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

Chapter 185 A New Legacy

"Nagato, that guy, actually has such a troublesome ability!"

In the Hokage's office in Konoha, Uchiha Touyu frowned and said with some distress.

With the Rinnegan with six tomoe and the Truth-Seeking Ball behind him, Nagato's basic combat strength is now comparable to, if not greater than, that of Uchiha Tou. In addition, the presence of Takamagahara, who is extremely effective at restraining his own abilities, makes Uchiha Tou not dare to show his face for the time being.

"So what if his abilities are a bit more complicated? Haven't you still been manipulating him all along?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes and said that just now, the Fifth Hokage had received Nagato and had a bilateral exchange with the savior of the ninja world, deciding to jointly hunt down the notorious terrorist Uchiha Touya.

It can be said that Nagato himself was completely kept in the dark by Uchiha Touyu. He had no idea that four of the five great ninja villages were subordinates of Uchiha Touyu.

"Besides... isn't that girl named Konan one of yours too? With spies planted all over him, even if Nagato is incredibly strong, he'll ultimately be betrayed and killed by you!"

Uchiha Touyu's expression remained calm, showing no sign of smugness.

"Actually, it's not that easy. The main problem is that Nagato trusted the power of his Rinnegan too much. Also, he couldn't have imagined that four of the five great ninja villages were my subordinates, and that Konan could be turned into one of my own within three days."

The Hehuan Manual has a limited upper limit; the strongest woman it can control is only at the peak of the Kage level. Unless she is upgraded under the control of Uchiha Touyu, he definitely cannot control a woman above the Kage level.

Of course, apart from Kaguya Otsutsuki, there are probably no other Kage-level women in the entire ninja world, so this restriction is actually meaningless.

However, the most important function of the Hehuan Manual, which is to assist in cultivation, was also of little use to Uchiha Tomoyu. Instead, Uchiha Tomoyu developed it into a kind of control ability.

Most importantly, the Joyful Union Manual itself does not belong to the chakra system. This kind of hidden control through the dual cultivation of yin and yang only involves some changes in the spirit and body, without involving the circulation of chakra. Even if Nagato had the Rinnegan, he could not see any abnormalities.

As for techniques like Kotoamatsukami and the God of War, they ultimately require the power of chakra. Nagato might not be able to break these genjutsu, but he could definitely see the problem.

"By the way, I remember Nagato said that his next ninja village is Iwagakure... Heh, I wonder if he'll wipe out the entire village once he gets there?"

Tsunade seemed to have thought of something, and said with a grin, to which Uchiha Touya simply shrugged:

"It's hard to say... but the current strength of Iwagakure is too weak to pose any threat to Nagato. In this situation, even if we offend Nagato, he might be more lenient."

The reason why neither the Sand Village of the Land of Wind nor the Leaf Village of the Land of Fire acted humbly or arrogantly towards Nagato, nor did they have any greed for the Rinnegan, was because of Uchiha Hiu's instructions. They already knew about Nagato's strength.

However, the people of Iwagakure have no idea what kind of strength Nagato possesses!

Moreover, due to Uchiha Hiyu's actions in collecting the tailed beasts, this ninja village has suffered heavy losses. Two Jinchuriki, the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, Onoki, and his son, Kyoto, have all died at the hands of Uchiha Hiyu. The entire line of Kage-level ninjas in Iwagakure has been wiped out!

Given the nature of the Iwagakure ninjas, the more turbulent the situation, the more they will show their tough side. It is easy to imagine what kind of conflict will occur when they encounter Nagato, the self-important "chosen one".

In fact, Uchiha Hiu quickly received the intelligence that the unfortunate Iwagakure had once again been defeated by Nagato alone. The entire mountain next to the village had been hit by Shinra Tensei and completely flattened.

— Nagato showed mercy; otherwise, if he had used this move directly in the village instead of on the mountain next to Iwagakure, the entire village would probably be wiped out.

Even so, due to the impact of Shinra Tensei, the mountain range where Iwagakure is located also suffered a large-scale landslide, damaging its foundation and forcing the entire village to relocate. In addition, the ninjas who were killed by Nagato when they initially provoked the village suffered extremely heavy losses.

