I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 419 Otsutsuki Shibai: Hidden Deep Within the Hearts of the Otsutsuki Clan

Uchiha Yu quelled the world's disaster on the coast of the Land of Fire, and the quelling of the chaos was a huge change compared to the previous chaos.

Without him deliberately concealing it, the calm area spread out in a ring.

The entire Otsutsuki family, separated by a mere few thousand kilometers, could sense this enormous circle and accurately pinpoint its center.

As the special section of Yomotsu Hirasaka was moved away, Kaguya Otsutsuki was the first to emerge from the dark gate, followed by Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.

Kaguya Otsutsuki froze completely the moment she saw Yuu Uchiha.

When the figure standing on the smooth, mirror-like sea came into Kaguya's eyes, a strange figure emerged from the depths of her heart.

This figure used Kaguya's chakra to outline its form, and its deep, unfathomable eyes looked at Uchiha Yu.

That gaze was as cold as the night sky, containing not a trace of malice, yet clearly and unequivocally expressing a hostile stance.

Wherever that eerie, cold gaze fell, goosebumps would rise on Uchiha Yu's skin; he sensed a kind of "equal" hostility.

This gaze belonged to a powerful being like him who had transcended the Bloodline Limit and regarded Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and even all ninjas as equal ants.

Moreover, He is stronger.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki trembled violently, as if shedding chaff. This powerful being emerged from the depths of her soul and did not directly control her body, yet her body obeyed automatically.

The betrayal of her body terrified and shocked Kaguya Otsutsuki, and also aroused the fiercest resistance of her free spirit.

Her resistance was so insignificant; even with all her might, she could only tremble, but it did somewhat distract the powerful being, giving Uchiha Yu a chance to catch her breath.

The pressure from that gaze only subsided for a moment, but it was enough for Uchiha Yu.

Time is not fixed for either Uchiha Yu or the enemy opposite them; their concentration can alter the speed at which time passes.

The reason this guy could keep staring at Uchiha Yu, giving him goosebumps all over but unable to shake him off, was because the other guy was constantly pulling at the flow of time, forcing Uchiha Yu to passively defend against the other guy's probing and making it impossible for him to escape the other guy's gaze.

The opponent's momentary lapse in concentration caused a lag in His manipulation of time flow, allowing Uchiha Yu to seize the initiative for a fleeting instant.

In that brief moment, Uchiha Yuu was able to escape the enemy's gaze, but instead of fleeing, he withstood the pressure of the enemy's gaze and observed how the other party used his power.

Uchiha Yu even had time to refer to the opponent's form and quickly change his own power application structure to establish a corresponding defensive mode, keeping the opponent's highly aggressive gaze out of his body.

Once he was certain he had blocked the other party's gaze, he felt calmer and even had the strength to destroy the other party's energy structure and eliminate that chakra body.

As the enemy disappeared expressionlessly, Uchiha Yu couldn't help but chuckle, "Kaguya, so you've never been free. You've always been watched and controlled by such a powerful being."

"Do you know what His name is?"

After the phantom disappeared, Kaguya Otsutsuki regained her mental freedom, but her body was still trembling, and it seemed that it would not stop anytime soon.

She forced herself to speak and said, "He is the king of our Otsutsuki clan, and his name is Otsutsuki Shibakai."

Uchiha Yu asked, "Do you know anything more about Otsutsuki Shibaka?"

Kaguya shook her head and said, "I only know His name, and that He hasn't appeared for a long time. That's all I know."

Uchiha Yu asked again, "You said Otsutsuki Shibakai is your king, but don't you know where he lives, and haven't you ever seen him before?"

"I have never seen the King." Kaguya Otsutsuki continued to shake her head. "None of the other members of the Otsutsuki clan have seen Him either. I only knew that we had a King, but I didn't know who He was or what his name was."

"I used to think that the Otsutsuki King was just a legend, a lie told by Otsutsuki Isshiki and others who were the protectors, deceiving us protectors. I thought that the Otsutsuki clan never had a king who controlled the life and death of the entire clan."

