The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Chapter 259 Remodeling

"The Naruto world?" the Slug Sage asked in confusion.

“Yes, the Naruto world, that’s the name I gave this world,” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"Do you want to turn the Naruto world into your private world? Do you want to become a god?" the Slug Sage asked again.

As an existence that has survived for over a thousand years, it naturally knows the concepts of gods and immortals. In fact, the very existence of the immortal mode indicates that such high-ranking beings once existed in this world. It was only later, with the arrival of the Divine Tree and the Otsutsuki clan, and the subsequent campaigns by the Sage of Six Paths, that this world became what it is today, and the traces of immortals and gods can no longer be seen.

"That's fine if you interpret it that way."

"How should I cooperate with you then?" Upon hearing this, the slug immortal stopped talking and asked about practical matters.

With the Divine Tree in hand, even the Slug Sage couldn't stop Ishihara Sho.

Even though its true body is enormous, it is precisely because of its enormous size that it can only move around in the Wet Bone Forest. If it wants to come out, its movement speed, which is a characteristic of its species, may not be able to keep up with Ishihara Sho, who has mastered the power of space. It would be more likely if someone used a summoning jutsu to help it.

But the problem remains: because its body is so enormous, ordinary psychics cannot summon its true form.

Moreover, even if it could be summoned, it seemed there was nothing it could do against the divine tree that was relatively strong against it.

So instead of overthinking it, it's better to cooperate with Ishihara Sho. Perhaps in the future, through the relationship between the two sides, we can persuade Ishihara Sho to stop him from ruining the Naruto world.

Just like when the Toad Sage tricked the Sage of Six Paths into sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki.

At the same time, it also understood why Ishihara Sho had taken action against Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave. It probably thought it was because of the world authority they held, just like it did.

Therefore, it could only lament its good fortune in consistently supporting the Senju clan, which gave it the opportunity to contact Ishihara Sho through Tsunade, thus gaining the upper hand and preventing it from being wiped out by Ishihara Sho using the Divine Tree, just like Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave.

"All you need to do is not resist, and when I ask you for permissions, just agree," Ishihara Akira said.

After all, he's the Slug Sage, Tsunade's summoning beast, so Ishihara Sho still has to give him some face.

“I understand,” the slug sage replied.

……

In another half day, with the help of Ishihara Sho's authority—preventing the White Snake Sage from escaping and capturing the three Snake Princesses to be swallowed by the Divine Tree—all the snake summoning beasts in Ryuchi Cave were devoured. The White Snake Sage and the three Snake Princesses died, the barrier shattered, and Ryuchi Cave, following Mount Myōboku, merged into the ninja world.

The result was that the divine tree began to develop, blossom, and even bear fruit. The whole world, due to the divine tree's consumption of natural energy, once again seemed to enter a state of apocalypse, and the weather became violent.

Heavy rains, floods, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and blizzards occurred one after another, devastating various countries and their people, causing heavy casualties among civilians and even lower-ranking ninjas, almost matching the losses of a single Shinobi World War.

Then, Ishihara Sho's mind raced, and he transferred figures such as Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Jiraiya, and the Tsuchikage Onoki and the Raikage over to the Divine Tree to devour. Only then did he open the seal left by the Sage of Six Paths and capture Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was still confused and didn't understand what was happening, and throw her over to the Divine Tree.

As expected, the fruit of the divine tree ripened immediately!

After all, according to Isshiki's explanation in Boruto, for the Divine Tree to bear fruit, it needs to devour a member of the Otsutsuki clan! Originally, it should have been Kaguya Otsutsuki who was devoured, but Kaguya later betrayed him and used the same procedure to make the Divine Tree devour Isshiki, which gave Kaguya the opportunity to obtain and devour the Chakra Fruit and become the progenitor of Chakra in the Naruto world.

What Ishihara Yu is doing now is repeating this process!

Correspondingly, as the Chakra Fruit matured, the Divine Tree's aura, condition, and other aspects visibly weakened. Then, as Ishihara Haruka plucked the fruit, it turned into ashes with a "bang," just like the toad of Mount Myōboku and the snake of Ryūchi Cave that it had previously devoured, scattering into the sky and earth in the howling wind.

Ishihara Shou glanced at the Chakra Fruit in his hand, which could be said to combine all the remaining scattered permissions of the Naruto world, and turned to the Slug Sage on his shoulder, saying, "Send me to Shikkotsu Forest, and you'll be free after that."

"it is good."

Then, a familiar spatial shift occurred, and Ishihara Sho arrived at the Shikkotsu Forest, where spring-like weather prevails all year round, from the already desolate Ryuchi Cave, where he saw the true form of the gigantic Slug Sage.

"Now, in the name of the Lord of the World, I am reclaiming your World Authority. Do you agree?" Ishihara Sho didn't waste any more words. After putting away the Chakra Fruit, he floated directly in front of the Slug Sage's main body, his face serious, as if he were the true Lord of the World, and questioned it.

"I agree."

