Eye of Truth-Breaking

After leaving the clan meeting, Fugaku led Yu and Itachi away in silence.

Yu had no heart to observe Fugaku's thoughts; instead, he silently opened his system panel. Seeing that his Gratitude Points had reached 35,000, his heart swelled with a sense of fulfillment.

Although his Malice Points were a bit lower at only 12,000, he couldn't help but want to slap himself when he realized that most of those points had come from a single "leek"—and now that he had completely lost such a thick, sturdy leek, he felt a pang of regret.

He shouldn't have been so obvious; in the end, he was just too excellent!

Just as Yu was lost in thought, Fugaku, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. With his back to Yu, Yu had no idea what his cheap father was planning to do by stopping so abruptly.

As Yu and Itachi paused to look at him, they heard a somewhat suppressed voice ring out, "Yu! You performed well today. Take Itachi and head back! Father is going to the Hokage Building." With that, Fugaku vanished from before the two brothers using the Body Flicker Technique.

He left the two of them standing there, bewildered.

"Hahaha!"

Fugaku couldn't help but laugh out loud as he sped toward the Hokage Building. This was undoubtedly his most satisfying day yet. Thinking of Uchiha Liehuo's miserable appearance and the way he had been forced to praise his own son despite his frustration, Fugaku felt his heart bloom with joy.

Back when he was competing for the position of Clan Head, the son of that old man Liehuo had lost to him. Ever since he took office, the old man had looked at him with disdain. Out of consideration for the clan's overall stability, Fugaku had endured it time and again, but the man had always acted like a clown, frequently working against him.

Though he didn't want to admit the old man's words were true, Yu's calm performance in the face of danger at the clan meeting was indeed far superior to his own; his words had been logical and well-founded.

Thinking of this, Fugaku suddenly felt a desire to retire early, but when he considered Yu's age, he shook his head and resisted the urge. "I'd better carry the burden for Yu for a few more years."

With his hearing enhanced by the cultivation technique, Yu heard the laughter in the distance and couldn't help but pout. "What a two-faced guy."

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Itachi leaned in with his cute little face, looking so curious that Yu couldn't help but find him adorable.

"Oh, I'm just talking about our irresponsible father! It's so late, and he just dumped two six-year-old kids on the street. He isn't even worried about us getting kidnapped by human traffickers!"

Yu knew very well that there were many people in the ninja world who specialized in tricking children; Orochimaru, for one, was an expert in this field.

Uchiha Madara was no slouch either, not to mention Obito, whom he had groomed...

"Hehe, Brother, you're joking. It's clearly because you're so strong that Father is so at ease." As he said this, Itachi looked at his brother with eyes that seemed to shimmer with light.

He had watched through the door crack as his brother displayed his might at the clan meeting today. The powerful Fire Style ninjutsu and the inspiring words—though they slightly contradicted his own philosophy, it didn't diminish Itachi's admiration for his brother.

Looking at Itachi's sparkling eyes, a strong sense of accomplishment filled Yu's heart. He reached out and ruffled Itachi's fluffy hair. "Itachi, you will also be an excellent ninja in the future."

"Mm! I will catch up to Brother!"

The moonlight stretched their shadows as the two little figures soon arrived at their front door. The moment they knocked, a flurry of hurried footsteps sounded from within.

The door was flung open, and Mikoto let out a sigh of relief, pulling both Yu and Itachi into a hug.

"Yu, Itachi, welcome home. Are you hungry? Should Mother go make you something to eat?" Mikoto asked gently, patting each of their heads.

"No need, Mother, we aren't hungry!" Yu shook his head with a smile.

Seeing that the two brothers looked normal and showed no signs of having been wronged, the worry in Mikoto's heart finally settled.

After comforting their worried mother, Yu quickly sent his younger brother back to his room before rushing to his own, eager to reach his small bed.

Yu quickly sat cross-legged and opened his system panel.

Uchiha Yu
Realm: Refining Essence into Qi
Technique: Qingming Art: Qi Refining Chapter (Earth Realm)
Arts: Five Elements Escape Technique
Fire Proficient Lightning Proficient Wind Ordinary Water Ordinary Earth Ordinary
Artifact Control Technique Proficient Basic Fist and Body Movement Proficient
Artifact Refining Technique Ordinary Alchemy Technique Ordinary Planting Technique Ordinary Formation Technique Ordinary
Gratitude Points: 35,000
Malice Points: 12,000

Looking at the unprecedented surplus of points, Yu felt a surge of excitement. He didn't want to think about anything else; he only wanted to rapidly increase his cultivation.

