Chapter Summaries

Qian tested how his newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan could continue evolving and assessed his ninjutsu training. He confirmed that Mind Reflection Technique still advanced its progress, while passive time spent activating the Sharingan no longer helped, then set his sights on developing Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

• Qian checked his status panel and found that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had an evolution requirement of 10,000 points.
• Qian cast Mind Reflection Technique twice and confirmed that the effect now raised his Sharingan's evolution progress by one point.
• Qian spent two hours with his Sharingan activated but felt no progress, so he concluded that passive evolution had become negligibly slow.
• Qian reviewed his progress in Fire Release techniques and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, which he was training to prepare for Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• Qian decided to create Wind Style: Rasenshuriken himself, relying on his proficiency panel and improving chakra control to overcome the technique's difficulty.

Qian allocated his chakra to training several techniques and began practicing the Rasengan in an underground cave. Three days into training, he had mastered its first stage but was still struggling with the second, then completed his daily practice and went to sleep.

• Qian calculated his available chakra and distributed it among the Mind Reflection Technique, fire and wind techniques, Genjutsu: Sharingan, healing, chakra absorption, and the Rasengan.
• Three days later, Qian struggled to make a water-filled balloon burst as he practiced the Rasengan’s second stage.
• Qian reviewed the Rasengan’s four training stages and continued working on controlling irregular chakra flow.
• After using his allotted chakra on Rasengan practice, Qian trained the Mind Reflection Technique and Genjutsu: Sharingan for nearly seven hours.
• Qian created a shadow clone to watch the weakened sand ninja and went to sleep.

After confirming that Qian had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the Uchiha clan prepared him for a jonin assessment mission. Qian returned to his underground cave to continue extracting chakra from imprisoned Sand ninjas, then learned his mission was to gather intelligence on the Iwagakure–Kumogakure battle and questioned Main Camp’s plans for a counterattack.

• A Uchiha jonin confirmed Qian’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan and told him that Uchiha Shisui had awakened the same eye, then explained that Qian would soon receive a jonin assessment mission.
• Qian left a shadow clone at Main Camp and returned to the underground limestone cave, where he increased chakra extraction from eleven imprisoned Sand ninjas.
• After a week, Qian received his clone’s memories and learned that the clone had accepted a mission to gather intelligence on the battle between Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Qian doubted that Main Camp could launch a counterattack, recalling that Iwagakure was luring Kumogakure’s forces into a trap and that the Third Raikage would likely die covering their retreat.
• Qian turned back to dealing with the Sand ninjas in the cave.

Qian reviewed his recent training gains, including raising Genjutsu: Sharingan to lv6 and learning the Rasengan, before observing the Third Raikage fight the Rock Ninja. After judging that he had no chance of defeating the Third Raikage, Qian sent his observations back to his main body with a Shadow Clone.

• Qian checked his progress, finding that Genjutsu: Sharingan had reached lv6 and his fire techniques had advanced to lv4.
• Qian used his accumulated chakra to learn the Rasengan, but found that his beginner-level version was not yet ready for combat.
• Qian noted that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolution progress had reached 1702/10000 and his chakra limit had risen to 19,828.
• Three days later, Qian watched the Third Raikage lead Kumogakure against the Rock Ninja near Iwagakure.
• Qian concluded that he could not defeat the Third Raikage and used Shadow Clone Technique to send his observations back to his main body.

Qian struggled with the slow pace of cultivating his Sharingan without a Chakra Battery, so he began hunting other spies near the battle to capture for their Chakra. After luring a black-robed operative into an ambush, he attacked with his Short Sword.

• Qian calculated that evolving his Three Tomoe Sharingan without extra Chakra would take more than five months, then learned from his Shadow Clone that the Cloud and Rock ninjas were fighting nearby.
• Qian decided to capture hidden operatives as Chakra Batteries and sent a Shadow Clone toward the battlefield while he searched for targets.
• Qian spotted a disguised Rock Ninja observing the battle, tricked the target into chasing him, and dispelled its Shadow Clone in a brief fight.
• Qian hid nearby and waited for the real operative to investigate the false plan he had mentioned.
• A black-robed man arrived, and Qian ambushed him with shuriken before closing in with his Short Sword.

