Governance Divine Art: Water Release, Ice Release

After consecutively using Earth Release to build houses more than twenty times, Uchiha Hara not only failed to feel the expected weakness of chakra depletion or loss of vitality, but instead felt invigorated, his body pleasantly warm, as though he had just completed a perfectly measured warm-up.

Does consuming chakra really shorten one's lifespan? This doubt, rooted in his understanding from his previous life, suddenly surfaced amid that warm feeling.

He wondered whether his previous judgment had been too rash.

After all, he was not from the Ninja World. Wasn't it ridiculous for someone from a world without magic to use his own understanding to judge the properties of energy in a magical world?

Uchiha Hara thought it over and decided he should read some books.

Perhaps the answer was hidden among Uchiha Jiang's vast collection.

With a thought, he activated the authority of the World Master and selected every book in the library related to the keyword "chakra."

More than two hundred and forty books were filtered out by an invisible force and floated before him.

The books had different authors and came from different eras. The oldest were already mottled with wormholes, while the newest had been published thirty years ago. Its cover read—<The Long-Term Effects of Chakra Consumption on the Body and Mind>.

That was not the important part. The important part was the author: Uchiha Chiri.

It's her? Uchiha Hara's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided on that one.

He did not know what other Uchiha were capable of, but Uchiha Chiri was unquestionably one of the foremost talents in the Ninja World. She might not have matched Senju Tobirama, but she should have been on the same level as Orochimaru.

That referred to ninjutsu talent, not combat strength.

If they truly fought, Uchiha Chiri might have been able to let Orochimaru have one eye.

Uchiha Hara opened the book written by the legendary woman.

At the very beginning, Uchiha Chiri went straight to the heart of the matter: chakra was the product of spiritual energy and physical energy merging together. Would consuming large amounts of it shorten one's lifespan? Could using it sparingly prolong one's life?

I never expected the direction of her research to coincide so perfectly with my question. Uchiha Hara was somewhat surprised, then continued reading.

She went on to mention that she had pondered this question ever since her days at the Ninja Academy.

At the time, the Ninja Academy was personally managed by Senju Tobirama, and its teaching staff was exceptionally strong. Even the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, occasionally came to teach.

Thus, the Uchiha of that era did not dare send dead last students to make up the numbers. Those who attended were all elites of the Uchiha clan, such as Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Chiri.

Regarding this question, she had once asked Senju Tobirama.

The book quoted Senju Tobirama's answer: "Since chakra is the product of spiritual energy and physical energy merging together, it naturally possesses the characteristics of both. When people walk and work in their daily lives, they consume physical energy. Does that affect their lifespan? When they think and study, they consume spiritual energy. Does that affect their lifespan? Proper exercise strengthens the body, while proper study develops intelligence. Therefore, proper use of chakra can likewise strengthen the body and enlighten the mind. The key lies in—moderation."

"Overwork can kill, excessive mental exertion can cause sudden death, and excessive chakra consumption will naturally damage one's foundation and lifespan. But as long as it remains within the bounds of 'moderation,' it is harmless."

This explanation had already answered Uchiha Hara's initial question.

Yet that was not the core of the book.

Uchiha Chiri had drawn inspiration from Tobirama's words: since exercising could strengthen the body and studying could strengthen the mind, while chakra extraction and use inherently involved mobilizing and fusing both types of energy at once, then wouldn't maintaining daily chakra consumption that exceeded one's physical limits—but not by too much—amount to an extreme form of cultivation that trained both body and mind simultaneously?

She realized this might be a broad and promising path most suited for ninja, but it required verification.

So, using herself as the test subject, she began six years of records and practice.

During her six years at the Ninja Academy, she persisted in using chakra in moderation every day—not in battle, but through various ninjutsu exercises and fine control—and carefully recorded the changes to her body and mind.

The results were astonishing. The rate at which her physical strength and spiritual power increased far surpassed that of her peers. Even those whom Tobirama had accepted as disciples could not compare.

