In the past few days, you hadn't been idle either. You entered the prototype of the Divine Realm.

There, you discovered an inexplicable mastery over the elements within, as if with a single thought, you could become the embodiment of this world itself...

Here, you could unleash the full power of your divine arts—Burn the Heavens, Boil the Seas!

You began to suspect that the process of forming divine arts and divine authority was directly related to the prototype Divine Realm!

Two days later, having fully mastered the new techniques of Burn the Heavens, Boil the Seas, you couldn't wait any longer and brought both the Shark and the Eel Sage.

In your plan, the optimal solution was of course to overwhelm your opponent with strength, subduing them without a fight—achieving the transfer of the Dragon Vein's ownership while also forcing the White Ape Sage to hand over the inheritance he held.

Alternatively, you could offer acceptable resources in exchange.

Only if absolutely necessary would you resort to violence—though that risked damaging the inheritance or losing what you came for entirely.

However, all of this depended on the attitude the White Ape Sage showed you.

...

Upon arriving, the worst-case scenario you imagined didn't happen.

You met Enma—the so-called strongest summoning beast once contracted by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Here on the mountain, Enma held the identity of the White Ape Sage's chief disciple.

Enma explained that the White Ape Sage was out visiting a friend and wasn't currently in the cave.

Still, he invited you to wait, saying the White Ape Sage would return after lunch to personally host you.

Soon, a group of lively monkeys—big and small—began carrying over all sorts of exotic fruits, inviting you to taste them.

Although the Shark and Eel Sage were both sea dwellers, their immense strength allowed them to operate freely on land.

Last time they came seeking justice, they were beaten back into the ocean. So, this was their first time tasting these fruits—and they dug in with gusto.

You observed them for a while. When nothing seemed off, you used your various sensory abilities to examine the fruits carefully.

You found no trace of poison—in fact, the fruits were packed with medicinal energy—so you picked up a basket and began eating as well.

As more baskets were brought out by the monkeys—forming a literal line—you all eventually stopped being polite and began devouring them without restraint.

You noticed that when two or more different fruits were eaten together, their medicinal potency multiplied geometrically, making you slightly dizzy.

You recorded these combinations and kept experimenting with new ones. At the same time, you began noticing a pattern and sequence in the way the monkeys presented the fruits.

Without a doubt—you had walked into a trap.

The Shark and Eel Sage both passed out from the sudden surge of medicinal energy within them.

As for you—you only felt slightly drowsy, but pretended to fall unconscious after consuming every combination of fruit they could offer.

Though your eyes were closed on the outside, you secretly activated your Tenseigan.

You saw the White Ape Sage return. Enma dragged your bodies into the cave and bound you tightly with thick chakra-forged iron lotuses.

The White Ape Sage, his face smug with triumph, raised a massive blade and aimed it squarely at your waist, intending to cleave you clean in two.

Boom!

You flicked your tail lightly and sent him flying into the air. With a shake of your body, the chakra chains shattered completely.

...

You soared into the air, just about to speak, when the White Ape Sage stepped forward and reached into the distant void—pulling out a small black cat and gripping it in his hand.

He demanded that you submit to him, or he'd crush Boss Black Cat on the spot!

You activated Kamui, trying to warp Black Cat away—but in that instant, the White Ape's legs flared with golden light, and he reappeared behind you.

This technique surpassed even Kamui and the Flying Thunder God. With pride, the White Ape boasted that this was a divine Buddhist ability: 〖Divine Foot Technique〗.

At that moment, he caught you off guard—pulling a ring from his ear and hurling it at you.

Once activated, the ring rapidly expanded and emitted a strange suction force, pulling you two or three centimeters mid-air, then attempting to snap around your neck.

You caught it with both claws, noting that the red runes engraved on it were identical to those carved into the giant stone where the Shark trained.

Seeing you grab it, the White Ape Sage grew anxious and kept pumping senjutsu chakra into the ring.

You felt the ring struggling against your grip—so you exerted a little more force, warping its shape slightly. Its binding power weakened to the point of barely being noticeable. Just as you were feeling guilty about damaging the man's weapon—

The White Ape Sage roared, "Return my sacred Buddhist weapon!" and crushed Black Cat to death with both hands.

"Sorry... I'll make it up to you!"

...

Witnessing the death of Black Cat, your eyes narrowed. You instantly slashed with one claw, blasting the White Ape Sage with a searing explosion of fire.

Yet, though launched thousands of kilometers away, the only damage was to his clothes—his exposed skin shone with golden light, completely unharmed!

You activated Kamui, disappearing for a brief moment.

When you emerged once again from the Divine Realm prototype, you understood the ring's true purpose—it enslaved any summoning beast it captured, brainwashing them into obedient tools.

Your hatred for the White Ape Sage intensified. At first meeting, he had killed your close companion—and tried to make you a slave!

Yet he wasn't some easy opponent. Though his power and senjutsu were inferior to yours, his indestructible body and arsenal of weapons from ancient inheritances made him a menace.

...

First, he pulled an iron rod from his ear and used 〖Divine Foot Technique〗 to silently teleport behind you.

The rod instantly enlarged, slamming into your body and shaking you slightly.

You countered with two chakra orbs, but he used that spatial ability again to dodge them.

His iron rod was no ordinary tool either. Even your Senjutsu Truth-Seeking Orbs could only leave faint dents.

You grew furious.

Timing it right, you seized the rod, snapped it in half, and tossed the pieces aside.

To your surprise, this drove the White Ape into a full-on rage. Roaring mid-air, he pulled out another weapon—a golden, palm-sized vajra scepter.

Demon-Suppressing Vajra.

Hovering proudly in the sky, the White Ape used 〖Divine Foot Technique〗 to avoid all your attacks while ranting about how hard it had been to obtain his inherited relics.

And how noble he had become after acquiring them...

His words dripped with disdain for a mere summoning beast like you who had only trained in senjutsu—he even sneered at the Three Great Holy Lands.

Finally, face twisted in madness, he hurled the Demon-Suppressing Vajra at you.

A deep sense of danger surged within you.

Kamui!

You summoned a spatial vortex, intending to store away the Vajra. After all, with the White Ape's body impervious to your full-strength attacks, there was no point trying to harm him directly.

But his own strength was mediocre. It seemed he had invested all his essence into these relics—better to just take them!

Seeing his precious Demon-Suppressing Vajra devoured by your space, the White Ape's eyes turned blood-red.

Like a switch had been flipped, he blew into a massive conch.

Fwooooo!

Three towering water pillars shot up around you, their force finally making you feel pain.

As the water dispersed, you saw three colossal black-and-white killer whales circling you ominously...