Remember this: the so-called benevolence of Jashin always comes at a cost.
What's free is often the most expensive. Every gift from fate has already been priced in advance.
You don't know how much of Jashin's story was nonsense and how much of it held truth.
But there's no doubt—just as he said—when he struck that deal with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, it laid the foundation for the births of Hagoromo and Hamura.
And now, you're sure of one thing: your actions at that moment have already helped Jashin accomplish something. You simply lack the strength to understand what it is.
So, you told yourself the price had already been paid.
Since you weren't leaving empty-handed, you asked Jashin how to develop the sliver of divinity within your body, and for the forbidden jutsu knowledge in his possession.
You weren't interested in the tangled history of the shinobi world.
All you cared about—was power.
Especially now that you've stepped into the Six Paths tier... how do you continue to grow?
After all, the original story seemed to top out right there.
According to Jashin, he didn't know how the Ōtsutsuki clan categorized power, but the divine system that once existed in the shinobi world could be divided into seven divine tiers:
From lowest to highest:
1. Divine Servant
2. Divine Envoy
3. Demigod
4. True God
5. Celestial God
6. Supreme God
7. And the fabled… Absolute God!
"Divine Servant" and "Divine Envoy" both referred to beings who housed divine power within their bodies, no longer mere mortals. The difference was—
A Divine Servant lacked their own will.
Even if they had some, it wasn't enough to fully wield such power. No matter how overwhelming their strength was—even if a Divine Servant of a higher-tier god was stronger than that of a lower-tier god—they could only ever be a servant!
For instance, all of the Tailed Beasts from One to Nine were Divine Servants created by Ōtsutsuki Hamura. The Ten-Tails was the Divine Servant of Kaguya herself.
As for the Zero-Tails you encountered—according to Jashin, it was a Divine Servant formed from residual divinity left behind by a fallen Celestial God...
Divine Envoys, on the other hand, were more akin to members of the Ōtsutsuki clan who hadn't consumed any chakra fruit or awakened the Rinnegan.
The power they held varied greatly depending on the divine force they carried and how well they mastered it. The gap between the upper and lower limits was often massive.
The upper end would be beings like Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki, early-stage Kaguya, or your current self and Nagato.
Unlike Divine Servants, Divine Envoys retained full intelligence and free will. So long as they had the right method, their power could continue to grow...
They could even edge toward Demigod!
Take Obito, for example. After becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, even with only one Rinnegan and without fully controlling the Ten-Tails' power, he still qualified as a borderline Demigod.
...
Demigods were true Six Paths-level beings.
Like Obito after gaining the Ten-Tails' power, or Six Paths Madara, Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, Isshiki, Toneri, or the Six Paths versions of Naruto and Sasuke.
These beings didn't just carry divine power—they each wielded at least one rule-based power, such as the Six Paths Power itself.
Manifestations of this included the Rinnegan, Tenseigan, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and even the Rinne Sharingan.
These were more than mere abilities—they symbolized absolute suppression of mortals.
But the Demigod tier covered a wide power range. Even Kaguya, who consumed the chakra fruit from the God Tree, still fell into this category.
The difference? Kaguya's fruit contained more than just ordinary divine energy—it held fragments of divine power from the Ōtsutsuki deity, Amaterasu, and various gods who perished in the ancient war between the shinobi world and the Ōtsutsuki clan.
It wasn't just one rule she inherited. It was many—far too many.
This abundance of divine laws once pushed Kaguya's power close to the Celestial God level, even edging toward Supreme God. But...
She never ascended because her lifeform—her soul—remained that of a Demigod.
Without complete mastery over the laws...
Without creating her own "Divine Domain"...
Without forging her own "Authority"...
She could never become a true god.
That is—she could never become a True God.
Though she was an Ōtsutsuki, she lacked the right to consume the chakra fruit and never understood the path to godhood. That ignorance was why she failed to dominate the shinobi world.
...
The first three divine ranks—Divine Servant, Divine Envoy, and Demigod—only indicated a degree of control over divine power.
They didn't reflect actual usable power.
Even a Demigod could be defeated by mortals if they failed to master their own strength...
Only by taking that next step—becoming a True God—could one transcend the realm of ordinary life.
...
Yet that step—from Divine Envoy to Demigod, and from Demigod to True God—was a perilous journey.
Many who tried fell short.
In fact, many Divine Envoys or Demigods failed to endure the baptism of power and fell... devolving into Divine Servants.
Just like Obito, whose lack of willpower nearly caused his body to explode from housing two Rinnegan, turning him into a monstrous heap of flesh...
...
Beyond this was the True God—a being who had forged their own Authority.
Jashin claimed that both he and Shinigami were at this stage now.
As for the Sage of Six Paths, it seemed he had revealed the secret of becoming a god—perhaps because of some hidden agenda with Mount Myōboku—and stepped onto this path as well.
The Authority he wielded came from Kaguya and had even absorbed the Divine Domain of the Shinigami. Because of this greater variety of rules, his strength far surpassed that of wounded Jashin and the unconscious Shinigami.
He might even be capable of becoming a Celestial God.
...
A Celestial God was a god who held the source or trunk of an Authority.
Compared to them, a True God's Authority was merely a branch—a derived segment.
A Celestial God's Authority was unique. Only when one fell and their Authority shattered could a new Celestial God be born.
Which meant—the birth of a Celestial God could block the ascension path for countless True Gods in that world!
And this, Jashin confessed, was why he couldn't understand why Mount Myōboku's toads had chosen to share the secret of godhood with the Sage of Six Paths.
...
As for what a Supreme God's Authority looked like? Even Jashin didn't know...
...
"Haah... That old bastard finally finished explaining."
Now that Jashin had spilled all this, you finally understood his motive.
He was opening up like this—exposing secrets, even showing vulnerability—because he wanted you to test just how far the Sage of Six Paths had gone!
Because this directly affected his own future.
Humans pursue power to satisfy ambition and desire.
Gods pursue power because ambition and desire are their very nature.
There's no difference.
When you pointed this out, Jashin admitted it.
Yes—he wanted you to probe the Sage of Six Paths' true strength.
And that road, for you, would be a one-way trip.
...
So, once his motive was laid bare, Jashin didn't hold back anymore.
He offered to help you in every possible way—short of personally taking action.
After all, if you were too weak, he wouldn't be able to observe the Sage of Six Paths' power at all.
You didn't care much either way. Black Zetsu, Indra and Asura, the Sage himself—you didn't carry any reverence for those shinobi legends.
What mattered was this:
From your past life, you brought with you one unwavering truth—you would destroy anything that stood in your way.
Still, if Jashin wasn't going to be your guiding "grandpa," having him play encyclopedia and all-purpose support wasn't a bad deal.
Seeing your greedy attitude, Jashin finally relaxed.
After all, betting your life wasn't a trivial matter.
But now that you had desire and had made a deal, he no longer feared you'd sell him out to the Sage of Six Paths.
With a grand sweep of his hand, Jashin gifted you Hidan—so you could use him as a mouthpiece for future communication!
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