Chapter 488: The Six Paths Sage's Entrustment

"Shishou."

At the appointed time, Katsuyu gently woke Shishou from his meditative state.

Opening his eyes, Shishou asked in surprise, "Has a month already passed?"

He had instructed Katsuyu to wake him in a month.

Katsuyu nodded, "Yes."

Seeing Katsuyu's smiling face, Shishou exhaled deeply.

Now he finally understood why Tsunade, Mikoto, and the others would meditate for months without opening their eyes.

In the meditative state, the energy he absorbed completely satisfied his body's needs, achieving a fasting-like effect.

In such a condition, he didn't need to consider anything else, just focus on practicing senjutsu.

Getting up from the bed, Shishou stretched his body.

Katsuyu watched him and said, "Mikoto and the others have already awakened during this month and are practicing ninjutsu outside, waiting for you."

Hearing this, Shishou smiled and hurriedly ran out of the room to find Mikoto and the others.

Katsuyu pouted and followed him outside.

In the following days, Shishou happily spent time with Mikoto, Kushina, and Hyuga Rimei, who had all awakened.

During this time, he also absorbed all the Uchiha Madara clones and the White Zetsu he had cultivated with Madara's cells.

Subsequently, he helped Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Yugito awaken the Uchiha bloodline after they had already awakened the Hashirama cells, combining the powers of Senju and Uchiha to prepare for awakening the Rinnegan.

Of course, after helping them awaken the Uchiha bloodline, Shishou began to ponder how to help them unlock the Mangekyo Sharingan.

However, such things could only be done gradually, so Shishou wasn't in a hurry.

Once everyone resumed their training, Shishou took Raiko and left the Genesis Space, returning to the ninja world.

Raiko, deeply reluctant to leave the senjutsu-rich environment, asked several times to stay, but Shishou refused.

With Raiko needed to oversee Mount Myoboku, Shishou wasn't going to agree to her request.

A servant should behave like a servant; making demands was a surefire way to get punished.

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Konoha.

Upon returning from the Genesis Space, Shishou reabsorbed his clones that had been sent out on missions.

He had left Konoha for the Genesis Space under the guise of going on a mission.

Now that he was back, it was time to report his mission.

His return to Konoha was met with a warm welcome from Hana Inuzuka, Tenten, Sakura, and others.

Because of this, he was occupied every evening for several consecutive days, unable to leave Konoha.

It wasn't until a week later, one night.

Shishou went to the outside of Mount Myoboku to contact his obedient son, the Six Paths Sage Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

His method of contacting Hagoromo was simple.

By activating the Caged Bird Curse Seal engraved on the soul of the Great Toad Sage, Hagoromo would come to him once the toad couldn't bear the pain.

As always, it didn't take long after he activated the seal for Hagoromo to appear before him.

Seeing Shishou grinning, Hagoromo said helplessly, "Father, can't you let go of Gamamaru?"

After all, Gamamaru had been his childhood companion, and he couldn't bear seeing him suffer because of Shishou.

Shishou shrugged and explained, "I just wanted to see you."

Hearing this, Hagoromo sighed again.

He couldn't win against his father, so he had no choice but to let him have his way.

"Father, what is it you want this time?" Hagoromo asked directly.

In his view, his father had already become much stronger than him, so there shouldn't be anything he could help with.

Upon hearing this, Shishou explained his purpose.

He wanted to know how Hagoromo had created the underworld.

Hearing that Shishou wanted to create an underworld, Hagoromo frowned, suspecting that Shishou might be trying to take control of the underworld from him.

However, since he was already dead and only a small part of his soul remained, he didn't care much. If his father wanted it, he would give it to him, considering it compensation for the guilt he and his brother Hamura felt toward their mother, Kaguya.

While thinking this, Hagoromo explained the method to create the underworld in detail to Shishou.

Shishou took out a scroll and carefully recorded the information.

Actually, the method Hagoromo used to create the underworld was quite simple, involving the abilities of the Human Path and the Hell Path of the Six Paths.

The Human Path captures souls, intercepting them before they reach the Pure Land, while the Hell Path creates an area to store these souls.

Of course, this process also involved various Yin-Yang Release techniques and other miscellaneous things, making it challenging for Shishou to create his own underworld.

After explaining everything, Hagoromo looked at Shishou and said, "Father, if you want the underworld, I can give it to you, as long as you promise to continue protecting the ninja world."

Hagoromo had initially created the underworld not only to survive but also to use it to protect the ninja world.

Now, knowing that Shishou was gathering power to rival his mother, Kaguya, he thought that if Shishou could protect the ninja world, he could finally rest.

After a thousand years of solitude, Hagoromo was tired.

"Protect the ninja world?"

Shishou frowned at Hagoromo.

He wanted the chakra accumulated in the underworld, but he didn't want the responsibility of protecting the ninja world.

After all, he planned to lead Tsunade and the others to attack the Otsutsuki home planet and didn't want to be tied down to this world.

Perhaps sensing Shishou's thoughts, Hagoromo continued, "Father, if you reach mother's level, a single clone would be enough to protect the ninja world."

Hearing this, Shishou thought for a moment and realized it made sense.

A clone of Kaguya Otsutsuki, at the very least, would be at the Six Paths level, more than enough to guard the ninja world.

Moreover, if he acquired the underworld now, he could use the chakra stored there to accelerate the Divine Tree's fruit-bearing process, allowing him to harvest chakra fruits faster and become a being like Kaguya.

With this in mind, Shishou agreed.

"Alright, I accept."

Seeing Shishou agree, Hagoromo clasped his hands together.

His semi-transparent soul began to ripple.

Just as Shishou thought he might dissipate, Hagoromo's hands separated, and two black and white, interlocking orbs floated to Shishou.

Hagoromo said, "These are the keys to the underworld. With them, you can enter and take control of it."

Shishou carefully put away the two orbs and asked, "What will you do now?"

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POWER STONE!!!!

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