"Welco to Takamagahara.
Please proceed in order onto the Sea of Reincarnated Spirits. Afterward, professional staff will register and archive you.
Those who were non-shinobi in life, please enter the Gate of Imprisoned Souls."
"Summoned beasts, remain where you are for now."
On a vast stretch of land, Orochimaru's projection, towering over a hundred ters tall, stood beside a shimring sea. Nearby lood a pitch-black gate.
Before him, endless lines of souls shuffled forward. To one side of the queue gathered massive, fearso creatures—so crawling across the ground, others hovering in the air.
The land itself was strange.
Green mountains and clear waters were present, yet it looked as though the terrain had once been smashed by an imnse force, then crudely pieced back together. Vast plains were dotted with towering ancient trees and lush grass, yet broken mountain peaks lay embedded upside-down in the earth like discarded debris.
Across the sea, the sky was in chaos.
A three-headed, six-ard purple Susanoo battled fiercely against two others—one blue, one green.
Below them, Hashirama Senju stood atop a colossal Wood Golem, while dozens of figures darted around it. Endless vines erupted from the ground, tangling together into a grotesque curtain of vegetation, resembling a monstrous open maw devouring everything ahead.
Farther still, the sky was filled with enormous, bizarre steel fortresses—countless in number. Under the sunlight, they glimred eerily, firing beam after beam of annihilating energy.
After so ti, a White Phosphorus Great Serpent and an orange toad appeared at the sea's edge, each rivaling Orochimaru's projection in size.
"You're finally here," Orochimaru said with a smile.
"Please guide the souls of these Pure Land–world summon beasts into the Summoning Realm."
The white serpent flicked its tongue, its vertical pupils shifting—then it spoke in a human voice.
"Orochimaru. You studied senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave as well. Can you ask your master—when are we finally allowed to leave the Summoning Realm?"
"Hehehe~" Orochimaru chuckled.
"Allow to clarify sothing, White Snake Sage. Naruto-kun is not my master. He is the master of Takamagahara itself. And the Summoning Realm is part of Takamagahara."
His tone carried unmistakable mockery.
The White Snake Sage's pupils shrank. Its tail twitched, then slowly settled.
After a pause, it asked again,
"Then why was Katsuyu allowed to leave the Summoning Realm?"
"Because Karin asked Kushina to speak on her behalf," Orochimaru replied lightly.
"And Katsuyu's abilities are extrely useful on many population-breeding colonial worlds."
His gaze sharpened as he added,
"Frankly, had you not allowed Tayuyahi to devour one of Naruto-kun's world vassals back then, you might've earned freedom too. Ryūchi Cave did contribute considerable strength during the unification of the shinobi world."
"I only wanted to examine that ring… and all this because Tayuyahi ate a single human?"
The White Snake Sage froze, regret flashing through its eyes.
It glanced at the orange toad beside it, then asked quietly,
"Then what about the toads of Mount Myōboku?"
At that, Orochimaru's smile vanished.
"That," he said coldly, "I do not know."
The orange toad had remained silent the entire ti, its gaze fixed on the slowly advancing herds of giant beasts, as though none of the conversation had ever reached its ears.
The Void Beyond the Worlds
In the boundless starfield, twelve luminous droplets were strung together by a pale, translucent arc of light, the far end disappearing into nothingness—like a bridge to another reality.
Suddenly, all twelve droplets flared brilliantly.
The foremost droplet trembled, and three streaks of light shot forth like teors. After a brief spin, they resolved into Naruto, Hagoromo, and Hamura.
"Young man!" Hagoromo bood, gripping his staff.
"You have already taken benefits from us brothers—why do you continue to press the Pure Land so relentlessly?!"
"Benefits?" Naruto laughed softly.
"Your shalessness truly lives up to legend, Sage. But yes, I did gain sothing. Still—what about the little matter of you two ambushing afterward?"
Hamura snapped angrily,
"You were the one who invaded the Pure Land with malicious intent! We rely defended ourselves!"
"I was just trying to say hello," Naruto replied casually, glancing at the chain of glowing droplets.
"You two went straight for the kill."
He shrugged.
"At this point, who's right or wrong no longer matters. The fighting inside the Pure Land is about to end anyway."
The brothers' expressions changed instantly.
They transford into towering thousand-ard divine beings, countless hands reaching for Naruto.
Naruto smiled.
Behind him, a black sphere rapidly expanded, swallowing his body and growing into a teor-sized mass—still expanding.
"Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb."
Horror flashed across the brothers' faces. Their hands were absorbed the mont they touched the black sphere.
At the sa ti, a colossal giant silently appeared behind them, hundreds of palms pressing down toward their heads.
Yet—unexpectedly—the hands passed straight through.
The two divine beings shimred like mirages, then vanished.
Below, the chain of luminous droplets flared once more. The foremost droplet suddenly swelled, broke free from the pale arc, and vanished into the depths of space.
The giant narrowed its eyes.
"So… head-patting only works on Kaguya."
In an instant, it shrank back down into Naruto.
A twisted black vortex appeared nearby. Sasuke stepped out, his expression cold.
"You let them escape on purpose?" he asked, flying over.
"Curious why?" Naruto said, raising his hand.
A palm-sized holographic screen appeared.
Sasuke focused—and saw star maps rapidly forming, red dots blinking intermittently across them.
Naruto smiled.
"Heh. A free interstellar pathfinder.
Let's hope they hurry up and open a few new world tributaries."
Ashihara Divine Court · Mount Qingqiu
A black portal tore open in the sky above Mount Qingqiu.
Monts later, three figures erged.
At the front was Kurama.
Behind him followed two strange beings—pale-skinned, ash-gray hair flowing down their backs, Byakugan eyes staring blankly ahead, and a pair of forward-curving horns atop each head.
"Gahahaha! Tricked two more unlucky fools inside!"
As Kurama's wild laughter echoed, the dazed horned figures followed him downward.
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