Chapter Summaries

Qian adjusted his shadow-clone training after realizing that deeper practice of fusing the Seven Chakra Nature Transformations required far more chakra per clone. By training fifteen clones with over five hundred thousand chakra each, he gained enough progress to estimate that he could master Kekkei Mōra within three to five years.

• Qian tested increasingly smaller groups of shadow clones for developing Kekkei Mōra, but reducing their number by hundreds while training alongside clones absorbing Natural Energy still yielded less progress than he expected.
• Qian realized he needed to separate the clones absorbing Natural Energy from those practicing Kekkei Mōra and give the latter a much larger share of his chakra.
• Qian created three hundred clones to absorb Natural Energy, then created fifteen more clones with over five hundred thousand chakra each to practice fusing the Seven Chakra Nature Transformations.
• Qian recalled the clones and digested their memories, finding that his progress had improved dramatically and that he could master Kekkei Mōra within three to five years.

Qian refined his Shadow Clone training method to accelerate the development of his Kekkei Mōra, then advanced his Storm Release after weeks of cultivation. He estimated that his body could transform in about fifty days, with a further Kekkei Genkai advancement likely to shorten that timeline.

• Qian tested different training arrangements and found that forty Shadow Clones were the most efficient for developing the Kekkei Mōra.
• Qian measured the daily Chakra cost of the forty-Clone method and discovered that it increased the evolution speed of several of his Kekkei Genkai by roughly twenty percent.
• After more than half a month, Qian's Storm Release advanced, and he recalled the uncontrolled lightning Chakra after it subsided.
• Qian estimated that Storm Release's advancement would let his body reach its transformation point about ten days earlier, while Lava Release might advance in roughly a month.
• Qian replenished his energy and began another round of Shadow Clone cultivation.

Uchiha Qian broke through the shackles limiting his body and completed a transformation that raised his Physical Constitution to 36, balancing it with his Spirit. He reviewed his gains and found his chakra limit had exceeded 10.3 million, while his Chakra Refining Technique remained years away from its next level.

• Uchiha Qian completed his training and began breaking through the bodily shackles that restricted his growth.
• After nearly a full night of effort, Uchiha Qian broke the shackles and underwent a body transformation.
• Uchiha Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw his Physical Constitution rise from 35 to 36, matching his Spirit.
• Uchiha Qian found that his chakra limit had surpassed 10.3 million and his Byakugan was close to its next evolution threshold.
• Uchiha Qian saw that his Chakra Refining Technique was still more than 46,000 proficiency points from leveling up, a wait of over five years at its current rate.

Qian reviewed the progress of his bloodlines and abilities, then considered how to develop Kekkei Mōra without alerting Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu, or the Sage of Six Paths. He resolved to raise his Sharingan to the Rinnegan first and use Flying Thunder God Technique to gather the Tailed Beasts only when he could act quickly.

• Qian noted that his Byakugan was nearing advancement and Dust Release needed less than 350 Evolution Progress to advance, while several other bloodlines had also improved.
• Qian planned to resume using the Mind Reflection Technique to evolve his Sharingan toward the Rinnegan and eventually the Rinne Sharingan.
• Qian reviewed the locations of the remaining Tailed Beasts and recognized that his agents and Wood Clones had tracked the Jinchuriki in Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure.
• Qian decided not to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts yet, since gathering them could draw the attention of Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Qian saw that Chakra Control had reached lv9 (34950/100000) and anticipated a major improvement when it advanced to lv10.

Qian tested the gains from his Body Transformation, finding that his Theoretical Chakra Limit and daily natural chakra recovery had both increased. After resting, he resumed his cultivation plan and prepared to let his Byakugan evolve alongside his body.

• Qian estimated that the Body Transformation had increased his Theoretical Chakra Limit by roughly sixteen million points and his daily chakra recovery by eight million.
• Qian calculated that his daily surplus chakra had risen to 13.368 million points, then chose to sleep instead of pushing through the Byakugan breakthrough.
• Qian woke at noon feeling refreshed and found that his previously difficult-to-control Spiritual Power had returned to normal.
• Qian created three hundred and forty shadow clones, assigning three hundred to absorb Natural Energy and forty to develop Kekkei Mōra.
• Qian teleported to the Volcano beneath Moon Island, entered Sage Mode, and began cultivating the Pinnacle of Body while allowing his Byakugan to progress in sync.

