Savoring the nuances of the Kekkei Sōra, Shinji's furrowed brow gradually relaxed.
That was because, judging by the standards of the Kekkei Sōra, once Shinji truly became a Kekkei Sōra, he would genuinely be able to absorb the Chakra Fruit without any waste.
Indeed, even for Shinji as he was now, consuming a Chakra Fruit still resulted in massive amounts of waste.
This was because the chakra contained within the Chakra Fruit was refined from planetary energy extracted and condensed by the Divine Tree. A vast proportion of that chakra did not fall into the categories of the seven attributes of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements. Therefore, even the Kekkei Mōra, which could fuse seven chakra attributes, was unable to absorb this portion of the chakra and turn it to its own use.
Only when Shinji grew into a Kekkei Sōra could he truly manage to absorb all the energy within a single Chakra Fruit without any waste.
Yet the more he realized this, the more Shinji frowned.
Because he discovered that in the process of gradually becoming a Kekkei Sōra, he seemed to be growing increasingly similar to those overlords that wandered the cosmos, feeding upon worlds.
In other words, from Shinji's perspective, this path of forging toward the Kekkei Sōra looked more and more like becoming an overlord himself.
Could it be that wanting to contend with overlords requires turning oneself into an overlord as well?
Shinji let out a sigh.
The strength of an overlord was all-encompassing, for with every world they devoured, they fully absorbed the power spectrum of that world. Thus, while each overlord might have different focuses, flaws practically did not exist for them.
Perhaps this was why, back in the Six Rings World, the Plague Overlord and the Breeding Overlord had not