Chapter Summaries

Tsubasa explained why students had failed the Kage Academy exam, emphasizing responsibility and protecting innocents, before welcoming the 113 successful students into their first lessons. The students chose secondary professions, were split into three classes, and began studying Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu.

• Tsubasa and the students who passed explained how they had tried to limit harm during the village-clan crisis, and Tsubasa told the eliminated students their contradictory answers showed selfishness and hypocrisy.
• Villagers and clan heads discussed the rigorous exam and praised Tsubasa for teaching responsibility and balance.
• Tsubasa welcomed the 113 successful students and instructed them to choose secondary professions, including forging, agriculture, research, medicine, and mechanical puppetry.
• Tsubasa divided the students into three classes for combat training in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu.
• Suzukaze Tatsumi taught class one Ninjutsu, Chen Shenji taught class two Taijutsu, and Reiko Kurama taught class three Genjutsu.

Tsubasa praised the Kage Academy students’ diligence and gave a speech about loving Konoha and striving to improve. He awarded the top ten students a ten-day trip to the alternate space, where they would spend ten years training before preparing to enter it.

• Tsubasa visited all three classes and watched Suzukaze Tatsumi, Chen Shenji, and Reiko Kurama teach their students.
• Tsubasa addressed the Academy, urging students to work hard for Konoha and to surpass themselves.
• Tsubasa named Hatake Sakumo, Nara Shikanei, Hyuga Reon, Kurama Satsuki, Asuka Iwata, Kyogoku Rikiō, Uzuki Nozomi, Gekko Kenshichi, Uchiha Bi, and Might Duy as the top ten and awarded them ten days in the alternate space.
• Tsubasa explained that each day in the Shinobi World equaled a year inside, but the students could bring out only their memories and experience, not Chakra or possessions.
• The ten students debated the alternate space’s risks and training benefits, then began packing supplies for the journey.

Tsubasa sent ten students into an alternate dimension for ten years of training, where they developed their abilities and supported one another. Ten years later, Hatake Sakumo and Nara Shikanei demonstrated their advanced techniques, while Hyuga Reon’s training was recounted.

• Tsubasa explained the alternate dimension’s rules, gave the students Konoha secret arts, and sent them through a space gate into a primeval forest.
• Asuka Iwata built a stone shelter, Nara Shikanei surveyed the terrain, Hyuga Reon gathered herbs, and the other students began training.
• The ten students spent ten years studying and honing their skills, helping and encouraging one another.
• Hatake Sakumo perfected his Wind and Lightning Ninja Blade Technique and challenged Nara Shikanei to spar.
• Nara Shikanei showed Hatake Sakumo his expanded shadow tactics, which could create and control an army of shadow warriors.
• Hyuga Reon trained in archery, Gentle Fist, and advanced Medical Ninjutsu, improving her arrows and healing skills.

After ten years of training, Reon, Kurama Satsuki, Asuka Iwata, Uzuki Nozomi, Gekko Kenshichi, and Uchiha Bi showcased how far their combat abilities had advanced. Uchiha Bi had become an all-rounder capable of fighting opponents above her level.

• Reon improved her archery and Medical Ninjutsu until she could pierce hard rock and quickly restore severely injured ninja to fighting strength.
• Kurama Satsuki perfected her Genjutsu, using psychological attacks and Senseless Manipulation to deceive stronger opponents and disrupt their senses.
• Asuka Iwata refined his Ninjutsu and mechanical Puppet Technique, combining them into fluid, adaptable tactics capable of challenging Kage Level powerhouses.
• Uzuki Nozomi mastered swordsmanship and created Nozomi's Thirteen Swords, while Gekko Kenshichi forged his own assassin's style and created the Seven Assassination Forms.
• Uchiha Bi combined Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu after escaping Kurama Satsuki's illusion, becoming an all-rounder able to fight opponents above her level.

After ten years of training in an alternate dimension, the students returned to Konoha after proving themselves against Tsubasa and his Shadow Clones. Tsubasa gave them three days off before assigning each of them to lead another group through the same ten-year training.

• Might Duy created the Wild Beast School by adapting animal movements into his Taijutsu.
• Tsubasa arrived and challenged the ten students to attack him, then defeated them instantly and warned them not to be arrogant.
• Tsubasa made ten Shadow Clones for the students to fight, and Nara Shikanei led them to work together until they defeated the clones.
• Tsubasa sent the students back through a space-time portal, where time reverted their bodies and erased their handmade clothes, so he gave them new ones.
• Tsubasa granted the students three days off, then ordered each of them to lead ten students into the alternate dimension for another ten years.

