Chapter 1: Failed Tribulation, Reborn in the Ninja World

Cultivation World!

Boom—

As the second-to-last heavenly tribulation struck, Di Yuan had already lost over half his strength, his clothes torn apart and emitting a burnt smell, while the final heavenly tribulation was about to fall.

"Damn it, this final heavenly tribulation is several times stronger than the previous ones—how am I supposed to withstand it?" Di Yuan gritted his teeth through the pain.

Boom—

Crack!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Di Yuan's figure dissipated within the final heavenly tribulation, accompanied by a heart-rending scream that echoed across heaven and earth.

……

Ninja World!

Konoha Village! Evening

"Am I... reborn?" Di Yuan sprang up from the bed with a carp leap, astonished at his own hands.

Di Yuan hurried to the mirror in the room, which reflected a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy with a clean-cut face, messy bangs revealing a strand of white hair.

Instantly, a tide-like surge of memory flooded Di Yuan's mind, making his head feel like it would split. Fifteen minutes later, Di Yuan had fully digested the memory.

This is a world different from the Cultivation World, called the Ninja World!

Here people cultivate an energy called chakra, similar to a martial artist's inner force in that it is produced by the human body itself, yet like cultivators they can also use the elements of heaven and earth.

Although Di Yuan is now a mortal, his soul and divine sense remain at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing stage.

"Huh, isn't this the bead I picked up in the Chaotic Dead Sea? How is it in my sea of consciousness?" Di Yuan exclaimed, his divine sense scanning his body as his face showed shock.

"Could it be that my rebirth in this world is related to this bead?" Di Yuan stared at the jet-black bead, like a starry sky, floating in his sea of consciousness, falling into contemplation.

Di Yuan shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. First I'll circulate the Guide Qi Technique to see if this world has spiritual energy."

Di Yuan immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a meditative state.

A moment later…

Di Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, excitedly saying, "Haha, there really is spiritual energy!"

"But this spiritual energy is too impure; absorbing it would destabilize one's foundation, making it hard to cultivate the Great Dao—what can be done about it?" Di Yuan despondently rubbed his Jingming acupoint.

Hum—hum—

The bead seemed to sense Di Yuan's lament and trembled.

Then the bead in his sea of consciousness emitted a wisp of strange qi, continually wandering through Di Yuan's body to reshape his physique, eventually becoming his dantian.

Di Yuan noticed that a few strands of spiritual energy entered his body through his pores; strangely, the spiritual energy inside him was not impure but extraordinarily pure.

"Hiss, this bead is too awesome! From now on I never have to worry about impure spiritual energy again," Di Yuan gasped, eyes wide.

Having said that, Di Yuan greedily absorbed the spiritual energy, forming an invisible vortex of spiritual energy centered on himself.

"Now I have opened my dantian and broken through to the initial stage of Qi Refining. However, the spiritual energy in Konoha is too thin; even after purification there's hardly any left. I must first break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, then seek a place with abundant spiritual energy," Di Yuan declared firmly.

Di Yuan sat on the bed and began to consolidate his realm.

The night passed without incident!

"Phew, my realm is finally stabilized!" Di Yuan exhaled deeply.

Di Yuan stepped out of the door and reached the Ninja Tools Shop in less than ten minutes.

"Boss, give me a sword," Di Yuan said expressionlessly.

Sure thing!

"Here's your sword, that'll be five hundred yuan," the shopkeeper said with a grin.

Di Yuan took the sword from the shopkeeper's hand, glanced at it, paid five hundred yuan, and turned to leave.

Di Yuan arrived at the Training Ground and saw several ninjas practicing ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique," one of them shouted after completing the hand seals.

Di Yuan was instantly speechless; at this speed I don't know how many times I'd have been killed by the enemy! As the saying goes, in a clash of experts, even a breath's time can change the tide of battle.

Di Yuan shook his head, began sword practice, and after a cup of tea he was thoroughly familiar with this world's sword. Having done everything, Di Yuan ran to the Dry Goods Store to buy three days' rations, then returned home to train, aiming to break through to the middle stage within three days.

Three days later!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A strong surge of spiritual energy emanated from Di Yuan's body, enough to blast an ordinary person back four or five meters.

Half a day later, Di Yuan also fully stabilized his realm.

"Good thing my physique was remodeled by the mysterious bead; otherwise I wouldn't know how much effort it would take to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining."

"It's strange that when I first got this bead I only thought it was special and nothing else, yet now for some reason its various special qualities are beginning to show." Di Yuan said, his heart surging.

Afterward, Di Yuan began to practice some martial arts and divine abilities from his previous life.

Half a day later, Di Yuan had mastered dozens of low-level martial arts and some concealment techniques, giving him greater confidence in his plan to leave Konoha at night, while self-defense was more than sufficient.

End of chapter!

Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Transformation Spirit, Void Refining, Union, Great Vehicle, Tribulation Crossing (each realm is further divided into early, middle, late, and peak).

Ninja World ranks: Genin, Chunin, Jonin, Kage, Super Kage, Six Paths (each rank further divided into early, middle, late, and peak).