The Purpose of Impure World Reincarnation

Even after Shion reached the third stage, her Yin Release techniques continued to improve; she was still absorbing the Miko Power transformed from the Miko Seal.

However, this progress is rather slow, unlike the rapid burst of Shion that Shion unleashed earlier.

Then Yichen began to instruct Shion on how to conduct Soul Communication.

The method of Soul Communication is not difficult, Shion learned it very quickly.

A moment later, the two began to communicate.

Yichen said, "Shion, the Miko Seal your mother set up should be rapidly breaking down and digesting the Moryo. After that, your growth will only require absorbing the Miko Power permeating this place."

Shion nodded and said, "Lord Tsuchikage, does that mean I don't need to cultivate anymore?"

Shion had been diligently cultivating because Yichen had threatened her, saying that Yomi would return to find Moryo.

Now that the threat is gone, Shion's heart is adrift again.

Yichen shook his head and said, "No! On the contrary, you need to cultivate even harder, otherwise you will never be able to match the power you possess."

Shion nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

It was precisely because she needed to adapt to her surging power through battle that Shion was so active in the battles against the Konoha ninja.

By the time Yichen dispelled the Spirit Transformation Jutsu and returned to his original body from Shion's body, several people had already gathered at Shion's house.

All the village's Kage Level rushed over.

Yichen told them what had happened to Shion, explaining that Shion had already reached the Kage Level, and that Shion had great potential and hoped to go even further.

Everyone was very excited to hear this, as Iwagakure had gained another Kage-level Combatant after Yuki Haku.

At this point, the Kage Level Iwagakure had reached fourteen.

Getting back to the main point, Shion's theoretical strength is actually still above Shiro's.

However, her combat talent was too poor, and the Miko herself was not good at fighting. She had no special fighting techniques and could only fight with Yin Release Ninjutsu, but unfortunately, the Yin Release of Iwagakure was not an advantage.

So Shion is okay against ordinary ninjas, but not enough against Kage Level.

For example, Shion never won against Naruto and Hinata. In fact, Naruto and Hinata are not yet true Kage Level fighters, but their fighting power is above Shion's.

In the past, Shion always fought alongside Haku against Naruto and Hinata, and Haku was basically the one taking care of her.

So today, Shion is still staying by Haku's side.

Kurotsuchi in the group looked at Neji in front of her, then at Haku and Shion behind her, her lips pouting.

This formation made Kurotsuchi feel like a burden who needed to be taken care of.

She had clearly been training very hard and had already reached the Elite Jonin, but compared to a monster like Shion, she was still no match.

In fact, Kurotsuchi was already an extraordinary genius as Elite Jonin at the age of thirteen, while most of the Konoha's young ninjas were still just Jonin.

But comparisons are inevitable. Even without comparing her to someone like Shion who has an unfair advantage, Kurotsuchi felt somewhat discouraged just by comparing herself to Sakura.

Sakura, who is a year younger than her, has also reached the Elite Jonin.

In Kurotsuchi's eyes, Sakura was a true genius, just like Haku, a genius among normal ninjas.

Originally, Neji was seen this way by Kurotsuchi as well, but later, that despicable Tsuchikage, who still refuses to acknowledge her as his disciple, gave Neji a power-up.

Therefore, Neji someone she could spar with, is now someone she can no longer even dream of being worthy of.

But soon, Kurotsuchi regained his confidence. "I can't give up. I can't let that despicable guy look down on me no matter what."

Sakura, however, had a very good attitude; she never felt that she was the most special one.

Her parents were just ordinary people, not even ninjas. Coming from a commoner background, she now knows that she has already achieved something extraordinary by getting to where she is today.

She was only saddened when she saw Yichen also taking Karin as his disciple, but she has long since adjusted her mindset.

Over the years, their mutual comparisons and Karin have actually forged a deep friendship.

Although this friendship manifests as playful bickering, both of them enjoy it.

Sakura never felt she could compare to Neji, who came from a prestigious family.

She felt that being able to fight alongside the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage was already quite an achievement.

After all, Sakura initially saw herself as Medical Ninja who stayed behind the scenes.

