One Year Later

Makomo officially joined the Demon Slayer Corps.

Having become a Hashira-level captain directly, she also gained a title for her own school. Everyone called her the "Sword Hashira," though it was not a Breathing Style school, but one devoted solely to the cultivation of swordsmanship.

The swordsmanship Feng Ye taught Makomo had not been deliberately tailored to shape her in any particular way. Feng Ye's realm had long since reached the level where all sword arts returned to one, so what he taught was the most fundamental Way of the Sword, pointing directly toward the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Feng Ye had not forbidden Makomo from passing on her swordsmanship. This was also the fundamental reason she taught it to others, because when she left, Feng Ye had told her that she could pursue her own Way of the Sword by any means she wished, and that he would no longer offer her any guidance or restrictions.

Naturally, the first to learn the swordsmanship Makomo taught were the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps.

As Hashira-level fighters, every one of them was exceptionally gifted in this world. Their talent for swordsmanship was not inferior to Makomo's in the slightest. Moreover, their realm in swordsmanship had already been quite high; they had merely been unable to find the direction of the Way of the Sword. Thus, Makomo only needed to reveal the realm of higher-level swordsmanship for them to benefit immensely, and each began cultivating toward a higher level of swordsmanship.

However.

Compared to the overall improvement of the Demon Slayer Corps, the demons also began large-scale operations during this period, on a scale unseen for many years!

Their activities nearly covered every region of the world. Reports of demons causing trouble came from almost everywhere.

All demons followed the will of