"Boruto, don't run around like that~"
Inside the ancient, fragrant wooden house, Kushina's angry voice echoed through the hall.
At this moment, three-year-old Uzumaki Boruto was running around the living room, making car noises like "vroom vroom." As he passed by the bookshelf, he accidentally bumped into it, causing a few manga books to fall off.
He looked like a happy, albeit simple-minded, child.
"Well... Kushina, the child is still young, don't be so strict," Minato Namikaze's voice, gentle and tinged with a smile.
"I really don't know where this child gets so much energy all day..." Naruto sat at the dining table, shaking his head. "Why isn't he as quiet as I was when I was young?"
"You have the nerve to say that! You were even more mischievous than him when you were little!" Kushina Uzumaki's face darkened, and she looked at Naruto Uzumaki speechlessly.
We've all read the manga, what are you pretending for here!? We know exactly what kind of person you, Naruto Uzumaki, are!
Upon hearing this, Naruto Uzumaki chuckled awkwardly, cleared his throat, and called out to the kitchen, "Hinata, is the meal almost ready? Let me help you."
He got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Hinata Hyuga's gentle voice came from the kitchen, "No need, Naruto, I'm almost done."
"How can you say that? You could just use a shadow clone. Besides, you're pregnant right now," Naruto Uzumaki stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
The Minato Namikaze family now truly represented three generations living together.
Eight years had passed, and Naruto Uzumaki was now twenty-five. He had married the resurrected Hinata and they had a son, also named Boruto. As for Himawari, she was still in Hinata's womb.
The family appeared quite happy and harmonious. And because they were only in their early twenties when resurrected, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were now less than thirty, making them look more like peers to Naruto.
In terms of rank, Naruto Uzumaki had reached the Divine Tier 70. Over the years, in numerous battles against various supernatural creatures, he had earned countless merits. A faint aura of iron and blood emanated from him, forged through countless skirmishes.
As for Minato Namikaze, his rank was Tier 60. He focused on a technical approach to combat, and his progress in leveling up wasn't as rapid as Naruto's.
"Boruto's story is not recognized by the system, so characters from it cannot be summoned to learn ninjutsu. However, he still followed the destiny of the unseen and became the son of Naruto and Hinata..."
Looking at Boruto's blond hair and his distinctive messy bangs, Yu Zhibo couldn't help but shake his head.
"In Boruto's story, after Boruto became the protagonist, Naruto and Sasuke's strength plummeted. I hope Naruto and the others won't be affected by this."
After watching the family's interactions through Minato Namikaze's perspective for a while, Yu Zhibo felt bored. He then switched the viewpoint to Uchiha Madara's perspective.
As soon as the scene changed, a view elevated to a thousand feet high greeted him, along with the shattered earth.
On a piece of land somewhere on the border of Africa, a Susanoo towered between heaven and earth. In front of it, the wind howled with dark energy, and heavy black clouds rendered the sky and earth as black as ink.
Above the black clouds, a colossal figure sat cross-legged, clad in ghostly armor and shrouded in spectral mist. The law of immortality flowed through its body. It was none other than the Undying Ghost Emperor, the foremost powerhouse under the Ghost King of the Ghost Country.
"Roar~"
Below the clouds, a hundred ghosts marched in a procession. Accompanied by piercing ghostly shrieks, countless vengeful spirits rushed towards Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, fearless and unyielding.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Uchiha Madara stood within the prism atop the Susanoo's head. He controlled the Susanoo to raise its right hand, and a black, glowing small sphere condensed in its palm. It then automatically flew into the sky.
"Boom~"
In an instant, the earth, already fractured by the Susanoo's attacks, began to crack further under the terrifying gravitational pull of Chibaku Tensei. It then lifted into the air, carrying countless vengeful spirits towards the Chibaku Tensei.
Logically, Chibaku Tensei should be ineffective against incorporeal entities like vengeful spirits. However, Uchiha Madara had clearly advanced his control over the world's laws.
Under his modification, the gravitational pull emanating from Chibaku Tensei became even more formidable. It could not only absorb the earth but also possessed soul-binding properties, making it impossible for even spectral bodies to escape.
Furthermore, Yu Zhibo sensed that within the core of the Chibaku Tensei, there was the supreme yang divine lightning energy from the fourth-dimensional space, combined with the earth's lightning laws, naturally restraining vengeful spirits.
That's right, Uchiha Madara had also mastered the laws of lightning. His current cultivation had reached Divine Tier 90, making him capable of looking down upon most supernaturals in this world.
"Do you also want to dance?"
Uchiha Madara's expression was cold. After unleashing his Susanoo, he crossed his arms and stood with a condescending demeanor, his black hair whipping in the wind, fully displaying his powerful presence.
Above the Susanoo's head, a data eye emitting blue light was condensed, broadcasting the scene of this battlefield.
Eight years had passed, and Uchiha Madara had transformed from an unknown figure into a renowned powerhouse, with many followers in the Dragon Country.
"Uchiha Madara!" The Undying Ghost Emperor's colossal ghostly form stood upright, uttering a soft cry.
He looked at Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, his eyes filled with fierce killing intent.
Uchiha Madara's progress was too rapid, leaping from Tier 49 to Tier 90 Divine in just eight years. If allowed to continue developing like this, he would undoubtedly become a great threat to the Ghost Country.
There was also Hashirama Senju of the Dawn organization, who was now also at Divine Tier 90 of A-rank. His Wood Style could instantly transform tens of thousands of miles of sea into forest, and the trees he summoned could absorb ghost energy to form ghost trees that killed ghosts, posing another great threat to the Ghost Country.
Therefore, upon learning that Uchiha Madara had come to Africa to gain experience, it had followed the Ghost King's orders to ambush and kill Uchiha Madara.
As for the numerous vengeful spirits being reaped by the Chibaku Tensei below, they were merely trash and could not stir any emotional response from him.
"Freeze!" the Undying Ghost Emperor roared. From the center of his brow, a Soul-Suppressing Prison Banner, inscribed with a black and gold "狱" (prison), flew out. Terrifying ghostly laws flowed through it. Once it appeared, the souls of all the vengeful spirits flying towards the Chibaku Tensei instantly changed course and flew towards the Soul-Summoning Banner.
In an instant, the prison banner emitted a great black light.
This Soul-Suppressing Prison Banner was a supreme artifact that was used to suppress the Nine Nether Purgatory before the cycle of reincarnation was destroyed. It possessed numerous functions such as summoning, capturing, stabilizing, and destroying souls. It was one of the reincarnation artifacts, second only to Yu Zhibo's Cycle of Reincarnation Creation Mirror and the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul-Slaying Sword.
The Soul-Summoning Banners that the Dragon Country had mass-produced in the past to enable Yu Zhibo to perform Edo Tensei on a large scale were modeled after this banner.