Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1055 Birthday Advancement and the Critical Point
Four days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Before we knew it, it was January 5th.

And this day happened to be Qingming's birthday.

Qingming was no exception. On this day, he did not continue his training, but instead spent a lot of chakra to use the Flying Thunder God Technique and flying ninjutsu to travel all over the Land of Fire.

Because the New Year had just passed, the festive atmosphere was still lingering in various places. In addition, this was the first New Year after the Third Shinobi World War, so the area was still quite lively.

Qingming is just like an ordinary person, traveling between cities and villages, witnessing the different local customs and traditions.

During the trip, we would stop to take a look whenever we encountered something interesting or interesting.

At that moment, he felt more relaxed than ever before.

That night.

He returned to Moon Island, lay on the roof of the cabin, and stared blankly at the twinkling stars in the night sky.

Before he knew it, he had been in this world for more than four years.

But everything I experienced in these four years far exceeded what I had experienced in my previous life over the past twenty years.

In the past four years, he has mastered a power that most people can only dream of, transforming from a cannon fodder who drifts with the tide into a 'mastermind' who can influence the situation in the ninja world.

It can be said that he has had an exceptionally tough time over the past four years, and apart from necessary rest, he has not had a single day of leisure.

However, it was all worthwhile; his achievements proved that his efforts were not in vain.

Feeling the surging chakra in his meridians, he clenched his fist again, and a surge of power welled up in his heart.

At this moment, in this world where great power belongs to oneself, he felt an unprecedented sense of security.

With his current strength, not to mention Konoha, there are few people in the entire ninja world who can rival him.

He's not exactly enjoying absolute freedom now, but he's not far off.

However, he did not become arrogant or complacent because of this.

Qingming has never forgotten his goal: to transcend this world and witness a wider universe.

Right now, he can only act violently within the realm of 'humans'; once he enters the realm of 'gods', he is still somewhat powerless.

Therefore, now is not the time to relax.

The thought flashed through Qingming's mind, and he immediately came back to his senses.

Then, he flipped over and jumped off the roof of the wooden house.

Then, I pushed open the door and went in to rest.

He needed to conserve his energy for tomorrow's training.

Soon, the sound of soft snoring could be heard from inside the cabin.

Qingming drifted off to sleep.

A speechless night!
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The next day.

early morning.

Qingming got up early, washed up, swallowed a few enhanced soldier ration pills to fill his stomach, and then began a new round of training.

This training lasted for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' rose from lv7 (1/20000) to lv8 (1/50000) as expected!
At that very moment, the natural energy that he could no longer contain found a place to go.

After further testing by Qingming, the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' upgraded to level 8 could store more than double the original five million points of natural energy, reaching as many as ten million points.

This amount of storage is less than the amount of ordinary chakra stored in the alternate dimension constructed by his 'Sealing All Things in the World' technique between his eyebrows.

However, it's sufficient for the current stage.

After all, his natural energy sources are not as extensive as those of ordinary chakra, and he doesn't store much of it away each day except for what he uses for training.

Thus, a reserve of ten million points is sufficient for the time being.

For this reason, Qingming plans to reduce the number of shadow clones used to improve the proficiency of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' back to one hundred.

The one hundred shadow clones temporarily transferred here were instructed to continue their original tasks, namely, developing the 'Dust Release: Primal World Detachment Technique' and the 'Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique'.

Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that even after advancing to level 8, his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' still cannot achieve its initial goal of maintaining stability solely through external natural energy replenishment, without requiring internal natural energy. Currently, he still needs to allocate one-tenth of his natural energy for internal and external circulation to maintain the stability of the seal.

Qingming estimates that it will probably have to wait until it advances to level 9 and undergoes another qualitative change before it can achieve its initial goal.

However, this would take quite a long time, so Qingming is not considering it for the time being.

On Moon Island.

After testing the various effects of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' after it reached level 8, Qingming wasted no more time and immediately began the next round of cultivation.

Today is not only the day his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' advances, but also, according to previous estimates, the day his body reaches the critical point of transformation.

And now, he has already vaguely touched that invisible constraint.

Qingming estimated that his body would reach the critical point of transformation as early as this afternoon, or at the latest tomorrow morning.

At that time, he will be able to begin breaking through his bottleneck.

Thinking this, Qingming raised his hand to form a hand seal and unleashed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

bang bang bang~
As puffs of chakra smoke dissipated, five hundred shadow clones appeared in the arena.

Following his previous plan, Qingming had two hundred shadow clones continue to absorb natural energy, reducing the number of shadow clones practicing the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' to one hundred.

The remaining two hundred people were all used to develop 'Dust Release: Primal World Detachment Technique' and 'Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique'.

After arranging everything and having his shadow clones disperse, Qingming teleported directly to the volcano below Moon Island and began his cultivation of 'Extreme Body Technique'.

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Sunset and moonrise.

In the blink of an eye, night had fallen.

Inside the volcano.

After Qingming completed another round of the 'Extreme Body' training, he could feel that his body had not been strengthened much.

At that moment, it was as if an invisible barrier was blocking his way forward.

Qingming understood that this was not an illusion; this was his limit.

To continue improving, he must overcome this obstacle.

but
Qingming glanced at the time; it was already quite late.

Based on his past experiences of breaking through bottlenecks, this process should take at least several hours.

This time, it's still the 30-point mark, and it will only take even longer.

So, after thinking it over, Qingming decided to try to break through again tomorrow.

I can go to bed early tonight and conserve my energy for tomorrow's breakthrough.

With this thought in mind, Qingming immediately activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and teleported to Moon Island.

He stood still and waited for a while until his body had fully recovered before deactivating the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

In an instant, all the shadow clones, both inside and outside the island, disintegrated and vanished.

A flood of memories rushed into Qingming's mind.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of points of natural energy returned to his body.

Qingming immediately focused his mind and sent all this natural energy into the space constructed by the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' in his abdomen, to be used tomorrow.

Then, he closed his eyes and carefully browsed the memories in his mind, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained therein, and gradually transforming it into proficiency in the corresponding skills.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed.

Qingming opened his eyes again.

By this time, he had finished processing the memories in his mind.

Afterward, he didn't linger outside any longer. He quickly washed up, ate a few enhanced soldier rations, and returned to the cabin to rest.

A speechless night!
(End of this chapter)