Her voice trembled slightly: "But now I know that the King of the Otsutsuki really exists, and that He really can control the lives of all the Otsutsuki."

"I am absolutely certain that when He comes to mind from the depths of my soul, a single thought could kill me."

Kaguya Otsutsuki looked at Yuu Uchiha and sincerely thanked him, saying, "Thank you for eliminating Shiba Inu Otsutsuki. Now I am truly free."

At this moment, the Otsutsuki brothers were also terrified. They barely understood what had just happened and thus realized that their mother had been used as a prop by someone called Otsutsuki Shibai, and had confronted and even fought against Uchiha Yu.

Even more frightening is that Kaguya Otsutsuki almost died because of this.

That was their mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, the strongest goddess in their hearts, yet she was used like a tool and almost crushed like an ant.

Both Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki have had their worldviews shattered.

What they feared even more was that their mother was unaware that Otsutsuki Shibayo was hidden deep within her heart, and wondered if they themselves might have such a presence.

Uchiha Yu glanced at the two brothers and said calmly, "Don't worry, you brothers don't have Otsutsuki Shibakai in your hearts."

"You two are different from Kaguya Otsutsuki, and also different from Isshiki Otsutsuki. The structure deep within your hearts is natural, without any trace of the wedge structure, and you won't be parasitized by strange things like Kaguya."

"After all, it is a child born by Kaguya Otsutsuki through self-splitting. Although the method of reproduction is a bit strange, it is a natural way of reproduction and does not have many hidden dangers."

Uchiha Yu's words made the Otsutsuki brothers feel deeply ashamed, but they also knew for certain that they were alright, and they immediately felt relieved.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's trembling finally stopped. She took a deep breath and asked, "Uchiha Yu... Lady, what are your plans next? Are you going to stay in this world forever?"

Miwa Masayo answered on behalf of his partner, "Of course we won't stay here. This isn't our home."

The little girl continued regretfully, "It's a pity, Yu is in a lot of debt right now and can't leave for the time being."

The Otsutsuki family's emotions rose and fell with Miwa Masayo's words.

They were afraid that Uchiha Yuu would stay and not leave, because if he did, the world would belong to him, and the Otsutsuki would be powerless to resist and would have no choice but to submit.

But they were also afraid that Uchiha Yu would just leave, because since Otsutsuki Shibakai had appeared, he might follow the Otsutsuki clan and descend upon this world.

Both Kaguya Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki were determined to fight the Otsutsuki clan to the end, but the Otsutsuki king's status was too high, leaving no room for confrontation.

Only if Uchiha Yu stayed behind to deal with Otsutsuki Shibai would his family have a chance to survive.

This is the predicament of being unable to exert one's own strength and having to rely on others.

There's always such a contradiction.

Fortunately, they were lucky. Uchiha Yu didn't want to stay here, but because he owed the world karma for his tribulation, he had no choice but to stay and repay his debt.

Once he has paid off his debts, he will run away without hesitation.

With Uchiha Yu successfully transcending his tribulation, he has broken free from the restrictions imposed by the Dragon Vein and no longer needs to consider the amount of time power. From now on, he can leave or stay as he pleases.

His confrontation with Otsutsuki Shibakai earlier had brought him considerable benefits, even allowing him to travel to any dimension he desired at any time.

After seeing off the Otsutsuki family, Uchiha Yu did not return to his original residence. Instead, he sat down on the beach and fell into deep thought as he watched the waves gradually rise again.

Miwa Masayo went to the sea for a while, then used fire to jump to different places, bringing back a lot of ingredients before finally waking up his partner.

She asked curiously, "Yu, what are you thinking about?"

Uchiha Yu was cooking, but he didn't use any kitchen utensils.

With a slight movement of his fingers, he controlled the ingredients to be separated and cleaned in mid-air, then wrapped them in flames and began cooking them right there in the air.

Upon hearing his partner's question, he replied directly, "I'm thinking about Otsutsuki Shibakai. I feel that his way of being seems to be the direction I should develop in."

