"But what if I seal you inside this moon?"
"You'll have nothing but endless loneliness and desolation, growing old alone until your life finally ends!"
"This is the only way I could think of to truly deal with you!"
Madara stopped there, panting, then drew a deep breath.
Unleashing a technique of that scale had taken an immense toll. It had nearly drained him of all his strength.
"It's over, Xia Le!"
"It's all over!"
Madara spoke softly.
"Next comes the Eye of the Moon Plan!"
"With Infinite Tsukuyomi, everyone will fall asleep and live the lives they desire most!"
"That is true, everlasting peace!"
He suddenly brought his hands together with a sharp clap.
"Everyone in the world is under my control. The first step is complete."
"Now, all that remains is..."
Murmuring to himself, Madara looked up at the enormous moon hanging overhead.
He would use it to project his ocular technique across the entire world.
Madara floated upward and soon reached the space beneath the moon.
His hands formed signs so quickly they blurred.
As he did, countless tiny runes surfaced across the moon that held Xia Le sealed within it.
At last—
Hum!
A ripple spread outward. Rings of patterns appeared across the moon, followed by nine tomoe.
The Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.
The first tremor rippled outward, and a second followed close behind, spreading across the world.
"It's begun!"
"Everlasting peace!"
Madara spoke softly.
Zetsu and Obito looked up at the enormous Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan set against the moon, stunned.
"I never thought his plan would actually succeed!"
"If not for Xia Le, it would have been finished long ago!"
Zetsu chuckled softly.
The God Tree's arrival, the birth of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, the display of Six Paths power—none of it had been within his predictions.
Madara's strength