From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

'Could this be the final step to completely unify chakra yin and yang?'

Sasuke's gaze deepened, feeling that his analysis was close to the answer.

The Rinnegan is an eye of creation with the power to create the world, and it can also be an eye of destruction with the power to destroy the world.

The eyes that govern life and death!

In the original timeline, Madara Uchiha spent decades without being able to awaken his Rinnegan. It wasn't until his body deteriorated and he was on the verge of death, with his body and mind teetering on the edge of life and death, that he managed to return from the brink of death by sheer willpower and awaken the Rinnegan, thus forcibly extending his life.

So, it seems that Madara Uchiha, like me, first awakened the Rinnegan after achieving the transformation of seven chakra natures by blooming five flowers representing wind, lightning, earth, water, and fire, and then merging yin and yang.

Sasuke wasn't too surprised by this. Madara Uchiha was a master of Fire Release, wielding the Wind Release artifacts, the Death Scythe and the Flame Fan, for decades. Judging from his use of Sage Art: Yin Release: Lightning Style, his mastery of Lightning Release was clearly not low either.

Having received the transplant of the First Hokage's cells and gained access to Earth, Water, and Wood Release techniques, and having studied them for many years, his mastery of Wood Release is second only to Hashirama Senju.

Of course, Sasuke might be wrong, after all, Madara Uchiha died once in the battle at the Valley of the End.

However, Sasuke still leaned slightly more towards the former guess. In the battle at the Valley of the End, Madara Uchiha had already laid out a backup plan for himself, so he knew that he would not die completely and would not experience the great terror of facing death directly.

When Madara Uchiha died of old age, he managed to pull himself back from the River of Oblivion through sheer willpower.

One way is through Izanagi eye technique, and the other is through one's own will.

The two ways of dying and coming back to life have completely different meanings.

'Must I also die once first? And face a death filled with utter terror, in order to completely achieve the union of Yin and Yang?'

Thinking of this, Sasuke frowned. He was always a man of foresight, always considering things carefully before acting. Often, what seemed like considerable danger was actually part of a plan he had already taken to mitigate the risk to a manageable level.

The only time in his life he risked everything was when he chose to fuse with Sasuke Ido to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Moreover, in addition to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and the Eyes of Indra, he now possesses a complete Sage Body and has trained in the Lightning Release Chakra Mode for more than two years, making his physique incredibly strong.

In other words, even if he doesn't use a single bit of Yin Release power right now, he is still a top-tier ninja in the current ninja world, a being at the Kage level.

With his current strength, there is no one in the ninja world who can rival him, let alone kill him once. Even if all the members of the Akatsuki were to fight him, it wouldn't be enough.

Even if it were Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju during the Valley of the End, Sasuke wouldn't be afraid now if they insisted on a fight to the death.

Sasuke believed that he would be the one to survive in the end!

Because he possesses the skills of Izanami and the Flying Thunder God.

Therefore, there is only one person who can give him death and make him personally experience the great terror of death.

Madara Uchiha!

Moreover, it's not Madara Uchiha in his Edo Tensei state; it must be Madara Uchiha after his resurrection and in his Rinnegan state!

Only Madara Uchiha in this state could kill Sasuke!

only.......

Do you really want to do this?

Sasuke hesitated, as he felt this method was far too dangerous.

Because he had to face the great terror of death, he couldn't make too many contingency plans to prevent his complete demise. Once he did, he would be mentally prepared and wouldn't experience that great terror of facing death directly.

If he hadn't taken these precautions, he might have actually died!

"call....."

Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the little Ten-Tails with a hint of envy in his heart.

A person like the Ten-Tails, who is born with a yin-yang unity and possesses an exceptionally high quality of yin and yang escaping techniques, doesn't need to undergo the terrifying ordeal of life and death to achieve yin-yang unity like someone with a constitution that requires later cultivation.

Furthermore, because the Ten-Tails has now grown to the size of a tailed beast, its eyes are even larger than Sasuke's.

Therefore, Sasuke cannot use any tricks to get the Ten-Tails to help him develop the Rinne Sharingan.

The plan to achieve complete union of Yin and Yang through death should be considered as an alternative.

