Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Demonstrating it is quite simple.

He had previously learned the technique of making the soul leave the body, and had engraved this technique on the end of the hilt of his sword.

"Takemikazuchi" reversed his grip, flicked the end of the blade, and smashed it onto his own forehead.

His eyes lost their luster, and his body slumped backward, collapsing to the ground.

However, the other "Sasuke" remained standing in the same spot.

That was his soul, and its appearance was exactly the same as the body that had fallen, only it looked much more mature.

As the newborn soul appeared, the power of the Six Paths surged forth.

This time, it was a little cautious, as the newborn soul exuded an aura that felt familiar to it.

After sensing Sasuke's presence, it hesitated and did not act immediately. It also seemed to have noticed something special about him. After a moment of hesitation, it lay on the ground, waiting for an opportunity to observe.

It seems they are trying to confirm Sasuke's life or death status.

Chapter 200 The Era of Legends

Sasuke frowned and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

As expected, it seems we still can't get around that old man.

With a thought, the translucent soul in mid-air "whooshed" and disappeared back into the body lying on the ground.

The moment the soul returned to its place, the ancient will from the earth also silently receded, as if it had never descended.

This series of bizarre changes caused Orochimaru's pupils to shrink sharply, filled with both surprise and suspicion.

"Because of that sword?" His voice trembled, his gaze fixed on Sasuke's Zanpakuto at his waist, as if he couldn't wait to disassemble it and study it. "After abandoning the physical body, can the soul continue to live?"

"The strength of that soul..." He swallowed, muttering to himself, "Could it possess a long lifespan like an ordinary human? Or..."

"The decay of the soul and the decay of the body are not governed by the same rules."

Sasuke interrupted him calmly, raising his head and saying coldly, "With your current soul strength, if you could completely abandon your physical body, you would only live longer than an ordinary person."

"Longer..."

Orochimaru repeated the word in a low voice, his golden vertical pupils almost burning.

eternal life.

This is true immortality!

Each reincarnation of his pitiful, immortal body felt like a file scraping a layer off his soul.

But what the young man before us is showing us is a brand new path to eternity.

He stared intently at Sasuke, then couldn't help but glance at Yoru Shihouin beside him.

She walks the world as a pure soul, no different from a living person.

Why can't I do it?

Orochimaru pressed the tip of his tongue against his palate, took a step closer to Sasuke, and his voice trembled slightly with excitement:

"When will I, Sasuke-kun, be able to possess a sword like this?"

Sasuke raised his hand and gently touched his blindfolded eyes with his index finger.

"Let's talk about it after these eyes recover."

"Good! Good! I'll wait!" Orochimaru nodded repeatedly, his pale face filled with undisguised ecstasy.

After calming his breathing slightly, he lowered his voice and asked respectfully, "So, Sasuke-kun, what's next...?"

"up to you."

Sasuke left him with just that, then ignored him and walked straight to the side, where he sat down cross-legged.

"I have some things to think about."

After saying this, he placed the two swords across his knees and slowly closed his eyes.

Consciousness once again sank into that familiar, thunderous wasteland.

A blood moon hung high in the sky, and thunderclouds rolled.

Indra had been waiting for a long time.

He stood with his back to Sasuke, his long, black hair whipping wildly in the wind like a burning night flame.

Unlike the tense atmosphere filled with sarcasm and hostility the last time, this time, Sasuke sensed a faint calmness from that figure's back.

“You’ve come.” Indra slowly turned around.

The half-pale, bone mask remained menacing, but beneath it, in the golden beast's eye...

The tyranny had completely vanished, leaving only a bottomless silence.

"You did a great job." He looked at Sasuke, his voice low but filled with undisguised praise. "That sin stained with the blood of our clan has finally been ended by your own hands."

For Uchiha Itachi, death was like a feast that had been years overdue.

Indra turned to the side and casually sat down on the scorched earth, patting the spot next to him.

"Sit down, I know you have a lot of questions to ask."

Sasuke remained silent for a moment, then sat down beside the figure.

He didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Tell me everything about Indra."

Indra did not answer Sasuke's question immediately.

He raised his head, gazing up at the blood-red moon in the sky, his voice becoming somewhat ethereal.

“Indra…” he murmured, “That was indeed the power that gave me my original name.”

"initial?"

"Yes."

Indra turned his head to the side, his eyes reflecting Sasuke's confused face, his voice tinged with mockery.

"You don't actually believe that hatred is something that comes out of thin air, do you?"

"It also has an origin."

Indra slowly raised his hand and pointed to the sky. "Long, long ago, there was a man known as the 'Sage of the Six Paths,' who had two sons."

Sasuke's heart skipped a beat.

"The eldest son was born with great strength and eye techniques, and was hailed as a genius. He firmly believed that strength was the root of everything and the only way to create order."

"The second son, on the contrary."

Indra's voice carried an undisguised contempt: "Although he is of mediocre talent, he has a naive love that is almost laughable, believing that peace can be created as long as people understand each other."

"These two diametrically opposed wills ultimately led to the brothers turning against each other."

"final......"

Indra's voice deepened, "The younger brother, full of love, united with the other followers and defeated the older brother who only believed in strength."

"My brother died in resentment and hatred, but his chakra and his obsession with power did not disappear."

"It has become a curse, endlessly reincarnating in the bloodline, waiting for its next awakening."

"Each time, it will choose a soul most similar to itself as a vessel to be born into the world."

Indra stopped there.

He turned his head, and his golden beastly eyes became incredibly deep at that moment.

"And that older brother's name..."

He looked at Sasuke and said, word by word.

“Let’s call him Indra.”

"..."

Sasuke was completely stunned.

He stared at the "Sword Soul" before him, who bore a striking resemblance to himself, and at the half-masked, ferocious mask on the man's face, his mind going completely blank.

"So..." Sasuke's voice was a little hoarse, "you, you're Indra?"

"Do not."

Indra, however, shook his head decisively, denying this claim.

"I?"

He pointed to himself and laughed hoarsely, “I am just a part of you, your hatred that belongs only to ‘Uchiha Sasuke’.”

"It is your Zanpakuto, the 'Hollow' born from your heart."

"The reason I have this name, and these memories..."

Indra's tone became playful, "Perhaps it's simply because you are too similar to that original soul."

"The similarity is so great that even a long-dormant obsession has been reawakened."

This vague statement, full of "possible" and "perhaps," caused Sasuke to furrow his brow once again.

"What about reincarnation? Why would someone be reincarnated? Why would the Sage of Six Paths do that?" Sasuke continued to press.

"Who knows?"

Indra shrugged, a helpless expression on his face. "I'm just a part of your power, not some all-knowing old man."

All I know are these incomplete 'fragments' engraved in this chakra.

“You…” Sasuke’s forehead twitched, a feeling of being toyed with welled up in his heart.

"Don't look at me like that."

Indra chuckled, "I'm not lying to you, this chakra contains only so much."

As if remembering something, he raised his hand and pointed to Sasuke's heart.

"The power you stole from that idiot Naruto..."