mental pressure reduced.
• Uchiha Qian checked the Proficiency Panel and saw his Physical Constitution rise from 27 to 28 and his chakra reach 1,851,450.
• Uchiha Qian reviewed the increased evolution progress of his Sharingan and other Kekkei Genkai, noting that Storm Release had reached 800/1000.
• Uchiha Qian decided to wait for Wood Clone Technique to advance in about thirty days before devoting four hours daily to the Mind Reflection Technique and restoring his Sharingan’s full evolution speed.

Qian trained in the volcano and increased his Pinnacle of Body proficiency, then assessed his progress and continued developing Dust Release. After a week of training, he estimated that his next Body Transformation would take five months and returned to Konoha.

• Qian trained in the poisonous, high-pressure volcano for an hour, raising his Pinnacle of Body proficiency by eighty points and calculating that he could reach lv9 in about forty days.
• Qian released his shadow clones and absorbed their memories without difficulty, then lamented that developing Kekkei Tōta was far harder than he had expected despite studying Mu's notes.
• Qian resolved to keep working on Dust Release and went to rest at his cabin on Moon Island.
• After a week of training, Qian estimated that his next Body Transformation would take five months, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha.

Qian returned to Konoha and learned that Obito Uchiha had recently clashed with the village as Kushina Uzumaki’s delivery approached. Obito then appeared in Qian’s home to urge him to watch Kushina, and Qian realized the visit was meant to make Konoha suspect him and keep him out of any guard mission.

• Qian returned to Konoha, noticed its heightened security, and recovered his shadow clone’s memories to learn that Obito Uchiha had fought Anbu ninja.
• Qian deduced that Konoha was tightening its defenses because Kushina Uzumaki was nearing childbirth and Obito Uchiha likely intended to target the Nine-Tails.
• Qian rested, ate at Gourmet Street, and visited a hot spring inn before returning home for the night.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in Qian’s living room and told him that an opportunity to obtain the Nine-Tails was approaching.
• Qian recognized that Obito Uchiha had deliberately entered his home to make Konoha distrust him and exclude him from a possible guard mission, then returned to bed.

Qian avoided suspicion when Uchiha Shisui questioned him about an intruder near his courtyard, then reflected on Shisui’s warning the next day. After lunch, Qian disguised himself as Obito Uchiha and headed to Namikaze Minato’s home to place a ward.

• Uchiha Shisui led the Patrol Team and Police Force to Qian’s courtyard while searching for someone who had broken into the village, and Qian said he had been asleep and noticed nothing.
• An Inuzuka ninja’s hound found no trace of the intruder, and Uchiha Shisui warned Qian to be careful and report anything unusual.
• After the search party left, Qian saw Anbu guarding the area and concluded that Konoha’s Perception Barrier could not precisely detect spatial fluctuations.
• The next day, Qian considered Uchiha Shisui’s warning about Obito Uchiha but decided to handle the matter himself.
• Qian ate lunch on Gourmet Street, transformed into Obito Uchiha, and headed for Namikaze Minato’s home to place a ward.

Qian chose Hatake Kakashi as the unwitting trigger for his plan to monitor Kushina Uzumaki’s impending delivery. He planted a hidden Flying Thunder God Seal on Kakashi and erased his memory, leaving Kakashi unaware as he continued guarding Kushina.

• Qian sensed that Kakashi was guarding Kushina Uzumaki outside her home and decided he was the best candidate for his plan.
• Kakashi sensed someone watching him but saw nothing, then worried that Konoha was using him as bait to catch the enemy targeting the Nine-Tails.
• Qian appeared beside Kakashi and trapped him in a Genjutsu before Kakashi could react.
• Qian used a Transcription Seal to hide a Flying Thunder God Seal on Kakashi, set to activate when Kushina was transferred or appeared close to giving birth.
• Qian erased Kakashi’s memory of the encounter and vanished, while Kakashi resumed his guard duty without noticing anything unusual.

Qian planted hidden Flying Thunder God seals on Sarutobi Hiruzen’s guards and clansmen to alert him if Obito Uchiha acted, then returned to Moon Island to continue training and researching Dust Release. He left the chapter preparing to train with three hundred shadow clones and teleporting into the volcano.

• Qian inspected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s estate but left when he saw how many guards were present.
• After nightfall, Qian planted seals on ten people—seven Anbu and three Sarutobi Clan ninja—that would alert him if they encountered Obito Uchiha or were attacked.
• Qian returned home, rested through the night, then left a shadow clone behind and teleported to Moon Island.
• Qian checked that his Sharingan evolution progress had reached 19,935 and summoned three hundred shadow clones to study Mu’s experimental notes and conduct Dust Release research in groups.
• Qian activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and teleported to the seal inside the volcano.

