Chapter Summaries

Tsubasa confronted Madara after witnessing him kill the Raikage and four covert guards, then passed on Hashirama’s final words and fought Madara in a friendly contest. Madara left Tsubasa the sword Crimson Sky and departed, while Tsubasa flew back toward the Land of Fire’s military camp.

• Tsubasa infiltrated the Land of Lightning camp and saw Madara kill the Raikage and four covert guards before pursuing him.
• Tsubasa revealed he was Hashirama’s disciple and delivered Hashirama’s message, prompting Madara to grieve and explain that he planned to kill the other four nations’ Kage for breaking their peace promise.
• Madara challenged Tsubasa to a fight, and Tsubasa’s strength and techniques impressed him as they traded attacks.
• Madara gave Tsubasa the sword Crimson Sky and said he would raise a disciple to defeat him, then disappeared underground.
• Tsubasa tested Crimson Sky, made it a scabbard, and flew toward the Land of Fire’s military camp.

Tsubasa told Senju Tenpuku that the Raikage had been killed and gave him the Crimson Sky Sword, then the Land of Lightning's army fled in panic. Tobirama Senju pursued the retreating forces and attacked their rearguard, where Senju Tenpuku fought with his new weapon as Tobirama faced Senrai.

• Tsubasa secretly met Senju Tenpuku, reported the Raikage's death, and gave him the Crimson Sky Sword.
• Senju Tenpuku tested the sword's power and accepted it after it shattered his high-grade Chakra sword.
• The Land of Lightning's generals argued over whether to retreat, then their leaderless army broke camp and withdrew through the night.
• Tobirama Senju ordered an advance into the Land of the Moon and caught the Land of Lightning's rearguard with 1,100 Senju clansmen.
• Senju Tenpuku and Tobirama Senju cut through the enemy troops while Tobirama confronted Senrai; distant screams interrupted their exchange.

Senju Tenpuku killed Senrai and helped rout the Land of Lightning's army, allowing Tobirama Senju to retake the Land of the Moon. After returning home to his mother, Tsubasa set out for the Land of Rain to check on his grandfather.

• Senrai abandoned his fight with Tobirama Senju and rushed to confront the masked Konoha swordsman attacking the Lightning forces.
• Senju Tenpuku revealed himself, fought Senrai with the Crimson Sky Sword, and killed him after Senrai underestimated his skill and weapon.
• The Lightning ninja fled after Senrai's death, and Tobirama's army retook the Land of the Moon.
• Tobirama Senju found Senju Tenpuku and confronted him after Tenpuku mistook him for Tsubasa.
• Tsubasa returned home, gave his mother a letter from his father, and told her he planned to visit his grandfather in the Land of Rain.
• Tsubasa left for the Land of Rain early the next morning.

Uchiha Tomioki’s forces drove the Sand shinobi from the Land of Rain, but Kazekage Reto used Akira Senju, Sasuke Sarutobi, and Dansuke Shimura as hostages to try to stop the Uchiha advance. After Uchiha Tomioki ignored Reto’s threat and Senju Yasuhei intervened, the Uchiha turned their assault on the Land of Earth, forcing Tsuchikage Ishikawa to prepare a defense.

• Kazekage Reto ordered Akira Senju, Sasuke Sarutobi, and Dansuke Shimura brought forward as hostages after the Sand shinobi were driven out of the Land of Rain.
• Kazekage Reto threatened to kill Akira Senju unless Uchiha Tomioki withdrew, but Uchiha Tomioki ordered his forces to attack anyway.
• Kazekage Reto killed Dansuke Shimura, prompting Senju Yasuhei to lead the Senju clansmen between the Uchiha and the hostages.
• Uchiha Tomioki called off the confrontation with the Senju and redirected the Uchiha attack toward the Land of Earth’s army.
• The Uchiha drove the Land of Earth’s forces back, and Tsuchikage Ishikawa gathered elite shinobi to prepare for a fight.