Masayo Miwa asked curiously, "I remember that Yu has always relied on his intuition to cultivate, and he can always find the next step after each tribulation. Could it be that something went wrong after this tribulation?"

Uchiha Yu nodded and said, "Yes, after this tribulation, I didn't feel anything in my intuition, it was as if there was nothing in front of me."

"I thought my intuition was wrong, until I saw Otsutsuki Shibakai, my intuition was about to explode."

Masayo Miwa was extremely surprised: "Why is this happening?"

Uchiha Yu replied uncertainly, "I thought about it all afternoon, and combined with the inspiration I got from Otsutsuki Shibakai, I have an idea that I can't guarantee is correct."

"After this tribulation, my level of life has surpassed that of this world, and my intuition has also exceeded the scope of feedback that the world can provide, which is why I am unable to obtain guidance through intuition."

"Pear Blossom Sauce, you have no idea how panicked I was right after I finished my tribulation."

"The intuitive prompts that had always been with me suddenly went empty, as if I had suddenly become blind and could not see anything, and had completely lost my direction."

"It wasn't until Otsutsuki Shibaki appeared in front of me that I had a new intuition, saw the direction for the future, and found the point to exert my efforts."

"This feeling is wonderful."

Infected by Uchiha Yu's positive influence, Miwa Masayo also felt extremely refreshed and laughed happily.

Just as the food was finished cooking, the two began to enjoy their meal.

Uchiha Yu did not describe the details of his intuitive feelings when he saw Otsutsuki Shibakai this time, because he did not know how to express them in words.

In fact, he transcended not only this world of time and space, but also the current dimension.

In other words, he has transcended to a higher dimension.

In the face of the elevated Uchiha Yu, the current world is relatively reduced in dimension, becoming a thin sheet of paper.

Such a drastic shift in perspective made it difficult for Uchiha Yu to adapt, causing a huge distortion to everything in the world.

A three-dimensional drawing on a two-dimensional plane will only appear three-dimensional when viewed from a proper angle in a true three-dimensional perspective; otherwise, it will be distorted beyond recognition.

Uchiha Yu's intuition failed not because he didn't receive feedback, but because he couldn't comprehend new and richer information.

It wasn't until a truly higher-dimensional life form appeared within his field of vision that he suddenly understood what reality was, rebuilt a new perspective on observing the world, and successfully observed the new world.

Ōtsutsuki Shibaka used his gaze to tell Uchiha Yu that they were enemies, but he was actually Uchiha Yu's teacher and the one who helped him take the final step in his tribulation.

Uchiha Yu actually owed Otsutsuki Shibakai a debt of karma.

The karma of helping others attain enlightenment is immense, even surpassing the karma of the debt of birth and upbringing. It is not the kind of karma that can be settled by killing the person; it must be repaid and can only be repaid.

At the very least, His life must be spared or He must be saved before it can be repaid.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Yu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

This is really going to be tough.

Even though it was Otsutsuki Shibai who insisted on treating him as an enemy, his first thought was to spare him or save his life.

Uchiha Yu smiled bitterly; he finally understood.

No wonder the previous nine tribulations were so easy; not only was the damage minimal, but I even managed to gain ample natural energy by taking advantage of the tribulations.

It turns out that the lightning tribulation was just an appetizer; the real calamity was the powerful enemy, Otsutsuki Shibai, who was also an enemy that could not be killed.

"This human tribulation is quite formidable. Compared to it, the last human tribulation we encountered was the Fourth Mizukage, which was a joke."

With a flick of his finger, Uchiha Yu popped a piece of roasted pork, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, into his mouth. With a gentle bite, the delicious juices burst forth, filling the air with aroma and leaving a lingering fragrance in his mouth.

The delicious food soothed his anxiety, while the kitten meowing and eating in front of him completely calmed Uchiha Yu's heart.

[Otsutsuki Shibai, the King of Otsutsuki, a high-dimensional life form—what an impressive background!]

【But I, Uchiha Yu, am no less capable. I am also a higher-dimensional life form, fully capable of looking at Him as an equal.】

[My journey has been one of gradual progress. I started as a lowly ninja from a branch of the Uchiha clan, rising step by step from a genin, surpassing countless seemingly formidable individuals.]

