Shinjutsu: Divine Concealment duration countdown: six months.
Xuandou sat cross-legged on the ground, planning his next moves.
The sudden turn of events had taught Xuandou, who had always enjoyed smooth sailing, just what it meant for everything to change overnight.
He had only just unified the Shinobi World and hidden it using Shinjutsu: Divine Concealment's ability to reduce its presence, seeking a period of time to develop.
Everything should have continued smoothly.
According to his original plan, things would only change once Xuandou had grown to a certain level.
Now, having just consumed the Divine Marrow and set foot on the path to godhood, he urgently needed abundant energy to forge his demigod body. He had been about to head to the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds, keep the enemy away from home, and wreak havoc.
Then the enemy's biggest boss, Shibai Ōtsutsuki, had hurled a sun at him, leaving even Xuandou stunned.
Wait, wasn't I supposed to strike first?
Why did the enemy attack first?
Likewise, Shibai Ōtsutsuki was far harder to deal with than he had imagined, even setting aside how Shibai Ōtsutsuki had bypassed Shinjutsu: Divine Concealment and found the Shinobi World.
The very progenitor of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, a Divine Corpse, an invincible existence in the universe.
Yet he had not even bothered to probe.
He had not been tempted in the slightest by the chakra of a planet teeming with life.
His opening move had been an absolute killing blow. If not for the game-breaking effects of the Mangekyō Dōjutsu...
By the time Xuandou emerged from seclusion, the entire Shinobi World would probably have been reduced to just Xuandou, Eida, Daemon, Kaguya, Hamura, Hagoromo, and a handful of others.
The rest, including Tsunade, Hashirama, Madara, and Xuandou's other children, probably could not have survived such a devastating