Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

It was Mikoto's shift that night, and Uchiha Gen was fast asleep, cuddling Mikoto.

Tsunade's knocking alerted the Uchiha clan ninjas on patrol, who rushed to the scene.

After some negotiation, the squad leader reluctantly went to inform Uchiha Gen outside his bedroom.

Uchiha Gen was naturally annoyed at being disturbed from his sleep, but he didn't vent his morning grumpiness on his subordinates. Remembering Tsunade's situation, he had no choice but to get out of his warm and soft bed.

"What brings you here so early, Tsunade-senpai?"

Mikoto opened her eyes sleepily, her voice languid and soft.

"It concerns her inner conflict," Uchiha Gen replied while putting on his clothes.

"Hehe... I see."

"Once you resolve Tsunade-senpai's inner conflict, she'll be your woman, my husband, right?"

"Tsunade-senpai is indeed very beautiful, has a good temperament, a good figure, strong strength, a good background, and a high reputation."

"If I were to become my husband's legal wife, his position as Hokage would be absolutely secure."

Mikoto stretched out one of her long, slender, snow-white arms to support her head, her round, fair shoulders partially exposed, and her bright, watery eyes looked at Uchiha Gen's back.

"What are you saying?"

"Am I the kind of man who needs a woman to solidify his position?"

"As for the legal wife... we don't make that distinction in our family."

"She might not even come to stay at our house..."

"Alright, it's still early, you should sleep a little longer."

"Please explain the breakfast time to everyone."

Dressed neatly, Uchiha Gen turned around and leaned down to kiss Mikoto's smooth, fair forehead.

"Yes, my husband, please be careful in everything you do."

Uchiha Gen nodded and turned to leave. Mikoto watched his figure disappear and then closed her eyes.

Upon entering the living room, Uchiha Gen saw Tsunade drinking tea under the lamplight.

She wore a tea-green long gown with black trim, a loose sleeveless top underneath, a black cloth belt around her waist, and dark blue capri pants. She had long, light yellow hair, light yellow eyebrows, bright brown eyes, and light red lips.

As the saying goes, a beauty is most beautiful when viewed under lamplight; Tsunade's fair skin subtly reflected light under the lamp...

"Tsunade-senpai, you're in such a hurry! What time is it now?"

Tsunade put down her teacup and stood up. She didn't say anything, just smiled faintly.

"I can't do anything with you, let's go."

Uchiha Gen shook his head, slightly raised his right hand, and Tsunade walked over and took his arm. The two figures disappeared into the living room...

Five minutes later, the two arrived at the secret base of the Land of Whirlpools.

It's unclear whether Orochimaru got up early or didn't sleep at all, but he stayed up all night and was found in the laboratory again.

With Orochimaru's ambitious attitude, if he doesn't improve, who will?

"You're here really early."

"Should we start after breakfast or now?"

Orochimaru didn't turn his head, continuing with the experiment in his hands, his hoarse, deep voice ringing out.

Tsunade naturally wanted to start now, but she had to consider Uchiha Gen's feelings, after all, she had run so far so early in the morning...

"Let's begin now. I'm afraid Tsunade-senpai can't wait any longer," said Uchiha Gen, waving his hand.

Tsunade gave Uchiha Gen a grateful look, then forcibly suppressed her excitement and said, "Now."

"Alright, Xuan, go and bring the offerings to the base hall."

"Um."

Uchiha Gen turned and left, easily finding two wandering ninjas who were still hopelessly immersed in the Sharingan's genjutsu.

After checking that the soul imprints left in their souls were intact, Uchiha Gen took the two away.

Soul Imprint is a secret technique newly developed by Uchiha Genshin, whose effect is to track and store soul power.

When the two were brought to the somewhat dimly lit base hall, Orochimaru and Tsunade were already standing to one side.

There's no way around it; that's just Orochimaru's style. Apart from the brightly lit laboratory, the rest of the place is rather dark.

"It's my turn."

Orochimaru walked up to the two sacrifices, squatted down, and took out two scrolls containing personal information.

At this moment, Uchiha Gen walked to Tsunade's side and gently patted her shoulder to comfort her.

Tsunade forced a smile, then stared intently at Orochimaru's movements...

Orochimaru unfolded the two scrolls, channeled chakra into them, and black jutsu patterns spread out from the scrolls, enveloping the two wandering ninjas like a magic array.

Orochimaru formed the three hand seals of Yin, Si, and Xu, and activated the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

A white light appeared beneath the two wandering ninjas, followed by a dense mass of grayish-white debris, resembling paper or dust.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Countless grayish-white debris rapidly covered their bodies from beneath their feet, and a painful, piercing scream suddenly rang out, echoing in the dimly lit hall.

Two new faces emerged from the grayish-white debris, each face extremely grotesque and terrifying.

The next moment, the grayish-white debris disappeared, and two expressionless figures appeared, namely Nawaki and Kato Dan.

Realizing that the soul mark left on the sacrifice had already been imprinted on Nawaki, Uchiha Gen left, leaving Tsunade and Orochimaru to catch up...

Kato Dan and Nawaki were not intended to meet with Uchiha Gen, since they were not really familiar with each other and it would feel a bit awkward to stay.

As for why the soul imprint was left on Nawaki instead of Kato Dan, it's naturally because Kato Dan possesses the art of spiritification, making his senses far more acute than Nawaki's.

Uchiha Gen did not stay at the base. Instead, he went outside the base and found a secluded spot to sit cross-legged, waiting for the right opportunity.

About two hours later, two souls invisible to ordinary people soared into the sky...

A faint white light emanated from Uchiha Gen's brow in the hidden place, and terrifying mental fluctuations spread in all directions like sound waves...

All creatures within a 100-meter radius died instantly, without a single wound on their bodies. Creatures beyond 100 meters fled in a frenzy, blood flowing from the holes in their bodies.

After the two souls rose to a certain height, they suddenly disappeared into the void. When they reappeared, they were in a gray and dark space that was constantly shrouded in gray and black mist.

Looking down through the mist, the earth appeared grayish-black, with mountains in the distance undulating in the same color, and the faint sound of flowing water could be heard...

A faint white light emanated from the gray-black earth. Upon closer inspection, it was found to be composed of countless tiny, faint white dots, each dot resembling a coffin-shaped mound.

Lying in the burial mounds are people of different shapes, faces, and temperaments, but all of them are peaceful and serene souls.

"Is this the Pure Land?"

A soul enveloped in white light emerged from the Rope Tree's burial mound, then hovered dozens of meters in the air, looking around. Its appearance was exactly like Uchiha Gen's, only its features were somewhat blurry.

"It turns out that the entrance to the Pure Land is not beneath the earth, but on a special spatial node ring in mid-air."

"Even if humans know space-time ninjutsu, they cannot enter this special spatial node; only souls can enter and exit."

As if talking to himself, Uchiha Gen lowered his body, coming to within a few meters of the ground to examine himself...

This observation led Uchiha Gen to discover another mysterious detail.

The coffin-shaped mounds are all the same size, but the solidity and intensity of light of the coffins are completely different.

Some coffins are more ethereal, emitting light like a swarm of fireflies; others are more solid, emitting light like a high-wattage electric light.

After pausing for a moment, Uchiha Gen randomly chose a direction and flew off...

(End of this chapter)