Recaps

After Orochimaru defected from Konoha, Qingyun met him privately and learned Danzo had arranged his exposure to recruit him for the Akatsuki. Orochimaru left for the Land of Grass to prepare to implant Hashirama cells into Qingyun’s disciple, while Jiraiya pursued him.

• News of Orochimaru’s defection reached Tsunade, Kushina, and the others as they headed to the Hokage’s Office.
• Qingyun stayed behind and summoned Orochimaru, who emerged from a giant snake and gave him a Scroll containing a map to a secret base in the Land of Grass.
• Orochimaru told Qingyun to bring his disciple there in three days so he could implant Hashirama cells.
• Orochimaru revealed that Danzo had exposed his experiments to force him out of Konoha and had urged him to join the Akatsuki.
• Qingyun warned Orochimaru that the Rinnegan was dangerous, but Orochimaru remained eager to pursue it.
• Qingyun vanished, Orochimaru quietly left Konoha, and Jiraiya followed his trail.

Qingyun persuaded Shisui to consider becoming the Uchiha Clan Head and brought him to Orochimaru for a risky Hashirama cell transplant and Mangekyo awakening. The chapter ended as Qingyun began the transplant and trapped Shisui in his Illusory-Reality Space genjutsu.

• Qingyun told Shisui that Uchiha Fugaku planned to hand him the clan leadership after dealing with the Hawk Faction, and explained why he believed the faction threatened the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui asked for time to consider the offer, and Qingyun reassured him that he would remain his student whatever he chose.
• Three days later, Qingyun took Shisui to Orochimaru's secret base in the Land of Grass.
• Qingyun told Shisui that he would undergo a Hashirama cell transplant and face a dangerous illusion designed to awaken his Mangekyo.
• Shisui agreed to the risks, so Orochimaru began the transplant while Qingyun placed him under the Illusory-Reality Space genjutsu.

Qingyun trapped Shisui Uchiha in Illusory-Reality Space while Orochimaru implanted hashirama cells into him, hoping he would awaken his Mangekyo through the trial. After five years in the illusion, Shisui awakened Kotoamatsukami but collapsed after witnessing Shizune and Might Guy die.

• Qingyun put Shisui into Illusory-Reality Space and ordered Orochimaru to implant hashirama cells while he waited for Shisui to awaken on his own.
• Shisui lived five years inside the illusion, believing its version of his life was real as he trained and fought alongside Shizune and Might Guy.
• During the Third Shinobi World War in the illusion, Karatachi Yagura overwhelmed Shisui, Shizune, and Might Guy, while a Water Mirror Technique copy held Shisui back.
• Karatachi Yagura killed Shizune and Might Guy, and Shisui awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami—Radiance to destroy Yagura and the copy.
• Shisui tried to restore Shizune and Might Guy, then broke down and lost consciousness.

Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyo after overcoming a genjutsu in which he believed Shizune and Might Guy had died. Qingyun brought him back to Konoha, while Orochimaru began plotting to obtain Uchiha Itachi as a vessel.

• Shisui Uchiha awoke in the hospital and learned from a nurse that Shizune and Might Guy had supposedly died.
• Shisui Uchiha confronted Qingyun at the cemetery, then struggled against the genjutsu and awakened his Mangekyo as his real memories returned.
• Qingyun reassured Shisui Uchiha that Shizune and Might Guy were alive, and Shisui Uchiha used the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic to absorb Foreign Chakra and break through.
• Qingyun warned Orochimaru to honor their transaction, then returned to Konoha with Shisui Uchiha using Sun and Moon Shine Together.
• Orochimaru began considering Uchiha Itachi as a vessel, while Qingyun sent Shisui Uchiha to find his friends and claimed the system's reward.

Qingyun mastered the Sword of the Sacred Spirit’s emotional and emotionless forms, then entered seclusion with a Sudden Enlightenment Pill to refine the art. A year later, he returned to Konoha, where Kushina, Tsunade, and the others had been waiting for him.

• Qingyun practiced the Sword of the Sacred Spirit for half a month, alarming Kushina, Tsunade, and the others with his cold killing intent before unleashing a slash that scarred the sky.
• Qingyun reassured Kushina and Tsunade, then left them a note and swallowed the Sudden Enlightenment Pill in the Forest of Death to improve his sword technique.
• A year passed without news of Qingyun, while Kushina and Tsunade waited at the Konoha estate and Shion continued causing trouble around the village.
• Tsunade paid the shopkeepers for damages caused by Shion, and Qingyun returned just as Shion leapt into his arms and complained that they had run out of money.

