From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

"Eight Gates! Open!!!"

With the control of Qi Mu Ju's own thoughts, the eight gates hidden in his own meridians, Kai Men, Xiu Men, Sheng Men, Shang Men, Du Men, Jing Men, Jing Men, and Si Men, opened in unison in an instant!

The moment when all eight gates open!

The star power surging in Hatake Tachibana's body increased several times in just the blink of an eye. As time went on, the increase in star power was also rapidly expanding.

But the next second! Hatake Tachibana's eyes revealed a look of horror...

Hold! !

How the hell did he open the eight gates? Even his soul was being burned! !

If the soul is burned, there won't be a chance to start over, right?

Thinking of this, the panicked Hatake Tachibana immediately wanted to stop the Eight Gates Ninjutsu.

But unfortunately, the wildly growing star power had already escaped from Hatake Tachibana's control and was running wildly in Hatake Tachibana's body, making it impossible for him to control his own meridians.

Hatake Tachibana could only watch helplessly as his soul was burned, and along with the energy of his body, it became a constant source of nutrients in his body that was giving birth to star power...

Feeling the speed at which his soul was burning, Hatake Tachibana patted his forehead helplessly. At this burning speed, his soul could only last for a minute at most before it would completely collapse...

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Hatake Tachibana was also negligent.

At this time, his spirit, energy and soul have become one, giving birth to star power!

In other words, the moment he mastered the star power, his spirit, energy and soul had already completed the fusion. These three were inseparable and had become one. So when he opened the eight gates, it would not be as simple as just damaging his body...

Moreover, it is impossible to synthesize star power just by burning one's own body energy.

In order to synthesize star power, only "essence, energy, and spirit" can participate together...

However, now that things have come to this, it is useless to think too much.

I saw Hatake Tachibana glaring with a pair of furious eyes, pouring out all the star power in his body, and punching heavily into the pale world in front of him!

...

“Click…click…click…click…click…click…click…click…”

Accompanied by the sound of glass breaking as dense as raindrops.

The pale world around Hatake Tachibana also began to melt rapidly!

At the same time, the golden Rinnegan on the forehead of Otsutsuki Shibai, who was standing in place, suddenly exploded!

next second!

Otsutsuki Shibaui's body also began to crack, with fine lines one after another...

Bursts of dazzling white light also shined out from these countless cracks.

As the white light gradually shone, Otsutsuki Shibaui's body began to gradually melt away until it completely turned into nothingness.

At this time, Hatake Tachibana, who had escaped from the trap, looked at the scene in front of him, but he did not show any joy at all.

What does it matter if you kill a strong enemy? He will die anyway...

I just don't know if I'll have a chance to start over after playing with my soul like this in this life...

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As his soul collapsed, Tachibana Hatake lost consciousness in the next second.

Just as Hatake Tachibana lost consciousness, a golden light instantly shone on Hatake Tachibana's body.

After briefly shining for three seconds, the golden light, along with Hatake Tachibana's body, disappeared into the universe.

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Naruto Volume - End.

Next volume - Death!

Chapter 1 Death

A long, long time ago, due to the superposition of countless causes and effects, a chaotic world composed of humans, spirits, and the void was accidentally formed.

I don’t know how many years passed after that, at a certain period of time.

The void suddenly began to devour humans and spirits madly, causing the world to lose balance, at this moment!

The Spirit King came into being in accordance with the will of this world.

With his own strength, he eliminated most of the Hollows, thus maintaining the stability of the chaotic world. During this period, many people with special abilities appeared in the world. They also imitated the Soul King and began to fight against the Hollows.

These people are the ancestors of the Quincy!

This includes Ichibei of the Hyoshubu, Wang Yue of the Nimeiya, and the five great noble creators in the future, but among these people.

Only the Spirit King has the ability to maintain the balance of the world.

So in order to satisfy their own selfish desires, they, with their own ulterior motives, launched a surprise attack on the Spirit King at the instigation of the Tsunamiyo family.

Afterwards, he used the power of the Spirit King to divide the world into three parts!

They are the "Soul Society" where spirits exist, the "Real World" where humans exist, and the last one, the "Holeco Mundo" where hollows exist.

The ancestors of the five great nobles also became the rulers of Soul Society, and the Zero Squad, which guards the "Soul King", was also established by them.

During that period, two Hollows were born in Hueco Mundo whose strength was comparable to that of the ancient Hollows, namely Bylergan and Jishijiba. However, Jishijiba was not satisfied with ruling Hueco Mundo, so he pursued evolution and devoured the Soul King.

He then invaded Soul Society and even defeated Captain Yamamoto, who was still a teenager at the time, but was eventually subdued by Wang Yue and the Hyoshubu, and sealed in the underwater sword library in the form of a Soul-Zanking Sword.

It was not until more than 2,000 years before Christ that the future captain of the First Division, Yamamoto Genryusai, founded his own private school - "Genjijuku".

This is the predecessor of the later Soul Society, the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts.

One thousand two hundred years before the story begins, an extremely mutilated dead baby was born in a cold and barren Viking village, and was named after the god of faith "Youhabach"!

Yhwach was born with mysterious power, and he quickly conquered the Quincies in the world after he grew up.

After conquering the realm of the living Quincy, Yhwach led his Quincy army to invade Soul Society.

In order to resist the invading foreign enemies and protect the Soul King Palace, Yamamoto Genryusai established the first Gotei 13 and started a battle with Yhwach's Quincy troops.

