Under the gaze of countless eyes, Naruto strode toward the Ten-Tails!
Clang!
The Ten-Tails instinctively stepped back, its massive eye on its forehead staring fixedly at Naruto!
Naruto said quietly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not going to eat you..."
"..." The Ten-Tails gnashed its teeth. Its consciousness was chaotic killing intent, the instinct and desire to destroy everything. Moreover, Naruto's body contained the chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts that originally belonged to it!
Whoosh!
It opened its bloody maw, condensing a dark red Tailed Beast Ball and firing it at Naruto!
The Tailed Beast Ball approached rapidly with tremendous force!
"Excellent!"
Naruto's eyes focused.
—Ōmononushi: Erasure!
Whoosh! The Tailed Beast Ball vanished into thin air!
"..." Naruto continued approaching leisurely.
"Roaaaaar..."
The Ten-Tails let out an angry roar, condensing another Tailed Beast Ball and swallowing it directly!
"Hmm?" Naruto's expression shifted slightly. A gray Susanoo instantly rose to beneath the clouds, towering half a body taller than the Ten-Tails before him!
—Six Paths: Susanoo!
Boom...!
The Ten-Tails shot the swallowed Tailed Beast Ball as a light beam, but Naruto'sSusanoo forcibly blocked it with its arms!!!
Clang...!!
At the beam's end, the Susanoo swept its arm, sending the light orb formed at the beam's tip flying toward the horizon. The explosive light waves leveled the mountains in the background!
"What's the rush? The real struggle hasn't begun yet..."
To prevent the Ten-Tails from acting up, Naruto formed hand seals.
—Sage Art: Deity Gates!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Eleven massive Deity Gates descended from the sky, sealing the Ten-Tails' head and tails respectively!
The Susanoo dissolved. Naruto performed a backflip, landing on the Deity Gate sealing the Ten-Tails' head, then jumped onto the Ten-Tails' crown. Placing his palm on its head, he poured all the Tailed Beast chakra from his body into the Ten-Tails!
For Naruto to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, he had to pass two trials. The first was to empty all Tailed Beast chakra from within himself, including Kurama's, releasing his Jinchūriki state!
This would also restore the Ten-Tails to completeness!
The chakra of the One-Tail and Eight-Tail was minimal and quickly emptied. Kurama's chakra was half a beast's worth, so it took slightly longer.
Before leaving, Kurama advised: "Be careful, don't die!"
Naruto smiled: "Don't worry, everything's under control!"
Rustle rustle rustle...!
The moment the Tailed Beast chakra was completely emptied, Naruto's 'Six Paths Sage Mode' cloak also disappeared!
"Ah, we're dead...!" The nine Uzumaki Kurojirō brothers vanished with a cry!
Swish!
Naruto performed a backflip, landing back on the ground and releasing the Deity Gates!
"Roaaaaaaaar...!"
Having regained all its chakra, the Ten-Tails rapidly evolved, directly skipping the malnourished second form and evolving into the burly giant of the third form's final stage!
[Note: A-Maki is the essence of the Demonic Statue and also contains traces of the nine Tailed Beasts' chakra. However, Senju Tobirama had already supplemented that chakra with his own sage power when repairing the statue. Thus, A-Maki's chakra is essentially extra and won't affect the Ten-Tails' complete power in the slightest. Readers with OCD can consume this worry-free.]
"Huff, huff, huff..." Naruto slightly adjusted his breathing. Having temporarily extracted the Tailed Beast chakra, he could only survive thanks to the Uzumaki clan's tenacious vitality!
But if he didn't absorb a Tailed Beast soon, he would eventually die!
This was a necessary process for becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
Next... he had to pass the second trial!
Namely, separating the Ten-Tails' own consciousness from its chakra. This way, the suppressed consciousness of the nine Tailed Beasts within the Ten-Tails would also revive and replace the Ten-Tails!
While not necessary, he needed to properly accommodate the Tailed Beasts with whom he'd formed deep bonds in his previous life!
After all... one mustn't forget their roots!
The method for separating the Ten-Tails' consciousness had long been found through Orochimaru's efforts!
"Huff..." Naruto took a deep breath and formed hand seals with magnificent presence.
Whoosh!
Naruto's own chakra formed a blue cord!
The Ten-Tails' chakra formed a red cord!
The two cords intertwined in mid-air with a bang!
Clap!Naruto suddenly pressed his palms together.
—Mental Power Combat Technique!
Swish!
Naruto and the Ten-Tails' spirits arrived in a vast white world!
Orochimaru had gained inspiration from Naruto and Kurama's tug-of-war, creating the 'Mental Power Combat Technique.'
When ordinary Jinchūriki engage in tug-of-war with Tailed Beasts, they separate the Tailed Beast's chakra from its consciousness. The victor absorbs the loser's chakra!