Qian’s Byakugan evolved past a major threshold, increasing its range, gravitational power, and his Spiritual Power. He tested the benefits of his higher spirit attribute and found that his daily chakra recovery had increased, leaving him ready to revise his cultivation plan.

• Qian used his Byakugan to lift a twenty-meter sphere of lava weighing roughly ten thousand tons, then repelled the falling lava to protect himself.
• Qian sensed his Spiritual Power increase after his Byakugan’s Evolution Progress passed the (10000/100000) threshold, and spent ten minutes bringing it under control.
• Qian teleported to Moon Island, recalled his shadow clones, and absorbed their memories and cultivation experience.
• Qian estimated that the increase in his spirit attribute had raised his theoretical chakra limit by roughly six million points.
• Qian measured his natural recovery at 381,250 chakra per ten minutes, bringing his daily recovery to 54.9 million points and his daily surplus to 16.868 million.

Qian adjusted his cultivation plan, resuming the Mind Reflection Technique and suspending his Byakugan’s evolution while testing his transformed body’s chakra needs. After a day of training, he calculated that his current routine required about 37 million chakra per day, leaving him with a larger surplus for future cultivation.

• Qian decided to resume the Mind Reflection Technique, pause his Byakugan’s evolution, and retest how much chakra Body Enhancement required.
• Qian teleported to the Primeval Forest, made three hundred shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy and fifty more to develop Kekkei Mōra, then trained with the Mind Reflection Technique.
• After six hours, Qian’s Sharingan Evolution Progress rose from 61150/100000 to 61300/100000, while the Mind Reflection Technique and Kekkei Mōra training consumed three million and seven and a half million chakra respectively.
• Qian returned to Moon Island and rested, then began a new full day of training the next morning.
• Qian calculated that his current training required about 37 million chakra per day, leaving him with an extra six million and a total surplus of 18.368 million chakra.

Qian paused his Sharingan training to focus on Body Enhancement, which cut the estimated time until his next Body Transformation to just over three months. Dust Release then advanced, and he began testing the changes it brought to his technique and abilities.

• Qian estimated that his next Body Transformation would take about seven months at his current pace, but could take less than five if he shifted time from Sharingan training to Body Enhancement.
• After two months, Qian stopped actively cultivating his Sharingan and devoted those six daily hours to Pinnacle of Body, increasing his Body Enhancement speed by nearly fifty percent.
• Qian calculated that he now needed 51 million points of Chakra each day for Body Enhancement, leaving him with a daily surplus of 7.368 million points after covering the shortfall.
• After two more days, Qian's Dust Release advanced, and he used Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu to test its smoother casting and lower Chakra consumption.
• Qian began training to carefully assess the changes brought by his Dust Release advancement.

After completing ten days of training on Moon Island, Qian returned to Konoha to rest and replenish his energy, still several days short of reaching the physical transformation threshold. At a dango stall, he collided with young Namikaze Naruto and then saw Minato and Kushina approaching.

• Qian judged that his physical transformation would likely happen in three to four days, then ended his training cycle and flew back to Konoha.
• Qian returned home, reviewed the memories of his shadow clone, changed clothes, and went to Gourmet Street to eat after relying on Soldier Pills during training.
• Qian ordered twenty dango skewers and headed to a nearby cold-drink shop.
• Namikaze Naruto rushed out of the shop and crashed into Qian, then shouted angrily as he lay on the ground.
• Qian sensed Namikaze Minato and Kushina Uzumaki approaching and saw the two of them looking toward him.

Qian met Naruto after the boy bumped into him, forgave him, and bought him an ice pop. Namikaze Minato then asked Qian to consider supervising Academy students, but Qian declined and went on his way.

• Naruto bumped into Qian, apologized after Qian pointed out his mistake, and accepted Qian's offer to buy him an ice pop.
• Namikaze Minato and Kushina Uzumaki arrived, and Naruto introduced Qian as the kind big brother who had treated him.
• Namikaze Minato asked Qian to become a supervising jonin and observe promising Academy students.
• Qian declined, saying he wanted to wait a few years, and Namikaze Minato left with Naruto and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Qian set aside his concerns about Minato's intentions, bought twenty skewers of dango, and disappeared into the crowd.

