Time-Space Hole

Minamoto Takuya paused for a moment, his calm gaze observing Little Ten-Tails draw energy from the Gelel Ore Vein.

After confirming that there was no immediate danger, he formed hand seals with both hands.

With a soft poof and a cloud of smoke, a Shadow Clone identical to him condensed into existence.

Minamoto Takuya himself had no intention of staying here long. Even for cultivation, this was far from the most efficient place.

Besides, there were still matters in his plans that needed attending to.

Their gazes met, and without a word, he conveyed the order to guard this place.

The Shadow Clone immediately sat cross-legged and began focusing on gaining a deeper understanding of and refining the various chakra nature transformations.

It was not that Minamoto Takuya had not considered having the Shadow Clone share the burden of cultivating Yin-Yang Release.

However, the foundation of Yin-Yang Release lay in physical energy and spiritual energy. Its essence went far beyond mere chakra form.

The brilliance of the Shadow Clone Technique was that it could evenly divide the caster's current total chakra.

Yet it had its limitations. It could not equally divide the physical energy and spiritual energy that formed chakra's very source.

What a Shadow Clone carried was ultimately only the resulting energy known as "chakra."

Of course, without such a restriction, it would mean Shadow Clones could refine chakra on their own and even create further Shadow Clones. That was clearly impossible.

Therefore, Minamoto Takuya's current Shadow Clone Technique could not be used to cultivate Yin-Yang Release, which required direct control over the origins of life and spirit.

Unless he could master a secret technique capable of reverse-decomposing chakra and restoring it into pure physical energy and spiritual energy.

Unfortunately, Minamoto Takuya did not possess such a method.

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