Sasuke thought to himself that he would first collect the remaining chakra of the three tailed beasts that had not yet been collected for the little Ten-Tails, so that the little Ten-Tails could be fully nurtured.

He refused to believe it when the Ten-Tails' Rinne Sharingan evolved into a three-tomoe, six-tomoe, or even nine-tomoe state.

If he absorbed it all at once, even without dying once, Sasuke believed that with the fusion of the powerful seven elemental chakras, he could achieve yin-yang unity and awaken the Rinnegan and Rinne Sharingan!

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Chapter 316 One-Tailed Beast, Five-Tailed Beast Chakra Acquired!

As the Sharingan of the Ten-Tails evolved into the Rinne Sharingan, its size also increased to the size of a typical tailed beast, and the amount of chakra it could hold suddenly expanded.

Now, the young Ten-Tails has absorbed the remaining Eight-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Six-Tails in Sasuke's hands, as well as the Four-Tails chakra from the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, whom he attacked some time ago because of his stubborn personality and his discord with the Tsuchikage.

In other words, the Ten-Tails is now only missing the chakra of the Five-Tails, Three-Tails, Two-Tails, and One-Tails.

The reason why the Three-Tails' chakra wasn't collected was because Sasuke discovered that the amount of Three-Tails' chakra contained in Samehada was insufficient to meet his needs.

Seeing this, Sasuke pondered for a moment and then simply tossed it to Suigetsu as a weapon.

The chakra of the Five-Tails, Two-Tails, and One-Tails has not yet been collected because they are different from Jinchūriki like Rōshi and Utakata, who were at odds with the village and left.

Han, the Jinchūriki of the Five-Tails, and the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tails were both highly respected top-tier Jonin who made countless contributions to their respective villages. Gaara, the Jinchūriki of the One-Tails, is the current Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure.

If any one of the three were attacked, the news would inevitably spread throughout the ninja world, alerting the five great nations and the Akatsuki organization.

Speaking of the Akatsuki organization, it seems that the Akatsuki organization and Sasuke have reached a tacit understanding in the past two years.

Both sides are ignoring each other and maintaining a state of mutual non-interference.

Sasuke focused on developing his strength, while the Akatsuki realized they were no match for Uchiha Sasuke.

Moreover, even if they could defeat him, for the Akatsuki organization, which knew that Sasuke had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, this enemy was inherently invincible and could leave whenever they wanted.

Compared to annihilating Uchiha Sasuke, the Akatsuki's goal was to collect the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails.

As long as Sasuke doesn't go against them on this matter, the Akatsuki won't risk total annihilation to deal with him.

However, Sasuke also knew that he would soon break this delicate balance of not interfering with each other.

"According to my intelligence, two years and eleven months have passed since the death of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura. That means the Three-Tails, Isobu, will be resurrected in just one month. At that time, the Akatsuki will fully mobilize, or rather, they've already begun preparing to collect the other tailed beasts."

'Now is the time for me to gather the chakra of the remaining three tailed beasts in one fell swoop, and when the Three-Tails is resurrected a month later, it will be...'

"The time to wage a full-scale war against the Akatsuki!"

Thinking of this, Sasuke's eyes became serious. He then vanished from the Origin Sphere in a flash and arrived at the lobby of the underground base, where he summoned Guren, Honoka, Kimimaro, the Sound Four, and the members of Team Taka.

"Kimimaro, Honoka, you two take the four members of the group to Iwagakure, find the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han, and steal a portion of the Five-Tails' chakra from him..."

Unlike Kimimaro, who died young due to blood disease in the original timeline, Kimimaro was given Hinata's cells by Sasuke when he was critically ill, which forcibly extended his life.

Later, after returning from a parallel future, he came with the aim of experimenting and training a top-notch enforcer.

Furthermore, Kimimaro was infused with Toneri Otsutsuki's cells. Now, two years later, Kimimaro has completely integrated the entire bloodline of the Otsutsuki lineage, resolving the bloodline disease that threatened his life, and achieving a leap in strength.

If Sasuke hadn't been somewhat concerned about the unimaginable qualitative change that would occur once Kimimaro gained another pair of Byakugan, he wouldn't have been so worried.