Qian fought a Kirigakure Anbu, using his Sharingan and swordsmanship to gain the upper hand while trying to keep the man alive. The Anbu used smoke bombs and Hidden Mist to escape his pressure, but Qian cleared the mist with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, leaving their fight exposed again.

• Qian surprised the Kirigakure Anbu with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and wounded him while avoiding a fatal strike.
• Qian pressed the Anbu with skilled swordsmanship and Sharingan genjutsu, inflicting wounds to his shoulder and left arm.
• The Anbu realized he was outmatched in close combat and took Qian's sword strike to create distance.
• The Anbu used three smoke bombs and Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique to obscure Qian's vision.
• Qian unleashed Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, scattering the mist and revealing the field.

Qian defeated a wounded Kirigakure Anbu in a brief fight, drained his chakra, and fled before other forces could investigate. Several groups reached the battlefield afterward but found no clues to track him.

• Qian dodged the Kirigakure Anbu’s poisoned weapons and countered his Water Release with the Great Fireball Technique.
• Qian cleared away the steam, used his Sharingan and shuriken to trap the Anbu, and attacked him repeatedly with his sword.
• Qian caught the Anbu with Genjutsu: Sharingan and stabbed his right arm, then cut off both forearms when the Anbu tried to prepare a dangerous technique.
• Qian used the Chakra Absorption Technique to drain the Anbu’s chakra, cleaned up the battlefield, and left with the unconscious man.
• Cloud shinobi, Rock Ninja, and agents from other forces arrived, but they found no useful clues about Qian.

Qian kept the captured Mist Village Anbu unconscious and reconsidered targeting enemy spies after the Anbu resisted him. He shifted his plan toward capturing Cloud and Rock patrol ninjas, then trained his Shadow Clone Technique to level 2.

• Qian treated the Mist Village Anbu’s wounds, but the Anbu woke and tried to bite his throat, so Qian hypnotized him again.
• Qian decided to extract the Anbu’s Spirit Energy and Body Energy while he slept because the Anbu would not cooperate and was willing to die.
• Qian concluded that capturing powerful spies was too dangerous and decided to target Cloud and Rock patrol ninjas instead.
• Qian recalled a shadow clone to search for targets and trained his Shadow Clone Technique while replenishing his chakra from the sleeping Anbu.
• Qian raised his Shadow Clone Technique to level 2, increasing his clone limit to five and improving their stability and chakra efficiency.

Qian ambushed a clash between Kumogakure and Iwagakure patrols, captured five ninja, and escaped notice when reinforcements investigated. He planned to use the prisoners to accelerate his Sharingan’s evolution by advancing the Mind Reflection Technique.

• Qian used a staged battle between three cloud ninja and two Rock Ninja to ambush the survivors with his Sharingan and Shadow Clones.
• Qian knocked out all five ninja and had his Shadow Clones carry them to a hiding place while he erased traces of his presence.
• A Rock Ninja squad and then cloud ninja reinforcements inspected the battlefield, assumed their missing comrades had been captured by the opposing side, and left without finding Qian.
• Qian anticipated that the coming Rock Ninja encirclement would draw attention away from missing lower-ranking ninja and planned to capture more prisoners.
• Qian decided to focus on the Mind Reflection Technique, which needed 3025 more Proficiency to reach lv7.

Qian used captured ninjas’ chakra to accelerate his Mind Reflection Technique and Sharingan growth while following the war’s progress. After learning that Iwagakure had encircled the advancing Kumogakure army, he decided to exploit the ensuing battle to capture more chakra.

• Qian calculated that his captives and daily recovery could provide enough chakra to raise the Mind Reflection Technique to level 7 soon, then continued cultivating.
• Over the next three days, Qian captured three more cloud ninja and five Rock Ninja, increasing his daily chakra supply to 103,500 points.
• Qian learned through a Shadow Clone’s memories that Iwagakure had encircled the advancing Kumogakure forces near the village’s final defensive line.
• Qian considered using the battle to gather more chakra before returning to the front line, then created two Shadow Clones to search for targets to capture.

