Qingyun spent a full ten years in seclusion, considerably longer than any of his previous retreats.
During those ten years, Minato Namikaze and the others had all consumed God Tree Fruit. Their strength had soared, and their lifespans had become virtually endless.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, in particular, had nearly reached the late Six Paths stage after consuming God Tree Fruit. By then, the two of them and Mito Uzumaki had long since set off to explore Interstellar Space.
Of course, they did not cross Interstellar Space with their physical bodies alone. They relied on small spacecraft developed by Orochimaru and the other Scientists to travel between planets for extended periods.
Besides Madara Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, and Hashirama Senju, Kakashi, Might Guy, Shisui Uchiha, and the Nine Divine Envoys of Dusk also frequently took small spacecraft out to explore Interstellar Space. Every so often, however, they returned to the Ōtsutsuki Planet to check on Qingyun.
Eight years earlier, after consuming God Tree Fruit and gaining tremendous strength, Minato Namikaze had also brought his understanding of space almost to its personal peak. Using the traces left behind by the Spatial Passage blasted open by the Ōtsutsuki First Elder, he had opened a stable passage to the Shinobi World through his own power.
Yahiko and the others had therefore followed Minato Namikaze back to the Shinobi World. Apart from the slaves, only the four women—Tsunade, Kushina, Miroku, and Konan—remained on the entire Ōtsutsuki Planet.
Even Shion, after growing bored of staying on the planet, had boarded a spacecraft and set off to explore Interstellar Space, using an Interstellar Chart she had found among the Ōtsutsuki Clan's possessions.
Shion was now in a world filled with Pokémon, having the time of her life. According to the reports she sent back, she had