Recaps

Tsubasa fought to protect the Land of Whirlpools, brought Tian Yueqing and Kaguya Yuki Hime to Konoha, and confronted its leaders over the Senju orphans’ property. After killing Danzo, he declared his intention to become Hokage, and Konoha’s clans split over whether to stay or leave.

• Tsubasa killed Reto after learning that Senju Yasuhei had died, brought his grandfather’s body home, and vowed to change the Shinobi World.
• Tian Uguisu joined Madara Uchiha as his disciple after he falsely told her that Tsubasa had died, while Tsubasa’s other allies returned from the war and uncovered signs that the Hyuga convoy’s route had been leaked.
• Tsubasa studied Sealing Jutsu with Tian Yueqing in the Setsuna Splendor Space, developed the Soul Quantum Reincarnation Jutsu, and drove the Land of Water’s forces away from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Tsubasa defeated Kirigakure’s forces, secured a non-invasion agreement, and brought Tian Yueqing and Kaguya Yuki Hime to Konoha, where his family welcomed them.
• Tsubasa opposed Akira Senju’s plan for Senju orphans and their property, confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other leaders, and killed Danzo when he tried to have Tsubasa seized.
• Tsubasa gained Mito Uzumaki’s, Uchiha Tomioki’s, and Chisuke Hyuga’s support, summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, and declared that he would become Hokage.
• Tsubasa gave Konoha’s clans three days to choose whether to leave or follow him, and Hashirama Senju agreed to be reincarnated through Tsubasa’s Soul Transfer Jutsu.
• More than fifty clans and many civilians left Konoha, while several clans returned or stayed, and Tsubasa began preparing to take control of the village before he reached adulthood.

Tsubasa reorganized Konoha, defeated the nations and clans that threatened it, and welcomed the Uzumaki while building a new village government. As he pursued cultivation, Konoha’s technology and population surged, and a lunar discovery raised the prospect of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Tsubasa promised Konoha’s safety and announced a ranked inner village, standardized ninja evaluations, a new school system, residential districts, and military and civilian departments.
• Tsubasa appointed Konoha’s commanders and department heads, prepared the village for war, and repelled Sasuke Sarutobi, Third Raikage A, Shamon, and Ōnoki from their campaigns.
• Tsubasa invaded the other nations, defeated their leaders, demanded techniques and reparations, and ordered former Konoha villagers to work in the Land of Fire’s mines if they wished to remain.
• Tsubasa welcomed Ashina and the Uzumaki clan to Konoha, then asked Biwako to become Hokage, after she refused, he created a cabinet of five secretaries so he could cultivate in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsubasa cultivated with the Katsuyu Sage, developed runes and pills, and oversaw reforms and new technologies, including a giant computer that matched ninja to missions.
• Tsubasa investigated villagers’ needs, ordered action against predatory lenders, and defended population-growth policies while requiring parentage testing and birth registration.
• Asuka Nobumoto reported that a moon mission had encountered the Byakugan-wielding Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Tsubasa ordered stronger mecha research while curbing unsafe pill production and funding agriculture through Youth-Preserving Liquid.

Tsubasa established Kage Academy and sent its top students to train in a time-accelerated realm, while preparing for and celebrating his wedding to seven women. After the wedding stirred a technological race among the nations, Madara challenged Tsubasa and lost, then agreed to return to Konoha.

• Tsubasa expanded the Beast Taming Department, planned Kage Academy, and gave his fiancées powerful wedding gifts before opening the Academy and naming Uzumaki Ashina and Tian Yueqing its principals.
• Tsubasa tested three hundred applicants through written, endurance, and Genjutsu exams, selected 113 students, and assigned them combat classes and secondary professions.
• Tsubasa sent the Academy’s top ten students into a time-accelerated realm, where they trained for ten years, developed new techniques, and learned to cooperate before returning to lead other students through the same training.
• Tian Uguisu returned to Konoha after seven years of training with Madara, reunited with Tian Muyan and Tsubasa, and received an Earth Spirit Divine Armament Set, while Tenmei introduced Kurama Satsuki as his girlfriend.
• Tsubasa married Tian Flying Swallow, Tian Yueqing, Tian Uguisu, Tian Muyan, Tian Mai, Tian Yukihime, and Tian Zhiyun as leaders from across the Shinobi World watched Konoha’s military parade and technology displays.
• When foreign leaders demanded Konoha’s weapons and research, Tsubasa drove them away, prompting the major nations to accelerate their own technology programs as Konoha’s leaders planned further advances.
• Madara challenged Tsubasa at the Valley of the End, offering to reveal the world’s ultimate secret if Tsubasa survived a hundred moves and demanding the Hokage position if he lost.
• Tsubasa defeated Madara’s Susanoo, Limbo, and Chibaku Tensei, treated his injuries after Madara admitted defeat, and asked him to return to Konoha.

Tsubasa secured allies and resources, oversaw the reincarnation of the Katsuyu Sage and several ancestors, then reached the Golden Core Realm after a perilous seclusion. While he was away, Tian Flying Swallow took the throne, annexed the Land of Rice Fields, and established the Ten Family’s dominance over the Land of Fire.

• Tsubasa won Madara’s allegiance against the Ōtsutsuki, obtained the Transformation Secret Technique from the White Snake Sage, and learned from the Great Toad Sage that he was destined to fight the Ōtsutsuki.
• Tsubasa helped the Katsuyu Sage reincarnate as Tian Yu, refined the Sage’s body into pills, and secretly arranged for several ancestors to be reborn through members of the Ten Family.
• Tian Yu displayed extraordinary spiritual abilities as an infant, while Tenchu awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and called Madara by name, and most of the other reborn children had no memories of their past lives.
• Tsubasa entered seclusion at Shikkotsu Forest, endured a ninefold lightning tribulation and a Heart Demon Tribulation, and emerged five years later as a Golden Core Sage.
• Tian Flying Swallow defeated her brothers in the succession struggle, became queen of the Land of Fire, and led the Azure Dragon Corps in conquering and annexing the Land of Rice Fields.
• Tian Flying Swallow defied foreign demands to return the conquered territory, introduced tax relief, free ninja education, state hospitals, rune-powered industry, and land redistribution, and gained the people’s support.
• Chozan Akimichi and the other elders recognized that the Ten Family controlled the Land of Fire’s leadership, Konoha’s administration, and major financial and security resources.