At this moment on the moon, Izayoi's condition was not very good.
After all, the Chakra Rosary wasn't a Truth-Seeking Orb. The Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion that was transformed from it could still be absorbed by the Hungry Ghost Path.
The earlier attack from the moon to the earth had consumed most of Izayoi's chakra.
Since copying Otsutsuki Toneri's Otsutsuki bloodline (red) and obtaining the chakra physique, this was the first time Izayoi had used a single move that nearly drained him.
However, the effect of this move was also remarkable.
While panting in the air, Izayoi was doing his best to control his breathing, when several beams of light flew toward him—one red, and many purple.
Seeing this, Izayoi was slightly stunned.
Then, using the farsight and insight of the Samsara Eye, his gaze projected directly from the moon down to Earth, looking at the crater where Uchiha Madara had landed.
When he saw that Uchiha Madara wasn't dead, not even seriously injured—only suffering internal injuries—Iyayoi was surprised. He thought to himself, "What's going on? He's not dead, not unconscious, and he still has a massive amount of chakra. He could definitely return to the moon and start the second round. Why did the system judge this as a win?"
Looking at Uchiha Madara's dazed expression, Izayoi pondered, "Could it be that losing the will to fight also counts as defeat?"
Aside from that explanation, Izayoi couldn't think of a second possibility.
Unless the enemy moved too far away and the system directly judged them as out of range.
If that were possible, Izayoi wouldn't have had to save up so many points just to upgrade a single entry.
"Ding! You've obtained the talent entry [Six Paths Qualification (Red)], which overlaps with your existing talent entry. Fuse or decompose?"
"Ding..."
Several system prompts rang in his mind, pulling Izayoi's thoughts back to the present.
Suddenly remembering something important, Izayoi didn't make a choice immediately. Instead, he opened his personal panel, checked the two entries—Otsutsuki bloodline (color) and Bloodline Limit: Samsara Eye (color)—then shifted his attention to the Six Paths Qualification (red).
That first system prompt had made Izayoi realize something crucial.
Both the Reincarnation Eye and Samsara Eye were colored entries.
But these were merely single components at the Six Paths level.
If you didn't possess the Truth-Seeking Orbs, the Sage of Six Paths Mode, or become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, then even a strong person at the Six Paths level would struggle against top-tier super-shadow opponents like Senju Hashirama.
As for Senju Hashirama, though Izayoi had never seen him in his prime, he could guess that his talent was just Sage Body (red).
Only by combining Sage Body (red) and Sage Eyes (red) could one give birth to the Bloodline Limit: Samsara Eye (color).
A Samsara Eye at this level was already a colored entry.
And certainly, the bloodline networks formed by fusing the seven chakra nature transformations also must have colored entries.
To be precise—colored entries begin at the Six Paths level.
So then… if Six Paths Qualification grants potential or power at the Six Paths level, why is it only a red entry?
Being only red implies—it can be upgraded.
If Six Paths Qualification can be upgraded, then what's beyond the Six Paths?
Looking at the original timeline—even the pure-blooded Otsutsuki that appeared in Boruto—none of them surpassed the Six Paths level.
The only exception was the so-called god of the Otsutsuki Clan—Otsutsuki Shibai—who might have transcended this world.
Could it be that the next level after Six Paths Qualification… is the qualification to transcend the world?
A shiver ran from Izayoi's brain to the base of his spine, then quickly spread through his body. He broke out in goosebumps.
"Damn it, I've really been held back by ignorance!" Izayoi cursed internally.
All this time, he had focused on the Otsutsuki bloodline, thinking it was the ultimate foundation.
Which, in fact, was not wrong.
Without the Otsutsuki bloodline, Izayoi wouldn't be this powerful at his current age.
Even many of his entries were subsidiary entries of the Otsutsuki bloodline.
Including… the qualification entry!
That's why Izayoi had ignored it until now.
Everyone who extracts chakra gets a qualification entry.
The lowest was Genin. The highest was Six Paths Qualification (red).
Before using the novice gift pack, Izayoi's only qualification was Chunin Qualification (green).
After acquiring the cheat system, that same entry followed him all the way to Six Paths Qualification (red).
Izayoi thought this was the most useless red entry—just a label of his current strength.
Now it seems… he had completely misunderstood.
Qualifications represent one's innate quality and potential.
This entry—which everyone gets—was not only the most special of the level-type entries, it was also the one that most accurately reflected the talent system.