After emerging from a year of seclusion, Qingyun recovered from his mental exhaustion and sent Yahiko to Kirigakure to recruit promising talent for Dusk. There, Obito Uchiha secretly placed the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, under genjutsu.

• Qingyun reunited with Shion, thanked Tsunade and Kushina for caring for her, and went to sleep after describing the techniques he had mastered during seclusion.
• Qingyun slept for three days, recovered his mental power, and then answered the trainees’ questions in the Forest of Death.
• Qingyun asked Yahiko to travel to Kirigakure and recruit promising candidates for Dusk, then took him toward the village on the Divine Condor.
• Obito Uchiha used Kamui to enter the Mizukage’s Office and placed Karatachi Yagura under genjutsu without Yagura realizing what had happened.

Qingyun sent Yahiko to Kirigakure to recruit talented ninja for Dusk and warned him not to interfere with the coming unrest. After the Bloody Mist regime devastated the Yuki Clan and weakened the Kaguya Clan, Qingyun encountered young Yuki Haku and took her with him, offering to teach her to control her power.

• Qingyun explained Kirigakure's major clans to Yahiko and ordered him to observe the village without intervening or seeking revenge on the people behind Nagato's plot.
• Qingyun and Yahiko reached Kirigakure, where Yahiko studied and then killed a commoner ninja so he could assume the man's identity.
• Karatachi Yagura's forces ambushed the rebelling Bloodline Clans, killing the Yuki Clan's bloodline ninja and forcing the Kaguya Clan to retreat after heavy losses.
• Qingyun sensed powerful Ice Release in a frozen village and found a young girl whose awakening had devastated the area.
• Qingyun healed the injured Haku, offered to teach her to control her inner energy, and led her away with him.

Qingyun released the Nine-Tails from Kushina and restored her life force after the extraction. He brought the shrunken Kurama home with Kushina, while Minato Namikaze prepared to assess Shisui and Shizune for the ANBU.

• Qingyun took Kushina to the Forest of Death and broke the seal holding the Nine-Tails inside her.
• The Nine-Tails emerged, drawing Konoha's jonin and Minato Namikaze to the Forest of Death, while Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed home.
• Qingyun used three White Zetsu and his true energy to restore Kushina's life force after the Nine-Tails left her weakened.
• Qingyun ordered Kurama to shrink and stay with Kushina until Minato Namikaze's son was born, after which Kurama would stay with Naruto.
• Qingyun advised Minato Namikaze to delegate Hokage duties and refused to assign Guy to the ANBU, while approving Shisui and Shizune for assessment.
• Qingyun returned home with Kushina and Kurama after talking with Minato Namikaze.

Qingyun received a mission to nurture nine Kage-level members of Dusk and chose Deidara as his final candidate. He disguised himself as Yama and began secretly training Deidara, leaving the boy convinced that he had been a Divine Envoy in a previous life.

• Qingyun read the system mission and identified nine promising candidates, including Deidara, whom he would need to recruit and train from a young age.
• Qingyun traveled to Iwagakure and watched Ōnoki catch and punish Deidara for nearly blowing up the village.
• Qingyun decided to make Deidara wreak havoc in Iwagakure and waited until nightfall to approach him.
• Qingyun entered Deidara's mind disguised as Yama, claimed the boy had been one of his Nine Divine Envoys in a previous life, and passed him a Cultivation Technique.
• Qingyun told Deidara to practice nightly, keep their encounter secret, and join Dusk once he was strong enough.

Qingyun finished training Deidara and returned to Konoha just as Zihan Uzumaki went into labor. When an Ōtsutsuki named Shidou arrived demanding the newborn, Qingyun confronted him and learned that Kinshiki had mentioned him.

• Qingyun had secretly taught Deidara the Indestructible Diamond Body Divine Art and Lingbo Micro-Step, and Deidara believed he had been a divine envoy in a past life.
• Over three months, Qingyun trained Deidara, whose growing strength and pranks caused chaos in Iwagakure and frustrated Ōnoki; Qingyun then ended their lessons and told Deidara to reach Kage Level.
• Qingyun returned to Konoha, where Zihan Uzumaki went into labor and Minato Namikaze waited anxiously outside the delivery room.
• Qingyun sensed a threat, confronted the horned Mysterious Ninja above the hospital, and heard him demand the infant; the stranger identified himself as Shidou Ōtsutsuki.
• Qingyun transported Shidou Ōtsutsuki to the Land of Rain, where Shidou recognized him as the Qingyun mentioned by Kinshiki.

Qingyun battled Shidou Ōtsutsuki in the Land of Rain while Three-Tails and Six-Tails attacked Konoha. Qingyun scorched Shidou with a golden flame, and Minato and Kushina split up to fight the tailed beasts away from the village.

