Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Uesugi Tetsu’s body during a deadly Kukuri ritual, Uesugi Tetsu used his Soul Ash to summon the Laughing Brahma and transformed into a powerful supernatural being. He left the locker and rushed toward Tokugawa Ririko, who was still fighting Kukuri.

• Uesugi Tetsu realized the three brothers had died in the locker during the Kukuri ritual and that Tokugawa Ririko had drawn the ghost away.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent the brothers’ fifty Soul Ash on a salvage pull and obtained the Laughing Brahma card.
• Uesugi Tetsu equipped the Laughing Brahma mask, increasing his physique, willpower, and Spiritual Arts.
• Uesugi Tetsu tore open the locker, closed his brothers’ eyes, and heard Tokugawa Ririko confronting Kukuri nearby.
• Uesugi Tetsu charged toward Tokugawa Ririko, shouting that he was coming to help.

Uesugi Tetsu, in his Laughing Brahma incarnation, killed Kukuri and rescued Tokugawa Ririko before the Onmyoji arrived. After returning to the others and reverting, he drew several items from the bamboo forest and inspected a demon’s eyeball as footsteps approached.

• Uesugi Tetsu stopped Kukuri from attacking Tokugawa Ririko and killed it after making it experience fear.
• Tokugawa Ririko tried to bargain for her life by mentioning her little sister and the Onmyoji, but Uesugi Tetsu’s demonic smile made her faint.
• Uesugi Tetsu took the cursed Ouija Board and carried Ririko back to the metal cabinet, where he dispelled Demon Incarnation.
• Uesugi Tetsu saw that his physique and spiritual arts had improved, then drew three Soul Soothing Incense Ash (Minor), a Rotten Machete, and a Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeball.
• As footsteps echoed nearby, Uesugi Tetsu checked the eyeball’s quality, which was Fine.

Uesugi Tetsu escaped the abandoned campus with Tokugawa Ririko after Hasegawa Ken and Nanjō Emi intervened. As Nanjō tried to keep the incident from them, Ririko woke and demanded answers about her missing friends before realizing her pendant was gone and breaking down in tears.

• Uesugi Tetsu pretended to be frightened when Hasegawa Ken entered, then carried the unconscious Tokugawa Ririko out of the campus with him and the Wet Oni.
• Hasegawa Ken brought Uesugi and Ririko to a minibus, where Hiyori Bō landed on Uesugi and Nanjō Emi said he might have the potential to become an Onmyoji.
• Nanjō Emi questioned Uesugi about the incident and told him to forget what had happened, but he asked about the suspicious Ouija Board.
• Tokugawa Ririko woke and insisted she deserved to know what had happened to her friends, while Nanjō Emi warned her to stay away from the danger.
• Uesugi Tetsu noticed Ririko was clutching an empty hand, and she realized her pendant was missing and cried that she had thought the terrifying Brahma would eat her.

Uesugi Tetsu left the police station with Nanjō Emi’s rare protective doll and headed to the home he had inherited. He found monstrous apparitions posing as his mother and younger sister waiting inside, and greeted them with open arms while wearing the Oni Mask.

• Uesugi Tetsu comforted Ririko on the way to the police station, where Hasegawa took her inside to give her statement.
• Nanjō Emi warned Uesugi Tetsu to refuse an invitation to join the Onmyo Bureau and gave him a rare doll that would summon her in a life-threatening emergency.
• Uesugi Tetsu exchanged Line contacts with Nanjō Emi, refused Hasegawa’s invitation, and left after she warned him not to investigate the Friendship Club.
• Uesugi Tetsu took a taxi to his new home and sensed something was wrong inside.
• Uesugi Tetsu saw grotesque figures claiming to be his mother and younger sister, put on the Oni Mask, and welcomed them home.

Uesugi Tetsu defeated the evil spirits posing as his mother and sister, then discovered that Hundred-Eyed Demon's eye pupil let him perceive spirits’ apparent strength. He began upgrading Laughing Brahma and prepared for future supernatural threats, but an unexpected [Enter Everworld] option appeared as he shut his bedroom door.

• Uesugi Tetsu used Fearful Smile to immobilize the evil spirits, crushed the one posing as his mother, and then killed the one posing as his younger sister, gaining 20 soul ash.
• Uesugi Tetsu equipped Hundred-Eyed Demon's eye pupil and found that it widened his vision and revealed a colored mist above living spirits that seemed to indicate their strength.
• Uesugi Tetsu decided to save his soul ash for a one-star card pool and used ten portions of Soul Soothing Incense Ash (Minor) to begin upgrading Laughing Brahma.
• Uesugi Tetsu planned to warn Ririko against investigating the club and hung Nanjō Emi's cloth doll by his bedroom door as a guardian.
• Uesugi Tetsu heard a soccer match and spoke to the middle-aged figure he called his father, then saw the [Enter Everworld] option appear as he shut his bedroom door.

Uesugi Tetsu entered Tokoyo as Laughing Brahma and discovered that he had arrived in a dangerous four-star area. He chose the Tokoyo Walker identity and prepared to explore Edo Castle.

