Recaps

Uesugi Tetsu returned to the present, confronted threats in Shizuoka, and rose to the top of the Projection Secret Realm rankings while preparing for the Seed Battle. After White Brahma evolved, Uesugi deepened his cultivation and sword practice, then prepared to inspect the limited card pool.

• Uesugi Tetsu returned to 2024, chose the Fragment of the Ten-Span Sword as a defining object in his Qi Sea, and learned the Lin Character Technique.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Tamamo investigated the Shizuoka tunnel, where he fought demons, entered Everworld, and struck a Ghost God-level eyeball before giving its fragment to Hundred-Eyed Demon.
• Uesugi Tetsu accepted the Yagyū dojo’s request to fight the Hōjō Clan and entered the Projection Secret Realm, where he climbed the rankings and defeated his own projection on the fortieth floor.
• Uesugi Tetsu helped Tamamo rescue her family from the Black Phone Booth, destroyed its main body, and earned an SS- evaluation.
• Uesugi Tetsu cleared the fortieth floor with the Hero’s 40-meter Greatsword and reached the forty-first floor, where he faced Oda Nobunaga and his army.
• Uesugi Tetsu met Kamiizumi Nobutsuna on the forty-second floor and died within three moves, then prepared for the upcoming Seed Battle with Akiyama Kai and Tsuchiya Yū.
• Uesugi Tetsu destroyed a consumption ghost, watched White Brahma advance to two and a half stars, and equipped the Brahma Mask and White Brahma Incarnation.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered communion with heaven and humanity while practicing his sword at sunrise, improving his Tennen Rishin-ryū proficiency and Sword Principle before preparing to inspect the limited card pool.

Uesugi Tetsu survives the Mokumokuren Labyrinth, gains new power in the secret realm and City of Disorder, and rises to prominence through the Annual Ring Arena. Back in Tokyo, he enters the Seed Battle preliminaries and sets his sights on the top two while preparing to claim a Factory Core.

• Uesugi Tetsu’s Master Fisherman salvage transformed into the Unique Salvage: Myriad Manifestations Branch, which showed him alternate lives before he awoke in the present with improved spiritual-energy control.
• Uesugi Tetsu led the Mokumokuren Labyrinth raid, killed the Mokumokuren Assembly, and received Sea Alien Light’s Scale Armor after the tidal wave reached Shizuoka City.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered the ancient secret realm through the Proof of Walking, received a Wish Thought Crystal from the Village Chief, and advanced White Brahma to Epic+ at the Spring of Spirit Gathering.
• Uesugi Tetsu cultivated through a storm, completed Lightning Bone, and joined the Yagyū dojo’s trip to the City of Disorder, where he fought in the Annual Ring Arena.
• Uesugi Tetsu killed Tametomo Mototada and Kasahara Yasukatsu, then fought Fūma Kotarō until Kotarō stepped out of the arena, making Tamamo’s livestream go viral.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to Tokyo, met Huijue, and agreed to wait while Chisa considered becoming his student, and he then entered the Seed Battle preliminaries as Arakawa Ward’s seed.
• Uesugi Tetsu demonstrated his strength against a puppet, gained sword insight, and reached Expert level in the Five Thunder Technique before learning he ranked fifth in the preliminaries.
• Uesugi Tetsu set reaching the top two as his minimum goal and headed toward the factory in Arakawa Village to obtain its Factory Core.

Uesugi Tetsu stole a Factory Core, explored Karuta Factory III, and grew stronger through its memories and new techniques as Ririko entered the Seed Battle and faced the Tokugawa Family. The arc left Uesugi Tetsu at grandmaster level in the Imperial Spirit Technique, preparing to test himself against Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.

• Uesugi Tetsu stole the Factory Core from the Arakawa Village logistics factory, then used it to locate Karuta Factory III and travel there on the Tokoyo Train.
• Uesugi Tetsu explored the factory’s recurring Hanafuda Market, gained Tokugawa Yūgorō’s Mingchuan Breathing Technique and a Flame Armor memory orb, and began cultivating Flame Armor.
• Ririko entered the Seed Battle, stunned observers by winning matches with her sword domain, and refused Tokugawa Motoyasu’s offer to return to the Tokugawa Family.
• Kaga Kiyomitsu evolved, gained a voice and new abilities, and helped Uesugi Tetsu train while Uesugi Tetsu continued advancing through the Grand Karuta Tournament.
• Uesugi Tetsu met Hoshikuma Doji in the fourth round and lost decisively, while Okabe Motonobu traveled toward Tokyo hoping to find him.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko studied the Mingchuan Breathing Technique together, opened acupoints, and advanced their cultivation, with Ririko helping him complete the Mysterious Flesh stage.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered a thousand-times Spiritual Qi array prepared by Sister Nanjō and reached grandmaster level in the Imperial Spirit Technique.
• Uesugi Tetsu decided to test his improved technique against Kamiizumi Nobutsuna in the Projection Secret Realm.

Uesugi Tetsu rescued Two-Shaku-Sama from the Ksitigarbha statue, and her evolution helped prepare him for the Seed Battle. At Sky City, Uesugi defeated one powerful opponent after another, while Ririko broke through her limits and the tournament narrowed toward its top contestants.

• Uesugi Tetsu rescued Two-Shaku-Sama from the statue’s reincarnation dream, and she absorbed its wish power to become the Super Epic Eight-Shaku Bodhisattva.
• Uesugi Tetsu completed Heavy Blood and Flesh Refining, gained Red Brahma, and joined Ririko and Two-Shaku-Sama at Sky City for the Seed Battle qualifiers.
• Uesugi Tetsu defeated Flame Style, Kitamura Yūyū, and Takizawa Kai, using their attacks to test and develop his abilities.
• Ririko defeated Tokugawa Haruhiko, while the tournament eliminated its bottom sixty-four contestants and tightened the rules for upward challenges.
• Uesugi Tetsu overcame Tsuchimikado Ran after Ran’s curse failed, then defeated Kamo Kiichi as Ririko climbed to fourth place.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko fought for third place, and he defeated her after her Sword Heart merged with her and she reached the Other Shore of Clear Sword Heart.
• Okabe Motonobu recognized Uesugi Tetsu as Tetsu from her past but hid her reaction, while Ririko unexpectedly defeated Saito Ryuichi.
• Kitada Kei challenged the number-one-ranked Minamoto Shizuka as the tournament’s top contenders prepared to face off.