Inside Throne of Heaven, the cold metallic luster and the flowing holographic light curtain complement each other, outlining the dark yet efficient heart of the empire.
Chiyo Saori projected the report into the void in front of Uchiha Xuan. That line of conclusion seemed to have carved the craziest facts in the calmest font.
"Report conclusion: The genetic resonance phenomenon of the 'Holy Fetus' is stable and showing positive growth. So far, a total of 327 newborns have been recorded throughout the empire with clear signs of Sharingan, and 19 of them have been able to actively condense trace amounts of chakra."
Although he had already expected the result, when this irrefutable evidence compiled from "Sacred Embryo Observatory" all over the world was placed in front of him, the meaning behind it still made Chiyo Saori's logical core feel slightly overloaded.
This is no longer a simple genetic mutation, but a forced evolution led by one person's will and covering the entire race.
"This is just the beginning." Uchiha Xuan on the throne did not even open his eyes. His consciousness had already been immersed in the huge spiritual network covering the entire Shinobi World, overlooking his "masterpiece" from a perspective beyond mortal understanding.
In order to verify the accuracy of the data, Chiyo Saori personally inspected three key observatories at Fire Capital, Amegakure and the former Land of Whirlpools site in the next forty-eight hours.
She was not acting as an imperial executive, but pretending to be an ordinary member of the medical team, observing these "god-given children" at close range.
The results were even more horrifying than the reports.
In the observation center of Amegakure, she witnessed with her own eyes a baby girl who was only ten days old. When she was held close to the energy device that stored "Fire Seal" Forehead Protector, a pair of complete One-Tomoe Sharingan automatically appeared in her originally clear eyes, and her extremely longing for that energy was flowing deep in her pupils.
When the accompanying nurse unconsciously pronounced the word "Xuanlin", the baby girl stopped crying and purred contentedly, like a kitten.
This is no accident.
After returning to Throne of Heaven, Chiyo Saori reported her final judgment, "Master, this is not a random genetic mutation, nor is it a simple bloodline reversion. The earth line network all over the world seems to have a part of your will. It is actively screening, catalyzing, and shaping... It is selecting the most suitable successor for you."
"Successors?" Uchiha Xuan finally opened his eyes, and a hint of sarcasm flashed through Rinne Sharingan's eyes that seemed to contain the birth and death of the universe, "No, they are not successors, they are just better 'parts'."
In his sea of consciousness, a "Blood Spectrum" composed of countless light points is slowly being constructed.
Every newborn is a point of light, scattered across the vast map with twelve Fire Altar as the core node.
The spectrogram clearly shows that the parents of those babies with the brightest lights and the most obvious signs of awakening are, without exception, either zealous believers who had made "Tear Oath" or survivors who had been deeply exposed to Divine Erosion Flame during the war.
Their loyalty and fanaticism have long been deeply bound to the Fire Altar network through the spiritual level. This spiritual imprint can be inherited through blood and become the best catalyst for the drop of "Primordial Blood" in the womb.
"It seems that pure emotional loyalty is not pure enough and is too easy to shake." Uchiha Xuan's fingertips tapped lightly on the armrest of the throne, making a crisp sound like gold and stone hitting each other. "Then start screening from the womb and define loyalty from the source of blood."
He looked at Chiyo Saori, and his voice was cold and unquestionable. "Pass my decree. Any family within the empire that gives birth to a baby with an awakened vision will immediately be granted the status of 'Sacred Scions' and enjoy the privilege of tax exemption for three generations. Their awakened children, regardless of gender, must be sent directly to the newly established 'Fireheart Academy' after they are three months old to receive the most elite training in the empire."
As soon as the words "Sacred Scions" came out, Chiyo Saori's electronic eyes flashed blue light.
She instantly understood the master's intention: to define this genetic mutation as a divine blessing with supreme glory and substantial benefits, completely dispelling possible panic and doubts among the people, and thereby firmly controlling all "high-quality parts" in her hands.
At the same time, a more secret instruction was issued directly through the spiritual link.
Uchiha Xuan secretly adjusted the flow direction and concentration of "Primordial Blood" in the earth's veins, and ordered Puppet Legion, who was lurking underground, to quietly deploy huge "Fire-Nurturing Formation" in the core areas of the five old countries, including Hidden Leaf Village, Hidden Sand Village, and Hidden Cloud Village.
Every late at night, when everything is silent, waves of weak geothermal heat that cannot be detected by mortals will slowly rise up, forming a huge circular radiation belt.
This heat flow accurately stimulates the bodies of all pregnant women in the area, accelerates the development of the fetal nervous system, and induces the early activation of the latent silver-black blood.
The system's cold notification sounded in his mind: [Warning: You are engaging in large-scale, unnatural human intervention.
Within the target area, the newborn's bloodline awakening rate has been forcibly increased to 78.2%, far beyond the supernatural threshold.
This move will greatly consume leyline energy and may trigger unpredictable ecological chain reactions.]
