Chapter Summaries

Tsubasa visited Mount Myōboku seeking a transformation technique for Katsuyu, but the Great Toad Sage said the Toad Clan’s version was unsuitable and revealed a prophecy that Tsubasa would fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Their conversation ended with Tsubasa explaining the Great Dao of the Golden Core, which the Toad Sage compared to summoning beasts’ Demon Cores.

• Tsubasa greeted Fukasaku and Shima and explained that he wanted Mount Myōboku’s Transformation Secret Technique for Katsuyu.
• Fukasaku and Shima led Tsubasa to the Great Toad Sage, who warned that Mount Myōboku did not teach Senjutsu to outsiders and that its transformation art was defective and Toad-specific.
• The Great Toad Sage told Tsubasa that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had come from another planet and that Kaguya’s actions had sparked wars and tragedies.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed a prophetic dream in which Tsubasa fought the Ōtsutsuki Clan and said his mission was to protect the Shinobi World.
• Tsubasa described the stages of the Great Dao of the Golden Core, and the Great Toad Sage compared its cultivation to the Demon Cores of summoning beasts.

Tsubasa returned from Mount Myōboku and agreed to help the Katsuyu Sage reincarnate as a human, with Tian Yueqing serving as the mother. The ritual succeeded, leaving the Katsuyu Sage’s soul as a spirit fetus named Tian Yu.

• The Toad Sage gave Tsubasa Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Scroll and invited him to cultivate there.
• Tsubasa returned to Shikkotsu Forest and told the Katsuyu Sage he had found no transformation technique, so she asked him to attempt Soul Reincarnation.
• Tsubasa asked Tian Yueqing to help with the dangerous ritual, explaining that her Uzumaki vitality made her a suitable mother for the Katsuyu Sage’s new life.
• Three days later, Tsubasa and Tian Yueqing performed the ritual at Shikkotsu Forest, transferring the Katsuyu Sage’s soul into Tian Yueqing and forming a spirit fetus.
• Tsubasa and Tian Yueqing named the reincarnated Katsuyu Sage Tian Yu.

Tsubasa explained Katsuyu Sage’s wishes for her body and her plan for Tian Yueqing to establish an Immortal Cultivation sect in Shikkotsu Forest. He revealed the Ōtsutsuki threat behind his urgent cultivation, then stored Katsuyu Sage’s remains and prepared to return to Konoha before entering seclusion.

• Tian Yueqing worried about what to do with Katsuyu Sage’s body, and Tsubasa explained that Katsuyu Sage had asked him to refine it into artifacts and pills.
• Tsubasa told Tian Yueqing that Katsuyu Sage had left Shikkotsu Forest to her and wanted her to establish an Immortal Cultivation sect there.
• Tsubasa explained the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s threat and recounted how Kaguya Otsutsuki had tried to prepare an army against them.
• Tsubasa took Tian Yueqing back to Konoha, then returned to Shikkotsu Forest and used Shadow Clones to dismember and store Katsuyu Sage’s body.
• Tsubasa decided to return to Konoha to arrange village affairs before beginning his seclusion and attempting to reach the Golden Core Realm.

Biwako persuaded Tsubasa to meet with Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions about returning to Konoha. Hiruzen and the others pleaded for a chance to atone and offered their intelligence network, but Tsubasa questioned whether Hiruzen could truly put aside his grudge over his father's death.

• Biwako asked Tsubasa to consider letting Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other exiles return to Konoha, citing their service and the village's need for people.
• Tsubasa agreed to give Hiruzen and his companions half an hour to demonstrate their sincerity.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu knelt before Tsubasa and pleaded for a chance to atone.
• Mitokado Homura explained that over forty thousand ninja and the Shimura Clan had stayed in the Land of Rice Fields, while more than twenty thousand others had established intelligence stations abroad.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented a notebook of intelligence networks, rare mineral locations, and foreign military information for Konoha to use.
• Tsubasa reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had killed Hiruzen's father and asked whether Hiruzen had forgotten that grudge.

Tsubasa put Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu in charge of reforming the troubled Konoha Outer Village, offering them a chance to atone and return to Konoha. After months of work, the village improved, and Tsubasa officially welcomed it into Konoha and recognized the three clans.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu described the outer village’s crime, foreign spies, and need for investment as they pleaded for a chance to serve Konoha.
• Tsubasa appointed the three leaders of the Konoha Outer Village Administrative Department and warned that failure would keep them and their clans out of the inner village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rallied the outer-village ninja, Mitokado Homura led operations against criminals and spies, and Utatane Koharu improved infrastructure and support for residents.
• The three leaders faced resistance, losses, and shortages, but continued their work until crime and espionage declined and living conditions improved.
• After visiting the transformed outer village, Tsubasa officially made it part of Konoha and granted the three clans eligibility for Konoha’s Nine-Rank Clan System.

