Lin Ze felt the boundless power within him, and an understanding dawned in his heart.
World level!
Not a world lord who patrolled on heaven's behalf, but truly the world itself. He had unquestionably reached the level of the God of Ōtsutsuki and Deva Path!
Lin Ze opened his eyes. Within his green Rinnegan, six patterns-a clock, stars, a nebula, a dreamscape, a book, and a sharp sword-slowly revolved, radiating a mysterious light.
He lowered his head and looked at his hands.
What these hands now held was the fate of six worlds.
"Twenty years..."
Lin Ze murmured to himself.
It was not a long time, but for his current realm, it was not short, either.
It was enough.
Lin Ze moved, vanishing from the void within the sun's core. When he reappeared, he had already returned to his own Shinobi World.
Dragon Release Village.
The night was deep, and the village was silent, with only a few lights flickering in the darkness.
Lin Ze stood on a cliff in the mountains behind the village, gazing down at the quiet settlement in silence for a long time.
He had told no one about merging with the world's will.
Kurenai, Nonō, Kabuto, Tagitsuhime, Naruto, Sasuke... these people who loved him deeply, followed him, and trusted him should not have to start bearing that anxiety with twenty years still left.
That was his own affair.
If he won, everything would be settled; if he lost, there was only death.
Lin Ze withdrew his gaze and vanished once more.
The starry universe.
Endless darkness, dotted with starlight.
Lin Ze hovered in the void and waved a hand. Two figures appeared before him: Qingtian and Mountain Lord.
Suddenly pulled out of the Shinobi World, the two were still somewhat bewildered.
Qingtian's golden monkey