Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 331 Sakura Emperor

The world changes, and time flies.

The sun has risen and set countless times.

As the days passed, the outside world changed: mountains became plains, seas became fertile fields, plains became swamps, deserts became oases, and oases became cliffs...

Sakura had no idea how long she had slept or how long the darkness inside the iron coffin had enveloped her.

Green vines climbed up the heavy coffin, which was covered in moss.

Outside, a sharp blade, accompanied by a cold glint, embedded itself in the crack of the coffin lid.

The normally functioning chakra patterns were momentarily frozen in place by the effect of this sword.

Amidst a commotion outside, several people hurriedly lifted the coffin lid, which had been sealed for who knows how many years.

With the heavy thud of the coffin lid hitting the ground, the warm sunlight once again shone on the pink figure.

Those who had lifted the coffin lid looked at this scene and their breathing became slightly rapid.

A stunningly beautiful girl in pink, dressed in white, lay quietly in the small space with her hands folded over her abdomen.

Even while she was asleep, Yin-Yang Release ninjutsu was constantly modifying Sakura's body.

Countless years have passed, and even just from her appearance, the girl in the coffin no longer possesses the features that a human should have.

"Is she... is she still alive?"

One of the black-haired boys couldn't help but stare at the girl in the coffin before him, his voice trembling slightly.

"do not know."

"But now, only this one can save us."

The leader was a middle-aged man with a thick beard.

"Don't worry, Sakura has a great personality and will definitely help you."

"Moreover, the time has come."

In the corner, an elderly woman with gray hair looked at the young girl in the coffin, whose face still looked youthful, and a trace of reminiscence appeared in her eyes.

"Slug, Lord Slug."

"But this person lived three thousand years ago."

"We don't even know if they're dead or alive."

The man looked at the old woman and spoke hesitantly.

"yes……"

"Three thousand years..."

“Sakura, who lived three thousand years ago, foresaw this situation and sealed herself away.”

"So that when a powerful enemy from the ninja world descends, humanity will also have the strength to fight back."

"Instead of being like a lamb to the slaughter."

The old woman named Slug looked at the girl in the coffin, whose skin appeared slightly pale, perhaps because she hadn't been exposed to sunlight for a long time.

"Wha, what?"

"They predicted this three thousand years ago?!"

Among the group, a young and beautiful woman spoke in disbelief.

"Ah, Sakura has always been like this, keeping everything to herself, facing all the enemies and bearing all the burdens herself."

"In those days, she never lost."

"Even the Otsutsuki clan is no match for her."

The slug fairy, with her aged steps, walked over the crowd and came to the girl whose face she had almost forgotten.

Under the tense gaze of everyone, the slug sage reached out his wrinkled hand to touch the girl.

Just as the object was about to touch the girl's skin, the girl, who seemed to be sleeping in the coffin, opened her eyes.

A pair of emerald green eyes, tinged with golden flames, opened before everyone's eyes.

The moment I opened my eyes, a force as heavy as a mountain... no...

A terrifying chakra, seemingly endless and as powerful as a star, instantly emanated from the slender body of this girl.

Everyone present turned deathly pale instantly and almost instinctively knelt down.

However, this surge of chakra came quickly and went quickly, instantly shrinking back the moment it was revealed.

It felt like an illusion.

"Lord Slug, you've grown old..."

Just as the group was kneeling on the ground, drenched in cold sweat, a clear, ethereal voice, not belonging to them, rang out from the coffin.

They instinctively looked at the only slug fairy who hadn't knelt down.

"Yes, Sakura."

"It's been far too long."

Even I am getting old.

As the slug sage gazed at the girl before him, tears welled up in his eyes.

"How long have I slept?"

The girl in the coffin slowly sat up, and a red pattern, like a flame, climbed up her white dress.

"Three thousand years..."

Listening to the slug-like words of an old woman, Sakura fell silent for a moment.

Three thousand years...

"Is Hagoromo Otsutsuki still around?"

The girl ignored the group of people kneeling on the ground, who still dared not raise their heads.

"Hagoromo is dead..."

"Two thousand years ago, an unfamiliar Otsutsuki arrived in the ninja world. Hagoromo fought against him, and the two perished together."

"Yeah……"

"He's dead..."

The girl's body floated in the air, her bare feet touching the ground.

However, upon closer inspection, the girl's feet were still about one centimeter off the ground.

