The Present Is Defeated By The Future
At this moment, the feathers on Uchiha Yuma's body trembled, emitting a faint buzzing sound. Under Ōtsutsuki's unparalleled control over Chakra, he infused Wind Release Chakra and Sage Mode, forming a pair of wings behind him.
With his new wings spread wide, he soared into the sky, locking onto Uchiha Madara with his piercing Sharingan. His left eye trembled violently as he activated Eye Technique: Ichimokuren.
Blood and tears streamed from his eye as Uchiha Yuma grinned viciously at the towering, nearly three-hundred-meter-tall blue Susanoo before him.
"The future is set, Uchiha Madara! Your fate… is death!"
With those words, Yuma swung the divine swords in his hands—one scarlet, the other red-gold.
In an instant, a raging scarlet storm and a blinding red-gold sword light filled the night sky, carrying the momentum to obliterate everything in their path as they hurtled toward Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara, unfazed, stood firm within his colossal Susanoo, facing the incoming storm and sword light without hesitation.
Having already analyzed Yuma's ability to sever all things, he had a countermeasure in place. He had previously learned that Yuma's right eye contained Kuni Tsudachi, an attack-based pupil technique capable of severing even time-space barriers. But now, it was time to activate the ultimate power of his left eye—Tian Changli!
This technique was beyond extraordinary.
It was only after transplanting the transcribed and engraved eyes, and unlocking the power of all things, that Madara truly understood why generations of Uchiha leaders had safeguarded these eyes, even when they lost their light.
Tian Changli represented the eternity of time itself.
The ability of this technique allowed the user to record and freeze their current state indefinitely. No matter how powerful an opponent's attack was, even if it could destroy the world itself, it could not affect the user so long as their time was frozen at a moment untouched by harm.
As long as his eye power remained, Madara would be immune to death.
Understanding the sheer potential of this technique, Madara's confidence soared. He pushed his left eye's power to its limit, blood streaming down his face as a green aura enveloped his Susanoo.
"Did you really think that having an ability to cut through everything makes you invincible? Brat, let me teach you something!
In this world… no technique is without a counter!
Tian Changli! Let time be frozen forever!"
Madara locked his current state in time and, fearless, charged straight into Yuma's devastating attack.
BOOM!
The heavens trembled. The earth paled.
As his body disintegrated into ash, Madara's mind raced in disbelief.
He never imagined that Tian Changli, a technique that could freeze time itself, would be utterly overwhelmed by another pupil technique that also manipulated time.
Uchiha Yuma… that cunning brat!
The ability of his other eye could also influence time!
Even worse, Yuma's technique was the natural antithesis of Tian Changli.
Just moments ago, Madara's green aura had successfully frozen Susanoo and himself in an untouchable state. But upon collision with Yuma's attack, the boy's eye technique overpowered and dispelled Tian Changli's time lock.
The present, frozen in time, had been defeated… by the certainty of a locked future.
With Tian Changli negated, Madara had no means to defend against Yuma's severing storm and divine sword light.
But he was not ready to accept defeat.
"Uchiha Yuma… don't get too comfortable," he vowed silently.
The next time he returned from the Pure Land, retrieved his eyes, and became the second Sage of Six Paths…
He would kill Yuma on sight!
His last glance was of the arrogant young man below before darkness consumed him, dragging him into the Pure Land.
Uchiha Yuma gazed at the sky, watching as Madara's form was reduced to ashes, scattered by his sword light and storm.
With a smirk, he muttered, "If I were my old self, I truly wouldn't have been able to counter your technique of freezing time.
But now… my pupil power output is beyond recognition. Your failure was inevitable. It was already locked in the future."
Tian Changli was indeed an extraordinary ability.
But unfortunately for Madara, the weight of time itself held more authority than his eye technique.
His Ichimokuren was a similar ability—but instead of freezing the present, it locked the future.
And the weight of time favored Ichimokuren.
On top of that, Yuma's eternal Mangekyō Sharingan granted him superior power output compared to Madara's standard Mangekyō Sharingan.
With greater authority over time and a stronger eye, his victory was absolute.
"What of Izanagi?" he scoffed. "Hah…
A locked future cannot be rewritten by mere Genjutsu, even one capable of distorting reality."
The 10,000 battle points displayed on his status panel confirmed it.
Dispelling the divine sword infused with Ame-no-Kurokumo, Yuma manipulated the sealing wind to gather every trace of Madara's ashes, sealing them within the gourd hilt.
He wasn't foolish.
Madara was the type of warrior who could rise from the Pure Land for revenge.
He needed precautionary measures.
Once this battle was over, he planned to seek out Tsunade and learn the Impure World Reincarnation from his great-grandfather, Senju Tobirama.
Then, he would summon Madara's soul himself, ensuring control over his return.
He would lock Madara in the Impure World first—
And nail the coffin shut!
This time, Uchiha Madara would never rise again!
As Uchiha Yuma concluded his battle, the distant horizon glowed red-gold, casting its light upon Konohagakure.
The people across the village turned their heads, watching in awe as the remnants of the battle flickered in the sky—
A brilliant sword light, fading into the night.