Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 12 The Real White Eye

With trembling hands, Hyuga Kanan looked at his father across from him, unsure of what to say, as they hadn't spoken in a long time.

"Your hands will regain their freedom of movement soon with the use of chakra; you just need to rest," Hyuga Kagami said as he approached Hyuga Kanan, then asked, "Isn't your Byakugan activated?"

"The Byakugan is the foundation of the Hyuga clan. If you haven't awakened it yet, what you need to do now is to diligently learn the techniques and skills for awakening the Byakugan, instead of practicing other things. Even if those things are very powerful, don't forget that the foundation of the Hyuga clan is the Byakugan. Everything else can wait."

Hyuga Kagekuni could naturally see that the physical techniques his son was practicing when he arrived were quite good, but he still couldn't help but remind him that as a great clan that has been passed down for thousands of years, what is most important is not to neglect the essentials and learn other things instead. Those should be left until after he awakens his Byakugan.

The Byakugan is the pride of the Hyuga clan.

After saying this, Hyuga Kagaku patted Hyuga Kanan on the shoulder and strode away. He still needed to explain his discovery to the clan elders, hoping to persuade them to stop harassing his youngest son.

Hyuga Kanan watched his father leave, then turned and returned to the training ground in his small courtyard. He currently had no sword to practice with the Daoist Demon-Subduing Sword; he would have to have one forged at a blacksmith's shop later. Most swords in the ninja world were single-edged, and his clan only had this type. He wanted a double-edged longsword, so he would have to have the blueprints drawn up and have a blacksmith forge it custom-made.

Standing in the center of the courtyard, he closed his eyes and recalled the battle just now. He hadn't used his full strength; at most, he had only used half of it. He figured his father had only used Chunin strength at most. So, if he had used his full strength, he would have been an elite Chunin who only knew taijutsu and not ninjutsu, or at most a special Jonin.

He then focused his consciousness on the Qiankun Inheritance Jade.

Personal Panel

Host: Hyuga Kanan

Realm: Beginner Qi Refining Stage

Physical attributes: Five Elements Body

Cultivation techniques: Righteous Qi Technique, Taoist Spirit Nourishing Method

Physical Strength: Bronze Skin and Bones

Soul strength: 99 times that of an ordinary person

Looking at his current level, if he reaches the Qi Refining stage, he should be able to reach the level of an elite Jonin, just like Mike Kai when he grows up.

Unfortunately, it may take 10 years to reach the peak of Qi Refining, unless the strength of one's soul power can break through 100 times the limit of ordinary people and be transformed into divine sense power. At that time, one's Qi Refining speed can be increased several times, and one can reach the peak quickly. However, it is very difficult to transform soul power into divine sense power. Reaching 100 times the strength of ordinary people is not enough. It also needs to be compressed and purified. This step is the most difficult step, and it is impossible to achieve this in less than 10 years.

This step not only consumes a lot of time but also wastes a significant amount of soul power, which can only be recovered little by little over time. Consuming too much soul power will slow down the recovery process and also damage one's foundation.

Even though I have the Qiankun Inheritance Jade to refine and help, it still takes so much time. No wonder demonic cultivators in the past constantly created killings to absorb the soul energy of the dead in order to quickly obtain soul power. But there is another problem here. If too much soul energy is absorbed, there will be too many impurities and fragments of consciousness. In the end, the consciousness will conflict, and the cultivator will die from demonic possession.

Unless there is an infinite amount of pure soul energy to absorb, the fragments of will in his own bloodline are probably not enough. He doesn't dare to use the Qiankun Inheritance Jade to refine and transform it into pure soul energy. There is a lot of soul energy from the dead on the battlefield, but that's what the Sage of Six Paths can eat, and he doesn't dare to absorb it casually.

Cultivating immortality is difficult, as difficult as ascending to heaven. No wonder cultivators often spend more than ten years in seclusion. It is just too difficult. Even with abundant natural energy, it still takes a lot of time to cultivate and become an immortal.

Hinata Kanan felt like crying when he thought about the difficulties of cultivating immortality. He had cultivated on Earth for over 40 years, and his soul was only about 100 times stronger than that of an ordinary person. He had been too naive back then, thinking that he only needed energy to directly enter the Golden Core realm and that he could rely on artificial lightning tribulations to replenish his energy. Now it seemed that he had been too hasty.

Let's take it slow. After all, cultivators can increase their lifespan with each breakthrough, and the ninja world is naturally full of energy. There is no shortage of energy. As long as we spend time slowly, we can attain immortality sooner or later.

Now, let's think about how to improve our strength. This is not a safe world. The massacre of the Ninja World War is coming soon. Survival is the key. We don't want to be too dead to cultivate our path to immortality.

