Hearing Ryūshiki's gleeful declaration, even Soseki wore a strange expression. Could that ridiculously edgy title, Cosmic Emperor, actually be referring to him?
But when he recalled nicknames like "Hexagonal Warrior" from the past, he suddenly did not find it so strange.
Naruto coughed up blood as he asked, "Cosmic Emperor? What the hell are you talking about?"
Ryūshiki threw back his head and laughed. "There's no harm in telling you now. I did indeed come from the Otsutsuki Main Family, but not from this time and space. I traveled back from the future!"
Everyone was startled by Ryūshiki's words. "From the future?"
However, this was not their first encounter with someone from the future, and their shock quickly subsided.
Isshiki and Momoshiki, on the other hand, had already sensed that Ryūshiki was acting with a strong purpose. Upon hearing that he came from the future, the confusion in their hearts was instantly resolved.
"So he came to change the future? But just how dire had the future become for the Main Family to make such a desperate decision?"
Ryūshiki continued, "As for the Cosmic Emperor, it's the man behind you—Shimizu Soseki! He nearly dismantled our rule through his own efforts alone. In just a few hundred years, he raised this primitive planet to replace the Otsutsuki's position among the stars... No, it even far surpassed us! He formed the Starry Sky Alliance in this region of space, uniting those scattered small and medium-sized forces and defeating my clan. In one leap, they became one of the most powerful factions in the starry sky, and he was thus bestowed with the title Cosmic Emperor!"
Everyone listened in disbelief. If it had not come from an enemy's mouth, even they would have found it difficult to believe that such a future could