Chapter Summaries

As the Demon Slayer Corps and Hoshiryu's group prepared for their final assault on Muzan, Yoriichi Tsugikuni vanished after witnessing their progress. Hoshiryu then offered Shinobu Kocho a way to protect her sister by taking them to his world, and she asked if it was truly possible.

• The group trained intensely for three days, awakening Demon Slayer Marks, mastering Crimson Blades, and improving their strength with Breathing Techniques.
• Kushina created improved sealing scrolls that could automatically seal enemies, earning the Demon Slayer Corps' gratitude.
• Yoriichi Tsugikuni's three days ended, and he disappeared after silently blessing Shinobu Kocho, who could not safely awaken a Mark or wield a Crimson Blade.
• The Demon Slayer Corps members parted to prepare for the final assault planned for dawn the day after tomorrow.
• Shinobu Kocho encountered Hoshiryu, who caught her when she fell and told her he could take her and her sister to his world so her sister could avoid death.
• Shinobu Kocho asked Hoshiryu whether his offer could really be carried out.

Shinobu Kocho grieved over her sister and found comfort in Hoshiryu, and the two became a couple. At the Pillar Meeting, Mitsuri Kanroji learned they were together and admitted she had not given up on Hoshiryu.

• Shinobu Kocho broke down in grief, and Hoshiryu held and comforted her.
• Shinobu Kocho and Hoshiryu shared a tender moment and became a couple.
• At the Pillar Meeting, Kagaya Ubuyashiki gave the Pillars his blessing, knowing it might be their final gathering.
• Mitsuri Kanroji pulled Shinobu Kocho aside and asked whether she was together with Hoshiryu.
• Shinobu Kocho confirmed they were together, and Mitsuri Kanroji admitted she was still considering whether she could accept his many female companions.

Minato led the Demon Slayer Corps into Infinity Castle to kill Muzan while the Hyuga Brothers searched for the demon controlling the fortress. As Minato’s group approached Muzan, Hizashi saved Hiashi from a surprise crescent-shaped slash.

• Shinobu Kocho changed the subject to give Mitsuri time to sort out her feelings.
• After a day of rest, Minato’s group and the Demon Slayer Corps entered Infinity Castle using the Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Hashirama bet that the group would fail to kill Muzan, while Madara joined the wager and Hoshiryu insisted Muzan would not escape.
• Minato split the fighters into two groups, sending the Hyuga Brothers and Demon Slayer Corps members to find the demon controlling Infinity Castle while he and Kushina pursued Muzan.
• Hizashi shouted a warning and knocked Hiashi out of the path of a crescent-shaped slash, saving him from a fatal strike.

The Demon Slayer Corps fought Kokushibo while the Hyuga brothers tracked Nakime through the shifting Infinity Castle. Minato and his allies trapped Muzan inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, and Minato began attacking him directly.

• Kokushibo attacked the Pillars, but Nakime used her biwa to separate him from them and move the fight elsewhere.
• Sanemi, Muichiro, and Gyomei used their Crimson Blades and teamwork to sever Kokushibo's hands and force him onto the defensive.
• Nakime shifted the castle to evade the Hyuga brothers, but they tracked her with their Byakugan and led the Corps toward her.
• Nakime failed to summon Muzan because Minato and his allies had enclosed him within the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Muzan evaded Minato's fireballs and tried to escape, but the barrier burned his flesh and blocked his way.
• Minato vanished after Muzan caught his kunai, then struck at Muzan's neck with a Wind Release-enhanced Nichirin Blade and followed with a Rasengan.

Kushina sealed what the group believed was Muzan, but his real body emerged from underground and unleashed a shockwave that immobilized the fighters and weakened the Four Violet Flames Formation. Nawaki restrained Muzan with Wood Release, leaving the battle at a tense stalemate while Kushina recovered enough to seal him again.

• Kushina used the Nine Palaces Seal to trap Muzan in a scroll, but Pakura and Minato suspected the battle was not over.
• Muzan erupted from underground with flesh whips, striking Nawaki, and Rasa caught him with gold dust before explaining that Kushina had sealed only an empty shell.
• Rasa transformed the ground into gold dust to prevent Muzan from hiding underground again, but Muzan unleashed a shockwave that scattered the gold dust and immobilized the fighters.
• Muzan attacked the weakened Four Violet Flames Formation, but Nawaki recovered and bound him with the Wood Dragon Technique.
• Kushina recovered but could not immediately repeat her sealing technique, so Minato and Pakura guarded her while Rasa watched Muzan and the battle stalled.

