Chapter Summaries

At eight years old, Qingyue and Kakashi were recommended for promotion to Chunin, and Hiruzen agreed to arrange a special exam. Afterward, Qingyue and Kakashi helped Sakumo realize that the rumors condemning him for saving his comrades had likely been deliberately spread to undermine his prestige.

• Sakumo recommended Kakashi and Qingyue for Chunin promotion, and Hiruzen agreed to arrange a special exam because the regular exams had passed.
• Qingyue considered the growing conflict with Sunagakure and learned from Hill's analysis why the Third Shinobi World War was likely unavoidable.
• Qingyue worried that Sakumo's praise before Hiruzen would attract Danzo's attention, while Sakumo expected it to earn Qingyue recognition from the Hokage.
• Qingyue asked Sakumo why the village had condemned him for saving his comrades, and Kakashi noticed that the news had spread suspiciously fast.
• Qingyue explained that someone among Konoha's upper ranks may have spread the rumors to weaken Sakumo and Hiruzen, prompting Sakumo to suspect who was behind them.

Qingyue decided against pursuing the Hokage position and took the special Chunin Ninja Exam alongside Kakashi. After passing the written and Forest of Death tests, Qingyue defeated Kakashi with Silent Sword and advanced to the upper level of Sword God Style.

• Qingyue rejected the idea of becoming Hokage, then walked Rin home and told her he would take the Chunin Ninja Exam.
• Qingyue remembered that Madara Uchiha might change his plans after Obito was saved and worried about the dangers surrounding the coming war.
• Hatake Sakumo sent Qingyue and Kakashi to the Hokage Building for their special Chunin Ninja Exam, where both earned perfect scores on the written test.
• Qingyue found a Genin and took their scroll in under ten minutes, while Kakashi completed the Forest of Death test shortly afterward.
• Qingyue defeated Kakashi in the final match by disarming him with Silent Sword, and the system announced that Qingyue had reached the upper level of Sword God Style.

Qingyue defeated Kakashi with Silent Sword, advanced to Chunin, and later became Konoha’s youngest Jonin after teaming with Sakumo on difficult missions. As the Third Shinobi World War drew near, Madara revealed plans to use a girl as a pawn and insisted Dragon would help carry out the Moon's Eye Plan.

• Qingyue defeated Kakashi with Silent Sword, breaking through to advanced Sword God Style and securing his Chunin promotion.
• Sakumo treated Qingyue, Kakashi, Rin, Might Guy, and Obito to a barbecue celebration and gave the newly promoted Chunin gifts.
• Rin and Obito graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Minato became their Jonin instructor with Kakashi on the team.
• Qingyue received a special promotion to Jonin after completing difficult missions with Sakumo, becoming the youngest Jonin in history.
• Madara discussed his selected Uchiha pawn and Nagato with a black creature, then told Dragon that he would help with the Moon's Eye Plan.

Qingyue chose to save and multiply his accumulated Power of Fate instead of immediately gaining Armament Haki or Kage-level chakra. He then led Sakumo through an S-rank mission to eliminate four rogue Konoha Jonin and returned to the village with his reputation growing.

• Hill offered Qingyue a choice of rewards, and Qingyue chose to retain and multiply his Power of Fate for a future exchange.
• Qingyue reflected on how saving Sakumo and changing relationships among Kakashi, Obito, and Rin had altered history, and noted Itachi's birth as another pivotal event.
• Qingyue led Sakumo in an ambush, severing two rogue Jonin's arms before Sakumo and Qingyue killed all four.
• Sakumo praised Qingyue's speed after the mission, and the two returned to Konoha.
• Konoha's ninjas welcomed Qingyue and Sakumo, while Qingyue credited Sakumo for supporting his rise in reputation.

As the Third Shinobi World War approached, Qingyue received a birthday gift from Rin and chose Dragon Saint Battle Aura with his tenth-year reward. The chapter ended with Sunagakure launching its invasion of Konoha, beginning the war.

