High in the God Tree, Little Ten continued to devour it. Little Ten grew larger, its crown spreading wider still.
Boundless Chakra welled up in Fugaku's bloodline and began to merge. Two natures, then three, and finally all seven fused into one, forming a Kekkei Mōra.
This powerful Kekkei Mōra should have manifested when Little Ten evolved into the Ten-Tails. Only now did it fully emerge.
Part of the reason was that Fugaku had spent too little time inside Little Ten after it devoured the octopus. The energy within Little Ten had not yet completely transformed his body.
Another reason was that Little Ten had only been his Summoning Beast then, much like a Tailed Beast sealed inside someone. Now things were different. He had eaten the God Tree Fruit and had completely fused with Little Ten.
A mark appeared in the center of each palm, though neither had fully formed.
They were signs that his eyes were evolving into Rinnegan. Rinnegan grew in the palms of some Otsutsuki clan members, granting them various powerful abilities.
Of the Rinnegan in Momoshiki's palms, one could seal and absorb attacks, storing any energy-based attack it absorbed inside his body.
The Rinnegan in his other palm had an ability called Takamimusubi. It could return absorbed attacks many times stronger than before.
Fugaku sat cross-legged in midair. His body suddenly turned insubstantial, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself in an utterly unfamiliar, desolate world.
This was Amenominaka, a Kekkei Mōra that had awakened on its own through his bloodline. He stood in Origin Ball Space, the first space it had formed.
Fugaku's Origin Ball Space was nothing like Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's, which was covered in countless hills streaked red and yellow.
His was filled with blue-green stone as far as he could