Primal Mangekyo, Born! (Xiu)

"The only thing missing now is the bloodline sample from the clan of those two freaks, Kinkaku and Ginkaku—the ones with horns on their heads who eat Tailed Beasts alive."

"All five basic attributes, fully awakened."

"A complete rebirth, nothing less!"

The Main God's repair beam descended, and a joy originating from the very depths of his genes began to surge.

Uchiha Xiu could clearly perceive every cell in his body rejoicing, while his spirit began to fluctuate violently and uncontrollably.

Consequently, sitting cross-legged on the spot, he supported his forehead with one hand as his shoulders began to tremble involuntarily:

"Ahahahaha! Hahaha!"

At this very moment, if a visitor were to enter this private space and approach Uchiha Xiu, they would surely see—just as Kaguya-hime had—three tomoe spinning rapidly in each of his eyes through the gaps in his fingers.

Shortly after, they fixed into a polygonal, windmill-like pattern.

The Mangekyo Sharingan, awakened in its original form, had officially opened!

The significance was immense.

In the very next instant, two giant, skeletal arms wreathed in pale golden flames emerged!

It was fortunate that Uchiha Xiu had altered the terrain and expanded the island's area in time, or else everything would have been overturned.

The initial form of Susanoo appeared, casually brushing aside the dense, cloud-like canopy of the tropical rainforest, like some humanoid behemoth announcing its arrival.

Because this was merely the beginning!

A more complete skeletal body rose slowly from the brilliant golden light, standing like a mountain upon the earth.

Second stage, entered.

And it did not end there.

When ordinary Uchiha first awaken the Mangekyo, most can only manifest arms and ribs for various purposes like attacking, defending, protecting, or controlling.

The body is not completely encased by the Susanoo, leaving significant gaps—even if the defensive power is already enough to withstand most attacks.

Only after adapting to this power, or by unleashing the power of the gods at any cost, can one successfully open the first form:

The shape is skeletal, and Yin Release chakra completely covers the body, further increasing defensive power, though gaps remain at the feet, and overly fierce attacks can still breach its defense.

At this stage, the Susanoo can wield simple chakra weapons, shaping them into blades or swords.

But right now, on the surface of the Susanoo summoned by Uchiha Xiu, meridians and flesh were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, clinging to the bones and molding the form into something fuller...

"Susanoo, second form."

"The balance is perfect. In the Naruto storyline, before Madara and Sasuke obtained the Six Paths power, they frequently used this form."

Next, the golden radiance composed of massive amounts of chakra continued to weave a thin layer of Chinese-style armor.

He did not particularly care for the Japanese-style tengu armor.

Since the essence of Yin Release is based on spiritual energy, it can create forms out of nothing; Uchiha Xiu could shape it however he pleased!

"Xiao Sun."

His voice echoed through the enclosed world.

"I'm here~"

The thoroughly tamed Four-Tails cooperated fully, releasing a massive amount of Lava Release chakra through the opened gap in the seal.

A set of magma-beast shoulder-guard armor took shape immediately.

"Fourth form."

The lower body and legs were completed.

At the same time, the volume increased significantly, and Kaguya-hime blinked her beautiful eyes, looking up at Uchiha Xiu, the caster.

Right now, he was positioned at the center of the Susanoo's brow.

"A form between the second stage and the Complete Body. While retaining the balance and all abilities of the second stage, it adds outstanding mobility, compensating for the original defensive gap at the feet."

"This form of Susanoo can be equipped as armor onto a Tailed Beast to use the Majestic Attire: Susanoo."

In the blink of an eye, the armored giant, looking like a heavenly deity, vanished, and the massive shadow cast upon the rainforest below dissipated.

Uchiha Xiu closed his Mangekyo Sharingan, and his scarlet eyes quietly returned to their standard three-tomoe state.

Hoo... He exhaled a breath of stale air.

Naturally, his complexion did not look bad.

All the accumulation from the early stages had now been converted into results.

"If I spare no cost, I can briefly enter the Complete Body state, easily cleaving mountains and meteorites. Furthermore, I possess flight capabilities and can weave hand signs to use the techniques I excel at, significantly enhancing my attack range and power."

"And the so-called cost is not worth mentioning in the face of the Main God's repairs, as long as I don't collapse before returning..."

The manic laughter caused by the spiritual agitation ended, and Uchiha Xiu regained his composure, thinking silently:

"The Mangekyo-level ocular power has a high total capacity and low consumption, and the rudimentary Sage Body provides additional powerful restorative abilities. Therefore, I can sustain high-intensity battles, ensuring my performance is no less than that of the Eternal Mangekyo."

"Besides, it's not as if my eyes are the only thing I can rely on."

The progress is so fast.

The team has only just been established, and the second reincarnation trial has yet to begin.

Beyond that, while the Gundam-like mode of the Susanoo is undeniably powerful, the unique ocular techniques of every pair of Mangekyo Sharingan are even more formidable. Their abilities are bizarre and varied, making them difficult for outsiders to fathom—

They are key pieces of intelligence that enemy teams find unpredictable and fearsome during group battles.

