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A full day and night passed.
Manji slowly opened his eyes. The link between him and the Dragon Vein was stable now, and he could feel its endless power moving through him.
"This thing is enormous... With it, I can create the Pure Land." Manji spoke quietly to himself.
After speaking, he stood up and turned to Shima, Tobi, and the White Zetsu gathered behind him. "We're returning to Mount Myōboku."
As soon as he finished, Manji disappeared from the Dragon Vein dunes. In the blink of an eye, he was standing in Mount Myōboku's green sage forest.
Manji found a suitable spot and quietly used the Summoning Technique.
He placed the Dragon Vein deep beneath Mount Myōboku.
The moment the Dragon Vein fully connected with the sacred land, its pure chakra mixed with the mountain's natural energy and was instantly refined, turning into a huge amount of pure Sage Chakra.
Mount Myōboku's natural energy became much denser.
Ancient trees grew new branches. Spirit springs bubbled up. The energy in the air thickened and grew strong, and even the breeze felt fresh with sage power.
Manji nodded, his eyes showing satisfaction. "Now the Dragon Vein isn't just ordinary chakra. It's become Sage Chakra."
"...Next comes the creation of the Pure Land," Manji pressed his palms together. Sage power surged around him as he got ready to use the Dragon Vein's endless Sage Chakra to open the Pure Land.
But just as his power burst out—
A formless force descended.
It was like invisible chains holding him back, halting his momentum and blocking the flow of power, bringing everything to a sudden halt.
It felt as if something had suddenly grabbed him by the throat.
Manji froze. He slowly lifted his head.
"The system..." He understood right away. This was the price he had agreed to when he made his choice.
Immortality, but no breakthrough.
The barrier that kept him from moving forward was still there. Unless something truly world-changing happened, he would never be able to break through.
"..." Manji hovered above Mount Myōboku and slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, all warmth was gone from his eyes.
Only defiance was left. "Heh. Then I really do want to try."
As soon as he spoke, a dazzling green and white light burst from Manji's body.
"Sage Chakra Tenseigan Mode, activate!"
A powerful aura shot upward. The sacred light of the Tenseigan surrounded him, and he pushed his power even higher, reaching for a new peak.
"Rinnegan!"
"Dragon Vein Sage Chakra!"
"Mount Myōboku Sage Art!"
"Ryūchi Cave Sage Art!"
"Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art!"
"Enma Sage Art!"
"Yatagarasu Sage Art!"
Every Sage Art, every ocular power, every bit of Dragon Vein power burst out at once. Manji used every skill he had learned in his life, stacking layer after layer of power like a raid with too many buffs.
The light around him became as bright as a blazing sun, lighting up all of Mount Myōboku.
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In the Historical Records Hall, Sage Fukasaku was writing the history of the Shinobi world when his brush stopped in midair. A terrifying power swept over him, so strong it felt like it could destroy the world, making his hair stand on end and his breath catch.
"WHAT IS THIS? THIS POWER??"
Fukasaku dropped his brush and hurried out of the records hall. As soon as he stepped outside, the heavy pressure hit him and pushed him back several steps.
He looked up at the sky and saw Manji shining like a sun. His face was full of fear, and his voice shook. "Heavens... Grand Sage..."
White Zetsu, hiding in the forests, all began to peek out, one after another.
They stared at the figure in the sky, feeling his power pressing down on everything. None of them had ever felt anything like it before.
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On a high peak, Gamamaru crouched and gazed into the distance. "This power feels stronger than Kaguya back then!!"
"What world-shaping event is Teacher trying to pull off?"
Gamamaru's eyes widened as he shouted. Even before his shout faded, his expression changed. He suddenly remembered Mount Myōboku's barrier.
Power like this could break the mountain's barrier instantly.
"No, no, this is bad! This is bad! Mount Myōboku's barrier is about to break!"
BOOOOOOOMM!!!
A deafening explosion rang out, not from inside Mount Myōboku—but across the entire Shinobi World.
Mount Myōboku's barrier broke apart. Manji's overwhelming power rushed out like water from a broken dam, flooding into the Shinobi World.
A pressure like never before covered the whole Shinobi World in a moment. It swept over everything like a tsunami, shaking every living thing. Even space and time seemed to ripple under its force.
Inside the Uchiha marching camp, Uchiha Sa, the elders, and the clansmen were discussing military affairs when that supreme pressure locked onto them.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!
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Everyone stopped where they were. Their faces turned pale as they looked up at the clear sky in fear.
"THIS POWER!"
"WHAT KIND OF FORCE IS THIS??"
"WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
The clansmen's voices trembled, their fear obvious.
Uchiha Sa's Sharingan eyes widened. Her face showed disbelief. She could sense the terrifying force as if it were something real. Her mind reeled, and she whispered, "Is... the sky falling?"
She had never witnessed anything this terrifying in her life.
This was a power beyond anything the Shinobi world could understand, beyond anything human. It crushed any thought of fighting back before it even began.
At the Senju Clan's Kikyō Mountain defenses, the Clan Head was checking the fortifications when the pressure hit him, making it hard to breathe. His legs shook, and he looked up at the sky in shock.
"Clan Head, what's going on? This power shouldn't exist in our world!"
The Senju elder next to him held his breath. His face was serious, and his voice shook.
The Senju Clan Head stared at the sky, feeling the heavy pressure from above and a wave of fear rising inside him.
He did not dare think about where it came from.
He knew just one thing: this was not human power. Not even the legendary Sage of Ninshū or the Sage of Six Paths should have been able to shake the world like this.
When that world-shaking pressure spread across the Shinobi World, the Uchiha and Senju were not the only ones who felt afraid.
All across the Shinobi world, from the far north to the deep south, every living thing stopped and looked up at the sky in confusion and fear.
Shinobi running to battle, samurai with swords ready, daimyō in their courts, bounty hunters on the roads, and farmers working the fields—
No matter who they were or how strong, everyone was caught in that power and couldn't move.
In the Hyūga Clan's territory, clansmen with pure white eyes lifted their heads together, horror filling their gazes.
At the Sarutobi Clan's training field, even the bonfires seemed to grow dim under the pressure. The clansmen held their ninja tools tightly as they shook.
Inside the Uzumaki Clan's island barriers, the sealing experts turned pale. That force had broken every Uzumaki barrier in an instant.
The Kaguya Clan reacted even more directly.
Under this power, even the clan that prided itself on madness became obedient.
Every major shinobi clan felt it!
Everything went quiet. Only that endless pressure remained, weighing down on the world. The same fearful thought echoed in everyone's mind.
What is happening?
Has a True God descended?
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