Spanning Heaven and Earth, Laughing and Speaking

Whoosh! Yomotsu Hirasaka opened and closed, and Yu and Tongtong arrived in Izumo Country, marked in the Hell Scroll.

The sky was dim, the sea of clouds boundless, and the mountain foothills stretched into the distance. It was indeed a rare and magnificent sight.

Yu activated his Byakugan, taking in every stirring of wind and grass within a hundred miles at a glance!

Besides mountains, rivers, vegetation, birds, and beasts, Yu also saw plenty of houses, farmland, and humans going about their lives...

Yu murmured, "So Earth really isn't the only land that gave rise to humanity."

The Reed Plain Country mentioned before did not refer solely to the Earth where they lived. Rather, it was a collective term for all lands that nurtured civilization, apart from Takamagahara and the Netherworld.

Within the Reed Plain Country were many lands, large and small, that nurtured human civilizations just as Earth did.

Limited by their knowledge and understanding, the natives of many lands often believed themselves to be unique!

Take Earth, for example. For thousands of years, humans had seized land through war and absorbed resources, creating a world where the Five Great Nations stood alongside one another and numerous smaller countries struggled to survive in the gaps between them.

They never deliberately emphasized the concept of Earth. It was too vague and impractical; only the territory beneath their feet felt real to them.

Little did they know that the gods of Takamagahara had named their land long ago.

Mitsuki Country... was what the Heavenly People called the land of Earth!

The people of Earth knew nothing of this.

Even Yu had only learned it recently, from Ubiji.

Of course, a low level of human civilization did not mean a land was barren and inhospitable. Earth was one of the few lands