A so-called team strategist, at most, can only speculate based on the Naruto World view, categorizing them into four traditional types:

Illusion-type ocular techniques, such as Shisui's will-altering Kotoamatsukami or Itachi's Tsukuyomi;

Ninjutsu-type ocular techniques, such as Amaterasu, possessed by both brothers Itachi and Sasuke;

Augmentation-type ocular techniques, such as Sasuke's Kagutsuchi.

And the one that hits the jackpot: Space-Time ocular techniques!

Such as the dual-space Kamui.

All of these, Uchiha Xiu could integrate into his own eyes later on to confuse members of other teams who are fellow reincarnators but belong to hostile factions.

Without the stimulus of negative emotions, Uchiha Xiu used his obsessions as a catalyst to randomly awaken two major combat-enhancing ocular techniques.

One is time-based, and the other is augmentation-based.

Left eye: Wakahime.

Based on the mythological archetype of Wakahirume—the goddess of time, protection, dawn, and dusk, who governs the flow of time and the protection of all living things. The ocular power of his Mangekyo binds to a "designated target," causing local time to stagnate and provide protection.

"First, it instantly freezes local time around the target, rendering all attacks, ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu completely static and ineffective within the duration, entering a state of absolute protection."

"Second, at the cost of ocular power and the consumption of Yin Release, he can enter a state of temporal barrier, slowing down the consumption of Yang Release vitality and other attribute chakras."

Right eye: Takemikazuchi.

Based on the archetype of the god of thunder and martial arts.

"Similar to Kagutsuchi, it can augment all thunder-attribute ninjutsu, freely transforming them into shields, blades, arrows, and other forms. It possesses both offensive and defensive capabilities and can also be attached to the Susanoo skeleton to enhance defense."

"It can also augment Yin Release ocular power by annihilating souls, complementing the left eye to a certain extent."

Finally, there is the Gene Lock.

A system with a low presence, yet one that a reincarnator must value and rely upon.

From Uchiha Xiu's personal experience, this thing is a small fry on its own; it depends on what system it is paired with and what level of enhancement is used.

Zheng Zha of the Central Continent Team, who opened the third-stage Gene Lock and possessed C-rank vampire and C-rank internal energy enhancements, could punch a brown bear so hard it flew away and collapsed countless buildings.

In the third generation's Infinite Dawn, the comedic Zhang Heng, who opened the third-stage Gene Lock and possessed at least an A-rank Saint Seiya enhancement, killed a Thunder Eagle—whose combat power rivaled a modern non-frontline division—with his bare hands.

The gap is too vast.

The sea breeze flows past Uchiha Xiu's ears.

Following the loosening of the bottleneck related to the Yin Seal, the breakthrough of the third-stage Gene Lock is essentially the development of the brain, the strengthening of the spirit, the liberation of computing power, and the ease of creating one's own skills.

As for its manifestation, it is thought simulation and perception.

By reading brain waves to perform simulations, one can simulate an enemy's predicted actions, simulate a teammate to gain their talents, or simulate a strategist to think through layouts. However, every simulation causes one's own personality to shift slightly toward the personality of the one being simulated. The firmer the will, the less the degree of change per unit of time, but it is never entirely unchanged.

"First, simulate myself, perceive myself."

"Explore new realms bit by bit."

Thus, under the focused gaze of Kaguya-hime, he touched his inner self deeply for the first time—

He understood the reason for awakening the two major ocular techniques.

A longing for protection.

A hope to become stronger.

Moreover, the reincarnation world changes in an instant. As a prophet, he had been full of thoughts on how to reap benefits within the permitted scope. Now, he can use his computing power to learn from the Sage of Six Paths, push the seven attributes to their limits, and awaken power on the level of the Ten-Tails.

Of course, doing both is better.

The Ten-Tails and the Otsutsuki bloodline can both accelerate the process and strengthen his final combat power.

There is no need to be confined to one method.

And it is not strictly necessary to stick to the Naruto system; once he has re-accumulated resources, he should explore things beyond it.

"But why can't I perceive the existence of the fourth stage, the inner demon?"

"The Mangekyo is known as the prototype of the heart's light."

He does not know. Uchiha Xiu cannot give a clear answer to this question, which he has buried deep in his heart.

Perhaps it is the butterfly effect.

As a reincarnator from the Naruto World, the more he changes, the greater the adjustments made by the Main God.

Ever since he let the right-wing extremist from the original Infinite Terror timeline—who despised the Chinese and possessed a mysterious, misplaced confidence—die, and took over the East Sea Team, the story has undergone drastic changes.

After all, the Main God Space itself is an existence that is constantly being patched.

The Main God entity constantly adds settings and enhancements to it.

Other high-dimensional narrators do the same.

