Chapter 12

"Later, Madara combined the two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan, and only then did they evolve into the Eternal Eye."

"But in my view, that method of advancement is fundamentally flawed. It is far inferior to slowly improving through one's own efforts and evolving step by step."

Not to mention that this method required the Mangekyo Sharingan of a close relative—preferably a biological brother—to succeed.

"Mm."

Qianyi nodded solemnly. "It really is imperfect. And this method is far too ruthless. It absolutely cannot be spread outside. Did you all hear that?"

He swept his gaze over everyone present, his tone carrying a warning. "Otherwise, whether people within the Uchiha Clan or outsiders learn of it, nothing good will come of it."

If the clan learned about this, who knew what kind of disaster it might plant the seeds for.

If some madman appeared one day and willingly pursued this kind of Eternal Eye evolution in search of power, it would be an absolute catastrophe for the Uchiha clan.

And if outsiders learned of it, not only would those coveting the Sharingan grow even more envious.

It would also make people think that the Uchiha Clan was cold-blooded by nature.

Daring to lay hands on even their own brothers' eyes—no matter how one looked at it, that was utterly cruel.

"Mm-hmm."

Mikoto, Uchiha Meixin, and the three Uchiha men all nodded in agreement, fully aware of the seriousness of the matter.

There was even less need to mention Xuan.

He would have to be an idiot to tell anyone outside.

"Xuan, figure out a truly perfect method for evolving the Eternal Eye as soon as possible. Our whole family is counting on you. Your old man isn't in any hurry to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan anymore."

"I'm not taking this flawed path to advancement either."

Uchiha Senichi kept a straight face as he earnestly instructed Xuan.

At the end of the day, that kind of extreme breakthrough method was cruel enough in itself. One had to watch the person closest to them die before their eyes, filling their heart with despair and grief, to forcibly squeeze out that power.

He did not want to lose any member of his family.

"That's right! Little brother, we're counting on you!"

Uchiha Hao also chimed in from the side.

They could not possibly dig out their younger brother's or father's eyes in the future just to awaken the Eternal Eye, could they?

Never mind whether he could bring himself to do it—just having such a thought would probably get his legs broken by his parents.

Besides, with his little brother's monstrous talent, when that day came, he probably would not even be able to beat one of his brother's fingers.

"Don't worry. Leave it all to me. Just wait."

Xuan nodded confidently.

Seeing his attitude, everyone else finally let out a sigh of relief.

A month later.

[You pored through medical texts and secret body arts, blending all kinds of knowledge into one. Your medical skill skyrocketed, directly reaching the expert level.]

Three months later.

[While pondering the process by which the Innate Art strengthened bodily cells and replenished their energy and vitality, you suddenly had a flash of insight and attained enlightenment. You created the Reverse: Innate Art.]

[Reverse: Innate Art]: Through special circulation routes, it reverses Innate Qi and consumes it to restore the energy and vitality lost through cellular damage.

"It worked! With this, I won't have to worry anymore about chakra extraction damaging cells and draining life force."

Xuan absorbed the newly created method in his mind, the corners of his mouth curling into a smile.

As for the fact that the Reverse: Innate Art consumed Innate Qi—it was not an issue at all.

Not to mention that he had accumulated quite a bit of Innate Qi over the years from cultivating the Innate Art. More importantly, the Innate Art was much like internal cultivation in martial arts worlds. As long as nothing unexpected happened, merely using up some Innate Qi would not cause his Innate Art cultivation to regress.

The portion of Innate Qi he consumed could be quickly replenished after circulating the Innate Art a few times.

Using Innate Qi to make up for the cellular loss caused by extracting chakra was entirely sustainable.

It was a fairly perfect cycle.

Of course, Xuan also knew that he would need to create another ** capable of combining Innate Qi and chakra cultivation in the future.

And that ** had to be capable of absorbing energy from the outside world to accumulate chakra and Innate Qi, rather than forcibly squeezing energy from cells and combining it with spiritual power.

