Time flows like water, gently slipping away.
In the blink of an eye, night had fallen.
As the last rays of sunlight vanished from the horizon, Seimei finally stirred from his deep rest.
At that moment, he felt a surge of energy coursing through him.
Seimei couldn't help but think that this round of intense training might just be the start of a new chapter.
But that's a story for later.
Right now, Seimei was itching to find out just how much this latest transformation had boosted his abilities.
"Panel!"
With a single thought, he summoned his proficiency panel.
A familiar light-blue, semi-transparent screen flickered into view:
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Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 14
Physique: 25 → 26
Spirit: 26
Chakra: 415,000 (727,092 → 737,844)
Bloodline:
- Sharingan: Eternal Mangekyō (3,853/100,000) → (4,937/100,000)
- Byakugan (2,643/5,000) → (3,538/5,000)
- Wood Release (315/1,000) → (850/1,000)
Skills:
- Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv6 (8,551/10,000) → Lv6 (8,719/10,000)
- Spirit Transformation Technique: Lv9 (1/100,000) → Lv9 (17,500/100,000)
- Chakra Control: Lv8 (3,600/50,000)
- Perfect Skill: Heart-Sealing Soul Lock - Instant Body Seal: Lv10 (0/0)
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Seimei's eyes scanned the panel, immediately locking onto the upgraded "Physique" stat.
Just as he'd expected, this transformation had pushed his Physique up by one point, from 25 to 26.
And his "Spirit" stat? Also sitting at 26.
In other words, the two were back in perfect balance.
From past experience, whenever these two stats aligned like this, the changes to his body were massive.
Without hesitation, Seimei focused his mind and fully activated his Chakra Refinement Technique, tapping into his potential.
He wanted to gauge how much his theoretical chakra ceiling had grown based on the physical changes.
Yup, the first thing Seimei was checking was the boost to his body's potential.
Time ticked by, second by second.
About half an hour later, Seimei had his answer.
This transformation lived up to the hype of his Physique and Spirit syncing up again. His theoretical chakra ceiling had skyrocketed to a whopping 1.5 million points.
That was more than double the 700,000-point increase he'd gotten when his Physique went from 24 to 25!
The jump was insane!
Adding that 1.5 million to his previous theoretical chakra ceiling of 3.85 million brought the total to 5.35 million points.
"Over five million…"
Even Seimei, cool as ever, couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
With his current chakra cap sitting just above 700,000, turning all that potential into reality? That was gonna take some serious time.
Shaking his head, Seimei pushed the thought aside and stopped running the Chakra Refinement Technique. His eyes locked onto the chakra section of the panel, watching for changes.
He was ready to calculate how fast his body naturally recovered chakra.
Every time his body transformed, the two biggest upgrades were his theoretical chakra ceiling and his chakra recovery speed.
He'd already figured out the chakra ceiling. Now it was time to check recovery.
This came from two sources: the chakra restored by actively running the Chakra Refinement Technique and his body's natural recovery rate.
The first part? His Chakra Refinement Technique could run 24/7, maxed out in terms of duration.
So, as long as the skill's proficiency level didn't increase, the chakra it restored was a fixed amount.
That meant all he needed to do was figure out his body's natural chakra recovery rate, add it to that fixed amount, and he'd know how much chakra he could use daily.
Right now, he'd paused the Chakra Refinement Technique to test that natural recovery rate.
Ten minutes passed in a flash.
Seimei stopped observing.
Compared to ten minutes ago, his chakra had climbed by 25,000 points.
Ten minutes equaled 25,000 points. That meant 150,000 points per hour, and over 24 hours, a massive 3.6 million points.
In other words, with his body's natural recovery alone—assuming he had enough energy—he could restore 3.6 million chakra points daily.
Before this transformation, that number was 2.8 million.
So, this Physique boost had increased his chakra recovery speed by 800,000 points.
No doubt about it—that was a huge leap.
For comparison, when his Physique went from 24 to 25, the boost was only 450,000 points. This was nearly double that.
It really drove home how massive the changes were when his Physique and Spirit hit balance.
Beyond the chakra ceiling and recovery speed, this transformation also juiced up his Sharingan, Byakugan, and Wood Release evolution progress.
His Sharingan had gained 700 evolution points.
It wasn't quite the 1,000-point jump from his last transformation, but it still blew past his expectations.
He'd figured maybe 300-500 points at most, but 700? That was like ten days of hardcore training.
Seimei was pretty stoked about that.
Adding those 700 points to the evolution progress he'd gained over the past week—using techniques like Reflecting Heart and passive boosts from Humanity's Control while strengthening his body—brought the total to 1,084 points.
That pushed his Sharingan evolution from (3,853/100,000) to (4,937/100,000), closing in on one-twentieth of the progress bar.
Now, onto the Byakugan.
Compared to the Sharingan, the transformation had an even bigger impact here.
A week ago, his Byakugan evolution was at (2,643/5,000). Now? It was (3,538/5,000), a jump of 895 points.
Ninety-five of those came from painstakingly nurturing the Byakugan, but the other 800? All from this transformation.
That outstripped the Sharingan's 700-point gain.
Unlike the Sharingan, which had Reflecting Heart to actively boost it—racking up 700 points in just over ten days—the Byakugan's 800 points were worth two months of dedicated training.
For a moment, Seimei toyed with the idea of skipping Byakugan nurturing to focus purely on strengthening his body for faster transformations.
But he quickly scrapped that thought.
His body only transformed every few months. Getting a sudden 800-point boost after such a long wait didn't compare to steady, consistent progress.
Plus, nurturing the Byakugan built up valuable experience.
Who knows? Down the line, when he wanted to develop a technique like Reflecting Heart tailored for the Byakugan, that experience would be the fuel he needed.
So, without dwelling on it, he let the idea go.
Shifting his gaze from the Sharingan and Byakugan, Seimei turned to Wood Release.
What could he say?
Seimei hadn't expected his Wood Release—something he'd never actively trained—to hit (850/1,000) in such a short time.
Sure, it was only the first stage, but the speed of that progress was wild.
All he could say was: Hashirama cells, you're the real MVP.
Seimei was almost certain this came from integrating Hashirama's cells, tapping into a sliver of their genetic power.
Without that, even if he'd awakened Wood Release, it wouldn't have progressed this fast without active training.
Still, even with it so close to the next level, Seimei wasn't planning to divert energy to focus on it.
Like always, he'd let it level up naturally while using Humanity's Control to strengthen his body.
(Chapter End)