Chapter 318: Simulating Again, Attempting a Breakthrough
To put it simply, in the past, Akiyama Makoto thought that Yin and Yang attribute chakra were on the same level as Wind, Lightning, Water, Fire, and Earth release chakra, but in fact, this common understanding in the ninja world was wrong.
In reality, Yin and Yang attributes should be higher-level chakra attributes, and could even differentiate into the five types of chakra releases.
Yin and Yang meet and merge, and finally can transform into all things in creation. This is the truth of the Six Paths power.
Unfortunately, very few people could master this power, so ninja turned to converting chakra into other attribute releases and used these releases as the basis of ninjutsu.
So, how does knowing this help Makoto now?
Previously, Makoto thought that if he upgraded all five element attribute talents to advanced, it would naturally give birth to the ability to master Yin-Yang power.
Looking at it now, this idea was a bit too naive.
Because the creation of all things transformed from Yin-Yang power is far more than just five common releases.
In fact, all Kekkei Genkai and even Kekkei Tōta can be considered transformed from Yin-Yang power.
That is to say, unless Makoto masters all five element releases and all known and unknown Kekkei Genkai, he can truly experience the wonder of Yin-Yang power.
But even with the simulator, this is a quite thankless task.
In comparison, directly improving physical constitution, or starting from the source to experience Yin-Yang power, is the more convenient way.
Directly improving physical constitution is the path of becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and then advancing to Six Paths.
Starting from the source is trying to master natural energy, then converting natural energy into chakra, and finally differentiating into Yin-Yang power.
These two paths are clear and definite.
Many people in the plot have tried the former, even including the Ōtsutsuki clan planting the Divine Tree, which absorbs natural energy and converts it into chakra; they all follow this path.
As for the latter, although it seems that no one has succeeded yet, the three sacred places in the ninja world are examples of organisms directly using natural energy.
The only problem is that after possessing gigantic bodies, they didn't further convert natural energy into chakra, but instead possessed the power of chakra through the Divine Tree after its arrival.
This leads to two possibilities.
First, animals cannot convert natural energy into chakra; only plants can, such as the Divine Tree.
Second, the existence time of these animal sages in the ninja world is too short compared to the Ōtsutsuki clan, so they couldn't comprehend the limit of natural energy. Given enough time, they could go further.
Regardless of which possibility, it actually illustrates the possibility of animals directly using natural energy.
And even if this possibility is low, Makoto can use Wood Style to convert natural energy for his own use.
In this way, it seems that Makoto is also planting trees, no different from the Ōtsutsuki clan, and even less efficient than the Ōtsutsuki clan.
However, Makoto has simulation. He can find a better solution for planting trees in countless simulations.
Instead of sacrificing a clansman to the Divine Tree to make it bear fruit like the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Then eat the Divine Tree fruit and merge with the Divine Tree, resulting in the existence of the Ten-Tails.
Of course, this is also very difficult, perhaps not much easier than gathering all release talents and Kekkei Genkai to comprehend Yin-Yang power.
But this method has a higher upper limit, allowing Makoto to quickly touch the possibility of becoming a Six Paths level powerhouse in these few short years.
There is no way; this simulation still told Makoto.
If he doesn't reach the Six Paths level, he will always be a supporting role in the upcoming war.
Even if he reaches the Six Paths level as a villain, if he can't pass the Sage of Six Paths, he still can't do what he wants to do.
Unless he lies flat, watches Naruto and Sasuke solve all problems, and finally dies in the process of the Ōtsutsuki clan's attack, entrusting his fate to the young generation of Konoha.
Then Makoto might as well commit suicide directly.
Subsequently, Makoto continued to experience his power with peace of mind, and followed the plot in the simulation to experience the battle of Six Paths level powerhouses.
Although in the eyes of Six Paths level powerhouses, their battle is still a game of opportunity and tactics, in the eyes of Makoto, who has the knowledge of a Kage-level powerhouse, this battle is completely beyond the participation of ordinary ninja.
These powerhouses don't need to do anything superfluous; just their speed and strength have surpassed the limits of ordinary ninja.
A casual strike causes the sky to collapse and the earth to crack. Any ninjutsu is a dimensionality reduction strike-like power, leaving ordinary ninja with almost no possibility of resistance.
Only ninja who know Sage Mode might survive in the aftermath of such a clash of power.
Without knowing Sage Mode or mastering the power of Yin-Yang Release, facing this level of battle means being cannon fodder, impossible to be of any help.
And even if one masters Sage Mode and the power of Yin-Yang Release, it is only barely useful, but one might die in the aftermath of the collision if not careful.
Only by mastering Yin-Yang power, even a little bit, can one barely enter this environment of battle collision, and have to be careful of being killed by various powerful ninjutsu at any time.
In other words, from ordinary ninja to Sage Mode and Yin-Yang Release is an insurmountable chasm, and from Sage Mode and Yin-Yang Release to Six Paths level is also an insurmountable chasm.
No wonder the battles in the original story gradually became outrageous. It turned out that Naruto and Sasuke crossed two super realms directly in one war.
In those cultivation novels in Makoto's previous life memory, the protagonist cheating like this would be scolded for broken combat power scaling, but in the ninja world, such things actually happened.
That is to say, without the Six Paths' power transfer, Naruto and Sasuke had no way to deal with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
What Makoto has to do in the future is also to cross two major realms in these few short years, so as to have the possibility of defeating Kaguya Ōtsutsuki head-on and breaking through the blockage of the Sage of Six Paths.
Thinking of this, Makoto suddenly felt immense pressure.
The achievements and honors since the Chūnin Exams instantly felt less appealing to the current Makoto.
