After flying away from Konoha, Madara Uchiha landed on a cliff of a large mountain.
Before long, the space beside him rippled like a mirror lake struck by a falling stone, then twisted to form a black hole the size of a fist.
Madara Uchiha's Wood Clone and Uchiha Obito flew out of the black hole.
Uchiha Obito, while removing his mask, took out a vial containing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan from his person. He then directly dug out his already blind left eye and immediately inserted the Three-Tomoe Sharingan from the vial.
Since the left half of his body was formed from Hashirama Cells, Uchiha Obito instantly regained his sight.
Looking at Madara Uchiha, who was retrieving his Wood Clone, Uchiha Obito asked, puzzled, "Why is the thing you want the Priestess's Chakra? Her strength is so weak, how can her Chakra help you?"
"I don't know either."
Madara Uchiha shook his head and smiled, "But some things, even if they lack power, are still crucial."
"This Priestess Power is a key fragment to open the dimensional gate."
Clapping his hands together, Madara Uchiha shouted, "Sage Mode... Activate!"
Blue Chakra flared into existence from nothing, seeping into Madara Uchiha's body from the outside in.
Red eye shadow did not appear at the corners of Madara Uchiha's eyes.
But if he were to take off his upper garment, one would find that on his left chest, the face of Hashirama that had formed due to the implanted Hashirama Cells had red eye shadow.
After instantly activating Sage Mode, Madara Uchiha did not lower his clasped hands. Instead, with a serious expression, he performed the Yin-Yang Release Technique, fusing the Sage Chakra and Priestess Power within his body.
In an instant, Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan actually shone with dazzling purple light.
The terrifying Eye Power made Uchiha Obito shiver just by looking at it, and he instinctively took a few steps back.
What... what just happened? Uchiha Obito thought to himself, cold sweat dripping down his face. Why did I feel like my soul was about to be pulled out just by looking at him?
"Hiss..."
Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha felt a burning sensation in his palm and couldn't help but gasp.
Logically, even if he was struck by a hundred arrows, or pierced by a sharp blade, or even had his arm severed, Madara Uchiha could remain silent.
As long as he wasn't killed on the spot, any injury was considered minor in the Shinobi World for cultivation purposes.
But now, Madara Uchiha was so burned that he gasped.
This showed that the burning sensation was not simply targeting the physical body, but rather... the soul.
Madara Uchiha raised his hand to look and saw that in his palm, a white sun had appeared at some point.
Immediately, Madara Uchiha felt a large amount of information surface in his mind, just like when he first awakened the Rinnegan.
At the same time, a completely new energy replaced the Sage Chakra and Priestess Power within his body. It was... Sage of Six Paths Chakra.
"So it's transmitted through the Rinnegan..."
Izayoi, whose gaze had never left Madara Uchiha, suddenly had a slight realization.
As Madara Uchiha kept his hands clasped, Izayoi seemed to have a hallucination, seeing the shadow of the Sage of Six Paths appear on the other side of Madara Uchiha's body.
Clearly, the Sage of Six Paths' method of granting power was different from the original work where he pulled the dying Naruto and Sasuke into a mental space. Instead, he directly transmitted the Yang Power to Madara Uchiha through the Rinnegan, or a deeper method, completing his final weakness and directly awakening the complete Six Paths Power.
He focused his gaze on Madara Uchiha, and over a dozen bubbles appeared around him.
Madara Uchiha, who originally had one rainbow and one red Perk, now had four more red Perks.
[Sage Body (Red)]
[All-Attribute Body (Red)]
[Chakra Control (Red)]
[Bloodline Limit: Wood Release (Red)]
Seeing this, Izayoi was not surprised but rather pleased, thinking, As expected, it's the same as me.
Indeed, after Izayoi no longer needed the Priestess Power to activate Sage of Six Paths Mode, three more Perks in his Perk list had undergone sublimation: All-Attribute Body, Chakra Control, and Wood Release.
The current Izayoi was a being with two rainbow and six red Perks.
Just as he had thought, after mastering the Truth-Seeking Ball, the strongest Ninjutsu, both All-Attribute Body and Chakra Control were affected and directly sublimated to the red level.
After all, the Truth-Seeking Ball, the strongest Ninjutsu, was a product formed by the fusion of seven ultimate nature transformations.
Nature transformation needed to reach its peak, Chakra Control also needed to reach its peak, and with the help of Yin-Yang Release, they could be fused to derive the power to destroy all things.
Madara Uchiha not only unlocked the Sage Body (Red) Perk, but the color and level of his All-Attribute Body and Chakra Control Perks also became the same as Izayoi's.
This meant that the power granted to him by the Sage of Six Paths was on the same level as Uzumaki Naruto's.
Only the method of transmission was different.
Is he guarding against me, or Madara Uchiha, or both, by transmitting power this way? Izayoi couldn't help but analyze in his mind, feeling that the latter possibility was extremely high.