Instantly, the slug immortal felt a lightness in his body, as if he had lost some indescribable wonder, and his heart suddenly felt empty.

As a result, its frequency of absorbing and utilizing natural energy has been slightly affected, becoming less smooth than before.

But compared to the fates of Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave that it had witnessed firsthand, this result seemed to have nothing to worry about.

After all, the Toad Sage and the White Snake Sage are already dead, while it is still alive and has met the master of the world. What more could it ask for?

Then, having reclaimed his world authority from the Slug Sage, Ishihara Sho flashed away, leaving the Shikkotsu Forest and returning to the second moon, which was the dream world he had created and was floating in the sky. He took a deep breath and bit into the chakra fruit he had just taken out.

In just a few moments, Ishihara Sho swallowed the chakra fruit that looked as big as the Watermelon King, then lay down and began to absorb and digest the power of the chakra fruit in a sleep-like manner.

Of course, this mainly refers to the body modification aspect.

Ishihara Sho didn't want to wake up one day looking even paler and more like a zombie.

……

The renovation lasted for about a week.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't take this long, but he didn't want to become abnormal, that is, turn into the grotesque appearance of the Otsutsuki clan. In addition, his current power system is a Tantric training system based on the state of Brahmanism and Atmanism of the three channels and seven chakras. The energy he obtains has the characteristic of being all-encompassing and can be transformed into energy of any nature. Naturally, he didn't want his foundation to completely become chakra, a strange energy that seems to have a high upper limit but is actually far inferior to his current system in terms of nature.

Therefore, when undergoing modification, one cannot concentrate on digesting the power of the Chakra Fruit!

The result was that after the transformation, although he gained 100% access to the entire Naruto world and his life essence was greatly enhanced, his appearance remained the same. He did not become like the Otsutsuki clan, whose skin was as white as a dead person, who also grew horns, and whose eyes became strange.

However, the necessary defenses, vitality, and physique were still inherited.

With his energy suddenly increased many times over, Ishihara Sho felt that even if he faced Yamamoto Genryusai again, even if he still couldn't beat him, he wouldn't perform as badly as he did the first time.

Chapter 260 Desire Realm

"Congratulations, you finally have your own Desire Realm." Just as Ishihara Akira was feeling the changes in his body, the Zanpakuto spirit, Hamon, who seemed to have disappeared since leaving the world of Bleach, suddenly appeared beside him and congratulated him with a smile.

"The Desire Realm?" Ishihara Sho asked in surprise.

The so-called Desire Realm is a division of the world in Buddhism, which is divided into the Desire Realm, the Form Realm, and the Formless Realm. Together, these three are called the Three Realms!

The Desire Realm is the lowest level, the world inhabited by ordinary beings who have not escaped the seven emotions and six desires, as well as the troubles of birth, old age, sickness, and death; or, in other words, the human realm.

Below is hell, and above is the heavenly realm. However, this heavenly realm is also divided into layers. Together with the desire realm itself, it can be divided into six heavens, namely the desire realm (the Four Heavenly Kings), the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, the Yama Heaven, the Tuṣita Heaven, the Nirmanarati Heaven, and the Paranirmitavasavartin Heaven.

Mara, whom Ishihara Sho had always been wary of, was the king of the sixth heaven, Paranirmitavasavartin!

Therefore, from this perspective, Ishihara Sho, who possesses all the authority over the Naruto world and has privatized it, and has transformed it into the Desire Realm, is already equivalent to Mara in rank; both are Demon Kings of the Day!

But in other aspects, it is definitely much worse.

After all, who is Mara? The sixth demon king, an obstacle to the Buddha's enlightenment, a symbol that must be born and exist in the six heavens of the desire realm, the ultimate demon. Just his origins alone are incomparable to those of Ishihara Sho. Not to mention, Mara has never referred to a single person, but rather a concept, and at the same time, it also exists in countless individuals.

They're just not in the same Desire Realm.

In other words, the number of Mara exists as many as there are worlds in the universe, and the number of desire realms that can be catalyzed and born.

It also foreshadows how many Buddhas will attain enlightenment.

Because the Buddha, like Mara, possesses uniqueness!

That is, only one Buddha and one Mara, who obstructs the Buddha's liberation, can be born in one world.

From this perspective, Ishihara Sho could actually say without any shame that he is a disciple of Buddha. Otherwise, why would Mara be so attached to himself and make things difficult for him?

However, Ishihara Akira also understood that, given his current state of being, it was possible for him to become a demon, or perhaps a Buddha...

Even if the Buddha of Joy were here, he would probably beat him a hundred or eighty times and then berate him for polluting Buddhism and distorting the scriptures.

"Yes, the Desire Realm, the new Desire Realm created because of you, through your hand. Congratulations, from now on you can also call yourself the King of a certain Heaven." Mara smiled.

"Become a king? Forget it. I don't want to wake up one day to find some passing Buddha or Vajra coming to my door and converting me," Ishihara Akira said with a sneer.

