Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Yu Yi's voice suddenly became extremely ethereal: "This mechanism is not just something the Otsutsuki use to deal with inferior beings. It is also the absolute law used by the supreme being who transcends all Otsutsuki—the [Otsutsuki God]—to rule over the entire bloodline race!"

“In the eyes of that being, whether it is those pure-blooded Otsutsuki who traverse the sea of ​​stars, or my mother Kaguya who devoured the Chakra Fruit, or even me who inherited the power of the Ten-Tails…” Hagoromo’s gaze slowly lowered as he looked at Hashirama and Madara below, “Even you, as long as there is a trace of Otsutsuki blood flowing in your veins, in His vision, there is no difference.”

"Whether you are Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, or Uzumaki... as long as you carry fragments of the Otsutsuki gene, in essence, you are all [vessels] that the god has already priced and can activate at any time!"

"what?!"

Hashirama and Madara were horrified.

Madara Uchiha's body trembled violently. Proud as he was, his eyes blazed with unbelievable rage: "Old man, you mean... we're just vessels for people to be born from?!"

"How is this possible..." Hashirama muttered to himself. The Will of Fire that he had always believed in and protected with his life seemed to have become a joke at this moment.

"This is the despairing reality."

The Sage of Six Paths looked at his hands, his voice filled with a deep sense of powerlessness, "At the top of the Otsutsuki clan, there exists a higher-dimensional 'god.' Your bloodline is both the source of power and a precise beacon. As your strength increases and your chakra grows ever larger, your bodies will irreversibly revert to the Otsutsuki form."

"When your physical bodies and chakra reach a certain critical point, that is, when your 'hardware' meets the standard... without any sacrifices or formations, the will of that higher dimension can freely follow the bond of this bloodline, traverse the endless sea of ​​stars, and be born within your bodies!"

"At the moment of His descent, even my mother who had eaten the fruit of the Divine Tree, and even I who had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, were as fragile as ants before Him. His authority was above all else; He could easily obliterate our souls and take over our bodies! He could even completely destroy our chakra with a single thought!"

"He is the source of all chakra, and naturally he can absolutely control all chakra."

After hearing the truth, the entire Valley of the End fell into a deathly silence.

A bottomless fear gripped the throat of everyone present.

"Back then, Hamura and I sealed my mother away, and I sealed the Ten-Tails into my body, reaching the pinnacle of this world."

The Sage of Six Paths closed his eyes again, as if he could still recall the trembling he felt back then. "But in that instant, I did not feel the joy of victory. I truly felt... a cold gaze from the depths of the starry sky."

"I am afraid."

This old man, revered as a god in the ninja world, frankly admitted his fear.

"In order to preserve my personality and will from being erased... I have made a choice."

"I personally severed the evolution of my physical body and voluntarily stopped nurturing it."

Yu Yi opened her eyes, her gaze filled with a sense of vicissitude and sorrow: "I let it grow old, get sick, and die like a mortal, decaying and rotting. Because only by abandoning this 'vessel' that attracts attention, transforming into a pure soul and chakra form to hide in a pure land without a physical body, can I completely sever the blood ties with the higher-dimensional gods and escape that harvest!"

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha lay in the ruins, speechless for a long time.

The pinnacle of power they pursued throughout their lives turned out to be nothing more than a death countdown in the face of true cosmic dimensions.

"So..."

"In this ninja world, the so-called bloodline is both a gift from heaven and the most vicious curse!"

"Bloodline grants ninjas power that surpasses that of ordinary people, but it also shackles them with the ability to be controlled by the higher power at any time!"

Chapter 173 There's One More Thing

The phantom of the Sage of Six Paths in mid-air silently watched Uchiha Tsuki.

"I have already answered your questions and even revealed to you the deepest secrets of this world."

Yu Yi slowly spoke: "Then, according to the agreement, who exactly are you, outsider?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Uchiha Yue calmly uttered a sentence:

"I am not from this world."

Hashirama and Madara exchanged a glance, both seeing a look of sudden realization in each other's eyes.

In their view, the meaning of Yue's words was all too obvious.

He comes from the future, or from "another parallel universe" that his shadow clone frequently mentions.

This perfectly explains why he possessed such groundbreaking ninjutsu concepts and military forces that were not of this era.

However, Uchiha Yue, standing in mid-air, took in the expressions of the two men and a wicked smile crept onto his lips.

When he said "not this world," he meant that he didn't belong to this planet, this starry sky, or even this universe called "Naruto"!

He is an "outsider" with modern understanding.

However, since both Hashirama and Madara were making up his own identities, Light was naturally happy to go along with it.

Leaving half the truth hidden often makes people more convinced than revealing the whole truth.

"Not this world..."

The Sage of Six Paths murmured these words, a hint of realization flashing in his eyes, "No wonder we couldn't find your anchor point in the river of fate that I and Gamamaru observed."

Yu Yi paused for a moment: "So... that [Heaven's Will Project], which is subtly influencing the entire ninja world, was also brought about by you?"

As expected, the Sage of Six Paths knew about this thing!

Then there's no need to waste any more words.

The moon lingered in her heart, lost in thought.

With his shadow clone boldly implementing the plan in Konoha, even conspiring with Madara and Hashirama's two sons, it's understandable that this old sage hiding behind the scenes knew about the existence of the "Heaven's Will Plan" long ago.