After Uchiha Qian’s Sharingan evolution progress crossed 20,000, his Spirit attribute reached 30, doubling his Spiritual Power and letting him sense Natural Energy. The surge strained his body, so he considered ways to restore balance before the pressure became dangerous.

• Uchiha Qian completed his Sharingan breakthrough, and its Black Sun pattern released a powerful pressure that could overwhelm weaker people.
• Uchiha Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and found that his Spirit attribute had risen from 29 to 30, causing his Spiritual Power to double.
• Uchiha Qian sensed and identified the Natural Energy in the air, recognizing that his heightened Spiritual Power had undergone a qualitative change.
• Uchiha Qian realized that his Spiritual Power was placing a dangerous burden on his body and considered boosting his Physical Constitution with Natural Energy or sealing away part of his Spiritual Power.

Qian reviewed the gains from his Sharingan’s breakthrough, tested his increased chakra potential and recovery speed, then sealed his soul to ease the strain on his body. He resumed training, confident his body would transform before the seal became a serious problem.

• Qian found that his Byakugan’s Evolution Progress had risen to 3551, gaining an average of 35 points per day, while his other abilities had also advanced.
• Qian tested his new limits and determined his Theoretical Chakra Limit had increased by roughly 2,000,000 points and his natural chakra recovery by 1,000,000 points per day.
• Qian checked the area around Moon Island with his Byakugan, then used the Spirit Transformation Technique to separate his soul from his body.
• Qian applied a modified Lock Heart Soul Contract Instant Body Seal to his soul, reducing the strain on his body but limiting his ability to sense Natural Energy.
• Qian returned to his body and continued training, expecting his body to transform before he could no longer endure the strain.

Qian increased his shadow-clone training and began experimenting with capturing Natural Energy to improve his Body Enhancement. After three rounds of practice, he succeeded in drawing a trace of Natural Energy into his body, where it stirred a powerful response in his cells.

• Qian raised the number of shadow clones he used for Dust Release training from three hundred to four hundred and distributed Mu's experimental notes among them.
• Qian released the seal on his Spiritual Power and tried to capture Natural Energy, first with a net and then with a palm, while his clones continued their tasks.
• After repeated attempts over about three and a half hours, Qian finally caught a trace of Natural Energy and pulled it into his body.
• Qian felt his cells welcome the Natural Energy and concluded that he should pursue Natural Energy cultivation alongside his existing methods.

Qian trained his Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control until both reached level 1, then devised a way to fuse Sage Art Chakra safely inside an isolated pocket dimension. He successfully created over a hundred points of Sage Art Chakra, leaving him with a method to use it before mastering Sage Mode.

• Qian inspected his Proficiency Panel and found new entries for Natural Energy, Natural Energy Perception, and Natural Energy Control.
• Qian repeatedly sensed, absorbed, and controlled natural energy, raising both new skills from level 0 to level 1.
• Qian decided to fuse Sage Art Chakra in advance to improve his body's strengthening speed.
• Qian opened a small pocket dimension in his abdomen and gathered natural energy and an equal amount of chakra inside it.
• Qian carefully fused the energies in the isolated dimension and produced more than a hundred points of Sage Art Chakra.

Qian tested Sage Art Chakra and confirmed it accelerated his body’s evolution, then reorganized his shadow-clone training to gather natural energy and improve his control. After checking the first results, he returned to cultivating the Pinnacle of Body in Volcano.

• Qian injected Sage Art Chakra into nearby cells and used Human Authority to speed their evolution, though the chakra soon ran out.
• Qian recalled his Dust Release clones, reviewed their memories, and created five hundred new clones, assigning four hundred to Dust Release and one hundred to natural-energy training.
• Qian sent the natural-energy clones across the island and confirmed they could absorb energy without collapsing.
• Qian teleported to Volcano and cultivated the Pinnacle of Body for half an hour before recalling ten clones to gather natural energy and fuse more Sage Art Chakra.
• Qian used the Sage Art Chakra to slightly increase his Body Enhancement speed, then resumed cultivating the Pinnacle of Body.

Qian refined his natural energy control by cycling shadow clones through cultivation and digesting their experience. After reaching level 2, he fused more natural energy into Sage Art Chakra and used it to strengthen his abdominal cells before resuming Pinnacle of Body cultivation.

• Qian recalled six shadow clones absorbing natural energy, stored the energy in his Abdominal Pocket Dimension, and digested their cultivation experience.
• Qian recalled his four hundred shadow clones developing Dust Release, absorbed their insights, then created four hundred and sixteen clones to continue the work and improve natural energy absorption.
• Qian recalled five natural-energy shadow clones and advanced Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control to lv2 (1/500).
• Qian recalled five more clones, stored three hundred points of natural energy, fused it with chakra into Sage Art Chakra, and used it to strengthen the cells around his abdomen.
• Qian resumed Pinnacle of Body cultivation and waited for the next hour to pass.