• Qingyue worried that his memories of the coming war were fading and resolved to prevent deaths at the Kannabi Bridge Battle and recover stolen Byakugan.
• Qingyue asked Rin to make him an amulet for his birthday, and she agreed while reaffirming their promise to protect each other.
• On his tenth birthday, Qingyue chose Dragon Saint Battle Aura, which required no chakra to generate and granted resistance to chakra-based attacks.
• Rin gave Qingyue a pendant with two overlapping purple hearts, which he treasured most among his gifts.
• Sasori of the Red Sands turned himself into a puppet and assassinated the Third Kazekage.
• Sunagakure's leaders chose to attack Konoha, and on March 1 its army crossed Amegakure and advanced toward Konoha's border.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for a war against Sunagakure and possible attacks from Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure. A week after the fighting began, Qingyue wondered which front he would be sent to before receiving a mission summons.

• An ANBU reported Sunagakure's mobilization and Kirigakure's activity, so Hiruzen ordered Orochimaru to defend the border and the Uchiha and Hyuga clans to guard the eastern front.
• Hatake Sakumo reported that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had made contact, and Hiruzen planned to have Sakumo and Qingyue destroy Sunagakure's supply lines.
• Fugaku and Hiashi pledged their clans to defend the eastern front.
• After a week of war, Qingyue considered the possible battlefields and worried about facing Kumogakure's A-B Duo.
• A ninja arrived and told Jonin Qingyue that he had a mission.

Qingyue temporarily led Minato's Team on a supply escort to Bellflower Mountain, where the team fought Hidden Sand Genin and delivered the supplies to Orochimaru. After meeting Orochimaru, Qingyue said he expected to join the battlefield after reporting back to the village.

• Qingyue was assigned to serve as Minato's temporary replacement and lead Team 7 on a supply mission to Bellflower Mountain.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin followed Qingyue's escort positions despite their misgivings about having a former teammate as their instructor.
• Three Hidden Sand Genin attacked the convoy, and Kakashi and Obito defeated them while Rin guarded the supplies; two attackers died and one was captured.
• The team avoided further attacks and safely delivered the supplies to the front lines.
• Qingyue met Orochimaru, discussed his connection to Hatake Sakumo, and told him he might head to the battlefield after returning to the village.

Qingyue and Sakumo began a covert mission to destroy Hidden Sand’s supply chain after Konoha lured its forces into overextending. After ten days of watching the enemy, they finally spotted an opportunity to strike.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Sakumo and Qingyue to raid Hidden Sand’s supply camps while its front-line forces were stretched thin.
• Sakumo reassured Qingyue that disrupting supplies would protect Konoha, and Qingyue prepared to leave while their parents served on other fronts.
• Sakumo and Qingyue traveled in secret to the Hidden Sand battlefield and located the first supply camp.
• Sakumo told Qingyue to wait until the camp’s guards dwindled, then destroy it without leaving survivors or revealing their presence.
• Sakumo and Qingyue spent ten days observing Hidden Sand and passing the time with games before Sakumo told Qingyue to move.

Qingyue and Sakumo carried out covert attacks on Sunagakure supply units, destroying three locations as the enemy grew suspicious. They decided to head to the front lines and consult Orochimaru before attempting further missions.

• Sakumo and Qingyue silently ambushed an eight-person Sunagakure group, killing all of them without alerting nearby forces.
• They traveled to another transport unit, eliminated its personnel, and destroyed two supply camps within a month.
• Sakumo warned Qingyue that Sunagakure had grown suspicious and cautioned him about its poison experts and puppet weapons.
• Sakumo and Qingyue ambushed a ten-person transport unit and killed everyone before they could react.
• After destroying three locations, Sakumo decided they should meet Orochimaru at the front lines rather than return to Konoha.

After six months of covert attacks on Hidden Sand’s supply camps, Qingyue and Sakumo returned to Orochimaru’s front-line camp as Konoha prepared a decisive assault. Orochimaru sent them to find a suitable support ninja in the Land of Hot Water, whom Qingyue suspected was Jiraiya.

• Sakumo proposed luring Hidden Sand’s forces to the front before a three-Jonin team attacked their command and supply camps.
• Qingyue and Sakumo spent six months in covert operations, destroying six Hidden Sand supply camps while avoiding detection.
• Qingyue and Sakumo returned to the front, where Orochimaru said Konoha had reversed the situation and the time to strike had arrived.
• Orochimaru told them to find a suitable support ninja in the Land of Hot Water because he could not spare anyone to accompany them.
• Qingyue recognized that the missing support ninja was likely Jiraiya, the Toad Sage.

