Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 71 Officially Begin Cultivating Immortality

In the land of iron, in the nameless mountains.

On a snow-covered mountaintop, a figure sat cross-legged in a crevice in the rocks. Outside, the endless snow continued to fall, threatening to bury the crevice completely.

At this moment, endless natural energy continuously converged towards the figure, and fluctuations emanated from the figure's dantian. The surrounding natural power also flowed around, exuding a natural aura.

This figure was none other than Hyuga Kanan, who had left the battlefield between Konoha and Kirigakure.

After Hyuga Kanan's request to Hiruzen Sarutobi to revoke his Konoha ninja status was agreed to, he requested to leave the Konoha camp, arguing that he could no longer remain in the Konoha frontline ninja force because he was no longer a ninja.

After agreeing to Hyuga Kanan's request, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately went to find Hyuga Hizashi and told him that he planned to travel around the ninja world and would not be returning to the village for the time being before leaving.

After Hyuga Kanan left, Hiruzen Sarutobi announced to the Konoha leadership that Hyuga Kanan's ninja status would be revoked as punishment for the huge loss of Konoha's elite squad during Shimura Danzo's mission, in order to appease the morale of the Konoha frontline troops.

After leaving the former site of the Land of Whirlpools, Hyuga Kanan began searching for a suitable location for formal seclusion and training. He continuously analyzed reliable sites on a map of the ninja world.

The other four great nations are ruled out first, as their ninja forces are too powerful, and they covet the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, which might prevent Hyuga Kanan from having time to train peacefully.

After careful consideration, Hyuga Kanan ruled out continuing his search in the Land of Fire. Although the Hyuga clan would not be interfered with by other ninjas in the Land of Fire, Konoha in the Land of Fire was a major focus of the Sage of Six Paths, and the commotion of breaking through to the Innate Realm was very likely to attract his attention.

As for the small countries surrounding the Land of Fire, they could become battlefields at any time, which would further disrupt his cultivation.

Finally, Hyuga Kanan set his sights on the permanently neutral Land of Iron. The country had a harsh climate, but it was the best choice for Hyuga Kanan. Most importantly, this country was practically devoid of ninjas, governed by samurai, and being a neutral nation, it would attract very little attention from other ninja factions. Furthermore, even if members of the Hyuga clan were discovered, they wouldn't be targeted for capture as they would be in other countries.

With this in mind, Hyuga Kanan made a decision and quickly headed towards the Land of Iron.

The process went very smoothly, without encountering any obstruction from other ninja forces. After entering the Land of Iron, Hyuga Kanan began to use his divine sense to scan the area, searching for the most suitable location.

They eventually found a crevice in the rocks in this nameless mountain range that provided shelter from the wind and rain. Moreover, there was little human activity in the surrounding area, and the natural energy was abundant.

After exchanging all his money and ninja combat supplies for daily necessities with a merchant, Hyuga Kanan immersed himself in training and ignored everything else.

Hinata Kanan had forgotten everything about the time, place, and environment.

By focusing all his efforts on cultivation and continuous improvement, aiming to shatter the void and ascend to immortality, Hyuga Kanan found his days to be very fulfilling and joyful.

This was the most enjoyable period of cultivation for Hyuga Kanan since his rebirth. No one disturbed him, and he felt his continuous progress every day, which made him feel as if he had returned to the days of his previous life when he was cultivating in Longhu Mountain.

Hyuga Kanan was completely absorbed in absorbing and refining natural energy. During this period, he had been continuously refining and absorbing the ninja soul energy through the Qiankun Inheritance Jade. The soul energy of the Chunin and Jonin had been basically refined, and at the same time, he had also gained increased affinity with the water and fire elements.

Now it's time to refine the soul energy cluster of the Kage-level powerhouse, Shui Wuyuehen, within the Qiankun Inheritance Jade. This is something Hyuga Kanan has been looking forward to for a long time. He had previously suppressed the urge to refine it first, just so that he could now devote himself to refining this soul energy cluster and properly experience the fragments of world rules contained within it.

Hyuga Kanan felt that this ball of soul energy was the key to his rapid breakthrough to the Innate Realm. Without this ball of soul energy, even if he reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage, he would still have to spend a lot of time comprehending the rules of heaven and earth and condensing the Innate Flower before he could break through.

It would probably take at least ten years to truly comprehend the rules of heaven and earth and succeed.

So now is the time to elevate myself to the peak of Qi Refining.

Hyuga Kanan was completely absorbed in absorbing and refining natural energy. During this period, he had been continuously refining and absorbing the ninja soul energy through the Qiankun Inheritance Jade. The soul energy of the Chunin and Jonin had been basically refined, and at the same time, he had also gained increased affinity with the water and fire elements.

Time passed relentlessly, and Hyuga Kanan lost track of how much time had gone by.

A large amount of pure soul energy continuously flows into the meridians, accelerating the rotation of the dantian vortex. It frantically absorbs the surrounding natural energy into the vortex, and then continuously refines and purifies the external natural energy, allowing the cells of the whole body to continuously absorb energy to increase their strength.

