In the vast space far away from the Ninja World, an inconspicuous-looking flying vessel was speeding through the vacuum of the universe.
"Hmm?"
A middle-aged man who had been sitting cross-legged at the bow of the vessel suddenly opened his pair of white eyes. At this moment, he felt someone was peering at him, so he activated his Byakugan to look in the direction of the observer.
"So they already know I'm coming. Momoshiki must have been exposed. I wonder if he's dead or not..." the middle-aged man muttered with a frown.
A young man nearby who heard this spoke up coldly, "That guy, relying on his status from the main family, has always been arrogant and condescending. Even if Isshiki killed him, he deserved it..."
"Watch your words..." The middle-aged man glanced at him with a warning.
"There are no outsiders here, why be cautious? Trash like Momoshiki, I could easily suppress and kill him even without using ocular jutsu!" The young man curled his lip in disdain.
"Meishiki!" The middle-aged man spoke coldly, his eyes filled with severity and authority.
"Fine, father, I'll shut up, okay?" Ōtsutsuki Meishiki reluctantly fell silent.
"Although there are no outsiders here, it is still inappropriate for Lord Meishiki to casually speak of suppressing and killing a member of the main family. We may look down on Momoshiki, that waste who only knows how to refine and consume pills, but we must not harbor killing intent towards the main family. Otherwise, even the Family Head would be in great danger..."
A young man with Byakugan spoke up to remind him.
The man sitting at the very front of the vessel was the head of the Ōtsutsuki clan's branch family. He was one of the clan's Five Venerables, and the only Supreme Divine Realm expert who could dominate an area without relying on powerful ocular jutsu!
His name was Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki. Many Ōtsutsuki clansmen operating outside belonged to his branch family. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was one of the powerful members of their lineage.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had once been highly valued by the Family Head, which was also one of the reasons why Zeroshiki was dispatched to deal with the Ninja World!
To this day, the clan still believed the traitor was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki...
Given their superior-subordinate relationship, with Isshiki causing problems, Zeroshiki naturally had to bear the corresponding responsibility. Even as a Family Head, he had no choice but to step forward and volunteer!
"I spoke out of turn, okay?"
Ōtsutsuki Meishiki raised his hand and patted his own mouth, then immediately changed the subject, "Where the hell is Isshiki?"
At this moment, all five people on the flying vessel looked towards the Ninja World, more accurately, towards the moon which appeared as small as a grain of sand!
To ordinary humans with good eyesight, the moon appeared grain-sized due to the immense distance. But within the Byakugan vision of the Ōtsutsuki clan, they could even clearly see the figures standing on the moon's surface!
Since they had detected the observer, those in the Ninja World were naturally observing them as well.
However, there were truly few in the Ninja World who could see those Ōtsutsuki with the naked eye. On the moon, only Ryun, Nanaise, and Sasuke could see the five people on the flying vessel.
People like Namikaze Minato, Deidara, Hidan, and Guy could barely make out the precise location of the vessel even with the aid of astronomical telescopes...
Apart from these seven, Orochimaru was hidden within Ryun's Kamui dimension, controlling several Edo Tensei Six Paths level powerhouses. Figures like Kaguya, Isshiki, and Uchiha Madara were all inside the Kamui dimension and had not yet revealed themselves.
Judging by the forces currently displayed on the surface, the Ōtsutsuki clan members on the flying vessel believed they still held a significant advantage.
"That bastard Isshiki doesn't show himself, and sends just these few worthless minnows to block us?" Ōtsutsuki Meishiki said with a face full of contempt.
"It's highly possible Isshiki is already dead... Even if he isn't, the one who consumed the Supreme Grade Divine Fruit is not him..." Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki suddenly spoke gravely, his gaze towards Ryun also showing deep solemnity.
"How is that possible? Among those people, only one possesses a Rinnegan, and just one eye at that... The one who ate the Supreme Grade Divine Fruit..."
Before Ōtsutsuki Meishiki could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a young man, "What appears on the surface is often deceptive. I cannot fathom the depths of that leading man at all. Can your Byakugan see the chakra within his body?"
"Well said. That man is indeed extraordinary. I sense a dangerous aura from him. That guy is definitely a Divine Realm powerhouse!" As soon as Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki said this, the expressions of the four others on the vessel instantly changed drastically.
The Divine Realm is a level surpassing the Six Paths tier, a realm of supreme power. Even the Ōtsutsuki clan, having plundered countless life-bearing planets and nurtured themselves upon the bones of billions upon billions of living beings, had only barely managed to produce six such individuals.
And how did these six attain their Divine Realm cultivation? By refining the Six Paths power to its limit, and finally relying on consuming a single high-grade Chakra Divine Fruit to obtain the divine power that breaks the limits of the Six Paths!
In this universe they inhabited, anyone following the chakra system needed to consume a high-grade Chakra Divine Fruit to advance to the Divine Realm.
As for supreme experts who broke through the Six Paths extreme limit without relying on Divine Fruits, they were not nonexistent. But throughout history, the few that occasionally emerged could not escape being eliminated by the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Because some ocular jutsu were simply too inescapable. The Byakugan and the Rinnegan were the key powers allowing the Ōtsutsuki clan to dominate the heavens!
If the man in the far distance was a Divine Realm expert, wouldn't that mean he was the consumer of the Supreme Grade Divine Fruit?
This was also why Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki had just said Isshiki might already be dead!
"Even an ordinary human consuming a Supreme Grade Divine Fruit could awaken a Rinnegan, right? That guy's eyes..." Ōtsutsuki Meishiki still found it hard to believe that young man could be a supreme Divine Realm expert...
"Black eyes signify he is human. Beyond that, it doesn't prove he lacks a Rinnegan. I recall humans can freely switch their eye forms. Like that girl, her pair of eyes are likely a variant derived from the influence of the Ocular Beast's (Ten-Tails) chakra..."
Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki was knowledgeable and experienced; he even knew about the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Humans... Isshiki actually lost to these lower life forms?" Ōtsutsuki Meishiki frowned in disdain.
"Remember my words. Never look down on humans. Throughout ancient and modern times, this race has produced many powerful Divine Realm experts, and they broke through the Six Paths extreme limit without relying on Chakra Divine Fruits..."
Ōtsutsuki Zeroshiki suddenly gave a serious warning.
"They possess a vast population base in the universe. Given the right environment, this race can often erupt with astonishing potential. My own achievements today are actually inseparable from humans... There is much about them worth learning. If you remain blindly arrogant like this, sooner or later you will end up like Momoshiki!"
Ōtsutsuki Meishiki was sternly lectured by Zeroshiki. Unfortunately, these well-intentioned words were difficult for Meishiki to take to heart!