Recaps

Qingyun fought Mito Uzumaki with Chidori-infused swordsmanship but was bound and had his chakra sealed. After swallowing a Blood Bodhi, he recovered and developed an uncanny Movement Technique that let him attack from multiple directions, leaving Mito Uzumaki and the others stunned.

• Qingyun used Lightning Nature internal force to enhance his speed and attacked Mito Uzumaki’s golden chains with Chidori-infused Quanzhen Swordsmanship.
• Mito Uzumaki overwhelmed Qingyun with golden chains, binding him and sealing his chakra as his injuries worsened.
• Qingyun refused to surrender, insisting he would keep his promise to Kushina, then swallowed a Blood Bodhi to heal and restore his strength.
• The Blood Bodhi’s energy fueled Qingyun as he broke free and refined his Movement Technique until his afterimages could attack independently.
• Qingyun launched attacks from every direction, forcing Mito Uzumaki to defend against the barrage while Tsunade, Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze watched in shock.

Qingyun unleashed a powerful Six Meridian Sword Formation against Mito Uzumaki, who stopped it with the Nine-Tails’ chakra and the Elemental Seal. While Qingyun refined the Blood Bodhi’s power into true energy, Mito learned the Nine-Tails feared he could destroy it permanently, and Tsunade asked what had happened.

• Mito Uzumaki used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to surround Qingyun’s afterimages, prompting him to form a Six Meridian Sword Formation with White Flame.
• Mito Uzumaki drew on the Nine-Tails’ chakra and used the Elemental Seal to extinguish Qingyun’s attack before it could kill her.
• The Nine-Tails sensed Qingyun’s power and feared he could erase it permanently, so Mito Uzumaki warned it not to harm Kushina, its future jinchūriki.
• Qingyun absorbed the Blood Bodhi’s remaining medicinal power and transformed his internal force into true energy, then thanked Mito Uzumaki for testing him.
• Kushina rushed to check on Qingyun after Mito Uzumaki lowered the barrier, and Tsunade asked Mito Uzumaki what had happened.

After graduating from the Ninja Academy, Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki were assigned to Team 9. A stern white-haired ninja summoned the new team and led them away, beginning their next stage as shinobi.

• Tsunade questioned Qingyun about the Blood Bodhi, while Mito Uzumaki promised to speak to the Hokage about Kushina’s graduation.
• Kushina kissed Qingyun goodbye, and he spent the following days training with Chidori Stream and Lingbo Micro-Step.
• Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Nawaki passed the theory and practical graduation exams.
• The next day, Qingyun learned that he, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina had been assigned to Team 9, while Nawaki joined Shiki Aburame and Funo Moonlight.
• A stern white-haired ninja called Team 9 to follow him, and Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina hurried after him.

Hatake Sakumo tested Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina with his killing intent before officially forming Team 9. After assigning them to buy ingredients for a meal at his house, he gave Qingyun a hidden-mission reward when Qingyun put on his forehead protector.

• Hatake Sakumo pressured the three youngsters with his killing intent, and Qingyun recovered enough to challenge his judgment.
• Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina joined their auras and endured Hatake Sakumo’s full killing intent until he declared that they had passed.
• Hatake Sakumo established Team 9 and explained that his wife had died giving birth to Kakashi.
• Hatake Sakumo gave the team money and sent them to buy ingredients while he reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Qingyun tied his forehead protector around his arm, triggering the hidden Graduation mission and earning Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Azure Sea Tide Song, and a Jade Flute.

After graduation, Qingyun received new martial arts rewards while Hatake Sakumo eased Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicions about his Daimyo-appointed title. Sakumo then brought Qingyun, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze to the Hatake Ancestral Estate, where Kakashi was called to meet their guests.

• Qingyun received Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Azure Sea Tide Song, and a jade flute from the system after putting on his forehead protector.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hatake Sakumo to prioritize protecting Kushina, even if he had to abandon Minato Namikaze and Qingyun in a hopeless crisis.
• Hatake Sakumo apologized for accepting the Daimyo’s appointment without permission and affirmed his loyalty to Konoha, reassuring Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hatake Sakumo left the Hokage Building, recognized Qingyun’s warning had helped him avoid political danger, and went to meet the three young ninjas.
• Hatake Sakumo invited Qingyun, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze to the Hatake Ancestral Estate and asked an elderly servant to bring Kakashi out to meet them.