After the group had advanced some distance, Neji said to Chiga, "Chiga- senpai, you can stop here. The battle is about to begin, so we'll have to make our way there ourselves."

Chiga nodded. She was a typical support-type ninja, and her combat ability couldn't compare to these geniuses who were at least Elite Jonin.

"Then be careful." After saying that, Chiga immediately stopped and watched Neji lead the team away.

After walking for a while, Kurotsuchi suddenly approached Neji, who was at the front, and asked, "Neji, is it really okay to leave Chiga alone?"

"After all, we're deep in the Land of Fire. What if she encounters Konoha ninja while she's alone?"

Neji said, "No problem, we have people following us!"

That's right, following behind Neji and his group were Sokai and Izumi Uchiha.

The two were not comfortable letting so many geniuses from the village venture deep into the Land of Fire in one fell swoop.

If anything were to happen to this group, the Iwa ninja would suffer a tremendous loss.

So the two who were originally stationed at the border of Iwa ninja also came along.

The two could fool others, but they certainly couldn't fool Neji, who was about to fully awaken his Tenseigan.

After meeting Izumi Uchiha Sokai, Chiga continued on his way in the direction Neji and the others had gone.

A moment later, the Konoha Camp came into Neji's view.

Meanwhile, Hinata, sitting in the Konoha Camp, turned her head to look in the direction of Neji and his group.

"They're here!" Hinata said softly.

His tone was calm and confident, without the slightest hint of panic or fear!

Hinata didn't wait for Neji to reach the camp before engaging in battle; instead, she led her people in the opposite direction, heading straight for Neji.

Among the Konoha 11s, Sasuke was the fastest. With the Lightning Release Stimulation Method activated, he took the lead and ran towards Neji.

At the same time, he was shouting, "Neji Hyuga, today I will completely defeat you and show you the power of the Uchiha!"

Sasuke made up his mind: today, regardless of the loss of his eye power, he would go Neji and teach him the consequences of underestimating the Uchiha.

Therefore, when Neji entered Sasuke's field of vision, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in Sasuke's eye sockets immediately transformed into Mangekyo shape.

However, Sasuke did not use Amaterasu, Sasuke from past battles that Amaterasu was useless against Neji.

Neji's eye power was very strong; he could clearly see the preparation process of his Amaterasu. The Amaterasu, which was originally intended as a sneak attack, had no surprise effect on Neji.

Neji possesses a Wheel Rotation Like Intent, which allows him to easily repel Amaterasu's flames.

The other Dōjutsu, Illusion-Breaking, is even more useless, Neji is not skilled in Genjutsu.

Therefore, Sasuke has absolutely no advantage against Neji.

Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan simply to increase his perception, hoping to gain an advantage in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu battles.

And he is ready to use Susanoo at any time.

After a while, the two met again, and very tacitly fought while keeping their distance from the others.

As Hinata, Hinata and Naruto greeted Shion and Haku together.

Since both sides were already acquaintances, they didn't need much probing before starting a fight.

However, during battles, Naruto would sometimes shout and yell, using his "talk-no-jutsu" (a form of verbal persuasion).

Hinata and Haku are both ninjas who don't talk much, but Shion is more lively and she often banters with Naruto.

However, Shion was often rendered speechless by Naruto's illogical words.

Besides the high-level battles between the Konoha's Three Blacks and the Iwa's Three Whites, the other Konoha ninjas quickly joined forces with Kurotsuchi and the others.

There are more Konoha people in this battle, but the Iwa ninja have the advantage in individual combat strength.

Although Konoha has many secret techniques and some strange methods, the Iwa ninja still have the advantage.

With Sakura being Medical Ninja with exceptional abilities, Iwa ninja's stamina surpasses that of Konoha.

Good Konoha has Shikamaru Nara, a commander with high intelligence, whose battle combinations are well-coordinated and work together seamlessly.

Sokai, Izumi Uchiha, and Chiga quickly arrived near the battlefield, but they did not participate in the battle. Instead, they observed from the shadows to prevent Konoha from using any tricks.

Both Sokai and Izumi Uchiha have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Izumi Uchiha even communicated remotely with the Giant Sharingan, ready to intervene and save lives at any moment.

In the past two years, the two of them have kept their strength hidden from the outside world and rarely made a move.

