From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

"This is called losing one's heart; one cannot accept it, one disdains it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sasuke seemed to have completely shed all the shackles that bound him, and untied the knot in his heart that seemed to have been stuck for thousands of years.

Under the astonished and uncertain gaze of the Sage of Six Paths, Sasuke's originally transparent and illusory spirit instantly became clear and solid.

And deep within his soul, there was that familiar aura of Indra's origin...

It's disappearing!

Meanwhile, in the primordial sphere of high heaven.

The Sharingan between Sasuke's eyebrows, pierced by a black rod, was damaged. Despite the medical ninjutsu of Yinglong's clone and the transfer of Ten-Tails chakra, it could not be repaired in the slightest.

That eye of Yizangran, capable of infinite rebirth and distorting the boundary between life and death!

It is now slowly repairing and healing.

At the same time, a very faint but extremely steady heartbeat was heard from Sasuke's body, which had completely lost its life force!

Chapter 350 I am the Divine Tree, I am the Ten-Tailed Fox!

"Indra's aura has vanished?"

Looking at Sasuke, who seemed relieved, I sensed the Indra's aura that had vanished without a trace deep within his soul.

The Sage of Six Paths was taken aback, and murmured in disbelief.

The so-called Indra's aura does not refer to the soul, but to chakra and the will contained within it!

Indra's soul had already disappeared after his death.

Or rather, his soul transformed into chakra that inherited his will.

He continuously possessed the bodies of outstanding ninjas in later generations to continue fighting against the reincarnations of Ashura.

This ignited a war that will never end.

Unless the two chakra possessors understand each other, and the will within their chakras also understand each other.

Only when the chakra wills of Indra and Asura are released from their mutual obsession will.

To break the karmic cycle of entanglement between the two brothers across generations.

In this respect, even the Sage of Six Paths, as a father, couldn't do anything about it.

For a thousand years, he has had possessors who guided the two brothers' chakra, trying to stop the fighting between them.

It can only be said that the results were minimal, or even nonexistent.

Ashura is alright; he at least listens to his old father.

But the cause of the conflict was not the Asuras, but Indra's obsession.

But now Indra's aura has disappeared.

This was before Naruto's Ashura possessed his body, and before Ashura's chakra will existed.

Indra's chakra will just disappeared so suddenly.

"Yes, it's gone."

Sasuke looked at the Sage of Six Paths' somewhat dazed eyes and calmly replied,

"Or rather, he has completely let go of all his obsessions and merged with me into one."

At this moment, Sasuke's eyes were extremely calm. In the Sage of Six Paths' view, these eyes were like the calm after a great enlightenment, as if all burdens had been lifted.

In the original timeline, the final battle between Indra and Ashura was completely ended at the Valley of the End when the contemporary Indra, Sasuke, recognized the contemporary Ashura, Naruto.

As the two came to understand each other, they broke the cycle of their destiny, and from then on, no one from their lineage would be reincarnated.

But the so-called mutual understanding, viewed from another perspective, was simply Indra's complete surrender and submission.

What was Indra's obsession?

He simply disagreed with his younger brother Ashura's decision and the Sage of Six Paths' decision to pass the authority of the Ninja Sect to Ashura instead of himself.

In the original timeline, during the battle at the Valley of the End, Naruto and Sasuke clashed over their differing ideologies regarding the path to world peace and the position of Hokage.

Isn't this just a reenactment of the power struggle within the Ninja sect a thousand years ago, involving Asura and Indra?

Yuan Sa admitted his defeat and acknowledged Naruto's path.

The so-called letting go of his obsession is actually Indra admitting defeat and acknowledging Ashura's succession to the Ninja Sect.

Why did Sasuke's emotions suddenly change when he heard the Sage of Six Paths give Naruto the Sage's Staff, which represents the authority of the Ninja Clan?

Why was he so tempted when he heard that the Sage of Six Paths was willing to give him his power?

Besides his own genuine desire for this power, it was mostly due to the influence of Indra's chakra will.

From Indra's perspective, the Sage of Six Paths' willingness to bestow his power upon him was itself a form of recognition.