But the Mental Power Combat Technique does the opposite—it separates the Tailed Beast's consciousness from its chakra. The victor absorbs the loser's consciousness!
"Roaaaaaaaar...!"
In the mental world, the Ten-Tails roared loudly.
"Ugh..." Naruto staggered, and some gray consciousness light was pulled from his chakra!
Naruto steadied himself and praised: "Not bad. I thought this would be easy~!"
In terms of chakra strength, Naruto naturally couldn't match the Ten-Tails. Moreover, he was in a weakened state having just extracted the Tailed Beasts, so he was suppressed from the start!
But... in Mental Power Combat, chakra strength wasn't the decisive factor. What truly determined victory was willpower!!!
Naruto believed firmly: "Ten-Tails, you can suppress me, but you absolutely cannot defeat me!"
"Roaaaaaaaar...!" However, the Ten-Tails was unreasonably brutal. It howled toward the sky, growing hands from its tail tips, and together with its own thick arms, pulled at the cord connecting them!!!
"Ugh...!" Naruto staggered repeatedly, desperately gripping his end of the cord, yet inevitably his consciousness separated from his chakra, flowing toward the Ten-Tails' end!
Time rewound slightly to when Orochimaru had delivered his research results.
"Naruto-kun, Mental Power Combat is extremely risky. In the near-death state after Tailed Beast chakra extraction, even you don't have complete certainty. So I developed a 'safety fuse'—a technique to forcibly interrupt Mental Power Combat when at a disadvantage. After interruption, you can directly absorb the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchūriki..."
But Naruto had said: "I don't need the safety fuse."
Orochimaru was puzzled: "Why is this necessary? You might not even use it—it's just an extra safeguard."
At the time, Naruto had answered: "No safeguards needed, because I've never had even the slightest thought of abandoning the Tailed Beasts!"
Time returned to the present.
"Roaaaaar... Come back to me!!!" As Naruto struggled to pull, he tried to grow Kurama's arms from his body as usual, but of course, he couldn't make bricks without straw!
Just as despair set in, an orange clawed hand reached over and grasped the rope before him!
That familiar, dear voice rang in his ears: "Let this old man lend you a hand...!"
"Ku, Kurama, you...!"
In his shock, Naruto suddenly discovered Kurama's phantom was beside him!
Not just Kurama—Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Gokū, Kokuō, Saiken, Chōmei, Gyūki—all the Tailed Beasts' phantoms appeared at his side, helping Naruto pull the rope!
"You, you all..."
"Naruto, from the moment you decided to risk everything and fight for us, the bond between you and the Tailed Beasts transcended all limits. Even if we're not in your body, the power of the heart keeps us tightly connected!!!!"
Naruto's eyes filled with tears: "This is truly reassuring!"
The Tailed Beasts shouted: "All together now...!!"
"Roaaaaaaaar...!!"
Naruto and the Tailed Beasts exerted their full strength!
The situation instantly turned in Naruto's favor. No matter how the Ten-Tails tried to resist, it couldn't prevent its consciousness from being forcibly separated from its chakra!!
Crack!
When the last consciousness separated from the chakra, the cord snapped!
Crimson light surged into Naruto's body!
Violent thoughts immediately flashed through his mind!
Naruto forced himself to regain composure: "This is truly incredible 'killing intent' and 'malice.' If released, it would probably be ten times more terrifying than when Kurama went berserk in my past. Better seal it away!"
As Mental Power Combat concluded, Naruto formed hand seals in reality!
—Six Paths: Evil Sealing Method!
Whoosh!
The Ten-Tails' consciousness was sealed in the deepest part of Naruto's mental world!
Naruto looked up to see the Ten-Tails standing before him, now motionless like a statue.
Hum!
However, seconds later, the scene changed dramatically. The Ten-Tails' ten tails began swaying irregularly, and its ferocious fanged mouth actually curved into a smile. Then it said fiercely: "Roar roar, do you think this level can defeat me, the great Ichibi~~~!!!"
Naruto immediately recognized who it was but didn't reveal it, pretending to form seals: "What!! It actually failed! Behold my Deity Gates...!"
The Ten-Tails before him quickly said: "Hey, don't mess around, it's this old man!!"
Naruto laughed: "I knew it was you. With tails swaying so seductively, who else but you, Kurama~"
"You... Hmph! Fine, this old man won't argue with you."
The Ten-Tails' massive body lay down before Naruto, its forehead eye blinking up close as its mouth opened and closed: "The Tailed Beasts discussed it. Normally, this old man will serve as the Ten-Tails' consciousness, switching as needed when necessary. Of course, after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, you can meet all of us Tailed Beasts in the 'Heart Dojo'!"
Naruto quietly gazed at Kurama. In this moment, he remembered his previous life when he parted with Kurama.
He had cried and begged him not to leave, but couldn't make him stay.
Naruto said calmly yet deeply: "From now on, let's never be separated again."
