Chapter 496
The Remains of Otsutsuki Shibai
Chapter 496 The Remains of Otsutsuki Shibai
hum!
As Ōtsutsuki's palm pressed against the rock wall, the intricate and complex "circuit board" patterns gradually glowed with a pale purple light from bottom to top.
The light spread rapidly along the lines, illuminating the engraved patterns on the entire rock face and making it look more like an activated circuit board.
However, the light stopped abruptly when it reached the two damaged areas in the center. The light flickered uncertainly at the edges of the ruins, as if trying to connect the broken path.
But ultimately, there was nothing they could do.
If these two identity markers were not destroyed, when later individuals activate them correctly, they should project virtual images of the two Otsutsuki clan members.
But now, nothing has happened.
"Sure enough, I didn't go to the wrong place..."
Ōtsutsuki Kumoshiki slowly withdrew his hand, and the light on the rock wall dimmed and went out. There was no surprise on his face.
This is the place that Uchiha Sasuke found using space-time ninjutsu in the original work.
It is also the place where Isshiki Otsutsuki used to place and hide the Ten-Tails' young in the original work.
but……
Looking at the two marks that had been deliberately destroyed, a thoughtful look flashed in Yun Shi's narrowed eyes.
According to the strict, almost rigid, rules of the Otsutsuki clan, those who go out to carry out long-term tasks such as "planting the sacred tree" must work in pairs, supervising and protecting each other.
Just like in the original work, when Sasuke arrived here, there were already two sets of marks on the rock wall: Isshiki Otsutsuki, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, and Kinshiki Otsutsuki.
However, he arrived in the ninja world earlier than Isshiki and Kaguya, and Momoshiki and Kinshiki had not yet arrived, so at this moment there is only a set of destroyed marks on the stone wall.
Who left these marks?
They even went so far as to erase all traces of their clan?
“Otsutsuki Shibai…” Yunshi’s eyes flickered slightly.
The answer to this question remained undiscovered until he traveled through time.
But if we were to say where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki most likely found Shibai's remains, it would only be in this place full of unsolved mysteries.
"senior……"
Chuan broke the brief silence, his gaze falling on Yun's calm profile, and couldn't help but ask, "Where exactly is this place? Senior..."
He paused for a moment, then subconsciously lowered his voice and said, "You don't seem surprised by this. Did you already know that some of your kind arrived on this planet before us?"
Yun Shi did not answer immediately. She turned around and glanced at the high platform, which was also engraved with clear patterns.
There were six magatama, surrounded by concentric rings.
"Six-tomoe Rinnegan..." Yun Shi looked down at the pattern at his feet and said thoughtfully, "It's not the nine-tomoe Rinne Sharingan?"
The Rinnegan with six tomoe was awakened by Sasuke Uchiha as a gift from the Sage of Six Paths.
The Rinne Sharingan with nine tomoe was awakened by Kaguya Otsutsuki and Madara Uchiha after they merged with the God Tree.
Yes.
Instead of consuming the fruit of the Divine Tree, one should merge with it, and unlike the Sage of Six Paths and Obito Uchiha, one should not use one's body to contain the Ten-Tails and become its jinchūriki.
Kaguya did not merely eat the fruit of the Divine Tree, nor did Madara merely become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki; both of them completely merged with the Divine Tree itself, transforming themselves into the Divine Tree.
If this place was indeed built by Shibai, then the six-tomoe Sharingan pattern might mean that Shibai did not choose the path of merging with the Divine Tree...
At least, when he left his mark here, he had not yet taken that step; he had merely consumed the fruit of the divine tree.
However, judging from the results, the power gained from directly fusing with the divine tree is clearly far greater than that gained from merely consuming its fruit.
"Is it impossible?"
"Or is there some flaw in merging with the divine tree?"
Yun Shi's eyes grew increasingly deep as he pondered, "Or perhaps, the ordinary divine tree is no longer enough for Zhiju, and he is plotting for an even greater power."
For example...
The 'mother tree' of the Otsutsuki clan?
The thought flashed through his mind, and ultimately it was just judging others by his own standards. Yun Shi did not continue to think about it, and turned his gaze to the dark interior space below the high platform.
This interior space was later used by Isshiki Otsutsuki to house and hide the young Ten-Tails.
“Kawa-style.” Yun-style spoke up without turning her head, “You should have heard of the legend of Otsutsuki Shibai, right?”
Upon hearing this, Chuan Shi was taken aback. He hadn't expected his senior to suddenly bring up this name, and to address him by his full name. However, he still nodded subconsciously, a hint of awe flashing in his eyes.
