“Of course, that was an extremely long time!” Uchiha Tenxiu sighed inwardly, knowing this point perfectly well.
If the Divine Tree could truly devour the entire world and eventually form a Chakra Fruit, and once someone ate this fruit, they would directly possess the abilities of everyone in the entire world, the power contained within would be unimaginable.
However, the truth was not like that.
Although Ōtsutsuki Kaguya ascended to power in one step, possessing immense strength, she ultimately suffered a crushing defeat.
One must know that even in the Ninja World before.
No matter how weak ordinary people's strength was, supernatural abilities still existed.
Leaving aside other matters, just the ability to perform Sage Arts alone was absolutely beyond the reach of ordinary supernatural individuals. There must have been top-tier powerhouses; this was an indispensable existence under the basic structure of a world.
Even just by relying on the experience of those who practiced Sage Arts, and the Sage Arts obtained through practice, the abilities displayed by the Divine Tree after completely absorbing them, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya would have been able to possess more than enough combat methods.
With these methods, she could even increase her combat power when facing a Six Paths Level existence of the same rank.
But the actual situation was that, apart from relying on her innate Bloodline Limit to unleash powerful techniques, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had almost no other effective combat strategies.
All she did was waste massive amounts of Chakra for indiscriminate bombardment, completely lacking any combat intelligence and unable to unleash her proper output.
If she had eaten the fruit and not been so arrogant as to believe herself a god, not needing to learn 'inferior' methods, and had bothered to learn a bit about the world's cultivation abilities, developing the abilities hidden within the fruit she consumed...
Uchiha Tenxiu couldn't imagine how Six Paths Sage would have won.
Even if Six Paths Sage Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and his younger brother Ōtsutsuki Hamura ultimately achieved victory.
But their performance in the original plot showed that they practiced Sage Arts from their youth until middle age.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, after a long period of training and acquiring sufficient confidence in his strength, decided to launch the rebellion.
This can also be seen in the original plot; before gaining confidence, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo always hid himself.
Conversely, after training, he gained the confidence to rebel, which clearly shows the enhancement from his training.
Even for a Six Paths Level, the boost was significant.
“Of course, this is understandable!”
“After all, under the Ōtsutsuki Clan's idea that simply eating the fruit grants invincible power, why would they care about the cultivation methods of ordinary people? Instead, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, because his innate strength couldn't compare to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's, chose to cultivate as his only option to bridge the gap!”
“However, it was precisely this desperate choice that, by a happy accident, led him to the true path forward!”
“It allowed the terrifying talent of the Ōtsutsuki Clan to be fully developed. From the performance in the original plot, Six Paths Sage Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo fused the Sage Arts he cultivated with his own Chakra, which is the so-called Six Paths Sage Mode!”
“In the final ending of Hokage, Naruto and Sasuke's Six Paths Sage Mode, which was only a part of the Yin-Yang separation, could easily contend with Six Paths Madara and firmly suppress him!”
A hint of wariness flashed in Uchiha Tenxiu’s eyes; the other party had clearly grown during his thousand years in the Pure Land.
“The existence of the Tailed Beasts and the Ten-Tails only increased his upper limit and Chakra origin, bringing no other impact, as he was originally separated from the Chakra Fruit that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya herself couldn't fully consume!”
“Therefore, he was born with the Ten-Tails’ Chakra, plus his pure-blooded Ōtsutsuki genes. The power of the Ten-Tails Divine Tree was merely an addition for him, not a multiplication. It only helped him break through his own bottleneck, allowing him to see the path ahead. So, even if he lost this power, he could still, through his own efforts, return to his peak!”
Or even go further.
Conversely, Naruto and Sasuke's power came too quickly.
And was lost too quickly.
By Boruto, even with their upper limit bottleneck broken, they still couldn't return to their peak, lacking a bit of power.
Although, in terms of combat power, it was compensated by experience.
However, both of them could have become even stronger.
As Uchiha Tenxiu thought about these things, he increasingly understood the relationship between the Ten-Tails Divine Tree and the Six Paths Sage.
