Uchiha Madara walked out of the Virgo Temple step by step. Shaka stood there quietly, without moving an inch.
"If it is him, perhaps he truly can attain the realm of gods and Buddhas."
Shaka sat down cross-legged, forming a flower-plucking mudra with his right hand. He closed his eyes once more, ignited his Cosmo, and sank back into deep contemplation.
Ahead of Uchiha Madara lay the Seventh Temple, the Libra Temple.
Surprisingly, Uchiha Madara could not sense even the slightest trace of Cosmo within this Libra Temple.
He entered the Libra Temple and saw only the Libra Gold Cloth resting silently before him.
"Gold Cloth... Libra Temple..." Uchiha Madara paused for a glance, then continued onward.
Suddenly, the Libra Gold Cloth's two round shields flew out, their golden chains blocking Uchiha Madara's path!
"The Temple of Libra—is it illusion or void? Wielding the scales, it judges merit between good and evil!"
Cosmo actually began burning from the Gold Cloth itself! Golden Cosmo drifted slowly across the surface of the Libra Gold Cloth!
"The Twelve Weapons, Athena's prohibition—the Libra Cloth, arbiter of good and evil!"
The Libra Gold Cloth suddenly split apart on its own! Twelve golden weapons floated before Uchiha Madara, blocking his path!
The twelve golden weapons were:
Two golden tonfas, two golden spears, two golden swords, two golden round shields, two golden nunchaku, and two golden three-section staffs!
Uchiha Madara looked at the golden weapons before him and said softly, "Arbiter of good and evil? Whether I am good or evil, can such a judgment truly be made by a single Gold Cloth?"
"The good may pass through this golden formation. Should the evil pass through, they shall face the judgment of Libra's weapons!"
Uchiha Madara smiled faintly.
"If that is so, then I shall walk through