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Chapter 25: Problems with Resurrection
Chapter 25: Problems with Resurrection
"Appear!"
After Yu Yi Xuan Yue's summons, it didn't take long for a body that had been buried underground for decades, hidden from everyone's sight, to rise from the ground as if flowing with the sand. Finally, it appeared before him.
Viewing his own body from a bystander's perspective felt surreal.
But after a while, he got used to it.
"Gotta say, I look damn good from this angle," Yu Yi Xuan Yue mused, stroking his chin as he appraised himself.
Although his true self was still wrapped in the black forbidden jutsu seals, obscuring his features.
Some impressions were clear enough from the outline.
After admiring the handsome young man who was "sleeping" and checking for any abnormalities—finding none as the forbidden jutsu was holding up well—Yu Yi Xuan Yue didn't immediately release the jutsu. Instead, he pondered carefully.
Just as chakra was a mix of physical and spiritual energy.
A person's composition was that of a container—the body—and the core—the soul.
Everyone's body and soul were unique and perfectly matched.
If the container was ill-fitting, it would only lead to disaster.
That was why Yu Yi Xuan Yue hadn't casually chosen another person's body.
The only exception in the ninja world, Orochimaru, could switch bodies, but there was a time limit, and as a consequence of adapting to the new container, his soul was in a mess.
As a result, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha was easily subdued by Uchiha Itachi.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue didn't have Orochimaru's talent for self-destruction.
He had no desire to squander his potential, always choosing the most orthodox and correct path.
There were three major hurdles to resurrection.
Thanks to the Forbidden Jutsu: Eternal Slumber, which had preserved a rare vitality within his body for decades.
The first hurdle of resurrection, the body, had been solved, and he didn't need to mess around with any new additions.
He could skip the first hurdle.
The second hurdle lay with the soul.
Keeping a dead body alive and vigorous was possible, albeit at a great cost, if one desired it.
But what about the soul?
After death, the soul returned to the underworld. How could he retrieve it from there?
Would he have to make a trip to the underworld himself?
Unless he was a figure like Hagoromo Otsutsuki, such an attempt would only end in failure.
One had to admit that the ninja world had its fair share of incredibly talented individuals.
Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru, this pair of master and apprentice, had forcefully developed and perfected the Impure World Reincarnation technique, realizing the idea of pulling souls back from the underworld.
Fortunately, there was no true overlord in the underworld.
Otherwise, with what they had done, they would have been thrown into the oil vat and fried a hundred times over.
After all, the emergence of the Impure World Reincarnation technique had made it far too easy for souls from the underworld to return to the mortal realm.
Take Yu Yi Xuan Yue, for example.
If not for the time limit of the Impure World Reincarnation body, he would undoubtedly be a bug-level existence in the ninja world.
The two major hurdles of resurrection, the body and the soul, had now been solved.
The final problem lay in the fusion.
If Yu Yi Xuan Yue's soul returned to his body, without a doubt, he would be the first case in the ninja world of a soul escaping from the clutches of death by forcibly pulling itself back with sheer willpower.
However, all of this assumed that the soul could return to the body.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue regarded his Impure World Reincarnation body.
Everything had two sides.
While the Impure World Reincarnation technique summoned a soul from the underworld, it also deeply restricted that soul.
Those Impure World Reincarnation ninjas who were sealed or broke free during the Fourth Shinobi World War eventually met the same fate—their souls were reclaimed by the underworld the moment they escaped their bodies.
According to Yu Yi Xuan Yue's analysis, the Impure World Reincarnation Technique was essentially a contract with the underworld.
Regardless of the loopholes exploited by Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru, this unscrupulous master-apprentice duo, the contract ostensibly offered many benefits but was actually laced with traps, allowing them to establish a cost-free leasing contract.
However, there was one undeniable fact: a loan contract had been signed, and the fundamental principle of borrowing and returning remained intact.
Otherwise, this business would not sustain itself.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue could affirm that the moment his soul broke free from the Impure World body, he would undoubtedly face resistance from the Impure World Reincarnation Technique and the underworld.
Especially the latter.
As the sole destination for the souls of the deceased to return to, the underworld would only pose greater obstacles.
Unless one achieved a cycle of rebirth, solving the problem at its root.
But it was worth a try.
Out of caution, Yu Yi Xuan Yue did not immediately release the forbidden jutsu, Eternal Slumber, but instead opted to test the waters by attempting to release his soul from its bodily confines.
After all, if he succeeded, all would be well, but if he failed, his vitality would continue to deplete until it was completely gone.
In his current state, it was impossible to cast the forbidden jutsu, Eternal Slumber, which required sacrificing his life force.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue looked around and, upon detecting no anomalies, allowed his true body to remain sealed while his Impure World body solemnly formed hand seals to commence the experiment.
"Soul, depart!"
Yu Yi Xuan Yue's gaze unfocused, and the soul that belonged to him within the Impure World body effortlessly broke free from the confines of the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.
The next second.
A beam of white light emerged from the top of his Impure World body's head.
Visible to the naked eye, Yu Yi Xuan Yue's soul, maintaining a ghostly human form, gradually floated out.
In his soul state, Yu Yi Xuan Yue was about to turn his gaze towards his original body, which held immense attraction for him.
Suddenly, an overwhelmingly powerful force of attraction descended upon him, enveloping his soul completely.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue's expression changed, and he looked up.
From a perspective that only a soul could perceive, a pitch-black rift opened in the sky, emitting the desolate aura of the underworld.
It was as if that place was his true destination.
If not for Yu Yi Xuan Yue's forceful self-control, his soul would have already flown towards it of its own volition.
But that wasn't enough.
Seeing that his soul did not willingly return, the pulling force from the underworld intensified.
Moreover, the more Yu Yi Xuan Yue's soul departed from his Impure World body, the weaker his resistance to the underworld's pull became.
After several unsuccessful attempts, Yu Yi Xuan Yue decisively halted his efforts and retracted his soul back into his Impure World body.
And as the soul's presence faded from perception, the rift from the underworld dissipated as well.
"This matter is more troublesome than I imagined," Yu Yi Xuan Yue frowned as he regained control and manipulated his Impure World body while simultaneously sensing his surroundings.
Under the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, as long as the soul remained within the confines of the Impure World body, everything was peaceful.
In a sense, the Impure World body served as a barrier that allowed the soul to exist and act in the mortal realm.
However, if the soul wished to leave this barrier, it would attract the attention of the underworld, guiding it back to the world it truly belonged to.
Thus, death was not so easily cheated.
(End of Chapter)
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