The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

"However, the largest tribes have hundreds of thousands of people, which should be considered a small country."

Perhaps, before long, these major tribes will begin to fight each other and eventually achieve unification.

This is the general trend of history, and it is inevitable.

After all, for a tribe to survive better, it is inevitable that it must grow and expand, and the fastest way for a tribe to grow is to annex other tribes.

Humans were scattered across the continent in tribes. Powerful tribes had complete lineages, which naturally involved training and cultivation from a young age. Tribes without complete lineages were dependent on slightly larger tribes, and would seek help from their dependents in times of disaster. Of course, they would also have to pay a price, which was nothing more than offering tribute.

"A very normal development process."

Regarding the development of the primitive continent, Tushi had nothing to say; what he noticed was another aspect.

Most of the people here still face attacks from wild animals and natural disasters.

Even the development of agriculture and other sectors is extremely underdeveloped.

Perhaps due to population limitations, the development of productivity and labor force has been severely constrained.

Don't be fooled by the current high proportion of strong humans on the continent. This is only because resources are plentiful. Once resources are saturated and the population continues to increase, the number of strong humans that can be supported will be limited. It's impossible for the proportion of strong humans to decrease significantly as the population continues to grow, eventually even lower than that of the main continent.

The path of the samurai is ultimately too slow to yield results.

The tribe's strongmen are also the result of waves of elimination, with one after another dying, and they are the elites who grow up through constant battles with wild beasts.

Although the guard team has over forty members with combat strength approaching Special Jonin, the youngest is already close to forty years old. Meanwhile, there are many ninjas in the ninja system who reach Special Jonin level by the age of twenty.

"Moreover... this is the result of almost an uninterrupted supply of resources for everyone's cultivation."

While in the tribe, Tu Shi also saw the scene of the people cultivating themselves. The medicinal soup, similar to a medicinal bath, was boiled in a large pot and was most likely distributed equally, or even given as much as you needed.

This is almost invisible on the main continent.

What is the main continent doing right now? Isn't it waging war?

Why wage war?

It's not a resource yet.

What kind of bullshit grudges are these? They're all just excuses. The real root cause is still a lack of resources.

On one hand, they plunder the resources of other countries. Don't be fooled by the fact that battles between major powers rarely benefit anyone; often, even knowing defeat is possible, other ninja villages will still wage war against Konoha. What they're after, besides the potential gains from victory, is the readily available profits. In the chaos of war, small countries suffer the most. It's not uncommon for battlefields to be chosen within their territory, and for resources to be plundered during the conflict.

Even after a war, small countries can still plunder a considerable amount of resources.

On the other hand, the consumption of resources is too great, so layoffs are necessary!

Resources are one aspect, consumption is another.

Open source and reduce expenditure.

Open source means plundering resources, while saving resources naturally means using war to deplete ninjas. With fewer ninjas, less resources are consumed, and the demand for resources decreases.

Otherwise, why is it that after each war, even though the village suffered heavy losses and had to pay compensation, the village's ninjas never staged a coup?

It wasn't the post-war compensation for casualties, coupled with improved treatment and increased strength gained during the war, that made the ninjas satisfied.

"I won't go into those details. The focus now is on the New World. The situation here is quite different from that on the main continent. We are not yet constrained by resources, but the biggest challenge is survival."

survive.

The survival problem is not caused by resources, but by external threats.

Beasts several times more ferocious than those on the main continent, cruel natural disasters...

"In terms of combat strength, there are no particularly powerful beings here; Kage level is already the absolute limit."

After all, this is another reason why unification has not been achieved.

If there were truly a power so great that no one could rival it, it would have unified the world long ago.

"What changes might occur if the unification of the mainland is achieved, and even if faith is spread in the process?"

Drawing parallels to what the Sage of Six Paths did after sealing Kaguya, Tsuchishi suddenly had this idea.

Whether it was compensation to the ninja world or for the sake of faith, the Sage of Six Paths' establishment of the Ninja Cult, his status as the progenitor of chakra, and the various legends surrounding him must have had their benefits.

"What exactly are these benefits? They're so attractive even to the Sage of Six Paths..."

Tu Shi thought about the various records of faith in his memory, and his heart was suddenly filled with fervor.

Although faith is mostly a bad thing, even a poison, it can be used for good or evil.

They say faith is poison, but those protagonists have collected faith before, they just don't use it on themselves directly.

Chapter 333 The Sage of Six Paths? No, the God of Six Paths should be!

"Belief......"

It is both poison and a miracle drug.

If used well, it can be of endless benefit; if used poorly, it can be a burden for life.

As for whether faith truly exists, Tu Shi didn't know, but he believed it should.

The ninja world bears obvious traces of gods, and gods of various functions exist. However, in this dog-eat-dog world, these gods seem to receive relatively little attention, though the worship of ordinary people has never ceased. Gods like the Grim Reaper and evil gods exist, and some people even offer them sacrifices.

