In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 517 The Truth About the Will Within Chakra

After finishing their business, Shimizu did not leave immediately. Instead, after sending a message to his main body, he began to sit and discuss the Dao with the Sage of Six Paths, exchanging ideas on their respective cultivation methods.

The Sage of Six Paths readily agreed.

Aside from Kaguya and Isshiki, two outsiders from the Otsutsuki clan, only Hagoromo and Hamura, the two second-generation Otsutsuki, became Six Paths level powerhouses in the ninja world.

If we go back a thousand years, the ceiling of the ninja world can only reach the level of Super Kage.

A Six Paths level powerhouse who can communicate amicably and create countless amazing abilities is extremely valuable and deserves Hagoromo Otsutsuki's attention.

From ninjutsu to sage techniques, and even the rules and laws of the world, the two talked about everything.

Soon, Shimizu discovered that although the Sage of Six Paths' knowledge was not as extensive as his own, his level of understanding was extremely profound.

This doesn't refer to his high level of expertise in any particular area, but rather to the person himself, Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki can learn many things he has never encountered before at a glance.

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. Kakashi Hatake with his Sharingan is the Copy Ninja, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki with his Rinnegan wouldn't be any less skilled than Kakashi.

What amazed Shimizu was his ability to see through the essence of things at a glance, getting straight to the point. To describe him as someone who could apply knowledge to new situations would be an understatement of Hagoromo Otsutsuki's abilities. Once Hagoromo Otsutsuki learned a piece of knowledge or an ability, this old man could not only make a lot of fun with it on the spot, but also continue to deduce, make derivatives and improvements.

In terms of talent, having experienced so many worlds, Shimizu has never seen anyone so outrageous.

For example, with breathing techniques, when it came to Hagoromo Otsutsuki, he could easily recreate the Breath of the Sun. As for talismans and lightning magic, he had just entered the basics and learned some low-level talismans, but a few seconds later he deduced part of the content of the high-level talismans of the same type.

Fortunately, this old man is not omnipotent. Even he cannot quickly deduce the profound knowledge that is the core. He also has to spend time practicing some abilities that require long-term accumulation.

However, his cultivation speed remained fast, and his foundation of thousands of years could be transformed into a considerable level of skill in a short period of time.

"King Shimizu is indeed a once-in-a-millennium genius; I am no match for him."

When the exchange ended, the Sage of Six Paths sighed.

He simply couldn't fathom how Shimizu, at the age of seventeen, had mastered and created so many things.

Even if the other party definitely has secrets, who doesn't? But whatever those secrets may be, Shimizu's current achievements, which are so astonishing that even the Sage of Six Paths can't be faked.

The Sage of Six Paths is not stupid, nor are his methods simple. He is not pedantic, and he will not hesitate in the slightest when he needs to be ruthless. At most, he will have some mental burden.

However, it must be admitted that the old man's character is really not a big problem. His values ​​are very upright, even to the point of being somewhat saintly in some aspects. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sealed his mother to the moon with his younger brother for the sake of the ninja world.

"Senior Yuyi is too kind. I am the one who has gained more."

Shimizu shook his head.

He certainly felt that he was the one who gained more.

Shimizu could sense that the Sage of Six Paths shared everything he could without reservation. As for what he couldn't share, most of it was related to the Otsutsuki bloodline, which Shimizu couldn't learn even if he wanted to.

All other techniques, whether it was the Six Paths Sage Techniques created by Hagoromo Otsutsuki based on the Sage Techniques of Mount Myōboku, or Yin-Yang Release, the Six Paths Yin Power, and the Six Paths Yang Power, were completely passed down to Shimizu by the Sage of Six Paths.

What surprised Shimizu the most was the method by which the Sage of Six Paths created the Pure Land.

The Pure Land did not exist in the first place.

When the Sage of Six Paths was alive, after sealing Kaguya and the Ten-Tails, he traveled throughout the ninja world, spreading chakra and trying his best to repair the damage caused by the two brothers in their battle with Kaguya.

In the process, he also killed and sealed away countless demons.

These demons are all native inhabitants of the ninja world.

Some of them, like the immortals in Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave, are animals that cultivated natural energy.

However, their methods are generally not very sophisticated, so like Jugo, they don't refine natural energy thoroughly enough, and most of them are brutal and bloodthirsty, killing indiscriminately.