Qian enjoyed his day off in Konoha, while Minato and Kushina wondered whether he had any connection to the Nine-Tails. The next day, Qian explored the village and discovered that the Chunin Exams were underway before spending the rest of the day eating and stocking up for training.

• Minato asked Kushina whether she sensed anything unusual about Qian, but she detected no chakra or Tailed Beast aura and could not get the Nine-Tails to communicate.
• Qian ate at the village stalls, visited the Leaf Hot Spring, and returned home to sleep.
• The next day, Qian noticed that the Uchiha district was open and busy with both clan members and other villagers, a change he attributed to the altered aftermath of the Nine-Tails Incident and Danzo's removal.
• Qian stopped by the Ninja School but learned that the first day of the Chunin Exams was taking place, so he left without visiting the sixth-year students.
• Qian spent the day sampling food and buying supplies for his next ten days of training.

After reaching the limit of his training beneath Moon Island, Qian broke through a bodily restriction and completed another transformation. His physical constitution rose to 37, his spirit returned to balance with it, and his potential and daily chakra recovery increased.

• Qian ended his training beneath Moon Island, returned to the surface, and absorbed the memories and experience of his shadow clones.
• Qian spent more than ten hours using Human Authority and Yang Release Chakra to push his cells past their limits, then broke through the restriction on his body.
• Qian's body underwent a transformation, raising his Physical Constitution from 36 to 37 and restoring its balance with his 37-point Spirit.
• Qian tested his gains and estimated that his Theoretical Chakra Limit had increased by roughly twenty million points and his daily chakra recovery had risen to 64.9 million points.
• Qian reviewed his progress over nearly five months and saw that his chakra limit had increased by more than 3.5 million points.

Qian let his Sharingan breakthrough wait until morning, then used the Mind Reflection Technique to advance it and gained one Spirit point. He measured the resulting increase in his chakra potential and recovery, leaving his training surplus to be recalculated after further tests.

• Qian postponed the Sharingan breakthrough overnight so his spirit and body could recover their balance.
• The next morning, Qian used the Mind Reflection Technique, advanced his Sharingan, and drew the surge of Spiritual Power back under control.
• Qian confirmed that his Spirit attribute had risen from 37 to 38, increasing the strain caused by the imbalance between spirit and body.
• Qian tested the change and found that his theoretical chakra limit had risen by about 7.5 million points and his chakra recovery by 4.5 million points.
• Qian calculated his daily chakra surplus at 21.868 million points for now, noting that further tests would account for the Sharingan training and his body's increased needs.

Qian tested how many shadow clones he could assign to developing Kekkei Mōra while continuing to train his body in the volcano beneath Moon Island. He settled on sixty-five clones as the most chakra-efficient number, and calculated that his improved body could still leave him with a daily chakra surplus.

• Qian sent three hundred shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy and used sixty more to develop Kekkei Mōra while he trained in the volcano.
• Qian reviewed the clones’ memories and found that sixty clones offered good returns, then increased the number to seventy for another test.
• Qian determined that seventy clones consumed too much chakra and tested different numbers over eleven rounds.
• Qian concluded that sixty-five clones gave him the best balance of cultivation experience and chakra cost, requiring about 9.75 million chakra each day.
• Qian calculated that his body could endure roughly thirty percent more chakra infusion, leaving him with an estimated daily surplus of 750,000 chakra under his current schedule.

Qian trained for months to bring his body to its next transformation threshold, planning to use the resulting growth in his Physical Constitution and Spirit to advance his Sharingan toward the Rinnegan. By January 14, he reached the critical point and began preparing for the transformation.

• Qian trained in the Primeval Forest and on Moon Island, estimating that his next body transformation would take about eight months under his current routine.
• Two months later, Qian stopped using the Mind Reflection Technique to advance his Sharingan and devoted the saved time to Pinnacle of Body training.
• After a day of testing, Qian estimated that his body would reach its transformation threshold in about four months, around mid-January.
• Qian trained continuously until January 14 and confirmed that his body had reached the critical point for transformation.
• Qian dismissed his shadow clones, absorbed their chakra, Natural Energy, and training memories, then began the breakthrough by using Human Authority and injecting Yang Release Chakra with the Mystical Palm Technique.

