But the Soul Engraving is different. Once this engraving becomes complete, even Kaguya, the Ancestor of Chakra, could only become Aomi's puppet.
"This is truly a useful ability, but unfortunately, the prerequisites are too high..." Aomi thought as he checked the strength of the Soul Engraving, feeling a slight sense of regret.
"I can implant the engraving in Kaguya's soul because she entered my body, naturally forming the conditions for hosting..."
"And also because her mind is not intact, among the valuable powerhouses suitable for engraving, she is at the lowest level, significantly reducing the difficulty..."
"Moreover, she has a peculiar emotion towards me, making it easier to act... If it were another Otsutsuki, it would be impossible to implant the Soul Engraving."
If Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki could be marked with the Soul Engraving, Aomi wouldn't need to absorb all of the last essence of the Ninja World within three years...
There would be at least several more decades of time.
Though for Aomi, three years is already enough...
"Kaguya is very useful..."
Aomi gazed into the darkness, as if seeing a natural filter, a vessel that could bear power yet was controlled by him from the depths of the soul!
Whether Gaia Consciousness's chosen or Otsutsuki Shibai's remains, these powers surpass the ordinary Otsutsuki main family's strength, Aomi yearns for them immensely while also being quite wary of them.
The term 'chosen' makes Aomi worry that the so-called person selected by the planet might, like the rules in many worlds, be circumscribed as an exceedingly powerful Earth-bound Spirit unable to leave their home planet...
After all, in terms of planetary concepts, would a collective consciousness so easily allow the selected guardian to act freely?
And regarding Otsutsuki Shibai's remains, even though it is a treasure, is its contained Chakra so easily approachable?
Just like Uchiha Madara possessed by Kaguya, when power levels don't match, recklessly absorbing high-level power is extremely dangerous!
Aomi never hesitated to use the strongest malice to guard against every powerful individual...
In his view, the paths of any beings with extraordinary power are built upon endless fields of white bones and absolutely cannot be kind-hearted!
Desiring their power requires vigilance upon vigilance...
And Kaguya is currently Aomi's chosen stepping stone.
Turning Kaguya into a controllable vessel, embedding an unerasable engraving in her soul, letting her attempt to contact the power of Otsutsuki Shibai or Gaia Consciousness...
At the moment of contact, Aomi will channel the pure power into himself, leaving any redundant consciousness or contingencies in Kaguya, to act as a proper firewall for Aomi.
"Look here, Zetsu, this is how Kaguya is used!"
Aomi silently curved his lips, lightly jesting in his heart: "You didn't realize Kaguya is such a useful existence, did you, my foolish brother... or perhaps sister?"
"But rest assured, I am not someone who breaks promises, I will give Kaguya a good ending."
Kaguya's fate has already been arranged by Aomi.
Next, what needs to be done is to find Black Zetsu and make it cooperate with Aomi to thoroughly engrave Aomi's indelible mark within Kaguya's soul!
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Ninja World.
"Where has he gone? Damn it, where has he gone!"
Black Zetsu glared with a pair of Kamui Mangekyo, no longer hiding its identity, blatantly using the remaining White Zetsu to frantically search for Aomi's figure in the Ninja World.
Everyone else intoxicated, only I sober—this describes Black Zetsu's state at this moment.
In the Ninja World, everyone else, including the Six Paths Sage, believes Aomi has issues due to absorbing too much Otsutsuki Chakra with his Dojutsu, and the inherently extreme Uchiha and Indra bloodlines...
After all, Aomi's bloodline predisposes him to madness, and Chakra inherently carries a lot of information and emotion, which can twist a person's mind.
The conflict between Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and Tailed Beast Chakra is a very good example.
To the Six Paths Sage, he strongly agrees with this logic.
Because the Six Paths Sage has seen how Kaguya, as an Otsutsuki, turned from the Goddess of Rabbit into a demon wanting to destroy the world, and experienced how the eldest Indra fought Asura due to inherited Ninja Sect and peace ideology disagreements, reincarnating headstrong for a thousand years, just to prove himself right...
Aomi just happens to have these two key elements.
He is a descendant of Indra, possessing parts of his Chakra, and also has Kaguya within him, and has absorbed Chakra from other Otsutsuki...
It is an exaggeration to the extreme.
So much so that even the Six Paths Sage thinks Aomi has simply suggested everyone in the Ninja World should increase battle strength to prove themselves, leaving them room to maneuver—not annihilating everyone, but suggesting they go live in the other world if proof fails...
This is already an incredibly remarkable level of self-control!
Even with multiple Otsutsuki Chakra layers and Indra bloodline stirring, Aomi can retain that last shred of humanity and has not been possessed...
This earns the deep admiration of the Six Paths Sage!
How can these feats be achievable by mere mortals?