"At last... I've recovered!"
The Ripple Crystal exploded, utterly killing Jigen and bringing the miserable life of that unlucky monk to an end.
At that very moment, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki completed his reincarnation.
A thousand years later, he once again stood upon this land in his true body.
In the past, Isshiki had hidden everywhere. He claimed that he simply disdained fighting humans and was living an elegant, leisurely life in seclusion.
Yet in the dead of night, sitting alone at home and sipping wine made by others stomping grapes with their bare feet, the voice buried deep within his heart would emerge—
He was afraid.
Afraid that his identity would be exposed, that one day he would reincarnate through Jigen's body and die without ever knowing why on this backward, primitive planet.
His fear of death had trapped Isshiki for a thousand years.
Now that the moment had truly come, he instead felt relieved.
Isshiki watched the iron ball Lin Qing had thrown, then looked at the Star-Destroying Cannon descending straight from the sky. A smile gradually curled across his lips.
"Lin Qing, you want to die..."
"Then come!"
Even in Kāma: State Two, he had been evenly matched with Lin Qing. Now that he had recovered his true body, Isshiki believed he could firmly suppress Lin Qing. The only thorn in his heart was the matter of the "other world."
"It seems I've forgotten some things... but it doesn't matter. As long as I kill Lin Qing, I'll learn everything."
Isshiki's reincarnation, recovery of his true body, and thoughts had all occurred in an instant.
Arrogantly lifting his chin slightly, he glanced at the incoming iron ball and prepared to use Sukunahikona to shrink it and erase it.
Isshiki calculated inwardly.
"First, erase the iron ball and avoid the