"Is this the Moon?"
Madara Uchiha, whose consciousness occupied the body of the Second Tsuchikage, flew invisibly while observing the Moon, muttering, "It's truly desolate! And there's no Chakra at all. What's going on?"
He had actively unsealed the Space-Time Passage, 'inviting' the enemy into the Moon.
Logically, Toneri Otsutsuki should have set up an ambush in the Space-Time Passage or at the other end of it.
However, on the way, besides seeing some immobile animal Puppets, Madara Uchiha hadn't encountered a single Human Puppet.
There were no Human Puppet armies or members of the Otsutsuki Clan lying in ambush at the exit either. It was simply too strange.
Even Madara Uchiha couldn't figure out what Toneri Otsutsuki was thinking for a moment.
So, while exploring the Moon, he transmitted information to his main body in real-time.
When the Wood Clone performed the Impure World Reincarnation, Madara Uchiha had already set off from Amegakure.
In less than half an hour, he arrived at the entrance of the Space-Time Passage.
Upon receiving the information from the Wood Clone, Madara Uchiha didn't hesitate at all. He jumped directly into the green lake, quickly passed through the Space-Time Passage, and arrived on the Moon.
Black and White Zetsu didn't dare to follow because Black Zetsu was afraid.
He was afraid that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, the brothers, had set something up on the Moon.
Once he appeared on the Moon, they might trigger that contingency or cut off the Space-Time Passage and seal him as well.
If Madara Uchiha died, Black Zetsu could continue to work on the third Rinnegan.
If he died, then his mother would truly have no hope of resurrection.
Therefore, Black Zetsu didn't dare to gamble, and couldn't gamble.
However, Black Zetsu also really wanted to see his mother, so he gave instructions to the White Zetsu clone that had infiltrated the Moon. Using the Mayfly Technique, the clone went into the interior of the Moon and found Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was sealed by Six Paths: Planetary Devastation.
At this time, Kaguya Otsutsuki was not buried by meteorites, but was sleeping like a sleeping beauty in a dark space.
Just like the technique of the giant Tenseigan, the White Zetsu clone could not touch or approach that space.
Even if the Moon were cut in half, Kaguya Otsutsuki would not awaken without breaking or destroying this seal.
Because the Moon was formed by Six Paths: Planetary Devastation absorbing a part of the Earth to form a giant meteorite, then rising into outer space and continuing to attract meteorites from outer space to form a celestial body.
As long as the seal was not broken, the Moon would absorb the power of the sun and convert it into the energy needed for the seal.
It was just like how Toneri Otsutsuki, possessed by countless Byakugan, flew uncontrollably into outer space, constantly absorbing the power of the sun, causing his body to swell.
Through the White Zetsu clone's close-up view of Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu thought to himself, Mother, don't worry, I will definitely rescue you!
"Lord Madara, the enemy is up there."
The White Zetsu clone returned to the surface of the Moon and found Madara Uchiha, who was exploring a city that had been abandoned for many years and destroyed by the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. He pointed up at the Artificial Sun and said.
"So that's it, no wonder there's sunlight here." Madara Uchiha looked up at the Artificial Sun in the sky, slightly enlightened.
Madara Uchiha activated his Complete Susanoo and flew towards the Artificial Sun.
The blue warrior god drew the samurai sword from his waist and slashed at the Artificial Sun.
The incredibly tough golden light wall was immediately sliced open with a massive gash.
The blue War God quickly shrunk in size and passed through the opening into the interior of the artificial sun.
As he entered, the light wall healed itself, leaving the White Zetsu clones to watch helplessly, hoping along with Black and White Zetsu that Madara Uchiha would win.
Upon entering the artificial sun, Madara Uchiha finally sensed Chakra.
However, what surprised him was...
"Why is there only one Chakra signature?" Madara Uchiha murmured. "Did they transfer their clansmen beforehand and plan to have a decisive battle with me here?"
Although he couldn't figure it out, Madara Uchiha flew towards the palace without any hesitation.
As he approached the palace, Madara Uchiha didn't control the Complete Body Susanoo to slash at it as a greeting to Izayoi.
Madara Uchiha dispelled the Complete Body Susanoo and drifted down to the palace entrance using gravity, then stepped inside.
