Chapter Summaries

Rota visited Tamayo’s clinic, revealed himself as Zhang Zhiwei, the Old Heavenly Master, and invited her to join the Celestial Master Mansion. Tamayo remained bound to Muzan but began to hope that Rota might help defeat him.

• Rota waited his turn at Tamayo’s clinic and introduced himself as an acquaintance of Tougen Akiyama.
• After Tamayo finished treating her patients, Rota revealed his identity as the Old Heavenly Master.
• Tamayo feared Rota would kill her for being a demon, but he reassured her that he did not condemn every demon.
• Rota praised Tamayo’s medical skills and invited her to join the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Tamayo explained that Muzan still controlled her and said she would accept the invitation if she could escape him.
• Rota told Tamayo that Muzan would not remain so powerful for much longer, while she doubted anyone could defeat him.

Muzan visited Tamayo and gave her one month to find the Blue Spider Lily, prompting her to seek Rota’s help. Rota reassured her and began looking for recruits for the Celestial Master Mansion, but found no suitable candidates in Sakuragi Town.

• Rota returned to the Tougen Family estate and advised Tougen Akiyama to explain himself properly to his wife.
• Muzan visited Tamayo, demanded news of the Blue Spider Lily, and gave her one month to confirm its whereabouts.
• Tamayo asked Rota to come to her clinic and told him about Muzan’s visit and her desire to escape his control.
• Rota told Tamayo to act normally and trust that she would soon be free of Muzan’s control.
• Rota searched Sakuragi Town for promising disciples but found no suitable candidates, then returned to the Tougen Family estate.

Tamayo was forced by Muzan to help lure Tsugikuni Yoriichi into an ambush planned with Kokushibo, while Rota learned of their departure and followed. Yoriichi confronted Kokushibo and wounded him with a single slash, as Muzan waited in hiding for a chance to attack.

• Tamayo failed to develop a poison that worked on herself, then told Muzan she was making progress on the Blue Spider Lily.
• Muzan ordered Tamayo to distract Tsugikuni Yoriichi while he and Kokushibo prepared to kill him.
• Taoyuan Long told Rota that Tamayo had left Sakuragi Town with a man, and Rota set out after them.
• Muzan and Kokushibo restrained Tamayo in the wilderness and waited for Tsugikuni Yoriichi to arrive.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Kokushibo, who attacked with Moon Breathing, Eighth Form, Moon Dragon Tail.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck Kokushibo with a crimson slash that opened a massive wound across his chest.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rescued Tamayo and confronted Muzan, while the Old Heavenly Master arrived to stop Kokushibo from attacking her. Yoriichi subdued Muzan and demanded that he understand the value of life, as Rota explained Yoriichi’s tragic loss to Tamayo.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi cut Tamayo free and protected her from Muzan’s attacks after she warned him of the ambush.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi challenged Muzan’s contempt for human life and struck at him, while Kokushibo tried to draw Yoriichi away by attacking Tamayo.
• The Old Heavenly Master appeared and casually defeated Kokushibo before he could harm Tamayo.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi saw through Muzan’s attacks with the Clear World and cut him at the waist.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Muzan what life meant, while Rota told Tamayo that Yoriichi’s wife had been killed after he returned home late.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi nearly killed Muzan, but Muzan escaped after Kokushibo intervened. Rota defeated Kokushibo, who later regenerated and fled before sunrise, while Rota, Yoriichi, and Tamayo prepared to test whether Muzan’s injuries had freed her from his control.

• Muzan split into 1,800 chunks of flesh to escape, and Yoriichi destroyed 1,500 of them before Rota destroyed nearly fifty more.
• Kokushibo attacked Yoriichi and created an opening for Muzan to escape, but Rota shattered Kokushibo’s Katana and severed his head.
• Rota left Kokushibo to die in the sunlight, but Kokushibo regenerated and fled into the nearby forest.
• Rota, Yoriichi, and Tamayo went deep into the mountains to avoid the sunrise, and Yoriichi and Tamayo formally introduced themselves.
• Rota asked Tamayo to try breaking free of Muzan’s control, then walked away with Yoriichi to give her quiet.
• Yoriichi said he had no objection to Tamayo joining them but doubted the others would agree.

