Chapter 433: The Rinnegan with 108 Tomoe
It was clear now: the Obito clone was on a mission to destroy the world, and Li Yao didn't believe for a second that the Sage of Six Paths hadn't noticed.
Mount Myōboku might not care whether humanity was wiped out or not—but the Sage of Six Paths absolutely did, especially those who possessed chakra.
After all, the Sage created the Pure Land and had spent a thousand years collecting the souls of chakra users. There was undoubtedly deep purpose behind it—something extremely important.
Based on Li Yao's early suspicions, all the endless conflict between shinobi might have been orchestrated by the Sage himself, the goal being to harvest those chakra-imbued souls.
But why harvest them?
Li Yao didn't know.
What he was certain of, though, was that ninja souls were crucial to the Sage.
If all of humanity were extinguished, then the Sage's Pure Land would never again receive chakra-infused souls. One of the Sage's core objectives would become unattainable.
That was why the Sage should've stepped in by now.
And yet… Vmmm!
Just as Li Yao was puzzling over the Sage's inaction, an invisible wave suddenly burst from within his body. In an instant, it broke out of Kamui space and spread across the entire planet.
Within Kamui, Li Yao's true body—and outside, his Obito clone and all its shadow clones—were suddenly frozen, both body and mind entering a blank, paused state.
In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths felt the wave the moment it spread. His expression changed drastically. He instantly locked down all fluctuations in the Pure Land. He and the realm around him fell into a complete standstill.
His eyes filled with horror, but he didn't speak or move. Even his thoughts shut down.
He was like a sheep hiding in tall grass, watching a tiger pass by, holding his breath, frozen in place, repeating a single thought:
"Don't see me!"
"Don't see me!"
Eyes.
A pair of immense eyes, like the star-filled cosmos.
Black rings, like swirling galactic bands, spun slowly. Embedded along them were barbed golden tomoe—like star systems drifting across space.
One ring.
Two rings.
...
Thirty-six concentric rings, each with three golden tomoe—108 golden tomoe in total.
"That's… the Rinnegan!!!"
At that moment, Li Yao's entire spiritual and mental consciousness was consumed by those colossal cosmic eyes. Nothing else existed.
Touch.
Smell.
Sight.
Sensation.
Chakra perception.
Soul perception.
Every form of awareness Li Yao had was overtaken by the cosmic Rinnegan. Even his ability to think was gone—entirely devoured by those eyes.
Vmmm!
The wave spread rapidly—and vanished just as quickly.
In the entire shinobi world, only two people noticed it:
The Sage of Six Paths, and Li Yao.
Thud!
As the wave faded, Li Yao collapsed to his hands and knees inside Kamui, his eyes wide with terror. Sweat drenched his entire body in an instant, dripping from his forehead and down his chin as he gasped for air.
Huff!
Huff!
Li Yao panted nonstop. His thoughts felt overloaded and frozen, unable to reboot. Ten minutes passed before his mind finally returned to itself.
"What… was that???"
"Aaaah…"
Clutching his head in pain, Li Yao groaned.
The moment he tried to recall those eyes from his mind, it felt like an unfathomable cosmic will was being forcibly funneled into his soul—like something beyond comprehension descending into him just because he imagined it.
"No… not like… it was!"
Li Yao realized if his soul hadn't been too weak, if he hadn't passed out from the pain before that cosmic will could fully descend, his soul would've been shattered instantly.
"I can't even think about it. I can't even remember it!"
With a thought, Li Yao decisively sealed his own memories, locking away all details of what he saw. He left only the phrase "a pair of starry, cosmic eyes" in his mind as a placeholder.
Huff…!
Huff…!
Huff!
With the memory sealed, Li Yao slowly regained control of his body. The crushing pressure on his mind faded.
Zzzzz!
Time-resetting chakra in hues of white and violet surged around him. Forming hand seals, Li Yao activated a large-scale Flying Thunder God technique to return to the Loulan Hokage World.
At the same time—
Boom boom boom!
All of the Obito shadow clones outside self-destructed, returning their chakra to the original Obito clone.
Without hesitation, the clone summoned a supermassive black hole sphere, the size of a mountain.
Then, without pause, he detonated the sphere, allowing it to expand and engulf both himself and a 200-kilometer radius of land.
Moments later, the sphere violently contracted.
Pop!
With a deafening air-burst, a massive 200-kilometer-wide crater appeared. The Obito clone was gone.
"How decisive."
"But… heh… too late."
Back in the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths finally let out a breath as the invisible wave faded. Then, watching the Obito clone's suicide, he chuckled darkly.
Using the wave just now, he had already guessed the relationship between Uchiha Obito and Li Yao, the interdimensional outsider.
It was probably something like a clone-body connection.
Li Yao had tried to erase the clone's Ten-Tails chakra and Gedo Statue, hoping to shake off the gaze of those cosmic eyes.
A smart idea. Quick execution.
But—too late.
Once those starry eyes have seen you, it means you've been marked. Unless Li Yao dies completely—both soul and body erased—that mark will follow him to the end.
"Still… as expected of someone who crossed worlds. A powerful soul indeed."
The Sage of Six Paths muttered in admiration. Li Yao had only just acquired Six Paths chakra, yet he could already perceive those eyes. In terms of willpower and soul strength, he far surpassed what the Sage had at his peak.
It had taken the Sage thirty years of deep cultivation after creating the ninja sect before those eyes in the stars ever noticed him.
"But now… how will you escape the Ōtsutsuki Clan's pursuit, Li Yao?"
The Sage smirked and closed his eyes. He no longer cared what happened in the shinobi world. Li Yao wouldn't dare remain here any longer anyway.
Still… Li Yao thought returning to his own world would save him from the Ōtsutsuki?
Heh.
Naive.
Once you're marked by those eyes, it doesn't matter which world you run to. No one escapes the Ōtsutsuki's hunt.
Unless…
You become like me.
The Sage shook his head.
Even if Li Yao could think of a similar solution, time was against him. Those eyes were awakening—he didn't have a thousand years to prepare.
Li Yao…
You'd best enjoy the Ōtsutsuki Clan's pursuit.
The Sage of Six Paths thought, gloating silently.
(END CHAPTER)
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