With a single step, he crossed through the spatial gate and left the Pure Land.
Kei Yamanaka silently commanded the system within his mind.
"System, activate [Tianren Jiaogan – Celestial-Human Symbiosis]."
Neither memories flooded his mind nor did tedious training occur.
Under the effect of the skill listing, Kei's soul gradually became more refined and lucid. A strange sensation of perceiving the essence of Heaven and Earth arose within him.
At this very moment, the world before his eyes became clearer than ever before.
The energies and laws permeating the world now felt traceable!
Time, space, Yin-Yang, Five Elements...
This overwhelming surge of insight into all of existence gave him an eerie sense: he *was* the universe, and the universe *was* him.
And all things in the world gradually came alive.
Plants, trees, rocks, and even the land itself seemed to possess lives of their own, obeying the world's laws.
In the cycle of these laws, birth and death cycled endlessly.
[Golden skill listing "Lingjun of Heavenly Transformation" and golden skill listing "Tianren Jiaogan" are eligible for fusion. Fuse them?]
[Fuse!]
Kei pushed aside the rising wave of selflessness swelling from deep within.
His gaze returned to the System Interface.
The path of the Sage of Six Paths did not suit him—he sought transcendence beyond Heaven and Earth, not integration with it.
In his opinion, humans were born with seven emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, contemplation, grief, fear, and shock—and six desires connected to the senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
All feelings encountered on life's journey were rare and precious!
Let those who seek to erase emotion and love—embracing the so-called ultimate love of Heaven and Earth—follow the Sage of Six Paths. He himself was just an ordinary man.
If beautiful girls and dogs looked equally clear-eyed to him…
That wouldn't just be dull—it would also be… terrifying!
[Fusion complete. Congratulations! Host has obtained golden skill listing "Tianyan Zhenjun."]
[Tianyan Zhenjun (Gold): Master of the wondrous Dao of Heaven and Earth, possessing an unblemished and ever-shining heart-lamp. Mastery over the transformations of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang, dispelling illusions and revealing the True Self. Efficiency in learning, refining, enhancing, and creating all magical arts and divine techniques peaks; mastery, potency, resilience, and spiritual affinity of all magic and divine powers are maximized; Lingjun Body, uniting Heaven and Humanity, remains unscathed and perfect, with spiritual clarity intact—maximum thresholds for soul strength capacity, physical power, and training efficiency are achieved.]
"So it doesn't even qualify as an upgrade?"
Kei bared his teeth in astonishment after sensing the further strengthened spiritual power and slowly rising physical strength following the skill-list fusion.
The fused skill listing was even more powerful than before!
Just like previously, his spiritual power remained inexhaustible and his body sustained no damage—but now it also carried the permanent buff of "Celestial-Human Unity."
He could feel it clearly.
Amplified under this state, his understanding of heavenly laws had soared to an almost unfathomable level!
Previously, he hadn't fully grasped the Dojutsu technique called Sukunahikona.
Yet now, with but a single thought, he grasped part of it.
If he could watch it a few more times, he could probably replicate it in no time—perhaps even surpassing Isshiki Otsutsuki himself with enhanced effects!
But...
"Something essential for triggering a qualitative transformation is missing?"
After reading through the detailed explanation of the [Tianyan Zhenjun] skill entry repeatedly, Kei Yamanaka looked out across the heavens and earth surrounding him.
Unless something unexpected happened, this world must be missing something essential.
Golden skill listings mark the ceiling of what a world can offer—
Not the full potential of the [Tianyan Zhenjun] skill listing!
As long as he entered a higher-level world, with this skill's effects, it would instantly ascend to a higher tier!
"We need to move faster!"
Kei murmured under his breath before stepping forward, instantly reappearing beside Tsunade and the others.
Glancing at the remaining golden skill listing in his Inactive Skills—[Six Paths Yin-Yang Cycle]—he decided not to activate it yet.
Firstly, skills copied from the soul and tied to bloodline inheritance might end up incomplete or undergo adaptive mutations.
Secondly, even if activated, this skill would need to fuse with [Tianyan Zhenjun].
However, since [Tianyan Zhenjun] had already hit the world's limit, even after fusion, it would still remain a golden skill listing.
Thirdly, he had already largely mastered the skill's power. What remained was just the application of dojutsu techniques and various Yin-Yang Release jutsu, along with mastery over Rinne power.
Under the innate ability granted by [Tianyan Zhenjun]'s Celestial-Human Unity state, alongside the ancient texts the Sage of Six Paths left behind within the chamber, it was only a matter of time before he'd master them.
"That fast?"
Tsunade's eyes flickered with surprise when she saw Kei appear.
Earlier, this guy had rushed off in a hurry.
She had assumed there must be an incredibly powerful technique hidden among the Sage of Six Paths' treasures—one he couldn't wait to uncover.
But hadn't even a minute passed before he returned?
"Just confirming something."
Kei turned his head toward the direction where Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Kaguya Otsutsuki had fought earlier.
"Should we go check it out?"
Seeing that Kei had no intention of elaborating, Tsunade dropped the topic.
According to messages from central command, when the commotion started earlier, all the White Zetsu scattered across different defensive lines had simultaneously begun rushing toward that direction.
Meanwhile, the remaining extremists in Kiri had already been eliminated by Izuna Uchiha and A, the Third Raikage.
