An inexplicable black hand had appeared at the center of Gu Huan's back, pinning him motionless with a heart-ripping strike.
Even with the support of an Ōtsutsuki consciousness, Gu Huan felt that something was terribly wrong.
"Wh-what technique is this? How can it restrain me??"
But Black Zetsu had long since stopped taking him seriously.
Even someone as powerful as Madara Uchiha could not break free, let alone him.
Black Zetsu cried out joyfully, "The master of chakra, the almighty god, is finally about to be resurrected!"
"Yanling, over there! Didn't see this coming, did you?"
"I, Black Zetsu, have turned traitor again!!"
Black Zetsu looked at Yanling gleefully, hoping to see anger in his eyes.
Yet his smile soon froze.
"You knew everything about me??"
Yanling merely looked at him calmly.
At the same time, the entire ground split open, and countless streams of chakra surged toward the God Tree.
Masses of tangible blue chakra traveled through the various vines, converging on Gu Huan's body.
Vast amounts of chakra were channeled into Gu Huan's body, and his entire body began to swell.
Gu Huan's consciousness was gradually taken over by a new consciousness.
After swelling to its limit, his entire body turned into an enormous black sphere.
Gu Huan's consciousness was gradually swallowed up. "I... I can't die..."
Meanwhile, on the distant Ōtsutsuki Home Planet.
An Ōtsutsuki clansman who looked very young was meditating.
But the aura emanating from his body made others tremble involuntarily.
Suddenly, he opened his Byakugan.
"What happened? That sliver of my soul I left behind a few hundred years ago has died?"
"But after so long, its power probably grew too weak and dissipated on its own."
A reminiscent look appeared in his eyes.
"I bestowed the power of chakra upon the creatures