Before he died, Minato Namikaze seemed to sense a ripple in the void.
He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he never managed to deliver that final piece of intelligence.
Jing Xiu had not expected the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, to love Kushina Uzumaki so deeply.
He had even intervened in secret, deliberately weakening the Nine-Tails to make it easier for Minato Namikaze to seal him.
Even with a chance to survive, Minato Namikaze had still chosen to face death, and to die in the same way as Kushina Uzumaki.
"Since you died for love, I'll see this good deed through and reunite you as husband and wife!"
Jing Xiu collected the two invisible souls with Spirit Summoning and Dispatching, making them part of his fighting strength.
Back in the Land of Waves, Jing Xiu looked at the Sealing Jutsu in his hands.
This was the Scroll of Seals he had obtained from the secret chamber in the Hokage Building, proposed by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and personally written by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
Naturally, the seals on it posed no obstacle to Jing Xiu, though he no longer had much interest in Ninjutsu.
From the Dao came methods, and from methods came techniques.
He would use the wisdom that generations of Konoha's finest had spent their lifetimes pouring into Sealing Jutsu.
It would help him further comprehend the Dao of this world.
After returning to the Land of Waves, Jing Xiu first brought Obito Uchiha along to take control of the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.
He used the Land of Water's maritime trade to foster the Land of Waves' logistics and transshipment operations.
He also found the current leader of the Land of Crafts and reached a "weapons production agreement" with him, setting up