Chapter Summaries

Qingyun gave Kushina and Minato Namikaze ninjutsu scrolls, warned Minato and Uzumaki Zihan about Konoha’s dark side and Danzo, then prepared to join the ANBU. He took the code name Greedy Wolf and was sealed, outfitted, and led to ANBU Squad Seven.

• Qingyun gave Kushina the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Minato Namikaze the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, then taught Minato the Rasengan’s training method.
• Qingyun warned Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Zihan about Danzo, Root, and the danger of trusting Konoha’s leadership; Minato struggled to accept his claims.
• Qingyun explained how he had detected Uzumaki Zihan’s healing constitution and asked her to stay with Minato while he processed the warning.
• Qingyun trained for several days, combining his martial arts into the Heavenly Mountain Plum-Blossom Hand and practicing his other techniques.
• Qingyun told Hiruzen Sarutobi he was ready to join the ANBU, chose the code name Greedy Wolf, and received the ANBU memory seal and uniform.
• Qingyun put on a wolf mask and followed an ANBU ninja toward Squad Seven.

Qingyun joined the Seventh Squad as Greedy Wolf and spent his first ANBU shift guarding Hiruzen Sarutobi. After the Hokage told him to prepare for a mission in a few days, Qingyun remained confident he could handle it.

• Qingyun met Cat Demon, Da Lü, Fire Fox, and Beast, then warned Might Duy to use code names so he would not expose Qingyun's identity.
• Qingyun escaped Duy's questions and trained his wind-attribute internal force while waiting for the squad's night assignment.
• Cat Demon led the Seventh Squad to guard the Hokage Building, where Qingyun kept watch and practiced sensing the Peerless Yang Sword's intent.
• After midnight, Qingyun and the squad escorted Hiruzen Sarutobi home, and Hiruzen asked Qingyun how he felt about ANBU.
• Hiruzen told Qingyun to prepare for a mission in a few days, and Qingyun said he was confident he could handle it.

Qingyun settled into ANBU and trained with Cat Demon's Seventh Squad as Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged peace negotiations with the other villages. The chapter ended when Qingyun received a mission to face the Kazekage.

• After guarding Hiruzen Sarutobi overnight, Qingyun returned home, reassured Kushina about ANBU, and rested before training.
• Qingyun trained in martial arts, then joined Cat Demon, Da Lü, Fire Fox, and Might Duy for tactical coordination practice.
• Over the following week, Qingyun learned ANBU's organization and duties, and the Seventh Squad prepared to resume missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Utatane Koharu to negotiate reparations with Sunagakure, Mitokado Homura and Danzo to go to Amegakure, and Hatake Sakumo to secure peace with Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Seventh Squad to escort Utatane Koharu and support a firm stance toward Sunagakure.
• While Qingyun trained with his squad, the system issued him a mission to face the Kazekage, offering an enhanced divine condor and an Awakening Potion.

Qingyun’s Seventh Division was assigned to escort Utatane Koharu to Sunagakure to negotiate war reparations, with Hiruzen Sarutobi relying on Qingyun to face the Third Kazekage if necessary. Before departing, Qingyun discovered Tsunade’s hemophobia had returned and gave her a cultivation method, then set out with the squad for Sunagakure.

• Cat Demon summoned the Seventh Division, and Qingyun impressed her with his Lingbo Micro-Step on the way to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office.
• Hiruzen ordered the Seventh Division to escort Utatane Koharu to Sunagakure and asked Qingyun whether he could face the Third Kazekage; Qingyun promised he could remain undefeated.
• Qingyun found Tsunade avoiding an operating room and learned that memories of Dan Katō’s death had caused her hemophobia.
• Qingyun gave Tsunade the Marrow-Cleansing Classic and reassured her, while privately considering using Impure World Reincarnation to let her see Dan again.
• Qingyun asked Kushina to keep Tsunade company, then joined the Seventh Division at the village gate and departed for Sunagakure with Utatane Koharu.

Qingyun escorted Utatane Koharu toward Sunagakure, predicted the village would accept Konoha’s demands, and arranged to request knowledge of Chiyo’s life-reincarnation technique if he won a wagered duel. After mastering Earth Flow Wall to prepare for a possible fight with the Third Kazekage, the group reached the desert of the Land of Wind.

• Utatane Koharu asked Qingyun to help bridge the Uchiha and the village, but he refused and said he was content with his life outside the clan.
• Qingyun predicted Sunagakure would surrender forty percent of its mission share and pay five billion ryo, then asked to make a request if Konoha won a wagered duel.
• Qingyun planned to obtain theories behind One's Own Life Reincarnation so he could help Kushina survive releasing the Nine-Tails.
• Qingyun considered how to fight the flying Third Kazekage and mastered Earth Flow Wall after deciding it could help him reach his opponent.
• After ten days of travel, Qingyun and the escort crossed into the Land of Wind and continued through its desert toward Sunagakure.