Senju Yasuhei negotiated Akira Senju’s release with Reto, but Reto attacked after accepting the payment, leaving Yasuhei gravely wounded as he shielded Akira. The fighting ended with both armies withdrawing, and Dō Senju and the others carried the unconscious Yasuhei toward the Land of Fire’s camp.

• Senju Yasuhei offered Reto one hundred million ryō to release Akira Senju, and they settled on 6.2 billion ryō.
• After taking the money, Reto attacked with Iron Sand, and Senju Yasuhei threw himself in front of Akira Senju and Sasuke Sarutobi.
• Dō Senju and the other five reached Yasuhei, gave him a Nine Revolutions Life-Saving Pill, and formed a barrier against the Sand shinobi’s attacks.
• Reto ordered his forces to attack, and the Land of Fire and Land of Wind armies fought until both sides suffered heavy losses and withdrew.
• Dō Senju and her companions emerged from beneath the sand, lifted the unconscious Yasuhei, and set out for the Land of Fire’s camp.

Tsubasa learned that his grandfather, Senju Yasuhei, had died protecting Akira Senju from a Sand shinobi attack, and he avenged him by killing Kazekage Reto and forcing the Sand shinobi to surrender. After returning to Konoha and laying his grandfather to rest, Tsubasa resolved to seek power and change the Shinobi World.

• Tsubasa reached the Land of Fire camp, read Senju Yasuhei’s farewell letter, and learned that Reto’s forces had devastated the Ten Family.
• Despite his aunts’ pleas and his grandfather’s wishes, Tsubasa left his grandfather’s body on a mountain and secretly attacked the Sand shinobi camp.
• Tsubasa killed Reto with a single blow, then demanded the Secret Puppet Technique and ten billion ryō in compensation, and the Sand shinobi surrendered.
• Tsubasa carried his grandfather’s body back to Konoha, told Senju Ga that he had killed Reto, and received comfort from her.
• Tsubasa’s Shadow Clone informed his six aunts of the victory, and they mourned Senju Yasuhei while expressing pride in Tsubasa.
• At the mourning hall, Tsubasa vowed to change the Shinobi World, and Senju Ga gave him Senju Yasuhei’s scroll containing the Senju Secret Medicine formula and Secret Hidden Weapon Manual.

Tian Uguisu awakened her Two-Tomoe and then Three-Tomoe Sharingan while fighting the Land of Earth, and Madara Uchiha rescued her and took her as his disciple. When Madara told her that Tsubasa had died, she fainted just as a new Sharingan pattern was about to emerge.

• Tian Uguisu charged a Land of Earth scout patrol and killed several ninja with her specially crafted spear.
• After a teammate was injured, Tian Uguisu awakened her Two-Tomoe Sharingan and cut down six Earth ninja with Tyrant Spear: Cloud Breaker.
• Tian Uguisu pursued the fleeing enemies, but her Jonin captain was killed, triggering her Three-Tomoe Sharingan and a fierce counterattack.
• Madara Uchiha blocked an Elite Jonin's attack on Tian Uguisu, defeated him, and later offered to make her his disciple.
• Tian Uguisu accepted Madara's offer and revealed that Tsubasa was her husband, shared with her sisters.
• Madara told Tian Uguisu that Tsubasa had died trying to assassinate Raikage A, and she fainted as another Sharingan pattern began to appear.

Tian Muyan used her Byakugan and ice crystal bow to protect the Hyuga convoy from an Iwagakure ambush, then promised to teach her clansmen archery. As the convoy resumed its journey to Konoha, she discovered evidence that someone had leaked its route and timing.

• Tian Muyan mourned her father with Mrs. Hyuga as the Hyuga prepared to transport six thousand coffins and their surviving clansmen.
• Iwagakure ninja ambushed the convoy, and Tian Muyan used her Byakugan and ice arrows to kill hundreds and drive the attackers into retreat.
• Mrs. Hyuga treated Tian Muyan's bleeding wrist and pointed out signal smoke from Land of Fire reinforcements.
• Tian Muyan promised Hyuga Momoko, Hyuga Manroku, and the other clansmen that she would teach them archery when they returned to Konoha.
• Tian Muyan found a strip of cloth revealing the Hyuga convoy's transport route in an enemy's hand, suggesting someone had leaked its return plans.
• The convoy continued toward Konoha, and Tian Muyan carried her bow while thinking of passing its strength on to her clansmen.

