Journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, Yu Hao's Quest to Save His Mother, Jinchuriki Template Series

The crazed laughter abruptly came to a halt in the night wind.

Huo Yuhao suddenly lowered his head, his single eye beneath the white mask coldly sweeping over this "hell."

"Dealing with the Duchess doesn't mean it's over."

Dai Huabin, the true culprit behind his mother's death!

Dai Yueheng, the eldest son who appeared gentle and refined but was utterly hypocritical.

And Dai Hao, that beast who fathered him but never raised him.

"You... just wait."

Huo Yuhao did not linger here for long.

The commotion here had been too great and might attract even more troublesome people.

His figure swiftly darted through the ruins.

With the Sharingan's insight, he easily found the storage Soul Tools, then followed the trail to loot the Duke Mansion's treasury.

There were roughly fifty million Gold Soul Coins.

Enough. This was the seed money for his revenge.

In the end, he found a crystal coffin carved from Cold Ice Marrow.

Huo Yuhao's movements became gentle.

He returned to the woodshed, carefully lifted his mother's long-cold body, and gently placed her inside the coffin.

Mom, I'm taking you with me.

In his right eye, the three sickle-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan spun madly.

"Kamui."

Space twisted before him into a black vortex, connected to an independent dimension outside this world—the Kamui Dimension.

The crystal coffin slowly rose into the air, was drawn into the center of the vortex, and vanished.

After finishing all that, Huo Yuhao selected a seventh-grade Storage Ring from the spoils and put it on.

"I can't stay here long."

He gave the White Tiger Duke Mansion one last glance. There was no trace of attachment in his eyes as he turned and left.

Half an hour later, beside a stream a hundred li away from the Duke Mansion.

Huo Yuhao staggered to a stop, bracing himself against a large tree as he panted heavily.

That feeling of omnipotent power was receding like the tide, replaced by an aching pain as though his muscles had been torn apart.

Splash.

White matter peeled away from his body and withdrew back inside him.

The Enraged Child form was released.

He returned to being that frail eleven-year-old boy, his face pale as paper.

I'm so tired... It feels like my body has been hollowed out.

Huo Yuhao examined himself and was surprised to discover that, aside from his original Spirit Eye martial soul, another martial soul seemed to be sleeping within him.

It was a statue, brimming with vitality and savagery.

What was this?

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?

Or the Ten-Tails?

He tried to draw upon that power and undergo Martial Soul Possession.

Buzz—

His body shook violently, but nothing happened, as though he were a machine lacking the energy to start.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and gave up trying.

He took off his clothes and jumped into the icy stream.

The freezing water washed over his skin and cooled his overheated brain.

After changing into a clean set of rough clothes, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged atop a bluish stone beside the stream.

"System."

With a thought.

A translucent pale-blue screen that only he could see unfolded before his eyes.

[Ten-Tails Jinchūriki System]

[Currently Unlocked Template: Uchiha Obito (Enraged Child Form)]

Several rows of icons were arranged across the screen.

On the far left of the first row was the already illuminated icon of the Enraged Child.

A few spaces to the right of that icon was one that had yet to be unlocked.

It depicted a man wearing a white tomoe mask. His left eye was a purple Rinnegan, while his right eye was a scarlet Sharingan.

[Uchiha Madara (white mask)]

Huo Yuhao's breathing abruptly caught.

[Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique]

Huo Yuhao suddenly clenched his fists.

"Samsara of Heavenly Life..."

A technique that could resurrect the dead!

Two lines of tears slid down from the corners of his eyes again, but this time, he was filled with hope.

"Mom, wait for me. As long as I unlock this form, I can bring you back to life!"

It wasn't just Obito...

His gaze moved downward, where he saw several rows of gray icons beneath it.

Madara series templates?

Otsutsuki series? Kaguya?

As expected of the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki System. I'll obtain all of these powers!

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and closed the system panel.

He rose to his feet and looked north.

