Do What You Can to the Limit; Don't Pursue Perfection Too Much

Watching the ever-expanding Tenseigan Clone, Uchiha Ensei did not immediately supply it with Tenseigan ocular power. Instead, he ordered:

"Control your own power. Don't let it blow this body of mine apart!"

These words were, naturally, directed at the Little Ten-Tails.

By all indications, the Little Ten-Tails had fully acknowledged him as its master and was like a weapon he could command at will.

It seemed there was no possibility of betrayal.

But unfortunately, Uchiha Ensei did not quite trust that feeling. Otherwise, he would not have used the cells of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to create another similar thing.

Namely, the Replica Divine Tree currently within Uchiha Ensei's body!

Although the two looked alike, the Replica Divine Tree was smaller and had been completely "refined" by Uchiha Ensei's chakra.

The chakra making up the Replica Divine Tree's body had been imbued with Uchiha Ensei's own will, leaving it with absolutely no independent thoughts.

Such an approach was certainly safe, but a Divine Tree without self-awareness naturally lacked the ability to independently absorb Natural Energy and grow.

In other words, it had no capacity for "growth."

Of course, it was not completely incapable of absorbing Natural Energy. It simply required Uchiha Ensei to control the absorption himself, making the process extremely inefficient.

The Ten-Tails sealed within the Tenseigan Clone was different. Possessing a degree of self-awareness, it could independently determine what needed to be done and how to do it according to Uchiha Ensei's orders.

Just like now: although Uchiha Ensei had not replenished the Tenseigan Clone's ocular power, its swollen body had still returned to normal.

However, once the swelling subsided, the Tenseigan Clone's Ten-Tails Chakra Mode also vanished.

"The backlash from Ten-Tails chakra doesn't feel good."

"If not for the Tenseigan chakra, I figure my