Tobirama punished Senju Tenpuku for concealing Tsubasa and the Raikage’s deaths, then assigned him to Kagura, who healed him and explained the Wizard Clan’s Natural Energy cultivation. Tsubasa met Kagura and learned about the ancient lineages, cultivation realms, and the Earth Vein Pearl that had helped him advance.

• Tobirama dismissed Senju Tenpuku from the Hokage's Secret Guard and ordered fifty lashes for hiding the deaths and striking him.
• Kagura healed Senju Tenpuku, offered him a general’s post, and described the Wizard Clan, Fire Temple, and onmyōji.
• Tsubasa arrived at Kagura’s camp with his father and discussed his ability to cultivate Natural Energy.
• Kagura explained Wizard Roots and the Wizard Clan’s three cultivation realms, and was surprised that Tsubasa had reached the Spiritual Liquid realm.
• Tsubasa told Kagura about Shikkotsu Forest and the glowing red pearl; Kagura identified it as an Earth Vein Pearl and shared what he knew about reaching the Wizard Core realm.

Hozuki Gengetsu became Mizukage and prepared a two-pronged assault on Konoha to avenge his humiliation by the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans. Meanwhile, Mu planned a surprise attack on Konoha while Ōnoki’s forces distracted its defenders and the Uchiha campaign in the Land of Earth continued.

• After Minazuki Teru was assassinated, the daimyo and clan heads backed Hozuki Gengetsu as the new Mizukage.
• Hozuki Gengetsu trained two thousand elite ninja and planned to send one thousand to disrupt the Land of Fire while he led the others against Konoha and the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans.
• Uchiha Tomioki’s forces ravaged the Land of Earth while demanding Uchiha Uguisu, but Ōnoki used traps, tunnel collapses, and poisoned water to inflict losses and force the Uchiha to retreat temporarily.
• After Land of Fire reinforcements strengthened the Uchiha position, Mu ordered three thousand elite ninja to invade the Land of Fire, with Ōnoki leading a diversion and Mu leading a thousand on Konoha.
• Mu led his strike force around the Uchiha defenses toward Konoha, intending to draw the Uchiha away from the Land of Earth.

After the Second Raikage A led the Land of Lightning back into war, Tobirama Senju turned the battle with Impure World Reincarnation and defeated the generals Yotsuki Araki and Seirai. As both armies suffered devastating losses, Tobirama and the Second Raikage A agreed to hold peace talks.

• Yotsuki Mumei declared himself the Second Raikage A, then marched a 200,000-strong army into the Land of the Moon with Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Rashi.
• Tobirama Senju used Impure World Reincarnation to unleash an army of dead ninja against the advancing Land of Lightning forces.
• Tobirama killed Seirai with the Thunder God Sword and destroyed Yotsuki Araki with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, forcing the Lightning army to retreat.
• Shimura Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, Kagami Uchiha, Utatane Koharu, and Torifu Akimichi distinguished themselves in battle.
• As casualties mounted and soldiers on both sides longed for peace, Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage A agreed to hold peace talks.

Water and Earth forces invaded Konoha while its armies were away, destroying the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans. Tsubasa returned to defend the village, killed Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, and led Konoha’s forces in pursuit as the invaders fled.

• Hozuki Gengetsu and his Kirigakure troops attacked and exterminated the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans.
• Mu led Iwagakure’s elite into Konoha, and his forces clashed with Gengetsu’s troops near the Hokage building after both sides mistook the other for Konoha ninja.
• Senju Ga protected Tenmei, Tian Zhiyun, Mei’er, and the other servants inside the Divine Weapon Pavilion’s sealing formation, and the Katsuyu Sage alerted Tsubasa.
• Tsubasa returned to Konoha by Reverse Summoning and attacked the Kirigakure and Iwagakure forces with powerful techniques.
• Tsubasa killed Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, drove the invaders out of Konoha, and organized a force to pursue them.

