{A/N: Hey guys, I don't know if y'all find this volume dry as I only focused on Shun but thats the best I can do as of now. I had the idea to write out Ria's, Hinami's and Kaguya's predicament in one or two chapters but I'll be doing only a summary in the later part of this volume. Hope you enjoy it.
Also, sorry for the lack of Naruto components but I assure you that I'm driving towards somewhere and I promise it will be worth it. Thanks.
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Title: Within the Saint Devil Hall
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Shun naturally didn't know of what the others were thinking. Right now, he was fully immersed in this world before his eyes. There were boundless lines formed from law, interweaving into runes.
Every rune of law was of a different kind of energy, and manifested different types of techniques[Shinjutsu]. These, were the laws of the world.
The runes originated from here. Back in the Shinobi world, Shun had once researched and analysed seals and developed them to runes.
As a reincarnator with vast amount of knowledge on both anime and cultivation worlds, he knew there were little to no difference between techniques and seals.
His recent method of drawing Seal/Rune circle to create a desired technique effect is a prime example.
With regards to Gods and Devil, there was originally no difference. For this point, Shun was already very clear during the test he experienced when he ascended the Celestial Mountain.
Every living being, be they God or Devil all possess the potential to do great evil and great good. It was only a matter of choice.
He quietly closed his eyes and released his Divine sense, causing the scene in the surroundings to appear incredibly clearly in his mind.
When the streams of laws transformed into runes and bound his body, he could see that there were a countless number of runes interweaving, giving rise to a different energy.
Many of these energy streams had terrifying destructive power, and if he came into contact them, he would definitely die here.
Hence because of this, even for peak-level geniuses like Shen, he wouldn't dare to casually enter the Saint Devil Hall.
The reputation of this place was well known to everyone on the Celestial Mountain.
They also knew what benefits this place would bring them, and even knew why the other six devil halls they were from, could be able to last for so long.
They also knew of a truth...that the powerful inheritance arts and techniques had all originated from this Saint Devil Hall where the supreme and lofty Myriad God Sovereign was said to reside in.
Streams of law energy also began to radiate from Shun, gradually seeping into the law energy of the Saint Devil Hall, colliding with it.
After that, the people outside only saw that Shun moved. His movements were extremely slow, and he now was lifting his foot to take a step forward.
At the instant he attempted to do so, a destructive attack was launched his way. Shun twisted his body, landed that step he took, evading the powerful attack.
His actions were very smooth, as though he was very lucky. But only Shun himself knew that if it wasn't because he had sufficient understanding with regards to the law energy here, how could he be so lucky?
Although it was only a simple step, it caused the eyes of the people who were watching outside to narrow. Shen's eyes gleamed coldly.
This Shun actually managed to advance a step inside the Saint Devil Hall.
Advancing a single step was definitely not an easy task within the Saint Devil Hall.
"What a lucky person." Shen spoke in a glacial tone. That terrifying burst of light earlier actually failed to kill Shun.
But was he really only lucky?
Shun who was in the Saint Devil Hall, rested for an instant before he took another step forward.
Although his movements were very slow, it didn't seem that the Saint Devil Hall was able to fully restrict his movements. This scene caused the Shen's countenance to change.
Shun continued forward, and in fact, he has already surpassed an expert who was inside the Saint Devil Hall, walking past him.
The eyes of many outside gleamed with sharpness, the looks of disdain earlier now all turned heavy as they watched.
The personality of the Child of Darkness was very tyrannical, he didn't allow Shun to enter the Saint Devil Hall, feeling that it would be a form of blasphemy for a cultivator to enter.
The others might not feel as strongly as him, but they were still unhappy in their hearts.
But since even the Darkness True Devil Lord didn't say anything and allowed Shun to enter the Saint Devil Hall, they couldn't stop it even if they wanted to.
But even so, they didn't really mind it. From their perspectives, even if a cultivator entered their sacred ground, he would also be in a very miserable state. How could he last for long in there?
But at this moment, their confidence was somewhat shaken.
There was only very few people who could accomplish what Shun did, moving forward during the first time they entered the Saint Devil Hall.
Despite the difficulty, he still could advance. One has to know that there are many people who were forced to remain unmoving the moment they entered.
"Could he really enter the depths of the hall?" A ludicrous thought appeared in the minds of many.
If this was the case, a cultivator succeeding, leaving aside the problem of reputation for these devil experts, if another existence like the founder of the Myriad Ancient Devil Hall appeared, would this Celestial Mountain, still be the Celestial Mountain of the devil experts?
However, this thought merely flashed by. This is only the beginning.
The founder of the Myriad Ancient Devil Hall was definitely a character that could shock the past and present since he was able to establish a devil hall at the peak.
How could a casual cultivator be comparable to him?
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Shun gradually advanced through the hall. After evading some streams of law energy, he saw a black pillar before him. This pillar was extremely terrifying, exuding boundless devil's path law energy.
All of a sudden, the shadow of a True Devil appeared on the pillar, as the power of his Will gushed straight into the mind of Shun.
"BOOM!"
This Will was tyrannical to the extreme and was judging Shun like a devil lord, wanting to destroy his will.
"BOOM, BOOM....!"
Shun's aura erupted forth involuntarily. However, the attack of will had no connection to defenses of the fleshly body. Shun could only react to it and used his own Will to guard his mind, while he involuntarily took a few steps back.
{A/N: Conquerors Haki clashing,}
A swishing sound rang out as an intense sense of danger bore down on him. Shun summoned the entirety of his strength and dodged to the side. That attack sliced past his shoulder, leaving behind a line of blood, as well as extreme pain and misery.
