Journey to the Pure Land

Ren disappeared into the forest, activated his Sharingan, and quickly headed in one direction.

Once the two Orochimaru were out of his sight, Ren stopped.

"This will do."

Ren muttered softly to himself, then looked around at his surroundings.

Then, Ren unleashed his aura without restraint, startling the birds in the forest into frantically flapping their wings and fleeing, while the reptiles trembled and burrowed into their respective burrows.

Having confirmed that there were no bystanders nearby, Ren burst into flames.

Head, neck, hands.

All the exposed parts have disappeared, replaced by white bones burning with flames.

Ren has fully entered the 'Ghost Rider' state and has pushed his template abilities to their limit.

It was as if an inextinguishable Hellfire was burning incessantly on Ren's body.

Where Ren's eye sockets used to be, there are now two dark holes.

The Hellfire within pulsed more and more frequently, until the crimson Hellfire slowly turned bluish-white with each pulse.

I saw it!

A world filled with soft white light, a phantom of a world that almost overlapped with the real world, appeared in Ren's eyes.

Ren controlled the Hellfire, burning it towards the illusory figure before him.

The moment the Hellfire touched the phantom in Ren's eyes, the flames instantly intensified.

A nearly circular opening appeared in front of Ren, pitch black as if it had absorbed all the light.

Without hesitation, Ren stepped towards the cave entrance.

Dimensional teleportation—this was the first time Ren had used this ability since obtaining the 'Ghost Rider' template.

With a single step, the entire world undergoes a dramatic transformation.

Um, actually no.

Ren looked around; the environment was almost a one-to-one replica of the Shinobi World, except that there was no life.

The dense forests of the Shinobi World have vanished, replaced by countless souls.

Ren looked at them one by one and saw only the souls of birds and reptiles, but no plants.

As if remembering something, Ren immediately transformed back into human form, abandoning his skull Ghost Rider form.

The moment Ren transformed into human form, the faint white light that had filled the entire Pure Land, making the world appear like paradise, began to surge wildly towards Ren.

As far as the eye could see, there was only endless white light.

In Ren's eyes, the entire world transformed into a world of light.

Instead of transforming into a giant of light, Ren felt his inner energy gradually disappearing.

In just a short while, almost half of it had been consumed.

After a moment's thought, Ren did not revert to his Ghost Rider form. Instead, he controlled his true energy to form a thin protective layer on his body, completely isolating himself from the Pure Land.

The world of light dissipated, Ren's vision returned to normal.

Looking around now, it became clear that most of the souls of the birds and reptiles had vanished.

And the souls of several birds were slowly becoming transparent, then turning into dust that seemed to drift in the wind, slowly floating into nothingness.

This is...?

Ren had a guess in his mind, so he crouched down and reached out to grab the soul of a crow.

The rate at which true energy was consumed increased slightly, and Ren's hand accurately grasped the crow's soul instead of passing through it directly.

Ren took the raven's soul, which seemed to be in an eternal slumber, in front of him and gently pried open its tightly closed eyelids with his other hand.

A pale purple eyeball filled with ring-shaped ripples came into view.

That's right!

A youth version of Infinite Tsukuyomi that is self-powered, automatically searches, and automatically targets enemies.

After putting it down, Ren felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, due to prudence and caution, I didn't venture into the Pure Land out of curiosity when I had grown strong enough in the Hellfire to activate teleportation.

Looking again at this pure land filled with a faint white light, it seemed like Pure Land compared to the Shinobi World.

Ren didn't think this world deserved the title of Pure Land at all, and at the same time, he was impressed by the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' grand vision and creativity.

After figuring out the situation, Ren didn't waste any more time.

They began to wander around the Pure Land, and the first place they naturally went was Konoha.

Looking at Konoha, it was filled with countless souls, one after another.

The area around Konoha is home not only to Konoha ninjas and villagers, but also to various other creatures.

There were also some hunters who didn't resemble the Konoha; they carried bows and arrows and wore hemp clothing.

These hunters are very rare. Ren only found about ten after searching the entire Konoha, and one of them quietly drifted away while Ren was observing it.

Over the next few days, Ren explored the entire Pure Land Shinobi World.

They saw the soul of Hashirama Senju, and the souls of some of the previous Kage from various villages.

They also discovered some terrifying souls in the Pure Land that resembled evil spirits; they were all utterly dazed and acted solely on instinct.

They will frantically chase after the souls of creatures that have just arrived in the Pure Land, and then feast on them.

However, if, during the process of devouring, the fresh souls are assimilated by the white light and the Rinnegan appears in their eye sockets, these demons will stop their actions and spit out the souls they have already swallowed.

It was as if he had swallowed a dead fly, and his blank, seemingly emotionless face would also show a look of disgust.

The most powerful demon Ren had ever encountered, with sharp teeth and a mouth, red horns, holding a string of red beads in one hand and a cleaver in the other.

It was the Reaper Death Seal from my memory.

Well, even he, who is known as the Grim Reaper, can't get a meal in the Pure Land!