"I never expected this to be a fragment of a Supreme Artifact!" Uchiha Tenshu was stunned beyond words, his heart churning like a raging sea. After hundreds of lives had been sacrificed, the companion who had come with him to the Ninja World had finally awakened.
Uchiha Tenshu's eyes widened. He fixed his gaze on the fragment in his mind with the intensity of a razor-sharp blade, as though it were the most precious treasure in the world.
The fragment gave off a faint glow, as if recounting its former glory. Though it had been reduced to scraps, the pressure it emanated was still enough to leave Uchiha Tenshu marveling.
"From the information conveyed through this fragment, its name is the Gate of Heavenly Dimension! It was originally a Supreme Artifact specializing in infinite spacetime. Somehow, it was shattered and utterly destroyed. There's basically no chance of repairing it..."
Uchiha Tenshu thought to himself, unable to believe it. He had never imagined he would be lucky enough to obtain an artifact like this. Unfortunately, it had been damaged beyond repair and could never be restored.
"But even so, that once-supreme spacetime artifact has given me immeasurable benefits, despite being reduced to a tiny fragment."
"First of all, it has made me, its host, exceptionally gifted. I was born with all five elemental attributes, and I have a powerful talent for Yin and Yang as well. With a little training, I can develop them further. In other words, as long as I obtain a cultivation method for Yin-Yang Release, I'll make rapid progress!"
"Secondly, this Fragment of Heavenly Dimension is like a treasure trove of limitless potential. It comes with a space that can grow continuously, and that space can absorb spacetime fluctuations and Heavenly Luck from the outside world. It can then use Spacetime Grasp to seize something from the nearest world when worlds from different points in spacetime drift close enough to one another."
"And this was the most basic ability of the original Gate of Heavenly Dimension—and the only active ability it left behind!"
At the thought of this growing space, Uchiha Tenshu's heart began to race. A brilliant light seemed to flash in his eyes as he immediately activated this miraculous ability.
He focused his thoughts.
The next moment.
Like a bolt of lightning, Uchiha Tenshu vanished from where he stood and appeared in a hazy, gray space.
Uchiha Tenshu began to survey the space.
The space before him was like a circular stage a hundred meters in diameter. It wasn't very large, but its spatial strength was extraordinary.
From the scant information available, Uchiha Tenshu learned that the abilities of the shinobi in this world were no match for his artifact's space. They couldn't enter it by relying on ordinary spatial abilities, and there was even a spatial barrier around him.
It could protect him from surprise attacks by space-time users. At least within the current range of the Fragment of Heavenly Dimension's abilities, space-time users were forbidden from coming within three meters of him.
What's more, whenever he needed this ability, it would serve as a passive defense. When he didn't need it, he could disable it at will. And if anyone in the Ninja World wanted to use a Summoning Technique to move him through space, they would need his consent.
With this unique advantage, it was as if he were destined to remain undefeated. Whenever he faced a danger he couldn't handle, he could quickly hide in this space.
Although the space wasn't part of this shinobi world, it was unable to rely on anything beyond itself. That meant that whenever he entered it and came back out, he would still appear in the same place, limiting his ability to use it for travel.
Even so, it was still a powerful means of protecting himself.
"What a pity! If the Supreme Artifact, the Gate of Heavenly Dimension, were at full strength, it would possess far more than just a complete Supreme World space."
"It would be more like a colossal portal connecting infinite dimensions and infinite points in spacetime. It could open a passage to any world and leave behind coordinates there, allowing it to endlessly harvest those worlds' resources and grow without limit."
"No matter how far away in spacetime those worlds drifted, the Gate of Heavenly Dimension could reach them in an instant, like a bolt of lightning. It was like a super navigation system in the universe: wherever the target was, it could find and reach it with pinpoint accuracy, absorbing resources from countless worlds."
"Unfortunately, the Gate of Heavenly Dimension has lost its former glory. Although this space continues to grow, it can't repair the damage to the Gate of Heavenly Dimension or restore it to its former peak."
"After all, once a Supreme Artifact of this level is shattered, it can never be restored. Fortunately, although its source is damaged, it can still occasionally make use of its remaining properties when the conditions are right!"
At the thought of Spacetime Grasp, the only active ability left to the Fragment of Heavenly Dimension, Uchiha Tenshu's heart burned with excitement.
Fortunately, Uchiha Tenshu knew that this wasn't the right time. He would wait until later.
"Of course, as a Supreme Artifact, it has more abilities than these! It also has powerful passive abilities that shield its host from all forms of divination and conceal the host's timeline so no one can find him!"
Uchiha Tenshu was overjoyed by these two passive abilities, and couldn't help feeling reassured.
Ever since Uchiha Tenshu had arrived in the Naruto World, he had felt not only his ambitions growing ever greater, but also a deep unease and fear of the dangers in this world.
There were the many dangers brought about by wars between shinobi, keeping everyone constantly at risk of death. Then there was the Otsutsuki Clan from outer space, who planned to plant a God Tree on this planet and harvest everything from it.
As long as he stayed alive and formed attachments in this world, this was a danger he couldn't avoid.
Even if he fought back.
The moment he disrupted the Sage of Six Paths' plans, he would be interfering with his scheme to treat this planet as farmland and harvest it. In doing so, he would inevitably become the Sage of Six Paths' enemy.
Even more troubling was the Sage of Six Paths' ally in the Ninja World, the Great Toad Sage. It had an astonishing ability: it could predict different futures at any time and place.
That meant that if there was any chance he might become an enemy in the future, the Great Toad Sage could see it in advance and act in the present to nip the threat in the bud.
Uchiha Tenshu had realized the danger of this terrifying ability long ago. To avoid being targeted by the Great Toad Sage's predictions, he had deliberately conditioned himself to never think about becoming an enemy of the Great Toad Sage or the Sage of Six Paths.
The purpose was clear: he wanted to avoid having his hostility caught by the Great Toad Sage's predictions the moment it arose, revealing him as a potential enemy and giving the other side time to take precautions.
After all, no matter how powerful the Great Toad Sage's divination was, it still relied on present actions and circumstances to make its predictions.
It couldn't predict things beyond its own capabilities.
For example, if the Great Toad Sage's ability were really so powerful, the Otsutsuki Clan would never have come to Earth in the first place.
If it really could have predicted their arrival,
wouldn't all those ancient demons and deities have prepared in advance instead of letting Kaguya Otsutsuki catch them off guard?
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