"What's going on, little brother Ye Liang?"
"Brother! How come you're here too? Did you die as well?" Hashirama asked, with a look of total confusion on his face.
"Uncle White Fang, tell them I need to set something up," Ye Liang replied before walking back into the bedroom.
The situation was urgent. Once the Yomi deity noticed what was happening, it would be too late!
He began laying out his tools.
Drawing out six kunai.
Five of them were already covered in densely packed Flying Thunder God Seals. Normally, inscribing seals for the Flying Thunder God technique only required a brush of chakra, and the chakra itself would automatically form into the seal.
But that wasn't possible now!
It would be extremely difficult to transport everyone back using just the chakra they currently had.
Now there was an extra person—Hashirama.
In Ye Liang's original plan, he only needed Tobirama. Hashirama was an unexpected bonus.
So he started carving the seals manually with a blade.
After quite some time.
Hashirama and the others entered.
Tobirama stepped forward. "I get it, kid. As soon as we return to the living world, I'll summon physical bodies for everyone through Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation), right?"
"Yeah, their souls can't survive for long in this world.
If we don't summon physical bodies for them immediately, their souls will get pulled back into the Yomi World. Right now my chakra reserves are low. After using the Flying Thunder God technique, I'll be wiped out and unable to use any other ninjutsu for a while."
"Understood."
Tobirama nodded.
From Uncle White Fang's explanation, he'd fully grasped Ye Liang's plan.
The group stood poised for departure.
Just then.
A loud rumbling suddenly came from outside. The surrounding clouds began to tremble as if an eighteen-magnitude earthquake had struck!
Uncle White Fang stepped outside.
He saw a gigantic Yomigami attacking Izanagi no Mikoto's spatial barrier! The Yomi deity was riding atop it too, clearly furious—her entire body trembled with rage. Obviously, she'd discovered the wooden comb had been stolen!
"Izanagi no Mikoto! So you actually stole the wooden comb for him! What's wrong with me? I must've had a few rocks in my head to ever believe you'd actually reformed!"
She lashed out with curse words while her monstrous Yomigami attacked wildly below.
"This Yomigami is over one hundred meters tall—it must be the largest Yomi creature ever!" Uncle White Fang muttered under his breath.
Realizing the urgency, he rushed back toward the house.
At that moment, Ye Liang stepped outside, handing one of his two kunai to Uncle White Fang. "Everyone come out. Do exactly as I said! We're returning to the living world right away!"
Each member of the group held onto one kunai.
Understanding instantly, Uncle White Fang joined hands with the others, forming a circle around Ye Liang.
Ye Liang plunged his Flying Thunder God kunai into the ground and activated the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates, channeling all his remaining chakra into the kunai buried beneath the earth!
A massive hexagram lit up beneath their feet. Then, with a flash of golden light, a beam of energy wrapped around them all, shooting into the sky!
Even Izanagi no Mikoto's spatial barrier was ripped open by this column of light, leaving a gaping hole.
Ye Liang and the rest slowly lifted into the air.
This was the [Flying Thunder God Formation]!
Modified and perfected by Ye Liang himself, this technique could now transport everyone holding a marked kunai within the formation. Having mastered the Flying Thunder God jutsu for so long, this was considered his original creation among ninjutsu techniques.
Several figures soared into the air—
The massive Yomigami noticed the disturbance and charged forward with thunderous steps.
*BOOM!*
It swung a colossal arm at the formation, only for the barrier to absorb the blow without a scratch. This technique had consumed all of Ye Liang's chakra. A single Yomigami alone couldn't possibly break through it.
Ye Liang rose to the same height as the beast. His eyes locked onto the woman riding atop it.
"Are you Shaw Naizi?"
"Lord Ye Liang! How did you get here?" The woman had barely finished speaking before Ye Liang completely vanished from her sight.
Back in the living world.
In the Hidden Leaf Village.
Inside the ruins of the Uchiha estate.
The group suddenly materialized here.
Ye Liang had fought a major battle against the Akatsuki here before, so naturally, he had left behind a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Several figures appeared on the ground, immediately feeling dizzy and nauseous.
Spatial teleportation always came with dizziness, but something like this—cross-realm travel—was brutal!
Tobirama gritted his teeth through the discomfort and quickly began forming hand seals.
Impure World Reincarnation!
Only after successfully reincarnating their souls into impure bodies did he finally collapse onto the ground, vomiting violently.
Ye Liang also lay flat on the ground.
His chakra had been completely drained. Right now, he looked like a deadbeat dog—too exhausted to even move.
Depletion of chakra could be life-threatening.
Ye Liang gasped for breath. But as long as he absorbed enough Sage Chakra energy, he could rely on [Creation Rebirth] to recover.
"Brother Ye Liang, are you alright?" Hashirama walked over.
He was the first to regain stability.
Although he acted like a child, he wasn't called Ninja God for nothing. Next came Shisui Uchiha—now *that's* the power of youth!
Then Uncle White Fang.
Finally, Tobirama Senju. He had just arrived in this world and immediately used Impure World Reincarnation on everyone. It had taken an enormous toll.
Ye Liang pushed himself up from the ground.
His appearance reverted back to Sage Mode.
"Don't worry, I won't die just yet."
Hashirama nodded. "Good." Then he scanned around carefully. "This looks like the Uchiha estate. Strange... Why is no one here?
Did they all move out?"
He brushed some dust off the house wall, looking rather nostalgic.
"As if they moved! They were all wiped out by Danzo! (Their entire clan was destroyed.)"
Since the First Hokage died early, he knew nothing about what had happened to the Uchiha clan later. Naturally, Danzo wouldn't have told him anything about it.
Ye Liang stepped forward and patted his shoulder. "Forget that now. Let's focus on heading back to the village first and repairing our bodies. Later, I'll help you find a way to recreate new ones."
He felt extremely exhausted.
"Alright."
Together, the group started walking toward Konoha.
On that day—
The resurrection of the First and Second Hokages spread across the land like wildfire.
Then, several months later, in the afternoon, Ye Liang woke from sleep.
This was the hundredth time he'd dreamed of Shaw Naizi calling for his help. In his dream, he saw something resembling a Shinigami wielding a tanto blade, cutting away at Shaw Naizi's flesh again and again.
He bolted upright, heart pounding in terror!
"Dammit, was I having insomnia?"
He shook his head. The image of Shaw Naizi from that day kept haunting his mind, refusing to fade.
"Strange! Isn't she someone who'd already been torn apart by the Fallen? How did she end up on the Yomigami? And more importantly, how did she become a Yomi deity?"
A flood of questions kept haunting Ye Liang's mind.
He stood straight.
Forcing himself up from the bed, he washed his face and brushed his teeth. Then he went to a ninja tools shop to purchase kunai, engraving each one with the Flying Thunder God's cursed seal.
He couldn't stop worrying about Shaw Naizi.
To a soft-hearted guy like him, watching a woman cry—especially a gorgeous one—was just too much to bear.
Once all preparations were done,
he returned to the Yomi World.
The place was a wasteland of devastation.
The vast Wilderness had completely vanished. Along the way, Ye Liang passed through several villages, all eerily abandoned. He returned to Peach Blossom Village.
Mikamitsu Shirabe was gone!
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