Tamayo broke free from Muzan’s control and agreed to settle at Rota’s Celestial Master Mansion, where she could contribute her medical skills and cooperate with the Demon Slayer Corps. Yoriichi reported the encounter with Muzan to Ubuyashiki Teruyama and the others, who began considering how to find him.

• Yoriichi and Rota discussed how to help the Demon Slayer Corps accept Tamayo, and Yoriichi agreed to report Rota’s plan to Ubuyashiki Teruyama.
• Tamayo told Rota she had escaped Muzan’s control, and he invited her to live at the Celestial Master Mansion while continuing to treat patients in Sakuragi Town.
• Tamayo agreed to teach the Demon Slayer Corps medical knowledge and focus on developing medicine to defeat Muzan.
• Yoriichi returned to headquarters and told Ubuyashiki Teruyama, Miyamoto Ichiro, and Rengoku Kyojuro about his encounter with Muzan.
• Miyamoto Ichiro celebrated Yoriichi’s victory, while Rengoku Kyojuro pointed out that they still needed to find Muzan.

After Muzan escaped, the Demon Slayer Corps prepared for a prolonged war and planned to strengthen its ranks and medical support. Rota found Tamayo researching demon medicine and decided to search for the Blue Spider Lily after confirming it could remove demons’ weakness to sunlight.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi apologized for letting Muzan escape, but Miyamoto Ichiro, Rengoku Kyojuro, and Ubuyashiki Teruyama reassured him and agreed the Corps needed to prepare for a long struggle.
• Ubuyashiki Teruyama recognized Tamayo as a companion and arranged for Kakushi members to study medicine under her.
• Miyamoto Ichiro and Rengoku Kyojuro discussed training promising young swordsmen, including Shinakagawa Mifeng, to develop more Pillars.
• Tamayo treated patients in Sakuragi Town and worked through the night on research into medicine that could counter demons.
• Rota covered the sleeping Tamayo with a blanket and examined her notes on Wisteria Flowers.
• Rota asked Jarvis whether the Blue Spider Lily could help demons overcome sunlight, confirmed that it could, and decided to organize a search for it after handling preparations at the Celestial Master Mansion.

Rota recruited and trained new members for the Celestial Master Mansion before leaving Taoyuan Long in charge with the Ghost Shadow Ring. He prepared to search for the Blue Spider Lily as his roleplay progress unlocked enhanced techniques.

• After the Cherry Blossom Demon incident made Rota famous in Sakuragi Town, he selected ten youths for the Celestial Master Mansion and directed five others toward the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Rota trained Taoyuan Long, who quickly learned to refine qi and wrap his body in it.
• Rota gave Taoyuan Long the Ghost Shadow Ring and showed him how to summon the Ghost Shadow Legion.
• Rota assigned Taoyuan Long to manage the Celestial Master Mansion while he searched for the Blue Spider Lily.
• Rota's roleplay progress rose to 40%, unlocking the enhanced Golden Light Spell and Five Thunder Orthodox Method.

Rota searched for the Blue Spider Lily in Edo and followed a lead to where ordinary Spider Lilies had been found. His questions drew the attention of Upper Rank Two, while he also encountered the young Hakuji, known later as Akaza.

• Rota visited Edo’s largest flower shop, where the shopkeeper admitted she had never heard of the Blue Spider Lily and told him where she had found ordinary Spider Lilies.
• Rota bought all the shop’s Spider Lilies and headed to their place of origin to investigate.
• The shopkeeper reported Rota’s inquiry to a blue-robed man, who revealed himself as Upper Rank Two and decided to investigate him.
• Rota recognized a boy fleeing after stealing a wallet as Hakuji, the child who would later be known as Akaza.
• When the robbed man complained, Rota defended Hakuji, prompting the man to angrily confront him.

Rota searched for the Blue Spider Lily and found it blooming at noon on a hill outside Edo, while a newly promoted Upper Rank Two demon secretly watched him. The demon recognized Rota as the Old Heavenly Master and prepared to risk stealing the flower.