These animals were almost all slaughtered by the Sage of Six Paths, leaving only those animals that were willing to live peacefully with humans. Therefore, even though the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave was very powerful, he did not dare to cause trouble.

Because Gamamaru, the White Snake Sage, and the Slug Sage all knew very well that the white-skinned old man with horns on his head wasn't quite dead yet and could lift the coffin lid and crawl out of the Pure Land at any time.

They were afraid that the old man would come out again and slaughter them all.

Therefore, starting from the time of Ashura and Indra, the successors of the three holy lands began to align themselves with humans and the Ninja Sect, learning the chakra spread by the Sage of Six Paths, and from time to time selecting qualified individuals among humans as representatives to intervene and influence the ninja world to a certain extent.

These animals, cultivated through natural energy, are demons, while monsters are the souls and spirits of those who wandered the world before the Pure Land was created. For various reasons, they were formed by relying on natural energy. They vary in strength, with the stronger ones possessing Kage-level or even Super Kage-level power.

In that era when ninjas had not yet grown strong and ninjutsu had not yet developed, these beings were beyond the capabilities of humans to deal with, and were often more brutal than demons, without exception.

Therefore, without exception, anyone discovered by the Sage of Six Paths was killed by him.

If there were any that couldn't be killed, they were sealed away like Satoru in the Box of Bliss. The remaining survivors were dealt with by Ashura and Indra when the Sage of Six Paths was selecting a successor for the Ninja Clan.

For more than a thousand years after that, the ninja world gradually became a world where ninjas dominated the mainstream of supernatural power, and no new monsters were born.

The reason for this is, of course, that the Sage of Six Paths created the Pure Land, which absorbed the souls of the ninja world.

As for how this alternate dimension of the Pure Land came about, the reason is actually quite simple.

This place was originally the alternate dimension connected by Hagoromo Otsutsuki's Rinnegan. Kaguya possessed Amenominaka, which included the Origin Sphere and five other alternate dimensions, and Isshiki also had Daikokuten. It is evident that they possessed the ability to connect to special alternate dimensions, which is not particularly rare among these Otsutsuki beings who have developed their abilities to a high level.

Since defeating Kaguya, the Hagoromo and Hamura brothers have been worried about other Otsutsuki attacking, so they have been taking action in their own ways.

Hamura flew to the moon and made it his territory. He could talk to his lonely old mother from time to time, which was both a way of keeping her company and a way of watching over her. He was also preventing any unusual events from happening on the moon and releasing Kaguya. It was also a prelude to the arrival of the Otsutsuki from outer space.

If a powerful Otsutsuki appears that the ninja world cannot stop, this place will be the first line of defense. If the Otsutsuki's power is not too excessive and the ninja world has the power to deal with them, then let them in to train. Ideally, Ashura and Indra should be trained.

Getting back to the main point, the method used by Ōtsutsuki Hamura is unknown. It may be related to the Tenseigan, or it may be some other method. However, after his physical lifespan ended, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo began to transform the Pure Land. Over a thousand years, he gradually refined this alternate dimension into one that was completely his own, making him essentially a castrated version of a dimensional demon god.

Although it's just a larger alternate dimension, rather than a complete world, it's still quite remarkable.

He can use the power in this alternate dimension to fight, and being in this alternate dimension also enhances his own power. Although he has no physical body, this entire Pure Land is his body.

This place has nurtured every ninja in the ninja world who has mastered chakra over the past thousand years. Without exception, they are all extremely outstanding warriors, including many Kage-level powerhouses from past generations, as well as reincarnations of Indra and Ashura.

With Tobirama Senju, Orochimaru, or Kabuto Yakushi, they could have invented and perfected the Impure World Reincarnation technique, creating a Hashirama Senju with 90% of his peak strength. As for the Sage of Six Paths, he could only do even better.

Over the millennia, the ninjutsu created by these ninjas, including techniques involving chakra nature transformation and form transformation with various strange characteristics, were all recorded and learned by Hagoromo Otsutsuki along with the memories of these spirits.

It can be said that in terms of the development and mastery of chakra, the Sage of Six Paths had reached the limit, and even Kaguya, who also mastered the Bloodline Limit, was far inferior to him.

