Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 341 Xia Zuo: I'll just take a nap

The advancement of the Tenseigan should be more difficult than that of the Rinnegan.

Because the Hyuga clan was giving up, while the Uchiha clan was striving for progress.

Through generations of effort by the Uchiha clan, five stages were laid out from the Sharingan to the Rinnegan.

One tomoe, two tomoe, three tomoe, Mangekyou Sharingan, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan – each awakening of the Sharingan brings about tremendous changes in the body and an increase in chakra.

With so much groundwork laid and leveraged, the difficulty of advancing from the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to the Rinnegan, and the ability to utilize the flesh and blood of the Senju Forest, naturally decreased significantly.

For Madara Uchiha, whose own energy reserves were insufficient, it would take decades to slowly cultivate the Rinnegan. But for Sasuke, who elevated the essence of life on his own, the final step of the Rinnegan was just an easy leap.

In contrast, the Hyuga clan has been relying on a set of Gentle Fist techniques to get by for thousands of years, and then they create internal conflicts such as the main family and branch families, which breaks people's hearts and makes them have no ambition.

A thousand years have passed, and the Byakugan achieved widespread awakening, but then it was gone, nothing at all.

The Byakugan is what you are when you awaken, and it remains that way until death.

Aside from the fact that the branch family gained an additional weakness due to the "Caged Bird Seal," the Byakugan of all Hyuga ninjas is virtually identical.

At most, Hinata Hyuga's eyes could be praised as "truly pure Byakugan."

This means that the advancement from Byakugan to Tenseigan requires a leap in quality of thousands of times, while also requiring an advancement in the body's fundamental nature. The two complement each other and are indispensable.

Even someone like Xia Zuo, who meets all the requirements, still has to gradually adapt his body to the changes.

After all, he didn't have a Tenseigan by his side to constantly adjust his body and prepare him in advance to take on the Tenseigan.

However, even though Xia Zuo had gathered all the necessary conditions and even raised his level of life, he still discovered a problem.

The problem stems from the Nine-Tomoe Wheel's Eternal Eye.

Prior to this, Xia Zuo's body had already adapted to the Rinnegan and had its own data written into the Root. At this point, his attempt to rewrite the Root with the Rinnegan naturally met with resistance from the Rinnegan.

Two forces of equal quality, similar attributes, and mutual repulsion clashed, and naturally the still-developing Tenseigan was at a disadvantage. As soon as it wrote its data into the source, it was washed away by the power of the Rinnegan.

The evolution of the Tenseigan has become increasingly difficult, and there has even been a regression in the evolutionary progress.

Seeing his Tenseigan being suppressed by the Rinnegan, Xia Zuo couldn't help but frown.

But he dared not act rashly.

Unlike other body organs, the eyes have their own immune system and cannot heal themselves once damaged.

He would have to borrow a pair of Byakugan from the Hyuga clan to use, which would disrupt the harmony and balance of his body, hinder his ascent to the peak of bloodline limit, and possibly even sever the "ladder to heaven" that allowed him to surpass the limits of the Otsutsuki clan.

In Xia Zuo's memories, the Taoist concept of "this body is a precious raft for crossing the world" is regarded as the guiding principle. Although the sealing by the Heavenly Tribulation prevents Xia Zuo and others from knowing the reason behind it, it does not prevent Xia Zuo from following this principle.

After all, the Heavenly Tribulation Xia Zuo is about to complete his tribulation, and his life level is the highest among all Xia Zuo, even above Saint Seiya Xia Zuo and Saiyan Xia Zuo.

At this moment, if I can't take it out on my eyes, then I can only vent my anger on my body.

As Mr. Zhou Shuren once said: If a room is too dark and you want to open a window, no one will agree, but if you want to tear down the roof, they will agree to open a window.

If the deeply ingrained Rinnegan refuses to accept the Tenseigan, then introduce another being of the same level, but with an even more violent impact.

However, this thing is really dangerous.

After taking several deep breaths, Xia Zuo made up his mind and took out a test tube containing a small amount of gray powder, which was the ashes taken from Kaguya Kimimaro's body.

Orochimaru discovered that Kimimaro's bloodline disease originated from his "Shikotsumyaku" bloodline limit.

Because the atavism caused the bloodline to become excessively pure, the awakened Corpse Bone Vein was of an extremely high level, even surpassing the level of Bloodline Elimination, thus producing the most destructive effect.

But before Kimimaro could use this effect, he first destroyed his own body.

