Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 49 Awakening

Hyuga Kanan's consciousness constantly receives the historical process of the ninja world from the world's will, and her consciousness conflicts with the original work she has read.

This is so different from the original work. In the original work, the Sage of Six Paths always appeared as a benevolent figure willing to sacrifice everything for the future of world peace.

In the records of world will, he is portrayed as the mastermind behind the plot to seize the entire world, an outright insidious figure skilled at scheming and beautifying his image to reduce resistance from the ninja world. After all, where there is oppression and exploitation, there is resistance. However, for thousands of years, the Sage of Six Paths has left the ninja world with the glorious image of a savior, making people unconsciously trust him and believe that his Ninja Cult was passed down for world peace, and that chakra training is a bridge connecting people with mutual trust.

Is history written by the victors?

Is the world's will also deceiving itself? Hyuga Kanan cannot completely trust the historical process presented by the world's will; is its purpose really only what it conveys?

It should be understood that Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs. When threatened, would the emotionless will of the world really be willing to drag all worlds into the extraterrestrial demon realm?

Aren't you afraid that you might be another Sage of Six Paths who wants to directly seize control of this world?

Hyuga Kanan now deeply feels that the world's will is not so simple, and probably has some real purpose that he has not yet thought of.

However, the Sage of Six Paths is now the biggest threat to him. Without the protection and interference of the world's will, Hyuga Kanan would probably be killed by the Sage of Six Paths very soon.

Therefore, at this stage, the world's will should still be believable. After all, it has gone to great lengths to pull itself out of the void and provide itself with cover and protection. It will only reveal its true purpose when it has grown to the point where it can fight against the Sage of Six Paths.

Hyuga Kanan has now figured it out. Neither the World Will nor the Sage of Six Paths are beings he can currently resist. His only task now is to continuously improve himself, gaining the strength to confront them as soon as possible. After all, everything is built on strength. Only with strength will he have the right to speak with either the World Will or the Sage of Six Paths. Otherwise, no one will care what he thinks or what he wants to do.

The message transmitted by the world's will finally ended, and Hyuga Kanan breathed a sigh of relief. Countless chaotic images of the world's progress kept flooding into his consciousness, making it extremely tiring.

Receiving too much information at once also made Hyuga Kanan mentally disoriented. The information transmitted by the world's will was very different from the information in the original work. The two kept intersecting, almost causing Hyuga Kanan to have a mental breakdown.

However, Hyuga Kanan believes that being wary of the Sage of Six Paths is justified. At least based on his own experience and feelings, he believes the Sage of Six Paths is indeed orchestrating events behind the scenes. Whether it's the fragments of will within chakra or the fact that after death he didn't enter the cycle of reincarnation in the world but was directly drawn to the Pure Land created by the Sage of Six Paths, both clearly demonstrate the Sage of Six Paths' plan.

Human life and death are governed by the will of the world, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation is also a manifestation of the will of the world over the rules of the world. However, this has now been taken over by the Sage of the Six Paths, causing the will of the world to lose some of its control over the rules of the world.

Therefore, Hyuga Kanan's attempt to regain control of the world's will is a very important one.

As his hazy consciousness returned, Hyuga Kanan finally had time to carefully assess his situation. He realized his condition had been quite dangerous, but his soul power should have successfully transformed into divine sense. Although he hadn't had a chance to properly gauge the strength of his divine sense at the time, judging from its ability to directly suppress that elite Jonin, the Iwa ninja, its strength must have been considerable.

After all, it was only used under duress and it was able to suppress the opponent's consciousness directly. So if you prepare carefully, it is still possible to threaten a ninja of the Kage level.

However, Hyuga Kanan had never fought against a Kage-level ninja, so he didn't know what the difference was between a Kage and other ninjas.

Is it really true that simply having more powerful ninjutsu, more experience, and more chakra is enough to become a Kage-level ninja?

Hyuga Kanan disagrees, citing the performance of Takashi, the leader of the Iwagakure team.

The strength, power, and range of the ninjutsu used by Iwashinobu Takashi were not much different from Orochimaru's. However, when he used the Bloodstained Ninjutsu, its power and range were clearly stronger than Orochimaru's, but he was still suppressed by Orochimaru, who had just entered the Kage level.

That proves that the strength of a Kage cannot be demonstrated by the power of ninjutsu alone.

