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The universe—a magnificent yet desolate existence.
When one spends too much time in the vastness of space, they may even lose their sense of time.
Within Douluo Planet, there exists a special group of people.
With mortal bodies, they explore the path ahead for Douluo Planet.
Resources—whether for humans or gods—are never enough. But in this boundless expanse of stars, finding those rare life-bearing planets, as precious as jewels, is an incredibly difficult task.
This gave rise to a unique profession—the "Stellar Shadows."
Douluo Planet's astronomers would observe the cosmos and calculate coordinates. Then, through a one-way Plane Gate, these Stellar Shadow soul masters would be sent into the depths of that starry void to explore.
Every soul master chosen to become a Stellar Shadow was a Limit Douluo who lacked the resources needed to ascend to godhood. This mission granted them massive amounts of merit points, which could be exchanged for resources to break through to the divine realm.
However, greater rewards came with greater risks.
The regions of the universe currently being explored by Douluo Star were areas even the former Dragon God Realm had never ventured into.
This meant that unknown foreign gods with unclear levels of power might reside in those areas.
If undetected, all was well. But if discovered, the Stellar Shadow soul master could truly be said to face nine deaths for every life.
As time passed, Douluo Planet had already conquered all neighboring galaxies. Now, they could only venture into other galaxies separated by vast stretches of empty space.
And today, Ye Wen received a file that piqued his interest.
A world with a cultivation system entirely different from magic.
"Chakra."
Holding the intelligence report sent back by the Stellar Shadow soul master, Ye Wen fell silent for a moment. It was such a familiar and distant term.
So, was the world on the other side of Douluo Planet's galaxy derived from the works of those who lived comfortable lives in that small corner of the universe?
How... intriguing.
Ye Wen chuckled lightly. Even if it was the world of Naruto, he didn't feel the slightest bit intimidated.
The Six Paths? The Otsutsuki? Nothing but mere chickens and dogs.
Only the unseen Otsutsuki God sparked some interest in Ye Wen. After all, how could ordinary beings incapable of destroying even a single planet stir any excitement in him?
But feeling bored and troubled by his current stagnation, Ye Wen suddenly thought,
"Why not take a little stroll over there?"
After all, though human civilizations existed in this universe, most leaned toward Western fantasy worlds. Seeing them for so long had grown tiresome. Now, a completely new yet familiar world appeared before him—it was hard not to be tempted.
Moreover, the presence of the resource-hungry Otsutsuki civilization on the other side meant that conquering new resource-rich planets would be much easier. By following the trail to the Otsutsuki's main base, the majority of resources in that galaxy would eventually fall into their hands in one fell swoop, greatly saving time on expansion.
Hehehe.
Wait until the arrival of an absolute powerhouse, little ones. Your days of comfort are over.
Ye Wen then carefully reviewed the intelligence.
He focused on an image of the Thousand-Armed Buddha smashing down on the Nine-Tailed Beast clad in armor.
Ah, perfect~
So the timeline was during the early establishment of the Hidden Villages, huh?
But after checking the date, Ye Wen realized that more than 30 years had passed since this intelligence was sent back.
It wasn't that Ye Wen's efficiency was low—it was just that Douluo Planet now governed so many worlds, and the number of documents he had to process daily was countless. Additionally, exploring new starfields required handling other files, and given the distance, delays were normal.
Unless it involved a new starfield with distinct characteristics, Ye Wen wouldn't even bother paying attention.
Based on the timeline, the other side should now be in the midst of the Second or even Third Great Ninja War. Setting out now would still be in time—just in time to watch the spectacle.
Still, some preparations needed to be made. After all, this would be a tough battle.
To dominate that starfield so recklessly, the peak forces of the Otsutsuki clan wouldn't be simple.
What about Boruto?
That thing was nothing more than the dying fantasy of a world-ending brat.
You couldn't even beat their single-digit vanguard, let alone fight them head-on. One planetary destruction cannon from them, and you'd be GG.
That's why Boruto was called "unburnable trash"—a complete fabrication for profit.
For the first time in a long while, Ye Wen felt a flicker of irritation.
After all, that was his childhood from his previous life. To have his cherished childhood memories ruined so disgustingly was nauseating.
Re-watching it as an adult, Ye Wen had literally vomited. The Japanese creators' logic was bizarre. Only as children did they fail to notice the issues. Was "repaying kindness with virtue" supposed to work like that?
And what was with turning a passionate manga into a series of verbal battles?
Even Bleach, one of the first three major mangas to finish, had more integrity than Naruto. At least its power system only collapsed slightly. But alas, the protagonist always got away with it.
{T/N: Boruto honestly let down the whole series. The only people better at ruining childhood dreams are Disney 💀}
At this moment, the masses of Douluo Planet didn't know why Ye Wen had suddenly issued a series of commands, completely unlike his previous half-dead, lazy state.
But now, most of the gods had risen through blood and storms. Their sharp instincts told them that a great war was approaching.
Would the gods of Douluo fear?
Some might fear, but they feared even more that their cultivation would stagnate.
Even though the gods of Douluo now ruled over a dozen galaxies, resources remained scarce.
Thanks to Ye Wen's shared divine positions, aside from fixed basic faith allocations, other faith resources depended on both power rankings and merit-based performance.
Dreaming of lying around in the divine realm collecting faith energy for cultivation, like in the old god realm where everyone ended up as unclaimed corpses? Forget it.
Thanks to a well-structured system, Douluo Planet was now operating at lightning speed.
Given the immense distance to the Naruto world, Ye Wen planned to establish a relative Super Divine Artifact—another Plane Gate.
The two Plane Gates would not only drastically reduce the consumption of faith energy through spatial coordinates but also serve as a forward outpost for their side in that region.
Dressed and ready, Ye Wen bid farewell to his family and prepared to embark on this interesting conquest journey.
Accompanying him were ten newly ascended God Kings and tens of thousands of eager gods.
"Super Divine Technique—Mass Teleportation!!!"
Otsutsuki Starfield—Ninja Star—
Ye Wen's Vast Sea spacecraft arrived.
However, Ye Wen didn't directly land the ship above the Ninja Star. On one hand, the moon housed remnants of the Otsutsuki left behind by Hagoromo.
On the other hand, the ninja world still hid a cunning Otsutsuki—Isshiki.
If they were scared off, that would be unfortunate.
After all, they were the big gift package Ye Wen had been looking forward to.
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