After dealing with Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, everyone naturally went their separate ways.
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki returned to the Pure Land, Sakazuki returned to Loulan, while Aramaki headed to the Konoha Ninjutsu Sect.
Imu took little Kaguya back to the former capital of the Land of Fire, to Noah, which existed in another dimension above the current Fire Release Comprehensive Ninja High School campus.
As for Shiryu and Jashin, after learning about them from Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, he lost interest.
The Jashin worshipped by the Cult of Jashin really was a Shinigami of the Shinobi World, though "former" had to be added before that title.
He had once been a Shinigami under Yama, the former ruler of the Underworld in the Shinobi World.
His status was equivalent to Sanast, the commander of the Shinigami Army under King Enma of the Sea Star Underworld.
But Yama had been decisively defeated a thousand years ago by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, who was still the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki at the time.
The will of the Shinobi World's Underworld then recognized him as its new ruler.
In the end, even Yama's spirit body was turned into a Hell Path summon for Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's line of Rinnegan.
From then on, the Shinigami under Yama could only flee the Underworld's Pure Land and wander alone through the human realm of the Shinobi World.
By then, he had lost the underworld post granted to him by Yama.
So he could no longer be considered a Shinigami. Strictly speaking, he was merely a relatively powerful demon.
But spirit bodies needed to "eat" too.
In the Underworld, the air was thick with spiritual particles, allowing him to replenish energy anytime and anywhere.
And if he wanted a change of taste, he could casually grab a soul and swallow it whole.
But where would the human realm