I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 417 I've succeeded, Daoist Master!

Despite more than a thousand years having passed in this timeline, Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo still believe that their home is in the timeline of Konoha 52, not here.

The Otsutsuki family was so boring; they had lived a very dull life for the past thousand years.

Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo never experienced the passion the First Hokage spoke of, the passion that young Hashirama and Madara had for the peace of the ninja world, the stability of the newly built Konoha Village, and the future of humanity, throwing themselves into their work and battles with boundless enthusiasm.

The three of them formed the formidable Konoha Triumphs, making great strides on the path to unifying the ninja world.

But what about the Otsutsuki family?

Kaguya's life is basically about lying around and enjoying herself, occasionally getting agitated because she's worried about the threat from the Otsutsuki, and then lying back down again.

Yu Yi's life was busy. Without anyone to guide him, he tried his best to solve problems with his own strength, just like a god among humans.

Hamura's life consisted of periods of resting with his mother, periods of busyness with his brother, and periods of confusion, not knowing why he was living.

For over a thousand years, a full thousand years, there was only one war between mother and son; the rest of the time, life was uneventful.

Because this family is so powerful, they can handle anything with ease, seemingly without any effort or help from others.

Kaguya, who accepted Uchiha Yu's advice, viewed humans as cannon fodder who could help her buy time.

He enjoys being close to humans and has married 14 wives. He also believes that humans cannot help him and that it will take a long time for him to grow up.

Since ending the war between mother and son, Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo have chosen to stay away from human society and no longer have much contact with humans, and even meet slugs more often.

This results in these immortal beings not receiving enough feedback from humans and having to face the difficulties they encounter alone.

Humans also rarely receive guidance from immortals, and lack the freedom to develop independently, resulting in extremely slow growth.

The tone of this spacetime is slow and stable, inevitably dull, and extending into a hopeless and monotonous state.

Uchiha Yuu certainly didn't like it here, and Miwa Masayo was extremely disgusted with it. He took the initiative to guide the ninja cat clan away from the Land of Fire and move to the more remote northwest to seek safety.

Uchiha Yu hesitated for a very long time, a full twenty years, before finally making up his mind to complete the imprinting and shaping of the fourth layer of the Golden Core right here.

Even if it means incurring a huge debt in this timeline, it's better than breaking through to a future timeline you prefer and completely destroying your home.

Although the ways of Heaven are extremely cruel, they are not so cruel that even the devil would weep. As long as there is no interest and even more terrifying compound interest, there is a way to pay off any debt, no matter how large.

But if you incur a debt of murder in your own family, that's something you can never repay, because it's the life of someone in your own family.

Even if Heaven approves, he still can't get over it in his own heart.

Having made up his mind, Uchiha Yu found Miwa Masayo: "Let's go, I'm going to undergo my tribulation."

Miwa Masashi was completely bewildered: "Who is Dao-ye, meow?"

Because the audience couldn't understand, Uchiha Yu's smug demeanor turned awkward, and he could only lower his head and explain sheepishly, "Um... Dao Ye is me..."

Masayo Miwa said strangely, "That's a really weird way of addressing myself, and it gives off a weird vibe, meow."

"I have this strange feeling that you're destined to succeed, but the outcome might not be as good as I'd hoped. Is it just my imagination, meow?"

Upon hearing his partner's words, Uchiha Yu's heart tightened.

Over these 700 years, Miwa Masayoshi was indeed no match for the Divine Tree, but his strength had greatly increased, and he increasingly displayed a miraculous precognitive spirituality.

Although this little cat has a jinxed mouth, and everything she says comes true, it's enough to make Uchiha Yu take it seriously.

Since Miwa Masayo said that there was a problem with the self-designation "Dao Ye," he dared not say it again.

Quite a few unlucky souls have died from talking nonsense, and dying from planting a flag is a major taboo for time travelers.

As a double transmigrator, Uchiha Yu followed his heart and obediently led the kitten to the other side of the world, to the sea farthest from the main continent.