Without the illumination from the artificial sun's light wall, the scene before Madara Uchiha's eyes suddenly became dim.
However, under the light of the candles on either side of the hall and through the perspective of his Rinnegan, he still saw that Chakra signature, which was as dazzling as the bright moon even in the darkness.
As Madara Uchiha approached, the humanoid Chakra in his eyes gradually solidified into a young man who looked only eighteen or nineteen years old.
He wore a white robe adorned with black tomoe, sat upon a throne, rested his handsome face on the back of his hand, had a pair of beige Dragon Horns on his forehead, and a pair of blue-white eyes that were observing Madara Uchiha.
Looking at Izayoi, who was disguised as a grown-up Toneri Otsutsuki and whose Chakra signature had become the same as Toneri Otsutsuki's through the previous Chakra absorption, Madara Uchiha stared at his pair of Dragon Horns and said with interest, "Your appearance is different from what I remember. Is the Otsutsuki Clan all mutated humans with horns?"
"This is a symbol of a higher being."
Although Izayoi was sitting and at eye level with Madara Uchiha, he displayed a condescending attitude, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain as he said, "Only pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clan members can possess such horns. It is also because of this pair of horns that I awakened the Tenseigan at this age, while you needed to obtain Hashirama Senju's power and wait until you were close to death to awaken Hagoromo Otsutsuki's Rinnegan."
"You really knew all along that Nagato's Rinnegan was mine! Was it when I summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path that your Otsutsuki Clan discovered me? Hagoromo Otsutsuki, is that the Sage of Six Paths' name? He is indeed related to the Otsutsuki Clan!"
Madara Uchiha finally confirmed his inner suspicions, then stared at Izayoi and asked, "The descendants of the Sage of Six Paths are the Uchiha Clan, the Senju Clan, and the Uzumaki Clan. As long as the two extremes unite, there is hope of awakening the Rinnegan. What about your Otsutsuki Clan? Are there any descendants left in the Shinobi World? Why do you, who possess the Tenseigan, look down on the Rinnegan and call the Sage of Six Paths a failure? Is it just because you have horns on your head?"
It was these doubts that prevented Madara Uchiha from controlling the Complete Body Susanoo to destroy the palace and directly engage in battle with Izayoi.
He still had many questions he wanted answers to.
Besides the above doubts, he also wanted to know if Izayoi knew about the Ten-Tails? If he knew about the Ten-Tails, then why didn't he hunt the Tailed Beasts to prevent the Ten-Tails' resurrection, but instead wanted to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?
Was he pretending to look down on the Rinnegan, but in reality, he also wanted to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?
Izayoi did not answer Madara Uchiha's doubts, but instead propped up his face, revealing a smile similar to that of Warring States Madara, and said playfully, "Interesting, Black Zetsu Otsutsuki guided you to awaken the Rinnegan, but didn't tell you the origin of Chakra?"
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A large question mark appeared on Madara Uchiha's forehead, and his heart skipped a beat. He said in a deep voice, "Black Zetsu Otsutsuki? What do you mean? Since your Otsutsuki Clan knows that I awakened the Rinnegan in my later years, you should be very clear that Black Zetsu is my will. Are you trying to sow discord?"
"Heh... So you're just a pathetic pawn."
Izayoi scoffed with even more disdain, then his eyes flashed with dazzling blue-white light and he said indifferently, "Since that's the case, let me, this frog in a well, understand the truth of the world!"
The next second, the things before Madara Uchiha's eyes rapidly flowed backward, as if he were instantly leaping through space.
When the scene stopped flowing backward, Madara Uchiha had returned to the Shinobi World from the Moon.
In front of him was a woman with white hair and white eyes, with horns on her head, catching a sparkling fruit that fell from a tree.
After eating the fruit, a vertical mark appeared on the woman's forehead, then split open horizontally, revealing a red eye with the ripple pattern of the Rinnegan, but adorned with nine tomoe.
Immediately, the woman flew into the sky, using supreme power to tear open the heavens. The spatial rift connected to a celestial body in the universe, projecting the eye power of the Rinne Sharingan onto it, turning the celestial body into a giant Rinne Sharingan.
