novelraw Chapter 503 The Annual Destiny of Indra and Asura
Chapter 503 The Annual Destiny of Indra and Asura
Chapter 503 The Millennial Fate of Indra and Asura
Sasuke stood before the massive stone tablet, head bowed, his crimson Sharingan fixed intently on the strange, seemingly alive characters on its surface.
The moment his gaze met the stone tablet, it was as if an invisible electric current pierced his soul along with his line of sight!
"!?"
Sasuke's body trembled violently, as if he had been struck in the chest by a heavy hammer. He groaned and staggered back half a step uncontrollably!
His face turned pale instantly, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. His three-tomoe Sharingan eyes, which were spinning wildly, were filled with extreme shock, bewilderment, and a heavy shadow as if he had glimpsed something from ancient times!
Stone tablet ————
They "came back to life".
Under the special gaze of his three-tomoe Sharingan, those lifeless characters that were originally just engraved on hard stone seemed to be infused with some ancient and mysterious power, and began to wriggle, recombine, and take shape!
Transformed into lines of distorted ancient characters and patterns, as if they had come to life, they forcefully flooded into his mind, impacting his understanding!
However, this torrent of information is not clear or complete.
It's more like an ancient mural shrouded in thick fog and with a blurred focus, or a recording tape with extremely poor signal, full of noise and breaks.
He could "see" some fragments and "feel" the vast information and heavy history contained within them, but most of the content was blurry and unclear due to the inadequacy of his pupils, as if he were looking through a thick layer of frosted glass, only able to see blurry shadows and hear distant echoes.
But even these blurry fragments were enough to shake him to his core and make his soul tremble!
He "saw" that the stone tablet indeed recorded the history of the Uchiha clan.
A fatalistic history completely different from what he learned at the Konoha Ninja Academy and heard from his clan.
The text does not directly mention the specific name "Indra," but it repeatedly describes him as "the eldest son of the sages," "inheriting the eyes and power of the sages," and "a solitary figure."
Based on what Menma had just said, Sasuke understood almost instantly.
This refers to the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, the progenitor of the Uchiha clan!
He inherited the Sage of Six Paths' eyes and some kind of power!
He was aloof!
Next, there are some descriptions about the evolution of the Sharingan.
"The Eye that Reflects the Soul" —
"Hatred, pain, loss, and extreme love" are the keys to unlocking a higher level of insight.
Above the "three tomoe" is the "kaleidoscope" —
The "Kaleidoscope" possesses a unique and powerful "eye technique" —
However, questions remain about what comes after the "Kaleidoscope," how to go further, and even the specific abilities and costs of the "Kaleidoscope."
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All the information here becomes extremely blurry and distorted, as if it has been brutally wiped away by an invisible hand, leaving only some vague fragments full of allure and danger.
"The Eyes of Brothers," "Fusion," "Eternity," "Forbidden" —
These few clips alone were enough to make Sasuke's heart pound wildly, his blood seeming to burn in his veins!
kaleidoscope!
This is the power that Shisui and Izumi possess!
That's the power that man possessed!
This is indeed a more powerful path to revenge!
But the subsequent blurring and distortion gave him a strong sense of unease and—a feeling of being fooled.
The stone tablet seemed to be pointing the way, yet it also placed obstacles and fog at crucial points.
"Sasuke? Sasuke! Are you alright?!"
Naruto's worried voice, as if coming from underwater, pulled Sasuke back from the state of being almost overwhelmed by the massive amount of information.
He felt someone shaking his shoulders forcefully.
Sasuke snapped back to his senses, instinctively taking a step back to distance himself from the stone tablet, breathing heavily as if he had just been in a life-or-death struggle.
He raised his hand to cover his forehead. Due to the excessive mental shock and exhaustion, his three-tomoe Sharingan slowly faded and returned to its normal black color, but the shock and fatigue in his eyes were still clearly visible.
"Hey! Sasuke! What did you see?" Naruto leaned closer to Sasuke, his eyes full of curiosity and confusion. He pointed to the seemingly ordinary black stone tablet with some "scribbles" carved on it and asked.
"Why are you staring blankly at this dark stone? And you're sweating so much—what is written on it? I can't understand a single word. Are these crooked, tadpole-like characters really words?"
Sasuke did not answer immediately.
He closed his eyes, trying to calm his churning blood and chaotic thoughts.
Then, he slowly turned his head and looked at Menma, who had been standing quietly to the side as if he had expected all of this.
