Ten Years Later

"But before I leave, let me give you a gift. Consider it compensation for copying your forbidden techniques."

As Otsutsuki Yuhao spoke, he placed his hands on Naruto and Sasuke's shoulders.

Sasuke's long-severed arm grew back.

Otsutsuki cells were infused into Naruto's body, and he actually awakened the Sharingan.

"When did you go to Konoha?"

Naruto asked in surprise.

"Right after I was summoned, I sent a clone to Konoha to check out your forbidden techniques!"

Otsutsuki Chen Tian said with a grin.

"Senior, you really are..."

Naruto didn't know what to say. Who went and stole someone else's forbidden techniques right after being summoned?

Only Uchiha Sasuke gave Otsutsuki Chen Tian a meaningful glance.

"Time's up. I have to go!"

With a whoosh, Otsutsuki Yuhao vanished.

In the ancient era of the Hokage, in Otsutsuki Town, Sea Realm.

Otsutsuki Yuhao returned to his own era.

He had gained quite a lot from his battle with Isshiki.

Wind Style: Rasenshuriken,

Eight Inner Gates, Impure World Reincarnation.

Izanami.

Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Water Style: Water Severing Wave.

Multi Shadow Clone Technique.

Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Soul Sealing Technique.

These forbidden techniques were usually prohibited because of their high risks, their severe side effects on the user's body or mind, or because they violated certain moral or ethical standards.

But to Yuhao, none of that mattered. They were called forbidden techniques only because they were dangerous for ordinary ninja. Against ninja of Kage Level and above,

these techniques could be used as trump cards.

Among them, though, only the Eight Inner Gates and Impure World Reincarnation would be of much use to Chen Tian. The other techniques wouldn't do much for Otsutsuki Yuhao.

Impure World Reincarnation could summon the souls of dead ninja back from the underworld and use living people as sacrifices for the souls to inhabit. The risk was that after summoning the dead, the caster couldn't control their true strength, which could be dangerous.

But that wasn't a problem for Otsutsuki Yuhao. It might even become a way for Yuhao to resurrect himself. If he used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique on someone brought back with Impure World Reincarnation, he'd have a way to resurrect endlessly.

And the Eight Inner Gates needed no explanation. Might Guy had nearly kicked his way to the end of the story.

If he opened the Gate of Death, Otsutsuki Yuhao was certain he could kick the entire Ninja World to pieces, and could even shatter a planet with ease.

The price of death, however, was rather steep.

But the one thing Chen Tian was certain of was that learning the Eight Inner Gates would definitely make him stronger.

Otsutsuki Yuhao's power had reached its limit. It was already difficult for him to make any major progress.

Otsutsuki Yuhao was certain that even after another hundred years, he probably wouldn't improve much.

He had already awakened the Tenseigan and the Rinnegan.

His potential had reached its limit.

Even if he trained for several more decades, all he would gain was experience and skill. His combat ability might improve, but his actual strength wouldn't increase much.

It was like Naruto and Sasuke before they turned eighteen. They grew several times stronger with each passing year, and at seventeen, they leaped from Super Kage to the Six Paths Realm.

But they made little progress during the Boruto era. At thirty-two, they weren't much stronger than they'd been at seventeen.

With that in mind, Otsutsuki Yuhao began training in the Eight Inner Gates.

The Eight Inner Gates temporarily granted immense power by opening the pathways that restricted chakra within the body. Opening all eight was known as the "Formation of the Eight Inner Gates." Depending on the user's strength, it could multiply their power dozens of times, but its effectiveness depended on the user's own power, multiplying it accordingly.

The power gained from opening the Eight Inner Gates varied from person to person.

Opening the Eighth Gate—the Gate of Death—would burn through the user's life force and kill them.

He could skip that one. He didn't want to open the Gate of Death yet.

The technique released the excess energy held back by the body's limits on chakra.

So that meant you could gain immense power by stimulating the chakra in your body's cells. No wonder you needed a strong body.

First Gate: Gate of Opening. It removed the brain's limits, allowing the body to use one hundred percent of its physical ability.

A surge of power coursed through Otsutsuki Yuhao's brain, stimulating it.

The First Gate was open.

Gate of Healing: It removed the body's limits on fatigue, pushing the body's energy beyond its normal capacity to restore its strength and counteract the fatigue caused by the Gate of Opening's rapid energy consumption.

Gate of Life: It further increased attack power and speed. The body began to flush red. This was the final safe stage of the Eight Inner Gates, and green energy began to radiate from the body. Once opened, the user could perform the Hidden Lotus.

Gate of Pain: It further increased attack power and speed, but the body began to sustain damage. This was the dangerous stage of the Eight Inner Gates—the point at which the user truly entered the Eight Inner Gates state.

Four days later, Otsutsuki Yuhao successfully trained up to the Fourth Gate.

By then, Otsutsuki Yuhao's base physical strength had reached four times that of a Super Kage. Even without using ninjutsu, his strength had reached the Six Paths Second Stage.

"Good thing I have plenty of time to train. One day, I'll break through my physical limits,

surpass the Six Paths and become a god. Though I wonder if there really are gods above the Six Paths."

Ten years later.

Ever since Otsutsuki Yuhao acquired the Eight Inner Gates, he had devoted himself to training in Taijutsu.

His children, Otsutsuki Mandara and Otsutsuki Manhara, were born.

They were Otsutsuki Yuhao and Qinshou's children. [I won't write out the details. I might leave out the female lead altogether, since the protagonist is immortal.]

Mandara was born with a three-tomoe Sharingan, while Manhara was born with the Byakugan.

The siblings both had half Otsutsuki blood, just like Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura. They both had silver-white hair, and neither had horns.

Both had the potential to reach Super Kage Level with ease. With a little effort, they could even reach the Six Paths Realm.

Over the past ten years, the population of this continent had continued to grow. There were now a hundred thousand people, more than half of whom Zi Tianming had brought from the outside world.

All of Otsutsuki Town was under the management of Otsutsuki Yuhao's wife, Qinshou.

Morning.

The sun had just risen above the horizon, its rays lighting up the sea like a scattering of stars.

Seagulls soared in the sea breeze, calling cheerfully as they welcomed the start of a new day.

The morning sea was picturesque. The first rays of sunlight shimmered across the waves, as if tinting the whole world a pale blue.

The ocean stretched as far as the eye could see, and the fine sand sparkled beneath the sun.

The waves beat rhythmically against the shore, like nature's own metronome, repeating its eternal melody.

A short boy, around eleven or twelve years old, stood on the beach, watching the many figures running back and forth across the distant sea.

Many people stood on the water with both feet, catching fish in the ocean.

Two figures stood behind the boy. Judging by their uniforms, they were both members of Otsutsuki Town's Water Corps.