Recaps

Qingyun returned to Konoha and set out to expose Danzo’s plot against Hatake Sakumo, while Sakumo resisted a staged hostage scheme during his mission to rescue Shodai Chio. The chapter left Kosuke confronting the rogue ninja and Qingyun heading to Root to find Danzo’s secret laboratories.

• Qingyun revealed his Mangekyo’s space-time ability, placed Sun-Moon Marks on Kushina and Minato Namikaze, and returned to Konoha with them.
• Qingyun learned Hatake Sakumo had not yet returned and went to the Hokage’s Office after telling Kushina and the others to wait in the Forest of Death.
• Hatake Sakumo led a mission to rescue Shodai Chio and, warned by Qingyun, recognized that a captured ANBU ninja was being used to manipulate him.
• Hatake Sakumo refused to fall for the staged hostage ploy, while Kosuke intercepted the rogue leader carrying Shodai Chio and attacked with Leaf Style Swordsmanship: Willow.
• After submitting his report and dining with Kushina and the others, Qingyun dressed in black and headed to Root to search for Danzo’s secret laboratories.

Qingyun raided Root, stole Danzo’s records and Hashirama cells, and learned about his secret experiments. Days later, as Danzo pressured Hatake Sakumo to take his own life, Qingyun exposed two ANBU who were actually Root Ninja in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving Danzo facing the Hokage’s fury.

• Qingyun infiltrated Root, read and altered the memories of two trusted Root Ninja, stole records and Hashirama cells, and escaped to the Forest of Death.
• Qingyun learned that Danzo had secretly continued Hashirama-cell experiments on abducted orphans and uncovered Root’s training methods and grounds.
• After Hatake Sakumo returned to Konoha, rumors and public harassment against him intensified, while Qingyun assured Sakumo that matters had been arranged.
• Danzo visited Sakumo and urged him to take his own life to protect Kakashi and Konoha, while two ninja who had accompanied Sakumo publicly denounced him.
• Qingyun and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived outside the Hatake Ancestral Estate, where Qingyun immobilized the two accusers and exposed them as Root Ninja.
• Sakumo left Danzo to face the consequences as Danzo came outside and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi glaring at him in anger.

Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki exposed Root’s human experimentation to Konoha’s clans and villagers, who rose up in anger. At the Hatake Ancestral Estate, Qingyun confronted Danzo with evidence of his crimes as clan leaders and Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged him, leaving Danzo trapped and increasingly desperate.

• Kushina and Minato Namikaze led clan ninja to raid Root’s hidden laboratories and training sites, where they found clan members subjected to emotion-erasing methods.
• Nawaki distributed leaflets to villagers, prompting a crowd to demand justice from Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building.
• Kosuke revealed that he had rescued the Daimyo’s son, Shodai Chio, and that the Daimyo had increased Konoha’s supplies by thirty percent.
• Qingyun accused Danzo of abducting orphans for experiments and challenged him over the Sharingan he had hidden beneath his eye patch.
• The Uchiha Clan Head confronted Danzo, and a Root ninja tried to testify against him before the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal silenced him.
• Utatane Koharu warned that villagers had surrounded the Hokage Building, while Qingyun explained how he had uncovered Danzo’s plot against Hatake Sakumo.

Qingyun exposed Danzo’s crimes and rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s handling of the evidence, prompting Danzo to unleash Root in a suicide attack on Konoha. Qingyun transported Danzo and Baku to the Forest of Death to fight, while Konoha’s ninja evacuated civilians and responded to the attack.

• Qingyun accused Danzo of human experimentation, brutal Root training, and Kushina’s attack, then gave Hiruzen Sarutobi documents detailing Root’s crimes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo taken into custody for investigation, but Danzo activated Root and declared that everyone would die.
• Root Ninja detonated Explosive Tags among Konoha’s crowds, and Qingyun ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato, Kushina, and Sakumo to protect the village before attacking Danzo.
• Qingyun revealed his sun-and-moon Mangekyo, marked Danzo, and transported them and Baku to the Forest of Death, where he began fighting Danzo with Divine Condor’s aid.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village’s ninja evacuated civilians and fought Root, while Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and other ninja moved to respond.
• Uchiha Tennai asked the Uchiha Clan Head whether he had noticed Qingyun’s changed Sharingan as the clan debated how to respond to Root’s rebellion.