• Shidou Ōtsutsuki was shocked to see Qingyun, who attacked him with his Susanoo and a massive sword strike.
• Nagato Uzumaki created Deva Path from Hanzo of the Salamander's corpse and sent him toward the disturbance.
• Qingyun battered Shidou Ōtsutsuki with martial arts, then engulfed him in the golden flame of Sunset Divine Might.
• Minato Namikaze put Konoha on alert, but Three-Tails and Six-Tails appeared and began attacking the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo fought Six-Tails as Konoha's ninja evacuated villagers.
• Minato teleported Three-Tails and Kushina to the Death Forest, where Kushina took on the beast while Minato returned to move Six-Tails away.

Shisui Uchiha pursued Obito Uchiha after Obito attacked Konoha Hospital and tried to control the Nine-Tails. Minato Namikaze broke the genjutsu and ended the immediate crisis, while Obito failed to retrieve the sealed tailed beasts and reaffirmed his resolve to create a world without slaughter.

• Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi rushed into the hospital after sensing a spatial disturbance, where Obito Uchiha's attack on Naruto and Zihan Uzumaki was thwarted by Tsunade.
• Shisui Uchiha chased Obito Uchiha and intercepted him near Qingyun's residence, where they fought until Obito escaped using Kamui.
• Obito Uchiha reached the Nine-Tails and controlled it with genjutsu, while Shisui Uchiha activated Susanoo and tried to break the spell.
• Kushina sealed the Three-Tails, and Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hatake Sakumo sealed the Six-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze used a Contract Seal to free the Nine-Tails from Obito Uchiha's genjutsu, and the Nine-Tails fired its Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky.
• Obito Uchiha failed to recover the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, then told Black Zetsu he wanted to create a world without slaughter and thought of Rin.

Qingyun defeated Shidou Ōtsutsuki in the Land of Rain but failed to uncover his origins or the route to the Ōtsutsuki Main Family. After a mysterious fruit vanished from Shidou’s mind and his body crumbled, Qingyun prepared to return to Konoha with his questions unanswered.

• Shidou Ōtsutsuki turned to ash under Qingyun’s Sunset Divine Might, then struck from behind with Void God Palm and injured Qingyun.
• Qingyun transformed with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s power and used the Peerless Yang Sword to overwhelm Shidou Ōtsutsuki with Sword Twenty-Three.
• Qingyun entered Shidou Ōtsutsuki’s mind with the Soul-Transferring Technique but found only a fruit where his memories should have been.
• The mysterious mole between Qingyun’s brows swallowed the fruit, and Shidou Ōtsutsuki’s mindscape shattered as Qingyun escaped.
• Qingyun saw Shidou Ōtsutsuki die, but his body and dojutsu crumbled when Qingyun tried to take the Byakugan, leaving Qingyun with no answers.

After defeating Shidou Ōtsutsuki, Qingyun explained the Ōtsutsuki threat, learned that a mysterious Mangekyo user had attacked Konoha with two tailed beasts, and arranged to protect the captured beasts. He split the Nine-Tails and placed its yang half in Naruto, then answered a Sun-Moon Mark signal and found Yahiko seeking help for someone with Bloodline Disease.

• Qingyun told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and learned that a mysterious ninja had attacked Konoha with the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.
• Qingyun told Minato Namikaze and Kushina to seal the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails beneath their estate, and he asked the Nine-Tails to protect Shion.
• Qingyun split the Nine-Tails, sealed its yang half inside Naruto, and sent its yin half to Shion.
• Qingyun followed the flashing Sun-Moon Mark to a dim room, where Yahiko asked him to help someone with Bloodline Disease.

Qingyun diagnosed Kimimaro with a fatal Bloodline Disease and offered him a dangerous cure using qilin blood. Kimimaro endured the treatment in the Forest of Death as Qingyun guided him through the Ice Heart Technique.

• Qingyun examined Kimimaro and explained that using Kaguya Clan secret techniques would worsen his Bloodline Disease until it killed him.
• Kimimaro chose Qingyun's second treatment despite its risks, and Qingyun warned that qilin blood could make him a murderous fiend when enraged.
• Kimimaro promised he would never hurt Yahiko, so Qingyun took him to Konoha's Forest of Death while Yahiko stayed behind.
• Qingyun formed an ice cave with the Heavenly Frost Fist and gave Kimimaro the qilin blood to drink.
• Kimimaro screamed as the blood burned through his body, and Qingyun recited the Ice Heart Technique's mantra while guiding his energy and chakra.