"Unpredictable?" Uchiha Xuan sneered, "In this world, I am the only one who can predict."
His iron-fist policy and secret methods combined quickly achieved results.
However, the ghosts of the old times will not disperse so easily.
An old doctor who once worked at Konoha Hospital relied on his keen professional intuition to smell something unusual from dozens of newborn physical examination reports.
He suspected that the imperial government was conducting some kind of large-scale "drug" release through water sources.
Soon, he secretly organized a small investigation team composed of former ninjas and scholars and began collecting groundwater samples from various places.
All of this is under the supervision of Chiyo Saori.
She did not stop them, but calmly cleared several checkpoints along the way for them, allowing them to go deeper until they successfully collected a groundwater sample containing a trace amount of silver-black liquid.
Just when the investigation team thought they had mastered a shocking secret and were about to return to the secret base for testing, hundreds of combat puppets fell from the sky and surrounded them.
In the cold interrogation room, Chiyo Saori did not perform any torture or execution on them, but only placed a "voluntary experiment agreement" in front of the old doctor.
"The Master appreciates your curiosity and courage." There was no emotion in her voice. "Sign the agreement and voluntarily implant the new Fire Seal monitor. Not only can you remain free and continue your research, but your children will also receive priority admission to 'Fireheart Academy'."
Faced with this seemingly magnanimous condition, but actually having no choice, after ten hours of psychological suffering, nine people, including the old doctor, finally chose to compromise.
Miniature Fire Network Chip was implanted into the back of their necks and connected to the empire's spiritual network.
That night, Throne of Heaven and Uchiha Xuan used these new "ports" to trace the fluctuations of their dreams in reverse with great interest.
He found that even if they had succumbed during the day, in their deep sleep, the images of Naruto and Sasuke fighting side by side to protect Hidden Leaf Village would still appear repeatedly in their subconscious minds.
"The ghosts of the old era are really lingering." Uchiha Xuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "It's time to help them get rid of them completely."
The moment the words fell, nine investigators thousands of miles away fell into the same nightmare at the same time in their respective sleeps.
They dreamed that their newly born child was looking at them innocently with the newly awakened Sharingan. The next second, the child's eyes suddenly burned and turned into two black flames that devoured everything, screaming and rushing towards them!
"Ah--!"
Nine people woke up from nightmares at the same time, covered in cold sweat.
They subconsciously touched the back of their necks, only to feel a burning pain.
In the mirror, the mark that was originally just an ordinary flame had been automatically upgraded to a "submission state" Fire Seal wrapped in chains. A fear and awe originating from the depths of the soul completely crushed their last will to resist.
From then on, no one dared to question the glory of "Sacred Scions".
Three months later.
"Fireheart Academy", located next to the Naka River Holy Land, welcomed its first batch of students.
Three hundred infants and young children, with an average age of less than half a year old, were held in the arms of a unified child care puppet, formed into a neat square array, and gathered in the vast opening ceremony square.
Uchiha Xuan stands alone on a 100-meter-high platform, his black royal robe rustling in the wind.
His gaze swept across the young faces below, and across the pairs of eyes that were either bright or dark, but without exception were burning with a glimmer of light.
These are the first-generation pure-blood cornerstones of the New Uchiha Empire that he "designed" with his own hands.
He slowly raised his right hand and waved towards the sky.
The twelve Fire Altars all over the world seemed to have received instructions, and simultaneously they shot up bloody light pillars that penetrated the sky and the earth!
The light beams intersect above the clouds and mark a huge "Xuanlin" Fire Seal that covers the sky and the sun at the top of the sky!
Kamui is like prison, and grace is like the sea.
In the square, three hundred infants seemed to have received some kind of divine inspiration. They all stopped babbling and looked at the figure on the high platform.
They opened their little mouths and uttered the first clear syllables in their lives.
The voices gathered together into a tide, childish, but with a unity that shook the soul.
"Father... Father..."
At this moment, thousands of miles away, in the deepest part of Mariana Trench.
The seven crystallized eyeballs monitoring the world slowly rotated, and the outline of a baby vaguely appeared on the surface of one of them.
Its lips did not open or close, but a silent murmur seemed to have transcended the barriers of time and space and echoed faintly in the deep sea:
"... new... container..."
As the night grew darker, Chiyo Saori was the only one left in Throne of Heaven's command center.
The day's grand ceremony has come to an end, but her work is far from over.
As the "brain" of the empire, she needs to monitor everything at all times.
The time has come.
She habitually called up the real-time monitoring records of all dormitories of "Fireheart Academy" and conducted routine analysis on the sleep data of three hundred "Sacred Scions".
All indicators are stable as usual, heart rate, breathing, chakra fluctuations... are all within the preset safe range.
Suddenly, her fingers controlling the light curtain suddenly paused in the air.
The cursor of the timeline stopped at an extremely brief scene, but her ice-blue electronic eyes instantly shrank into a needlepoint.