The Demon Slayer Corps encountered Doma in Infinity Castle, where Shinobu’s scroll erased him and shattered the space around him. Hiashi located the immobilized Nakime and reported that the remaining demons and Upper Moons were gathering near her, while the three missing Pillars returned safely.

• Nakime fled through Infinity Castle and sent demons to slow the Hyuga Clan and the Demon Slayer Corps as they pursued her.
• The Corps encountered Doma, and Shinobu threw Hoshiryu’s scroll at him; Doma burrowed underground, but the scroll destroyed him, his ice constructs, and the surrounding space.
• Hiashi used his Byakugan to find Nakime immobilized nearby, and Shinobu was relieved to learn Doma had been killed.
• Hoshiryu kicked Madara and Hashirama out of the Pocket Dimension, and they appeared beside the group, where the Hyuga Brothers chose not to explain their arrival.
• Hizashi reported that demons and the remaining Upper Moons had gathered near Nakime, and Hiashi confirmed that three missing Pillars were approaching before bringing them back to the group.

The Demon Slayer Corps defeated Nakime, sealed Kokushibo, and wiped out the remaining demons in the Infinity Castle. As the castle collapsed, Muzan fled by self-destructing, but gold dust trapped his scattered flesh and forced him to fight back.

• Kokushibo threw Nakime aside, but the Hyuga Brothers shot him, and Muichiro and Gyomei beheaded and sealed him with scrolls.
• Gyomei and Muichiro returned to battle and helped eliminate Hantengu's clones and the remaining demons.
• Nakime watched the demons die before Gyomei killed her, causing the Infinity Castle to collapse.
• Muzan realized the Upper Rank Demons were dead, blasted away the Wood Dragon, and tried to flee as Minato and the others recovered.
• Muzan self-destructed and scattered his flesh, but gold dust enveloped the pieces as he gathered them into a flesh whip to strike back.

Minato, Pakura, Gyomei, Fugaku, and the others cornered Muzan and destroyed his body, leaving him to try to pass his powers and will to Nawaki. Fugaku stopped Muzan’s final blood-based attack, and Muzan died.

• Pakura struck Muzan with a fireball, forcing him to sacrifice part of his body as the Demon Slayer Corps reached the battlefield.
• Gyomei slashed Muzan while a Hyuga Clan sniper’s bullet shattered his head, but Muzan split into dozens of pieces to escape.
• Muzan’s remaining flesh reassembled into a child-sized form, and he resolved to pass his powers to Nawaki.
• Muzan self-destructed and tried to send a pool of his blood toward Nawaki, but Fugaku saw through the plan and burned the blood away.
• Muzan’s body lost all signs of life, ending his attempt to survive through a successor.

After Muzan’s death, Tamayo resolved to atone by facing the sunlight, but Yushiro persuaded her to stay with him. Kagaya regained his sight and health, and Nezuko awoke, recovered her memories, and reunited with Tanjiro.

• Demons still bound to Muzan crumbled away, and Tamayo felt his death sever their lingering connection.
• Tamayo prepared to walk into the sunlight to atone for her past, but Yushiro begged her not to leave him, and she promised to stay.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki regained his sight and saw his illness’s scars fade, while Amane celebrated the completion of their family’s mission.
• Nezuko regained consciousness, walked into the sunlight unharmed, and recognized Tanjiro.
• Tanjiro embraced Nezuko as she called him brother, and the siblings reunited.

After Muzan’s defeat, Gyomei began dying from the strain of the battle, and Kushina and the others begged Hoshiryu to save him. Hoshiryu restored Gyomei with a pill and distributed more to the marked Pillars, while Shinobu embraced him in gratitude.

• The Pillars celebrated Muzan’s death, but Gyomei’s life force began to fade from the battle and his Demon Slayer Mark.
• Sanemi and the other Pillars gathered around Gyomei as he lay dying, while Kushina and Pakura pleaded with Hoshiryu to save him.
• Hoshiryu emerged and scolded Madara and Hashirama for forgetting to distribute the pills he had given them.
• Hashirama gave Gyomei a pill, restoring his life force and waking him, and Gyomei thanked Hoshiryu for saving him.
• Madara and Hashirama gave pills to the other marked Pillars, and Shinobu embraced Hoshiryu while Mitsuri realized her feelings for him.

