All Heavens: Transcending Dimensions Starting with the Uchiha

"However..."

Uchiha Xiang abruptly changed the subject, his gentle smile suddenly tinged with a sharp, piercing insight.

"Is the core technique of 'Ghost Sprout' more inclined towards a kind of... 'forced stitching'?"

He stared directly into Hiruko's suddenly contracting pupils and continued unhurriedly.

"Treat bloodline limits with different attributes as parts that can be disassembled and assembled at will? Like mending a tattered piece of clothing?"

The smugness on Birukho's face froze instantly, as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water.

His thin fingers suddenly gripped the hem of his lab coat tightly, his knuckles cracking.

Uchiha Sō's words precisely struck at the core of his deepest worry and the problem that had not yet been fully resolved!

"nonsense!"

He practically roared, veins bulging on his neck like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

“‘Ghost Sprout’ is a perfect fusion! It is sublimation! It is… it is…”

He was eager to refute, but couldn't find a more compelling argument. He could only lunge at a nearby instrument that recorded complex waveforms and data, his fingers trembling as he frantically turned and adjusted several knobs.

"Look! Look here!"

He pointed to a wildly fluctuating energy curve on the screen, which was data from his repeated attempts to fuse a bloodline model of Earth Release hardened skin and Lightning Release activated cells.

"The energy peak of the fusion reaction! How powerful! This power..."

"strength?"

Uchiha Enoki gently interrupted him, a hint of pity curving his lips.

He walked over to the instrument, his gaze sweeping over the wildly fluctuating energy curve, which resembled a heartbeat on the verge of collapse, and several critical parameters marked as "high risk" next to it.

"Senior, what you are seeing is probably the prelude to loss of control. It's like stuffing a lit detonator into a fragile glass bottle in pursuit of a moment of intense light; the result can only be shattering into pieces."

His long, slender fingers precisely tapped several rapidly flashing red warning areas on the screen.

"The chakra attributes clash, and the core chakra meridians cannot withstand the sudden surge of different energies... Forcibly 'stitching' together will inevitably lead to the host's collapse. This is not fusion, but... murder of the host."

Hiruko's face changed completely, turning from a furious red to a deathly pale ashes.

He stared intently at the screen, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Every word Uchiha Sō uttered was like a cold scalpel, precisely dissecting the bloody, fatal flaw beneath the ornate exterior of his proud "Kira-ga no Jutsu" (Demon Sprout Technique).

The data he was so proud of has now become the most powerful and irrefutable evidence against him!

A tremendous sense of frustration and a chilling feeling of being seen through instantly gripped him.

"Then...then do you have a solution?"

Hiruko's voice was as dry as sandpaper, and the mad light in his eyes was replaced by an almost desperate urgency.

He stared intently at Uchiha Sho, as if the other was the only piece of driftwood he could cling to before he drowned.

Uchiha Sō did not give a direct answer.

He calmly unfastened the glove on his right hand, revealing his forearm.

Several complex and mysterious black curse marks, slightly twisted and moving like living things, suddenly appeared on the skin.

The patterns emanated an extremely subtle yet unsettling energy fluctuation, as if sealing away some ferocious beast.

"Chakra conflict? Elemental clash?"

Uchiha Eiji spoke with an air of calm control, gathering a barely perceptible wisp of chakra at his fingertips and gently brushing it across the cursed seal patterns.

"One of the core elements of Orochimaru's cursed seal technique is 'conversion' and 'guidance'."

"It can even transform and tame violent natural energy or foreign chakra through specific cursed seal rune circuits, and then orderly introduce it into the host's body, making it a controllable force rather than a bomb that destroys itself."

As he spoke, his fingertips lightly traced several key points on the incantation on his arm. The wandering black lines seemed to come alive, glowing slightly before quickly settling back down, a subtle and exquisite rhythm of energy flowing through them.

Hiruko's eyes widened instantly, a terrifying light bursting from his withered face. He froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, then uncontrollably lunged at Uchiha Sō's arm, his breathing rapid like a broken bellows.

"This...this circuit! This way of channeling energy! My God! It's ingenious! So this is how...this is how you can resolve the conflict barriers between attributes?!"

His withered fingers hovered above the incantation seal, wanting to touch it yet not daring to, uttering incoherent exclamations. His earlier frustration and doubts had long been forgotten, leaving only an extreme thirst for unknown knowledge.

"good."

Uchiha Xiang calmly withdrew his arm, letting the cursed seal patterns slowly disappear beneath his skin.

"The runic structure of the cursed seal has extremely high reference value for solving your 'Ghost Sprout''s' current biggest bottleneck—the conflict between different bloodline energy and the host's tolerance limit. Even..."

He paused slightly, his voice carrying an undeniable allure.

"It can become one of the cornerstones for the final perfection of the 'Ghost Sprout Technique'."

He picked up Orochimaru's notebook scroll again, and this time, he pulled out several copies of blueprints that were clearly the core of the cursed seal research. They were covered with dazzling rune structures and energy flow diagrams.

"These are the relevant core network circuits and energy conduction models."

Uchiha Sō handed the blueprints to Hiruko with an elegant gesture, almost like bestowing a handout.

"I think that's enough to solve your current predicament."

Hiruko grabbed the few flimsy pieces of paper almost as if he were snatching them, his withered fingers trembling violently with excitement.

He greedily scanned every line and every pattern on the paper, gasping for breath, and was overwhelmed with ecstasy, like a dying traveler in the desert who had suddenly seen the sweet spring of an oasis.

The answer to the technical barrier that had plagued him for years was right before his eyes!

"Not enough! Far from enough! I need more! More in-depth data! Experimentation! Immediately!"