"Whatever you like. But compared to the current Desire Realm, I'm quite looking forward to your return to reality." Mara didn't dwell on the topic, but instead reminded him with a smile.

"Reality? What do you mean by that?" Ishihara Akira asked, frowning, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.

"You'll know when you go back and see for yourself." After saying that, Bo Xun didn't wait for Ishihara Sho to ask any further questions. He flashed and disappeared into thin air again.

Seeing this, Ishihara Akira could no longer linger in the Naruto world to arrange subsequent matters, so he simply turned his attention back to reality.

He went to the private room of the landlady of the hot spring inn where he held the initiation ceremony for Illuminati members. He sat up, looked around the seemingly normal space, then went outside to find Sato Haruka and the others. After inquiring about their condition and confirming that they were alright, he walked thoughtfully into the courtyard of the hot spring inn and looked up at the real sky of this world—

Immediately, Ishihara Akira's expression froze on that spot...

"The Desire Realm... what a wonderful Desire Realm indeed." After a moment, Ishihara Akira said with a wry smile.

"Understood." Bo Xun's figure reappeared beside Ishihara Sho once more.

"understood."

After all that, the so-called reality turned out to be a realm of desire, and not just a half-baked realm of desire created by Ishihara Sho through modifying the Naruto world, but a realm of desire with a complete six heavens. In other words, Ishihara Sho had been living right under Mara's nose all along!

Even though Mara's sphere of influence was limited to the Sixth Desire Heaven, and he had no real control or influence over the five lower heavens—namely, the Nirmanarati Heaven, Tusita Heaven, Yama Heaven, Terasa Heaven, and the Four Heavenly Kings Heaven—because these heavens had long been under the control of Buddhist Vajras and Heavenly Kings, he still had to admit that his previous assumptions had been somewhat excessive.

How is it any different from plotting to overthrow the enemy within the enemy's territory from plotting to assassinate the emperor right under the walls of the capital?

Basically, if you address the root cause, you're just digging your own grave.

The fact that he didn't die means that the Vajras and Heavenly Kings of the other five heavens were quite dutiful in preventing Mara from passing on his influence. Otherwise, Ishihara Sho would probably not be in his current state now, but would have already become a true demon, attracting the attention of the Four Heavenly Kings who suppress the Desire Realm, and then coming down to punish him.

"Do you want to change all of this, and make this Desire Realm your world, just like the Naruto world?" At this moment, Mara asked as if stirring up trouble.

"You're afraid I won't die fast enough, aren't you?" Ishihara Sho retorted.

“No. Don’t forget, we are one now,” Mara smiled.

"Then why did you ask me to steal this world?" Ishihara Sho said speechlessly.

“The Desire Realm is the Desire Realm, and the Six Heavens are the Six Heavens. Although the Desire Realm is one of the Six Heavens, the connection between the Desire Realm and the Six Heavens, or rather, with the Four Heavenly Kings, is not as close as you might imagine. You can think of it as the water and the lid in a teacup. The lid represents the Six Heavens, and the Desire Realm represents the water. We can completely bypass the Six Heavens and drink the water in the teacup,” Mara explained.

"Even if what you say is true, once we take action, the Four Heavenly Kings, as the direct guardians of the Desire Realm, can't possibly remain indifferent to what we do, can they?" Ishihara Sho asked hesitantly.

"We have to thank your world for this. Because of the development of science, the power of idealism in this world has been greatly suppressed, forcing the ancient gods, Buddhas, immortals and saints to withdraw their tentacles. As a result, the Heavenly Realm's supervision of this place is not very strong, or even negligent. So as long as we act quickly enough and take over this world before they can react, we don't have to worry about being hunted down by those Heavenly Kings."

After a pause, Mara continued, "Of course, even if you are discovered, it won't matter too much. Because of the existence of science, even if the Heavenly Kings descend to this world, their own divine abilities will be greatly suppressed. The strength and various innate characteristics they exhibit may not be as powerful as yours, a 'native'. So as long as you are strong enough, you can take advantage of the terrain to kill their pursuers."

"You make it sound simple, but don't forget that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have the ability to manipulate the world from the void. If we really provoke them, I don't think we can escape their control."

"You yourself said it's Buddha or Bodhisattva, but the world those guys can see is measured in grains of sand. Do you think they would make a big fuss over a tiny grain of sand?"

Chapter 261 Overtaking Plan

"How do I do that?" Ishihara Akira asked, intrigued.

"Stop casting ghosts and monsters out of your sight. While that behavior may not have a significant impact, it does stimulate the awakening of the idealistic rules of this world. In addition, Japan itself is situated in the gap between science and idealistic rules. If not handled properly, it could easily turn this place into a place of resurrection like Karakura Town, causing the departed gods, Buddhas, immortals, and demons to descend again," Mara replied.

"Of course, we'll stop the large-scale deployment and the use of deployment to create incidents for now. You can still use the covert methods you use to control Illuminati members, but you need to be more discreet and try not to let your chosen members know about their existence. Otherwise, when the number of people reaches a certain level, it will still cause the rules to fluctuate."