Go to Snake Cypress Valley Again

It was a messenger frog, here to inform Long Ye that the Great Toad Sage had summoned him.

Long Ye's spirits lifted. He had already guessed that the Toad Sage intended to return the Thunder God Sword to him.

Although he had no idea why the sage had taken the Thunder God Sword and Star Core, he had a feeling that the sword's power must have undergone a transformation.

From their previous conversation, when the Toad Sage received him, he could vaguely tell that Mount Myoboku also wanted to borrow his hand to resolve the crisis in Snake Cypress Valley.

Led by the messenger frog, he followed the familiar route and soon arrived at the temple deep within Mount Myoboku.

The moment he stepped over the threshold, a loud voice came from inside:

"Who goes there?"

Long Ye nearly fell flat on his face.

Has this Toad Sage become senile? He summoned me himself, yet now he's asking who I am.

Naturally, he dared not say that aloud. He entered the temple and saluted like a disciple.

"Your disciple has come as promised to retrieve the Thunder God Sword!"

The Toad Sage sat upon the high seat and nodded. With a wave of his hand, a strange object spun through the air and, with a hiss, plunged into the ground before Long Ye.

"This, this is..."

Looking at the object before him—an item that could barely be called a weapon—Long Ye wore a bewildered expression.

The Thunder God Sword no longer resembled a sword at all. It looked like a section of branch, with countless tiny offshoots covering its surface.

"I used Senjutsu to refine the Thunder God Sword together with the Heavenheart Stone, ultimately creating this great ninja tool."

When the Toad Sage spoke of the weapon, his expression