No matter how powerful Otsutsuki Shibai is, he's just my next target, a stepping stone to continue my progress. There's nothing to be afraid of.

As Uchiha Yu relaxed, his eyes became clearer, and the world he could see became more vast and complex.

Stimulated by information from higher dimensions, Uchiha Yu's enormous, invisible world body began to expand, but the expansion was not within this world, but rather towards higher dimensions.

If Kaguya Otsutsuki had fully mastered her power at this moment and possessed a true Kekkei Genkai perspective, she would have been able to see Uchiha Yu's body disappearing inch by inch.

The ascension of his body further expanded the range of Uchiha Yu's vision, allowing him to see more information and even directly see the beings closest to him.

In a world where four perpendicular lines can be drawn from any point, Uchiha Yu and Otsutsuki Shibakai are very close, even able to see each other.

But Uchiha Yu discovered that he and He had both ascended to higher dimensions, but were as fragile as delicate single-celled organisms.

Neither of them had completely escaped their original world; they were firmly stuck to their original dimensional level, unable even to move along the dimensional plane, let alone move freely in the new world.

After all that, they could only stare at each other helplessly, unable to do anything about it.

Uchiha Yu also realized why Otsutsuki Shibai regarded him as an enemy.

In reality, they didn't see him as an enemy, but rather as food, wanting to devour him to become stronger and continue growing in this world.

Previously, I thought that Otsutsuki Shibai's eyes were cold and without any malice, but that was only because of the dimensional barrier and my nearsightedness at the time, which was almost "blind," so I didn't see the tangible greed and desire in those eyes.

In fact, Uchiha Yu's gaze had a similar feeling, except that he had just been born in this dimension, and although his body was weaker, the torment of hunger had only just begun.

Thinking about how long Otsutsuki Shibayo must have been starving, Uchiha Yu couldn't help but laugh.

The mighty King of the Otsutsuki clan, a god who controls the life and death of the Otsutsuki members, is actually a pitiful creature suffering from extreme hunger in this higher-dimensional world.

Uchiha Yu couldn't help but laugh, and the laughter grew louder and louder until it was heard by Otsutsuki Shibai. This made him even more eager to move, but he couldn't move an inch.

Uchiha Yu finally finished laughing and muttered to himself, "I guess I've ascended to immortality."

He looked back at his body, which was still trapped in his original dimension, and said with a wry smile, "I haven't even managed to get my butt out yet, so it doesn't seem like I've successfully ascended."

"But this result is not bad. At least it's not like I was conscripted after ascending to a higher dimension and joined the ranks of 100,000 heavenly soldiers to become sentries outside the South Heavenly Gate."

"It's not like they were captured by demons after ascending to immortality and used as food for immortals to be fried, boiled, or cooked. There are many better things to it."

"Although I'm like a little bug with my butt stuck to it right now, I'm free. My future isn't fixed, nor is it a direct end. It's good."

Suddenly, Otsutsuki Shibakai, who was not far away, stopped. He stared greedily at Uchiha Yu, his eyes gradually losing most of their luster and becoming dull.

Uchiha Yu immediately understood what the other party was doing.

Otsutsuki Shibai has returned to the lower-dimensional world. He cannot move in the higher dimensions, but he can move freely in the lower-dimensional world.

As long as He can find the ninja world and Uchiha Yu, He can defeat and devour him, thus completing the hunting and predation of the first high-dimensional life form.

Perhaps He also believed that by consuming Uchiha Yu, He could become stronger, break free from the constraints of the dimension, and thus completely escape this lower-dimensional world.

Uchiha Yu sneered, "What a barbaric fool. Dimensional ascension isn't that simple. The fatter you get, the more you owe this world, and the closer your connection to it will become, making it even harder to break free from its constraints."

After saying this, his mind returned to its original world, preparing to face the hunt by Otsutsuki Shibakai.

"Otsutsuki Shibai, are you aware that the identities of hunter and prey are never fixed?"

(End of this chapter)