Hoshiryu reunited Shinobu Kocho with her resurrected sister, Kanae Kocho, in a flower-filled place. Kanae entrusted Shinobu to Hoshiryu, and Hoshiryu changed their surroundings once more as Shinobu leaned against him.

• Hoshiryu praised Minato, Kushina, and Pakura for passing, told them they would leave in two or three days, and departed with Shinobu Kocho.
• Hoshiryu brought Shinobu to a sea of flowers, where she recognized and embraced Kanae Kocho.
• Kanae told Shinobu she had watched over her since leaving the world and said she was proud of how Shinobu had grown.
• Kanae teased Shinobu about her feelings for Hoshiryu, then asked if she was willing to be with him, and Shinobu agreed.
• Kanae entrusted Shinobu to Hoshiryu, who promised to protect her, then changed the scenery around them.

Hoshiryu shared a romantic farewell with Shinobu Kocho before leaving the Demon Slayer World with Mitsuri and the Butterfly sisters. After returning to the Naruto World, he brought the newcomers into his household, where Tsunade helped them feel welcome.

• Hoshiryu embraced and kissed Shinobu Kocho, then shared a feast with her at her home beside a stream.
• Shinobu Kocho teased Hoshiryu about Mitsuri and Kanae having feelings for him, and he answered smugly.
• Hoshiryu and the Three Women said goodbye to Yaozai as they departed the Demon Slayer World with the people who had chosen to leave.
• After arriving in the Naruto World, Hoshiryu dismissed the children for a week of rest.
• Hoshiryu brought the Three Women and the other women from the Pocket Dimension home, and Tsunade reassured the Butterfly sisters and Mitsuri that the others' reaction was not rejection.

After hearing Miroku’s prophecy of an impending apocalypse, Hoshiryu took her to the Land of Demons to investigate Mouryou’s disappearance. Izuna stayed behind with Hoshiryu’s fishing rod and an ever-growing pile of work.

• Izuna told Hoshiryu that Miroku, the priestess of the Land of Demons, wanted to see him because she had foreseen the world’s destruction.
• Miroku described a vision of giant monsters, red energy spheres, and ninja dying in battle, then insisted she would try to change the future.
• Miroku explained that Mouryou had vanished from its seal, leaving a black spatial rift, and that her apocalyptic visions began afterward.
• Hoshiryu gave his fishing rod to Izuna, picked up Miroku, and teleported toward the Land of Demons after telling Izuna to inform Tsunade and the others.
• Izuna decided he could not take time off, then blasted an insolent fish with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

Hoshiryu sent a clone through the sealed spatial rift at the shrine in the Land of Demons and discovered that the world beyond was likely Hueco Mundo in the Soul Reaper World. The Spirit King offered him that world on the condition that he preserve its stability, while Hoshiryu returned to find Miroku crying after he teased her with candy.

• Hoshiryu brought Miroku to the shrine, where she showed him the sealed spatial rift and the system offered him the choice to close it or occupy the world beyond.
• Hoshiryu created a clone, which crossed the stable rift and found a white desert beneath a nearby crescent moon.
• The clone defeated a leopard-like Hollow and suspected that the world was the Soul Reaper World, with Miroku's prophesied monster being a Gillian and Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu behind the ninjas' slaughter.
• The Spirit King contacted Hoshiryu's clone and offered him the world if he maintained its stability and prevented it from collapsing through excessive casualties.
• The clone returned to Hoshiryu, and the Hollow dissipated as Hoshiryu tried to comfort Miroku after making her cry by teasing her with candy.

Hoshiryu took Miroku through the rift into Hueco Mundo, where he sensed that Aizen was active but absent. He then opened a portal to a scene where Aizen, Ichimaru Gin, and their companion were lifted skyward as Gillians poured through a rift.

• Hoshiryu learned from his clone that he knew what lay beyond the rift, reassured Miroku, and invited her to go with him.
• Hoshiryu and Miroku crossed into Hueco Mundo, where he sensed the Espada in Las Noches and recognized the era of Aizen.
• Hoshiryu opened a portal and led Miroku to a gathering of Death Gods, who watched the mysterious portal warily.
• Ichimaru Gin remarked to Aizen that the scene differed from their plan, and Aizen said his plan was about to begin.
• Yoruichi ordered the Death Gods away as a rift opened and Gillians emerged; pale golden beams lifted Aizen, Ichimaru Gin, and their companion while Ichimaru Gin apologized to Matsumoto Rangiku.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto stopped the Death Gods from trying to intervene.

