Although Moryo didn't know exactly what Qiu Xia was doing, his sense of impending doom told him he couldn't let it continue. If he didn't stop this now, things would become disastrous. Sensing the danger, Moryo lashed out with his tentacles toward Qiu Xia, screaming, "Damn brat, what do you think you're doing? Stop this at once!"
However, Moryo's tentacles failed to strike Qiu Xia or Miroku. When they were ten meters away, they were intercepted by a barrier.
"Moryo, don't you think it's a bit too late to try and fight back? The tragic fate of the Priestess ends today. Now, die!" With Qiu Xia's hand seals, a white barrier enveloped Moryo, and numerous golden chains surged forth to bind him.
"What is this? What's happening to my power? You damnable brat, what have you done to me?"
"You are nothing but a blight upon this world, so I have decided to eradicate this evil. Your power and the Priestess's share the same origin, so I'll just give all your power to her."
"No! I won't give my power to the Priestess! Her power is mine! You can't do this!" Moryo frantically attacked the barrier and the chains, desperate to break free, but he found that the more he struggled, the faster his power drained.
At that moment, Miroku, who had been pushed onto the Formation Disk by Qiu Xia, felt a continuous stream of power surging into her God Body. Her Spiritual Power began to swell relentlessly under the influence of this energy.
However, a Priestess had her limits. If Miroku were left to absorb it alone, she would eventually be torn apart by the sheer magnitude of the power, resulting in a violent death.
Qiu Xia, having awakened the Soul of Mende, naturally refused to let such a thing happen. Thus, he utilized one of the many methods from Uncle Jiu's collection a technique for a man and a woman to increase their strength together.
Some might ask if Qiu Xia was too young for such things. It was true that his age was small, but relying on his body refinement through Astral Power, the strength of his God Body was more than sufficient. By using a Transformation Jutsu, he could easily facilitate the method.
Moryo's Spiritual Power was siphoned through Miroku and then swallowed by Qiu Xia to open his various acupoints. Under the pressure of Moryo's immense energy, Qiu Xia's acupoints were forced open one by one. During this process, the energy passing through Qiu Xia also reinforced Miroku's constitution, making her Spiritual Power purer and far more abundant.
As an entity that had existed for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years, Moryo possessed a terrifying amount of energy. In terms of pure energy volume, most Tailed Beasts couldn't even compare to him.
Only the Eight-Tails could hold a candle to Moryo's reserves. As for the Nine-Tails, because of the Sage of Six Paths' blatant favoritism, it had inherited the majority of the Ten-Tails' energy, making Moryo's power incomparable to the Nine-Tails.
Qiu Xia could almost imagine the scene when the Old Man of Six Paths was distributing the energy: one portion for the One-Tail, one for the Nine-Tails; one for the Two-Tails,
one for the Nine-Tails... one for the Eight-Tails, one for the Nine-Tails, and then everything else went to the Nine-Tails. The Sage of Six Paths had truly taken favoritism to its absolute limit.
Under the relentless extraction of energy, Moryo managed to hold out for three days before his power was completely exhausted. All that remained were fragments of negative emotions.
Moryo's original consciousness had perished, merging into these negative thoughts. If left alone, another monster would likely emerge in a few decades, but Qiu Xia had no intention of leaving them be.
After refining nine-tenths of Moryo's energy, over 50,000 of Qiu Xia's acupoints had been opened nearly half of the total number. His Dharma Power had increased dozens of times over compared to when he first arrived.
As for Moryo's remaining impurities, Qiu Xia took care of them with a single Purifying the Universe Incantation. Once Moryo was dealt with, Qiu Xia packed away his Formation Flags and Formation Disk. He carried Miroku back to her residence, and after seeing her safely home, he used a space mark he had left in his own courtyard to return directly to Konoha.
After Qiu Xia left, Miroku regained consciousness, her face flushing a deep red. "I actually... with Lord Qiu Xia... but he's the same age as Shion. This is truly sinful."
"But fortunately, Moryo has been resolved. I feel that the Spiritual Power in my body has increased many times over. There's even more information in my mind... is this a spell? Did the Lord leave this for me to protect myself? It seems my choice was correct. Lord Qiu Xia, I will certainly cultivate diligently and not let you down."
Back in Konoha, Qiu Xia resumed his previous lifestyle, spending his days and nights in cultivation. However, he didn't immediately use Astral Power to open new acupoints. Instead, he used the Astral Power to temper his Dharma Power and the newly opened acupoints, removing any possible impurities.
Though the benefits were not immediately obvious and might even seem redundant given how pure the Priestess's energy was Qiu Xia did it anyway. It wouldn't take much time, regardless.
Day after day passed, and in the blink of an eye, Qiu Xia had spent nearly a year in this world. During this time, the people of the shinobi world were still scouring the globe for Obito Uchiha. Some had found him, but they were no match for his strength and were quickly eliminated.
While Obito remained unharmed, the constant stream of "flies" buzzing around him was infuriating. The situation had Obito gnashing his teeth in rage. Who was the bastard that had leaked his information? If it wasn't for that scoundrel, he wouldn't be hunted like this. Just let me catch you, he thought, and I will make sure you wish for a death that will never come.
In the Hidden Mist Village, following the departure of Obito, Mei Terumi had become the Fifth Mizukage just as she had in the original timeline. Under her leadership, the village was recovering rapidly. Meanwhile, the Hidden Stone, Hidden Cloud, and Hidden Sand villages were also busy restoring their strength while continuing their search for Obito.
In Konoha, Tsunade had become the Fifth Hokage several years ahead of schedule. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya were still wandering the world. They had no choice; if either of them stayed in Konoha for more than a day,
they would be struck by mysterious pain. To spare themselves, and since they couldn't find the culprit (though Jiraiya suspected but dared not say, knowing the pain was Qiu Xia's way of driving them out), the two of them could only roam the world.
All in all, apart from the hunt for Obito, the shinobi world remained relatively peaceful as each village focused on recovery.
At this time, in the Land of Demons, at the site where Moryo had originally been sealed, a handsome youth sat cross-legged in meditation. Standing beside him was a beautiful woman in her twenties, dressed in the robes of a Priestess.
The youth was, of course, our protagonist, Qiu Xia, and the woman beside him was the Priestess Miroku. Over the past year, after opening 50,000 acupoints, the speed at which Qiu Xia opened the remaining ones had skyrocketed. He was able to open several hundred a day until, half a month ago, he had finally opened all 129,600 acupoints.
After completing the acupoints, Qiu Xia didn't immediately experiment with his plans. Instead, he spent half a month tempering himself and his Divine Soul, filling every acupoint with Astral Dharma Power.
Only after his acupoints were filled did he move to the next step. Along with a soul-rending pain, Qiu Xia guided a wisp of soul power from his Heavenly Soul into his Human Soul. Upon receiving that sliver of power, the Human Soul, which had been the same size as the other Three Souls and Seven Po, suddenly grew larger.
Seeing this, Qiu Xia first used his Dharma Power to restore the Heavenly Soul, then extracted a wisp from the Earthly Soul to stack onto the Human Soul, followed by repairing it and extracting from the Seven Po.
As the Human Soul absorbed the power of the other souls, it grew larger and larger. After devouring the essence of the Three Souls and Seven Po once over, the Human Soul had more than doubled in size. Having fortified it, Qiu Xia was just about to move on to the other souls when a sudden change occurred.
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