Qingyun spent an evening with Hatake Sakumo and young Kakashi, then joined Minato Namikaze and Kushina for their first mission. After learning the task was to find a missing cat, Qingyun eagerly set off because the system promised a reward.

• Kakashi met Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina, and proudly praised his father, Hatake Sakumo.
• Qingyun shared his medicinal wine with Hatake Sakumo, whose chakra increased after his first bowl before he drank himself unconscious.
• The next morning, Hatake Sakumo led Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina to receive their first mission.
• Hatake Sakumo gave them a mission to find Sweetheart, an orange cat with a golden bell missing near Ruri Street.
• The system offered Qingyun a serving of Whose Jade Flute Plays Plum Blossoms for completing the mission, and he hurried the others toward Ruri Street.

Qingyun, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze completed their first low-rank mission under Hatake Sakumo’s guidance, then spent six months on missions and training. The chapter ended with Qingyun agreeing to meet Danzo after two Root ninja summoned him.

• Qingyun, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze searched Liuli Street for an orange kitten, and Qingyun lured it out with cat food after their search failed.
• Hatake Sakumo returned the kitten to its wealthy owner, divided the mission payment, and taught the three students mission skills and fundamentals.
• Over the next six months, the team completed minor missions and trained while Qingyun received mostly useless system rewards.
• Two Root ninja arrived and ordered Qingyun to meet Danzo, but Hatake Sakumo challenged their authority to take him.
• Qingyun agreed to go with the Root ninja and reassured Hatake Sakumo that the Hokage had final authority.

Qingyun met Danzo, who tried to recruit him into Root, but Qingyun stayed cautious and refused to commit. Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, stopped Danzo, and sent Qingyun back to his mission.

• The Root ninja brought Qingyun to Danzo, who asked whether he knew about Root.
• Qingyun pretended not to know Root and listened as Danzo described it as Konoha’s hidden foundation.
• Danzo invited Qingyun to join Root, but Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted and said Qingyun was not suited to it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Qingyun to return to his mission and warned him to report anyone who summoned him unexpectedly.
• Qingyun thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi and left through the dark passage.

Qingyun overheard Hiruzen Sarutobi reject Danzo’s demand to recruit him into Root and worried that Danzo’s attention would bring danger. After weighing how to improve his abilities while keeping his Sharingan secret, Qingyun asked Hatake Sakumo for more challenging missions, and Sakumo agreed to look for a suitable C-rank mission.

• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi hand Qingyun over to Root, but Hiruzen refused and reminded Danzo that he was the Hokage.
• Qingyun overheard their argument, escaped without being noticed, and worried that Danzo might target him or the people around him.
• Qingyun considered seeking Sharingan training from the Uchiha Clan but decided to keep his abilities hidden and ask Mito Uzumaki about Senju records instead.
• Hatake Sakumo reassured Qingyun after he learned that Danzo had tried to recruit him into Root, and Qingyun played the Azure Sea Tide Song for Sakumo and Kushina.
• Qingyun asked Hatake Sakumo to move the team beyond D-rank missions, and Sakumo agreed to look for a suitable C-rank mission for the next day.

Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina accepted their first C-rank mission to eliminate 126 bandits, and Hatake Sakumo led them out of Konoha. On the way, they encountered starving refugees in a ruined town, leaving the three shaken by the harsh reality of the shinobi world.

• Hatake Sakumo gave the team a C-rank mission to kill 126 bandits on Westfall Mountain, and Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina agreed to proceed.
• Qingyun and his companions bought sharpened weapons and Explosive Tags, then left Konoha with Hatake Sakumo.
• The team emerged from a forest and found a ruined town filled with starving, destitute refugees.
• Minato Namikaze asked whether the world outside was always so bleak, and Hatake Sakumo explained that ninja battles and banditry had devastated the region and that worse suffering existed elsewhere.
• Kushina asked whether the daimyo helped the refugees as she watched them helplessly suffer.

Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina carried out a mission to eliminate bandits near a refugee town, but their attempt at a quiet raid went awry. After Hatake Sakumo reviewed their mistakes and they prepared to return, Qingyun sensed an untraceable gaze watching them.

