The second time he met the Six Paths Sage was not in Uchiha Sasuke's spiritual space like last time, but in the newly born Land of the Underworld. The suppression of spiritual and soul power, as well as chakra reincarnations, was extremely low, so the strength that the Six Paths Sage could exert was much stronger.

But no matter what, the Six Paths Sage, whose original body has already merged with the Pure Land of the Ninja World, is actually dead, and the derivative forms of his will that exist here are far less powerful than they were at their peak.

The Six Paths Sage has no body, and in order to display his power he generally relies on Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, the two reincarnations of Indra and Ashura's chakras.

However, these two "direct descendants" of the Six Paths Sage had been defeated one after another by the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and they no longer had much energy left to compete with Mizuki.

When he first obtained the power of the Six Paths, Shuimu was a little scared, for he was afraid that the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei would seal him because of the butterfly effect. As for now, no matter how strong he is, he is still a mortal and has not escaped the limits of human beings. Those magical Six Paths magic are just the power given by Ootori Muhayo.

No matter how powerful a mortal's ninjutsu is, it is only a change in technique and cannot change the essential disadvantage.

Feeling Shuimu's aggressiveness, the Six Paths Sage's stern face became serious, and he pointed the Six Paths Staff in his right hand downwards. A spatial fluctuation at the tip spread in all directions like ripples, and a deep will came across the air and was bestowed upon the Six Paths Sage without any delay.

"Judging from your attitude, you probably won't negotiate with someone who can't resist. I need to show you my preparations..."

The moment has come when the true intention is revealed. There is no need for empty words or politeness anymore. Just turn over all the cards and compare them.

Shuimu looked solemnly at the deep aura surrounding the Six Paths Sage, which was like the abyss of the ocean. That was the pressure brought by the soul power accumulated over thousands of years.

"These are what you rely on?"

Shuimu thought it was such a waste to leave so many souls idle in the Pure Land.

"Your original intention was not to cause the overall strength of the ninja world to continue to decline, otherwise you would not have left behind the nine tailed beasts as a backup, but..."

Shuimu was really confused.

If the imbalance of yin and yang in the ninja world is an objective fact, then it would be very strange for the Six Paths Sage to sit idly by or even add fuel to the flames after he has controlled the power of the Pure Land dead souls to a certain extent.

The lack of reincarnation function does not prevent strong people like the Six Paths Sage from operating manual reincarnation. Mizuki was able to give new life to the remaining soul of the former Mizuki three years ago, so there is no reason why the Six Paths Sage cannot do it.

This is not difficult for skilled ninjas who have studied the mind and soul in depth, but it cannot be operated on a large scale.

According to Mizuki's idea, after the Six Paths Sage merges with the Pure Land, he can completely transform into the Ninja World version of "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva". Although his grand wish of not becoming a god until the Pure Land is empty is difficult to accomplish, it will at least be of great benefit to the entire Ninja World.

However, the Sage of Six Paths only left the backup of Indra and Ashura's chakra reincarnations. In Mizuki's opinion, this was simply putting the cart before the horse.

Noticing Mizuki's doubts and a little teasing, the Six Paths Sage let out a rare sigh.

"Not everyone has the ability to see into the future. Even if one does have the ability to predict the future, one will be lost in the confusion of whether to believe it or not. One will always worry whether one's every move will cause changes in the future..."

“I see…”

After a little thought, Shuimu began to understand the Six Paths Sage's concerns.

When Shuimu first traveled through time, in addition to saving his own life and clearing his name, he also wanted to minimize the impact of the butterfly effect brought about by his actions, so as not to lose his intelligence advantage like a God's perspective.

Only when one’s strength is sufficient to protect oneself will one no longer care about the so-called “original plot”.

"So, this strange state lasted for a thousand years?"

"yes!"

The Six Paths Sage confirmed Mizuki's judgment.

"You are not the only one who can see fragments of the future, but you are the only one who believes without hesitation that what you see will definitely happen. I don't understand why you are so sure that Naruto and Sasuke can seal the Ten Tails? Even I, who know everything about them, dare not draw such a conclusion..."

Shuimu smiled but did not answer. There was no convincing answer to this kind of question. Even Shuimu was a little scared for taking such a rash step.

Seeing that Mizuki didn't want to answer, the Six Paths Sage no longer paid attention to these trivial matters.

"My mother has been worried since the day Hamura and I were born. It was not until later that we knew what kind of challenges this world was about to face. War preparations and fighting against powerful enemies were the top priorities. Mother prepared for many years. Hamura and I did not want to exploit the humans in the cruel way that mother did, but we could not do much to improve it. We just changed to a more gentle method to accumulate strength. Although it would also overdraw the potential of the ninja world and would be harmful in the long run, we were worried about the aliens who might come at any time, so we had to maintain the accumulation of strength. However, we did not expect that we would have to wait for thousands of years, and the enemy has not come yet. I miscalculated."

"Just because of such a ridiculous reason?"

Shuimu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There was a sword of Damocles hanging over his head, ready to fall at any time, which ultimately caused the Six Paths Sage to overreact and miss the initial breathing opportunity for development. As time went on, it became increasingly difficult to turn back.

"We've waited until the last reincarnation of Indra and Ashura, and the aliens haven't arrived yet. So, you're anxious and must eliminate the hidden danger of the Ten-Tails first?"

The Six Paths Sage nodded.

"Time is running out. If the pursuers of the Otsutsuki clan arrive before I completely lose my ability to interfere with the ninja world, I can still control the Ten-Tails, the strongest weapon in the ninja world, to fight. If I am gone, no one will be able to suppress the Ten-Tails. I can only give up completely, and from now on, it will be up to my descendants to control it themselves."

"You are really wise!"

Shuimu secretly complained in his heart, saying that the malice of the world is really unpredictable.

The Sage of Six Paths, who had unparalleled talent and wisdom, made mistakes in crucial choices.

In a dozen years, Otsutsuki Momoshiki will come. They have been waiting for a thousand years, but all their efforts were wasted in the last ten years.

"However, this is also good. The ninja world will not thrive without the baptism of blood. You have done enough. Leave it to your descendants. You must believe that your descendants are not incompetent."

"That's good! But from your tone, I seem to have misjudged the timing again."