Tian Uguisu returned to Konoha with her master, Madara Uchiha, for her wedding to Tsubasa, the Third Hokage. When they encountered Tian Muyan flying overhead, Uguisu prepared to fight her, and Tian Muyan asked why Uguisu was hostile.

• Madara Uchiha had trained Tian Uguisu from childhood, and she had grown into a powerful ninja through relentless practice and dangerous missions.
• Madara accompanied Uguisu to Konoha for her wedding but insisted he would stay in the outer village rather than enter the inner village.
• Uguisu saw Tian Muyan flying overhead in mechanical wings and felt an instinctive urge to challenge her.
• Tian Muyan sensed Uguisu's fighting spirit and flew down to meet her.
• Uguisu drew her spear as Madara watched warily, and Tian Muyan asked Uguisu who she was and why she wanted to fight.

Tian Muyan and Tian Uguisu reunited after years apart, traded affectionate taunts about their strength, and decided to spar. They took their places at Konoha’s outer-village training ground, where Tian Muyan began the fight with an arrow.

• Tian Muyan revealed her identity to Tian Uguisu, and the longtime friends embraced and celebrated their reunion.
• Tian Muyan and Tian Uguisu teased each other about their armor, weapons, and training, then agreed to find out who was stronger.
• Tian Uguisu noticed that Madara Uchiha had disappeared and led Tian Muyan to the outer-village training ground.
• Tian Muyan declined to wear her armor, took out a bow and arrows, and fired the first arrow at Tian Uguisu.

Tian Uguisu and Tian Muyan fought to a standstill, with Tian Muyan’s archery keeping Uguisu on the defensive despite her Mangekyō Sharingan and powerful fire technique. After they stopped, Muyan explained the strength of her wedding armor and described the formidable abilities of their sisters, leaving Uguisu shaken by how powerful her family had become.

• Tian Uguisu attacked Tian Muyan with her spear, but Muyan evaded her strikes and countered with fast, powerful arrows.
• Tian Uguisu activated her Mangekyō Sharingan and used Genjutsu, but Tian Muyan quickly recovered and continued her assault.
• Tian Uguisu unleashed her Fire Style: Super Explosive Flame Spear Technique, yet Tian Muyan’s specialized arrows forced her to keep defending.
• Tian Uguisu considered using the Susanoo Giant, but Tian Muyan called off the duel after failing to land a decisive hit.
• Tian Uguisu and Tian Muyan praised each other’s abilities, and Muyan revealed that her Holy Ice Armor was a wedding gift from Tsubasa that could multiply her strength more than a hundredfold.
• Tian Muyan described Tian Yueqing’s sealing power and Tian Flying Swallow’s domain, divine dragons, shield, and jade seal, leaving Tian Uguisu intimidated.

After seven years away, Tian Uguisu returned to Konoha and was stunned by her family’s strength and the village’s transformation under Tsubasa. She reunited with her mothers, and Tsubasa sensed her arrival and appeared before her.

• Tian Muyan told Tian Uguisu how powerful her sisters had become, leaving Uguisu convinced she was the weakest in the family.
• Tian Muyan led Uguisu through a modernized Konoha, where Uguisu marveled at its buildings, vehicles, technology, and Tsubasa’s image on a giant screen.
• Tian Uguisu entered the Divine Weapon Pavilion and reunited with Senju Ga, then apologized to her and Mei’er helped notify the family.
• Gi Senju arrived, and Uguisu reassured her that she had never blamed her for leaving and admitted that she had wanted to become strong enough to protect Tsubasa.
• Tsubasa sensed Tian Uguisu’s return, teleported from his office to the villa above the Divine Weapon Pavilion, and met her gaze.

Tsubasa welcomed Tian Uguisu home after seven years away and gave her the Earth Spirit Divine Armament Set, demonstrating its powers. Tenmei revealed his relationship with Kurama Satsuki, and Tsubasa gave him the Heaven and Earth Set as a wedding gift.

• Tian Uguisu reunited with Tsubasa and explained that she had trained for seven years under Madara Uchiha so she could fight beside him.
• Tsubasa gave Tian Uguisu the blood-refined Earth Spirit Divine Armament Set and demonstrated its spear, shield, earth attacks, flight, and healing abilities.
• Tenmei announced that he had a girlfriend and brought Kurama Satsuki, a sixteen-year-old Kage Academy student, to meet his family.
• Kurama Satsuki said she loved Tenmei and planned to marry him when she turned eighteen.
• Tsubasa gave Tenmei the Heaven and Earth Set, which Tenmei activated with his blood before taking Kurama Satsuki outside to test it.

