Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Qing struggled on the ground for a long time before finally passing away.

Thanks to him, the Sand Village and Iwa Village cooperated unusually well with the Konoha Village's inspection.

Amidst the worried gazes of Maki and the others, Gaara, facing the inspection, naturally opened his arms, displaying a rare display of rationality. The Shukaku chakra that had been leaking from his stomach retreated back into its seal, and he dared not move, as if he were dead.

So you have things you're afraid of too!

Gaara closed his eyes, enjoying the mesmerizing tranquility as he gazed at the figure standing tall in the sky.

Finally, the ninjas from Iwagakure and Kirigakure also passed the test one after another. When the Konoha ninjas, including Yamashiro Aoba, saw that these troublemakers from other villages had become obedient, their eyes were filled with admiration when they looked at Gray in the sky.

Even Sarutobi Asuma could only sigh:
Both doves and hawks have their advantages and disadvantages, but as a young man, he still prefers this tougher approach.

Hui Li did not accompany the rest of the village visit.

After all, if she has to do everything, what's the point of having these Konoha ninjas?
She took Ao's body away and destroyed it to prevent him from winning the resurrection match with Orochimaru's help.

While disposing of the corpse, she discovered a new ability of Gray Eyes.

Swoosh~
The evening breeze whistled past her ears as Gray Glass flew above the Leaf Village. Her black cloak billowed in the wind, obscuring the moonlight, and she spread her arms to look down upon the kingdom below.

The streets crisscross in a maze of intersecting lanes, countless tiny black squares illuminated by lights, like scattered stars. The most bustling central street is ablaze with lights, and tiny, ant-like figures move about within its vibrant fabric, creating a lively scene.

Look out again.

The ninjas from other villages lined up obediently to enter Konoha, looking around curiously, while the ninjas from Kirigakure hung their heads, showing little interest.

The Root ninjas she deployed hid in the shadows of pavilions and eaves, monitoring the every move of the ninjas from other villages.

Having successfully broken free from the shackles of gravity, this was the first time she had observed Konoha from this perspective.

She had flown a few times in her past life, but at that time she was mainly busy with business trips and always took red-eye flights.

So-called red-eye flights are the earliest and latest flights of the day. Due to the difficulty of check-in in big cities, she had to get up at 3 a.m. for a 7 a.m. flight. She was exhausted but still had to work overtime. No matter how beautiful the scenery was, she could not appreciate it at the time.

Now, traversing the void in her physical body, her territory extends as far as the eye can see. Even though the town of Konoha is far from being as bright and bustling as a modern city, her current state of mind is enough to make up for it.

The earthquake that once destroyed her family and affected her entire life is now just a minor inconvenience for her.

Within Takamagahara, she could easily control earthquakes, summon wind and rain, and suppress natural disasters that were beyond human control.

She has transcended the mundane and ascended to godhood!
call!
Her eyes flickered with a deathly gray light, like two eerie candle flames, and a toy-like phantom of Konoha slowly spun in her vision.

From Gray Eyes' perspective, a phantom shadow was swaying in the wind behind her. The person had gray-blue hair, two sealing talismans on their earrings, and a calm and peaceful face.

That was Qing, who had just died.

After her eye technique evolved and released gray light, she first calmed down the Root ninjas, then discovered that Ao and the others had arrived, went to find Hiruzen Sarutobi to compete for the right to speak about the future, and then split the forest to repair the road and kill her enemies. She didn't have time to understand the mysterious and powerful gray eyes.

It wasn't until she killed Qing that she realized she could actually see souls!

When Ao's body died, his soul and chakra did not disappear but dissipated and then sank into the ground, seemingly attracted by something.

Hui Li knew that the Netherworld existed in the Ninja World and guessed that the other party was likely to enter a life-or-death situation.

Having witnessed a soul for the first time, she was unwilling to let Qing leave like this. However, she did not have the means to manipulate other people's souls for the time being, so she could only use Yin Release chakra to form a cage and try to imprison the other person's soul.

Believe it or not, it really works!

Perhaps because there was no physical protection, Qing's soul had almost no ability to resist Yin Release chakra and was directly imprisoned beside her.

Huhu~
A strong wind howled past, and the temperature at high altitudes was extremely low. Fortunately, neither Hui Li nor Qing were afraid of the cold, so they could manage for the time being.

Observing Qing Xuhuan's illusory soul form, Hui Li discovered that the other party was unconscious, with a peaceful and serene expression as if he were fast asleep.

On his chest, a virtual, phantom-like chakra seed shone brightly, seemingly replacing the physical body as the core of the immortal soul.

No wonder Chihaya Toru said that cloning the chakra seed was impossible.

