Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1091 Immortal Mode
A month ago, his chakra limit was 4.19 million points.

Now, after a month of exploration, it has been raised to 4.4 million points.

Divided equally into five parts, Qingming and the four shadow clones each had 880,000 chakra points.

As is well known, there are two prerequisites for cultivating 'Sage Mode': one is the ability to sense natural energy, and the other is to possess a vast amount of chakra.

The former is a prerequisite for absorbing natural energy.

The latter ensures that natural energy will not easily get out of control once it enters the body.

Now, Qingming has met both of these conditions.

The former has already advanced to the perfect level of lv10 (0/0) in his 'natural energy perception', and his ability to perceive natural energy has reached the limit at this stage.

The latter, with 800,000 chakra points, is already a hundred times that of many Jonin, which is enough to be considered enormous.

In addition, he had been fusing Sage Chakra and training the 'Ultimate Body Technique' over the past few months.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is not difficult for him to cultivate to the 'immortal mode'.

Therefore, Qingming plans to split into five parts and try them simultaneously to see if he can imprint the 'Immortal Mode' onto the panel in the shortest possible time.

Without hesitation, Qingming stood up, walked to the four shadow clones, and reached out to inject 880,000 points of natural energy into each of them.

Thanks to the level 10 'Natural Energy Control', these natural energies were controlled by the shadow clones as soon as they entered the body.

Seeing that the first step was successful, Qingming breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He then withdrew his hand and said to the four of them, "Alright, you can begin!"

Upon hearing this, the four shadow clones nodded at him, then each found an open space and began to try to fuse these natural energies with the chakra within their bodies.

This was unlike his previous practice of channeling chakra into the alternate dimension in his abdomen before cultivating the 'Ultimate Body', where he would merge with the natural energy there.

In that situation, natural energy dominates, allowing for flexible adjustment of chakra levels. Coupled with the isolation provided by the seal, it doesn't affect the body. As long as one has sufficient control over natural energy and chakra, one can eventually succeed by trying a few more times.

Now, he is about to directly fuse a large amount of Sage Chakra within his body. If he is not careful, it will affect his body and cause mutations. The difficulty is incomparable to that before.

Just like now, Qingming looked at the four shadow clones and could clearly feel that as the fusion progressed, their auras quickly became somewhat disordered.

Fortunately, whenever this happens, the shadow clones stop in time, take a short break, and wait for the natural energy within them to subside before attempting again.

After observing for a while and confirming that the four shadow clones would not cause any problems for the time being, Qingming also began to try it himself.

However, unlike his shadow clones, he moved more carefully and cautiously.

There was nothing he could do; the shadow clone had gone out of control. At most, it would disintegrate on its own, wasting some of his chakra and natural energy.

But if he loses control, then there will be big trouble.

Although with his current physical condition, mental strength, and control over natural energy, he wouldn't be turned into a stone statue or anything else, he would still inevitably suffer a lot.

In more serious cases, it can even affect one's subsequent spiritual practice.

Therefore, Qingming must be careful.

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Time passes minute by minute.

About half an hour later.

Qingming opened his eyes again.

He paused his cultivation in 'Sage Mode' and looked at the four shadow clones.

They were relatively lucky; although they encountered several dangerous situations in the past period, they ultimately did not lose control.

Therefore, he can now fully reap their cultivation experience. That's right, Qingming has already decided to dispel the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

As for why not wait an hour...
It's very simple. First, these shadow clones can't last for even an hour. If they continue, the risk of getting out of control will increase dramatically.

This will inevitably lead to a massive waste of chakra and natural energy.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to recall it in advance.

Secondly, the more frequently you practice a new skill, the faster the iteration speed.

So, half an hour is just right.

With this thought in mind, Qingming wasted no more time. He immediately stopped the four shadow clones and then deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

In an instant, the four shadow clones vanished.

At the same time, four memories surfaced in his mind.

Along with it, a large amount of chakra and natural energy also returned.

Qingming categorized and stored these chakra and natural energies, then closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and carefully digested the cultivation experience contained in these four memories.

A moment later, he opened his eyes again.

Sitting there for a while, Qingming formed hand seals again and unleashed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

However, this time, the number of shadow clones he created was much larger, doubling from four to eight.

As a result, the chakra within each shadow clone's body decreased from over 800,000 points to less than 500,000 points.

The reason for this allocation is actually quite simple.
That is, after the recent round of training, he was confident that with 500,000 chakra points, he could keep these shadow clones going for half an hour without them collapsing.

Therefore, it's natural that they should get a larger share.

Only in this way can one gain more experience in spiritual practice.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Qingming collected his thoughts and reached out to inject an equal amount of natural energy into the bodies of these shadow clones.

Then, he said directly, "Alright, you can go now!"

Upon hearing this, the eight shadow clones didn't waste any words and immediately left the spot. They each found a place and quickly began their attempt to fuse Sage Chakra.

After observing them for a while and confirming that there was nothing unusual, Qingming also began his own attempt.

And so, time passed by, and Qingming made one attempt after another.

As he continued to reclaim his shadow clones, his understanding of 'Sage Mode' deepened.

However, even so, it is impossible to learn this skill in just one night or a few hours, even if he already has a foundation.

Therefore, the next day, Qingming separated ten shadow clones specifically to practice this technique.

As for him personally, he did not continue to try.

Firstly, he has plenty of time and there is no need for him to rush.

Secondly, having ten shadow clones practicing simultaneously is already sufficient; one more or one less won't make a difference.

Therefore, after some thought, he finally decided to follow his previous cultivation plan and stay inside the volcano to cultivate the 'Ultimate Body Technique'.

In this way, he doesn't need to worry about falling behind in this training.

At the same time, the problem of excess natural energy was also solved, which can be described as the best of both worlds!
(End of this chapter)