Utatane Koharu and her companions arrived in Sunagakure to negotiate peace and reparations, while Qingyun encountered Sasori and Chiyo on the way to the Kazekage Building. The group continued toward their meeting with the Third Kazekage as tensions between Konoha and Sunagakure remained high.

• After three days of travel, Utatane Koharu and her companions reached Sunagakure, where a gate guard reported their arrival to the Third Kazekage.
• The Third Kazekage ordered his attendant to summon Chiyo, Ebizo, and Rasa and bring Utatane Koharu to his office to discuss the negotiations.
• On the way to the Kazekage Building, Qingyun recognized the red-haired boy as Sasori, and the two exchanged names before preparing to fight.
• Chiyo arrived and stopped the confrontation; Sasori left for a puppet-material shop, and Chiyo recognized Qingyun as Konoha's Sword Immortal and Thunder God.
• Chiyo warned Qingyun to keep a lower profile and continued toward the Kazekage's Office, while Qingyun remained confident in his strength.

Qingyun accompanied Utatane Koharu to Sunagakure, where the Third Kazekage wagered an additional request against the five billion in war reparations. Qingyun chose One's Own Life Reincarnation as his prize and began a duel with the Third Kazekage in the desert.

• Qingyun told Utatane Koharu that the red-haired boy Sasori seemed stronger than Rasa, and she resolved to have spies investigate him.
• Utatane Koharu insisted on discussing business before the banquet, while Qingyun provoked Pakura and Rasa outside the Kazekage's office.
• The Third Kazekage offered an additional request if someone from Konoha could defeat him, and Qingyun asked for Chiyo's One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Chiyo confirmed that Qingyun could receive the forbidden jutsu if he won, and the Third Kazekage chose the desert outside Sunagakure for their fight.
• Qingyun and the Third Kazekage opened their battle with Iron Sand Giant Needles and Flame Meteor Technique.

Qingyun fought the Third Hokage Kazekage, countering his iron sand with increasingly powerful techniques. He finally shattered the Kazekage’s defenses and struck him down, declaring that he had won the round.

• The Third Hokage Kazekage attacked Qingyun with iron sand spears and a triangular pyramid formation, then used taijutsu to pressure him at close range.
• Qingyun used the Sharingan and Tai Chi Fist to counter the Kazekage’s punch, then sent him flying with the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram.
• The Third Hokage Kazekage took to the air and rained iron sand needles on Qingyun, who defended himself with Heaven and Earth Great Shift and Earth Flow Wall.
• Qingyun activated Fire Release Chakra Mode, melting the iron sand and breaking through the Kazekage’s barriers with his Peerless Yang Sword.
• Qingyun severed one of the Kazekage’s iron sand wings and chased him through the air with Fengshen Leg, sending him crashing into the ground.
• Qingyun landed beside the gravely wounded Third Hokage Kazekage and declared that he had won the round.

Qingyun defeated the Third Kazekage and obtained Chiyo’s notes on One’s Own Life Reincarnation before leaving Sunagakure with Utatane Koharu’s delegation. After Ebizo arranged to leak their route to bounty hunters, Qingyun sensed danger in the Land of Rivers and struck an unseen attacker with a fire technique.

• Qingyun defeated the Third Kazekage, who conceded and ordered Chiyo to give him the forbidden jutsu’s information.
• Chiyo handed Qingyun a scroll describing One’s Own Life Reincarnation, and Utatane Koharu led the delegation toward the Land of Fire.
• Ebizo proposed leaking Qingyun’s presence and route to bounty hunters, and the Third Kazekage approved the plan.
• Qingyun sensed a threat as the group entered the Land of Rivers, but their journey remained peaceful until they stopped by a river.
• Qingyun urged the group to leave quickly, then unleashed the Great Dragon Fire Technique at an apparently empty stretch of ground and heard an attacker scream.

Qingyun fought Kakuzu after driving off the Bounty Ninjas, while Cat Demon and the others evacuated Utatane Koharu under Might Duy’s protection. The chapter ended after Kakuzu unleashed a devastating Chakra Cannon at Qingyun and Might Duy decided to return to the battlefield.

• Qingyun’s White Flame burned the hidden Bounty Ninjas, and Cat Demon and the others routed those who remained.
• Qingyun detected Kakuzu’s attack, warned Utatane Koharu’s group to scatter, and severed Kakuzu’s tendrils and black monster.
• Qingyun broke through Kakuzu’s Flame-Wind Turbulent Wave and charged him with Chidori, but Kakuzu escaped his attack and prepared a powerful blast.
• Qingyun formed Heaven and Earth Great Shift to face Kakuzu’s Chakra Cannon as a deafening explosion shook the battlefield.
• Cat Demon and the others escorted Utatane Koharu away while Might Duy defeated the Bounty Ninjas blocking their path.
• After seeing the explosion in the distance, Might Duy asked Da Lü to put him down so he could return and support Qingyun.