• Uesugi Tetsu selected [Enter Tokoyo] and awakened in a ruined hut in Tokoyo as Laughing Brahma.
• Uesugi Tetsu lit the shrine in Edo Castle and learned it could serve as a teleportation and revival point.
• Uesugi Tetsu received quests to explore Edo Castle and purify its Oni Warriors, despite being only a half-star Laughing Brahma.
• Uesugi Tetsu rejected the Hojo Remnant and Sengoku Ronin identities, then chose Tokoyo Walker for its increased chance of triggering hidden events.
• Uesugi Tetsu hung the bronze Tokoyo Walker token at his waist, equipped his mask and woodcutter's knife, and began opening the hut's door.

After being beheaded in Everworld, Uesugi Tetsu woke in reality and began investigating a supernatural acquaintance who seemed to know more than an ordinary office worker should. Meanwhile, Nanjō Emi took charge of a Friendship Club mission as the First Wave’s arrival became imminent.

• Uesugi Tetsu woke after his death in Everworld, saw that one resurrection had been restored, and confirmed he could bring the Walker Token into reality.
• Uesugi Tetsu messaged Work to Death about playing Kukuri at midnight, and grew suspicious when the man advised reporting the danger to the police.
• Nanjō Emi recognized that the LINE account called Moon Sand-chan belonged to Uesugi Tetsu and reacted to his unusual username.
• Nanjō Emi volunteered to lead the Friendship Club operation and assigned Hasegawa to act as bait in exchange for promotion to Tokugyōsei.
• Kondō Yūya announced that the Astral Path had reported abnormal turbulence in Everworld and that the First Wave was about to arrive.

Uesugi Tetsu scavenged a corpse in Edo Castle and learned the Ki-ai Technique, then decided to join the kendo club to train it. At school, Tokugawa Ririko arranged for him to start that day, and he began to ask her about the Friendship Club.

• Uesugi Tetsu found a corpse in Edo Castle, learned the Ki-ai Technique from a blood-soaked book, and increased his Physique.
• Uesugi Tetsu tried the same ambush on a wandering samurai, who killed him and left his Laughing Brahma upgrade progress at ten percent.
• Uesugi Tetsu practiced the Ki-ai Technique by gathering his ki and shouting, then decided to join the kendo club to train it alongside kendo.
• Uesugi Tetsu met Tokugawa Ririko at the school gate, and she thanked him for the previous night and agreed to arrange his immediate entry into the kendo club.
• Uesugi Tetsu started to ask Tokugawa Ririko about the Friendship Club, and she fixed her gaze on him.

Uesugi Tetsu and Tokugawa Ririko agreed to investigate the Friendship Club after realizing it might be targeting them. He practiced the Ki-ai Technique through breath regulation, then joined Ririko at the kendo club, where she noticed his unexpectedly well-built body.

• Tokugawa Ririko told Uesugi Tetsu that she believed the Friendship Club had noticed their survival and had hired a private detective to investigate it.
• Uesugi Tetsu agreed that they should act, and he told Ririko to call him if she encountered a Supernatural Incident she could not handle.
• During class, Uesugi Tetsu practiced the Ki-ai Technique by circulating his ki and gained 25 proficiency points.
• At the kendo club, Tokugawa Ririko identified Uesugi Tetsu by his footsteps and accurately counted the people in the dojo.
• Tokugawa Ririko offered to help Uesugi Tetsu change into his kendo uniform, then remarked that his body was surprisingly well-built.

Uesugi Tetsu joined Tokugawa Ririko for kendo training, but her jealousy led to an awkward mishap that Kondo Hideya discovered. The two shared his punishment by running laps together, and Ririko ended the chapter laughing over their newly forged bond.

• Ririko admired Uesugi Tetsu's physique while helping him put on his kendo uniform, then struck his buttocks with a Bamboo Sword out of jealousy.
• Uesugi Tetsu struck Ririko's buttocks in return, and Kondo Hideya opened the changing-room door and caught them.
• Kondo Hideya ordered Ririko to do practice swings and Uesugi Tetsu to run; Ririko offered to take extra laps, but Uesugi Tetsu volunteered to run with her.
• As they ran until afternoon class, Uesugi Tetsu saw the [Enter Everworld] option light up and let Ririko think.
• Ririko asked what their relationship was, and Uesugi Tetsu called it a bond forged through a strike to the buttocks, making her laugh against his shoulder.

Uesugi Tetsu discovered a new Everworld Rift and began learning Tennen Rishin-ryū from Tokugawa Ririko, quickly mastering Heart Like Still Water but barely making progress in swordsmanship. The chapter ended with him considering using Soul Soothing Incense Ash to reflect on his training.

