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| - Soushiki was born over a century after Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was defeated by her children and by the first few moments of life, he already was considered a prodigy once he accidentally spit a ball of fire from his mouth after he sneezed. When Soushiki was five years old, he was playing alongside his friend, and they travelled far from they usually played around, and ended up on the top of a mountain, and encountered a weird black figure, who told them they shouldn't be there and would eat them alive if they didn't leave. While his friend ran in fear, Soushiki showed no fear whatsoever, and only wondered what that figure was. The figure introduced himself as Zetsu, and asked Soushiki if he was from the Ōtsutsuki clan, something that Soushiki confirmed. After taking a good look at him, Zetsu realized Soushiki was Kaguya's descendant, and tried to manipulate him into restoring Kaguya. Soushiki, however, realized Zetsu's intentions, and told him he shouldn't appear before him again, otherwise he would regret it, before walking off. After his encounter with Black Zetsu, Soushiki spent most of childhood training his natural abilities and his powerful eyes, and most of his fellow clansmen admired and feared Soushiki's power, although Soushiki never felt negative emotions towards him, admitting if he were in their shoes, he would fear his power as well. When Soushiki was sixteen years old, he again encountered Zetsu, who revealed to him about his lineage, and claimed it was his destiny to revive Kaguya and tried to pursuade him into reviving her, but Soushiki refused, saying that lineage never truly meant his fate was sealed, and would follow his own path and protect the world that his other ancestor built. Zetsu tried to attack Soushiki, but Soushiki proved to be far superior than Zetsu, effortlessly paralizing Zetsu with just eye contact, and Zetsu realized he would never be able to match his power and only told him he would revive Kaguya, with or without him, before disappearing through the ground. By his adulthood, Soushiki's abilities had increased to the point where the rest of the world hailed him as a god, and since Soushiki rarely appeared in public, some people even questioned if he truly existed. Soushiki eventually gained immortality through the powers of his Rinnegan, and also gained eternal youth, something that Soushiki himself regrets, saying that he thought once he achieved immortality, he could've reverse the effects, but much to his dismay, found out it was permanent, which caused him to witness his entire clan passing away throughout the centuries, and not being able to join them in the afterlife. In order to not drive the world into fear, Soushiki kept his presence hidden for centuries, only showing himself to others when it was live-or-death situations, and when he did appear, it was for a split second, which also caused many people to create legends about him. Soushiki once traveled to Mount Myōboku in order to learn the one thing he couldn't perform, Sage Mode. Once there, Soushiki met Gamamaru, the Great Toad Sage (大ガマ仙人, Ōgama Sennin), who revealed to him he knew Hagoromo during the said's lifetime and already knew about Soushiki's arrival, and agreed to teach him senjutsu. Soushiki spent many years in Mount Myōboku and eventually mastered senjutsu and Sage Mode, and Gamamaru claimed that no one else ever mastered Sage Mode as he did, and bid him farewell after he departed. At some point, Soushiki travelled to the Moon and met an elderly Hamura Ōtsutsuki, and met many of his clan's Branch family members. Hamura claimed that Soushiki was truly different from his mother, and after learning about his immortality, begged Soushiki to look over the world that his brother created after his passing, and Soushiki granted his request. In order to learn more about the Branch family, Soushiki lived in the moon for at least a decade before returning to Earth after Hamura's passing and vowed to watch over the world at Hamura's deathbed. For the next several decades, Soushiki kept a close eye over Hagoromo's children Asura Ōtsutsuki and Indra Ōtsutsuki. While Asura followed the path of love, Indra followed the path of darkness, and Soushiki witnessed Black Zetsu and Indra together. Because of this, Soushiki personally confronted both of them, and despite Zetsu's protests, Indra charged at Soushiki, but he effortlessly defeated him with one blow. As Indra struggled with the realization of someone being stronger than him, Soushiki told Zetsu to never approach Indra again, and if he did, he would erase him from existence. After both of Asura and Indra's deaths, Soushiki lived in the Land of That, and spent many centuries watching over Asura and Indra's reincarnations fighting with one another, and despite feeling he should interfere, he refused to do so, believing that history shouldn't know about his existence. By the time of the Warring States Period, Soushiki kept a close look on Hashirama Senju, who he believed had the same spirit as Asura, and assured himself that Hashirama would put an end to the fighting between Asura and Indra's reincarnations after witnessing his friendship with Madara Uchiha, Indra's then-current reincarnation. However, he became worried after Madara fell victim of the Uchiha clan's Curse of Hatred and declared his friendship with Hashirama over, and sadly watched as Hashirama and Madara battled with one another for several years. After Hashirama and Madara made peace and founded Konohagakure, Soushiki became proud of their accomplishment, but later became incredibly saddened once he found out that Madara's hatred returned and he defected from the village and once more engaged Hashirama in battle, and this time around, Madara was "killed" by Hashirama. After their battle, Soushiki secretly met with Hashirama, and told him about himself and his situation. Knowing that the future would again be endangered, Hashirama promised to keep Soushiki's existence a secret, under the condition that he watched over Konoha for the rest of eternity once he passed away, something that Soushiki agreed to. By the time of the Third Shinobi World War, Soushiki witnessed a group of Kirigakure-nin surrounding a young Konoha genin, who had just graduated from the Academy. When the Kiri-nin were about to kill him, Soushiki interfered and single-handedly and effortlessly defeated them all, without actually killing any of them. Before the genin could open his eyes, Soushiki had already disappeared and the Konoha genin was encountered by his comrades afterwards, who assumed he was the one who killed them. Throughout the next several years, Soushiki lived in a cavern located near Konoha in order to watch over the village just as he promised Hashirama years ago. He also witnessed Naruto Uzumaki's, the current reincarnation of Asura, growth and believed that he was different from all Asura's other reincarnations.
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