Recaps

Qian Ye returned to Konoha with Ye and gained influence among the village’s leaders and the Sparkfire Society while advancing his physical powers. When Hatake Sakumo was imprisoned after exposing pension theft, Qian Ye recruited Kakashi and persuaded Danzo to help save Sakumo.

• Pakura spared Chiyo and joined Qian Ye as Ye, while Orochimaru’s report brought Qian Ye recognition for exposing Rasa’s plot and repelling the Two-Tails.
• Hiruzen concealed the old man’s appearance as a top secret, promoted Qian Ye to Chunin, and allowed Ye to stay in Konoha under his supervision.
• Qian Ye advised Danzo to infiltrate the Uchiha Public Security Auxiliary, then used the Sparkfire Society to undermine Root’s agents there.
• Orochimaru gave Qian Ye an experimental serum, and Qian Ye survived its effects and awakened Armament Haki.
• Hatake Sakumo exposed the theft of compensation for fallen ninja families, but Hiruzen refused to punish the officials and ANBU arrested Sakumo after he confronted Sarutobi Shu.
• Danzo spread rumors that Sakumo had rebelled, while Kakashi was barred from visiting his father and Minato failed to persuade Hiruzen to release him.
• Qian Ye told Kakashi that Konoha’s leaders had punished Sakumo for exposing corruption, and Kakashi agreed to help him replace the village’s rules.
• Qian Ye persuaded Danzo to save Sakumo and recruit him into Root, then offered to visit Sakumo himself using Danzo’s token and his Chunin status.

Qian Ye brought Sakumo into Root while secretly building the Sparkfire Society’s influence, then led a mission to cut off Iwagakure’s supply lines. After Sakumo and Zhao Hai defeated Golden Lion Shiki, Qian Ye’s team reached an ambush at an abandoned mine, where Qian Ye revealed his borrowed Storm Dragon power.

• Qian Ye persuaded Hatake Sakumo to sign Root’s recruitment document, then used the new peripheral coordinator program to place Sparkfire Society allies in Root’s network.
• Danzo secured Sakumo for Root and used his recruitment to pressure Hiruzen for more funding and authority, while Qian Ye arranged for Sakumo to work under him.
• Sakumo returned home to Kakashi and learned villagers had welcomed him after hearing why he had abandoned his mission, and he agreed to help Qian Ye challenge the existing order.
• As Konoha faced attacks on three fronts, Hiruzen assigned Qian Ye to lead a special mobile squad with Minato Namikaze toward Kannabi Bridge, while Pakura stayed behind to guard Qian Ye’s interests.
• Qian Ye’s team infiltrated the Land of Earth, and he sent Sakumo through a portal to rescue Zhao Hai from Golden Lion Shiki.
• Sakumo and Zhao Hai defeated Golden Lion by disrupting his Float-Float Fruit control, and the group chat advanced to Lv3, and Sakumo returned to Qian Ye wounded and eager for future battles.
• Qian Ye led Kakashi, Obito, and Rin toward an abandoned mine, where he sensed an Iwagakure ambush and ordered them to stay back.
• Qian Ye borrowed Zhao Hai’s Storm Dragon power, survived three hundred Explosive Tags and the ensuing attacks, then emerged from the flames to face Huang Shi.

Qian Ye exposed Iwagakure’s ambush, defeated its forces, and disrupted Madara Uchiha’s plans for Obito, then returned to Konoha and turned the village’s suppression of his achievements into benefits. He mastered Spirit Transformation, helped Pakura improve her Scorch Release, and ended the stretch by commissioning a Seastone weapon and giving Hatake Sakumo a replacement sword.

• Qian Ye destroyed the Hidden Stone ambush, rescued Minato Namikaze from the barrier, and defeated the army with its own chakra cannon.
• Qian Ye confronted Madara Uchiha, rejected the Eye of the Moon plan, and declared his intention to unite the Ninja World under one empire.
• Qian Ye stopped Obito from damaging his eyes and trained him, then returned to Konoha with Minato, Kakashi, and Rin as the village withheld their recognition.
• Qian Ye used Danzo’s protest over the suppressed mission report to secure a shop, Book of Seals access, and money, then copied techniques for himself and Pakura.
• Qian Ye mastered Spirit Transformation and expanded his Observation Haki across half of Konoha, manipulating the ANBU sentries watching his residence.
• Qian Ye taught Pakura to combine Wind Release and Scorch Release, while Zhao Hai sent him high-purity Seastone and a cutting machine.
• Qian Ye commissioned Tieshan to forge a Seastone blade, injured Saruobi Shu when he tried to seize the ore, and gave Hatake Sakumo a Seastone sword.

Qian Ye built the Auxiliary Brigade into a force loyal to him, using Danzo’s resources and Konoha’s wartime crisis to secure independent command. He led the Corps to the Eastern Front, where it rescued Konoha survivors and routed Kirigakure troops while Biwa Juzo retreated toward the marsh’s other commanders.

• Sakumo tested the Seastone Black Blade, while Qian Ye used his Black Bone Flute to summon Root Peripheral Coordinators against three Kumogakure spies plotting to destroy a supply depot.
• Qian Ye and Uchiha Yan captured the spies, displayed them to Konoha’s civilians, and drew recruits to the Auxiliary Brigade, worrying Hiruzen Sarutobi and prompting Danzo to challenge Qian Ye’s command.
• Qian Ye showed that the recruits obeyed his signals rather than Danzo’s, then gained Danzo’s backing, command of the Root Outer Security Force, and access to secret armories and funding.
• Qian Ye expanded his force in the South District, armed trusted clan members with Seastone weapons, and led the Brigade in rescuing hostages from rogue ninja.
• Qian Ye and Zhao Hai defeated and recruited Bullet, who arrived in Konoha and intimidated both ANBU and Root before Qian Ye negotiated supplies from Danzo.
• Qian Ye won Fugaku’s permission to train Uchiha youths in the Sparkfire Society, then secured independent command, funds, and supplies from Hiruzen Sarutobi for a wartime corps.
• Qian Ye led more than eight hundred fighters toward the Land of Hot Water, rescued a Konoha remnant squad, and learned that Orochimaru was trapped in Blackwater Marsh while Minato Namikaze faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the A-B Combo.
• Qian Ye’s Corps exposed and attacked Biwa Juzo’s hidden Kirigakure force, while Bullet broke the Kubikiribōchō and Biwa Juzo retreated toward the marsh’s other commanders.