Though the Shinigami was ultimately defeated, he chose to self-destruct with his Rule before dying. Even at close range, the explosion failed to harm the Sage of Six Paths, though it did stagger him briefly.

You seized this opportunity.

Relying on the power of body and soul united, you overcame the suppression of space and other attributes in the Pure Land. Burning through your chakra and Sage Arts without hesitation, you forcibly unleashed Kamui on the Sage of Six Paths.

You knew clearly—only beings on the level of gods can fight gods!

And within their own divine realms, gods are invincible.

The only reason the Shinigami lasted this long:

① He was the original master of the Pure Land;

② The Sage of Six Paths lacked a physical body and couldn't exert his full power;

③ The Shinigami's Rule granted resistance to soul-based attacks.

But facing such an overwhelming difference in power, you made a desperate decision—to use the embryonic Divine Domain linked by Kamui, a domain capable of turning Tsukuyomi into reality...

To go all in against the Sage of Six Paths!

Under Kamui's distortion, a rift was torn open in the Pure Land. On the other side of that rift lay your embryonic Divine Domain.

You immediately raised your head and met the Sage's gaze. Perhaps due to his overwhelming confidence, he didn't even bother to avoid your eyes.

As your gazes locked, the Sage of Six Paths had already entered your Divine Domain prototype, clicking his tongue in curiosity as he observed the surroundings—an illusory world shaped by both illusion and the true Laws of Fire.

"Old man, don't get too cocky!"

Clang!

With a clash of metal, a strand of the Sage's beard was severed. In your hands was a long-handled scythe, fully merged with the Shinigami's Divine Tool.

The Sage was clearly taken aback!

"This is your final trump card?"

Boom!

With just a flick of his hand, your embryonic Divine Domain was instantly shattered by his divine might.

Your Six Tomoe Sharingan burst into a mist of blood. If not for your incredibly durable body, even the aftershock from that single strike would've obliterated your upper torso!

Six Paths Reincarnation!

With a world-spinning sensation, the Sage of Six Paths unleashed a Rinnegan ability. In less than a second, you were thrust into the Realm of Reincarnation, forced through thousands of rebirth cycles. Your memories and consciousness were gradually worn down, turning into streams of data flowing toward the Sage of Six Paths as you descended toward annihilation.

At that moment—within your hollowed eye sockets—came the final stirrings of the Tenseigan's awakening!

Suddenly—

A deep blue radiance burst from your eyes. As you opened them once more, your vision returned—no longer the blood-red Six Tomoe pattern...

But the brilliant, azure glow of the Tenseigan!

Stabilize!

You planted your feet firmly within the endless reincarnation. Ten chakra orbs shattered the illusion of the Samsara Realm completely.

The Sage of Six Paths narrowed his eyes, intrigued by the change.

He hadn't expected… that you were using his own techniques to refine yourself!

"In that case, I'll seal you first—then study you at leisure."

A being born from diluted Otsutsuki bloodline, who had grown even stronger than some main family members Kaguya once spoke of...

Such value far exceeded that of a naturally born Otsutsuki body—or the surviving deities of the Shinobi World.

This, too, was why the Sage of Six Paths hadn't killed you yet.

Clearly—your living body held far more secrets than your corpse.

If he could decipher your full mystery, the Sage was confident—this would be his greatest harvest aside from the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.

It might even be the key... to ascending as the Supreme God of the Otsutsuki clan!

Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!

The moon and sun split apart, hovering at the two sides of the Pure Land. Their power formed an invisible thread that instantly bound you in place.

Then, their immense gravity drew in all the underworld beneath your feet, compressing it into an impenetrable stone sphere that sealed you layer by layer.

At first, you relied on the Tenseigan's control over attractive and repulsive forces—releasing techniques akin to Almighty Push—to barely resist the Chibaku Tensei.

But as the sun and moon grew ever brighter in the sky—

Your resistance weakened.

This was a supreme sealing technique infused with the Laws of Yin and Yang—so powerful even Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn't escape.

You knew all too well—once the Sage consumed the Rule Fruit formed by Indra and Asura, the next step would be fully dissecting you.

You could not allow that!

Yet now, sealed layer after layer within the Six Paths' Chibaku Tensei infused with Yin-Yang Rule...

Even your thoughts were growing sluggish.

Even the Tenseigan... was powerless.

"Indeed... a mortal cannot oppose a god. Even with rule mastery, even with divine strength—without true Authority, one remains mortal!"

"So be it. It seems... my journey ends here."

With a single thought, the Fire Rule within your body, the chakra orbs, and your residual Sage energy—

Began to rotate in unison.

One Rule. Two divine forces. Together, they forged your Authority.

Stronger than an average deity formed from a single rule or single power—but still only slightly.

Still—a god is a god. Whether in strength or longevity, they are not comparable to mortals.

To a true god, even a demi-god... is still mortal.

In this moment, you truly understood how weak you once were—and for the first time, you felt the vast, unbridgeable gap between you and the Sage of Six Paths.

Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!

Even the Pure Land began to tremble. The Chibaku Tensei sphere compressing you cracked from within, a fissure splitting it wide open.

Boom!

Flames burst forth, golden in color, reducing the moon-sized Chibaku Tensei to rubble. The resulting shockwave shook the entire Pure Land.

Before the Sage could even cast a curious glance your way—

You compressed all your power into your Authority, abandoning both body and soul, and shot like a comet toward the exit the Shinigami had previously carved open.

Not good!

The Sage realized you were trying to escape and reached out to grab you.

But what greeted him... was a self-destruction on a true god's level!

!!!!!!

As your Authority shattered, the compressed divine power within it exploded outward, forcing the Sage's hand back with searing pain and sending him flying nearly a hundred meters.

The immense Pure Land cracked with spatial rifts. The scattered flames turned into a sea of fire, incinerating countless souls accumulated over the years.

The aftermath reached the border between the Pure Land and the Shinobi World, nearly slicing off a chunk of the planet's surface.

You lost all consciousness, plunging into the void...

Fading away...

...

At the same time—

In the massive crater from your earlier battle with "Naruto"...

A trace of awareness stirred. It was a shard of your soul, embedded in a clone imbued with Dragon bloodline and Void Rule.

Within its body were also the Wood Release bloodline... and a God Tree seed.

"Looks like... the main body lost."