Chapter Summaries

Qian tested the effects of his increased Physical Constitution, finding that his chakra potential and recovery had risen substantially. He discovered the Volcano’s environment no longer provided enough pressure for his body training and set out to find a new Lava Cave.

• Qian estimated that his Theoretical Chakra Limit had increased by about 110 million points and his daily natural chakra recovery by 60 million.
• Qian swallowed Enhanced Soldier Pills, created shadow clones to absorb Natural Energy and develop Kekkei Mōra, then teleported to the Volcano.
• Qian entered Sage Mode and used Pinnacle of Body to strengthen himself, but stopped when his progress fell short of expectations.
• Qian realized the surrounding heat and pressure no longer challenged his improved body enough to stimulate its evolution.
• Qian activated his Byakugan and looked downward to find another Lava Cave.

Qian found a harsher Lava Cave and used its extreme heat and pressure to accelerate his Body Enhancement training. After ten more rounds of training on Moon Island, he had a clearer estimate of his enhancement speed and chakra consumption.

• Qian used his Byakugan and Earth Release to reach a large Lava Cave beneath the volcano.
• Qian built a suspended stone platform in the cave and trained there, finding that the harsher conditions accelerated his Body Enhancement but increased chakra consumption.
• After an hour, Qian teleported back to Moon Island and recovered from the heat-related injuries in about two minutes.
• Qian dispelled his shadow clones, absorbed their memories and returned chakra and Natural Energy, then created more clones to continue training.
• Qian trained for ten rounds from afternoon until late night and gained a clearer sense of his enhancement speed and chakra consumption.

Qian tested the results of his Body Transformation and found that his Body Enhancement speed had increased by about fifty percent, though his daily Chakra shortfall had grown and his reserve would last only six or seven months. After a week of training, he estimated that his next transformation would take about four and a half months, then returned to Konoha to enjoy the New Year festivities and rest.

• Qian calculated that his daily Chakra shortfall had risen to 103.462 million points and that his reserve would last about six or seven months.
• Qian returned to his training the next morning and spent a week testing his progress.
• Qian estimated that his current Body Transformation would take about four and a half months, with three upcoming Kekkei Genkai advances likely to shorten the time further.
• Qian flew back to Konoha, ate along Gourmet Street, soaked at Leaf Hot Spring, and went home to rest.

Qian spent a month cultivating on Moon Island before his Ice Release advanced and unleashed freezing chakra across the island. After gaining control, he erased the ice and used Wood Release and Yang Release chakra to restore the vegetation and insects, while nearly all the animals had died.

• Qian rested for a day, then returned to Moon Island and carefully checked the area before resuming cultivation.
• After a month, Qian's Ice Release reached the Mangekyō Sharingan level, causing his genes to change and his chakra to spiral out of control.
• Qian struggled to control the Ice Release chakra as freezing mist spread across Moon Island, killing most of its plants and animals.
• Qian regained control, dispelled the ice covering the island, and restored its vegetation and insects with Wood Release and Yang Release chakra.
• Qian found that nearly all the island's animals had died and decided to deal with their loss later.

After Ice Release advanced, Qian measured how it improved his aptitude and physical strength, shortening the time needed for his Body Transformation. He continued cultivating and prepared for Storm Release to advance, moving over the sea to avoid damaging Moon Island.

• Qian found that Ice Release had raised his aptitude and physical strength, saving him about half a month of Body Enhancement.
• Qian created 381 shadow clones, then used Sage Mode in the Lava Cave to test his improved cultivation speed.
• After an hour, Qian calculated that his aptitude had increased his Body Enhancement efficiency by roughly twenty percent, leaving him a little over two months from completing his Body Transformation.
• Qian recalled his shadow clones, absorbed their chakra, Natural Energy, and cultivation memories, and resumed cultivating after replenishing his energy.
• Half a month later, Qian saw that Storm Release was close to advancing and moved over an empty stretch of sea before recalling his clones.

Qian advanced his Storm Release, then measured how the breakthrough improved his Body Enhancement efficiency and resumed training. Three days later, his Lava Release also advanced, bringing him closer to his next Body Transformation.

• Qian’s Storm Release chakra surged across the sea, killing marine creatures and shattering the ice island before the breakthrough ended.
• Qian returned to Moon Island and tested his Body Enhancement, finding that his improved aptitude raised its efficiency by roughly fifteen percent.
• Qian calculated that his remaining time before Body Transformation was about forty-five days and anticipated further gains from his Lava Release advancement.
• Qian recalled and absorbed his shadow clones’ training memories, replenished his energy, and created clones to continue training.
• Three days later, Qian’s Lava Release accumulated enough Evolution Progress to advance.

Qian advanced his Lava Release inside a volcano, then continued training until he broke through his body's limits and completed his transformation. He ended the chapter feeling comfortable after the transformation finished.

• Qian absorbed the Lava Release Chakra that had escaped during his advancement and used Flying Thunder God to return from the volcano to Moon Island.
• Qian tested the advancement's effects with more than three hundred shadow clones and calculated that his body transformation was only about thirty-four days away.
• After more than a month of training, Qian reached the critical point of transformation and returned to Moon Island to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Qian used his Rinnegan, Mangekyō Sharingan, Human Authority, and improved Mystical Palm Technique to break through his body's restraints.
• Qian's Body Transformation began, and after more than forty minutes, he woke to find it complete.

