〖Year 31〗
You decided to continue challenging the hidden powerhouses of the Shinobi World to test your strength. Following the description in your memory, you arrived in the region of the Land of Hot Water. It didn't take much effort to locate the hideout of Jashin.
You forced your way in. Under Jashin's gaze, filled with both fear and confusion, you declared your intent to challenge him to verify your own strength.
Jashin, having witnessed your earth-shattering battle with Otsutsuki Isshiki in the depths of space, had no desire to fight. He attempted to provoke conflict between you and the Sage of Six Paths, trying to shift the danger away from himself.
But you had already planned to challenge the Sage eventually—it was just something you intended to save for last...
What's more, you had long since transcended petty hatred or grudges. The only thing that mattered to you now was growing stronger.
You ignored Jashin's provocations and launched your attack on the spot.
Compared to Otsutsuki Isshiki after becoming a True God, Jashin was noticeably weaker. Still, they were within the same general tier of power, and you found the fight to be quite satisfying.
Your combat experience increased substantially, and with each exchange, your fusion of the Breathing Art continued progressing toward perfection.
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〖Year 32〗
You returned to the Dragon Vein beneath the Water Curtain Cave, where you began healing your wounds while continuing to stockpile large amounts of metal.
Using the Sword-Nurturing Art to nurture yourself, the sword intent within your body grew increasingly fierce.
Through Heavenly Ear, you discovered that the Sage of Six Paths was extracting power from the reincarnations of Indra and Asura to condense a new chakra fruit in the Pure Land. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke's strength in the living world had begun to steadily wane.
The Slug Sage tirelessly maintained the Dragon Vein, gradually digesting the corpses of the fallen shinobi from the previous great battle. Life on the planet had begun to recover...
You sensed that the two strongest forces in the Shinobi World were about to awaken and would soon come to deal with you.
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〖Year 33〗
After observing simplified versions of the Breathing Art developed by the Shark Sage and Eel Sage, you realized your own Breathing Art had matured. So, you handed over the method for fusing Breathing Art, Sage Art, and chakra modes to Boss Black Cat.
Then, you made your way to Ryūchi Cave. Using your refined Breathing Art as an offering, you bargained with the White Snake Sage for the bloodline of a Dragon and Ryūchi Cave's historical records.
Unfortunately, due to the sheer passage of time, the White Snake Sage no longer knew much about Ryūchi Cave's true origins.
Still, out of kinship, she generously offered to marry off her three adopted daughters to you.
You refused.
Those three "divine princesses" were probably close to five hundred years old—you just couldn't accept that kind of age gap.
So instead, you took with you the Dragon bloodline gathered from Ryūchi Cave and a secret technique involving the use of one's own body to forge a prototype Divine Tool.
Legend says the Kusanagi Sword within Manda was created through such a method.
But you didn't take the technique to forge weapons with your body—you intended to integrate it into the Sword-Nurturing Art, so you could turn your own body into a weapon...
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〖Year 34〗
You fused the Dragon bloodline into yourself once again, extracting the essence and discarding the impurities. The Dragon bloodline within your body grew further.
Your dragon horns lengthened, and your physical strength became even more formidable.
When you assumed human form again, a flexible tail had grown seemingly out of nowhere.
You studied the secret arts from Ryūchi Cave to refine your Sword-Nurturing Art, while the Breathing Art helped you rebalance your mental and physical powers.
You sensed that the Sage of Six Paths was about to finish his current tasks. It wouldn't be long before he reformed a body and returned to the real world.
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〖Year 35〗
Having once again ascended in strength, you sought out an opponent worthy of your current power. You headed for the moon, planning to spar with Otsutsuki Toneri to hone your skills.
You decided to rely solely on the power of the Tenseigan during the duel.
However, when you arrived, the moon was in ruins.
The Otsutsuki clan on the moon had long since annihilated each other. The only survivor, Toneri, had lost both eyes and was monitoring the world below using the Giant Tenseigan.
But due to your growing power and frequent activity, Toneri feared you and never dared descend to harvest Byakugan to restore his strength.
Then he was struck by the shockwaves from your earlier battle with Otsutsuki Isshiki, and was gravely wounded. He died not long after...
Looking down at Toneri's shriveled corpse, you felt disappointed. You'd hoped to use a Divine Tree seed to extract the pure-blooded Otsutsuki lineage—recognized even by Urashiki—from his body for your own use.
Now, all you could do was settle for less.
Using Mangekyō techniques, you extracted what little remained of Toneri's Otsutsuki bloodline from his corpse.
Fortunately, the Giant Tenseigan had been well-protected by the various seals and barriers left behind by the moon's Otsutsuki.
You relocated it to the prototype of your Divine Realm for safekeeping.
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〖Year 36〗
By absorbing the pure Otsutsuki bloodline from Toneri, you finally gained a truly complete Otsutsuki bloodline—no longer a patched-together hybrid of Uzumaki and Hyuga descent!
The fusion elevated your entire being. Your already powerful body and mind evolved once more, though your spiritual growth far outpaced your physical. Clearly, the Otsutsuki are a clan deeply attuned to the spirit.
As your noble Otsutsuki bloodline solidified, it began rejecting all foreign elements within you.
The Shikotsumyaku shuddered slightly, but ultimately stabilized within the Otsutsuki bloodline. The Byakugan lineage was absorbed entirely, becoming a stable source of Tenseigan power.
However, your Uchiha and Uzumaki bloodlines—along with the various Kekkei Genkai you had fused yourself—were all forcefully expelled.
Fortunately, your body housed something capable of resisting the dominance of the pure Otsutsuki lineage. The Dragon bloodline you had enhanced wasn't as strong as the nearly-complete Otsutsuki bloodline, but it entangled with the expelled bloodlines.
This resulting force, though still subordinate, was not to be underestimated.
You twisted the two powers together using Mangekyō techniques and reintegrated them back into your body.
Then, switching to your Six-Tomoe Sharingan, you ignored the cost to your Ocular Power and pushed your eye techniques to the limit—fusing the expelled Uchiha and Uzumaki bloodlines, along with all your self-fused Kekkei Genkai, into a unified whole.
A new and unprecedented bloodline power was born within you!
Together with the strengthened Dragon bloodline, it formed a force capable of rivaling the pure Otsutsuki bloodline.
If you were to rank their strength, it'd be something like one-to-two-to-three—bringing balance and stability once more to the powers within your body!
And just like that, you fulfilled your long-held dream of forging an independent Uchiha bloodline. Though currently weak, it was now a true foundation.
In the end, bloodline power is borrowed wisdom.
No matter how much you fuse, you're always chasing the original source—you can never surpass it.
Only by forging your own bloodline can you reach the summit!
One day, through your own effort, you'll strengthen this bloodline to the point where it can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Otsutsuki... or even rise above them!
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〖Year 37〗
After adapting to your fused bloodlines, you discovered that your optimal form was no longer the previously grotesque Dragon-serpent hybrid, but a humanoid form with dragon horns and a tail. When needed, you could even manifest scales to enhance your defense.
Having an extra tail compared to a standard Otsutsuki wasn't ideal, but you could live with it...
At the same time, you noticed something else—the Giant Tenseigan stored within your Divine Realm had begun to offer unexpected benefits...
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