Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 116 Changes in Two Years

The boundless desert and the vast forest form a seemingly eerie boundary.

The corpses hanging in the forest added to the eerie scene with bloodshed and terror. As the sandstorm raged, the corpses swayed in the wind and sand, enough to terrify the faint of heart.

Standing on the dividing line, Uchiha Touyu's expression was somewhat reminiscent of the Uchiha Four Laughing Heroes. It took him quite a while to suppress the urge to laugh wildly.

The Devouring Demon Art, a peerless demonic art from the world of Shrouding the Heavens, is similar to all demonic arts with the word "devouring" in their names; it belongs to the category of cannibalistic, unparalleled martial arts techniques.

However, compared to ordinary methods of absorbing internal energy, or even more powerful methods that absorb the cultivation technique, flesh and blood, and soul, this method has a higher purpose and greater potential.

The essence of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art is not the ability to absorb internal energy. What it absorbs is the physical origin of the opponent, and through the fusion of thousands of physical constitutions, it forges a chaotic body that is unique to itself.

Its true essence lies not in absorption, but in integration. By taking the best of various physiques and making up for their weaknesses, it forges the strongest physique that integrates all the advantages.

The Book of Demonic Path Inheritance did not provide Uchiha Touyu with the true method for cultivating the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, but only with several secret techniques within the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, which naturally included the secret technique for devouring and fusing physiques.

Of course, even if the entire Devouring Heaven Demon Art was actually given to Uchiha Touka, Uchiha Touka probably wouldn't be able to master it himself. The secret realm techniques of Shrouding the Heavens were only easily mastered by later generations after the Desolate Heaven Emperor sprinkled the secret realm seeds.

Otherwise, cultivators would have to learn from the Desolate Heaven Emperor and create their own path—not to mention that Uchiha Touyu felt he was far from having that kind of talent, and moreover, the Desolate Heaven Emperor had only created the method of using his own body as a seed after reaching the pinnacle of humanity.

In works like "Covering the Sky" and "Perfect World," which represent the pinnacle of humanity, the combat power is so high that one could shatter half a galaxy with a single slap. If someone truly possessed such strength, Uchiha Touyu felt that he wouldn't need the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

Therefore, these secret techniques are now more effective, at least allowing an ordinary ninja like Uchiha Hiu to use them.

Besides the secret technique for absorbing countless physiques, the secret technique chapter of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art also records the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, which can absorb a large amount of the primordial energy of heaven and earth and various energies.

Transforming magical techniques into decay, the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique possesses unparalleled defensive capabilities.

And the powerful, institutionalized brainwashing technique of the Divine Transformation Method—this was the secret art the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance had taught him.

As for secret techniques like "One Thought Blossoms and You Reign Supreme" or "Flying Immortal Technique," Uchiha Touyu didn't find them. However, without the foundation of secret realm techniques, Uchiha Touyu estimated that he wouldn't be able to master these techniques himself.

In fact, with Uchiha Touyu's current abilities, even with just these few secret techniques, he can only learn a little bit. But even just a little bit is enough for Uchiha Touyu to lay the most solid foundation and greatly increase his combat power.

"Tsk... If my current combat power were converted to the world of Shrouding the Heavens, it would probably be at most equivalent to an ordinary Dao Palace Secret Realm... The strength that Kaguya Otsutsuki revealed, possessing the power to cleanse the earth's surface, is probably a power that only a Saint-level being possesses in Shrouding the Heavens."

"However, the planets in the ninja world are definitely far inferior to life-bearing planets like the Big Dipper and Ziwei in Shrouding the Heavens. Whether in terms of planetary strength or size, they are worlds apart... Kaguya Otsutsuki could at most be considered a powerful being at the second level of the Sendai realm?"

Uchiha Touyu was well aware that his calculations based on destructive power were likely to have many problems.

Chakra, a system that essentially relies on consuming energy to become stronger, is far superior to the relentless fighting madmen of the Shrouding the Heavens. Even a random cultivator at the high-level Dragon Transformation stage could probably crush Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Compared to the Otsutsuki clan, who relied on their past achievements, the battle maniacs in Shrouding the Heavens not only had a strong pursuit of strength, but their entire cultivation system was also far superior to the chakra system.

"But unfortunately, I can't train... Tsk! Coach, I don't want to be a ninja anymore, I want to be an emperor!"

Of course, it's definitely impossible for Uchiha Hiyu to become an emperor now, but learning from the animal sages of the Summoning Sacred Land and cultivating immortality isn't a problem for him.