“Yes, I’ve heard of him,” he said. “Lord Shibai is a recognized genius in the clan, hailed as the closest being to the level of a ‘god’…”
At this point, Chuanshi paused for a moment before continuing, "However, it seems that he has not made a public appearance in the tribe for thousands of years."
"There are rumors that he may have taken that final step, crossing the boundaries of dimensions and transcending the concept of life and death, becoming a true god."
"Omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent..."
Upon hearing this, Otsutsuki Kumoshiki suddenly smiled, and Kawashiki immediately stiffened, thinking that he had said something wrong. He stopped speaking abruptly and quickly lowered his head.
"If I said..."
Yun Shi did not reprimand him. Instead, she suppressed her smile and said softly, "He is actually right here."
"He actually died here..."
Upon hearing this, Chuan Shi suddenly raised his head, a look of astonishment on his face.
What?
Is Otsutsuki Shibai dead?
"impossible!"
This thought instantly popped into Kawa's mind.
Even though he had almost unconditional trust and obedience to Yun Shi, his first reaction upon hearing this assertion was still an instinctive denial.
That's the Otsutsuki Shiba Inu!
The legendary being closest to the gods!
His power had long surpassed that of ordinary Otsutsuki clan members. How could such a being die silently, and how could he die in such a place?
Kawakita never imagined that anyone could kill Ōtsutsuki Shibai so quietly.
Yun Shi didn't care about his reaction. She just looked at the platform in front of her, raised her hand, and pressed it against the cold, smooth edge of the platform.
The next moment, a vast amount of chakra surged from his palm, flowing into it and rapidly spreading along the patterns on the high platform.
Buzz! Rumble!
The patterns on the six-tomoe Rinnegan began to glow with a dark blue light, and a violent tremor came from beneath our feet, causing the entire platform to rumble.
Under Chuan-shi's horrified gaze, a platform rose from inside the high platform engraved with the six-tomoe Sharingan pattern, until it was level with Yun-shi and his companion.
There was nothing else on the platform except a smooth cuboid that resembled a coffin.
The surface has no superfluous decorations, only some intricate purple patterns.
It lay quietly on the raised platform, exuding an ancient and desolate aura, as if it had been sleeping there since the beginning of the world, waiting to be discovered or forgotten forever.
The surrounding blue light illuminated the surface of the coffin, reflecting Yun's indifferent face and Chuan's pale complexion beside him.
"What is this?"
Chuan's voice was hoarse as he stared intently at the coffin.
On this planet deemed "undeveloped," on a platform reminiscent of the Otsutsuki style.
How could such a coffin, clearly intended to seal away something important, be hidden here?!
Combining what Senior Yun had just said, a guess that he had never dared to even consider surfaced in his mind. A glint flashed in Yun's eyes, and he raised his arm, waving it towards the coffin.
Ripples spread across the surface of the coffin, as if deconstructing itself, transforming from the edges into tiny points of light like a data stream, which silently dissipated without leaving a trace.
The figure, silently suspended within the coffin, was exposed before the eyes of Yun and Chuan.
It was a tall man dressed in a black robe, with long gray hair that reached his waist, and a pair of crown-like horns on his head that curved upwards from both sides of his forehead.
His face was calm, as if he were just sleeping, his features were deep, and even with his eyes closed, one could feel his otherworldly aura.
"Otsutsuki Shibai?!"
Chuan Shi's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if all the blood in his body had cooled down at that moment. His pupils suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously took a half step back, as if he had seen a terrifying existence that shattered his understanding of the world.
But the next moment, his soldierly discipline forced him to calm himself down, and his keen senses instantly swept over the figure.
There was no breath.
There was no sign of life.
It was as if it were just a cold, silent empty shell.
“This is, a set of remains…” Chuan’s throat bobbed up and down, his voice hoarse.
He stared intently at the lifeless figure, the veins around his eyes bulging suddenly.
Through those closed eyelids, he saw a white eye and another black eye.
Both the Byakugan and the Kurokan are powers that the Otsutsuki clan has possessed since birth.
However, in the vertical scar on the figure's forehead, Kawashiki also saw a Rinnegan.
Byakugan, Kurokan, Rinnegan...
Chuan Shi stiffly withdrew his gaze, the shock on his face gradually replaced by blankness, as he looked at the back of Senior Yun Shi in front of him.
Is it true?
What the senior said was actually true!
