Chapter Summaries

Qian improved his Shadow Clone Technique and used a clone to keep watch at Main Camp while he harvested chakra from Qianye in the Limestone Cave. After leaving the cave, Qian stayed in the underground tunnel to practice the Mind Reflection Technique.

• Qian advanced his Shadow Clone Technique to lv1 and tested his improved clone in a sword fight, finding it could use the Sharingan and closely match his combat skill.
• Qian decided to use a shadow clone to remain at Main Camp and alert him if anything happened while he stayed away.
• Qian left Main Camp and traveled to the Limestone Cave, where he used the Chakra Absorption Technique on Qianye and gained nearly three thousand chakra points.
• Qian fed Qianye three Soldier Pills, then left him in the cave and practiced the Mind Reflection Technique in the underground tunnel.

Qian reassigned his chakra among his techniques to accelerate his Sharingan’s evolution and skill training. After two days of rest, he set out on another patrol mission, noticing that the war had depleted the Genin ranks and left Chunin facing greater danger.

• Qian shifted chakra away from Shadow Clone Technique and Body Flicker Technique, which he had trained enough for now, and allocated it to Mind Reflection Technique, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Chakra Absorption Technique, and Swordsmanship.
• Qian planned to use the Chakra Battery’s supply to advance Mind Reflection Technique and Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, aiming to evolve his Sharingan and develop a second chakra attribute.
• After two days, Qian’s vacation ended, and he returned to patrol duty in the same area with many of his previous teammates.
• Qian observed that the team had fewer Genin and concluded that Chunin would increasingly bear the war’s casualties.
• The team leader ordered everyone to move out, and Qian’s group started along its established route.

Qian completed his identity exchange with his shadow clone and continued his mission while cultivating and extracting chakra from Qianye. When Squad 312 was ordered to support an attacked squad, Qian welcomed the chance to face enemies, but Sand ninja ambushed them on the way.

• Qian reviewed his shadow clone's memories, created a replacement guard, and began appearing openly outside the cave.
• Qian patrolled and cultivated, extracting chakra from Qianye each day, while battles elsewhere gave him one chance to support another squad.
• Kiba delivered Squad Captain Tashiro Ukyo's order for Squad 312 to support Squad 108 in Sector E12, and Qian set out with his three subordinates.
• Sand ninja ambushed Qian's squad with Wind Style: Sickle Weasel Technique, and Qian recognized the attacker’s Three-Star Fan.
• Qian spotted a Sunagakure Puppet Master wearing Qianye's clan emblem and considered him a possible lead to the Puppet Secret Technique.

Qian fought Sunagakure Jonin Sha Feng while his three teammates battled the other Sand ninja. Qian wounded Sha Feng with a precise shuriken throw, leaving Sha Feng wary as the fight continued.

• Sha Feng introduced himself as a Sunagakure Jonin and attacked Qian with Wind Style: Sickle Weasel Technique.
• Qian used his Double Tomoe Sharingan and swordsmanship to advance through Sha Feng’s vacuum blades while his teammates fought the other three Sand ninja.
• Sha Feng opened the Three-Star Fan fully and unleashed Wind Style: Great Sickle Weasel Technique, but Qian used the Body Flicker Technique to reach him before he finished preparing another attack.
• Qian attacked with his short sword, but Sha Feng blocked the strikes with his fan and blew Qian back with Wind Style: Gale Palm.
• Qian threw three shuriken that changed direction in midair, forcing Sha Feng to dodge and cutting his shoulder.

Qian tested his improved abilities against the Sand Jonin Sha Feng, using fire-infused swordsmanship and Sharingan genjutsu in their duel. Sha Feng escaped Qian’s attacks and unleashed a devastating Wind Style technique, forcing everyone to flee the battlefield.

• Qian challenged Sha Feng so he could test his progress and measure himself against a Jonin.
• Sha Feng released his killing intent, but Qian remained composed and opened the fight with three shuriken.
• Qian dodged Sha Feng’s wind-driven counterattack, infused his short sword with Fire Release chakra, and rushed in with a Sharingan genjutsu-assisted strike.
• Sha Feng resisted the genjutsu, escaped Qian’s sword with the Sand Substitution Technique, and counterattacked with Wind Style: Great Sickle Weasel Technique.
• Qian and the six other shinobi retreated from the storm as it tore through trees and scraped away the ground.

