Yun Che drifted atop the vast sea of his consciousness, weightless on the calm, endless expanse of water. This place was different from his inner world—no floating island, no system core hanging like a moon—just an infinite blue horizon of sky and shimmering ocean stretching into forever. It was tranquil, almost unsettlingly so, the kind of silence martial artists called the state of a clear mind. He had already wandered this mental sea aimlessly, finding nothing but water and sky. Nothing to distract him. Nothing to do but think.
And think he did.
His thoughts wandered to the future—what he would do once the System finished reconstructing his profound veins. He imagined the bodies of demon beasts exploding under his blows, waves of experience filling him like rushing light. After his stunt in Floating Cloud City, there would be plenty of people wanting his head. Fine. Let them come. He would grind his levels on beasts, and if that wasn't enough, on arrogant cultivators who needed a beating.
"Looks like grinding and farming for me after this," he muttered, drifting on his back. "And if my body and soul fuse properly… grinding's going to be a damn breeze."
Just as his thoughts began circling in boredom, a familiar, long-awaited chime echoed through his mind.
[Ding…]
Yun Che jerked upright, excitement flaring. "Finally. I was getting bored to death."
A new cascade of notifications appeared before him in glowing text.
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[Uplink established]
[Accessing…]
[Uplink completed]
[System has updated itself to Intermediate System — System 2.0]
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Yun Che grinned. "It's about time."
His physical body was still lying somewhere in the floating grassland of his inner world—completely unconscious, fully surrendered to reconstruction while the System hibernated and rewired itself. He couldn't see Jasmine, couldn't hear what was happening. He could only wait these ten hours out, like a cocooned cultivator preparing for rebirth.
In the original story, Yun Che had endured excruciating pain while his profound veins reformed. Endless hours of torment, burning, ripping, reshaping.
But the current him?He simply slept.
The System's reconstruction was swift, efficient, and utterly beyond pain. The only "delay" was the upgrade—ten hours needed not for his veins, but for the System itself to evolve, integrating the Heretic God's bloodline into its core framework.
A shortcut the original Yun Che would have killed for.
And so he waited, drifting over the mirror-still water, the quiet so vast it felt holy.
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[Synchronization complete.]
[Congratulations, Host. Heretic God Bloodline successfully synchronized.]
[Primary Bloodline updated — Heretic God Bloodline established.]
[Profound strength selected as primary energy source.]
[Heretic God's profound veins constructed. Host body status: no longer crippled.]
[Using data from the Divine Medicine Manual, Heavenly God–grade spiritual veins have been integrated as an enhancement.]
[Skill list updated. Newly unlocked Heretic God Arts require higher Host level for activation.]
[Heretic God's Seven Berserk Arts added. For Host safety, Arts remain locked until requirements met.]
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Yun Che's heart thrummed with excitement.
For as long as he could remember, he'd fantasized about wielding the Heretic God's Berserk Arts—those legendary techniques that could erupt his power beyond reason, let him flatten BOSSes far above his level, and give arrogant young masters a harsh, unforgettable education.
Just thinking about it sent a thrill racing through his veins.
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[Achievement unlocked: I Am the New Heretic Soul Reaper]
Reward: 10,000 XP | 5,000 SP
A tiny chibi version of himself appeared in his mind's eye, cloaked in a fiery red aura and striking a dramatic pose.
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"Not bad, if I say so myself."Yun Che grinned, unable to suppress the wild satisfaction bubbling inside him.
He had finally regained the ability to cultivate his human body. Finally, he could wield the power he had only dreamed of back on Earth—no more limitations, no more being trapped in a broken shell.
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[Ding… Compatibility detected between Body Bloodline and Soul Bloodline.]
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Yun Che froze.
"Wait—what? They can fuse?!"
If his body and soul truly became one, then… he could use his Shinigami powers without switching forms. A seamless state. A perfect state. The one solution he had hunted for desperately—now delivered right into his hands.
His pulse quickened.
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[Initiating Fusion…]
[Warning… Warning… Fusion Unsuccessful.]
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"What!?"
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[Scan complete. Soul-level too high for fusion. Host's soul currently: Level 52. Host's body: Level 1.
For fusion, both must reach equal level.]
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Yun Che went silent.
"So… I need to cultivate my body all the way up to Level 52?" He rubbed his temples. "That'll take weeks at this rate. And with my body this weak, I can't even fight a proper practitioner."
After what he pulled earlier, the surrounding cities were almost certainly sending experts to investigate. Staying in the forest for a while might be the only option.
But even if he caught up to Level 52…
His soul would definitely rise even higher in the meantime.
A frustrating loop. A race he couldn't win at his current pace.
