“Even I, if presented with cultivation methods from both the Wuxia and Xianxia systems, would likely not choose the weaker Wuxia system. This is the correct choice!”
As Uchiha Tenxiu sighed, he couldn't help but clench his fists, thinking, “However, it’s also thanks to the Ninja World’s people never bothering to unearth these things that I can enjoy them all to myself. Otherwise, if everyone improved, it would be as if no one improved. Wouldn't my cultivation method have been learned in vain? This is perfect as it is.”
Next, Uchiha Tenxiu pondered the second stage of the cultivation method, the Qi Transformation chapter. As a step that also draws energy from the physical body, its cultivation path and Chakra refining techniques are about eighty to ninety percent similar. However, compared to the wild-child-like behavior of Chakra after it's refined and then neglected,
the Qi Transformation chapter of the cultivation method contains a truly immense amount of cultivation description regarding nurturing and accumulation. This made Uchiha Tenxiu realize that this cultivation method allows energy to be purer and more powerful. In contrast, the common Chakra refining techniques of the Ninja World simply extract energy and then leave it to its own devices.
People in the Wuxia world, however, are much more astute. Before extracting energy from the body, they must first nourish the body, expand its source, and unearth the internal strength of the body. The extracted energy then undergoes various forms of nurturing and is specifically stored in the Dantian. In daily life, without damaging their foundation, more energy is extracted for both training and storage. Through these repeated cycles of running the cultivation method, they slowly break through their own bottlenecks and limits, thereby surpassing their limits again and again to reach a better state.
Such a cultivation attitude, setting aside that the Ninja World's Chakra originated from the true goddess Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and is a high-level energy with incredible power, means that the Ninja World's cultivation is utterly crushed into the dirt by the cultivation attitude of the people from the world where this cultivation method originated.
“Fortunately, the more useless the people of the Ninja World are, the more powerful I become with this cultivation method cheat!” Uchiha Tenxiu was quite satisfied with the short-sighted foolishness of the Ninja World’s people. Only when these people were foolish could he easily defeat his enemies.
Next, Uchiha Tenxiu decided to first open his Dantian.
This was a crucial step in the cultivation method.
According to the records in the cultivation method, Uchiha Tenxiu calmed his mind and focused his concentration to sense the physical strength within his body.
In the Ninja World, this is what is called stamina, which is the prerequisite for the energy that forms Chakra. Then, Uchiha Tenxiu followed the cultivation method's practice, mixing his spirit with it to gradually refine the body's energy—which is new Chakra—and then found the location of the Dantian and slowly opened it.
The Dantian originally existed, yet it was like nothingness supporting all things, unfathomable. The first step of the Refining Essence system was for one's own essence, qi, and spirit to appear out of thin air in this nothingness, transforming into a chaotic mass. The Qi Transformation chapter then involved opening up an egg-like heaven and earth within this chaotic mass, and a series of subsequent cultivations would arise from this creation of heaven and earth.
After some effort, Uchiha Tenxiu finally felt a slight loosening in his Dantian area, where the primal form had been condensed by his essence, qi, and spirit. It was as if a tightly shut door was slowly pushed open a crack. At this point, the imagined chaotic heaven and earth had been opened.
And in the real world,
this door seemed to open a void space.
Under Uchiha Tenxiu’s internal vision, his Dantian was still very small at this time, but Uchiha Tenxiu knew that its future breadth and vastness were unimaginable.
Next.
Uchiha Tenxiu knew that with the Dantian opened, he needed to continuously absorb his Chakra energy to strengthen it.
And this energy was the Chakra that had been continuously upgraded by him, making its quality even more condensed.
All energy in the Ninja World is collectively referred to as Chakra.
This is beyond doubt.
Of course, in other worlds, it could also be called true qi, internal force, magic, or battle qi, and so on.
But overall, they are quite similar.
And now, what Uchiha Tenxiu had to do was the daily painstaking effort: to use this new, more condensed, and higher-quality Chakra power to continuously nourish the Dantian day after day, and begin to open up and expand the meridians.
Just as the Dantian inherently existed, so too did the so-called meridians and acupoints. However, they were not organized. It was like the beautiful scenery existing in the world, unkempt. Although beautiful, it could not be utilized without proper arrangement, requiring a series of mountain climbing and traversing.
And the so-called expansion of meridians is to open up the original meridians, expanding them into what resemble expressways, allowing them to function. The acupoints within can serve as important nodes for storing one's energy. When one's energy is complete, each opened acupoint allows for further storage of one's energy, ultimately pushing one's boundaries and breaking through one's limits with a large amount of energy.
Thereby achieving further advancement.
Relatively speaking.
The Ninja’s Chakra refining techniques have never involved the training of the body and spirit, nor the application of breaking one’s own limits. It’s like after refining Chakra, there’s no method to store it; it just stays in the body and continues to dissipate over time. Even if more Chakra is refined, it only exchanges the inherent energy within the body and fundamentally cannot break through one’s own limits.
Like a leaky stopper, only letting out and never taking in,
no wonder the Ninja of this world
are so short-lived.
But after he broke the inherent shackles on Chakra, as he cultivated, he could continuously unearth his own potential, possessing a longer lifespan.
However, the class of life essence had not grown.
The emergence of the cultivation method, however, broke this limitation.
As the cultivation method is continuously practiced, even the energy that naturally dissipates will be locked by the cultivation method, transforming it into his own stored energy and accumulating it in the Dantian.
He could break through the limits step by step.
Even as an Uchiha, he might be able to surpass the so-called Ōtsutsuki in the future.
At least, Uchiha Tenxiu never thought about transplanting Senju Hashirama's cells into himself.
That would be far too disgusting.
Here, Uchiha Tenxiu was quietly cultivating.
Suddenly, he frowned, as if sensing something, but the next moment, a smile appeared on his face.
It was the application of a summoning contract.
“Indeed, my guess was completely correct. Garuda really found a new continent, and it’s very close.”
Uchiha Tenxiu showed an excited smile, feeling a surge of pride in his correct prediction.
Yes, Uchiha Tenxiu’s destination from the very beginning was not the small nations of the Ninja World. Even if these places were remote and held countless treasures to unearth,
they could only be considered a last resort.
What Uchiha Tenxiu truly targeted were the overseas lands. Not only did they lack powerful individuals, but they also boasted vast territories and abundant resources, making their conquest relatively easy.
Thanks to having seen most of the Naruto world's plot in his previous life, Uchiha Tenxiu also knew that at least three major continents existed in this Ninja World, as depicted in a colored illustration from the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations storyline.
Uchiha Tenxiu had stumbled upon it by chance in his previous life.
But even without considering the existence of this colored illustration from the second part of the world view like Boruto: Naruto Next Generations,
in the world view of the first Naruto series,
in the movie “Legend of the Stone of Gelel,” Hyde from overseas wanted to invade the Land of Wind. This clearly stated the existence of overseas lands, and their weakness was simply appalling. They even invited Naruto, who showed Chunin-level strength, to join them because they had never seen Ninja. Furthermore, their mindless invasion plan for the Land of Wind led to the complete annihilation of the entire invading fleet, only killing some civilians.
One can imagine the strength of their homeland.
It could be summed up as: foolish people, lots of money, come quickly.
Therefore, while the Five Great Nations’ Ninja were embroiled in conflict, generating revenue for Six Paths Sage, and Jigen, possessed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, was wandering through various small countries, constantly unearthing talent and acting in secret,
Uchiha Tenxiu would have to be out of his mind to choose to develop on the main continent; there would be no opportunity for growth.
It would attract too much attention.