Before this, Hyuga Yu had already completed his verification—
Although the "Tenseigan" and "Tenseigan Chakra" sounded directly related, they were actually two completely different things belonging to entirely separate systems.
The Tenseigan was the ultimate evolutionary form achieved by the Byakugan, driven by the combination of high-purity Ōtsutsuki lineage and Tenseigan chakra.
On the other hand, Tenseigan chakra was a unique type of chakra refined from the Ōtsutsuki lineage, vastly different from that of ordinary shinobi.
This sounded strange and convoluted, somewhat akin to a chicken-and-egg logical paradox.
A person possessing the Tenseigan would naturally possess Tenseigan chakra. However, someone without the Tenseigan could also possess Tenseigan chakra. In fact, obtaining this Tenseigan chakra prior to awakening the Tenseigan was precisely one of the essential elements required to awaken the true Tenseigan.
For example, the eyeless Toneri Ōtsutsuki utilized abilities such as glowing cyan chakra spheres that devoured chakra and ninjutsu, as well as spirit spheres that controlled people's minds. These two applications of Yin-Yang Release were essentially both Tenseigan-related abilities. The cyan chakra used by the eyeless Toneri Ōtsutsuki was not fundamentally different from Hyuga Yu's current cyan chakra; the only difference lay in their elemental attributes.
Another example was when Hyuga Yu previously grafted the genetic factors of various shinobi clans with cyan chakra in his Yang Release laboratory, unexpectedly synthesizing true Yang Release: Tenseigan Chakra.
All of this fully proved that Tenseigan chakra could be born before the Tenseigan itself!
After arriving at this conclusion, and combining it with the generation principle of cyan chakra: "Fully combining the Caged Bird chakra with various elemental factors can generate cyan chakra possessing different Tenseigan-related abilities."
Thus, it was not difficult to draw a conclusion—the Caged Bird chakra was the most fundamental form of Tenseigan chakra.
And the advanced form of the Caged Bird chakra, the cyan chakra, was a manifestation of Tenseigan chakra—an incomplete form of Tenseigan chakra.
This led to the final conclusion:
Cyan chakra was, in reality, Tenseigan chakra.
However, given Hyuga Yu's current level of cyan chakra (Yin, Yang, and Wind attributes) and the purity of his Ōtsutsuki lineage (which only supported the simultaneous fusion of three attributes with the Caged Bird chakra), it was not enough to allow him to awaken a complete Tenseigan just by transplanting a pair of Byakugan like Toneri Ōtsutsuki could.
Following this logic, as long as Hyuga Yu could make up for the flaws in the Hyuga clan's lineage and reach Toneri Ōtsutsuki's level of purity, he would obtain true, flawless Tenseigan chakra. Combined with the fact that Hyuga Yu did not lack a Byakugan, he could theoretically drive the Byakugan to evolve directly into its ultimate form, the Tenseigan, just like Toneri Ōtsutsuki.
Hyuga Yu and the eyeless Toneri Ōtsutsuki on the Moon were essentially walking on two sub-branches of the exact same path. Both belonged to branch families, and both were descendants of Hamura Ōtsutsuki.
Toneri Ōtsutsuki lacked a pair of Byakugan.
Hyuga Yu lacked Toneri Ōtsutsuki's lineage purity.
Although both seemingly lacked only one thing, their understanding and mastery of "jutsu" were worlds apart. One advantage Hyuga Yu had over Toneri Ōtsutsuki was—
He was not overly obsessed with lineage and Kekkei Genkai. He had gone a step further in understanding and developing the principles of jutsu, completing the fusion of Yin-Yang Release to create [Chakra Black Receivers] and [Chakra Prayer Beads]. He had also successfully used the [Chakra Prayer Beads] to enhance his ninjutsu and physical body. Once the variable of the Tenseigan was introduced, these abilities would expand even further.
In short, obtaining the Tenseigan was actually just a beginning. Reaching the true Six Paths level was the ultimate destination of this path.
If Hyuga Yu and Toneri Ōtsutsuki were to obtain the Tenseigan at the same time right now, then in terms of pure combat power, Hyuga Yu—as a shinobi—could beat Toneri Ōtsutsuki into oblivion. On the path to combining all seven elements, fusing Truth-Seeking Balls, and ascending to the Six Paths level, Hyuga Yu would also be a step ahead of Toneri Ōtsutsuki.
However, it was obviously impossible to make such a comparison. Calculating by age, Toneri Ōtsutsuki was probably just a little boy who had not been born for very long at this point.
So, after sorting all of this out, a final question emerged:
[Without a Tenseigan, but having mastered and trained in Tenseigan-side abilities ahead of time, can one enter the Tenseigan Chakra Mode based on this?]
Hyuga Yu did not know the answer, but he was willing to give it a try!
At this moment, Hyuga Yu began to form hand signs.
Yes, Hyuga Yu, whose ninjutsu were almost entirely signless, was forming hand signs for the very first time...
