Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 125 Yin and Yang Souls, Mutual Generation and Restraint, Birth and Death, Cycle and Rebirth

[To vanquish the void, humanity must first strike its very bones with a shallow blow, then infuse the void's soul into the blade, using the void's soul as a guide and one's own soul as a medium, calling out its true name to release its initial form, ultimately creating the "Soul-Slaying Blade"...]

Upon seeing the first sentence on the scroll, Orochimaru's hand trembled involuntarily.

"Humans, using so-called 'shallow strikes' to penetrate bone surfaces, are actually able to kill 'Hollows,' and even become stronger as a result?"

"So, injecting the spirit, that is, spiritual energy, into this 'Asahitsuki' to create the so-called 'Soul-Slaying Blade' is the path to strengthening the human spirit?"

"But what exactly is this so-called 'shallow pounding'?"

Orochimaru's slender tongue unconsciously traced across his dry lips as he looked toward the next section with an almost fanatical desire to explore.

The "emptiness" can devour countless souls to strengthen itself. However, the human spirit is inherently of varying thickness, and its nature cannot be easily altered through later efforts.

[Therefore, my method takes my own soul as its foundation, infuses it with "shallow strikes," slays the void to extract the soul, devours external spirits within it, and nurtures the soul within the blade, gradually developing a spiritual connection, as responsive as an arm or finger.]

[When the "Shallow Strike" is first formed, it is chaotic within. It awaits its master to devour the remnants of the blade with his own soul. The accumulated essence of the soul becomes like a deep ocean, eventually causing the remnants of the blade to unite as one, gain consciousness, and take on a true name.]

[See its true form within the blade, call its true name, and its power will be revealed, thus gaining its abilities. These abilities are varied in a thousand ways, but ultimately they are a reflection of the master's soul and mind.]

This path, I call "Death God," is three parts ordained by Heaven and seven parts seized from the spirit. Both "Void" and "Death God" are skilled in the spiritual body, yet they possess two aspects: Yin and Yang.

The Grim Reaper's soul is rich and potent, like sweet rain attracting bees, drawing in the Hollows to hunt and devour him; and the Grim Reaper, in turn, must hunt the Hollows to seize their souls, strengthening his blade to slay them.

[The spirits of the dead and the souls of the living, mutually generating and restraining each other, arising and ceasing in endless cycles...]

"Gudong..."

Orochimaru's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty, producing an unusually clear sound in the deathly silence.

The words on the scroll were no longer words, but more like an invisible knife, precisely dissecting the deepest desires in his heart.

“Eat souls to become blades, control your true form…” His fingertips traced the ancient ink marks as he murmured, “Three parts destiny, seven parts soul-stealing.”

"The spirits of Yin and Yang are mutually generating and mutually restraining, constantly changing and recurring in cycles."

Orochimaru slowly raised his head, the lamplight casting shadows on his pale face, and a soft sigh, filled with understanding and extreme excitement, escaped from between his teeth:
"I see……"

To devour the souls of others with a human body will only lead to being gradually influenced by those remaining consciousnesses, and gradually becoming less and less like oneself.

However, if, as the scroll says, one infuses the spiritual energy of those souls into the "Asada" and then separates one's own soul to devour it.

The souls within the "Asada" gradually merge, eventually giving birth to a blade with self-awareness and special abilities, which is then released by calling out its name.

As for what the so-called "shallow attack" was, Orochimaru already had a guess in his mind.

Chakra Knife.

Since the chakra blade can be infused with the five elemental chakras, it must also have a way of infusing it with Yin Release chakra.

He would separate a portion of his own soul and inject it into the knife, then find a way to seal it with a special seal, and then devour more souls to become stronger until a qualitative change occurred.

"Ha! Is this God?"

A near-savage smile spread across Orochimaru's lips as he exclaimed with wild joy, "This is the so-called Shinigami! This is the so-called 'Zanpakuto'!"

"No, it should be called a Zanpakuto now!"

This is the true power that belongs to the realm of "soul"!

Orochimaru had never felt so foolish when he thought that his research on the soul had only been limited to changing bodies.

However, thinking of this, he thought of the scroll's owner again, and a sense of awe and a desire to explore welled up from the bottom of his heart.

What kind of powerful and intelligent being could create a world, a species, and a path to the gods?
If the Sage of Six Paths' Pure Land is able to preserve the power of an individual in their previous life, then the owner of this scroll has already made them surpass their power in their previous life!

Death and the void, the living and the dead.

Indeed, the spirits of the dead and the souls of the living are mutually dependent and mutually restraining, constantly changing and endlessly recurring.

"Phew! Calm down, calm down..."

Orochimaru exhaled deeply, forcibly suppressing the elation and shock in his heart, and pondered, "A chakra blade, my Kusanagi sword is enough."

