Once you smelted all the flames you had collected, the Rule of Fire was born from it.
And the moment you devoured the Rule of Fire and fully merged with it, it meant that you had completely mastered it. Every cell in your body — even your soul — was sublimated under the impact of this rule!
The part of your bloodline that resonated with fire affinity had now completely transformed into flowing Rule — flowing fire itself!
You even discovered that you could partially turn your body into flame. At the same time, the previously empty space within your Kamui dimension…...was now transformed into a boundless domain of flame. Countless types of fire danced within, roaring in celebration.
Even the gravity chamber you had constructed with Tsukuyomi for Eight Gates training was burned and collapsed in the flames.
You spat a stream of fire toward the ocean surface below. In an instant, under the scorching blaze of this divine fire, a massive crater opened on the turbulent sea!
But the water wasn't evaporated — it was disintegrated, as if struck by Dust Release!
Then, with a flick of your hand, you lashed out a whip of flame. Immediately, a vacuum zone formed. The air in that space had been reduced to nothingness by your power!
This was far stronger than Amaterasu — which only looked impressive but lacked true might.
This power could completely be used like Dust Release!
Since this was the embodiment of the Rule of Fire, you decided to name it: Flame Release!
Your body had now mastered a rule. Your bloodline had been bathed in fire. At this moment — it meant you had officially stepped into the demigod realm!
And as you grasped this new power and reveled in the joy of ascension, something began to stir in your eyes…
It was the Tenseigan.
Under the baptism of the rule's power, your Byakugan had undergone a second awakening. Now, only two more awakenings were needed before the Tenseigan would fully manifest!
The sudden mastery of a rule and rise to demigod-level strength...
It was a delightful surprise you hadn't anticipated. To better understand your newfound power and avoid detours...
After familiarizing yourself with it, you used Hidan as a mouthpiece to contact Jashin, explaining your current situation and expressing a desire to learn more about the knowledge of gods.
Jashin, for his part, answered every question freely, holding nothing back:
First was the issue of the Truth-Seeking Orbs. According to him, with your current strength — having fully mastered a rule and your body thoroughly transformed by it — taking on a Truth-Seeking Orb would not be difficult!
Because the essence of a Truth-Seeking Orb lies in its origin: a divine power derived from Ōtsutsuki bloodlines, combined with the energy of countless Rule Imprints. These things belong solely to gods, and are naturally overwhelming to mortals.
However, if you possess a divine "authority" like the Six Paths Power, or are like you — a demigod who has mastered a rule — then you are already on equal footing!
You can absolutely withstand a Truth-Seeking Orb. While injury is inevitable, it will be within the range of what you can heal.
After all, a complete Truth-Seeking Orb symbolizes control over the Ten-Tails and Rinnegan — essentially, dominion over the power of the Ōtsutsuki and the God Tree.
Trying to resist it with just one rule is still difficult...
Then, Jashin explained the relationship between Ninjutsu, Kekkei Genkai, the Kekkei Tōta/Kekkei Mora, and the rules themselves:
Ninjutsu is essentially a crude imitation of divine authorities — a fragment of a rule that gods control, simplified for mortals to train with and gain self-defense power.
When taken to the extreme, Ninjutsu can evolve into Kekkei Genkai.
A Kekkei Genkai, put simply, is a Rule Imprint engraved into one's bloodline. It contains a portion of rule power — far stronger than ordinary Ninjutsu — but not the rule itself, just its trace.
However, possessing a Kekkei Genkai means your body has already adapted to part of a rule's power. This makes it far easier to obtain the full rule in the future.
In other words — it makes it easier to ascend to demigod!
Furthermore, Kekkei Tōta and Kekkei Mora are essentially upgraded forms of Kekkei Genkai. They contain many more Rule Imprints.
When reaching the stage of Kekkei Mora, although it is still technically Rule Imprints, the sheer number and complexity undergo a qualitative transformation.
The resulting Kekkei Ninjutsu becomes something akin to a Truth-Seeking Orb!
Compared to normal powers, this highly complex fusion of rule imprints elevates the Truth-Seeking Orb into something that is considered a form of divine power.
Therefore, those who possess Kekkei Mora can be seen as having Divine Blood!
This is also why Jashin refers to the Ōtsutsuki clan as a divine race — because all members qualified to consume the God Tree's fruit possess Kekkei Mora...
This means that in most cases, an Ōtsutsuki clan member merely needs to consume a fruit rich in rule power, condense an authority, and instantly ascend to godhood!
If a regular human were to somehow eat the fruit, they would either be devoured by its rule power and lose all sense of self — becoming a monster — or explode outright from the sheer, unprocessable energy...
Then came an explanation of what determines a god's combat strength:
The most important factors are rules and authority. The more rules a god masters, and the better they integrate them, the stronger their authority becomes. That, in turn, gives them more techniques and versatility in battle, making them harder to counter — and more likely to counter others.
In that regard, it's not unlike ninja combat.
Next is Divine Power!
A Truth-Seeking Orb is one such divine power — formed from extremely complex rule imprints combined with a massive amount of chakra!
Aside from that, the gods of the Shinobi World once relied heavily on faith — the power of belief from their followers — as their divine power.
However, in the war with the Ōtsutsuki, they discovered that while faith-based power was abundant and easy to obtain, it couldn't withstand the ferocity of the ancient divine wars.
So many ambitious gods chose to abandon faith and instead developed new sources of divine power.
For instance, the earth-guardian god — Ōgami Tsuchimikado — passed down the path of Sage Mode to the Three Great Sacred Lands upon his death.
Natural energy, which contains many innate rule imprints and originates from the earth's leylines, thus became a new source of divine power — which also explains why Truth-Seeking Orbs cannot ignore Senjutsu.
Moreover, Jashin independently developed a new form of divine power — Cursed Power.
He defined it as a power formed from the accumulation of negative emotions and karmic forces of both his followers and the tortured sacrificial victims. Its complexity meets the standards of divine power.
The richness of divine power affects a god's ability to wield their authority, parse rules, and act as a universal reagent in merging authorities.
Different types of divine power also bring their own properties and amplifications...
If a divine power complements the nature of the god's authority, their combat power can rise significantly.
Beyond that, there's the matter of divine domains and divine tools.
If you can pull your opponent into your divine domain during battle, you gain a tremendous advantage — perhaps even enough to annihilate them entirely.
Some gods, confident in the strength of their divine domain, even use it as a direct weapon in clashes.
As for divine tools, they are created when gods inject excess rules or authority into objects. Sometimes, they can even embed Rule Imprints similar to Kekkei Genkai — turning those objects into auxiliary weapons.
In short:
Authority — or Divine Status — comes first.
Then comes Divine Power.
Then the Divine Domain.
And finally, Divine Tools.
These are the main components that define a god's power...
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