Sage-Level

Cat Granny remained silent throughout, and only after the two had committed suicide did she finally speak, saying, "Chief Sokai, we're returning to our settlement now. Please accept our condolences!"

"Quan Luo, please accept my condolences!"

Sokai nodded and watched her leave.

Cat Granny never once looked directly at Fugaku Uchiha.

After Cat Granny left, Fugaku Uchiha said, "Sokai, Quan Luo, I'm entrusting the clan to you. I'm not a qualified clan head, but I'm sure you can do a great job."

Sokai nodded, and together with Izumi Uchiha, they returned to the village with Fugaku Uchiha and the two corpses.

After Katsuya dismantles Fugaku Uchiha's Reanimated Body, Sokai and Izumi Uchiha Yichen with Shinigami Mask.

After getting a ride from Sokai, Yichen hurriedly went to the Five Elements Fusion Training Ground to practice.

In just one experiment, Yichen completed the seventh level of the Five Elements Fusion!

Looking at the extremely complex sphere in his hand, Yichen was filled with excitement.

This Chakra sphere is roughly what Yichen imagined.

It is composed of countless tiny Chakra Threads of various attributes.

Because each line is extremely small, the repulsive force between different properties is also very small.

Of course, there are countless connection points in this sphere, and each connection point has a tiny repulsive force.

If these repulsive forces are combined, they are quite terrifying and can directly cause an explosion.

However, these repulsive forces have different directions and locations of action, and they cannot simply be superimposed on each other. On the contrary, many repulsive forces have the effect of weakening and canceling each other out.

Therefore, the structure of this small ball is actually quite stable, Yichen doesn't need to spend too much effort maintaining it.

Taking a deep breath, Yichen knew that he could finally move on to the next step.

Five Elements Fusion outside the body is the first step, and also the most difficult one.

Next, Yichen began to fuse the five types of Chakra within his body.

Yichen relaxed and gradually Chakra Fusion within his body together.

By the time Sokai and Izumi Uchiha dealing with Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha and found Yichen had only completed one percent of the Chakra Fusion.

Yichen sensed their arrival and stopped the Chakra Fusion.

Seeing this, Sokai and Izumi Uchiha in the distance, quickly walked over.

Yichen took the Shinigami Mask from Sokai, glanced at the two corpses, and asked, "Are you done dealing with them?"

Sokai and Izumi Uchiha.

Yichen glanced at the two of them and said, "Are you calmed down?"

Sokai and Izumi Uchiha a glance, nodded, and then shook their heads.

Izumi Uchiha said, "At the time, it felt very satisfying, but now that I think about it, they got off too easily."

Yichen said, "Since they haven't completely calmed down, let's use the Impure World Reincarnation to bring them back to life!"

"Then control them, control them to slaughter the Konoha ninja!"

Sokai, I had a sudden realization: this is a great idea!

Izumi Uchiha hesitated, saying, "But we promised Clan Leader Fugaku."

Yichen said, "Isn't Fugaku Uchiha's soul inside? Just don't tell him!"

Upon Sokai quickly tugged at Izumi Uchiha, his face full of anticipation.

After thinking about it, Izumi Uchiha didn't insist anymore and acquiesced.

Yichen handed the masks back to the two of them, saying, "Go on, give them back to me when you feel you've completely calmed down."

"Yes!" The two nodded heavily, then quickly left with the Shinigami Mask to find Katsuya.

Seeing the two walk away, Yichen closed his eyes again and began the fusion process anew.

Yichen's progress was not fast; it took him more than ten days to finally fuse all the Chakra within his body together.

Yichen now felt like his body was a powder keg, filled with repulsive forces between different attributes.

Yichen believed that if he were given a suitable external force at this moment, the Five-Attribute Chakra within his body would immediately explode.

Moreover, any explosion in one place will trigger the explosion of other Chakra.

In the end, Yichen's fate will surely be to turn everything around him to ashes in an instant.

At that point, even if Yichen's soul is close to the fourth stage, it will be torn apart in the explosion.