Kurama was moved but disguised it: "Hmph, mushy. Hurry up and get to business~!"
Naruto formed hand seals.
—Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!
Gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle...!
The Ten-Tails' massive body became liquid, surging into Naruto all at once!
Whoosh~! The vanished Six Paths robe reignited, its golden light more brilliant than ever!
Of course, unlike before, Naruto was now a genuine Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, so his external characteristics weren't just the saturation of his chakra cloak's color, but other features as well.
The symmetrical horns atop his head were no longer hair mimicking horns, but genuine ones!
The golden tomoe at the collar of his black inner garment was no longer just decorative clothing elements, but had externalized into an independent tomoe necklace!
On the back of his outer golden coat, the Rinnegan pattern symbolizing Six Paths Sage Arts now featured six tomoe decorations. The nine tomoe below the pattern, previously arranged in "three-three" formation, had changed formation into a circular array, with an inverted, fox-fire-shaped tenth tomoe at the center!
Even on Naruto's forehead, the 'Reincarnation Mark' given by the Sage as a symbol of being a Reincarnator displayed six tomoe!
At the abdomen of his inner garment, the circle symbolizing sealing techniques had expanded into tree rings, spiraling inward nine layers from outside to inside, representing levels of power—that is, his body still contained nine times the Six Paths power beyond what was externally displayed!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Truth-Seeking Orbs appeared one after another, actually possessing souls—they were Kurojirō and the others!
"Hehe, we're alive again..."
"Eh? How did one more appear??"
The previously heroically sacrificed 'Uzumaki Kurotarō' had also been revived in the tenth Truth-Seeking Orb. He greeted: "Father, I'm back..."
Naruto nodded: "Mm, welcome back."
It turned out that Naruto, now possessing the true power of Futsunomitama, could directly revive souls he had once bestowed!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Besides the ten Truth-Seeking Orbs of Kurotarō's ten brothers, two additional Truth-Seeking Orbs were produced, becoming Naruto's 'staff'!
Naruto's Six Paths staff was different from anyone else's!
It was T-shaped, but the left and right ends of the T had rings symbolizing yin and yang respectively!
At the top of the T was a subtle but sharp 'point' that could be used for 'thrusting'!
This staff was more like a combination of the Truth-Seeking Orb staffs once used by Hagoromo and Hamura!
Clang!
The staff struck the ground as Naruto, now the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, stood proudly in the wind!
In the distance, Madara and Obito stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing at Naruto's new form.
Madara murmured: "Is that truly a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki? Judging by chakra, it's no less impressive than when Indra became the Divine Tree Jinchūriki..."
Obito pondered: "It seems Naruto fulfilled the Tailed Beasts and thereby fulfilled himself. After separating the Ten-Tails' consciousness, the nine Tailed Beasts' consciousness replaced the Ten-Tails, achieving perfect compatibility with Naruto. In other words, Naruto doesn't need to expend any power suppressing the Ten-Tails—he's achieved true zero internal consumption!"
Madara nodded: "Indeed. Even someone as powerful as Indra could instantly control the Ten-Tails' power, but that doesn't mean he didn't need to expend his own chakra suppressing the Ten-Tails. Suppressing Tailed Beasts consumes massive amounts of chakra from both the user and the beasts. This form of Naruto's can truly be called the 'full power' of a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki...!"
Obito said solemnly: "The current Naruto has probably perfectly surpassed the Sage of Six Paths..."
Naruto's gaze turned toward Kaguya, still sleeping soundly after the fierce battle ended.
The Ten-Tails within Naruto no longer had any karmic connection to Kaguya.
The source of Kaguya's power had been replaced by the Ten-Tails that Indra had become.
Naruto murmured: "The reason Kaguya became a little girl is probably because the Ten-Tails from the karmic transfer is slightly weaker than the original—that is, the Ten-Tails within my body. Moreover, what transferred along with the karma was the Divine Tree of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. To release the Infinite Tsukuyomi without harming the White Zetsu, we'll have to wait until Kaguya awakens."
After withdrawing his gaze, Naruto looked up at the night sky.
The moon had been used as a weapon when Kaguya activated her Tenseigan, and was ultimately completely destroyed in Naruto's counterattack, no longer existing.
"The moon is humanity's hope for beauty. Let's create another one..."
Whoosh!Naruto held his staff in his right hand and flew toward the night sky!
Whoosh! The power of Truth-Seeking Orbs condensed before his left palm!
Having just become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, Naruto accomplished two feats: creating Truth-Seeking Orbs independently, and using Truth-Seeking Orbs as the gravitational core for Planetary Devastation!
Whoosh! The Truth-Seeking Orb core flew beyond the heavens, disappearing into the vastness.
Naruto smiled, released his staff, and pressed his palms together: "The commotion might be a little big..."
—Super Six Paths: Planetary Devastation!
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