Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Province of Fire.

The capital city, the imperial palace.

Chiba slowly opened her eyes.

He raised his right hand and clenched his fist tightly.

The soul and body re-merged, perfectly integrated, without the slightest stagnation.

It felt like I had taken a trip to a pure land, but it was just an absurd dream.

But the subtle, surging Yin-Yang energy fluctuations within him constantly reminded him that everything was real.

Those two ancient monsters who had lived for thousands of years really went to perish together with the god of death and the evil god.

A moment later.

Chiba stood up and went outside the main hall.

On the bustling streets, patrolling ninja squads moved through the shadows.

The entire empire operated smoothly and methodically, like a sophisticated war machine.

But no one knew what earth-shattering changes were about to unfold beneath this calm surface.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past three days, Chiba has not stepped out of the palace.

He declined all government duties and entrusted Nara Shikaku with full authority.

He is waiting.

Waiting for a final outcome.

Late at night on the third day.

A strange ripple spread through the air.

There was no energy fluctuation, yet it carried a bone-chilling cold.

Chiba slightly raised her eyes.

He keenly spotted a faint light and shadow struggling to gather three meters ahead.

It is the Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

It was different from when we met in the Pure Land three days ago.

At this moment, the Sage of Six Paths was nothing more than a thin, illusory outline.

His body had a translucent quality.

It was as if a gust of wind could blow him away completely if it entered the main hall.

"It seems..."

"it's all over."

Chiba's tone was very calm as he stated a fact.

A weak, bitter smile appeared on Hagoromo Otsutsuki's aged face.

"Yes...it's all over."

"That troublesome Grim Reaper, along with the remains of the evil god, has been completely erased."

"Hamura...he passed away before me."

He spoke of his younger brother's death.

A deep sense of sorrow flashed in Hagoromo Otsutsuki's eyes.

The god who has haunted the ninja world for a thousand years has finally ushered in his true twilight today.

Chiba nodded slightly.

Even if we have different positions.

Even these high and mighty beings once treated the ninja world as a chessboard.

But at this moment, Chiba still held a sense of respect for their determination to die.

"Ancestors."

"You're about to disappear."

"Is there anything else you'd like to say before you die?"

Chiba spoke directly.

With his strength, he could naturally see through Hagoromo Otsutsuki's condition.

At most one day.

Then Hagoromo Otsutsuki will disappear completely.

"The shackles are broken, the seal is broken."

"The natural energy that we intercepted and extracted has become ownerless."

"At most half a month."

"That immense natural energy, beyond your imagination, will gradually flow back into the ninja world."

"This power is too violent."

"The ninja world is about to experience a painful period of change."

"Chiba, you promised me."

"We must protect this land."

Hagoromo Otsutsuki didn't take Chiba's directness to heart.

He struggled to raise his illusory arm and pointed to the night sky outside the window.

"I always keep my word."

"As long as it is the territory of the empire, I will ensure its eternal peace."

Chiba stared directly at the other person without flinching.

Hearing Chiba's promise.

A relieved smile finally appeared on Hagoromo Otsutsuki's face.

He stared at the domineering junior before him.

It was as if I saw myself again, the one who once ruled the ninja world and suppressed everything.

"Good...very good!"

"Since you call me ancestor, I will give you a final farewell gift."

"You have the blood of Asura flowing through your veins, and you share the same origin as me."

"Got it!"

Hagoromo Otsutsuki suddenly roared.

His already crumbling soul phantom instantly transformed into dazzling golden light spots.

These spots of light did not dissipate with the wind; instead, like weary birds returning to their nests, they rushed madly toward Chiba.

The instant the light spot enters the body.

Chiba trembled violently all over.

He felt as if he had swallowed a raging sun.

The Sage of Six Paths' purest and most fundamental power surged through his meridians.

The Senju clan's perfect sage-like body, unparalleled in the ninja world, erupted with an extremely greedy instinct at this moment.

Every cell was frantically devouring this divine power.

From the depths of his bloodline came a deafening roar as invisible shackles shattered.

