"We're here, finally arrived..."
Standing outside in space, Akeshiki observed the beautiful blue-toned planet before him, expressing sincere admiration:
"What a vibrant planet, truly worthy of being chosen as a place of transcendence by Lord Shibai... Even I hesitate to destroy it."
Yet as he spoke, the cruel gleam in Akeshiki's eyes kept flickering.
How could it not be destroyed!
This planet was once the ascension site of the Otsutsuki Clan's deity... Perhaps in some handful of soil, some wisp of seawater, some breath of air...
Lies the incredibly precious and thrilling remnants of Shibai's body!
Thus, Akeshiki had already resolved—he would thoroughly devour the entire planet until not even a crumb was left!
"The chance to become a god, and I've seized it..."
Akeshiki announced indulgently: "The arrogant and lazy Spiritual Technique with some talent will ultimately lose to my hard work... And the Otsutsuki Clan, stagnated for thousands of years, will advance to a new level with me as Clan Leader!"
With sleeves billowing, the dojutsu in Akeshiki's eyes flashed, and he traveled through the Otherworld to the Ninja World.
After he disappeared for a moment.
At the place where this Clan Leader of the Otsutsuki Clan had once stood.
Clan Leader Spiritual Technique also appeared here.
Throughout the journey, Akeshiki frantically propelled his dojutsu, jumping through one alternate space after another, racing against time to quickly reach the Ninja World and seize the opportunity...
Yet he was tailed all along by Spiritual Technique who had long since discovered him, and who never lost track of him.
"It's a beautiful planet... But Lord Shibai, are you truly just a skeleton, or a perilous trap?"
Spiritual Technique gazed at Earth, smiling slightly: "But none of this concerns me... Let Akeshiki explore the way for me first..."
In Spiritual Technique's view.
There was much that was strange about this matter.
The Otsutsuki Clan's reincarnation method—"Wedge", although extremely formidable in ability, had numerous prerequisites.
Foremost among them was finding a vessel that could contain one's power.
And how could Uchiha Aomi, a mere lower-class lifeform from a frontier planet, possibly bear the divine power?
Even for an Otsutsuki warrior like Isshiki, Spiritual Technique did not think he could bear Shibai's might.
So, intuitively, it seemed more like Shibai's wedge, on the brink of dissipating, reluctantly seized Aomi's body and urgently sought a suitable container for continued survival.
Subsequently, support was sought from Isshiki.
Otherwise, even if Aomi possessed only a fraction of Shibai's power, beings like Isshiki, or those like Momoshiki and Urashiki from the alternate space...
How could they have survived or begged for help!
This all appeared to be a grand opportunity.
But it was also a major crisis.
"Senior Shibai, your target, could it be us two juniors, me and Akeshiki? After all, our bodies are nearing their limits after devouring countless Chakra Fruits, and they're now the most suitable containers for you to restore to full strength..."
Spiritual Technique's lips curled into a cruel smile, laughing joyfully: "If that's the case, that would intriguingly reveal a monstrous cunning..."
"However."
"Having the chance to engage with you in this way from a distance is truly thrilling!"
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Ninja World.
In an alternate space, Aomi furrowed his brow.
Within him, sealed by Time Energy, Shibai's Skeleton, which had always remained dormant, was now faintly trembling, striving to release its aura!
"Has a suitable reincarnator been found? Does that mean it's truly here..."
Aomi's mind spun rapidly, dojutsu focusing to the utmost, simultaneously releasing the seal on Shibai's Skeleton...
In that moment.
Aomi clearly saw, along the unsealed gap, the special Chakra aura poured out, manifesting in two distinct directions.
Which meant...
Otsutsuki Shibai's Skeleton had two targets it aimed to lure.
"So, indeed, two enemies have arrived at once! One is Clan Leader Akeshiki, and the remaining one is likely Clan Leader Spiritual Technique..."
Aomi quickly gathered Chakra into Space-Time Energy, sealing the aperture on Shibai's Skeleton, then continuously leaped through alternate spaces, leaving his current location.
In just an instant.
Both Akeshiki and Spiritual Technique, who had already arrived in the Ninja World, inexplicably felt a powerful yearning from their bloodline, which vanished in the next moment...
As if it were merely an illusion.
"Lord Shibai, you indeed are here! Your power is beckoning to me!" Akeshiki laughed heartily, activating "Dojutsu: Divine: Subi Chini", contemplating the direction of Shibai's Skeleton.
"Hmm? What's going on..."
Akeshiki's brow furrowed deeply; his dojutsu did not give him a precise prediction but offered numerous potential possibilities, rather chaotic.
Shibai's Skeleton, enveloped in Space-Time Energy, theoretically existed in a quantum superposition of multiple timelines, with new information coordinates emerging each time it was pre-sensed.
"Truly befitting Lord Shibai, even my dojutsu cannot precisely predict it? But no matter, isn't it in Uchiha Aomi's hands? Let's first see where Isshiki and the others are..."
Akeshiki channeled his inner Chakra, using the Otsutsuki Clan's unique sensory bloodline, to detect the surrounding beings possessing the Otsutsuki Bloodline.