Kimimaro integrated the qilin blood but succumbed to its manifested will until Qingyun destroyed it and taught him methods to resist its demonic nature. Back in Konoha, Qingyun agreed to enroll Shion in the Ninja Academy after the New Year.

• Kimimaro's qilin blood awakened dark red flames and drove him into a frenzy, so Qingyun entered his mind and shattered the fire qilin's manifested will.
• Kimimaro regained his senses and worried that he might hurt Yahiko, but Qingyun assured him that training in the Ice Heart Technique and two additional methods would help control the qilin blood.
• Qingyun advised Kimimaro to develop his pure Kaguya bloodline, reminded him to hide his clan identity in Kirigakure, and sent him back to Yahiko.
• Shion told Qingyun she wanted to become a great ninja and attend the Ninja Academy, and he agreed to enroll her after the New Year.

Nagato Uzumaki agreed to delay confronting Qingyun and focused on recruiting for Akatsuki, while Hizashi Hyuga visited Qingyun seeking help for his son, Neji. The chapter ended with Hizashi preparing to explain his request.

• Nagato Uzumaki told Konan he planned to retrieve Yahiko's body from Qingyun and make him the Deva Path.
• Konan and Black Zetsu warned Nagato Uzumaki not to confront Qingyun, and persuaded him to strengthen Akatsuki first.
• Black Zetsu suggested recruiting Zabuza, so Nagato Uzumaki sent the Deva Path and Black Zetsu to find him.
• Hizashi Hyuga visited Qingyun after the Caged Bird Seal punishment left Neji frightened and facing the prospect of receiving the seal at age three.

Qingyun told Hizashi Hyuga that the Caged Bird Seal could purify the Byakugan and potentially evolve it into the Tenseigan through repeated activations endured after strengthening mental power. He agreed to take Neji as his disciple but left the choice of pursuing the painful method to Neji.

• Hizashi Hyuga asked Qingyun to take Neji as his disciple so Neji could escape the Branch Family's fate, but Qingyun said he would not remove the Caged Bird Seal.
• Qingyun explained that his research suggested the Caged Bird Seal also increased the Byakugan's purity, and Hizashi confirmed the seal's origins.
• Qingyun said the Marrow-Cleansing Classic could strengthen mental power enough to make the seal tangible, allowing its purity to rise after every nine activations endured.
• Qingyun explained that after eighty-one consecutive activations, the seal would shatter and the Byakugan would evolve into the Tenseigan.
• Qingyun praised Neji's exceptional aptitude and told Hizashi to let Neji decide whether to endure the method.

Hizashi Hyuga asked Neji whether he would endure Qingyun’s painful method to escape the Caged Bird Seal, and Neji chose to try it so he could grow strong enough to protect his parents. Meanwhile, Fourth Raikage A sent Natsuda to Konoha to obtain a Byakugan, believing it might reveal the secret of the tenseigan and help Kumogakure confront Qingyun.

• Hizashi Hyuga returned home troubled by Qingyun’s method for evolving the Byakugan and freeing Neji from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hizashi Hyuga explained the method to Neji and let him decide whether to attempt it.
• Neji agreed to endure the pain rather than remain controlled by the Caged Bird Seal, and Hizashi Hyuga embraced him.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered Natsuda to lead an envoy to Konoha and promised to care for Natsuda’s son.
• A watched Natsuda depart and reflected that Kumogakure needed the Byakugan to uncover the tenseigan’s power and face Qingyun.

Qingyun uncovered Kumogakure envoy Natsuda's attempt to abduct Hinata and traveled to Kumogakure with him as a prisoner. He attacked the village's barrier and demanded that Fourth Raikage A explain himself, threatening to destroy Kumogakure.

• Qingyun accepted Neji as his disciple, taught him the Muscle-Tendon and Bone Forging Chapter, and told Hizashi to bring him to the Forest of Death each morning.
• Qingyun warned Minato Namikaze that Kumogakure might target the Hyuga Clan and asked him to have Shisui and Kakashi watch the clan.
• After observing the Kumogakure envoys for three days, Qingyun stopped Kakashi and Shisui from intervening as a black-clad figure entered the Hyuga residence and carried out Hinata.
• Qingyun blocked Hyuga Hiashi's attack, rescued Hinata, unmasked the intruder as Natsuda, and prevented him from killing himself with poison.
• Qingyun took Natsuda to Kumogakure, cut through its barrier with sword energy, and demanded an explanation from Fourth Raikage A.

Qingyun defeated A and Killer B, forcing A to reveal why he had sought the Byakugan and agree to pay compensation. Learning of clues about the Ōtsutsuki and the Tenseigan, Qingyun received a mission to reach the moon and absorb the Giant Tenseigan, while A asked him to release Natsuda.

