After summing up the gains from the past five months, Seimei didn't waste a moment and immediately began testing the benefits brought by his latest physical transformation.
First up was the theoretical increase in his chakra limit.
Inhale… exhale…
He took a deep breath, then slowly let it out, calming his mind. Once settled, he fully activated his Chakra Refinement Technique, tapping into his body's potential.
This time, since his Chakra Refinement Technique had leveled up to LV8, the speed at which he could draw out his potential had more than tripled.
As a result, he didn't need the usual half-hour. In just about ten minutes, he was able to gauge the growth in his potential based on the changes in his body.
By his estimate, this transformation had boosted his theoretical chakra limit by a whopping 16 million points.
That's right—16 million! Compared to the 11 million point increase from his last transformation, when his Constitution stat went from 34 to 35, this was a massive 5 million point jump.
The boost was nothing short of impressive.
And the reason for this? Simple. After this transformation, his mind and body had reached a state of perfect balance, fully unlocking all his latent potential.
Naturally, the results were significant.
This also made him even more excited to see how much his chakra recovery speed had improved.
With that thought, Seimei paused the Chakra Refinement Technique and opened his status panel. He quietly waited for his body to naturally recover chakra while keeping an eye on the Chakra value displayed on the panel.
Time ticked by, second by second.
About ten minutes later, Seimei stopped observing.
At that point, his panel showed a chakra increase of 356,944 points.
Ten minutes equaled 356,944 points. That meant an hour would yield 2,141,664 points, and over 24 hours, a staggering 51,400,000 points.
In other words, under optimal energy conditions, his body's natural recovery alone could generate 51.4 million points of usable chakra per day.
Before this, his daily recovery had been 43.4 million points.
That meant an increase of 8 million points.
This jump was 2 million points higher than the 6 million point boost from his previous transformation.
No doubt, this was also a result of his mind and body reaching perfect balance, fully unleashing his potential.
Seimei was thrilled.
This meant that, starting today, his daily usable chakra would increase by another 8 million points.
Factoring in the 2 million points of chakra he'd added from his last transformation, plus the extra 2.2 million points consumed by adjusting the number of Bloodline Network Shadow Clones, his daily chakra surplus would now rise from 9.52 million points to 13.368 million points (calculated as 9.52 - 2 + 0.048 - 2.2 + 8).
"Not bad!"
After crunching the numbers, Seimei nodded in satisfaction.
He closed the panel and glanced at the sky.
The horizon was starting to glow with the faint light of dawn—it was almost morning.
After staying up all night, even with the energy boost from his transformation, he was starting to feel the strain.
After some thought, Seimei decided against pushing through to break through with his Byakugan right away. Instead, he opted to get some rest first, leaving the Byakugan matter for tomorrow.
This would also give him a chance to let his mind and body further harmonize in their perfectly balanced state.
That way, even if they fell out of balance again later, the strain would be lessened.
With that in mind, Seimei didn't dawdle. He gathered his gear, made sure nothing was left behind, and headed toward the cabin.
At the stream near the cabin, he splashed his face with cold water, then entered the cabin to rest.
Soon, the soft sound of his snoring filled the room.
As for safety concerns? No need to worry.
For one, this location was so remote that it was highly unlikely anyone would show up.
Even if someone did sneak in while he slept, the area was surrounded by his Wood Clones. Though they were dormant, filled with chakra, they would awaken the moment they sensed an unfamiliar presence.
Whether it was sounding an alarm or capturing the intruder, it would be a piece of cake.
So, Seimei slept soundly.
…
Time flew by, and it was soon noon the next day.
When the sun reached its peak, Seimei finally woke up.
Yawn…
Sitting up, he let out a big, groggy yawn and rubbed his eyes for a few minutes before fully waking up.
At that moment, he felt incredibly refreshed.
It had been a long time since he'd slept so well. Even his occasional ten-day breaks back in the relatively safe Konoha hadn't been this restful.
The reason? His mind and body had once again achieved perfect balance.
He hadn't noticed it before, but now the difference was clear.
Seimei carefully sensed his condition and immediately noticed that the mental energy he'd previously sealed and unsealed—due to the imbalance between his mind and body—had quietly returned to normal control during the night.
Before, manipulating that portion of mental energy had been noticeably more difficult.
Now, it felt as natural as moving his own arm.
This made it clear that as his base stats continued to rise, maintaining this balance would become increasingly critical.
It might not be long before he couldn't afford even the slightest imbalance.
Sitting on the bed, Seimei thought about this for a while but eventually shook his head, pushing the matter aside.
These concerns could wait until his base stats reached around 40, when he'd likely experience another major leap forward.
For now, he'd stick to his original plan.
With that, Seimei hopped off the bed, geared up, and pushed open the cabin door.
At the stream, he quickly washed up, then opened his ninja pouch and swallowed a few enhanced soldier pills to fill his stomach.
After that, he performed the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique twice, creating 340 shadow clones.
As usual, he split them into two groups. The first 300 shadow clones continued their usual task of absorbing natural energy.
The remaining 40 shadow clones worked on developing the Bloodline Network.
As for Seimei himself…
With a flicker of thought, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport directly into the volcano beneath Moon Island. After instantly entering Sage Mode, he began training in the Limit of the Body.
Sure, he planned to boost his Byakugan's evolution today, but there was no need to focus on it exclusively.
As long as he didn't suppress the Byakugan's growth while training his body, it would naturally accumulate the remaining evolution points in just half a day.
When that happened, the breakthrough would come naturally.
And this way, he wouldn't delay his physical evolution either.