However, like Neji, the two also experienced fetal movement several times.

Especially for Izumi Uchiha, she had a feeling that after one or two more fetal movements, her eyes would evolve again.

The First Hokage's Cells in the Giant Sharingan were depleted multiple times due to their frequent fetal movements.

Yichen then took them to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path several more times to replenish the First Hokage's Cells for the Giant Sharingan.

So although the Giant Sharingan consumed a tremendous amount of energy to support their fetal movements over the past two years, it actually grew even larger than before thanks to the replenishment from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

While Neji's side was engaged in battle, Yichen in Iwagakure received Top Secret Intelligence through a special channel.

Intelligence indicates that the Mist ninja began learning the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu a long time ago and have now mastered it.

This information was transmitted by A-Tu, White Zetsu clone. This was only the second time A-Tu had sent information to Yichen.

The last intelligence he delivered was that the Cloud ninja had found the Two-Tails, and then Yichen obtained the Little Matatabi.

This time, A-Tu learned from the other White Zetsu clone that Black Zetsu had given the White Zetsu clone a task: to secretly approach the Mist ninja and learn the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu from them.

After reading the intelligence, Yichen fell into deep thought, and after a while, he began to mutter to himself.

"The First Mizukage, the Second Mizukage, the Third Mizukage, the Fourth Mizukage, plus the Jinchuriki of Kirigakure throughout history."

Yichen had a bit of a headache; this number was quite frightening, and that didn't even include the unknown powerhouses from the Warring States period.

"Wait, if the Mist ninja obtained the Impure World Reincarnation, what about the Cloud ninja?"

"The Kumogakure was destroyed, but Killer B escaped. He probably went to Turtle Island."

"The Kirigakure Impure World Reincarnation from Kirigakure must have been given to them by Konoha. Did Konoha also make a copy of the Impure World Reincarnation scroll and give it to Killer B?"

"The Cloud ninja has five Raikage, successive Jinchuriki, and also those Kinkaku Ginkaku."

"Sigh! It feels like the village doesn't have enough Kage -Kage Level."

Yichen can also Impure World Reincarnation many powerful beings, but those Yichen Impure World Reincarnation are all enemies.

If their consciousness were erased and they were forced to fight, their combat power would be nowhere near that of the previous Kage summoned by the Mist ninja and Cloud ninja.

With that in mind, Yichen brought a prisoner from the Iwagakure Prison to the outskirts of the village.

Yichen knocked the man unconscious and then set up the Impure World Reincarnation ritual around him.

Then Yichen took out a Shinigami Mask.

Neji, Sokai, Izumi Uchiha are all out of the village, making it difficult for Yichen to extract the soul from the Death God's stomach.

This was something Yichen couldn't do before he absorbed the power of numerous Death God' Soul Power.

However, in the past two years, Yichen has absorbed all the Death God's souls he had, leaving only this one in his hand.

Therefore, Yichen's Soul Power has now surpassed that of the Death God, so dealing with the Death God mind is not so clear, is not too difficult.

First, Yichen used his Spirit Transformation Jutsu, shamelessly using his own soul as bait to lure out the Death God.

Then, before Death God could attack him, Yichen gave him a good beating.

Before Death God could even grasp reality, Yichen returned to his original form and used Soul Sealing Jutsu to immobilize Death God outside, preventing him from returning to the mask.

Yichen then Light Release to pierce open the Death God's stomach and extract the three souls inside.

After a brief examination, Yichen kept one and stuffed the other two back into the Death God's body.

As the Death God healed his wounds, Yichen used the Impure World Reincarnation, transferring the soul in his hand that was about to Return to Pure Land into the body of the prisoner who was to be sacrificed.

The Impure World Reincarnation was completed quickly, and the Death God, along with the two remaining souls within its belly, returned to the mask in a daze.

Yichen put away his mask before turning his gaze to the Reanimated Body.

"As expected, if there is the soul of the dead, the deceased's genes are not needed when performing the Impure World Reincarnation," Yichen thought to himself.

"The deceased's genes should merely serve as a medium, or an identification tag, to summon the soul back from the Pure Land."

Orochimaru did exactly that Fourth Shinobi War in the original story.