Tsubasa recalled the Katsuyu Sage’s plans for reincarnation while refining her body into pills. He continued the work in his pill chamber, anticipating her rebirth.

• The Katsuyu Sage asked Tsubasa to refine her body into life-saving and cultivation pills after she reincarnated.
• The Katsuyu Sage planned to turn her bone into armor and her skin into a shape-changing magical treasure.
• Tsubasa warned the Katsuyu Sage that reincarnation would be painful and required her not to resist.
• The Katsuyu Sage accepted the risks and vowed to become powerful after reincarnating.
• Tsubasa remembered their conversation and began refining the Katsuyu Sage’s body into pills.

Tsubasa finished refining the Katsuyu Sage’s flesh into pills and returned to Konoha to visit his pregnant wife, Tian Yueqing. When he contacted the fetus, he discovered that the reincarnating Katsuyu Sage had lost most of her memories, leaving him worried about her condition.

• Tsubasa spent more than half a year refining the Katsuyu Sage’s flesh, producing over twelve thousand Resurrection Pills and Immortal Spirit Pills.
• Tian Yueqing waited in Konoha with her six sisters, while Tian Flying Swallow and the others hoped Tsubasa would soon help them have children too.
• Tsubasa returned to the Ten Family villa, told Tian Yueqing he had finished the pills, and promised his other wives he would make arrangements for them.
• Tsubasa visited Tian Yueqing that night and contacted the fetus, who remembered only scattered images of him refining pills.
• Tsubasa questioned the fetus about the Katsuyu Sage and Shikkotsu Forest, but she recalled little beyond a vague feeling.

Tsubasa summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to ask why Katsuyu Sage had lost memories during reincarnation, but they could offer no certain remedy. In the Pure Land, most Senju elders chose to remain, while only a dozen or so decided to reincarnate, including Tsubasa's uncles who wanted to return to their wives.

• Tsubasa summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and explained Katsuyu Sage's memory loss.
• Tobirama Senju said ancient texts described memories being sealed or lost during reincarnation, while Hashirama Senju suggested Katsuyu Sage's unusual nature may have caused stronger interference.
• Tobirama Senju said Katsuyu Sage's memories might return as she grew, but neither brother knew a reliable way to restore them.
• Tsubasa asked Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to keep the matter quiet in Konoha and tell the deceased Senju elders so they could decide whether to reincarnate.
• In the Pure Land, most Senju elders chose to stay, while a dozen or so chose reincarnation; Tsubasa's two uncles were among those who wanted to return to their wives.

Tsubasa began reincarnating the Senju ancestors into new lives, while their family gathered to say goodbye and fulfill their final wishes. The six women became pregnant, and the ancestors began their journey in new identities as Tsubasa watched over them.

• Butsuma Senju agreed to reincarnate and became the first to vanish from the rune altar, leaving a soul bead that Tsubasa collected.
• Tsubasa gave Senju Yasuhei, Tsukika Senju, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Tenshun Senju time to reunite with family and fulfill their wishes before reincarnating them.
• Tsubasa performed the Soul Reincarnation Jutsu on Tian Muyan, Tian Uguisu, Tian Mai, Tian Zhiyun, and Tian Yukihime as they slept, placing the ancestors' souls in their wombs.
• Tian Yueqing watched over Tsubasa as the six women became pregnant, while Konoha remained unaware of the secret plan.
• Tenbutsu, Tenpei, Tenka, Tenchu, Tenpi, and Tenshun began their new lives, and Tsubasa resolved to watch over their growth.

Tian Yu was born amid a strange purple light and quickly displayed extraordinary spiritual power, mastery of Natural Energy, and two supreme Immortal Spiritual Roots. After she recognized Shikkotsu Forest from fragments of her previous life, Tsubasa realized her memories might return as she grew, and pledged to support her future.

• Tian Yueqing gave birth to a daughter after a purple light appeared over the Ten Family's old residence, and Tsubasa named her Tian Yu.
• At three days old, Tian Yu communicated through spiritual power, and before she was a month old she could walk, control objects, and detect the runes Tsubasa was studying.
• Tian Yu made runes appear at the ancestral hall during her one-month celebration, then shaped mist into a butterfly and displayed a playful side alongside her quiet nature.
• When Tsubasa taught Tian Yu to absorb Natural Energy, she drew it from across ten li and caused the courtyard plants to grow wildly without suffering pain.
• Tsubasa tested Tian Yu and discovered that she possessed dark water-element and purple life-element supreme Immortal Spiritual Roots.
• At Shikkotsu Forest, Tian Yu recognized a cave from her previous life and recalled that she had slept there while Tsubasa was present, leaving Tsubasa hopeful that more memories would surface.

