Douluo Sharingan, I really didn't coerce Xiao Wu!

Chapter 213 Breaking Through Level 60

Time passed, and more than ten days had gone by since Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest.

The central area remains peaceful, inhabited by two major forest overlords. Almost no soul beasts dare to approach rashly, making it both the most dangerous and the safest place.

Inside the cave, Chen Xuan sat cross-legged, still in seclusion, cultivating. He had set several extremely difficult goals: a celestial body, the Rinnegan, celestial mode, and a method comparable to the Six Paths level.

While the first three methods were challenging, they were not impossible to achieve. The final Six Paths mode was the most elusive and unattainable. He racked his brains for a long time but could not come up with a solution.

In Naruto, to become the Sage of Six Paths, one must either absorb the Ten-Tails, possess Yin-Yang power, or obtain a portion of the chakra of the nine tailed beasts. Only then can one possibly reach that level.

Chen Xuan was troubled. There were no tailed beasts or Yin-Yang power here, so his path forward was basically blocked. He might have to stagnate and reach the limit of his cultivation at the Super Shadow level, making it difficult to break through any further.

He wanted to find another way, but this was not an easy problem to solve. It would be difficult for him to do it on his own, so he could only turn to the system's "Mental Health Gift Pack" to see if he could get any suitable items.

If he couldn't find a solution, Chen Xuan would have no choice but to abandon the cultivation system and focus entirely on cultivating his martial spirit. However, even after reaching level ninety-nine, he still faced a major challenge.

A hundred-level soul power is something almost no one in the history of the continent has been able to achieve. Everyone is stuck at level ninety-nine and can't break through in their lifetime. Even if someone really cultivates to a hundred-level soul power, they are still no match for the gods.

"Sigh, I really don't want to give up on the path to becoming Hokage." Chen Xuan sighed. Along the way, he had used ninjutsu and chakra the most, and he was already used to it. His martial spirit only played a supporting role.

Of course, now that the martial soul's restrictions have been lifted, it has gained several spatial abilities that are shapeless and can be controlled at will. If used properly, these abilities can provide certain combat methods.

"Forget it, I'll learn immortal techniques and awaken the Rinnegan first. Even if I can't break through to the Six Paths in the future, I'll still have the ability to deal with peerless Douluo and third-level gods." Chen Xuan muttered to himself, placing all his hopes on the strange object rooted in his heart.

This plant has been raised too well; it can absorb everything. Over the years, it has devoured countless amounts of his soul power and chakra, even the residual energy of the soul beasts in his soul rings. Otherwise, it would never have grown so strong.

Ten days ago, Chen Xuan ate two immortal herbs, but before he could refine much of them, they were snatched away by the other party, and most of the medicinal properties of the herbs were absorbed.

In the days that followed, he swallowed one immortal herb every day until now, when he had swallowed the thirteenth immortal herb. In the end, it swallowed them all, and he couldn't even snatch that piece of junk.

However, it showed no signs of becoming full and continued to absorb nutrients slowly.

"You really are a bottomless pit!" Chen Xuan was speechless. If it weren't for the fact that he could return even purer natural energy, he would have quit long ago and put up with this nonsense!

His consciousness sank into the world behind his heart, an endless red earth continent. Before him, a lush green plant, somewhat like a vine, was rooted, over a meter tall, with thirty-six leaves and nine fruits the size of cherries.

Since absorbing the thirteen immortal herbs, Chen Xuan clearly felt that the red agate-like fruit had grown considerably, its peel becoming more lustrous, red, and translucent, and it was already larger than a fist.

Since it was a fruit, he secretly wondered what would happen if he waited until it ripened and then picked and ate it? Could he rise to the top in one step? After all, he had raised it for so long.

Moreover, those leaves were a bit strange; there were exactly thirty-six leaves, no more and no less. Could they also absorb the nutrients?

"It should be fine." The more Chen Xuan thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He might as well go all the way and just add a large amount of ripening agent!

He took out all the magical herbs, a full thirty herbs, and stuffed them into his mouth, eating them all at once.

"Damn, this medicine is a bit too strong!" Chen Xuan immediately felt extremely uncomfortable, his face turned red, and his skin became red and hot all over, even starting to steam.

He felt an intense heat inside his body, as if thousands of degrees of heat were burning within him, scorching his internal organs.

"We must refine it immediately!" Chen Xuan dared not be careless, otherwise he would really explode and die!

In fact, the moment the first herb enters the mouth, its medicinal power is drawn away, flowing to the heart where most of it is absorbed.

Now, having consumed thirty immortal herbs in one go, the vitality within his body is terrifyingly abundant, and the energy it contains is astonishing.

"hiss!"

Chen Xuan gasped. His arms, chest, and thighs were split open, bleeding, and there were many cuts on his body, some so deep that the bone was visible.

He felt excruciating pain, as if his internal organs were being torn apart and were about to burst. At the same time, a powerful life force was nourishing his limbs, bones, and internal organs. As long as he could get through this, everything was moving in a positive direction.

"Luckily, I've always focused on body training, otherwise I would have been in real trouble this time." Chen Xuan was still a little scared. If it were anyone else, they would have exploded.

Now, more and more cracks have appeared on his body, densely packed, oozing blood and life energy, filling the cave with vitality.

He witnessed firsthand how the weeds and moss growing in the cracks of the rocks were growing at a visible speed, reaching half a meter in height in the blink of an eye.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Xuan sat cross-legged inside the cave entrance, his clothes soaked in blood, completely covered in blood.

Moreover, the cracks on his body surface increased, one after another, densely packed, like the cracks in exquisite porcelain.

Finally, on the seventh day, the vitality within his body declined and decreased. At the same time, his heart began to glow, and the plant began to exert its power, transforming into a bottomless pit, frantically devouring life energy at a speed several times faster than before.

Two days later, Chen Xuan exhaled, his life force returned to balance, the bleeding stopped, and the crisis was resolved.

He changed into a clean set of clothes, then his mind sank down, entering the small world behind his heart, a vast continent of red earthen mounds, where a lush green plant took root, shrouded in white mist, its vitality terrifyingly vigorous.

The place is shrouded in a misty white fog, hazy and ethereal, like the rising of immortal energy, overflowing with rich life force and drifting around.

Life energy and celestial mist flowed in the air, rising and swirling. Chen Xuan took a deep breath, and his fatigue vanished instantly, leaving him feeling refreshed and groaning comfortably. He had fully recovered from the mental exhaustion he had suffered over the past few days.

"After feeding you so much of my precious baby, I've finally raised you to adulthood!" he exclaimed, finally seeing the fruits of his labor.

The plant's roots and stems have grown much stronger, thicker than an arm, and are laden with nine round, plump fruits. It no longer resembles a vine, but rather a whole plant of fruit.

After not seeing them for many days, these nine fruits have become even redder and more vibrant in color. Originally only the size of a fist, they are now beginning to ripen and are about the size of a pomelo.

In addition, the thirty-six leaves were lush and green, full of vitality, with wisps of ethereal mist swirling around them, and they were also larger than before.

At that moment, Chen Xuan felt an itch in the bloody wounds on his body. New cells were growing, and a large amount of life energy was flowing throughout his body, repairing the injuries and healing the wounds.

The plant that had devoured so many of his magical herbs was finally starting to give back in large quantities.

At the same time, Chen Xuan felt his cultivation level loosen up, and he finally broke through to the level 60 mark, allowing him to add a spirit ring to his martial soul.

(End of this chapter)