When Shin got up, Tamamo was already in the courtyard. The courtyard had been modeled after the style of the Warring States Period, complete with a pond, artificial rockeries, and a pavilion.
Cherry trees had also been planted there, and beneath the Divine Tree, they bloomed in every season.
Hyuga Tamamo stood beside the pond, watching something as several magpies and thrushes chirped noisily around her.
In truth, after reaching the Six Paths Level, there was no longer any need for sleep. True Six Paths Level experts had gradually transcended the bounds of humanity and were evolving toward the realms of immortals and gods.
Take the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hamura back then. Though they had been unable to break through to a higher realm due to the limitations of their world's level, and could not even truly escape the constraints of lifespan, they could still keep their souls awake. After death, they lived by the banks of the Sanzu River, refusing to cross the River Styx, and continued watching the Ninja World's development. Even the Soul Reapers who ferried the dead could do nothing about them.
Of course, the death realm corresponding to the Naruto World had originally been only a tiny plane, which was why the Sage of Six Paths could remain at the boundary between life and death for so many years.
If it had been one of the underworld planes in the Abyss, a thorn like the Sage of Six Paths would have long since been captured and refined into a tonic.
"What are you thinking about?" Shin asked as he walked to her side.
Tamamo turned to look at him and smiled. "Nothing. I was just thinking about what you said yesterday—the multiverse, Abyssal planes. This world really is fascinating. By your explanation,