This is the most desolate sea, because its depth makes the water so black that it looks like an endless sea of ​​ink.

Miwa Masayo was pulled over, and upon seeing the surrounding environment, she knew what her partner was about to do. She smiled and asked, "You used to always send me far away. Have you come to your senses today and want me to accompany you through your tribulation, meow?"

Uchiha Yu raised an eyebrow and replied, "Do you think I wanted to? This time I really have no choice. As long as I'm in this world, I might not be able to escape. I can only have you stand by my side. That way, I can take care of you a little."

Masayo Miwa was only surprised for a moment before laughing: "Yu is getting stronger and stronger. This time, I'll rely on your protection."

Uchiha Yu nodded and said, "Keep an eye on my body and don't let it wander around."

This time, the tribulation did not require an island as a foundation. For Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo, flying was already instinctive, and walking on the ground was no different from walking on the ground.

However, the problem with floating is that it will be moved by the wind, and someone needs to help him stabilize his body.

Miwa Masayo grinned and reached out his little hand to grasp his partner's left hand.

The soft, white hand holding the big hand gave Uchiha Yu a sense of stability no less than the anchor chain of a million-ton ship, which was indeed very reassuring.

Uchiha Yu smiled at the little girl, then focused his mind and retreated into his Purple Mansion World. His materialized body lay back and fell, quickly sinking into his dantian.

Facing the golden elixir in his dantian that resembled a great sun, he approached it without the slightest hesitation, using his spirit as a brush and natural energy as ink, and began to outline new fundamental laws on the golden elixir.

This time, there are five fundamental laws, which have been selected and compared over thousands of years: the Law of Chaos, the Law of Tai Chi, the Law of Yin and Yang, the Law of All Things, and finally, the Law of Destiny.

Of these five laws, the first four are the four main stages of the birth of the universe. They are closely related to each other, but also quite independent.

However, none of these four laws are the main point. The key is the last law, the law of destiny, which connects the core law of cause and effect, the second layer of the law of time, and the third layer of the law of reincarnation.

This is the key to achieving the integration of the four layers of the Golden Elixir.

As the Golden Elixir inscription progressed, the weather began to change. The sun hid, the torrential rain stopped, and the entire sky was covered by a layer of dark clouds.

This change did not occur on the Black Sea, but rather throughout the entire world, with the sky being replaced by a uniform overcast sky day and night.

As the process of imprinting Uchiha Yu's Golden Core progressed, the clouds over the world grew thicker and thicker, and silvery-white electric snakes appeared.

What surprised people most was that all the silver snakes they saw moved in one direction, and not a single bolt of lightning struck the earth.

Ordinary humans have limited perception; they can only marvel and regard it as a once-in-a-century spectacle.

However, the surviving White Snake Sage, Slug Sage, Mountain Lord Sage, as well as Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and others, all discovered that this was a global interconnected event.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki was the first to assert, "The whole world is responding; the world is responding to some power. How can there be such a massive power?"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki murmured, "I seem to know about this situation. Let me think, let me think..."

Under the watchful eyes of her two sons, Kaguya Otsutsuki retrieved long-buried memories from the depths of her own mind—memories that weren't even her own, but rather the memories of the Otsutsuki clan.

Upon seeing this ancient memory, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki completely lost her composure, muttering, "How could this be..."

This was the first time that Hagoromo and Hamura had ever seen their mother so distraught. The last time they rebelled together, she hadn't shown such a broken expression until the seal was completed.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki's face was ashen, but he managed to keep his composure, his lips tightly pressed together, and he remained silent.

However, Otsutsuki Hamura lacked such composure and pressed on, asking, "Mother, do you know what exactly happened?"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki replied absentmindedly, "This is a powerful life advancement, a forced counterattack from the world due to the oppression of this super-life's advancement..."

She raised her head, revealing a pale face, and continued, half in shock and half in delight, "From another perspective, this can also be seen as the world's praise for those who have advanced."

