Looking at the issue from a forward-looking perspective, it does feel like the Six Paths Sage's choice was not a good time, but it's also understandable.

If facing a powerful enemy, it will certainly not work if we do not improve our military preparations and just focus on farming and development. However, once we have embarked on the path of militarism, it will be very difficult to reverse the direction.

Whether to give up halfway or to stick to the end, both choices require courage.

At this point, Mizuki no longer cared about the Six Paths Sage's calculations. No matter what his original intention was, his diligent attitude of working for the continuation of the ninja world was very shameful to Mizuki. Even his affairs after death were arranged so clearly, and it was not enough to praise his achievements for devoting all his efforts until his death.

As for the increasingly conservative stance, it is not wrong. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose anyway. You can only move forward bravely to fight for a glimmer of hope. But now, the ninja world is in a relatively good situation. It is not worth it to throw away all the chips at once.

Before you have enough confidence and are unclear about the future situation, it is actually a good choice to take more cautious measures.

The life and death of a world is far from being determined by one or two wars. The time to calculate gains and losses takes hundreds or even thousands of years. What does a ninja or even a ninja village of a country count for?

Under the general trend, nothing can be resisted.

"Anyway, I won..."

Mizuki said as a matter of course.

"Although it's a bit unfair, the winner has been decided. There's no need to fight anymore..."

The will of the Six Paths Sage can exert a stronger power here, but it is only relative to the ninja world. Unless it is the peak of his life, the possibility of Mizuki being defeated is very small.

Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, who could be relied upon as trump cards, had consumed too much energy and were no longer useful.

Although Shuimu was not waiting for the opportunity to fight, he still got a lot of opportunities to rest and recuperate. It was reasonable to leave the main battle tasks to the Child of Destiny.

If you can't succeed even if you do it with all your heart, then you are really incompetent.

The Six Paths Sage, exuding a terrifying aura of death, looked at Mizuki seriously.

"Now that things have come to this, it's fine to acknowledge your proposal, but I want to hear your plan... Do you intend to become a guardian like me, and finally become one with the rules?"

“No…”

Mizuki shook his head.

“That’s not for me!”

Self-awareness is Shuimu's greatest advantage. If gods need to distort one's will, they might as well die.

It is really boring to be a god who is worshipped but has lost his humanity.

Shuimu's own character flaws are too obvious. Most of the time he is indifferent to the outside world, but when his thoughts occasionally surge, he becomes easily excited.

When I think about fulfilling the responsibilities of a god year after year without overstepping the boundaries, it's no different from the Six Paths Sage integrating into the order of the ninja world, except that he has more autonomy.

"Eternal life, powerful force, and yet nothing can stop you?"

"eternal life?"

Mizuki scoffed.

"Even the ninja world will be destroyed one day, so how can the life that depends on it be immortal? The best it can do is to live as long as the heavens... As for great power, at our level, pure power is no longer important. Wisdom and vision are the criteria for dividing levels."

"You are really good. It's a pity that I am going to disappear! I really want to go to your hometown to see what kind of education you received that allowed you to see through the essence of the ninja world in just a few years and reach this point..."

The Six Paths Sage let out a rare sigh.

"But some things are not as simple as you think..."

Following the gaze of the Sage of Six Paths, Shuimu looked down at his raised hands.

"Is there anything unusual... Eh? That's not right..."

In the Rinnegan chakra mode blessed by the fairy technique, Mizuki's power is unquestionable. A layer of green energy shield on the outside covers the golden fairy chakra energy on the surface of the body, making Mizuki unaware of the changes for a while.

"Isn't this the amplification effect brought by the immortal technique..."

Not only the golden glow on the surface, the skin surface also becomes crystal clear and has a tendency to gradually penetrate deeper.

"What is this phenomenon called? Holy Spiritization?"

Although he didn't know the specific meaning of the word, the Six Paths Sage still roughly understood what Mizuki meant.

"This is your reward. If you have made great contributions to the ninja world, you will naturally receive corresponding benefits... If I hadn't sealed my mother... Kaguya Otsutsuki, how could I have become so strong?"

“I see…”

Mizuki understood that the brothers Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura joined forces and fought hard to finally seal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. However, a thousand years later, the Six Paths Sage, who had long been dead, only granted partial power to allow Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto to seal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. Does this mean that Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto have better qualifications and are stronger than Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura?

This possibility is relatively small. The biggest possibility is that the strength of the Six Paths Sage has increased by leaps and bounds after sealing Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

"Becoming a saint in the flesh and becoming a Buddha instantly, that's probably what it is..."

Turn the tide and support the collapsing building!

Although Mizuki's actions were not as direct as those of the Six Paths Sage, their long-term impact was more far-reaching.

"You understand?"

"It's not what I want, but it doesn't seem to have any harm..."

If one's virtue does not match his position, disaster will surely occur. Confucius' words still make a lot of sense.

If one has little virtue but a high position, little wisdom but big plans, little strength but heavy responsibilities, he will rarely succeed.

Shuimu's situation is just the opposite. He has made great achievements but holds a low position. Of course, this low position is relative and Shuimu doesn't really care.

"Once you have completed what you need to do, you can do whatever you want."

This can be considered the ninja world's version of the merit protection, which is even more domineering than the so-called child of destiny. As long as Mizuki doesn't seek death, he will probably live a smooth life.

"It seems that the ninja world has made its choice, so I won't meddle with it any more!"

I originally wanted to struggle a bit to test Shuimu's strength and ability, but now it seems that there is really no need.

"In this case, I am relieved!"

The Six Paths Sage looked at Naruto and Sasuke below him.

"I'll leave these two little guys to you to take care of."

"Don't worry, I haven't had enough of the pleasure of bullying the Child of Destiny!"

"It's up to you! I will give you the souls I have collected over the past thousand years, but what are you going to do with the Pure Land?"

"Merge with Xishuixiang. The rules of the underworld need to be perfected as soon as possible. It's a bit troublesome to recreate one. I will use Xishuixiang to erode it, and then simulate the Land of the Underworld. I will start operating it as soon as possible."

"that's all?"

"Let's take it step by step!"

Shuimu waved his hands and said, "The Land of the Underworld is about reincarnation and punishment, but where there is punishment there must be reward."

In Shuimu's previous life, there was heaven and hell outside, and the underworld in the middle. As the saying goes, the sky is high and the underworld is low, only the underworld is still not perfect. Although the cycle of life and death is smooth, there is no reward or punishment.

"I know what you mean, Toneri Ōtsutsuki on the moon?"

"I thought you would take it under your control in one fell swoop and create a pure land of bliss as the abode of noble souls."

This is also the main way to enrich the strength of a pantheon's rules and to update them.

With Mizuki's current fortune, he is invincible. As they both have the Samsara Eye, the possibility of Mizuki winning is very high. After all, Otsutsuki Toneri is weaker.

"Forget it, I can't take all the benefits!"

"Knowing what to do, with a guide like you, I don't have to worry for at least a hundred years!"

Shuimu smiled reservedly, and of course would not tell this old-fashioned man that he was not so kind, but was just afraid of trouble.

Someone will deal with the moon and Otsutsuki Toneri in the future. Of course, that's another story.

"Finally, what are you going to do with the Ten-Tails?"

“This is easy…”

The Six Paths Sage was not asking about the monster, the sacred tree, but about the will of his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

"Time is the indestructible weapon. The torrent of time has drowned so many people, such as the Goddess of Mao and the Sage of Six Paths..."