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This means he has crossed the most difficult threshold and achieved the first step in practicing energy compression...

Then, the blond boy on the water continued to speak.

"When you feel the breath of energy, then you should understand that this energy actually has life. The life I'm talking about here is life in a narrow sense, and it only means that it can be understood by people."

"Then that's right, all you need to do is understand energy."

Yakumo noticed that the blond boy had stopped speaking. Clearly, he had moved beyond the initial feeling of breathing and was now at the stage where he should learn to understand the life force of energy.

How should we understand the life form of energy?

Does this mean that... energy itself represents life?

Can chakra nature transformation be considered as a process of understanding the life inherent in energy?

Almost in the blink of an eye, Yakumo had a whole host of ideas.

So he simply started practicing from the first idea, first closing his eyes to feel the breath that the energy possessed, and the emotions that the energy expressed.

Yakumo dispersed his soul, allowing it to remain undisturbed by anything, acting as a harmless observer, drawing energy closer to him. So, first... he intended to understand the lightning energy he was most familiar with.

Oh wait... Yakumo immediately realized that the energy he was most familiar with was not the so-called lightning, but the life source energy that had been transformed by the Wood Release Scripture. It was closely related to Yakumo's physique and they were no longer separate.

The life elements in the environment, which represent the smallest units of life energy, actively gravitate towards Yagami, rising and dancing around Yagami's soul like swallows returning to their nests.

"They are joyful."

Yakumo began to use soul energy to react and test the waters. The meaning expressed by these energies themselves was like... joy and sorrow.

When the posture of the soul changes, will the emotions of these life energies also be affected? This is the question that Yakumo is trying to explore.

The answer is...that's right.

When Yakumo's soul makes a change, these energies do indeed react to the change in the soul. Some reactions represent joy, while others represent deliberate distancing.

This is the emotion of energy.

Now that the energy in Yakumo's heart has acquired emotions, does that mean that they themselves possess life?

In the realm of cloud computing, can emotions truly represent life?

When an object exhibits emotional changes, it means that it possesses life; this is what is known as the life of energy.

For the next few years, Yakumo continued to try to change his soul posture and the emotions expressed by the test energy, when he linked all the emotions that increased joy together.

Yakumo obtained the ability to manipulate energy with his soul. It felt like he could change the world with a single thought, make rivers flow backward, and shroud the world in darkness forever.

He mastered the transformation of energy, learned to fuse it, and felt the life of energy. He had already figured out how to construct the Yin Seal: he might use composite power combined with the power of hope to construct the outer shell of the crystal.

On the water, the blond boy continued his lesson.

Yakumo immediately began to listen intently, as if trying to imprint the words of the blond boy into his mind and to completely capture the scene without missing any details.

"When you understand the breath of energy, feel the emotions of energy, and understand that they actually possess life, then you will have mastered the methods of transformation between various energies."

"Then the next step is to make opposing energies become friends, to give them dual-sided characteristics, and then to conduct specific compression experiments."

The blond boy in the water remained still once more.

Following his instructions, Yakumo began experimenting. The first step was to imbue the burning flames with the finesse and penetrating power of water energy, and to give them the fluidity of water...

He had already achieved this step when he fused multiple attributes during the Star Slayer technique.

Yakumo immediately began to try to transform all the energies, changing their individual properties. As a result, water and fire were no longer opposed to each other, but rather subtly achieved harmony and unity.

The next step is to repeat the experiment...

The first experiment failed.

The fiftieth experiment also failed.

As time passed, Yakumo naturally realized the next step: to compress the energy that had already been transformed, or more directly, to compress the flames that possessed water properties.

Once you've mastered the compression of a single attribute, you can try compressing multiple attributes, and eventually you'll have completely mastered the method for compressing composite power.

"The golden flame possesses the gentleness of water, so it is no longer unruly and can be compressed in form and mass. Remember, energy compression is based on multiples; you cannot directly attempt high-multiple compression."

The blond boy on the water's surface offered the final solution.

It took Yakumo decades to finally figure out the fusion and compression of various energies, and he eventually began to try to compress the composite power. If he could compress the composite power, he could build a crystal that could bear the composite power.

In the blink of an eye, a century has passed.

Yakumo failed...

[Note: Multiple failures detected by the player. System analysis indicates that the composite power represents the most primordial energy in the universe, reaching an incredibly pure state that cannot be compressed.]

"I've been trying for a hundred years and you're only telling me now...?" Yakumo's temper was starting to flare.

[Note: System simulation takes time. It is recommended to use desired energy as a medium to weave a structural network with composite energy, and then use multiple compression energies to mix and construct crystals.]

Yakumo somewhat understood what the system meant...

