From the very beginning, his "Heavenly Dominion" had two distinct abilities.
The first was the ability to separate himself from this world, achieving a state akin to "transcending the three realms and escaping the five elements."
In this state, whether it was ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu, nothing could harm him.
In fact, he couldn't even be detected.
At that moment, it was as if he existed in a parallel world—completely vanished from reality—until he deactivated the dojutsu and reappeared.
The second ability came into play during this detachment process: it would purge any abnormal statuses affecting him.
In the past, due to his cautious nature, none of his opponents had ever been overwhelmingly stronger than him.
As a result, whenever he used this technique, it was almost always for the first ability.
As for the second...
Well, no one had ever managed to put him in a state where he actually needed to use it.
But today was different. "Kotoamatsukami" was hailed as the strongest genjutsu. To ensure his mind hadn't been tampered with, he focused specifically on this second ability.
And as it turned out, his instincts were right.
After conducting a thorough self-check, he confirmed that his mental state remained completely unaffected.
In other words, when Uchiha Shisui suddenly activated his Mangekyō Sharingan earlier, it truly had only been a test—there had been no other intentions behind it.
That was good.
At least now he didn't have to spend the night plotting his revenge.
Deactivating "Heavenly Dominion," Seimei returned to his training chamber.
Then, he raised his hands and swiftly performed the "Mind Link Technique," establishing contact with the shadow clone that had been tailing Uchiha Shisui.
That's right—shortly after Shisui left, Seimei had sent out a shadow clone to follow him from a distance.
And the reason?
Simple—he wanted to pinpoint Shisui's exact location, just in case he ever needed it.
What's that? Didn't he already trust that Shisui hadn't tampered with his mind?
Why take such precautions?
Sorry, but Seimei was just that cautious.
Even if the chances were minimal, he wouldn't take any risks.
Besides, he was also someone who never let grudges go.
In the past, when he was weaker, he would endure and let his enemies live a little longer—just like with Danzo Shimura.
But once he was sure he had the strength to deal with them, he wouldn't let them off the hook, even if it meant taking a bit of a risk.
Again, just like with Danzo.
So, if he had really discovered that Shisui had tried to manipulate his mind, then no matter the reason, he would have eliminated him with absolute force.
Even if that meant being hunted by the Uchiha clan...
Even if it meant defecting from Konoha...
It wouldn't have changed a thing.
Fortunately, Shisui had done nothing.
In a way, he had unknowingly saved his own life.
Shaking off his thoughts, Seimei pushed aside everything related to Shisui and reached into his ninja pouch, pulling out a sealing scroll.
"Release!"
Unrolling the scroll on the ground, he quickly formed a hand seal and activated the seal's release.
Poof!
A cloud of chakra-infused smoke spread out, revealing over a dozen scrolls and books.
Seimei opened them one by one, revealing densely packed text.
A closer look would show that they contained information on Earth Release, Fire Release, and Lightning Release ninjutsu, along with insights into their respective chakra nature transformation techniques.
Today wasn't just a day off for Seimei.
Aside from a bit of necessary relaxation, he had spent the rest of his time inside the Uchiha clan's secret archives.
That's where he found these scrolls and books, borrowing them using the Elder's authorization seal.
As for why he was looking for these?
It was simple.
He was preparing to fuse all seven chakra nature transformations in order to master the power of "Bloodline Net" (Kekkei Mōra).
Currently, his mastery of Wind Release and Water Release was already at a high level.
For Wind Release, since he had already mastered the S-rank technique "Wind Style: Rasenshuriken" to perfection, he considered that part of the fusion complete.
For Water Release, although he lacked an S-rank jutsu, he had mastered:
- Two A-rank jutsu: "Water Style: Great Exploding Water Wave" and "Water Style: Giant Shark Bullet"
- Five B-rank jutsu: "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet," "Water Style: Water Severing Wave," "Water Style: Water Column," "Water Style: Water Wall," and "Water Style: Exploding Water Wave."
Seimei estimated that this was sufficient for fusion.
As for Yin Release and Yang Release...
For Yin Release, he had both the Sharingan and Byakugan.
For Yang Release, his constantly improving physical attributes and the Hashirama cells he had recently fused into his body would take care of that.
So, no concerns there either.
The only uncertainties lay in the transformations for Earth, Lightning, and Fire Release.
Yes, he had learned quite a few jutsu for these elements, but he wasn't as proficient in them as he was with the others.
That's why he specifically sought out these scrolls.
Their ranks might not be particularly high, but each contained unique insights.
By studying them, he could expand his understanding and fill in the gaps.
However, he didn't have the time or energy to train them just yet.
At the very least, he needed to first master "Flying Thunder God" before he could shift his focus.
And that would take ten more days.
Shaking his head, Seimei put the books and scrolls back down, then quickly formed a series of seals, activating the "Sealing Formation."
The next moment, everything before him vanished.
In its place, a "Seal" character appeared in the center of the scroll.
Seimei rolled it up, secured it, and placed it back into his ninja pouch.
After finishing these tasks, he didn't rest.
Instead, he closed his eyes and channeled his mental energy into the "All-Encompassing Seal" at his brow, linking it to his Byakugan.
Then, he activated the seal's power, extracting stored chakra, compressing it further, and channeling the highly refined energy into his Byakugan.
A tingling, numbing sensation spread through his eyes—a sign of evolution.
According to his status panel, every half-hour or so, his Byakugan's evolution progress would increase by one point.
Since he hadn't practiced other skills today, he had accumulated over three million chakra points, including today's extraction from the Seven-Tails.
This was enough for his Byakugan to undergo a full extreme evolution—burning through one million chakra points for ten proficiency points.
The process would take five hours.
Luckily, he had the time today.
To be fair, this was already a significant improvement.
Before upgrading his "All-Encompassing Seal" to level 8, it took nearly three hours to burn 400,000 chakra points.
So for one million points, that would have taken nearly seven hours.
That would've been way too long.
Good thing he hadn't invested too much chakra into his Byakugan before—otherwise, his schedule would've been completely messed up.
After all, the Byakugan's evolution had to be conducted by his main body.
But according to his latest training plan, he would now be dedicating 900,000 chakra points daily to this process.
This would take over four hours per day—still a tight schedule.
So…
"I need to upgrade the 'All-Encompassing Seal' as soon as possible!"
Only by doing that could he optimize his training efficiency and shorten the time required for evolution.
With these thoughts settled, Seimei focused entirely on nurturing his Byakugan.
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