Subsequently, Makoto repeatedly participated in this war, remembering his mastery and experience of power during the battle, and only returned to the real world reluctantly when he felt there was nothing new.
Then, he looked at his hand. Theoretically, he hadn't mastered any Yin-Yang Release power at this time.
But then a Rasengan appeared in Makoto's hand, and immediately Makoto injected Lightning Release chakra into it.
The next second, the Rasengan in his hand disappeared.
This is exactly the fusion skill of Lightning Style: Rasengan, whose effect is disappearance, a ninjutsu of the same level as Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
This ninjutsu has become something readily available in Makoto's hands.
Next, Makoto clapped his hands together, Water Style in one hand and Wind and Ice Style in the other. Then, after brewing for a while, countless ice crystals shot out from his hands, densely piercing into the distant wall.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Makoto's mouth.
He doesn't have the Kekkei Genkai talent of Ice Style, but he successfully released Ice Style.
The reason is naturally that he forcibly simulated the operation logic of Ice Style chakra, and then cast Ice Style.
The result of doing so might be slower in chakra consumption and casting speed, but for Makoto, all Kekkei Genkai have almost no secrets.
This is the progress Makoto made after spying on Yin-Yang Release and Yin-Yang power. He is no longer confined to the differences between various releases themselves, but tries to use Yang Release and Yin Release chakra to convert into various releases and finally drive ninjutsu.
The logic therein is like a Jōnin, even without the release of a certain ninjutsu, can rely on the experience of nature transformation to release related ninjutsu, only the power cannot compare with Jōnin who are good at this kind of ninjutsu.
And this also proves that the experience and methods summarized by Makoto in the simulation are feasible.
If he can truly master natural energy from the source and successfully convert natural energy into chakra, then Makoto has opened the path to Six Paths power.
It's just that this obviously cannot be achieved overnight. Makoto temporarily withdrew his drifting thoughts and looked at the talents of his children.
But this time, because Makoto wanted to replicate talents for Karin, he didn't pay much attention to the talents of other children.
After a rough glance and finding no major breakthrough, Makoto focused his attention on Karin's child.
First, the panel was naturally Makoto's nearly full panel.
With Makoto's current simulation attempts, locking the full panel wasn't a difficult thing.
Then came Karin's talents. Karin's own bloodline talent and chakra talent were naturally preserved by Makoto. Subsequently, Karin's adaptability talents for Earth Style and Water Style were also preserved.
These are directly related to Karin's mastery of Wood Style, so Makoto naturally couldn't forget them.
Finally, there were the low-level Wood Style talent and the intermediate natural energy adaptability talent.
To this, Makoto wasn't stingy. Since he wanted Karin to learn Wood Style, Sage Mode should also be arranged.
In this simulation, there was actually one point that touched Makoto.
That is, when the entire ninja world was fighting against Makoto, the women around him stood on his side without exception.
Originally, Makoto was prepared for them to be forced to stand on the side of Konoha and their families and take action against Makoto himself.
Makoto believed that his women wouldn't betray him, but if the opponents were the girls' families, Makoto felt it was excusable for the girls to stand on their families' side.
As a result, even Tsunade abandoned the position of Hokage to become his help. Although the women found it difficult to kill familiar opponents, Makoto had nothing to blame for this.
This also strengthened Makoto's determination to strengthen their power, at least strengthening everyone to the level of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
At that time, when Makoto himself participates in the Six Paths level war, they will no longer be defeated or captured and become weaknesses used to threaten Makoto.
As for why the girls were so devoted to him, Makoto actually asked them in the simulation just now.
Just when Makoto was about to start fighting the entire ninja world, Makoto came to the simulation and asked them why they didn't leave him.
Even standing on the family side and not participating in this war?
The answer was simple and reasonable.
That is, they felt Makoto would most likely fail, so naturally they had to stand on Makoto's side to share the pressure for Makoto. Even if Makoto failed in the end, everyone would just die together.
Soon, Makoto ended this simulation and saved the results after the simulation.
Then, Makoto found Karin.
With Karin's current level of trust in Makoto, Makoto didn't need to say much. Just pulling Karin into his arms, he implanted new talents into Karin.
Even though Karin trembled in pain at the beginning, she just gently grabbed Makoto's collar, buried her head in Makoto's chest, and quietly endured all this.
It could be said that even if Makoto fed Karin poison now, she would swallow it without hesitation.
In the past, Makoto wondered why people like Orochimaru and Danzō in the ninja world could fascinate some people to be dead set on them.
Now Makoto understands. Maybe besides their own charm, it's also because people in the ninja world are relatively affectionate.
Before long, Karin's condition quieted down. When she opened her eyes, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, realizing that she had gained a great improvement because of Makoto.
But this wasn't over. Makoto simply used various inheritances to improve Karin's strength and combat experience at the fastest speed, and finally let Karin directly master Wood Style and Sage Mode.
Of course, the strength and combat skills Makoto passed on were not very suitable for Karin.
At this time, Karin couldn't unleash Makoto's combat power, probably having fifty to sixty percent of Makoto's level.
But a Kage-level powerhouse who knows Sage Mode is enough to shock the entire ninja world, and this was cultivated by Makoto in a short period of time.
Obviously, Karin is about to shine.
But one Karin is not enough!
Subsequently, Makoto started another simulation, but this time the target was Temari.
As for the simulation process, Makoto didn't make much change.
Although he knew that being a villain in the ninja world was a dead end, at least a dead end for now, this time Makoto still wanted to try different ways of dying.
He wanted to see if there was any way to finally achieve Six Paths on his own, and how he would be taken down by the Sage of Six Paths in the end.
Soon, the new simulation ended.
Makoto opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, the Sage of Six Paths will take action.
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