Konoha hosted a lavish wedding for the Third Hokage Tsubasa and his seven wives, drawing the rulers and Kage of the Five Great Nations. The guests marveled at Konoha’s advanced technology as preparations culminated in the wedding party gathering at the decorated central plaza.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire welcomed the visiting rulers as Konoha celebrated Tsubasa’s wedding to Tian Flying Swallow, Tian Yueqing, Tian Uguisu, Tian Muyan, Tian Mai, Tian Yukihime, and Tian Zhiyun.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, and the Daimyo of the Land of Water arrived and were astonished by Konoha’s roads, machinery, and ships.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning arrived and was stunned by Konoha’s rune trains, automated food machines, and household warning barriers.
• Shamon, Ōnoki, the Third Mizukage, and the Third Raikage arrived, while Senju Tenpuku, Kagami Uchiha, and Shikaboshi Nara helped receive and guide the guests.
• Tsubasa stood on the wedding stage in ceremonial attire as his seven wives gathered beside him in their wedding gowns.

Tsubasa’s wedding celebration became a display of Konoha’s advanced technology and military power, prompting foreign leaders to demand access to its research. The parade ended with Konoha’s formidable corps and Anbu forces revealed, leaving Tsubasa smiling at the overwhelming spectacle.

• Tsubasa and his seven wives exchanged rings and vows as leaders from across the Shinobi World offered their blessings.
• The Kage and daimyos admired Konoha’s medical, training, energy, and military technologies, then pressed the Land of Fire to share its research; the hosts postponed the discussion until the next day.
• The wedding military parade began, and Tsubasa’s guests watched the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Kirin Corps display their weapons and formations.
• Thirty Anbu stealth fighters revealed themselves overhead, while Konoha’s concealed mech warriors emerged below.
• Shikaboshi Nara called the parade the best wedding gift for Tsubasa, who smiled as the celebration became a declaration of Konoha’s military might.

At Konoha’s wedding celebration, Third Hokage Tsubasa crushed the other nations’ demands to share Konoha’s technology with a show of force. The Five Great Nations responded by accelerating their own research, beginning a technological race that Konoha’s leaders knew had only just started.

• Shamon and the other nations’ leaders demanded that Konoha share its powerful Ninjutsu weapons, but Tsubasa threatened them and destroyed the VIP table, forcing them to leave.
• Guests from other nations watched a film about Tsubasa’s battles and realized Konoha had concealed its core technologies.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, Water, Earth, and Lightning ordered increased investment in chakra machinery, technological warships, explosive research, and technology courses.
• Smaller nations began forming research teams or seeking partnerships as news of the Five Great Nations’ plans spread.
• Tsubasa, Uchiha Tomioki, Hyuga Tensei, and Uzumaki Ashina discussed the growing technological race and agreed Konoha must keep advancing while staying alert.

On his wedding night, Tsubasa accepted Madara Uchiha’s challenge to fight at the Valley of the End, with the Hokage position at stake. Their battle began the next day, and Tsubasa countered Madara’s powerful attacks as the contest continued.

• Madara visited Tsubasa and Tian Uguisu on their wedding night and demanded that his disciple fight Tsubasa.
• Tsubasa stepped in for Tian Uguisu and agreed to fight Madara, who promised to reveal the world’s ultimate secret if Tsubasa survived a hundred moves and demanded the Hokage position if he lost.
• At the Valley of the End, Madara opened the battle with a massive Fire Style attack, and Tsubasa blocked it with Earth Release before summoning a torrent of water.
• Madara used Deep Forest Emergence, and Tsubasa answered with his own Wood Release, bringing their forests into conflict.
• Madara unleashed poisonous pollen with Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, but Tsubasa’s Thunder God Sword transformed into silver streaks that cut through the vines and pollen.

Tsubasa defeated Madara Uchiha in a prolonged battle at the Valley of the End, overcoming his Susanoo, Limbo, and massive attacks with Senjutsu and his own techniques. Madara acknowledged his defeat, and Tsubasa treated his injuries and asked him to return to Konoha.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Tsubasa with Susanoo, but Tsubasa countered his techniques and battered the giant until it was near collapse.
• Tsubasa used Sage Art: Black and Yellow Secret Technique to shatter Madara's Susanoo and knock him to the ground.
• Madara unleashed Limbo: Border Jail and Chibaku Tensei, but Tsubasa struck down the invisible clones and destroyed the meteor with Black and Yellow True Several Thousand Hands.
• Madara formed Perfect Susanoo and attacked with a black-flamed sword, but Tsubasa's Dragon Radiance Slays the Heavens broke its arm.
• Tsubasa used Sage Art: Heavenly Eye Opens to overwhelm Madara, who admitted defeat and praised the change coming to the era.
• Tsubasa treated Madara's injuries and asked him to return to Konoha.