"Get up."

The girl's voice rang out after glancing at the group of strangers.

When the group looked up, they found that there was no one there.

"Lord Slug, is that the Heavenly Emperor who once ruled the world?"

Someone cautiously looked at the old man in front of them.

As the first legendary figure to hold the entire world in his hands, Sakura Haruno's story is talked about and passed down by word of mouth by countless people.

She rose from Empress to Great Emperor, and eventually became the Heavenly Emperor in the eyes of countless people.

Even though the Tianhe Empire was destroyed, the legendary story of Sakura Haruno has not been erased.

Even countless descendants rose from the wilderness, claiming to live up to the Heavenly Emperor and the Ninja World, striving for a peaceful life amidst the chaos of war.

The name Haruno Sakura represents peace, sustenance, and is almost a synonym for utopia.

"Yes."

The slug fairy watched the disappearing figure and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"So, what is this person doing now?"

The man in the lead asked cautiously.

"Naturally, she should do what she is supposed to do."

……

A pink figure wandered across this familiar yet unfamiliar land, gazing at the planet she had once protected, feeling a sense of disorientation.

Her perception easily covered the entire planet beneath her feet, and everything was clearly perceived.

She learned about the current state of the Earth.

Three thousand years ago, Otsutsuki Momoshiki, Otsutsuki Kinji, and Otsutsuki Urashiki descended to Earth not long after Sakura sealed herself away.

But back then, there was Hashirama Senju, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Hidden within the Pure Land is the Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.

Therefore, those three Otsutsuki died.

In the next three hundred years, Sasuke and Naruto passed away one after another, and the Tianhe Empire was relatively peaceful because of the presence of Hashirama Senju.

However, after Hashirama Senju's death, the empire disintegrated within a hundred years, and the entire ninja world was plunged into war.

He then single-handedly ended the war and re-established a nation called Shenyan.

However, it collapsed in just two hundred years due to various reasons.

The collapse of dynasties brought war and the rise of new empires.

Repeatedly.

Five hundred years later, a new Otsutsuki descended.

At that time, the ninja world was still at war. Hagoromo Otsutsuki rushed out of the Pure Land and joined forces with Kaguya Otsutsuki to kill the invading Otsutsuki.

However, after the battle, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and Kaguya Otsutsuki also perished in that battle while protecting her son.

Three years later, Hagoromo Otsutsuki died with resentment.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki was a spirit, so his death meant true death.

The souls that had accumulated in the Pure Land for two thousand years transformed into the purest power in the world upon the death of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, giving back to the ninja world.

As a result, the overall power of the ninja world experienced an explosive increase.

Even so, no one has ever stepped into the Six Paths.

Another thousand years passed, and the Otsutsuki clan, like a curse on the ninja world, would strike every thousand years.

At that time, there was no one in the ninja world who could withstand the Otsutsuki clan.

The slug immortal transformed into human form and burst out of the Wet Bone Forest, exhausting the immortal pool that had accumulated natural power for three thousand years. In the end, it defeated the enemy at the cost of serious injury.

Now it seems we've fallen into a thousand-year cycle once again.

Sensing something, the Slug Sage unsealed Sakura on his deathbed.

She knew that the ninja world no longer had the power to resist the Otsutsuki.

Only Sakura could do that.

Moreover, the Otsutsuki clan has suffered repeated setbacks, so this time their reincarnation will surely be fierce.

They even used the full strength of their race to conquer this planet that had repeatedly thwarted them.

A pink-clad girl wandered through the world, having seen enough of its splendor and the comings and goings of people, until she finally arrived at a desolate place.

She looked at the barren land in front of her, feeling a strange sense of unease.

As a force surged, two mounds of earth bulged up on the ground.

This is Naruto and Sasuke's grave.

Even after three thousand years, although the remains of the two, who were at the Six Paths level, had decayed, their bones remained intact.

Looking at the two new graves, Sakura couldn't help but chuckle.

These two are truly remarkable; even in death, they want to be buried together.

But Sakura's smile faded as she raised her finger, and another new grave appeared beside them.

A strand of hair was plucked, and it transformed into a pink stream of light that entered the third tomb.

The tombstones of three new graves were pulled from the ground.

Sakura's expression shifted slightly, and her finger gently slid down, revealing flying stone chips. The same inscription was left on all three tombstones.