Don't let his display of power at the clan meeting fool you—only he knew that if old man Liehuo hadn't engaged him in a direct confrontation, the old man's elite jonin strength would have easily worn him down in a guerrilla battle.

A lack of spirit energy had always been his weakness. His skill intensity had improved, but he would be drained after using them only a couple of times. This was Yu's current frustration.

I hope raising my cultivation level can solve this problem, Yu prayed silently.

"System, use all my Gratitude Points to upgrade my cultivation technique."

As soon as Yu finished speaking, a powerful surge of spirit energy poured in from all directions in the void. It flowed into his body like nectar, passing through his Twelve Meridians, reaching his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and finally flowing into his Dantian.

The mist originally in his Dantian was rapidly compressed. The thick vapor was squeezed, bit by bit, into crystalline water droplets, slowly gathering into a pond, and under the continued infusion of endless spirit energy, it transformed into a sky-blue ocean.

Suddenly, a glow rose from his Dantian like the morning sun, turning into a five-colored radiance that shot straight into his Sea of Consciousness. In an instant, Yu felt a violent explosion occur within his mind.

His tense spirit instantly entered a state of emptiness, and countless profound truths of the Great Dao appeared out of thin air within his Sea of Consciousness.

At the same time, three blue and red petals slowly unfolded behind his head, emitting an aura of the Great Dao that stood apart from this world.

Just as Yu was immersed in the mysterious and unfathomable truths of the Great Dao within his mind, the blood in his body rapidly gathered toward his brow as the spirit energy circulated.

A sharp, piercing pain instantly pulled Yu back from his sublime state.

"Pain!" That was all Yu could feel at this moment, as if something were about to break through his skull and drill out from between his brows.

Yu clutched his brow tightly, his entire body convulsing in spasms. Cold sweat streamed down his face, and blood seeped continuously from between his fingers.

Gritting his teeth, Yu felt such agony that he wanted to scream out loud, yet his formidable mental fortitude kept him rational. He understood that if he cried out in pain now, his secret might be exposed.

It was not that he distrusted his mother or Itachi, but he had no idea how he would explain everything if he were found out.

He certainly couldn't tell that gentle woman that he had come from another world!

The pain caused Yu to roll back and forth on the bed incessantly. He swore that if this bloodline mutation didn't satisfy him, he would rather not have it at all!

About half an hour passed before the pain slowly dissipated. Lying limply on the bed, Yu looked as if he had been fished out of the water, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.

Yu climbed up with a trembling body and shakily made his way to the mirror nearby. He saw his own pale, delicate face in the reflection, with a curved, raised blood scab on his forehead.

The blood scab slowly flaked away, revealing a tiny, birthmark-like Golden Vertical Mark on Yu's forehead.

The Golden Vertical Mark emitted faint glimmers of golden light, adding a touch of mystery to Yu's already handsome little face.

Yu carefully sensed this newly emerged birthmark on his forehead. Suddenly, a vague stream of information flooded into his mind, and in an instant, Yu understood what this vertical mark between his brows was.

It was a Taoist Dharma Eye. It is said that those with profound magical power will automatically activate the third eye within the human brain. The external manifestation of this third eye varies; some can observe ghosts and deities, some can foresee the future, and some possess the power to suppress all demons and monsters...

Yu's Dharma Eye was called the Eye of Truth-Breaking, capable of seeing through the true essence of all reality. According to the feedback, when cultivated to a high level, it could observe the Nine Heavens above and explore the Nine Underworlds below, penetrate time and space, grasp the ultimate truths of the world, and trace the faint marks of the Great Dao.

However, all of this was still very far off for Yu. As for now, it could only see through all illusions, directly attack the spiritual origin of others, perceive the spatial dimensions of this world, and glimpse three seconds into the future through the river of time.

Even so, Yu felt that the half-hour of agony he had endured was worth it. One had to realize that while these four functions might seem simple, in the world he lived in, they were already incredibly powerful abilities.

Not to mention how crucial the ability to foresee the future by three seconds was in combat, the mere capacity to see through all illusions and attack the spiritual origin of others was an immensely powerful trump card.

As for seeing through the spatial dimensions of the world, that went without saying; it was a powerful auxiliary tool for mastering spatial Taoist arts in the future. Being able to see through it meant being able to touch it—this was planting the seed for him to comprehend the great divine powers of space and time!

One had to know that among the many Taoist arts, the laws of space and time were not things that just anyone could comprehend; you either had the aptitude, or you didn't.

Otherwise, how could there be such exaggerated sayings as "Space is supreme, and Time is king"?