The Heaven-Connecting Tower rose so high it seemed to pierce the heavens. Its very name spoke to the ambition of the Otsutsuki who had built it.
Inside lay a vast hall. A puppet floated over.
It requested pills in exchange for access to the records. Different floors required different amounts.
Fugaku quietly condensed ten pure pills in his hand and passed them to the puppet.
To Little Ten, that much Chakra was a drop in the ocean.
A beam of light swept over the pills, and a mechanical voice sounded.
"Ten high-grade pills. You may remain on the first floor for one day."
Fugaku entered a reading room off the hall. Rows of bookshelves stood packed with books and scrolls.
He approached a shelf, selected a thick volume titled An Overview of the Otsutsuki, and took it down.
The first page described the time before the Wood Realm was founded, when might made right throughout the Universe and slaughter was unending.
Later, the Otsutsuki gradually became a powerful family-based race. Eventually, they divided the Universe into territories, establishing the order that existed today.
After the Wood Realm was founded, five branches left the Main Family's planet over differences in philosophy and the needs of their development.
They were the Luo Tian Lineage, Brahma Lineage, Shitian Lineage, Motian Lineage, and Huangtian Lineage.
These were the "Five Heavens" the little chubby man had mentioned, as well as the five strongest Branch Families.
But the Brahma Lineage had declined completely after an upheaval years ago. Only its clan head, Great Brahma, and a handful of members remained to keep it going.
More than ten thousand years ago, the Brahma Lineage had fully returned to the Main Family, while Great Brahma had vanished.
The other Branch Families received only passing mention. Clearly, the Main