"Zheng Zha, who opened the fourth-stage initial peak and unleashed destruction, in the original version, possessed the power to repel the destruction of a medieval town with a wave of his hand, shatter a hundred-meter-wide high platform with the aftermath of a punch, and pulverize a pillar forty meters wide and a thousand meters high with a kick."

"City-level destruction, wiping out small nations—replicating these feats now is not difficult for me."

"Limiting myself to just that would be truly boring."

Like a software butler cleaning up junk files, Uchiha Xiu cleared the distracting thoughts and negative emotions from his mind, leaving him feeling refreshed and confident.

[The body is like a Bodhi tree, the heart like a clear mirror stand; wipe it diligently at all times, do not let it gather dust.]

The "Verseless Verse" that Master Shenxiu lost to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, famous throughout history as a mere foil, surfaced in his mind, even though Uchiha Xiu had never studied Zen concepts before—at most, he had seen it somewhere on the internet in his past life.

"Fine, I don't have the confidence to face my inner demons right now anyway."

"At least my soul is complete; I don't have that awkward dilemma of being stuck at the third stage like the created beings."

Time passed.

In the Main God Square, two beams of light suddenly descended.

"How can there be a Gene Lock opener in the real world!"

"Is that still the Earth I've known for twenty-some years?"

Kobayashi, who had enhanced into a Soul Bender, was covered in rags, and even the sharp short katana he carried—a Main God-issued item—was riddled with notches. The healer Kitagawa Nacai, however, had no visible wounds, though her face was deathly pale, showing signs of excessive Holy Light consumption.

"You two, how did you end up in such a state?"

Uchiha Xiu, who had been sitting in the square with Kaguya-hime while mastering the Flying Thunder God and various high-level sealing techniques, looked up and asked.

In his hand, he held a manual for the Six Storehouse Thief.

--Originating from the world of The Outcast, this technique constructs a perfect digestive system based on the human body's six internal organs, capable of instantly decomposing ingested matter into Qi. It does not directly grant mastery; the book itself only costs one D-rank side quest and four hundred reward points.

As for the remaining D-rank side quest, because the reward points used for the healing itself had exceeded the budget, it had to be regretfully put into storage.

Since their injuries were not severe and their life levels were not particularly extraordinary, Kobayashi and Nacai landed immediately.

"Captain, didn't I maximize the created being's stats as much as possible within the free range?"

As he spoke, Kobayashi Yoshito, filled with a desire to vent, couldn't help but glance at Kaguya-hime. "And that whole 'suicide bomber' strategy required high-quality explosives, so I just went to the real world to stock up on micro-nukes."

"..." Uchiha Xiu.

He had forgotten to tell them that the reality of Infinite Terror was not simple.

There was the created being Major Chu.

There were assassin clans.

Visiting relatives or pretending to be an ordinary person to enjoy life was one thing.

But causing trouble was just asking for death.

Even in a world without magic or supernatural powers, the order of the world was not something two reincarnators who had only undergone one round of enhancement could provoke.

Not to mention the five permanent members of the UN, even mid-tier regional powers were equipped with supersonic missiles, a certain number of stealth fighters, and building-level vehicles like tanks.

"And then?"

"We actually managed to get the goods in America, but they reacted quickly, sending elite Delta Force teams and all sorts of talented individuals to track us."

"That Zhao Family is so brain-dead. It had nothing to do with them, yet after getting wind of it, they actually intervened. There was this female assassin who was terrifying; she chased me and Nacai all the way from the high seas of the South Pacific to Japan."

"We spent the whole time hiding, and we couldn't take it anymore, so we were forced to return early."

"By the way, she awakened the Gene Lock, and she was actually stronger than me, an opener who enhanced into the Soul Bender system. Is there no justice in this world?"

"..." Uchiha Xiu.

They really provoked an assassin clan?

You two are quite the troublemakers.

Hmm, the Zhao Family does indeed have ties to the Main God Space; they initiated the Empty Project and created a batch of clones who were fourth-stage Gene Lock openers.

"Forget it, as long as you're alive."

After briefly listening to their account, Uchiha Xiu didn't take the minor incident to heart and touched the four backpack-style micro-nukes they had brought back—

Each weighed 35 kilograms, with a yield equivalent to 50 tons of TNT.

"If used properly, these four little suns can create significant gains. You two certainly have initiative."

"Talented."

Kobayashi, unable to tell if the praise was sincere or sarcastic, scratched his head awkwardly. Regardless, he wouldn't be returning to reality easily in the future.

Unless the Captain went with him.

He had to wipe out that so-called Zhao Family!

And that cold-faced girl with the large chest—I stole a nuclear backpack from America, I was ten thousand miles away from the Central Plains, I had no intention of entering the country at all, was it really necessary for you, a Xia Country person, to jump around and chase me? Baka!

"I suspect it might not be about the nuclear weapons. Perhaps... the relevant forces vaguely know of the Main God Space's existence and have set their sights on our identities as reincarnators."

At this moment, Kitagawa Nacai, dressed in Paladin heavy armor, had a sudden realization.