From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 421 Unifying the Ninja World

In the 53rd year of Konoha's reign, the Land of Fire stopped allocating funds and issuing missions to Konoha, intending to force Konoha to submit. The Fifth Hokage, Sarutobi Asuma, ignored this and instead introduced funds and technology from the little-known Valley Country. With the influx of funds and missions, Konoha prospered. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire was furious and wanted to hold the Valley Country accountable, but the Valley Country took the initiative to send troops, overwhelming the Land of Fire with a large number of technological creations and new types of soldiers.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire hastily raised an army, but his military strength was no match for the ninja army of the Land of Valley, which possessed modern weapons and scientific ninja tools. In just three days, the army of the Land of Valley stormed into the capital of the Land of Fire, purged the nobles of the Land of Fire, and the Land of Fire perished. However, the Land of Valley did not stop its conquest. After destroying the Land of Fire, it began to march on the four major countries.

The four great daimyo were terrified and mobilized the strength of their respective ninja villages to resist. However, at this moment, the Akatsuki organization suddenly appeared on the battlefield and joined the Land of Valleys. The four villages' ninja armies suffered another major defeat, and all the daimyo and nobles of the four countries were purged. The four great ninja villages were cut off from all sources of income and missions.

At the same time, Konoha suddenly opened its mission system to ninjas from various countries.

At this point, even the most foolish person would know that Konoha is inextricably linked to this matter. In fact, it could be argued that Konoha is very likely the mastermind behind the whole thing, secretly orchestrating everything.

But it was too late.

With the disappearance of powerful states, lords, and nobles, the Valley Kingdom has taken over forcefully, implemented new policies, and cut off funding and tasks for each village, leaving them unable to make a ripple.

Under the pressure of survival, ninjas from various villages had to travel to Konoha to take on missions, which made Konoha increasingly prosperous.

"The Land of Valleys, the Akatsuki organization—was all of this orchestrated by you in secret?! You...are you really Asuma?"

Konoha, Sarutobi Clan's territory

The noticeably aged Asuma Sarutobi smoked a cigarette, looking at the calm-faced Asuma with a complex expression. He understood his son less and less, and even seriously doubted whether the Asuma before him was truly his son. He was only thirteen years old! Putting aside his unfathomable and incomprehensible strength, the methods he would use to stir up the ninja world, effortlessly dismantle the five great ninja worlds, and soon unify the ninja world were not something a young boy could accomplish...

He's been holding back for years; the fact that he's managed to do so until now truly makes him a ninja.

"I don't know if I am or not, because I was born with a complete consciousness and know all the secrets of the ninja world..." Asuma grinned, then continued his bluff...

Listening to Asuma's half-truths, half-lies, and seemingly random yet almost flawless explanation, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a long while before finally letting out a soft sigh.

"You've turned the ninja world into this mess, what are your plans for the future?!"

"Don't really think that the Valley Country is under my control. In fact, I only have a cooperative relationship with them. There are other people behind the Valley Country," Asuma said. "Their understanding of the existence of ninjas is ultimately different from ours. As far as I know, they even believe that ninjas and chakra should not exist in the world. They believe that chakra should be taken back and the world should be returned to ordinary people."

"Huh?" Sarutobi Asuma looked up, his face full of surprise.

This idea completely baffled him.

He was an old-fashioned ninja. Although he had been Hokage for many years, he had never thought about the meaning of a ninja's existence. Now, after Asuma said this, he couldn't understand it at all.

"So, that's why you released the mission system. You want to bring ninjas from other villages to Konoha to fight against the Valley Country?!" "That's right. My relationship with the Valley Country is purely one of mutual exploitation," Asuma said. "The Akatsuki are their hidden hand. Their goal is the Tailed Beasts, and they've already succeeded more than halfway…!"

"If you know all this, why did you still cooperate with them?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, puzzled.

If the Valley Country truly intends to overthrow the entire ninja world, why would Asuma ignore the pleas for help from the four kingdoms and allow the Valley Country to do as it pleases?
"If the Valley Country were to deal with the Four Great Ninja Villages, wouldn't we be able to avoid taking action ourselves?!" Asuma laughed. "The Four Great Ninja Villages have played a crucial role in the years of war in the ninja world. In fact, I've always quite agreed with Madara Uchiha's philosophy."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression froze, and he was completely taken aback.

He is from the Hokage lineage, and has spent more than 90% of his life thinking about how to deal with the Uchiha clan. Now, his own inexplicable Hokage son is saying that he identifies with Uchiha Madara.
How could he possibly bear this!

"Anyway, I didn't destroy these four countries. When it comes time to show our strength, we'll destroy the Valley Country and save the world. Then I'll become the savior, and the entire ninja world will be in our hands." Asuma stood up and patted the increasingly hunched Hiruzen Sarutobi.

A new era is about to begin, and I will stand in the heavens!
Asuma raised the non-hair-gel hand and smoothed his hair back.

In Konoha Year 55, after two years of conflict, the four great ninja villages gradually perished due to the loss of funding and missions. A large number of ninjas flowed into Konoha, making the village increasingly powerful. Suddenly, the Valley Country cut off Konoha's funding and missions and sent Akatsuki members to break the seal while the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was giving birth, intending to kidnap the Nine-Tails. The Fifth Hokage, Sarutobi Asuma, personally intervened, repelled the Akatsuki's attack, and rescued the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. However, the Nine-Tails was also split in half, with one half being kidnapped. Thus, Konoha and Akatsuki officially went to war, and the Fourth Shinobi World War began.

Everyone thought it would be a fierce battle, but the war turned out to be something completely different from what they expected. There was no real ninja war, or rather, the war never even started before it ended.

Nagato, the leader of the Akatsuki, gathered all nine tailed beasts, becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. He unleashed the Infinite Tsukuyomi, causing the roots of the Divine Tree to cover the entire globe, sweeping across the ninja world and absorbing the chakra of almost all humanity. Then Nagato was betrayed, Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected, and then…

There is no more.

The moment Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra, was resurrected, she was swallowed whole before she could digest Black Zetsu's memories, becoming the sustenance for the new Ten-Tails.

As for the people of the ninja world, apart from Sarutobi Asuma, everyone else seemed to have had a nightmare. In the dream, they were all drained of their chakra by a huge monster. When they woke up, they found that the war was over and the Fifth Hokage, Sarutobi Asuma, had already dealt with the Valley Country. As for how he dealt with it, no one knew.

After this battle, Sarutobi Asuma became the new God of Shinobi, and the power of Konoha entered the Valley Country, thus unifying the ninja world.

Gray fog space
Li Chengqian stared intently at the purple crystal in his hand.

"Wedge! Jiang Chen seems to value this thing a lot. However, this thing is only used in the ninja world. Whether it can be used under different rule systems is still unknown and needs to be tested."

The gray fog began to churn. Li Chengqian raised his head, looked at the churning gray fog, and a smile appeared on his lips. "This is... is he going to die again? Perfect, let's test it out and see how good this wedge really is."

The next moment, the purple crystal in his hand turned into a stream of light and crashed into the churning gray mist.

(End of this chapter)