Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 129 Wood Release

Of all the many bloodline limits in the ninja world, even those that are merely bloodline eliminations have survived. But Hashirama Senju's Wood Release has not been passed down at all.

While it's said to be a bloodline limit of the Senju clan, the Senju clan has never produced a Wood Release ninjutsu in its thousands of years of history; only Hashirama Senju could use it. This proves that Wood Release is not a bloodline limit of the Senju clan at all, and there's no possibility of it being inherited.

These things only prove one thing: Wood Release is not a bloodline limit at all. The idea that combining Earth and Water Release can create Wood Release is simply impossible.

It's not about eliminating bloodstains. Even if you combine earth, water, and yang attributes, you won't create a wood escaping technique.

As Hyuga Kanan continued analyzing, he tried adding earth and water attributes to aid the analysis, but it was completely useless; in fact, it accelerated the deterioration of the energy. As for the yang attribute, in Hyuga Kanan's view, there was no such thing as a yang attribute. It was merely a manifestation of powerful physical energy. Everyone possesses both yin and yang energies; it's just that some people are born with greater strength than others, and it manifests in one form of energy.

In analyzing this energy, Hyuga Kanan discovered a crucial factor: the manifestation of Wood Release was completely different from other ninjutsu. In the ninja world, the five elements of wind, fire, lightning, earth, and water can readily condense in the air. Therefore, chakra can be used to manipulate these elements, accelerating their convergence and forming various ninjutsu. However, wood, a tangible substance, cannot exist in the air. If it were to grow from trees, wouldn't Hashirama Senju have been unable to use Wood Release ninjutsu in the desert region of the Land of Wind, where trees don't grow? Clearly not.

Through continuous analysis, Hyuga Kanan finally discovered the secret: Wood Release is a technique close to creating life. Although it simply creates wood, wood itself is a form of life. This power of rules is a high-level rule on par with spatial and temporal rules. Moreover, its difficulty in comprehending far exceeds that of spatial and temporal rules, because it is a power of rules that only the will of the world can control. However, the wood elemental rule power intertwined within it is the rule that Hyuga Kanan can currently learn and master.

However, the world's will in the ninja world has clearly lost a great deal of power. Even the power of the life rules was partially seized by the Sage of Six Paths, who transferred this power into Hashirama Senju's cells, allowing Hashirama to indirectly use it. Even after death, this power still exists within his cells.

This is also why only Hashirama Senju could use Wood Release ninjutsu.

Although Hashirama Senju only used a tiny fraction of the power of the life rules, the power and scale he displayed far exceeded that of ordinary elemental rules, and only the space and time rules could rival it.

The rules of life are a supreme power, far beyond the reach and comprehension of ordinary people. Only the will of the world is qualified to wield such a high level of power. Even grasping only a fraction of its essence is enough to surpass those mundane elemental rules.

This mysterious and powerful law of life contains endless secrets and energy, shining as brightly as the most brilliant stars in the universe. Once one grasps even the slightest bit of its essence, one can possess unimaginable abilities and realms of understanding. This not only signifies a profound insight into the laws of nature, but also represents that the individual has stepped onto the threshold of transcendence and the path to truth.

In this vast and boundless world, countless beings are pursuing higher levels of power and wisdom. However, how easy is it to truly comprehend and master the rules of life? It requires extraordinary talent, unwavering perseverance, and a keen perception of the laws governing all things. Only a very few fortunate individuals are able to glimpse the gateway to this realm and thereby break through their own limits to achieve an extraordinary life.

Hyuga Kanan was well aware of the power of the laws of life; they not only created life, but also held many unknown mysteries waiting to be explored. He wanted to find more clues about the laws of life, and perhaps even discover a way to master this power.

As his understanding of the world's rules deepened, Hyuga Kanan's comprehension of the laws of life also grew. He began to incorporate this power into his ninjutsu, creating unique and powerful techniques. However, the profound nature of the laws of life was not something that could be mastered overnight, and Hyuga Kanan knew there was still a long way to go. But he firmly believed that as long as he persevered, one day he would truly master this power and become a legendary strongman.

However, relying solely on the limited energy carried by White Zetsu, it's impossible to truly comprehend and master it. Nevertheless, this analysis has been very beneficial for Hyuga Kanan. Most importantly, it allowed him to experience this high-level power of rules ahead of time, and he even gained some insight from it. He can now simply imitate it, using the rules governing the flow of cellular energy to perform a basic Wood Release technique. Furthermore, he can combine this with the Wood attribute from his Five Elements constitution (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) to increase the power of Wood Release.