Qingyue and Sakumo traveled to the Sand Village's battle camp to strike at its leadership and shorten the war, deciding against seeking Jiraiya because he was too far away. With no way to approach unnoticed, Qingyue spent half of her accumulated Power of Fate to let Hill possess her, and Hill began preparing a powerful technique.

• Qingyue and Sakumo decided to attack the Sand Village's battle camp rather than travel to the Land of Hot Water to find Jiraiya.
• Qingyue warned Sakumo that Rasa could use a Sand Eye to scout the area, and they traveled for two days to reach the camp.
• After spotting the camp, Sakumo proposed making a diversion with explosive tags before they searched for the commander.
• Qingyue asked Hill for advice, and Hill offered to possess her temporarily in exchange for half of her accumulated Power of Fate.
• Qingyue asked Sakumo to keep what followed secret, secured his agreement, and let Hill take possession of her.
• Hill began an incantation invoking the spirit of water and the prince of the Thunder Emperor.

Hill used Water Saint magic to unleash a violent thunderstorm on the Hidden Sand camp and strike Rasa with lightning, giving Sakumo and the narrator a chance to attack. The narrator killed several guards and faced a group of Hidden Sand ninja, ending the chapter after trapping a Jonin with Red Ink.

• Hill, controlling Qingyue’s body, summoned a violent thunderstorm that battered the Hidden Sand camp and struck Rasa with lightning.
• Sakumo attacked the weakened Rasa, but Rasa diverted his blade and took a wound to his left shoulder.
• The narrator joined Sakumo’s assault and killed more than ten Hidden Sand Chunin guarding the tents.
• Hidden Sand ninja surrounded the narrator, who killed a Chunin casting a jutsu and fought off attacks from two Jonin.
• The narrator used an explosive knife to obscure a Jonin’s vision, then stuck Red Ink beneath his feet and left him immobilized.

Hill killed the Hidden Sand shinobi opposing him and joined Sakumo after the battle, where Rasa and the rest of the camp had been defeated. With the mission complete, Sakumo asked Qingyue to explain himself, and Qingyue tried to evade the question by asking whether Sakumo had heard of magic.

• Hill used Red Ink and Explosive Tags to ambush the Hidden Sand shinobi, then killed the Chunin who distracted him.
• Hill used his sword styles and Dragon Saint Battle Aura to defeat the remaining attackers, including a Jonin who launched Wind Release: Blade of Wind.
• Hill finished off the Hidden Sand forces and hurried to support Sakumo.
• Hill found Rasa dead, Sakumo wounded, and several Elite Jonin among the fallen, confirming the mission had succeeded.
• Sakumo confronted Qingyue about what had happened, and Qingyue asked whether he had ever heard of magic.

Qingyue explained her mana and magic to Sakumo, who promised to protect her and agreed that Rasa’s death could help end the war. They returned to Konoha’s combat camp with Rasa’s body, then hurried back to the village to report the news to the Third Hokage.

• Qingyue told Sakumo that Violent Thunderstorm came from mana rather than Chakra, and Sakumo promised to keep her secrets and shield her.
• Sakumo reasoned that Qingyue sought strength to protect others, and they set out to return with news of their victory.
• Qingyue and Sakumo brought Rasa’s body and several Jonin corpses back to the combat camp.
• Orochimaru learned that Rasa was dead and planned to use the news in negotiations with Sand Village.
• Sakumo and Qingyue left for Konoha to report to the Third Hokage, while Qingyue wondered how Rin was doing.

After reporting Rasa’s death to the Third Hokage, Qingyue volunteered to support Konoha’s eastern front against the Hidden Mist. He said goodbye to Rin and set out alone, arriving at the battlefield and meeting Shisui.

• Sakumo and Qingyue told the Third Hokage that Rasa was dead and Orochimaru had his body, and the Hokage thanked them.
• Qingyue requested permission to reinforce the eastern Hidden Mist battlefield, and the Third Hokage approved his mission.
• Qingyue visited Rin, reassured her that her gifts had helped him, and promised they would fight side by side in the future.
• Qingyue prepared his equipment and left Konoha alone while Sakumo stayed to pressure the Hidden Sand forces.
• After several days of travel, Qingyue reached the eastern battlefield and met Shisui.

