The Truth-Seeking Orb shot from Fugaku's hand. This was no ordinary orb, but an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb formed from Kekkei Mōra.
It could annihilate the power of Yin-Yang and the five elements, swelling into a massive sphere. Anyone who touched it would be killed or grievously injured.
Little Ten continued to grow, and Fugaku's strength began to rise dramatically. Waves of energy flowed through countless root tendrils into Little Ten's body.
Over the course of a month, the God Tree went from withering to drying out, until it finally died and crumbled away.
In its place stood an even larger God Tree. Its top seemed on the verge of piercing the atmosphere, like a pillar holding up the sky.
Branches spread across its crown, blotting out the sun and casting a vast shadow over the ground.
Below, massive roots twisted together. Little Ten would likely need more time to finish growing.
Beneath Little Ten, thick roots enclosed a huge space. Fugaku walked inside, sat cross-legged, and slowly closed his eyes.
His consciousness shifted to his clone far away on Earth. As his original body grew vastly stronger, the clone had long since surpassed its former strength.
Even Six Paths Madara at his peak would have been no match for the clone now. A Space-Time Passage opened, and the clone stepped through.
He emerged in a place that had fallen into disrepair. This was one of the dimensions Kaguya had created, and the place where Sasuke would later encounter Kinshiki and Momoshiki.
Snow filled the sky. Broken stones lay scattered about, and a thick layer of snow covered the ground.
A ruined castle in the distance caught the clone's eye. This must have been Kaguya's Castle, the place Sasuke had once worked so hard to find.
He entered Kaguya's Castle. Everything