Uchiha Qian broke through a physical limit after hours of cultivating Yang Release Chakra, and his body completed another transformation while he slept. He reviewed his improved status and considered how his growth would affect his future cultivation.

• Qian continued condensing Yang Release Chakra until he broke through the shackle limiting his body's growth.
• A warm current nourished Qian's body, prompting his cells to evolve as he fell asleep.
• Qian woke feeling balanced and found that his Physical Constitution had risen from 37 to 38, matching his Spirit.
• Qian reviewed his status, noting that his Chakra limit had increased to over eighteen million and his bloodlines and skills had progressed.
• Qian saw that his Sharingan Evolution Progress had returned to the brink of a breakthrough.

Qian reviewed the changes to his abilities after his Body Transformation and decided to wait until tomorrow to push his Sharingan through its next evolution threshold. He tested his chakra potential and recovery, finding that his Physical Constitution had greatly increased both.

• Qian examined his Status Panel and postponed using the Mind Reflection Technique to evolve his Sharingan until tomorrow, while noting that his other abilities and skills had progressed slowly.
• Qian estimated that his Body Transformation had added roughly twenty-six million points to his theoretical chakra limit.
• Qian measured his natural chakra recovery and found that it had risen to 82.4 million points per day, giving him a daily surplus of 17.618 million points.

Qian advanced his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan’s evolution, raising his Spiritual Power from 38 to 39 and measuring the resulting gains. He then adjusted his training by creating shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy and develop Kekkei Mōra.

• Qian used the Mind Reflection Technique to push his Sharingan Evolution Progress to 80,000/100,000 and gained one point of Spiritual Power.
• Qian struggled for nearly an hour to rein in the Spiritual Power that spread across Moon Island.
• Qian estimated that the increase in Spiritual Power added about 9.5 million to his Theoretical Chakra Limit and raised his daily Chakra Recovery Speed to 88.4 million points.
• Qian created 300 shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy and 70 more to develop Kekkei Mōra.

Qian tested how additional shadow clones affected his Kekkei Mōra development while strengthening his body in the Volcano beneath Moon Island. After more than a dozen training rounds, he settled on a new plan, but calculated that its growing Chakra costs would eventually outstrip his daily surplus and require him to use his reserves.

• Qian used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the Volcano, entered Sage Mode, and resumed strengthening his body.
• After dispelling his shadow clones, Qian found that assigning more clones to develop the Kekkei Mōra had noticeably increased his training experience.
• Qian increased the number of clones developing the Kekkei Mōra to seventy-five and continued alternating hourly between body training and reviewing clone memories.
• After more than a dozen rounds, Qian determined that ninety clones offered the best balance of progress and Chakra consumption.
• Qian calculated that his daily Chakra surplus would not cover the future cost of full-speed Body Enhancement, so he would eventually need to draw on his accumulated reserves.

Qian trained for two months to advance his Sharingan and improve his body, then shifted all six hours of daily Sharingan training to Body Enhancement. His increased training demands exceeded his daily chakra and Natural Energy supply, so he expanded his shadow-clone workforce while relying on his stored chakra reserves.

• Qian teleported to the Primeval Forest, deployed three hundred shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy, and sent ninety more to practice fusing the Seven Chakra Nature Transformations.
• Qian trained his Sharingan with the Mind Reflection Technique and, after a week, estimated that his next Body Transformation would take nine months.
• Qian spent two months training nearly without interruption, raising his Sharingan Evolution Progress to (89600/100000), then paused the Mind Reflection Technique and redirected its six hours to Body Enhancement.
• Qian found that his intensified training required 90 million chakra points and more Natural Energy each day, so he increased his Natural Energy-absorbing shadow clones from three hundred to four hundred.
• Qian began drawing 4.382 million chakra points daily from his reserves to cover the remaining training deficit, which he expected his accumulated chakra to sustain for several months.