Once someone reached his level of strength, achieving a qualitative leap became difficult.
Only after becoming a full-fledged Otsutsuki did Yuzhen realize that improving the values on his status panel—or, in other words, his strength on paper—was no longer something he could do just by stockpiling energy.
If it were that simple, Otsutsuki Momoshiki, who had acted like a noble in the original story, would have eaten enough Chakra Fruits to ascend long ago, over the course of his thousands—or perhaps nearly ten thousand—years of life.
"So this planet really is special. Special enough that Kaguya saw the fruit and immediately betrayed them..."
"And because of that, without a star chart, I can't freely roam the cosmos. If I want to grow stronger, I'll have to find a way within the Ninja World."
"After all, judging by how full of life this planet still is after being harvested, it must be special enough to help me take another step forward."
There was no helping it. If he ventured through the observable universe without a route to follow,
then even if he could survive in space, one wrong spatial jump might leave him searching for another habitable planet for who knew how many years.
After all, the universe was simply too vast. Charging in without a star chart was just making things hard for himself.
Besides, this planet—the Ninja World—definitely held an opportunity for him to grow stronger.
After all—
Even Otsutsuki Yamu, who had ascended, was after it. That alone showed just how special the Ninja World was!
Thinking of this planet, the Ninja World, and the Dragon Vein that represented its blood vessels...
Half of it was Natural Energy and half was chakra.
Uchiha Yuzhen felt that the Ninja World was practically sentient.
It seemed to think that it