I will use the ninja world to aid my cultivation of immortality.

Even if she were naive, she would realize that the man in front of her was far more powerful than she had imagined.

And

Hearing Miroku's words, Naraku said with amusement, "What, are you afraid I'll destroy the demons?"

He knew that the priestess of the Land of Demons was actually one with the demon spirits.

Once the demons are truly destroyed, the priestesses of the Land of Demons will inevitably face death as well.

This is why the priestess only sealed the demons instead of completely destroying them.

It wasn't that the priestess at the time lacked the ability, but rather that she was unwilling to do so.

"No, I'd be overjoyed if you could eliminate the demons." Maitreya hesitated for a moment, then said firmly.

Perhaps dying alongside the demons wouldn't be such a bad ending.

At least in this way, she can be considered to have fulfilled her destiny as a priestess.

"What if I could eliminate the demons while also saving your life?" Naraku looked at Miroku, who was quite handsome and had a great figure, and unceremoniously raised his left hand and pinched the other's chin.

Maitreya originally wanted to retreat and avoid it.

But when she heard Naraku's words, she froze.

"My lord, what you mean is"

Naraku said slowly and deliberately, "I already know about the relationship between your priestess lineage and the demons. What do you think I mean?"

Maitreya: "."

She looked at the other person with suspicion and uncertainty.

Does the other party really know that their lineage is one with the demons?

No, even if she didn't know, it seemed she had no room to resist.

It's only a matter of time before the Land of Demons falls to the Star Ninja Village.

As the leader of Xingren Village, I will inevitably become his prisoner, just like Wangliang.

"If you can truly eliminate the demons and allow me to live, then I am willing to help you conquer the land of demons."

Various thoughts flashed through Maitreya's mind, eventually converging into one idea: to survive.

She took a deep breath, slowly took a step back, and then knelt on the ground to show her weakness, bowing her head to express her attitude to Naraku.

No one is not afraid of death.

If it were truly possible to eliminate the demons while preserving one's own life, Maitreya would naturally want to live.

As for the land of demons...

The fall of the Demon Kingdom is a foregone conclusion; her surrender would actually reduce casualties.

"The right choice. Now it's up to you to see how you perform!" Looking at the woman kneeling on the ground, Naraku chuckled as he accepted her surrender.

The relationship between the other party and the demon is one, equivalent to body and soul.

Although the power is mainly concentrated in the demons, as a physical body, Maitreya also possesses a portion of the demons' power.

If this power can be channeled out, it might not be enough to make the opponent a top-tier fighter in the ninja world, but it would certainly be enough to make them an ordinary elite Jonin.

Miroku's surrender undoubtedly hastened the fall of the Land of Demons.

After all, the priestesses of the Land of Demons hold a transcendent status within the Land of Demons.

His reputation, in particular, even surpasses that of the Daimyo of the Land of Demons.

In just one month, the Land of Demons was completely overrun and annexed by the Land of Bears.

Although this annexation only involves occupying territory, more time will be needed for takeover and management.

However, the merging of the Demon Kingdom into the Bear Kingdom is already a done deal.

Now let's talk about Naraku.

Having successfully captured the demon, he handed Maitreya over directly to Xia Rixing on the front lines.

He did not get involved in what happened afterward and returned directly to Hoshinin Village.

"Demons and gods. I never imagined that such a thing existed in this world before Kaguya Otsutsuki descended."

On the ninth floor of the Star Shadow Tower, Naraku observed with great interest the demon being tempered in the True Fire Cauldron opposite him.

During the tempering process, the screams of demons could be heard from time to time coming from inside the True Fire Cauldron.

Naraku completely ignored the screams, instead pondering the origins of the demons.

Upon returning to Xingren Village, he immediately began his research on the demon.

For example, probing the memories of demons.

The existence of spirits did not originate in the era of ninja villages, but existed long before the era of chakra.

If we use the terminology of that era, the "wangliang" (魍魉) was not a demon, but one of the spirits that ruled the earth.

That's right.

Before Kaguya Otsutsuki descended upon the ninja world, the ninja world was not without extraordinary powers.

Just like Gamamaru, who is revered as the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku.

At that time, extraordinary powers already existed in the ninja world.

These beings who possess extraordinary powers are collectively referred to as ghosts and gods.

However, with the arrival of Kaguya Otsutsuki, all the demons and gods were subjected to her powerful attacks.

They were either killed or forced to hide like rats in the street.

The demon is the latter.

During the war between Kaguya Otsutsuki and the demons, Moryo was severely injured by Kaguya Otsutsuki and went into hiding. In the end, he was lucky enough to survive.

Having discovered the origins of the demons, Naraku had many thoughts.

For example, the evil gods and death gods that circulate in the ninja world.

According to the memories of the demon, these two were both ancient ghosts and gods.

"Next, it's necessary to find these remnants of the old era." The appearance of the demons greatly intrigued Naraku.

The main reason is that when Naraku was studying the demons, he discovered that the demonic power they possessed was quite similar to the origin of the tailed beasts.

Demons and gods existed before the era of chakra, so the extraordinary power they wielded was naturally not chakra.

They possess an energy known as the power of ghosts and gods.

In my perception, this energy is very similar to the power of the tailed beasts.

This is why he used the True Fire Furnace to temper the demons.

The purpose is to purify the demonic power within the other party's body, making it easier to absorb later.

As the true fire furnace tempered the creature, the screams of the demon gradually subsided until they fell completely silent.

After a long time, when the tempering was over, Naraku removed the True Fire Cauldron.

A dark purple crystal, resembling a gemstone, appeared.

This is precisely the high-purity power of ghosts and gods formed after being tempered.

As for the demon, its consciousness has already been erased during the tempering process.

Furthermore, under Naraku's control, the death of Mouryou did not affect Miroku; it was a one-sided death.

He reached out and made a gesture.

The dark purple crystal fell into Naraku's hands.

He placed his palms together, separated by a distance, and used his inner energy to connect with the dark purple crystal between his palms.

Strands of ghostly and divine power flowed into the body along with the true qi.

As Naraku circulated his nameless technique, the power of the demons and gods, much like the power of the tailed beasts in the past, rapidly strengthened the true energy within his body.

A whole day's work.

When the dark purple crystal between his palms completely disappeared, Naraku's cultivation level had been greatly improved.

This allowed him to reach the halfway point on the path to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

It's important to know that once you reach the sixth level of Qi Refining, the difficulty of improving your cultivation level increases significantly.

As a result, Naraku's training progress was very slow in the days leading up to this.

Now that his cultivation level has been pushed up to half of the sixth level of Qi Refining, the effect of the power of ghosts and gods on improving cultivation is even better than Naraku had expected.

In other words, Naraku still has a bottom line.

Otherwise, given his exceptional power as a demon, he would have already captured Maitreya.

After all, Maitreya also possesses a portion of the demonic power within him.

Although not as powerful as demons, refining them can still bring about a further improvement in cultivation.