The Boundary Guardian's faint glow grew dimmer and dimmer. It reached out and gently touched the three of them on the forehead.
A gentle yet incomparably resolute power flowed into their bodies.
It was not Chakra, not rhythm, not ocular power—it was the Boundary Guardian's will to protect, forged over hundreds of millions of years.
"It's giving us its last power," Mitsuki said, his eyes warming. "It's going to seal the rift completely, at the cost of dispersing itself for good."
The Boundary Guardian nodded slightly. Its phantom turned and walked toward the deepest reaches of the Void Nether. Its figure grew fainter and fainter, motes of light peeling away with every step, yet it walked on firmly without looking back.
It had guarded this place for hundreds of millions of years, and now it had finally reached the final chapter.
It had not been remembered, had not been praised, and not even a single being knew its name. Yet with a lifetime of solitude, it had bought hundreds of millions of years of life for the Omni-Dimension.
"No!" Boruto reached out, trying to pull it back, but only caught a handful of scattering light-dust. "We can guard it together!"
The Boundary Guardian's phantom paused, but did not look back. It left only one final thought:
"Protection is not the work of one person. You have already learned to connect, learned Symbiosis, learned Watchful Waiting. From now on, it is your turn to keep the Omni-Dimension alive."
As its words fell, the Boundary Guardian's figure exploded completely. Hundreds of millions of tiny lights surged like a flood toward the crest of the Void Nether tide, forcibly driving the wildly surging black qi back a thousand li. The rift began to close, the trembling of the land gradually calmed, and the