Mianma still had her arms crossed in front of her chest, leaning against the observation window that reflected the endless yellow sand, looking at him calmly, with a slight smile on her lips.
"I—" Sasuke's voice was a little hoarse. He looked at the stone tablet again, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
"I saw some—the history of the Uchiha clan, very ancient and vague."
"It mentioned that our clan originated from the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, and mentioned the evolution of the Sharingan—after the three tomoe, comes the Mangekyou Sharingan. But regarding what comes after the Mangekyou Sharingan—it's very vague, not clear. It seems—it requires some kind of 'fusion'?"
He tried to recount the fragments he "saw" as concisely as possible, but the shock and confusion in his tone were hard to hide.
Sasuke realized that if his three-tomoe Sharingan could see some blurry records, how far could that man's Mangekyou Sharingan see?
After hearing Sasuke's retelling, Menma's smile seemed to deepen slightly.
He shook his head slightly, letting out a mocking and sighing laugh.
"What you see—" Menma's voice echoed in the vast, empty laboratory.
"It's nothing more than content that someone else has carefully altered to show you."
"!?!" Sasuke turned his head sharply, looking at Menma in disbelief.
tamper?
This stone tablet is probably nearly a thousand years old!
The Uchiha clan leaders of all generations regarded it as a supreme treasure and a guide to power, and protected it strictly. What kind of existence could silently alter it without alarming the entire Uchiha clan?
And why tamper with it?
Mianma did not directly answer his question.
He took a step and slowly walked towards the huge black stone tablet.
His footsteps seemed particularly abrupt in the silent space.
He walked to the stone tablet and stood side by side with Sasuke, both looking down at the ancient patterns.
But his gaze seemed to penetrate the surface of the stone tablet, seeing something deeper.
"The earliest record of this stone tablet is actually much simpler," Menma said calmly, as if telling a long-ago story.
"It mainly records how Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, and his younger brother Ashura, due to their differing ideologies, ultimately broke off and became enemies. It is a tragedy about family ties, ideals, power, and the choice of path."
He paused, turned his head, and looked at Sasuke. His black eyes appeared exceptionally deep against the backdrop of the bright desert light outside the observation window.
"As for the evolutionary path of the Sharingan—the part above, as you saw correctly. Intense, extreme emotional stimulation, especially the intense fluctuations involving 'love' and 'loss,' is indeed the key to awakening the Sharingan; it is the essence of the eye that reflects the soul."
"But the part after that—" Menma's lips curled into a slightly cold smile.
"The so-called need for the eyes of blood relatives to merge in order to awaken the Eternal Kaleidoscope" — it cannot be said to be a complete deception, but it is only one of the paths of Kaleidoscope evolution, and — it is a deliberate misguided path full of distortion, bloodshed and tragedy.
It was a deliberately designed, alluring trap, set to satisfy the needs of a schemer who had been hiding for millennia.
Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply.
Fusion—the eyes of blood relatives?
"As for the person who altered the stone tablet—" Menma seemed to see through Sasuke's question. He slowly turned around, facing Sasuke and Naruto directly, and his tone became somewhat meaningful.
"That is a ghost that has been hidden in the shadows of the ninja world's history since the time of Indra and Ashura, whose mission is to sow discord, create hatred, and drive the chakra reincarnations of Indra and Ashura to fight each other. It is a ghost that has been wandering in the ninja world for a thousand years."
As he spoke, under the shocked gazes of Sasuke and Naruto, Menma slowly raised his hands and gently brushed them across his eyes.
next moment.
His left eye's pupil suddenly turned a deep purple!
Complex ripples spread out in his pupils, and within them, six jet-black tomoe appeared clearly, slowly rotating and exuding a supreme majesty that seemed to transcend all things and control life and death.
Six-Tomoe Wheel Reincarnation!
His right eye, however, turned crimson!
The pattern in his pupils was neither the three-tomoe Sharingan Sasuke was familiar with, nor the four-cornered windmill-like kaleidoscope of Izumi Uchiha, but a more sinister, vortex-like strange pattern!
The edges of the pattern also have subtle black lines flowing around them, radiating a chilling aura.
Kaleidoscope Sharingan!
"!!!"
Sasuke's breathing suddenly stopped, and his heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an icy hand!
He stared intently into Menma's completely different eyes, his mind a complete blank!
Six-Tomoe Wheel Reincarnation!
He had seen Menma's superior attitude during the Chunin Exams.
He remembered that there was a golden pupil on his face and forehead.
But how come there's also a—Mangekyou Sharingan?!
and many more!
