The Namikaze couple and Uchiha Mikito already knew, through their own sons, who was currently controlling the Divine Tree. They hoped Ryun would, for the sake of past friendship, spare Naruto and Sasuke.
Ryun could see the three of them kneeling and begging on the ground. However, some matters still allowed no room for discussion. Take the Indra and Asura chakra within them, for instance. That was definitely going to be taken away.
These two dead souls kept reincarnating endlessly. Their souls, or chakra, not only showed no sign of weakening, but instead showed a trend of growing stronger and stronger. To prevent the future reincarnations of those two dead souls from causing trouble again, Ryun decisively nipped this possibility in the bud.
In the end, he also spared the lives of the two boys, considering the face of their parents. After all, even if not for the monk's sake, consider the Buddha's face. Furthermore, having killed them once before could already be considered a lesson given.
The Divine Tree began absorbing the chakra from the two boys. The Indra and Asura chakra hidden within their bodies could not escape Ryun's perception either, and he intentionally stripped it away.
Ryun gave the four major ninja villages a way out. However, he prepared to take back the chakra seeds within their bodies. Additionally, Ryun did not let off the chakra seeds within the common people of the various countries in the ninja world.
The Sage of Six Paths spent over a thousand years spreading chakra throughout the entire world. Ryun then used the power of the Divine Tree to reclaim all this chakra. This could also be considered cutting off their possibility of continuing to become ninjas.
In the entire world, only the Land of Rice was unaffected by the Divine Tree. The ninjas of Otogakure were also completely spared.
"Unconsciously, chakra has spread throughout the entire world. Even the Divine Tree finds it difficult to digest such a vast amount of power all at once..."
Looking at the Divine Tree, whose height had skyrocketed by a thousand meters and whose size had clearly grown several times larger, a look of surprise couldn't help but appear in Ryun's eyes.
The Divine Tree's current size was even larger and taller than it was a thousand years ago. The enormous bud at the top of the tree had also fully bloomed under the moonlight.
"The flower has completely opened. What comes next requires a member of the Otsutsuki clan as a sacrifice..."
As he spoke, Ryun walked over to where Otsutsuki Kaguya and her son were.
He gave the mother and son a final chance to talk. However, apart from a few cold, sarcastic remarks to attack each other, the pair didn't say much more.
"You want to offer me as a sacrifice to the Divine Tree? Unfortunately, you've miscalculated. My body is just an ordinary White Zetsu. Sacrificing me holds no meaning whatsoever..." Otsutsuki Hagoromo spoke with a calm expression.
Hearing this, Ryun smiled.
"I know your body is a White Zetsu. But your soul, your chakra, and the power of your Rinnegan are your own. After Kaguya ate the Divine Tree's fruit, she gave birth to you. Your power largely comes from the Divine Tree's fruit. It's time to return this power to the Divine Tree!"
"Just who are you? How can you know so many things?!" Otsutsuki Hagoromo's face looked extremely unpleasant.
"Are you Isshiki?" Otsutsuki Kaguya suddenly spoke up coldly.
Someone who could know these details, including such in-depth knowledge about the Divine Tree, was someone Otsutsuki Kaguya could only think of that man.
"No, your abilities, your eyes, including your chakra, have no connection to that guy at all..." Otsutsuki Kaguya shook her head and frowned, talking to herself.
Over a thousand years ago, she had fed Otsutsuki Isshiki to the Ten-Tails. In her mind, he should be impossible to still be alive. However, she couldn't understand how Ryun knew the sacrificial secret only known to the Otsutsuki clan.
"I am certainly not a member of the Otsutsuki clan. I just know some secrets... Enough idle talk. Now, please, Sage, proceed to your death..."
As he spoke, Ryun grabbed Otsutsuki Hagoromo's body and then actually directly fed it to the Ten-Tails Divine Tree!
To ensure no unexpected changes would occur, Ryun never removed the Truth-Seeking Ball black rods impaled in the other's body from beginning to end. After the Divine Tree opened its bloody maw and swallowed him, Ryun also did not forget to place his hand on the Divine Tree, concentrating fully to perceive the changes happening within it.
One cannot be careless when dealing with an existence like the Sage of Six Paths. Ryun had to ensure absolute certainty. Otherwise, who could guarantee that the other might not pull a trick of turning the tables? In the blink of an eye, not only might he not be digested, but he might instead become the consciousness of the Divine Tree... That would be terrible.
Fortunately, such a possibility did not materialize. After all, the power of Otsutsuki Hagoromo's Rinnegan was completely sealed by 'Eternal Night'. Coupled with the restraints of the black rods, it was almost impossible for him to make any small moves to turn the situation around.
A moment after Otsutsuki Hagoromo was swallowed, the Divine Tree's branches and leaves clearly became much more luxuriant. The Divine Tree's instinctive consciousness even proactively conveyed a feeling of joy to him, its new host!
"Damn it! You are mine! I am your master!!!"
Otsutsuki Kaguya, now only a head left, screamed sharply. She clearly also sensed the Divine Tree's emotions, which made her feel betrayed.
"I order you to kill this man!" Otsutsuki Kaguya's face was full of ferocity, looking at the Divine Tree and roaring like a demon.
When the Divine Tree received this command, its massive tree body visibly trembled for a moment, then quickly returned to calm.
"It has been over a thousand years since you consumed the Chakra Fruit. Sealed inside the moon for so many years, the connection between the Divine Tree and you has long been worn down almost completely over the long years..." Ryun said plainly.
The Ten-Tails Jinchuriki had already changed several people. A new Chakra Fruit was about to be born. Moreover, Otsutsuki Kaguya was now firmly sealed. The Divine Tree would only obey the commands of its new host. Why would it still listen to Otsutsuki Kaguya's orders... unless she could break free and come into contact with the Divine Tree again.
Of course, if a situation where the Divine Tree devoured its master really occurred, then Ryun guaranteed he would make the Ten-Tails understand why 'the sun' is so bright...
"Impossible! The Divine Tree would not betray me! Release me! The Divine Tree is mine! I will kill you!!!" At this moment, Otsutsuki Kaguya had clearly lost her sanity.
Being locked in a small dark room by her own two biological sons for over a thousand years, it would be abnormal if Otsutsuki Kaguya's mind was still normal... Ryun didn't really mind this.
"Since you so desperately want the Divine Tree, I'll let you merge with It into one again... But before that..."
Squelch...
As he spoke, Ryun actually directly gouged out Otsutsuki Kaguya's eyes. The first one he went for was that Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, followed by the two Otsutsuki Byakugan!
Inside his Kamui dimension, there was a 'Treasure of the Otsutsuki'. These three eyes could greatly enhance the fundamental power of the Giant Tenseigan. Ryun had no intention of letting the Divine Tree have them for free.
After losing her three eyes, Otsutsuki Kaguya's aura clearly weakened significantly. Ryun threw a piece of flesh impaled with a black rod into the Divine Tree's mouth. The enormous bud at the top of the tree immediately produced a shocking, extraordinary transformation!
One could see that at the center of the enormous bud, a strange, blood-red fruit was being nurtured. The fruit quietly grew under the nourishment of a continuous stream of chakra. When Ryun fed Kaguya's flesh piece to the Divine Tree, that fruit even rapidly swelled in size at a speed visible to the naked eye!
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