"Domain Expansion—"
He formed a primitive and mysterious hand seal with both hands; it was not the opening stance for "Unlimited Void."
The surging Cursed Energy no longer constructed a closed, pale space; instead, with him at the center, it flowed like spilled mercury, gently yet firmly permeating and merging with the surrounding "Natural Divine Realm."
"Boundless Domain"
No boundaries, no forced stagnation.
Gojo Satoru's domain was no longer a "house" that isolated him from the outside world; it had transformed into an "infinite universe" that existed in parallel and merged with the "Natural Divine Realm."
He manifested his understanding of "infinity" and "void" in an open form, eroding and understanding Dōshin's natural laws in return.
This is an Open-Barrier Domain!
In this strange space-time where the "Boundless Domain" and the "Natural Divine Realm" merged, Gojo Satoru's Six Eyes perception was amplified to the extreme.
He "saw" the core "line of rules" that maintained the existence of that chaotic energy sphere.
"That's it!"
The third Black Flash!
Gojo Satoru gathered the lingering resonance of the previous two Black Flashes and the power of his new domain, delivering a third punch that transcended his limits!
This punch seemed to carry the power of the entire nascent universe. The black lightning was no longer mere sparks but had transformed into thunder that tore through the void, ferociously striking that "line of rules."
Sssss—
There was no earth-shattering explosion. The "Divine Record · Beginning of Tengen," capable of returning everything to chaos, collapsed the moment it was struck by the black lightning. Like a popped bubble, its internal structure shattered completely. The massive energy dissipated and annihilated silently, turning into the most basic particles and merging into the void where the two domains had fused.
Success!
Relying on the epiphany from three Black Flashes and the deployment of an Open-Barrier Domain, Gojo Satoru had countered Sugawara no Michizane's ultimate attack head-on.
Watching his attack dissipate, along with the "Boundless Domain" that had perfectly merged with his own "Natural Divine Realm" and even showed signs of overshadowing it, Sugawara no Michizane revealed a smile of relief and immense gratification.
"Hahaha! Good! A truly magnificent 'Boundless Domain'! A truly magnificent Gojo Satoru!"
He dissipated the lightning scepter in his hand, and the battle intent around him slowly receded. "You have surpassed me, boy of the future. In you, these Six Eyes have seen scenery unprecedented."
The dust of battle slowly settled. The merged "Boundless Domain" and "Natural Divine Realm" dissipated like an ebbing tide, revealing the shattered Shinjuku battlefield once more.
Gojo Satoru stood atop the ruins. The aura surrounding him was entirely different from before—it was a power more in tune with the heavens and earth, deeper and more restrained.
He looked at Sugawara no Michizane, whose figure was gradually becoming somewhat transparent, and frowned slightly.
"Old Ancestor, you..."
Sugawara no Michizane waved his hand, a free and easy smile on his face. His figure flickered like a candle in the wind.
"No need to be surprised, Satoru. I have long been a ghost from a thousand years ago. This manifestation is not a true resurrection, but a brief awakening of the final obsession and power deep within my soul upon sensing that the 'Endgame' is approaching."
He looked up at the sky above the Barrier, twisted by blood-red colors and energy. His gaze seemed to pierce through space, seeing Yuta and Fushiguro fighting on different battlefields, as well as the two ultimate wills of evil and salvation about to collide.
"The forced assimilation of Tengen and one hundred million people... this is a taboo capable of overturning the foundations of the world."
"When the signs of this ritual initiating appeared, those of us sleeping in the shadows of history were disturbed by this monstrous causality and resentment."
"I chose to seek you out because you are the only one in this era with the Six Eyes, the one with the greatest potential as a variable, the person who might break this cycle of despair."
"And awakening you, guiding you to comprehend this final step, is the last sacred mission of this remnant soul of mine."
His voice carried a trace of imperceptible fatigue, and his figure became increasingly faint.
