Uchiha Apocalypse had successfully arranged for his original wife to die in an accident. When his other wife—a woman from a branch family even weaker than his own—died, no one in the entire clan paid any attention. It was easy and natural. Even the funeral was exceptionally simple.
Afterward, the clan arranged a romantic encounter for him, along with a damsel-in-distress rescue. He successfully won over a similarly lowly woman from a branch family of the Senju Clan. This woman had also been a failed product of the Senju Clan's plans back then. Although the Senju Clan had appeared extremely dissatisfied, they ultimately relented. After all, they could not think of any use for such a failure. On the contrary, the Senju Clan had made too many powerful enemies by then, and they were quite willing to use this opportunity to ease tensions with the Uchiha Clan a little.
After this, Uchiha Apocalypse got his wish. He rose from a mere branch family member to the main family and even took the position of vice clan head. Of course, while vice clan head sounded impressive, it was really nothing more than an empty title.
However, Uchiha Apocalypse's good fortune did not last long. The child he had with the Senju woman—the body Li now occupied—was not particularly gifted.
The bloodlines of the three great clans showed no clear manifestation in him. He had inherited neither the Byakugan nor the Senju Clan's robust physique, not even the Uchiha Clan's affinity for lightning and fire.
Worse still, perhaps because of his mixed bloodline, his body was exceedingly frail. He suffered several serious illnesses as a child and nearly lost his life. Naturally, Uchiha Apocalypse's standing in the clan plummeted because of this.
The higher-ups even felt that the matter had been a