"My mom said that it might have triggered a deeper, more powerful bloodline hidden within the Soft Bone Rabbit."
That’s what Xiao Wu said.
Zhou Qing silently thought, As expected. He believed that stimulating the spine using spatial force was the fundamental condition to awaken the true bloodline of a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit.
But it was a pity—
So far, the only two known Soft Bone Rabbits that had reached the hundred-thousand-year level both chos...
“Advisor Danzo, what is the meaning of this?”
Surrounded on all sides, Uchiha Fugaku’s expression remained calm as he frowned and looked directly at Shimura Danzo.
“Uchiha Fugaku, you are now suspected of orchestrating the Nine-Tails attack five years ago. You are to be taken into custody.”
“Surrender quietly, or I won’t hesitate to kill you on the spot.”
Leaning on his cane and surrounded by Root operatives, Shimura Danzo spoke in a cold, firm voice.
Outside Shangtian Town, deep within a dense forest, over a hundred masked individuals stood silently.
Each of them exuded a sharp, disciplined aura—standing still like machines awaiting orders.
At the center of this formation was an elderly man with a cane, his right hand and right eye wrapped in bandages.
This man was none other than Shimura Danzō, who had mysteriously vanished from the Root base.
Two days earlier, he had quietly left Konoha with a group of eli...
Whoosh—
On a street, Uchiha Arashi, disguised as a passerby, suddenly drew a kunai and stabbed toward a sickly-looking beggar on the roadside.
The beggar’s face changed dramatically. His reaction speed starkly contrasted with his frail appearance. He quickly rolled aside, narrowly avoiding the thrust.
Swish—
Arashi’s eyes turned into the three-tomoe Sharingan, capturing the beggar’s every move in vivid detail.
He sidestepped, instantly appearing wh...
At the Border of the Land of Fire.
Uchiha Fugaku and his party of thirteen encountered a group traveling in the opposite direction.
This group was composed of the surviving members of the Taiwa Merchant Guild. However, instead of transporting goods, the wagons were carrying the corpses of the deceased.
Inside one of the carriages, six corpses wearing clothes marked with the Uchiha clan crest were mixed in among the other bodies—these were the six Uchiha clan members who...
"Those bandits were impersonating Shimura Danzō men?"
The three Uchiha elders were visibly shocked, their expressions turning extremely grim.
If the bandits truly were disguised members of Shimura Danzō forces, then this was no random incident it was a conspiracy aimed at luring the Uchiha clan head out of Konoha to make a move against him.
"Clan Head, are you certain?"
Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna asked solemnly.
"I can't confirm it, but it's highly likely,...
“Anyway, my mom said that my first six spirit rings can only come from Soft Bone Rabbits not from any other soul beasts.”
Xiao Wu glared with eyes like pink gemstones, ignoring Tang San’s advice and stubbornly shaking her head. She insisted on listening to her mother.
Tang San was helpless. He could only hope Zhou Qing might be able to persuade Xiao Wu—he really didn’t want someone in the team to end up being a mascot they both had to constantly protect.
“Soft...
“So when will this theory be published?”
Tang San asked.
“We’ve got six years to think about it there’s no rush,” Zhou Qing replied, not seeing any need to hurry. Besides, the person who publishes it definitely can’t be himself it has to be Romantina.
The reason? Among all the people he knew who could already use spiritual power at the Soul Master stage, there was only one: Romantina, who possessed a brain-type martial soul.
There likely wasn’t a se...
Konoha At the Village Entrance
A group of people arrived on horseback, dusty and exhausted. At the forefront was a richly dressed woman in her twenties.
Though her appearance was quite attractive, her face was visibly weary and anxious. Her hair was slightly disheveled from the ride.
When the woman reached the entrance to Konoha, she saw a group of Uchiha clan members on duty, identifiable by the clan’s crest on their uniforms.
She immediately jogged over and sai...
Uchiha Fugaku’s Residence, Hidden Chamber beneath the Study
"Corpse Refinement!"
Uchiha Fugaku threw a corpse from the Kaguya Clan into the swirling black vortex, then stood silently, awaiting the completion of the refinement process.
Moments later, the refinement was complete.
There were still many Kaguya Clan corpses left, and his ocular power was also still abundant. However, he didn’t continue refining more corpses.