Suddenly, the cells seemed to have had their fill and stopped absorbing energy from the body, instead beating continuously like a heart.

Hyuga Kanan understood that he had reached the pinnacle of Qi Refining, and that all the cells in his body had reached the pinnacle of Qi Refining in terms of energy absorption. Now, if he wanted his cells to continue absorbing energy and become stronger, he could only improve his cultivation level and allow his body to evolve again.

The completion of Qi Refining greatly improved Hyuga Kanan's physical strength, with his power, speed, and defense all increasing by at least double.

Now he can fight against elite Jonin with his physical abilities alone. He is basically an elite Jonin with enhanced taijutsu, which makes Hyuga Kanan feel very good.

He reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage in less than 10 years, making him a Taoist cultivation genius. However, Hyuga Kanan understood that his rapid attainment of Qi Refining Perfection was entirely due to the World Will granting him the ability to refine ninja soul energy to obtain pure soul energy, which allowed him to accelerate the absorption and refinement of natural energy. This enabled his evolved cells to quickly absorb the refined natural energy.

If one relies solely on one's own dantian qi vortex to slowly refine natural energy, the time required would likely increase by at least double, or even more.

Regardless of whether it was with the help of the world's will, I have now reached the perfection of Qi Refining. Now I need to slowly comprehend the rules of heaven and earth and condense the innate flower to break through to the innate realm.

Fortunately, the Qiankun Inheritance Jade also contains the soul energy cluster of a Kage-level ninja. Once refined, he can accelerate his comprehension of the rules of heaven and earth and quickly condense the innate flower.

Hinata Kanan focused his consciousness into the Qiankun Inheritance Jade, feeling the slowly refining ball of soul energy, and was somewhat impatient.

After forcibly suppressing the urgency in his heart, Hyuga Kanan felt that he no longer had the stable and calm mindset he had in his previous life, which was very bad.

The rapid improvement made Hyuga Kanan restless, always thinking that she could improve even faster and break through to a higher realm as soon as possible.

After carefully considering his current mindset, Hyuga Kanan decided not to train today.

Hyuga Kanan needs to adjust his restless emotions. Cultivators emphasize calmly perceiving the world, allowing their minds to better approach the origin of heaven and earth, comprehend the great Dao, and pave the way for their future cultivation path.

Hyuga Kanan slowly got up, looked at the swirling snow outside, and walked out of his secluded training ground step by step.

The cold air kept wafting towards Hyuga Kanan, but he seemed oblivious, continuing to walk slowly through the thick snow in the mountains.

Snowflakes kept falling on her, only to be blown to the ground by the fierce wind. Hyuga Kanan continued walking expressionlessly, as if she had forgotten everything and was simply moving forward on instinct.

The blizzard did not stop Hyuga Kanan's steps; his figure continued to move, his pace slow but very determined, heading in one direction.

An extremely mysterious aura spread outwards, and every piece of earth, stone, wind, and snow around became crystal clear in Hyuga Kanan's mind.

This was the prelude to comprehending the rules of heaven and earth, and also the gathering of the power inherent in the innate flower. He seemed to merge into the wind and snow, with the vast natural energy fluctuating around him. The remaining pure energy in the Qiankun Inheritance Jade continuously merged with the power of divine sense, and endless Daoist rhymes appeared around him, allowing him to merge into them.

We are born with knowledge, which is continuously transformed into language and writing in a way that is like a gift from the great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Every word and phrase aligns with the Great Dao and resonates with the rules of heaven and earth.

Through the perception of the environment and the body, countless rules in the surrounding void above the mountain peak flickered and flowed from time to time, intertwining with the surrounding environment to form a beautiful poem that was sung in Hyuga Kanan's unconscious state of mind.

Hyuga Kanan suddenly stopped and stood there blankly, letting the wind and snow keep slicing through her body.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the wind seemed to have weakened. Hinata Kanan's body was slowly covered by snowflakes.

With a loud "crack!", the snow broke off a thick branch of a tree, instantly waking Hyuga Kanan, who was still unconsciously intertwined with the rules of heaven and earth.

Hyuga Kanan moved, and the snow covering his body was shaken away.

With a calm and composed expression returning to his face, Hyuga Kanan looked at the broken tree branch in front of him, a hint of emotion in his eyes.

He knew that this was the world's will using a special method to end his previous state.

In fact, Hyuga Kanan was in great danger just now. Although this unconscious intertwining with the rules of heaven and earth would bring him endless experiences and insights, allowing him to better comprehend the rules of heaven and earth later, because it happened unconsciously, it would cause Hyuga Kanan to sink directly into the rules of heaven and earth and be unable to extricate himself, ultimately becoming a part of the rules of heaven and earth and losing his consciousness.

Although the world's will had put Hyuga Kanan into this state, it did not want him to succumb to it and die.