However... since he has been observing, how does he view that invisible "corrective force"?

“That’s right, I was the one who spearheaded the [Heaven’s Will Project].

Uchiha Yue readily admitted it, looking directly at the Sage of Six Paths in mid-air, "Since we can't defy fate, let's exploit its loopholes. As long as the final result seems unchanged, we can change the process at will. This is the Divine Will Plan."

However, upon hearing these words, the Sage of Six Paths slowly shook his head.

Yu Yi's voice was tinged with helplessness: "I have seen your so-called plan, but do you think that will allow you to escape the final harvest? That is nothing but self-deception."

"The loopholes you painstakingly exploited, even the power that could have annihilated you... were merely a trace of unconscious instinct that escaped when that being fell into slumber!"

The Sage of Six Paths stared directly at the moon and asked in return, "Even His unconscious instinctive activities require you to expend such enormous energy to calculate and barely cope with. When that supreme will truly awakens and casts its gaze here... what will you use to resist Him? This is a chasm that cannot be bridged by schemes alone."

Hearing Hagoromo's pessimistic remarks, Hashirama and Madara fell silent amidst the ruins.

But Uchiha Yue smiled gently: "If we don't try, if we don't even try to resist, then what's the difference between us and livestock waiting to be slaughtered?"

"He may be very strong, but we are definitely not weak either."

Arguments based on words are ultimately futile; for such a stubborn old man, it is essential to show him tangible "results."

"Senior Yuyi, seeing is believing."

Suddenly, the moon stretched out a hand towards the Sage of Six Paths in mid-air, extending an invitation that transcended time and space:

“I know that a few words cannot eliminate your millennia-old mindset, but in another time and space, the [Heaven's Will Project] has already passed its initial stage and begun to bear fruit.”

"Although it is still a long way from its complete form, a spark has already been ignited there."

Yue paused, her smile full of sincerity: "Senior Yuyi, would you be interested in coming with me to my world to see it for yourself?"

The phantom of the Sage of Six Paths flickered slightly.

He looked at the moon's outstretched hand, countless complex emotions flashing in his murky eyes of reincarnation.

“My true form cannot leave the Pure Land for too long,” Yu Yi said slowly, “but if it’s just a quick look, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"It's a deal, you definitely won't be disappointed."

Yue withdrew her hand with satisfaction.

However, before Yue could make any further arrangements, two weak voices suddenly came from the ruins below.

"Hey... Brother Yue."

Hashirama Senju struggled to prop himself up with his elbows, panting heavily from exhaustion.

"I want to go too!" Hashirama grinned, revealing a dusty smile. "I want to see what the world you created with your own hands is really like."

"Hmph, if Hashirama is going, then I'll go too."

Madara Uchiha also sat up from the pit. He casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes, which had turned black, stared intently at Tsukuyomi Uchiha.

Looking at these two big shots who had volunteered to "smuggle themselves across the border," Uchiha Yue raised an eyebrow slightly, quickly calculating the feasibility and risks of the matter in his mind.

For the world's corrective force, the "Battle of the Valley of the End" between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha is the "core anchor point" for the course of history that is absolutely unchangeable.

However, in the "Unite Konoha" scenario he forcibly intervened in, the two had already completed this earth-shattering battle, and the "transition animation" of the scenario had been successfully completed.

According to the established historical trajectory, Madara would "fake his death" after this battle to escape and go underground to secretly plot.

Hashirama, however, will die mysteriously soon after due to "hidden injuries from battle," passing the Hokage position to Tobirama.

This means that, at the moment the battle in the Valley of the End came to an end, the two characters' scenes in the story, on the surface, were essentially over!

As long as the publicly announced ending is "Madara dies, Hashirama is seriously injured," then whether their real physical bodies remain in the Pure Land, hide underground, or travel with Uchiha Tsuki to another parallel universe...

There is absolutely no difference to that rigid correction force program!

This is exactly the same bug-exploiting logic used to take away the dying Minato and Namikaze couple!

"Since both of you seniors are in such a good mood..."

With a wave of his sleeve, Yue said, "Then let's go together. It just so happens that I need your wisdom and strength to contribute to the future of that world."

"But before leaving..."

Yue's gaze slowly swept over the completely destroyed Valley of the End.

"I still need to take care of two last little things in this world."

Chapter 174 Black Zetsu from Another World

At the edge of the End Valley, in a dark crevice completely covered by collapsed giant rocks.

A dark shadow, seemingly blending into the night, clung to the rock wall like mud, not daring to leak even the slightest fluctuation of chakra.

This is the Black Zetsu of this parallel universe.

At this moment, this "super director" who had survived behind the scenes in the ninja world for over a thousand years was utterly devastated.

"Why did it turn out like this...? Where did things go wrong?!"

Black Zetsu roared in impotent rage from the shadows.

In its original script, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were supposed to have a complete falling out due to their irreconcilable differences in village ideologies.

Madara, carrying the loneliness of being abandoned by his family, "comprehended" the true meaning of Infinite Tsukuyomi in front of the stone tablet at Naka Shrine, then engaged in a life-or-death battle with Hashirama there, finally obtaining Hashirama's cells, faking his death to escape, and awakening the Rinnegan!