Viewing Satori Hyūga as a man who considered the Otsutsuki Clan his enemies, the Sage of Six Paths saw no reason to regard him as an ally or comrade.
He distrusted Satori deeply, unwilling to tolerate someone radiating such darkness. Furthermore, this man had both rescued and captured his mother—an unforgivable trespass on his most sacred ground.
Looks like peace won't survive today.
The Sage clutched his shakujo, glaring coldly at Satori Hyūga as an overwhelming aura crashed toward him like a tidal wave.
His white coat flared in the wind as a pale purple glow ignited around him, and a colossal Susanoo loomed behind him.
With the nine-tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead flashing, the Sage swung the staff down upon Satori.
Forged from pure yin-yang energy, this staff resembled Kaguya's remnants' chakra rods—yet its power eclipsed even hers.
With but a flick of his wrist, he summoned unimaginable torrents of chakra.
One blow could tear the heavens and crack the earth itself.
Faced with such a devastating attack, Satori's bloodline pulsed with exhilaration.
His combative instincts awakened, transforming him into a being like a reawakened primordial beast, charging headlong at the Sage of Six Paths.
[Dark Eight Gates Mode + Tenseigan Mode + Sage Mode]
The fusion of these three forms sent shockwaves rippling around Satori as he fearlessly blocked that terrifying strike.
"Heh heh heh! Truly worthy of being the Sage of Six Paths. Your strength is formidable indeed! Over the past millennium, your power must have grown close to that of an elder from the Otsutsuki Clan!"
Now towering like a hundred-foot-tall skyscraper, Satori resembled a world-destroying kaiju from a tokusatsu show, his lantern-sized eyes locked onto the Sage.
Facing Satori unleashing his full might, the Sage of Six Paths remained silent. The crimson eyes within his sockets spun violently.
Instantly, his fully unlocked Susanoo solidified into physical form, fusing with the Sage himself.
In an instant,
Above the Moon, two humanoid titans emerged, locked in relentless combat.
Terrifying shockwaves surged outward, reverberating through the Ninja World below, filling ordinary villagers with dread.
The Umbrella Corporation swiftly dispatched personnel to calm the masses and prevent panic.
Ninjas from the great villages, now under contract with the Umbrella Corporation, mobilized en masse to quell any chaos.
In Konoha Village,
Feeling the tremors from above, Hiruzen Sarutobi leaned against the window, puffing idly on his pipe.
To think beings this terrifying walk the Moon… Truly unforeseen.
But none of it concerned him anymore.
At some point, he'd lost all authority as Third Hokage—powerless, irrelevant.
Even without his leadership, the world beyond carried on smoothly—peace intact.
As for his former friend Danzo, he had already been imprisoned for crimes of child abuse and forced labor.
He could no longer understand this world at all.
At the same time, the Jinchuriki from the great ninja villages erupted in rebellion, as if responding to something beyond comprehension.
In a house in Konoha, Kushina grimaced in pain as orange-yellow chakra began unconsciously leaking from her body.
"Nine-Tails, what do you think you're doing?" Kushina cried anxiously, releasing Adamantine Chains from deep inside her body to seal the rampaging beast.
The Nine-Tails, sealed within her, recklessly poured out waves of chakra while using Kushina's eyes to gaze toward the moon. Its eyes blazing red, it roared loudly, "I can feel the Sage of Six Paths' presence—I must go find him!"
Ever since being separated from the Ten-Tails by the Sage of Six Paths, the Nine-Tails had been deteriorating each day.
It wanted to find the Sage of Six Paths and ask when the Child of Prophecy would appear—it was struggling to hold on at all.
But Kushina, as its jinchuriki, wouldn't allow it to escape her body, locking herself in a desperate battle with the beast.
This situation was happening to nearly every jinchuriki across the world.
Some lucid Tailed Beasts also turned their heavy gazes toward the moon, overcome by a growing sense of foreboding.
Anyone capable of fighting the Sage of Six Paths was certainly no ordinary enemy.
The battle on the moon lasted half a month. The once-perfect moon cracked under the destruction until finally the battle ended.
Satori Hyūga and the Sage of Six Paths both sought to avoid devastating the ninja world, so they temporarily ceased hostilities.
"Your strength is indeed formidable. No wonder you're the last one in my mind," Satori said to the Sage of Six Paths.
During this fight, the two men exhausted every known technique, shattering mountains, turning heaven and earth asunder, obliterating everything in their path.
Satori tried using brute physical force to overpower his opponent, but the Sage wasn't weak either—he held his own against Satori, matching him blow for blow thanks to the fully unlocked Susano'o and the sustaining chakra regeneration ability of the Rinnegan.
Especially troublesome was the Sage's ability to call forth fallen warriors, bringing back legendary figures from history to fight against Satori.
In this great battle, Satori faced off against nearly all renowned ninjas throughout history, including legendary Kage from all the great hidden villages.
Most notably, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release techniques proved especially troublesome, constantly disrupting Satori's attacks and forcing him to divide his focus to deal with the endless growth and regeneration abilities that mimicked the power of the God Tree.
