Summary

Chapter 29 Summary

Heaven and Earth in a Pot?

A Taoist technique from ancient Chinese mythology.

Or, one might call it a divine ability! Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man in Runan named Fei Changfang who once served as a minor official managing the marketplace. In that market, there was an old man selling medicine who often hung a pot beside his shop.

Whenever the market closed, the old man would jump into the pot. No merchants or townspeople had ever seen this scene, except for one day when Fei Changfang happened to see it from a building above.

Feeling intrigued, he went to pay his respects to the old man, respectfully offering him fine wine and dried meat. The old man, knowing Fei Changfang's intentions, told him to return the next day.

The following day, Fei Changfang went to see the old man again, and the latter took him and jumped into the pot together. On the surface, the mouth of the pot looked tiny, but after jumping inside, it was a vast world—

The world inside the pot was magnificent, filled with delicacies and fine wine. After three rounds of drinks, the two of them emerged together.

After coming out, Fei Changfang took the old man as his master and began to study the Tao under him from that day forward...

And in the movie An Eternal Combat, the place where Hermit Caolu hid was exactly such a cave-heaven.

At this moment, looking at the complete cultivation method in his hands, along with the detailed annotations beside it, Fang Xiu could not help but fall into silence.

If it were merely for the convenience of living...

Then Wood Release could easily accomplish that!

Wood Release: Four-Pillar House: Instantly creates a complex wooden residence, which is quite convenient to use.

Wood Release: Wood-Pillar House Technique: An upgraded version of the Four-Pillar House that consumes more chakra to instantly create multiple complex wooden residences.

However, Heaven and Earth in a Pot clearly involves the realm of space-time and belongs to one of the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations!

At the current stage, apart from the Tsukuyomi space forcibly created by crushing the enemy with ocular power, among all of Fang Xiu's ninjutsu, only two types of techniques truly touch upon related fields—

First, Summoning: Ninja Tools: The user stores a large number of ninja tools in scrolls via space-time ninjutsu and summons them for use when needed.

Second, Summoning: Animals: After the user forms a contract with a summoning animal, they perform space-time ninjutsu to summon them anytime, anywhere.

For example: the "Monkey King: Enma" summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Eight Ninja Hounds summoned by Kakashi, the series of Mount Myōboku Toads summoned by Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Uzumaki Naruto, and the Aoda and Ninja Hawk Garuda summoned by Sasuke.

In fact, as a member of the Uchiha clan, the closet cat-lover Fang Xiu should have inherited a ninja cat named Shiromaru, who was responsible for delivering intelligence.

The cat head carved on the Earth Style Wall earlier was him!

Unfortunately, with the conscription from the Main God Space, the connection between them was completely severed—during the previous special training period, Fang Xiu tried many times; let alone a response, he couldn't even find the coordinates of the ninja cat...

"Sigh, let's practice it simply and use it as a storage ring. It's ultimately more convenient than ninja tool scrolls and can even hold living things."

"There's no help for it; time is too tight, especially when in the Main God Space. There are simply too many things that need to be studied."

Not long after the start, having quickly killed the final boss, successfully controlled the situation, and collected quite a few "gold coins," Fang Xiu felt as if he had been hollowed out. He entered a sage-like mode of having no desires, and began a simple combat review in his mind:

Victory was inevitable!

The Susanoo that delivered the final blow had only made an appearance and was slightly tested in actual combat, while the ocular technique 'Amenotokotachi' hidden in his right eye remained completely concealed throughout.

However, this victory also carried a fair amount of contingency.

First, Hermit Caolu generously demonstrated his techniques, allowing him to copy the homework on the spot and successfully enter the Pseudo-Sage Mode while in an Earth Style state, adding a few points to his odds of winning.

Second, the desperate Fusang Ghost King was foolish enough to use illusions as a chance for a comeback, and by sheer coincidence, he found a weakness, leading to a mental self-detonation in the Tsukuyomi world and betrayal by various soul bodies.

Otherwise, this guy might have had an outburst before dying, adding some minor trouble! Overall, Fang Xiu gave an objective answer: he had definitely used sixty percent of his power.

He consumed a large amount of reward points to learn how to make Rasengan, and by incorporating relevant chakra attributes, it appeared in the form of the Great Crimson Jade Rasengan, instantly shattering the Ghost King's knock-off version of Dharma Body.

Using the simple Sage Body achieved through Hashirama Cells, he supported the Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to confront it head-on and beat it to a pulp.

The terrifying ocular power of the Mangekyō, meanwhile, crushed the enemy on a mental level, further locking in the victory.

"I had no clue about Sage Mode before, but now that I've kicked the door open, I must study it in depth, master it completely, and realize the 'Susanoo wearing the Buddha' as soon as possible."

In Fang Xiu's eyes, the priority of Sage Mode was extremely high, especially at this juncture where the Main God was tightening benefits and the team-building growth period was about to disappear.

"Additionally, the shortcut of investing massive resources to exchange for the power of Indra and the power of Asura seems like something I cannot abandon either."

As his thoughts drifted to this point, Fang Xiu couldn't help but sigh. Having an inherent bloodline certainly had its benefits; it could save a lot of early-stage investment and provided a very clear, side-effect-free path for his own reference and choice.

His mind also settled at this moment.

There were two conditions for the Main God to arrange the return of the main storyline; killing the Fusang Ghost King was secondary, as the first was to survive for seven days. Therefore... Fang Xiu, who had finished the big job on the first night, had to find things to do for himself.

Look for scraps to eat? To achieve the so-called accumulation of small gains.

Hong Kong Island was not large, and with Fang Xiu's simple Sage Body, he naturally had endless energy to vent. The chakra consumed in the battle just now had already recovered quite a bit through his breathing.

"Let's go confirm one thing."

Immediately, Fang Xiu made a decision.

Without dispelling the Pseudo-Sage Mode, with the rock rune on his forehead, he merged with the earth and disappeared from the sight of all factions.

Including the members of the Shazhou Team.

After all, his responsibility as captain had been fulfilled, and the super-model factor had been excluded.

Could there be any Reincarnators who didn't bear pressure and had a smooth journey? For official members capable of opening the Gene Lock, Fang Xiu was very expectant, and he did not want to challenge the rules and bottom line set by the Main God.

Next, he would be busy researching ghosts--

Negative energy entities are, in essence, special polymers formed by the fusion of Yin Release power with resentment and unwillingness.

Coincidentally, the evolution of the Sharingan requires Yin Release, so perhaps he could get a free supplement within the Hong Kong Ghost World setting.

Even if that didn't work out, there would still be a small amount of kill rewards as compensation...

Next, entering a state of high-efficiency exploration, Fang Xiu opened his spiritual power to the fullest, looking quite like a bane of evil determined to restore a bright and clear world to Hong Kong Island.

Precisely because of this, he saw too many familiar faces, even encountering people who looked identical on multiple occasions.

Dragon Granny, who ran a funeral supply shop and worked part-time as a spirit medium.

Uncle Feng, the Magic Cop who was investigating the Nine Chrysanthemum Lineage only to have his work intercepted by Fang Xiu.

These various scenes, both familiar and strange, felt somewhat novel, yet as time passed, Fang Xiu's desire to intervene grew increasingly faint.