After his body transformation, Qian found that his Physical Constitution had increased to 43, improving his mind-body balance and greatly boosting his chakra recovery. He assessed his other gains and estimated how soon he could undergo another transformation, while Dust Release approached its next advancement.

• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw his Physical Constitution rise from 42 to 43 after his body transformation.
• Qian tested his potential and estimated that his Theoretical Chakra Limit had increased by roughly 160 million points.
• Qian measured his chakra recovery and found it had risen by 90 million points per day, reaching 395.4 million.
• Qian reviewed his gains, including fifteen additional Shadow Clones for developing Kekkei Mōra and Dust Release reaching 8,701 Evolution Progress.
• Qian estimated that another Body Transformation would likely require over 100 million additional chakra, but expected his recently advanced Kekkei Genkai to shorten the wait.

Qian tested his increased physical tolerance and estimated that his next Body Transformation would take five months with sufficient chakra, though his reserves would run short before then. About two months into training, an unexpected memory from a Shadow Clone interrupted him, leaving him to investigate a serious problem.

• Qian trained for four hours, then measured that full-strength Body Enhancement now required 510 million chakra points per day.
• Qian created 425 shadow clones to gather Natural Energy and develop Kekkei Mōra, then teleported to the volcano beneath Moon Island to train.
• After a week of testing, Qian estimated his next Body Transformation would take five months with enough chakra, while his reserves would last only three months.
• About two months later, Qian received an unexpected memory from a Shadow Clone and immediately stopped training to review it.

Qian’s Wood Clone confronted Tagorihime after she discovered his clones absorbing Natural Energy in the Rice Field Country. Their argument over who had the right to the energy turned into a fight when Tagorihime lunged to bite him, and Qian activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Qian’s Wood Clone detected a spatial ripple, used his Byakugan, and recognized the visitor as Tagorihime.
• Tagorihime questioned Qian’s presence and demanded to know why his clones were absorbing Natural Energy.
• Qian challenged Tagorihime’s claim that the Natural Energy belonged to the Three Great Sage Locations.
• Tagorihime attacked Qian’s Wood Clone with venomous fangs, and Qian activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Qian used a Wood Clone to fight Tagorihime while his main body reviewed the Shadow Clones’ shared memories. The clash left Tagorihime injured and ended with her realizing Qian was not the main body.

• Qian struck Tagorihime with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, but she escaped using the Snake Shedding Technique and tried to ambush him while invisible.
• Qian used his Byakugan to detect Tagorihime and avoid her attack, while she identified his Mangekyō Sharingan and questioned his Byakugan.
• Tagorihime attacked with Sage Art: Object Transformation, and Qian dodged her false-and-real attacks while his Shadow Clones counterattacked.
• Qian kept the Wood Clone fighting to stall Tagorihime as his main body reviewed the Shadow Clones’ memories, concealing that he was a clone.
• After noticing the Wood Clone did not change despite absorbing the Chakra of many destroyed Shadow Clones, Tagorihime realized it was not the main body.

Qian arrived at the field and confronted Tagorihime, who had tracked down the source of the disturbance. After she refused to explain why she had come, Qian attacked her and used his Byakugan and Rinnegan abilities to overpower her, leaving her trapped in a reversed moment.

• Tagorihime prepared to attack the others, but Qian teleported into the field and made her retreat under the pressure of his aura.
• Qian dispelled his surviving clones, absorbed their memories, and asked Tagorihime why she had come.
• Tagorihime asked whether Qian was the true body instead of answering, so he tried to seize her and pulled her toward him with gravitational force.
• Tagorihime transformed into her serpent form and charged Qian, but he reversed the force, then vanished with Ame no Minaka as she crashed back to the ground.
• Tagorihime tried to blind Qian with Senjutsu—Object Transformation and escape to Ryūchi Cave, but Qian used Time Imperial to reverse her actions and return her to her original position.

Qian used the Rinnegan’s Time Imperial to seal Tagorihime, drained her chakra, and read her memories. After learning Ryūchi Cave had been alerted and help might arrive at any moment, he sent Tagorihime away with a Wood Clone and stayed behind to face the approaching enemy.

• Qian repeatedly rewound Tagorihime’s time with Time Imperial and completed his Lock Heart Soul Contract Instant Body Seal.
• Qian immobilized Tagorihime and extracted her chakra, using his Sage Mode to withstand the Natural Energy within it.
• Qian read Tagorihime’s memories and learned Manda had warned her about the node, linking the incident to Orochimaru.
• Qian discovered Tagorihime had already requested support from Ryūchi Cave, which might arrive at any moment.
• Qian created a Wood Clone to take Tagorihime away and remained at the node to await Ryūchi Cave’s forces.

Qian let Ryūchi Cave's reinforcements arrive so he could defeat them and claim the node. He dodged Garaga's petrifying attack and began severely injuring him with Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, while Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime remained poised to intervene.

