Ch. 1970Summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path; Future Salvation Cannot Quench Present Thirst
Uchiha Ten repeatedly failed to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, believing resurrection might be impossible in this world. On his final attempt, Bai Xuan’s unseen influence allowed the statue to appear, giving Ten reason to believe the Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could work and leaving him accepting his responsibility to protect the people he now regarded as kin.
- Uchiha Ten considered the immense hope people placed in his Rinnegan and decided to test whether he could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
- Uchiha Ten’s first summoning failed, and he repeatedly tried again with different amounts and kinds of energy, but each attempt produced only smoke.
- Uchiha Ten made one last attempt and heard a distant sigh just before the smoke gathered into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
- Uchiha Ten suspected Bai Xuan had intervened, and he concluded that the statue’s appearance meant the Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could potentially resurrect the dead.
- Uchiha Ten accepted that he had come to regard this land as his second homeland and its people as kin he needed to protect.