This disease cannot be cured, but it can be maintained through regular hemodialysis. Thus, Kimimaro saved his life, while Natsusa obtained the toxic "impurities" from the hemodialysis.

Currently, only the Fifth Hokage knows that these "impurities" that poisoned Kimimaro are actually one of Kaguya Otsutsuki's bloodline limit abilities, namely, the All-Killing Ash Bones.

This is a divine skill that can kill anyone who touches it.

Even the test tube containing the gray ashes was the pinnacle of Konoha Village's sealing techniques; the ashes were enveloped in a layer of electromagnetic force and kept at a sufficient distance from the glass.

It took Xia Zuo several minutes of mental preparation before he finally made up his mind to touch such a dangerous thing.

When the gray ashes touched Xia Zuo's palm, his skin immediately turned dark gray and shattered and scattered.

The destruction of the ashes stopped abruptly upon contact with the metacarpal bones. The bones, being of the same bloodline limit as the Corpse Bone Vein, withstood the destruction of the [Co-killing Ash Bones] and absorbed the ashes into their interiors.

The "Corpse Bone Vein" within Xia Zuo's body suddenly erupted, like an avalanche that had accumulated enough potential energy, unstoppably and wildly altering the very essence of Xia Zuo's body.

The Rinnegan's power, which was originally suppressing the Tenseigan, was immediately defeated by the Shikotsumyaku, and its very foundation was almost completely destroyed.

Xia Zuo clicked his tongue and said, "I miscalculated. The power of [All-Killing Ash Bones] is too great. It was able to suppress both kinds of eye techniques. This won't do."

"Balance, that's what I need!"

"Oh dear, even such a massive infusion of chakra isn't enough. Well then, let's start spinning it up."

The Rinnegan absorbs the destructive chakra of the Shikotsumyaku, dissipates its excessive destructive power after being transposed, and then gives it to the Tenseigan. After being reversed between Yin and Yang, it becomes the most vital life force, and finally gives it to the Shikotsumyaku.

After this cycle, a "wheel" based on the transformation of chakra properties is formed.

The moment this cycle appears, the Bloodline Limit Reversal Wheel and the Bloodline Elimination Reversal Wheel resonate with it, forming an energy system that runs through the entire body.

Xia Zuo then felt his body automatically enter a new state of evolution.

The evolutionary process exhibits unparalleled priority, not only forcibly plundering the body's chakra and stamina, but also forcibly extracting energy and blood.

Just a few seconds later, Xia Zuo felt a series of "emptiness" due to the rapid loss of chakra, spirit, and blood.

Fortunately, he was able to clearly determine that this was merely a physical illusion, not a real situation, which is why he did not feel any danger.

Fortunately, his continuous cultivation over the past three years, along with his research and absorption of the dragon vein, had already prepared ample energy reserves within his body.

Even more fortunately, the life level shared by Xia Zuo and Tian Jie allowed his evolution to be, in a sense, a "return" to his original life level, releasing his original potential.

In other words, he will not experience disordered enhancement due to the lack of higher-level guidance after his first breakthrough, which would lead to his evolutionary failure due to deformity.

He could even lie down and take a nap, and when he woke up, he would become the new Xia Zuo, a Xia Zuo with the Bloodline Limit.

Thinking about sleep, Xia Zuo couldn't help but yawn, and then another one.

"I can't hold on any longer. I need to sleep for a little while, just a short while. It won't delay my meeting with Uchiha Madara."

"Just leave a wooden clone to hold things up a bit, so that the whole thing doesn't collapse."

"What a pity, I won't be able to witness the collapse of the Akatsuki's nested conspiracy."

Will Black Zetsu personally control Nagato to revive Madara Uchiha this time?

How will Obito Uchiha launch his sneak attack on Nagato this time?

How will Madara Uchiha defeat Obito?

"That's a bit of a shame."

Xia Zuo quickly made all the preparations, creating double-digit wood clones and infusing them with more than Hashirama Senju's chakra and the natural energy of the dragon vein.

Then he returned to his home, lay down on his most familiar bed, pulled the blanket over his navel, and fell into a deep sleep.

Dimensional Dreams.

"Good heavens, in the entire first half of the Fourth Shinobi World War, you only managed to crush Deidara. What's the difference between that and being invisible?"

Marvel's Xia Zuo was making a ruckus, complaining about Hokage Xia Zuo's inaction: "You should have caught Nagato, stuffed the Tailed Beast into the Gedo Mazo, gouged out his eyes, and shoved them into Madara Uchiha's eye sockets, forcing him to use Infinite Tsukuyomi, and then seen what kind of person Kaguya Otsutsuki really was!"

