Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and Devour

In truth, with Nawaki's strength, he could have forcibly destroyed the seal. But if he did, the volcano beneath them would soon erupt. He himself was unafraid, but Miroku's safety would be in jeopardy...

Miroku nodded and released a pink glow from her hands, channeling it into the sealing array on the ground.

"Buzz..." After a soft hum, the seal markings on the ground lit up and slowly opened. The temperature inside the cave instantly rose, becoming even more scorching, as the long-sealed underground world was fully exposed to the air.

Beneath the seal was indeed a sea of lava. A massive purple object floated within it, emanating an intense dark aura. It looked like an irregular lump of flesh, constantly changing shape in the lava. Temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees had no effect on it. This was Moryo's physical body, composed entirely of solidified chakra. Even without a soul, it could instinctively absorb natural energy to sustain its existence. If the lava had not been continuously suppressing it, this body might well have given birth to another soul and revived once more.

The Zero-Tails clone within Nawaki sensed Moryo's aura and began to stir restlessly. This "body" differed from ordinary chakra; after devouring it, there would be no need to digest it. It could directly strengthen the Zero-Tails clone's origin, allowing its power to grow by leaps and bounds. It could even gain Moryo's innate abilities!

After devouring Moryo's soul, Nawaki had gained a complete understanding of its origins. He discovered that it was neither a fragment of Kaguya-hime's primordial spirit nor connected to the Ten-Tails in any way. Rather, it was a product of nature itself—a congenital chakra lifeform that possessed dominion over death. Such a creature was much like the innate deities from certain myths of Nawaki's