Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 78 Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

The natural energy between heaven and earth continuously converged towards Hyuga Kanan, and was then frantically absorbed into his body.

Meanwhile, Hyuga Kanan's consciousness was still wandering within that path of the rules of heaven and earth, and the longer he stayed there, the clearer the rules became.

Before they knew it, five hours had passed.

At this moment, the vortex in Hyuga Kanan's dantian had been compressed to a very small size, but the absorption effect was becoming stronger and stronger. The cells in his body had also been reorganized and filled with the refined natural energy, and his body had completed the breakthrough.

His understanding of the rules of heaven and earth also rapidly and gradually completed its transformation, reaching its final critical point.

"break!"

boom!

The dantian vortex, now filled with refined natural energy, has undergone another evolution. The natural energy has been refined more meticulously during its entry, resulting in a significant improvement in its quality.

Then, the refined natural energy surged out of the dantian, beginning to cleanse and nourish the cells throughout the body, allowing the cells to complete the final step of their evolutionary process.

At this moment, Hyuga Kanan also completed his breakthrough and successfully entered the Innate Realm.

Hyuga Kanan didn't open his eyes, but was already carefully sensing the feeling after the breakthrough.

The first thing I felt was the strengthening of my physical body. This time, my body was about four times stronger than before, far exceeding the physical strength of a normal person. Whether it was strength, speed, or defense, there was a qualitative improvement. Ordinary swords could no longer directly hurt my body. It was as if the kunai, shuriken, and ninja swords of the ninja world were attacking me directly, and they would have no way to break through my defenses.

After the transformation, the natural energy refined from the dantian circulated through the meridians, nourishing the meridians throughout the body and making them stronger. At the same time, he felt that as long as he went through the meridians in his mind, he could completely mobilize the energy of heaven and earth around him.

All of this was within Hyuga Kanan's expectations, but what was unexpected was that there were still traces of lightning power pulsating within his cells, emitting bursts of lightning.

"How come I have the power of thunder contained within my cells? Is it because the will of the world directly eliminated the destructive part of the violent thunder tribulation, leaving only the nourishing and breakthrough part? Or did I unconsciously comprehend the rules of thunder?"

Hyuga Kanan has now come to her senses and is still unsure of where her lightning power came from. If she had some clues about the rules she comprehended when she broke through to the Innate Realm, her breakthrough was clearly a breakthrough in the rules of the water element law, and she had no understanding of the rules related to lightning power.

Of course, the process isn't important; what matters is that the power of thunder can be considered divine punishment, possessing the most powerful rules of destruction within it. This is incomparable to the so-called lightning-attribute chakra of ninjas.

Hinata Kanan silently sensed the flow of energy within his body, his heart filled with countless emotions. After more than ten years in this life and the previous one, he had finally transcended his mortal body and truly stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

The meridians in the body today consist of eight main meridians, twelve secondary meridians, ninety-six minor meridians, and countless micro-meridians, forming an incredibly complex meridian circulation route, much like the densely intertwined roots of an ancient tree, yet orderly and well-organized.

After tracing the refined natural energy along the meridians, he was surprised to find a large number of meridian lines gathered at his kidneys. Then, within his kidneys, he discovered a tiny, pale blue fluorescent grain the size of a grain of rice.

Those meridians are connected to this dark blue fluorescent light. After a large amount of internal energy passes through this dark blue fluorescent light, the energy that comes out can mobilize the water attribute rules of heaven and earth, allowing one to easily control the water element laws of heaven and earth and operate the water aspect of heaven and earth.

Hyuga Kanan understood that, based on the rules he had gleaned from the Soul Energy Cluster of Mizukihen, he had learned the power of the rules related to the water element. This power allowed him to manipulate the water element between heaven and earth, causing it to change its form and properties, and also to directly lower its temperature to turn it into ice or raise its temperature to turn it into water mist.

Hyuga Kanan is now equivalent to a newly-minted Kage-level water element ninja, capable of turning water directly into ice and using Ice Release like a ninja with an Ice Release bloodline limit.

Of course, none of these are very important. What's most important now is that Hyuga Kanan has to choose his path of cultivation, which will determine his future direction in becoming an immortal.

According to the records in the Qiankun Inheritance Jade, after entering the Innate Realm, the direction of cultivation for the Innate Flower that is about to be condensed must be determined.

The innate flower can be condensed in four directions, and in the end, all of them can be used to ascend to immortality and reach the realm of longevity.

The first type is probably the most common cultivation method among most cultivators, and it is also the mainstream path to immortality.

This method is the path to immortality through rules.

For cultivators, no matter what cultivation method you start with, once you reach the Innate Realm, you will naturally comprehend a path within the rules of heaven and earth.