He suddenly looked up, his eyes burning with an unyielding rage, staring intently at Uchiha Sō.

"Lord Kusakage! What do you need me to do? Just give me support! Give me resources! Let me continue my research! I can fuse the most powerful forces for you! Five! No! Seven! Even more bloodline limits!"

Looking at the research fanatic in front of him, who was completely ignited by knowledge and had fallen into a frenzy of research, Uchiha Eiji's smile finally lost all its warmth, leaving only a cold and certainty of controlling his prey as he entered the net.

He slowly took out a contract scroll from his bosom, which he had prepared beforehand and which was disguised as chakra paper made from the Yin-Yang Release chakra of the Great Luo Blessed Land. The edges of the scroll shimmered with binding patterns.

"The senior's enthusiasm is truly touching."

Uchiha Sō's voice was calm and even as he slowly unfurled the scroll in front of Hiruko, revealing clear terms of rights and obligations and the prominent title of "Vice Minister of the Research Department of the Heavenly Court."

"Then, welcome to the Research Department of the Divine Court of Heaven, Vice Minister Hiruko. By signing this contract, the Divine Court of Heaven's resource library will be open to you. More of Orochimaru's research materials will also be gradually made available based on your contributions."

Hiruko's gaze lingered on the title of the contract and the title of vice minister for less than a second. His entire attention was focused on the words "resource library open" and "more research data on Orochimaru".

strength!

Ultimate power!

Right in front of you!

He seemed to have already seen his future, where he would fuse with countless bloodlines and stand at the pinnacle of the ninja world!

"A pen! Give me a pen!"

He roared, having no time to carefully read the details of the contract regarding the ownership of research results, restrictions on the right to use resources, and the requirement to apply for and supervise a certain quantity of core materials (especially those related to the Uchiha bloodline and Hashirama cells).

He snatched the specially made chakra pen that Uchiha Eizo handed him at the right moment, and his withered hand burst forth with power that was disproportionate to his size. At the end of the scroll that was flashing with restraining light, he signed his twisted and wild name - Hiruko!

Chapter 91, To Not Fight is to Die

The moment the three characters "Hiruko" were uttered, the patterns on the scroll suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light.

Uchiha Xiang's Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique, like a hawk catching its prey, instantly locked onto a wisp of Hiruko's spiritual power.

An invisible yet powerful Yin-style binding force quietly arose, silently wrapping around Hiruko's soul like an invisible shackle.

The Great Luo Blessed Land seemed to possess a spirit, quietly drawing away a wisp of Bei Liu Hu's spiritual power.

From then on, no matter where Hiruko fled, he could not escape Uchiha Sō's senses.

However, at this moment, Hiruko was completely unaware. He tightly gripped the several spell seal diagrams in his hands, his eyes flashing with fanatical light, like a child who had obtained a rare treasure.

He stumbled toward his workbench, muttering to himself, and instantly became immersed in the mysterious world of calculation, oblivious to all the disturbances around him.

Uchiha Xiang silently watched Hiruko's frantic yet focused back, his eyes as deep as a cold pool, revealing not a trace of trust.

In Uchiha Sō's mind, a person who would betray everything for power has no loyalty whatsoever.

Although he provided support to Biruhu, he also laid out numerous backup plans in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

Those precious Sharingan eyes and Hashirama cells are like carrots dangling in front of a donkey's eyes; they can only be released little by little to drive this madman forward, but will never grant him enough power to turn against his master.

He silently walked to the corner of the laboratory, where Yecang was still unconscious, the restraints outlining her graceful and powerful waistline, like a sleeping goddess.

Uchiha Sho slowly leaned down, his lips almost touching Pakura's ear, and whispered in a deep, metallic voice that only the two of them could hear, "Pakura of the Scorching Release... your consciousness has long been awake. Now, it's time to wake up."

His warm breath brushed against Yecang's sensitive earlobe, but his words were as cold as a sharp blade.

"As for the hatred in your heart, everything you have lost... the blood debt that Sunagakure owes you... I can help you get it back."

Uchiha Sho's voice grew deeper and deeper, carrying a seductive magic, as if he were conducting a devil's deal.

"As long as you follow me, I will help you... get it back with interest!"

The moment the words fell, a wisp of pure medical chakra gathered at Uchiha Eiji's fingertips silently pierced the skin behind Yekura's neck.

The nerve bundles that had been paralyzed by Orochimaru's venom suddenly rippled like a stone thrown into a calm lake!

Beneath the restraints, Yekura's slender fingers twitched almost imperceptibly. Her thick, golden eyelashes trembled violently, as if she were struggling in a nightmare.

An astonishing heat originating from the Scorching Release Bloodline Limit was like volcanic lava about to erupt deep within her body, forcibly suppressed yet constantly accumulating and surging.

This intense power did not leak out; instead, it was forcibly restrained and compressed by an invisible will, eventually condensing into a fiery vertical line between her tightly furrowed brows, filled with a destructive aura.

"Hmph! It's just another trick to get me to work for you!"

Ye Cang's cheerful, mature voice, emanating from the windswept land, rang out, carrying a hint of languor and a touch of melancholy.

Since being ambushed by Orochimaru and given to Uchiha Enoki as a "gift," she has been unable to move due to the paralyzing toxin Orochimaru specially made, but her consciousness has gradually returned.

During those two long days, she repeatedly pondered the truthfulness of Orochimaru's words.

Ultimately, she came to a conclusion that even she found hard to believe—what Orochimaru said might very well be true!

For a moment, Ye Cang felt a surge of sorrow and anger.

She fought bravely for Sunagakure for many years and made outstanding contributions.