• Qingyun pierced A’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode with a Six Meridian Divine Sword, and A surrendered after realizing he and Killer B could not stop him.
• Qingyun demanded an explanation for the Byakugan theft and ten billion ryō’s worth of supplies, and A agreed to settle the matter.
• A explained that meteorite fragments had led him to believe pure Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan and give its wielders power to destroy the shinobi world.
• Qingyun connected A’s clues to the moon’s Ōtsutsuki descendants and considered whether Shidou Ōtsutsuki had triggered a conflict there.
• The system assigned Qingyun a mission to find a route to the moon and absorb the Giant Tenseigan, rewarding him with Dragon Essence, a sword soul, and the Dao Heart Demon-Seeding Art.
• A asked Qingyun to release Natsuda after telling him everything he knew.

Qingyun killed Natsuda, forced Kumogakure to promise ten billion in compensation, and returned to Konoha. In Kirigakure, Yahiko escaped a fight with Nagato's Deva Path, while Konan's mysterious heartache led Nagato to suspect Yahiko was alive.

• Qingyun killed Natsuda despite A's protest and demanded ten billion in supplies from Kumogakure within a month before returning to Konoha.
• Nagato sent the Deva Path into Kirigakure, where Yahiko encountered it while hiding under the identity of an ordinary Mist Ninja.
• Yahiko evaded Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in with Qingyun's martial arts, then escaped toward Kirigakure's entrance using his blade and the Deva Path's repulsive force.
• Konan clutched her chest in pain while Nagato controlled the Deva Path, and Nagato wondered whether the mysterious ninja was Yahiko.
• Nagato called out Yahiko's name, but Yahiko kept fleeing to avoid endangering Nagato and Konan; Nagato recalled the Deva Path, and Konan gradually recovered.
• Konan wondered whether Qingyun had saved Yahiko and silently made up her mind while worrying about Nagato's worsening health.

Konan decided to seek Qingyun to learn whether Yahiko was alive, while Yahiko struggled with his longing for her and Nagato. In Konoha, the Hyuga Clan Elders tried to force Neji to surrender Qingyun’s cultivation techniques, leaving Hizashi incapacitated as the Second Elder approached Neji.

• Konan resolved to return Nagato to Amegakure and then find Qingyun in Konoha to ask about Yahiko.
• Yahiko injured his fists while grieving that he could not reunite with Nagato and Konan, and Qingyun urged him to endure and grow stronger before they met again.
• The First Elder demanded that Neji hand over the cultivation techniques Qingyun had taught him, but Neji, Hizashi, and Hyuga Hiashi refused.
• The First Elder used the Caged Bird Seal to incapacitate Hizashi and ordered the Second Elder to seal Neji and force him to reveal Qingyun’s techniques.

The Hyuga elders tortured Neji with the Caged Bird Seal to force him to reveal Qingyun’s Cultivation Technique, while Hinata sought help at Qingyun’s home. Qingyun rescued Neji and Hizashi Hyuga after killing the two elders, then took them home and told Hyuga Hiashi to bring Hinata too.

• The Second Elder branded Neji with the Caged Bird Seal and repeatedly tortured him, but Neji refused to reveal the Cultivation Technique Qingyun had taught him.
• Hinata saw Neji suffering, ran to Qingyun’s home for help, and fell asleep outside his gate after pounding on it.
• Hyuga Hiashi found Hinata and told Qingyun that the clan elders had sealed and imprisoned Neji.
• Qingyun confronted the Hyuga clan, seized the Great Elder and Second Elder, and killed them after torturing them with his sword energy.
• Qingyun freed Neji and Hizashi Hyuga from imprisonment and told Hyuga Hiashi to bring Hinata along.

After witnessing the Caged Bird Seal's power, Neji reaffirmed his resolve to train under Qingyun, while Qingyun also accepted Hinata as his disciple. The chapter ended with Neji and Hinata joining Shion and Naruto to play in Qingyun's courtyard.

• Neji told Qingyun that he would endure the pain of the training method to gain strength and protect his family.
• Hizashi explained Qingyun's theory about the Caged Bird Seal to Hyuga Hiashi, who asked if Hinata could benefit from it.
• Qingyun said Hinata needed a different training path and agreed to take her as his disciple, and Hinata formally bowed to him.
• Shion returned with Naruto, who blamed her for skipping school and trying to draw on Kage Rock.
• Naruto introduced himself to Hinata, and Qingyun sent Neji and Hinata to play with Shion and Naruto.