Yun Che clenched his fist, gaze sharpening as the forest wind brushed past his cheek.
This problem wasn't impossible. Just… annoying.
And one way or another, he would break through it.
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[Ding… System has a solution.]
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Yun Che exhaled. "All right… let's hear it."
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[Option One:]
System can fuse the body and soul, but the Host's soul level will be reset to Level 1. Soul and body will return to default state, granting the Host complete experience absorption.
[Option Two:]
System can fuse the body and soul while halving the Host's accumulated soul experience. The halved portion will be transferred into the Host's body as cultivation experience. Owing to the division process, experience and reishi absorption will be reduced by 70% for three months to stabilize the circulation between body and soul. All previously learned techniques and rewards will remain intact.
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"H-Halve my experience?" Yun Che felt his stomach twist.
Level 52 reduced to Level 26…
The equivalent of a sixth-level Nascent Profound Realm practitioner.
"All the experience I gained from HoYuu and Zangetsu Ossan… reset or halved?"
Just imagining it made his knees buckle, and he sank to the ground.
His techniques would remain—thank the heavens—but his realm…
"We restart from scratch again, huh?" Yun Che muttered, then clenched his fist. Despite the ache in his chest, despite the hours—days—years he had poured into those levels, he still forced a grin.
"Better than being stuck forever. If I choose option one, I reset everything but get full XP absorption. If I choose option two, I keep half my levels and get slower absorption."
Three months to reach Level 30, either way.
One road was clean and painful.
The other messy, but it preserved what mattered.
He inhaled deeply.
"System… do it. I pick Option Two."
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[Ding… This process is irreversible. Confirm?]
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"Yes."
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[Ding… Are you absolutely sure?]
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"YES! Do it before I change my mind!"
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[Administration command received.]
[Initiating Soul-Level Adjustment.]
[Soul Level: 52]
[Soul Level: 51]
[Soul Level: 50]
[Soul Level: 49]
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The numbers fell rapidly, like watching a mountain crumble grain by grain.
Every drop was a stab to the heart.
Yun Che trembled as the decline continued—Level 40… Level 35… Level 30…
His soul weakened with every tick.
His body, however, surged, greedily absorbing the transferred experience—muscles tightening, meridians warming, veins pulsing with new profound energy.
The heartbreak didn't stop.
But neither did the growth.
Finally—
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[Soul Level: 26]
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And then the countdown ceased.
Yun Che exhaled shakily, wiping cold sweat from his brow.
"At least… at least I kept half…"
It still hurt—but not as much as losing everything.
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[Ding… Reset Complete.]
[Soul Level: 26 – Mid-Level Spiritual Pressure]
[Body and Soul compatibility: Achieved]
[Initiating Fusion]
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A hum filled his consciousness—warm, deep, resonant—like two halves of himself finally reaching out across a long divide.
Light surged through his meridians.
Reishi threaded into profound energy.
Spiritual pressure locked into physical form.
Two existences overlapped.
Then—
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[… Fusion successful.]
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The world seemed to tilt.
All at once, Yun Che's consciousness was pulled inward—dragged deep into the core of his being. His physical body faded away, replaced by an ocean of swirling light and pressure. Power surged through him in tidal waves, intoxicatingly vast, frighteningly potent.
This… this was the sensation of the body and soul finally becoming one.
A shiver of awe crawled down his spine.
At last—
He could wield Reiatsu in his human body.
At last—
His Zanpakutō, his Kidō, his Shinigami techniques—all of them—
would be fully accessible without switching forms.
No more limitations.
No more dividing lines.
Only power.
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[Congratulations on fusing the Heretic's Body with the Soul Reaper's Soul.]
[The Host may now utilize soul-based powers within the human form.]
[Initiating fusion between Profound Strength and Spiritual Pressure…]
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"H-Holy shit… it can fuse?"
Yun Che stared into the luminous void of his inner world, disbelief and excitement tangling in his chest.
Two forces—one profound and ancient, the other spiritual and unfathomably deep—were spiraling toward each other like twin stars collapsing into a single sun.
When they touched—
The world exploded.
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[New Energy Source Acquired: Profound Spirit Force]
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Yun Che gasped as the transformation hit him like a shockwave.
Profound strength roared through his meridians.
Reiatsu thundered through his soul pathways.
And then—
they merged.
Slowly, inevitably, beautifully.
It was as if two rivers, once separated by worlds, now flowed seamlessly together. His profound strength thickened, deepened, sharpened with spiritual pressure. His Reiatsu, once ethereal and shapeless, now gained weight and density from the profound energy.
This… this was a monster's power.
He raised his hand and felt both forces ripple to his will.
Shinigami arts backed by Heretic vitality.