Then, this giant Rinne Sharingan shot out a dazzling white light that enveloped the entire world.
All humans engulfed by the white light lost consciousness.
Then, the roots of the God Tree, which had dropped the fruit, seemed to spread throughout the world, suddenly bursting from the ground and binding these unconscious humans, forming them into bundles like zongzi.
Although he hadn't become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki yet, Madara Uchiha had a premonition that the technique the woman was using was the Infinite Tsukuyomi recorded on the stone tablet.
What puzzled Madara Uchiha was, wasn't the Infinite Tsukuyomi created by the Sage of Six Paths himself, a true method of peace left for future generations?
How could it be this woman?
Also... wasn't the god of shinobi, the progenitor of Chakra, also the Sage of Six Paths who sealed the Ten-Tails?
At this moment, Izayoi's voice sounded in Madara Uchiha's ear.
"In ancient times, there was a God Tree in the world that bore fruit once every thousand years. Its fruit was called... the Chakra Fruit."
"The woman who ate this fruit was named Kaguya Otsutsuki. She used her supreme power to quell the conflicts of the people on Earth and was called the Rabbit Goddess by humans."
"Afterward, the Rabbit Goddess ruled Earth for a long time and gave birth to twins. The elder son was named Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and the younger son was named Hamura Otsutsuki. They both inherited the power of the Rabbit Goddess."
The scene changed, and Madara Uchiha saw the grown-up Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, his attention drawn to their eyes.
"Why are they Byakugan?" Madara Uchiha murmured in confusion.
Since the Sage of Six Paths was the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, shouldn't he have the Sharingan?
How could it be the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan?
If he remembered correctly, that woman's eyes also seemed to be the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.
Could it be that the Hyuga Clan's ancestor was also from the Otsutsuki Clan?
Suddenly, Madara Uchiha thought of Kaguya Otsutsuki's Rinne Sharingan on her forehead. Could it be...
Soon, Madara Uchiha's confusion was resolved.
The following scenes all featured Hagoromo Otsutsuki as the protagonist. Madara Uchiha witnessed the Sage of Six Paths' Byakugan transform into the Sharingan, then his cultivation of Sage Art and awakening of the Rinnegan, and finally the process of the two brothers working together to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki.
During this time, Izayoi's voice also continuously sounded, as if narrating.
Through these scenes and Izayoi's narration, Madara Uchiha also learned the secret of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi is not a true method of peace, but rather... the creation of White Zetsu?" Madara Uchiha's expression was somewhat dazed, as if his dream had been shattered.
He had finally found a method that could sever karma, only to be told that it was actually a ninjutsu to create idiots like White Zetsu. Anyone would find that unacceptable.
Madara Uchiha didn't completely believe these scenes, because he had once used Hashirama Cells to create White Zetsu.
However, the following scene made Madara Uchiha's mouth twitch, his expression somewhat distorted.
Just as Kaguya Otsutsuki was being sealed, a mass of black liquid fell from her sleeve.
After this liquid landed, it quickly burrowed into the ground and left, finally looking back from a distance at its mother, who was sealed by Six Paths: Planetary Devastation.
Although it looked somewhat young, Madara Uchiha recognized the liquid mass at a glance. It was the embodiment of his will, created with Yin-Yang Release... Black Zetsu.
Izayoi's voice sounded again.
"The world knows that the Rabbit Goddess had only twins, but they do not know that the Rabbit Goddess had a third son, the only one who did not inherit her immense power, but inherited her will and immortality – Black Zetsu Otsutsuki."
"Black Zetsu is the Rabbit Goddess's son? That's preposterous!" Madara Uchiha was even more disbelieving, feeling that Izayoi was spouting nonsense.
But soon, Madara Uchiha's expression became solemn, and his heart grew heavy.
After the Rabbit Goddess was sealed, the subsequent scenes were exactly as Madara Uchiha knew them. The Sage of Six Paths sealed the Ten-Tails, which was the transformed God Tree, becoming the first Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
After that, the brothers were separated for many years. The Sage of Six Paths traveled throughout the Shinobi World, while Hamura Otsutsuki had children and developed his clan.
By the time the Sage of Six Paths finished his journey of atonement, he had already distributed Chakra to the world and founded the Shinobi Sect.
