The Eight-Headed Serpent was an immensely powerful calamity beast. At least in Japanese mythology, it was the embodiment of terror and disaster.
With this power, Orochimaru had grown much stronger. Moreover, in his hands, such a fruit could be developed to its fullest potential.
Developing a fruit ability placed great demands on imagination and understanding. Of course, sometimes there was nothing one could do when the established setting was forcibly changed.
For instance, the Gum-Gum Fruit evolving into the Nika Fruit was definitely a retcon. Oda surely had not considered that at the very beginning.
But even the power of Nika's destiny would certainly be useless before true strength and the tide of the times.
"Teacher, it seems our plan can be set in motion ahead of schedule."
Orochimaru could feel that he was different now. He did not need to ascend into a Dragon; he was a serpent—the Eight-Headed Serpent!
Rather than becoming a proud Dragon, Orochimaru wanted more to become an immortal serpent!
Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed matters for a long time, formulating plans for the Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya Otsutsuki, the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura on the moon, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura's chakra, which, like that of the Sage of Six Paths, also existed in the Pure Land.
The incomplete Six Paths Realm cycle of reincarnation made this world far too strange.
Although souls could exist in the Pure Land, as time passed, they would slowly fade away because they could not reincarnate.
Only certain powerful individuals could remain conscious over the long years, and even lend out their chakra.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi's first step after returning to the Shinobi World would be to make a trip to the Pure Land.
Once the decision had been made, Konoha began gradually pulling back its forces from the