However, after Nagato demonstrated such great strength, Iwagakure surrendered without hesitation, and their surrender was much more thorough than that of other ninja villages. They even sent a team of ninjas to join Nagato's Akatsuki organization.

The Akatsuki organization was affected by the aftermath of the battle between Uchiha Tou and Nagato, losing most of its ninjas. Now, with the help of Iwagakure, it has recovered a lot of its strength.

They even firmly supported Nagato's proposal to resolve the ninja world's conflicts through peaceful coexistence and communication, almost to the point of wanting Nagato to become the Fourth Tsuchikage.

—In fact, not supporting the peace policy is not an option either. The current Iwagakure has the largest ninja force among the five great ninja villages, but there is not a single capable person in the leadership. They can't even find a Kage-level ninja. If a real war breaks out, any one of the four ninja villages could easily defeat them.

In such a weak state, they certainly couldn't implement any aggressive policies. On the contrary, Iwagakure hoped that the entire ninja world would coexist peacefully, giving them time to slowly recover their strength.

"Tsk... The Iwa ninja's performance was truly pathetic. Are they trying to latch onto Nagato's coattails?"

Upon seeing the choice made by the Iwa ninja, Uchiha Tou immediately understood their intentions: they wanted to rely on the Akatsuki organization to establish a connection with Nagato so that Nagato could protect them during this dangerous period.

As for what choices they will make after Iwagakure recovers its strength, it's unclear. Considering Nagato's strength, these ninjas might really be treating Nagato like Hashirama Senju, intending to outlast him until he dies.

Throughout the entire ninja world, any relatively long period of peace was generally due to a powerful figure completely suppressing the entire ninja world. For example, the early period of Kaguya Otsutsuki's rule, the time when the Sage of Six Paths founded Ninshu, the period when Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha joined forces, or the period after the Fourth Shinobi World War when Indra and Ashura reconciled.

Nagato now also possesses this kind of deterrent power... if we don't count Uchiha Tou.

After hearing Uchiha Tou's assessment of Iwagakure, Tsunade said with a somewhat serious expression:

"Given the current situation of Iwagakure, making this choice is not surprising. The key question is, what are you planning to do, Touya?"

"That guy now should be tough to deal with. Just from Konan's description, I can imagine how much Takamagahara restrained you."

"Moreover, there's that Immortal of the Six Paths hiding in the Pure Land; who knows what other tricks he might have up his sleeve?"

"The Sage of Six Paths... If only we could find a Pure Land, but unfortunately, that Great Toad Sage died before I went to Mount Myōboku!"

According to Uchiha Touyu's speculation, the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku was probably the most likely person to know how to get to the Pure Land. After his death, it is likely that no one in the entire ninja world knew how to get to the Pure Land.

Even if that giant toad doesn't know how to get to the Pure Land, it at least has some connection with the Sage of Six Paths. If it can lure the Sage of Six Paths out through that giant toad and directly control his soul, then Nagato won't be in this situation.

Uchiha Touyu strongly suspected that the giant toad sage had deliberately died, and that passing on his power to Nagato was just a side effect, as he didn't want the soul to fall into his hands.

During this time, he had thought things through more clearly: why did the Sage of Six Paths dare not appear in front of him? Even when he wanted to save Nagato, he simply dragged him to the Pure Land.

It's highly likely that the souls of those weak ninjas he abandoned back then ended up in the Pure Land, where the Sage of Six Paths discovered their presence. The Sage of Six Paths then relayed this information to the Great Toad Sage, which is why the Great Toad Sage made this decision.

It's pointless to dwell on past mistakes now. Besides, Uchiha Touyu back then couldn't have imagined that the soul he abandoned would cause so many problems, and he didn't have any ability to foresee the future.

However... if no one in the ninja world knows how to get to the Pure Land, what about outside the ninja world?

Uchiha Touyu raised his head. Despite it being daytime, his extraordinary eyesight allowed him to see the faint outline of the moon in the ninja world.

"I remember that there is still the soul, or rather, the remnant soul, of Ōtsutsuki Hamura on the moon? Could this younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths possibly know anything about the Pure Land?"