Hagoromo Otsutsuki finally broke down. His eyes widened, and he shouted, "Promotion? What kind of promotion is like this?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki pointed to herself and said, "Don't you understand? If I can take another step forward, I will receive this kind of feedback from the world."

"In my memory, the last one to complete the promotion was the king of the Otsutsuki clan."

"But I don't know the king's name, I only know that the Otsutsuki clan uses 'He' as an honorific title."

Hamura Otsutsuki asked curiously, "What's so strange about 'He'? Don't humans also use this word to respectfully address you?"

Hagoromo Otsutsuki gently patted his younger brother's head: "Silly boy, Mother is like a god in the eyes of humans, but the King of Otsutsuki is also a god in Mother's eyes."

"Huh?" Ōtsutsuki Hamura was stunned, and said dumbly, "Does this mean that a god in a mother's eyes is about to be born into this world?"

"Then, what do we do?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki smiled wryly and said, "Let's wait and see. We'll talk about it after he completes his ascension and becomes Him."

"If He leaves, we'll act as if nothing happened; if He chooses to stay, we'll respect Him; if He wants to possess the world, then we'll move..."

Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked, stunned, "Is it really him?"

Kaguya looked at her eldest son and shook her head, saying, "Hagoromo, you've always been excellent. You can't let your own heart deceive you."

"He's the only person in the world who came close to this breakthrough, so it can only be him."

"You can't look down on someone just because he ruined your efforts to resist me. If you keep fooling yourself like that, you'll die."

Hagoromo Otsutsuki's breathing suddenly became heavy. It took him a long time to suppress the complex emotions in his heart.

He wasn't the kind of fool who couldn't recognize his own position. He had simply harbored resentment and an inescapable hostility towards Uchiha Yu, which led him to unconsciously choose to look down on him.

Only by underestimating Uchiha Yu can Otsutsuki Hagoromo maintain his hope for revenge.

If Uchiha Yu really succeeds in his advancement, he will never have another chance for revenge, never even think about it.

Fortunately, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was rational enough that his desire for revenge could not suppress his desire to survive, and he ultimately chose to follow his most fundamental inner thoughts.

He will not seek revenge.

Kaguya Otsutsuki nodded in admiration, "As expected of Hagoromo, you composed yourself so quickly."

"Remember, only reason can guarantee our survival, and only by surviving can we have hope for the future."

"Once you're dead, you have nothing left."

The Otsutsuki brothers nodded in agreement, and neither of them spoke. Their eyes were fixed on the sky, and the celestial phenomena were becoming increasingly terrifying.

The number of lightning bolts increased, and the clouds moved more and more violently to power them. Some clouds resembled rotating millstones, some resembled rolling jacquard looms, and some resembled surging waves. The electric charge accumulated from friction transformed into silver snakes that flowed into the distance.

Countless silver snakes gradually converged into a great river, which then gradually transformed into a tidal wave. When it approached within a thousand kilometers of Uchiha Yusuke, the lightning-filled tidal wave was already more dazzling than the sun. The silver lightning blocked out the dark clouds, illuminating the black sea with unparalleled brilliance.

The lightning bolts were completely connected, yet there were still distinctions between light and shadow. Miwa Masayo, witnessing such a magnificent spectacle, was both amazed and involuntarily worried.

Although Uchiha Yu's physique had long been immune to Lightning Release and the damage from natural lightning, reality is not a game, and so-called immunity has its limits.

When all the lightning in the world converges, does it signify a qualitative change arising from a quantitative one?

Masase Miwa had absolutely no confidence.

She wasn't worried about her safety because the path of the flames was still open, allowing her to escape at any time.

But Uchiha Yu was the one who triggered the lightning tribulation, so there was no way to escape it.

Wherever he goes, lightning will focus on him.

However, what's most peculiar about Miwa Masayo is that the concentration of natural energy in the ocean tide formed by the lightning in the sky seems a bit too high.