The Grave of Class 7.

Sakura can't find Kakashi's grave.

He did not enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation; Kakashi's body and soul have already given back to this world.

After Hagoromo Otsutsuki died, the Pure Land dissipated, and when a person in the ninja world died, they were truly dead.

Unless resurrected in time using the Rinnegan or other similar secret techniques, there is no possibility of resurrection.

With a single gesture, a thick stack of paper money landed in front of Sakura, flames leaping on it. Sakura quietly watched this scene unfold.

She built a tomb for herself.

She is very strong now, so strong that she doesn't know where her limits are.

But just in case, she still gave herself a grave.

The days passed by.

Sakura stayed at these three graves for three months, and when she reappeared, she had already returned to Shikkotsu Forest.

Sakura stared at the enormous creature before her.

The battle a thousand years ago left the Slug Sage with injuries that were almost impossible to heal.

She can barely maintain her human form now; she is about to die.

"Sakura."

The slug sage looked at the girl before him with a sad expression.

"I can save you."

Sakura looked at the slug sage in front of her and spoke.

"No."

“Every bit of Sakura’s power is precious and should be used to deal with powerful enemies.”

"Now there is no second iron coffin to put Sakura to sleep, and no second person can wake Sakura from her slumber."

The slug sage looked tenderly at the being before him.

Those memories, which should have been blurred long ago, gradually became clear and bright at this moment.

She saw the pink-clad little girl who was only six years old deceiving her with clumsy lies.

But how could I have imagined back then that that little girl would accompany me on my final journey three thousand years later?

Sakura stared silently at the slug sage before her.

"I'm sorry, Sakura."

"I can't stay with you anymore."

"From now on, you'll be walking this road alone."

The slug sage continued speaking, but his breathing gradually slowed down.

The Slug Immortal is dead.

She, who had lived for four thousand years, died.

She witnessed the rise and fall of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and she saw humanity evolve from its tribal-like past to its present state.

She also witnessed Sakura's rise to power.

But she didn't live to see Sakura's ending.

Sakura watched this scene calmly.

Gone, all gone.

At this moment, a figure appeared in the Damp Bone Forest, where the Slug Immortal was no longer present, accompanied by a wisp of white smoke.

It was the middle-aged man who had previously lifted the lid of Sakura's coffin.

"Heavens, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor?"

The moment the man saw Xiaoying, he immediately knelt down in fear.

Ever since the day His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor awoke from his coffin, he had urgently reported this momentous news to the current emperor of the Mingyao Empire.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingyao ordered that no effort be spared in finding the Heavenly Emperor.

But the Heavenly Emperor doesn't want to be discovered, so who can find him?
I never expected to find the Heavenly Emperor here.

"Ah."

"You should be the last contractor of Shikkotsu Forest, right?"

Sakura looked at the man and spoke calmly.

"Yes, my name is Uzumaki Mei."

The man spoke with a mixture of excitement, dazedness, and sadness.

Whirlpool... Darkness.

Sakura looked at the other person and seemed to see the figure of that blond boy from back then.

So that's how it is. Is he a descendant of Naruto?
"Live well."

Sakura looked at the man, sighed, and disappeared from the spot once again.

As Sakura left, the entire Shikkotsu Forest trembled slightly.

The slug immortal's enormous body sank into the earth, and a large tomb rose from the ground.

A line of text is engraved on the huge tombstone.

The Tomb of the Slug Immortal in the Wet Bone Forest.

The person who erected the monument is Sakura Haruno.

……

Sakura is gone again; she probably won't come to Shikkotsu Forest again.

She wandered around the Bright Empire again and again.

However, a library was added to the city built on the site of the former Konoha ruins at some point.

The library has no name; the sign only has the three characters "library" on it.

Sakura wrote down all the spells she knew, and all the books were signed Haruno Sakura.

Yang Release, Yin Release, Yin-Yang Release, Sage Art, Dust Release, Wood Release, Storm Release, Lava Release, Melt Release, Wind Release, Fire Release, Water Release, Lightning Release, Earth Release...

Some curious people have come here, but seeing that all the thousands of books are signed by Haruno Sakura, they couldn't help but scoff and then turned away.

As is widely known, Emperor Sakura never wrote a book in his lifetime.

Another swindler using the name of Emperor Sakura to deceive people.

(End of this chapter)