Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

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It was also the place where that epic battle truly came to an end.

A dark green sky, deep red earth, and rolling hills.

Among them is a valley with a terrain hundreds of times more exaggerated than a meteorite crater, extending tens of thousands of kilometers in depth.

At the very edge of the sky directly opposite the valley, a magnificent celestial body floats suspended!

Dust, Madara, and Obito stood at the bottom of this valley, gazing up at the spectacular sight above.

Madara crossed his arms. "That's... the Six Paths Planetary Devastation? The Sage of Six Paths used the Ten-Tails' hull, the 'Gedo Mazo,' as its core to create a celestial-level sealing stone!"

Chen put one hand on his waist and said, "The moon that we observe from Earth is another masterpiece created by this technique."

Obito stood with his hands at his sides. "The moon is the work of Hagoromo and Hamura, but the one before us is the work of Naruto and Sasuke."

Madara and Obito both simultaneously recalled the image of themselves drinking and talking with Chen late into the night.

"Speaking of Kaguya's legacy, that would be the Ten-Tails, wouldn't it?"

"With Kaguya being sealed away by Naruto and Sasuke fifteen years ago, the Ten-Tails' hull, the Gedo Mazo, was also lost in Amenominaka's Origin Sphere. I want to find the Gedo Mazo again, then collect the scattered chakra, and bring the Ten-Tails back to the world."

Reclaiming Kaguya's legacy marks the beginning of the [Otsutsuki Purge Plan].

As the initiator of the plan, Chen accumulated knowledge and experience before making a breakthrough, overcoming all difficulties.

The three people who were able to make this beginning have successfully stood here.

Undoubtedly, this moment is of extraordinary significance.

Ban took out a pair of black gloves and put them on his hands.

Obito joked, "I didn't realize you were so into rituals~."

"Hmph." Ban said without room for argument, "Dust, prepare the blood."

He took the blood bottle that Chen threw at him, crushed it with a "crack," and smeared the blood all over the tiger's mouth covered by his glove!

With a steady hand seal, it powerfully strikes the earth.

"Psychic · Heretic Golem!"

With a deafening roar, the demonic statue of the Outer Path, sealed away for fifteen years, was extracted from the core of the celestial star and reappeared in the light of day, just as it had been years before.

First, the head, bound by ribbons, broke free of its restraints with its gaping fangs. Then, two thick arms broke free, supporting the body like pillars supporting the sky!

"Awooo...!" The golem roared, raising its powerful paw and slamming it down on Chen without warning!

Chen smiled and replied, "A murderous aura that brings joy to the mind and body, huh? You think I'm the easiest to bully, huh?"

He didn't move; Ban will take care of the cooking.

"Insolence." Madara coldly raised his eyes, his Rinnegan gleaming.

"Snap!" The golem's slapping hand came to an abrupt halt!

Ban made a hand seal in front of his chest, forming the 'Zi' mudra!

—The Immovable Lotus of the Heretic Path!

"Boom!" A lotus pedestal lifted the golem's lower limbs from the ground. Seeing that things were not going well, the golem tried to climb down the lotus platform by using its hands and feet.

The hands clasped together in front of Ban's chest have been changed to the seal of "巳" (Si).

—Heretical Path: Demon-Subduing Shackles!

"Crack!" A pair of shackles made of crimson wood and diamond chains rose behind the golem. The chains and shackles each performed their functions, covering the golem's head, neck, arms and waist!

The shackles were tightly bound, forcibly pressing the demon onto the lotus platform, freezing it in a seated posture, and binding its ankles with Vajra shackles!

"Awooo!" The golem was still making its last struggle until its arms were also bound together in front of its chest in the shape of a bouquet, and a pair of Vajra shackles were locked on its wrists. Only then was the ferocious killing intent under the ribbons binding its eyes completely suppressed!

"Snap!" Ban closed the hand seals, and the shackles slowly sank into the ground.

"That way, they'll behave."

Even though he had seen it all before, Obito was still deeply moved when he witnessed Madara subdue the Golem with a flick of his wrist: "It has to be you. After Nagato died, I almost destroyed his lair in order to control the Golem. That's why I put these shackles on him. Well, it's also related to the fact that the Golem had already sealed away the seven tailed beasts back then."

Dust raised his gaze and fixed it on the golem's 'chest'.

