Recaps

Tobirama Senju confronted the clan heads over the attack on Tsubasa and learned that a prophecy had driven several clans to oppose the Senju. The clans accepted Tobirama Senju’s pledge to work for Konoha, though the prophecy’s implications remained unresolved.

• Tobirama Senju warned the clan heads that he would not tolerate further plots against the Senju and demanded that they explain the attack on Tsubasa.
• Shikaboshi Nara decided to confess, and Sasuke Sarutobi explained that the clans had acted on a prophecy from Master Shoryu that they believed foretold the Senju Clan’s decline.
• Sasuke Sarutobi said the clans had opposed the Senju’s control of the Hokage Position, while the Shinozuka and Sato Clans had arranged the assassination attempt without the others’ knowledge.
• Tobirama Senju reinterpreted the prophecy, saying the Senju would merge into Konoha and that his disciples would succeed him as Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju required the clan heads to sign a pledge against future plots, and they signed before leaving the Hokage’s office.

After the personal disciple lottery, Tobirama Senju encouraged Nannen Uchiha and Kyūgen Aburame, who had drawn black lots, before Teacher Yamaki assigned students to teams. Nannen and Kyūgen joined teams led by Natsuki Gekko and Dansuke Shimura, respectively, as the newly formed teams began their ninja training journeys.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu drew red lots, while Nannen Uchiha and Kyūgen Aburame drew black lots and received encouragement from Tobirama Senju.
• Teacher Yamaki announced Team 1, led by Uchiha Tomioki, and Team 2, led by Tennin Hyuga.
• Teacher Yamaki assigned Nannen Uchiha, Hakukei Gekko, and Utatane Gōgun to Team 3 under Natsuki Gekko.
• Kyūgen Aburame joined Mokubon Kurama and Tōya Hyuga on Team 4, led by Dansuke Shimura.
• Biwako, Tora Inuzuka, and Eijō Yuhi joined Team 7 under Sasuke Sarutobi, who welcomed them and told them missions would come after training.

Tobirama Senju trained his six disciples in ninjutsu, teamwork, and the Will of Fire as they grew stronger and bonded through their first mission. By the end, all six had become powerful heirs to the Will of Fire and respected examples for Konoha’s younger ninjas.

• Tobirama Senju taught Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kagami Uchiha, Shimura Danzō, Torifu Akimichi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to combine their techniques in coordinated training.
• The six disciples trained regularly under Tobirama Senju and steadily improved their individual skills.
• During a C-rank escort mission, the disciples worked together to defeat a group of bandits, then struggled with having killed for the first time.
• Tobirama Senju explained the Will of Fire to his disciples, and they pledged to protect Konoha and the people they cared about.
• Over time, all six disciples became heirs to the Will of Fire and reached at least Elite Jonin level, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kagami Uchiha reached Clan Head Level in combat.

Tsubasa trained and fought Hashirama Senju, showing rapid growth in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu while learning to use each nature with greater understanding. Their match ended at sunset, with Hashirama Senju realizing Tsubasa was nearing the point where he had little left to teach him.

• Tsubasa opened their match with Earth Release and Water Release attacks, and Hashirama Senju countered the water dragon with Wood Release.
• Hashirama Senju taught Tsubasa to embody the qualities of water and earth in his Ninjutsu, and Tsubasa explained how he used Wood Release to support his other attacks.
• Tsubasa combined a water curtain with concealed earthen spikes, forcing Hashirama Senju to dodge and block the attacks with Wood Release.
• Tsubasa displayed precise control of his immense Taijutsu strength and nearly struck Hashirama Senju with a punch that gouged a deep pit in the ground.
• At sunset, Hashirama Senju praised Tsubasa's progress and recognized that he was almost out of things to teach him.

Tsubasa’s neglect drove Biwako to grow close to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the two became a couple. After Biwako explained why she had moved on, Tsubasa accepted their relationship and resolved to focus even harder on cultivation.

