Immortal Venerable Tian Mai withdrew the pale golden Immortal Power that had chased after her. The chilling black light that had escaped still lingered on her fingertips. She looked down at the pool of still-wet purple blood at her feet—it was Ōtsutsuki Shō's blood. Now, only a few wisps of black mist remained, drifting out of the barrier like kites with broken strings.
"Mother!" Tenpi, leaning on a broken ninja tool, staggered over. " The Ōtsutsuki corpses on the sea have all been cleared away, but... but the disciples at the base couldn't hold on any longer; they were too exhausted."
Immortal Venerable Tian Mai looked up at the four islands forming the array bases. The once continuous pale green light of her Senjutsu was now intermittent, like candlelight flickering in the wind. Just as she was about to step forward, a sharp Space Break sound came from behind her. Turning around, she saw Immortal Venerable Tenchu's azure Immortal Power shooting straight towards the Western Continent like an arrow, leaving only a blur and a hurried voice transmission. "A true spirit of the Ōtsutsuki Clan is escaping towards the Western Continent! I'm going after it!"
Immortal Venerable Tian Mai Tianwu frowned, about to mobilize her Immortal Power to follow, when Immortal Venerable Tsubasa's golden wings emerged from the clouds and landed steadily beside her. "Don't panic, Tenchu's ' Rinnegan ' won't be wrong. It's safer for her to chase after them than for us." Immortal Venerable Tian Flying Swallow wiped the blood from the corner of Celestial Venerable Tian Mai's mouth. She had also taken several heavy blows when suppressing that Ōtsutsuki earlier. "As for you, you were injured in the battle with the Ōtsutsuki Clan, weren't you! You even chased them to the edge of the barrier. Aren't you afraid of being ambushed by the Ōtsutsuki Clan?"
"An ambush? They were defeated even at their peak," Immortal Venerable Tian Mai scoffed, wiping the blood from her cheek. "If he had that kind of skill, I wouldn't have reduced him to a mere spirit." Even so, she couldn't help but glance in the direction the Tenchu had disappeared. "I wonder what about the Western Continent..."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a cheer erupted from the eastern sea. The disciples of the Ten Family, brandishing their ninja tools, cheered and jumped for joy around the last fallen Ōtsutsuki corpse. The corpse was still emitting purple smoke, a large hole pierced through its chest by Senjutsu tool, energy leaking out like a deflated balloon. But before the cheers could last long, someone shouted, "Something's wrong! Where's the corpse's true spirit? Why isn't it dissipating?"
Immortal Venerable Tian Mai and Immortal Venerable Tian Flying Swallow exchanged a glance and simultaneously rushed over. Immortal Venerable Tian Mai crouched down, pressed her fingertips against the forehead of the Ōtsutsuki corpse, and probed in with pale golden Immortal Power. After a moment, her expression darkened. "The true spirit escaped, not to the outside of the barrier, but... to the interior of the Shinobi Planet?"
"Inside the Shinobi Planet?" Tian Flying Swallow frowned. "That's impossible. The barrier clearly sealed off the entire ocean's spatial passage, unless..." She suddenly stopped, abruptly looking up at the sky, "It's the will of the Shinobi Planet! The true spirits of those Ōtsutsuki Clan must have been pulled into the depths of the Shinobi Planet Shinobi Planet its will, and devoured by it!"
Just then, far above the Western Continent, the azure immortal Immortal Power of the Immortal Venerable Tenchu had caught up with the three elusive black true spirits. Hovering in mid-air, two beams of azure light shot from her eyes, locking onto the three Ōtsutsuki true spirits—the leader being a female Ōtsutsuki, her true spirit enveloped in a faint silver halo; the other two were male Ōtsutsuki clad in black armor, their true spirits reeking of blood.
