Deep Forest Emergence

Fang Xu closed his eyes and quickly sorted through everything he had learned.

A few breaths later, he opened his eyes again.

"I've memorized it."

The little Katsuyu beside him froze for a moment.

"All of it?"

"Mm."

Fang Xu did not explain further.

He sat cross-legged and spread out his spiritual senses according to the method he had just learned.

The world around him swiftly changed.

In the air.

Within the stone pillars.

In the flowing water.

Between the rock walls and mushrooms.

Natural Energy, present everywhere, clearly entered his perception.

This power was far more immense than ordinary Chakra.

It had no fixed attribute, yet carried an extremely strong aura of life.

Fang Xu merely loosened the restrictions on his body slightly, and vast amounts of Natural Energy began gathering around him on their own.

The little Katsuyu suddenly raised its feelers.

"So fast?"

Deep within the cavern, the Slug Sage also focused all its attention on Fang Xu.

For ordinary practitioners, sensing Natural Energy for the first time often took a long time.

Some could not even complete the first step after several months.

Yet Fang Xu had only needed a few breaths.

This was no longer merely a talent for perception.

It was the Sage Body's innate affinity with Natural Energy.

The instant Natural Energy entered his body, Fang Xu immediately noticed the problem.

Violent.

Chaotic.

Completely uncontrollable.

The moment this power entered his Meridians, it began battering his flesh and cells.

For an ordinary ninja, merely absorbing it for the first time could cause physical mutation.

Fang Xu did not panic.

Chakra surged from within him, wrapping layer after layer around the Natural Energy entering his body.

His powerful body endured the direct impacts.

His Sage Body stabilized the state of his cells.

Ultimate Chakra