Take Hyuga Kanan for example. He has comprehended the rules of the water element. Once he comprehends this rule to a certain extent, he can condense a vortex of energy, form a golden core, and enter the Golden Core Realm to obtain a golden core of the water element rules.

At this point, one should continue to comprehend the current rules and path, fully understanding all the mysteries of this path, so that one can condense the Immortal Path and become an Immortal.

This path is considered the main road to enlightenment for most cultivators. It doesn't have many twists and turns, and it doesn't require much comprehension, but it does require a lot of time.

If your comprehension is too poor, and you get stuck at a certain stage, unable to continue to comprehend and evolve, unless you obtain some rare and precious materials that can prolong your life, you will only turn into a pile of yellow earth.

Hyuga Kanan can now directly condense the innate flower based on his understanding of the water element rules, making it his future cultivation path, and ultimately becoming a sage using the water attribute rules.

The second type is to pursue the natural order of all things and to follow the way of heaven and earth.

Based on the changes in all the rules of the world, comprehend some of the mysteries within various rules, and then fuse these mysteries together through the fusion of the divine soul to form one's own Dao fruit.

The fusion of multiple profound rules into a Dao Fruit requires extremely high levels of comprehension and innate talent, and is also extremely dangerous. The cultivation process is practically inhuman; the slightest mistake can lead to demonic possession, death, and the dissipation of one's Dao.

Moreover, one must also face the madness of the world's will to stop it, because this kind of Dao fruit has many similarities with the rules of this world. After cultivating to a certain level, one may be able to directly seize the world's will, take over the entire world as one's own, and become an immortal, using the entire world as a source of power. One's strength is generally very powerful.

The third method is to believe in the path to immortality.

This path is designed for those who lack aptitude and talent but possess exceptional opportunities and high social standing; it's a cultivation path that Hyuga Kanan never considered.

This method of cultivation, relying solely on incense and faith, offers incredibly rapid progress and can be considered a shortcut on the path of immortality. The wider one's faith spreads and the more followers one has, the faster one's cultivation speed becomes, with absolutely no bottlenecks. However, this method of cultivation, which entrusts one's entire strength to the hands of believers, is extremely dangerous.

Their weaknesses are too obvious, making them easy targets. Once their followers are wiped out and their faith is shattered, they will be directly knocked down from the clouds to the mortal world. Without a powerful backer, they can easily lose their path to immortality.

The last one is the most troublesome, which is the cultivation of world law.

This cultivation method is extremely demanding. It not only requires aptitude and comprehension, but also the help of a world's will. The world's will allows you to enter its origin, comprehend the process of the world's origin birth and growth, form a world seed, and fuse it with your own golden core to directly open up an inner world.

The inner world will continuously integrate the power of the rules you comprehend, constantly evolving and growing. Use your divine soul to strengthen the inner world until finally, it can completely evolve into a perfect world, thus stepping into the realm of immortals.

This is the way of cultivating the world, not cultivating the Dao fruit, not cultivating the immortal path, but cultivating one's own world!

This kind of immortal power is like a humanoid world walking in the void, and it is a world that perfectly fits them. With a wave of their hand, they can suppress people with the power of the world, and their power is overwhelming.

The path now facing Hyuga Kanan has made him hesitate. The path of faith must be ruled out first. The ninja world is not a world that he can play with at will, and the world's will will not help him take this path.

So, there are three cultivation paths before him. The simplest and the one that can get the world's will the most help is the path of cultivating according to the rules to become an immortal. Hyuga Kanan actually wanted to choose this path. He himself was pursuing the path of breaking through the void, ascending to immortality, and obtaining longevity.

However, Hyuga Kanan was also very clear that the purpose of the World Will dragging him from the void into this world was to fight against the Sage of Six Paths and buy time and opportunity for the World Will.

However, the cultivation path to immortality through a single set of rules generally doesn't produce very powerful individuals. Moreover, it's a path based on water-attribute rules, which isn't known for combat. If forced by the world's will to fight against the Sage of Six Paths, they are very likely to be killed by the opponent and become a pile of dust on their path to immortality.

However, cultivating the Way of Nature and condensing the Dao Fruit—this path of cultivation naturally yields immense power. Even if one cannot defeat their opponent, their ability to survive is still considerable. But the World Will will definitely obstruct it. In the end, even if one successfully expels the Sage of Six Paths, the World Will might still worry that one will become another Sage of Six Paths.

The final stage of world law cultivation is also very troublesome. It's uncertain whether the world's will will even agree to allow one to enter the other's origin realm for cultivation and learning.

After all, that is the most important place for the world's will, and it cannot be entered by just anyone; it is also its ultimate foundation.