"Therefore, what is still lacking is a sealing technique to preserve the soul, and a soul that I can devour."

"However, according to the scroll, the effect of consuming a Hollow should far exceed that of consuming a human soul."

Thinking of this, Orochimaru understood, his eyes flashing as he said, "As expected, we still need to continue searching for the entrance to the 'Virtual World,' which is the so-called 'Space-Time Hole'..."

*Click.* The laboratory door was pushed open, interrupting Orochimaru's thoughts.

Orochimaru frowned and turned around, seeing Hiruko with a dark expression.

"hehe."

Hiruko glanced at Orochimaru's grotesque, half-human, half-snake appearance, then looked at the corpse on the restraint platform and sneered, "Studying your tattered scroll again?"

"Orochimaru, I really suspect that your brain has been affected by the mother snake in your body, causing your IQ to drop. Now you actually believe the nonsense on a scroll."

Orochimaru didn't speak, he just stared at him coldly.

If it weren't for the fact that he's inconvenient to go anywhere in his current state, how could he possibly choose to temporarily cooperate with a fool like Hiruko?

Fortunately, based on the name of the servant "Grell" mentioned by the scroll's owner, and with the help of Hiruko, he has already gathered some information.

He found some strange merchants who seemed to be descendants of "Grell," and according to them, they had come from afar across the ocean.

Some people were holding something called "Grell Stone," which appeared to be a mineral that had been mutated due to being soaked in some kind of chakra for too long.

Without a doubt, that chakra most likely came from the "Space-Time Hole," and the mineral vein was located near the "Space-Time Hole."

Presumably, it won't be long before he can follow those people and find the location of the 'Time-Space Hole'.

At that time, Orochimaru will be the only remaining "Grim Reaper"!
[Ding! Your lie has been judged as [Blinded by a Leaf], [Turning a Falsehood into Truth], and [Calling a Deer a Horse]. Orochimaru experienced an extremely intense emotional fluctuation, reaching the level of [Respecting a God], and gained 2500 Truth Points.]

[Remaining realization points: 38000]

At this moment, looking at his huge sum of money, Hinata Kumokawa's eyes couldn't help but flicker.

Because Orochimaru hasn't found the "space-time hole" yet, he can't mass-produce 'Hollows' right now.

The underground palace could accommodate one 'Void' of Karin's mother and a large number of ordinary souls, but if the number of 'Void' increased dramatically, the area of ​​the underground palace would be completely insufficient to contain them.

"Let's save the official appearance of 'Hollow' in the Ninja World for later."

Hyuga Kumokawa smiled to himself, "However, with my points, collecting some more souls and nurturing one or two Hollows into high-level Hollows for experiments shouldn't be a problem."

As it happens, Hinata Kumokawa had thought of two very suitable candidates a long time ago.

Those two people who have never entered the Pure Land and are lingering between the present world and the Pure Land.

—Nohara Rin, Hatake Sakumo.

"Speak of it."

Seemingly suddenly realizing something, Hyuga Kumokawa looked at Hiruko through the image and pondered, "It seems that the Oni-Garra Technique also has room for manipulation..."

The Demon Sprout Technique allows the user to directly devour and fuse with bloodline limits, making it simple and brutal.

It can even fuse with summoned beasts.

"If we use the Oni-Garra Technique to turn bloodline limits and other abilities into something that melts in your mouth..." Hinata Kumokawa blinked thoughtfully.

These madmen who conduct scientific research in the ninja world seem to be very useful tools.

Of course, Orochimaru is still Orochimaru's favorite right now. The key is still the 'Death God' and the 'Hollow,' and the Demon Sprite Technique is still just a concept.

Before the 'Hollow' creatures officially appear, Hyuga Kumokawa needs to figure out what the 'Hollow' can do, so he needs one or two 'High-Ranking Hollows'.

Nohara Rin and Hatake Sakumo are the most suitable candidates.

As for where the souls that nurtured the two into 'higher-level Hollows' came from...

Meanwhile, in the Land of Rain, beneath the cave where the Gedo Mazo resided, the figure of 'Shadow' appeared without anyone noticing.

Feeling the vibrations above and the rustling of falling pebbles, he looked up and seemed to see the Konoha ninjas and Sunagakure ninjas gathered in the Land of Rain.

The reason why Hanzo and Nagato remained silent and did not take action against Konoha and Sunagakure who had invaded the Land of Rain was, of course, because of his orders and promises.

As for the purpose, naturally, the more the better.

"Come, Chest of Ecstasy."

'Shadow' took out the Box of Ecstasy from the shadows of his sleeve and laughed, "Let me see what you can achieve with my modifications."

Having said that, he composed himself and silently chanted, "Manifestation - Modification of the Box of Bliss..."

(End of this chapter)