Chapter Summaries

Retired Konoha leaders debated whether the queen, Flying Swallow, could become Hokage, but Dō Senju said Tsubasa’s rules and rankings made that unlikely. They turned to the Kage Academy and its young graduates, whose achievements had surpassed those of the older generation.

• Uchiha Tomioki and the other elders praised Tsubasa and Flying Swallow, then Shikaboshi Nara raised the possibility that Flying Swallow might become Hokage.
• Momiji Yamanaka listed Flying Swallow’s qualifications, and Hyuga Tensei worried that she could unite the two thrones.
• Dō Senju rebuked the elders for speculating about her family and said Tsubasa’s rules required future Hokage to come from the Kage Academy.
• Dō Senju explained that Tian Yueqing ranked second in the Ten Family while Flying Swallow ranked third and could not advance beyond the False Core Realm.
• Uzumaki Ashina and Chozan Akimichi discussed the pressure children faced at the Kage Academy, while Shikaboshi Nara and Hyuga Tensei teased Chozan.
• Uchiha Tomioki and Asuka Nobumoto recalled how Kage Academy graduates Uchiha Bi and Hyuga Reon had surpassed them in strength and expertise.

Konoha’s leaders discussed how the Kage Academy’s first graduating class had become powerful experts and won important positions, inspiring clans and villagers to train their children for admission. They agreed that the Academy should nurture young talent while Konoha supported children who followed other paths, and they awaited this year’s graduates.

• Masataka Hatake and Shikaboshi Nara recalled how their sons, Hatake Sakumo and Nara Shikanei, had defeated them after graduating from the Kage Academy.
• The leaders remembered how graduates including Might Duy, Hyuga Reon, Gekko Kenshichi, Kurama Satsuki, Uzuki Nozomi, and Asuka Iwata had earned senior roles by defeating their predecessors or proving their skills.
• Konoha’s clans and villagers began training children and seeking tutors so they could enter the Kage Academy, while clan heads competed to find promising students.
• Uzumaki Ashina explained that he and Tsubasa had established the Academy to develop students’ potential, but its limited resources were reserved for its pupils.
• Dō Senju urged the leaders to make room for younger generations and ensure Konoha supported children whether or not they attended the Academy.
• Chozan Akimichi agreed that the children should grow up happily, and Konoha’s leaders resolved to support them as they awaited this year’s graduates.

Tsubasa’s family and wives felt a powerful telepathic warning while he was secluded in Shikkotsu Forest and feared he was in mortal danger. Tian Flying Swallow organized a search and secured Konoha as the women waited for news.

• Senju Ga, Tian Yueqing, Senju Tenpuku, and the others felt disturbances in their spirits and suspected Tsubasa was in danger.
• Tian Yueqing grabbed a sword and declared that she would go to Shikkotsu Forest to find Tsubasa.
• Tian Flying Swallow and the other wives hurried to the Ten Family villa, where they learned that the family shared the same ominous feeling.
• Tian Flying Swallow gave spatial teleportation scrolls to Tian Yueqing, Tian Mai, and Tian Uguisu, and ordered them to search for Tsubasa and retreat if they faced danger.
• Tian Flying Swallow ordered Tian Muyan to keep Konoha stable while Tian Yukihime and Tian Zhiyun stayed to protect the home and care for the children.
• After the others left, Tian Flying Swallow knelt by a memorial tablet and prayed for Tsubasa to return alive.

Tian Yueqing and her sisters found evidence of a devastating lightning attack in Shikkotsu Forest but no trace of Tsubasa himself. Back in Konoha, they concluded he was likely taken or otherwise not completely dead and began discussing which major powers could be responsible.

• Tian Yueqing, Tian Uguisu, and Tian Mai searched Tsubasa’s cultivation cave and all of Shikkotsu Forest after finding he had left within the past week.
• Tian Yueqing found a charred scrap of Tsubasa’s clothing, and Tian Mai suspected a Lightning Release ambush from the Land of Lightning.
• The three women discovered a cliff transformed by concentrated lightning and flames, while Tian Uguisu’s bell lost Tsubasa’s aura and Tian Mai sensed he might be nearby.
• Tian Yueqing brought photographs and the clothing scrap back to the Ten Family and reported that Tsubasa had likely fought a powerful Lightning Release user.
• Senju Ga’s prayer beads broke, Senju Dō collapsed in grief, and Tian Flying Swallow said Tsubasa’s absence and the failed Impure World Reincarnation suggested he was not completely dead.
• Tian Uguisu, Tian Muyan, and Tian Mai considered the Five Great Nations, Ryūchi Cave, Mount Myōboku, and the Ōtsutsuki Clan as suspects, with Tian Mai focusing on the Land of Lightning.

