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

The Wind Kingdom, which borders the Star Kingdom and has always been its most staunch ally, suddenly announced its merger into the Star Kingdom.

The spread of this news undoubtedly sparked a frenzy of discussion throughout the ninja world.

Before there was the Land of Earth, now there is the Land of Wind.

By connecting and annexing two major nations, the Land of Stars has fully demonstrated its dominance over the ninja world.

In this situation, the smaller countries are the first to panic.

Compare the remaining Land of Lightning and Land of Water.

The small countries were truly powerless to resist the dominance of the Star Kingdom.

The same is true.

Because everything had already been arranged, the incorporation of the Land of Wind was much simpler than the annexation of the Land of Earth.

In just one month, the Star Kingdom had completed the assimilation of the Wind Kingdom.

With the successful merger, the Star Kingdom, just as many had predicted, began its sweeping conquest as the overlord.

Summer Star, Rain, Leaf Village, Kushina, Sasori, and others each lead an army, launching attacks and conquering territories on all sides, fighting against various small countries.

One by one, small countries were conquered.

One by one, the small ninja villages were incorporated into the government.

The Star Kingdom is like a greedy beast, rampaging and destroying everything in its path.

"This morning, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water announced the signing of an alliance and declared their willingness to accept all rebels who oppose us."

evening.

Naraku, having finished his training in the "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Great Power Technique," walked out of the Yaoguang Palace, where Karura was already waiting.

On the way to the Jade Balance Palace, Jia Liuluo reported the information he had gathered during the day.

"It's just a death throes. We'll just take care of it all at once in the end," Naraku casually remarked after hearing Garuro's report.

He was not at all surprised that the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water would unite.

With the current dominance of the Star Kingdom.

If the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water still want to fight each other alone, then their leaders must be out of their minds.

But even if they joined forces, he wouldn't care.

Putting aside himself, even with the current military strength of the Star Kingdom, the combined forces of the Lightning Kingdom and the Water Kingdom would be at a disadvantage.

Needless to say, the Land of Wind was peacefully incorporated, and the military power of Sunagakure was completely integrated into the Land of Stars.

In the Land of Earth, Iwagakure did suffer many casualties in the war, but a considerable number also surrendered.

The same applies to the small ninja villages that were annexed.

By now, the military power of the Star Kingdom has increased dramatically.

The number of ninjas has exceeded 20,000.

This is not a time of peace.

The Third Shinobi World War had only been going on for a few years.

Even though the destruction of the Land of Fire brought substantial benefits.

However, in just a few years, the ninjas of various countries have not yet recovered to their peak.

Given the current number of ninjas in the Land of Stars, even if the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water were to unite, they would still be slightly inferior.

Needless to say, the top-tier combat power is even greater.

Compared to the top-tier combat forces of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water, the Land of Stars' top-tier combat power is more than capable of taking on one enemy at a time.

After all, a large part of the top-tier combat power of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water comes from Jinchūriki.

In the past, the presence of jinchūriki was an advantage for both countries.

Now, however, it has become a disadvantage.

The sudden loss of their jinchūriki has severely weakened the top-tier combat capabilities of both countries.

In terms of war.

Aside from occasionally learning about it from Garuro's reports, Naraku rarely participated.

At most, he can only provide Nono with some general guidance and planning.

In terms of details, it was entirely directed by Nono.

Naraku himself naturally focused on cultivation.

The month before, he was distracted by researching the Guiyuan Pill.

In the days that followed, he focused entirely on the "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Power Technique".

This supernatural power can only be cultivated by oneself.

The progress is far slower than that of the "Five Elements Technique".

Even so, after more than half a year of training, this supernatural ability has improved considerably.

Although there is still a long way to go before reaching the initial stage, the divine power derived from the spine and brain has improved significantly compared to when he first started.

The increase has increased from one time to three times.

The cultivation of supernatural powers is progressing smoothly.

The same applies to the cultivation of elixirs.

On this day, Naraku did not go to Yaoguang Palace to practice the "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Great Power Technique" as usual, but instead went to the medicine field.

Compared to when it was first established, the scale of the medicinal herb field has now increased more than tenfold.

The medicinal field is filled with cultivated medicinal herbs such as ginseng and lingzhi.

Furthermore, in the center of the medicinal field, there is a "Spirit Gathering Array Plate" that gathers more spiritual energy to help the medicinal herbs grow.

The materials required for the [Spirit Gathering Array Plate] are extremely rare in the ninja world.

Even now, Naraku has only managed to create two.

One of them was placed in the Yaoguang Hall for his usual practice.

The other is the medicinal field currently in use for cultivating spiritual herbs.

Elixir is different from ordinary plant.

Its growth requires nutrients, but the most crucial element is spiritual energy.

The Heavenly Divine Water's effect on the cultivation of spiritual herbs is essentially like a hormone, allowing the herbs to absorb more spiritual energy and thus accelerate their growth.

The more abundant the spiritual energy in the growing environment, the better the effect will be.

Now, let's talk about why Naraku came to the herb field.

He came here because the cultivation of the elixir had been successful.

The progress in cultivating the "Five Elements Technique" far surpasses that of the "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Great Strength Technique".

Over the past six months, although the "Five Elements Technique" has not yet reached its peak, it has undoubtedly grown significantly compared to its original state.

For example, "Tianyi Divine Water".

As it grows, its effect on cultivating spiritual herbs also increases, allowing it to cultivate five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs faster than planned.

Looking at the crystal-clear medicinal herbs in the field, Naraku, like a hardworking old farmer, began to harvest them with satisfaction and joy.

Each medicinal herb, over 500 years old, was collected into the bronze tower.

Naraku couldn't wait to head to Kaiyo Palace.

The [Purple Gold Cauldron] is activated, and the required spiritual herbs are added inside. Naraku then activates the Blazing Sun Fire to immediately begin refining the Returning Origin Pill.

Due to a lack of materials, the [Purple Gold Cauldron] remains only a mid-grade human-level magic weapon, and it does not contain any formations for refining the Returning Origin Pill.

However, the alchemy function of the [Purple Gold Cauldron] still plays a very good auxiliary role, which can reduce the failure rate of alchemy.

Because it has been studied many times before.

Even though the medicinal herbs used in the refining process are far older than those used in the experiments, and it is much more difficult to control the fusion of medicinal properties, most of the refining processes are still successful.

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The number of rare medicinal herbs is decreasing, while the number of Rejuvenation Pills being refined is increasing.

Until all the elixirs were exhausted, Naraku had obtained nearly a thousand Rejuvenation Pills in total.

"Although it came a little earlier than planned, the time for a breakthrough has clearly arrived."

Naraku carefully put away the Rejuvenation Pill, his face showing determination.

Without much hesitation, he explained things to Nonou and arranged the defenses.

The following day, Naraku, preparing for his breakthrough, sat cross-legged in the Yaoguang Palace.

Around him were numerous magical clones, breathing in and out to their fullest extent.