That was what he considered a truly top-tier path of cultivation.

Several more months passed in a blur.

Uchiha Yan was already three years old.

Over the past year, with the Body-Tempering Technique, Spirit Refining Method, and Innate Art working together, his strength had risen wildly.

Xuan's taijutsu had long since reached the level of an elite chunin, though he had yet to extract chakra. He was still too young, and his body had not fully developed. Reaching this point was already terrifying enough.

He had also shot up to a little over 1.2 meters tall.

That morning, as usual, Xuan used Innate Qi to nourish his eyes again and again. Just as he closed his eyes and felt the warm current circulating within his eye sockets, a swelling soreness suddenly came from them, as though something were pressing outward. Immediately after, a powerful surge of dōjutsu power poured from his eyes, impossible to suppress.

"Buzz—"

Xuan abruptly opened his eyes, and the color of his pupils changed in an instant.

His originally pitch-black eyes were dyed blood-red in the blink of an eye.

Then, a black-and-gold tomoe emerged around his pupil and began spinning madly, faster and faster. Before long, a second tomoe condensed and continued to rotate. A few minutes later, the third tomoe took shape. The three tomoe formed a circle and slowly turned within his scarlet eyes.

Dark gold gleamed within that blood-red hue, while the tomoe themselves carried a faint luster. At a glance, they showed not the slightest trace of evilness. Instead, they appeared majestic and noble, as if they were meant to exist.

From the moment his Sharingan awakened, Xuan's spiritual power began to grow explosively. Once the three tomoe had fully stabilized, both the quality and quantity of his spiritual power had doubled.

Do not underestimate that doubling. It was a doubling achieved after he had cultivated the Spirit Refining Method for a full two years. Moreover, his spiritual power had already far surpassed that of an ordinary person. This improvement was absurd beyond measure.

Even more astonishingly, once the Sharingan awakened, the Uchiha bloodline within Xuan also awakened. This bloodline power immediately began transforming his body. His once-quiet cells became active in an instant, and his vitality surged by a massive amount.

At the same time, chakra began to form automatically within his body. He roughly estimated that the amount was about equal to that of an ordinary jonin. Its quality was not bad either. More importantly, this chakra had not been extracted from his cells, nor was it the product of spiritual power combining with physical energy. It had been born purely from dōjutsu power and bloodline power.

Yet Xuan did not relax just because he had awakened his eyes. Throughout the process, he watched the changes in his eyes intently, scanning every detail again and again with his spiritual power. Inspiration burst forth one after another in his mind, and all the preparations and experience he had accumulated over the past three years bore fruit at this very moment.

A prompt sounded in his mind:

[You have long observed the conversion and circulation patterns of vast amounts of Sharingan dōjutsu power. Combined with your insights from awakening your own eyes, you attained enlightenment and created the Bloodline Divine Art: Sharingan Cultivation Method and the Spirit and Chakra-to-Dōjutsu Power Conversion Method.]

[Sharingan Cultivation Technique]: By cultivating this method, one can master the method of actively awakening the eyes and gradually raise the Sharingan's level through active cultivation. Even without Uchiha bloodline, as long as one obtains a drop of Uchiha blood, one can awaken the Sharingan through cultivation. (Currently, it can only be cultivated up to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.)

[Spirit and Chakra-to-Dōjutsu Power Conversion Method]: Spiritual power and chakra can be mutually converted into dōjutsu power, and dōjutsu power can in turn be converted into spiritual power and chakra.

Xuan let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.

His mind was filled with the newly realized knowledge, and his face was full of an irrepressible smile.

"I finally did it."

He murmured softly, excitement in his voice.

"Just as expected, all my previous deductions were correct. Breaking through naturally is the best path."

This time, he had not only created a complete Sharingan Cultivation Technique, but also fully understood how spiritual power and chakra could be converted into dōjutsu power. He had even figured out the method of converting Innate Qi into dōjutsu power.