After Tsubasa disappeared, the Ten Family argued over how to find him without starting a war, and ultimately split up to search across the Shinobi World. Tian Flying Swallow prepared for possible conflict while Tian Yueqing stayed to watch Konoha, and the search for Tsubasa began.

• Senju Tenpuku proposed attacking the Land of Lightning, but Tian Flying Swallow insisted they investigate before taking action.
• Madara Uchiha criticized Tian Flying Swallow’s restraint, and she used Dragon’s Pressure to stop him from starting a war without her orders.
• Tian Uguisu and others argued that Tsubasa’s safety mattered most, while Tian Flying Swallow and Senju Ga warned against causing another war; Tian Yueqing proposed splitting up to search.
• Tian Uguisu headed for Ryūchi Cave, Madara Uchiha went to the Ninja Cat Clan, Tian Zhiyun set out for the Land of Wind, and Tian Mai went to Mount Myōboku.
• Tian Yukihime traveled to the Land of Water, Tian Muyan flew to the moon, and Senju Tenpuku and Tenmei went to the Land of Lightning.
• Tian Flying Swallow returned to the Land of Fire’s capital to prepare for war, while Tian Yueqing stayed to watch Konoha and hoped Tsubasa would return safely.

After Tsubasa disappeared, Tian Yukihime returned to Kirigakure to reclaim her Kaguya Clan leadership and use the clan’s power to search for him. She reached the clan compound and began killing its guards, setting her revenge in motion.

• Tian Yukihime recalled how Kaguya Tojiro’s family abused her after her parents died and how Tsubasa rescued her and brought her to Konoha.
• Determined to find the missing Tsubasa, Tian Yukihime headed for Kirigakure to reclaim her clan position and punish those who had mistreated her.
• Tian Yukihime killed a Kirigakure Jonin and three Chunin when they tried to stop her on the road.
• At the Kaguya Clan compound, Tian Yukihime killed three guards with Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, while the others fled to report her arrival.

Tian Yukihime returned to the Kaguya Clan to reclaim what Kaguya Tojiro had stolen from her and overwhelmed him and his followers in battle. As she massacred the clan members, Tojiro prepared one final technique.

• Tian Yukihime confronted her uncle, Kaguya Tojiro, and demanded that he return what he had taken from her.
• Tian Yukihime dodged Tojiro’s attacks and destroyed his Bone Dragon Divine Technique with Dust Release.
• Tojiro summoned his clan members and demanded that Tian Yukihime surrender, but she cut down the attackers with her blade and Ninjutsu.
• Tojiro watched his followers fall and began forming hand seals for his final attack, Shikotsumyaku: Divine Bone Heavenly Prison Technique.

Tian Yukihime defeated Kaguya Tojiro and forced the Kaguya Clan to accept her as its new head. She then vowed to find Tsubasa, knowing her search had only begun.

• Tian Yukihime broke free of Kaguya Tojiro's Divine Bone Heavenly Prison Technique and pierced his Divine Bone Shield, killing him.
• Tian Yukihime announced she would take control of the Kaguya Clan, then killed young clanspeople who attacked her with Dance of the Seedling Fern.
• Tian Yukihime used her power to stop further resistance and forced the remaining clanspeople to kneel and recognize her as clan head.
• Tian Yukihime recalled how Tsubasa had trained her and vowed to find him, whatever obstacles lay ahead.

Tian Yukihime slaughtered the Kirigakure Anbu sent to summon her and warned the Third Mizukage to leave the Kaguya Clan alone. After hearing the survivor’s report, Minazuki Kiyoshi ordered an attack to wipe out the clan that night.

• Tian Yukihime killed the Anbu who confronted her in the Kaguya Clan council hall and sent their captain back with a threat to the Third Mizukage.
• The wounded Anbu Captain reported Tian Yukihime’s warning to Minazuki Kiyoshi and described how easily she had defeated their squad.
• Minazuki Kiyoshi recalled Konoha’s military power and Tian Yukihime’s ties to the Hokage, but dismissed her threat.
• Minazuki Kiyoshi ordered the Anbu and major families to assemble and wipe out the Kaguya Clan that night.

Tian Yukihime confronted the Third Mizukage, Minazuki Kiyoshi, and Kirigakure’s assembled forces after warning that she would take over the Land of Water. She slaughtered the village’s leaders and army with her Shikotsumyaku techniques, then demanded Kirigakure’s submission as she enveloped the village in bone.

