The Great Toad Sage had lived for over a thousand years. In pursuit of the path to the "future," he spent most of his time asleep, often unable to distinguish dreams from reality. Many of his memories had long since been lost in the chaos of dreams.
Only Kaguya—he would never forget her.
"This is the deepest secret buried in my heart," the Great Toad Sage said.
Many people had come to Mount Myoboku to seek the path and cultivate themselves. Some of them had become renowned legends of the Ninja World.
For example, Hashirama Senju, the First, and Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.
Hashirama Senju in particular. Like Lin Qing, he had suppressed the world through his own strength alone. The so-called Tailed Beasts were nothing but worthless trash in his hands. With a clap of his hands, his Thousand-Armed Buddha could seize one Tailed Beast in each hand and crush them in its palms like toys.
But even to Hashirama Senju, the Great Toad Sage had never revealed any information about Kaguya.
The reason was simple—
"Once I speak of it, I will inevitably interfere with the future.
"The future I saw before was, at least in my eyes, a fairly decent ending.
"If interference occurs and it veers off course..."
"That would be terrible."
Lin Qing nodded.
"But you've decided to tell me now?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
The Great Toad Sage smiled, deepening the wrinkles on his face. "Because I can no longer see it."
Ever since Lin Qing had descended and changed the course of the world, the Great Toad Sage's glimpses of the future had become incomparably chaotic. The direction the world had been heading toward, which he had once known well, had been completely thrown into disarray.
Because of this, the Great Toad Sage had