Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 263 Cultivation Failure, Emerging from Seclusion!

Deep within the underground palace, five celestial insects surrounded Yu Nu Zhicheng, constantly transforming and neutralizing the power of the two natural energies, ice and fire, for him.

However, at the final step, either they clashed and vanished, or the ice and fire energies were too intense for him to withstand.

One day, Zhicheng frowned and tried to sever the two natural energies. He frowned again, and then he failed!

Although this wasn't his first failure, none had been as devastating as this one.

"It still doesn't work." He sighed, sat up, and Xiao Lai squatted on his shoulder, tilting her head to look at him.

Although he has just transformed into a celestial beast and is not very useful, he provides a high emotional value.

Behind them were four large moths. The eldest moth was a pure natural energy carrier and also a source of energy for this cultivation.

The smallest one is only a few meters long, and it has no attributes; it serves as both insurance and harmony.

As for the two that were truly the main force, they were now lying lazily on the ground, burned out, truly burned out.

Whether it's true or not, nobody knows, but almost all the backlash from failed cultivation is borne by these two celestial beasts.

The three moths are named Little Red, Little Snow, and Little White.

"The power of ice and fire is too extreme," Aburame Shisei muttered, touching his little one.

Simultaneously cultivating two immortal techniques to suppress each other is theoretically feasible. However, in reality, the Ice Immortal Technique is missing one crucial condition.

In the ninja world, the five elements of chakra are fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water. These five attributes interact and counteract each other in an endless cycle.

The natural five elements of the ninja world are also like this, and are actually not the same system as the metal, wood, water, fire and earth of the previous life.

Because Ice Release is a combination of wind and water, Ice Sage Technique must be a combination of Wind Sage Technique and Water Sage Technique. He currently has wind, but no water.

In reality, each of the five elements' cultivation techniques carries its own risks, but the least dangerous are wind and water, followed by earth, fire, and thunder.

"To complete the Narcissus Technique, we need to cultivate Narcissus Insects. So, should we return to the ocean to cultivate them?"

Yu Nu Zhicheng looked at the fat worms, but in the end shook his head because he did not have any suitable worms to cultivate into narcissus worms.

"Sigh, it seems we have to find a new source of insects." He sighed, and just as he was about to continue thinking, a messenger insect in the corner of the laboratory suddenly vibrated.

Yu Nu Zhicheng walked over and picked up the messenger beetle.

At the moment the chakra was injected, several audio messages were heard, the voices of Naoto, Kakuzu, and Shirai.

Their voices, some filled with helplessness, others with apology, all recounted similar events.

Someone died: Hanzo the Salamander, A, the Third Raikage, and Hideyoshi.

Aburame Zhicheng listened to the whole thing from beginning to end without any change in his expression; he simply stood there motionless.

To be honest, Shisei Aburame wasn't particularly moved by the story of Hanzo the Salamander.

Aburame Shisei had a premonition of his death.

That man was too proud, so proud that he didn't believe anyone could outsmart him.

He thought that by standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world, he could ignore all conspiracies and schemes.

This arrogance would get him killed sooner or later. He just never expected it to happen so soon.

The Third Raikage's death was similar, but surprisingly, he didn't die in the siege as depicted in the original story; instead, he died in the Land of Hot Springs, at the hands of Hideyoshi.

"Hideyoshi." Aburame Shisei took a deep breath, and this time he did feel a strange stirring in his heart.

Sad? Grief-stricken? Perhaps, but not really. Most likely, it's the regret of losing this friendship.

"I'll handle it. Preserve Hideyoshi's body well, and wait for my return." After transmitting his message, he put the insect aside.

Upon receiving news of Hideyoshi's death, his first thought wasn't to seek revenge, but rather how to resurrect him.

That's right, it's resurrection.

There are many ninjutsu that can revive someone in the ninja world, including special bloodline limits such as Dragon's Life Rebirth, as well as medical ninjutsu such as Reincarnation.

In addition, there is the Collective Resurrection Technique, the Heretical Reincarnation Technique, and the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, which is not considered a resurrection technique.

He could get his hands on one right now, but unfortunately the child had just been born, and he had no intention of trading one life for another, given how many White Zetsu there were.

"Soul ninjutsu, Impure World Reincarnation! Looks like I need to change my strategy soon and make up for my weaknesses," Aburame Shisei muttered to himself.

As for taking action against the major ninja villages, he had no intention of doing so; he planned to revive Hideyoshi and let him handle it himself.

Moreover, the alliance of these powerful figures is extremely strange and inexplicable, as if someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes, or perhaps they are simply being used.

This method is somewhat similar to Danzo's, but does he really have that much power and intelligence?

"So it's you, Black Zetsu. Are you trying to force me to fight you?"

Without hesitation, Shisei Aburame quickly guessed the truth, because in the ninja world today, the only one who could manipulate human nature and schemes so skillfully was Otsutsuki Black Zetsu, who was willing to spend a thousand years to save his mother.

"You attacked me probably because you were afraid I would interfere with your plan to save your mother. Too bad you're overthinking it."

Natural energy is inherently superior to chakra. Once he masters the five Sage Techniques, he will essentially be on par with Kaguya Otsutsuki.

How could he possibly worry about someone who wasn't afraid of him at all being released?

As for Hideyoshi's death, it was largely his own choice.

He chose to sacrifice his life for the peace of the Kingdom of Tang. This was his will, his pride. No one has the right to deny it.

But that doesn't mean that Shisei Aburame will act as if nothing happened.

"The Eye of the Moon Project? All the tailed beasts have escaped control, and all the agents responsible for carrying out the project have gone astray. Let's see how you execute it."

"Oh, and the Sage of Six Paths, after all, you control the fate of the ninja world."

"So what am I going to do next? Can you guess what I'm going to do?"

Aburame Shisei walked into the air, seemingly talking to something, before his smile faded.

"Right now, what I lack most are sealing techniques and resurrection ninjutsu, so let's start with Konoha."

"Now is the time to unleash Orochimaru's full potential. I just don't know if he's fully mastered the Impure World Reincarnation and the Eight-Headed Serpent Technique yet. Judging by the timeline, he's probably still far from perfect, but I'll help you."

After Aburame Shisei finished speaking, wings sprouted from his back, and he flew towards the Land of Hot Springs with many insects.

He was going to find Hideyoshi's grave and preserve his body so that it could be used for his future resurrection.