Tobirama Senju was ambushed during peace talks with the Land of Lightning and sacrificed himself to let his students escape. Hiruzen Sarutobi returned with reinforcements to find Tobirama dead, while Madara Uchiha secretly revealed that he had helped avenge Izuna.

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku attacked the peace talks, killed Second Raikage A, and unleashed the Lightning ninja army against Tobirama Senju and the Senju Clan.
• Tobirama Senju teleported away with his six students as the Senju clansmen fought and died covering their retreat.
• Tobirama Senju named Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage, gave him the Hokage hat, and left alone to draw the pursuers away.
• Tobirama Senju battled Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and their forces, using Impure World Reincarnation and other techniques before the brothers were cloaked in the demon fox's Chakra.
• Tobirama Senju killed Kinkaku with Flying Thunder God, but an unseen attack pierced his heart and Ginkaku ran him through with a sword; Madara Uchiha withdrew after secretly avenging Izuna.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned with reinforcements and found Tobirama Senju dead, while the Third Raikage declared that the alliance between Lightning and Fire still stood.

After Konoha’s attackers left the village devastated, Hiruzen Sarutobi became the Third Hokage amid a hurried ceremony. Tsubasa returned from defeating enemy forces and watched the new leadership, considering how he might respond if they threatened the Senju Clan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the returning ninja found Konoha in ruins, with the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans suffering especially heavy losses.
• Shikaboshi Nara, Chozan Akimichi, and Momiji Yamanaka discovered their families’ deaths, while clan elders stopped Chozan and Momiji from rushing after revenge.
• Akira Senju agreed to support Hiruzen Sarutobi on the condition that a Senju become the Fourth Hokage and that Hiruzen train three promising Senju children.
• Mito Uzumaki approved Hiruzen’s succession, and Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu addressed Konoha during the rushed inauguration ceremony.
• Tsubasa returned after defeating the forces invading the Land of Fire and watched the ceremony, resolving that he could kill Hiruzen or Danzō if they went too far against the Senju Clan.

Tsubasa mourned his grandfather and set out to find his missing fiancées, focusing on Tian Uguisu after learning she had vanished near the Land of Earth. In Iwagakure, he found no trace of her but heard that Lord Ishikawa had died on the same day she disappeared, leaving him suspecting a larger plot and determined to pursue her.

• Tsubasa told Mito Uzumaki he accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage and would take responsibility for the Senju Clan only if its members accepted him.
• Tsubasa returned home, learned his grandfather had died, and promised his six aunts that he would bring his fiancées back and restore the family home.
• Tsubasa asked Uchiha Tomioki about Tian Uguisu's disappearance, then learned Tian Muyan was returning safely from the Land of Fire's border.
• Tsubasa visited Tian Flying Swallow in the capital and insisted on searching for Tian Uguisu despite her warning that entering the Land of Earth was dangerous.
• Tsubasa disguised himself as a Land of Earth soldier and searched Iwagakure for three days without finding Tian Uguisu.
• Tsubasa overheard that Lord Ishikawa had died on the day Tian Uguisu vanished and suspected Madara Uchiha might be behind her disappearance.

Tsubasa visited the Land of Whirlpools to see Tian Yueqing and seek guidance on Sealing Jutsu, bringing innovative rune designs that impressed her parents. After sharing his grief over his grandfather’s death and Tian Uguisu’s disappearance, he began studying with Uzumaki Ashina in the clan’s forbidden grounds.

• Tsubasa failed to find Tian Uguisu in the Land of Rain and traveled to the Land of Whirlpools to see Tian Yueqing.
• Uzumaki Kaito and Uzumaki Kōbi welcomed Tsubasa, praised his rune designs, and arranged for him to study under Uzumaki Ashina.
• Tian Yueqing reunited with Tsubasa and invited him to float river lanterns for the people of the Land of Whirlpools who had died in battle.
• Tsubasa told Tian Yueqing that his grandfather had died saving Akira Senju and that Tian Uguisu had disappeared after going on a battlefield mission.
• Tian Yueqing explained the Land of Whirlpools’ danger from the Land of Water and its research into a defensive barrier, and she agreed to study Sealing Jutsu with Tsubasa.
• Tian Yueqing took Tsubasa to Uzumaki Ashina, who led him into the Uzumaki Clan’s forbidden grounds to study Sealing Jutsu.