He recalled the hand signs Toneri Ōtsutsuki formed when activating the Tenseigan Chakra Mode:
Rat — Boar — Horse — Snake, and finally, on the basis of the Snake sign, raising and pressing the middle fingers together while bending and interlocking the index fingers, forming a "Jin" sign that was different from the standard twelve basic hand signs.
Previously, Hyuga Yu had already attempted to enter a partial-body Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which had succeeded quite smoothly. However, a problem arose when trying to enter the full-body Tenseigan Chakra Mode: without the assistance of a Tenseigan, controlling an ultra-massive amount of cyan chakra and fusing it with his body in an instant was something even Hyuga Yu found difficult to achieve, despite his current chakra control vastly exceeding a stat sheet value of Hand Signs: 10.
Just as he realized that utilizing hand signs as an aid could allow better control over the cyan chakra to complete the fusion, he was forced to temporarily interrupt his training to make money for his subsequent plans. He had set out with Yahiko and Nagato, arriving here to handle the farce in the Land of Rain.
And now, on this battlefield where the fight was drawing to a close and almost everyone had fought until they had no strength left, this forced-interrupted training resumed!
The moment Hyuga Yu formed the Jin sign and the cells of his entire body perfectly fused with the cyan chakra—a transformation originating from the very source of life itself began, causing everyone present to feel an anxious, terrifying dread in their hearts!
"Hey, hey... you've got to be kidding me, right?"
Kitsuchi, who had just dragged himself out of a pile of earth with great difficulty, widened his eyes. He stared blankly at the completely unharmed Hyuga Yu in the center of the battlefield. "Two Tailed Beast Balls didn't blow him to pieces?"
"And what's more... why are cyan flames erupting from his body?! After fighting up to this point, has his chakra still not been depleted yet?!"
At that moment, Rōshi immediately entered his Lava Release Chakra Mode, scorching and dazzling lava flowing across his entire body as he sprinted toward Kitsuchi at top speed. At the same time, from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the cyan flame cloak slowly manifesting around Hyuga Yu, as well as...
Those Byakugan eyes indifferently staring down Kitsuchi!
Gradually shifting from white to a brilliant, glowing cyan, a pale white, snowflake-like hexagonal pattern bloomed outward from the center of the cyan pupils!
Rōshi didn't know what exactly it was, but his subconscious told him that it was by no means a benevolent gaze. In an instant, he threw his head up, slammed his foot into the ground, and lunged toward Kitsuchi, shouting urgently, "Kitsuchi... run!"
"Huh? What on earth is happening?"
Kitsuchi looked utterly bewildered. Kneeling on the ground, he had just raised his head when he noticed a sudden, warped distortion in the air where Hyuga Yu had been standing. Immediately following—BOOM!
A sonic boom erupted. In a flash, Hyuga Yu's figure transformed into a beam of cyan light, rocketing toward Kitsuchi's location like an arrow tearing through the atmosphere.
Right at this instant, "Stop right there!"
"As if I'd let you have your way!!!"
Han, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki standing to the side, instantly entered his semi-tailed beast state. Transforming into a streak of red light, he intercepted Hyuga Yu with a ferocious expression!
Yet, Hyuga Yu's gaze remained tranquil. He merely raised his palm slightly. Within his hand, four [Truth-Seeking Prayer Beads] rose, spun, and fused together. Spreading his five fingers, the four Truth-Seeking Prayer Beads instantly transformed into a cyan ring spinning frantically in his palm!
With the three attributes of Wind, Yin, and Yang mastered by Hyuga Yu, three enhanced abilities unlocked immediately upon entering the Tenseigan Chakra Mode. First was the Wind Release: Prayer Bead Shuriken, which could contend with the Planetary Rasenshuriken used by Naruto in the final arc.
Second was the Yang Release: Organic Regeneration Technique, sublimated from Yang Release: Organic Rebirth combined with the frantic operation of Yang nature inside Hyuga Yu's body, comparable to Hashirama Senju's Sage Body.
And third was Yin Release: Mind-Layer Submergence, sublimated from the Yin Release: Spirit Sphere, capable of simultaneously controlling a vast number of puppets, reading thoughts, and rewriting human minds.
At the same time, in this mode, Hyuga Yu's various basic shinobi stats increased slightly, his Byakugan's dōjutsu power surged massively, his genjutsu resistance leaped significantly, and the potency of his gravitational and repulsive force manipulation expanded drastically.
If calculated by the eight shinobi stats, Hyuga Yu's attributes at this moment reached:
Ninjutsu: 10, Taijutsu: 10, Genjutsu: 8, Intelligence: 9, Strength: 10, Speed: 10, Stamina: 10, Hand Signs: 10.
Max scores in six categories: Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Hand Signs. He was a true textbook "hexagon warrior"!
Out of a total of 80 points, his score was 77.
It wasn't that Hyuga Yu could only score 77, but rather, the absolute cap for each of the eight shinobi attributes was only 10.
Most importantly, after fusing the three attributes and driving them through four or more chakra prayer beads, he could instantly unleash a technique capable of shattering the Moon's crust in a single strike—
[Silver Wheel Rebirth Explosion]!