Qian’s Shadow Clones captured Rock Ninja and Cloud ninja, but a Hidden Rock jonin tracked them using summoned rats. Meanwhile, Qian continued draining captives’ Chakra and training his Sharingan, then headed to another cave where more prisoners awaited.

• Qian’s four Shadow Clones defeated and captured three Rock Ninja and two Cloud ninja, then cleaned up the battlefield and left with the prisoners.
• A Hidden Rock jonin arrived at the battlefield, summoned rats, and had Xiao Qi track the captors’ scent.
• Qian drained the last Cloud ninja’s Chakra and used some of his Spirit Energy and Body Energy to replenish his own Chakra.
• Qian advanced his Mind Reflection Technique to lv6 (9895/10000), checked his captives, and left for another cave containing three Rock Ninja and two Cloud ninja.

Qian replenished his chakra, trained the Mind Reflection Technique until it reached level 7, and gained another point of Spirit. He realized his growing spiritual power could bring on a dangerous imbalance, so he resolved to raise his Physical Constitution before his Sharingan evolved further.

• Qian replenished his chakra by absorbing energy from unconscious Cloud ninja and Rock Ninja, then trained the Mind Reflection Technique until it reached level 7.
• Qian saw that his Spirit had increased from 14 to 15, raising his expected chakra limit and daily recovery.
• Qian recognized that his Spirit now exceeded his Physical Constitution by four points and feared the strain could cause a disease like Uchiha Itachi's.
• Qian noted that his Sharingan had reached 5115/10000 Evolution Progress and that Mind Reflection Technique practice now added one point per use, bringing Mangekyo closer.
• Qian decided that raising his Physical Constitution was urgent before his Sharingan evolved again.

Qian considered ways to improve his Physical Constitution and settled on pursuing Yang Release through Medical Ninjutsu, while prioritizing his Sharingan’s evolution. As he replenished his chakra among the fallen shinobi, he discovered that a rat hiding beneath a Rock Ninja was a Summoning Beast.

• Qian rejected Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the Eight Inner Gates as impractical ways to raise his Physical Constitution, then decided to develop Medical Ninjutsu and Yang Release.
• Qian continued training his Mind Reflection Technique to advance his Sharingan and resolved to keep his Mangekyō secret until Danzo was dealt with.
• After exhausting much of his chakra, Qian used the Chakra Absorption Technique on a Cloud Ninja and replenished nearly four thousand points.
• Qian approached a Rock Ninja to absorb his energy, noticed a rat beneath him, and stabbed it when he realized it was a Summoning Beast.

Qian escaped the collapsing cave and confronted Takayama Yoichi, the Hidden Rock jonin who had sent rats to scout him. After exposing Yoichi’s feigned anger and attempted retreat, Qian gained the upper hand in their fight.

• Two rats burrowed out from beneath Rock Ninja, and Qian wounded them with Shuriken before rushing out of the cave.
• Qian dodged explosive Kunai and escaped as the cave entrance collapsed behind him.
• Takayama Yoichi accused Qian of killing Xiao Qi, his Summoning Beast rat, and revealed that he had arrived to trap Qian.
• Qian tried to use his Sharingan on Takayama Yoichi, but Yoichi looked away and threw Senbon at his eyes while attempting to flee.
• Qian blocked Takayama Yoichi’s retreat with Shuriken and attacked him with his Short Sword, quickly taking the upper hand.

Qian killed Takayama Yoichi and the captives who had been held in the caves, then moved to another hiding place to continue harvesting chakra. At Iwagakure's command post, an elder learned that Takayama had disappeared but chose to prioritize the coming operation against the Cloud ninja.

• Qian stabbed Takayama Yoichi, burned his body, and cleared the collapsed passage with the Rasengan.
• Qian extracted chakra from three Rock Ninja and two Cloud ninja, killed them, and burned their bodies.
• Qian checked that no one was following him, then went to another hiding place and began another round of training with captured ninja.
• Chuanshi told the Iwagakure elder that Takayama had missed his scheduled contact and had likely found a lead before disappearing.
• The Iwagakure elder ordered Chuanshi to set Takayama's case aside and focus on holding back the Cloud ninja when the main force arrived.