Qian wore down Sha Feng in their duel until Sha Feng fled, giving Qian the chance to pursue him away from the battlefield and try to capture him alive. The other fights remained unresolved as the Sand ninja weighed retreat against the risks and rewards of staying.

• Qian and Sha Feng traded attacks for fifteen minutes, with Qian gradually gaining the advantage while conserving Chakra.
• Qian observed that the sonic-genjutsu Sand ninja pressured one of his subordinates, while Kamijo Yoichi initially suppressed his taijutsu opponent before the Puppet Master joined the fight.
• Qian increased his attacks and tried to cast genjutsu, but Sha Feng avoided his gaze and resisted the attempt.
• After realizing his Chakra was running low and victory looked unlikely, Sha Feng fled, and Qian pursued him without trying to stop him.
• The Leaf ninja at the edges of the battlefield grew more confident, while the Sand ninja considered retreating despite their remaining advantages and the Puppet Master's search for his missing clansman.

Qian captured Sha Feng after surviving his combined wind-and-fire attack, then headed toward Sector E12 to pursue the retreating Sand shinobi. He left the injured Kamijo Yoichi behind to report their battle.

• Sha Feng trapped Qian in a wind technique and engulfed him in flames, but Qian survived by using a shadow clone as a decoy.
• Qian cut off half of Sha Feng's arm, defeated him with Sharingan genjutsu, drained his chakra, and sent a shadow clone to carry him away.
• Qian cleaned up the battlefield and returned to find a Leaf shinobi subordinate dead and Kamijo Yoichi injured.
• Kamijo Yoichi told Qian that the enemies had withdrawn northwest toward Sector E12, and Qian falsely claimed Sha Feng had escaped.
• Qian ordered Kamijo Yoichi to report what happened, then pursued the Sand shinobi while Kamijo Yoichi summoned his parrot to relay the report.

Qian tracked three Sunagakure Chunin heading toward Sector E12 and suspected they had slipped through a breach in Konoha’s front line. He ambushed and captured all three, leaving them unconscious as he considered the attack’s likely cause.

• Qian followed clues to the three Sunagakure Chunin and reasoned that Sand shinobi had entered through a gap created by breached front-line strongholds.
• Qian attacked the trio with over a hundred fireballs from Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, incapacitating the taijutsu ninja and injuring the Puppet Master while Otoha escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Otoha tried to use sound-wave genjutsu to expose her attacker, but Qian struck first, subdued her with Genjutsu: Sharingan, drained her Chakra, and knocked her unconscious.
• Qian drained the taijutsu ninja’s Chakra and knocked him out, then pursued the Puppet Master and defeated him despite his summoning a puppet.

Qian arrived at Sector E12, where he fought Sand ninja during an unexpectedly fierce assault before the enemy withdrew at shift change. After capturing two more Sand ninja, he learned that Sunagakure had breached two front-line strongholds and returned to training as Konoha prepared for continued pressure.

• Qian sent two shadow clones to return three captured Sand ninja, then headed toward Sector E12 while carefully conserving his chakra.
• At Sector E12, Qian joined the battle, killed nine Sand ninja, and defended himself from a powerful Sunagakure jonin rather than risk a direct clash.
• When whistles signaled the shift change, the Sand ninja withdrew through Konoha's defenses, and Qian captured two retreating Sunagakure Chunin.
• After the pursuit ended, Qian received orders canceling leave for half a month and learned from Tashiro Ukyo that Sunagakure had breached two front-line strongholds.
• Qian returned to his residence and began cultivating after considering the worsening situation on the front line.

Qian raised his Chakra Absorption Technique to level 3 before draining chakra from the Sand shinobi imprisoned in the Limestone Cave. He spent the night grinding the technique to level 4 and fell asleep before testing its effects.

• Qian checked his status panel and chose to train the Chakra Absorption Technique before harvesting chakra.
• After an hour of practice, Qian raised the technique to level 3 and found that its conversion rate had increased to 70%.
• Qian drained Sha Feng's recovered chakra, replenished Qianye and Sha Feng with Soldier Pills, and returned to training.
• Qian drained the chakra of three Sunagakure Chunin and continued practicing between harvests.
• After draining all seven Sand shinobi and completing a thousand repetitions, Qian raised the Chakra Absorption Technique to level 4 and fell asleep.

