Chakra Could Actually Store Human Consciousness!

The Sky Screen shifted, and the scene abruptly changed.

[In a forest clearing, Minato Namikaze appeared suddenly with Kushina Uzumaki, panting heavily.]

[After repeatedly using the Flying Thunder God to move the Tailed Beast Bomb and forcibly teleporting the Nine-Tails through space, he had already exhausted nearly more than half his Chakra. His breath was ragged, and his body swayed on the verge of collapse.]

[He had wanted to raise his hand and deploy a barrier, but his severely overdrawn body could no longer support him, and his hand fell weakly.]

["I... can still hold on for a little longer..."]

[Kushina Uzumaki's face was pale, exhausted to the extreme, yet she still forced herself to summon her martial soul with sheer willpower.]

[Adamantine Sealing Chains!]

[In an instant, several golden chains surged from behind her back, plunging deep into the earth. They coiled layer upon layer around the enormous Nine-Tails, tightly binding it and forcibly restraining the flow of its violent Chakra, temporarily suppressing it.]

Beneath the Sky Screen, discussions broke out throughout the Douluo Continent, filled with amazement and confusion.

"As expected of the Fourth Hokage's wife! Even weakened to this state, she could still suppress that terrifying beast all by herself. That's truly incredible!"

"But seriously, at a life-or-death moment like this, why bring a newborn child onto the battlefield? Isn't that far too risky?"

"Look at that woman's complexion. Her life force is fading, and she's already at the end of her strength. It seems she won't last much longer."

Spirit Hall's Worship Hall

The Title Douluo all wore expressions as heavy as mountains.

Qian Daoliu frowned tightly and spoke with a grave sigh.

"Another strange martial soul unlike anything we have ever seen. Could that foreign continent possess a cultivation foundation entirely different from our Douluo Continent? Even the forms and abilities of their martial souls bear no resemblance whatsoever to ours."

Golden Crocodile Douluo, however, focused on the Nine-Tails bound tightly by the Adamantine Sealing Chains. His gaze was dark, and his expression solemn.

"This Adamantine Sealing Chains martial soul is certainly no ordinary thing! The Nine-Tails is so violently tyrannical, yet the instant those chains wrapped around it, its leaking power abruptly receded, as if it were being dissolved and sealed away layer by layer."

"It's a Sealing Technique!" Mighty Lion Douluo immediately realized it and reminded them, "Yu Zhi mentioned before that the Uzumaki Clan excelled most at all kinds of secret sealing arts."

"He did indeed say that." Falling Devil Douluo let out a long sigh, his tone full of shock and wariness.

"At the time, I only thought the boy was ignorant and paid it no mind. Only now, seeing it with my own eyes, do I understand that this martial soul's sealing power is actually this overbearing."

"If any of us Title Douluo were caught by those Adamantine Sealing Chains, we likely wouldn't be able to break free either. We wouldn't gain the slightest advantage."

The hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone's expressions grew increasingly grave.

The martial soul system and secret arts of the Naruto Continent had shattered their established understanding time and again.

The Sky Screen continued.

[After using this move, Kushina's aura became even weaker. She spoke softly and intermittently.]

["If I drag the Nine-Tails back into my body like this... I will definitely die... But it can greatly delay the time before the Nine-Tails breaks free from its seal again... I will use my remaining Chakra to help you one last time..."]

[Looking at his wife, who was willing to sacrifice herself to protect the village and her family, Minato Namikaze's throat tightened. His eyes reddened, and his voice was filled with sorrow and guilt.]

["Kushina... thank you for everything you've done for me. You helped me become the Fourth Hokage. You gave me a family, made me a husband, made me a child's father... Yet I... failed to protect you..."]

[Kushina gave a gentle, tender smile. Looking quietly at her husband before her, she comforted him softly. "Minato, don't say that. To have your love and marry you, I am already content."]

[After a brief pause, a lingering regret crossed her eyes. "My only wish... is that I won't be able to see Naruto grow into an adult with my own eyes."]

[Upon hearing those words, Minato Namikaze could no longer restrain himself, and tears silently slid down his face.]

[A moment later, he suddenly reined in his grief, his gaze becoming incomparably resolute.]

["Kushina, I will help preserve your remaining Chakra. One day, I will let you see Naruto grown up with your own eyes. I will seal your final Chakra into Naruto's body as well."]

Beneath the Sky Screen, the sight of Chakra housing consciousness made everyone on the Douluo Continent who understood Soul Power unable to remain calm.

Inside Spirit Hall's Pope Hall

Bibi Dong's eyes narrowed as she instantly saw the key point: Chakra and Soul Power were fundamentally not the same thing.

She turned to Yu Zhi with an intense gaze, her tone urgent. "Yu Zhi, can Chakra truly store consciousness and preserve remnant souls to such an extent?"

Yu Zhi could only force himself to answer. "Teacher, the definition of Chakra I learned growing up truly differs fundamentally from our Douluo Continent's Soul Power."

"Chakra is the basic energy refined from the fusion of a person's spirit and body. It is the fundamental power used to perform Ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and Sealing Techniques."

"You already told me all of that."

Bibi Dong interrupted him. "You said you still haven't fully mastered Chakra, but surely you know whether it possesses such an extraordinary ability to house consciousness?"

Yu Zhi immediately put on an embarrassed, bashful expression and scratched his head. "Teacher, I was playful and restless as a child. I never seriously studied the clan's lessons, so I do not understand many of the profound principles either."

Facing Bibi Dong's look of disappointment, Yu Zhi was utterly helpless!

He had originally earned their trust, and no one had investigated Chakra too deeply. But with the Sky Screen revealing one thing after another, he was forced to keep making excuses and lying to cover himself.

Fortunately, he had arrived in this world as a child. Given his age, being ignorant and naive was the most reasonable explanation. Otherwise, he would have exposed himself long ago.

Bibi Dong shot him a reproachful glare and said meaningfully, "It seems I should properly punish that playful nature of yours tonight."

Yu Zhi could only give an awkward smile and did not dare respond.

Looking at the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong murmured with emotion, "I originally thought Chakra was merely the Naruto Continent's name for Soul Power. Now it seems they are fundamentally different! It can actually carry a person's remaining consciousness and preserve lingering obsessions. That trait is far too terrifying."

Just then, Hu Liena stepped into the Pope Hall. Having happened to hear Bibi Dong's remarks, she habitually glared at Yu Zhi before adding, "Teacher, even if it can store consciousness, what does that prove?"

Bibi Dong helplessly rubbed her forehead. "How did I end up accepting disciples like this? One is lazy, and the other knows nothing at all."

She then explained seriously, "If Chakra innately possesses this trait, it means that the power system of that continent may be on a level above our Soul Power."

"Our Soul Power can only temper the body and unleash soul skills. It simply cannot store consciousness."

Hu Liena still frowned in dissatisfaction. "Perhaps it is merely a unique minor trait of Chakra. We cannot conclude from that alone that their cultivation level is higher, can we?"