Kazan began devoting himself to mastering the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
To elevate his body, he needed neither the blood of the Ōtsutsuki Clan nor the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra. He would transform himself.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan had done something similar for thousands of years.
They traveled between the stars, searching for inhabited planets where they could plant God Trees. The trees absorbed a planet's energy and produced Chakra fruit, which the clan consumed to evolve.
Over those thousands of years, there was no telling how many planets the Ōtsutsuki Clan had drained of life.
Kazan had never watched Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, but he had seen videos and read material about it.
He knew the Ōtsutsuki Clan's ultimate goal was to become gods. After thousands of years of consumption, someone among them had already achieved that final evolution.
Amado Sanzu called that being "the Final Deity evolved from an Ōtsutsuki."
Kazan intended to evolve through his own power.
He kept to himself and spent most of his time practicing the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
Tsunade came to the Forest of Death from time to time to help him train.
When Kazan ran into something he did not understand, he left the forest to ask Tsunade for answers.
She was astonished by how quickly he progressed.
The original story never made clear how long Sakura had taken to master the Strength of a Hundred Technique, though it did offer some clues.
It took Sakura three years to accumulate enough Chakra to activate it.
Kazan would not need three years. His Chakra reserves were enormous. Even Tsunade would have to store Chakra for years to match what he had on an ordinary day.
More absurdly, he was now in tune with the Nine-Tails and could draw on its