No one outside knew what was happening in Initial Sphere Space. Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't sense it, though he was trying.
Initial Sphere Space was an exceptionally unique realm, flawless and perfectly concealed within the layers between dimensions. Without its coordinates, finding it was impossible.
For a thousand years, the Sage of Six Paths had never stopped searching for his mother's Initial Sphere Space. He had even searched the five Pocket Dimensions, but to no avail.
To seize his mother's core power, he had to enter Initial Sphere Space. Ideally, he would seal it with Yin-Yang Power while inside. Then, when the two powers fused and activated, he would be able to sense it and find it.
But after waiting for quite a while with nothing happening, even the Sage of Six Paths grew uneasy. What concerned him more, however, was that after absorbing a vast amount of chakra, the fruit on the Dark God Tree was nearly ripe.
All a God Tree Fruit needed to reach maturity was a massive quantity of chakra. As long as there was enough, it would ripen quickly.
On top of that, it had already devoured Nagato Uzumaki, Shimura Danzō, and Orochimaru, all of whom had transformed into Otsutsuki, along with a pair of Dark Rinnegan. There were more than enough sacrifices to serve as catalysts. It was only a matter of time before the fruit ripened.
"Come back to life. We can't let him take the God Tree Fruit."
Sensing the increasingly stable God Tree Fruit, Ōtsutsuki Hamura prepared to resurrect himself by force.
Though he no longer had a vessel, he could still shape one with Yin-Yang Release, at the cost of a great deal of chakra.
The Sage of Six Paths was also preparing to resurrect himself with