Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 7 Purifying Chakra

This was a pitch-black, illusory space, containing only a fragment of jade emitting a faint light. Beneath the jade fragment was a ball of pale blue energy, which was his own chakra.

At that moment, the light emitted by the broken jade pieces swept across that ball of chakra, separating some points of light that eventually formed four illusory figures, which were then destroyed by the broken jade pieces.

"The Sage of Six Paths? Kaguya Otsutsuki? Isshiki Otsutsuki?"

Upon seeing the four illusory figures, Tamura Hiroshi's heart sank.

He could recognize three of them; although they were illusory, he could generally make out that they were the images of the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki, especially the horns on their heads.

He couldn't recognize the last phantom, which was the most illusory and blurry, but it also had horns on its head and was the last one to be separated, so it should also be a member of the Otsutsuki clan.

Does something like a mental imprint exist?

With some guesses, Tamura Hiroshi understood that it must be some kind of mark.

The chakra of the ninja world originated from Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kaguya Otsutsuki gave birth to the Sage of Six Paths, who then spread his chakra. It is not surprising that there are the imprints of the two people in the chakra.

Even during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Sage of Six Paths was able to manifest through Madara Uchiha's thigh, and could also appear in the mental worlds of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.

It's not surprising that Isshiki Otsutsuki's mark exists in the chakra of the ninja world. According to the Boruto setting, the original Ten-Tails needed the sacrifice of an Otsutsuki to transform into the God Tree and bear chakra fruit.

Originally, Kaguya Otsutsuki was meant to be a sacrifice, but she was unwilling to become one and instead ambushed Isshiki Otsutsuki. Although Isshiki escaped, he was left with only half a body. The other half may have been sacrificed by Kaguya Otsutsuki to the Ten-Tails, which then transformed into the Divine Tree.

The quality of a Chakra Fruit is determined by the life force of the Otsutsuki tree sacrificed and the planet on which it originated; the higher both are, the better the Chakra Fruit will be.

That is why Kaguya Otsutsuki's Ten-Tails God Tree and her strength were so great, possessing multiple bloodline limit abilities.

As for the fourth phantom, it should be a higher-level Otsutsuki, or even the source of chakra.

"The existence of Otsutsuki Isshiki means this is the Boruto version?"

Tamura Hao seemed to understand something, realizing that the Naruto world might contain Isshiki Otsutsuki and the Kara organization that the other party had created.

There are many contradictions in the previous Naruto series, especially in terms of the timeline, which is incredibly confusing.

There are more conflicts between the Naruto era and the later Boruto series, and many settings have been changed, including the character design of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

It now seems that this world should follow the Boruto version more closely, at least with the existence of Isshiki Otsutsuki, which makes this world even more complicated.

Calming himself, Tamura Hiroshi turned his attention to the broken piece of jade.

"A cheat code?"

He had been searching for his own cheat code, after all, it must be extraordinary that he was able to travel to this world. At least he couldn't do it as an ordinary person, there must be some reason for it.

Unfortunately, he gained nothing after ten years, and his own talent was quite ordinary. If he continued to train step by step, he would at most become a Chunin in this lifetime, like Iruka.

The presence of a broken jade fragment in one's head, or rather, in one's mind, is clearly abnormal. Did this thing bring one here?

I do indeed have a cheat ability, but I just hadn't found the right way to unlock it until today.

And this thing, which was able to bring me to this world, must be extraordinary.

Consciousness slowly moved closer to make contact, and then a brief message entered the mind, making it clear what the thing was for.

"To change fate, one must seize the power of fate; consuming the power of fate can temporarily enhance one's comprehension."

"A support-type cheat? It doesn't seem as good as Deep Blue's!"

He muttered to himself, Tamura Hao understood that this was a kind of auxiliary cheat, whose main function was to enhance comprehension.

An increase in comprehension is definitely a good thing. For example, some difficult-to-learn ninjutsu and secret techniques require sufficient comprehension, and the improvement and perfection of ninjutsu and secret techniques also require comprehension.

For example, the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique has forty-four hand seals. Even if it's four seals per second, it would still take eleven seconds. That's too long and too deadly.

However, the number of hand seals required for ninjutsu can be reduced. For example, Kosuke can use six hand seals to perform the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, only needs three.

This simplified hand seal technique must require extremely high talent.

Furthermore, Itachi Uchiha's one-handed hand seal technique must also require talent.

Another aspect is the development of ninjutsu. If one wants to develop a ninjutsu like Kakashi Hatake's Chidori, one needs sufficient talent.

Of course, the most important thing is to meet the required chakra level, which is my current weakness. I wonder if that teacher has any way to solve it.

Therefore, this comprehension skill is quite good and can greatly assist in cultivation.

"Is changing one's fate just part of the plot?"

Thinking back to the process of his previous awakening of his cheat ability, Tamura Hao seemed to be deep in thought.

The change occurred after the ten billion ryo and the firearms were handed over to the Third Raikage, and that feeling has been surfacing continuously ever since. That must be the intercepted power of destiny. Clearly, the Third Raikage and the other two had changed their thinking because of their plan.

The changes made by the Third Raikage, in particular, will inevitably have a huge impact, and may even affect the Second Shinobi World War.

No wonder this change has granted it so much power of destiny.

As for fate, it must be the fate of the original storyline.

"It seems we'll have to find ways to change the plot more in the future. The focus should still be on Konoha, since the plot is concentrated there."

However, I'm too weak right now. I need to stay in Kumogakure and develop my strength for a while before looking for an opportunity to cause trouble in Konoha and farm the power of destiny.

Having made up his mind, Tamura Hiroshi turned his attention to the pitch-black space where he was.

"Is it like the spiritual world where Naruto and Sasuke met the Sage of Six Paths?"

He guessed that this must be the spiritual world, and then looked at the purified chakra.

Judging from what just happened, this jade fragment should still have the ability to protect itself, actively separating the imprint of others from its chakra and erasing it.

Of course, this requires consuming the power of destiny.

So what's different about this purified chakra?

With this in mind, Tamura Hao's consciousness left his mind and he first tried to refine his chakra.

"As expected, it didn't work. Did they even extract and purify the chakra seed within my bloodline?"

After refining for a while, he opened his eyes but did not gain any chakra, indicating that the chakra seed in his body had been removed.

The chakra of the ninja world was spread by the Sage of Six Paths and passed down through generations of bloodlines, forming the ninja chakra we know today.

Without this chakra seed rooted in one's bloodline as a catalyst, it is impossible to refine chakra.

With a thought, the chakra in his mind separated and merged into his body. Using it as a foundation to refine chakra was indeed effective, and this chakra was quite different from before.

"My self-control has improved a lot!"

Four strands of chakra extended and danced before him, and Tamura Hao understood the key points of enhancing the purified chakra.

The power may not have increased, but the control, or rather the degree of compatibility with oneself, has increased significantly.

Previously, he could only control two chakra threads, which could extend one meter, but now he can control four threads, which can extend two meters.

And this is not the limit; I feel that with targeted training, there will definitely be further improvement.

Chakra threads are a very advanced chakra control technique, far surpassing tree climbing and water walking. It took Tamura Hao a long time to master it.

Furthermore, it took five years to condense only two strands, but now the number has doubled, demonstrating the enormous improvement in chakra purification this time.

(End of this chapter)