• Rota paid the man Hakuji had robbed and urged him to treat the boy kindly in the future.
• Rota reached the Spider Lily field outside Edo and found one unopened flower that might be the Blue Spider Lily.
• A blue-robed Upper Rank Two followed Rota and hid nearby, waiting to see what he had discovered.
• Rota kept watch overnight, and the flower bloomed blue at noon the next day.
• The demon recognized Rota as the Old Heavenly Master, saw seeds in the flower, and decided to gamble on taking it with his Blood Demon Art.

Rota tracked down Blood Mist Wind after the demon stole the Blue Spider Lily and tested his Blood Demon Art in battle. After several rounds of attacks, Rota decided the sparring match had gone on long enough and prepared to end it.

• Rota noticed the Blue Spider Lily had disappeared and sensed that a demon had taken it.
• Blood Mist Wind fled through the forest with the Blue Spider Lily, but Rota struck him down and identified him as the newly promoted Upper Rank Two.
• Blood Mist Wind introduced himself and transformed before unleashing his Howling Blood Wind, which Rota dispersed with a golden whip.
• Blood Mist Wind sent explosive clones at Rota, using their attacks to replenish his stamina, while Rota assessed his strength.
• Rota said he was satisfied with Blood Mist Wind's strength and declared that the sparring match would end.

Rota defeated Blood Mist Wind and erased Muzan’s brainwashing from his memories, then waited for him to wake. He left Blood Mist Wind to test whether he could now say Muzan’s name without punishment.

• Rota explained that the Blue Spider Lily bloomed only a few days each year and urged Blood Mist Wind to break free from Muzan’s control.
• Blood Mist Wind hesitated to betray Muzan, so Rota knocked him unconscious and used the Pure Heart Divine Incantation to erase Muzan’s planted memories.
• Rota placed Blood Mist Wind beneath a tree and meditated while the Blue Spider Lilies lay destroyed.
• Blood Mist Wind woke at evening, felt strangely relieved, and asked Rota what he had done to him.
• Rota told Blood Mist Wind to try calling Muzan by name, but Blood Mist Wind feared the attempt would bring punishment.

Rota freed Blood Mist Wind from Muzan’s control and learned that his real name was Kamado Tanjiro, a flower-loving martial artist who had been turned into a demon. After parting from Tanjiro, Rota received a side quest concerning Hakuji and decided he would get involved.

• Blood Mist Wind said Muzan’s name without suffering the curse, realized Rota had freed him, and thanked the Old Heavenly Master.
• Rota explained that Blood Mist Wind had survived because his subconscious restrained his demonic urges, then dismissed his apology for damaging the Blue Spider Lily.
• Rota hired Blood Mist Wind, and the demon revealed that his real name was Kamado Tanjiro and recounted how Muzan had turned him into a demon.
• Kamado Tanjiro said he hoped to collect every type of flower and display them in his flower shop, then arranged to wait for Rota at Xifeng Flower Shop.
• Rota checked Jarvis and learned that a non-mandatory side quest called Hakuji’s Fate had been triggered; he decided to pursue it because he admired Hakuji and was bored.

Rota waited in Edo for Hakuji, then watched as the boy was arrested and expelled from the city instead of executed. Hakuji rushed home to take his father away, only to learn that his father had died by suicide.

• Rota overheard tea drinkers condemn Hakuji and secretly struck one man for insulting him.
• A crowd celebrated Hakuji's arrest and demanded his execution as he was taken before the magistrate.
• The magistrate marked Hakuji's arms and permanently expelled him from Edo, sparing him a beating.
• Hakuji hurried home to take his gravely ill father and leave Edo, but a neighbor told him his father had taken his own life.
• Hakuji ran home and found his father lying dead with a strangulation mark around his neck.

After his father died, Hakuji buried him outside Edo City and was attacked by a crowd of men seeking revenge. Rota rescued Hakuji, and the chapter ended with Hakuji seeing hope in the old man.

• Hakuji carried his father's body beyond Edo City and buried him in a flower field his father had loved.
• A group of more than twenty men confronted Hakuji at the grave, including people he had robbed.
• Hakuji fought back and knocked down several attackers, but a club blow injured his calf and left him unable to move.
• Rota appeared and stopped an attacker’s club with one finger, then struck the man down and drove the others away.
• Rota turned to the dazed Hakuji and spoke gently, and Hakuji felt hope at the sight of him.

