The Silver Dragon had profound origins and an inherited legacy. Once it transformed into a dragon, it naturally became an immortal.
The ancient tree's realm was even loftier, perhaps higher than that of an immortal.
Fortunately, however, it was injured and had spent countless years slumbering in the depths of space.
Yuya suspected that it might not even have originated in this world.
It had come here, enslaved the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and expanded their lineage to help it plunder the life of planets and heal its injuries.
The true purpose of all those Chakra Fruits was, in fact, merely to serve as its medicine.
It used the boundless vitality of countless living planets throughout the cosmos as medicine to heal its wounds and replenish its life force.
At the same time,
it drove the other life-forms in the universe into wars and plunder over Chakra Fruits.
Who would not want power that required no cultivation and could practically let them ascend in a single leap?
As time passed, wars erupted without end. When everyone relied on swallowing Chakra Fruits, who would still cultivate the Great Dao?
While healing its injuries, it also sealed off every other cultivation system, plunging the entire world into war.
It had all but closed off the Naruto world's path forward.
Even those who acquired Six Paths level power were nothing more than food to it.
With that, almost nothing could threaten it, and it could heal its injuries in peace.
This was also why the Naruto world's natural energy was so powerful,
yet still no match for the Ōtsutsuki Clan, who wielded chakra.
Chakra had all but sealed off the Naruto world's cultivation potential. Otherwise, this world could have achieved far more.
Even crippled and asleep, that ancient tree could seal off an entire civilization's