At this split second, a brand-new world unfurled slowly before Hyuga Yu like a painted scroll. It felt somewhat similar to the sensation when he first activated his dōjutsu: Shiffō [Ten Directions]. The entire world ground to a halt, and the operational trajectories of everything were vividly reflected in Hyuga Yu's pair of Byakugan... No, they could no longer be called Byakugan. Hyuga Yu could feel that what now resided within his eye sockets was actually the very embryonic form of the Tenseigan he had dreamed of.
These eyes seemed like a living life form, pulsing with fetal movements akin to a living creature in tandem with Hyuga Yu's heartbeat!
The all-seeing perspective of his Byakugan instantly expanded to a radius of 20 kilometers, stretching up to nearly 80 kilometers vertically.
At the same time, his scalp felt itchy, giving him the bizarre illusion that he was about to grow a second brain...
Wait, this wasn't an illusion!
Under the internal inspection of his Byakugan, Hyuga Yu saw that a completely new meridian system was genuinely sprouting within his cerebral cortex, rapidly spreading and growing across the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes!
Under the blessing of this new meridian system, Hyuga Yu's information-reception capabilities were constantly strengthening. His capacity for thought, memory, language, consciousness, and the absorption of all external data grew in an all-encompassing manner.
At this moment, Hyuga Yu permanently acquired two abilities entirely outside his expectations:
[Photographic Memory] and [Speed Reading]!
Although Hyuga Yu could practically achieve this already given his Intelligence stat of 9, once he crossed the chasm between "practically able to" and "truly capable of," he discovered that the difference between the two was a thousand miles apart.
Just like at this very moment—
Han, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, was charging toward him at the extreme speed of his semi-tailed beast form. The movement of his claw tearing toward Hyuga Yu's neck looked as if someone had hit a 0.1x playback speed button in Yu's eyes!
In Hyuga Yu's perception, the near-supersonic speed the opponent erupted with seemed like a lagging video, crawling forward frame by frame at a snail's pace. But in reality, it wasn't. Even if slowed down tenfold, the speed of a semi-tailed beast Jinchūriki was still mind-boggling. It was simply that Hyuga Yu's information processing capability was so powerful that during this process, he continuously memorized and broke down the opponent's movements, mobilizing information within his brain to provide corresponding annotations. Consequently, Hyuga Yu formed an [Annotation] capability that transcended dynamic vision.
Within this transparent world, Hyuga Yu ducked and surged forward like someone taking a leisurely stroll, adopting a posture that seemed slow but was blindingly fast. He even had the leisure to observe the ferocious expression on Han's face—one full of fear and dread, yet mixed with a moving, resolute willpower.
"..."
Upon seeing this expression and feeling this willpower—which, though ridiculous to an enemy, was still respectable—Hyuga Yu suddenly lost his playful mood after obtaining this new power, as well as any interest in teasing his opponent in the upcoming one-sided stomp of a battle.
Hyuga Yu was not a battle maniac who enjoyed combat like Madara Uchiha. To put it in extreme terms, Hyuga Yu was more like Orochimaru—both tended to love the new and tire of the old. Power once obtained quickly became boring, while boundless yearning and passion would always erupt for powers yet ungrasped.
At this moment, Hyuga Yu couldn't help but recall once again the ultimate creature he had once locked eyes with, navigating through the starry sky—that Dragon of Time spanning hundreds of light-years!
Any fluke or arrogance in Hyuga Yu's heart completely faded away at this instant.
He lifted his head, earnestly looking at the opponent before him, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki Han. Then, Hyuga Yu raised his hands, his gaze turning cold. He was about to spin and unleash the cyan ring in his hands to grant his foe a swift death!
"Silver Wheel Rebirth..."
But right at this moment, at the exact instant the brand-new meridian system in Hyuga Yu's brain finished weaving itself together!
Hyuga Yu abruptly halted his movements, freezing on the spot. Completely ignoring everyone and everything happening right in front of him, he violently snapped his head up to gaze at the heavens.
The visual range of his Byakugan stretched vertically in an instant, crossing eighty thousand meters, piercing through the atmosphere, peering into outer space, and locking onto the Moon!
As if echoing the embryonic Tenseigan currently pulsing in his eye sockets, spanning the vast distance between Earth and the Moon, Hyuga Yu suddenly felt a majestic entity on the Moon—one originating from the exact same source as himself—calling out to him!
That was none other than the giant, golden-bright eye hidden deep inside the Moon, right at the center of the central temple, shining like an artificial sun!
His own eyes were resonating with the Giant Tenseigan on the Moon!
And the Giant Tenseigan on the Moon was also actively establishing a connection with him at this very instant!
Then, in this single split second, the Giant Tenseigan granted him seven god-like authorities!
[Authority 1: Clairvoyance.]
[Authority 2: Space-Based Gravity Manipulation.]
[Authority 3: Giant Tenseigan Signal Base Station, Control over the Ōtsutsuki Army.]
[Authority 4: Spatial Manipulation, Establishing Interstellar Channels.]
[Authority 5: Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion.]
[Authority 6: The Hamura Statue for Suppressing the Out-of-Control Ten-Tails.]
[Authority 7: Remaking the World.]
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