The Secret to Breakthroughs in Cultivation Techniques! The Path to Immortality and the Merit System

Ren nodded calmly.

"What you received is only the first three levels of the Great River Qi Refinement Method."

"Yet that is enough for the vast majority of Jonin to break through their existing bottlenecks and easily reach Kage Level."

Uchiha Jian's gaze immediately grew more serious.

"The vast majority?"

"Correct."

Ren said, "The reason Jonin cannot break through to Kage Level is usually not a lack of combat experience, but that their bodies, minds, and Chakra have already neared their individual limits."

"Ordinary cultivation methods can only rely on time for slow accumulation."

"But a person's lifespan is limited."

"Many Jonin begin to age before they have accumulated enough."

"The Great River Qi Refinement Method tempers the body, strengthens the mind, and purifies Chakra, effectively raising all three limits of a cultivator at once."

"As long as one masters the first three levels, breaking through to Kage Level is not difficult."

Orochimaru immediately pressed, "What about those with exceptional talent?"

"Super-Kage."

As those two words fell, the laboratory went silent.

Uchiha Jian had once been one of the Shinobi World's most gifted ninjutsu prodigies.

The Flying Thunder God, Impure World Reincarnation, Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags, as well as countless Water Release techniques and forbidden techniques, had all come from his hand.

Yet in his era, Super-Kage had remained an insurmountable abyss.

Other than his elder brother Hashirama and Madara Uchiha, no other shinobi could truly enter that realm, no matter how they cultivated.

And now, Ren had placed a path leading to Super-Kage before them.

"Furthermore, this cultivation technique is not suitable only for Jonin."

Ren continued, "Genin and Chunin can cultivate it as well."

"The earlier they temper their bodies and minds, the firmer their foundations will be."

"If they begin cultivating from their Genin days, then by