Gentō's gaze settled on Naruto and Sasuke:
"The first reason the Sage of Six Paths came here must have something to do with Naruto and Sasuke."
Around this same point in the original story, with the Sage of Six Paths' help, Naruto and Sasuke had broken free of the shackles of their thousand-year cycle of reincarnation and unleashed the primordial power within them.
Naruto had unlocked Six Paths Mode, further awakening his body's life energy and potential.
Sasuke had advanced the Sharingan in both eyes, evolving his left eye into a Rinnegan and his right into a Mangekyō.
As for Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who, like Naruto and Sasuke, were reincarnations of Asura and Indra, their time in the thousand-year cycle had not yet come.
They had never enjoyed the good fortune of receiving the Sage of Six Paths' help and inheriting Asura and Indra's blessings.
They had needed to all but die to reach the same heights as Naruto and Sasuke.
The Sage of Six Paths inclined his translucent head slightly.
He had no intention of explaining an answer everyone could see at a glance.
One important reason he had come to Hidden Xuan was to use the Yin-Yang Release within him as a key to unlock Asura and Indra's power inside Naruto and Sasuke.
The thousand-year cycle was nearing its end, and the Ōtsutsuki were about to invade.
He hoped that, with Naruto and Sasuke's help, the two brothers could let go of their resentment and end their conflict.
"Gentō, aside from that, there is another important reason I came to Hidden Xuan."
"Another important reason?"
Gentō stood still, his mind filled with questions.
Logically speaking, aside from Naruto and Sasuke, what reason could the Sage of Six Paths have for coming to Hidden Xuan?
How could