But he didn't intend to give up. After all, no matter how many years passed here, his time in the real world was only equivalent to one night. He had almost unlimited chances to try, even if the system indicated that he could not succeed.

But he just wouldn't give up until he hit a brick wall!

Yakumo believed that human will could overcome fate and that he would definitely succeed.

Three hundred years... five hundred years, eight hundred years, one thousand years...

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years have passed.

Yakumo had lost count of how many times he had failed. Matter can be compressed because it has gaps, but composite forces seem to have no gaps at all, so they cannot be compressed in any way.

Unless... it is detonated.

Yakumo had failed countless times, so naturally he was unwilling to accept defeat.

He stubbornly and obsessively continued his attempts, having achieved perfect hidden endings in countless harsh and difficult levels. He believed that what was before him was just a more realistic instance.

As long as we don't give up, as long as we keep challenging ourselves.

One day, we will be able to achieve a perfect result.

Many years have passed, and Yakumo continues his attempts.

[Note: Players are advised to give up, as the power of composite energy cannot be compressed.]

This system upgrade was accompanied by a mix of emotions, such as anger, regret, and disappointment.

However, Yakumo completely ignored the game system's prompts and stubbornly continued to try.

Compression, compression, the soul energy poured out continuously, and the composite power transformed into pure white.

Until, within the pure white composite power, a sliver of black appeared.

It was an absolute darkness that seemed to swallow the universe. When this energy appeared, the system's methods were shut down without providing any warning.

Yakumo gazed quietly at the sphere formed by the combined power in his hand, an endless joy enveloping his soul.

The pure white composite power began to collapse, continuously compressing its volume, and finally coalesced into a pure black crystal, about the size of a fingernail, which slowly floated... toward Yakumo's soul.

Ultimately, it was embedded in the space between Yakumo's eyebrows in his soul state.

Silence returned.

"I did it!" Yakumo exclaimed.

[Hint: The player's soul is beginning to hallucinate.]

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Yakumo paused for a moment, then spoke again.

"I did it."

He could feel the terrifying power emanating from the black crystal, like a silent, restrained black hole that devoured everything, even giving him a faint sense of fear.

The appearance of this black crystal was due to some unexpected stroke of luck, and it cannot even be replicated. However, in a sense, he has indeed succeeded.

[Hint: The player's soul is experiencing hallucinations. It is recommended that the player abandon the current direction and start a new research and development.]

Yakumo finally confirmed that the game system could not observe the black crystal, which meant that he had really created something extraordinary. He secretly made a plan in his heart... that is, to continue to compress and combine the power in the hope of recreating a second crystal.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years have passed.

The black crystals never appeared again...

Looking at the unchanging environment around him, Yakumo suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the ninja world. He realized that the system had quietly intervened to ensure that his soul did not collapse during the long period of time and that he could still maintain his individuality.

Should we go back?

In the following days, Yakumo continued to try to compress the composite power to extract the black crystal. In addition, she was researching how to use the black crystal.

It can indeed contain composite power, but it cannot extract it; it is like a greedy beast that keeps absorbing composite power.

Even tens of thousands of years later, Yakumo still couldn't create a second black crystal, as if that black crystal really came from a lucky miracle that could no longer be controlled by probability.

Over the years, he has been able to establish a connection with the black crystal, and detonate it... instantly releasing all the composite power stored inside. Thanks to an accident, Yakumo has achieved his initial plan.

But now he dares not pour any more energy into the black crystal, because it would be equivalent to a one-time powerful amplification. The problem is that the black crystal now contains the composite power that Yakumo has accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

This is a terrifying power that could destroy Yakumo's body in an instant; perhaps this black crystal can only be used when one is fighting desperately.

Of course, you can also turn self-destruction into art, or into Patrick Star.

"Let's go back."

[Tip: Starting to return.]

After an unknown amount of time, Yakumo returned to the ninja world. In fact, he had already reached the master level of Yin Seal, or rather... his training in Yin Seal had already deviated when he entered that planet.

Yakumo did not master the Yin Seal, but rather mastered the flexible use of various powerful energies. This improvement far surpassed the Yin Seal itself.

Opening his eyes from the wooden bed, Yakumo closed them to absorb all the skills he had mastered over a long period of time. With the help of the game system, those memories flowed like a gentle stream, nourishing Yakumo's soul and will.

This change is a gradual and subtle transformation.

It wasn't until ten days later that Yakumo regained consciousness. The first thing he did when he sat up was to examine his own soul.

He could still sense the presence of the black crystal, but its location had shifted from his forehead to inside his heart. It floated quietly in his blood, seemingly capable of devouring all light.