Tsubasa's decision was unanimously approved by all the high-ranking officials of Yan Nation.
Soon, guided by Tenpei and Minato Namikaze, and led by the two Immortal King Tenchu and Tian Mai, an elite ninja army composed of fifty Immortal King and five thousand Peak Golden Core Immortal Venerable Venerables set off for the White Sun Star Domain via an ultra-long-distance teleportation array.
The arrival of this force is tantamount to a devastating blow to the native powers of the White Sun Star Domain.
The forces that Tenpei and others would normally have to contend with with utmost caution and even at great cost were utterly insignificant before the army of the Immortal King of the Shinobi World. Tenchu's Divine Tree Domain could control a battlefield with a single move; Tian Mai's Sky -Sky Splitter Immortal Sword Domain could tear apart enemy formations with its sword energy. Not to mention the dozens of Immortal King with different domains and thousands of Peak Golden Core Immortal Venerable Venerables at their peak.
In just a few years, the main resistance forces in the White Sun Star Domain were wiped out, and all important resource stars and strategic locations were taken over by the Shinobi World. Tsubasa personally took action and set up a powerful Saint Level barrier in the core of the White Sun Star Domain.
Controlling two star regions means that massive amounts of resources are beginning to flow towards the Shinobi World's homeland. Various rare minerals, spiritual herbs, and energy crystals are being continuously transported back, and the Shinobi World's foundation is becoming more robust at a visible speed.
With these resources, Tsubasa embarked on another great feat—forging Runic Saint Weapon.
With the attainment of Saint, he forged his understanding of the laws, as well as his comprehension of the Golden Lotus Holy Light and the divine power of the Will of Fire, into special runes, which he then inscribed onto his weapons and armor. These Runic Saint Weapon, imbued with the Saint essence of a sage, possess earth-shattering power. A celestial sword imbued with the holy Will of Fire, in the hands of Immortal King, could even briefly unleash power approaching that of a Saint's strike; a suit of armor imbued with the Daoist essence of the Golden Lotus Holy Light possessed extremely strong self-repair and defensive capabilities.
Meanwhile, research into rune technology weapons in the Shinobi World has not lagged behind. Shinichi of energy weapons, developed by combining scientific theories and Spiritual Qi, utilizes nuclear fusion and even more advanced energy sources. Their destructive power is already capable of threatening even peak Domain Lord Level ( Immortal King ) level experts. Although they are still ineffective against Saint, they are more than enough to deal with the Ōtsutsuki's regular army.
The Shinobi World today boasts a strong and well-equipped army. At the top are the Saint Tsubasa, in the middle ranks are hundreds of Immortal King and hundreds of thousands of Peak Golden Immortal, and at the grassroots level are hundreds of millions of ninja soldiers equipped with rune-technology weapons. It can be said that unless the Ōtsutsuki Clan mobilizes its entire force, including several Saint, the Shinobi World's army has sufficient confidence to contend with the Ōtsutsuki Clan's army on the main battlefield!
The entire Shinobi World was filled with an atmosphere of positive preparation and high spirits. Everyone knew that the day to counterattack the Ōtsutsuki and save Tian Yu was drawing ever closer.
While the Shinobi World was preparing for war and its strength was rising steadily, a completely different scene was unfolding on the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld, which was so far away that it was unimaginable.
Crimson Sky City, once a prosperous region on this planet, has now become a forbidden zone shrouded in death and gloom. It is the last stronghold of the Zombie Monarch, Orochimaru.
Back then, Orochimaru used secret techniques and immortality to unleash a zombie frenzy on the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld, causing the Ōtsutsuki Clan immense trouble. However, in recent years, when the three Saint of the Ōtsutsuki Clan — Ōtsutsuki Sōichi, Ōtsutsuki Enmu (who controls the flames of destruction), Ōtsutsuki Konkei (who is proficient in the laws of the soul)—truly took it seriously and Teuchi, the end of the Zombie Corps came.
The power of Saint far exceeds imagination.
Ōtsutsuki Enmu's Heaven- Heaven-Burning Holy Fire can purify vast star fields with each strike, turning millions of zombies to ashes; Ōtsutsuki Konkei's Soul Murmur can directly affect the zombies' original consciousness, causing them to self-collapse and disintegrate; and the strongest, Ōtsutsuki Sōichi, possesses even more extraordinary abilities, his divine power being the Nine Nether White Flames, which can burn all life force, directly incinerating the zombies in an entire area and then banishing them to the unknown void turbulence.
Although Orochimaru, at the Peak Zombie King realm, was virtually immortal and could regenerate even with just a drop of blood left, his resistance proved futile under the repeated cleansing and sealing by the three Saint. The area of Zombie Forbidden Zone was continuously compressed, from occupying several large cities to being driven to the vicinity of Crimson Sky City, and finally, it was compressed to a small area of only Crimson Sky City and its surrounding hundreds of miles.
Every month, the three Saint take turns "cleaning up" the forbidden area of Crimson Sky City. Their Saint Power transforms into Nine Nether White Flames, Destructive Flames, or Soul Storms, mercilessly sweeping away the zombies within the forbidden area. Orochimaru's millions of zombie clones have been purified, sealed, and banished one by one under this year-by-year cleansing, and their numbers have been drastically reduced.
Deep beneath the Crimson Sky City, on an altar condensed from countless runes and corpse energy, Orochimaru's true form (a figure shrouded in dense black mist, its face indistinct) suddenly coughed up a mouthful of pitch-black blood. He sensed the annihilation of yet another batch of clones, his golden snake eyes filled with exhaustion and madness.
"Damn it... the power of Saint is indeed difficult to contend with..." His voice was hoarse and grating, "At this rate, sooner or later they will find all their true forms and seal them away completely..."
He cannot die! He has not yet uncovered the most crucial secrets of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, nor has he achieved his ultimate goal of devouring all the Ōtsutsuki Clan!
In despair, Orochimaru thought of the distant Shinobi World, and of the Shinobi World's supreme ruler who might have already grown up— Tsubasa!
He concentrated all his remaining strength, activated the signal transmitter, and sent an extremely subtle distress message that traversed the endless starry sky towards that faint causal connection that might exist between him and the Shinobi World.
" Lord Tsubasa... if you can hear me... Ōtsutsuki Homeworld... Crimson Sky City... star system coordinates... save me..."
This message, carrying Orochimaru's last hope, pierced through layers of spatial barriers and headed towards an unknown distance.
However, the two star systems were too far apart. This faint message failed to reach the Shinobi World. Instead, it was intercepted by the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld Ōtsutsuki Clan's space monitoring network in a star system not far from their home planet!
"Hmph! A desperate struggle!" Ōtsutsuki Sōichi cold glint in his eyes. "He actually wants to ask for help from the outside?"
"It seems we were too lenient with this rat." Ōtsutsuki Enmu's body was enveloped in flames.
"I wanted to investigate this evil power and eliminate it completely to avoid any unforeseen complications." Ōtsutsuki Konkei's voice was as cold as the winds of the deepest hell.
As a result, the cleanup efforts targeting the Zombie Forbidden Zone of Crimson Sky City intensified dramatically. The three Saint would even occasionally join forces, employing even stronger sealing techniques to cut and peel away the forbidden zone. Orochimaru's zombie clones decreased at an even faster rate, his space for maneuver was compressed to its limit, and his main body became increasingly difficult to hide, putting him in a precarious situation.