Qian confirmed the seven Sand ninjas remained imprisoned and tested his improved Chakra Absorption Technique, then used the chakra they supplied to accelerate his training. He settled into a routine of daytime missions and practice and secret nighttime training in the Limestone Cave, leaving his skills and Sharingan progress steadily advancing.

• Qian found all seven Sand ninjas still in the Limestone Cave and tested his lv4 Chakra Absorption Technique, which converted chakra at an 80% ratio and extracted it faster.
• Qian assigned a Shadow Clone to watch the prisoners and planned to divide their daily chakra between Mind Reflection Technique and Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Qian calculated that his Sharingan could reach Three Tomoe in under three months and that his Phoenix Sage Fire Technique could reach perfection within two weeks.
• After his patrol shift, Qian trained in Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, left a Shadow Clone at camp, and secretly returned to the Limestone Cave to absorb the Sand ninjas’ chakra.
• Qian adopted a daily routine of missions and noisy ninjutsu practice by day, followed by covert chakra absorption and Mind Reflection Technique training at night.

Qianye perfected his Fire Release training, which let him improve other fire techniques much faster. He then headed to the Limestone Cave to obtain a Puppet Master’s chakra-thread technique and advance his Chakra Control.

• Qianye escorted the Leaf’s fourth wave of reinforcements toward the fierce fighting at the two contested strongholds.
• After reaching lv5 with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Qianye mastered Fire Release Chakra Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation.
• Qianye tested his improved control on Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique, then reassigned his chakra training to raise their proficiency.
• Qianye saw that Chakra Control had reached lv3 (810/1000) and decided to seek a faster training method.
• Qianye created a Shadow Clone and went to the Limestone Cave, hoping to obtain the Puppet Master’s chakra-thread technique by using Qianye as leverage.

Qian manipulated Heisha into cooperating by using Qianye’s safety as leverage, then demanded the parts of the clan’s Puppet Secret Technique concerning Chakra threads. Heisha agreed, and Qianye was sent back.

• Qian drained Qianye’s chakra, freed him, and knocked him unconscious when he tried to attack.
• Qian drained Heisha’s chakra and learned that Qianye was his blood nephew and the hope of their clan.
• Heisha followed Qian to a room, suppressing his chance to attack because he feared for Qianye.
• Qian demanded the knowledge of condensing, dividing, and controlling Chakra threads, and Heisha reluctantly agreed.
• Qian sent Qianye back after reaching an agreement with Heisha.

Qian advanced his genjutsu and Mind Reflection Technique through intensive training, gaining a point of Spirit and discovering that the level-six technique rapidly increased his Sharingan’s evolution progress. He ended the chapter eager to make use of the newfound boost.

• Qian invested chakra into Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique and Genjutsu: Sharingan, accelerating their training and bringing the latter close to its next level.
• Qian applied Heisha’s puppet-technique knowledge to Chakra Control, while Mind Reflection Technique approached its next level and his Sharingan evolution progressed.
• Qian advanced Genjutsu: Sharingan to level four and gained the ability to use it to prompt targets to recall specific memories.
• Qian advanced Mind Reflection Technique to level six, raising his Spirit attribute from 11 to 12.
• Qian tested the level-six Mind Reflection Technique and discovered that each proficiency point now increased his Sharingan’s evolution progress by one point.

Qing saw that his Sharingan was nearing its Three Tomoe evolution and redirected more chakra to the Mind Reflection Technique, but his captives stopped refining chakra to limit what he could absorb. After learning how they had coordinated, Qian decided to raise the Chakra Absorption Technique in hopes of absorbing energy directly from their bodies.

• Qing calculated that his Sharingan could evolve in about three weeks and allocated additional chakra to the Mind Reflection Technique.
• Qing created a Shadow Clone to continue patrol duty and went to the underground Limestone Cave to train while the rotation squad prepared to relieve his team.
• Qing discovered that Sha Feng and the other captives had stopped refining chakra, leaving only their naturally recovered reserves.
• Qing used Genjutsu: Sharingan to learn that the captives had coordinated through subtle signals because they believed he would not kill them while he needed their chakra.
• Qian calculated the chakra needed to raise the Chakra Absorption Technique to lv5 and began training it, hoping it would eventually let him absorb Spirit Energy and Body Energy directly.