Rota healed Hakuji’s injured leg and began teaching him qi cultivation, while refusing to become his destined master. After Hakuji set out with the money Rota gave him, Rota planned to protect him from the shadows, and the Soul Oath activated.

• Rota healed Hakuji’s damaged leg with qi and agreed to teach him cultivation methods.
• Rota told Hakuji that he could not be his master because Hakuji would soon meet someone who changed his fate.
• Hakuji learned that Rota was Zhang Zhiwei, known as the Old Heavenly Master, and promised to repay his kindness someday.
• Rota gave Hakuji a pouch of gold, which Hakuji decided to save unless he had no other choice.
• After Hakuji departed, Rota memorized his route and planned to follow and protect him from a distance.
• A soul fluctuation signaled that the Soul Oath had activated.

Rota learned that the Douluo God Realm had ordered Qian Renxue to return, and he decided to deal with it after finishing his business in the current world. Meanwhile, Hakuji fought off seven men before a martial arts master defeated him and planned to take him in.

• Gu Yuena told Rota that the God Realm had ordered Qian Renxue to return, and Rota refused to hand her over, promising to confront the God Realm when he returned.
• Rota spoke with Huang Luoyu and Bai Youyou, then arranged for Kamado Tanjiro to work with Tamayo on research into turning demons back into humans.
• Hakuji defeated seven burly men who had threatened him, but a middle-aged man in a white martial arts uniform challenged him to a fight.
• The man in white overwhelmed Hakuji and knocked him unconscious, then decided that a new life awaited him when he woke.

After Keizou rescued Hakuji, he welcomed him into the Soryu Dojo and took him on as a disciple. Hakuji met Keizou’s daughter Koiyuki, promised to care for her, and felt an immediate attraction as they were left alone together.

• Hakuji woke at Keizou’s dojo and gratefully accepted the rice porridge Keizou brought him.
• Keizou told Hakuji he could start anew, introduced himself, and agreed to train Hakuji as his disciple.
• Keizou showed Hakuji around the Soryu Dojo and introduced him to his daughter, Koiyuki.
• When Koiyuki began coughing, Hakuji supported her, and Keizou asked him to look after her while he worked.
• After Keizou left, Hakuji and Koiyuki both felt their hearts race as they sat together.

Hakuji shared his past with Koiyuki and resolved to protect her as she suffered from a serious illness. He offered the gold Rota had given him to help pay for her care and the dojo, then began combat training with Keizou.

• Koiyuki asked Hakuji to tell her his story, and he described stealing medicine for his sick father.
• Koiyuki comforted Hakuji and urged him to move forward, then fell asleep while he cared for her.
• Hakuji decided to protect Koiyuki and use Rota's gold to improve her treatment and Soryu Dojo's living conditions.
• Keizou told Hakuji that Koiyuki had a rare illness and that her mother had taken her own life after losing hope.
• Hakuji showed Keizou the gold Rota had given him, and Keizou agreed to look for news of the Old Heavenly Master.
• Keizou moved Hakuji's combat lesson up to that afternoon and invited him to attack in the dojo.

Hakuji learned a technique from Keizou and went to fetch medicine for Koiyuki, where swordsmen who had been sabotaging the Soryu Dojo confronted him. Hakuji knocked two men unconscious and dodged a Katana slash as he faced the remaining three.

• Keizou taught Hakuji a fighting technique at the Soryu Dojo, and Hakuji mastered it in less than half a day.
• Keizou sent Hakuji to the pharmacy for medicine for Koiyuki, while Rota overheard swordsmen plotting against Keizou and his new apprentice.
• The pharmacist warned Hakuji not to linger outside, and several swordsmen confronted him after he left the shop.
• The swordsmen demanded that Hakuji leave the Soryu Dojo or die, so Hakuji punched two of them unconscious before the others drew their Katana.
• Hakuji adopted the stance Keizou had taught him, dodged a swordsman's slash, and countered with a punch.