Compared to the previous stages of the Yin Soul and Yang Soul, the third level Yin-Yang was far more difficult. The Yin Soul was formed by the condensation of the soul; once polished to its absolute limit, it transformed into a Yang Soul.
transition from a Yang Soul to the Yin-Yang state, one had to introduce Yin energy into the Yang Soul and temper it. Much like the initial transformation from Yin to Yang, the Yang Soul had to incorporate Yin once more, maintaining a perfect balance.
When an equal measure of both was achieved, one could break through the Nascent Soul and condense the Primordial Spirit.
This was an incredibly treacherous process. The slightest lapse in concentration would result in failure. However, the benefits of forming a Yin-Yang Primordial Spirit were immense. It granted significant resistance to both pure Yang and pure Yin techniques.
When facing a pure Yang or pure Yin Primordial Spirit in battle, the Yin-Yang spirit would not be weakened by its halved nature; instead, it would prove far more powerful than its counterparts.
After all, this was a Yin-Yang Primordial Spirit. If there weren't massive benefits, no one would bother with the hardship of condensing it.
Qiu Xia's path toward the Yin-Yang Primordial Spirit differed from others. Most would refine the Yang Soul halfway once it was formed. Qiu Xia, however, forced his Yang and Yin souls into a constant cycle of transformation, searching for the exact point of connection. In this process, he could continuously grind and polish his divine soul, making it even more formidable.
Upon returning to the Naruto World, Qiu Xia first paid a visit to Miroku. He needed a reprieve from the saccharine "dog food" he had been forced to swallow back at the mortuary while watching Uncle Jiu and Zhe Gu's public displays of affection. He even went as far as leaving a Shadow Clone in Konoha while his true self remained in the Land of Demons.
The Land of Demons was Miroku's domain. Love for the house extends even to the crows on its roof; out of his affection for her, Qiu Xia shared some 21st-century knowledge with Miroku. This included salt refinement methods, superior crop cultivation techniques, and the construction of greenhouses.
Miroku implemented these methods immediately. As she experimented with Qiu Xia's concepts, the Land of Demons developed at a breathtaking pace. They built highways, replaced old wooden shacks with sturdy brick and tile houses, and utilized cement and lime.
From the time he first met Miroku until now, the architecture of the entire Land of Demons had undergone a total transformation. The original wooden huts had been torn down and replaced with stronger,
more comfortable brick houses. Every household had its own courtyard and two-story buildings. Beyond that, several highways were constructed, facilitating both commerce and travel.
In addition to infrastructure, Qiu Xia had Miroku establish schools within the Land of Demons to aggressively develop Onmyodo and Shamanism. These two were essentially the same art, though the version practiced by men was called Onmyodo while the women's version was known as Shamanism.
The techniques Qiu Xia taught reached the Earth Master level at most and were intentionally incomplete. After all, he saved the best things for his own countrymen; teaching even this much was a significant favor granted for Miroku's sake.
During this period, Qiu Xia used various materials to construct a top-tier Grand Array. It formed a barrier over the Land of Demons that would activate and block anyone at the level of Jonin or above who tried to enter. For those below the Jonin level, the array would simply use Chakra to keep track of them.
Aside from this defensive array, Qiu Xia also set up a Spirit Gathering Array. It gathered the surrounding Spiritual Qi into the Land of Demons. Since other nations had no use for Spiritual Qi anyway, he figured it was better for him to utilize it than let it go to waste.
One might wonder why the merchants and ninjas coming from outside couldn't see these massive changes. The reason was simple: Qiu Xia and Miroku had altered their memories.
Otherwise, even without knowing that Mōryō had been completely eradicated, other nations would never have given the Land of Demons time to develop especially not at such a rapid speed.
After all, one does not allow others to sleep peacefully beside one's own bed. If a neighbor is of similar strength or even weaker, it can be tolerated. But if they become stronger significantly stronger it is no longer acceptable.
In such a situation, one would constantly worry about a sudden attack. Although the truth couldn't be hidden forever, every day they delayed discovery was another day the Land of Demons had to grow.
