Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

As dawn broke, Uchiha Gen returned to the apartment with Tsunade.

After a quick breakfast, Tsunade dragged her tired body to the bedroom to sleep. Uchiha Gen didn't leave either, climbing into bed and cuddling her as they slept.

In the days that followed, Uchiha Gen arranged his life and work in an orderly manner, and he did not give up his cultivation. Every day he would go to the Pure Land to devour souls to help increase his cultivation.

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Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye, from Konoha 58 to Konoha 63.

That year, Uchiha Gen was twenty-six, Kurenai was twenty-seven, Anko was twenty-three, and Yugao was twenty-two.

Itachi is sixteen years old, Neji, Uchiha Gen's disciple, is thirteen years old, and he, along with Tenten and Rock Lee, graduated from the Ninja Academy last year.

Sasuke, Naruto, and the others are twelve years old, and this year is the year they graduate from the Ninja Academy.

It's worth mentioning that the three girls, Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao, got bored staying in the police department for many years, and after discussing it with Gen Uchiha four years ago, they returned to being mission ninjas.

They haven't completely returned to being mission-oriented ninjas; the three women still hold squad leader positions in the police department, maintaining a dual identity.

Such a thing was impossible for the Uchiha clan in the past, but with Uchiha Gen's arrangement, it's different.

The three women had already been promoted to Jonin in the police department, and would remain Jonin even after becoming ordinary ninjas.

In terms of mission experience, the three women are not as experienced or experienced as regular Jonin, but in terms of strength, ordinary Jonin are no match for them, even excluding the assistance of summoning beasts.

Lacking nothing and with Uchiha Gen as their backer, the three women chose and carried out missions entirely according to their own will, half of which were missions and half were sightseeing and fun.

Hearing that the current graduating class of the Ninja Academy is about to graduate, Kurenai even considered mentoring some students, and in her excitement, asked Uchiha Gen to help make arrangements.

Red Bean and Evening Glory had no intention of taking on students; in their spare time, they preferred to pester Uchiha Gen or do what they liked.

During these five years, the ninja world remained relatively peaceful without any major upheavals.

The only thing that caught the attention of the five great ninja villages was an organization called Akatsuki, which, after five years of development, had essentially monopolized the war commissions of small countries.

However, the intensity of this attention varies among the five great ninja villages. On the surface, the village of Sunagakure seems to pay the most attention to the Akatsuki.

In the Land of Fire, deep within a mountain, in a secret chamber filled with magical spells.

Uchiha Gen sat cross-legged on a black futon with fire patterns, his eyes slightly closed, his hands placed on his lower abdomen in a Tai Chi mudra, and his body radiating a faint white spiritual light.

The so-called Tai Chi Seal is formed by using the tiger's mouth of the left hand to hold the four fingers of the right hand, and the tiger's mouth of the right hand to hold the thumb of the left hand, while the tips of the thumbs of both hands touch the Laogong acupoints of the palms of the other hands.

The Laogong acupoint is located in the depression in the center of the palm.

With the thumbs of both hands forming a Tai Chi symbol at the base of the thumbs, and the thumbs touching each other in the palm of the other hand, these are the two eyes of the Tai Chi symbol, used to connect the Yin and Yang energies within oneself. The other four fingers represent the Eight Trigrams, with one hand representing Yin and the other Yang.

A man's left hand is considered Yang, while a woman's right hand is considered Yang. Therefore, when a woman forms the Tai Chi mudra, it is exactly the opposite of a man's.

If a Byakugan ninja were to open their Byakugan here, they would discover a peculiar phenomenon.

Inside Uchiha Gen's body, there was a white miniature baby that looked exactly like him, assuming the same cultivation posture at his dantian.

The only difference was that a long sword was placed on the white baby's lap, and its appearance was a miniature version of Wusheng.

After an unknown amount of time, the white infant in the dantian opened its eyes, which were clearly marked with the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern. Then, the infant leaped upwards, running up its body directly to its forehead, emerging from the Niwan Palace, and appearing on the top of the Uchiha's head.