If the Rinnegan is also an evolution of the Mangekyou Sharingan, then how come Menma has both the Rinnegan and the Mangekyou Sharingan?!
Isn't Menma a member of the Uzumaki clan?
Naruto was so startled that he took a step back, his bright blue eyes wide open.
Menma looked at the two of them, speechless with shock, and felt quite satisfied.
"Surprised, aren't you?" Menma's voice was calm, but reflected in his eyes, it seemed to carry a certain awe-inspiring sense of oppression.
"In fact, we all have some of the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline in us. Therefore, theoretically, the purer the bloodline, the more likely we are to awaken our ancestors' abilities, and transplanting other eye techniques or bloodline limits is not a problem."
"This kaleidoscope is one of my experimental products. Although there aren't many kaleidoscope Sharingan like this, the three-tomoe Sharingan can already be mass-produced in the laboratory."
Sasuke felt a chill run down his spine.
The Sharingan with three tomoe, which the clansmen had gone through so much hardship to awaken, could already be mass-produced in the Star Country's laboratories?!
Mianma paused, his gaze falling on the stone tablet, as if looking through it into the distant past.
Let's start from the beginning.
His voice echoed in the empty laboratory, while the desert outside the window, under the blazing sun, resembled a frozen golden ocean, creating a strange and grand backdrop.
"It all started about a thousand years ago."
Mianma's voice became distant, as if reciting a lost epic.
"A thousand years ago, Kaguya Otsutsuki and Isshiki Otsutsuki, from outer space, descended upon this planet we now inhabit. They discovered that the natural energy permeating this planet was exceptionally abundant, making it an ideal nursery. They planted the Divine Tree here," waiting for it to absorb the planet's energy and bear the fruit of chakra."
"Moreover, because this planet is so rich in natural energy, the fruit it produces may, upon consumption, evolve into the legendary supreme being of the Otsutsuki clan, the 'Otsutsuki God.'"
"However, just as the fruit was about to ripen, out of greed for power, or for some other reason, Kaguya Otsutsuki betrayed and ambushed her comrade, Isshiki Otsutsuki."
"Ichishiki was severely injured and went into hiding. Kaguya, on the other hand, monopolized the chakra fruit containing immense energy and devoured it."
Menma spoke slowly, but every word he uttered was truly shocking to Naruto and Sasuke!
"However, Kaguya underestimated the power of the fruit, or rather, overestimated her ability to digest it. She couldn't fully control this suddenly acquired, incredibly vast amount of chakra. Through some unknown mechanism, her chakra split—or rather, gestated—giving birth to two entirely new lives, two children directly conceived from her chakra."
"They are Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki."
"Among them, the eldest son, Hagoromo, was the one later revered as the 'Sage of Six Paths.'"
"Although they were born from chakra and are considered members of the Otsutsuki clan, the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura, perhaps because they were born and raised on this planet, have thoughts and feelings that are more inclined towards the planet itself and a greater fondness for the life nurtured here. They have developed deep feelings and formed bonds with the humans on this planet."
"However, their mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, while consuming the Devil Fruit and gaining near-divine power, sought to use absolute power and control to protect this planet, or rather, her nursery, and even to bring all humanity under her control, transforming them into an army of White Zetsu without their own will, to fight against other Ōtsutsuki clan members who might pursue them in the future."
"Severe differences in ideology eventually escalated into an irreconcilable conflict. A war broke out between mother and son."
Mianma's voice lowered, and the air in the laboratory seemed to freeze because of this ancient secret.
Outside the window, even the scorching desert wind seemed to have stopped howling.
"In the end, the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces and, after a fierce battle, sealed their mother Kaguya inside the moon they created using the giant Chibaku Tensei."
"And Hamura, in order to permanently guard his mother's seal, led his descendants to migrate to the moon, forming the Otsutsuki clan that later lived in seclusion on the moon." However, now only Toneri remains of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon; you've met him before. Menma tilted his head slightly.
Naruto and Sasuke immediately remembered the gentle and refined white-haired boy who had met them earlier.
Menma continued, "Hagoromo, who remained in the ninja world, also known as the Sage of Six Paths, began to travel around, using his vast chakra and wisdom to repair the wounds on the planet caused by his mother's planting of trees and battles."
"During his travels, he met many humans, taught them how to use chakra, guided them towards good, and used chakra to connect with each other and create happiness. His abilities and beliefs impressed many, and his followers grew in number, gradually forming the original Ninja Clan," and he is revered as the founder of the Ninja Clan and the Sage of Six Paths.
