Pure Land space.
"Two ancestors."
"You deliberately drew this junior's soul into the Pure Land..."
"Surely it wasn't just to tell me this ancient history, was it?"
After Hagoromo Otsutsuki finished speaking.
Chiba slowly raised his head and asked calmly.
He did not believe the two of them would do something so pointless.
At his words.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki exchanged glances.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki gave a bitter smile.
"You are a clever child."
"Since you have stepped into the Six Paths Realm, you should have sensed the limits of lifespan as well."
"Mortals all undergo birth, aging, sickness, and death. Even those of the Six Paths can only live for several centuries."
Chiba nodded slightly.
He did know that.
The physical body was ultimately just a vessel.
No matter how immense one's Chakra was, there was a limit to how many times cells could divide.
Under normal circumstances.
Even a powerhouse of the Six Paths Realm only had a lifespan of a few hundred years.
"So..."
"Two ancestors..."
"How did you survive for more than a thousand years within this Pure Land?"
That was precisely what puzzled Chiba the most.
According to Orochimaru's research, without the nourishment of a physical body, a soul would soon dissipate.
Even a Six Paths Level soul could never endure for a thousand years.
"Because of Natural Energy."
Hamura Otsutsuki spoke.
Upon hearing those words.
Chiba's pupils contracted slightly.
His mind raced as countless pieces of information intertwined within it.
Just then.
Hamura continued his explanation.
"Chakra..."
"Is a power Mother brought from beyond the heavens. It never belonged to this planet."
"Natural Energy, on the other hand, is the original source of this planet."
"After my brother and I perished, we used the rules of the Pure Land to construct a filter."
"We