Pakura took command of Hidden Sand’s forces after the Fourth Kazekage was killed and ordered a cautious retreat. At Konoha’s eastern front, Qingyue arrived as a reinforcement, challenged an arrogant Uchiha, and met Shisui, who explained Hidden Mist’s guerrilla tactics.

• Pakura learned that Konoha’s White Fang and an unknown Jonin had killed the Fourth Kazekage, and she ordered the front line to retreat while contacting Advisors Chiyo and Ebizo.
• Qingyue recalled that Rasa had later arranged for Pakura’s death and hoped she might survive the war and change the Sand Village’s future.
• Qingyue arrived at Konoha’s eastern-front command tent and found a Hyuga and an Uchiha arguing over how to respond to Hidden Mist.
• The Uchiha insulted Qingyue, so Qingyue disarmed him and held a sword to his throat until Shisui intervened and apologized for his clansman.
• Shisui welcomed Qingyue and described Hidden Mist’s patrols, ambush tactics, intelligence gathering, and difficult Mist Concealment Technique.

Qingyue went alone to investigate the Hidden Mist ninja and was ambushed in the forest where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were expected to meet Guy and the others. Using Observation Haki, he blocked the first attacks and killed two of his assailants, but the fight continued.

• Qingyue learned that the Hidden Mist Technique had troubled Konoha's forces and asked to scout alone despite Shisui's concerns.
• After getting permission from Shisui, Fugaku, and Hiashi, Qingyue headed to a forest he recognized as the place where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen might encounter Guy and the others.
• Qingyue considered how he might survive the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, then found himself surrounded by Hidden Mist ninja in a thick fog.
• A Hidden Mist ninja identified Qingyue as Sakumo's last disciple, and four attackers rushed him from different directions.
• Qingyue used Observation Haki to block their attacks and killed two with a counterattack.

Qingyue became a key defender on Konoha’s eastern front, mastered Armament Haki in a desperate battle, and reunited with Might Guy. While following Guy’s team to protect them from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Qingyue entered the forest where they were waiting and faced his most dangerous battle yet.

• Qingyue killed four Hidden Mist Chunin, brought their bodies back to camp, and became the eastern front’s main source of support.
• Qingyue first used Armament Haki to defeat two Hidden Mist Jonin, recover the stolen Byakugan, and kill Ao.
• Might Guy arrived on the battlefield as a Chunin, and Qingyue decided to follow him to keep his team away from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Qingyue followed Guy’s team into the forest and found the Seven Ninja Swordsmen waiting among the rocks and trees.

The narrator intervened when Might Guy, Might Duy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu were cornered by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, killing Kushimaru Kuriarare with a lightning-fast slash. The remaining swordsmen were left facing the narrator as he urged Guy and the others to escape.

• Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu prepared to fight the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to the death until Might Duy arrived and offered to stay behind using the Gate of Death.
• The narrator transformed into Fenrir and used Light Blade to decapitate Kushimaru Kuriarare before the swordsmen could react.
• The narrator took Nuibari from Kushimaru Kuriarare's corpse and used its wire to retrieve the severed head.
• Juzo Biwa recognized Kushimaru Kuriarare's head, and the narrator confronted the remaining six swordsmen.
• The narrator told Guy and the others to leave while he held off the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Qingyue fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist alone so Might Duy and the others could escape and find reinforcements. He held off their attacks, but the battle continued with Jinin Akebino charging at him.

• Qingyue ordered Might Duy and the others to leave and find Jonin reinforcements, then blocked Juzo Biwa from stopping their escape.
• Qingyue fought Juzo Biwa, Suikazan Fuguki, and the other swordsmen, using his Dragon Saint Battle Aura and Observation Haki to withstand their attacks.
• Hōzuki Chiba blocked Qingyue's Silent Sword with Hiramekarei and identified him as a threat.
• Qingyue tried to attack Munashi Jinpachi but was interrupted by Raiga Kurosuki's Lightning blades and Juzo Biwa's Kubikiribōchō.
• Qingyue evaded Jinpachi's Exploding Blade Shibuki and a Water Prison Technique, then dodged another Lightning strike as Jinin Akebino charged him with Kabutowari.