Hoshiryu and Miroku arrived as Aizen declared his ambition to stand in the heavens, and Hoshiryu destroyed the Anti-Barrier with ease. Komamura attacked Aizen after the barrier fell, but Aizen’s illusion and Hado 90 left Komamura defeated.

• Aizen revealed his ambition to claim the vacant throne of heaven as Soul Society’s captains confronted his betrayal.
• Hoshiryu and Miroku emerged through a portal, and Miroku recognized Aizen’s words as echoing Hoshiryu’s old declaration.
• Hoshiryu broke the Anti-Barrier with a wave of his finger, shocking Yamamoto and the other Death Gods.
• Komamura summoned Bankai and attacked Aizen, but he struck an illusion while the real Aizen remained unharmed.
• Aizen hit the wounded Komamura with Hado 90: Black Coffin, sending him crashing to the ground.

Hoshiryu and Miroku faced the Gotei 13 after Komamura’s attack failed to harm Aizen, and Yamamoto turned his power against them. Hoshiryu stopped Yamamoto’s flames and severed one of his arms, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Komamura’s attack failed to hurt Aizen but destroyed the Anti-Barrier, while Iba Tetsuzaemon confirmed that Komamura was still alive.
• Aizen pointed out that Yamamoto was wary of Hoshiryu, and the gathered fighters shifted their attention toward Hoshiryu and Miroku.
• Yoruichi knocked Kurosaki Ichigo unconscious and carried him away while his companions followed.
• Hoshiryu revealed that the Five Great Noble Clans had fed on the Spirit King’s flesh and blood, then singled out the Shiba Clan as decent.
• Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka and attacked Hoshiryu and Miroku, but Hoshiryu stopped the flames and warned Yamamoto that he had made himself a target.
• Yamamoto escaped with Flash Step, but Hoshiryu severed one of his arms.

Hoshiryu overwhelmed Yamamoto and the captains with power drawn from Soul Society itself, then claimed the Spirit King had handed Soul Society over to him. His revelation about the Spirit King’s fate left the Gotei 13 stunned and Kaname Tōsen confronting Komamura about justice.

• An invisible spatial attack severed one of Yamamoto’s arms, and Yamamoto ordered Shunsui Kyoraku to evacuate the other captains.
• Hoshiryu stopped them with spiritual pressure that Aizen realized came from Soul Society itself, and Aizen connected the power to the Spirit King.
• Yamamoto released Zanka no Tachi but remained suppressed, and Hoshiryu snapped the tip of his Zanpakuto, Asahi-zashi.
• Hoshiryu said the Spirit King had handed the people of Soul Society over to him and explained that the nobles had divided the Spirit King’s body.
• Kaname Tōsen broke down over the revelation and demanded that Komamura explain his justice.

Hoshiryu spared the Gotei 13 and proposed that they compete with another world’s inhabitants for the chance to work for him. Yamamoto and Aizen accepted after learning the salary would be the Spirit King’s power.

• Komamura realized Yamamoto’s silence confirmed Hoshiryu’s claim that the noble families had dismembered the Spirit King, and he fell into despair.
• Yamamoto tried to silence Hoshiryu, who withdrew his spiritual pressure and decided against killing the Soul Reapers.
• Hoshiryu considered recruiting the Death Gods to help manage the Netherworld when the Soul Reaper World merged with the Naruto World.
• Hoshiryu proposed a competition between the two worlds to decide who would work for him, with the Spirit King’s power as the salary.
• Aizen agreed immediately, and Yamamoto accepted after hesitating.

Hoshiryu reminded Aizen and Yamamoto not to kill during their planned match, while both remained determined to win because of their opposing visions for Soul Society. Aizen invited others to follow him after revealing the Spirit King's truth, and Komamura and Hinamori Momo chose to join him, leaving Aizen surprised by Momo's arrival.

• Hoshiryu told Aizen and Yamamoto to follow the plan for their match and forbade them from killing anyone during it.
• Ichimaru Gin stayed behind because Rangiku Matsumoto was there, and Aizen said he had always known Gin's purpose.
• Aizen asked the gathered Soul Reapers to leave Soul Society and follow him, but Komamura was the only one to step forward at first.
• Hinamori Momo suddenly arrived and asked to join Aizen, while Hoshiryu watched, knowing he had secretly enabled her to appear.
• Aizen realized Hoshiryu had intervened and asked Momo if she was sure she wanted to come with him; she nodded without hesitation.