Time flies, and the years pass like a blur.
In the blink of an eye, another month and a half had gone by.
It was now early February of the following year.
Without even realizing it, Seimei had turned a year older.
At the same time, as expected, his Lava Release had advanced ten days ago.
Thanks to that, even though he'd taken a few extra days to rest during the New Year, his body had now reached the critical point for transformation.
Beneath Moon Island.
Inside the volcano.
Seimei completed another round of Limit of the Body training, but when he checked himself, he noticed no progress.
Far from being worried, a slight smile spread across his face.
Without hesitation, he exited Sage Mode, cast Flying Thunder God Technique, and teleported back to Moon Island.
Standing still for a moment, he waited for his body to heal from the damage caused by the volcano's harsh environment. Then, he dispelled his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
In an instant, all his shadow clones—both on and off the island—vanished.
Since this training session hadn't lasted a full hour, there weren't too many memories to process.
Seimei quickly sorted through them.
Then, he took a deep breath, steadied himself, and began his breakthrough.
The process was the same as always.
First, he activated Susanoo to enhance his body and guide the direction of his evolution.
Next, he cast Mystical Palm Technique, condensing Yang Release chakra to stimulate his cells in the most primal way, sparking their evolution.
But as his body underwent more transformations and its limits climbed higher, the invisible barrier restricting his physical growth grew tougher.
This meant he had to spend more time breaking through.
Before he knew it, it was late at night.
Nearly ten hours had passed, and Seimei still hadn't completed the breakthrough.
He could sense that the invisible barrier holding back his body's growth had loosened significantly, but it was still far from breaking.
With no other choice, he continued condensing Yang Release chakra to push his cells to evolve.
Several more hours passed, deep into the night.
Finally, shortly after Seimei guided another wave of Yang Release chakra into his cells, a sound like shattering glass rang in his ears.
A sudden sense of ease welled up in his heart.
This familiar feeling…
In that instant, Seimei knew he'd done it.
He'd successfully broken the barrier, giving his body a greater capacity for growth.
A wave of relief washed over him.
It felt like a thousand-pound weight had been lifted from his shoulders, leaving him unbelievably light and free.
After a brief adjustment, he focused his mind, waiting for his body to undergo its formal transformation.
Sure enough, just a few breaths later, a familiar warm current surged through his chakra network, spreading across his entire body. It nourished him, causing his cells to evolve and transform rapidly.
"Mmm~"
Seimei let out a contented hum, then cleared his mind, letting his body evolve instinctively.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Half an hour later, Seimei opened his eyes again.
The warm current had vanished.
"Panel!"
With a thought, he opened his proficiency panel.
A translucent, pale blue screen appeared before him:
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Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 16 → 17
Physical Attribute: 35 → 36
Mental Attribute: 36
Chakra: 4,518,500 (6,713,590 → 10,301,590)
Natural Energy: 0 (6,713,590 → 10,301,590)
Bloodlines:
- Sharingan · Eternal Mangekyō (60,738/100,000) → (61,150/100,000)
- Byakugan (9,710/100,000) → (9,970/100,000)
- Wood Release (2,420/10,000) → (3,015/10,000)
- Lava Release (4,210/5,000) → (325/10,000)
- Ice Release (4,650/5,000) → (500/10,000)
- Storm Release (4,400/5,000) → (412/10,000)
- Dust Release (3,500/5,000) → (4,652/5,000)
Skills:
- Chakra Refinement Technique: Level 7 (19,652/20,000) → Level 8 (34,800/50,000)
- Chakra Control: Level 9 (20,900/100,000) → Level 9 (34,950/100,000)
Perfected Skills: [List not shown]
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As expected, with his body's transformation complete, his physical attribute had risen by one point, from 35 to 36, now matching his mental attribute.
This meant that, after a long time, his mind and body had once again achieved a perfect balance.
No wonder he felt so unusually light after this transformation.
It all came down to that balance.
But this balance was only temporary.
This transformation had given his Byakugan extra evolution points.
Its progress had jumped from 9,710/100,000 to 9,970/100,000—just a hair's breadth away from the minor milestone of 10,000/100,000.
Once it broke through, based on his Sharingan's precedent, it would likely boost his mental attribute by one point.
That would push his mental attribute to 37, creating a one-point gap with his physical attribute again.
And just like that, the perfect balance he'd just achieved would be disrupted.
That's why he called it temporary.
Thankfully, he'd paused his Byakugan's evolution early on, or it would've broken through by now.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Seimei set them on the back burner and started reviewing his gains over the past five-plus months.
First up: his chakra ceiling.
After more than five months of digging into his potential, his chakra ceiling had skyrocketed past 10 million, hitting a staggering 10.3 million points.
That kind of chakra reserve was beyond what any ordinary ninja could dream of—even most Tailed Beasts would pale in comparison, except maybe the Nine-Tails.
This pushed him further toward becoming something "inhuman."
The biggest contributor to this rapid increase was, of course, his Level 8 Chakra Refinement Technique.
It added 1,000 points to his chakra ceiling per hour. That was 24,000 points a day, or 720,000 points a month.
This terrifying pace finally gave him a glimpse of his theoretical chakra ceiling.
But after this transformation, Seimei was likely in for some disappointment.
Why? Because with his mind and body now in perfect balance, all the potential previously suppressed by their imbalance would be unleashed.
That would inevitably lead to an even higher theoretical chakra ceiling.
Combined with his previous gains, it wasn't something he could fully tap into anytime soon—unless…
Unless his Chakra Refinement Technique leveled up again!
But for now…
Seimei glanced at the skills section of his panel.
His Chakra Refinement Technique was at Level 8 (34,800/50,000), still 46,000 proficiency points away from the next level.
At a rate of 24 proficiency points per day, it would take over five years to level up.
Clearly, that wasn't a short amount of time.
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