Add to that the power of the Six Paths Yin and the power of the Six Paths Yang, as well as Hagoromo Otsutsuki's unique Sage Mode, and Shimizu is certain that this old man's strength, after thousands of years of accumulation, should be much stronger than his mother Kaguya's.

What Kaguya knows, Hagoromo Otsutsuki also knows, and has developed it better than Kaguya. What Kaguya doesn't know, such as the power of the Six Paths and Sage Mode, is even more powerful.

Shimizu estimated that with his current strength, he would definitely not be able to defeat Kaguya, who did not have much combat experience. However, with the versatility of his abilities, he could stall for time and perhaps find an opportunity to seal her, although the sealing effect would not be as good as the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei formed by the power of the Six Paths Yin and Yang.

As for facing Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who has more combat experience, a sharper mind, and greater strength, there is no chance of winning. If the two sides clash and engage in a life-or-death battle, he can probably only stall and then rely on his space-time ability, which has become more fundamental after being enlightened by the explosion, to escape the ninja world.

A thousand years ago, when he was only a few decades old, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was already considered quite strong among the Six Paths level ninjas. After a thousand years of accumulation, even though the ninja world was too small and he didn't have much room for improvement, he might have already broken through the Six Paths level limit.

At least for ordinary Six Paths level experts, such as Kaguya and Isshiki, this old man could definitely use the power of the Six Paths Yin and Yang to forcefully suppress and seal them.

However, Shimizu believes that although the opponent's stats are high and their abilities are strong, they are definitely not at the level of the multiverse.

Pure Land is always Pure Land; it is merely an alternate dimension, not a complete world.

Compared to the dimensional demons and cosmic deities of Marvel and DC, he has not yet truly mastered those rules or possessed a complete world system; he is not a conceptual existence.

They are clearly still a level below them.

This chasm has probably separated Hagoromo Otsutsuki for countless years. He can only try to get closer little by little with the accumulation of time, but he can never touch it.

But for Shimizu, this was just right.

Because he happened to possess the "True Chapter of Dragon and Tiger Asking the Way," which the Old Celestial Master had comprehended from the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley. It recorded how Zhang Zhiwei cultivated himself to a state of perfect harmony, with the five elements mutually generating each other, yin and yang in balance, forming his own small world, and ascending to immortality by regulating and controlling the energy and spirit within his body.

Although primitive and rudimentary, and the energy comes solely from individuals, it is indeed a complete world capable of self-circulating energy, generating natural energy on its own, and transcending the original world.

This "Dragon and Tiger Ask the Way True Chapter" is not a cultivation method, but rather a collection of notes and insights hastily left behind by the Old Celestial Master in the few days before his ascension. The contents still need to be organized before a general cultivation method can be created.

If a cultivator has the aptitude, the right mindset, and the right opportunity, then it is not impossible for them to replicate the success of the Old Celestial Master.

Qingshui has already been working on this project. The embodiment of the One-Man World is focusing its energy on it, along with the participation of Lu Jin and the high-ranking masters of Longhu Mountain. Although a rough outline has been put together, the creation of the technique is only just beginning.

Now, Shimizu has a better option.

The method for refining the alternate dimension given by the Sage of Six Paths seems to be able to be combined with it, directly transforming the alternate dimension into a small world.

A little world that belongs only to myself.

At that time, the world will be able to draw resources from the various skills it currently possesses, evolving into storms and thunder, and everything else that its own abilities represent.

This will be a tremendous leap forward.

including yourself.

At that time, the clear water will also sublimate, ascending from a four-dimensional being to a higher-dimensional existence, becoming equal to an entire world.

The two men's conversation lasted for quite some time.

Fortunately, both were highly skilled individuals, and their exchange and learning were so advanced that they were almost beyond the reach of ordinary people. After sharing their knowledge and insights, the topic shifted to other areas.

Especially the Otsutsuki.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki did not know the extent of their power, but he had some guesses.

Because he has evidence that can indirectly prove it.

"Actually, before the Pure Land, I had considered refining the world where the Ninja World is located. But in reality, this world already has an owner, and... the will of this world feels very similar to that wisp of chakra that exists in the most primitive chakra."

As Hagoromo Otsutsuki spoke, he reached out and extracted a bit of chakra from a certain soul. Black Six Paths Yin power surged in his palm, stripping away that wisp of will.

(End of this chapter)