Netherworld Soul Pursuit: Secrets of the Underworld!

Uchiha Madara caught Ubiji's implication. "He's invincible in the Netherworld. Which means that if Yama leaves it, he's still no match for the Root King..."

"Nothing in this world is absolute," Ubiji replied noncommittally. "To be unrivaled even in a relative sense is already an unprecedented feat!"

"I heard the Ōtsutsuki sent their agents, Yanmo and Hemo, into Yomi," Yu said. "They intend to use the Eight Seats of Yomi as seedbeds for the Divine Tree. Does Yama not know?"

"He knows," Ubiji said.

Yu frowned. "Then why doesn't he stop them?"

"It's nowhere near that simple," Ubiji said. "First, the Netherworld is vast—countless times larger than the world above as you know it. Powerful as Yama is, even he can't watch over everything. His true body remains in the Pure Land. Those in Yomi and Avici Hell are only his avatars!"

Yu's frown deepened. "Avatars!? Yama has an avatar here in Yomi too!?"

"The enormous jellyfish floating above the Nether River is one of them: the Nether River Jellyfish. It watches everything on the river. But rest assured, my Great Yamato Toyo-Akitsu is beyond Yama's oversight."

"You said 'first,'" Yu said. "There's a second reason?"

"Second, Yama knows how powerful the Ōtsutsuki are, especially the Root King. If he obstructs them outright, there's no telling how they might escalate matters. Better to keep them in check for now... Third, Yama has been interfering from the shadows all along!"

Yu raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"The Eight Islands of Yomi stand opposed, yet form a single whole," Ubiji said. "Disturb one, and you affect them all. To plant the Divine Tree here, the Ōtsutsuki must bring all eight islands under their control. Not one can be missing!"

He looked up at Yu, then glanced toward Liu Jing. "Just as they finally