The Sage of Six Paths also found Satori's powers deeply troubling.
Satori possessed [infinite evolution] and [adaptive strength].
Any attack used against him would lose any edge the next time he faced it.
Fighting only made him stronger and bolder.
"This man cannot be underestimated. I must seek help from old friends."
The Sage of Six Paths tore through space, arriving at Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest, rallying powerful allies.
Additionally, the Sage sought out the Nine-Tailed Beasts and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path—fragments once part of himself—intending to merge them back into one.
With his current strength alone, he couldn't defeat Satori.
Meanwhile, Satori returned to the ninja world, continuing to push forward global reforms, quelling rebellions, and driving rapid advancements in science and technology.
He was fully aware of the Sage's movements.
Yet he felt no fear, made no move to stop him, and secretly anticipated their next clash.
As long as the Sage didn't harm innocent lives, Satori allowed him to act freely—after all, for the jinchuriki, losing their Tailed Beast might even be a blessing.
Ten years of progress reshaped the entire world under Satori Hyūga's leadership through sweeping reforms and transformation.
The previously chaotic world was now well-organized under Satori Hyūga's guidance. Technological advancement flourished, allowing people to live peaceful and prosperous lives.
The profession of ninja had long become obsolete and forgotten, with former ninjas now scattered across various industries.
At this time, a virtual reality game named "Second World" suddenly emerged and was heavily promoted worldwide by the Umbrella Corporation.
It was said that within this virtual game, any human whim, thought, or desire could be fulfilled.
People flocked into the game, beginning their second lives, indulging freely in their desires and darker impulses.
Unbeknownst to them, hidden threads gathered these negative emotions and thoughts from every corner, absorbing and transmitting them to one location.
That location was inside Satori Hyūga.
In truth, the Second World was a special creation of Satori Hyūga, blending the primordial essence of Ryuchi Cave and Black Hole Space with advanced science.
This so-called game existed solely to harvest negative emotional energy from countless individuals to replenish himself.
As for its effectiveness, it could be described as exceptionally successful.
After ten years of effort, the ninja world witnessed a population far exceeding anything seen before.
Anyone who entered the "Second World" would continuously supply Satori Hyūga with power.
From dust comes sand; from drops comes holes in stone—small things build into something greater.
Quality arises from quantity—endless waves of desires and greed condensed into mighty forces, endlessly propelling Satori Hyūga's growth.
"Hahaha! My [Supreme Heavenly Demon Body] is complete!"
Under the relentless surge of boundless desires and thoughts, Satori Hyūga's physical form gradually shifted from tangible to intangible, and then back again from intangible to tangible.
To and fro, infinite mysteries unfolded with every shift.
Having obtained Kaguya's remnants, Satori Hyūga had long since seized his training in divine techniques and Qi knowledge, studying and researching them diligently.
The Otsutsuki Clan's Qi allowed one to digitize and resurrect using another's body.
Divine techniques contained world rules, granting beings incredible abilities.
With the fusion of these technological insights, imitating mythological legends from his previous life, Satori Hyūga created the [Supreme Heavenly Demon Body] technique.
This method enabled him to spiritualize his own body, transforming into an invisible, incorporeal form—immortal and indestructible, capable of traversing the universe with a single thought. Even if he took physical form and was destroyed, he could revive within any living being burdened with intense desires.
After mastering this technique, Satori laughed thrice, feeling boundless freedom across heaven and earth.
He flew toward Mount Myōboku, where the Sage of Six Paths currently resided. He saw the Sage attempting to fuse the Nine-Tailed Beasts with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
With the aid of Mount Myōboku, the Ten-Tails' power surpassed all before, merging chakra with natural energy, truly reborn into something entirely new.
Just as success was imminent, Satori swooped forward, seizing control of the Ten-Tails and becoming its new Jinchuriki.
Feeling another surge of power coursing through him, Satori stood imposingly, gazing down scornfully at the Sage of Six Paths.
"Six Paths Sage, it seems you have lost."
Seeing the shocked and furious Sage, Satori felt a sudden wave of boredom.
Unbeatable indeed was a lonely place to be.
He manifested, punched him straight back into the Pure Land, and then used a Sealing Technique to imprison him, sealing him within so he could never return to the living world.
Returning to the ninja world, he followed the same procedure, sealing Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest, ensuring no one could ever emerge from them again.
With that done, Satori Hyūga took his next step. Harnessing the desires of all living beings as energy, he created a protective barrier covering the entire ninja world, preventing the Otsutsuki Clan from detecting or locating it.
After ensuring everything was secure, Satori Hyūga finally withdrew his hand.
Gazing at the ninja world now serving as his backyard, Satori felt at ease and shifted his gaze toward the Dragon Vein—the last unexplored place left.
"The Dragon Vein that allows time-space travel… I hope you'll bring me some excitement."
Having spoken, Satori created a clone to oversee the ninja world while his true self plunged headlong into the Dragon Vein, triggering a time-space rift.
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