Uzumaki Ashina showed Tsubasa the Setsuna Splendor Space, a time-accelerated realm designed for studying Sealing Jutsu, and explained its limits and dangers. Tsubasa began studying inside but triggered a temporal disturbance when he tried to improve a spatial seal, leaving him eager to explore the space’s mysteries.

• Uzumaki Ashina led Tsubasa through the Sealing Jutsu library and revealed the Setsuna Splendor Space beneath it.
• Uzumaki Ashina explained that time passed 360 times faster inside, but temporal correction restored bodies and possessions to their state before entry.
• Uzumaki Ashina warned Tsubasa not to channel Chakra inside and limited each visit to 100 internal days.
• Tsubasa entered the space and studied the formulas in Detailed Explanation of Multidimensional Sealing Matrices.
• Tsubasa tried to improve a spatial seal, causing the space to shake until Yueqing drew a calming rune and warned him to stop.

Tsubasa spent more than seventy years in the Setsuna Splendor Space mastering Sealing Jutsu and developing a soul-rebirth technique. He emerged eager to test it with Tian Yueqing, but she pointed out that he was still a minor.

• Tsubasa combined time anchors with life runes to explain how the Yin Seal slowed cellular aging, while Tian Yueqing studied alongside him.
• Tsubasa completed a forbidden soul-quantization experiment and theorized that a soul could be reconstructed and reborn with its memories intact.
• Tsubasa perfected the theory for the Soul Quantum Reincarnation Jutsu and decided that he was ready to test it.
• Tsubasa told Tian Yueqing and Uzumaki Ashina that the jutsu required a complete soul, a powerful and knowledgeable caster, and the soul's cooperation.
• Tsubasa asked Tian Yueqing to be the mother for the experiment, and she reminded him that he was still a minor.

After learning Sealing Jutsu in the Setsuna Splendor Space, Tsubasa discovered that the Land of Water had blockaded the Land of Whirlpools and injured Yueqing and her father. He destroyed the invading fleet and returned to cheers from the citizens, having tested his techniques in battle.

• Yueqing told Tsubasa that the Land of Water had blockaded the Land of Whirlpools, and that she and her father had been injured fighting the blockade.
• Tsubasa went to Sea-Gazing Cliff and promised Yueqing he would destroy the enemy warships.
• Tsubasa sank the fleet at the harbor, defeating the water ninja with Sealing Jutsu and killing those who tried to flee.
• Tsubasa patrolled another harbor, using the improved Runic Dragon-Trapping Formation and Adamantine Chains against more enemy ships and ninja.
• After a day of fighting, Tsubasa had destroyed more than three hundred ships and killed over seven thousand ninja.
• Tsubasa returned to the Land of Whirlpools, where the citizens cheered and Yueqing watched him with pride and concern.

Tsubasa left Tian Yueqing with his Sealing Jutsu notes and traveled to the Land of Water to force Kirigakure to stop attacking the Land of Whirlpools. After defeating the Third Mizukage, Minazuki Kiyoshi, he returned to the cave where he had found the orphaned Kaguya Yuki Hime and prepared to take her with him.

• Tsubasa gave Tian Yueqing his Sealing Jutsu notes, promised they would marry when he returned, and flew toward Kirigakure.
• Tsubasa found Kaguya Yuki Hime hiding in a cave and learned that her clan had mistreated her after her parents died in battle.
• Tsubasa destroyed the Mizukage's building and warned Kirigakure not to invade the Land of Whirlpools again.
• Tsubasa defeated Minazuki Kiyoshi and Kirigakure's ninja with his Sealing Jutsu, forcing the Mizukage to promise that the Land of Water would not invade again.
• Tsubasa returned to the cave, where Kaguya Yuki Hime waited with her belongings, hoping to follow him to safety.