Qingyun returned to the envoy party after Kakuzu fled, and the group continued toward the Land of Fire. A huge sword-wielding condor attacked Qingyun, but he recognized it as the Divine Condor, gave it an Awakening Potion, and gained an aerial scout as they resumed their journey.

• Qingyun redirected Kakuzu's Chakra Cannon to destroy two black monsters, after which Kakuzu escaped underground.
• Qingyun reunited with Might Duy, Cat Demon, and the others, and they continued toward the Land of Fire.
• A huge condor attacked Qingyun with sword energy, and they fought in a contest of swordsmanship.
• Qingyun stopped the others from attacking the condor and secretly gave it an Awakening Potion.
• The Divine Condor thanked Qingyun and began scouting from the air as the group continued onward.

After returning to Konoha, Qingyun learned Impure World Reincarnation and asked Tsunade to help him bring Dan Katō back in a borrowed body, hoping to ease her grief. Tsunade agreed, and she, Qingyun, and Shizune left the village aboard Qingyun’s newly contracted Divine Condor to find a criminal vessel.

• Qingyun returned Utatane Koharu to Konoha, signed a Summoning Contract with the Divine Condor, and reunited with Kushina and Zihan Uzumaki.
• Kushina told Qingyun that Tsunade was improving while practicing the Marrow-Cleansing Classic, and Qingyun decided to study Impure World Reincarnation to help her see Dan Katō again.
• Qingyun visited Tsunade and her new disciple Shizune at the Senju Ancestral Estate, then told Tsunade he planned to use a heinous bandit as the reincarnation vessel.
• Tsunade agreed to Qingyun’s plan, learned the location of a nearby bandit hideout from ANBU, and left Konoha with Qingyun and Shizune.
• Qingyun summoned the Divine Condor to carry them, and Tsunade expressed surprise at his powerful flying summon.

Qingyun summoned Dan Katō with Impure World Reincarnation so he could help Tsunade overcome her hemophobia and grief. After Dan comforted Tsunade before returning to the Pure Land, Qingyun arranged a gathering in the Forest of Death to lift her spirits.

• Qingyun flew with Tsunade and Shizune to a bandit stronghold, killed its bandits, and used their leader as the vessel for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Qingyun revived Dan Katō and explained that Tsunade's hemophobia and grief had prompted him to summon him.
• Dan Katō reunited with Tsunade and Shizune, listened as Tsunade explained what had happened, and comforted her before his body crumbled and his soul returned to the Pure Land.
• Qingyun encouraged Tsunade and Shizune to keep living happily, and Tsunade said she was all right before they returned to Konoha.
• Qingyun invited Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy to gather at the Forest of Death, while they went to pick up Kakashi and Might Guy from school.

Qingyun reunited with his friends and began formally training Kakashi and Might Guy in martial arts during his two-week break. He taught Nawaki the Indestructible Diamond Body Divine Art as well, while Kakashi and Guy started learning different fighting styles.

• Qingyun welcomed Minato Namikaze, Nawaki, and the others back to the Forest of Death, then taught Kakashi the Primordial Chaos Technique and Might Guy the I Ching Bone-Tempering Chapter.
• Qingyun hosted a reunion meal where the Divine Condor drank heavily, Tsunade passed out, and Qingyun and the condor finished all the Buddha's Smile Wine.
• Kakashi and Might Guy arrived at dawn after their fathers arranged leave from school so they could train with Qingyun for two weeks.
• Qingyun taught Kakashi the Heavenly Mountain Plum-Blossom Hand and assigned his Clone Technique to teach Might Guy the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• Qingyun helped Kakashi practice and taught Nawaki the Indestructible Diamond Body Divine Art.

Qingyun taught Nawaki and his students, then gave Tsunade a forbidden jutsu scroll to study before meeting Hiruko, a Konoha ninja whose dangerous future he knew. The chapter ended with Qingyun wary as Hiruko introduced himself and explained his curiosity about Tsunade’s gifted student.

• Qingyun warned Nawaki to avoid ninja with a cold, sinister aura as Nawaki told him that Team 9 would soon begin missions under Sakumo.
• Tsunade visited Qingyun, accepted his scroll of One's Own Life Reincarnation, and left to study the forbidden jutsu after catching Qingyun staring at her.
• Kushina questioned Qingyun about Tsunade, while the Nine-Tails teased her that Qingyun was attracted to his teacher.
• Qingyun instructed Kakashi and Might Guy in their training plans, then led them and Kushina toward the Niki Ramen Shop.
• Hiruko approached Qingyun and introduced himself as Tsunade’s companion, prompting Qingyun to grow wary because he knew of Hiruko’s Chimera Technique.