• Qingyun argued that the team could not solve the refugees’ hardship and urged Kushina to focus on their mission, while Hatake Sakumo ordered them to kill the bandits silently and avoid ninjutsu.
• At Westfall Mountain, Qingyun planned a nighttime infiltration with Minato Namikaze while Kushina guarded the perimeter, and the team rested until midnight.
• Qingyun and Minato Namikaze silently killed the sentries, but Minato Namikaze struggled with his first kill as Qingyun continued into the stronghold.
• A noise alerted the bandits, Kushina rushed inside against Qingyun’s orders, and the three fought through the stronghold with Qingyun using Lightning Release: Lightning Strike Tornado Wind.
• Hatake Sakumo captured the missing bandit and explained how Minato Namikaze’s mistake and Kushina’s rush had disrupted the plan; the team collected the bandits’ heads before Qingyun sensed an unseen watcher.

Qingyun suspected that Madara Uchiha was secretly watching him and weighed the danger against his own plans to return home. After completing the mission and returning to Konoha with Minato Namikaze and Kushina, he ran into Nawaki and his teammates while they were chasing an animal.

• Qingyun and his companions finished beheading the bandits, burned their bodies, and claimed the mission reward as Hatake Sakumo praised Qingyun's judgment.
• Qingyun sensed an unseen watcher again and suspected Madara Uchiha, considering how Madara might try to manipulate him as he had Obito Uchiha.
• Qingyun concealed his suspicions from Hatake Sakumo and resolved to keep Madara's survival secret because he needed Madara's plans to advance his own goal of returning home.
• Hatake Sakumo led Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina to Plum Blossom Town, where the Town Chief verified the bandits' heads and approved their mission report.
• The group returned to Konoha, and Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina prepared for a picnic during their three days off.
• Qingyun and his companions encountered Nawaki and his teammates chasing an animal, and Kushina told Nawaki they had just completed a C-rank mission.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi brought Nawaki's team to join Qingyun's picnic and asked Qingyun to help train Funo Moonlight in Leaf Style Swordsmanship. Qingyun agreed and began testing Funo's skills, disarming him with a single counter.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi reprimanded Nawaki for his team's poor mission record and explained why they were not ready for C-rank missions.
• Shinnosuke introduced himself to Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina, then asked Qingyun to guide Funo Moonlight's sword training.
• Qingyun agreed to spar with Funo and invited Shinnosuke's team to join the picnic in the Forest of Death.
• After Shinnosuke's team arrived, Qingyun challenged Funo to attack him with everything he had.
• Funo used Leaf Style Swordsmanship attacks, but Qingyun countered with Quanzhen Swordsmanship and knocked Funo's tachi from his hand.

After defeating Funo Moonlight, Qingyun encouraged him to strengthen his fundamentals and develop a sword style suited to his abilities. Qingyun then agreed to spar with Shinnosuke Sarutobi after the meal, but the arrival of Might Duy and young Might Guy turned the gathering toward food and introductions.

• Qingyun helped Funo Moonlight regain his confidence and advised him to build solid fundamentals and make Leaf Style Swordsmanship his own.
• Shinnosuke Sarutobi praised Qingyun's insight and asked about his strength, and Qingyun proposed they spar after eating.
• Shinnosuke agreed to spar, and Qingyun eagerly prepared to test himself against an elite Jonin.
• Might Duy arrived with his son Might Guy and trained by kicking a tree while Guy cheered him on.
• After Guy said he was hungry, Qingyun gave Might Duy a roasted boar leg and invited them to join the meal.

Qingyun watched Might Duy’s steadfast commitment to his ninja way before sparring with Shinnosuke Sarutobi. Qingyun overwhelmed Shinnosuke with swift attacks and left him struggling to defend himself.

• Hatake Sakumo met Might Duy and urged him to reveal his strength to Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Duy refused to use the Eight Gates Formation except as a last resort.
• Qingyun reflected on Duy and Might Guy’s perseverance, then hosted them and the others for a meal.
• Qingyun and Shinnosuke Sarutobi began a spar, and Shinnosuke used Earth Release techniques to control the battlefield.
• Qingyun dodged Shinnosuke’s attacks, countered with Lightning Release and sword techniques, and destroyed an Earth Clone before evading the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique.
• Qingyun outmaneuvered Shinnosuke and stopped attacking, telling him to give up while keeping his position hard to track.

Qingyun defeated Shinnosuke Sarutobi with his unpredictable movement technique, then received a mission to fight Might Duy using only Tai Chi Fist and remain undefeated. Duy agreed to spar, removed his enormous training weights, and left the spectators stunned as he prepared to fight.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi conceded defeat after failing to find a way to counter Qingyun's Lingbo Micro-Step, and the two exchanged the Seal of Reconciliation.
• Qingyun assessed his strength and received a system mission to fight Might Duy using Tai Chi Fist, with the Nine Yin Manual and Heaven and Earth Great Shift as rewards.
• Qingyun asked Might Duy to spar, promising to use only taijutsu, and Hatake Sakumo encouraged Duy to accept.
• Might Duy agreed to fight and removed the heavy weights from his body, astonishing Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Funo Moonlight, and Shinnosuke Sarutobi.