• Biwako returned from a mission eager to tell Tsubasa about her patrol, but he dismissed her and told her not to interrupt his cultivation.
• Biwako confided in Sasuke Sarutobi, who advised her to seek someone who cared for her, while Hiruzen Sarutobi began showing her special attention.
• Hiruzen protected Biwako from a bandit’s sword and later confessed his feelings beneath a cherry tree; Biwako admitted she liked him too.
• Tsubasa learned that Biwako was with Hiruzen and asked her about their relationship, and Biwako explained that Hiruzen gave her the care and attention Tsubasa had not.
• Tsubasa congratulated Biwako and warned Hiruzen not to hurt her, then recommitted himself to reaching the peak of Qi Refining and breaking through to Foundation Establishment Realm.

Tsubasa began studying Sealing Jutsu with Mito Uzumaki and quickly mastered vast numbers of runes, applying his past-life programming knowledge to invent new formulas and practical devices. Mito was amazed by his talent and considered arranging a betrothal, unaware that her daughter already loved another boy.

• Tsubasa asked Mito Uzumaki to teach him Sealing Jutsu, and she introduced him to symbols for the seven basic Chakra natures.
• Tsubasa memorized numerous elemental and transformation runes, while Mito explained that runes required the corresponding Chakra nature to activate.
• Mito taught Tsubasa advanced time, space, life, and soul runes, and he spent the following days organizing their principles like computer programs.
• Tsubasa devised a way to use runes to transform and seal objects in custom space-time, then rapidly learned more elemental runes from Mito.
• Tsubasa invented a rune-powered toilet paper dispenser and faucet, leaving Mito impressed and considering a betrothal for him.

Tsubasa obtained Hashirama Senju’s manuals and opened the fire, metal, wind, and lightning meridians, adding four attributes to the water, earth, wood, yin, and yang he had already cultivated. Hashirama and Mito sensed his progress and discussed Tsubasa’s engagement to Biwako, worrying that the two children had grown distant.

• Hashirama Senju gave Tsubasa manuals explaining how to develop fire, lightning, and wind attributes and advised him not to neglect his primary cultivation.
• Tsubasa studied the manuals and decided to develop his spiritual qi attributes according to the five-element order he remembered from his previous life.
• Tsubasa opened his fire, metal, wind, and lightning meridians, enduring pain and resistance as his spiritual qi gained each attribute’s properties.
• Tsubasa reflected on his progress with his nine elemental attributes and resumed cultivating, determined to grow stronger.
• Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki sensed Tsubasa’s aura and praised his talent before discussing his engagement to Biwako and their concern that the children rarely spent time together.

Hashirama taught Tsubasa the Four-Pillar House Technique, inspiring him to combine Wood, Earth, and Water Release into a grand palace. Tsubasa presented the completed Hokage Palace to Hashirama and Mito, then began leading everyone on a tour.

• Hashirama taught Tsubasa the Four-Pillar House Technique and explained how building houses could train shape and nature transformation.
• Tsubasa practiced building and rebuilding wooden houses, then experimented with Earth Release and a combination of water and earth to make cement.
• Tsubasa combined stone, cement, and wood to create a vast palace complex crowned by the Divine Dragon Star-Picking Tower and named its entrance Hokage Palace.
• Mito used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to locate Tsubasa atop the pagoda, where he explained that he had built the palace as a gift for Hashirama.
• Tsubasa assured Mito that the tower was secure, and she praised the palace while hoping the Senju Clan Compound would grow enough to fill it.
• Tsubasa led Hashirama, Mito, and the others on a tour, explaining that the palace had 9,999 rooms.

Tsubasa returned home after eight months of training and reunited with his family, who welcomed him warmly. After hearing about their struggling businesses, he shared ideas for expanding and improving them, leaving the family excited about their prospects.