The Third Raikage realized Iwagakure’s final line of defense was deliberately keeping him occupied, then broke through the five jonin and returned toward the rear. From a hidden cave, Qian inferred that Kumogakure had discovered the encirclement and decided to exploit the coming chaos to plunder Chakra.

• Five Iwagakure jonin cautiously fought the Third Raikage while secretly trying to keep him from leaving the battlefield.
• After receiving urgent intelligence through a Mind Transmission Technique, the Third Raikage tried to withdraw, but the five jonin risked their lives to block him.
• The Third Raikage recognized their contradictory behavior, unleashed his Strongest Lightning Release Armor, killed two jonin, and broke through as the others stopped pursuing him.
• Qian watched the Third Raikage leave through his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then dispelled his Shadow Clone and reviewed its memories while training in a hidden cave.
• Qian deduced that Kumogakure had learned of Iwagakure’s encirclement and planned to take advantage of the ensuing battle chaos to plunder Chakra.

Qian infiltrated Iwagakure’s temporary medical camp by impersonating Senmu Zhe, intending to drain the wounded Rock Ninja’s chakra and improve his Healing Technique. After treating the first patient, he paused as if he wanted to say something, leaving his next move unclear.

• Qian drained the captives’ remaining Spirit Energy and Body Energy, then found that the Cloud ninja had retreated while the Rock Ninja pursued their main force.
• Qian slipped into Iwagakure’s medical camp and trapped Senmu Shi in an illusion to learn about the camp’s personnel and layout.
• Qian knocked out and drained Senmu Zhe, transformed into his appearance, then killed him and buried his body beneath the tent.
• Qian entered a tent of wounded Rock Ninja and used the Healing Technique to close one man’s external wound.
• After the patient thanked him, Qian paused on his way to treat the next man, appearing to want to say something.

Qian used his identity as Senmu Shi to treat wounded Rock Ninja while persuading them to let him absorb their chakra. He repeatedly converted the chakra into progress for his techniques, and by night his chakra-draining went unnoticed amid his healing work.

• Qian told the wounded Rock Ninja that he lacked enough chakra to treat everyone and persuaded them to contribute chakra for their comrades.
• Qian healed seven Rock Ninja in the tent, absorbing much of their chakra and gaining Healing Technique proficiency.
• Qian returned to his residence and used the excess chakra to improve his Mind Reflection Technique and Sharingan evolution progress.
• Qian treated nearly twenty more Rock Ninja across several tents, alternating between healing and cultivating with the chakra he absorbed.
• Qian continued treating the wounded from noon until night, and although others discovered he was absorbing chakra, they did not investigate because he was genuinely healing them.

Qian left the Rock Ninja camp and followed the Cloud Ninja and Rock Ninja forces, learning that both sides were racing to control the encirclement. As a mass of Rock Ninja closed in under a storm, the Third Raikage charged forward to meet them.

• Qian decided not to attack the wounded Rock Ninja, then slipped out of the camp with the Chakra he had already gathered.
• Qian followed his Shadow Clone markers and learned that the Third Raikage had broken through an elite Rock Ninja defense, forcing the Rock Ninja to trail the Cloud Ninja main force.
• Qian dismissed two Shadow Clones and continued following the armies as they raced toward the encirclement.
• Dark clouds gathered, and Qian saw Rock Ninja forces converging in overwhelming numbers ahead of the Cloud Ninja.
• As rain began to fall, the Third Raikage darted from the Cloud Ninja ranks and charged toward the Rock Ninja.

Qian watched the Third Raikage draw the Rock Ninja away so the main cloud ninja force could escape. He left a shadow clone behind and pursued the escaping cloud ninja, hoping to avoid being trapped and find a chance amid the chaos.

• Qian spotted a masked Anbu ninja but chose not to pursue him, then hid near the battlefield.
• After two hours of fighting, the Third Raikage realized the cloud ninja had lost and drew the Rock Ninja away by attacking them alone.
• The Third Raikage told Hisu to lead the cloud ninja away and sacrificed his chance to escape so they could flee.
• Qian judged that the battle was following the course he remembered and created a shadow clone to remain behind.
• Qian chased after the main cloud ninja force, deciding the chaotic retreat offered better opportunities and was safer than staying.