Naruto: Fooling the Ninja World, I'm Hailed as a Savior

Undoubtedly, the system's materialization was based on the rules and logic of the current world. It couldn't conjure power systems from other worlds out of thin air, apart from chakra.

But Hyuga Kawa had found a solution. That was, to adapt and mimic the power systems of other worlds, localizing them based on the existing concepts of souls, bodies, natural energy, and chakra within the ninja world. This would construct a logical "lie" that everyone would believe.

Creating something from nothing, establishing rules, deceiving the world. This was truly "deceiving heaven and earth."

[The Void Realm, the ultimate destination for souls in the ninja world, floats in the chasm between the living world and the Pure Land. It is eternally shrouded in perpetual night, with no sun to cycle, only a half-moon of gloom. Its land is vast and stark like snow, desolate as death. Winds howl like ghostly wails, sands surge like fleeing skeletons, and withered trees stand like a forest of dry bones.]

[The Pure Land, a realm of the deceased established by the Six Paths, where departed souls enter, their consciousness sealed in slumber. Chakra, like threads, converges in the Pure Land, returning entirely to the Six Paths' control. It is an attempt to borrow the power of the dead to combat enemies from beyond the heavens, yet its method is crude. Souls diminish with years, ultimately dissipating into nothingness.]

[Those who enter the Void Realm are souls lingering in the ninja world, perhaps bound by unfulfilled desires or entangled by delusive karma. Over years of erosion, sorrow and resentment accumulate, corroding the soul. Over time, the heart and soul grow dim, faces covered by bony masks. Their wails are like the cries of ten thousand ghosts, chilling the listener to the bone. Their forms are hunched and incomplete, resembling withered trees and rotting stumps, with gaping holes in their bellies like caverns. We call them 'Voids.']

[Their nature is soul-devouring, to fill the emptiness of their hearts. Gradually, they cannibalize their own kind, their insatiable greed growing. Hundreds of weaker Voids slaughter and fuse, their forms growing mountainous, their faces covered by long-nosed bone masks. Their intelligence is dim, like beasts, merely swallowing spirits by instinct. We call them 'Low-Rank' Voids.]

[Among them, if there are outstanding ones, devouring thousands of their kin, their bodies shrink and their intellect awakens, transforming into armored beast-like forms. Yet they live in constant dread of regression, needing to continually hunt and consume others of their rank to maintain their form. A moment of idleness leads to regression and loss of intelligence. We call them 'Mid-Rank' Voids.]

[Extremely rare are those whose bony masks shatter and fall away, revealing their true human form. The hollow remains, and their power is immensely potent. We call them 'High-Rank' Voids. However, this body has reached its end, and this being has not yet been born. To not have witnessed its birth is truly a pity...]

"...What is this?"

As Orochimaru continued reading, the expression on his face gradually turned blank. Although the text on the scroll was somewhat abstruse, he had often perused ancient texts while researching ninjutsu, so he could naturally understand the words within the scroll.

The Pure Land—Orochimaru, having developed an incomplete "Impure World Reincarnation," naturally knew of its reality.

Souls—now that he had developed "Living Corpse Reincarnation," Orochimaru understood them better than anyone.

But precisely because he knew too much, the content—seven parts truth and three parts falsehood—made him feel as though his worldview was shattering. However, due to his trust in the scroll's content and his reverence for its owner, his worldview was instantly reshaped.

The legendary Sage of Six Paths actually existed, and even the Pure Land was established by him. All deceased souls were guided into the Pure Land, for the purpose of defending against some so-called "enemies from beyond the heavens" in the future? And the owner of this scroll directly referred to the Sage of Six Paths as just "Six Paths," implicitly looking down on his methods for establishing the Pure Land, even going so far as to create his own independent world called the "Void Realm"?

"The Ōtsutsuki clan actually possesses the ability to create worlds?" Orochimaru flicked his long, thin snake tongue, licking his somewhat dry lips. He murmured, "Is the Sage of Six Paths also an Ōtsutsuki, like the owner of this scroll?"

Furthermore, judging by the effects of "Impure World Reincarnation," the Sage of Six Paths' "Pure Land" seemed only able to preserve the deceased's power from when they were alive. If the vessel's quality wasn't good enough, it couldn't unleash its full power. The "Void Realm" created by the scroll's owner was clearly more cruel and ruthless, absorbing the souls of those unable to enter the Pure Land due to obsession or resentment, then having them slaughter and devour each other to give birth to stronger souls.

It seemed the scroll's owner hadn't lived to see the birth of a "High-Rank" Void.

