Recaps

After Tsubasa disappeared, his family and allies searched across the Shinobi World, toppling the governments that stood in their way. Their search left the Land of Water and Land of Earth under their control, while Tian Zhiyun explored other spacetimes and Tian Muyan gained the Tenseigan and took responsibility for the moon.

• Konoha’s leaders discussed how Kage Academy graduates had surpassed their elders, then resolved to support children whether or not they attended the Academy.
• When Tsubasa’s family sensed he was in danger, Tian Yueqing, Tian Mai, and Tian Uguisu searched Shikkotsu Forest and found evidence of a powerful lightning attack, while Tian Flying Swallow ordered allies to search other lands and prepared for war.
• Tian Yukihime reclaimed leadership of the Kaguya Clan, killed the Third Mizukage and Kirigakure’s defenders, then took control of the Land of Water and sent ninja to search for Tsubasa.
• Tian Uguisu freed Bai Jiu from Ryūchi Cave’s seal, took control of the Land of Earth with Madara Uchiha, and ordered its ninja to search for Tsubasa.
• Tian Zhiyun defeated Kazekage Shamon and Sunagakure’s forces, compelled them to join the search, then used Roran’s Dragon Vein to visit other spacetimes before returning to her own.
• Tian Muyan entered the Moon Palace, stopped the Branch Family’s attack on the Giant Tenseigan, and accepted the surviving Main Family members into the Hyuga Clan.
• Tian Muyan linked with the Giant Tenseigan and transformed her Byakugan into Tenseigan, then called for the lunar families to unite and resolved to guard the moon.

Tian Mai learned that Tsubasa would return in five years but faced a prophesied death, while his disappearance drove searches and wars across the Shinobi World. Konoha conquered hostile countries, rival nobles formed a secret alliance, and Kagami Uchiha became Fourth Hokage.

• Tian Mai witnessed Tsubasa’s prophesied return and fatal wounding by Ōtsutsuki Genshō, then set out to establish an Immortal Cultivation sect at Mount Myōboku.
• Tian Flying Swallow placed the Land of Fire on wartime readiness and dispatched investigators while Tian Uguisu, Tian Yukihime, and Tian Muyan gained territories and searched for Tsubasa.
• Tian Yukihime’s forces suffered defeats against the Jashin Cult and Sky Ninja, while Moryo’s stone puppets stalled the Land of Earth’s invasion of the Land of Demons.
• Kagami Uchiha destroyed Angkor Fortress and rescued the Land of Whirlpools, then Mito Uzumaki led allied campaigns that conquered the Land of Tea, Sky Island, and the Land of Artisans.
• Mito Uzumaki confiscated noble property and installed academy graduates as administrators, while the Land of Whirlpools Navy executed fleeing noble families.
• Kin Yotsuki proposed exploiting Konoha’s divisions, and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning organized a secret alliance of foreign nobles and most Land of Fire nobles.
• Kagami Uchiha won the Fourth Hokage election after the Ten Family withdrew, then appointed departmental leaders and five powerful Hokage secretaries.
• Konoha residents debated conquest and the Will of Fire, while an Uzumaki clansman and a commoner ninja defended Konoha’s reforms in the conquered countries.

The Ten Family divided to establish cultivation strongholds while Tsubasa returned in a new body and reunited secretly with his family. As foreign armies and rebellious nobles threatened the Shinobi World, Tian Flying Swallow led a civil war that Tenbutsu and Tian Zhiyun carried into the south and west, while battles opened on other fronts.

• Tian Yueqing reported the family’s plans to separate among their new strongholds, and the siblings promised to reunite in two years while searching for their missing father.
• Tian Uguisu and Tian Muyan established rival cultivation factions, and the sisters agreed to hold a contest every five years as their disciples trained across the Shinobi World.
• Tian Yu sensed Tsubasa’s return, and Tsubasa awoke in a new body, found Tian Yueqing, and reunited with her in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsubasa concealed his identity as Tenki, but Mito Uzumaki, Senju Ga, and Tian Yu each learned the truth and agreed to keep it secret.
• Foreign armies and nobles prepared attacks across the Shinobi World, while Tian Flying Swallow executed treasonous nobles and called the Land of Fire’s loyal forces to resist the Regency Council.
• Tian Flying Swallow deployed six armies against the rebellious noble houses, and Tenbutsu’s Golden Crow Army ambushed the southern alliance and brought the south under control.
• Tian Flying Swallow named Tenbutsu the Dawn of Fire as he joined Tian Zhiyun to break the western nobles’ resistance, while Tian Zhiyun then moved west to support White Tiger City and Mito Uzumaki reinforced another front.

As Konoha’s armies conquered rival lands, Tsubasa subdued ancient gods and joined Hagoromo in preparing for the Ōtsutsuki threat. After Tsubasa saved River City, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s allies framed the White Tiger Corps, removed Hatake Sakumo, and issued a bounty for Tsubasa.

• Tian Flying Swallow forced the nobles to accept Konoha’s new laws while allowing them to retain a limited fief, then reunited with the reborn Tsubasa and left Crown Prince Tenbutsu as regent.
• Tenmei’s Azure Dragon Corps crushed the coalition at Azure Dragon City, while Konoha’s other corps defeated the armies of the Lands of Grass, Rivers, Waterfalls, Iron, and Wind.
• Tian Zhiyun confronted Wind God Saku, and Tsubasa arrived, bound and subdued the ancient god, then discussed the Ōtsutsuki threat and a joint defense with Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Jashin revived and spread a vampire horde through the Land of Hot Water, while the Sage of Six Paths fought the regenerating princes and Tsubasa traveled to assist Konoha’s army.
• Water God Zhang overwhelmed Hatake Sakumo’s forces at River City until Tsubasa restrained the god with runes, purified the river, and tamed the creature as Xiao Zhang.
• Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado clan members accused Tsubasa of taking the water god, and Tsubasa killed the guards and scions who attacked him before healing Hatake Sakumo and leaving with Xiao Zhang.
• Utatane, Sarutobi, and Mitokado clan members spread false accounts of River City, and Hiruzen Sarutobi removed Hatake Sakumo and the White Tiger Corps commanders from their posts.
• Konoha issued a bounty for Tsubasa, and while White Tiger Corps soldiers protested, Hiruzen’s search failed to find him as he fished with Xiao Zhang.