Otherwise, Sasuke really wanted to find him a pair of pure Byakugan to transplant on him, to fulfill his wish.

However, even though Kimimaro hasn't transplanted the Byakugan yet, his strength has still progressed to an extremely terrifying level.

Even within the Akatsuki organization, which is filled with S-rank rogue ninja, unless Nagato and Obito personally intervene.

Otherwise, no one else could possibly defeat Kimimaro in his current state.

Kimimaro is now fully capable of fighting against the Four-Tails Jinchuriki on his own, and even defeating him.

Honoka is a master of sealing techniques. Two years ago, her talent and skill in sealing techniques surpassed even Sasuke's, who had inherited Orochimaru's decades of experience.

Now, two years have passed, and Honoka and Karin have both learned the Uzumaki clan's supreme secret technique, the Yin Seal. At the same time, with Sasuke's help, the two have gathered the complete bloodline of the Divine Tree.

However, the injected substance was not the highly corrosive and dangerous First Hokage cells, but rather the Sage Human cells from Sasuke's body, which were just as effective as the First Hokage cells but were gentler.

Now, both Honoka and Karin have firmly entered the Kage level. Moreover, compared to the more complicated Karin, the innocent Honoka has also learned Sage Mode in Ryuchi Cave.

While Honoka's effectiveness on the front lines is not as great as Kimimaro's when he has gathered all the Otsutsuki bloodlines, her strength is in no way inferior to Kimimaro's.

In the terminology of a game raid, one is a warrior and the other is a mage, each with their own role.

As for the remaining four Sound Ninja?

Although the four of them, once they enter Cursed Seal Transformation II, possess enough strength to fight against elite Jonin-level enemies, they can only play a supporting role alongside Honoka and Kimimaro.

Deal with any potential minions that might appear, and set up the Four Purple Flame Formation to prevent the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from escaping.

In the original timeline, Kisame Hoshigaki of the Akatsuki organization could defeat and capture Roshi all by himself. The team Sasuke has sent out now, whether it's Honoka or Kimimaro, is no weaker than Kisame Hoshigaki.

Moreover, its bloodline's unique ability to counter tailed beasts gives it an advantage over Kisame Hoshigaki.

This lineup is more than enough to deal with Roshi, the Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails.

"Guren, Karin, Suigetsu, Jugo, now that the Three-Tails is about to revive, take Yukimaru to the Land of Water to investigate the location of the Three-Tails' revival and wait for the right opportunity to strike!"

Sasuke had his own reasons for sending out this lineup.

First of all, Guren was extremely powerful in the original timeline. She was able to hold her own against Naruto, Kakashi, Yamato, and other Konoha elites for a long time, and she could even fight the Three-Tails Isobu head-on for a long period of time. Her strength was faintly at the Kage level.

In this timeline, Guren, stimulated by Sasuke and occasionally given guidance by him, is stronger than her counterpart in the original timeline, definitely at the Kage level.

With the help of practicing yoga meditation and Sage Mode, Jugo perfectly mastered his Sage Chakra and reached the Kage level.

Adding Karin would make it three Kage-level characters.

As for Suigetsu and Yukimaru, although Suigetsu's strength is not at the Kage level, he has mastered the Water Transformation Technique, which allows him to make good use of his characteristics in Kirigakure. He also has the great sword Samehada, which allows him to sense the location of the Three-Tails.

The same applies to Yukimaru; Yukimaru and Yagura Karatachi have the same hair and eye color, indicating they are from the same clan.

He possessed the power to sense and control the Three-Tails, which Orochimaru exploited.

Although the Three-Tails has not yet been fully resurrected, its chakra is beginning to condense and slowly take shape in a lake somewhere in the Land of Water. With the special connection between Samehada and Yukimaru and the Three-Tails, they can discover the Three-Tails' location before anyone else in the ninja world.

"Yes, Lord Sasuke (Sasuke-kun)!"

After explaining the mission, everyone dispersed, leaving only Sasuke sitting alone in the hall.

Now my forces have grown into a considerable force!

Watching them walk away, Sasuke sighed inwardly.

Although the current sphere of influence of the Sound Village is far less than that of the Five Great Nations and the Five Great Ninja Villages, it still surpasses them in terms of high-end combat power.