In Aozora's home, inside the bedroom.
Aozora sat cross-legged, focusing his mind. Lightning-Fire Chakra circulated methodically within his body.
The lightning tempered and fire refined—his muscles became more relaxed yet more active, while his blood energy surged with greater intensity.
After a long time, as the Lightning-Fire Chakra was completely consumed, Aozora ended his cultivation and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Staring at his increasingly fair-skinned body, he sighed.
"It looks like I'm destined to become a pretty boy for life! Could this 'Stone Embryo' have secretly transformed into a 'White Jade Embryo?'
After finishing his bath, Aozora changed into loose clothing.
Grabbing some snacks, he began replenishing his nutrients while pondering things.
"Why am I progressing so quickly in cultivation?"
Ordinary people cultivating rapidly would simply think themselves naturally gifted without ever deeply questioning why. But Aozora wasn't like that—he wanted to know the reason. One part was out of fear of making mistakes in his training; another part was wanting to identify the cause so he could improve further.
To him, physical training was supposed to be tough and slow—mastery usually required at least three to five years of grueling effort. Yet since beginning "Lightning-Fire Golden Body," he had only cultivated for a little over two months.
While those two months were already quite long by ordinary standards, to cultivators they were practically insignificant.
And yet, in such a short amount of time, Aozora's progress with the "Lightning-Fire Golden Body" had been remarkably fast. Right now, he had already encountered the first bottleneck. Once he broke through it, he would form the "Stone Embryo"—his body becoming as solid as rock, impervious to ordinary blades and weapons.
In fact, despite how soft and smooth-skinned Aozora appeared on the outside, his body was already as tough as bullhide.
This kind of rapid progress made Aozora unable to ignore the issue.
Carefully recalling the inheritance of the "Lightning-Fire Golden Body," he found he hadn't made any mistakes at all.
He kept thinking… until suddenly his eyes lit up. "Now I get it!" he whispered to himself. "It's my recovery ability—it's completely different from others!"
The first stage of "Lightning-Fire Golden Body" involved using Lightning-Fire attribute chakra to stimulate bodily vitality, enhancing physical strength.
For others, cultivating this phase would naturally be slow progress. Each time their cultivation went wrong and their Lightning-Fire chakra became chaotic, their delicate internal organs would suffer damage. Therefore, normal cultivation meant using only extremely weak amounts of Lightning-Fire chakra to temper the body—an exhausting and painstakingly slow process.
But Aozora was different. He gradually discovered his body possessed extraordinary recovery abilities, allowing him to train without restraint.
Others used a thin thread of Lightning-Fire chakra for training, but he dared to use a full stream.
Others took ten to fifteen days to recover from injuries, but he only needed a single night's sleep to wake up fully healed.
"Wait a second… wasn't my body's recovery ability weaker than this before?"
A new doubt surfaced in Aozora's mind.
He recalled that four months ago, although his physical condition had already been excellent, his healing ability had only slightly exceeded that of ordinary people—not to the monstrous level it was at now.
"When exactly did my body's recovery ability start improving so drastically?"
Carefully recalling details from past training and battles, Aozora realized that during his fight with Akai, his recovery ability had already become exceptionally strong.
At that time, after being hit by several heavy punches from Akai, another person's internal organs might have already been shattered, yet he was still able to persist in a bitter battle against Akai.
"Could it be the 'Lightning-Fire Golden Body'?"
Yet as he thought about it, during its first stage "Lightning-Fire Golden Body" only enhanced physical strength and defense; there was nothing stated about improving recovery.
"If it's not because of a skill, then the reason must lie within myself. Powerful regeneration ability... Immortal Body? But I'm an Uchiha!"
At the thought of bodily healing, Aozora immediately thought of the Uzumaki and Senju clans who inherited the great life force of the Sage.
He clearly remembered that what the Uchiha inherited from the Sage of Six Paths were his dojutsu and spiritual power.
"But wait, how could heredity ever be so clearly divided? The Uchiha's physique is naturally stronger than average humans', which obviously also means they inherited certain physical talents. Could I have gradually awakened the Immortal Body during my training?"
What exactly was an Immortal Body? Comparable to bijuu chakra: immense regenerative abilities, extraordinary stamina...
Thinking more carefully, Aozora realized although his chakra wasn't excessive, his healing ability wasn't outrageous either, nor did he possess unlimited energy...
Still, he could barely count as a smaller-scale Immortal Body—ordinary Senju or Uzumaki members didn't have such strong vitality as him.
"Hmm...could this theory be too far-fetched?"
Having already awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, if his body had truly evolved into an Immortal Body, Aozora himself felt that his advantage became way too overpowered.
However, he didn't immediately reject this hypothesis. Instead, the more he considered, the more plausible it seemed. At this moment, he even put aside his concern about the abnormal progress in Lightning-Fire Golden Body, completely immersed in thoughts about attaining the Immortal Body.
"Assuming my speculation is correct, then what triggered my body's evolution toward becoming an Immortal Body? Can I actively accelerate this process?"
Aozora kept eating sweets, hoping to boost his energy and clear his thoughts.
"The Dao Yin Lian Qi must have played a key role—it's because of this foundational guidance method that I developed powerful chakra regeneration and vigorous vitality. However, now that my cultivation foundation has been built, Dao Yin Lian Qi only helps me recover chakra."
"As for Lightning-Fire Golden Body, while it could complement the Immortal Body, recently it hasn't seemed effective anymore. Maybe it'll resume function after breaking through this barrier?"
Aozora remembered that after reaching the first plateau with [Lightning-Fire Golden Body], his physical improvements had basically stalled.
After eliminating two techniques that had previously contributed somewhat to his Immortal Body development, Aozora redirected his attention toward other techniques recorded in the Heavenly Book.
Quickly, he found an answer—[Tai Hua Yi Xing].
[Tai Hua Yi Xing] emerged after he supplemented "Embody Beyond the Self." Its inheritance was incomplete, containing merely fragmented and unstructured *Hua Xing* knowledge.
Now seeking accelerated Immortal Body evolution, Aozora finally thought about employing Tai Hua Yi Xing.
"Transforming the body into a higher form more compatible with natural energy should promote its evolution into an Immortal Body, right?"
As he thought about Hashirama Senju's and Naruto's chakra modes, Aozora couldn't help but feel envious.
Putting away the snacks, Aozora returned to his bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed-mat, and focused inward.
In the boundless Spiritual Sea, the Wordless Heavenly Page floated solemnly at its center, surrounded by over twenty golden droplets drifting about like mystical tadpoles.
During the hunt for Shimon Hiruko, Aozora first led his squad to eliminate two groups of mountain bandits, then took down the twin guards with sharp triangular faces who served directly under Shimon Hiruko. In total, he obtained twenty-three golden droplets of gongde.
After returning to Konoha, he was first called in for questioning, then swept up in preparations for a high-level meeting—so much so that he never found the time to use them.
[Embodiment Beyond the Self!]
As Aozora silently invoked, four ancient characters shimmered into view upon the Heavenly Book.
The golden droplets surged forth in unison, and soon the four pale golden ancient characters turned completely golden, then gradually shifted toward a radiant *liujin* (golden luster commonly seen in ancient artifacts) hue.
Before long, the four ancient characters had fully transformed into radiant *liujin*, leaving only three golden droplets remaining.
Aozora hesitated for a moment before submerging his Soul Division within them.
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