“Very good. If this weren’t available, I would have had to go through a lot more trouble.”

Ban crossed his arms and spoke, his gaze lingering.

"That was a Hashirama artificial body I cultivated using a golem as a culture dish back then. It was perfectly pure, essentially a mindless Hashirama himself. Chen, what are your thoughts?"

Chen said, "Uncle Madara, didn't you ask me about my plans for the Rinnegan? Now it's time to reveal the answer."

"Oh?" Ban immediately became interested and said impatiently, "Then let me see it quickly!"

"Whoosh!" A vortex was released from Chen's right eye, and a coffin landed on the ground.

"Crackling sound." Above it, the frost and haze symbolizing the freezing of time dissipated!

"The secret to my awakening of the Rinnegan lies in this coffin."

As soon as the words were spoken, the dust was lifted from the coffin...

Chapter 34 The Secret in the Coffin

Inside the coffin, which had been opened by dust, swirled a black, unidentified liquid substance!

Ban walked closer, glanced at it, and frowned, saying, "What is this? Where did you get so much asphalt? And you put it in a coffin, don't you think it's bad luck?"

Upon hearing this, Obito walked over with a curious expression. After examining it for a while, he grabbed the edge of the coffin and shook it a few times.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter." The 'asphalt' inside the coffin made a dense churning sound as it was shaken.

Obito shook his head, still not understanding what was going on.

Madara crossed his arms and looked at Chen, asking, "Is the secret of the Rinnegan really hidden in this asphalt?"

“Of course.” Chen said with an innocent smile, “Because this isn’t asphalt, it’s your remains, Uncle Ban.”

"Oh, I see?...Wait, what did you say?" Chen's tone was so natural that Ban almost didn't react.

Ban pointed to the asphalt inside the coffin, which had just been shaken, and asked, "You're saying this is... my... remains?"

"Yes." Chen nodded honestly. "That's right, your remains."

"..." Beside the coffin, Obito lowered his head, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

Having received professional training, he didn't immediately put it on his face.

But deep inside, a maniacal laugh, like that of bronze artifacts, was already emanating from him: I, I thought that turning into a pile of rubble was bad enough, but Madara, Madara, you actually turned into a puddle of asphalt, haha ​​...

Ban scratched his wild, long hair, his expression strange, unsure how to react.

Ban lowered his hand, gestured towards the 'asphalt' in the coffin, and said with his chin, "Well, although it's no longer important, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

"Of course." Chen straightened his clothes and made his face look like a corpse. "After the Fourth Shinobi World War, your body, which you left on the battlefield, was recovered by Konoha."

"After that, two voices emerged in Konoha regarding the handling of your remains. Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, both veteran advisors of Konoha and former disciples of the Second Hokage Tobirama, strongly advocated for the destruction of your remains to prevent the ninja world from seeing people like Orochimaru and Kabuto who play with life and death again."

"Another voice comes from the Ninja Team that Kakashi Hatake established after becoming Hokage. The predecessor of the Ninja Team was the Hashirama Cell Laboratory."

"They advocate preserving your body, after all, a ninja's body is a treasure trove of information, containing information about bloodlines and techniques. Not to mention that you, Uchiha Madara, are the only one who can rival the First Hokage, and even once awakened the Rinnegan. Destroying your body is tantamount to destroying the greatest treasure of ninjas."

"Since the two opinions could not be reached, your body was temporarily preserved and then frozen."

"Until Naruto became the Seventh Hokage, Sasuke, who was the supporting Kage, formally proposed to Naruto that your body be preserved and that a 'corpse-keeping ground' be established in the underground of Konoha, with a special ANBU responsible for guarding the coffin containing your body."

Madara was deeply surprised: "It was Sasuke who suggested it?"

"That's right, Sasuke did consider using the Edo Tensei technique on you if necessary in the future."

“Sasuke back then was actually quite farsighted. He not only suggested preserving your body, but also advised Naruto to seal the chakra of the tailed beasts into his own body.”

"In this way, the tailed beast is protected, and Naruto can also obtain power close to that of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

"Naruto refused, saying he didn't want to restrict the freedom of the tailed beasts. He only chose to merge the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails into one, and return the other tailed beasts to their respective territories."

"I won't comment on his decision back then; the ninja world was indeed thriving at that time."