The Great Dao Treasure Bottle Secret Technique within the Devouring Heaven Demon Art can absorb and purify the primordial energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into essence to nourish oneself. It can even completely neutralize and replenish one's own attacks.

In the ninja world, the so-called "heaven and earth energy" is the natural energy that permeates the entire planet!

In other words, through the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, Uchiha Touya could obtain pure, harmless natural energy, not only to cultivate into Sage Mode, but also to transform his body into that of a Sage, like those animal Sages, and live for thousands of years.

"Tsk... A bunch of animals with combat power no more than the fourth level can live for thousands of years, and the lifespan of the genuine Otsutsuki is even more immeasurable. I feel like even the Great Emperor of Shrouding the Heavens would be crying in the toilet!"

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After eliminating all the forces under the command of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, Uchiha Hiu secretly arrived in the capital of the Land of Wind and gave the Daimyo a completely new genjutsu.

From now on, this daimyo of the Land of Wind will become the echo chamber and money bag of the Sand Village, and will no longer need to consider the restrictions imposed by the Land of Wind.

This change did not arouse suspicion from the nobles of the Land of Wind. After all, with all the forces under the daimyo wiped out, it would be suicidal for them to still try to control the funds of the Sand Village as before.

Having resolved the issue of the Land of Wind, the remaining problem was how to dispose of the corpses; the sheer number of tens of thousands of bodies was simply too much. Ultimately, Uchiha Hiu didn't bring the corpses back to Sunagakure. Instead, he had the Sunagakure ninja bring the blood pool over, intending to perform a baptism there.

The secret techniques of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art require a higher level of physical constitution, which is not as demanding as the Devouring Spirit and Refining Blood Technique.

A large number of soldiers' corpses were swallowed by the blood pool. However, because these soldiers were of such poor quality, the amount of essence blood that could be extracted was extremely small. Even with such a terrifying number of 50,000, the essence blood that was ultimately extracted was no different from that of an ordinary 5,000 ninjas.

In addition to the more than two thousand wandering ninjas and monks, although the amount of blood essence that Uchiha Touyu obtained was unprecedented, the improvement it brought him was not as terrifying as one might imagine.

Of course, the blood pool of seven thousand people was enough to allow Uchiha Tou's bloodline to undergo another transformation, awakening the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan-level eye power, while also making up for most of the deficiencies in his Sage Body, making his physique infinitely close to that of Senju Hashirama.

If Uchiha Touyu spends a little more time and undergoes several more baptisms with Hashirama's cells, he will naturally awaken a complete Sage Body.

As for the Rinnegan, it is not something that can be created by combining the power of a Sage Body and the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. It requires at least the chakra of Ashura and Indra to be fully awakened.

It can be said that the Uchiha Tou bloodline has reached a bottleneck. Unless he really goes all out and slaughters those six Sage of Six Paths' bloodline ninja clans like livestock, it will take him more than ten years to reach the level of the Rinnegan.

"The effects of the Devouring Spirit and Refining Blood Technique are gradually weakening for me. Fortunately, I now have the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to seamlessly connect with it. Even just practicing the secret techniques within it that change my physique is far more powerful than the Devouring Spirit and Refining Blood Technique!"

Even if the Devouring Spirit and Refining Blood Technique is cultivated to its limit, it can only revert to the level of one's ancestors. However, the essence of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art is to integrate the advantages of thousands of physiques and evolve into a stronger and better physique.

Through the cultivation of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, Uchiha Touyu could easily feel the bloodline power within his body, which was like a glittering star.

Even if Uchiha Hiu didn't absorb any physique, his own foundation and physique would still gradually improve through the practice of secret techniques.

Theoretically, if one were to undergo a hundred years of arduous training, Uchiha Tou could even use this secret technique to revert to his ancestral form and become an Otsutsuki, specifically one with an optimized bloodline.

If he could cultivate for several thousand years, Uchiha Touyu estimated that he could evolve an even more powerful and terrifying bloodline based on the Otsutsuki bloodline, such as the so-called Otsutsuki God.

As for things like the Chaos Body... this isn't the world of Shrouding the Heavens, there are no original "physical samples" here, so even if Uchiha Touyu wanted to evolve, he couldn't.

"Next, it's time to lie low and cultivate for a while, learning the secret techniques in the Devouring Heaven Demon Art one by one. Although I can only scratch the surface at my current level, it's enough to make my strength leap forward significantly."

