Xuandou claimed his reward, forcibly suppressing the wild joy in his heart while maintaining the dignity of a Daimyō.
After the succession ceremony ended, he returned to the secret chamber in the deepest part of the Imperial Palace.
Xuandou shut the door, took a deep breath, and retrieved the card from the system space.
The Rinne Sharingan Awakening Card.
The card felt heavy in his hand. Tomoe patterns flowed across its surface, and he could vaguely make out images of a moon and an eye.
Without hesitation, Xuandou infused chakra into the card.
The card dissolved into specks of light and merged into the space between his brows.
Warmth spread from between his brows, slowly flowing into his eyes.
Xuandou closed his eyes, feeling the power surge.
The Mangekyō Sharingan manifested automatically in his eyes.
Intricate patterns slowly rotated in his pupils, the three tomoe joining together to form an even more complex design.
Then those patterns began to evolve.
The tomoe patterns gradually blurred, replaced by concentric circles.
One ring, two rings, three rings...
The distinctive light purple patterns of the Rinnegan took shape.
Xuandou opened his eyes.
He raised a hand and looked at his palm.
The Yin Release Chakra and Yang Release Chakra within him had automatically fused the instant he awakened the Rinnegan, forming an entirely new power-Yin-Yang Release.
With a thought, a pitch-black sphere appeared in his palm.
A Truth-Seeking Orb.
The sphere was small and entirely black.
It rotated slowly in Xuandou's palm, distorting and absorbing the light around it like a tiny black hole.
With another thought, Xuandou's body slowly floated into the air.
Without forming hand seals or releasing chakra outward, he simply rose naturally off the ground and hovered in midair, his robes stirring without wind.
It felt as though gravity