What surprised her even more was that the natural energy in the Thunder Tide was actually all five elements. How could lightning carry the convergence of natural energy of the other four attributes?

Masayo Miwa was suddenly startled, realizing a reason that seemed almost impossible.

[Maybe natural energy is something that Yu gathered together, meow.]

If he really did it, wouldn't that mean his will can now cover the entire world?

[Incredible...]

【How did he do that, meow?】

Could it be that this guy has quietly unleashed his World Body in this world?

[Such a big thing, and I didn't know anything about it, meow! How awful!]

[Once he successfully overcomes his tribulation, I'll definitely teach him a lesson!]

At that moment, at the center of the converging electric waves, a dark water sphere shimmering with purple light suddenly appeared.

As soon as the dark water sphere appeared, the lightning tides seemed to have found their target and swarmed into it.

Masayo Miwa immediately recognized it as lightning water, a product of extremely concentrated and liquefied lightning.

Lightning water is a magical item that is both natural and supernatural. It can be regarded as the best and strongest capacitor and is the most effective way to accumulate energy during lightning tribulations.

The little girl murmured, "The lightning water has condensed, so the lightning tribulation is not far off."

She gripped her partner's right hand tightly with both hands, her ears closing on their own, carefully preparing to receive the lightning.

Suddenly, Miwa Masayo's eyes went blind. A dazzling white light filled her entire field of vision, and then everything went completely black.

She has gone blind.

Masayo Miwa wasn't nervous because she knew it wasn't permanent blindness, but rather that the sudden influx of light had triggered a protective mechanism in the optic nerve, causing it to actively sever the nerve connections.

For the Nine-Lives Cat Master, this kind of injury would only take a few minutes to fully recover, but she deliberately paused the recovery process.

Because the intense light of the lightning did not disappear but continued to erupt, Miwa Masayo could even feel the burning sensation through his skin.

If the eye injury is repaired at this time, it will be blinded again in the next instant by the intense light of lightning.

[How strange, meow! Lightning struck, the electric shock was so strong it could burn your skin, but why didn't I hear a booming sound, meow?]

Beneath the lightning and water, thick purple lightning bolts, like giant pillars connecting heaven and earth, linked the lightning and water sphere in the sky with Uchiha Yu on the sea surface.

The purple lightning pillar was like a highway, guiding the lightning, which was full of natural energy, into Uchiha Yu's body. While burning his body, it also sent the natural energy into his dantian through a mysterious channel.

Looking at the surging natural energy, Uchiha Yu laughed heartily with satisfaction: "Hahaha, I've succeeded! I've succeeded!!"

Thunder is nature's most violent way of releasing energy, and also its most intense method of purification.

Therefore, the natural energy absorbed through the tribulation of lightning is exceptionally pure, as all impurities are purified by the lightning.

Although this natural energy is not as readily accessible and easy to manipulate as the refined energy of Uchiha Yu himself, its sheer quantity far surpasses that of Uchiha Yu.

The first lightning bolt lasted only a few seconds, but the pure natural energy that surged in exceeded Uchiha Yu's accumulation over the past thousand years.

The framework of laws imprinted on the surface of the golden core was filled with one-eighth of its weight.

Uchiha Yu was overjoyed and couldn't help but shout again, "I really succeeded!!"

The tribulation of lightning always starts with nine strikes, and only one strike completes one-eighth of the process. Today, as you successfully overcome the tribulation, your golden core will also be fully realized.

Uchiha Yu was naturally extremely proud. Without his ingenious ideas, the use of lightning tribulation to refine and absorb the natural energy of the world, he would probably need thousands of years to meet the requirements for a Golden Core.

By simply making a little more preparation before the tribulation and taking a little more risk during the tribulation, one can save thousands of years of hard work, which is incredibly worthwhile.

Uchiha Yu smiled and muttered to himself, "Come on, let the lightning tribulation rage even more fiercely."

(End of this chapter)