Kaguya's Plan

After the great war began, the development of the situation was no longer a matter of choice.

Regarding Nanchuan You's sudden declaration of war, the Daimyo of the Land of Them originally thought he could suppress it easily and quickly.

But he soon realized that it was nothing like that.

After several years of development, the Land of Them had been severely infiltrated.

Just as there were many people from the Land of Them in the Land of Ancestors, there were also many people from the Land of Ancestors within the Land of Them.

And their numbers were only greater, not fewer.

After the great war broke out, a large number of Samurai in the Land of Them directly defected, and the border fell rapidly.

In just a few short months, the army had directly reached the Royal Capital of the Land of Them.

By this time, the Daimyo of the Land of Them finally panicked.

He sent an envoy to send his daughter out, attempting to fulfill the past marriage engagement and persuade Nanchuan You to retreat.

Unfortunately, this changed nothing.

What a joke.

With the war having reached this point, how could there be any talk of retreating?

If I don't take down the Land of Them in one go, am I supposed to leave this scourge behind?

He directly ordered the envoy to be detained and continued the siege.

The following month, the Royal Capital of the Land of Them fell. An insider opened the city gates and presented the Daimyo, who was attempting to flee.

The Land of Them was thus declared annihilated.

The annihilation of the Land of Them was of great significance to the Land of Ancestors, but it was merely the beginning.

In the following years, Nanchuan You campaigned all the way, basically annihilating the various large and small nations in the four directions, unifying the entire continent.

Thus, the Land of Ancestors became the sole power.

Beneath the magnificent Divine Tree, Kaguya and Nanchuan You arrived hand in hand.

Looking at the Divine Tree before her, Kaguya felt little emotion. She simply gazed quietly at the crown of the tree.

In her Byakugan vision, a flower was slowly blooming there, and it seemed another fruit was being nurtured within.

It was a new Chakra Fruit, already in the process of being nurtured.

However, compared to the gestation speed of the previous Chakra Fruit, the speed at which this one was being nurtured was very slow.

Judging by its appearance, it was unknown how long it would take for it to fully mature.

At the very least, before the Otsutsuki Main Family came to this world to collect the Chakra Fruit, this fruit would not be able to mature.

There was no helping it.

The Divine Tree came to this world and absorbed the natural energy of this world to grow.

In the beginning, the natural energy of this world was still abundant. The Divine Tree grew beyond imagination, bearing a Chakra Fruit at the fastest speed.

But after the first fruit was borne, much of the originally abundant natural energy was consumed, and the time it took for the Divine Tree to bear fruit naturally became extremely slow.

In fact, if it weren't for the abundance of energy in the Ninja World, under normal circumstances, a single fruit would have been enough to deplete the entire foundation of the Ninja World, making it impossible to bear a second Chakra Fruit.

Thinking of this, Otsutsuki Kaguya's eyes carried a hint of melancholy.

"Besides natural energy, are there any other ways for the Divine Tree to bear fruit?"

Nanchuan You asked from beside her.

"Yes."

Otsutsuki Kaguya nodded and began to explain.

After swallowing the Chakra Fruit, she no longer hid anything from Nanchuan You and revealed everything directly.

She had no reservations now and told him everything she knew.

The Divine Tree was a tool used by the Otsutsuki Clan to increase their strength.

It could absorb various energies and bear pure Chakra Fruits for the Otsutsuki Clan to use.

Simply put, it was a highly efficient energy collection tool that could convert energy that ordinary people could not directly utilize into Chakra Fruits that could directly increase strength.

However, there were also some limitations in its use.

For example, a member of the Otsutsuki Clan had to be sacrificed to allow the Divine Tree to grow smoothly.

"Wait..."

Nanchuan You asked in surprise, "According to your explanation, the Divine Tree must be sacrificed to grow."

"Then who was sacrificed for this Divine Tree before us?"

"It was me."

Otsutsuki Kaguya explained, "I fed my main body to the Divine Tree and then reincarnated into another body that had already been prepared."

Offering one's true body to the Divine Tree and then reincarnating into another body is also a good method.

After all, for the Otsutsuki Clan, a mere body is nothing; even feeding it to the Divine Tree is fine, as they can continue to survive.

However, precisely because her true body was fed to the Divine Tree and her current body is merely a new development from another, Otsutsuki Kaguya's power is so weak.

It's as if she had to start all over again.

"I see."

Nanchuan You nodded, and a certain doubt in his heart was resolved.

At this moment, he could be reasonably sure.

This Ninja World before him was likely not the canonical timeline, but rather some parallel universe.

He was familiar with the canonical story of the Ninja World.

In that story, there should have been two people who came to plant the Divine Tree.

Otsutsuki Kaguya was the one who sacrificed to the Divine Tree, and the other Otsutsuki was the harvester.

But at a critical moment, Otsutsuki Kaguya launched a surprise attack on the other person, feeding that person's body to the Divine Tree and the Ten-Tails, and monopolizing the Divine Tree's fruit for herself, which led to the subsequent series of events.

Furthermore, in the canonical story, Otsutsuki Kaguya had no husband, and the Sage of Six Paths brothers she later conceived were seemingly born from the blessings of all living beings.

But this world is clearly different.

Nanchuan You looked down at Kaguya's gradually swelling abdomen, a thought flashing through his mind.

Getting back to the topic.

The Divine Tree, as an energy collector, can not only directly absorb high-level energies like natural energy but also draw in life energy and chakra.

The Chakra Fruit itself contains highly pure chakra, so it's normal for the Divine Tree to absorb chakra and convert it into Chakra Fruit.

As for life energy, it is one of the components used to synthesize chakra, so it's also normal for the Divine Tree to utilize it.

"Life energy and chakra?"

Nanchuan You pondered, looking down.

"You."

Before him, Kaguya spoke again, explaining her thoughts.

She wanted to kill everyone in the entire Ninja World except for those close to Nanchuan You, turning them into sacrifices.

To her, ordinary native mortals were nothing more than ants.

Before this, due to Nanchuan You, she hadn't thought much about these native inhabitants of the Ninja World, feeling neither fondness nor dislike.

But because of the incident in the Land of Them previously, she had developed a strong aversion to mortals.

It wasn't strange that she now had the idea of slaughtering all life in the Ninja World.

"Why?"

Nanchuan You remained calm about Kaguya's idea, merely asking, "What's the benefit of doing so?"

"The life energy of the sacrifices can accelerate the growth of the Chakra Fruit," Kaguya replied. "If the number of sacrifices is large enough, perhaps the Divine Tree can gestate another Chakra Fruit."