"However, going to the moon is no easy task, and the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother is probably no pushover either."

In the original work, the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother was naturally not as strong as the Sage of Six Paths, but he could still be considered a strong person of the same level. Although he did not give anyone any cheat codes or show any power in the later stages like the Sage of Six Paths, Uchiha Touyu would not believe that he was really just a wisp of remnant soul without any power.

Moreover, the Sage of Six Paths already knew about his information. Given the Sage of Six Paths' personality, he had probably already informed his younger brother that it was more likely he would not be able to find his soul on the moon.

After much thought, he realized that unless he was willing to continue developing along the power lines of the Otsutsuki clan and devour the pills he had accumulated, he might be able to turn the tables and kill Nagato.

Otherwise... the only solution is to start making repairs!

For Uchiha Touyu, completely stripping away the power of the chakra system and transforming it into a more powerful and promising cultivation system was the best choice.

"First, we need to find a way to strip away or absorb the power that contains the chakra system..."

As night slowly fell, Uchiha Touyu, who was staying in the Senju clan where Tsunade belonged, slowly closed his eyes and concentrated his mind on the space of the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance.

In the dark space, Uchiha Touyu calculated the amount of black energy he had obtained as a sacrifice, which was close to 6 units, causing a pained expression to appear on his face.

If he were given a few more years, he could increase the number of offerings in the space tenfold, and then he would surely be able to exchange them for a more powerful cultivation system.

But for now, he can only try and see if he can obtain a cultivation system that is currently usable.

"Perhaps we can break down those cultivation systems and just lay a foundation at the beginning. In this way, even if the offerings are not many at the beginning, we can still obtain the preliminary realms of some powerful cultivation systems."

"Let's try it out and see if there's a way to manage chakra without affecting potential and combat power!"

With a thought from Uchiha Touyu, tens of thousands of black wisps instantly evaporated. The entire Book of Demonic Path Inheritance trembled a few times, then turned its pages again. The black flames meandered and flowed, transforming into a piece of information that was passed on to Uchiha Touyu.

In fact, the scale of Uchiha Tou's sacrifice this time was no less than the time he killed 50,000 ninja soldiers from the Land of Wind. Although there were only tens of thousands of black energies, the quality of these black energies was far superior to those of soldiers who had just cultivated chakra. This superior quality made up for the difference in quantity.

Therefore, this response to Uchiha Touyu's inheritance is of no less quality than the secret manual of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art!

"This is... a cultivation method from the Divine Sect's Demonic Cultivation Method?!"

Slowly snapping out of his daze, Uchiha Touyu's face showed surprise.

The Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect, originating from the Immortal Gourd World, is a cultivation method specifically for cultivating one's bloodline.

The humans of the Immortal Gourd World were meticulously created by the Seven Phoenixes of Creation. They were born with the bloodline of innate gods and demons. Through cultivation by the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect, ordinary humans could even revert to the bodies of innate gods and demons, transforming into true divine dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, and kunpengs.

Moreover, after cultivating the cultivation methods of the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect to a high level, one can even mix the originally different innate divine and demonic bloodlines into one, transforming them into an even more powerful fused innate divine and demonic being.

To be precise, it shouldn't be called transforming into a more powerful innate god or demon, but rather evolving into a stronger innate god or demon!

The Divine Sect's Demonic Cultivation Techniques are considered top-tier bloodline cultivation methods, and even across the myriad realms, few can rival them.

However... a mere 1 strands of black energy are certainly not enough to obtain the complete cultivation method of the Divine Sect and Demonic Sect. Just like what Uchiha Touka obtained back then, it was only some secret techniques of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. This time, what Uchiha Touka obtained was only the first five levels of the cultivation method of the Divine Sect and Demonic Sect.

The cultivation method of the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect allows one to purify and condense their bloodline upon reaching the fifth level, transforming it into a pure blood clone.

In other words, through the Divine Sect Demonic Cultivation Method, Uchiha Touya could completely condense an Otsutsuki clone and attach the chakra system to it.

(End of this chapter)