From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 416 The Curtain Falls on the Six Paths
Ninja World, Pure Land

The Sage of Six Paths frowned deeply, a frown he hadn't shown in over a thousand years.

He wore a white robe embroidered with sun and moon patterns, and the immortal staff in his hand gleamed with a soft golden light. Two Rinnegan eyes lit up on his aged face, and the nine tomoe swirling in his pupils seemed to absorb all the darkness into them.

Just now, someone used the technique of reincarnation to open a passage to the Pure Land and resurrected a person, but this person died again as soon as he was resurrected.

At the moment of his death, the long-absent power of death suddenly appeared, freezing the passage for a moment.

At that very moment, a stream of light entered the Pure Land and exploded.

His reaction was quick enough, but it still wasn't enough to stop the outbreak.

"When did a pair of Rinnegan appear in the ninja world again? And why did the power of the Shinigami suddenly appear at this time?"

The Sage of Six Paths looked up at the space beyond the Pure Land and fell into deep thought.

This is a world shrouded in eternal twilight.

The sky was not pure darkness, but rather like a thin veil soaked in ink, shimmering with a faint light interwoven with deep blue and purple. The ground was smooth, mirror-like white stone, yet it gleamed with a warm, jade-like luster, and every line seemed to be carved with moonlight.

This is the result of the Sage of Six Paths' transformation over a thousand years.

Upon entering the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths realized that this world was not as safe as he had imagined.

Beyond the Pure Land, there exist countless monsters that devour souls, and the largest of them is the Grim Reaper of this world.

However, Death is now history; it had long been banished by his mother.

But he also knew that beings like Death were highly bound to the Pure Land, and unless the Pure Land was destroyed, it could not be completely destroyed, and could only be expelled.

Moreover, he had already sealed away the Grim Reaper. Who would have thought that the power of the Grim Reaper would reappear today, combined with the power of the Rinnegan, opening the passage to this Pure Land for a moment. It was in that moment that a problem arose.

I was careless. There hadn't been any problems in a thousand years, but this time something went wrong.

But he still didn't understand what went wrong or what the significance of the explosion was.

In the instantaneous explosion, he only sensed an invisible will flash within it before it went out. What did that mean?

"It seems we need to keep a closer eye on the ninja world!"

As he was pondering this, he suddenly seemed to sense something, abruptly looked up at Kai Kong, and his expression changed drastically.

The dark, silent sky, seemingly eternal, let out a tearing, mournful cry.

The eternally unchanging twilight dome suddenly seemed to be cleaved open by a giant axe, and the clouds, a blend of deep blue and dark purple, surged violently.

Immediately afterwards, countless dark brown shadows descended from the crack—they were tentacles with diameters of ten feet, their surfaces covered with bowl-sized gray-black suckers, the edges of which secreted a viscous purplish-black liquid that dripped onto the white stone ground, etching deep, hissing pits.

"What is this?"

For a thousand years, he had witnessed countless monsters beyond the Pure Land, but none of them could break through the domain once covered by the Grim Reaper, remaining only able to linger outside the Pure Land. But nothing like today, with these tentacles descending directly from the sky to attack the Pure Land, had ever happened before. At this moment, the descending tentacles had already broken through the Pure Land's defenses and were wrapping around him.

"In the name of the Six Paths, seal!" His aged voice echoed through the space. The moment his staff struck the ground, countless golden chakra chains surged forth, coiling around the dozens of tentacles at the very front like giant pythons. The runes on the chains lit up, emitting a chanting-like hum. The bound tentacles struggled violently, and the purple liquid sprayed from their suckers splashed onto the chains, creating puffs of white smoke.

But more and more tentacles emerged from the rift, devouring the golden chains like a swarm of greedy snakes. The severed ends of the tentacles would immediately sprout more tiny branches, twisting the chains into shimmering fragments.

An unprecedented pressure surged forth, and the staff in his hand slammed into the ground once more. Suddenly, the ground of the Pure Land cracked open, revealing the golden earth veins flowing beneath—the very source of the chakra of generations of ninjas.

The power of the earth's veins surged into his body through his feet, and the light around him suddenly became as intense as the sun, causing even the dark brown tentacles to instinctively retreat.

"Six Paths Immortal Technique: Ten-Tailed Coffin Seal!"

The staff transformed into a streak of light and pierced the crack in the sky. Countless miniature six-pointed star barriers exploded on the tentacles, each explosion accompanied by a wail that could be heard on the tentacles. Broken limbs rained down on the ground, once again eroding the ground and creating countless tiny pits.

Just as the Sage of Six Paths breathed a sigh of relief, a tentacle three times thicker than before suddenly emerged from the deepest part of the crack. It had no suckers at the top, but instead a huge mouth full of fangs, from which flowed a dark purple mist powerful enough to corrode space.

"What on earth is this?"

A fear he had never felt in a thousand years filled his body at this moment. In the sky, the giant mouth of the tentacles had broken through the heavy seals and pressed down. The Sage of Six Paths raised his staff to meet it. The golden chakra and the dark purple mist collided and burst into a dazzling light. The entire Pure Land trembled violently under this power.

Then, he felt despair.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that this was not a power belonging to the ninja world, but a power that transcended the ninja world. The instant he met this power, he was stuck to it and could not leave. The light of the staff dimmed inch by inch in the dark mist, and spider web-like cracks began to appear on his aged body. Faced with the unknown fear, even the Sage of Six Paths was powerless.

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When the giant mouth of the tentacles closed, the immense biting force ground the Sage of Six Paths' body into several pieces.

Fragments of white robes and golden chakra sparks spilled from between the fangs, as if foreshadowing the end of a legend.

As Rokudo was swallowed by the giant tentacle mouth, Asuma, who was lying on the bed in Konoha Village, suddenly opened his eyes.

The suppression is gone!
The power of death inexplicably began to stir within him.

Almost instinctively, he raised his hand, extended his index finger, and gently drew a line in the air. A ripple spread through the space, and the gate to the Pure Land opened.

Between his brows, the tightly closed Rinnegan opened again, emitting a dark purple light.

Without hesitation, Asuma stepped into the passage, and immediately, a comfortable aura rushed towards him.

This is……

The atmosphere of the underworld.

Stepping onto the eroded, pitted white stone ground, Asuma gazed curiously at the tentacles that had retracted into the air. Then, as if sensing something, he raised his hand, and the power of the Grim Reaper filled his entire body. At that moment, gates opened, and souls flashing with dazzling light appeared before him.

"Well done."

Jiang Chen's figure finally appeared in front of him. He looked around and laughed, "An abandoned stronghold, unexpectedly, survived the Cataclysm of the Stars. Now, we're back."

(End of this chapter)