After graduating, Uchiha Chiri entered the Security Force, yet she still did not stop this training.

Another six years passed. She did not deliberately train taijutsu and rarely experienced real combat, yet her strength silently grew until no one in the Security Force could rival her.

It was only because of her personality that she kept herself so deeply hidden that no one knew.

Only when Uchiha Jiang arranged for her to marry Uchiha Kagami did the records in this book abruptly end.

How strong was Uchiha Chiri when she got married? Uchiha Hara closed the book, his heart surging with excitement.

He only knew that several years later, this woman awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and single-handedly quelled a Uchiha rebellion that had used Izanagi!

To suppress a rebellion in which everyone possessed "revival coins," her strength, in Uchiha Hara's view, must have nearly approached that of Uchiha Madara in his prime!

There was actually such a method of training! Uchiha Hara felt as if he had discovered a priceless treasure.

The principle behind this method was so simple that almost everyone would overlook it—who would waste chakra every day just for fun?

But judging by the contents, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this theory.

After all, physical training was fundamentally a process of training one's body—approaching one's limit, surpassing it, approaching a new limit, then surpassing that new limit.

Uchiha Chiri had merely replaced physical energy with chakra. What was wrong with that?

Nothing at all!

Wasn't Uchiha Chiri herself the most successful example?

He even thought of the future Uchiha Shisui. As Uchiha Chiri's grandson, perhaps he had unconsciously inherited this method of cultivation, which was why he possessed such terrifying strength...

Unfortunately, this training method, worthy of being called a "divine art," had simply been buried in a corner of the bookshelf. When Uchiha Hara took it out, the book was already covered in dust.

Why didn't she spread such an excellent training method?

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Hara understood.

In the era Uchiha Chiri had lived in, the Uchiha clan had been extremely radical. First came Uchiha Setsuna's rebellion, then the Izanagi rebellion.

Given how easily the Uchiha of that time became arrogant and complacent, how wildly they acted whenever things went their way, if they had learned of such a "shortcut," they would probably have caused trouble even earlier.

Even now, Uchiha Hara felt it was not the right time to spread this method, because the current Uchiha were not much better than those of the past.

Uchiha Hara guessed that she had not even taught Shisui the fundamental principles of this method.

As for why Shisui was so strong without being taught the principles—

Uchiha Chiri only needed to require her grandson to persist in "moderately consuming chakra" every day while teaching him.

Watching himself grow stronger day by day and gradually surpass his peers, Shisui might have simply believed he was extraordinarily gifted.

No! Uchiha Hara thought it over and felt that Uchiha Shisui should have known the principles behind it.

Because Uchiha Shisui treated his clansmen like people. He possessed none of a genius's arrogance.

What should a true genius be like?

The typical example was Uchiha Itachi. Because he had been a genius from birth and could not understand the thought processes of foolish people at all, he did not treat his clansmen like people either. When the Night of the Clan Massacre came, he killed them without hesitation.

Because he had never regarded his own clansmen as the same kind of people as himself!

This cultivation method is also ridiculously simple. It really is true that a genuine teaching takes one sentence, while a false teaching fills ten thousand volumes. After sighing, Uchiha Hara named this method—Governance Divine Art!

Can I use this method too? He made up his mind. Wasn't it just consuming a fixed amount of chakra every day? Easy!

But upon further thought, it seemed somewhat wasteful to let precious chakra be consumed for nothing.

Unfortunately, he had no cultivation technique and did not know how to store chakra in his dantian.

The way people grow stronger in this world is more like merging Kekkei Genkai and engraving them into one's genes and bloodline... They only cultivate bloodlines instead of qi. They really are like the Demon Race. That the Demon Refining Pot fell into my hands truly is fate. He laughed at himself.

Suddenly, inspiration struck him. The Demon Refining Pot can contain anything. What about chakra?