Tian Uguisu gave birth to Tsubasa’s son Tenchu, whom Madara Uchiha insisted was Hashirama reborn. Tenchu awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at birth, and the chapter ended with him saying “Madara” as Madara wept and Mito felt hurt.

• Tian Uguisu gave birth to a calm baby boy as green light filled the room and the courtyard tree sprouted new leaves.
• Tsubasa named the baby Tenchu and declared him the Ten Family’s eldest son and a future pillar of Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha and Mito Uzumaki rushed to see the baby, and Madara took him, declaring that he was Hashirama reborn.
• Tenchu cried in Madara’s arms and awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, prompting Madara and Mito to argue over who would hold and train him.
• Madara refused to give Tenchu up, while Tsubasa tried to settle the dispute and Tenchu giggled and drooled on Madara’s robes.
• Tenchu turned his Sharingan toward the arguing adults and said “Madara,” making Madara weep and leaving Mito hurt.

Tsubasa welcomed a series of extraordinary births into the Ten Family, but most of the children lost their past-life memories despite being reincarnations of powerful figures. After a second attempt at the Soul Reincarnation Technique produced the same result, he accepted the Mystery of the Womb and chose to raise the children for the strength they could develop themselves.

• Tenbutsu, Tenpi, Tenpei, Tenka, and Tenshun were born amid unusual auspicious signs, and Tsubasa kept their past-life identities secret.
• After the children turned a month old, Tsubasa noticed that only Tian Yu and Tenchu retained fragments of their past-life memories, while the others behaved like ordinary babies.
• Three months later, Tsubasa modified the Soul Reincarnation Jutsu and tried again, hoping his wives’ seven children would retain their past-life memories.
• The seven children were born safely but had lost those memories, and Tsubasa realized their inherited Sage bloodline could make them powerful without past-life knowledge.
• Tsubasa abandoned his plan to reincarnate fallen powerhouses and decided to focus on educating and caring for the children, telling Tentoku that starting over as a child of the Ten Family was acceptable.

Tsubasa refined the Katsuyu Sage’s inner core into ten spiritual pills and entered seclusion in the Shikkotsu Forest to break through his cultivation bottleneck. After taking two pills and enduring a painful refinement of his Spiritual Liquid, he reached the Golden Core Stage.

• Tsubasa used the Katsuyu Sage’s inner core and over a hundred medicinal ingredients to refine ten spiritual pills.
• Tsubasa arranged for specialists to manage Konoha’s affairs, explained his seclusion to his family, and returned to the Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsubasa cultivated at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but his Spiritual Liquid could not condense into a core.
• Tsubasa swallowed two spiritual pills, endured their scorching energy, and gradually refined his Spiritual Liquid into a semisolid gel.
• Tsubasa condensed the Spiritual Liquid into a Golden Core and celebrated his breakthrough.

Tsubasa endured nine devastating lightning tribulations and a Heart Demon trial while his Perfect Sage Body and Golden Core grew stronger. After five years of regeneration, he emerged from seclusion as a Golden Core Sage, unaware that more than six years had passed and the Shinobi World had changed.

• Tsubasa condensed his Golden Core in Shikkotsu Forest and drew down a ninefold lightning tribulation that he sensed was meant to destroy him.
• Tsubasa survived the first seven lightning bolts as his Perfect Sage Body regenerated his injuries and his Golden Core transformed into a seven-colored core.
• Tsubasa inscribed a Protective Rune Array and faced the final two lightning bolts, which reduced his body to charred fragments and pulled his soul into the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Tsubasa resisted visions of countless tragic lives, remembered Katsuyu Sage's words, and destroyed the Heart Demon with his life-bound flying sword.
• Tsubasa's body regenerated underground over five years, and he emerged as a Golden Core Sage with immense power.
• Tsubasa celebrated his new strength without realizing it was Konoha year 28 and more than six years had passed since he entered seclusion.

The second young lord eliminated his rivals and prepared to force the ailing daimyō to name him successor. Tian Flying Swallow returned to the Land of Fire and confronted him at their father’s bedside, where their fight began.

• The seven young lords argued over succession, and the fifth and sixth young lords were poisoned.
• The brothers’ power struggle escalated as the fourth and third young lords died, the seventh was poisoned, and the first young lord was killed after his troops betrayed him.
• The second young lord emerged as the last contender while Kagura kept the old daimyō alive, but he demanded the succession decree at swordpoint.
• Tian Flying Swallow entered the bedchamber, supported her father, and drew her sword when the second young lord attacked her.

Tian Flying Swallow defeated her brother’s coup with the Nine Dragons Jade Seal and took control of the Land of Fire. She abolished the daimyo title, was crowned queen, and received the people’s support.

