Dark Ocean

The Dark Ocean (暗黒の海), also known as Quantum Sea (量子の海), is a world in Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Adventure tri. that has the power to bring twisted thoughts to life, magnify and corrupt them, and inverse the natural order of things. It is ruled by and plays a central role as one of the world's three main dimensions, along with the Real World and the Digital World.

Yukio Oikawa guides Ken Ichijouji to the Dark Ocean after the death of his older brother, Sam Ichijouji. Ken dips his in the Dark Ocean's water, transforming it into his black D-3 and spurring the creation of the Digimon Emperor persona. Kari Kamiya is also pulled into the Dark Ocean due to holding too much inside her. She comes across bound by Dark Spirals and frees them once rescued by Takeru "T.K." Takaishi,, and. They only reveal their true forms as dark sea creatures who wish to mate with her so that they can produce powerful offspring to fight the new god (In the English Dub, the creatures want her to become their new Queen who lead them in the battle against the Dark Ocean's ruler). drives them off, and they return to the ocean's depths.

After Ken begins to atone for his actions, he falls into despair and darkness due to the influence of his inner dark self while searching for Gatomon's lost Holy Ring. Kari follows suit, with both suffering intensely until Yolei Inoue, who was dragged in after them, snaps them both out of it. In the latter's case, it triggers the DNA Digivolution of and Gatomon, merging them into  and defeating the Control Spire-built Blossomon sent by  and.

It is used as a last ditch effort to defeat when he proves too strong for the  to defeat and destroy, even with their combined might. By combining their powers, they trap Daemon in the Dark Ocean, finally putting an end to the threat he posed to Earth.

Three years later, after the reboot revived her Tapirmon, Maki Himekawa becomes stranded in the Dark Ocean after her Tapirmon failed to remember her. She had brought a bazooka with her, and uses it to defend herself against the Scubamon. After successfully defending herself, she drifts away in the ocean.

Innsmouth
Insumausu (インスマウス) is a place in the Dark Ocean.