Otsutsuki vs. the Land of Light

Time passed, mountains rose, and rivers shifted. After a violent movement of the tectonic plates, the God Tree was buried deep underground.

At that moment, every living being on Douluo Star watching the Sky Curtain understood why their world no longer had a Chakra system, only Soul Power cultivation.

This was the reason! The God Tree should have absorbed a planet's life force and natural energy and converted them into Chakra. But someone had altered the second God Tree to absorb Chakra instead.

The two Otsutsuki boarded a spacecraft and left Douluo Star.

The Sky Curtain shifted to the depths of the boundless universe. There, a colossal planet hung in silence, more than ten thousand times larger than Douluo Star.

Many smaller, modified planets surrounded it.

Countless Otsutsuki moved across the planet while innumerable spacecraft rose and descended through the stars. It was a magnificent sight.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiong Jun stared at the Sky Curtain with wide eyes. He drew a sharp breath, his heart full of alarm. "Good grief! The Otsutsuki clan is terrifying! Is there even a race in the universe that can stand against them?"

The Scarlet King nodded.

Then Zi JI spoke softly.

"Those two Otsutsuki have gone back to report Douluo Star's unusual situation to their homeworld. Do you think... they'll come again?"

The Beast God answered gravely, his expression tense. "They will. They plunder planets and drain them of their essence. They won't let an anomaly like Douluo Star go."

"But judging by how things are on Douluo Star now, they don't seem to have come back. Did something happen?"

Countless people on Douluo Star had the same thought. They watched the Sky Curtain expectantly, hoping for an answer.

Just as the two Otsutsuki finished submitting their report—

Bzz—!

An ear-piercing, highest-level alarm rang across the planet, bathing it in crimson warning light!

"Maximum battle readiness! Void disturbance! Intruders detected! Intruders detected!"

The once-calm starry expanse shook violently. Several warships, each dozens of kilometers long, appeared above the Otsutsuki homeworld.

Ultraman warriors floated beside the warships in dense ranks.

At the very front of one ship stood an Ultraman with a short, pointed fin on his head and a red cape across his shoulders.

"I am Zoffy, captain of the Land of Light Space Garrison's Second Division!"

"The Otsutsuki clan has plundered the essence of planets, slaughtered living beings, and destroyed civilizations. Billions of races have perished, and countless planets have become lifeless wastelands. You have trampled the order of the universe!"

"Today, the Land of Light Space Garrison has been ordered to wipe out the Otsutsuki clan, this blight upon the universe!"

What followed was an interstellar war witnessed by the people of Douluo Star.

Beams of light, superpowers, eye techniques, and divine arts clashed without pause as the main guns of both fleets roared.

Stars shattered one after another. Entire star systems vanished.

As for the two Otsutsuki who had returned from Douluo Star carrying crucial intelligence, Mebius annihilated them with a single Mebium Beam the moment the battle began.

At first, the people of Douluo Star thought the enormous planet was the Otsutsuki homeworld. Only later did they learn it was merely an important outer fortress.

Early on, the Otsutsuki held their own against the Land of Light thanks to their home-field advantage. But then the Land of Light sent in more forces and deployed stronger weapons.

The tide of battle turned completely in an instant. It became a rout!

Countless Otsutsuki were pierced by beams of light, their essence annihilated as they fell from the sky.

Under bombardment from the Ultraman legion's star-system-class main guns, Otsutsuki warships and outposts exploded in swaths, turning to cosmic dust.

In the end, the Otsutsuki clan was defeated. Its survivors fled toward distant, unknown reaches of space.

Zoffy was about to pursue them when word came that an extragalactic insect swarm had invaded the Land of Light.

His expression changed slightly, and he immediately withdrew with the main force.

Every living being on Douluo Star had watched the cosmic war with their own eyes. All of them were dumbstruck.

A moment ago, they had trembled at the Otsutsuki's terrifying strength, convinced the clan stood at the pinnacle of the universe, an invincible race.

The next moment, the Land of Light had crushed the Otsutsuki.

And just when they thought the Land of Light was invincible, it came under attack too.

Zoffy's expression made it clear that the insect swarm was no small threat. It might not be stronger than the Land of Light, but it was certainly stronger than the Otsutsuki.

The ninja world of years past had been dangerous. The wider universe was dangerous too.

Douluo Star was safer after all.

Well, it used to be.

Now all manner of monsters and fiends were appearing on Douluo Star as well.

Just then, the Sky Curtain changed again.

Planets as bright as stars appeared across space, while vast numbers of warships and Giants of Light soared among them.

A description of the Land of Light appeared beside the Sky Curtain.

[M78 Nebula]

[Land of Light]

[Origin of the Land of Light: In ancient times, the Land of Light was merely an ordinary, habitable planet with nothing unusual about it. Its people had no extraordinary powers and lived peacefully, generation after generation.]

[After ages of development, they built a "cosmic utopia" with no crime, a highly advanced civilization, and a clear division of labor.]

[Then Dark Zagi appeared in the M78 Nebula and attempted to destroy the universe. Noa Ultraman, apostle of the Light God, appeared and destroyed Dark Zagi.]

[From then on, the simple, kindhearted people of the Land of Light began to believe in and pursue the light.]

[You are the supreme ruler of light, God of gods,

You are the eternal, all-knowing and all-powerful Lord of Creation.

Before time began to flow, before the stars first shone,

You already existed, dividing light from chaos with a single thought.

All the gods of the heavens bow before your sacred glory,

Countless star regions and myriad worlds were fashioned by your hand.

You see every secret of the past, present, and future,

Nothing in the universe can escape your sight.

You spread your holy light to nurture billions of lives and established the order of heaven and earth,

You judge sin with justice and shelter all beings with boundless mercy.

With humble souls, we look up to your infinite majesty,

And offer you all the praise and faith in the world.

May your undying light shine upon the universe for all eternity.]

[One day, the M78 Nebula's original sun suddenly exploded. The entire nebula lost its light and sank into endless darkness.]

[Even then, the people of the Land of Light helped one another and struggled to survive. Their devotion, accumulated day after day, and their essential goodness finally drew a god's gaze. Noa Ultraman descended—apostle of the Light God and embodiment of the universe's first light.]

[He bestowed a sacred relic upon the people of the Land of Light: the Plasma Spark Crystal. It emitted rays called "Difflerator," bathing the entire planet in endless light. Everyone in the Land of Light shed their mortal forms and broke free of mortal limitations, transforming into Ultraman giants who wielded the power of light and roamed the stars.]

[From then on, the Land of Light began protecting the universe and fighting darkness. Over time, others recognized by the gods became divine apostles.]

The description of the Land of Light left everyone on Douluo Star staring blankly.

If the ninja world was a society of extreme darkness, then the Land of Light was a utopia beyond anything they could imagine.

No criminals for tens of millions of years?

Had its people really once been human, just like them?

Just as everyone expected the Sky Curtain to explain more about the Land of Light, the image changed again.

[Many years later!]

A new planet appeared on the Sky Curtain.

As the view drew closer, they saw large numbers of Otsutsuki living there.

Suddenly, an Otsutsuki sorting through records discovered a report on Douluo Star that had been sent to the archives many years earlier.

He passed the information up the chain of command.

The Sky Curtain went dark.