Marching on the Dark Continent! Despair and Resistance in the Sea of No Return

To Tobirama Uchiha, the entire human domain of the Hunter World—the six so-called continents at the center of Lake Mobius—was nothing more than an insignificant shoal on this planet. The place that truly occupied most of this world, harboring endless fragments of the greater cosmos's world origin and countless opportunities for transcendence, was the Special Grade forbidden zone humanity considered an "absolute taboo"—the [Dark Continent].

"The mortal territories of the old world have entered the Great Empire's domain. It is time to tear open this planet's deepest secrets and raise the curtain on this world's final battle."

Tobirama slowly rose from the couch upholstered in the finest spirit fox fur. The Black-Gold Dragon Robe, symbolizing the highest imperial authority in the universe, materialized in the air and gently draped itself over his imposing, demon-godlike body.

At his feet, the cat-eared Neferpitou and the flawless princess Kite lingered like two exquisite pets devoted to their master, reluctantly smoothing the hem of his dragon robe. Outside the hall, the archangel Gabriel knelt on one knee, waiting to welcome his sovereign aboard the carriage.

"Depart. Our destination is the Dark Continent."

Tobirama's cold, level words fell like a decree of the Heavenly Dao.

"ROOOAR!!!"

High in the heavens, nine pureblood five-clawed golden dragons of the Great Empire, each over ten thousand meters long and seemingly cast entirely from gold, unleashed a terrifying roar that shattered the starry heavens!

Their enormous heads suddenly rose, pulling the [Great Empire Golden Divine Carriage], which radiated boundless national fortune and sovereign splendor, into the sky amid a thunderous rumble of space being crushed!

Its enormous golden wheels rolled through the void, pressing two almost tangible black wheel tracks into the surrounding spatial barriers. Above the clouds, the Nine-Dragon Emperor Carriage turned gracefully like a brilliant star flying