Just looking at this afterimage, separated from him by who knew how many layers of space and time, filled the Sage of Six Paths with a sense of comfort, a sense of absolute safety. It was the light of the sun. An emotion called gratitude suddenly welled up in his heart, giving him the urge to kneel and kowtow.
"No, what's going on?"
The next moment, the Sage of Six Paths came to his senses. He shook his head in horror. The shock he had experienced in such a short time far surpassed everything he had gone through over the past several thousand years. At that moment, his mind was in a complete daze.
He had to understand—just a short while ago, everything in the Shinobi World had been fine. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Then, all of a sudden, the sky fell and everything changed. The Pure Land vanished, his younger brother was gone, and everything was over. Even now, he still had no idea what had happened!
It was as if, on an ordinary peaceful day, you were at home eating hot pot and singing, thinking life would carry on as usual—then, suddenly, the world ended. Who could possibly react in time?
"What are these things? What happened to this world?"
The Sage of Six Paths stopped looking at the terrifying projection deep within the vortex and turned his gaze to the chaotic energy drifting around him. At that moment, vast amounts of chaotic energy were constantly seeping into his body. At an extremely microscopic level, beyond the notice of the Sage of Six Paths, whose mind was in disarray, it steadily eroded and transformed his soul.
Just then...
"Praise the Highest! This world will, in time, be enveloped by the Warp!"
An immensely majestic voice, so