"Giggle giggle..."

The innocent laughter of a baby rang out and echoed endlessly in the secret room, instantly bringing a sense of relaxation and joy.

The next moment, Uchiha Gen opened his eyes, his hand seals changed, and countless white light spots appeared in all directions of the secret chamber...

These white light spots flowed into Uchiha Gen's body like four rivers. Outside the secret chamber, an astonishing phenomenon appeared on the mountaintop, where countless natural energies turned into white vortexes and poured into the mountain's belly, causing all the beasts to flee in a frenzy.

Inside the secret chamber, five colors of light—white, green, black, red, and yellow—flowed across Uchiha Gen's chest. These lights reflected the natural energy river, which resembled a river or white mist, making it appear as if it were a fairyland.

The five colors of light, originally distinct, rapidly merged together over time, then surged along the body towards the Niwan Palace (the area around the temple of the head)...

The baby had already re-entered the Niwan Palace, and when the five-colored light merged into the baby, it was as if the baby was lying in a five-colored river.

The baby's eyes were closed, its face serene and peaceful, while Uchiha Gen's face was filled with a dreamy, intoxicated expression, as if he had heard celestial music.

The baby gradually dissipated in the five-colored river, and the miniature sword returned to the dantian. After the baby completely disappeared, three flower buds appeared on Uchiha Gen's shoulders and above his head.

The flower bud on the left shoulder is lead-colored, the flower bud on the right shoulder is silver, and the flower bud on the top of the head is golden.

As Uchiha Gen absorbed a large amount of natural energy, three flower buds of different colors began to bloom, transforming into three blooming lotus flowers.

After the lotus flower bloomed, a soul that was as solid as a physical being—no, it should be more accurately called a primordial spirit—suddenly appeared in mid-air.

The lead flower flickered and merged into the silver flower, the silver flower flickered again and merged into the gold flower, and the gold flower sprayed out a cloud of golden mist before disappearing.

All of this golden mist was eagerly absorbed by Uchiha Gengenshin...

After the absorption was completed, the primordial spirit, which was originally similar to that of Uchiha Gen, was now tinged with gold. There was no trace of coldness on its body; instead, it felt as warm and comfortable as the winter sun!

The next moment, the golden primordial spirit entered Uchiha Gen's body, and the natural energy in the secret chamber and the outside world rapidly dissipated and disappeared...

"Phew... those five years weren't wasted..."

"Today I have finally cultivated to the point of Five Qi Gathering at the Origin, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and the initial stage of Pure Yang in my primordial spirit."

"This is the final stage of Refining the Spirit and Returning to Emptiness. As long as you continue to cultivate, you will eventually reach the level of Refining Emptiness and Merging with the Dao."

"The Soul-Soul Fruit is perfect for me."

"If it weren't for the Soul-Soul Fruit, a shortcut with no side effects, and if it weren't for the countless souls in the Pure Land..."

"Let alone reaching my current level in a mere five years, I'm afraid I haven't even scratched the surface of the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness stage..."

"The 'Yuanshi Benjing's Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness Scroll is impossible to create; without the corresponding method to break through, it's out of the question."

"With my current soul strength, looking back, I am in no way inferior to Otsutsuki Hamura when I met him in the Pure Land five years ago, and may even have surpassed him."

"Then, with other methods added, we won't need to worry about facing Hagoromo Otsutsuki."

"From now on, the sky is truly the limit for birds to fly and the sea is the limit for fish to leap."

Overwhelmed with excitement after his breakthrough, Uchiha Gen muttered a long string of words before finally stopping.

After a moment, Uchiha Gen rose from the futon, raised his right hand in a fist, and a pure white fireball appeared. The air distorted and the temperature soared the instant the fireball appeared...

With a casual flick of his wrist, Uchiha Gen vanished as the fireball landed. The pure white fireball exploded on the ground with a deafening roar, and the entire secret chamber collapsed instantly...

(End of this chapter)