After a moment, he nodded gently.
"I see."
"This is not a truly independent space-time."
"You used genjutsu to alter the logic of space-time, fabricating a false shadow world through your mind and Eye Power."
"It bears similarities to the Uchiha Clan's Izanagi, yet runs far deeper."
The Sage of Six Paths raised his eyes.
"Izanagi briefly rewrites reality through an ocular technique."
"But the place you constructed denies reality entry."
"Time, space, and the rules of the outside world cannot exert precise influence here."
Lie Yang did not deny it.
The Sage of Six Paths gazed at him, a touch of wistfulness appearing on his aged face.
"You do not specialize in space-time ocular techniques."
"Yet at your age, you developed a secret technique capable of altering the perception of space-time."
"Uchiha Lieyang, your talent and attainments far surpass mine in my youth."
The gray-white space gradually fell silent.
Lie Yang and the Sage of Six Paths met each other's gaze across the void.
The gray-white glimmer of the Mangekyō Sharingan and the pale violet glow of the Rinnegan reflected one another.
The Void Balance manifested between them.
The images on the Balance kept shifting.
At last, they became a scene of the young Lie Yang and the Sage of Six Paths sitting cross-legged opposite each other.
The two supreme powers did not clash.
Yin Release, Yang Release, Eye Power, and the essence of their souls slowly mingled on the Balance, resonating with one another.
The Sage of Six Paths spoke first.
"The me who manifests in the living world is only a portion of the power and will left behind from my life."
"My true self entered the cycle of life and death long ago, vanishing from this world entirely."
Lie Yang looked beneath the Balance.
Nagato's image