Hikari, place your Yachihoko Mark on everyone here.

"Dying again? Isn't the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path still inside you?"

After receiving the news, Uchiha Ensei was puzzled by the issue of Madara Uchiha's lifespan.

Although he had extracted the nine tailed beasts earlier, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was still inside Madara Uchiha. In theory, it should have been enough to sustain his life force.

After all, although the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was only the Ten-Tails' empty shell, the life force it contained was practically inexhaustible.

Using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to stay alive should already have been second nature to Madara Uchiha.

Precisely because Madara Uchiha needed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to sustain his life, Uchiha Ensei had no intention of reclaiming it.

Lately, he had been looking for other ways to maintain the White Zetsu's normal physiological functions.

"The Nine-Tails told me that once a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is stripped of all the tailed beasts' power, death is inevitable. Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't escape that fate."

"This isn't a problem an ordinary human can solve."

"Not even you, despite having surpassed the Sage of Six Paths."

Madara Uchiha was perfectly calm about his impending death.

This would not be his first death. He had no fear of it, and even felt a faint longing for it.

After all, his dream had already been realized in another form.

Although the Ninja World was somewhat different from what he had envisioned, it was enough.

"To be more precise, I've surpassed the Sage of Six Paths as he was back then."

"That fellow is hiding away in the Pure Land. Who knows what he's doing?"

"I'm starting to suspect he's enjoying ruling the Pure Land."

"If you meet the Sage of Six Paths after