The sky fractures.
Adam stands atop Mount Osore, where the veil between worlds is thinnest. The wind howls with voices—spirits, gods, monsters. They know he's coming.
He's no longer mortal.
Not fully.
The Sutra pulses in his chest, rewriting his cursed energy with every breath. The Six Eyes blaze with clarity. Sukuna's voice is quiet now—bound, watching, waiting.
Adam's goal is simple.
Ascend.
But to do that, he must defeat the Hollow Pantheon—seven cursed gods born from humanity's darkest emotions. Each one rules a domain of despair. Each one guards a fragment of divine energy.
The first is Kaguro, God of Regret.
He appears as a child made of mirrors, each one reflecting a life Adam could have lived. The battle is psychological. Kaguro forces Adam to relive every choice, every failure, every death.
Adam breaks.
Then rebuilds.
He shatters the mirrors with a single word: "Mine."
The second is Yurei, Goddess of Silence.
She speaks in thoughts, not sound. Her domain is a void where cursed energy cannot exist. Adam nearly dies—cut off from his power, his senses, his self.
But he adapts.
He uses the Sutra to rewrite the rules of her domain, turning silence into resonance. He defeats her with a whisper.
The third is Kurodan, God of Hunger.
A beast of endless mouths, devouring cursed energy like flame. Adam unleashes Hollow Purple, but it's absorbed. He switches tactics—feeding Kurodan fragments of rewritten energy, poisoning him from within.
The beast chokes.
And dies.
Each victory changes Adam.
His aura expands.
His body glows.
His voice echoes with layered tones—his own, Gojo's, Sukuna's, something new.
The final god is Shinra, God of Memory.
He doesn't fight.
He offers Adam a choice.
"Take my power, and forget who you were."
"Or walk away, and remain mortal."
Adam hesitates.
He sees visions—his childhood, his parents, the monks, the shrine. He sees the cursed girl he once saved. He sees Gojo smiling.
He chooses power.
But he keeps the memory.
The Sutra adapts.
And Shinra bows.
Adam absorbs the final fragment.
The sky clears.
The mountain trembles.
And Adam Taity ascends.
Not as a sorcerer.
Not as a vessel.
As a god.