The answer still lay deeper.
"You're unwilling to tell me?"
"It's not that I'm unwilling."
The Sage of Six Paths shook his head.
"It's that I can't."
"Can't, or don't want to?"
"To you, there is no difference."
Lie Yang looked at him, then suddenly smiled.
"You're already dead, yet you can still manifest through your will and use the Rinnegan to touch the nexus of fate. The power you left behind permeates the Shinobi World, your descendants are scattered everywhere, and you secretly influence the course of this world."
"That's no ordinary departed soul."
The Sage of Six Paths did not deny it.
Lie Yang continued:
"You're like the embodiment of the Shinobi World's fate."
"And the thousand-year struggle between Indra and Asura isn't merely the lingering obsession of two children."
"Their disagreement represents two choices all living beings face regarding the world."
The Sage of Six Paths' gaze shifted slightly.
"What did you see?"
"Indra believed strength could solve everything."
Lie Yang raised his hand and pointed into the void.
The scene changed again.
Indra stood alone on a mountaintop, countless clansmen submitting behind him. He possessed powerful ocular abilities, as well as enough strength to crush all opposition.
"In his view, as long as the strong held absolute authority, they could end all conflict."
The scene shifted to Asura.
Asura stood among his many clansmen. He did not possess the greatest strength, but he had companions willing to follow him.
"Asura believed people had to forge bonds with one another and rely on all living beings to choose the future together."
Lie Yang said:
"This wasn't a private dispute between brothers."
"It was a division in the will of the Shinobi World's people."
"Some believe in rule by force, others in cooperation. Some are willing to submit