" Agin! What are you dawdling for? If we don't hurry up, once those Immortal Venerable from those wild planets catch up, we won't even have our true spirits left!" Ōtsutsuki Atsu, clad in black armor, shouted impatiently. His true spirit twisted in the air, occasionally glancing back eastward. "If you hadn't stopped me during the attack on the Western Continent, I would have killed all those wild planet people from the Western Continent long ago. These wild planet humans all deserve to die!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill! All you know is killing!" Ōtsutsuki Agin's spirit paused, a hint of anger flashing within its silver aura. "Have you forgotten the mission objective? The purpose of this mission is to seize the will of Wild Star, not for you to slaughter civilians for your amusement! Besides, there are quite a few children among these humans. What have they done to you?"
Hidden behind the clouds, Immortal Venerable Tenchu Tianzhu paused slightly upon hearing these words, the azure light in his Rinnegan. He had originally thought that all Ōtsutsuki were bloodthirsty, but this female Ōtsutsuki Agin had little bloodlust in her true spirit; instead, she carried a faint trace of life—a mark of someone who had protected humanity.
"Children? The children of the Wild Aliens all deserve to die! Agin, you can't be so soft-hearted anymore!" Ōtsutsuki Ayu's true spirit surged towards the village below, black Chakra condensing into a scythe. "Today I will slaughter all these bastards to avenge Lord Retsu, Lord So, and Lord Sho!"
"How dare you!" Ōtsutsuki Agin's true spirit instantly appeared above the village, silver Chakra forming a shield. " Ayu, if you keep causing trouble, none of us will be able to return to Ōtsutsuki Planet! The most important thing now is to report the situation on our home Shinobi Planet planet, not to act recklessly here!"
"Acting violently?" Ōtsutsuki Ayu's scythe struck the shield with a piercing sound. " Agin, don't think I'll hurt you just because you're a woman! All these years you've protected these wild aliens, you've long forgotten you're Ōtsutsuki!"
"Enough!" The voice of Immortal Venerable Tenchu suddenly came from the clouds, and azure Immortal Power cascaded down like a waterfall, instantly surrounding the three true spirits. " Ōtsutsuki Clan, you invaded Shinobi Planet, and you even want to escape back to the Western Continent in your true spirit form? Did you ask me?"
Ōtsutsuki Atsu and Ōtsutsuki Ayu's expressions changed; they could feel the terrifying power of this Immortal Power —several times stronger than the enemy who had trapped them earlier. Atsu rushed towards the Tenchu: " Agin, you go first, we'll hold him off!"
"You can't leave now." Two beams of azure light shot from the Immortal Venerable Tenchu's Rinnegan, instantly piercing through the true spirits of Atsu and Ayu. "Your true spirits are stained with human blood. You'll stay here today." As soon as he finished speaking, azure Immortal Power transformed into two chains, tightly binding Atsu and Ayu's true spirits, then sealing them and dragging them towards the Tenchu.
Looking at her entangled companions and then at the village below, Agin's spiritual energy trembled slightly. She knew she was no match for Immortal Venerable Tenchu Tianzhu, but she gritted her teeth and stood before him. "My Immortal Venerable Tenchu, while Ōtsutsuki Agin Atsu Ayu were wrong, they were only trying to complete their mission... Could you spare their lives? I'm willing to go back with you and accept any punishment."
Tenchu looked at her, the blue light in his eyes softening slightly. "Seeing your kindness in protecting those humans, I can spare your life, but those two... killed too many civilians from the Western Continent, they must be sealed away." He paused, then added, "Besides, do you think you can escape back to Ōtsutsuki Planet?"
Ōtsutsuki Agin fell silent, gazing at the children peering out from the village below, her silver spirit flickering faintly. After a long while, she lowered her head. "I'll go with you, I only beg you, Immortal Venerable, not to harm them."
Immortal Venerable Tenchu nodded, his azure Immortal Power transforming into a cage that enveloped Agin's true spirit. Then, he took the three true spirits and flew towards the Eastern Continent. Before leaving, he glanced back at the village, where he saw a child at the village entrance waving in his direction, holding a pale yellow flower in his hand.