The system once again resorted to its cold, impersonal rhetoric.
Uchiha Xin gritted his teeth.
Unwilling to give up, he tried asking the same questions several times, attempting to extract more information.
No matter how many times he pressed for answers, the system fell completely silent, not even emitting a single "ding".
It's better to rely on yourself than on others.
Uchiha Xin pursed his lips and gave up trying to fight the system.
He turned his gaze back to the body of Reaper before him, his mind racing.
Combining all the clues he had gathered, a chilling truth began to take shape in his mind.
The Sage of Six Paths died, but he didn't truly die.
This indicates that the physical body of the Sage of Six Paths had already completely perished a thousand years ago.
But he did not go to the Pure Land like ordinary people.
Rather, it achieved immortality in a certain sense through a pure soul form!
He has lost his physical body and can no longer directly interfere with the real world.
Therefore, he searched the world for those special life forms nurtured by the origin of heaven and earth.
He erased the consciousness of these special life forms and transformed them into his own personal puppets!
Reaper is just one of them.
He relied on these terrifying puppets scattered throughout the Shinobi World.
Hiding behind the scenes, like a ghost, they secretly manipulate the course of history in the entire Shinobi World.
"What's this old guy after?"
Uchiha Xin frowned and muttered to himself.
"His soul has already achieved immortality, yet he's still secretly orchestrating such a grand scheme."
"Is he just bored, or does he really want to become the guardian deity of the Shinobi World?"
Absolutely impossible.
Uchiha Xin immediately dismissed this ridiculous idea.
A ruthless person who could even seal away his own mother, a mastermind who treated the entire Shinobi World as a chessboard.
How could he possibly be a selfless saint?
He was convinced that the Sage of Six Paths was secretly plotting something earth-shattering.
Since the physical body has perished, the soul lives on forever.
What he lacks is an invincible physical body that can carry his soul, allow him to return to the world, and even surpass his former self!
His ultimate goal is true immortality!
Immortality of both soul and body!
Following this chain of logic, a sudden flash of inspiration struck Uchiha Xin.
In the Shinobi World, who possesses true immortality?
Hashirama Senju?
No, even his Sage Body ages and dies.
Madara Uchiha?
No, even if he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he will still die if the Tailed Beast is extracted.
Throughout the entire Shinobi World, from ancient times to the present.
There is only one person who possesses perfect immortality.
Otsutsuki Kaguya!
This Progenitor of Chakra possesses the most complete set of fundamental laws governing the world.
She was fearless of all physical damage and all Ninjutsu attacks.
Even if the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki joined forces, they could not kill him.
They had no choice but to settle for second best and forcibly seal her inside the moon using the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei technique.
Kaguya's physical body was the most perfect vessel in the Shinobi World.
Uchiha Xin's breathing became somewhat rapid.
He had always coveted the fundamental laws within Kaguya.
He built the Moon Palace and collected the Tailed Beast Chakra so that he could unseal Kaguya in the future.
They could seize this fundamental law and thus achieve a perfect, immortal body.
But now.
Uchiha Xin finally uncovered the cruel truth hidden behind the millennium-old mystery.
The Sage of Six Paths ' goal was exactly the same as his own!
This is the Sage of Six Paths, revered by all the people of the Shinobi World and seemingly Guardian Ninja world for a thousand years.
He also had his eye on the immortal body of his biological mother, Kaguya!
He orchestrated this grand scheme spanning a thousand years, guiding the endless cycle of reincarnation of Indra and Asura.
They allowed Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu to stir up trouble in the shadows.
All of this.
All of this was in an attempt to seize that supreme primordial power the moment Kaguya broke free from her seal.
He wants to possess his mother's body and achieve true immortality, harboring an extremely terrifying ambition.
"System, absorb this Reaper's body for me."
Uchiha Xin stood on the ruins of the Mask Storage Temple, his right hand pressed against the Reaper's pale body, issuing commands in his mind.
Buzz!
An immense suction force, indescribable in words, erupted from his palm.
Reaper's enormous body twisted instantly.
It transformed into streams of extremely pure primordial energy, which surged wildly into Uchiha Xin's body through his arm.
This energy was as vast as the sea, washing over his limbs and bones.
"Ding! Successfully absorbed the original life form ( Reaper Puppet)!"
"Congratulations, host! Your Eight Gates Released Formation proficiency has increased by 15 million points!"
The system's mechanical voice rang crisply in my mind.
Upon hearing this number, Uchiha Xin froze on the spot.
His eyes widened suddenly, and his heart began to pound uncontrollably.
Fifteen million points!
You should know that he had worked hard day and night for a long time, and only managed to accumulate two million points of proficiency.
Just by absorbing the body of a Reaper, my points have skyrocketed by 15 million!
This is practically instant success!
Looking at the empty ruins, Uchiha Xin couldn't help but laugh, a surge of wild joy welling up inside him.
He previously thought that needing one billion points of proficiency to upgrade the Eight Gates Released Formation to level 9 was an astronomical figure that was impossible to achieve.
Now it seems there is clearly a shortcut to take.
"The system mentioned that there are four more identical primordial lifeform puppets in the Shinobi World."
Uchiha Xin stroked his chin, his eyes turning greedy.
He now sees the puppets left behind by the Sage of Six Paths as nothing more than moving super experience packs.
This is absolutely an excellent resource for enhancing strength.
"Old man, I'll take all those treasures you've hidden away sooner or later."
Uchiha Xin secretly set a goal.
He snapped out of his thoughts and his gaze fell on the ball of Chakra in his palm.
That was the Nine-Tails ' half-body Chakra that he had forcibly extracted from Minato Namikaze's soul, which he had just found inside the Reaper's belly.
As for Minato Namikaze's soul, after the Nine-Tails Chakra was drained...
Uchiha Xin then let it dissipate on its own.
He was actually quite interested in the ultimate destination of the soul.
Uchiha Xin stood still, his eyes instantly transforming into the azure blue Tensei Rinnegan.
His immense eye power was released without reservation, his gaze fixed on the direction in which Minato Namikaze's soul ascended into the sky.
He attempted to use these supreme eyes to pinpoint the exact location of the Pure Land of Souls.
Once he finds the Pure Land, he will be able to grasp the true mystery of the cycle of birth and death.
However.
As Minato Namikaze's soul ascended into the sky, it was as if it had touched some indescribable barrier of rules.
Swish!
The soul vanished into thin air.
There were no spatial fluctuations, no Chakra residue, and it completely vanished without a trace.
Uchiha Xin's Tensei Rinnegan couldn't detect the slightest clue.
"They really hid it well."
Uchiha Xin shook his head, having no choice but to give up.
The secrets of the Pure Land are clearly not something that can be easily unraveled now, and he is not in a hurry.