• Qian sensed four figures teleport from Ryūchi Cave: Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, Manda, and Garaga.
• Tagitsuhime demanded to know where Tagorihime was, but Qian ignored her and studied the arriving group.
• Garaga attacked Qian with petrifying liquid, but Qian escaped it using Ame no Minaka.
• Qian appeared beside Garaga and struck him with Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, keeping him within its range as he tried to flee.

Qian used Ame no Minaka to evade Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and Garaga while exploiting their openings in the fight. After hiding in another dimension, he waited for Garaga to lash out blindly, then reappeared with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken aimed at Garaga's right eye.

• Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime intervened to protect Garaga, with Tagitsuhime lunging at Qian while Ichikishimahime disrupted his chakra flow.
• Qian's Wind Style: Rasenshuriken dispersed when Ichikishimahime stalled his chakra, so he used Ame no Minaka to escape Tagitsuhime's attack.
• Qian reappeared beside Tagitsuhime and slashed at her neck with a Chakra Scalpel, but she blocked the blow with her scales while Ichikishimahime slowed his movements.
• Qian vanished again as Garaga's Petrification attack missed, and the group failed to find him while he watched from another-dimensional space.
• When Garaga began whipping his tail around at random, Qian reappeared and launched a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken at Garaga's blind right eye.

Qian kept Garaga under relentless attack while Manda filled the enclosed mountain space with poisonous mist. He prepared to use Genjutsu to subdue Garaga, while avoiding techniques that could expose his plans to the White Snake Sage.

• Garaga dodged Qian’s first Wind Style: Rasenshuriken but was struck in his damaged right eye and howled in pain.
• Garaga tried to petrify Qian, but Qian evaded the attack and hit him with another Rasenshuriken.
• Qian repeatedly attacked Garaga at high speed while Ichikishimahime’s senjutsu slightly slowed the serpent.
• Manda sprayed poisonous mist over Garaga, Qian, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime, filling the enclosed space.
• Qian used the poisonous mist as cover to attack Garaga again and considered turning the toxins into a way to strengthen his body.
• Qian held back his most powerful techniques to protect his cultivation plans and waited for an opening to control Garaga with Genjutsu.

Qian used the poison mist to catch Garaga in his Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu and turned him against Ichikishimahime. Ichikishimahime realized Garaga was controlled and dodged his attacks while searching for Qian.

• Qian used Wind Style to clear a brief pocket of poison mist, caught Garaga’s gaze, and temporarily controlled him with genjutsu.
• Qian chose Ichikishimahime as his next target and directed Garaga to attack her from both sides.
• Ichikishimahime used Invisibility to evade Qian, but Garaga accurately attacked her hidden position with his Petrification Sage Art.
• Ichikishimahime absorbed the Sage Art Chakra in Garaga’s liquid attack, then recognized the Sharingan mark in his eye and inferred that Qian controlled him.
• Ichikishimahime dodged Garaga’s coiling and biting attacks while staying alert for Qian nearby.

Qian kept his presence hidden while Garaga fought Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and Manda, then seized an opening to attack the snake women with his Fire Style. When they cornered him and moved to strike, Qian revealed his Susanoo.

• Qian hid with Ame no Minaka active while Garaga fought Ichikishimahime, forcing Tagitsuhime and Manda to join the battle cautiously.
• After Tagitsuhime was knocked away, Qian attacked her, but she escaped with the Snake Shedding Technique.
• Qian evaded Ichikishimahime and Manda’s counterattack with Ame no Minaka, then burned both of their tails with Fire Style: Flame Gathering Strike.
• Tagitsuhime transformed into a giant snake and lunged at Qian, who vanished again; Ichikishimahime also transformed, and the four snakes filled the hollow as they waited for him to reappear.
• Qian revealed himself as the snakes moved to finish off Garaga, and he summoned a silver-white half-bodied Susanoo to protect himself.

Qian escalated his Susanoo to its Complete Body, overwhelming Ichikishimahime and the other giant snakes. Faced with his power, they summoned the White Snake Sage for help.

• Ichikishimahime and the others struck Qian's skeletal Susanoo, cracking it, while Qian waited for them to press their attack.
• Qian advanced Susanoo through its second and third stages, restoring its armor and making it impervious to their strikes.
• Qian transformed Susanoo into its Complete Body, growing legs and expanding until the giant emerged through the mountainside.
• Ichikishimahime and the others realized they could not defeat Qian and called on the White Snake Sage to save them.

Qian used Susanoo to overwhelm Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and the others before the White Snake Sage arrived. He badly wounded Ichikishimahime and continued attacking her as she tried to recover.

• Qian stomped Susanoo's feet down twice, forcing Ichikishimahime and the others to dodge and scattering them across the battlefield.
• Qian fired Yasakani no Magatama at Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime, then focused a second barrage on Ichikishimahime.
• Qian adjusted the angles of his magatama to hit Ichikishimahime, badly injuring her.
• Qian struck Ichikishimahime with Susanoo's blade, severing roughly a quarter of her body despite her Snake Shedding Technique.
• Qian crushed Ichikishimahime's severed tail beneath Susanoo's foot and swung his blade at the rest of her body.