• Tsubasa arrived at the family weapons shop, where Senju Ga embraced him and asked about his life and training at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Tsubasa told Senju Ga about his progress, the Four-Pillar House Technique, and Biwako's feelings for Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Senju Yasuhei and Tsubasa's six aunts returned home and gathered around him, welcoming him and asking after him.
• Senju Ga, Senju Yasuhei, and several aunts described how rival clans' businesses had taken customers from their own.
• Tsubasa proposed supermarkets, chain stores, entertainment, real estate, promotions, and better customer service as ways to improve the family's businesses.
• The elders questioned Tsubasa about his ideas, then grew enthusiastic and confident as he explained them.

Tenmei was bullied after defending Tsubasa from classmates who mocked his loss to Kagami Uchiha, so he asked Senju Tenpuku for special training to become strong enough to protect his brother. After training, Tenmei reunited with Tsubasa, and the family discussed how Konoha’s commercial wars were hurting their business.

• Tenmei charged at the boys who mocked Tsubasa and was beaten, but he kept getting back up and fighting.
• After hearing what happened, Senju Tenpuku agreed to give Tenmei special training, and Tenmei began practicing daily at Konoha’s training grounds.
• Tenmei returned home with Senju Tenpuku and told Tsubasa he would avenge his defeat and repay those who had mocked him.
• At dinner, the family discussed how Tobirama Senju’s reforms had shifted the clans toward commerce and sparked fierce competition in Konoha.
• Senju Tenpuku and Senju Ga worried that the Uchiha Clan’s new shops and undercutting were costing their family business customers.

Tsubasa persuaded the Senju family to modernize their businesses with a premium weapon shop focused on attractive design, attentive service, quality control, and publicity. His grandfather appointed him to lead the transformation, and Tsubasa prepared to begin construction in disguise as Hashirama Senju.

• Tsubasa explained how new commercial powers were challenging established Konoha businesses and proposed innovation, customer loyalty, and cooperation with other families.
• Tsubasa laid out plans to renovate the Senju weapon shop, train its employees, guarantee weapon quality, and promote the family brand.
• Senju Yasuhei appointed Tsubasa commander in chief of the family's business transformation, while Tenpuku voiced doubts about trusting such a young child.
• Tenmei supported Tsubasa's plans, and the family cleared out the weapon shop after dinner.
• Tsubasa transformed into Hashirama Senju and prepared to flatten the courtyard compound to begin construction.

Tsubasa used Earth, Water, and Wood Release techniques to build and furnish the Divine Weapon Pavilion, astonishing his family and the gathered crowd. After Senju Yasuhei sent the onlookers away, the family toured the completed shop and eagerly anticipated its opening.

• Tsubasa demolished the old courtyard, leveled and hardened the land, then built a five-story Divine Weapon Pavilion with a shop below and a villa above.
• Senju Yasuhei explained the renovation to the crowd and invited them to visit when the shop reopened before persuading them to leave.
• Tsubasa used Shadow Clones and glowing runes to light the Pavilion, impressing Tenmei and the rest of his family with its decor.
• The family toured the first floor’s weapon displays, testing areas, customization room, workshop, and rest area.
• The family explored the premium weapon displays and auction room on the second floor, then admired the individually displayed wooden divine weapons on the third floor.

Tsubasa showed his family their luxurious new home, where Chakra-powered runes made everyday comforts and a safe training ground possible. His family explored the villa and chose rooms, ending the chapter delighted and grateful for the life he had created.

• Tsubasa led his family onto the fourth level and showed them its garden terrace, pool, entertainment area, and modern villa.
• Senju Yasuhei, Tenpuku, Tenmei, and the seven mothers admired the home, its furnishings, and its individually decorated rooms.
• Tsubasa explained that he could use Ninjutsu and runes to change the rooms, and the mothers tested the Chakra-powered lights, faucet, and stove.
• Tsubasa showed his family the rune-protected training ground on the top floor and said its barriers could withstand Clan Head Level attacks.
• The family felt grateful to Tsubasa as they explored the villa and discovered more of its features.

Tsubasa transformed the Senju family’s businesses into three elaborate buildings, including the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower and Medicine King Pavilion. The next day, Konoha’s villagers flocked to see the new landmarks and heard that the First Hokage had created them overnight.