As for experience, it should be noted that the Explosion Release ninja Takashi is significantly older than Orochimaru and was the leader of the Iwagakure troops. He has obviously carried out more missions and battles than Orochimaru, so his experience is definitely higher than Orochimaru's.

That ninja's experience obviously cannot reflect the strength of a Kage.

As for the amount of chakra, that's even more laughable. Bloodline limit ninjas are born with more chakra than ordinary ninjas, and in the original work, Naruto, at only 12 years old, already had more chakra than the Third Hokage at the time. But can you say that Naruto was at the Kage level at that time? Definitely not! The Senju and Uzumaki clans are also clans with naturally large amounts of chakra, but they could clearly only match the Uchiha clan, whose chakra wasn't as abundant.

Therefore, the amount of chakra one possesses is not a reflection of Kage-level strength.

Of course, the three types mentioned above are all quite strong once they reach the Kage level, but they don't completely surpass many ninjas. However, even Kage-level ninjas can easily suppress many powerful ninjas with bloodline limits, and their numbers are not that many.

This proves that ninjas at the Kage level possess something unknown to Hyuga Kanan that elevates their power ceiling, creating a significant gap between them and other ninjas. Of course, this doesn't mean they can completely overwhelm them; given enough numbers, ninjas can certainly wear down and kill Kage-level ninjas.

As Hyuga Kanan pondered these things, his consciousness returned entirely to his mind.

When he returned, Hyuga Kanan was completely astonished. The azure water droplets that were constantly swirling in his mind emitted a strong aura and powerful fluctuations. His body, which was covered in wounds, showed no signs of injury. Even the broken bones had been reconnected with only minor cracks, showing no signs of having been broken into two pieces before.

The vortex of energy in my dantian rotated much faster, significantly increasing the efficiency of refining natural energy and filling my body with much more energy. My physical strength also increased dramatically, suggesting a substantial improvement in my power and speed.

"Has I been unconscious for a long time? My injuries have healed so much! What's the situation with the Konoha team now?"

"Could it be that they've already failed! Did the Iwa ninja not find where I collapsed? And that's how I escaped this predicament!"

Hyuga Kanan murmured to himself.

Having drifted in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, and having been exposed to so many images transmitted by the world's will, Hinata Kanan believed that a long time had passed in the outside world. After all, his consciousness had witnessed the world's historical records of changes and transformations through the world's will, making him feel as if he had undergone endless years of baptism, and his temperament had become somewhat weathered.

Then, his divine sense rapidly expanded outwards, preparing to survey his surroundings and plan for his future exit. If too much time had passed, he feared he wouldn't be able to explain his current situation, given that his body didn't seem to have grown much.

However, once his divine sense reached the outside world, he immediately realized something was wrong. Why was the battle still between the Iwa ninja and the Konoha forces? The Konoha forces were now almost entirely wiped out, having retreated back into their stronghold's cave. There were hardly any Konoha ninja left alive; most were lying on the ground awaiting the Iwa ninja's final slaughter. Only two figures were still fighting, constantly repelling the Iwa ninja who were attacking, making it difficult for the Iwa ninja to enter.

The two figures were Orochimaru and Tsunade, but they were also panting heavily, clearly not going to last much longer.

The Iwa ninja forces seemed to have realized that fighting in such confined terrain completely negated their numerical advantage; only a war of attrition could allow them to take down the entire Konoha force. But against powerhouses like Orochimaru and Tsunade, how many Iwa ninja would it take to succeed?

The Iwa ninja readjusted their tactics, no longer directly entering the labyrinthine caves to fight against top-tier Konoha Sannin. The narrow passages prevented the Iwa ninja from launching a direct assault, and their numerical advantage couldn't be utilized. Therefore, they forced the enemy out to confront their main force, allowing the Iwa ninja to encircle and annihilate them.

The Iwa ninja began using ninjutsu to continuously attack the entire mountain, clearly intending to collapse it and force the Konoha ninja inside the cave to escape quickly, giving the Iwa ninja an opportunity to encircle and attack.

The retreat of the Iwa ninja gave Orochimaru and Tsunade a chance to catch their breath, and the two began to think about what to do next.

The situation is quite simple now; Orochimaru believes their team has completed its mission. After all, when the plan was formulated, the Konoha leadership's requirement was to hold out for a month, allowing Konoha's elite forces to defeat the Sand Village forces and then come to their aid.

Orochimaru and his crew have held out for 31 days now, their mission is complete, and the next step is to consider how to retreat.