West Rukongai.
At the northern edge of the Third District stood a mountain called Kofuseyama.
"Finally… I'm here. The check-in spot for my very first beginner mission!"
On a slope thick with green vegetation, Bai Chen—tall, handsome, and dressed in a gray haori—couldn't hide the anticipation on his face.
He was a transmigrator.
About three months ago, an accident had thrown him into the world of Bleach.
And not only that—he'd awakened a character-template system called "God-Tier Senju Hashirama."
The system was straightforward.
All he had to do was check in at designated locations, and he would unlock progress on the template and receive enhanced abilities tied to this god-tier Hashirama.
At first, when he realized he'd gotten a cheat… Bai Chen nearly couldn't contain himself.
Because he was just an ordinary spirit.
Weak reiatsu. No backing. No status.
In a place as dangerous and chaotic as Rukongai, surviving like that wasn't easy at all.
But with a cheat, there was a chance to overturn fate.
And most importantly—
The template character was Senju Hashirama, the so-called God of Shinobi from the Naruto world.
And this wasn't even the normal version—this was a god-tier upgraded one.
So from the moment the system awakened, Bai Chen had trekked through mountains and rough terrain without stopping.
It took him three whole months.
Only now had he finally reached the beginner mission's check-in location—Kofuseyama, right beneath his feet.
And next…
He was about to check in.
Ding!
"Congratulations, Host. You have successfully arrived at the check-in location. Check-in will now begin."
"Check-in duration: five seconds. Exiting midway will be considered a failure."
…
Hearing the system prompt, Bai Chen drew a slow breath. He'd prepared himself for this.
"Five seconds."
"Three."
"One."
As the countdown ended, the system chimed again:
Ding!
"Congratulations, Host. Check-in successful!"
"Check-in Reward: Ultimate Sage Body (Spiritual Pressure ×10,000)!"
The moment the prompt landed—
Bai Chen's eyes flew wide. "No way… Ultimate Sage Body? Spiritual pressure multiplied by ten thousand?"
But before he could even celebrate—
BOOOOM—!!!
Just as the system said, the weak reiatsu within him was amplified in an instant—ten thousand times over—and began transforming at a terrifying speed.
In the blink of an eye,
his swollen reiatsu surged like a raging tide—
like an entire ocean exploding outward from within him, pouring out in endless waves and slamming into the world around him!
A colossal shock of dust and pressure burst across Kofuseyama's ground, the air itself rumbling as if struck by thunder.
"So strong…!"
"My reiatsu was barely there before. After a ten-thousand-fold boost… it's shot up into something absolutely monstrous!"
A pillar of blue spiritual pressure enveloped his whole body.
His gray haori snapped and fluttered wildly in the storm he was creating.
He could feel it clearly—
the moment he awakened the Ultimate Sage Body, his very spirit body was reforged.
It wasn't just that his spiritual pressure had increased by ten thousand.
His vitality, cellular activity, and the way his reiatsu circulated—everything had undergone a qualitative leap.
It was absurd.
If the old Bai Chen was just an ordinary soul…
Then the current Bai Chen—
with the Ultimate Sage Body—
had leapt straight into the top tier in both talent and spiritual pressure, far beyond even the so-called "noble bloodlines."
After all, in the world of Death Gods, everything was formed from reishi.
And the density of reishi determined the intensity of one's spiritual pressure.
Now—
with the Ultimate Sage Body awakened, Bai Chen's spiritual pressure in both quality and force had climbed to an almost unbelievable extreme.
And that was only the unconscious leakage of his power right after obtaining it.
The earth and air around him were already struggling just to endure his presence.
So then…
What would happen if he released it at full strength?
The thought flashed through his mind. Bai Chen held his breath and, in a single sweep, unleashed all of his spiritual pressure.
The next instant—
BOOOOM!!!!
Reishi detonated.
The ground shook. The mountain trembled.
Driven by his will, an even more outrageous spiritual pressure—several times stronger than before, so dense it was nearly solid—
tore straight through the surrounding air.
Not only that—
as his pressure overflowed,
the blue pillar of spiritual pressure that had been covering him, now backed by multiplied reiatsu, rapidly swelled in size and scale.
The vast pillar speared into the sky.
And with it came a terrifying spiritual pressure storm that made the entire Kofuseyama quake nonstop.
This—
was Bai Chen's current power.
A presence so overwhelming it could make heaven and earth seem to change color.
"reiatsu and pressure… pushed to the absolute limit…"
"My spirit body's vitality and potential… maxed out…"
"And this is only the reward for the first check-in…"
Beneath his wind-tossed black bangs,
Bai Chen's mouth curved into a satisfied smile.
This reward had exceeded every expectation.
And now he was even more eager—
What other abilities would the God-Tier Senju Hashirama template unlock as he continued checking in?