He also clearly understood the symbiotic relationship between the Ten-Tails Divine Tree and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
And the enhancement it brought to Ōtsutsuki Clan members.
Through the Ten-Tails Divine Tree and the different absorption of abilities from different planets, it led to various different growth paths for Ōtsutsuki members.
“Such a development pattern, coupled with the results of planting the Divine Tree on this planet, could not be the same. This is why, on previous planets, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya never betrayed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, but on this planet, she so decisively betrayed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.”
“Because this planet is a unique existence! It has the remnants of the Ōtsutsuki God, allowing for a sudden leap to power.”
“This allows the fruit nurtured within it to gradually approach the form of the Ōtsutsuki God's Zhi. In this way, it can explain why Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's power level was so immense!”
“Similarly, it can also explain why Ōtsutsuki Kaguya couldn't withstand the power of a single Chakra Fruit!”
“Even if she distributed most of her power, giving birth to two children, she could still crush everything.”
“Even her two children could naturally grow to the pure-blooded peak of the Ōtsutsuki, inherently possessing the potential of top-tier Six Paths. This was vividly demonstrated in the Six Paths Sage in the original plot. In fact, ordinary Ōtsutsuki Clan members were no match for the Six Paths Sage, and in Boruto, the Six Paths Sage didn't even need to act personally; the contingencies he had arranged were enough to deal with these external enemies, completely disregarding them!”
“From this point, one can see.”
“How terrifying Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's accumulation and growth over a thousand years have been. Other Ōtsutsuki Clan members, when they died, they simply died; there was no soul resurrection. To be resurrected, one must leave behind a 'Karma' beforehand!”
“But the Six Paths Sage is different; after he died, his soul did not dissipate. Instead, it continuously existed in the Pure Land, and even after a thousand years, there was no change. Instead, he became even more unfathomable, making it impossible to discern his true strength!”
“According to the plot of my previous life, I must also cultivate my own Ten-Tails in advance, absorbing the power of the nine Tailed Beasts to obtain a portion of the Ōtsutsuki God's nourishment, to perfect my own achievements. Otherwise, if others complete this first, the remaining Ōtsutsuki God's genes might be gone!”
“Considering these points, I must capture a Ten-Tails or a Divine Tree to absorb as nourishment, allowing my small world to completely analyze it, thereby producing my own Ten-Tails Divine Tree. At the same time, I can keep this Divine Tree within my small world, as a goal for growth into a World Tree.”
“With my Double Zhi God ability, I can completely absorb and digest the Divine Tree once I obtain it, allowing my own being to fill the world, and slowly transform into a World Tree completely belonging to myself, using this as the foundational seed!”
Uchiha Tenxiu kept calculating in his mind, tapping the table, already having an idea.
He planned to seize the Ten-Tails shell, which was Uchiha Madara's transformed Divine Tree, in the upcoming war.
After all, regarding the Ten-Tails Divine Tree, the currently known information is that besides one in Six Paths Sage's hands and one in Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's hands, the only remaining one is the shell in Madara's hands. Although it's incomplete, there's a possibility of restoring it.
The first two are too difficult to defeat.
Only Uchiha Madara is easy to bully.
Moreover.
According to this timeline, Uchiha Madara should act during the upcoming Third Shinobi World War to pass on his legacy to his successor.
Thereby replacing his aging self to continue the plan.
“So, following Obito to pursue the other party at that time would make it easier to find him. Anyway, with his current strength, he is no match for me.” Uchiha Tenxiu understood very well the role that aging, this natural enemy of humans, could play.
Even if he retrieved the Rinnegan, it would be nothing more than that.
Not to mention, putting aside the fact that the Rinnegan indeed increased his capacity.
Now, his truly effective attack methods.
All relied on the Six Paths techniques developed with the Rinnegan; without the Rinnegan, they were basically ineffective.
Let alone if he didn't have the Rinnegan.
Even if he had the Rinnegan in hand.
What could he do!