The boundless void.
An immense mass of black fog, vast enough to span a star field, churned endlessly in the void like a living nebula.
It was an entity of destruction formed from the accumulated nutrients of countless worlds devoured by the Dark Tide.
Within the Terrifying Dark Tide system, it bore a name all its own: Dark Tide Branch-Tadu Legion.
The legion fell under the command of the Lord of Rot, one of the Dark Tide's highest Monarchs.
Ever since the Lord of Rot had begun the ascension trial to climb toward the Demon God realm, broken away from the main body of the Dark Tide, and received permission to establish an independent legion, this mass of black fog had continued expanding through endless conquests across the void. There was no remembering how much starlight it had swallowed or how many civilizations it had annihilated.
The Tadu Legion's size had swelled to astronomical proportions along with it.
The independent Evil Spirit consciousnesses nurtured within the legion were endless. Even the titled King Level Evil Spirits alone numbered in the tens of thousands.
Like overlords ruling their own domains within a hive, they lay dormant at the various core nodes of the boundless black fog, linked together to form this ceaseless machine of destruction.
The view pierced layer upon layer of dense black fog obscuring billions of stars, passing countless enormous shadows that blotted out the sky and the twisted, darting forms of evil spirits before finally focusing on a corner deep within the fog.
A Branding Hall forged from pure Dark Tide power.
Inside the hall, spectral green incantations swam through the air like tadpoles. Each curse mark was a tangible manifestation of the Dark Tide's interconnected system of rules, a cruel branding tool that granted newly advanced Evil