At this point, staying here served no further purpose.
"How are the combat situations on each battlefield?"
Kei gently took Tsunade's hand, swiftly enveloping the nearby group in a Temporal Arts formation.
"With the sudden departure of the White Zetsu, aside from some Mist ninja who still stubbornly resist, the Shinobi Allied Forces have mostly secured all defensive lines. Shikaku has ordered everyone to temporarily cease advancing."
"Also, central command recently came under attack from a large number of unknown individuals. Some seemed capable of wielding fragments of Kāma's power, but they were dealt with by your great-uncle and Kushina."
Tsunade quickly explained the current situation.
Central command had already come under attack during Kei's battle against Isshiki Otsutsuki.
However, those people had clearly underestimated the strength of Kushina and the others.
Although they carried a large number of special ninja tools capable of countering tailed beasts and Jinchuriki, and even after cutting off the chakra flow throughout the entire airborne fortress, nearly crashing the expedition ship into the ground,
they died quicker than even Isshiki Otsutsuki did when faced with multiple Jinchuriki together!
"Hmm."
Upon hearing this, Kei Yamanaka let out a breath of relief.
Locking onto the position marked by the previous Flying Thunder God formula, he instantly teleported everyone to that location.
Boom~
Amidst a thunderous roar,
Hashirama Senju, impaled by Black Receivers like a pincushion, was sent flying backwards through the air before their very eyes,
crashing into the ground and carving out a deep trench!
"Hisss~"
A, Onoki, and Izuna Uchiha all inhaled sharply at once when they saw Madara Uchiha silently watch as Hashirama ripped the Black Receivers from his body without even blinking, then charged forward again.
Wounding the Ninja God like this was brutal enough—but the Ninja God himself was even more merciless!
An ordinary person would've died ten times over from injuries like that!
Madara Uchiha came soaring diagonally from the other side, trailing blood, slamming violently into a cliffside raised by the earlier fierce battle.
Rising from the billowing dust, his face lit up with uncontrollable excitement and fanatical joy. He wiped a trail of blood from the corner of his mouth and declared:
"Our agreement still stands! This enemy is mine and Hashirama's alone! Until I'm truly defeated, don't any of you interfere! Enemies like this! Battles like this! I've been waiting for a fight like this forever! Hahahaha~!"
His purple Rinnegan eyes swept across the suddenly appeared group, then his body surged forth once again toward Kaguya Otsutsuki with the power of the Rinnegan.
He admitted it.
At first, both he and Hashirama had slightly underestimated this woman's strength.
Those All-Killing Ash Bones that caused instant death upon impact—posing a life-threatening danger!
That non-stop usage which shattered the Great Buddha and Susanoo alike, [Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack]—a terrifying fusion of offense and defense!
That Byakugan-aided Rabbit Hair Needle, capable of sealing meridians without limiting movement; that spatial jutsu, [otsutsuki Teleportation]...
And especially that unique space within her technique—the one he and Hashirama had chased her into!
Such an exhilarating, heart-pounding fight—
It had been far too long since he'd felt something like this!
"Let's keep dancing, huh! Hahahaha~!"
Madara laughed maniacally.
Through seamless coordination between him and Hashirama Senju,
the once ethereal Kaguya Otsutsuki, like a Moon Goddess, now appeared battered and panting heavily.
Without a continuous stream of White Zetsu reinforcements pouring in from every direction, returning to rejoin the God Tree, her chakra wouldn't have supported such an intense battle against these two opponents.
And due to insufficient chakra reserves, she couldn't fully activate [Amenominaka] either!
After she'd already lured them in once before,
the two no longer followed her into her [otsutsuki Teleportation] space whenever she vanished. Instead, the moment she disappeared, they attacked the God Tree directly, forcing her back out!
"What a waste. What a shame."
Looking at one White Zetsu after another hanging themselves on the tree branch, Kei Yamanaka shared a knowing look with Hikaku Uchiha.
Oooh~
Hikaku Uchiha blinked, using the unspoken understanding forged through a month of constant companionship. Her eyes quickly transformed into Mangekyo Sharingan.
[Kagutsuchi Seals Activated]!
Chakra from over fifteen thousand White Zetsu bodies surged toward her like a swarm of bees!
And these White Zetsu instantly collapsed face-first to the ground, turning into pieces of rotten wood devoid of any trace of life force.
Kei Yamanaka watched the three locked in what looked like an ongoing battle.
He used Wood Release to conjure several chairs on the spot, dragged Tsunade and Hikaku Uchiha to the sidelines, then settled down with clear interest to watch the spectacle unfold.
Otsutsuki Kaguya's spatial teleportation ability, Yomi no Sukui, operated on a level far beyond Isshiki's spatial rift technique.
Excellent! Now it's mine!
The principle behind [Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack] is pretty interesting too!
[Dojutsu and Taijutsu Combination]!
[All-Killing Ash Bones]—the ultimate death-annihilation power of Kekkei Mora?
[Amenominaka]… lava, gravity, desert, snow, sulfuric acid, and finally, the Origin Chakra Sphere Space…
Drawing on the [Skill Listing] ability of [Interdimensional Traveler], Kei dissected the laws governing each space.
When he reached the Origin Chakra Sphere Space, his brows couldn't help but lift slightly.
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