Yichen had anticipated this scene, and he took something out of his Ninja Tool Pouch.

This thing is spherical and emits an eerie dark purple light; it is the star of the original Hoshigakure!

This is exactly the item the Sage of Six Paths mentioned, capable of helping him complete the Five Elements Fusion.

After recalling the Sage of Six Paths' description of the meteorite from outer space, Yichen began the third step.

Yichen placed his hand on the star.

Then the purple light from the star began to spread into Yichen's body.

Stars can alter a ninja's body, and this alteration is random and unpredictable.

Using the concepts from Yichen's past lives, it's like a gene mutation.

Therefore, many ninjas in the Hoshigakure developed various health problems due to their training with stars.

Yichen is doing now is no different from what Star Ninja is doing, and Star Ninja wouldn't dare to directly absorb purple light like Yichen does.

They were all cultivating using the energy emitted by the purple light.

If they were to directly absorb the purple light like Yichen, they would instantly turn into monsters.

However, Yichen is different. He dares to do this because he is fundamentally different from Star Ninja.

Under the influence of the stars, Yichen's body cells slowly began to change.

Although Yichen couldn't see it, he could guess that these changes were random. The cells in his body that originally had uniform genes suddenly transformed into countless cells with new genes.

Most of these new cells are harmful to the body and conflict with Yichen's body.

However, Yichen's current Life level is already very high, and he is in Sage Mode, so his body's self-repair function is very strong.

These genetically mutated cells are quickly eliminated by the body.

Then, under the influence of the stars, the body will produce new cells.

In this process of repeated mutations and cleansing, some cells are preserved.

The reason these cells are not attacked by Yichen's body's self-protection mechanism is because they have a very high degree of compatibility with the Five-Attribute Chakra within Yichen's body.

Over time, the number of these cells in Yichen's body increased.

In other words, Yichen should have undergone random genetic mutations under the influence of the stars, but under the control of the Five-Attribute Chakra within his body, his body screened for the mutated genes.

Only the cells that could better integrate the Five-Attribute Chakra remained.

As more and more of these cells appear in the body, the compatibility between Yichen and the Five-Attribute Chakra increases.

Then, under the influence of the Five Elements Fusion Chakra and this new cell, the genetic mutations of the original cells also increasingly resembled those of this new cell.

After an unknown amount of time, Yichen suddenly threw Xing far away.

At this time, the cells in Yichen's body have not yet fully transformed into new cells, but the new cells have already taken hold and are able to divide on their own, gradually replacing the original cells.

After discarding the star, Yichen did not stop cultivating; he continued to feel the slow changes in his body.

This change was wonderful; Yichen could feel his body gradually becoming stronger.

This wonderful feeling completely overshadowed the suffering Yichen of change.

Or rather, Yichen was deliberately immersing himself in the wonderful feeling of his power constantly increasing, avoiding the intense pain.

In a daze, Yichen once again experienced that strange feeling of hovering between life and death.

Sometimes, Yichen felt that he was alive and possessed extraordinary power, capable of destroying the world with a mere gesture.

Sometimes, Yichen felt that he had completely returned to death, forever sinking into the Pure Land, without life or thought.

Sometimes, Yichen felt full of vitality, like a baby in the womb, full of hope for the future.

Sometimes, Yichen felt lifeless, like a person on the verge of death, or a corpse that was already dead or even completely dried up.

In this dreamlike state, Yichen lost track of how much time had passed.

Until he seemed to tire of constantly moving between the two, he stopped wandering and plunged into the more vibrant side.

The next moment, Yichen opened his eyes, and at the same time, a terrifying aura rapidly spread out from him.

The Anbu Ninja protecting Yichen throughout the training ground were all taken aback by this sudden burst of power.

They emerged from the shadows, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the source of this aura was their own Tsuchikage.

In a mud house not far away, Neji also sensed the change in Yichen's aura. He quickly left his residence and arrived at Yichen's side as fast as he could.

Neji volunteered to be Yichen's bodyguard. With his strength, he was the most suitable candidate for this mission, so Ōnoki and the others did not refuse.

