Naruto had ultimately caught the Sage of Six Paths' attention.
But even the Sage of Six Paths had not expected his strength to leap directly into the Six Paths level in such a short time.
The Dragon Vein space had bought Naruto an extremely crucial period of respite. The Sages of Six Paths in both worlds had let their guard down because of the changes in his strength.
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki of the Dragon Vein World had judged that the Tailed Beasts within Naruto had not yet fully fused. As for Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki of the Main World, he had been caught completely off guard.
One moment, he had merely been a Super Kage-level little punk. The next, after returning, he had soared all the way to the Six Paths level.
Thus, when Naruto truly revealed his strength, the Sage of Six Paths realized in shock that the person before him was no longer someone he could casually manipulate.
In the original story, Naruto and Sasuke could only be considered half-baked Pseudo-Six Paths. But Naruto now possessed the immense chakra of the Ten-Tails; the Rinnegan represented Yin Release, while Six Paths Senjutsu represented Yang Release.
After activating Rinnegan Chakra Mode, his combat strength was already enough to rival Madara Uchiha.
The Sage of Six Paths realized he had messed up this time and immediately began handing out power-ups.
And the first to receive that power-up was Asura's reincarnation, Hashirama Senju.
Hashirama Senju, who had originally been able to use only a portion of his strength from when he was alive, suddenly had his Yang Release Chakra surge, instantly returning him to his level in life.
Sixty years later, the terrifying Thousand-Hand Guanyin that had once caught the Nine-Tails barehanded appeared before the people of the Ninja World once again.
The Fourth Raikage