Since these gods are no longer in this world, why do they still leave behind their names?

Given their nature, are they really interested in human worship?

It's highly unlikely.

"The price of death is a soul each time it is summoned, and the price of immortality granted by the evil god is also a soul. This shows that these beings seem to have something to ask for in souls. However, the number of souls that can be obtained in normal times is ultimately small. The reason for passing down their names is probably not to gamble on how long it will take for someone to find them to trade because of their names. After all, the believers who want to make contact with them must be quite powerful. Such people may not appear for hundreds of years."

Therefore, it's highly likely that what they need is faith.

faith.

"Perhaps my understanding of faith is a bit narrow. It's not that faith is defined by someone's admiration or worship. Dislike or even just acknowledging someone's name can also be a form of faith."

What they need is to occupy this position!

While browsing through the introductory materials for Onmyoji, Tsuchishi also found some information about faith.

However, the word "faith" is not mentioned in it.

It only describes one path for the evolution of shikigami.

That is the guardian deity.

As guardian deities of the tribe, once a shikigami becomes deeply ingrained in the tribe's mind, it will receive a kind of blessing, either directly breaking through or having its progress accelerated.

Of course, this requires a certain number of people and a considerable degree of acceptance, a genuine acceptance of his "position" from the heart. No worship or sacrifice is needed; simply acknowledging this status in one's heart is sufficient.

"This is somewhat similar to a divine position..."

However, these gods do not seem to possess power based on their divine positions; rather, they seem to use their divine positions to seek personal gain.

If that's the case, then what about the Sage of Six Paths?

What is he like?

Hermit.

Is he really an immortal?

"To die of old age is quite abnormal. With his level of strength, it's impossible that he couldn't extend his lifespan, especially without any side effects."

But in the end, he chose to die a natural death.

Tu Shi never hesitates to assume malice in others.

"The Sage of Six Paths, perhaps he should be called the God of Six Paths."

After all, compared to the Grim Reaper and the evil god, the Sage of Six Paths left behind a far wider faith in the ninja world. Ever since sealing Kaguya, he has been spreading chakra, promoting love and justice, establishing the Ninja Clan, and maintaining a peaceful order for humanity.

After his death, he became the progenitor of chakra, and in the endless wars of later generations, the Sage of Six Paths became a source of faith for those who sought peace.

"Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths once did this and that..."

"Oh, not only that, but his battle with Kaguya couldn't have been without any losses. The destruction he caused to the ninja world alone should be enough to make him bear too much of a burden."

The Dead Sea between the New World and the Main World, the harsh environment of the Land of Wind, and the desolate sea area surrounded by the Rainbow Country to the south of the Island of Clearness—in Tsuchishi's view, these are most likely traces left by the Sage of Six Paths in his battle back then. The Dead Sea, in particular, is a place where large areas of land may have existed, and perhaps it became the material for the Planetary Devastation.

With such devastation, it's no wonder he was so eager to save the world from its suffering after the battle.

The guilt in my heart is one aspect, but the other aspect must be this "sin".

"Forget it, I can't interfere with the Sage of Six Paths' affairs for now. I'll stick to my original attitude: keep my distance."

Uchiha Kiyoshi and his many clones have always held this attitude towards this ancestor.

The Sage of Six Paths has a very positive image, but many of his actions are hard to explain. Uchiha Kiyoshi can only explain them based on the premise of such malice, so he has never had a very good impression of the Sage of Six Paths.

"Becoming a god and becoming an immortal may be fundamentally different paths."

The deification of faith may not be based on these beliefs, and those gods may not even have a so-called divine position, but they are only slightly influenced by them. However, it is undeniable that they have embarked on this path.

The way faith is received and used is something even Tu Shi is speculating about.

"Perhaps it is the rules themselves. Leaving the rules between heaven and earth cannot be without any gain; otherwise, those predecessors would have been too selfless."

Treating rules as external objects and worshipping them with faith, constantly making the rules stronger and stronger—perhaps this is how those gods use faith.

"It's actually like forging merit-based spiritual treasures, which can't be used directly, or people are afraid to use them directly. Then they use these things to strengthen so-called external objects, thereby improving their own strength."

To become a god, one must probably imprint the rules upon the world.

If one gains the approval of Heaven and Earth, then one is naturally a god.

What kind of faith you have is not the key. If you have your own rules and control over the world, then you are already a god.

"Moreover, there should be limitations to becoming a god. What is immortal in a god is the soul, the soul that is directly related to the rules, while the body will eventually decay."

Becoming an immortal is a completely different story.

"Is becoming an immortal simply about pursuing freedom and ultimate liberation?"

Somehow, the soil and stones became connected to some of his memories from his past life.

Actually, there's absolutely no problem with that.

Naruto drew heavily on real-world mythology during its creation, and much of Japanese culture is influenced by Chinese culture, so it's not impossible that they could be linked together.

For some reason, Tu Shi thought of several things.