Feeling the burning hunger within his eye sockets, Satori Hyūga extended a talon-like hand toward the giant Tenseigan.
Inscribed upon the surface of the massive Tenseigan were countless intricate ancient sealing runes and patterns, glowing with an unusual light.
As Satori made contact, the sealing runes flared brilliantly, swirling violently around the colossal eye, fiercely resisting his intrusion.
Yet Satori had absorbed the memories of dozens of elite ninja, gaining extensive knowledge of sealing arts.
Faced with this ancient barrier, he simply let out a soft chuckle and casually raised his hand, effortlessly breaking through the seal as if it were nothing at all.
These primitive sealing formulas were now obsolete—far too rudimentary for someone from a ninja world that had evolved over hundreds, even thousands, of years.
Even more so because Satori had assimilated nearly all the knowledge of the ninja world itself—his knowledge had already become terrifyingly vast.
The binding seals shattered like chains snapping one link at a time.
Witnessing this sight, Satori's lips curled upward slightly.
But to the elders of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, this was a grave issue.
With the protective seals on the Tenseigan destroyed, reconstructing them would require an immense amount of effort.
Even worse, they would lose access to the Tenseigan's power in times of crisis.
Several silver-haired elders attempted to interfere, but Uchiha Madara stood directly in their path, forcing them to halt.
Facing Satori—who was now preparing to absorb the power of the enormous Tenseigan—they were stunned and furious.
[Sealed Divine Relic!] Don't touch the giant Tenseigan! It is a sacred relic left behind by our ancestors to seal away the Chakra Dragon. Disturbing it might allow the Dragon to break free!" shouted the Elder.
"If that legendary goddess Kaguya breaks free, the entire world will face destruction and death."
His words painted a dire scenario, hoping to dissuade this mysterious stranger wielding the Tenseigan.
But Satori wouldn't fall for such hollow threats.
He already knew the truth about the Chakra Dragon—the so-called mighty woman known as the goddess Kaguya.
She was merely a woman with little to no combat experience despite her immense power.
By absorbing the energy of the massive Tenseigan, Satori felt certain he could ascend further—to the True Six Paths Level at last.
Satori's eyes dimly glowed, radiating an obsidian-black malevolent glow.
His dark dōjutsu energy manifested as chains that surged into the Tenseigan, beginning the process of devouring and absorption.
Instantly—
A surge of pure, powerful energy flowed into his eyes, continuously replenishing his dojutsu chakra.
"So exquisite… such ecstasy."
A look of clear euphoria spread across Satori's face. He stretched out his arms wide, accelerating the rate of absorption.
The chakra previously drained from constant use of his dōjutsu to control others' souls was fully restored—no, amplified.
A strange chill spread through his mind, as though some missing piece of his body and soul had finally been completed.
This led Satori to speculate.
It must be the unique inherited power of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
After all, in the original series, Toneri Ōtsutsuki's bloodline combined with Hanabi Hyūga's Byakugan to activate the Tenseigan.
That meant the bloodlines of both the Hyūga and Ōtsutsuki Clans were intrinsically compatible.
As Satori Hyūga continued his manic devouring, the massive golden Tenseigan visibly shrunk before their very eyes.
Seeing their ancestral Tenseigan being stripped of its power enraged several elders to the point of erupting in fury, and they attempted to forcefully break through Madara Uchiha's blockade.
Yet the Demon God of the Ninja World possessed unfathomable strength. Standing alone, he routed them completely.
The head elder received a direct hit from Madara's [Fire Release: Great Flame Annihilation Jutsu], which singed away half his beard.
Then, using [Wood Release: Binding Vines Technique], Madara impaled the elders on tree branches and began lashing them mercilessly.
The thrill of crushing weak foes reignited Madara's rhythm, making him sigh with satisfaction, "It's not like my strength has declined. It's just that my junior is exceptionally strong."
While being lashed by the green vines conjured by Wood Release, the head elder cried out in pain but still attempted to reason with Satori.
"Fellow bearer of the Tenseigan, please stop! We were once one clan thousands of years ago, sharing the same ancestor."
"What you're doing is an unforgivable betrayal of our ancestors' will. Cease your actions now!"
"If you stop right now, everything that's happened can be forgiven."
Hearing this, Satori—who was rapidly growing stronger—glared darkly at him and mocked, "Before saying that, why don't you reflect on what *you* did first?"
"We share the same bloodline, yet you dared to drop meteors on me. How could you even say such things?"
"If I weren't quite powerful myself, I would've already turned into a pile of pulp under your meteor attack."
"Don't even dream about me stopping."
Upon hearing Satori's reply, the head elder cursed inwardly the elder who suggested negotiation and continued his desperate entreaty.
"We admit we were wrong before; our hearts were narrow-minded. But hear us out—the giant Tenseigan is irreplaceable. It's the central seal binding the goddess Kaguya. If you absorb it, she may break free from her prison and return to the mortal realm."
"No one will then be able to stop her."
"Hahahaha! What a joke!" Satori burst into laughter. His eye sockets revealed jet-black swirling Tenseigans, their pupils spinning wildly.
At that moment, his aura surged violently, transforming him into a demonic god descending into the world.
Dark, ominous chakra cloaked him in an eerie aura, making him appear truly terrifying.
This was a special power inherited from Moryo—the force of darkness.
Centuries of peace had weakened the resolve of most members of the Otsutsuki Clan. As invaders arrived, panic, fear, and terror flooded their minds.
These intense negative emotions poured endless energy into Satori.
Transformed into dark power, these emotions combined with the might of the Tenseigan, causing dramatic physical changes across his body.
His cells evolved slowly at first, then suddenly surged forward through millions of years of evolutionary leaps.
Now, his skin appeared ghastly pale, closely resembling that of the Otsutsuki Clan.
Yet above that pale flesh, jet-black mystical markings covered his entire body, ghostly and otherworldly.
On top of his head, two jet-black spiral horns had grown unnoticed.
With such a malevolent appearance, none would mistake him for a noble or righteous figure.
Ordinary villagers would feel their sanity slip just by looking at him, as if they were plunging into hell itself.
However, Satori Hyūga was unaware of this. All he knew was that he felt invincible—like he was capable of anything.
His previous special abilities had grown stronger, and entirely new abilities had emerged within him.
Everything indicated he had been reborn anew.
His strength had suddenly reached the True Six Paths Level. The cosmic energy was now clearly visible to him, as if it awaited his command.
With a single thought, Satori instantly formed several sinister-looking black [Truth-Seeking Balls].
Now possessing unfathomable power, Satori's confidence soared.
He said, "A resurrected Kaguya Otsutsuki—who has lost her physical form and lacks real combat experience—won't pose much of a threat."
"If she really dares to revive, I'll turn her into a subject for research and uncover the secrets of the true Otsutsuki Clan."
Boosted by surging power and exploding ambition, Satori feared nothing.
After all, he was a transmigrator—a lucky guy with a god-mode perspective.
Without Black Zetsu's assistance or Madara Uchiha's Six Paths-level body as a vessel, he couldn't imagine Kaguya Otsutsuki being that difficult to handle.
Among everyone in the ninja world, the most troublesome opponent should be none other than Isshiki Otsutsuki—who had hidden himself away for a thousand years.
That guy had managed to grow quite strong during his thousand-year hibernation; in Boruto's timeline, he was definitely a formidable opponent.
As for Kaguya Otsutsuki, without her surprise attack against Isshiki, there probably wouldn't have ever been a Hokage Village or a ninja world at all.
"Deal with Kaguya first, then Isshiki?"
"Or take on Isshiki first and leave Kaguya for later?"
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