Ōtsutsuki Kaguya

Two months passed after the discovery of Evil God Gatanozoa's sleeping place.

Warm sunlight streamed through a wooden window into a small dining hall.

The steady sound of chewing filled the room.

"Hinata! You're still eating?"

Ning Rongrong pushed open the dining hall door, with Zhu Zhuqing following behind her.

One look inside, and both women pressed their hands to their foreheads.

Empty rice buckets were stacked in layers along the long dining table, filling an entire row. The sight was staggering.

At the table, Hyuga Hinata held a rice bucket bigger than her body in one arm and a serving spoon in the other, shoveling rice into her mouth without pause.

Several cooks from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were still preparing food nearby.

Ning Rongrong rubbed her face helplessly.

If Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa had not repeatedly confirmed that Hinata was human, Ning Rongrong would never have believed a human could eat that much.

What normal person started a meal with ten buckets of rice?

The most baffling part was that Hinata showed no sign of gaining weight. She remained slim and graceful, without an ounce of excess fat.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing could not help envying a body that never gained weight, no matter how much she ate.

Noticing their stares, Hinata hurriedly stopped. Her pale, slender fingers fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, and her ears reddened. "I... I never used to get enough to eat, so now I always want a little more."

Seeing her so timid, Ning Rongrong's exasperation vanished. She sighed softly and waved a generous hand. "Forget it. If there's one thing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has, it's money and food! Eat as much as you want. No one's going to stop you."

Hinata's dark eyes lit up like a child's given candy. She asked cautiously, "Really? Then... could I have twice as much food from now on?"

"Pfft—"

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's mouths twitched at the same time. Neither knew what to say.

They wanted to ask where all that food went!

Hinata already ate more in a day than the two of them combined ate in a month, and she wanted double?

Where did it all go?

Straight into her strength?

That might actually be it. Hinata's strength grew more frightening by the day.

"Rongrong, Zhuqing, Hinata! Come out, quick! The Sky Curtain is back!"

The three women rushed out of the dining hall and looked up at the clear sky.

Sure enough, the Sky Curtain had reappeared after months of absence.

[Heavenly Dao Review: The World-Destroying Demon Gods of Douluo Star Through the Ages]

[Second World-Destroying Demon God: Ōtsutsuki Kaguya]

[Douluo Star · One Hundred Thousand Years Ago]

As the words appeared, the image on the Sky Curtain changed.

A small spaceship of stark design, its metal hull gleaming coldly, cut through the dark sea of stars. Trailing pale blue exhaust, it landed precisely on Douluo Star one hundred thousand years ago.

Keen-eyed viewers immediately noticed that this Douluo Star looked somewhat different from the planet they knew.

The hatch slowly opened, and two people stepped out.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had pale skin, a single curved horn, and jagged gray-white hair and facial hair. His left eye was a pure-white Byakugan; his right was a Rinnegan marked with golden stars.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had skin like cool jade and pale hair that fell to her ankles, stirring in the breeze. Both her eyes were pure-white Byakugan. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with a cool, distant air.

Though neither had displayed any power, everyone watching the Sky Curtain sensed that they were far from ordinary.

They could not have said why, but the two looked formidable.

Isshiki surveyed the vibrant land below. A trace of satisfaction crossed his indifferent eyes. "This planet is brimming with life. Its vitality is exceptionally rich. It's well suited to growing a God Tree."

Kaguya swept her gaze over the flourishing plants and living creatures. She nodded coolly. "Yes."

Isshiki turned to her. "Kaguya, stay here and plant the God Tree. I'll go into hibernation to absorb the energy of the last God Tree Fruit. Wake me when this planet's fruit is nearly ripe."

Kaguya bowed slightly at his command, respectful and obedient, without the slightest objection.

It was clear that Isshiki outranked Kaguya.

As they watched the Sky Curtain, countless discussions broke out.

"A God Tree? A God Tree Fruit? Those sound incredible!"

"Think eating one could make you a god?"

"Who knows? Even if it can't, it should at least make you a Titled Douluo!"

At Shrek Academy, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang stared at the Sky Curtain with burning eyes, then turned eagerly to Tang San. "Little San! Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, a plant Martial Soul! The God Tree is also an extraordinary plant. They share the same nature. If you can obtain a God Tree Fruit, your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul will surely be transformed and break free of its innate limits!"

"Mm. I wonder if the God Tree has any poison attributes?"

Tang San gazed up at the Sky Curtain, his eyes full of longing.

The images on the Sky Curtain continued.

Isshiki vanished in a flash, returned to the spaceship, and fell into hibernation.

Alone, Kaguya traveled across ancient Douluo Star, through mountains and over rivers, across plains and deserts.

At last, she chose a spot and raised her hand. A tiny seed drifted from her palm and sank into the earth.

In the blink of an eye, it took root, sprouted, sent out branches and leaves, and began growing at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

As the God Tree rose higher, a strange thing happened. Plants around it withered, rivers dried up, and the ground cracked. Life drained rapidly from the land, and lush, fertile soil turned to desert at an alarming pace.

The people of Douluo Star watched with creeping dread.

An explanation from the Heavenly Dao appeared on the Sky Curtain, answering everyone's questions:

[The God Tree is a strange tree created by the Otsutsuki Clan to plunder a planet's origin. Once rooted, it continuously draws out the planet's Life Origin and natural energy. When it has drained them dry and its fruit has fully ripened, the planet dies.]

The description caused an uproar across the continent. A chill ran through countless hearts.

The desert soon spread a hundred miles in every direction. Then the affected area around the God Tree stopped expanding altogether.

Kaguya's eyes shifted. She examined the God Tree carefully, surprise appearing on her face.

The tree was still steadily drawing energy from the planet. Its fruit was developing faster and growing fuller than normal—a rare specimen even among ten thousand.

So why was the planet still so full of life? Did it hold some secret?

Time passed. While Kaguya investigated Douluo Star's secret, the God Tree Fruit rapidly approached maturity.

Over those long years, the lonely Kaguya shed her cold distance as a being from beyond the stars. By chance, she met the Son of Heaven of the ancient Land of Ancestors.

Her heart was still innocent then, and with little time left, she gradually came to know and love him.

But troubled times showed no mercy. Peace vanished in an instant.

The king of the Land of That One set his sights on Kaguya. War broke out between his kingdom and the Land of Ancestors, sweeping across the land. The Land of Ancestors suffered defeat after defeat and stood on the brink of destruction.

Only then did everyone watching the Sky Curtain discover a truth that overturned everything they knew: one hundred thousand years ago, Douluo Star had no Soul Masters, no Martial Souls, and no Soul Power. Every native of the continent was an ordinary mortal!

The same question sprang into every mind: if ancient people had all been ordinary mortals, where had the Martial Soul system and Soul Power cultivation that now dominated the continent come from?

And Kaguya did not seem particularly strong in the images on the Sky Curtain, either.