“I’ve reached the limit.”
In summary, spirit rings that have undergone Secondary Refinement possess the following characteristics:
Soul Markings of the Spirit Beast: The ring will display patterns that represent the spirit beast’s traits when it was alive these are soul markings unique to the soul skill.
Flexible Soul Power Flow: When using a soul skill, soul power can be freely released and retracted.
Formation of the Soul Disk: When a soul skill is activated, the spirit ring transforms...
"If one place turns you away, there will always be another that takes you in."
With such a thought in mind, Yu Xiaogang packed up his belongings, stuffed all his books into a storage soul tool, and left Nouding Academy without looking back.
He had already seen through it all: a commoner, no matter how talented, would always be seen as petty, worldly, and insignificant—a small man would always remain small, never capable of great things!
Thus, Yu Xiaogang decided to seek...
A massive caravan of more than a dozen wagons crossed the border of the Land of Fire and entered the Land of Fields.
Their plan was to travel through several small countries, including the Land of Fields, and ultimately reach one of the Five Great Nations the Land of Lightning to sell their goods and earn a hefty profit margin.
This caravan was operated by Taihe Chamber of Commerce, the largest merchant guild in the Land of Fire, known to have close ties with the Uchiha Clan.
"Fugaku, thank you, but there's no need."
Uchiha Mikoto lifted her head and looked gratefully at Uchiha Fugaku.
She knew what kind of pressure her husband would face for making such a decision. Yet even so, he still chose to support her.
This moved her deeply, but she would never let her husband be placed in a difficult position or bring trouble upon him.
So, even though she felt sadness and guilt toward Kushina, she still restrained her desire to approach that chi...
“That’s probably impossible.”
Uchiha Fugaku shook his head, rejecting the speculation.
Though he did indeed yearn for the Shikotsumyaku to evolve into the All-Killing Ash Bones, rational analysis told him that even if he refined the corpses of the entire Kaguya clan, it would still be insufficient to cause that evolution.
His reasoning was based on the fact that, up to this point, the peak combat power of a single kekkei genkai was only at the Super Kage level—it ...
“You… you! You actually dare! How dare Yo—”
Yu Xiaogang’s lips trembled.
Anger!
Humiliation!
His inner thoughts had been laid bare—he could no longer maintain his composure. But the arrival of the principal of Nuoding Academy brought him back to his senses somewhat.
“What’s going on here? Xiaogang, was all this noise your doing?”
The principal of Nuoding looked at the fifty-meter-long scorch mark on the ground and twitched at the corner ...
Noticing the subtle change in Romantina’s expression, Zhou Qing was surprised by her reaction and thought to himself,
“Could it be... Romantina isn’t interested in those who appear upright and proper on the surface?”
Yu Xiaogang.
No matter what thoughts he may harbor internally, his outward demeanor was indeed laced with arrogance, rigidity, and an old-fashioned sense of propriety.
Uh…
Zhou Qing suddenly paused, momentarily doubting himself:
“Wait...
“Tch”
With a thought, Uchiha Fugaku extended his palm forward.
A bone spike instantly extended from his palm, growing to several centimeters in length.
Its tip was sharp, and the base thick; the bone was an ivory white, resembling ivory itself.
Clink!, clink!
He tapped it lightly, and it had a metallic feel to it, as if he were striking metal.
Taking out a kunai, he clashed it with the bone spike. A loud noise echoed, like metal striking metal.
"It wasn’t a Wood Release Kekkei Genkai user, but someone impersonating one?"
The Third Hokage was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Uchiha Shisui to propose such a bold theory it caught him completely off guard.
"Lord Hokage, this is just my speculation. I can’t say for sure if it’s true,"
Shisui quickly explained, noticing the Hokage’s surprise.
"No, your speculation, while bold, is reasonable. It’s not outside the realm of possibility."
The Third Hokage...
The battle-hardened gaze of Shu Yan swept across the crowd, finally lingering on the ever-cold and mysterious Luo Qinghan. A flicker of intrigue, uncontrollable, flashed in his eyes.
Noticing his slightly unusual gaze, Luo Qinghan slowly turned her wheelchair around. Without betraying any emotion, she subtly tugged at the edge of her skirt, just about to speak when a figure in a golden dress stepped in front of her.
