Hagoromo, Hamura

Humans trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi were bound by the roots of the God Tree, which stripped away their flesh, blood, and Chakra over the years. They were transformed into White Zetsu, living weapons devoid of self-awareness and capable only of combat, meant to defend against the Otsutsuki pursuers who would arrive on Earth in the future.

Paper could not wrap up fire after all.

Years later, Hagoromo, traveling through the world, met the ancient Gamamaru. Through Gamamaru's guidance, he gradually caught a glimpse of the truth that the God Tree devoured living beings and humans were reduced to sacrifices, and the hearts of the two brothers were filled with doubt toward their mother's actions.

The two brothers, upon learning the truth, were filled with shock, doubt, and pain.

Hagoromo was the first to find Kaguya, questioning her face-to-face about the cruel truth of the God Tree and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and begging his mother to stop enslaving humanity and lift the illusion.

Kaguya did not explain the terror of the Otsutsuki Clan to her two children; there was only anger that her own flesh and blood could not understand her hidden suffering.

Therefore, she offered no explanation and forcibly suppressed the two of them.

After multiple attempts to dissuade her were rejected by Kaguya, Hamura also stood on his elder brother's side.

The two brothers reached a consensus: humans were born free and should not be reduced to tools and sacrifices. If their mother remained obsessed and stubbornly harmed all living beings, they would have no choice but to stop her with their own hands.

During this time, in order to gain the strength to contend with their birth mother, the two brothers practiced single-mindedly under Gamamaru's guidance and successfully mastered natural energy.

After mastering this new power, Hagoromo and Hamura came before Kaguya once again.

They asked Kaguya to abandon her plan, or else they would seal her away.

The conflict between mother and sons had completely reached an irremediable impasse.

In Kaguya's eyes, she had bestowed life and Chakra upon her two sons and protected the entire world. The number of people who sacrificed for the God Tree to transform into White Zetsu was far less than the number of people who died from humans waging wars among themselves.

In return, however, her own sons stood on the opposite side of mortals to rebel against her, and a massive wave of disappointment and anger swept through her mind and soul.

She completely judged that her two sons had betrayed her, and resolutely decided to strike, taking back all of the Chakra that had been channeled out to the two of them and originally belonged to her alone.

The battle between mother and sons was on the verge of breaking out!

The atmosphere of the entire heaven and earth tightened abruptly, and all living beings held their breath and kept their minds suspended, tense to the absolute extreme.

Yet just at the moment when the great battle was about to begin—

Hum—

The images on the Sky Curtain suddenly froze, all light and shadow rapidly dissipated, and the playback stopped abruptly!

Across the entire Douluo Star, a chorus of wails and frantic reactions instantly rang out!

"It stopped? It actually stopped at the most critical moment?!"

"The previous broadcast of Tiga's story was told completely in one go, from start to finish without a single break! Why did it happen to cut off right at this moment before the battle starts this time?"

"Heavenly Dao Sky Curtain, are you doing this on purpose! There's no need to leave people hanging like this!"

Countless living beings were both angry and anxious, and they began wild speculation and debate.

Some argued from a moral standpoint. The living beings who supported Kaguya believed that Kaguya was right; she protected the peace of the world and saved goodness knows how many people, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi only sacrificed a few sinful individuals to increase the power to protect the world.

The living beings who supported Hagoromo and Hamura, on the other hand, believed that Kaguya was overly domineering. The disaster was brought by her in the first place, and now she was hypocritically playing the savior, when in reality she was merely easing her own sense of guilt.

Others argued about combat strength.

The living beings who supported Kaguya had extremely sufficient reasoning:

Kaguya possessed an undying and indestructible body! The Chakra of Hagoromo and Hamura was all channeled out from her! How could power of the same origin contend against the source? In the end, Kaguya would definitely win!

Meanwhile, the living beings who supported the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura likewise had even more sufficient reasoning:

On the present Douluo Star, there was simply no trace of Otsutsuki Kaguya! Through the flow of one hundred thousand years of time, she had long since vanished from the world! Coupled with the Sky Curtain's review, this was enough to prove that the brothers ultimately won this battle, completely sealing Kaguya away, and only then did her trace vanish from the world forever!

The entire continent was abuzz with discussion. The two major factions each held their own views and argued endlessly, and no one could convince the other.

Meanwhile, the major forces also began rummaging through their respective books, searching for legends concerning Otsutsuki Kaguya, Hamura, Hagoromo, and the Ten-Tails.

Spirit Hall, Scripture Pavilion, Ancient Text Hall Number One!

Qian Daoliu led a group of scholars from Spirit Hall to pore over ancient texts.

"Found it, I found it!"

A scholar flipped through a book in excitement.

Qian Daoliu strode over.

The scholar immediately introduced, "First Elder, the title of this book is Naruto Shippuden. I casually skimmed through it once a long time ago, thinking it was a novel from a very long time ago at the time."

Saying this, the scholar shook his head.

"But looking at it now, this is very likely true history."

"What does the book recount?"

"The book recounts how a person named Uchiha Madara and a person named Hashirama Senju went from being enemies to friends, ending the turbulent times of the ninja world, but afterwards the two had a conflict and went from friends back to enemies."

"There is a section in the book where Uchiha Madara looks at a stone tablet and sees the Rabbit Goddess recorded on it. The book also records the three major Dojutsu, the Byakugan, the Rinnegan, and the Sharingan. Currently, both the Byakugan and the Rinnegan have appeared in the Sky Curtain, leaving only the Sharingan."

"In the end, powerful enemies from beyond the heavens arrived, and the two began joining hands to resist the powerful enemies."

"What about after that?"

Seeing that the scholar stopped talking, Qian Daoliu pressed on.

The scholar looked at the final page and shook his head.

"There's no more. This book seems to be only the first part of the story."

Qian Daoliu cast his gaze around the several-thousand-square-foot Ancient Text Hall Number One.

"Everyone, immediately search for books titled Naruto Shippuden. Pass the notice down to Ancient Text Hall Numbers Two, Three, Four, and Five as well."

"Yes!"

The other factions on the two continents also successively dug out books containing records that might be related to Otsutsuki Kaguya.

The Sun-Moon Empire dug out Mist Ninja, and the Chakra cannons within it made the Soul Engineers drool with envy.

The Star Luo imperial family dug out a copy of Make-Out Paradise, the Heaven Dou Empire dug out a copy of Boruto Is Fired Up, and Sea God Island dug out a copy of Rakiage Ninja...

The next day, when the Sky Curtain broadcasted once again, countless living beings across the entire Douluo Star raised their heads to gaze up at the firmament.

The Sky Curtain, which had been dormant for a night, lit up once again, picking up where the life-and-death battle between mother and sons had abruptly cut off yesterday.

Within the Sky Curtain, the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura wore plain white robes, each holding a Sage's Staff in their hands as they officially began their battle against their mother.

Faced with her own biological sons pointing their weapons at her, there was not a shred of warmth left in the depths of Kaguya's eyes, only cold indifference.

With a thought in her mind, the towering God Tree rooted in the earth behind her suddenly trembled, twisted, and converged. Endless branches and surging, boundless Chakra churned frantically, instantly transforming into a gigantic, terrifying monster whose size blotted out the sky.

The Ten-Tails made its advent!

The giant mouth of the Ten-Tails opened wide, condensing pitch-black, perfectly round Tailed Beast Balls that carried the power to destroy all things.

Boom boom boom—!

Tailed Beast Balls rained down one after another, waves of destruction sweeping across all directions. Wherever they passed, mountains and rivers melted away and the ground collapsed, leaving nothing behind.