Neji quite a while before Yichen slowly withdrew his aura.

By this time, Neji was surrounded by many people.

Ōnoki, Ikura, and all the high-ranking officials and Kage Level in the village came.

Seeing Yichen awaken from his cultivation, Ōnoki stepped forward and said, "Yichen, you're finally awake!"

Do you know how long you've been cultivating?

Yichen blinked. He recalled the entire cultivation process vividly; it shouldn't have been long ago.

Ōnoki could tell what Yichen was thinking just by looking at his expression.

He said helplessly, "You've been sitting here for two whole months."

"If your vital signs weren't normal, we would have taken you to the hospital long ago."

Yichen was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Two months? How is that possible? Neji only took about half a day to reach the Sage-level."

Neji, Sokai, Izumi Uchiha all there, and they gave Yichen an expression that confirmed the truth.

This is because Yichen and Neji's transformations were somewhat different.

The transformation of Neji two mainly occurred in their eyes. They were indeed Sage, but neither their souls nor their bodies had reached the Sage level; only their eyes had reached the Sage-level.

Yichen was different. This time, Yichen's transformation was more thorough than that of Neji other two. His body and soul both reached the Sage-level.

Of course, Yichen's eyes are still normal eyes; they haven't transformed into Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Tenseigan, or anything like that.

Neji mainly changed their eyes, while Yichen changed his entire body.

Therefore, Yichen spent many times as much time as the three of them.

Yichen thought for a moment, stood up from the ground, and said, "Okay, I accept reality. I'll go take a shower first, and then we'll have a meeting in the Tsuchikage's Office later!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After returning home, Yichen washed up, ate something, and then went to the office.

As he walked, Yichen rubbed his stomach, as if he didn't need to eat anything.

I don't feel hungry if I don't eat, but I don't feel anything after eating either.

Yichen's biggest feeling about his body now is that he has boundless energy, and it seems that he will never feel hungry, tired, or sleepy again.

Moreover, the Five-Attribute Chakra had originally reached the seventh level and were filled with repulsive power, underwent another change.

At this moment, the repulsive force within Yichen's Chakra had disappeared.

These Chakra are no different from the Little White Ball anymore.

This is the truly perfect Five Elements Fusion.

Yichen spread his left hand, and a fireball immediately appeared in his palm. This fireball was not a normal Fire Release Ninjutsu.

It is Ninjutsu generated from the Five-Attribute Chakra, only it manifests as a fireball.

This fireball was more powerful than a normal Ninjutsu, but it was still different from what Yichen had imagined.

Yichen thought about it and decided that he should spend time learning some special Ninjutsu at the Sage-level.

Yichen placed his right hand on the fireball.

As expected, it had no effect whatsoever. Yichen was completely immune to the Ninjutsu formed from his own Chakra.

Yichen's heart stirred, and his right hand suddenly generated a suction force, instantly absorbing the fireball in his left palm and making it disappear in the blink of an eye.

"So the principle Rinnegan absorbing Ninjutsu is that simple!"

"As long as one can master Sage-level Chakra, one can completely change the Five-Attribute Chakra at will."

"It's also very easy to absorb."

Aside from that, Yichen didn't Hand Seals when he cast the fireball.

His Ninjutsu can be used completely at will; with a thought, his Chakra moves accordingly, and then the Ninjutsu is formed.

The convenience brought by Sage-level soul is immense, Yichen believes there are many more benefits waiting for him to discover.

A moment later, in the Tsuchikage's Office, all the village's high-ranking officials and Kage Level had gathered.

In addition, Atsumi Akino and Chiga were also there.

Uzumaki Riori, Kage Level ninja, also attended the High-Level Meeting.

She was the first to ask out of curiosity, "Teacher Yichen, have you become Sage? Why don't you have horns on your head?"

Neji, Sokai, Izumi Uchiha their heads, but Yichen, who is also Sage, does not.

That's why Uzumaki asked that question.