Qian tested his newly upgraded Chakra Absorption Technique on Sha Feng and forced the nine sand ninja to supply chakra, while their resistance steadily damaged their bodies. After returning to Sector E11, Qian successfully cast Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique with one-handed seals, revealing a new trump card.

• Qian drained Sha Feng’s chakra, then extracted his Spirit Energy and Body Energy, leaving him severely weakened.
• Qian found that his lv5 Chakra Absorption Technique doubled its absorption speed, raised its conversion rate to 90%, and could forcibly extract Spirit Energy and Body Energy.
• After three days, the nine sand ninja agreed to refine chakra for Qian, but he continued draining their Spirit Energy and Body Energy whenever they fell short, weakening them further.
• Qian returned to Sector E11 and cast Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique using one-handed seals.
• Qian saw that his Chakra Control had risen to lv4 and concluded that other perfected ninjutsu of the same level could likely be cast with one-handed seals.

Qian led his squad to ambush four Sand ninja, but Simu Teng triggered a trap and exposed their approach. Qian cleared the enemy’s traps with Wind Release, then outmaneuvered the Sand ninja leader and killed one of them with his Sharingan and a shuriken.

• Xiao Ba reported that four Sand ninja were hiding ahead, and Qian ordered Kamijo Yoichi, Simu Teng, and Chunjing Sheng into formation.
• Simu Teng triggered a trap, but Qian intercepted the incoming kunai before they could hit him.
• Qian used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to clear the surrounding area and reveal the four Sand ninja, whose leader recognized him as Uchiha Qian.
• Qian feinted a Genjutsu to distract the Sand ninja, then used the Body Flicker Technique to close in on Huangsha and evade his sword.
• Qian caught a Sand ninja with his Sharingan and killed him by throwing a shuriken into his throat.

Qian defeated the Sunagakure Special Jonin Huangsha by combining his Sharingan, swordsmanship, and perfected genjutsu. After Huangsha died, Qian noted how convenient the perfected Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique was.

• Qian killed Tanimura Daiyu, and Kamijo Yoichi and the other Leaf ninja attacked the two remaining Sunagakure Chunin.
• Qian traded shuriken and sword strikes with Huangsha, using his Sharingan to pressure him before testing his own swordsmanship against Huangsha's defenses.
• Qian shifted to Uchiha-Style Swordsmanship, exploiting Huangsha's fear of the Sharingan and wounding him repeatedly.
• Huangsha retreated and tried to perform ninjutsu, but Qian caught up with the Body Flicker Technique and trapped him with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
• Qian stabbed Huangsha in the chest, killing him, and reflected on the convenience of his perfected genjutsu.

Qian let Kamijo Yoichi’s team fight the remaining Sunagakure ninja so Simu Teng could gain battlefield experience, then stepped in to finish the fight. After confirming all four enemies were dead, Qian treated his teammates’ wounds and prepared to return to base.

• The two surviving Sunagakure ninja fought desperately, and Simu Teng overcame his fear and steadied himself with support from his teammates.
• Qian judged the fight had gone on long enough, appeared before Simu Teng, and killed one attacker with his sword after trapping him with Sharingan genjutsu.
• Qian caught the other fleeing ninja in genjutsu, allowing Kamijo Yoichi to pierce his heart with a kunai.
• Qian checked his Status Panel and saw that his Double Tomoe Sharingan had reached 4915/5000 proficiency, nearing its evolution into Three Tomoe.
• Kamijo Yoichi reported that all four Sunagakure ninja were dead, and Qian used Healing Technique to treat his injured teammates before they returned to base.

Qian continued training in the Limestone Cave, then awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan through the Mind Reflection Technique. He assessed his increased combat strength and chakra capacity as he prepared for an eventual move to the front line.

• Qian trained Genjutsu: Sharingan to lv5 but found he still needed hand seals to cast it.
• Qian replenished his chakra by absorbing energy from four imprisoned Sand shinobi.
• Qian practiced the Mind Reflection Technique eighty-five times and evolved his Sharingan to Three Tomoe.
• Qian noticed his vision and reaction speed improve, and his Spirit and Physical Constitution attributes each increased.
• Qian estimated that his chakra reserves and daily recovery would rise substantially, bringing him closer to jonin strength.