Yu had become a Progenitor God and returned from the Netherworld to Mitsuki Country over a month ago, yet he had not triggered the final Life-and-Death Tribulation. He harbored an unknown fear of returning to reality during that tribulation.
Fear was an emotion born of the self. Yu had already shattered the self in the Formless Tribulation, and nothing in the Naruto World remained that could frighten him—not even King Chuigen Ōtsutsuki.
But... Yu still feared returning to reality. This forced him to face a fact.
"Perhaps my greatest obsession stems from running away from the real world. It is an obsession I can never escape within the Naruto World."
The best way to overcome fear was to face it head-on. The path lay right before him, but Yu remained unable to act.
The risk was too great. The consequences... were more than he could bear.
The companions who had died in the battle at Takamagahara had all been revived by Youtan Poluo, except for Might Guy, who had opened the Heaven Gate, and Mifune, who had used Death Luo Observance. The two of them had vanished forever; even Youtan Poluo could do nothing about it.
For the past month, Yu had been deep in thought within the Intrinsic Pure Land.
Through the faith passage Yu had established as the Great Lord God, the Great Lord God's Godfolk could freely enter and leave the Intrinsic Pure Land. The place had become quite lively and prosperous, almost like a second home to them.
That evening, Yu suddenly wanted someone to talk to. Wan Sheng, a fellow transmigrator and Yu's wife, was undoubtedly the best choice.
The evening breeze brushed the willows as Wan Sheng held a guzheng in her arms, playing the melody of "Myth."
Yu lay with his head