Otsutsuki Shibai, the strongest member of the Otsutsuki clan, is revered by his clan as the being closest to a god, or even possibly already a god, representing power and strength...
He's really dead?
To die on this remote planet, on this desolate plateau, in this silent and unknown place?!
A chill, accompanied by the relentless howling winds of the wasteland, seeped into Chuan Shi's limbs and bones, causing him a panic that came from the depths of his soul.
If this news were to reach the Otsutsuki clan, it would likely cause a huge uproar within the clan.
"senior……"
Kawashiki's voice trembled as he looked at Yunshiki's still calm face and asked, "How did you know that Otsutsuki Shibakai died, and that he died in a place like this?"
This is incredible.
The secrets of this place, the death of Shibaju, were completely unknown to the other members of the clan.
How did Senior Yun find out about this?
Could it be that Senior Yun chose this planet to carry out the task of planting the divine tree for another purpose?
"Just consider this possibility as something I pieced together from some ancient secrets and clues."
Yun casually replied, an explanation that obviously did not completely dispel Chuan's doubts, but it also stopped him from asking further questions.
Hiss!
Otsutsuki Yunshi strode into the inner space, walked towards the remains lying quietly on the platform, stood in front of the remains and stretched out his hand, tearing open a dark rift in the space in front of him.
The remains were sucked into the crevice without any disturbance.
In the original future, Shibai's remains would be discovered by Isshiki Otsutsuki and Amado, and Amado would transplant his genes into every member of the Kara organization.
Several members successfully obtained the divine arts of Shibai.
This practice is tantamount to dismemberment.
Any intelligent being would absolutely find it unbearable for someone to do such a thing to their body.
Even so, Shibaju did not react at all. Either the other party was completely dead, or the other party wanted to do something with the remains.
If I'm not mistaken, Shibaju won't make a move until he achieves his goal.
"Let's go."
After carefully collecting the remains, Ōtsutsuki turned around in a cloud-like motion, his tone still calm, as if he had just put away an insignificant item.
"Where to?" Chuan Shi, whose expression was still somewhat blank, blurted out almost subconsciously.
Yun stopped, turned her head slightly, and glanced at Chuan behind her out of the corner of her eye.
“Go plant the sacred tree.” Yun’s voice was completely flat.
Upon hearing this, Chuan Shi suddenly snapped back to his senses, his breath catching in his throat.
Plant a sacred tree?
Now?
This means they will officially begin "harvesting" this planet. The massive roots of the divine tree will drain the planet dry, bear chakra fruits, cause life to wither, and end civilization...
Just like his home planet...
Seeing Chuanshi's reaction, a smile appeared in Yunshi's eyes.
“Just kidding,” he said again, his tone still calm. “The future of this planet is far more than this.”
"To completely drain it now would be too wasteful and boring."
Upon hearing this, Chuan Shi's tense nerves relaxed slightly, but then tightened again, because he knew that not planting the sacred tree meant...
You should also be aware that we have been away from our home planet for over a thousand years. According to our family's regulations, long-term overseas assignments require regular feedback and the submission of 'results' on schedule.
Yun Shi began, "If we delay planting the Divine Tree and fail to deliver the required amount of chakra on time, then..."
He didn't say anything more, but Chuan Shi certainly knew the consequences.
When that time comes, the main family will definitely not sit idly by. They will definitely send a new two-person team to investigate the situation and take over the mission. And the fate of the two of them is predictable.
"The only way is to raise our strength to a level where we are not afraid of any threat before our main family notices the abnormality and sends people down," Yun said calmly.
How can we raise our strength to a level where we are no longer afraid of threats from our own clan?
Our family's foundation is unfathomable, with countless masters and numerous unimaginable methods...
“Don’t forget, I obtained the remains of Ōtsutsuki Shibai,” Ōtsutsuki Unshiki said. “Soon, I will be able to reach that level.”
Chuan Shi's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly understood Yun Shi's plan, his breathing suddenly becoming rapid.
He plans to use the remains of Otsutsuki Shibai to break through his own limits and obtain unimaginable power.
This is undoubtedly a shortcut, but is it really feasible?
"Take your time to think it over. You still have time."
Yun Shi ignored his struggles, simply withdrawing her gaze. The space in front of her tore open again, and she said indifferently, "I don't want to kill you with my own hands, no matter how."
Having said that, he didn't linger. He took a step forward, and his figure disappeared into the spatial rift.
"..." Chuan Shi's expression changed in complex ways. After a long while, a low and labored response finally came out of Chuan Shi's mouth, "Yes."
(End of this chapter)