• Tsubasa used Ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu to build and decorate the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower for his family’s businesses.
• Tsubasa showed Kaidō Senju the tower’s hot spring resort and explained its facilities and sealing systems.
• Tsubasa outfitted Ame Senju’s wine cellar, Nanshin Senju’s clothing shop, Dō Senju’s restaurant, Gi Senju’s hotel, and In Senju’s gambling floor.
• Tsubasa built Medicine King Pavilion for Senju Yasuhei and furnished it as a pharmacy and treatment center.
• The next day, Konoha’s villagers gathered to admire the three buildings and spread news that the First Hokage had created them overnight.

Konoha celebrated Senju Yasuhei’s sixtieth birthday at the newly built Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower, with clans and dignitaries gathering for the banquet. The festivities proceeded smoothly, and Yasuhei regarded the celebration as a sign of Konoha’s unity and prosperity.

• Three luxurious buildings appeared on Hokage Street, and villagers learned that Hashirama Senju had created them with his Ninjutsu.
• The Senju Clan prepared the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower for Yasuhei’s birthday, opening its hot spring entertainment center to the public and arranging extensive security.
• Senju Tenpuku, Senju Ga, Tenmei, Dō Senju, Tsubasa, Gi Senju, In Senju, Ame Senju, Kaidō Senju, and Nanshin Senju organized the welcoming, food, drinks, tours, and service.
• Uchiha Tomioki, Tennin Hyuga, other clan leaders, the Land of Fire’s daimyo, and noble family heads arrived with birthday gifts.
• Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and Tobirama Senju arrived last and joined the guests in greeting the hosts.
• The guests congratulated Yasuhei, signed in, and took their seats; Senju Tenpuku thanked them before the banquet began, while Yasuhei reflected on the village’s unity and prosperity.

Tsubasa hosted Senju Yasuhei’s sixtieth birthday banquet, where guests enjoyed an elaborate feast and Yasuhei spoke about his family’s losses and the recent assassination attempt. Yasuhei ended by calling for peace and giving guests VIP cards for the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower.

• Tsubasa welcomed the guests, announced the banquet, and introduced the dishes as they were served and praised.
• Tsubasa raised a toast to Senju Yasuhei’s health and to the happiness of the Land of Fire and Konoha.
• Senju Yasuhei thanked the guests and asked them to look after Tsubasa, then recalled his life as a fighter and the deaths of six of his seven sons.
• Senju Yasuhei said the Shinozuka Clan and Yamamoto Clan had been wiped out after their members tried to assassinate Tsubasa, but urged everyone to let past grudges go.
• Senju Yasuhei announced that his family would distribute VIP membership cards for the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower and toasted peace and prosperity.

At the banquet, Tsubasa played with Hyuga Muyan, Uchiha Uguisu, and the other children while Senju Yasuhei revealed that Tsubasa planned to marry seven wives, complicating his engagement to Biwako. Several clan leaders secretly overheard and began plotting to prevent the Senju marriage and protect their influence in Konoha.

• Hyuga Muyan and Uchiha Uguisu argued over Tsubasa before persuading him to watch their teams play a ninja game.
• After the teams competed, Tsubasa joined the children and enjoyed playing with them.
• Senju Yasuhei told Mito Uzumaki that Tsubasa had vowed to marry seven wives to continue the lines of his deceased uncles.
• Mito Uzumaki and Senju Yasuhei set aside Tsubasa and Biwako's engagement while she went to discuss the matter with her husband.
• Uchiha Tomioki and Uchiha Setsuna discussed stopping the marriage, and Tomioki ordered Setsuna to gather information about girls Tsubasa's age.
• Tennin Hyuga and a Hyuga elder also decided to undermine the marriage, as clan leaders began plotting against the union.

Tsubasa expanded the Senju Clan’s businesses across Konoha, turning its restaurant, hot spring complex, hotel, luxury store, casino, weapons pavilion, and medicine pavilion into lucrative ventures. After one month, the family had risen from debt to become one of the Land of Fire’s wealthiest, while demand for its exclusive goods and services continued to outstrip supply.

