Inside the domain.
The flawless white world and its towering white pillars were no different from before.
But this time, Sukuna felt something entirely different as he stood within it.
He stood on the pure white ground, his crimson, sinister eyes surveying this space so pristine it made his heart tremble.
His phantom shrine looked utterly out of place in this white world.
Sukuna's brow furrowed deeply.
A dazed look began to enter his four eyes.
"So that's it..." Sukuna murmured, his voice echoing through the vast white world.
"Rather than overlaying your Innate Domain onto reality... you directly drag the target's existence into your own Innate Domain..."
He slowly raised an arm, feeling the sensations at his fingertips, as though even the air here differed from that of the real world.
Madara said lightly, "Have you learned it?"
"Changing the domain's model... means discarding everything I previously understood about domains..."
A self-mocking smile spread across Sukuna's lips as he looked at Madara, who stood calmly a short distance away.
"You... think far too highly of me, Madara Uchiha. How could I learn something so revolutionary just because you told me to?"
Madara listened quietly to Sukuna, then slowly shook his head, his tone indifferent.
"I don't think highly of you."
He paused, his gaze piercing Sukuna's soul like an icy blade.
"If you can't do it, you'll die here. There is no other outcome."
Sukuna's pupils contracted slightly.
Madara's words merely stated a cold fact.
Within this domain, the Malevolent Shrine he relied on to fight back was completely suppressed. If he could not find a way out, defeat and death were only a matter of time.
"In other words..." Sukuna's hoarse voice rang out.
"I have to do it, right? I have to cram at a time like