Shinshiki's pupils contracted. "This chakra... could it be the Third Princess?"
Whoosh! Ōtsutsuki Kaguya descended into the Queen's Castle, her carpet-like hair trailing behind her. Glancing back at Yu, she said softly, "Go..."
Yu nodded and passed through the Yomotsu Hirasaka Kaguya opened, entering the Desert Space of Amenominaka.
There was no time to hesitate. He slammed his palm onto the scorching sand!
-Summoning Technique: Myriad Grotto-Heaven!
Clang! Clang! Clang! The Ninefold Rashomon rose, with a magnificent palace towering behind them.
Wood Release formed a dragon-headed cane in Yu's hand. He stood with its support and gazed at the Myriad Grotto-Heaven amid the swirling sand.
"This wasn't simply a loss of vitality. I lived through actual years. It's completely different from anything before. Just absorbing the vitality flowing out of the grotto-heaven won't be nearly enough to restore mine completely."
"I have no choice... I must enter that gate and absorb the entire Myriad Grotto-Heaven!"
That would leave the Myriad Grotto-Heaven utterly barren, never to regain its vitality.
But the Divine Tree Fruit was almost ready to harvest. Once he obtained eternal life, he would no longer need the Myriad Grotto-Heaven.
With that thought, Yu leaned on his dragon-headed cane and trudged into the swirling sand, pushing open the gates of the Myriad Grotto-Heaven with his aged hands.
Inside the Queen's Castle in Jianzhou Country.
Kaguya and Shinshiki faced each other from a distance.
They were, after all, old acquaintances.
With a trace of wistfulness, Kaguya said, "Shinshiki, it's been a long time. When I left Takamagahara a thousand years ago, you were still a child."
Shinshiki's expression was not entirely calm either. "Princess, I thought you had merely betrayed the clan. I never imagined you would sink so low as to associate with these humans of the lower