The Star Dou Great Forest. Huo Yuhao's starting point in the original story, and mine as well.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Electrolux...

The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Towering trees blotted out the sky.

Huo Yuhao held the only keepsake his mother had left him, the White Tiger Dagger.

He moved soundlessly through the undergrowth.

Perhaps because of the butterfly effect caused by his transmigration, or perhaps because of a slight deviation in the timeline, he had not encountered Tang Ya or Beibei along the way.

Just as he was considering where to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Suddenly.

A black shadow pounced down from the treetops at his side!

"Hmph."

He snorted coldly as a flash of red light passed through his eyes.

His right eye changed instantly.

Three black tomoe slowly began to turn.

[Three-Tomoe Sharingan: Activated]

The black shadow, originally as fast as lightning, instantly slowed in Huo Yuhao's vision.

It was a baboon. Brownish-yellow fur, crimson eyes—was this the ten-year Wind Baboon that had nearly killed the original Huo Yuhao?

Too slow. I can see every movement trajectory, every muscle contraction, with perfect clarity.

Clang!

Huo Yuhao did not even turn around. He simply raised the White Tiger Dagger behind him.

The claws collided with the dagger, scattering sparks.

The Wind Baboon clearly had not expected its ambush to fail. It let out an enraged roar, violently pounded its chest with both fists, and used the recoil to pounce again.

Bang! Bang!

Huo Yuhao shifted his feet slightly. With nothing more than a sidestep and a raised hand, he easily blocked the Wind Baboon's two consecutive heavy strikes.

His movements flowed like water, without a single unnecessary motion.

This was dynamic vision!

After missing repeatedly, the Wind Baboon was completely enraged.

It stood upright, opened its bloody maw, and a ball of white light lit up deep within its throat.

It's going to spit out a wind blast?

The corners of Huo Yuhao's lips lifted slightly into a disdainful sneer.

Perfect. I'll use you to test this.

He put away the White Tiger Dagger. Rather than summoning his martial soul, his hands began forming seals at incredible speed.

Snake—Ram—Monkey—Boar—Horse—Tiger.

His fingers flew through the hand seals so quickly that only afterimages could be seen.

At the same time, the energy within him that differed from Soul Power—Chakra—began to gather wildly.

My current Chakra reserves are probably around Chunin level.

More than enough to deal with a ten-year beast like you!

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, his chest swelling high.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Boom—!

A massive orange-red fireball over two meters in diameter burst from his mouth.

The surging heat instantly evaporated the moisture in the surrounding air.

The pitiful ball of white light the Wind Baboon had just spat out was like a Fire Fly before the bright moon in the face of that enormous fireball, instantly swallowed whole.

"Screech—!!"

The Wind Baboon let out a miserable shriek.

It did not even have time to flee before the blazing flames struck it head-on.

The flames dispersed.

Only a charred corpse remained on the ground, still giving off wisps of blue smoke.

A white ring of light slowly emerged above the corpse.

A ten-year soul ring.

Huo Yuhao steadied his breathing and let out a heartfelt sigh.

Not bad power.

Just as he was about to step forward and inspect it.

Suddenly.

Without any warning, a sleazy voice rang directly within the depths of his mind.

"Ah, finally, I've encountered a human with a spiritual attribute! What a pity I can't cry, or I'd definitely be sobbing my eyes out!"

Huo Yuhao's body stiffened abruptly, then the corners of his lips curved into an expected smile.

It's here, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

Rumble—

The ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake violently.

The earth two meters ahead instantly split apart, forming a massive crack.

A faint golden-white radiance surged from the fissure. Then, a round, plump head poked out.

It was an enormous silkworm larva.

Its entire body was the color of warm white jade, crystal-clear, with light seeming to flow beneath its skin. Though it had crawled out of the dirt, not a speck of dust stained its body.

Most eye-catching of all was the area behind its head.

At regular intervals, there was a golden ring pattern.

One, two... exactly ten golden rings!

It was the million-year Spirit Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.