"Possessing such immense power, yet still unable to achieve eternal life..." This thought subconsciously surfaced in Orochimaru's mind, but he quickly realized it wasn't so, because the scroll's owner merely stated "this body has reached its end." This meant the scroll's owner was still alive, but for some reason, had to change bodies. The Sage of Six Paths also shouldn't be dead; most likely, in soul form, he was hidden within the Pure Land, gathering the souls of powerful individuals, awaiting the so-called enemies from beyond.

"That corpse I got from that Hyuga brat, it must be the scroll owner's discarded body, right?" Orochimaru's tail gently tapped the ground, deep in thought. "With the terrifying, world-creating power of that scroll owner, if it were their true body, absolutely no one could withstand it, and there probably wouldn't even be such a thing as 'organs'."

However, the thought of that brat named Hyuga Kawa caused a murderous intent to surface in Orochimaru's eyes. If not for that insidious brat, how could he have ended up in such a sorry state now! That day, in a severely wounded state, he was suddenly summoned to Ryūchi Cave by the White Snake Sage's "Reverse Summoning Jutsu." While he escaped the approaching Konoha pursuers, it also thrust him into an even more dangerous situation.

The great snakes of Ryūchi Cave, the Three Great Snake Hime, and the White Snake Sage were all incredibly greedy and cold-blooded creatures, unlike Tsunade's Shikkotsu Forest and Jiraiya's Mount Myōboku, which were friendly to their summoners. Just as Orochimaru thought he was about to die in the jaws of a snake, the White Snake Sage, who had always seemed aloof and in control, appeared to witness something incredible. His usual cold demeanor towards Orochimaru actually turned warm. Not only did he instantly heal his near-fatal injuries with a stone, but he even offered to teach him "Sage Mode."

However, the price he paid for this was becoming neither human nor ghost, even becoming neither male nor female, and constantly under the surveillance of Ryūchi Cave.

"That old white snake must have seen something in me," Orochimaru frowned. "My destiny has been changed, what does that mean? It feels as inexplicable as Jiraiya's constant talk about the Child of Prophecy." He couldn't understand it.

Whether it was Hyuga Kawa's sudden change or the White Snake Sage's calculations and schemes, Orochimaru couldn't fathom the reason. He hated this feeling of everything being shrouded in mist, unable to see clearly.

"The most important thing now is what I can gain from this scroll." Orochimaru shook his head, casting aside his chaotic thoughts, and lowered his gaze to the scroll's subsequent content.

The latter part contained some of the scroll owner's casual notes about the "Void Realm." Orochimaru even saw some familiar yet strange names, seemingly figures from ancient legends. However, according to the scroll owner, these people had actually existed, but he had already fed them to the 'Voids.'

Orochimaru continued until he reached the very end of the scroll, where the content was sealed once more. His gaze lingered on the last sentence.

[The passage between the 'Void Realm' and the ninja world, which I call the 'Space-Time Hole,' is secretly hidden on a solitary island overseas. I have sent my servant 'Greru' to guard it from generation to generation.]

[I once strictly warned him, saying, 'Voids' are born of intense malice. They must not be artificially cultivated, nor should the passage be opened, otherwise...]

The last line of text on the scroll was precisely cut off by the seal, making it impossible for Orochimaru to read. However, from that short sentence, he understood a crucial fact.

"There's a passage between the Void Realm and the ninja world, and it can be opened." Orochimaru's hand, holding the scroll, trembled slightly. A glint of greed and contemplation appeared in his eyes: "Voids can be artificially cultivated..."

At this moment, a decision quietly formed in Orochimaru's mind. The choices of the scroll owner and the Sage of Six Paths had proven that the physical body would ultimately decay; only the soul had the potential to be eternal. However, a mere spiritual body was too fragile. The so-called "High-Rank" Void being described by the scroll's owner as immensely powerful suggested that its power was truly unique.

"Only souls bound by obsession and filled with resentment, after prolonged erosion, can transform into 'Voids'?" Orochimaru looked up, his eyes flickering slightly. "Then let me try. Whether it's cultivation or summoning..."

He intended to try cultivating "Voids," stealing their power, searching for the so-called solitary island overseas, and finding the "Space-Time Hole." If the Second Hokage could summon the souls of the deceased from the Pure Land using "Impure World Reincarnation," why couldn't he, Orochimaru, summon the Voids from the Void Realm using "Impure World Reincarnation"? It merely required connecting to the summoning location, which meant finding the so-called Void Realm.