Qingyun fought Might Duy and refined his Tai Chi Fist under the pressure of Might Duy’s Eight Gates, eventually turning the technique into a powerful offense as well as a defense. The battle continued with Qingyun using the renewed Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram to catch and return Might Duy’s Morning Peacock fireballs.

• Qingyun intercepted Might Duy’s attacks with Tai Chi Fist and redirected his force back at him.
• Might Duy opened the first three Eight Gates and repeatedly struck one spot, nearly breaking Qingyun’s Yin-Yang Diagram.
• Qingyun reconsidered Tai Chi Fist’s principles and began combining hardness with softness, then punched Might Duy away as he charged with Front Lotus.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of Pain and attacked while Qingyun continued refining his technique and considering how spiritual and physical energy might change it.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of View and unleashed Morning Peacock, but Qingyun caught the fireballs with his renewed Yin-Yang Diagram and returned them, forcing Might Duy to dodge.

Qingyun refined his Tai Chi Fist, received the Nine Yin Manual and Heaven and Earth Great Shift, and agreed to help the younger generation build strong foundations. He taught Kushina a force-control technique and gave Kakashi and Might Guy breathing instructions to practice until they turned six.

• Qingyun thanked Might Duy for helping him break through his Tai Chi Fist bottleneck, and Might Guy asked Qingyun to train him.
• Qingyun agreed to help Might Guy and Kakashi build their foundations, while Shinnosuke Sarutobi jokingly asked him to train his future son.
• Qingyun studied the Nine Yin Manual and Heaven and Earth Great Shift, choosing techniques to adapt for his own martial arts.
• Qingyun taught Kushina the force-channeling methods of Flying Floss Force, and she went off to practice them.
• Kakashi asked Qingyun to train him, so Qingyun gave Kakashi and Might Guy breathing instructions to practice until they turned six.

Qingyun mastered the first six levels of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, gaining greater strength and control while wondering if the technique could reconcile his Nine Yin and Nine Yang energies. He risked practicing its dangerous seventh level alongside the Nine Yin General Outline, and the chapter ended as spiritual energy surged into him.

• Kakashi and Might Guy memorized Qingyun’s breathing method, then began their lifelong rivalry by betting on who would master it first.
• Qingyun’s attempts to cultivate the Nine Yin General Outline failed because his Nine Yang True Energy consumed every trace of Nine Yin Internal Force.
• Qingyun practiced the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, mastering its first six levels and unlocking more of his body’s potential.
• Qingyun considered the flawed seventh level and decided its principles might let Nine Yin and Nine Yang circulate separately.
• Qingyun began the seventh level while practicing the Nine Yin General Outline, and spiritual energy poured into his body through the Baihui Point.

Qingyun completed a breakthrough that transformed his Nine Yin Internal Force into true energy and caused his Sharingan to mutate into a sun-and-moon pattern. After testing his new Heaven and Earth Great Shift technique by reflecting Minato Namikaze’s ninjutsu, he promised to teach it to Minato and Kushina.

• Minato Namikaze and Kushina guarded Qingyun as he absorbed natural spiritual energy through a lengthy breakthrough.
• Qingyun formed Nine Yin True Energy, balanced it with his Nine Yang True Energy, and awakened a spinning sun-and-moon mutation in his Sharingan along with a strange mark between his brows.
• Qingyun emerged from his altered state with a profound understanding of martial arts, while Minato Namikaze and Kushina trembled after meeting his gaze.
• Qingyun discovered that he could not yet activate his developing Mangekyō Sharingan, and he examined his changed appearance with Minato Namikaze’s help.
• Qingyun used Heaven and Earth Great Shift to stop and reflect Minato Namikaze’s Wind Release: Great Breakthrough back at him.
• Qingyun offered to teach Minato Namikaze the technique and promised to find suitable cultivation techniques for Kushina before suggesting they eat.

Qingyun received Mito Uzumaki’s scroll on the Sharingan and spent six months refining his genjutsu and memory-sealing abilities while completing missions with Minato Namikaze and Kushina. The chapter ended as Hatake Sakumo and Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned the team an A-rank mission to escort wealthy merchant Fujitō Jishang and his caravan.

