Thunderclap City, once the capital of Lightning Country, had witnessed the fall of a great nation and the rise of an emerging one in just a few short days.
For the people living in Thunderclap City, this night was destined to be sleepless. No one knew what awaited them in the future, nor did they know whether the so-called Ninja Empire would be a disaster for ordinary people like them.
Many people gazed up at the bright moon in the sky, their eyes filled only with confusion about the future.
"Huh? Is that wind?"
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
A crosswind inexplicably swept through the streets. Rolling clouds gathered overhead and soon obscured the moonlight.
Ordinary people could only sense that the weather was unusual, but anyone capable of Sage Art would have sensed natural energy converging upon the city from every direction, even stirring strange phenomena between heaven and earth.
At the center of Thunderclap City, atop the ruins of the Daimyo Palace.
Ling Ji's snow-white robes fluttered in the wind. She looked like a celestial maiden descending into the mortal world as natural energy from a hundred miles around gathered toward her. An immense pressure soared into the heavens while also weighing heavily upon the hearts of those nearby!
Enkō could now sense the existence of natural energy. Simply seeing Ling Ji's heaven-stirring display made his heart sink, even though he was not the target of her attack.
The "Qian" word of the Eight Trigrams Sage Words represented heaven. Using oneself as the vessel and natural energy as the bridge, it forcibly communicated with heaven and earth, merging with them as one.
Put simply, it temporarily naturalized the user. As for what naturalization was, a clear example would be the Ten-Tails!
From One-Tail to Nine-Tails, although the nine Tailed Beasts