Chiba clenched his teeth.

The intense pain felt like it was tearing his nerves apart.

The Otsutsuki lineage and the Senju lineage are undergoing a process of reorganization and fusion.

His genes are undergoing a crazy reversion to their ancestral state, spanning thousands of years!

Chiba suddenly closed his eyes.

A burning pain, as if raging fire, came from deep within his eye sockets.

In the dark horizon.

A bright, scarlet spot suddenly shone.

A jet-black magatama appeared.

Followed by.

The second magatama condenses.

The third magatama is complete!

The three magatama, connected end to end, began to spin rapidly.

The spinning speed increased, even dragging out a blinding red light under the eyes.

When the speed reaches its limit.

The crimson light exploded!

Intricate black patterns spread and intertwine on a scarlet background, like a blooming black datura flower.

Mangekyou Sharingan, complete!

however.

This eye, which could drive countless Uchiha mad, is merely a transition at this moment.

The Sage of Six Paths' essence is still being poured in frantically.

The intricate patterns of the kaleidoscope began to crumble inch by inch.

The blood-red background color faded quickly.

Instead, a deep and mysterious pale purple was used.

Ripples spread outwards from the center of the pupil.

It has not experienced the baptism of the eternal kaleidoscope.

He instantly ascended to the legendary Rinnegan, which controls life and death!

Evolution has not stopped.

On the pale purple ripples, specks of black began to gather.

The first one.

The second one.

……

Until the sixth jet-black tomoe was inlaid on the ripple pattern of the Rinnegan.

The chakra within Chiba's body finally calmed down.

The stinging sensation subsided like a receding tide.

Instead, there is an unprecedented level of clarity.

Chiba slowly opened her eyes.

That instant.

The air in the entire hall seemed to freeze.

Pale purple ripples, six eerie black magatama.

Chiba raised her hand and gently touched the corner of her eye.

His world has completely changed.

Tiny energy particles floating in the air.

The chakra pathways flowing within the bodies of palace guards in the distance.

Even the subtle folds and distortions of space itself were clearly reflected in his mind.

He began to examine the new power that those eyes possessed.

First is the kaleidoscope eye technique hidden beneath the surface.

His left eye is named "Takamagahara".

Forced time rewind!

When one suffers a fatal blow or is in an unfavorable situation, one can forcibly rewind one's time state by three seconds.

Three seconds.

For a powerhouse at the Six Paths level, it is enough to turn the tide of any battle that is destined to end in certain death.

The right eye is called "Yata no Kagami".

This is not Itachi Uchiha's chakra shield, but an absolute conceptual defense.

During activation, it can nullify any form of attack—whether it be ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, or even rule-based attacks.

Chiba's lips twitched slightly.

These two eye techniques are different: one is for survival, and the other is for invincibility.

It's the ultimate combination for surviving.

Then.

Chiba focused his attention on the unique eye technique of the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

The basic abilities of the ordinary Rinnegan, such as the Six Paths of Pain, Shinra Tensei, and Bansho Ten'in, need no further explanation.

What truly made Chiba's heart tremble was that unique eye technique.

"Takamikami".

This is a kind of erasure and attribution involving the origin of life and the law of cause and effect.

If Chiba is willing.

He can forcibly strip anyone of their bloodline boundaries and claim them as his own.

He could also bestow a certain bloodline limit upon a commoner with no talent out of thin air.

If the pupils are fully open.

He can even directly erase the energy concept from the other person's body, instantly turning them into a cripple.

"This is hardly a gift."

"This is clearly the old man completely handing over control of the entire ninja world to me."

After experiencing this divine power.

A look of emotion appeared on Chiba's face.

He closed his eyes and cut off the supply of chakra.

When he opened his eyes again, his eyes had returned to pure black.

"Someone come here!"

"Issue my decree."

"Summon all high-ranking officials of the Empire to the council hall!"

"Order the governors of the four provinces of Wind, Water, Earth, and Thunder to initiate a remote conference call without fail!"

"..."