Shu Yan withdrew his gaze, a bit surprised, but his attention w...
A quiet night passed without disturbance.
Early the next morning, while Shu Yan and Xu Jiujing were having breakfast, they received a piece of intelligence delivered by Nebula Douluo on someone else’s behalf.
This report had originally been sent out from Xu Jiawei’s hands. It briefly recorded some information about the southern guests who had arrived in Star Luo City, even helpfully including their respective martial spirits and approximate soul power levels.
During t...
“I can feel it the connection between my soul ring and martial soul is far more intimate now, as if it’s truly become part of my martial soul. With this, it can definitely grow alongside it.”
Zhou Qing was overjoyed.
As long as he reached the level of Titled Douluo, this soul ring could naturally evolve to the 100,000-year level. And if he had enough opportunities, it might even happen as early as the Soul Sage stage.
In the future, having nine soul rings of 100,000...
Just like how Tang San brought the Xuan Tian Record with him after being reincarnated not because the cultivation technique itself surpassed all other methods in this world—but because its foundational theory, particularly its comprehensive understanding of the human body’s meridians, completely outclassed the theories developed by soul masters over the centuries in this world.
It’s just that Tang San himself never truly realized this fact.
Similarly—
What Zhou Qi...
Due to the fusion of their martial souls, both had lowered their guard. Through the dense underbrush, a pair of cold, serpentine eyes locked onto the two sitting by the campfire.
The vibrant body of a serpent was perfectly concealed within the grass. Its forked tongue flicked out, sensing the presence of prey even in the dark. A pink venomous horn on its forehead glistened with deadly poison, primed for a fatal strike.
Without a sound, the Mandala Snake crept closer to its unsus...
Shuying was clearly the kind of person who never learned his lesson. Bingdi yanked his ear with a scowl, saying, “You? A harem? You're lucky someone like me even gives you the time of day! Stop misleading innocent girls already!”
“Ah, ow, ow! Don’t pinch! I was just making a joke! Besides, can you really say you’ve never thought about starting a reverse harem yourself? Otherwise, give me back that concept sketch I drew of Snow Empress!” Shuying was still a little uneasy whe...
The meeting lasted the entire morning and only concluded around noon.
The Wood Release Kekkei Genkai ninja possessed formidable strength and spatial ninjutsu, able to come and go without a trace he had already become a major threat to Konoha.
After this meeting and several prior discussions, Konoha finally formulated a new strategy to deal with the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai ninja:
To form a Kage-level task force to hunt him down!
This would be the most elite squad...
No one spoke in support. For a moment, the meeting room was deathly silent.
“I believe Clan Head Shimura’s words hold some merit.”
An elderly woman’s voice broke the silence at last.
It was Koharu Utatane, one of the three village advisors, who had spoken.
When it came to suppressing the Uchiha clan, the Third Hokage and the three advisors had always stood united.
Seeing no one stepping forward to support Shimura Naoya, Koharu herself took the initia...
Inside the conference room, the Third Hokage sat at the head seat.
To his left were Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, while to his right sat Shimura Danzō.
Extending further behind them were the heads of the various clans and the elite jōnin among the civilian shinobi.
At this moment, Danzō’s expression was extremely grim.
The visible portion of his left eye was cold and piercing, emanating an aura that warned others to keep their distance.
Many of th...
"No problem."
Romantina's soul ring was granted by the Skydream Iceworm himself. Since he could control her body, he naturally had access to the soul skills associated with it.
The pure white soul ring glowed, and two soul skills were activated simultaneously — perhaps because all four skills resided within a single ring, multiple abilities could be used at the same time.
Zhou Qing suddenly perceived a mental image of the entire layout of Nuoding Academy — buildings, ...
"This kind of offensive spiritual soul skill is the hardest to test for specific effects."
Zhou Qing sighed. After all, the effectiveness of offensive-type spiritual soul skills depends on the spiritual power level of others. In this era, there’s no standardized method for testing spiritual power. Terms like Spiritual Origin, Spiritual Link, Spiritual Sea, Spiritual Abyss, and Spiritual Domain and their corresponding point-based classification were only conceptualized much later, whe...