The Sea Realm

"Te... Teacher, are you a god?"

A young man standing 1.9 meters tall, with long white hair, stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

He wasn't the only one. The others behind him were just as stunned by the giant island that had appeared before them.

"Teacher, you're amazing!"

Zi Tianming cried out.

"Sect Master, Sect Master!"

Watching Otsutsuki Yuhao wield power as mighty as that of a god from ancient myths, they found his charisma impossible to resist.

Creating a world—only a god could truly do that.

Otsutsuki Yuhao's ability was breathtaking. Like a true deity, he had effortlessly surpassed the limits of humanity.

At the sight of this, everyone aboard the ship cried out excitedly.

"It's not over yet!"

[Wood Release: All Things Grow]

Otsutsuki Yuhao brought his palms together and shouted toward the giant island ahead.

A green light radiated from Otsutsuki Yuhao.

Before their eyes, life began to flourish across the island. The barren land, which had seemed utterly lifeless, was suddenly transformed as plants sprang up everywhere.

In an instant, the island seemed to undergo a magical transformation.

Under the green glow, tender shoots gradually emerged from the bare rocks and sand. They grew at an astonishing rate, soon covering the entire island and forming a lush grassland.

At the same time, colorful flowers burst through the soil across the center of the grassland. Their petals swayed gently in the breeze, filling the air with a captivating fragrance. Butterflies danced among the blooms, while bees busily gathered nectar. A scene brimming with life unfolded before them.

Even more astonishingly, towering trees sprang up along the edges of the grassland. Their crowns were thick with foliage, providing shade and shelter for the island's creatures.

On their trunks, small animals could be seen climbing and playing, as if they too were enjoying this sudden feast of life.

Standing in the distance, Otsutsuki Yuhao gazed at the island transformed by the green light and smiled with satisfaction.

He knew that his Wood Release could not only make plants grow rapidly, but also breathe new life into the land.

Tender shoots in spring, flowers in summer, fruit in autumn, and snowflakes in winter—the seasons turned in an endless cycle, showing the limitless possibilities of life.

In silence, nature's mysterious power and the vigor of life revealed themselves.

Green leaves reached toward the sun, flowers waited to bloom, and life shone in all its splendor as it continued to grow, as if the earth had donned a new robe of blossoms.

Sunlight and rain nourished the land, while a mysterious force filled this world with vitality.

"From now on, I'll call you the Sea Realm!"

Otsutsuki Yuhao's voice rang in the ears of his many disciples.

"Teacher, are we going to live here from now on?"

Qinshou asked curiously.

Qinshou: Yuhao's first senior disciple. She was eighteen years old and an elite jonin. When she was ten, Otsutsuki Yuhao rescued her from bandits, and she had followed him ever since.

"Yes. From now on, we'll live here!"

"Then let's put the animals in there first. Maybe in a few years, this place will become a world just like the Ninja World."

Yuhao smiled at everyone as he spoke.

Suddenly, Yuhao's expression changed. His eyes shifted to the Byakugan, veins bulging at his temples, while black markings appeared in his pupils. His pale-blue Byakugan scanned the surroundings.

His vision was far stronger than that of an ordinary Byakugan. With a 360-degree field of view, he surveyed everything within a hundred kilometers.

"Is it Black Zetsu or Isshiki?"

"Are those two watching me from the shadows again?"

Otsutsuki Yuhao thought to himself.

In the more than twenty years he had spent in the Ninja World, he had encountered Black Zetsu and Isshiki before.

Black Zetsu was manageable. He merely had an exceptional concealment technique. His Mayfly Technique let him merge his body with the earth and vegetation to move at high speed. By becoming one with the land and linking himself to networks of organic matter—such as plant roots and underground water—he could travel anywhere in an instant. The moment he activated the technique, his presence vanished completely.

The first time Otsutsuki Yuhao saw Black Zetsu was twenty years ago. Back then, Black Zetsu had wanted to join forces with him to rescue Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Yuhao refused outright. Black Zetsu had then tried to use the same silver tongue he had used on Indra to persuade him to fight Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura.

But Yuhao had nearly sealed him away.

After that, Black Zetsu never dared to approach Otsutsuki Yuhao again.

Although Otsutsuki Yuhao had only been at the Master [Kage] level at the time, that was more than enough to deal with the newly born Black Zetsu.

Back then, Black Zetsu had been no stronger than a jonin.

Otsutsuki Yuhao had not seen Black Zetsu since that day.

Of course, over the past twenty years, Otsutsuki Yuhao had spotted Black Zetsu many times. He simply could never find his true body, and whenever Black Zetsu saw him, he ran faster than anyone.

As for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, he was currently posing as a monk. He had parasitized and controlled the monk through the Karma mark.

Otsutsuki Yuhao had fought Jigen several times.

Yuhao had gained the upper hand, and eventually even became friends with Jigen.

Although Otsutsuki Yuhao had used only Taijutsu at the time, he could still tell how powerful Jigen was.

But Otsutsuki Tatsuten had always been wary of Jigen.

Yuhao simply didn't dare expose Jigen's true identity. He knew that even with only half his body remaining and his strength far below its peak, Isshiki could easily defeat an ordinary Otsutsuki like him, who had yet to reach the Six Paths Realm.

Of course, if Jigen unleashed all of Isshiki's power, that would mean death for him too.

Across from the Sea Realm, in the Ninja World, stood an ordinary temple.

A monk looked into the distance with some surprise. He wore a white haori, his hair gathered on top of his head with a long braid hanging down the back. Roman numeral IV was tattooed beneath his left eye, and a Karma mark showed on his chin.

He wore red collars around his neck and wrists, had painted his fingernails black, and bore a black crystal embedded in his abdomen. A red belt was tied around his waist, and red earrings dangled from his ears.

"I never imagined that the third son of that wretched Kaguya could cultivate to such a level without Six Paths Power or ever eating a chakra fruit."

This man was Jigen, also known as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

"What's wrong, Teacher?"

Qinshou looked at Otsutsuki Yuhao in surprise, puzzled by his sudden reaction.

"It's nothing. I must have imagined it."

Otsutsuki Yuhao shook his head and replied to Qinshou.

Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Asura and Indra had also begun traveling the world, just as Otsutsuki Yuhao and their father, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, once had. With their abilities, as long as they didn't run into one of their own kind, they were practically invincible in this world.

Both Asura and Indra had their own followers.

Things were different from the original story because of Otsutsuki Tatsuten's influence.

Indra had been recognized as a genius since childhood.

He had been born with immense power and extraordinary visual prowess.

No matter how difficult the task, he could handle it on his own. He had come to believe that only power could make anything possible.

But Asura was no slouch now, either. He still fell short of Indra, but not by much.

One way Indra was better off than in the original story was that he was not as coldhearted.

At the very least, Indra now worked alongside his followers to resolve problems that villages could not handle. He no longer relied on his power alone to solve everything as he had in the original story.

Asura's silver tongue was even better than in the original story, and he was cheerful and sunny by nature. He was more popular than Indra.