Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Especially Hashimura, upon hearing the words "hashimura cells," rushed to the front of the culture chamber, her face almost pressed against the glass.

"Wait! Huh? My cells?" Hashirama's eyes widened as he pointed incredulously at the body, then at himself. "No wonder I felt this thing's chakra aura was so familiar! Where did you get my flesh and blood?"

"Don't worry about these small details, Hashirama-senpai. Scientific progress always requires a little bit of insignificant 'materials'. Rest assured, these cells in your body have not been wasted. We are going to use them to benefit the world and save all living beings."

"I see..." Hashirama scratched the back of his head. Although he still felt it was strange that others were using his own flesh for biochemical experiments, his broad-mindedness instantly eased when he heard the words "for the benefit of the world".

Therefore, he nodded honestly, "Alright then! As long as you don't use it for bad things, promise me... Uchiha Tsuki."

"nature."

The Sage of Six Paths, clad in his robes, floated slowly forward, his purple Rinnegan staring at the unadorned body.

"A very exquisite body."

But then he shook his head.

"But, stranger, this is ultimately just a dead thing."

Yu Yi looked at Uchiha Tsuki: "I have studied Yin-Yang Release for a thousand years and know how demanding the bond between the soul and the body is."

“You previously said that you wanted to strip my mother’s will from the corruption of the divine tree and inject it into this body… This simply doesn’t make logical sense!”

Yu Yi raised her staff and pointed it at the incubation chamber: "The soul is extremely exclusive. This body was not nurtured by the mother's soul, and its genes are completely different from the mother's will. Once forcibly injected, the 'rejection reaction' between the soul and the body will tear this body to pieces in an instant, or cause the soul to dissipate directly!"

Faced with the Sage of Six Paths' questioning, Uchiha Yue laughed instead.

“Senior Yui, your understanding of the soul and body truly represents the pinnacle of the ninja world.” Yue walked to the incubation pod and gently tapped the glass with her finger. “But your understanding of ‘technology’ is still stuck in the old era of a thousand years ago.”

"This body is merely a 'terminal device' for receiving soul signals! I used Yin Release to inscribe a 'receiver' into the brain of this body. The soul itself doesn't need to actually reside inside; it only needs to maintain a long-distance 'cloud connection' like controlling a puppet!"

"Without the forced intrusion of the soul itself, the external Hashirama cells adjust themselves according to the soul signals, so there is naturally no such thing as soul rejection!"

Chapter 181 The Sage of Six Paths: Ah~ Beautiful Body

Hearing this theory, Hagoromo was stunned.

“Using Yin Release to build a bridge, the soul controls from the other side, while the body executes from this side…” Hagoromo murmured to himself, a hint of undisguised shock flashing in his purple Rinnegan eyes, “This… this indeed cleverly avoids the risk of rejection that comes with the direct entry of the soul.”

But soon, the meticulous old immortal frowned again: "Theoretically it may be feasible, but this kind of micro-management across dimensions requires extremely high Yin Release. The slightest fluctuation in chakra will cause the body to collapse, so it would be as difficult as climbing to heaven in practice."

Seeing the Sage of Six Paths still half-believing and half-doubting, Uchiha Yue's smile deepened.

"Since you don't believe me, senior..."

Yue suddenly took a step back, made a "please" gesture, and pointed to the prototype in the incubation chamber.

"Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth."

"Senior Yu Yi, since your research on souls and Yin Release is so profound, why don't you personally become the first test subject for the [Fourth Calamity]?"

"what?"

These words shocked everyone present.

Even Madara Uchiha looked at Yue incredulously, raising an eyebrow: "You're letting... the Sage of Six Paths be a guinea pig?"

"Why not?" Yue shrugged, her tone matter-of-fact. "Senior Yuyi is currently in a pure spirit state, making her the perfect material for testing 'cloud download.' Moreover, only after you personally experience the compatibility of this body will you believe that I truly have the ability to reshape a clean and pure golden body for your mother, right?"

The feathered robe floated in mid-air, giving Uchiha Tsuki a deep look.

a long time.

"Alright." The Sage of Six Paths nodded slowly, a hint of interest in exploration appearing in his eyes, which had been calm and still for thousands of years. "I will personally test your methods."

"happy!"

Yue immediately got into work mode, her eyes instantly becoming incredibly sharp.

"Orochimaru, empty the nutrient solution! Sasori, activate the miniature power reactor! Prepare for mental reconnection!"

"hiss--"

As the valve turned, the gate of the culture chamber slowly opened, and the green liquid quickly drained out. The inhuman, non-mechanical body lay quietly on the metal operating table.

"Senior Hagoromo, lower your mental defenses. Project your will into my Yin Release chakra!"

"Buzz—!!!"

Uchiha Tsuki's [Bright Seal] between his eyebrows instantly shone with a brilliant purple light, and his Mangekyou Sharingan in his left eye spun wildly.