With Sage of Six Paths Mode stacked with Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Izayoi's perception had reached a level second only to the Infinite Tsukuyomi instantly covering the world.
Unless Isshiki Otsutsuki used a Divine Technique to shrink his body and Chakra, or hid in a different dimension, even if he was superior to Kaguya Otsutsuki, Izayoi could quickly find his location.
Izayoi could also see the Death God of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
As long as the Sage of Six Paths' soul appeared, Izayoi could definitely detect it.
The Sage of Six Paths hasn't appeared, clearly to prevent his Sage of Six Paths Mode from stacking with Tenseigan Chakra Mode, not wanting Izayoi to know of his existence.
As for not meeting Madara Uchiha, it should also be because he doesn't want Madara Uchiha to know that his soul can interfere with the world of the living.
After all, unlike the simple Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha, Madara Uchiha is not only the most outstanding Indra reincarnation in history but also an existence that surpasses Indra.
If he were to meet Madara Uchiha and bestow power upon him, Madara Uchiha would likely be more surprised than pleased.
Having already listed the Otsutsuki Clan as a must-kill target, he would very likely also view the Sage of Six Paths as an enemy.
For a rational individual like Madara Uchiha, guiding him secretly would definitely yield better results than guiding him face-to-face.
Thinking of this, a hint of doubt flashed in Izayoi's eyes again.
Izayoi had thought that the Sage of Six Paths didn't rashly appear to meet Madara Uchiha because he wanted to use the Priestess Power as a puzzle piece, and then communicate with Madara Uchiha in the Chakra space, telling him the truth of the world and the secret that Izayoi was Toneri Otsutsuki, giving him a clear goal.
As an existence closest to having eaten the Chakra Fruit, Izayoi didn't think the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't be able to see his Tenseigan.
Moreover, Izayoi's horns were different from those of the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku; they were a characteristic only possessed by pure-blooded members of the Otsutsuki Clan.
Apart from those two brothers, it was impossible for descendants to revert to such a degree.
Therefore, Izayoi subconsciously assumed that the reason the Sage of Six Paths stood against him was that he was increasingly resembling the foreign enemy described by Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Now it seems that's not the case.
Otherwise, the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't need to be so hesitant; he could just directly guide Madara Uchiha to eliminate Izayoi, this 'alien'.
If that's not the reason, then why is the Sage of Six Paths targeting him?
"Damn it, these riddle-tellers are so annoying," Izayoi couldn't help but curse inwardly.
...
"Is this the power of Sage of Six Paths Mode?"
Feeling the Sage of Six Paths Chakra within him, Madara Uchiha's eyes trembled slightly as he said, "No wonder that brat, despite not having ultimate ocular techniques, gave me a feeling more dangerous than Toneri Otsutsuki. Both are Sage Modes, but Nagato's and Hashirama's Sage Modes are completely not on the same level as Sage of Six Paths Mode!"
Just like how Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha gave up on the idea of catching up, the difference between these two Sage Modes was like heaven and earth.
Just by standing here, Madara Uchiha could sense the life fluctuations of everyone in the Shinobi World, not just ninjas, but even ordinary people and wild beasts.
Madara Uchiha even had a feeling that as long as he walked up to those life fluctuations, reached out and touched them, and integrated his Chakra into them, connecting with them...
At that time, incredible things would happen.
And this was merely the enhancement of perception.
In terms of power, Madara Uchiha felt that his current self could shatter Hashirama's Wood Golem and his own Perfect Susanoo with a single punch.
In terms of Wood Release, he could easily replicate Hashirama's Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands - Top Transformed Buddha.
In fact, in terms of strength, his Thousand-Hand Buddha statue was even more powerful than Hashirama's!
Besides perception and power, other aspects also received a dimensional-level enhancement.
Especially Chakra...
"With this kind of Chakra, I'm no longer afraid of that guy's Chakra absorption."
Madara Uchiha lowered his head to look at his hand wrapped in Chakra, then raised his head to gaze at the clear blue sky, muttering to himself.
Only after truly taking a big step into the realm of different dimensions did Madara Uchiha realize how weak he was before.
Awakening ultimate ocular techniques was merely barely stepping over the threshold of this dimension.
Repulsion, Attraction, and the abilities of the Preta Path still had some effect on opponents of the same level.
But against opponents who were ahead of him, they were child's play, completely ineffective.
"The second round... begins!" Madara Uchiha suddenly grinned, then his figure shot up into the sky.
After entering Sage of Six Paths Mode, he also gained the ability to fly.
Moreover, the Chakra consumption required for this flight was surprisingly minimal, not even one percent of that for Perfect Susanoo.
Therefore, Madara Uchiha decided to get up from where he fell.
He wouldn't use the Space-Time Passage; he would fly to the Moon himself.
While flying, Madara Uchiha also quickly processed the information that surged into his mind. Several black substances flew out from his body, forming nine black spheres the size of billiard balls around him, containing the power to destroy all creation.