The Uchiha Clan Head sent the clan to help suppress Root and ordered them to bring Qingyun back, while Qingyun defeated Danzo in the Forest of Death. Danzo escaped with Orochimaru’s help, and Hiruzen declared him an S+-Rank missing-nin before summoning Qingyun to the Hokage’s Office.

• The Uchiha Clan Head ordered every Uchiha Chunin or higher to help suppress Root and commanded the clan to meet Qingyun’s conditions to bring him back.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s forces subdued most of Root’s ninja, then headed to the Forest of Death.
• Qingyun broke Danzo’s Phantom Mirror Flower genjutsu, cut off Danzo’s left hand, and struck off his head, but Danzo escaped using Izanagi.
• Qingyun discovered Orochimaru had helped Danzo escape and demanded two favors, warning him not to save Danzo again.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi designated Danzo a Konoha S+-Rank missing-nin, formed a pursuit unit led by Mite Shixiao, and summoned Qingyun to the Hokage’s Office.

Qingyun explained his Mangekyo to Tsunade and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over his protection of Danzo. After leaving the Hokage Building, Qingyun reassured Kushina and invited his friends to a meal.

• Qingyun told Tsunade that he had awakened his Mangekyo while sealing the Seven-Tails and revealed that Danzo had possessed a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered everyone else from his office and accused Qingyun of infiltrating Root and failing to report Danzo's crimes.
• Qingyun challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi for repeatedly protecting Danzo and warned that Danzo's ambitions threatened Konoha's strongest ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suggested Qingyun wanted to become Hokage and questioned his ties to the Uchiha Clan, so Qingyun left the office.
• Tsunade checked on Qingyun, and he told Minato Namikaze and Nawaki to fetch Zihan and Kosuke for a meal.
• Qingyun reassured Kushina and headed with her toward the Konoha Market.

Qingyun reunited with Shisui Uchiha after Konoha's battle and brought him to a gathering in the Forest of Death, where he introduced him as his disciple. Qingyun shared Profound Ice Jade Fire Wine with the adults, then took Shisui, Kakashi, and Might Guy aside to assess their training.

• Shisui Uchiha found Qingyun and Kushina after the battle, explaining that he had rushed out to make sure they were safe.
• Qingyun brought Shisui to the Forest of Death, where he unearthed Profound Ice Wine and Blazing Fire Wine and mixed them into Profound Ice Jade Fire Wine.
• Qingyun drank a cup and refined its medicinal power, while Kushina and Shisui watched; the Divine Condor also drank a cup before flying off to hunt.
• Tsunade and the others arrived, and Qingyun revealed that Shisui was his disciple; Kakashi felt jealous, while Might Duy stopped Might Guy from challenging the younger boy.
• Qingyun served the adults the wine to refine, told Kakashi and Might Guy they had to reach Jonin strength before drinking it, and began checking the three youngsters' training.

Qingyun trained Shisui Uchiha, discussed Danzo and Tsunade’s new jutsu with his companions, and received a promotion offer from Hiruzen Sarutobi. He rejected the Hokage’s plans and the Uchiha clan’s invitation, leaving for the Forest of Death after warning Uchiha Fugaku not to interfere with his disciple.

• Qingyun taught Shisui Uchiha Basic Swordsmanship while Kakashi and Might Guy continued practicing their taijutsu.
• Hatake Sakumo and the others awakened after absorbing the chakra-boosting wine, and Qingyun discussed Danzo’s pursuit with Jiraiya before examining Tsunade’s One's Own Life Reincarnation scroll.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to promote Qingyun to elite jonin and recommended he lead a team, but Qingyun requested a Ninja Academy position and asked to teach Shisui’s class next year.
• Qingyun told Hiruzen he would not return to the Uchiha or pursue the Hokage position, then refused Uchiha Fugaku’s request to meet the clan head.
• Qingyun warned Fugaku not to interfere with his discipleship of Shisui and headed for the Forest of Death, prompting Fugaku to hurry back to the Uchiha compound.

