External Incarnation

Hane suppressed his excitement and slowly returned to his bed, carefully sensing his improved cultivation.

The Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown slowly unfolded. At that moment, Hane felt that he had formed a faint connection with this world.

From now on, he no longer needed to worry about insufficient spiritual energy. Through this Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, he had built a bridge to this world. Even in battle, Hane would be able to continuously replenish his spiritual energy.

It was just that this bridge was still somewhat narrow. In the future, he would need to gradually widen it until he reached the realm of unity between man and heaven—the realm of Refining Spirit into Void.

Once he truly reached the Refining Spirit into Void realm, Hane would no longer need to worry that his spiritual energy recovery could not keep up with his output. By then, all heaven and earth would be his source of spiritual energy.

At the same time, Hane discovered that he now possessed Divine Sense. Even with his eyes closed, he could observe this world through it.

Moreover, Divine Sense provided all-around observation, more detailed and clearer than the eyes. Its range was just rather pitiful—only a radius of one thousand meters.

However, that was only for all-around observation. If he condensed his Divine Sense into a single line, it could directly cover half of Konoha's diameter.

Hane's panel had also undergone new changes.

Uchiha Hane

Realm: "Refining Qi into Spirit"

Cultivation Art: "Azure Nether Art: Spirit-Refining Chapter" Yellow Rank +2

Techniques: "Five Elements Ninjutsu"

Fire: "Mastery" Lightning: "Mastery" Wind: "Ordinary" Water: "Ordinary" Earth: "Ordinary"

"Artifact Manipulation Art" Mastery "Basic Fist, Body, and Movement Technique" Mastery "External Incarnation" Beginner

"Artifact Refinement" Ordinary "Alchemy" Ordinary "Planting Art" Ordinary Formation Art: "Ordinary"

Gratitude Points: 9000

Malice Points: 12000

Looking at the Gratitude Points that had returned to four digits, Hane felt nothing much. After all, this improvement had been significant enough. He turned his attention to External Incarnation, this newly appeared skill.

In an instant, Hane understood why he had been unable to learn Ninjutsu such as the Clone Technique and Shadow Clone Technique before. It was not because he was too stupid, nor because the system could not convert them. It was because he had not possessed Divine Sense at the time.

After all, External Incarnation in Dao Arts was closely tied to the spirit and Divine Sense.

If one's spiritual power was insufficient to split off an External Incarnation, it was easy to turn oneself into a schizophrenic. Without Divine Sense, the incarnation could not remain connected to the main body. If things went wrong, such an incarnation would become another person altogether.

Furthermore, an External Incarnation in Dao Arts could not simply be summoned from thin air with spiritual energy. It had to be anchored to an artifact or magical treasure. The higher the quality of the artifact or treasure, the greater the power the External Incarnation could bear.

Hane's five low-grade artifacts were perfect for use as External Incarnations. Although they could currently only possess thirty percent of his own strength, Hane's External Incarnations were not low-grade creations like Shadow Clones that burst apart after a single hit.

Not only could External Incarnations learn and cultivate independently, they were also Hane's external brains. As long as they were connected by Divine Sense, Hane could divide his mind into six at any time and handle six different tasks. This was an excellent method for tempering the spirit and Divine Sense.

Their offensive power was not bad either. Connected through Divine Sense, if the incarnations could not defeat someone in human form, they could simply transform into magical treasures. It was like Hane sitting at home while seeking out an enemy a thousand miles away, transmitting spiritual energy through Divine Sense and unleashing the magical treasure's original power to take an enemy's head from afar.

After understanding the abilities of External Incarnation, Hane did not hesitate to raise it to Ordinary.

He then hurriedly summoned the Five Emperor Swords and branded each of them with his Divine Sense. As he formed hand seals, the spiritual energy within him surged rapidly and poured into the five swords. The blades slowly radiated halos of light, and five figures identical to himself appeared before him. Once his consciousness connected with them, their previously wooden faces immediately became lifelike.

There was no exchange of words about meeting the original body. Hane felt as though his thoughts had split into six branches. In truth, all five of them were himself, except his main body carried the primary consciousness.

In reality, his spirit had not truly separated. It remained firmly connected by Divine Sense, like a main body growing five tentacles.

Every movement of the incarnations could be conveyed to his primary consciousness through those five tentacles at any time.

Moreover, this connection was one-sided. Hane could sever it whenever he wished.

Incarnations with independent consciousness were far beyond what a cultivator still at the mortal level like Hane could achieve. Even if he could do it, they would be uncontrollable.

As for the Shadow Clones in the Hokage world, the original only received the information sent back by a clone after it dispersed. That was exceedingly dangerous in the cultivation world. If a demonic cultivator skilled in curses was involved, they could easily place a curse through your clone and curse you to death the moment it dispersed.

After all, you could not actively sever that connection.

Not to mention that before a clone dispersed, or before the original actively observed it, the original would know nothing about what it had done. Such a clone was completely beyond one's control.

Only in a world like Hokage, where Dao Arts did not exist, would these ninjas dare to use such techniques so recklessly. Try using such a technique in the cultivation world, and you probably would not even know how quickly you died.

At that thought, a wicked smile crept onto Hane's lips. Such methods were not exclusive to the demonic path; the righteous path had them too. Techniques that imprisoned and slew a person's soul were not mainstream, but they certainly existed.

"Heh heh, once I master such techniques, those guys who run around using Shadow Clones every day will have a taste of their own medicine."

But he needed to find a way to obtain Konoha's Book of Seals. Without this world's Ninjutsu as a foundation, Hane had no way to learn Dao Arts out of thin air.

And within Konoha's Book of Seals, whether sealing techniques, the various five-element Ninjutsu, or the spatial Flying Thunder God, all were things Hane desperately needed.

"Should I find a way to kill that old bastard, the Third Hokage, and put my father in power? Or I could take the position myself. Forget it, there's no point thinking about that now!"

Hane shook off the many thoughts in his mind and began cultivating quietly.

Hokage Building.

Sarutobi looked at the document Fugaku had handed over. After flipping through it, his expression darkened slightly.

"Fugaku, are these the demands of your Uchiha Clan?"

"Yes, Lord Third Hokage! The clansmen are furious about being moved away from our current clan grounds. This is a proposal we arrived at after lengthy discussions!" Fugaku answered without changing expression.

"Mm, I understand. Go back for now. I will discuss it with the Elder Council and give you an answer tomorrow!" the Third Hokage said, his tone carrying faint displeasure.

"Yes, Lord Third Hokage!" With that, Fugaku left the Hokage Building directly.

Before long, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura entered the Hokage Building.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Sarutobi tapped off his ash and handed the document in his hand to them. "Take a look. These are the Uchiha's demands."

As Danzo read the document, his expression grew darker and darker. "Hmph! The Uchiha truly are ungrateful white-eyed wolves. They actually want the village to provide relocation compensation at market rates. How could that be possible?"

"The situation at the Land of Lightning border is becoming increasingly severe. The village barely has any funds to begin with. They're simply daydreaming!"

Danzo slammed the document heavily onto the Third Hokage's desk, his tone exceptionally sharp.