On one Horn of the Planet bathed in blue light, uneven, crater-pocked ground stretched as far as the eye could see.
Sasuke bent down and scooped up a handful of soil. Watching the faintly blue, fluorescent grains trickle through his fingers, he sighed. "I'm probably the first human to truly set foot on the real moon."
Against the colorful Starry Sky, the blue Planet hung silently, its beauty beyond anything words could describe.
This was not his first time standing beyond the heavens, gazing back at the outline of his homeland.
The last time had been sixty years ago. Standing on a far more distant world, he had looked at the "dead planet" that held half a lifetime of his memories and resolved to start over.
"I never want memories like those again."
He looked to his left... a barren, desolate, moonlike celestial body filled his entire field of vision.
That was the Sealing Stone Hagoromo and Hamura had created together... and the false moon.
It was only as far from the real moon—the Planet beneath Sasuke's feet—as the straight-line distance between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, making it an awe-inspiring colossus to behold.
It was also Sasuke's destination: the place where Otsutsuki Toneri lived.
Sasuke intended to cross the Starry Sky between them, reach the other side, beat Toneri down, and absorb his Reincarnation power, evolving the Byakugan he had gained from the White Cursed Seal into the tenseigan!
Whoosh! Sasuke soared into the air, white cursed wings unfurling behind him. He became a streak of white light and raced toward that colossal body!
"I can still sense traces of oxygen... is it from the barrier Ryūshiki set up back then?"
Bzz! The ripples of the Rinnegan in his eyes faded. The pale purple of