Qingyun received Kumogakure’s challenge to duel A in the Land of Rice Fields and prepared to face him, while Kushina demonstrated her growing control over the Nine-Tails’ chakra. The chapter left Danzo knocked onto a tree branch after Kushina struck him, as Qingyun and the others laughed.

• Qingyun suspected Hiruko was developing the Chimera Technique and explained Hiruko’s jealousy to Kushina before taking her, Kakashi, and Might Guy for ramen.
• Qingyun trained Kakashi and Might Guy during his break, then received Kumogakure’s challenge to fight A in one week and accepted it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Qingyun that he would accompany him to the Land of Rice Fields, and Qingyun spent three days refining his Chidori before preparing to leave.
• Kushina asked to watch Qingyun’s duel and demonstrated a four-tailed Tailed Beast Cloak, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo to rush to the Forest of Death.
• Kushina revealed she could control five tails’ worth of Nine-Tails chakra and used Lingbo Micro-Step to punch Danzo onto a tree branch.

After Kushina demonstrated her ability to control Nine-Tails chakra, Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to let her accompany Qingyun to the Land of Rice Fields. The group gathered at Konoha’s entrance and set out, while Kushina remained suspicious of Qingyun and Tsunade.

• Kushina punched Danzo, and Qingyun held back the Root Ninja when they surrounded her.
• Qingyun explained that Kushina could withstand up to five tails’ worth of Nine-Tails chakra for now, and Hiruzen Sarutobi described perfect jinchuriki to the others.
• Qingyun asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Kushina travel to the Land of Rice Fields, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Kushina went shopping with Qingyun for ingredients before they joined the gathered Anbu, Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya at the village entrance.
• Kushina twisted Qingyun’s waist after noticing Tsunade’s awkward reaction, then approached Tsunade while Qingyun spoke with Hatake Sakumo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, and the group set out for the Land of Rice Fields.

Konoha and Kumogakure gathered in Yihe City for a duel between Qingyun and A, while Qingyun assessed his rival and shared Minato Namikaze’s new Rasengan with his companions. The match began outside the city with the two fighters meeting in a clash of lightning-wreathed fists.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Third Raikage A agreed to begin the one-on-one match the next day and attended a banquet together in Yihe City.
• Killer B interrupted the meal with his rapping, and Qingyun sensed that Killer B had weak control over his chakra.
• Qingyun and A introduced themselves and expressed anticipation for their duel, while Qingyun judged A to be a formidable opponent.
• Minato Namikaze gave Qingyun the completed Rasengan scroll, which Qingyun passed to Kushina and Nawaki to study.
• Qingyun cultivated his sword intent overnight, practiced Basic Swordsmanship the next morning, and then hurried to the battlefield outside Yihe City.
• A charged Qingyun with blue lightning surrounding him, and Qingyun met him head-on with red lightning as their fists collided.

Qingyun defeated A in their sparring match by countering his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with varied taijutsu and Chidori. A admitted defeat but vowed to challenge Qingyun again in five years, while Qingyun dismissed the rematch and suggested his little brother could fight him instead.

• A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged Qingyun with Lariat, but Qingyun used his Sharingan and Heavenly Mountain Plum-Blossom Hand to knock him back.
• Qingyun countered A's powerful kick with Tai Chi Fist, returned its force, then pursued him with Fengshen Leg and drove him into a crater.
• A emerged from the crater and used Liger Bomb to slam Qingyun into the ground, alarming Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki outside the barrier.
• Qingyun used the Substitution Technique to evade A's grab, then struck him with Chidori and broke his lightning armor with Fengshen Leg.
• A admitted defeat and promised to challenge Qingyun again in five years, but Qingyun said his little brother could fight him instead.

After defeating A, Qingyun witnessed Hiruzen and the Third Raikage form an alliance, then agreed to let Orochimaru help refine One's Own Life Reincarnation in exchange for a future favor. Back in Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku invited Qingyun and Kushina to his engagement ceremony, and Qingyun accepted.

• A vowed to challenge Qingyun again after he trained and defeated Minato, while Qingyun believed Minato would surpass A within two years.
• Hiruzen refused the Third Raikage's request to attack Iwagakure but agreed to an alliance with Kumogakure for mutual aid and trade.
• Orochimaru asked to study One's Own Life Reincarnation, and Qingyun agreed in exchange for a favor he would name later.
• After returning to Konoha, Qingyun went to the Forest of Death to brew Profound Ice Jade Fire Wine.
• Uchiha Fugaku invited Qingyun and Kushina to his engagement ceremony, and Qingyun accepted.