Chakra seeds exist not only in the heart of the body, but also in the soul; they cannot be cloned simply through genetic or physical cloning.

Ninjas and humans are definitely not the same kind of creatures!
The existence of Qing confirmed Hui Li's conjecture.

Ninjas possess an additional energy circulation system compared to ordinary humans. Their spirit, body, and chakra are interconnected and transform into one. Although they still appear to be human, they have long since become chakra beings. The chakra core within their soul can even replace the body, becoming the basis for the soul's immortality.

In this way, the chakra core and soul of the ninja are immortal, so they are not considered truly dead. That is why the ninjutsu for reviving the dead in the ninja world is so simple.

Impure World Reincarnation summons the dead and their chakra from the underworld and places them in a false body. Self-Reincarnation involves injecting one's own life force into a corpse to call back the soul. Rinne Rebirth is probably similar.

Perhaps I could try to create the underworld?

Looking at the illusory figure of Qing in front of her, an idea suddenly popped into Hui Li's mind.

If she is right, the Underworld is essentially an alternate dimension that attracts souls. Eventually, these immortal souls and chakra will gather in the Underworld. It's possible that the infinite chakra of the Impure World Reincarnation is the energy source accumulated from the countless dead in the ninja world.

The effects of Takamagahara are closely related to chakra and soul. Each time Takamagahara is used, 90% of the chakra is consumed and converted into gray light, and the area covered is permanently made into part of her body.

It sounds incredibly domineering; it seems that given enough time, she could cover the entire planet of Takamagahara. This is also the path she envisions for surpassing Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki.

However, the reality is far more complex than that.

There is a theoretical limit to the size of Takamagahara, which is closely related to her maximum chakra reserves.

Enveloping Konoha and its surrounding area already pushes the limits of the eye technique. If one wants to continue expanding, the only way is to become the Six Paths and enhance one's own essence, or to go further and devour the tailed beasts in order to attempt to merge with the planet.

Now, Qing's soul has provided her with a new perspective.

If she could create a second Netherworld and collect the souls of the dead in the ninja world, she could also possess an inexhaustible source of chakra.

Playing with Qing's soul, Hui Li pondered for a long time before finally dispelling the tempting idea.

Building a slow-flowing Netherworld is indeed a good idea, but there's still the old devil, the Sage of Six Paths, lurking between life and death. The Netherworld might just be his way of accumulating chakra.

Despite her current evolved abilities and invincible status as a Shadow, she has no chance of winning against the Six Paths Brothers.

If she could defeat the Sage of Six Paths, there would be no need to rebuild the Netherworld. Wouldn't it be better to just take back the original Netherworld?
Squeak!

The Yin Release chakra cage quickly transformed into black lightning. Watching the blue figure slowly disappear inside the cage, Hai Li decided to hold the Chunin Exams first to lure the Five Kage over.

Her bloodline limit and bloodline elimination were now settled, followed by the synthesis of the Bloodline Limit and entry into the Six Paths. Then she would go to the moon to activate the Ten-Tails' larvae; the trip to the Underworld would definitely have to wait until after that… Outlining her future plans, Hui Li gazed at the full moon in the sky, feeling that her past goals were within reach.

……

The next day.

Lady Night Crossing returned once again to her loyal roots.

"Why can't I use shadow clones?"

The Yang Release clone had transformed into an adult, wearing a white lab coat, and was drawing a portrait of an evil scientist in a small notebook.

She was not wearing a mask, nor did she cover her eyes with a black cloth; her gray eyeballs had turned a normal, dark black.

"I think it's normal."

With her waist-length silver hair piled up behind her head, Hui Li looked in the mirror and restored her appearance to what it once was.

His once sharp and delicate features became childlike again, and his height shrank rapidly, like Conan taking drugs. In the end, except for the key between his eyebrows that controlled the Eight Gates to reverse the order, everything else was exactly the same as before.

After awakening in Takamagahara, she no longer needed the curse seal to control the eight gates within her body.

Now her body can completely self-compile, modifying the number and position of the Eight Gates, and opening and closing them is entirely at her discretion. Takamagahara can even directly manipulate life energy, making the act of opening the Eight Gates redundant.

"My physical body, eye techniques, and soul essence have all surpassed the limits of shadow clones. If I can't create a clone, I can only collapse."

With her eyes slightly elongated by one centimeter, Hui Li constantly adjusted the proportions of her facial features, always feeling that she was not quite the same as before.

It turns out that her features are exquisite but still within the human realm; it's just that her skin condition is different from that of ordinary people due to an excessive amount of vitality.