However, Shun didn't have the time to care about such pain. The terrifying Will was like a tyrannical devil staring at him in judgement, unceasingly launching attacks at him, wanting to shatter his will.
The attack of the Devil Will was like bolts of lightning, containing countless might. They were terrifying to the extreme.
Shun's will turned corporeal in his mind. A fearsome palm imprint augmented by the pressure and gravity manifested, blotting out the sky, wanting to extinguish the devil Will.
However, the devil will seeped even deeper in. The Devil Lord in his mind was like a Devil God, causing black lightning bolts to rain down, shattering his palm imprint.
An apocalyptic scene appeared in Shun's mind as everything shattered and collapsed.
Shun felt as though his head was about to explode from the intense pain. He was on the verge of giving up.
"Blood Devil Cliff." Three words appeared in his mind.
When he thought of Hinami being imprisoned in the Blood Devil Cliff, his own will grew stronger and more resolute.
Manifestations of Demons appeared in his mind; Dragons soaring through the air, Divine Birds of various kinds crying shrilly with their wings cutting the air, Elephants with suppressive auras...
The atmosphere in the scene within his mind kept churning and shaking from the impact, alongside with his body.
The collision of his Will against the Devil Will caused Shun to moan in pain as blood seeped out of the corners of his mouth.
His countenance had turned completely pale. Gritting his teeth, he did his best to endure.
The collisions in his mind grew increasingly violent. That Devil Lord stared at him, roaring angrily wanting him to give up defending but how could Shun give up so easily?
He continued fighting madly and finally, his will managed to eradicate the Devil Will from the pillar.
When he opened his eyes, a brilliant burst of light flashed past as the last of the Devil Will was eradicated.
He then stared at the towering devil pillar before him as shock filled his heart. What the fuck was actually going on?
Had he mistakenly entered a cultivation world unawares?
Was this place the Saint Devil Hall?
As expected of the sacred ground of the Celestial Mountain, it was actually so hard to proceed forward.
He then closed his eyes and meditated quietly, his will was wavering and right now, he felt a little muddleheaded.
If he continued advancing, he would die nine out of ten times.
He finally understood why there were so many people standing in their original positions, unwilling to advance forward after they stepped into the Saint Devil Hall. This place was filled with incredible danger.
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"He shouldn't be able to continue forward, right?" From outside, Shen's expression was extremely cold.
Shun finally stopped, clearly, he was obstructed by the attack from the pillar.
This time, Shun stopped there for quite a period of time. And just when many thought that it was impossible for him to continue moving forward, he began to lift his foot and advanced deeper into the depths of the Saint Devil Hall.
"Interesting." Fenrir laughed. Shun's words earlier actually woke up something in him that he had forcefully sealed up for quite sometime now.
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Shun directly walked past that stone pillar and continued ahead, encountering numerous dangers.
He had already surpassed numerous experts who were in the Saint Devil Hall. Also for each of the stone pillars, all of them contained an immensely strong devil path energy.
He proceeded forward until he encountered another terrifying will attack.
This time around, the attack was launched by a terrifying existence that was like an Imperial Devil Dragon God.
This Devil God peered with disdain at everything beneath the sky, and he was sitting upon a gigantic dragon of darkness.
Each of his attacks would cause the darkness dragon to attack as well, intent on destroying everything.
When the terrifying darkness dragon opened its maw wanting to devour Shun, Shun only felt his will on the verge of collapse.
If his will was eradicated here, he didn't dare to imagine the consequences.
The attacks launched, all contained devil destruction energy. This Devil God was like a Sky Devil, and somehow, it reminded Shun of both the Sky Devil Hall and the Imperial Dragon Devil Hall.
Saint Devil Hall, this sacred ground of the Celestial Mountain seemed to contain the energy of ultimate attacks from each of the devil halls at the peak.
If Shun with his eyes could barely see through the secrets of this hall, he would have a chance to understand each of the other six halls in their entirety.
Was this how the Myriad Ancient Devil Hall was established by that Outsider founder all those years ago?
An immense battle intent rose up in Shun's heart.
In his mind, a Demon God phantom manifested, summoning the nine truth seeking orbs which were revolving fiercely around him, blocking all the attacks launched by this tyrannical devil will!
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A/N: To make some things clear here, the level of strength is; Devil/Chakra sea--> Devil/Chakra Lord--> Devil/Chakra King--> Devil/Chakra Emperor. These are all 10M. 10M-100M. 100M-200M. 200M-300M. Respectively.
Also, I came up with law or domain energy to classify and give Shinjutsu a foundation. The Law or domain energy I always mention are energy from the conceptual attacks from ones will.
Together with the normal 7 elements, space, darkness, time, light, are what I plan on making a foundation for Shinjutsu. Techniques done without handsigns but can be formed according to ones will.
I know that I had written in previous chapters that all techniques could be done without handsigns the right directives but please, that only applies to Shun and his wives.
All others are basically impossible. You'd need to understand space, time darkness, and shit like that on an advanced level to not need hand signs to perform them.
Ishikki's ability to shrink himself and any other object is an example, his other ability to seal anything and anybody in a space where time doesn't pass is another.
In short, take the normal ninjutsus and genjutsus as normal techniques then take the Law and domain based techniques as Shinjutsus.
Just like how Mutant abilities work in Marvel where someone like Magneto with good enough training could literally stop the rotation of the planet due to his control of electromagnetic fields, if ones law is space, with good enough practice, he could become a literal space stone as far as he has enough energy to support whatever space staunt he wants to pull.
For those in the know, take it as those Heavenly dao laws or something as for those not in the know, take it as those special abilities one can have if he has a particular Unique or Ultimate skill in Tensura.
Enjoy. I'm out.