It literally defined the upper limit of your potential.
Abilities not materialized by the system can't be upgraded by cheating and must be slowly realized, like the Otsutsuki Clan's space-time abilities.
Abilities materialized as entries, however, can be upgraded through fusion or points.
Izayoi's current qualification was Six Paths. If he didn't change his fate, his upper limit would stay there.
No matter how hard he tried, he'd never go beyond Six Paths.
The Otsutsuki bloodline (color) was an entry that could help him change his fate.
But… that would take a long time. Just like it did to awaken the Samsara Eye.
Then again—if changing fate can upgrade qualifications… would upgrading qualifications first speed up the process?
Raising the potential cap might accelerate the growth cheat itself!
The more Izayoi thought about it, the more reasonable it sounded.
After his birthday, he would officially enter his true growth phase. Even if he wanted to awaken the auxiliary properties of the Otsutsuki bloodline (color), he had no idea how long that might take.
But if he raised his potential cap first, the process might become as fast as the awakening of the Samsara Eye.
With that in mind, Izayoi immediately set a new goal: upgrade his Six Paths Qualification (red) to a colored entry.
But then another dilemma appeared—
Should he fuse the red entry from Uchiha Madara, or decompose it into points?
He had run this experiment as a kid. Fusing the same entry wouldn't upgrade it immediately.
Upgrading via points was considered a cheat—so the fusion didn't reduce the required points cost.
Though he had never fused red entries before, Izayoi had a feeling that red entries only needed two or three to upgrade.
On the other hand, decomposing one red entry gave a random six-digit point total.
If he were extremely unlucky, he might need to break down nine entries to reach 990,000 points.
But if he were extremely lucky, he might get over 900,000 points from just one.
Gamble or not?
Izayoi only hesitated for a few seconds before deciding: "Decompose all."
The next moment, the system's points column—which had only four digits before—soared to six digits: [672,810]
"Nice!" Izayoi couldn't help clenching his fists in excitement.
The gambler's moment—he had won!
Even though he hadn't hit 990,000 yet, he only needed a little over 300,000 more.
In just one year, by reaping the five great ninja villages, he could make up the difference.
If he got lucky again, he might even get another red entry from Naruto, Sasuke, or Hinata.
In high spirits, Izayoi immediately flew back to the artificial sun, ready to return to Earth with the giant Reincarnation Eye.
But just as he began the return trip, he stopped midair, turned his head, and looked at the one-third of the moon that had been cut away. His eyes narrowed in shock.
"What a powerful gravity… and there's even a seal?"
He saw that the broken part of the moon was slowly moving back toward the main body.
It wasn't drifting naturally—it was being pulled back by gravity.
What's more, that gravity only acted on that chunk of the moon. Even flying through the gap wouldn't get you affected.
What truly stunned Izayoi was this: even after a thousand years, the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei still had this kind of gravitational force.
"Is this the true power of the Six Paths?"
Clearly, the difference between him and the two brothers wasn't just the Truth-Seeking Orbs and Sage Mode.
But then Izayoi noticed something else and finally relaxed.
Looking up at the white glow in space, Izayoi murmured to himself:
"So the seal absorbs sunlight to replenish energy. No wonder Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn't break free after a thousand years."
Realizing he had just scared himself, Izayoi accelerated toward Earth.
What he didn't notice was that as he left the moon, deep in the graveyard of the deserted city, a soul—visible only to the dead—was silently watching him.
The figure wore a white robe, with six black magatama on the chest, a red whirlpool symbol on the back, and nine black spheres floating behind.
His eyes were completely white—pupils and all—and two white horns protruded from his forehead.
This was none other than Otsutsuki Hamura, Kaguya Otsutsuki's second son.
Born with her Byakugan, his eyes were pure and powerful. By bloodline alone, he had awakened the Samsara Eye and created Truth-Seeking Orbs, becoming a Six Paths-level warrior.
"Unbelievable…"
Watching Izayoi fly away from the moon, Hamura whispered:
"Wood Release containing sacred tree traits, my brother's eye and body powers, my eyes, and even ancestral horns… In a world a thousand years later, someone has inherited both my brother's and my strengths. This truly is… a miracle of the Otsutsuki clan."
