**Chapter 13: Reversing the Heavenly Stars**

Yang dominates, Yin declines.  
Reversing the Heavenly Stars.

At this moment, Kouga's body was overflowing with the power of Yang Release. Even that evil old ghost Tobirama would be confused by this—

**"The true power of the Senju resides in Uchiha?  
Brother, what exactly did you do?"**

Suppressing those wandering thoughts, Kouga once again accessed the list of his personal attributes via the Main God.

**Intelligence: E  
Mental Power: B  
Nerve Reflexes: B  
Muscle Strength: C+  
Cellular Vitality: B  
Immunity: B**

The enhancements were quite noticeable.

Especially his immunity, which represented vitality. It had leaped two full grades, from a D-rating to join his other strong attributes.

As for his previously lackluster physical strength, it now trailed only slightly behind his stronger attributes.

If combined with the potential unlocked by the first stage of the Gene Lock, the effect would likely be similar to opening the third gate of the Eight Gates Formation—**the Life Gate**.

**"Gate of Opening"**: Removes mental limitations, allowing 100% of physical capability, increasing attack and speed.  
**"Gate of Healing"**: Lifts stamina fatigue limits, pushing the body to overdraw energy.  
**"Gate of Life"**: Further increases attack and speed; the body begins to flush red with blood, the last safe stage of the Eight Gates, emitting green life energy.

However… this was all speculation.

After all, Kouga hadn’t truly mastered this technique. His understanding of the Gene Lock was limited to what the Main God had imparted, along with his own guesses.

Only through actual experience, battling life and death, could he obtain a reliable answer.

But the giant glowing orb outside had clearly informed him of one thing—the team battle mechanism had been triggered by gathering three members for unlocking.

Raising Gu, evolving—the central themes of the space!

Everyone knew that enhancements, whether they be equipment, skills, items, techniques, or bloodlines, would never come from a single direction.

Just now, he’d injected the perfect Hashirama Cell serum, completing a temporary augmentation of his bloodline. However, other paths still awaited unlocking!

According to Kouga's assessment, there was no need to consider weaponry or equipment for now. He already had two plasma shoulder cannons, which should be more than enough for a physical extermination battle.

Unless the next mission involved something supernatural...

Wait...

**"Main God, query Psychokinetic Floating Cannons!"**  
**"No such exchange available."**  
**"Main God, query Wind Arrow skill!"**  
**"No such exchange available."**

Kouga: "..."

It seemed there were no shortcuts, or at least, the relevant backdoors weren’t for him.

Starting with Uchiha bloodline, entering a novice dungeon with three-tomoe Sharingan as a newbie bonus was already like joining with insider connections, as a reincarnator with a mysterious background.

So, should he invest some resources into ninjutsu?  
The thought emerged.

Without knowing the scenario of the next mission world, it would always be a good idea to enhance his individual combat capabilities as a steady strategy.

But which ninjutsu to choose?

**Fire Release?** This was the hallmark of the Uchiha clan.  
However, with two high-level fire techniques—**Great Fire Annihilation** and **Great Fire Arrow**—and his current enormous chakra reserves, Kouga could unleash a forbidden jutsu-scale spectacle, as long as he didn't care about the cost.

**Lightning Release?** Acquiring the forbidden technique **Chidori**, and practicing it could lead to various derived modes of attack.  

**Earth Release?**  

These three ninjutsu were sufficient for now, no need for more.  
As for Water Release ninjutsu, awakened alongside his Wood Release bloodline, it could be paired with Lightning Release to increase power.

Unlike bloodlines, which often lack compatibility, ninjutsu can be learned as long as the conditions are met.

As for quantity, the more the better, since you never know when it will come in handy. Like during the Pyramid Trial, where the **Earth Submersion Technique** helped him save a lot of time and energy, allowing him to seize the moment.

**"Main God, query the Sealed Book."** Before committing to mastering any release, Kouga wanted to check out forbidden jutsu.

The response came quickly.

**"Sealed Book, rated 91 points. A forbidden scroll guarded by generations of Hokage, recording jutsu that cause great harm or death to the user. Requires one A-level side plot and 7,000 reward points."**

Expensive.

No, worth every penny.

I'm just too poor.

After consuming one B-level side plot, he still had three C-level side plots, which he could combine into a B-level, or split into nine D-level ones.

Of those, Kouga had to save at least two C-level side plots. Tomorrow, after confirming the type of trial world he would face next, he would strengthen himself accordingly!

In addition to addressing the imbalance of yin and yang, even if it didn’t affect the use of the Sharingan, Kouga was well aware of what his greatest asset was...

Wait!

As if he had just grasped something, Kouga recalled the basic principle behind the Sharingan—its activation was triggered by emotional stimulus.

The Uchiha are known to possess great love. When they lose that love, special chakra surges into their brain, affecting the optic nerve and causing their eyes to change, forming the first tomoe in symmetrical pairs in each eye!

Similarly, the more tomoe in the eye, the stronger the Sharingan's power becomes…

His current three-tomoe state had, after all, been activated the night of the Uchiha massacre, with the sacrificial death of his parents.

At this point, Kouga recalled a years-old forum post about a rather extreme method—an unbelievable, god-defying strategy!

Self-hypnosis through narcissism.

Then create a delusion, shatter it with the Dream Blade technique, and achieve a closed-loop, ascending instantly…

Applying this logic, Sharingan could certainly fit in. Remember, Obito Uchiha, seeing Rin Nohara die before him, awakened from two-tomoe to Mangekyo Sharingan in a moment of intense emotional stimulus, even unlocking the space-time ninjutsu Kamui.

The Green Hat Emperor? As this phrase flickered in his mind, Kouga shivered with disgust. His soul instinctively recoiled from this bizarre system!  
From the depths of his being, he resisted!

Moreover, dabbling in such dark methods to gain power was undoubtedly risky to an absurd degree. The success rate was likely even lower than Zheng Zhirong's attempt to recreate the Genesis Cleaving technique from the Honghuang mythos.

**"Main God, list all items that could aid in the evolution of a three-tomoe Sharingan."**  
**"Exclude any items above C-level."**  
**"Exclude items that distort the mind or character."**  
**"Sort by highest effectiveness."**

The answer was quick and straightforward.

**None!**

Clear and concise.

It was obvious that Kouga's requirements were too stringent. A C-level and below exchange, with a direct link to Mangekyo Sharingan, but without side effects—typical of wanting the best of both worlds.

"Fine, the glory of the Uchiha clan’s Flame Fan will have to wait… 'Senju Fang,' huh? Actually, that name sounds pretty good."

"Besides, leaving half my resources for the next reincarnation world's intel and further tailored strengthening is an unbreakable rule!"

"Can't risk loading up on purely physical offensive abilities, only to end up in a world like *The Grudge*, relying solely on the unique nature of chakra to scrape by."

"Speaking of which, there's always the no-hand-sign Rasengan to develop, right? The concept is easy to grasp, and chakra nature manipulation is worth exploring in depth. After all, it's a free means of converting power."

(End of Chapter)