[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grind-is-my-ninja-way":3,"chapter-grind-is-my-ninja-way-grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-969":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grind is My Ninja Way",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1481990,1929,"Chapter 969 - 964: Advancement","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-969",969,"\u003Cp>With his decision made, Seimei didn't waver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his status panel one last time, his eyes pausing briefly on the Wood Clone Technique now at lv5 (3300\u002F5000), before closing it and starting a new round of training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't evening yet, so it wasn't time to nurture his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As usual, he cast the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, creating over two hundred shadow clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending them to work on researching and developing Storm Release, Seimei's main body began casting the Mirror Heart Technique to push his Sharingan's evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour flew by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei paused the Mirror Heart Technique, dispelled the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and recalled all his shadow clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After absorbing and processing their training experiences and memories from the past hour, he kicked off another round of training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, though, his main body dove into the sea to strengthen his physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That round of training passed quickly too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the sun had set, and night was about to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the island, Seimei dispelled the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique again, absorbed the clones' training experiences and memories, and began his final round of training for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he didn't switch back to the Mirror Heart Technique to evolve his Sharingan. Instead, he focused on practicing the Wood Clone Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the two daily sessions he dedicated to the Wood Clone Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took it seriously—very seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one, it ensured he didn't waste chakra, maximizing the proficiency points he could gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For another, practicing this technique actively helped evolve his Wood Release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right—practicing the Wood Clone Technique boosted his Wood Release evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd figured this out by checking his panel, where his Wood Release had jumped from (82\u002F5000) to (1800\u002F5000) over the past twenty-some days—way beyond normal progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd analyzed the possibilities and came to a conclusion: while the Wood Clone Technique seemed simple, it actually required heavily tapping into the power of the Wood Release kekkei genkai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it made sense that using it would lead to a \"use it or lose it\" kind of growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Seimei was thrilled about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he'd said before, while he didn't plan to pour effort into actively evolving Wood Release to boost his combat strength, he wasn't going to turn down progress that came naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't even incidental—it was a direct result of practicing the Wood Clone Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he had no reason to say no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, when his Wood Release eventually advanced, its close connection to his body and life force might even shorten the time needed for his physique to reach the next-next transformation threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yup, the next-next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not the next one? Simple—his body was about twenty days away from its next transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two-plus weeks, his Wood Release had only gained about 1,700 evolution points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To go from (1800\u002F5000) to (5000\u002F5000), he'd need at least a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that didn't account for the fact that as Wood Release evolved, the benefits from practicing the Wood Clone Technique would likely diminish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it was certain: reaching the next stage of Wood Release would take at least a month, which was longer than the time until his next physical transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, the next-next transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These thoughts flashed through his mind, but Seimei quickly reined them in, focusing back on training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured his attention into practicing the Wood Clone Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour passed in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final training round ended, and Seimei, as usual, dispelled the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After digesting the clones' training experiences and memories, he popped a few enhanced soldier pills to replenish the energy he'd burned through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short break, he began his final task of the day—nurturing his Byakugan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went as it always did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three and a half hours later, deep into the night, Seimei finished nurturing his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his panel and seeing the 18 new evolution points added to his Byakugan under the bloodline section, he nodded with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, his Byakugan would advance in just two more days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yawn~~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Covering his mouth, Seimei let out a big yawn. He stood up, filled with anticipation for the future, and flashed over to the wooden cabin in the corner of the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing the door open, he collapsed onto the bed the moment he saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, soft snores filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night had just fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei finished his final training round of the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wasting time, he immediately began nurturing his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skillfully releasing the All-Encompassing Seal, he linked it to his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Focusing intently, he drew chakra from the interdimensional space in his forehead, compressed it twice through the seal to form a higher-energy state, and channeled it into his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar tingling sensation hit, and Seimei let out a comfortable hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splitting his focus, he carefully sensed the Byakugan's evolution while continuously drawing chakra from the interdimensional space to keep the flow steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by, second by second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three and a half hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Seimei didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three days of nurturing, his Byakugan's evolution had hit exactly (5000\u002F5000), teetering on the edge of advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of the usual swelling sensation, he felt an intense, almost greedy craving from his Byakugan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a desperate hunger for chakra!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei remembered the last time his Byakugan advanced—it had devoured a massive amount of chakra to complete the transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he kept feeding it chakra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he only drew from the interdimensional space in his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, he realized the seal's compression and transfer speed couldn't keep up with the Byakugan's absorption rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left with no choice, he mobilized all the chakra flowing through his body's meridians, directing it toward the Byakugan in his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Byakugan took it all without complaint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second, two seconds, three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute, two minutes, three minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than ten minutes, his 1.2 million chakra points were halved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was already more than what his Byakugan had consumed during its last advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Seimei started to feel uneasy, the Byakugan's chakra absorption slowed to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, a subtle sensation stirred in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew instantly—his Byakugan had broken through to the next stage.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-06T03:31:03.429Z",1,"novelbin.me","2585f66973f2602661c095d81658edb5349beff72d35a733c7766912c9921e89","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-970","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-968",1097,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrind-is-my-ninja-way-cover.jpg"]