The message from the Ninja World was not long.
It could be summarized in two points.
First: the Shi Mei Soul-Summoning Plan had succeeded in its trial phase and could be officially launched at any time.
This was good news.
It meant that the Ninja World now possessed the ability to protect itself beneath the Calamity God Tree, and perhaps even strike back.
When Lin Qing read this message, he could not help clenching his fist slightly and smiling.
But when he saw the second message, his smile gradually froze on his face.
Second:
Through the trial-stage "Shi Mei Soul-Summoning," the Research Institute had gained a certain degree of mastery over Shi Mei's divine art—Ten Directions.
Simply put, this divine art allowed one to see every possible future.
The divine art obtained through genetic resonance was incomplete, so the Research Institute adjusted the direction of its application and aimed it beyond the universe.
As a result, the Research Institute discovered that the Calamity God Tree's growth had entered a critical stage.
And the key to that stage lay with Yasuho Hirose.
No matter how much Dio and Kars had altered Yasuho, Paisley Park was ultimately Yasuho's Stand.
The more spacetime dimensions and parallel worlds it invaded under the Calamity God Tree's influence, the more information it obtained. And the more information it obtained, the closer Yasuho Hirose's dormant self-awareness came to awakening.
Yasuho was struggling, resisting, and in turn affecting the Calamity God Tree's growth.
But the struggle would not last long.
This was Yasuho's final flicker of life. With Kars guarding her at her side, she would never be able to awaken. Once her self-awareness completely sank into silence—
The Calamity God Tree would fully mature.
"...And become the sharpest spear in Dio's hand."
The Katsuyu Sage in the