• Tsubasa’s restaurant and hot spring complex drew overwhelming crowds, prompting advance bookings and giving rise to ticket scalpers.
• Gi Senju led experiments at the winery, producing new drinks that began to win customers, while the Phoenix Tower Hotel’s membership system attracted 120,000 members in a month.
• Tsubasa developed a luxury brand store and established casino rules that limited the house to charging commissions and barred it from gambling.
• Tsubasa inscribed water- and earth-nature runes on weapons and armor, and the Demon God Set sold to the Land of Fire’s daimyo for ten billion ryo.
• Tsubasa packaged the Senju Secret Medicine as Nine Revolutions Life-Saving Pills, selling one a day for one hundred million ryo despite demand exceeding supply.
• Tsubasa looked over Konoha’s prosperity and recognized that the Senju family had gone from debt to great wealth in a month.

Senju Yasuhei arranged several marriages for Tsubasa with the Hyuga, Uchiha, daimyo, and Uzumaki families, turning him into a focus of Konoha’s clan politics. The new alliances strengthened the Senju but left smaller clans resentful, and the struggle among the great clans continued in a new form.

• After clans across Konoha sought marriage alliances with the Senju, Tennin Hyuga negotiated a match between Hyuga Muyan and Tsubasa, securing an agreement that neither she nor her children would receive the Caged Bird Seal.
• Senju Yasuhei and the family agreed to Uchiha Tomioki’s proposal, and Uchiha Uguisu became Tsubasa’s second-branch bride.
• The daimyo’s wife arranged for Princess Flying Swallow to marry Tsubasa, and Chen Shenji later secured a betrothal between Tsubasa and Chen Zhiyun.
• After Biwako revealed her romance with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mito Uzumaki arranged a match between Tsubasa and her niece Uzumaki Gessei.
• Ame Senju and In Senju worried that their branches had no daughters-in-law, while Senju Yasuhei assured them that Tsubasa might bring more matches himself.
• The five powerful families’ ties to Tsubasa intensified Konoha’s clan rivalries, leaving smaller clans resentful and the outcome of the alliances uncertain.

Tsubasa enjoyed a lively life with his five young fiancées, who admired and cared for him. While walking to the Senju Clan Compound with Tian Yueqing, he met Biwako, whose jealousy grew after Tian Flying Swallow defended him.

• Tsubasa spent his days with the five girls, telling them stories, singing, teaching them, and caring for Tian Flying Swallow after she fell.
• Tsubasa walked with Tian Yueqing toward the Senju Clan Compound to study Sealing Jutsu and encountered Biwako on Hokage Street.
• Biwako teased Tsubasa about having five wives, and he joked that she could help find someone to fill his two remaining places.
• Biwako asked Tsubasa for a seven-star membership, but he explained that only two memberships remained and his grandfather controlled them.
• Tian Flying Swallow joined Tsubasa and Tian Yueqing, told Biwako not to make things difficult for him, and prompted Biwako to leave in a jealous huff.

Hashirama Senju taught Tsubasa the Summoning Technique and helped him sign the Shikkotsu Forest contract. After reassuring his worried family and fiancées, Tsubasa summoned himself to the sacred ground to cultivate.

• Hashirama Senju summoned Katsuyu and had Tsubasa sign the Shikkotsu Forest contract after learning that Tsubasa had a Perfect Sage Body.
• Tsubasa asked to cultivate in Shikkotsu Forest, and Hashirama warned him about its isolation, sparse food, and difficult return journey.
• Tsubasa told his family he planned to leave, and they prepared food and supplies while his mothers, father, grandfather, and fiancées expressed concern.
• Tsubasa reassured Tian Flying Swallow, Tian Muyan, Tian Uguisu, Tian Zhiyun, and Tian Yueqing that he would return, then used the Summoning Technique to depart for Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsubasa's family and fiancées watched him disappear and resolved to cultivate while waiting for his return.