Heretic techniques enhanced by Shinigami ferocity.
He was no longer simply Yun Che.
He was something new.
He was both.
He opened his mouth to call up his status screen—
but before he could—
A familiar chime echoed in his mind.
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[Primary Mission Completed: "Obtain the Heretic's Indestructible Blood."]
[Primary Mission Reward Ready. Would the Host like to open it?]
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Yun Che blinked.
Right—
the mission reward.
The one the System previously couldn't process.
The one it needed to upgrade itself just to identify.
His curiosity flared.
"What could it be…?"
Without hesitation, he pressed [Yes].
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[Reward Box Opened.]
[The Host has obtained the following reward:]
[Two Wisdom Cubes]
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"Two Wisdom Cubes? Nice… just one more, and I can finally summon a new ally from Bleach."Yun Che grinned as he twirled the crystalline cubes between his fingers, each one shimmering with faint spiritual circuitry.
With these, he now had three.
Three meant he could already summon a Rare, Super Rare, or even a low-tier elite Shinigami…But why settle for scraps?
He wanted an Ultra-Rare.
Someone monstrous. Someone ridiculous. Someone capable of shifting the balance of the entire continent the moment they arrived.
To summon an Ultra-Rare character, he needed four cubes.
"One more to go," he muttered. "I'm not wasting these on a Rare or SR when I can go big. Go strongest… or don't go at all."
He was planning, fantasizing, imagining which monster from Bleach he could pull—
When another notification flashed into existence.
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[Uchiha's Bloodline]
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Yun Che froze.
Then he screamed internally:
"That's—THAT'S THE FUCKING UCHIHA BLOODLINE."
His hands trembled in excitement.
The bloodline of geniuses. Prodigies. Monsters.
Eyes that bent reality, devoured illusions, copied everything, controlled minds, commanded flames, and ruled the battlefield.
The Uchiha clan—the very embodiment of power in Naruto.
If he obtained this…
He could complete his Sasuke persona.
No—he could surpass Sasuke, because this was a cultivation world, and his system wasn't normal.
Saliva nearly dripped from his mouth in excitement.
Carefully, Yun Che guided the small drop of shimmering crimson blood toward his chest.
It sank into his skin like a molten brand.
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[Ding… Uchiha Bloodline has entered the System.]
[Host has gained the primary Uchiha ability: Sharingan.]
[Compatibility detected between Heretic Bloodline and Uchiha Bloodline.]
[Initiating Fusion…]
[Fusion Successful]
[Host has awakened the 'Heretic's Copy Wheel Eye' — Heretic Sharingan.]
[Heretic's Sharingan: First Tomoe Unlocked]
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A sudden surge hit his eyes—hot, sharp, electrifying.
Vision sharpened.
Perception stretched.
Colors deepened.
The world gained edges he never noticed before.
A pulse of power radiated from his pupils.
Yun Che blinked… unaware his once-black eyes had already darkened into a brilliant red, a single tomoe spinning lazily around his pupil like a hungry predator.
He leaned over a still pool of water.
His reflection stared back—
and he gasped.
"Damn… I am literally Sasuke of this world. The ladies will die for me."
He smirked shamelessly, admiring the dangerous glow in his eyes.
And the Sharingan would only evolve from here.
Normally, evolution required hatred, loss, death—the entire Uchiha drama package.
But he wasn't dealing with a normal Sharingan.
So he asked:
"System. Is there ANY way for me to unlock Mangekyō Sharingan without watching people die?"
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[Replying to Host.]
Sharingan has successfully merged with the Heretic Bloodline. The evolution requirements are as follows:
First Realm: First Stage Sharingan – First Tomoe (Unlocked via 'Heretic Soul' state)
Second Realm: Second Stage Sharingan – Second Tomoe (Requires 'Burning Heart' state)
Third Realm: Third Stage Sharingan – Third Tomoe (Requires 'Purgatory' state)
Fourth Realm:Mangekyō Sharingan (Requires 'Rumbling Heaven' state)
Fifth Realm:Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan (Requires 'Hades' or 'Hell Monarch' state)
Sixth Realm:Rinnegan (Requires God Ash state)
Seventh Realm:Rinne-Sharingan (?????? state required)
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Yun Che whistled low.
Sixth and seventh realms… beyond impossible for his current self.
The System couldn't even identify them fully—meaning it was beyond its current version.
So for now, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan would be his pinnacle goal.
And knowing Yun Che?
He fully intended to climb every stage eventually.
He cracked his knuckles.
"All right. Upgrades done. Rewards checked."
A wild grin spread across his face.
"It's time to wake up… and cause chaos."
He raised his voice:
"System—show me my complete stats."