Faced with the sudden, probing question from Zenin Mirai, Sukuna's ferocious expression paused slightly.
The exact feeling of unleashing the world-cleaving attack flashed rapidly through his mind, and Sukuna's face visibly darkened.
Crimson blood clots spilled from his mouth, and Sukuna stared wide-eyed upwards at Mirai. "Impossible/Don't tell me...!"
"HAHAHA!"
Mirai smiled knowingly and explained softly, "As I expected..."
"In that precise instant, you also finally felt the constraints imposed by the world itself."
As Mirai retracted the foot that was violently stomping on Sukuna's chest, a grand, black throne actively emerged from the shadows beneath him.
It wasn't just for showing off...
The concrete rules of the Ten Shadows Technique, thick with dark ink, instantly covered Sukuna, entirely preventing him from using Reverse Cursed Technique to heal his body or restart the operation of his Cursed Technique.
The encroaching territory also directly and violently prohibited the Boogie Woogie technique that Yuta Okkotsu desperately wanted to launch to swap Sukuna out again.
As Mirai sat comfortably on the throne, resting his chin on his hand, he murmured, "That feeling should be incredibly similar to when you were helplessly imprisoned inside Yuji Itadori's body, right?"
"Shallow waters cannot nurture true dragons. In order to protect themselves from destruction, small ponds can only continuously restrict the development of true dragons."
"In the world of Jujutsu, a Sorcerer who can single-handedly destroy an entire country is defined as a Special Grade Sorcerer."
"Then what does it mean when a Sorcerer can destroy the entire world alone?"
Before Sukuna could answer, Mirai continued smoothly, "It started several years ago for me..."
"At that time, I already felt the active obstruction of the world's will pressing down on me. And no matter what I did or how much I trained, I couldn't improve my raw strength even a little bit."
Unlike Sukuna and Gojo Satoru, who both possessed an aloof and solitary air of self-proclaimed invincibility in this small era...
The massive difference in their universal perspectives led to Mirai's knowledge of even more terrifyingly powerful beings entirely beyond this world.
The absolute aura of a tyrant, capable of tearing the sky apart with sheer force (Kaido).
A dazzling world of ninjutsu, and the Otsutsuki clan who use entire planets as mere nourishment (Kaguya/Isshiki).
There was also a bald man in a yellow suit who could casually destroy a planet with a single punch (Saitama).
Mirai had no delusions of grandeur; he knew there were beings who considered themselves absolutely invincible across the multiverse, yet his own strength still could not be improved due to this world's physical ceiling.
Therefore, the only viable way to forcefully upgrade his cheat system was through massive external means, actively relying on harvesting the negative Cursed Energy of all humanity.
Evolving the Mangekyo Sharingan into the Rinnegan completed the initial advancement of his life essence.
But the world of Jujutsu had now been almost entirely wiped out by Mirai's schemes, and the Cursed Energy resources available to harvest from ordinary humans were extremely limited.
This meant that the path to Mirai's future growth had once again been completely blocked by the Jujutsu world's ceiling.
If you want to continue becoming stronger, you have absolutely no choice but to break this world.
Head to a higher, stronger plane—from the shallow pond to a vast, cosmic ocean that can fully accommodate true dragons!
But physically breaking down the world's dimensional barriers was still a step away for Mirai.
When Mirai was talking to Master Tengen at the Star Religious Group Palace, he said that perhaps only the two of them could truly feel this suffocating ceiling.
Sukuna, who had finally mastered the World-Cleaving Slash, could barely be considered one of them now.
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"The feeling of being actively restrained by reality must be incredibly unpleasant, right?"
"It felt exactly like being bound by countless, invisible chains; every single second I spent living in that state was excruciating."
Mirai slightly raised his arm. A powerful, cosmic pressure—far exceeding anything he had ever felt before—suddenly erupted directly from his fingertips!
It was a more pure, powerful, and violent energy than when he actively fought against Gojo Satoru and Sukuna combined!
Sukuna's four eyes were wide open, and his mind was shaken to the extreme!
This feeling was exactly like the Dismantle spell he used before that could sever the world!
But even after Sukuna accumulated power for so long, his slash only lasted for a fleeting, desperate moment!
It was equivalent to the monster standing in front of him effortlessly condensing its attack in a short moment, which already possessed the terrifying, world-breaking power of Sukuna's expanded ultimate spell!
CRACK!
