"The path lies beneath your own feet."
Neji's voice was not loud, yet it struck the hearts of the three like a heavy hammer. "But do you know where the land beneath your feet and the stars above your heads came from? Where did the Chakra you wield and the bloodlines within your bodies originate?"
Looking at the three he had personally nurtured, Neji ultimately could not let go. Once he completed his mission in this spacetime, he could leave, but he might never again forge bonds this sincere. Neji wanted to try something. He wanted them to break through the limitations of Sage Art, to lead them onto the path of the Dao, and see whether they might one day have a chance to transcend.
He stepped forward, and faint ripples spread across the Mystic Crystal floor beneath his feet. The runes throughout the command room lit up at once, forming an absolute domain that sealed off the inside from the outside.
The battlefield map on the crystal walls faded away, replaced by ancient, majestic scenes outlined in shimmering Chakra light!
"At the beginning of creation, it was not a myth. Beyond the heavens, visitors came from the other side of the stars. Their name—the Ōtsutsuki Clan!" Neji's voice rang out like ancient bronze bells, tolling the secrets of a long-buried history.
On the crystal wall, the phantom of an enormous Divine Tree blotted out the sky. Beneath it stood a horned figure—Kaguya Otsutsuki—gazing coldly down upon the earth.
"The Divine Tree devoured a planet's energy and bore the Chakra Fruit. Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed the fruit, becoming the ancestor of Chakra in this world—and the source of calamity! Her sons, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki, slew their own mother to save all living beings!"
The scene shifted. Kaguya was