The others were equally curious, including Neji and the other two, who all found it strange. However, unlike Uzumaki Riori, they weren't as quick to ask.

Yichen touched his forehead and said, "Horns on the head are a characteristic that only descendants of the Otsutsuki Clan develop after awakening their ancestral bloodline."

"Although I trained under the guidance of the Sage of Six Paths, I do not have the bloodline of the Otsutsuki Clan."

"Riori, you have the blood of the Otsutsuki Clan. If you become Sage, you should grow horns."

Uzumaki Riori reached out and touched the small horn on Neji's head beside her, saying, "Is that so?"

Neji's face turned red; he felt somewhat embarrassed. But he had no choice but to confront Uzumaki Riori; he couldn't very well use his Sage-level strength against her.

Everyone was in a good mood and excited to see Yichen advance, so they let Uzumaki Riori do whatever she wanted without interfering.

Besides, everyone was quite interested to see Neji, the Sage, get his comeuppance.

Yichen paused for a moment, then said, "Tell me about the major events that have happened in the Ninja World in the past two months."

Tomoko opened a notebook and immediately began her report. Her report was very detailed, recounting all the noteworthy events that had occurred in the Ninja World over the past two months.

In the end, Yichen grasped two relatively important matters.

The first thing is that Sokai and Izumi Uchiha once controlled the Reanimated Body of Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha to attack Konoha ninja were on missions outside.

With the strength of these two Reanimated Body, Konoha never escaped a single victim each time they attacked.

Moreover, the two were extremely fast and efficient at killing; in just two months, the number of Konoha ninjas who died at their hands had exceeded one thousand.

Moreover, the two acted in secrecy, and Konoha only guessed that it was the Iwa Ninja take action, but did not know who the perpetrator was.

Yichen didn't dwell on that matter; his focus was on the second thing.

Neji, as the protagonist of the second matter, personally explained to Yichen, "Teacher Yichen, half a month ago, the Giant Tenseigan showed unusual activity; it seemed to resonate with something."

"But when I fully activated the Giant Tenseigan to scout, I found nothing."

After a pause, Neji added, "The fluctuations from this Giant Tenseigan are similar to the connection between Sokai and the Giant Sharingan."

Yichen blurted out, "Orochimaru! It must be that his Byakugan has evolved!"

"I just don't know what kind of eyes he awakened."

Tomoko nodded and said, "That's our analysis too, and we have another piece of evidence."

"A few days ago, White Zetsu clone sent a message, providing the exact locations of the Mist ninja high-ranking officials."

"This White Zetsu clone that came to secretly deliver the message is not A-Tu; it was clearly sent by Black Zetsu."

"We suspect this is related to Orochimaru's previous resonance with the Giant Tenseigan!"

Now all the high-ranking members of Iwagakure know the truth about the continuous reincarnations of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths' brothers, and Asura and Indra.

They even knew all the information about Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, White Zetsu clone, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Therefore, it was easy for Tomoko and the others to connect the two events.

But why would Black Zetsu send White Zetsu clone to inform the Iwa ninja of this information?

What benefit would the destruction of Iwa ninja by Kirigakure bring to him? Or rather, what benefit would it bring to Orochimaru?

Yichen said, "From now on, have Chiga keep Orochimaru under surveillance 24 hours a day!"

Chiga said, "I've been monitoring him. Orochimaru has remained in Snake Pit Village and hasn't left."

Yichen thought for a moment and said, "Since he's trying to sow discord between us and the Mist ninja, then even if he makes a move, he'll probably wait until we start fighting the Mist ninja."

"Or rather, he's waiting for the right moment when war breaks out between us and the Mist ninja!"

After a pause, Yichen continued, "That's right, we did as he wished, taking the initiative to attack the Mist ninja, making him feel that his goal had been achieved, and waiting for him to make the first move."

Ikura thought for a moment and asked, "Yichen, are you saying we're luring the snake out of its hole? With Orochimaru's shrewdness, will he fall for that?"

Yichen said, "If we actively lure him, he might not, but now he's the one luring us. If we pretend to take the bait, he should fall for it."