NOVEL WEB Chapter 106: Spiritual Space
Shortly afterward, the Demon clearly noticed this issue as well. It quickly changed its strategy. A dark spiritual space descended into Shiyu Uchiha's mind, skillfully overlapping with his own spiritual space.
Due to a lack of experience, Shiyu had never encountered such a technique before—nor even heard of it. Instinctively, he used his Mangekyou to resist, though it proved ineffective.
In an instant, Shiyu found himself in a pitch-black space. He could see nothing, hear nothing—all five senses seemed to have been cut off.
At first, Shiyu suspected he had fallen into a genjutsu similar to [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique]. After all, the most noticeable sensation was total blindness.
Once, at Shiyu's request, Shinku Yuhi had cast [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique] on him. Back then, Shiyu had been completely blind, and it was during that moment he suddenly devised his Sharingan Sensor ability, breaking free from the technique.
So now, Shiyu repeated this trick, activating his sensing ability again. But this time, his attempt failed. He felt his perception stretch across vast distances, yet found no flaw. With his current abilities, he couldn't shake this dark space at all.
However, Shiyu noticed that his Sharingan remained active here. Sensing something off, he paused briefly before entering a meditative state using his meditation technique, observing carefully. From this slight inconsistency, he realized his current situation.
He must have been trapped inside a purely spiritual mental realm. If he hadn't once imagined building a spiritual space while refining his meditation method—as part of spiritual training—he would have mistaken this place for a genjutsu dimension.
More precisely, the Demon had overlapped its spiritual space with Shiyu's Spiritual Sea. Though it hadn't fully drawn him in, the demon still held dominance while their spaces remained merged. Thus, Shiyu was pulled into a pitch-black prison. However, thanks to the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan, he managed to leave himself a small crack.
In fact, the Demon's initial attempt to drag Shiyu's spirit away came from detecting that Shiyu had not yet formed a spiritual space. Therefore, it assumed his spiritual energy hadn't undergone a fundamental transformation, leading to a miscalculation. This allowed Shiyu enough time to activate his Mangekyou Sharingan. Otherwise, Shiyu would've been placed in an even more disadvantageous position.
Using his meditation technique combined with the Mangekyou, Shiyu could vaguely sense his physical body, calming his mind. At least, his body wasn't under the enemy's control.
At the same time, he sensed the opponent's spiritual power was roughly equal to his own—but how it wielded it far surpassed him.
But this was his home ground. If the demon entered directly, the link between his physical body and spiritual power could no longer be suppressed within this Spiritual Space—he could exit at any time and then use the terrain advantage to expel the creature.
Moreover, he could also forcibly escape using the Mangekyo Sharingan, though he estimated that doing so would consume a significant amount of Mangekyo Sharingan power.
Therefore, given the limited resources he had, he hesitated slightly and decided to observe the situation before making a move. At the same time, Shiyu also felt a certain level of interest toward this Spiritual Space—after all, such an ability did not belong to the current Ninja World.
Shiyu initially sensed that this Spiritual Space bore some resemblance to the Genjutsu Space of Uchiha Shizhi. But fundamentally, they were entirely different. The foundation of a Genjutsu Space lay in Yin Release Chakra, whereas the basis of the Spiritual Space here was spiritual energy itself. Though highly similar, they weren't identical.
Thus, Uchiha Shiyu intended to search for weaknesses and break through using his own abilities, which might allow him to conserve a significant amount of Dōkuriki.
Additionally, Shiyu wanted to learn by observation—to see if he could learn this technique and incorporate it into his own Sharingan Meditation Method, thereby elevating it to new heights.
At present, the effectiveness of his Sharingan Meditation Method in cultivating spiritual power had diminished. He'd long wished to refine it further but had yet to find inspiration for constructing a Spiritual Space or even a spiritual world, unsure where to begin.
Such potential was what truly tempted Uchiha Shiyu most—it was the greatest allure, indeed—and it was precisely why he remained. To him, enhancing his strength mattered more than anything else, and thus, taking moderate risks along the way was entirely justified.
Uchiha Shiyu remained alert within the Dark Space for quite some time but found no one coming after him, leaving him feeling somewhat puzzled. After all, whoever did this went through a lot of trouble to bring him here—surely they weren't planning to lock him up here forever. They must have another purpose.
In reality, the demon currently felt rather awkward. If it failed to fully suppress Shiyu's Spiritual Sea, Shiyu could return to his own Spiritual Sea and drive the demon out of his mind.
Yet once it did exert full suppression, it wouldn't have enough power left to confront Shiyu's spiritual form directly. Thus, Uchiha Shiyu remained locked away without any change occurring—an isolated captive.
But the demon couldn't bear to leave either, as extending its consciousness out here was already extremely costly. It now stood caught between two difficult choices.
Soon afterward, Shiyu sensed something unusual—the passage of time inside this Spiritual Space had sped up substantially, increasing hundreds or even thousands of times faster. Although not quite reaching the level of Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi, where seventy-two hours passed in what felt like a moment, it was still impressive. After all, its duration far surpassed that of the Tsukuyomi.
Shiyu Uchiha soon grasped the demon's intent. The opponent aimed to torment him mentally by putting him in a dark prison-like space, and even manipulated the flow of time within the Spiritual Space for greater effect. After all, the Spiritual Space was entirely a subjective realm—anything was possible with enough energy. This might exactly be the opponent's special ability.
Had Shiyu Uchiha not detected their purpose, there was a real chance his mind could have collapsed, leaving an opening for the enemy. However, now that he had identified the problem, he focused wholeheartedly on cultivating his mental strength using the meditation technique. While making progress was unlikely, refining and gaining finer control over his mental strength required this kind of grueling effort.
As days went by, Shiyu threw himself entirely into his training—honing his mental power while simultaneously studying the Spiritual Space, even simulating training for [Fire Release] and [Sword Techniques]. This unconventional training method gradually granted insights he'd never gained from ordinary practice.
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