A month passed, and Qiu Xia returned once more to the Zombie World. After enduring another month of public affection from his elders, he prepared to leave again, leaving behind a stockpile of medicinal herbs and spiritual vegetables for Uncle Jiu.
"Master, after I return to the Naruto World this time, I will be entering secluded cultivation. I don't know when I will be back, so I am leaving these resources for you in advance."
"Your master is already at the Heavenly Master realm with a lifespan of five hundred years," Uncle Jiu replied. "With these resources, I might even break through to the Zhenren stage. Go into seclusion without worry; when you finish, your master will still be here at the mortuary."
After bidding Uncle Jiu farewell, Qiu Xia returned to the Naruto World. For the first month, he focused entirely on polishing his divine soul, letting the Yin and Yang aspects transform and temper each other.
On the night before he was scheduled to return to the Zombie World, Qiu Xia withdrew all the World Origin he had accumulated and activated the Deduction ability.
As the Deduction ability engaged, the Daoist arts he had practiced and the various techniques, Visualization Methods, and spells he had acquired from Maoshan flooded his mind.
They began to merge with the Star Scripture. The Star Scripture absorbed the essence of each technique, filling in its own gaps and evolving.
During this time, Qiu Xia's divine soul began to shift. Yin Soul, Yang Soul, Yin-Yang Soul after countless transformations, starlight began to manifest upon his divine soul. As time moved forward, the starlight grew brighter and brighter, until the vision of a sky filled with stars reappeared over the shinobi world.
This time, the starlight lasted for an entire week. The people of the shinobi world searched frantically like headless flies once again. After the week passed, light finally returned to the world.
However, that one week only represented the time the starlight was visible to the outside world. Within the Land of Demons, the process continued. To ensure Qiu Xia's cultivation was not disturbed, anyone who entered the Land of Demons before he woke was controlled by Genjutsu and had their memories altered.
An entire month passed. Although the Land of Demons saw no sun for that month, the power of the stars and the dense Spiritual Qi ensured the crops, vegetables, and fruits were not only unaffected but grew even healthier. The young Onmyoji and Shamans at the Daoist academy also felt their cultivation speed increase dramatically during this time.
As dawn approached on the final day, the sky was no longer shrouded in starlight. The starlight above the Land of Demons began to dissipate bit by bit until the first ray of sunlight touched the soil.
As the weather returned to normal, Miroku knew Qiu Xia had awakened and hurried to the entrance of his seclusion chamber to wait.
During that month of deducing and practicing his techniques, Qiu Xia's cultivation had soared. His divine soul had officially transformed into a Primordial Spirit.
Unlike others who fused the divine soul with a Nascent Soul to create a Primordial Spirit, Qiu Xia's soul had undergone multiple Yin-Yang transformations before merging with starlight. His Primordial Spirit was now etched with numerous star imprints from his divine body. Along with his surge in power, his data had also changed.
*Host:* Uchiha Qiu Xia (Li Qiu Xia)
*Dharma Eye:* Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan
*Visual Prowess:* Life and Death, Devouring, Kotoamatsukami, Eight Trigrams, Six Paths Technique, Eye of Space-Time
*Realm:* Late stage Zhenren
*Technique:* Star Scripture (Minor Accomplishment)
*Skills:* Star Divine Light, Star Divine Bow, Star Fire, Three Lights Divine Water, Starlight Array, Falling Star Technique...
*Worlds:* Naruto (62/30), Zombie World, Unknown World (10,000)
*Abilities:* Deduction, Enlightenment
*World Origin:* 1,000
Aside from his star-related skills and the innate powers of his Dharma Eye, his other skills had vanished, absorbed into his new foundation. Furthermore, a new "Unknown World" had appeared on his list with a value of 10,000. It seemed he would need ten thousand points of World Origin to unlock it.
Given the current growth rate of Origin in the Naruto World, it would take quite some time to collect ten thousand points. If he wanted to speed things up, he would have to stir up some major trouble.
"Damn it, I was sufficiently disgusted by those two, White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, before. In that case, I'll just leak the truth about White Zetsu to the Five Great Ninja Villages and see how they handle it."
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