As Uchiha Itachi shouted, a hundred-meter-tall golden figure appeared in the air. Holding a brush in one hand and a book in the other, it gazed at the ground with neither sorrow nor joy in its eyes.
"Nothing exists outside the mind!"
The golden figure wrote four large characters in the air, then pointed at the God Tree, sending the four characters into it.
In an instant, all the Tailed Beast Bombs dissipated. Obito's expression changed. He realized he could no longer sense the God Tree, yet it was plainly still there on the ground.
Before he could figure it out, the golden figure once again raised the brush in its right hand and wrote two characters in the air: equilibrium and harmony!
Then the golden figure waved its sleeve, and the large golden characters turned into countless densely packed points of golden light that sank into the Allied Shinobi Forces.
At that moment, everyone could clearly perceive their own thoughts and movements. They watched themselves fight from a third-person perspective, as though they knew their enemies' movements in advance, and could respond perfectly every time.
Standing beside Madara Uchiha, Jura asked in confusion, "What... what is this? Why has every one of them changed? It's as if they've become gods!"
"Before joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure arise, there is equilibrium. When they arise and all remain properly measured, there is harmony. Attain equilibrium and harmony, and heaven and earth take their proper places, and all things flourish!
"This is the state of equilibrium and harmony. In this state, people are unaffected by self-awareness and can perceive the slightest changes.
"Animals always sense approaching danger before humans do. Without the influence of self-awareness, this ability reappears in humans as well.
"There is another point. Animals and plants carry inherited talents