• The Third Mizukage, Minazuki Kiyoshi, surrounded the Kaguya Clan compound with Kirigakure’s forces and demanded a confrontation with Tian Yukihime.
• Tian Yukihime challenged the Mizukage and the assembled ninja, insisting she had not started the conflict and boasting that Kirigakure could not stop her.
• Minazuki Kiyoshi attacked with the Great Waterfall Technique, but Tian Yukihime broke through the assault and killed him with a bone blade.
• Tian Yukihime led the Kaguya Clan’s ninja against Kirigakure’s leaders, killing clan elders, Kage Level experts, Hozuki Hachiro, and the First Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Tian Yukihime used her bone techniques to devastate Kirigakure and envelop the village in a sphere of bone, then demanded that it submit or be erased from the Shinobi World.

Tian Yukihime seized control of the Land of Water, declared herself Mizukage, and made the Kaguya Clan its royal family while searching for Tsubasa. News of her conquest and Tsubasa’s long absence alarmed the other nations and left Konoha’s leaders demanding answers from the Ten Family.

• Tian Yukihime killed the Third Mizukage, claimed the throne, and ordered the Land of Water’s ninja to obey her.
• Tian Yukihime forced the daimyo and nobles to submit, punished those guilty of heinous crimes, and reshaped the country under Kaguya rule.
• Tian Yukihime sent two hundred thousand ninja to search neighboring countries for Tsubasa, and reports of her conquest spread across the Shinobi World.
• The leaders of Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure condemned Konoha and began mobilizing their forces.
• Konoha’s leaders held urgent discussions and demanded that the Ten Family explain Tsubasa’s disappearance.

Tian Uguisu defeated the White Snake Sage, bound her through Ryūchi Cave’s contract scroll, and named her Bai Jiu. She then spent months studying and destroying the seal that confined Bai Jiu, leaving Ryūchi Cave free of its restrictions as she continued her search for Tsubasa.

• Tian Uguisu used the awakened power of the Earth Spirit Divine Equipment to pierce one of the White Snake Sage’s heads, forcing the Sage to surrender.
• Tian Uguisu signed a master-servant contract with the White Snake Sage, named her Bai Jiu, and ordered her to help search for Hokage Tsubasa.
• Bai Jiu told Tian Uguisu that a seal in Ryūchi Cave prevented her true body from leaving, so Tian Uguisu began studying the seal’s formation.
• After observing the changing runes for months, Tian Uguisu found a brief fluctuation and shattered the formation’s crystal core with her Earth Spirit Divine Spear.
• The seal collapsed, freeing Bai Jiu from its restriction, and Tian Uguisu promised that they would face the future together.

Tian Uguisu and Bai Jiu attacked the capital of the Land of Earth and fought its guardian, Iwasuzume. After Tian Uguisu killed him and Bai Jiu defeated the shikigami, she turned toward the Daimyo's residence.

• Tian Uguisu and Bai Jiu arrived at the capital of the Land of Earth and demanded that its defenders submit or die.
• Iwasuzume attacked them with black talismans and summoned shikigami, including a wolf, crow, spider, and snake.
• Tian Uguisu and Bai Jiu fought off the shikigami while dodging Iwasuzume's spells, taking minor wounds.
• Tian Uguisu used her Mangekyō Sharingan's predictive ability to pierce Iwasuzume's defenses with the Earth Spirit Divine Spear and kill him.
• The guards retreated as Tian Uguisu set her sights on the Daimyo of the Land of Earth's residence.

Tian Uguisu seized control of the Land of Earth’s daimyo and forced him to appoint her as the new Tsuchikage. When the news reached Iwagakure, Ōnoki and the village leaders resolved to kill her when she arrived, and prepared an ambush at the village entrance.

• Tian Uguisu and Bai Jiu defeated the daimyo’s guardian wizards and forced the daimyo to obey her through Genjutsu.
• Tian Uguisu ordered the daimyo to appoint her Tsuchikage and announce that she would take up the post in Iwagakure.
• The appointment sparked fierce debate across the Land of Earth, with supporters citing the country’s need for a stronger leader and opponents condemning the daimyo’s interference.
• Ōnoki learned of his dismissal while planning an attack on the Land of Fire and summoned Iwagakure’s senior leaders.
• Ōnoki and the senior leaders agreed to kill Tian Uguisu when she arrived, then laid traps and concealed ninjas near the village entrance.

Madara Uchiha, disguised as the Daimyo's chosen successor, used his Susanoo and a vast White Zetsu army to conquer Iwagakure. Ōnoki fled toward the Land of Earth's capital, while Madara watched the village fall as part of a plan with Tian Uguisu.

• The Masked Man claimed the Daimyo's court had appointed him Tsuchikage, and Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure's ninja to attack him.
• The Masked Man unleashed an enormous Susanoo that overwhelmed Iwagakure's forces and defeated their attacks.
• Ōnoki fled with elite ninja toward the Land of Earth's capital to confront the Daimyo and investigate the plot.
• Hundreds of thousands of White Zetsu emerged underground and seized Iwagakure, killing those who resisted and capturing those who surrendered.
• Madara Uchiha watched from his Susanoo as Iwagakure fell, having planned the takeover with Tian Uguisu to help her seize the Land of Earth.

