Late at night, after Wanda fell asleep, Li Chuan went to the Kamar-Taj library alone.
Six years remained until Doctor Strange joined Kamar-Taj, and Kaecilius had not yet betrayed them, so the librarian of the Kamar-Taj library was not Wong, but another young sorcerer named Kaji.
"Good evening, Sorcerer Li Chuan!"
"Good evening, Sorcerer Kaji, may I borrow some magic books?"
Li Chuan performed a Kamar-Taj sorcerer's salute.
Kaji smiled and said:
"Of course, you can borrow any magic books except for those on these two bookshelves."
During the day, Mordo had already given instructions that the newly joined Sorcerer Li Chuan could freely borrow all magic books except those in Ancient One's private collection.
"Thank you!"
Li Chuan naturally knew that the two inaccessible bookshelves contained very dangerous magic books privately collected by Ancient One, such as rituals to summon Dormammu, Time Magic, and Dark magic, among others.
However, he had no interest in those magic books; his main purpose in coming to Kamar-Taj was to understand the origin of the World and information about the various Dimensional Demons.
Any magic in Kamar-Taj required signing an unequal lease contract with the corresponding Dimensional Demon, which made it inconvenient to use, no matter how powerful it was.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
After receiving confirmation from the librarian, Li Chuan immediately formed hand seals and created over a hundred Shadow Clones, who began searching the library.
The library contained at least tens of thousands of books by estimation; searching alone would take an unknown amount of time. Although his current Shadow Clone skill could only last for eight minutes, over a hundred Shadow Clones greatly increased efficiency.
The duration of a Shadow Clone is related to the amount of Chakra and the degree of mastery over the Ninjutsu. For example, Sasuke's Shadow Clones can only last for one minute, Kakashi's can last for five minutes, and Naruto's can last for three days.
Li Chuan's current Shadow Clones can last for eight minutes; if he transforms into his Second Form, his Chakra increases significantly, allowing them to last for about twenty minutes.
In fact, besides combat, the greatest use of Shadow Clones is to assist in training, because all memories and experiences return to the main body after the Shadow Clone disappears.
It's just that ordinary Ninja generally cannot use Shadow Clones for training, because in addition to memories and experiences, the fatigue and various physical sensations of the Shadow Clone also return to the main body.
This is not the most important point; many Ninja are hardworking and have strong willpower. The most crucial factor is the duration of the Shadow Clone.
For example, if a normal Ninja can only create seven or eight Shadow Clones, and each Shadow Clone only lasts for three or four minutes, then combined, they would only save half an hour of time.
However, this would exhaust all their Chakra, requiring half a day of rest to recover, which is completely counterproductive.
The reason Naruto can train with Shadow Clones is that he can create thousands of Shadow Clones at once, and each Shadow Clone can last for two or three days, truly achieving the effect of a single day's training being equivalent to several years for others.
Even if he has to lie down for a day afterwards to recover, it's completely fine.
Li Chuan has not yet reached that level, but he does occasionally take time each day to train with Shadow Clones, because under normal circumstances, he can create up to one hundred and twenty Shadow Clones at once, and in his Second Form, he can create around three hundred.
In Second Form, if Shadow Clones are used only for learning and not combat, they can last for twenty minutes. Three hundred Shadow Clones learning simultaneously can save the equivalent of about four days of time.
In other words, the efficiency of twenty minutes of learning is the same as four days of learning, and afterwards, he only needs to endure the discomfort and recover for half a day.
Moreover, his body in Second Form is robust, and his recovery ability is strong, so he doesn't need to worry about over-fatigue leading to sudden death.
The reason he was able to quickly master several advanced Ninjutsu learned from Kakuzu and Orochimaru's Soft Physique Modification Technique was because during the final period before leaving the Naruto World, he had always been training with Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
"Images of Ikonn!"
The librarian, Kaji, couldn't help but exclaim when he saw Li Chuan instantly create over a hundred clones.
Images of Ikonn is a very advanced magic in Kamar-Taj; few sorcerers besides Ancient One can master it. Its function is very similar to the Shadow Clone used by Li Chuan.
Both can instantly create many physical clones to assist in combat.
Five minutes later, Li Chuan dismissed his Shadow Clones and placed eight books in front of Kaji.
"Sorcerer Kaji, I need to borrow these books."
"Alright, Sorcerer Li Chuan, I'll register them for you. Just remember to return them when you're done."
Kaji nodded politely.
No matter where, powerful beings always command respect. Li Chuan's Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu had clearly earned Kaji's respect.
Carrying eight thick books back to his room, Li Chuan took out a small box, opened it, and crawled inside.
This small box was the one he brought from the Naruto World, which he had expanded using the Undetectable Extension Charm. Inside, he had built a simple wooden house for studying Ninjutsu and delving into magic.
"The Trinity of Vishanti," "The Origin of Earth," "The Fall of the Old Gods," "Various Old Gods and Dimensional Demons"...
Inside the wooden house, Li Chuan once again created Shadow Clones, and then each opened a book and began to read.
Two hours later, he closed the books, dismissed his Shadow Clones, and closed his eyes, beginning to organize everything he had learned from these eight books.
"So that's how it is!"
Slowly opening his eyes, he finally had some understanding of the Old Gods and Dimensional Demons.
According to the records in the Kamar-Taj books, at the very beginning of the Universe, many powerful life forms were born. They naturally possessed various powerful abilities, even capable of crossing dimensions and traveling to other Universes.
And at the very beginning, a powerful Old God was also born on Earth; she was Gaia, hailed as the Goddess of Earth and Life.
Gaia nurtured all life on Earth and gave birth to the second generation of Old Gods.
One of them, the Old God Set, who controlled death and destruction, and was also the origin of all reptiles on Earth, inadvertently discovered that his power would greatly increase when he devoured his brother Old Gods, so he embarked on a path of Crazy Massacre.
During this process, his power gradually grew stronger, and he also transformed into the first demon on Earth.
Many Old Gods, seeing Set's power greatly increase, also began to emulate his behavior, devouring other Old Gods to strengthen themselves. This is what the book refers to as "The Fall of the Old Gods."
One evil Old God, comparable to Set, was named Chthon. He was most skilled in using various powerful Dark magic and also possessed the powerful ancient power of Chaos Magic.
To counter the fallen evil Old Gods, Gaia and the Earth's conscious creator gave birth to the God-Eater Vatum, who could absorb fallen evil power and become powerful through corruption. The God-Eater massacred large numbers of evil Old Gods, even affecting Earth and causing the extinction of dinosaurs.
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