Itachi found himself once more in that familiar scenery, within the dreamland filled with endless clouds, and the tower in the centre.
"This time there is no chance for you to choose your reward."
Itachi heard this voice and felt disappointment, however the next words filled him with elation.
"This is because your rewards for this realm, the True profound realm, and the next realm the Spirit profound realm have already been decided."
Pausing for a second the voice then continued,
"You will receive both abilities of {{Kamui}} now, both will reside in your right eye alongside {{Amaterasu}}, and you will only receive your next opportunity to choose your rewards upon reaching the Earth profound realm."
Hearing these words Itachi was ecstatic, since his battle prowess had instantly increased a fold, and now he also had his own realm to carry items in, effectively an infinitely large spatial ring.
With this ability Itachi would be much less likely to die, even coming up against opponents far stronger than him, however he knew that if they were more than two greater realms above him the {{Kamui}} ability that he had recently gained would be unable to protect him even then.
He instinctively knew this thanks to the information on his new abilities which he had gained after he had received them.
As Itachi started to think of more ways to use his new found {{Kamui}} abilities he suddenly found himself being enveloped by the familiar sensation of the clouds in the dreamland.
He knew that he was returning to the real world and couldn't help but feel a tinge of disappointment knowing that he would have to wait two great realms before he could receive a new ability.
Itachi decided to cultivate dilligently and reach the Spirit profound realm before the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, and test his abilities to their fullest extent, minus the mangekyo sharingan abilities he had otherwise it would be too easy.
Having decided this, Itachi woke up and found himself back in his body in the Burning Heaven clan.
He heard a voice outside his residence, belonging to his adoptive father Fen Moran.
"Son, I bought you more pills for cultivation... Oh my, you broke through already you truly are incredibly talented."
Having seen that his son had broken through Fen Moran was naturally incredibly happy, feeling even more happy than usual.
This was naturally because he had become deeply influenced by {{Kotoamatsukami}} to the point where even if its influence was removed he would still bring Itachi pills daily.
Of course Itachi wouldn't take that chance, continuing to keep Fen Moran under the influence of {{Kotoamatsukami}} daily.
As Itachi exchanged words with Fen Moran before seeing him out, he continued the monotonous life of cultivation once more, determined to reach Spirit profound realm before the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, and then roaming the world after that.
And so, once more many months passed with Itachi simply sticking to his daily monotonous plan.
Within the blink of an eye, seemingly, half a year had passed, with Itachi reaching the peak of the True profound realm, due to the support of the Burning Heaven clan, solicited by Itachi through his adoptive father Fen Moran thanks to {{Kotoamatsukami}}.
Preparing to break through to the Spirit profound realm within the next week, Itachi was only 17 years old, and was considered as one of the greatest prodigies of the Burning Heaven clan currently.
Little did they know that if Itachi was to use his full strength, he would be able to destroy the entire Burning Heaven clan...
Itachi was sitting in his residence, conversing with Jasmine as he attempted to gain a spark of inspiration, and break through to the next realm.
Suddenly, he felt a rush of profound energy, and just like that...
Itachi broke through, reaching the 1st rank of the Spirit profound realm!
Right at this moment, Fen Moran came over, attracted by the fluctuations, and was instantly sent into an ecstatic mood.
"Good, good, good! You have broken through to the Spirit profound realm at the age of 17, truly a talent, truly!"
"Now I can enter the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament right father?"
Shocked for a moment by this question, Fen Moran didn't respond for a second, before saying.
"I don't know about that Itachi, maybe but you are still only at the 1st rank, maybe next year..."
Itachi was disappointed before deciding to use {{Kotoamatsukami}}, thinking to himself that even with just his cultivation base and not the power of his mangekyo sharingan, he would be able to use the {{Evil God Arts}} to fight even people near the peak of the Earth profound realm.
"Actually why not Itachi, if you think you're up for it!"
Seemingly surprised at why he suddenly changed his mind, since Fen Moran was known for being stubborn, he himself didn't know why he suddenly changed his mind, but he just felt it was the correct thing to do.
Itachi had obviously used {{Kotoamatsukami}}.
"Oh thank you father, thank you!"
Fen Moran was happy upon hearing these words, and instantly felt that he had made the right choice.
"I will bring you to spar with some of the other members of the Burning Heaven clan tomorrow, in preparation for the battles at the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, in two months. Bye for now son."
Saying these words, Fen Moran promptly left.
Itachi was stunned for a second, before feeling happy.
"Tomorrow I will be able to test my jutsu out and see how they are in this realm, practicing them on real people before the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament. This should be exciting hehe..."
Looking forward to the next day Itachi went to stabilise his cultivation and rest up, preparing to fight for the first time in almost a year.