Deep in the vast universe, a ferocious beast roared at the boundless stars. Immense energy poured from its mouth, forming a terrifying stellar storm that swept celestial bodies into its wake.
It was enormous, its body as vast as a celestial body itself.
When it opened its mouth, a black hole swallowed all things in the universe.
When it opened its eyes, stars, suns, and moons appeared.
Then its body shifted, and the torrent of energy stopped at once. Its eyes slowly formed into a Rinne Sharingan and a Tomoe Rinnegan, while its body became that of an Otsutsuki clad in patterned white robes.
A pair of curved horns rested on its forehead like a crown.
Gazing toward the farthest reaches of the stars, the Otsutsuki God murmured, "Who could bring down an Otsutsuki?"
It seemed the Otsutsuki God had sensed the death of a clansman whose bloodline was close to his. Only then had he left his Tailed Beast form and returned to his exalted Otsutsuki form.
He stared into the distant stars for a long time, then sensed the death of another clansman with a close bloodline.
His eyes shone with a radiance as vast as a galaxy. He saw where the Otsutsuki Shrine hovered, and there, a swarm of beings no greater than ants threw away their lives in an attempt to tear a piece of flesh from the Otsutsuki.
A man with a blue Rinnegan and long black hair wielded a colossal form made of pure chakra, matching an Otsutsuki's strength with attacks that were primitive but effective.
Another, a young man with the Rinne Sharingan's ocular powers, could turn illusions into reality. He manifested countless Susanoo to hold back a torrent of energy that poured down like a river of stars.
There were also swarms