Master of Heaven and Earth, King of Beasts

Whoosh! Yomotsu Hirasaka opened and closed again, and Yu appeared in a valley on the outskirts of the Double-Moon Space.

Plop!

The silver earrings melted into liquid, dripped into the soil beside Yu's feet, and vanished.

"Last time, getting in cost me a pair of heaven-grade earrings. This time, I only needed earth-grade ones. Looks like the entry requirements for the Double-Moon Space drop as my strength increases. When will I be able to get in without a ticket? Then Kakuzu wouldn't complain anymore."

Rain hissed down in a fine drizzle, its curtain stretching beyond sight. This was no natural rainfall.

Yu understood, and a faint smile crossed his lips. "The Rain Tiger at Will Technique, huh... Fine, I'll wait for him here!"

Sitting down at the edge of the cliff, Yu looked up at the moons.

Two moons shared the sky. The distance between them was almost unchanged from his previous visit. They overlapped once every ten years, and Yu felt a little disappointed that he had missed the sight again.

In the great canyon at the heart of the Double-Moon Space, the Divine Tree stood a hundred zhang tall at the center of the Ten Directions Absorption Array, surrounded by 57,600 enormous Gates of the Great God.

Its crown covered half the canyon, countless branches spreading outward, while the tender flower bud at its top remained closed.

The Divine Tree needed a thousand years to bear fruit. With the Ten Directions Absorption Array developed by Tobirama, that time had been shortened to a hundred years.

One year outside was ten years in the Double-Moon Space. At this point, the process was exactly one-tenth complete.

In the clearing beneath the Divine Tree, Tobirama bared his muscular torso as he tore into the meat of a Grade-Four Moon Beast, washing