The secret techniques in Shrouding the Heavens, even those at the level of Great Emperors, are naturally fraught with difficulties to cultivate. Not to mention that Uchiha Touka's chakra system is fundamentally far inferior to the five great secret techniques of Shrouding the Heavens.

Fortunately, while the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance passed on its contents to Uchiha Touyu, it also gave him the most detailed understanding of these secret techniques, which allowed him to gradually internalize some of them.

Even so, it will take at least a year or two to sort out and integrate these secret techniques into the ninja's combat system.

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The morning sun shone into Sunagakure. The once gray and gloomy village was now surrounded by green grass and trees. Fluttering butterflies and chirping birds made it look less like a desert area and more like a water town in southern China.

Awakening from the sight of her slender arms and legs, Uchiha Hiyu pushed away the woman lying on his chest, stood up, and put on his clothes.

"Um... Lord Touyu..."

The woman who had been pushed away by Uchiha Touyu regained her senses. Seeing Uchiha Touyu getting dressed, she quickly got out of bed, and her actions also brought more women back to their senses.

Once they regained consciousness, the women naturally got up and began to help Uchiha Touyu get dressed. Only after they had dressed Uchiha Touyu did they begin to put on their own clothes.

Now, nearly two years have passed since Uchiha Touyu arrived in Sunagakure. During these two years, Uchiha Touyu has not caused any more trouble, but has instead immersed himself in training.

He mastered Sage Mode by using the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal, and through the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique, he comprehended a technique that converts ninjutsu into chakra absorption, similar to the Preta Path. Through the God-Crossing Technique, he comprehended a genjutsu similar to Kotoamatsukami.

Most importantly, it is the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, a secret technique that absorbs and fuses thousands of physiques. With the help of this secret technique and some of the Sand Village's collection, Uchiha Touyu's bloodline did not evolve further, but his physique was much better than before.

Just like how Hashirama Senju, despite both having the same Sage Body, surpasses Naruto Uzumaki, two people with the same bloodline might have vastly different physical attributes.

Uchiha Touyu used the secret technique of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the corpses of some Bloodline Limit Ninjas collected by Sunagakure to adjust his body to the limit of his bloodline.

Besides training, Uchiha Touyu naturally didn't mind having some fun. Now, Yekura and Karyu had long become his alchemy partners, obeying him in every way, and Sunagakure naturally let him do whatever he wanted.

The young and beautiful female ninjas in Sunagakure who had the potential to become Jonin had long since become his cauldrons. In fact, it was precisely because they became his cauldrons that they gained a lot of benefits from him through dual cultivation. Nowadays, there is a trend of female dominance and male decline among the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure.

In the past two years, among the more than 30 Jonin who have been promoted, a total of 24 were Uchiha Touyu's cauldrons, accounting for almost 80% of the newly promoted Jonin.

The Fifth Kazekage now possesses a secret technique that allows female ninjas to advance rapidly, which is hardly a secret in the entire Sand Village.

Nowadays, female ninjas in Sunagakure are proud to become members of the Fifth Kazekage's Anbu. Everyone knows that the Fifth Kazekage's Anbu only recruits young and promising female ninjas, and once they join the Anbu, their strength will improve significantly in a very short time, reaching the level of Jonin.

Even their progress won't be much slower in the future. The first six female ninjas who joined the Anbu have now become elite Jonin.

Uchiha Touyu originally just wanted to have some fun, but he didn't expect that while he was having fun, he would actually help the Sand Village to recover a lot of energy.

The Sand Village is now rich in money and resources, and it is easy to train even the lowest-ranking ninjas—chakra is a system that is easy to learn quickly.

It can be said that the only thing they lack is truly high-ranking Jonin and top-level Kage.

Unlike those cannon fodder ninjas, Jonin are not so easy to train. Every year, a ninja village can only have no more than ten ninjas promoted to Jonin. The fact that more than 30 Jonin have emerged in the last two years is really thanks to Uchiha Tou's dual cultivation technique.

As for Kage-level, it goes without saying. If it weren't for Uchiha Hiu, the Sand Village would still only have Pakura, who is at the bottom of the Kage level, struggling to keep going.

Now, Yecang is no longer at the bottom of the Kage level. After two years of dual cultivation, her strength can be considered above average among the Kage level, and she is almost worthy of the title of the strongest Kazekage.

With the addition of Karu-ra, who is not far behind, the Sand Village has at least recovered most of its strength, if not its peak.

(End of this chapter)