The deep, dense black light that violently gathered at Mirai's fingertips caused the physical void of reality to tremble incessantly!
Like an unformed, chaotic black hole of light, a powerful, crushing suction force suddenly erupted from the faintly broken spatial cracks in the air!
"You see, Sukuna? I can't even use my full strength in this fragile world."
"The inevitable consequence of forcibly breaking free from the chains of reality is to trigger a massive, large-scale spatial collapse."
"The planet will gradually collapse in on itself and eventually evolve into a small black hole floating in the universe."
With a soft sigh, Mirai lowered his hand. The violent energy rising from his fingertips instantly dissipated, and the fractured void gradually calmed down.
"If the planet is completely destroyed, I won't be able to survive alone drifting in the vacuum of the universe. And that's not the outcome I want."
"Just like how you eventually escaped from the vessel of Yuji Itadori... I just want to break free from the physical shackles of this world and enjoy true, absolute freedom again."
Upon hearing this...
Sukuna's face, which had been contorted with pure rage, fell utterly silent for a long moment, as if he had completely given up the struggle.
After listening to the story of Zenin Mirai's true goal, Sukuna seemed to fully understand the reasoning behind it all.
Devouring Cursed Energy and systematically absorbing the global resentment of all humanity through the broadcast were merely preparatory steps.
Using all available external forces to break the world directly would have unpredictable, suicidal consequences, so Mirai took advantage of the situation differently.
Once the entire Culling Game barrier completely merged into the mysterious Kamui space he controlled...
This monster could then unleash its full power to safely attack the world barrier from within the isolated pocket dimension it fully controlled.
He would then ascend to the land of freedom he so desperately sought.
As for why the entire barrier was dragged into the mysterious space first...
First, the death game's rule of mutual self-destruction could effortlessly generate more global resentment, upgrading those eerie eyes to the Rinnegan.
Secondly... it confined the massive Cursed Womb in the sky strictly to this isolated space, permanently preventing it from escaping or affecting the outside world.
Meeting the cold, utterly indifferent gaze of Mirai, Sukuna sighed deeply. "So... that's how it is."
"There must be many, many interesting people to fight outside this small world!"
Having experienced a fleeting, terrifying glimpse of Mirai's true cosmic power, Sukuna knew his defeat was a fate he could not change.
There was no cowardly attachment to life, nor any primal fear of death.
Sukuna could only feel... regret.
It's a pity I didn't get to meet more interesting people, have more interesting battles... and eat more delicious food.
A deep regret completely mixed with dissatisfaction with himself!
The Strongest... the loneliest at the top...
Having been the one actively toyed with and meticulously manipulated this entire time, Sukuna actually felt a tiny bit of remorse at this moment...
So far in this entire battle, he hadn't even been able to force the monster standing in front of him to use its full strength.
Seeing the incredibly complex expression on Sukuna's mangled face, Mirai stood up from the throne and sighed softly. "It seems you understand now."
Unlike his previous, constant mockery, Mirai's gaze toward Sukuna now held a moment of genuine seriousness and respect.
"You're a pretty good opponent, Ryomen Sukuna."
"I think I'll never forget you."
As they spoke, the thick, inky black liquid rapidly sank back into the ground, and the shadowy throne behind Mirai vanished completely into the void.
The Limbo clone that was currently fighting against Yuta Okkotsu and the others instantly dissipated, and Mirai's main body stood directly in front of Sukuna and slowly formed a hand seal.
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The exact moment the Limbo clone dissipated, Yuji Itadori was about to rush desperately into the location of Mirai's main body when he was violently grabbed by Yuta Okkotsu!
After quickly glancing at the specific mudra mark being formed by Mirai, Yuta immediately dragged the others away into the distance as fast as he could!
That's an open-barrier Domain! Even if we don't stay far away from the center, we'll be completely caught in the area of effect!
There was no hope of saving Megumi Fushiguro now.
The moment the four Sorcerers fled, a faint, divine voice from Mirai rang out right behind them, along with a deafening roar of massive amounts of Cursed Energy!
"Domain Expansion—Final Scenery: Glazed Moon!" (Tsukuyomi).
The massive, apocalyptic blood moon violently rose, floating high in the pitch-black sky of the Domain.
Having completely exhausted all physical strength to struggle, Sukuna, his blood-stained eyes filled with confusion, instantly fell into a deep daze.
And Mirai instantly entered the chaotic era of the King of Curses...
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