Six Paths Realm, Six Steps

Hagoromo possessed the Ten-Tails, so there is no need to speak of his strength; he is likely no less powerful than his mother, Kaguya, by now.

While Hamura did not have the Ten-Tails, when Otsutsuki Tatsuten visited the moon, he saw with his own eyes how Hamura created life from nothingness.

That is to say, he created all things from void and bestowed life upon them.

Calling him a god would be the most fitting description; otherwise, how could life exist on the moon? Those animals were all created by Hamura using the Tenseigan.

Neither of them made a move when dealing with Urashiki.

Had they appeared, there would have been nothing left for Tatsuten to do.

It is likely that Urashiki would not even have had the time to consume his own Rinnegan before being killed.

There are gaps between those in the Six Paths Realm, even if there is no clear-cut ranking system.

However, based on Otsutsuki Tatsuten's calculations:

Six Paths First Tier: Naruto and Sasuke just after obtaining the Six Paths power count as the first tier. Although the adult Naruto and Sasuke lost that power and were not as strong as before, through over a decade of training, they are actually stronger in this first tier than when they first obtained the Six Paths power. Six Paths Obito is also in this first tier.

Second Tier: Urashiki, Yao Style.

Third Tier: Crane-form Urashiki, Yao Style after consuming Kinshiki, Six Paths Madara, Otsutsuki Kawaki, Otsutsuki Boruto.

Fourth Tier: Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Hamura, Karma State Two Jigen, Eight Gates Might Guy, Unsealed Code, Flying Thunder God Boruto.

Fifth Tier: Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo, Otsutsuki Isshiki, Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Sixth Tier: Baryon Mode Naruto.

Naruto relied on "Baryon Mode" to violently pummel Otsutsuki Isshiki, and he even reduced his lifespan to under thirty minutes; it can be said that he completely suppressed Otsutsuki Isshiki.

However, this Baryon Mode is also quite controversial. After all, while the Baryon particles are powerful, Naruto's "Six Paths Mode" during the Fourth Ninja World War possessed the chakra of all ten tailed beasts.

And how could one possibly compare to ten?

After all, Naruto's "Baryon Mode" is simply the consumption of the Nine-Tails' chakra within him until the Nine-Tails disappears.

Whereas "Six Paths Mode" Naruto possessed the chakra of all the tailed beasts as well as a portion of the Sage of Six Paths' chakra. One is the chakra of the Nine-Tails, the other is all the tailed beasts—it is clear at a glance which is stronger.

However, considering that Naruto was not yet an adult at that time and his base strength was not as high as it is now, let us consider Baryon Mode Naruto the strongest.

Tatsuten's current peak combat power is equivalent to the Six Paths Third Tier.

Then, the next step is to perfectly master the simultaneous use of the Tenseigan and Rinnegan. That way, I can save the time spent switching, and my power should be invincible within the Six Paths Third Tier.

Otsutsuki Tatsuten thought to himself.

Another month of strength training passed.

Otsutsuki Tatsuten sat cross-legged atop a massive statue that looked exactly like him. It stood roughly one hundred meters tall and had been created for Otsutsuki Tatsuten by his disciples.

Natural energy from between heaven and earth began to surge rapidly toward Otsutsuki Tatsuten's location.

The natural energy within Tatsuten's body began to accumulate, and a faint trace of spiritual energy appeared in his dantian.

A golden pill, the size of a chicken egg and radiating golden light, manifested within his dantian.

He followed the cultivation steps and methods of the "Golden Core Great Dao" from the internet in his previous life.

The cultivation method of the Golden Core Great Dao includes meditation, breath control, swallowing saliva, and guiding energy. During meditation, one can adopt various postures such as full lotus, half lotus, free-style, or sitting, adjusting the breath, touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth, focusing on the philtrum point, loosening one's clothing, and relaxing the entire body. Once distracting thoughts fade and breathing becomes slow and peaceful, one draws the gaze inward, focusing on the space outside the nostrils, and listens to the breath with the ears.

Refining Essence into Qi: The goal of this stage is to condense essence, qi, and spirit to form a sacred embryo, allowing for a rebirth and the path to immortality.

Essence is equivalent to the physical body, qi should be chakra, and spirit is mental energy, which is equivalent to genjutsu and the like.

During cultivation, one must calm the heart and stop thoughts, focusing the intent on a specific part of the body, slowly training until reaching a state of stillness. In this state of stillness, by looking inward at the lower dantian, the qi gathers and becomes increasingly sufficient. Over time, the reproductive organs and the lower dantian will enter an excited state, indicating that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the human body has been activated.

Thus, this can be considered the initial stage of Sage Mode.

Refining Qi into Spirit: Building upon the foundation of refining essence into qi, one uses the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nurture the immortal embryo; this immortal embryo is the Golden Core.

If one can achieve the merit of refining qi into spirit, the final step of refining spirit into void will be complete.

Using the Strength of a Hundred Seal to gather those spiritual energies—that is, natural energy—in the dantian should make it possible to form the Golden Core.

Refining Spirit into Void: After refining the spirit, one continues to cultivate the heart and nature, making it purer and merging it with the void.

Refining Void into Dao: Only then can one leap outside the Three Realms, exist beyond the Five Elements, and transcend the cycle of life and death.

However, Tatsuten was not very clear about the stages beyond refining qi into spirit, such as refining spirit into void and merging with the Dao.

"I never expected that I would actually succeed in cultivating a Golden Core.

I am now a cultivator of the Golden Core stage, though in the terminology of this planet, I suppose it would be called a 'Cultivator of Immortality'!"

Otsutsuki Tatsuten broke down the realm of refining essence into qi into: Post-natal, Pre-natal, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

This was a path to immortality that Otsutsuki Tatsuten had pioneered based on his own physical condition.

Tatsuten had fused the sealing techniques and Sage Mode with the Golden Core Great Dao from his previous life.

He used the natural energy absorbed by Sage Mode and sealed it in the location of his dantian, much like the Strength of a Hundred Seal.

The primary function of the Strength of a Hundred Seal is to store excess chakra, while the Strength of a Hundred Technique is the process of releasing the chakra stored via the seal to enhance oneself or other skills.

This method was perfectly suited for absorbing natural energy.

"As for power, it has increased by about ten percent, while other aspects remain unchanged. As for my body, I can feel that the vitality of the cells throughout my entire body is more than twice what it was before."

It seems that this natural energy has transformed my body.

If I could only live to be two hundred before, then I should be able to live to five hundred now.

Otsutsuki Tatsuten's complexion improved significantly.

He had originally thought that after reaching the Golden Core Realm, his strength would increase substantially, but he hadn't expected only a ten percent boost—roughly equivalent to the power of one Super Kage.

If one were to calculate using the Super Kage as a unit of measurement.

The first stage of the Six Paths Realm is equivalent to two Naruto or Sasuke figures without Six Paths power, which is to say, two units of Super Kage power.

Second stage: three units of Super Kage power; only the second level of the Six Paths Realm constitutes a true Six Paths Realm powerhouse [in Otsutsuki Tatsuten's view].

Third stage: five units of Super Kage power.

Fourth stage: ten units of Super Kage power; given that Guy's Eight Gates Released can temporarily grant power dozens of times greater than the Five Kage, Guy could be considered the ceiling of the fourth stage here.

Fifth stage: twenty units of Super Kage power.

Sixth stage: forty units of Super Kage power.