Training Comparison

"Of course, what mattered most to me was that the cultivation method contained a way to keep breaking through one's limits through training."

"That's practically unheard of in the Ninja World. Perhaps, in the ancient times buried beneath the sands of time, the people native to this planet possessed some low-level cultivation methods, but they've all vanished without a trace. Only the Chakra extraction method left behind by the Sage of Six Paths remains prominent. But the way Chakra manifests is limited by each person's talent and depends even more on the balance between physical and spiritual energy."

"If you're a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, you have greater physical and spiritual talent, and naturally more Chakra. If you're an ordinary person born to common folk, then you're naturally lacking in physical ability and spiritual strength. Your Chakra is pitifully weak."

"On top of that, the only way to increase one's Chakra in the entire Ninja World is through daily physical training. No matter how much you train, the Chakra you cultivate doesn't involve breaking through your limits or unlocking your innate potential. It's merely the condensation of physical and spiritual energy, growing stronger as those energies mature."

Uchiha Tenshu couldn't help thinking of the basic information about Chakra he'd investigated.

Chakra was a mixed energy that people in the Ninja World refined from the physical energy of their 130 trillion cells and their spiritual energy. Normally, they didn't refine and store it in advance; they extracted it when needed. Poor control led to serious waste.

As for total Chakra reserves...

Compared to others' total Chakra reserves...

His own Chakra reserves were more than five times those of ordinary clan members his age, making him an exceptionally rare genius in the entire clan.

Yet even ordinary members of those clans, whose Chakra reserves were far below his own, had several times as much Chakra as ordinary shinobi from outside the clan. Only a few civilian-born geniuses could barely measure up to them.

That made the difference in bloodline talent clear.

"Ordinary people basically have no chance of defying fate and changing their lot. They can only grow naturally, strengthening the Chakra formed from their minds and bodies. Beyond that, all they can do is use secret medicinal concoctions to strengthen the body."

"Even if they truly trained their bodies to the limit, their progress would still be restricted by their natural aptitude. Excessive training beyond their limits would only bring death, not evolution!"

"But according to this cultivation method, unlike the Chakra of the Ninja World—which is extracted only when needed and can also be extracted and stored in the body when it isn't, but can't break through one's Chakra limit by storing more—this method is completely different. Right from the start, it teaches how to gather and use various kinds of energy, storing it in the Dantian space inside the body."

"Not only can it do that, it can also continuously strengthen the body, essence, and spirit through its cultivation methods. It gathers energy that would otherwise go unused, along with additional reserves, and stores them inside the body like rivers flowing into the sea. Through persistent training and accumulation, it raises one's talent and limits, breaking through them step by step. Even an ordinary person can surpass their limits, as long as they fully master the method."

"No wonder the stories in those fantasy cultivation novels say that a divine technique can let someone defy fate and change their lot."

Thinking of this, Uchiha Tenshu grew eager to cultivate this method in the future. He already had the talent to reach Kage Level and even surpass it, and could naturally grow to that level.

And now...

If his talent improved further...

Then perhaps, before his bloodline reverted to the Otsutsuki and he gained control over the Ten-Tails' power, his growth could reach the so-called Six Paths Level.

Uchiha Tenshu had no doubt about it.

According to the detailed explanations in this cultivation method, even an ordinary person could gradually surpass their limits by completing all the steps. Each stage brought percentage-based increases and various enhancements.

Moreover, these increases and enhancements varied depending on the person. For example, even if two people refined energy from their bodies, the energy an ordinary person refined would be worlds apart from the energy refined by someone with a body on Pangu's level. They simply weren't in the same league.

"Based on what it says, this method can permanently strengthen the body and continuously break through its limits. Shinobi in the Ninja World usually train according to the limits of their individual talent. If I keep training according to this method, my percentage-based growth will surely surpass what it describes. After all, the bodies of people in the Ninja World are made up of 130 trillion cells, so the energy they cultivate must be stronger than that of people from the other world. Since growth is percentage-based, the higher the foundation, the greater the increase in cultivation level."

"So the physical and spiritual strength of people in the Ninja World completely surpasses theirs by several times at the baseline. Every percentage-based increase and accumulation will bring a qualitative change. Even now, my foundation is dozens of times stronger than that of people who haven't trained. If I use this method to strengthen myself, my talent will increase by at least several hundred times."

With that thought, Uchiha Tenshu began quietly planning his next steps.

First, he decided to devote himself to deciphering this mysterious cultivation method, missing no detail. He had to understand it completely and thoroughly, to avoid any mistakes.

Next, he turned his attention to the powerful Shadow Clone technique. Shadow Clones could distract opponents in battle, but they also had another extremely important trait: after they were dispelled, all the memories and experience they'd gained would automatically return to the original body.

It was practically a cheat for cultivation!

Uchiha Tenshu realized that by constantly using Shadow Clones to explore and test different cultivation methods, he could quickly accumulate a wealth of experience and techniques. That precious knowledge would flow directly back into his own body, making his path of cultivation incredibly easy. Combined with the method he'd obtained, he could not only study it in detail, but even use it as a foundation to recreate other divine techniques.

To fully realize the potential of Shadow Clones, Uchiha Tenshu resolved to develop the technique in depth.

He would keep improving the Shadow Clones' abilities, giving them more comprehensive uses. He also hoped to master the Multi-Shadow Clone technique and reduce the immense cost and strain it caused as much as possible. Ideally, he'd be able to create hundreds or even thousands of Shadow Clones at once to train.

That way...

With Shadow Clones as his cultivation cheat, Uchiha Tenshu could easily compile his experience and avoid the dangers and pitfalls he might encounter while training in the method. Only after he had fully understood and mastered it would he begin cultivating in earnest. That would ensure success, double the results with half the effort, and let him advance by leaps and bounds.

Uchiha Tenshu browsed through the other basic books and found one about alchemy. He flipped through it with some interest and discovered several methods for making pills that could increase one's reserves—in other words, pills that increased one's power, as they would be called in his original world. He thought it over, set the book aside for later, and decided to study its contents at his own pace.

The final two books...

One was about feng shui. Uchiha Tenshu looked it over and found it rather interesting, but didn't read it closely.

As for the other, Uchiha Tenshu took one look and blushed bright red. He immediately snapped it shut.

"What a precious book. What a shame the timing's wrong! Otherwise, I'd have to study it closely and put it to the test!" Uchiha Tenshu thought, regretting that his body hadn't matured yet.

Whatever the case, Spacetime Grasp had brought him an incredible opportunity this time.

As for the limits of his future growth, Uchiha Tenshu felt more hopeful than ever, and his confidence had grown.

While Uchiha Tenshu was celebrating...

Far away, in another spacetime...

A handsome young man was cursing loudly inside a room. "Which rotten bastard stole my book? You damn—"