"Later, I learned about the existence of the Corpse-Binding Forbidden Ground through an 'insider' in Konoha's Anbu."

"At that time, I had not yet made up my mind to take this path. It was only through my interactions with Konoha and the repeated disillusionment that I finally decided to break into the Corpse-Holding Forbidden Zone and take away this coffin."

"And what if you don't get my body?"

"Of course I also have other ways to resurrect you using the Impure World Reincarnation technique."

Seeing the smile on Chen's lips, Ban thought to himself: I almost fell for your trick!

"Dust, you slippery devil! I want to know more than just the origin of the remains! I want to know the origin of the 'asphalt'!"

Oh dear, have I been found out?

"It was I who used [Yin-Yang Release Technique] to purify your remains into a product similar to 'Black Zetsu'!"

"You mean, Yin-Yang Release Technique?" Madara narrowed his eyes.

When discussing Yin-Yang Escape, we must address a common misconception.

Most people think that Yin-Yang Release is exclusive to the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Actually, that's not the case; that's a high-level Yin-Yang Escape technique.

Madara mastered the basic Yin-Yang Release technique very early on, and on his deathbed, he taught it to Obito along with the Uchiha's forbidden technique, the Six Paths Technique, through genjutsu.

"Yin-Yang Release Technique, a forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan, the Six Paths Technique, which I taught to Obito along with the others. You couldn't have been here, could you?"

"Yes, I wasn't there. I wasn't even born then. I was born in the same year that Obito launched the Nine-Tails attack."

Madara turned to Obito, who was still trying to suppress his laughter, and asked, "Did you teach him?"

Obito said, "I've never even seen this guy named Chen when I was alive... Pfft!"

Madara didn't bother to think about why Obito couldn't hold back his laughter.

"That's strange... How did you learn Yin-Yang Release, Chen?"

Obito was also very curious about this.

But then Chen said, "It was you who taught me, Uncle Ban..."

"???" What kind of lame joke is this?

This time, Chen didn't beat around the bush.

"In the meditative state of Samadhi, the imagined you taught me Yin-Yang Release Technique, along with the Six Paths Technique and the forbidden techniques of the Uchiha clan!"

"An imaginary...me? I taught...you?"

Ban almost doubted that he had heard correctly again.

Chen spoke with absolute certainty, while Ban's mind raced: "Did that Zen master teach you 'Samadhi'? Is it something so rote and unintelligible?"

Chen had said that the Six Paths Ninjutsu was indeed quite sophisticated, but Madara hadn't expected it to be so sophisticated, with one set of techniques after another, like wearing two layers of armor.

"Of course, such a hypothesis needs to meet certain conditions; it is not entirely fabricated out of thin air."

"Okay." If there were any restrictions, Madara felt it was somewhat acceptable.

Ban looked down at the 'asphalt' inside the coffin and kindly reminded him, "But you have to be careful, Chen, don't let anything strange get inside me!"

Once the asphalt mine is completely destroyed, people will be afraid of it for ten years!

"Don't worry, Uncle Ban. To be on the safe side, I've already thoroughly tested it with 'Divine Illumination.' The method is to first pulverize it with Divine Illumination, and then restore it with Yumutuo Flow. If there's even the slightest bit of strange component, it won't pass the test."

"That's good." Madara thought to himself: To use my useless body to fulfill Chen's future is not so bad after all, it's the 'legacy' that Hashirama spoke of!

"Do what you want, Dust!"

"Okay, thank you very much!" Chen nodded solemnly, making a hand seal with two fingers!

"Sizzle!" From the chest of the artificial body above, the black rod of the Six Paths Technique extended down and branched out like a tree branch, with the front end penetrating into the 'asphalt' in the coffin!

"Sizzle sizzle!" Using the black rod as a medium, the 'asphalt' flowed upstream, gradually covering the skin of the Hashirama artificial body, until... the asphalt in the coffin was completely gone.

Madara curled up the corners of his mouth: "In this way, Hashirama and I can be considered truly one."

The perfect artificial body of Hashirama, the Yin-Yang Release purification performed on my complete remains... the power of Ashura and the power of Indra, the conditions for awakening the Rinnegan are indeed met.

Madara has already confirmed through the dust that Hashirama and he are the reincarnations of the previous Indra.

Then the problem comes again.