Yichen awakened the Reanimated Body and said to it, "Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, it's been a long time."

That's right, the three souls inside the Death God's stomach are Senju Tobirama, Fugaku Uchiha, and Obito Uchiha.

The one who emerged Impure World Reincarnation the Yichen was Senju Tobirama.

When Yichen heard that the Mist ninja and Cloud ninja might use the Impure World Reincarnation, he immediately thought of Senju Tobirama.

Senju Tobirama was the founder of the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjutsu, and this master of Forbidden Technique should have had a way to counter Impure World Reincarnation.

In the original story, Senju Tobirama once tried to counter Orochimaru, but Orochimaru's sacrifice was White Zetsu clone with the First Hokage's Cells.

Therefore, Senju Tobirama's counterattack failed.

But this at least shows that Senju Tobirama had considered the possibility of someone using Edo Tensei to Impure World Reincarnation his identity, so he had a backup plan.

Senju Tobirama and asked, "Is this the Land of Earth?"

Then he turned his gaze to Yichen and said, "I saw you last time. From your conversation, you should be the Tsuchikage."

Yichen nodded and said, "That's right, I am the Fourth Tsuchikage."

Yichen asked, "Second Hokage, I summoned you to ask about the principles behind the Impure World Reincarnation technique, how to break it, and countermeasures."

Upon hearing this, Senju Tobirama narrowed his eyes, then checked his body.

Unfortunately, this body was too weak to unleash his full power.

This meant he wasn't confident he could break free from Yichen's control.

Then Senju Tobirama said, "I can't explain the principles of the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjutsu to you, but I suppose you should understand it at your level."

Yichen remained silent for a few seconds, then nodded. It concerned the Pure Land, and Yichen was still unclear about the situation in that world.

However, Yichen suspected that it was related to the Sage of Six Paths, so he dared not get involved.

Seeing this, Senju Tobirama continued, "As for the solution, it's very simple: the caster just needs to manually perform the Hand Seals to dispel the spell."

Yichen asked, "Besides this method, what else?"

Senju Tobirama remained silent for a long while, and only when Yichen was about to erase his consciousness did he say, "If the person targeted by the spell can forcibly form a special hand seal, they can also undo it on their own."

Yichen inquired carefully about the seal before asking other questions.

Senju Tobirama said, "As for methods to deal with the Impure World Reincarnation technique..."

"Either raise the awareness of the spirit being séanced, leaving them with no regrets, then the spirit will dissipate on its own."

"Either we use Sealing Jutsu to seal the Reanimated Body."

Yichen nodded. He knew both methods. He just wanted to confirm the seal and didn't ask any other questions.

Then Yichen asked, "Second Hokage, could you please tell me about all the powerful Yin Release Ninjutsu of Konoha?"

Senju Tobirama glanced at Yichen, and finally fell silent.

This was the last thing Yichen wanted to hear.

Senju Tobirama was indeed a genius in developing Ninjutsu; he even came up with the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjutsu, which summons the souls of the dead back from the Pure Land to fight.

However, many of his Ninjutsu were developed after he drew inspiration from the mouths of the dead, following his research into the Impure World Reincarnation.

Senju Tobirama wasn't afraid of being summoned to fight; summoning him would only give Yichen another disobedient Kage Level fighter.

However, what he feared most was that Yichen would try to extract Ninjutsu information from the dead, just like he had.

He raised his hand, trying to Hand Seals to dispel the Impure World Reincarnation, but it was no use; he quickly lost control of his body.

Yichen understood Senju Tobirama's determination, so he directly suppressed his soul and then repeated the previous questions about the Impure World Reincarnation to him.

As expected, the Reanimated Body, having lost its self-awareness, told Yichen everything it wanted to know in great detail.

After verifying the two accounts, Yichen knew that what Senju Tobirama had said was true.

Then Yichen managed to extract all the Ninjutsu that Senju Tobirama knew, feeling like he had gained a lot!

Leaving aside ordinary Ninjutsu, the Water Release Ninjutsu alone was enough to impress Yichen, not to mention the endless stream of Forbidden Technique.