Tsubasa persuaded Madara Uchiha to return to Konoha, then captured Black Zetsu and revealed that he had manipulated Madara to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki. After learning of the Ōtsutsuki threat, Madara joined Tsubasa’s plan to gather powerful shinobi for a war beyond their planet.

• Tsubasa offered to revive Hashirama and Izuna and urged Madara to abandon the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara accepted a Konoha Forehead Protector and agreed to return under a different identity.
• Black Zetsu emerged to warn Madara against trusting Tsubasa, but Tsubasa bound him with a sealing technique.
• Tsubasa forced Black Zetsu to reveal that the Eye of the Moon Plan was meant to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, and explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan used planets to cultivate God Trees.
• Tsubasa sealed Black Zetsu and told Madara that Konoha was developing chakra-powered interstellar travel to fight the Ōtsutsuki.
• Madara agreed to join Tsubasa’s campaign and claimed the vanguard, while looking forward to competing with Hashirama against the aliens.

Tsubasa left his new wives to pursue the Transformation Secret Technique promised to the Katsuyu Sage and forced his way into Ryūchi Cave. After slaughtering the cave’s snakes and defeating Manda, he entered the sealed passage to confront the White Snake Sage.

• Tsubasa promised his wives he would return with the Transformation Secret Technique and refine pills for them before consummating their marriage.
• The Katsuyu Sage guided Tsubasa through the Land of Rice Fields to Ryūchi Cave, where he killed the snakes blocking his way and collected their parts.
• Tsubasa reached Ryūchi Cave’s gate and demanded to speak with the White Snake Sage, but Manda attacked him.
• Tsubasa wounded Manda, then killed him with a powerful Thunder God Sword strike and collected more snake materials.
• Tsubasa called for the White Snake Sage and, receiving no answer, entered the sealed-space passage.

Tsubasa fought his way through Ryūchi Cave, killing Tagitsuhime and gravely wounding Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime before confronting the White Snake Sage for the Transformation Secret Technique. The Sage agreed to hand over the manual if Tsubasa survived ten attacks, and their battle began with both recognizing the other as a formidable opponent.

• Tsubasa broke free of the snake spirits’ traps, killed Tagitsuhime, and wounded Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime.
• The White Snake Sage confronted Tsubasa, whose sword could not pierce her scales.
• Tsubasa unleashed Spiritual Power that crushed snakes throughout the cavern and demanded the Transformation Secret Technique.
• The White Snake Sage offered the manual if Tsubasa endured ten of her moves, threatening to eat him if he failed.
• Tsubasa and the White Snake Sage began their battle in Ryūchi Cave.

Tsubasa fought the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave and forced it to surrender the cave’s Transformation Secret Technique and Summoning Scroll. He then gave the technique to the Katsuyu Sage, who failed to use it because she was a different species.

• Tsubasa battled the White Snake Sage with ninjutsu and Senjutsu, suffered serious injuries, and pierced one of its eyes.
• The White Snake Sage transformed into an eight-headed snake, but Tsubasa invoked their ten-move limit and threatened to keep fighting until one of them died.
• The White Snake Sage conceded and gave Tsubasa Ryūchi Cave’s Transformation Secret Technique and Summoning Scroll, then escorted him out.
• Tsubasa left Ryūchi Cave and headed to Shikkotsu Forest to pass the Transformation Secret Technique to the Katsuyu Sage.
• The Katsuyu Sage tried to learn the technique but failed because it was a snake transformation that could not work for her species.

After recovering from his battle with White Snake Sage, Tsubasa traveled to Mount Myōboku to meet the Great Toad Sage. The guardian toad admitted him to the Sage Land, where Fukasaku and Shima questioned him about his purpose.

• Tsubasa healed from his injuries and venom, then left Shikkotsu Forest for Mount Myōboku.
• Tsubasa reached Mount Myōboku and encountered a giant golden toad that asked why he had come.
• Tsubasa introduced himself as Konoha’s Third Hokage and said he wanted to see the Great Toad Sage.
• The guardian toad led Tsubasa through an underwater passage and warned him to obey Mount Myōboku’s rules.
• A toad challenged Tsubasa, but he explained that the guardian had brought him and that he had come to pay his respects.
• Sage Fukasaku introduced himself and Sage Shima, then asked Tsubasa what business he had with the Great Toad Sage.