"The price is that after this final manifestation ends, my soul imprint as Sugawara no Michizane will completely return to the void, never to return to this world again."
Gojo Satoru remained silent, complex emotions swirling in his pale blue Six Eyes. He understood: this ancestor had paid the price of his own complete cessation of existence to pave the way for his descendants to reach a higher realm.
"As for Taira no Masakado, Prince Sawara, Emperor Sutoku, and the others..."
Dōshin's tone grew heavy. "They are different from me."
"Although I died with resentment, my regrets were mostly about the injustice of the imperial court and my unfulfilled ambitions."
"But those three are the very 'Vengeful Spirits' themselves, truly carrying the weight of dynastic change, bloodline Curses, and the world's deepest malice and unwillingness."
"Prince Sawara was falsely accused of treason and forced to commit suicide; his resentment turned into a powerful Curse, haunting the Imperial Family and Kyoto."
"Taira no Masakado declared himself the New Emperor; after his defeat, he was beheaded and buried in separate locations. His resentment combined with the obsession of a warrior, becoming the legend of the 'Greatest Demon King of Japan,' representing the most intense resistance and desire for destruction against the old order."
"Emperor Sutoku lost his position and was exiled, dying in hatred. He swore a venomous oath: 'I shall become the Great Demon of Japan and throw the world into chaos.' His Curse is seen as the beginning of the era of the Japanese samurai regimes, symbolizing the sorrow of dynastic collapse and hatred for the entire world."
Dōshin's figure was now almost transparent, and his voice seemed to come from the distant horizon: "They... are pure 'evil,' the 'karma' accumulated by history."
"They were drawn here by Kenjaku's ritual and Tengen's anomaly, not to protect or guide, but to vent a millennium of resentment, dragging this world into the deeper darkness and chaos they once experienced and now crave."
"Beware of them, Satoru. Their power originates from the 'reverse side' of the world."
The voice faded away, and Sugawara no Michizane's figure, like shattered starlight, completely dissipated into the air, leaving no trace, as if he had never existed.
Only the new insights in Gojo Satoru's mind regarding the Open-Barrier Domain "Boundless Domain," along with the warning about the nature of the three great Vengeful Spirits, served as proof of the inheritance and trial that had just spanned a millennium.
Gojo Satoru stood in place and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his gaze was filled with frozen determination.
"Rest assured, Old Ancestor."
He murmured to himself, as if making a promise to the departed spirit, "The path you left unfinished, the darkness you saw clearly—I will bring it to a complete end."
He looked up, his Six Eyes instantly locking onto two directions.
One was the center of world-destroying Cursed Energy where Toho Hiroshi and Ryomen Sukuna were about to collide like two stars.
The other was the area shrouded in thick, historical resentment where Yuta Okkotsu and Fushiguro Megumi were each trapped in bitter battles.
"First, I must clear away those troublesome 'old antiques'."
A cold curve appeared on the corner of Gojo Satoru's mouth, and his figure vanished from the spot instantly.
The next moment, he had appeared above the fierce battle between Yuta Okkotsu and Taira no Masakado.
At this moment, Yuta Okkotsu had already unleashed the restrictions on his Cursed Energy, and the massive Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit beside him was the Shikigami he had constructed when Rika awakened her Cursed Technique.
The Cursed Spirit was frantically trading blows with the Vengeful Spirit general wielding a nodachi, the shockwaves of Cursed Energy constantly tearing the earth apart.
But Taira no Masakado's armor of resentment, fused with the obsessions of countless warriors, was incredibly hard. Rika's attacks struggled to truly damage its core. On the contrary, Yuta had already sustained several wounds under the opponent's resentment-filled slashes that ignored defense and struck directly at the soul.
"Yuta, step back and rest for a while."
Gojo Satoru's calm voice rang out.
Yuta Okkotsu was stunned, then felt the vast, entirely different aura emanating from his teacher—one that seemed to have merged with the heavens and earth—and his heart couldn't help but tremble.
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