Up to this point in the story, it still seems to be an epic tale about creation, redemption, and inheritance, imbued with mythological elements.
But Sasuke and Naruto held their breath, because they knew that a turning point was about to arrive.
"Time—slowly flows by, decades have passed." Menma's gaze slowly shifted to Sasuke and Naruto, his eyes so deep they seemed to see into their souls.
"As the Sage of Six Paths grew old, he had two sons, the elder named Indra and the younger named Ashura."
"Initially, they were a pair of loving and affectionate brothers. The elder brother, Indra, was exceptionally talented and intelligent. He was born with his father's powerful eye power and was born with the Sharingan. He was independent, proud, and believed in strength, thinking that only great power and personal ability could bring true order and peace."
"As for his younger brother, Ashura, his talent was initially mediocre, even somewhat clumsy, but he was cheerful, helpful, cherished his companions and bonds, believed in love, understood the power of cooperation, and believed that peace should be built on mutual support and trust."
"Originally, although the two brothers followed different paths, they were not incompatible; however—"
The numb voice suddenly turned cold.
"Someone who has been hiding in the world since Kaguya was sealed away has set its sights on them. It is most skilled at seeing through people's weaknesses, sowing discord, and planting seeds of suspicion and hatred."
"When a subtle rift developed between Indra and Ashura due to differences in their ideologies, and when the Sage of Six Paths, due to his advanced age, began to consider the issue of succession to the Ninjutsu sect, this dark-skinned fellow made his move."
"It constantly whispered in Indra's ear, exaggerating Asura's incompetence and dependence on others, mocking Indra's loneliness and lack of understanding, and implying the Sage of Six Paths' favoritism and injustice—it cleverly exploited the differences in the two brothers' personalities and Indra's inner pride and loneliness, constantly intensifying and distorting what might have been merely a clash of ideals between the brothers, ultimately—leading to an irreparable tragedy."
"After long observation and contemplation, the Sage of Six Paths ultimately chose his second son, Ashura, who championed 'love' and 'bonds,' and was more popular, as the successor to the Ninja Sect."
"This decision became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Driven by the constant instigation of the shadowy figure and resentment towards the injustice done to their father, the exceptionally talented and proud Indra went to extremes."
"He no longer acknowledged his father's decisions, nor did he consider his younger brother as family. He believed that power was the only truth, and that only those who possessed absolute power were qualified to determine the course of the world."
"A fierce war that swept across the entire ninja world, a war of brothers crossing walls, broke out. And from then on, this fateful duel that lasted for nearly a thousand years, an endless cycle, began."
The numbness in the face stopped.
In the laboratory, only a deathly silence remained.
Sasuke and Naruto were completely stunned.
In Menma's description, they seemed to have witnessed the fratricidal rift a thousand years ago, felt Indra's arrogance and anger, Ashura's persistence and sorrow, and the coldness and malice of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Menma's gaze slowly swept over Sasuke, whose face was solemn and whose eyes were filled with shock, and then over Naruto, whose brows were furrowed and who seemed to be still trying to digest this huge amount of information.
His voice rang out again, soft yet like a thunderclap, exploding in their hearts: "This war between Indra and Asura did not end with the demise of their physical bodies."
"The chakra of Indra and Ashura did not dissipate into the world; they continue to reincarnate in the ninja world."
"In each lifetime, these two reincarnated chakra beings will be drawn together by fate. They will be attracted to each other, recognize each other's strength and character, and may even become close friends who cherish each other and entrust their lives to each other."
"But—" Menma's tone suddenly turned incredibly cold.
Ultimately, they will inevitably clash due to fundamental ideological conflicts, such as one side believing in the rule of power and force, while the other firmly believes in the win-win situation of love and bonds. This will inevitably lead to confrontation and a life-or-death struggle.
"Like the tragedy of those brothers a thousand years ago, it repeats itself again and again."
"In their previous lives, the reincarnations of these two chakras were Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, the founders of Konoha Village."
"And in this life—"
Menma paused, looking at Sasuke's instantly stiffened body and Naruto's suddenly contracted pupils, and slowly said, "It is you."
"Uchiha Sasuke".
"Naruto Uzumaki"
"!!!"
It was as if a thunderclap had exploded simultaneously in the depths of their souls!
Sasuke and Naruto were startled and turned to look at each other simultaneously!
Their eyes met, and a tidal wave of shock washed over them.
Are they the chakra reincarnations of Indra and Asura?
us?
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