An extremely condensed Yin Release chakra, like a physical data cable, connected one end to the Sage of Six Paths' spirit body, and the other end pierced fiercely into the artificial brain region of the original body, which was constructed of chakra metal!

"Initiate synchronization!"

The Sage of Six Paths closed his eyes and continuously channeled his immense spiritual will into the original body through this passage!

"Click...click..."

In the silent laboratory, the gears inside the metal skeleton of the lifeless body suddenly made a faint meshing sound!

Immediately afterwards, the interstitial cells attached to the body surface burst forth with dazzling green vitality!

"Thump! Thump!"

Inside the heartless shell, a miniature power reactor roared powerfully!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the unadorned body slowly opened its eyes!

Those were artificial eyes devoid of any emotion.

"This……"

The body slowly sat up and raised a pair of hands covered with sutures and metal joints.

The Sage of Six Paths' voice no longer resounded directly in everyone's souls, but was transmitted through the mechanical voice-generating device in the throat of the body, truly vibrating the air!

"This old man... actually felt the 'weight'..."

Yu Yi clenched her fist tightly, the metal and flesh intertwined, making a "crunching" sound.

He lowered his head, staring incredulously at the body, turning his hands over and over.

"There is no rejection! Nor is there the burden of a torn soul."

Yu Yi's voice was filled with undisguised surprise, "Although it is far from the pure flesh and blood body I remember, and the rotation of these mechanical joints has a strange sense of resistance... I haven't experienced this kind of physical feedback with a physical form for thousands of years!"

The Black Zetsu on the ground was completely dumbfounded, forgetting even to move: "Really... he actually went in?!"

"Moon Lord, all the mental synchronization data are perfect!" Orochimaru stared at the monitoring equipment in front of him, excitedly licking his lips. This basically announced the success of the first phase of the experiment.

Feeling this novel body, even the Sage of Six Paths, whose mortal heart had remained unmoved for a thousand years, was stirred.

Yu Yi smiled slightly, and instinctively, she drew upon a wisp of chakra from the depths of her will.

however.

He clearly underestimated the "quality" of his own chakra as the Sage of Six Paths, and overestimated the "hardware capacity" of this first prototype.

The instant that wisp of chakra flowed into his body along with his soul—

Uchiha Yue stared intently at the Hashirama cells on the surface of the unsuspecting body that were beginning to writhe violently, his brows furrowing sharply as he roared:

"No! Orochimaru, check the chakra output threshold!"

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"

A piercing red alarm blared frantically inside the laboratory!

The Sage of Six Paths, who was still immersed in the joy of regaining his physical body, suddenly let out a muffled groan.

He could clearly feel that this body was collapsing at an extremely violent speed!

The Sage of Six Paths' chakra level and rank are simply too high!

Even if he only used what he considered to be an "insignificant" amount, it was still too high a voltage for this body, which was composed of inter-pillar cells and a miniature power furnace!

"Crackling sound—!"

The power reactor emitted pungent black smoke, and the Hashirama cells, unable to withstand this divine chakra, instantly went out of control, growing wildly outward in an attempt to lignify!

"Disconnect!"

Uchiha Yue acted decisively, unleashing a powerful burst of Mangekyou Sharingan power from his eyes, forcefully severing the Yin Release data channel between the Sage of Six Paths and his original body!

"boom!"

The moment the willpower was no longer restrained and the energy was no longer channeled, the severely overloaded body exploded on the experimental table, turning into a charred, withered piece of wood!

"Huh...huh..."

The Sage of Six Paths' spirit was forcibly bounced back into the air, his figure flickering violently several times.

The laboratory was filled with a pungent, burnt smell.

Madara Uchiha frowned, looking at the pile of wreckage billowing black smoke: "Failed?"

"Do not."

The feathered figure in mid-air slowly stabilized its spirit form. It turned its head and looked at Uchiha Tsuki, who was also panting heavily.

The patriarch of the ninja world no longer had the aloofness he had shown before; instead, a rare... embarrassment and lingering reluctance appeared on his face.

"Um... cough cough."

Yu Yi cleared her throat, her tone even carrying a hint of apology:

"Although it only lasted for a few dozen seconds... this is not a failure of your technique, but an old man's problem."

Yu Yi looked at the pile of charred remains, her eyes revealing a hint of longing to play again:

"I haven't used my physical body for a thousand years. Just now, out of curiosity, I instinctively tried to feel it... and accidentally used my chakra to burn it."

At this point, the Sage of Six Paths floated towards Uchiha Tsuki, his attitude becoming unusually gentle, even carrying a hint of negotiation:

"Young friend Yue, could you... possibly forge another body for this old man to be the 'Fourth Calamity'?"

Feathered Robe solemnly assured him:

"I swear, next time I go in, I will definitely go easy on you."

Chapter 182 [Dawn] The Expedition Against [Dawn]

"Specifically, it's eleven seconds."