Chapter 342: On the Moon, Officially Entering the Fray

Chapter 342: On the Moon, Officially Entering the Fray

The Sage of Six Paths indeed had a new plan. After Naruto escaped his control, the Sage realized that continuing to stay behind the scenes would likely result in Hagoromo Gengetsu being the victor. He could no longer remain idle, as the situation had grown too dire.

While Hagoromo Gengetsu and Naruto were still trapped in Kaguya's Amenominaka world, the Sage of Six Paths reappeared—but this time, he was on the Moon.

"Hamura..."

The Sage of Six Paths, who had descended to the Moon in his chakra form, gazed at the dense cluster of buildings before him. He knew this was where Hamura's descendants lived. However, like Hamura, they too had long ceased to exist.

When the Sage of Six Paths awakened, he had become fully aware of everything that had transpired on both Earth and the Moon.

"Hamura's destiny?"

The Sage of Six Paths shook his head.

"It's more like humanity's fate."

"Internal strife... it never ends."

Sighing, the Sage of Six Paths vanished from sight. When he reappeared, he was inside a temple on a floating island. At the deepest part of the high platform, there stood a gigantic golden Tenseigan, formed from countless Byakugan.

Before the colossal Tenseigan, the last descendant of Hamura's lineage, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, stood guard.

"Who's there?"

The Sage of Six Paths hadn't concealed his presence, so the moment he arrived, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, who was observing Earth through the Tenseigan, immediately sensed him. Born without eyes, Toneri tightly shut his eyelids and swiftly turned around. Simultaneously, numerous finely-crafted puppets of the Ōtsutsuki clan rushed in, their eyes wide open, surrounding the Sage of Six Paths.

"After a thousand years, I didn't expect such an exceptional descendant from Hamura."

The Sage of Six Paths calmly observed Toneri Ōtsutsuki and spoke.

"Sage of Six Paths?"

Although Toneri was blind, with the aid of external objects, he could still perceive reality and instantly recognized the Sage of Six Paths. After all, the branch family had long been dedicated to the destruction of the world created by the Sage of Six Paths. Naturally, they were well-versed in his legend.

Toneri was stunned. He never imagined that the Sage of Six Paths, who had lived in the same era as his ancestor Hamura, would still be alive and standing before him. Could it be that the Sage had come to stop him from destroying the Shinobi world in the future?

Toneri's face filled with suspicion. Under his control, the gigantic Tenseigan behind him instantly emitted a powerful wave of energy.

The Sage of Six Paths glanced at the Tenseigan behind Toneri and sighed, "Still lost in a twisted fate, are you?"

"Twisted fate?"

Hearing these words from the Sage of Six Paths, Toneri couldn't help but sneer, "Do you not understand your own mistakes, you who are revered as the Sage of Six Paths?"

"For a thousand years, the world you created has been plagued by endless wars. Shinobi have been slaughtering each other, treating chakra and tailed beasts as mere weapons. Now, even the Ten-Tails has been unleashed! The ancestor Hamura, and the Moon's shinobi who have monitored the progenitor of chakra for a millennium, have seen it descend upon the world once more!"

Toneri's face was cold.

Through the Tenseigan, he could see everything happening on Earth. If it weren't for the fact that the Tenseigan lacked the power to kill Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Hagoromo Gengetsu, and Naruto—three individuals with unimaginable strength—he would have already purified the entire planet.

"Ancestor Hamura questioned the world created by his brother long ago. 'If the world that my brother created strays from the right path, then destroy it,' that was the destiny left by Ancestor Hamura!"

"Now, there's sufficient evidence to prove that the world you created is a failure, Sage of Six Paths!"

"There's no such thing as twisted fate. Destiny is destiny!"

Even though he knew how powerful the Sage of Six Paths was, Toneri, who had devoted his entire life to fulfilling this destiny, didn't back down.

"The current state of the Shinobi world is indeed partly my fault. But to destroy the entire Shinobi world and Earth is too extreme. Hamura wouldn't have given such a destiny."

The Sage of Six Paths finished speaking, noticing that Toneri's expression hadn't changed at all.

"Fine, I'll let you see for yourself."

With a wave of his sleeve, the Sage of Six Paths transported Toneri.

In the blink of an eye, Toneri found himself not in the temple, but in a vast graveyard.

Before he could react, numerous spiritual apparitions appeared in the graveyard.

"The branch family misunderstood Ancestor Hamura's destiny!" A series of spiritual apparitions of the main family of the Ōtsutsuki clan appeared before Toneri.

And not just them.

"Brother..."

The aged spirit of Hamura Ōtsutsuki also manifested, facing the Sage of Six Paths.

"Hamura..."

The Sage of Six Paths gazed at his brother.

Unlike himself, who continued to exist in the Shinobi world in chakra form, Hamura had chosen to face death as a normal person.

"Ancestor Hamura... and these people..."

At the same time, Toneri was overwhelmed with shock.

Over the next moments, Toneri learned the true nature of his destiny from Hamura.

The Sage of Six Paths observed Toneri, who quickly transitioned from confusion to remorse and self-reproach, and shook his head.

As he had said before, humanity's internal strife never ends. Not only did it persist on Earth, but it also extended to the Moon.

Just as the Hyuga clan on Earth had a division between the main and branch families, the Ōtsutsuki clan on the Moon had the same division. Perhaps, at the beginning, there were indeed misunderstandings about Hamura's destiny. But what truly magnified this twisted fate was the ambition of many people.

While the shinobi on Earth and those on the Moon had long ceased interaction, the latter continued to live on the Moon. If at first, they cared about Earth, over a millennium, as they multiplied and generations passed, they grew increasingly detached from the planet. In time, their interest in Earth waned, and how could they possibly care about what happened there?

Ultimately, it was the branch family's ambition to use the Earth and the so-called destiny to achieve their true goal: overthrowing the main family's rule of a thousand years!

And they had succeeded.

In the time that followed, they didn't immediately attempt to purify the Shinobi world. Instead, they passed down their beliefs through generations until the last descendant of Hamura, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, came to fully believe in this so-called destiny.

Fortunately, his mindset had now been corrected.

"For the true destiny of Hamura, and to bring about real peace in the Shinobi world, Toneri, I need your power now."

Toneri nodded. "I am willing to atone."

"Excellent!"

This time, there would be no unexpected outcome like with Naruto.

A resolute determination flashed in the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths.

In the next moment, he poured all of his remaining chakra into Toneri.

A powerful aura erupted from Toneri's body.

When he opened his eyes again, with the Sage of Six Paths' power, a new pair of white eyes emerged and evolved into blue Tenseigan within seconds.

The Tenseigan Chakra Mode was activated!

Enveloped in green chakra and having officially stepped into the Six Paths level, Toneri, guided by the Sage of Six Paths, descended toward Earth.

A new Six Paths-level warrior was about to join the battle.

The Sage of Six Paths had officially entered the fray!