Fusion of Immortality

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Minamoto Sōjun had already made arrangements for Tengen's immortality technique.

He had never believed in miracles.

This world is too small, so small that whenever something happens beyond people's expectations, it leads to waves of astonishment and praise, wrongly calling it a miracle.

Such a cheap phenomenon cannot be called a miracle.

But Minamoto Sōjun was still willing to call the next thing he would do a miracle—

He was going to fuse immortality!

He was going to create a miracle!

The preconditions had been met. Tengen had successfully maintained the characteristic of being alive, with a clear self-will, free from the passive evolution that occurs once every five hundred years, free from the aging of the body, and had gained an extended lifespan...

So, what was the price?

In a place like the world of Jujutsu, which emphasizes balance, under this absolute, meticulous, and powerful balance mechanism that is hard to shake, after obtaining all these benefits—what was the price?

The immortality technique had been split into two parts, one part engraved onto the body, which Minamoto Sōjun successfully assimilated.

Minamoto Sōjun also extracted sufficient benefits from it, but what price did he have to pay? Especially since he had been targeted by the system a long time ago, his price was bound to be significant.

But for Minamoto Sōjun, who had rich experience in the balance mechanism's checks and constraints, he chose to swallow this sugar-coated cannonball, and he was already preparing to eat the sugar and throw the cannonball back.

The assimilated immortality technique, unlike other techniques such as space or clone techniques, is incomplete, and it is contained under perfect control.

And perfect control had already changed when Minamoto Sōjun awakened; it was no longer the same as the source family's manipulation of the body and soul.

Reincarnation, as a visitor from another world; rebirth, gaining a new life; perfection itself, combined with Tengen's evolution cycle every five hundred years, and interference from the balance mechanism.

Five unique coincidences stacked together, and Minamoto Sōjun was willing to call it a miracle, after all, even he wasn't sure if he could replicate it.

During the time spent healing the curse, he gained a deeper understanding of the technique's structure, whether from the soul side or the body side. In his sight, every detail was clear.

He couldn't help but secretly marvel that the immortality technique was perfectly incomplete. It wouldn't cause evolutionary chaos, and most importantly, it was under perfect control.

Minamoto Sōjun dismantled the spiritual pattern formed by the Five Eyes Water Barrel Head and transformed it into the most essential curse, leaving only the technique imprint on places such as the prefrontal cortex of the brain.

He carefully moved it to his brain, gradually approaching the imprint of the perfect control technique.

The manifestation of the perfect control technique was extremely domineering, and a slight trace immediately intertwined with the incomplete immortality technique, forcefully pulling it over and slowly consuming and assimilating it—

Perfection goes beyond immortality. It was trying to accommodate this evolutionary power.

The two imprints entangled, and Minamoto Sōjun's technique fell into a blocked state, unable to be cast normally. He wasn't worried at all. Creating a miracle wasn't easy; it required courage and meticulousness.

More importantly, he had enough confidence. Even without the technique, after years of development with his soul, body, and cursed energy, he could still freely use most of his abilities, deeply engraved in his mind, instinctively.

He couldn't use the flesh armor, but he hadn't met a second opponent who could force him to use that move.

A few days later, the imprint of perfect control expanded slightly, but it hadn't completely succeeded yet; it was only halfway successful, still lacking the soul-side aspect.

The assimilation on the technique level was not as simple as just swallowing it; it also required certain adjustments. If any beneficial part contained uncontrollable factors, Minamoto Sōjun would remove that part entirely, as it couldn't affect his own technique—he wouldn't be picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

The assimilation method for the soul side was the same, but it also required an important condition...

Minamoto Sōjun once again visited the Starving Palace.

He took the elevator down, walked through the shrine passage, and arrived at the main gate of the Starving Palace.

He tried to push the door, but it didn't open.

Minamoto Sōjun walked casually under the divine tree, broke his index finger, turned half a circle, and the broken finger transformed into a brilliant white bone spike, with blood crawling on it, automatically forming small needle-like symbols.

A peg was made.

He was about to strike the peg into the ground.

Creak—screech—

The heavy stone door slowly opened with the sharp sound of friction against the ground.

The door was opened by Tengen.

"What's the matter?" Tengen walked out of the Starving Palace.

Minamoto Sōjun raised an eyebrow. He didn't know what method Tengen had used, but he had condensed a fake body. This fake body looked no different from his previous physical form, but it was covered in a barrier, and Minamoto Sōjun couldn't easily see through its soul.

But it didn't matter; the connection between the soul and body hadn't been completely severed yet.

Minamoto Sōjun used his thoughts to awaken the brilliant white short spike and soon sensed Tengen's soul, seeing the immortality technique engraved on it. He smiled slightly.

"Recently, there have been quite a few movements at the higher levels. You must be quite troubled, right? The safety of the country depends on one person, and that person is uncontrollable. The higher-ups must be uneasy."

"They have recently made contact with Anuyi's curse technique..."

"What do you mean?" Tengen, who had chosen to retreat into the Starving Palace and stop bothering with worldly matters, was busy these days and hadn't had time to deal with the barrier. Give him a few more days, and Minamoto Sōjun couldn't easily knock on the door.

He would be safe.

As for Anuyi... he certainly knew, but it didn't matter to him.

Minamoto Sōjun saw him acting so carefree and wondered if he felt invincible. Unfortunately, having treasure invites crime. When someone pries open his shell, he should regret it.

"If you're busy with your own affairs, and someone keeps interrupting you, even if it doesn't cause actual interference, it would still affect your mood, right?" Minamoto Sōjun said.

Tengen subconsciously nodded, clearly disturbed by it these days.

Then he heard Minamoto Sōjun say:

"Why don't we collaborate?"

"We don't desire power, nor do we want to be constrained by it, but people are always bound by circumstances. Let's cooperate with the goal of being able to do whatever we want, pushing the barrier technique to higher levels."

"What do you think? Consider it."

"What are you planning to do?" Tengen looked at him, slightly tempted.

"First, occupy an absolute position within the higher-ups..."

Minamoto Sōjun said a few simple words and then left. His goal had been accomplished, and the immortality technique for the soul had been recorded.

Tengen's time was slow. He understood. He wanted the other party to think carefully, and when they understood, they would naturally come to find him.

Minamoto Sōjun returned to his residence and began operating on his soul.

This part was a bit difficult. Not only did he need to filter out the unnecessary, allowing the perfect control technique to be successfully integrated, but he also needed to complement it with the body's part.

A blue figure stepped out from Minamoto Sōjun's body. It was his soul body, identical to him, with sparkling star-like eyes.

The two of them stood facing each other. He raised his hand, and a blade materialized, beginning to cut on the soul body's head.

No need to be overly cautious; his soul body was far more real, stable, and solid than a normal person's. If he made a mistake, it would just hurt a little, and at worst, he could replenish his cursed energy to make up for the loss.

As always, boldness and carefulness were enough, his soul side had a high tolerance.

A few days later, his cursed energy was overdrawn, and even his body had become somewhat frail, with excessive soul consumption. The rate of restoring cursed energy couldn't keep up, so he had to consume his blood and flesh to compensate...

But there was no major problem with the soul. The important thing was—

The immortality technique had been successfully integrated.

Perfect control remained perfect, and additional evolutionary authority had been gained.

Minamoto Sōjun's life-born technique had been further completed. Calling it perfect control was no longer appropriate. He would call it—

[Limitless]!

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