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Uchiha Madara, having thoroughly severed ties with his past, felt refreshed and clear-headed, as if his body and soul had been cleansed from the inside out. He couldn't feel better.
Immediately after, Uchiha Madara proceeded to the next step. He opened his Rinnegan, directly extracted Senju Tobirama's soul, and very domineeringly absorbed Senju Tobirama's memories and experiences.
Because Uchiha Madara had no particular feelings for Senju Tobirama, and moreover, he greatly disliked Senju Tobirama, after absorbing his memories and experiences, he directly dispersed Senju Tobirama's soul.
Just like his older brother Senju Hashirama, his soul vanished like smoke, with no possibility of revival.
Uchiha Madara, as before, sat cross-legged, focused his mind, and diligently digested Senju Tobirama's knowledge and experience.
What surprised Uchiha Madara somewhat was that the amount of information in Senju Tobirama's knowledge was even greater than Senju Hashirama's. A large pile of forbidden jutsu knowledge and research experience, such as the Flying Thunder God Technique and Edo Tensei, were all things Uchiha Madara needed.
Due to the large amount of information, Uchiha Madara spent the better part of a day thoroughly digesting and integrating it.
However, the benefits after integration were also numerous.
Because Uchiha Madara had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique before, now with Senju Tobirama's practical experience, Uchiha Madara smoothly mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique!
After the knowledge and experience were fully integrated, Uchiha Madara deliberately conducted an experiment.
Sitting cross-legged on the spot, Uchiha Madara reached out and pressed his hand on the ground. A Flying Thunder God seal was imprinted on the ground by Uchiha Madara.
Then Uchiha Madara stood up, leaped several tens of meters away, landed lightly on the ground, closed his eyes, focused his mind, and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique!
Swoosh! Uchiha Madara instantly disappeared and reappeared at the original spot.
Carefully sensing the feeling of just passing through space, Uchiha Madara suddenly had an epiphany. So this was space-time ninjutsu. Truly formidable, truly capable.
Having gained much, Uchiha Madara continued to sit there.
Both Senju brothers had fallen at Uchiha Madara's hands. Could the remaining Uzumaki Mito possibly escape?
Following the same method, using the Rinnegan's power, he absorbed Uzumaki Mito's soul, read her memories, and extracted her knowledge and experience. Various precious sealing jutsus, as well as methods for using and developing Yin-Yang Release â Uchiha Madara spent another half-day comprehending them.
Uzumaki Mito's soul was now useless. He directly crushed it, letting her go find Senju Hashirama.
In two full days, Uchiha Madara obtained all the knowledge and experience of Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Uzumaki Mito. Adding the Book of Sealing by his side, Uchiha Madara could now be called the number one theoretical master in the ninja world!
Of course, for now, it was merely theory. Apart from actually learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, he hadn't learned any of the other knowledge he had acquired!
Well then, the seclusion had just begun. Uchiha Madara's task was very arduous...
Senju Tobirama's space-time ninjutsu and his other theories, Uzumaki Mito's sealing jutsus and Yin-Yang Release, Senju Hashirama's Sage Mode â so many things, enough for Uchiha Madara to cultivate for a good while!
Thus, for a considerably long period of time afterward, Uchiha Madara completely entered the mode of a cultivation maniac.
First was the art of space-time.
Although the Flying Thunder God Technique was not bad, in Uchiha Madara's view, it still had flaws.
In Uchiha Madara's conception, the Flying Thunder God Technique should be developed to the point where one could teleport to any place at will, just like Goku's Instant Transmission in Dragon Ball. As long as there was enough energy, teleportation should occur in the blink of an eye.
Then came sealing jutsus and Yin-Yang Release.
There were many mysteries within sealing jutsus. Uchiha Madara was very interested in this and hoped to research and apply them.
And Yin-Yang Release was even more formidable. One creates, one destroys; the two are mutually opposing yet mutually dependent. It could be said that they counteract and generate each other, endlessly profound and mysterious.
According to Uchiha Madara's initial judgment, his Mangekyo Sharingan's special ability, which brought forth destruction, might be a manifestation of Yin Release, while his Wood Style's extremely life-giving creative power should be a branch of Yang Release.
In short, Yin-Yang Release was worth researching.
Finally, there was Sage Mode!
This was very important. Uchiha Madara, possessing a body of natural chakra, was unable to freely learn Sage Mode. This matter had greatly troubled Uchiha Madara before.
Uchiha Madara could sense that Sage Mode was an important path for him to further improve his strength.
This time in seclusion, he could make no progress with the Flying Thunder God, he could fail to understand Yin-Yang Release, but Sage Mode absolutely had to be learned!
Just like that, Uchiha Madara entered a death-like seclusion.
Uchiha Madara was in death-like seclusion, unconcerned with worldly affairs.
Uzushio Village was garrisoned by Uchiha Madara's serious Wood Clone. The two important tasks of village relocation and resettlement of villagers were presided over by him, with White Zetsu and Kakuzu assisting, one in the open and one in the shadows. There would be no problems.
In the entire ninja world, Konoha had suffered heavy losses since Uchiha Madara's departure. Due to various internal and external reasons, it had never fully recovered its vitality and was no longer the strongest among the former Five Great Ninja Villages.
Sunagakure, internally, after a period of open and hidden struggles, the Fourth Kazekage from the original story emerged, presiding over Sunagakure. Because of his (perceived) own weak strength, he did not easily start trouble with the outside world.
Iwagakure and Kumogakure, these two villages fought like fire and water. The large-scale battles between the two sides gradually transformed into extensive sporadic guerrilla warfare. They fought like this for more than half a year, and ultimately, because Iwagakure's Land of Earth was too severely undermined by Uchiha Madara, they were defeated. Of course, the victorious Kumogakure didn't fare much better.
Kirigakure, as always, turtled on its own island, almost isolated from the outside world.
The world was in turmoil. Only the Land of Uzu, ruled by Uchiha Madara, was the safest. As a result, many civilians successively migrated to the Land of Uzu, and likewise, many rogue ninjas joined Uzushio Village.
With this ebb and flow, the strength of Uzushio Village and the Land of Uzu changed day by day, directly challenging the Five Great Ninja Villages and the Five Great Nations!
Just like that, time flew by, and a whole year passed...