Looking at the moon, which had been cut apart by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, Hamura couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"Young people really are hot-tempered. Luckily, the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei that sealed my mother can't be lifted without the power and hand seals of both me and my brother. Even if the moon is split, it will draw in meteorites to restore itself. Otherwise, that boy would be in big trouble."
Finally, glancing at the cemetery full of tombstones, Hamura sighed.
"It was my fault for not explaining clearly enough, letting you all misinterpret the will. I never thought the branch family would take things so far."
"The dead should not meddle in the world of the living. All of this is fate. I hope that boy—who inherited both my brother's and my strength—can do what we could not."
As his voice faded, Hamura's soul disappeared.
The chakra lingering in the cemetery also faded from this world.
...
In the ninja world's Konoha, Izayoi's wooden clone also returned home after the meeting.
Inside the traditional house with a barrier raised, the wooden clone received information from the real body and vanished with a Flying Thunder God Technique.
The next second, Izayoi—still in the Chakra Mode of the Samsara Eye—returned home.
Seeing him, the three girls immediately rushed over.
"Onii-chan, you're back!"
"Izayoi-kun, are you okay?"
"Izayoi-kun, were you really fighting on the moon?"
Seeing their concerned expressions, Izayoi released the Samsara Eye's Chakra Mode and smiled.
"Sorry to worry you—everything's over now."
The girls let out sighs of relief.
"Onii-chan, did you just cut the moon?" Hanabi asked excitedly.
"Yeah, cool right?" Izayoi smiled, rubbing her head.
"So cool."
The three nodded in unison, eyes sparkling with admiration.
"Want to hear all the details?" Izayoi teased.
"Mm!"
Seeing them nod like pecking chicks, Izayoi playfully said, "After all that fighting and flying back and forth from the moon, my shoulders are sore..."
"Onii-chan, I'll massage you!"
"Izayoi-kun, your chakra is low, want to bite me?"
"Izayoi-kun, I'll get a towel—let's take a hot spring bath."
The three tactfully pushed him toward the hot spring.
"I want to see Pikachu. And I want peeled grapes... and sake."
"Hehe... just Pikachu?" Hanabi teased. "Don't think Karin and I don't know what you and Nee-chan were doing in the hot spring that time—ah, ouch!"
"Hanabi, if you peek again, I'll personally teach you a lesson!" Hinata blushed.
"Karin peeked too!"
"Hehe, I'm older than you—it's fine." Karin grinned.
"Flat-chested girl."
"What did you say!?"
The girls bickered, then joined Izayoi in the bath.
As they soaked in the hot spring, Izayoi drank sake and ate grapes peeled by Hinata, recounting the battle with Uchiha Madara.
The three girls were terrified when they heard he had fought on the moon.
But upon hearing he had smashed Madara from the moon to the earth with a single strike, their eyes were full of worship.
"Onii-chan, you're basically invincible in the ninja world. Why hide your identity?" Hanabi asked.
"Invincible? Not yet." Izayoi drank and smiled. "Madara and I have only just stepped into that dimension. If 'that person' really exists, then there are four people stronger than us."
"Four more?!"
The girls were stunned.
"Who is 'that person'?" Hinata asked.
"I don't know..." Izayoi shook his head. "That's why I need to fish."
Izayoi was referring to Otsutsuki Isshiki, Kaguya's superior.
If he really existed, then unless he acted, no one could find him.
To protect Hinata and the others, Izayoi needed to use the identity of "Otsutsuki Toneri" to lure him out.
If Isshiki had to choose a reincarnation vessel between him and Nagato, Izayoi was the most suitable.
As long as he showed up… Izayoi would give him a surprise.
Beat him, force reincarnation—Izayoi wins.
If he never showed, Izayoi would grow stronger until he had no choice but to appear.
Thinking of this, Izayoi looked forward to the future.
Whether it was due to the post-battle emotions or the hot spring heat, Izayoi glanced at Hinata peeling grapes beside him, covered Hanabi's eyes, and whispered with a smirk:
"Hinata… I want a different kind of wine."
"What kind of wine?" she asked gently.
"No need to fetch it. You are the wine." Izayoi whispered: "I want to drink... Kuchikami Sake."
Hinata's face flushed.
"But… but Hanabi and Karin are here…"
She didn't say no.
"Hehe, that's easy."
Izayoi raised a finger and chuckled: "Illusion... Darkness Walking Technique!"
"Ah! My eyes!"
"If I can't see it, you can't succeed—Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!"
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"