Qingyun struggled to master Wind Release: Rasenshuriken without injuring himself, then spent time with Kushina and learned that she planned to train in senjutsu. At New Year, Tsunade and Jiraiya announced they were leaving the village, and Qingyun watched Tsunade depart after giving her a Sun-Moon Mark.

• Uchiha Fugaku reported Qingyun's decision to take Shisui as his disciple, and the Uchiha Clan Head ordered Shisui's resources increased and urged Fugaku to support him.
• Qingyun trained with Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but its wind needles badly injured his hand, so he stopped and considered ways to make the technique safe for his body.
• Kushina visited Qingyun, learned he had left the ANBU, and told him she planned to travel to Shikkotsu Forest to train in senjutsu.
• At the New Year gathering, Jiraiya said he would travel the Shinobi World, while Tsunade said she wanted to leave and entrusted Shizune to Qingyun's care.
• Qingyun gave Tsunade a Sun-Moon Mark so he could reach her or sense her distress, then watched her leave the village the next morning.

Qingyun began teaching at the Ninja Academy while continuing to develop his own senjutsu. His first day brought him face-to-face with Kakashi, Obito, Asuma, and Kurenai, and he left his students with lessons in discipline as well as chakra.

• Qingyun started his first day as a teacher, introduced himself to his class, and taught the students the Chakra Extraction Technique.
• Qingyun returned to researching senjutsu and drew close to completing his method of combining the sun's yang power and the moon's yin power.
• Qingyun stopped Kakashi from bullying Obito and ordered Kakashi to spar with Might Guy after class.
• Asuma challenged Qingyun, who flicked his forehead; Shinnosuke apologized for his younger brother, and Asuma hid behind him when Qingyun raised his hand again.

Qingyun perfected his senjutsu and began developing Wind Release Chakra Mode while Shisui trained under his shadow clone. The chapter ended with Qingyun learning that Shisui had reached Genin and continuing his research.

• Shinnosuke apologized for Asuma's disrespect, and Qingyun told Asuma to defeat Kakashi first; Kakashi then faced Asuma and Obito together.
• Qingyun returned to the Forest of Death, ate with Shisui and Shizune, and trained them before working on senjutsu.
• Qingyun mastered Sage Mode, tested a Sage Art: Rasenshuriken, and found he could enter Sage Mode almost instantly without adverse effects.
• Qingyun began testing Wind Release Chakra Mode, repeatedly pushing sharp Wind Nature energy through his cells despite the resulting injuries.
• Qingyun's shadow clone caught Shisui practicing natural energy in class, moved him somewhere secluded, and warned him to train carefully.
• Qingyun received a notification that Shisui had become a Genin, claimed the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, and returned to researching Wind Release Chakra Mode.

Qingyun accepted a mission requested by the Miko of the Land of Demons to suppress Chimei and set out with her guard, Tengcun Inoue. As they traveled through the Land of Rain, Qingyun explained the history of Chimei and Moryo, while the mission’s connection to the Miko’s recurring dream remained unresolved.

• The Miko of the Land of Demons investigated Konoha after dreaming that a Haku-robed man saved her from Chimei, and she specifically requested Qingyun for a mission.
• While practicing Wind Release Chakra Mode in the Forest of Death, Qingyun was summoned to the Hokage's Office and accepted the S+-Rank mission to save the Miko and absorb Chimei.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced Qingyun to the Miko's guard, Tengcun Inoue, and Qingyun arranged to meet him at the village gate.
• Qingyun informed Shizune, Shisui Uchiha, and Zihan Uzumaki that he was leaving, then departed Konoha with Tengcun Inoue on the Divine Condor.
• The Divine Condor carried them through the Land of Rain, where Qingyun stopped for the night and prepared a meal.
• Tengcun Inoue asked about the mission, and Qingyun explained how the previous Miko had sealed Chimei and Moryo in separate ancestral halls.