Back in his room, Hyuga Kanan refocused his attention on improving his current strength. The natural energy he had refined within his body could now be used as chakra, and aside from not being able to use ninjutsu outside his body, it greatly enhanced his taijutsu. Since the Hyuga clan was renowned throughout the ninja world for its taijutsu, he decided to include Gentle Fist in his training plan.

The problem is that Gentle Fist seems to require the Byakugan to be used in conjunction with it. Can I still use the Byakugan without the fragments of Otsutsuki's will? I'm not really sure. Ever since I dissolved the fragments of will within my Byakugan, I haven't paid attention to its condition. At that time, I didn't have any energy to retain, and my chakra had been dispersed and dissolved by me. I haven't tried it yet.

Back in his room, Hyuga Kanan sat cross-legged on the bed and began to channel the natural energy he had refined into his body towards his optic nerves. At first, he dared not channel too much, only a wisp entering his eyeballs. A wave of thirst immediately surged within his Byakugan, like someone who had been thirsty in the desert for a long time and was suddenly nourished by a spring of water, yearning for more.

Sensing no significant impact, Hyuga Kanan increased the flow of energy, channeling all the newly refined natural energy within her body to her eyes, temporarily slowing down the absorption by her body's cells. As the energy surged into her Byakugan, the eyeballs began to absorb it frantically, and she felt as if she were experiencing a series of heartbeats.

At this moment, white light flashed continuously in his Byakugan, and his white pupils became increasingly pure. Just like when Hyuga Kagaku activated his Byakugan, the veins around his eyes suddenly bulged, and his vision turned grayish-white. Looking up, his vision gradually expanded, revealing a barrier around the Hyuga clan that was pulsating. Concentrating his focus, his vision penetrated the barrier, allowing him to see the streets and people of Konoha in the distance, at least more than 5 kilometers away.

"Is this the Byakugan's detection function?" Hyuga Kanan murmured to himself, looking at the black-and-white image in the distance. "It seems pretty good. I wonder what principle it works on?"

With that in mind, Hyuga Kanan began to channel his soul power into the Byakugan along with the surging energy, hoping to use his soul power to explore the inside of the Byakugan. After all, it was quite amazing to be able to see through things and distances that normal eyes could not observe, just like divine sense.

As he gradually sensed the flow and effects of his soul's power, he realized that the energy flow was completely different from normal blood flow. When the energy entered his Byakugan, it produced entirely different effects. It seemed that the Byakugan operated in different ways, producing entirely different results.

Through careful sensing, Hyuga Kanan finally noticed something different. The Byakugan was a product of the will within his bloodline, and it was quite different from the eyes of a normal human. It contained a trace of the ability to manipulate the rules of the environment with energy, a power that seemed to be wielded only by advanced cultivators.

The Byakugan is not just about X-ray vision and long-range vision. There are many places deep within the Byakugan where energy cannot enter, and there seem to be even more ways to manipulate the rules. However, the energy of my Byakugan cannot enter those places, so I cannot use those rules.

Based on my memory of watching anime, it seems the Byakugan can evolve into the Tenseigan. Those places where energy can't enter might only be accessible after the Byakugan evolves into the Tenseigan, allowing the user to manipulate more rules.

Hinata Kanan pondered this, then began to mobilize most of his soul power to probe deeper into the Byakugan. Gradually, he discovered something interesting. It turned out that there was also a passage deep within the Byakugan, but it was like a blocked pipe. Moreover, the deep pipes were extremely narrow, unable to carry much energy. Even if the blockage were cleared, the methods used deep within wouldn't be usable. However, the natural energy he had refined could continuously strengthen his cells—both his body and eye cells. As long as he continuously nourished them with the refined energy, they could be continuously strengthened. And the blocked area, as long as his soul power continued to permeate it, could eventually be broken. This meant his Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan, although it would require a massive amount of soul power.

This brings us back to square one: refining soul power requires a lot of time, and there are so many places where I need to use soul power. This means it will take a very long time to reach the point I want.

However, time seems to be running out. It's already Konoha Year 36, and there's not much time left before the Sage of Six Paths' large-scale harvest. This seems to be a dead end.

Thinking of this, Hyuga Kanan felt helpless and withdrew his soul power, which also reduced the amount of energy flowing into the Byakugan. After all, mobilizing a large amount of energy to flow into the Byakugan would require a lot of soul power.

Now that I have explored and awakened the White Eye, I can no longer waste my soul power on a large scale. Currently, relying on the refinement of the Daoist Spirit Nourishing Technique, my soul power is growing too slowly, and I cannot waste it casually.