Recaps

Uesugi Tetsu told Ririko about his past with Imagawa Yoshimoto, then arranged with Ye Chun to hunt demons in a remote part of Everworld. He and Erzhi arrived at a desolate place filled with demons and discovered a corroded sign identifying it as the Yellow Springs secret grounds.

• Ririko learned that Uesugi Tetsu had secretly supported Imagawa Yoshimoto five hundred years earlier and said she would cut Yoshimoto down if she were still alive.
• Uesugi Tetsu told Ririko that his Corona Breathing Technique had opened its third chapter, Treasury of Kami, and learned that Erzhi had refined more than eighty percent of the Aragami's Malignant Eye.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Ye Chun for a place to hunt demons, and she arranged a special train to take him and Erzhi to a remote, undeveloped area of Everworld.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Erzhi arrived at a landscape of bones and rotting flesh where twisted demons devoured one another.
• Uesugi Tetsu deciphered an ancient, corroded road sign and realized the area was the Yellow Springs secret grounds.

Uesugi Tetsu and Two-Shaku-Sama explored the Yellow Springs Hidden Land, where he slaughtered monsters for Soul Ash and completed the Heavenly Path of Asura. He discovered a Walker’s hidden chamber containing a damaged Garbara Bowl that could send its user to a designated era, but its use risked temporal and spatial displacement.

• Uesugi Tetsu concealed his and Two-Shaku-Sama’s auras and observed the strange spirits and monsters in the Yellow Springs Hidden Land.
• Two-Shaku-Sama sensed overwhelming resentment throughout the land, and Uesugi Tetsu began killing monsters inside Curtains to aid her cultivation.
• After three days and nights of sweeping monsters, Uesugi Tetsu completed the Heavenly Path of Asura and gained just over 123,000 Soul Ash.
• Uesugi Tetsu spotted a bloody vortex more than a hundred kilometers away, returned Two-Shaku-Sama to the Ksitigarbha statue, and entered the vortex using the Walker Arrow.
• Uesugi Tetsu found an iron chest in a sealed chamber and retrieved a damaged item identified as Huijue’s Garbara Bowl, a key that could open a designated era.

Uesugi Tetsu escaped a flesh secret realm by detonating himself, then returned to the real world as the Second Wave approached. He spent most of his Soul Ash gathering materials for Asura Brahma’s ascension, but his remaining pulls produced a hundred high-quality weapons instead.

• Uesugi Tetsu read a warning about the danger of Huijue’s Garbara Bowl, discovered that taking it from the chest sealed the exit, and escaped by detonating the Myriad Spirit Furnace Core inside his body.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the real world, reassured Ye Chun, and reviewed Special Affairs Division preparations for the approaching Second Wave.
• Uesugi Tetsu checked his skill progress, found that master-level proficiency was rising slowly, and decided to use his Soul Ash to strengthen himself.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered the Asura Brahma card pool and spent Soul Ash until he had gathered all the materials required for Asura Brahma’s ascension.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent his remaining Soul Ash on the Ubume pool and received a hundred rare-quality weapons, which he planned to give to Nanjō Emi for the Special Affairs Division.

Uesugi Tetsu completed Asura Brahma’s advancement into a four-star ghost god, gaining immense power and accepting the growing burden of karmic consequences. After leaving the Everworld, he headed to the Special Affairs Division, ready to speak candidly with Sister Nanjō.

• Uesugi Tetsu lit the Soul Soothing Incense Candle and began Asura Brahma’s advancement while Koga, Qing, and Karuta watched.
• Uesugi Tetsu endured the Karma Fire and its painful trials, rejected the dead things’ attacks, and accepted the karmic consequences of killing.
• Asura Brahma advanced into a ghost god, and Uesugi Tetsu’s attributes and talents grew stronger as his accumulated karma threatened to reduce his Charm.
• Uesugi Tetsu reassured Koga, Qing, and Karuta, restrained his aura, and left the Everworld.
• Uesugi Tetsu went to the Special Affairs Division to distribute his weapons and speak candidly with Sister Nanjō.

Uesugi Tetsu visited the Hokkaido Special Affairs Division, donated more than a hundred weapons, and confronted Nanjō Emi about the Imperial Spirit Technique and the Nanjō Family. After Nanjō shared her longing for an ordinary, peaceful life, she shut down his attempt to discuss her family by teasing him about becoming her live-in son-in-law.

• Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the Special Affairs Division, where Tamamo welcomed him and explained that she had transferred to Hokkaido to help Chisa and take advantage of the better benefits.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave Tamamo more than a hundred rare weapons for the Division, and she eagerly claimed responsibility for handling the donation.
• Uesugi Tetsu found Nanjō Emi on the twenty-third floor and told her he would help with the Second Wave because his strength had grown enough to fight powerful monsters.
• Uesugi Tetsu revealed his power and asked Nanjō Emi to stop avoiding the subjects of the Imperial Spirit Technique, the Nanjō Family, and Tenmei.
• Nanjō Emi described her childhood dream of living an ordinary, peaceful life and recalled how her family's expectations and Mafuyu's death had made that dream seem impossible.
• When Uesugi Tetsu started warning Nanjō Emi about the Nanjō Family, she restrained him with her Imperial Spirit Technique and teased him about wanting to become her live-in son-in-law.