Qingyun met Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato while traveling with Tengcun Inoue to the Land of Demons, where Chimei had begun to break loose. After debating peace with the Three Little Ones, Qingyun reached the puppet-infested country and headed for its Ancestral Hall to confront the threat.

• Qingyun welcomed Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato at his cave and told them that peace could not be secured simply through words or force.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed Qingyun's growing strength and the danger he might pose to their plans.
• Qingyun secretly placed Sun-Moon Marks on the Three Little Ones, then flew with Tengcun Inoue toward the Land of Demons.
• After seven days, Qingyun and Tengcun Inoue arrived in the Land of Demons, where puppets and terracotta soldiers roamed the evacuated country.
• Qingyun ordered Tengcun Inoue to hide, then drew the Peerless Yang Sword and advanced with the Divine Condor toward the Ancestral Hall.

Qingyun and Kushina practiced the Jade Maiden Sutra together, deepening their connection and increasing their strength while resisting the urge to break the technique’s requirement of remaining chaste. They then went to the Forest of Death to test their paired swordsmanship, beginning with Flower-Scattering Willow-Brushing.

• Kushina agreed to practice the Jade Maiden Sutra with Qingyun after reading its description, and they went to her room to begin.
• Qingyun and Kushina calmed themselves and circulated their energy together, merging their spiritual forms and sensing each other’s thoughts and feelings as their strength grew.
• As evening came, Qingyun discovered that his Heavenly Frost Fist internal force had grown considerably, while Kushina examined the gains from their cultivation.
• Qingyun nearly gave in to passion, but Kushina stopped him because they had to remain chaste until they fully mastered the Jade Maiden Sutra.
• Qingyun took Kushina to the Forest of Death, where they drew the Peerless Yin-Yang Sword and performed Flower-Scattering Willow-Brushing together.

Qingyun fought through the Flying Puppets to reach Miroku at the Ancestral Hall, but discovered that his attacks could not harm Chimei. With Chimei about to emerge and Miroku warning him of its deadly mental attacks, Qingyun chose to let it out and gamble that the mysterious mole between his brows could absorb it.

• Qingyun activated Sage Mode and Wind Release Chakra Mode, then used repeated Wind Release: Rasenshuriken attacks to clear a path through the Flying Puppets to the Ancestral Hall.
• Qingyun attacked Chimei with his sword, but the sword energy passed through it without causing harm.
• Miroku explained that Chimei was different from Moryo and could not be harmed by physical attacks, even by Qingyun's special chakra.
• Qingyun searched for a way to defeat Chimei and considered using his Mangekyo, but worried that Sunset Divine Might would destroy the creature he had been tasked with absorbing.
• Qingyun told Miroku to let Chimei emerge, deciding to gamble that the mysterious mole between his brows could absorb it.

Qingyun and Miroku fought Chimei’s mental attack, and Qingyun destroyed its dark beam with Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens before black mist engulfed them. Qingyun then woke in a strange snowy place with Miroku, and later found himself naked beside her with no memory of what had happened.

• Miroku entered Qingyun’s mind to help him resist Chimei as it emerged from the Seal Altar and struck him with a dark mental beam.
• Qingyun combined his sword intent seed with the Peerless Yang Sword and shattered the beam using Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens.
• Black mist engulfed Qingyun and Miroku, and Qingyun lost consciousness after hearing Miroku cry out.
• Qingyun awoke in a snowy landscape beside a wooden house, where Miroku acted affectionately and invited him to a snowball fight.
• Black mist caused Qingyun and Miroku to lose control, and Qingyun later woke naked beside her with a blood-red plum blossom on the sheet.

Qingyun escaped Chimei’s mental illusion after realizing he had lived through the same decades-long cycle nine times, then absorbed Chimei and gained greatly strengthened mental power. Miroku woke with knowledge of what had happened in the illusion, though Qingyun mistakenly believed she remembered nothing.