Qian advanced Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control while continuing his body training, then used Sage Art Chakra to improve the efficiency of his cultivation. He ended the day expecting Sage Art Chakra to greatly accelerate his physical transformation and sealed away some Spiritual Power before sleep to ease the strain on his body.

• Qian recalled eight shadow clones and absorbed their training memories, then fused natural energy with chakra to create Sage Art Chakra and used it for Body Enhancement.
• Qian returned to the surface, recalled the clones training Dust Release, and absorbed their cultivation experience.
• Qian chose to continue training the Pinnacle of Body, postponing the Wood Clone Technique and Mind Reflection Technique for the day.
• After six more hours of training, Qian raised Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control to lv3 and estimated that maintaining one hundred clones would eventually consume around five hundred thousand points of natural energy per day.
• Qian tested Sage Art Chakra for the Pinnacle of Body and concluded it could double his training efficiency; before sleeping, he used the Lock Heart Soul Contract Instant Body Seal to seal away part of his Spiritual Power.

Qian’s Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control reached lv5, allowing him to store ten thousand points of natural energy, but his abdominal seal struggled to contain it. After using the energy to strengthen his body, he assigned a new group of Shadow Clones to develop a seal designed to safely store natural energy and Sage Art Chakra.

• Qian absorbed his Shadow Clones’ training and raised Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control from lv4 to lv5.
• He recalled more Shadow Clones, stored ten thousand points of natural energy in his Abdominal Pocket Dimension, and realized the seal was nearing its limits.
• Qian decided he needed a new sealing technique designed for natural energy, chakra, and Sage Art Chakra rather than further modifying All Things of the Universe Sealing.
• He fused the stored natural energy into Sage Art Chakra, used it with Pinnacle of Body to strengthen himself, and then absorbed the memories of his Dust Release-training Shadow Clones.
• Qian created more than four hundred and thirty Shadow Clones, assigning most to continue developing Dust Release and the rest to devise a new sealing technique.

Qian advanced his plan to develop a Sealing Technique for storing natural energy, assigning shadow clones to work on it alongside his other training. He discovered that the island could not supply enough natural energy for his improved absorption and began considering a move to a more abundant location.

• Qian absorbed his shadow clones’ cultivation experience and realized he could develop a prototype natural-energy Sealing Technique within a few days.
• Qian assigned one hundred shadow clones to absorb natural energy, three hundred to develop Dust Release, and one hundred to develop the new Sealing Technique.
• Qian learned from his shadow clones that natural energy on the island was dwindling, then confirmed through his own perception and absorption that its concentration had fallen.
• Qian determined that too many people were absorbing natural energy faster than the island could replenish it.
• Qian dismissed the idea of seizing one of the Three Great Sage Locations and concluded that the Land of Fire was a better place to find abundant natural energy.

Qian advanced his Sage Art Chakra cultivation while his wood clone searched the Land of Fire Territory for a place rich in natural energy. After the clone found a suitable location, Qian prepared himself and teleported there.

• Qian created a wood clone and sent it flying toward the Land of Fire Territory to find a cultivation site, conserving chakra by avoiding repeated teleportation.
• Qian used Sage Art Chakra to strengthen his body and nourish his evolving Byakugan, estimating that his progress would accelerate as his natural energy skills improved.
• Qian dissolved his shadow clones, absorbed their memories and cultivation experience, then assigned new clones to develop Dust Release and his sealing technique.
• The wood clone sent Qian memories confirming that it had found a place abundant in natural energy within the Land of Fire Territory.
• Qian left his clones to continue cultivating, replenished his chakra, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the clone's mark.

Qian arranged to absorb natural energy in the Land of Fire’s primeval jungle while continuing his other cultivation on Moon Island, then resumed his training after a brief rest in the village. As Kushina Uzumaki’s due date approached, the village grew tense, and Qian received double good news on the first day of his next training period.

• Qian decided to leave shadow clones in the primeval jungle to absorb natural energy while he trained on Moon Island, using a wood clone to transport them.
• Qian recalled his shadow clones’ memories, gained new ideas for developing Dust Release and a sealing technique, and assigned more than four hundred clones to research and gather natural energy.
• Qian completed two days of cultivation, returned to the village for his rest period, and noticed that patrols had increased as Kushina Uzumaki’s due date drew closer.
• Qian rested in the village for a day, returned to Moon Island, and began a new training period, receiving double good news on its first day.