The Naruto World faced a world-ending calamity.
Venerable Orochi was not the only one to suffer a terrifying disaster like corpse transformation just as he was about to possess the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Body. Elsewhere, many others met with catastrophe and lost their lives.
Compared with some unlucky souls, Venerable Orochi was already blessed with extraordinary luck to encounter this corpse calamity during possession, rather than in the period of weakness afterward.
"How could such a thing happen?"
A grave expression appeared on Venerable Orochi's pale face. He watched the corpses below him pushing open their coffins and rising, sensing the terrifying threat they posed.
Even if he had not just attempted possession and had remained at his peak, several of the corpses beneath him were powerful enough to threaten his life.
"Run!"
Venerable Orochi made his decision in an instant. Rather than tangle with these risen corpses, he unleashed the escape speed of a Nascent Soul venerable, turning into a streak of shadowy divine light and fleeing this dangerous place.
The moment after he left, several corpse fiends lunged at his position, only to strike empty air.
In a valley far removed from the mortal world, a woman with dazzling golden hair sat on a bluestone beside a stream. The expression in her eyes resembled the brilliant sun hanging at the edge of the sky, majestic yet warm.
Like Venerable Orochi, she was a Nascent Soul venerable who had survived from the era of the Ninja Villages until the present. Her true name had long been lost with the passing of those who knew her, leaving only the title Demon Fox Fairy.
Unlike Venerable Orochi, however, the Demon Fox Fairy had not survived to this age through possession. She had endured until now through the sheer strength of her