Murim.
A world where strength is everything.
Power is not just respect here… it is survival.
If you are strong, you live above others.
If you are weak, you are either erased… or forced into a miserable life no one cares about.
There is no mercy in this world.
Only hierarchy.
Only power.
The world of Murim is divided into three major factions.
The Righteous Faction, The Demonic Faction & The Unorthodox Faction
The Righteous Faction walks the path of control and precision.
Their attacks are focused.
Clean.
When they strike, only the intended target is affected.
Nothing more is destroyed than necessary.
It is power shaped into discipline.
The Demonic Faction is the opposite.
Their strength is destruction itself.
When they attack, the surroundings suffer as much as the enemy.
Blood, ruins, broken land… it follows them like a shadow.
Power without restraint.
The Unorthodox Faction stands between them.
But it is not balance.
It is chaos.
Bandits.
Assassins.
Human eaters.
Mercenaries.
Madmen.
They follow no law and no morality.
They do what they want… whenever they want.
In the Unorthodox world, there is no restriction at all.
Only survival of desire.
For a long time, the Demonic Faction stood at the top of Murim.
Feared.
Dominant.
Unshakable.
But such power does not go unanswered.
The Orthodox and Unorthodox factions formed an alliance that should never have existed.
And together…
They struck.
Without warning.
Without mercy.
It became the greatest war Murim had ever seen.
Mountains cracked under pressure.
Rivers turned dark with blood.
Entire sects were wiped out overnight.
The Demonic Faction collapsed piece by piece.
But the Demonic Cult still remained.
At its center stood the Demon Lord… and his remaining disciples.
Among them was one name feared across battlefields.
Xuan Tian.
The Psycho Demon.
A man who laughed while killing.
A man who treated slaughter like entertainment.
A man who made even fellow demons uneasy. He raped many beauties of the Orthodox faction and the unorthodox faction and brutally killed them. As they are his enemies
During the war, the Demonic Cult made him a general.
But it was not trust.
It was a sacrifice.
They used him as bait.
A shield thrown into the enemy's hands. As many are very angry , both orthodox and unorthodox with this person, Xuan Tian.
And the enemy did not waste the chance.
Xuan Tian was captured.
Not killed.
Not honored.
Captured.
Then tortured for ten days.
Day after day.
Pain after pain.
His body broke again and again… only to remain alive.
Bones shattered.
Muscles torn.
Mind stretched to its limit.
Even the Psycho Demon… began to break.
For the first time in his life…
He begged for death.
But death did not come.
Only suffering remained.
Until the tenth day, when the three Factions agreed upon an agreement and formed a 3-Gentlemen's agreement, stopping the whole war.
When Xuan Tain got this knowledge, his mental state broke down even more. The only thought he has in his mind is, why did I have to die. This, horribly, they formed an agreement called it as gentleman's agreement...fuck those gentlemen.
With brute strength and tyranny, nothing can be achieved. To achieve, one needs allies, lovers, brothers, servants, and intelligence before action....this brutal intel he got from his life experience, to Xuan Tain in his last breath.
Then everything stopped.
Not because he was saved.
But because it was finally over. He also died on the same day.
Xuan Tian's consciousness faded into darkness.
And in that darkness…
Something changed.
His soul drifted.
Across worlds.
Across reality itself.
Until it fell into a new place.
A world called Konoha.
A world of chakra.
A world of ninjas.
At the center of it… something massive roared.
A giant fox with nine tails.
Kurama.
The Nine-Tailed Beast.
A man in a white cloak stood before it, forming hand signs rapidly.
Seals spread through the battlefield.
Power split.
Reality bent.
The Nine-Tails was forced to become two clones, with each having half of Kurama's strength...
One part was sealed into a man(4th hokage).
The other… into a newborn child(Naruto).
A woman nearby had already collapsed and died (Kushina).
The battlefield was silent except for destruction and fading life.
And in that moment…
Xuan Tian's soul arrived.
It did not hesitate.
It did not think.
It only searched.
A vessel.
A body suitable for survival.
A body with potential.
It found Fourth Hokage, who wanted to take over his body, but he died in a fraction of a second.
In that fraction of a second, he saw a grim reaper-like thing piercing its scythe on the 4th hokage...but
Xuan Tain did not understand how he died; his soul was getting weaker, and then he heard the cry of a baby.
It found the newborn child.
Naruto Uzumaki.
The soul of Xuan Tian moved instantly.
It entered the child's body.
But something was wrong.
The child's soul resisted… weakly.
Not enough to stop it.
But enough to delay full takeover.
Xuan Tian was exhausted from crossing worlds.
So he did not consume everything at once.
He began slowly.
Piece by piece.
Eating away at the child's consciousness over time.
Years passed.
The village of Konoha grew.
And so did the boy.
Naruto Uzumaki.
That child is isolated in the Konaha Village.
Hated without reason.
Avoided by everyone.
Villagers looked at him with fear or disgust.
No one tried to understand him.
Except one man.
Iruka Umino.
But even kindness could not erase years of isolation.
One day, Naruto met Mizuki.
A teacher from the academy.
Naruto stood there, trembling.
His voice broke as he spoke.
"I will never be like Sasuke…"
"Sasuke gets everything… respect, attention, even admiration…"
"Everyone likes him…"
"But I… I have nothing…"
"No one even sees me…"
Mizuki looked at him quietly.
And in that moment…
He saw an opportunity.
He stepped closer.
His hand rested on Naruto's head.
And his voice softened.
"Don't worry, Naruto…"
"In this world… power is everything."
"If you don't have power, no one will respect you."
"But if you do…"
"Everyone will fear you… and admire you."
Naruto looked up slowly.
Listening.
Believing.
Mizuki leaned closer.
And whispered.
"There is a forbidden scroll in the academy…"
"The Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."
"If you steal it away, from the tight security of Anbu guards…"
"You will gain power that no one can stop."
Naruto hesitated for only a moment.
Then nodded.
That night…
He stole the scroll.
And ran.
Straight into the forest.
Behind him, the whole jonins and chunins of the village began to move.
Anbu units were deployed.
The village turned upside down.
And somewhere in the chaos…
Mizuki smiled.
A quiet, twisted smile.
He already knew where Naruto was going.
In the forest, Naruto kept running.
Branches scratched his arms.
His breath broke with panic.
But he did not stop.
And then…
A familiar figure appeared ahead.
Iruka.
His eyes widened.
He could not believe it.
"…Naruto…?"
"Why did you st—"
His words stopped.
A kunai flew through the air.
Fast.
Sharp.
Deadly.
Mizuki had arrived.
And he aimed to kill first…the weakest one.
Before anyone could interfere.
The forest turned silent for a single moment.
(To be continued…)