Tian Uguisu killed Ōnoki, defeated the Iwa forces, and brought the Land of Earth under her and Madara Uchiha’s rule. As they searched for Tsubasa and other nations prepared for war, Konoha’s leaders convened to plan for a conflict threatening the entire Shinobi World.

• Tian Uguisu fought Ōnoki, broke through his defenses, trapped him in an illusion, and killed him with the Earth Spirit Divine Spear.
• Tian Uguisu and Bai Jiu slaughtered thousands of Iwa ninja, then forced the survivors to surrender.
• Tian Uguisu and Madara Uchiha took control of the Land of Earth, reformed its institutions, and imposed their rule on Iwagakure.
• Tian Uguisu ordered ninja squads to search the Shinobi World for Tsubasa, prompting nations to reinforce their defenses.
• Tian Zhiyun appeared in the Land of Wind, while Senju Tenpuku and Tenmei appeared in the Land of Lightning, alarming both nations.
• Konoha’s senior leaders, including Tian Yueqing and Tian Flying Swallow, held an emergency meeting to prepare for the approaching war.

Tian Zhiyun fought her way across the Land of Wind toward Sunagakure to find her husband, Tsubasa, after Sand shinobi repeatedly tried to stop her. At the village entrance, Kazekage Shamon confronted her with two thousand Elite Jonin and demanded answers about Tian Yukihime, while Tian Zhiyun insisted she only wanted to find her husband.

• Tian Zhiyun wounded three Sand shinobi who tried to search her and continued into the desert.
• After enduring repeated assassination attempts for half a month, Tian Zhiyun killed a squad of Sand shinobi and warned their superiors not to obstruct her search for Tsubasa.
• Tian Zhiyun defeated elite Sand shinobi sent to intercept her as she pressed toward Sunagakure.
• Survivors reported Tian Zhiyun's attacks to Kazekage Shamon, who ordered two thousand Elite Jonin to surround her at Sunagakure's entrance.
• Shamon confronted Tian Zhiyun, accused her of killing dozens of shinobi, and asked whether Tian Yukihime's occupation of the Land of Water was a Konoha scheme.
• Tian Zhiyun said she was only searching for her husband and threatened Shamon if he continued to stand in her way.

Tian Zhiyun defeated Kazekage Shamon and devastated much of Sunagakure with her True Konoha Divine Dragon. The surviving Sand shinobi surrendered, and she warned them not to betray Konoha again.

• Kazekage Shamon attacked Tian Zhiyun with Magnet Release, but she broke free and struck him down with Konoha Dragon God.
• Sand shinobi sent puppets and sand attacks against Tian Zhiyun, who unleashed True Konoha Divine Dragon and destroyed much of Sunagakure.
• Tian Zhiyun repelled Shamon's Gold Dust attacks as he struggled to fight back.
• The surviving Sand shinobi surrendered, and Shamon admitted defeat in exchange for Sunagakure's survival.
• Tian Zhiyun lowered her Chakra and warned the Sand shinobi that she would show no mercy if they betrayed Konoha again.

After forcing Sunagakure to search the world for Hokage Tsubasa, Tian Zhiyun traveled to the Country of Roran to seek the Dragon Vein's power and learn what happened to him. The Queen of Roran agreed to help, and planned to take Tian Zhiyun into the Dragon Vein in two days.

• Tian Zhiyun threatened Kazekage Shamon until he agreed to help search for Tsubasa.
• Tian Zhiyun ordered all Sunagakure shinobi to search across the Shinobi World for Tsubasa.
• Tian Zhiyun reached the Country of Roran, where the queen welcomed her into the palace.
• Tian Zhiyun told the queen she hoped the Dragon Vein could reveal why Tsubasa disappeared.
• Tian Zhiyun and the queen grew close as Tian Zhiyun recounted her search and the queen promised to take her into the Dragon Vein in two days.

Tian Zhiyun traveled through parallel spacetimes seeking Tsubasa, but found that he lived different lives and did not recognize her. After returning to the altar, she traveled to the future and arrived in a war-scarred Konoha, where she asked a masked ninja if she was in the right place.

• The Queen of Roran used the Dragon Vein to send Tian Zhiyun through different spacetimes.
• Tian Zhiyun saw a version of Tsubasa who had become a merchant while the Ten Family ran a weapons shop.
• Tian Zhiyun found Tsubasa in another spacetime with an unfamiliar woman, but he did not recognize her.
• Tian Zhiyun returned to the altar and told the Queen of Roran what she had seen before deciding to travel to the future.
• Tian Zhiyun arrived in a battle-scarred Konoha and asked a white-haired, masked ninja whether it was Konoha.