Uesugi Tetsu confronted Nanjō Emi about the Nanjō family, but she stopped him from learning the secret and revealed that she could not speak about it. After catching Tamamo secretly recording them and deleting the footage, Nanjō Emi turned her attention back to the moon as a woman in Everworld anticipated what was coming soon.

• Uesugi Tetsu and Nanjō Emi tested each other's strength on the balcony before he told her he wanted to share her troubles and learn about the Nanjō family.
• Nanjō Emi began to disclose the family's secret, then disoriented Uesugi Tetsu, stopped the discussion, and made him realize she could not talk about it.
• Nanjō Emi sent Uesugi Tetsu away and discovered Tamamo hiding in her office after secretly recording them.
• Nanjō Emi took Tamamo's phone, deleted the recording and its backup, and told her not to meddle again.
• Nanjō Emi left Tamamo wondering about her relationship with Uesugi Tetsu and watched the moon, while a woman in black-and-gold finery in Everworld said that the time was near.

Uesugi Tetsu brought Huijue’s Garbara Bowl to Magatsu, who recognized the relic and warned him to keep the Yellow Springs Secret Realm hidden. Magatsu then explained that consuming humans could make ghosts and gods become wild gods far faster than the known paths.

• Uesugi Tetsu watched Ririko dance with her sword as she entered a state of unity between heaven and humanity, then told her he was visiting a revered elder.
• Uesugi Tetsu found Magatsu celebrating her victory in a game and challenged her to a fighting game, defeating her ten times.
• Uesugi Tetsu told Magatsu that Ye Chun had sent him to the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and showed her Huijue’s Garbara Bowl.
• Magatsu recognized Huijue as an old walker, warned Uesugi Tetsu to keep the secret realm from being discovered, and compared Huijue to Kṣitigarbha.
• Uesugi Tetsu described the two known paths for ghosts and gods to become wild gods, and Magatsu said eating humans was much faster.

Lord Magatsu explained how demon gods in the Yellow Springs Hidden Land became wild gods by consuming mortals, and warned Uesugi Tetsu not to enter the dangerous region until he earned her recognition. She gave him a token to summon an enemy into the Walker Assembly, just as the Second Wave began to appear.

• Lord Magatsu told Uesugi Tetsu that demon gods in the Hidden Land rapidly became wild gods by exploiting and consuming mortals, turning the region into a brutal wasteland.
• Lord Magatsu said Huijue had buried the Hidden Land after failing to change its history, and warned that Uesugi Tetsu would be eaten if he entered before its dangers were understood.
• Lord Magatsu refused to let Uesugi Tetsu enter until he could defeat her and earn her recognition, explaining that protecting him was her responsibility.
• Lord Magatsu refused to release any of her power from the Walker Assembly but gave Uesugi Tetsu a token that could bring a dangerous opponent there for her to handle, with exceptions for beings connected to the Yellow Springs or Eight Sufferings.
• The Deep Sea above the Walker Assembly surged with enormous waves, and Uesugi Tetsu recognized the omen of the Second Wave.

Uesugi Tetsu warned the authorities that the Second Wave was approaching and helped trigger Sapporo’s evacuation. He then crossed into Everworld to track down Factory Master Z, where he confronted a giant eye that appeared to be an old acquaintance.

• Uesugi Tetsu left the Walker Assembly after Lord Magatsu vowed to defeat him next time.
• Uesugi Tetsu called Kujo Tsubaki and Nanjō Emi to report the Second Wave, and Nanjō Emi immediately sounded Sapporo’s alarm.
• Kujo Tsubaki activated the Arakawa Ward contingency plan, while Nanjō Emi reported unusual troop movements by several Sengoku-era daimyos.
• Uesugi Tetsu used the Demon King's Tokoyo Map and the factory’s teleportation passage to travel to another Factory Master facility.
• Uesugi Tetsu concealed himself among robots until a giant eye noticed him, then greeted it as an old acquaintance.

Uesugi Tetsu destroyed Factory Master Z’s eighty-nine factories, then returned to Sapporo to cultivate as the Second Wave began. Meanwhile, the Kisaragi Train carried a black-haired woman toward the mortal world, where she silently called for Little Che.

• Uesugi Tetsu trapped the giant eye inside an onmyōjutsu barrier and used a thousand Thousand Eyes Pupils to destroy and absorb it.
• Uesugi Tetsu marked Factory Master Z’s factories on the Demon King's Tokoyo Map and razed all eighty-nine before leaving the Everworld.
• Uesugi Tetsu counted just over ten thousand soul ash, checked the Special Affairs Division’s busy group chats, and returned home to cultivate the Flower of Qi.
• Uesugi Tetsu studied the Treasury of Kami for several days, rapidly advancing his Flower of Qi before the Second Wave’s surging waves reached the world.
• A black-haired woman rode the Kisaragi Train from the Everworld toward the mortal world and silently called, “Little Che.”