• Tian Flying Swallow fought her second brother’s assassins as he tried to seize power and poison the old daimyo.
• The old daimyo gave Tian Flying Swallow the crown, and she summoned the Nine Dragons Jade Seal to overwhelm the three thousand ninja.
• Tian Flying Swallow crippled her second brother and sent him to the dungeon, then demanded corrupt officials surrender their stolen wealth.
• Tian Flying Swallow abolished the title of daimyo and declared that the country’s ruler would be called king.
• Kagura announced Tian Flying Swallow’s coronation, and the ministers knelt and hailed her as queen.
• The people celebrated Tian Flying Swallow’s rule, and she resolved to work for the Land of Fire’s future.

After succeeding her father as daimyo of the Land of Fire, Tian Flying Swallow led the Azure Dragon Corps in a campaign to destroy the Land of Rice Fields and annex its territory. The Nine Dragons Jade Seal raised her strength to Sage Level, and the chapter ended with the Land of Rice Fields eliminated and the Shinobi World alarmed by the conquest.

• Tian Flying Swallow succeeded her father as the second daimyo of the Land of Fire and ordered an invasion of the Land of Rice Fields.
• Tian Flying Swallow and Senju Tenpuku led ten thousand Azure Dragon Corps soldiers against the Shimura Clan's forces.
• Tian Flying Swallow defeated Shimura Sōrō, and the Azure Dragon Corps routed the Land of Rice Fields' army.
• The Nine Dragons Jade Seal absorbed Chakra from the defeated ninjas and raised Tian Flying Swallow's strength to Sage Level.
• Tian Flying Swallow led the Azure Dragon Corps in eliminating the Land of Rice Fields' nobles and remaining forces, executing its daimyo and family and annexing the country into the Land of Fire.

Delegations from the other nations condemned the Land of Fire for destroying the Land of Rice Fields and threatened force unless it returned the territory. Tian Flying Swallow answered with a defiant warning, leaving the Shinobi World tense and the Land of Fire resolved to defend itself.

• Envoys from the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, and smaller nations demanded the Land of Fire return the Land of Rice Fields and threatened action.
• Tian Flying Swallow rebuked the envoys, arguing that the Land of Rice Fields had violated the Land of Fire’s sovereignty and brought its destruction upon itself.
• Tian Flying Swallow warned the other nations that the Land of Fire would fight back if they joined forces against it.
• The envoys fell silent, while the people and shinobi of the Land of Fire rallied behind Tian Flying Swallow and Tsubasa.
• The other nations held tense discussions as Tian Flying Swallow stood on the city wall and vowed to entrust the Land of Fire’s future to herself.

Tian Flying Swallow introduced sweeping reforms that improved life for the common people of the Land of Fire, even as other nations criticized the country for annexing the Land of Rice Fields. Their support empowered her through the Nine Dragons Jade Seal, and she vowed to protect the Land of Fire and lead it toward greater prosperity.

• Tian Flying Swallow reassured the people of the Land of Fire that their country feared no enemy, while foreign nations refrained from attacking and continued condemning its actions.
• Tian Flying Swallow reduced or waived agricultural taxes for three years and established free, compulsory ninja education for children across the Land of Fire.
• Tian Flying Swallow opened state hospitals with half of medical costs covered, launched an industrial revolution using rune technology, and redistributed state-owned land to commoners while compensating nobles.
• Commoners came to revere Tian Flying Swallow and worship her as a god after her reforms improved their lives.
• Tian Flying Swallow raised the Nine Dragons Fire-Pattern Flag and learned that the Nine Dragons Jade Seal had reached Golden Core Realm quality, while its power had raised her strength to the False Core Realm.
• Tian Flying Swallow vowed to protect the Land of Fire and lead it to lasting peace and prosperity.

Retired Konoha elders discussed how the Ten Family came to dominate the Land of Fire, with Tian Flying Swallow ruling as queen and controlling much of Konoha’s administration and finances. They accepted that the Ten Family’s era had arrived and hoped it would bring prosperity.

• Chozan Akimichi questioned how the Ten Family had come to hold the Land of Fire’s highest positions without opposition.
• Shikaboshi Nara explained that Shimura Danzō’s interference had forced young Tsubasa to take power in Konoha and had created an opening for Tian Flying Swallow to claim the throne.
• Shikaboshi Nara described Tian Flying Swallow’s early business ventures, wartime relief work, military organization, and later leadership of Konoha’s Administrative Department.
• The elders recognized that Tian Flying Swallow controlled the Land of Fire, Konoha’s administration, the Phoenix Tower branches, and key financial and security resources.
• Chozan Akimichi and Masataka Hatake concluded that the Ten Family’s era had arrived, and the elders hoped it would lead the Land of Fire toward prosperity.