Returning Home, Ascending to Immortality!

(Note: The seal Madara had placed in Obito's heart years ago had long since been surgically removed by Orochimaru at Yu's request. It simply had not been specifically mentioned.)

Rumble, rumble, rumble! The Ten-Tails' enormous body turned into fluid and surged into Yu's back... Whoosh! Yu's black hair shed its former dullness and turned silver.

The horns on his head grew longer. His white Chakra cloak became more complete, with black Chakra trousers beneath it. Aside from the six tomoe at the collar, nine more tomoe were arranged in groups of three on its back. Above them was a complete Rinnegan pattern—the proof of the Six Paths Sage Art!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With the Yin-Yang Six Paths Staff in hand, the ten clusters of Sage Fire that had floated behind him became ten Truth-Seeking Orbs!

Having mastered the perfect Six Paths Sage Art, Yu could now create Truth-Seeking Orbs at will!

Feeling the entirely new power within him, Yu sighed. "So this is the Chakra possessed by the Sage of Six Paths at his peak? Natural energy and Tailed Beast Chakra have fused perfectly. From now on, I no longer need to deliberately enter Sage Mode, because Sage Mode has become my normal state..."

But Yu had undoubtedly surpassed the Sage of Six Paths, because he possessed everything Six Paths had—and things Six Paths did not!

"And the Divine Tree..."

The Divine Tree was also part of Kaguya's power, and it was now in Yu's hands as well.

If Yu absorbed the Divine Tree, his current strength would undoubtedly become even greater, and he would gain immortality outright!

That was undoubtedly an immense temptation to Yu.

But after careful consideration, Yu still restrained himself.

The Divine Tree still contained Kaguya's powerful will...

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