Even if this power is only half, or even less than half, it's still better than Asura's.

But this is something he has longed for but could not obtain for a thousand years.

This is why Sasuke was so tempted just now, and even couldn't help but agree the moment afterward.

However, a stubborn streak from his past life kept him from giving in the slightest.

After thinking for a while, Sasuke, who always liked to say no, finally chose to say no again when faced with the Sage of Six Paths, who was practically offering him a delicious fruit.

Just as he told himself when he first came into this world.

Now that he has become the master of this body, he cannot follow those people's plans, whether good or bad.

He can only decide his own life. If he wants to do something, it is something he wants to do, not something that others tell him to do.

I, Uchiha Sasuke (Indra), will forge my own path, a path that is wider and brighter!

To hell with the authority of the Ninja Clan and the power of their lineage!

Pass it on to whomever you want, give it to whomever you want.

I don't care!

When Sasuke made the decision to refuse the power bestowed upon him by the Sage of Six Paths, it also signified that Indra had let go of his obsession with the Ninja Cult's legacy.

This is true letting go.

Instead of the submissive, defeated surrender of the original timeline.

In the moment he let go of his obsession, Sasuke had a sudden realization.

What does it mean to confront death? To conquer death?

Although over the years Sasuke had repeatedly expressed to himself that the Sage of Six Paths would be unwilling to bestow the Yin Power of the Six Paths upon him for one reason or another.

However, it must be said that this may be due to the influence of Indra's will, or it may be due to his own reasons.

In fact, deep down, he still harbored various expectations regarding the power of the Six Paths of Yin.

This expectation is reflected in the fact that even if he died suddenly, he did not actually face much fear of death.

Because deep down, he still placed a sliver of hope in the Sage of Six Paths.

But just as he had heard in his previous life—the Tao does not rely on external things.

To face and overcome death, one must rely on oneself.

Instead of placing their hopes on others, even if there is only a sliver of hope.

It was only after realizing this that Sasuke's spirit instantly became clear and solid.

"Did Indra let go of his attachments?"

Upon hearing this, the Sage of Six Paths was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, unsure whether to be happy or sad. He hoped that Indra could let go of his obsession, but he certainly did not want him to let go of it in this way.

"The Sage of Six Paths".

Sasuke looked at the Sage of Six Paths, whose eyes were calm and peaceful, clear and bright as if they could see through the mist of the Sanzu River surrounding the two of them.

"Just as you said, this land nurtured me, and my growth is inseparable from this land. I will do what I can within my capabilities."

Sasuke's words seemed to agree to the Sage of Six Paths, but in reality, he did not.

The Sage of Six Paths also understood, but he didn't say anything, only slightly frowning.

"As for a new guardian of the ninja world? You should find someone else. Keep this power for the new guardian of the ninja world in your heart. I don't need it."

"My true home is not this land, and I cannot stay here forever."

"You were born here, grew up here, your family and your companions are all here, but you don't belong here. So where do you plan to go?"

Upon hearing this, the Sage of Six Paths frowned even more deeply, and said in a deep voice.

"Who knows? Maybe we can never go back, but one has to try."

Sasuke shrugged and said with a smile.

Although he spoke with a smile, the Sage of Six Paths sensed a vast and melancholic loneliness in his voice.

At this moment, the Sage of Six Paths finally sensed that something was amiss. After a moment of silence, he looked directly into the other's eyes and said:

"who are you?"

“I am Uchiha Sasuke, and I am also Otsutsuki Indra, but I am not them.”

Unfazed by the Sage of Six Paths' somewhat aggressive gaze, Sasuke calmly responded.

As they spoke, the originally solid and clear spirit gradually became illusory and transparent.

"Well then, see you next time, Sage of Six Paths. I hope that next time we meet, you can provide a more respectable occasion."

"If there's a next time..."

After saying this, Sasuke disappeared into the Pure Land of the Underworld, leaving the Sage of Six Paths standing there in a daze.

The Sage of Six Paths: "..."

"well........"

A while after Sasuke left, a long, lingering sigh echoed from the Pure Land of the Dead.

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