• Qingyun spent ten months unable to cultivate, raised a daughter with Miroku, and watched her vanish before Miroku eventually died; the cycle repeated until he recognized it on the ninth loss of their daughter.
• Qingyun reached his mind and touched a gold-and-silver mole, recovering his true energy, Sharingan, and mental-power sword.
• The mole’s light devoured Chimei and purified the evil will within him, which Qingyun merged into Miroku’s spiritual form.
• The mole began producing pure mental power, and Qingyun absorbed it until his mental power was more than five times stronger and his Sharingan began changing.
• Miroku woke and said she remembered being surrounded by black mist, while Qingyun assumed she knew nothing of the illusion and left his mind with her.

After defeating Chimei, Qingyun left the Land of Demons and returned to Tsunade, burdened by memories of the hundreds of years he had spent with Miroku in an illusion. Miroku secretly used his Sun-Moon Mark to conceive his daughter, while Tsunade asked Qingyun whether his feelings for Miroku were truly love or simply familiarity.

• Tengcun Inoue arrived at the Ancestral Hall after Chimei's puppets collapsed and found Miroku and Qingyun safe but melancholy.
• Qingyun gave Miroku a Sun-Moon Mark so he could sense danger and come to her aid, then departed for Konoha on the Divine Condor.
• Miroku ordered Tengcun Inoue to gather the people and rebuild their homes, then used her energy to make Qingyun's mark form an embryo in her womb.
• Exhausted by the illusion, Qingyun teleported to Tsunade's location, found her at a casino, and drank with her in a secluded inn.
• Qingyun told Tsunade about the illusion and his life with Miroku, and Tsunade asked whether he loved Miroku or had merely grown accustomed to her presence.

Qingyun struggled with his feelings for Miroku after escaping Chimei’s illusion, then returned to Konoha and reunited with Kushina. Tsunade set out for the Land of Demons to learn about Miroku, while Qingyun concealed the illusion from Kushina.

• Qingyun and Tsunade drank together until they both passed out, and Tsunade woke to find Qingyun sleeping on her chest.
• Tsunade declined to return to Konoha, accepted thirty million ryo from Qingyun, and decided to visit Miroku in the Land of Demons.
• Qingyun traveled back to Konoha, turned in his mission, and gave Kushina the gifts he had bought for her.
• Kushina noticed Qingyun smelled like Tsunade, and Qingyun said they had shared drinks during his mission.
• Qingyun told Kushina about Chimei’s abilities but kept the mental illusion and his time with Miroku secret.

Qingyun and Kushina compared their Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode abilities and sparred in the Forest of Death. Qingyun broke through Kushina’s defenses and caught her after his attack sent her flying.

• Kushina told Qingyun that Sage Mode strengthened her recovery, physical power, and Seal jutsu, and asked whether he had created his own Sage Mode.
• Qingyun explained that his Sage Mode increased his speed and recovery, then took Kushina to the Forest of Death to spar.
• Kushina entered Sage Mode with the Nine-Tails’ help and formed a seven-tailed cloak, while Qingyun quickly entered his own Sage Mode.
• Kushina attacked with shadow clones, Rasengan, and Adamantine Sealing Chains as Qingyun dodged, destroyed clones with a Rasenshuriken, redirected the Rasengan explosions, and cut through the chains.
• Qingyun broke Kushina’s golden-chain defense with Divine Wind’s Furious Howl, sent her flying with the shock wave, and caught her as she fell.

Qingyun shared a shy, unexpected kiss with Kushina, then reunited with Shisui Uchiha and Shizune to assess their training and set new goals. He left Shisui with an advanced chakra-training method and told Shizune he would begin teaching her healing techniques the next day.

