He's in the Marvel universe, and his first step is marrying Scarlet Witch.

As Li Chuan painted one pie in the sky after another, Nagato's expression clearly began to change.

He felt as if he had truly seen the beautiful world that Li Chuan had described.

Yes, if the whole world were unified and everyone belonged to one country, where would there be war? As long as the empire didn't fall apart, peace would never disappear.

If he had been born into such a world, how could his parents have been killed, and how could Yahiko have died?

Perhaps he's still in that city with Yahiko and Minami, eating dumplings and watching the sunrise.

Seeing the change in Nagato's expression, Li Chuan knew that the problem was probably not serious.

World peace was certainly not his goal, but establishing a unified empire was.

Because he wants to gather the resources of the entire world to improve himself, there is nothing better than establishing a unified empire.

The future development of this world will involve training ninjas as scientists, researching more practical and powerful ninjutsu for them, and creating more technologies that can enhance their strength.

He needs a capable and strong leader to help him with this process, including maintaining the operation of the entire empire in the later stages.

Nagato, who could rule Amegakure and establish Akatsuki, and who managed all the troublemakers in Akatsuki in an orderly manner, was the best candidate.

Even if he later opens up the world where time flows normally, with Nagato in charge, the empire he painstakingly built won't have any problems.

If it were someone like the Third Hokage, Danzo, or some other normal person, they might betray the empire for some benefit or something, and have some crooked thoughts when Li Chuan is not around.

But Nagato wouldn't, because he was an extreme pacifist. As long as the Empire could maintain peace, he would definitely protect its development.

This is exactly what Li Chuan needs. As long as the empire can be maintained, he can gain something new every now and then.

"If establishing a unified empire can truly achieve the goal of world peace and sever the chains of hatred, then I am willing to help you."

After about five minutes of silent contemplation, Nagato gave his answer.

He might not believe it if others said so, because to unify the world, one would have to defeat all the ninja villages and all the ninjas, which is almost an impossible task.

However, given Li Chuan's demonstrated strength, coupled with his assistance and the future creation of the Ten-Tails from the nine tailed beasts, everything seems to have become simple.

This makes it possible to accomplish all of this.

"Very well, then let me help you recover your body and strength!"

Upon hearing Nagato's affirmative answer, Li Chuan pressed a Rinnegan and the Mangekyou Sharingan he had just taken from Obito into Nagato's empty eye sockets, and then injected the Extremis Virus.

Moments later, amidst flames and roars, Nagato emerged like a phoenix rising from the ashes. His once emaciated body gradually regained its fullness, and his legs, which had been destroyed by the explosive tags, were restored to their original state.

The handsome Nagato with his full head of red hair is back.

"Nagato!"

Seeing the changes in Nagato's body, Konan couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

Back then, it was to save her that Nagato's legs were destroyed by Hanzo the Salamander, and it was also to avenge Yahiko by summoning the Gedo Mazo that his body became extremely weak.

"How are you feeling?"

Li Chuan asked.

Nagato took a deep breath and then nodded:

"Great, I feel my body is full of power now, and the Rinnegan and Mangekyou Sharingan no longer seem to be a burden."

"If I were to use the Samsara Reincarnation Technique now to revive those who were killed in Konoha, would it endanger your life?"

Normally, using the Rinne Rebirth Technique, even to revive someone who has just died, will consume a large amount of chakra and life force. According to the original storyline, Nagato died immediately after using it.

His original plan was that if he couldn't fool Nagato, he would beat Nagato half to death and use the Soul-Stealing Curse to control Nagato to use the Samsara Rebirth Technique.

But now that Nagato is willing to assist him, he must be looking for another way.

This is why he injected Nagato with the Extremis virus, hoping to significantly enhance Nagato's vitality through the Extremis virus from the Marvel universe, thereby preventing his death.

Upon hearing this, Nagato closed his eyes, sensed it for a moment, and replied:

"Yes, they have only been dead for a short time. Although resurrecting them would be a great burden for me, my current physical condition is not serious enough to cause death. I should be able to recover after a period of rest."

Shall I perform the ritual now?

Li Chuan thought for a moment and then waved his hand:

"Wait a minute."

Since Nagato, who was injected with the Extinction Virus, can use the Samsara Rebirth Technique without dying, doesn't that mean he's even less likely to die?

Therefore, he plans to transplant one Rinnegan first before making a decision.

After saying that, he immediately removed his left eye and pressed the eye protector onto it.

The moment he connected to the Rinnegan and channeled his own chakra, a number of ninjutsu related to the Rinnegan flooded his mind, just like how he instantly mastered Tsukuyomi after transplanting Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan.

At this moment, Li Chuan also instantly mastered all of Pain's Six Paths ninjutsu, including Summoning Gedo Mazo and Rinne Rebirth.

"Sage Mode!"

After successfully transplanting the Rinnegan, Li Chuan immediately activated Sage Mode again.

The sage chakra containing the true essence of the golden core surged into the Rinnegan, and the originally normal Rinnegan began to change rapidly, just like the previous Mangekyou Sharingan.

A moment later, a new Rinnegan, surrounded by yin-yang symbols, appeared in his left eye socket.

"Looks like I don't need you to revive him. You guys go back to Amegakure first. Oh, and take Itachi with you. He's one of my men too, and these guys as well."

"I'll come find you after I've settled things in Konoha and taken over as the Fifth Hokage."

After experiencing the power of the golden Rinnegan enhanced by Sage Chakra, Li Chuan threw Deidara and the others away and gave instructions to Nagato.

Nagato nodded and used Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan Kamui ability to put Deidara and the other Akatsuki members into the Kamui dimension.

"Apparition".

Li Chuan's figure flashed, and he reappeared in the center of the village.

The golden Rinnegan didn't grant any new abilities, but it allowed Li Chuan to skip the slow, gradual development of the Rinnegan's power like Nagato and directly reach its peak in one step.

In other words, Li Chuan's current golden Rinnegan power is roughly equivalent to Madara's power when he fully developed both Rinnegans at his peak.

So now he can revive all the Konoha ninjas with the Rinne Rebirth Technique, and it's not as difficult for him as it was for Nagato.

"Kawa-sama!"

Inside the giant crater in Konoha, all the surviving Konoha ninjas, upon seeing Li Chuan's true form appear, instinctively gathered around him.

Thanks to the healing efforts of Li Chuan's shadow clones, the surviving Konoha ninjas have mostly recovered from their external injuries, but their internal chakra has not yet been restored.

(End of this chapter)