Sasuke Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s clan heads to discuss how to counter the Ten family’s booming businesses, but they admitted they could not match its products, services, or technology. The meeting ended with Shikaboshi Nara urging restraint, while Dansuke Shimura remained resentful and eager to retaliate.

• Sasuke Sarutobi convened the clan heads, and Dansuke Shimura demanded revenge after Senju Yasuhei insulted him and rejected a marriage alliance.
• Shikaboshi Nara urged the clan heads to avoid violence and focus on the Ten family’s business advantage.
• Ryosuke Sato, Eiichi Yamazaki, Chozan Akimichi, Kenzan Uzuki, and Yohei Mito described how the Medicine King Pavilion, Phoenix Tower, and Divine Weapon Pavilion outperformed their businesses with products and techniques they could not reproduce.
• Sasuke Sarutobi and Hikaru Aoki acknowledged that the Phoenix Tower’s inns and luxury goods had also eclipsed their businesses.
• Shikaboshi Nara advised the clans to lie low, and warned Dansuke Shimura that Tobirama Senju would not tolerate sabotage.
• Sasuke Sarutobi ended the meeting and the clan heads departed, while Dansuke Shimura stayed behind, seething with resentment.

Tsubasa arrived in Shikkotsu Forest and learned from a small slug that the mountain range beneath him was the Katsuyu Sage’s enormous main body. He cultivated in the forest’s abundant natural energy, then transformed the area into a home while the Katsuyu Sage watched with curiosity.

• Tsubasa followed a small slug to a stone platform, where she revealed that the white mountain range was the Katsuyu Sage’s main body and that her pressure had driven away or killed the forest’s animals.
• The small slug told Tsubasa that his Perfect Sage Body protected him from the pressure and that he could absorb nature energy without a special Senjutsu cultivation method.
• Tsubasa cultivated on the stone platform and found that nature energy was more than ten times denser than at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Tsubasa cut down trees, cleared the surrounding vegetation with Earth Release, and built a luxurious villa with help from Shadow Clones.
• The Katsuyu Sage’s enormous main body stirred and watched Tsubasa relax beside the villa’s swimming pool.

After two months training and exploring in Shikkotsu Forest, Tsubasa returned to Konoha and discovered his spiritual energy had reached Clan Head Level. He reunited with Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and Tian Yueqing, then learned how his family had been doing before deciding to return to the forest after one day.

• Tsubasa explored Shikkotsu Forest, endured the Katsuyu Sage's periodic mental pressure, and found that it strengthened his mental power.
• Tsubasa asked the Katsuyu Sage to send him home, and he returned to the Senju Clan Compound after discovering jade-like stones beneath her departing body.
• Hashirama Senju sensed Tsubasa's Clan Head Level spiritual energy and lamented that Tsubasa had returned a day too late for their bet.
• Mito Uzumaki welcomed Tsubasa home, while Tian Yueqing asked to accompany him to Shikkotsu Forest and learned that its pressure would be deadly without a Perfect Sage Body.
• Tsubasa told Mito Uzumaki and Hashirama Senju he would return to Shikkotsu Forest after one day, hoping to learn medicine from Grandpa first.
• On their way home, Tian Yueqing told Tsubasa how the younger women had been training or studying, and he promised to keep working hard for everyone's sake.

Tsubasa reunited with his family, began studying medicine and ores, and shared food and stories with them. He promised to visit every three months before returning to his training with Katsuyu Sage.

• Tsubasa asked Senju Yasuhei to teach him medicine, and his grandfather gave him books on herbs and medicinal properties.
• Tsubasa showed Senju Yasuhei a milky-white ore, which his grandfather identified as high-grade chakra metal and warned him not to risk offending Katsuyu Sage over it.
• Tsubasa asked Senju Ga for books about ores and shared exotic fruits from Shikkotsu Forest with his family.
• Tsubasa told his five fiancées the story of the Sage of Six Paths and promised to come back often.
• Tsubasa told his mothers he would return every three months, accepted food from Senju Ga, and vanished from the villa after saying goodbye.