"As expected, this is the choice?"
Seeing Madara Uchiha fly up, Izayoi muttered with a slight upward curve of his lips.
Immediately, he sent a message to the Wood Clone responsible for guarding the Yin Nine Tails.
Soon after, the Wood Clone, who had also entered Sage of Six Paths Mode, instantly appeared beside Izayoi.
Izayoi first placed his hand on the Wood Clone's shoulder, absorbing the Toneri Otsutsuki's Chakra within him, then walked into the basement and stood on a jutsu formation.
The next second, the scene before Izayoi's eyes rapidly reversed.
After recovering, the basement had turned into a luxurious room, and the location was clearly the Moon, having moved from Earth.
After obtaining the complete Yin-Yang Release and Sage of Six Paths Mode, Izayoi's improvements were not just in stamina.
The Perk of Sky Control (Red) was also gradually realizing its potential through his use of the complete Yin-Yang Release and the Chakra Rosary.
While he couldn't create a space-time passage, creating a jutsu formation similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique was an easy feat.
After all, Hamura Otsutsuki had already set an example for him.
After teleporting to the Moon, Izayoi deactivated his Sage of Six Paths Mode and used the Wood Transformation Technique to disguise himself as Toneri Otsutsuki.
He then went to the palace created with Chakra Rosaries, put away the Toneri Otsutsuki puppet, which was also created with Chakra Rosaries, sat on the throne, closed his eyes to rest, and waited for Madara Uchiha's arrival.
In less than half an hour, Izayoi slowly opened his eyes, looked at Madara Uchiha who had appeared in the hall, and said indifferently, "You just got the Sage of Six Paths' power, and you're already impatient to come up and regain your face?"
"You don't seem surprised?" Madara Uchiha asked in confusion, "Can your eyes even detect me in this state?"
"That's why I said, your eyes are just the eyes of a loser," Izayoi instantly entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, while raising his hand to condense a black sphere containing the power to destroy all creation, his eyes filled with disdain. "The power you painstakingly obtained, I can easily acquire. This is the difference between pureblood and mixed-blood!"
"Have you gotten stronger again? Or have you always been holding back?"
Madara Uchiha's eyes narrowed immediately as he stared at Izayoi and asked in a deep voice, "You said last time that the duty of your Otsutsuki Clan is to observe the Shinobi World and judge it. When the Shinobi World is beyond saving, you will destroy it and create a new world and humanity. How do you determine when the Shinobi World is beyond saving? Was it when I became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Izayoi couldn't help but sneer at this. "When did you get the illusion that a god would be afraid of a monkey becoming a pseudo-god? Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, I only need one strike now, and you will never be able to restore the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path back into the Ten-Tails."
"Then what is your criterion for judgment?"
Madara Uchiha's eyes gleamed as he said, "Is it because there's a threat hidden in the Shinobi World that is even more fatal than the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Izayoi's face instantly showed surprise.
Catching his change in expression, Madara Uchiha snorted, "So that's how it is."
"How did you guess?" Izayoi elegantly crossed his legs and looked at Madara Uchiha with interest.
"Because of something a kid said," Madara Uchiha smiled. "If I hadn't heard his words, I wouldn't have had this guess."
"Izayoi?"
"Correct."
Madara Uchiha nodded and said, "He said there were obvious logical loopholes in your words. If the reason for judging the Shinobi World as beyond saving was because I became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then you could start destroying the world at any time. Because as long as the Rinnegan is not destroyed, a second Ten-Tails Jinchuriki will appear in the Shinobi World sooner or later, but you haven't done so."
"If you wanted to stop me from becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, it would be even simpler. You just need to kill a Jinchuriki, or seal a Tailed Beast and throw it into a corner of the universe, and I would never be able to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but you also haven't done that."
"You are arrogant, but you have the confidence to be arrogant." Madara Uchiha looked at Izayoi and said with certainty, "Your trump card for destroying the world is something that even the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki cannot stop. This is why you look down on the Rinnegan."
After speaking, Madara Uchiha saw Izayoi's face show appreciation, which further confirmed his idea.
At the same time, his heart sank, and he asked, "What is the threat that is even more fatal than the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
"To be able to analyze to this extent, you are indeed one of the best among monkeys," Izayoi praised without hesitation, and then transmitted information in real-time to his Wood Clone in the Shinobi World, allowing the Wood Clone in Sage of Six Paths Mode stacked with Tenseigan Chakra Mode to quickly scan various parts of the Moon and the artificial sun.
After confirming that there were no soul bodies secretly observing, Izayoi looked at Madara Uchiha with a playful smile and said, "I just compared the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to a pseudo-god. What do you think exists above a pseudo-god?"
Hearing this, Madara Uchiha's expression suddenly changed.
Before he could speak, Izayoi slowly said, "The truth of the world I showed you last time was missing a prologue."
"Now, let me show you the true truth of the world!"
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