“However, if we refer to the original plot and speculate with a conspiracy theory, it’s highly possible that Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, the Six Paths Sage, deliberately manipulated his two sons, driving them to hostility in order to gain significant benefits from them.”
“But there’s also another possibility: while manipulating his two sons, he also deeply cared for them. Such manipulation and care don’t necessarily lead to hostility. For example, this machine-like Ashura will itself contains no thoughts or memories!”
“So, is it possible that this so-called Ashura will is merely a part of Ashura’s existence?”
“Could it be that his son’s true body still possesses a surplus of Ashura’s power, stored within his Pure Land?”
Uchiha Tenxiu pondered with a different line of thought.
As a transmigator with self-awareness, Uchiha Tenxiu didn’t believe his wisdom had reached some earth-shattering level, surpassing everyone in the entire Ninja World, or that he should look down on others as mere natives.
Even if he gained many benefits in the Ninja World by relying on foresight, easily manipulating these Ninja World natives,
what would his intelligence count for in the grand scheme of all the myriad worlds?
Uchiha Tenxiu had no doubt that with his intellect, placed in some worlds where survival depended on intelligence, he wouldn't last more than a few days. In worlds similar to a supernatural resurgence, he would be the kind of cannon fodder who could die at any moment.
This was Uchiha Tenxiu’s self-awareness.
He possessed only a little cleverness but had self-awareness.
He wouldn't become arrogant and look down on others just because he thought he was smart; instead, he was a person who would think cautiously.
While he might not always be able to manipulate his opponents, he could avoid most traps through repeated deliberation.
Uchiha Tenxiu deeply understood this.
Therefore, with his self-recognized limited cleverness, he could only rely on extensive thought, calculating and strategizing from various angles, making all sorts of conjectures. Only then could he avoid exposing weaknesses and be more prepared.
Just now, for example, he had used the most malicious means to speculate that the Six Paths Sage was an unknown beast, a dog-like creature who even refined his own sons into special objects.
But what if the other party’s intentions were different from his conjectures, and he was, in fact, a loving father, a person with astonishing wisdom who was training his sons?
What then?
“Perhaps the Six Paths Sage deliberately extracted a portion of their souls and all their memories and thoughts, allowing another portion of their souls to carry their will and undergo trials in the Ninja World, constantly absorbing everything from their hosts to grow. This is not impossible!”
Uchiha Tenxiu speculated in his mind that if this were the case, the main bodies of Ashura and Indra would both exist in the Pure Land, while a portion of their Chakra would carry their will and slowly grow in the Ninja World.
“The former implies that the Six Paths Sage has no bottom line, even turning his two biological sons into special existences to enhance his own strength. The latter, while giving the Six Paths Sage a last shred of humanity, also invisibly adds two helpers.”
“At least, at critical combat moments, Ashura and Indra would absolutely be on the same level and unified in their stance! This means that at no time can one easily plan based on the number of enemies being just one!”
Uchiha Tenxiu secretly pondered that if this were the situation, and he were to become their enemy, then it wouldn’t just be the Six Paths Sage who would emerge.
Instead, it would be multiple Six Paths Level existences.
At the very least, the Six Paths Sage himself plus his brother, Otsutsuki Hamura, would be on the same side, that much was clear.
And the strength gap between the two was not large; his brother’s Byakugan was definitely not an ordinary Byakugan. To be able to help Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo defeat his mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, his own strength must have been at the top tier among Six Paths Level beings.
As for Ashura and Indra, although they did not merge with the Nine Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and enter the Six Paths Level, they were still at a Six Paths Level standard. Their inherent potential and naturally inherited base stats were overwhelmingly strong.
One could activate a Perfect Susanoo with just a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, reaching the same level as the Six Paths Level Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo in terms of Dojutsu. Although Ashura was slightly weaker, he also possessed the Ashura Sage Body, enough to temporarily contend with him, and was also at the Six Paths Level, even if far inferior to the Six Paths Sage, he wouldn't be too far off.
“And now, if we follow the second conjecture, that Ashura and Indra are on the same side, both being Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo’s contingency plans, then, with a thousand years of accumulation, their strength would also have greatly increased!”
“When I emerge later, I will have to consider at least four Six Paths Level opponents! Not to mention the reincarnations of those two over a thousand years; as long as they are willing to provide a large amount of Chakra, Six Paths Level might not be very possible, but peak Kage-level, or even quasi-Six Paths Level, is definitely achievable! They inherently possess this potential!”
“And Chakra is precisely what they do not lack.”
Uchiha Tenxiu thought of this, and his heart was filled with dread, deciding that he must make a huge profit this time.
Otherwise, he would constantly live in a state of worry in the Ninja World, fearing the sudden appearance of unexpected Six Paths enemies.
Only with Six Paths Level strength
could he settle down.
At least, against those sudden enemies,
Six Paths Level power would be enough for him to escape safely.
Here, whether the Six Paths Sage, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, secretly speculated by Uchiha Tenxiu, was good or bad,
at least, at this moment, it could be investigated through the third item separated from Ashura.
And this third item was also an extremely precious and mysterious existence.
It was not an ordinary object, but the unique memories and a portion of the Chakra of those who hosted Ashura’s Chakra throughout generations. Although this Chakra was only a part of its original body, extracted by Ashura’s own Chakra, it contained endless mysteries and power.
Chakra, this special energy aggregate, possessed unimaginable abilities.
It could not only transmit memories, knowledge, information, and energy, but also convey intentions.
This meant that Uchiha Tenxiu, by contacting this Chakra, could peer into the inner worlds of past Ashura Chakra hosts and understand everything they experienced.
However, this was only a portion of the Chakra, and the amount of information it contained was already so vast.
One could imagine what kind of experience and reward it would be to obtain the complete Chakra.
These 20 portions of Chakra, each with different experiences, represented a generation of Ashura Chakra’s reincarnation trials. They were like weighty historical books, recording the rise and fall, joys and sorrows of Ashura’s reincarnations. Possessing this Chakra was equivalent to possessing all the secrets of the Senju Clan.
However, the amount of Chakra was very small; each portion carried only about the Chakra level of an Elite Jonin. Although an Elite Jonin was considered a master in the Ninja World, in front of Ashura’s identity, this amount of Chakra was insignificant.
“However, there’s a lot of knowledge contained within. Just for Sage Jutsu, there are seven or eight different training methods. I wondered where Ashura and the others found so many Sage Jutsu training methods; it turns out they were training methods possessed by the Summoning Beast World! It’s just that every Summoning Beast clan that helped Ashura mysteriously disappeared in later generations!”
“Why does this feel a bit strange?” Uchiha Tenxiu felt something was off as he read. Summoning Beast clans capable of teaching Sage Jutsu were not weak; they generally had at least Kage-level combat power, and not just ordinary Kage, but powerful, peak Kage-level beings capable of using Sage Jutsu.
Yet, despite such strength,
each time, after teaching Ashura how to use Sage Mode Chakra, they gradually disappeared and declined in later generations.
“This looks so much like deliberately using Ashura to secretly learn everything from them, then discarding them after their usefulness is over!”
Uchiha Tenxiu stroked his chin and thought to himself.