The True Golden Core Great Dao

Otsutsuki Yuhao's eyes shifted into the Tenseigan, his pupils radiating a sky-blue glow.

[Yin-Yang Release]

Yin Release governs the spiritual energy of imagination, capable of creating "form" from "formlessness."

Yang Release governs vitality and physical energy, capable of breathing life into the forms created by Yin Release.

The all-encompassing power of the Six Paths' Yin and Yang was channeled into the remains of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

The incomplete body of the Demonic Statue began to slowly reform into a smaller, ten-meter-tall version of itself.

"Now, next is the chakra of the Tailed Beasts."

A look of intense curiosity flickered in Otsutsuki Yuhao's eyes.

Otsutsuki Yuhao extended his left hand, and a light composed of nine mixed colors appeared in his palm.

This was the chakra of the Tailed Beasts.

The chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts slowly rose from Otsutsuki Yuhao's palm, finally flying into the body of the Demonic Statue.

The body of the Demonic Statue began to evolve; the form that had originally been slumped on the ground transformed into a gaunt, standing figure. The tail behind it shifted into the shape of a claw, and a single eye and ear appeared on its head. Soon, it transitioned from its emaciated state to a robust, muscular form.

The Demonic Statue finally evolved into a true Ten-Tails. Its size grew to fifty meters; although smaller than the original Ten-Tails, it was a Ten-Tails nonetheless.

"While a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is decent, I think I'll pass on being a Jinchuriki for this little Ten-Tails."

Otsutsuki Yuhao looked at the small Ten-Tails before him, thinking to himself.

[Sage Art: Four Divine Beasts Separation Technique]

Following this, Otsutsuki Yuhao began weaving hand seals, his Tenseigan shifting into one Rinne Sharingan and one Tenseigan.

An invisible, mysterious power was channeled into the body of the Ten-Tails.

Feeling its body being torn apart, the Ten-Tails let out a roar toward the heavens.

It began to struggle as its body was slowly divided into four parts.

[Sage Method: Yin-Yang Release]

Otsutsuki Yuhao unleashed his ultimate technique once more.

Natural energy and the power to create all things were poured into the four fragments of the Demonic Statue's body.

Four ten-meter-tall natural Tailed Beasts appeared before Otsutsuki Yuhao.

The first Tailed Beast: it had the body of a long serpent, the head of a Qilin, the tail of a carp, long whiskers, antlers like a deer, and five claws. Its appearance was that of a flood dragon—incredibly fierce, with a dragon's head and a snake's body. Scales covered its entire frame, and its tail was slender and agile. It shimmered in a deep azure, manifesting endless power and life. Its dragon eyes were four-tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan, and its appearance was majestic.

Azure Dragon.

The second Tailed Beast: a tiger with snow-white fur all over its body, with the character "King" marked on its forehead. It radiated a powerful killing intent and likewise possessed four-tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan.

White Tiger.

The third Tailed Beast: characterized by the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, and five-colored patterns.

Vermilion Bird.

The fourth Tailed Beast: it had the head of a dragon, and its tortoise-like body was covered in a layer of sturdy shell, shining with the luster of black jade.

Its tail was covered in scales, and a head that was neither quite dragon nor snake appeared at the tip of the tail.

Black Tortoise.

They were, respectively: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

These were the Tailed Beasts Otsutsuki Yuhao had created based on the appearances of the four great divine beasts.

"The Ninja World has its Tailed Beasts, so my Sea Realm naturally cannot be without them. Hehe!"

A smile spread across Otsutsuki Yuhao's face.

Although the chakra of these four Tailed Beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—could not compare to the Nine-Tails, they all possessed Sage chakra. Their combat power was not much inferior to the Nine-Tails, and in fact, was significantly stronger than the Eight-Tails.

Each one was comparable to the half of the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.

"Master!"

"Master!"

After opening their eyes, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise fixed their gazes upon Otsutsuki Yuhao.

Through the memories Otsutsuki Yuhao had left in their minds, they knew he was their creator and their master.

"Very good. From now on, you, [Azure Dragon], shall be named Long Aotian.

You, [White Tiger], Di Shitian; [Vermilion Bird], Phoenix Maiden; [Black Tortoise], Xuantian."

And thus, the four great Sage Tailed Beasts, who would later become world-renowned in the Sea Realm, were born.

A month later, after guiding these four Tailed Beasts for a month, Otsutsuki Yuhao began to let them roam free, allowing them to go play in other parts of the Sea Realm.

Otsutsuki Yuhao began his cultivation of the Golden Core Great Dao.

The natural energy from all around the ocean slowly flowed toward Otsutsuki Yuhao.

Otsutsuki Yuhao held his hands in a seal, the natural energy slowly pouring into his body to be absorbed and refined by the young man.

At the very beginning, Otsutsuki Yuhao's expression was one of extreme enjoyment.

Suddenly, his complexion began to change slightly, his brows furrowed, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

His Golden Core had never broken through to the Nascent Soul stage; instead, it had transformed from a Golden Core into a White Golden Core, and now, it was shifting from white gold to black gold.

Golden Core Realm: Lifespan increased by 300 years.

White Golden Core Realm: Lifespan increased by 300 years.

Purple Golden Core Realm: Lifespan increased by 300 years.

Feeling the natural energy accumulating more and more within the black golden core inside his body, his bodily cells became increasingly active.

Otsutsuki Yuhao could now live to be 1,100 years old.

"Still unable to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?

From the Golden Core stage to the White Golden Core realm, and now to this Purple Golden Core realm—does that mean the realm after this is the Black Golden Core realm?"

Thinking of this, Otsutsuki Yuhao's Rinnegan began to rotate, the six purple tomoe within them emitting a violet radiance.

[Heavenly Mechanism Technique]

Otsutsuki Yuhao saw his future self; as his cultivation broke through the purple core stage, his Golden Core transformed into a black core.

Otsutsuki Yuhao tried his best to lift the corners of his mouth, but his eyes revealed a deep sense of helplessness mixed with joy.

He was helpless that he could not break through to the Nascent Soul stage, yet happy that he could still advance to the next realm.

I am truly cultivating the Great Dao of the Golden Core, and a genuine one at that.

Otsutsuki Yuhao thought with a touch of resignation.

He had passed the Great Dao of the Golden Core on to his wife, children, and disciples.

However, Otsutsuki Yuhao discovered that only his children, Wantuluo and Wanhualuo, had managed to cultivate to the Golden Core stage.

As for Qinshou, Zi Tianming, Hatake, and the others, they had reached the Golden Core stage with his help, but that was their limit; he estimated that without his further assistance, reaching the Golden Core stage was as far as they would ever go.

Furthermore, their lifespans only increased by one hundred years, which was far less than his own three hundred.

Wanhualuo and Wantuluo, the siblings, still had room for improvement, likely due to the genes they had inherited from him.

As for his other disciples, not many were able to master his Great Dao of the Golden Core; instead, they had ended up refining the Great Dao of the Golden Core into Sage Mode.

Twelve people had successfully mastered Sage Mode, their strength rising from elite jonin to Kage-level.

In this current era, no one possessed bloodline limits, such as the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, or the Shikotsumyaku of the Kaguya clan—those kinds of Otsutsuki genes.

For them, reaching the level of elite jonin could be considered their absolute limit.