He tried guiding a stream of pure chakra into the Demon Refining Pot.

It worked!

Within the space inside the pot, the chakra did not dissipate or become assimilated as it did in the natural world. Instead, under the will of Uchiha Hara, the master of this plane, it condensed into a pale-blue, crystal-clear Chakra Pearl that quietly floated in the air.

Wonderful! Uchiha Hara was overjoyed.

By the standards of the Naruto world, aside from certain clone techniques, chakra leaving the body meant it had been "consumed" in the vast majority of cases.

This way, he could consume a fixed amount of chakra every day to cultivate the Governance Divine Art while also physically storing that chakra for emergencies!

He immediately planned out a dedicated chakra warehouse within the space to store the Chakra Pearls condensed each day.

Since consuming chakra in moderation every day would not affect his lifespan, Uchiha Hara no longer rejected ninjutsu. Naturally, he had to learn some practical techniques.

From among several thousand ninjutsu, he carefully selected three:

Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall (B-rank): a divine defensive technique.

Lightning Release: Lightning Ball (C-rank): paralysis, control, and interference against enemies.

Water Release: Water Shockwave (C-rank): area impact and battlefield disruption.

Together with the Fire Release: Great Fireball (C-rank) and Wind Release: Wind Blade (A-rank) that he had already mastered, he now possessed one technique from each of the five elemental releases.

He had the Great Fireball for long-range attacks, Wind Blade for close combat, Earth-Style Wall for defense, Water Shockwave for battlefield control, and Lightning Ball for immobilization. Combined with his increasingly refined taijutsu and swordsmanship, his tactical system was already quite comprehensive.

These five ninjutsu alone were enough to carry him all the way to jonin.

Wasn't Kakashi just Lightning Cutter in his left hand, little dogs in his right, and Earth-Style Wall for everything else?

With his current terrifying chakra control and comprehension, he mastered these three C-rank ninjutsu at a glance. He did not even need hand seals and could use them effortlessly.

After finishing his training, he was about to leave the space when his gaze swept over the trenches plowed into the ground by the Water Shockwave, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

He raised his hand again.

Water Release: Water Needle!

This was a D-rank ninjutsu that could shoot a water needle from one's mouth. Its killing power was very low, but hitting someone in the eye could still blind them.

It was a technique used to interrupt an opponent's attack rhythm.

However, what shot from his mouth was not an invisible droplet of water, but a crystal-clear ice needle radiating chilling cold!

Just as I thought! Uchiha Hara's eyes flashed with delight.

After being completed through the Demon Refining Pot's feedback, his Five-Elements attributes followed the standard yin-yang Five-Elements system from his previous life rather than the Ninja World's Five-Elements system.

In this system, water and ice shared the same origin. Ice was merely water in its solid form at low temperatures!

Thus, when he intended to condense and solidify water-attribute chakra, ice naturally came into being!

Combined with his pale complexion and handsome appearance, if he went outside and pretended to be a surviving member of the Hidden Mist Village's Snow Clan, probably no one would doubt him.

However, I need to be careful. He analyzed calmly. My 'Ice Release' is not a Kekkei Genkai, but a deep 'nature transformation' of water-attribute chakra based on a complete Five-Elements theory. Under the rules of the Naruto world, its power and variations may differ from a true Ice Release Kekkei Genkai. It may not be as comprehensive or powerful as the original.

But what did that matter?

Uchiha Hara's lips curled upward. If I want an original Kekkei Genkai, I can find a Snow Clan ninja in the future and 'refine' one.

In any case, there would certainly be no shortage of Snow Clan enemies on the future Hidden Mist Village battlefield.

It was even said that the Third Mizukage was also from the Snow Clan.

The boundaries of his abilities had expanded once more, and the road ahead became ever clearer.

The Governance Divine Art and his unexpectedly acquired "Ice Release" ability filled him with even greater anticipation and confidence for his future cultivation.