Imagawa Yoshimoto entered the living world in an avatar and visited the Imagawa Residence, where she saw the cherry tree before deciding to go to Hokkaido to find Uesugi Tetsu. As the Second Wave began, Tetsu received a mission to restrain Everworld’s encroachment and purge Eight Sufferings’ key incarnation, then set out with Ririko for the frontline.

• Imagawa Yoshimoto rode the Kisaragi Train into Shizuoka City in an avatar, using her phone and disguise to pass the Special Affairs Division checkpoint.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto reached the Imagawa Residence, gazed at the great cherry tree, and left for Hokkaido to find Uesugi Tetsu.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed the Second Wave’s rising Spiritual Power and received the limited-time mission to restrain Everworld’s encroachment and purge Eight Sufferings’ key incarnation.
• Uesugi Tetsu found only weak monsters in Sapporo, then learned from Nanjō Emi that the main battle was taking place at a frontline where three-star strength was the minimum.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko prepared to leave for the frontline and planned to send Chisa to the nearby Hokkaido headquarters.

Nanjō Emi explained the Boundary Land and its eight war zones to Chisa as the Second Wave offensive began. Uesugi Tetsu reached the hard-pressed Tokyo front and made a dramatic entrance on an Iron Throne summoned by his War Horn, reuniting with Minamoto Shizuka and the others as thunder gathered overhead.

• Nanjō Emi showed Chisa the Boundary Land defenses and explained how the eight war zones guarded the mortal world from demons emerging from Everworld.
• Spiritual Power-enhanced warships, aircraft, and missiles struck the advancing demons, but stronger enemies landed after the first wave of fire support.
• Minamoto Shizuka and the wounded young fighters held their Kanto position through fourteen hours of combat and refused to retreat.
• Uesugi Tetsu left the quiet Hokkaido front, became separated from Ririko and Two-Shaku-Sama while teleporting, and eventually reached the Tokyo battlefield.
• Uesugi Tetsu blew his War Horn and summoned an Iron Throne carried by four newly enhanced Ghost God-level Throne-Bearing Giant Spirits.
• Uesugi Tetsu settled onto the throne, greeted Minamoto Shizuka and the others, and unleashed a storm of thunder over the battlefield.

Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the Tokyo front line, where he effortlessly destroyed monsters and stopped two Ghost God ambushes while reuniting with Minamoto Shizuka and the others. After learning the wider battle was holding, he sensed a familiar malice and prepared to tell Minamoto Shizuka about the Sufferings Incarnation; elsewhere, Imagawa Yoshimoto searched for his current address.

• Chisa watched the strategic map as Minamoto Shizuka faced several enemy Ghost Gods, then spotted Uesugi Tetsu’s golden marker appear.
• Uesugi Tetsu swept away the monsters with thunder, caught and killed a shadow Ghost God, and greeted Minamoto Shizuka and his other acquaintances.
• Uesugi Tetsu contained a self-destructing monster inside his Heavenly Cycle Flame Armor, then checked his Soul Ash and asked how the battle was going.
• Saito Ryuichi reported that Tokyo and the other battle zones were holding, while Kyoto faced greater pressure; Uesugi Tetsu sensed a familiar malice and decided to tell Minamoto Shizuka about the Sufferings Incarnation.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto studied and saved images of Uesugi Tetsu on a moving train, then sent a message asking for his current address.

Uesugi Tetsu repelled the first fiend assault on his defense line, then coordinated with Minamoto Shizuka about the Eight Sufferings. Elsewhere, Ririko killed the Earthquake Catfish while Two-Shaku-Sama protected the survivors, and Imagawa Yoshimoto arrived in Sapporo with cherry blossoms and a message for Uesugi.

• The red ogre retreated with the remaining fiends after Uesugi Tetsu’s lightning attack, ending the first assault on the defense line.
• Uesugi Tetsu and the injured defenders withdrew to the black tower, where Minamoto Shizuka explained its defenses and he gave her a heart string for sharing intelligence about the Eight Sufferings.
• At Kyoto’s 13th District Defense Line, Ririko protected the wounded with her attack and killed the Earthquake Catfish, while Two-Shaku-Sama expanded her barrier over the survivors.
• In Sapporo, Imagawa Yoshimoto asked an agent for Uesugi Tetsu’s address and left cherry blossoms with a message that an old acquaintance was waiting for him.

Irenno explained that he was pausing the story as graduation and the need to find work forced him to choose between his career and writing. He hoped to return to writing and promised that this book would connect to his next novel for a complete ending.

• Irenno reflected on twelve years of writing and said he was approaching graduation and needed to get a job.
• Irenno explained that his income, fear of being overtaken by AI, and limited energy made it difficult to balance work with writing.
• Irenno apologized to readers for temporarily ending the story and said he was betting on his writing experience during the months before graduation.
• Irenno promised that the unfinished book would connect to his next novel, <I've Already Become the Human Emperor, and Only Now Is Spiritual Energy Reviving?>, and directed readers to find it under his account.