After her immortal body evolved, the essence of her life transformed into inorganic matter, and her appearance changed accordingly. Her appearance deviated from the human category and developed into a perfect divine being, making it difficult for her to regain her former human appearance.

"I think it's because shadow clones can't copy advanced eye techniques."

The Yang Release clone continued writing on the paper. Its soul evolved along with the Sage's body, and photographic memory was child's play for it. However, it still maintained its old habits. Like its original body, it did not want to completely detach itself from its human identity.

"Shadow clones are obsolete; we should prioritize researching the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Unable to find her former appearance, Hui Li had no choice but to give up on the adjustment and took out the white eye that belonged to Tian Kui from her sleeve.

Guchi!

The skin between her eyebrows writhed and collapsed into a round pit, in which the gray glass embedded her wet white eyes. Blood vessels and nerves automatically connected, and the periosteum grew on the lens, eventually forming a dark gray pearl.

The Byakugan is the source of all eye techniques. If she wants to awaken new eye techniques in the future, she will need to use the power of the Byakugan as the foundation.

Tiankui was connected to her by blood, and this white eye not only did not have a rejection reaction, but was also unusually compatible, as if it were her own eye.

Looking at the girl in the mirror, whose forehead was adorned with a pearl that resembled a goddess, Hui Li gently pursed her lips, trying to imitate Tian Kui's smile from her memory.

Hmm~ doesn't seem like it!
"All right……"

The Yang Release clone reluctantly put down its work, its cells dividing wildly, and tiny gray particles crawled out from its back.

Chakra rapidly catalyzes cell division, and the figurine-like Little Gray Glass grows taller and taller until it becomes exactly like a Yang Release clone.

Flesh and blood split apart.

Cells are separated and catalyzed through Takamagahara's manipulation abilities.

This technique cannot replicate her eye technique. The Ash Bones can be copied, but it requires a huge amount of chakra. After all, Kaguya in the original work did not have an easy time using the All-Killing Ash Bones.

Hui Li didn't intend to let these clones fight, so she didn't waste her chakra.

Because her cells can automatically condense chakra cores like Hashirama's, these clones can not only exist for a long time, but also think, cultivate, and are no different from the real person.

The Yang Release clone was created by Hairi using the aforementioned method after discovering that the Shadow Clone technique was no longer usable.

Although it is said to be a clone possessing her genes and chakra, it is essentially still part of the original body, similar to the relationship between the Slug Sage and the Little Slug.

"I feel like we could play Tomie!"

A newly grown clone walked to the mirror, looked at the ever-growing Little Gray Glass around her, covered her left cheek, tilted her head, and revealed a bewitching and charming smile. If it weren't for her silver hair, she would really have a bit of Tomie's look.

No one paid any attention to this first-born lunatic, and the clones naturally got into character and continued their research on the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Taijutsu, Sage Mode, and Space-Time Ninjutsu can all be effective against Six Paths level ninjas. With his Kamui Eyes, Kakashi Hatake was even able to make a difference in his battle against Kaguya.

Her physical skills are naturally exceptional; currently, eighty percent of her power comes from physical techniques. If she were to fully unleash the power of Takamagahara, even she herself cannot predict how much power she could generate.

And now, there are some clues about the magic of immortality.

"You can manipulate natural energy, right? Why don't you try entering Sage Mode directly!"

The Yang Release clone looked curiously at the main body. She couldn't feel or practice the power of Takamagahara, and could only deduce it in her mind.

The original work describes the training method for Sage Mode very clearly: first, enter a state of oneness with heaven and man to perceive and absorb natural energy, and then mix it with spiritual and physical energy in a 1:1:1 ratio to refine Sage Chakra.

The difficulty lies in sensing natural energy and maintaining the chakra ratio. Theoretically, the body, which has already merged with heaven and earth, should be able to enter Sage Mode naturally.

"Let me try!"

After taking off her black robe and changing into her usual white kimono, Hui Li excitedly closed her eyes and began to feel the natural energy around her.

call!
A gentle breeze caressed his cheeks in the sealed room, and the smoke-like natural energy emitted a colorful halo, floating up and down in the air. From time to time, tiny particles of natural energy entered his body with his clone's breath.

She no longer needs to breathe to maintain vital signs, but the clone obviously cannot inherit this advantage.

His eyes flashed with gray light, and his chakra was consumed almost imperceptibly. The natural energy that was scattered in the air condensed into a beam, which flew around like a snake.

Everything within Takamagahara must obey her commands, including natural energy.

She relied primarily on this extremely powerful super energy source when she split the forest and the earth.

Although she hasn't yet begun cultivating immortal arts, she already possesses the ability to manipulate natural energy, and the immortal mode she's longed for seems to be within reach! (End of Chapter)