Chapter 152

The Sage of Six Paths' face showed deep nostalgia.

Many years ago,

two boys, roughly the same age as Hashirama Senju, stood before him,

one inheriting his Yang energy,

the other inheriting his Yin energy.

Thus began countless years of conflict.

But this time,

Hashirama Senju alone would fully inherit his Yin and Yang energies,

stepping into an entirely new stage!!!

【Tobirama Senju: Pitiful—some people can't even claim what's theirs; they've lost even their own Yin energy…】

【Madara Uchiha: Damn it!! The Sage of Six Paths is too biased!! I'm also Indra's reincarnation—why didn't he pass the Yin energy to the other me?! He gave ALL the Yin and Yang energy to Hashirama??】

【Tsunade: It seems the power gap between this generation's Ashura and Indra is enormous… I doubt even the Sage of Six Paths anticipated such a vast difference between them…】

【Raikage: It seems Madara Uchiha has become nothing but a backdrop to the First Hokage—he's now just a supporting character.】

【Orochimaru: According to the Sage of Six Paths, all of ninja history was shaped by these two. It was meant to be a dual-protagonist story—but now, with this other First Lord… it's become a single-protagonist tale!!】

…

Within the Pure Land space,

watching the other self prepare to transfer all Yin and Yang energy to Hashirama Senju,

the Sage of Six Paths couldn't help but want to crawl into the screen and stop him!!!

Hashirama Senju's power is rising too fast!!

If it were only the Rinnegan awakening, it might be fine,

even if his strength increased,

he wouldn't necessarily reach the Six Paths level,

but giving him all the Yin and Yang energy—

this might not be a good thing!!

Regarding the speed of the other Hashirama Senju's power growth,

the Sage of Six Paths felt his scalp prickling.

Once he reaches the Six Paths level,

his power will likely surge without limit, as before!!

By then,

even if he had objections,

it would be too late!!

…

Feeling the endless stream of power flooding his body,

Hashirama Senju involuntarily closed his eyes and groaned!!

He could feel himself growing stronger by the second!!

This constant, unceasing strengthening filled him with profound Tao Zui.

Seeing this, the Sage of Six Paths

wore an increasingly strange expression.

Giving him all the Yin and Yang energy—

is this really alright??

At this moment, Hashirama Senju

looked almost as terrifying as Indra,

even more terrifying than Indra!!!

The last time the Sage of Six Paths saw someone look like this,

it was when his own son Indra wore that same expression!!

And now, Hashirama Senju

wore an expression of rapture in power that surpassed even Indra!!

While feeling the endless power surging within him,

Hashirama Senju was also deeply astonished by the Sage of Six Paths' strength!!

In his perception,

the Sage of Six Paths' power was unfathomable,

even after transferring all Yin and Yang energy to him,

it seemed to affect him little!!!

This made Hashirama Senju even more curious,

just how strong was the Sage of Six Paths in his prime?

Only the Sage of Six Paths himself knew the answer to that question!!

Only the Sage of Six Paths himself knows the answer to this question!!

Hashirama Senju was deeply grateful he had never clashed with the Sage of Six Paths.

It seemed he had made the right choice after all!!

It seems then that what I did was indeed right!!

If I were to clash with the Sage of Six Paths,

where would I ever get such an opportunity to enhance my strength?!

Relying on my own slow study of the two clans' bloodlines,

the progress is terrifyingly slow!!

Suddenly!!

Hashirama Senju opened his eyes,

and now, mysterious purple patterns identical to the Sage of Six Paths' appeared on his eyes,

resembling ripples on the surface of a lake.

He knew,

he had finally awakened the Rinnegan!!!

Seeing Hashirama Senju's eyes—identical to his own—

·· ········Request Flowers··· ·······

The Sage of Six Paths fell silent.

He had not expected,

that what his own two sons could not accomplish,

Hashirama Senju had achieved at this moment.

Back then, Ashura had inherited only my Yang energy,

while Indra had inherited my Yin energy,

yet if the two brothers had been willing to sit and communicate properly,

they would have surely learned each other's powers.

But neither was willing to engage in such communication.

This led to both ultimately mastering only half of their powers!!!

"You have accomplished what Ashura never could…"

"Hashirama Senju… if you continue to cultivate with diligence… one day you will surpass Ashura and Indra."

The Sage of Six Paths wore a complex expression on his face.

He did not know whether what he had done was right or wrong.

This reincarnation of Ashura,

had perfectly fused Ashura's and Indra's traits together!!

More extreme than Ashura,