• Qingyun kissed Kushina after catching her in the Forest of Death, and she gradually responded before teasing him about a hidden weapon.
• Kushina left for Qingyun's residence, and Qingyun later headed to the Ninja Academy to meet Shisui Uchiha and Shizune.
• Qingyun took Shisui Uchiha and Shizune to the Forest of Death, where Kushina and Zihan Uzumaki had prepared a meal; Kushina blushed whenever Qingyun served her food.
• Shisui Uchiha demonstrated the Great Fireball Technique, and Qingyun instructed him to improve his hand seals, practice swordsmanship, and use the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic to refine chakra.
• Shizune told Qingyun she had memorized the medical books, and he said he would teach her the Healing Technique the next day before supervising both students as they trained.

Qingyun planned to pursue the five nature transformations while reassuring Kushina that he would marry her in the future. Two years later, his students had grown stronger, and he expected Shisui Uchiha to awaken his Sharingan when he first experienced bloodshed.

• Qingyun decided to master Earth and Water Release, then attempt to fuse all five nature transformations into a kekkei mōra.
• Kushina asked Qingyun to marry her, and he promised they would wed after a few more years, when their circumstances had settled.
• For two years, Qingyun trained regularly, taught through a Shadow Clone, and took Kushina on outings where they sometimes saw Tsunade, who remained hostile toward him.
• Kakashi and Might Guy advanced at the Academy, while Kakashi independently developed Chidori and Might Guy learned to open four of the Eight Gates.
• Shisui Uchiha remained at the peak of genin level but could contend with most chunin, and Qingyun expected his first mission involving bloodshed to awaken at least a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

Over two years, Qingyun’s students and allies grew stronger while he struggled to advance his own techniques, and the shinobi world remained mostly peaceful. Shisui Uchiha finally broke through to chunin, earning Qingyun a copy of the Jade Maiden Sutra.

• Shizune developed the Tongue Needle and used her poison-aspected internal force to become a dangerous medic and poison user.
• Nawaki and Minato Namikaze grew into powerful ANBU leaders, while Kushina remained unable to reach mutual understanding with the Nine-Tails.
• Qingyun mastered earth and water transformations, developed Ice Release techniques, and continued struggling to combine chakra natures.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi had Mitokado Homura rebuild Root, while Danzo remained missing after Orochimaru rescued him.
• Shisui Uchiha reached the peak of his current stage, broke through three main meridians, and advanced to chunin.
• Qingyun received a copy of the Jade Maiden Sutra as a reward for Shisui’s breakthrough.

Qingyun received the Jade Maiden Sutra, a cultivation method combining intent and technique that could grow more powerful when practiced by lovers. He gave Shisui Uchiha a sword and training before bringing the sutra to Kushina, who objected to practicing it but grew jealous when he teased her about finding someone else.

• Qingyun studied the Jade Maiden Sutra and considered practicing it with Kushina to strengthen their techniques and possibly unleash Love of the Allure.
• After Shisui Uchiha's breakthrough, Qingyun gave him the Crape Myrtle Soft Sword and taught him Quanzhen Swordsmanship.
• Qingyun used Sun and Moon Shine Together to reach Kushina while she taught Zihan Uzumaki Sealing Jutsu.
• Qingyun wrote the Jade Maiden Sutra on a scroll and gave it to Kushina, who blushed and punched him after reading it.
• Kushina refused to practice the sutra, but grew anxious when Qingyun teased that he would find someone else.

Qingyun and Kushina practiced the Jade Maiden Swordsmanship, and Kushina awakened a sword-intent seed through their cultivation. After Kushina revealed she accepted Qingyun’s feelings for both her and Tsunade, they agreed to reunite with Tsunade, but Qingyun left alone after Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto invited them to their wedding.

• Kushina and Qingyun performed combined sword techniques, and Kushina’s attack carved a huge pit as she revealed she had comprehended sword intent.
• Qingyun examined Kushina’s Dantian and found a sword-intent seed, then proposed they practice the Jade Maiden Sutra regularly and get engaged.
• Kushina told Qingyun she already knew about his relationship with Tsunade and accepted sharing his love, urging him to bring Tsunade back before they became engaged.
• Qingyun promised to find Tsunade, but Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto arrived and invited them to their wedding half a month later.
• Kushina chose to stay with Mikoto and be her bridesmaid, while Qingyun activated the Mangekyo and left to find Tsunade alone.