Chapter 159: Topmost Transformation into Buddha

As Jiang Xia activated his Sage Mode, a vast, mighty force that resonated with the entire universe erupted from his body!

The immortal face paint of the Hokage world instantly formed on his face, golden eye shadow adding divine solemnity and authority.

The chaotic, violent energy from the Eight Gates Release instantly calmed, while his overall aura surged violently!

Natural energy surged into his nearly depleted body like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, instantly healing the horrific injuries from the seventh gate, and his half-white hair regained a lustrous black sheen—even surpassing its former state!

More astonishingly, his left Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and right Rinnegan, nourished by Sage Chakra, pulsed with overwhelming power, their glow blazing as if truly awakened!

“What… is this power?!”

Shi Jin’s ethereal voice carried unmistakable shock for the first time!

It sensed Jiang Xia’s aura had undergone a qualitative transformation—he was no longer merely a human cultivator, but something more like… an embodiment of natural law!

Moreover, the energy flowing around him (Sage Chakra) seemed to possess a strange resistance to its Time Law!

“Sage Art: Wood Release: Tree Creation!”

Jiang Xia gave it no time to think—he clapped his hands together (the classic Wood Release stance), and a torrent of Sage Chakra blasted into the battered arena ground beneath him!

“Boom—!!!”

Countless thick trees and vines, brimming with potent life energy and natural power, erupted from the earth like awakened primordial dragons, growing wildly and instantly transforming the entire Fallen God Platform into a primeval forest!

These trees were no ordinary trees—their trunks shimmered with Sage runes, incredibly resilient, and radiated an aura of suppression and binding, even partially restraining and repelling the chaotic “Ten Thousand Eons, One Instant” time domain!

Countless massive vines, as if alive, coiled and lashed toward Shi Jin in the sky, attempting to bind him!

“Child’s play! Time Acceleration: Decay!”

Shi Jin flapped its four wings, and waves of time swept over the approaching vines and trees, causing them to instantly age through their entire lifespans, withering, crumbling, and turning to dust.

But the Tree Creation’s area was too vast!

And it was endlessly regenerative—just as one patch withered, new colossal trees sprouted immediately, one after another!

More importantly, wood infused with Sage Chakra possessed far greater resistance to time acceleration—the rate of decay was drastically slowed!

“Not done yet!” Jiang Xia stood at the center of the sea of trees, his eyes icy beneath the Sage face paint, and he formed another hand seal—vast amounts of Sage Chakra erupted like a volcanic blast!

“Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Man Technique!”

Boom!!!

A colossal wooden man, a hundred meters tall and woven from countless hardened trees, rose from the ground!

The wooden man’s face was monstrous, radiating a primordial aura, its body wreathed in green Sage light, each punch and kick carrying the power to shatter mountains and split the earth!

It roared, its massive wooden fist descending like a mountain, crushing everything in its path toward Shi Jin!

“Time Slow!” Shi Jin swiftly activated time deceleration—the colossal fist slowed drastically as it neared.

“Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!”

Jiang Xia changed his hand seals again—a colossal, lifelike wooden dragon, larger than the wooden man, surged skyward from the forest, letting out a deafening dragon’s roar!

The wooden dragon moved with incredible agility, circling around the area of time slowdown, then opened its jaws from the side and lunged at Shi Jin, its mouth brimming with powerful absorption and sealing force!

The wooden man attacked head-on, the wooden dragon coiled and absorbed from the flank—the full might of Sage Wood Release was laid bare!

Shi Jin was locked in an unprecedented battle!

It flapped its wings frantically, darting between the violent punches of the wooden man and the lethal bites of the wooden dragon, deploying time acceleration, deceleration, cyclical loops, and temporal extraction…

It repeatedly used time techniques to deflect the wooden man’s strikes and accelerate aging in localized sections of the wooden dragon’s body.

But the wooden man and wooden dragon were creations of Sage Art, driven by Jiang Xia’s will and Sage Chakra—as long as his Sage Chakra endured, they could continuously repair and regenerate!

Shi Jin’s time power could inflict damage, but could not instantly annihilate them!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

“Crash!”

The wooden man’s colossal fists kept slamming down, cratering the arena floor.

The wooden dragon’s bites and coils forced Shi Jin into constant teleportation to evade, barely escaping death!

The entire Fallen God Platform had become a battlefield of ancient gods and demons—towering trees, echoing dragon roars, twisted time—the scene was utterly terrifying!

The human faction watched, hearts pounding, blood boiling—they had never seen such a shocking battle style!

Summoning forests, commanding wooden men and dragons! This was outright divine power!

“Jiang Xia… he’s been hiding such terrifying power?!” The Master of the Sword Tomb stood with his sword, eyes heavy with gravity.

“Sage Art… Wood Release… his secrets run deeper than we imagined.” Even Akatsuki Jin’s pale face was filled with awe.

Wang Teng lay on a stretcher, trembling with excitement, gasping, his eyes brimming with hope.

The beast faction fell into dead silence. Several demonic saint shadows flickered violently—Jiang Xia’s displayed power far exceeded their expectations!

“No more delays!” Shi Jin grew anxious—it sensed Jiang Xia’s power in Sage Mode was seemingly endless, while its own time power, though strange, consumed immense amounts of its essence with sustained high-intensity use!

It let out a piercing screech, its four time wings blazing with unprecedented brilliance, ancient time runes igniting like burning embers!

“Forcing me to use my essence… human, Itachi have reason to be proud!”

“Time Secret Art: Momentary Splendor: Reversal!”

A time law fluctuation far more terrifying and fundamental than before erupted violently!

This time, it was neither acceleration nor deceleration—but… localized, self-targeted… time reversal!

The wounds torn by the wooden dragon, the scars from the wooden man’s fists, even the burns left by Amaterasu—all vanished and healed before their eyes!

Its aura instantly returned to peak condition, even surpassing it!

“What?! Time reversal healing itself?!” The human faction cried out—this ability was too OP!

“Useless! How many times can Itachi reverse time before my Sage Art?!”

Jiang Xia’s gaze sharpened—he knew he could not give the enemy another moment to breathe. He slammed his hands together and unleashed every drop of his oceanic Sage Chakra without reserve!

“Sage Art: Wood Release: True Thousand Hands—Topmost Transformation into Buddha!!!”