Hokage Xia Zuo retorted irritably, "Easy for you to say. You're the leader of an American industrial conglomerate, so why don't you just ascend the throne and become the emperor of the 'Rice Grain Empire'?"

Marvel's Shazo laughed heartily: "My 'leader' title is just a facade; I can do nothing and people will fawn over me, but if I dare to do anything, I'll become everyone's enemy."

"I need a war to prove to everyone that my force is enough to destroy them, and only then will these cowards who bully the weak be convinced."

Hokage Natsume said, "Then why don't you use them as targets and prove it to them directly?"

Marvel's Shazo shrugged: "It's simple. If I want to live a comfortable life, I need them to provide all sorts of services."

"If I kill them all, I'll become the world's number one villain. Who knows how many superheroes will come looking for trouble then?"

Hokage Xia Zuo laughed heartily: "Isn't this perfect? ​​Capture the male superheroes and use them as laborers, lock up the female superheroes and... you know what, huh?"

"Get lost, as if you're capable of doing something like this."

"Hmph, you were the one who joked with me first!"

"Sigh, Naruto is almost over, and I haven't even started my first boss battle yet," Bleach muttered. "Aizen is still obediently being the captain of the Fifth Division. I wonder when this will ever end."

Pirate Xia Zuo laughed and said, "I'm better than you. At least the pirate world has a specific timeline, so I know when a certain kid set sail. It hasn't been many years since then."

He clenched his fist: "However, I'm already feeling restless in the East China Sea, and I don't know if I can hold out until the day the navy starts its massive recruitment drive."

The three main characters from Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece were chatting animatedly with Marvel's Xia Zuo, while Interstellar Xia Zuo stared intently at a Xia Zuo dressed in classical and Hanfu attire, finally asking after a long pause, "Who are you?"

"Xia Zuo."

"Nonsense! This is all Xia Zuo here. Which world's Xia Zuo are you?"

"The World of Devourer"

"I don't remember."

"In the world where there's a dinosaur-man called Big Tooth who wants to raise humans as food, we crash our moon-carrying planetary mothership into the enemy's."

Starship Xia Zuo stared at him in disbelief, almost screaming, "You, you're Soldier Xia Zuo, what happened to you?"

Soldier Xia Zuo's skin was as white as snow and as delicate as porcelain, but his smile was quite stiff, like that of a doll.

He said expressionlessly, "There's nothing we can do. The war has gone on for two years, and 90% of the air and water on Earth has been removed. There's no atmosphere left on Earth, and no oxygen. The only thing we can do if we don't want to surrender is to transform ourselves."

Interstellar Xia Zuo nodded: "Flesh and blood are weak, while machinery ascends."

"When high-tech civilization reaches its final stage, if it cannot directly elevate the level of life, it will inevitably have to go down this path."

"But you're going too far. How did you even manage that?"

Soldier Xia Zuo answered with focus and calmness: "Initially, the war required us to adapt to the integrated air and space warfare environment. After all, commanding more than 60,000 drones requires extremely high reaction speeds."

"Inserting nano-gold wires into the body to enhance nerve conduction marks the beginning of human mechanization."

"Once the atmosphere is stripped away, survivors will have to take refuge in underground shelters, and they will have to wear Level 3 protective gear if they want to go out to work or move around."

"But soldiers participating in wars cannot do that, so an oxygen molecule self-circulation system was developed to replace the lungs, and artificial shape memory metals replaced heart cells to enhance circulatory function."

Soldier Xia Zuo pointed to his face: "I now have the updated version 17.3 body system. I have completely abandoned the respiratory and digestive systems. Even half of my brain cells have been replaced by intelligent protein molecules, and my skin is made of flexible ceramic that can resist strong magnetic radiation."

Interstellar Xia Zuo gasped, "You're acting recklessly! Have you no humanity?!"

Soldier Xia Zuo remained unmoved: "The enemy is strong and we are weak. Even our living environment has been destroyed. Those who cannot adapt will die, while adventurers still have a glimmer of hope. That's human nature!"

"Those human beings you mentioned also exist. They live carefree, animalistic lives on the Tire Planet of the Dinosaur People, in a specially created Garden of Eden."

"Dinosaur people understood human nature very well. The Garden of Eden had a perpetually comfortable temperature, so they didn't even need to wear clothes. There was plenty of food, so they didn't need to work hard to earn it. Every day they woke up to eat, drink, play, and reproduce."

"For some people, that is the Western paradise."