The Eight Inner Gates were indeed developed by Senju Tobirama, but Senju Tobirama developed was only a prototype; the perfected Eight Inner Gates was likely developed by Might Duy.

The one Yichen has is probably uncultivable, but it doesn't matter, Might Duy's corpse is also in Iwagakure.

Besides the Impure World Reincarnation, it also includes the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, the Mutual Distraction Explosion Tag Technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Super Beast Imitation Drawing, and the Konoha Style Swordsmanship, which Yichen had painstakingly obtained through various channels.

However, what Yichen cares about most right now is Yin Release Ninjutsu, as Yin Release Ninjutsu has always been a weakness of Iwagakure.

This has prevented Natsuki and Shion, whose Yin Release abilities have reached the Kage Level, from ever being able to compare with other Kage Level opponents.

"Senju Tobirama actually categorized Dark Release as a regular Yin Release Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, rather than Genjutsu." Yichen was surprised when he saw Dark Release among the Yin Release Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Bringer-of-Darkness Technique directly change the environment, not just target a specific person.

The Bringer-of-Darkness Technique even affects the vision of onlookers. This is definitely not Genjutsu targeted at any one person.

Yichen read through all the Yin Release Ninjutsu techniques that Senju Tobirama had explained, and he couldn't help but want to find someone to try them out himself.

After categorizing the Konoha Ninjutsu explained by Senju Tobirama, Yichen was still not satisfied.

So he went on to resurrect all of them Fugaku Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Hanzo Guy, Might Duy, Pakura, Chiyo, Ryosuke, the Third Kazekage, the Fourth Kazekage, the Fourth Raikage Impure World Reincarnation, the Fifth Raikage, Yugito, and Yuki Koru.

After obtaining all the Ninjutsu these people knew from them, Yichen dismissed them one by one and Soul Seal into the Shinigami Mask.

Looking at the large number of Ninjutsu in his hands, Yichen immediately summoned the village's high-ranking officials.

When everyone saw the Ninjutsu that Yichen handed over, they all gasped in shock.

Upon seeing Senju Tobirama's Ninjutsu first, Ikura blurted out, "Yichen, you didn't secretly ransack Konoha's archives, did you?"

It's no wonder that Ikura had this idea, because the Ninjutsu that Yichen gave was too comprehensive. Senju Tobirama had written down almost all the Konoha Ninjutsu that everyone knew.

Yichen said, "The village's research on Impure World Reincarnation has made great progress. We can now control the Reanimated Body and fight without affecting their memories."

"I had them write down all the Ninjutsu they knew."

Han also held a scroll in his hand and said, "Is this Lightning Armor? Could it have been obtained from the Fourth Raikage's Reanimated Body?"

Yichen nodded. The Fourth Raikage didn't know many Ninjutsu, and this was the only Ninjutsu of value.

Everyone's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Lightning Armor?! That's a treasure! It's the strongest Taijutsu besides the Eight Inner Gates!

Unlike the Eight Inner Gates, which causes self-harm, the Lightning Armor has no side effects.

Besides the Lightning Armor, there are also numerous Ninjutsu from the Cloud ninja and the Sunagakure.

While the Sunagakure's Wind Release pleased everyone, what concerned them most was the Puppet Technique!

The strongest Puppet Technique in the Ninja World is in the hands of Sasori of the Red Sands, but what Ryosuke and Chiyo wrote is a systematic method for training Puppet Master.

What everyone is most concerned about is the Eight Inner Gates, which is a bug that allows an Elite Jonin kill Kage Level.

Everyone felt a bit disappointed after watching it; the cultivation process was just too difficult!

This is no longer a matter of willpower; it requires a special physical constitution!

Looking at the expressions of joy and disappointment on everyone's faces, Yichen felt no joy in his heart.

Because he obtained these things too late, others were unaware that the Ninja World was about to witness a battle of titans, but Yichen was well aware of it.

Lightning Armor and Puppet Technique inheritance—these were valuable items a decade or so ago, but they're not very useful now.

It's impossible for Yichen to cultivate Lightning Release ninjas and Puppet Master capable of participating in the battle of gods within just a few years.

If Yichen had obtained these things more than ten years earlier, he would definitely have trained a Lightning Release expert just like he trained Kawakita.