The wood attribute in the Five Elements constitution is not the same as Hashirama Senju's Wood Release ninjutsu, which can summon trees out of thin air. Instead, it involves using internal energy to accelerate the growth of trees in areas where they already exist, allowing the plants to grow in the way they need to achieve an effect similar to Wood Release ninjutsu. However, this attribute is completely ineffective in areas without plants.

However, now that Hyuga Kanan has glimpsed a trace of the power of the rules of life, he can use this power to create a simple life seed and then use wood-style techniques to enhance its growth, making it seem as if he has mastered wood-style ninjutsu. But achieving the range and power of Hashirama Senju is beyond Hyuga Kanan's current capabilities.

Hyuga Kanan is already very happy that she can comprehend and learn the Wood Attribute rules based on the power of the rules in the White Zetsu cells, but it will be more troublesome to learn and comprehend the power of the life rules.

However, during this period of analysis, Hyuga Kanan also fully realized just how terrifying Hashirama Senju's strength was back then. It was already incredibly incredible that Hashirama Senju could master the power of the Wood Element, since there was no Wood Element inheritance among the elemental attributes passed down in the ninja world; it could only be learned through one's own continuous enlightenment.

Previously, Hyuga Kanan had a flawed assessment of Senju Hashirama's talent, believing his strength stemmed entirely from his bloodline. However, it now appears that Hashirama's talent was in no way inferior to his younger brother, Senju Tobirama. He was able to comprehend the complete power of the Wood Element by harnessing the life force inherent in his body's cells, creating Wood Release ninjutsu perfectly suited to his own needs.

Hyuga Kanan couldn't help but admire the two Senju brothers. Their creative and learning talents were simply beyond the reach of everyone else in the world. Even the smallest things they left behind could be something that other people in the ninja world would find difficult to learn and master even if they spent a lifetime.

Hashirama Senju's body was a veritable treasure trove. The wood element rules remaining in his cells, and most importantly, the life rules, were something Hyuga Kanan coveted. If he could obtain Hashirama's complete body, he could learn and comprehend the complete wood element rules and some of the life rules. His rate of advancement would then reach an astonishing level.

But that was just wishful thinking. Hashirama Senju's body was probably under the Sage of Six Paths' watchful eye, and a very close one at that. Hyuga Kanan didn't want to be exposed to him like that. Even capturing a White Zetsu made him extremely cautious, worried that the Sage would discover his presence.

"Forget it, I shouldn't think about these things anymore. I should go out and test the power of the wood element rules that I've been learning and comprehending during this time."

In the closed training room, Hyuga Kanan glanced at the lifeless White Zetsu, muttered something to himself, and then got up to stretch his body. He prepared to go out and properly test the power of the rules he had now mastered.

Dispel the barriers and formations in the secluded cultivation room and step out of the room.

A swiftly moving figure broke the silence of the forest, quickly arriving at a clearing. It was Hyuga Kanan, who was preparing to thoroughly verify the rules of the wood element.

Hyuga Kanan looked around. The surrounding area was dense forest. This place was also within the large array that Hyuga Kanan had set up, which could completely isolate it from outside detection.

After nodding in satisfaction at her surroundings, Hyuga Kanan began to mobilize the energy within her body, operating it according to the rules she had mastered.

Once the energy was mobilized, Hyuga Kanan slammed her hands down on the ground, and the energy surged rapidly into the underground plants. With a 'crack', the ground was smashed open by a tree that was rapidly growing from the ground, and the tree continued to grow larger and longer as it shot into the air.

Hyuga Kanan began to manipulate the trees that had grown, making them grow and change according to her will. The trees began to change their shape and characteristics, gradually transforming into a dragon-shaped trunk that twisted its enormous body in the air.

Seeing the transformation complete, Hyuga Kanan's mind stirred, and the wooden dragon slammed violently into the ground. After a loud 'boom,' a crater appeared in the ground, but the wooden dragon shattered into countless wood chips that scattered in all directions.

After observing it, Hyuga Kanan discovered that it was completely different from what he had imagined. The wood that had been cultivated this time was exactly the same as ordinary wood, and its hardness was also very fragile. It did not have the hardness of Hashirama Senju, which could split soil and shatter rocks, nor did it have the attribute of being able to recover and absorb chakra at any time. It was just plain wood.

This level of power has absolutely no Wood Release capability; it only covers the range of Wood Release and is only good for bluffing.