Then he had two sons with a mortal woman. The eldest son was named Indra, and the second son was named Asura.
The twins should have been given the surname Otsutsuki, but for unknown reasons, the Sage of Six Paths did not bestow the Otsutsuki surname upon them.
Due to his old age and his concern that the Ten-Tails would wreak havoc on the Shinobi World again after the brothers died, the Sage of Six Paths divided the Ten-Tails' Chakra into nine parts, creating the Tailed Beasts.
Hamura Otsutsuki took some of his clan members and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and moved to the Moon.
The branch of the clan that remained witnessed the inheritance battle between Indra and Asura, and Madara Uchiha also saw the scene of Black Zetsu instigating Indra.
Ultimately, the brothers made a vow that their Chakra would be reincarnated continuously, and their descendants would continue their fated battle.
With the deaths of the Sage of Six Paths and his two sons, the branch of the clan left behind by Hamura Otsutsuki, as well as the descendants of Indra and Asura, were gradually influenced by the world. They began using Chakra as a weapon, sparking wars and ushering in the era of the Warring States Period.
The Shinobi Sect was thus destroyed, and its legacy was divided.
Because their ancestors had no surname, the descendants of Indra and Asura took the surnames Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki for themselves.
The branch of the clan left behind by Hamura Otsutsuki initially maintained contact with the branch on the Moon, but due to the outbreak of war on Earth, they gradually lost contact.
Many years later, this branch also changed its surname, becoming... the Hyuga Clan.
The subsequent scenes flickered rapidly, with the perspective focusing on the most outstanding members of the Uchiha and Senju clans.
Because the most outstanding members of each generation died at each other's hands, the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, who had lost the historical records of the Shinobi Sect, also became mortal enemies.
What made Madara Uchiha's face grim was that in every duel between the most outstanding members of the Uchiha and Senju clans in each generation, Black Zetsu's figure was present in the background.
There were even scenes of Black Zetsu using Yin-Yang Release to tamper with the Stone Tablet.
After an unknown amount of time, the scenes finally reached the generation of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
Madara Uchiha watched expressionlessly, these scenes were exactly the same as those in his memory.
In these scenes, Black Zetsu's figure was still present.
Especially when he obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and deciphered the Stone Tablet, learning the method to obtain the power of all creation and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Black Zetsu's ecstatic expression was shown.
And when he awakened the Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to prolong his life, Black Zetsu infiltrated his body through the tubes of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which made Madara Uchiha's heart feel completely numb.
He was now unable to tell whether these scenes were real or fake.
If they were fake, from the beginning with Kaguya Otsutsuki to his generation, everyone was depicted vividly, unlike when Madara Uchiha recounted history to the Akatsuki members, where he could only describe the Sage of Six Paths and the Ten-Tails as black silhouettes because he didn't know what they looked like.
The story in the images was also very coherent and logical.
To say it was real was simply nonsense!
If Toneri Otsutsuki knew about Black Zetsu, it meant that the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki also knew about Black Zetsu. So why didn't they get rid of this third son of Kaguya Otsutsuki?
They could even bring themselves to seal their own mother, so they wouldn't be soft on their own brother, right?
Even if they didn't act against their brother, they shouldn't have allowed him to instigate their son, right?
Also, Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants, since they discovered that Black Zetsu was constantly instigating the most outstanding members of the Uchiha generation after generation, why didn't they come down and eliminate Black Zetsu?
Was it because they broke ties with Earth?
Moreover, he hadn't even detected Black Zetsu's existence, so why could the Otsutsuki Clan members discover Black Zetsu so clearly, even knowing how Black Zetsu infiltrated his body?
This was too fake!
However, with Black Zetsu's strength, he shouldn't be worth Toneri Otsutsuki's apprehension. Why would he show him so many images?
Could it be that Black Zetsu really had a problem? Was he really Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son?
Was this real or fake?
Madara Uchiha couldn't figure it out, because his head was about to explode.
From a frog in a well to someone who knew the truth of the world, Madara Uchiha's brain was now overloaded.
Crack!
The images finally froze on Madara Uchiha creating Black and White Zetsu, and the genjutsu world shattered like falling glass.
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