Finally, Captain Yamamoto used his evolved Zanpakutō Bankai, the Great Sword of Fire!

They successfully defeated Yhwach, but due to some unknown reasons, the Shinigami did not completely destroy Yhwach, and the Quincy who participated took advantage of the chaos and moved into the spirit dimension.

From then on, Soul Society, the real world, and Hueco Mundo entered a long but fragile period of peace.

After that, Sosuke Aizen, Yoruichi Shihouin, Kisuke Urahara...these team captains in the story also appeared one after another.

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About two hundred years before the main story of Bleach begins.

At this time, the Soul Society's Shinigami had just completed the extermination of the Quincies in the world.

Rukongai, East District 11.

On this day, a golden light that no one could detect, escorted Tachibana's soul, which was on the verge of collapse, to the Soul Society.

He just randomly chose an empty street, and the golden light threw Ju's soul down. Then, the golden light once again disappeared into Ju's spirit body.

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Rukongai and Seireitei.

Soul Society is divided into two parts: Rukongai and Seireitei. Seireitei is located in the center of Rukongai and is where the Shinigami live.

Ordinary souls live in Rukongai, the poorest and freest area in Soul Society.

Rukongai consists of eighty areas in each of the four directions: east, west, south, and north.

District 1 is the place with the best security, and District 80 is the worst of the worst. In places with poor security, evil things such as murder and arson often occur.

Abarai Renji, Kuchiki Rukia, Kusagi Yachiryu, and Zaraki Kenpachi are from South District 78, North District 79 Kusagi, and North District 80 Zaraki respectively.

After each new soul arrives at their respective areas, most of them will look for a family that suits them and live together with them.

Due to the rules of Soul Society, even in the real world, souls that died at the same time in the same place rarely live in the same area.

In Rukongai, souls without spiritual power will not go hungry and can live normally as long as they have water. Therefore, the height and weight of souls without spiritual power will not change until they die.

If you want to leave Rukongai and enter the wealthy Seireitei life, there is only one legal way, and that is to possess spiritual power, enter the Shinigami Academy's Shinu Spiritual Arts School, and graduate to become a Shinigami.

Seireitei is where the gods of death live. It is separated from Rukongai by the "Seirei-baki" and four gates to the west, east, north, and south, named "Hakudo", "Seiryu", "Kuroryo", and "Azukubo" respectively.

Each of the four gates is guarded by a gatekeeper, namely Ikkanzaka Sidanbo, Waigan, Danzoumaru and Hikyūnyudo.

In key areas within the Seireitei, there are government-like departments such as the "Central Underground Conference Hall" and the "Gotei 13 Squad Offices", and other major organizations of the Soul Society are also located here.

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"Where is this? Is this a new world? Why hasn't my appearance changed..."

"No! I am... a spirit?"

Feeling his own strange state, Jue muttered to himself in a daze.

Just then, an old woman with a cane happened to pass by the corner of the street where Ju was.

Looking at the young man who was still confused in front of her, the old woman smiled knowingly. In the more than one hundred years since she lived in Rukongai, she had seen many people in this state.

Most of them are newcomers who have just arrived in Rukongai.

The old lady slowly walked towards Ju and asked softly:

"Young man, you have just arrived in Rukongai, right?"

"Don't be afraid, you have already died once..."

Immediately afterwards, this enthusiastic Rukongai NPC explained to Tachibana how to survive in Rukongai and the various rules.

Finally, the old woman asked, "What is your name, young man?"

"Ju...Kujo Ju." Ju thought for a moment before answering.

-

After the enthusiastic old lady left, Kujo Tachibana once again carefully sensed his own condition.

The spirit body is at least damaged, 99%...

Infinite...still there.

But compared to his heyday, his perception range and simulation and prediction abilities have also dropped by 99 percent...

Feeling my terrible physical condition, no...it's my spiritual condition.

Hatake Tachibana just sighed softly.

Fortunately, he came to this world of the god of death that specializes in cultivating spiritual bodies. He should be able to find a way to repair his own soul, right?

Chapter 2 An unexpected surprise

After wandering around the East 11th District of Rukongai for half a day, Kujo Tachibana also found an empty house in the 11th District and asked the neighbors.

It was learned that the previous owner of this house had been reincarnated several years ago, so Kujo Tachibana moved in.

(After the residents of Rukongai die of natural causes, they will be reincarnated into the human world.)

This room is not big, and it does not have a kitchen, toilet, or bathroom like in the real world. There is no kitchen because the souls of ordinary people do not need to eat.

The air in Soul Society is rich in spirit particles, and the spirit particles in the water are enough to sustain the souls of ordinary people. They don't need to eat, so they naturally don't need to defecate. There are no bathrooms because water resources are precious in Rukongai.

You know, in the lower-ranked Rukongai district, the residents living there often fight over water issues.

Although the conditions in the East District 11 are not bad, for these ordinary people, taking a bath is destined to be a luxury. There are bathhouses and taverns in Jingling Garden, which Kujo Tachibana has seen in comics.

As for the Shinigami living in the Silent Garden, whether they need to hold a defense, Kujo Tachibana doesn't know...

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On the simple tatami in the room, Kujo Tachibana sat cross-legged.

I clenched my fist, feeling the grip that was as solid as reality.

Jiujo Tachibana couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"The rules of this world of death are really strange!"

"This body is made up of spirit particles and souls, but it bleeds and gets hurt when it's hit by a sword, and it still needs to breathe. I don't know if the condition of my body has the potential to make me a god of death."