Road of Seeking Truth

In the past, Shin had believed that by fighting opponents of the same rank and using the sensation of standing on the brink of life and death, he could break through to the so-called Six Paths Level.

But only now, when he was truly stepping toward that level, did he realize how naive his thoughts had been.

This transformation in the level of one's life could absolutely not be achieved through battle. Battle alone could never break through to that level.

Even the so-called Six Paths Level he had previously attained with the help of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was, in essence, merely a "Pseudo-Six Paths," because it had been achieved through external power.

And it was not just him. Looking back at every Six Paths Level figure who had appeared in the original story—whether Six Paths Obito, Six Paths Madara, or even Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke, who later received an inheritance—they had all merely been Pseudo-Six Paths.

Like Shin before them, they had all reached that level through external power. Obito and Madara had relied on the Ten-Tails, while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke had relied on the Sage of Six Paths' inheritance. Their own efforts had certainly played a part, but the most crucial step had still depended on external power.

That was also why, once the external power they relied upon vanished, they returned to their former strength. Those powers had never truly belonged to them.

In the truest sense, only three Six Paths Level beings had appeared in the original story: Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths brothers.

They had truly existed at that level themselves. Thus, even after Kaguya was separated from the Ten-Tails, she remained the most terrifying figure. Even though the Sage of Six Paths had been dead for many