• Qingyun asked Mito Uzumaki for guidance on using the Sharingan, and she gave him a scroll containing Uchiha history, Sharingan techniques, and genjutsu.
• Mito Uzumaki warned Qingyun not to let the pursuit of power change him, and Qingyun promised to protect Kushina and honor his responsibilities.
• Over six months, Qingyun combined two genjutsu with the Azure Sea Tide Song, developed a memory-altering seal, and completed 168 C-rank and 23 B-rank missions with Minato Namikaze and Kushina.
• Jue Rui summoned Qingyun, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina to the Hokage’s office for a new mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced Fujitō Jishang as the client and assigned the team an A-rank mission to escort him and his caravan.

Qingyun joined Hatake Sakumo, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina to escort Fujitō Jishang’s caravan toward the Capital of the Land of Fire. After the peaceful first leg of the journey, Fujitō asked Qingyun to sell him some of his medicinal wine, and Qingyun warned that an ordinary person would burst after one sip.

• Fujitō Jishang dismissed Qingyun and the others as weak, but Hatake Sakumo defended them and threatened to refuse the mission, prompting Fujitō to apologize.
• Qingyun received an unusually generous system reward for completing the escort and suspected the mission might bring danger, so he urged Minato Namikaze and Kushina to stock up on Explosive Tags.
• Qingyun gave Minato and Kushina Buddha's Smile Wine, and the team set out with Qingyun leading, the two guarding the rear, and Hatake Sakumo supporting from the center.
• The caravan traveled peacefully through the morning, and Qingyun stayed alert while the slow procession headed toward the capital.
• During the lunch stop, Qingyun shared food with Hatake Sakumo, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina, then drank Buddha's Smile Wine as Fujitō Jishang asked to buy some.
• Qingyun refused Fujitō's request, warning that the wine's medicinal power would make an ordinary person swell and burst after one sip.

Qingyun’s caravan encountered a large Iwagakure force, and Hatake Sakumo rushed ahead to confront a powerful enemy blocking the road. Left to face more than sixty enemy ninja, Qingyun used the Azure Sea Tide Song to overwhelm many of them, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Qingyun demonstrated that Buddha's Smile Wine could make a rabbit swell and explode, frightening Fujitō Jishang away from the drink.
• On the caravan's seventh day out from Konoha, Qingyun sensed an ambush and attacked the hidden force with Lightning Release: Lightning Needles.
• A scarred Iwagakure ninja revealed himself and demanded that Qingyun abandon the caravan, while more enemy ninja emerged from hiding.
• Hatake Sakumo charged ahead to face powerful enemies on the road, leaving Qingyun behind and warning Minato and Kushina to protect the caravan.
• Qingyun played the Azure Sea Tide Song against more than sixty Iwagakure ninja, leaving the Genin incapacitated and forcing the others to struggle against its effects.

Qingyun fought off an Iwagakure squad that had targeted Kushina, using his music and sword techniques to kill most of the attackers. He rescued the badly wounded Kushina and Minato, killed the remaining Jonin, and ended the chapter as they checked on him.

• Qingyun used the Azure Sea Tide Song to overwhelm the Iwagakure ninja while evading their Earth Release attacks.
• The scarred ninja ordered Suzuki and Shimizu to capture Kushina and retreat, leading Qingyun to realize she was their target.
• Qingyun killed several Iwagakure ninja and fought off the scarred ninja and Sato before rushing to help Kushina and Minato Namikaze.
• Qingyun found Minato and Kushina badly wounded and killed Suzuki and Shimizu after stopping their attack.
• Kushina and Minato asked Qingyun whether he was all right after seeing how frightening he had become.

After discovering Madara Uchiha hiding in the caravan, Qingyun rejected his offer to join him and warned him not to threaten the people he cared about. Madara withdrew after leaving a White Zetsu behind, which Qingyun stored for possible future study.

• Qingyun noticed an ordinary caravan worker watching him with unusual excitement and grabbed him by the throat.
• The worker said, “Do you want to dance?”, prompting Qingyun to suspect he was Madara Uchiha.
• Madara revealed that he was projecting his will through White Zetsu and asked whether Qingyun was an Uchiha descendant.
• Qingyun denied being an Uchiha descendant, rejected Madara’s invitation, and told him not to disrupt his life or harm those around him.
• Madara chose not to attack Qingyun, then left a White Zetsu behind as a gift.
• Qingyun stored White Zetsu in the System Space, intending to study it but not implant its cells for now.