• Uesugi Tetsu received a notification that an Everworld Rift had appeared after he stepped onto the school track.
• Ririko met Uesugi Tetsu after class and taught him how to achieve Heart Like Still Water, which he comprehended immediately.
• Ririko took Uesugi Tetsu to a private training hall and introduced him to Tennen Rishin-ryū.
• After learning the school, Uesugi Tetsu trained for two and a half hours but gained only one proficiency point.
• Ririko teased Uesugi Tetsu about his poor swordsmanship talent, and he decided to pause and sort out his thoughts while looking at his remaining Soul Soothing Incense Ash.

Uesugi Tetsu used Soul Soothing Incense Ash to rapidly improve his swordsmanship, leaving Tokugawa Ririko shaken by how quickly he surpassed her month of training. He later entered Everworld from the track field, lit a shrine, and unlocked the one-star Arakawa Ghost Village area.

• Uesugi Tetsu used Soul Soothing Incense Ash and gained heightened perception that let him absorb Tokugawa Ririko's swordsmanship instruction.
• Uesugi Tetsu trained for an hour, substantially increasing his Ki-ai Technique and Tennen Rishin-ryū proficiency and raising his Willpower by one.
• Tokugawa Ririko struggled with Uesugi Tetsu's rapid progress, then left the kendo hall after asking to sort through her thoughts.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered Everworld from the track field and explored a cramped thatched hut in a new area.
• Uesugi Tetsu found and lit the shrine, unlocking Arakawa Ghost Village as a one-star area.

Uesugi Tetsu explored Arakawa Ghost Village and killed several corrupted farmers, but three stout farmers grew stronger together and mortally wounded him. He crushed one farmer’s skull and attacked another with the Laughing Brahma as the fight continued.

• Uesugi Tetsu used the Hundred-Eyed Demon's eyeball to spot a Corrupted Stout Farmer waiting outside his hut, then killed it with a surprise attack.
• Uesugi Tetsu explored the village and killed a Corrupted Farmer for Soul Soothing Incense Ash.
• Uesugi Tetsu encountered three Corrupted Stout Farmers and discovered their shared modifier strengthened them when they gathered together.
• Uesugi Tetsu pinned one farmer down and crushed its skull, but another farmer pierced his chest with a sickle.
• Uesugi Tetsu abandoned his trapped woodcutter's knife and lunged at the nearest farmer with the Laughing Brahma.

After dying in Arakawa Ghost Village and gaining skill progress, Uesugi Tetsu returned the next morning to explore while avoiding unnecessary fights. He killed two exhausted Exploited Factory Workers, took their loot, and then heard knocking from a richly decorated Machiya.

• Uesugi Tetsu resurrected with 135 Soul Soothing Incense Ash and gained proficiency in the Incomplete Ki-ai Technique and Tennen Rishin-ryū after fighting the farmers.
• Uesugi Tetsu went home, ate dinner, and hung up the Nanjō doll, then wondered whether it was influencing his mind and messaged Nanjō Emi.
• After sleeping, Uesugi Tetsu entered Everworld and decided to explore Arakawa Ghost Village while trying to stay alive and find the Ksitigarbha statue.
• Uesugi Tetsu killed two exhausted Exploited Factory Workers and obtained Soul Soothing Incense Ash and a damaged Factory Worker's Safety Helmet.
• Uesugi Tetsu avoided the crowded factory and, while exploring another route, heard knocking from an exquisitely decorated Machiya.

Uesugi Tetsu visited a blacksmith who offered to forge him a weapon if he shut down a noisy workshop east of the shop. After scouting the workshop and studying its workers, Uesugi Tetsu prepared to lure two apprentices away from the others.

• Uesugi Tetsu entered a machiya and found a blacksmith selling weapons he could not afford.
• The blacksmith offered to forge Uesugi Tetsu a weapon if he shut down a nearby workshop.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned from the blacksmith how to find east and headed to the workshop.
• Uesugi Tetsu scouted the workshop, identifying its one-star apprentices and half-star Worker Leader.
• Uesugi Tetsu watched the workers and then approached two apprentices who had slipped outside for fresh air.

Uesugi Tetsu lured five workshop apprentices out of the workshop and killed them for Soul Ash, then explored Edo Castle and learned that its red-faced samurai might be a Fangxiangshi. After Nanjō Emi taught him the Great Yin-Yang Art Remnant Chapter: Imperial Spirit, Uesugi Tetsu realized he could try the technique on her cloth doll.

• Uesugi Tetsu tricked two workshop apprentices into following him and killed them in a thatched hut, then used the same scheme to kill three more.
• Uesugi Tetsu explored Edo Castle, was beheaded by a Sengoku Ronin, and learned from Work to Death that the ronin's face covering was likely a Fangxiangshi Noh mask.
• Nanjō Emi suspected Uesugi Tetsu had encountered a samurai ghost and began teaching him a technique through their messages.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned the Imperial Spirit Technique, which let him command qi and communicate with some spirit-infused objects.
• Uesugi Tetsu grabbed Nanjō Emi's cloth doll, intending to try the new technique on it.

Uesugi Tetsu used the Imperial Spirit Technique to question Nanjō Emi’s rag doll, which warned him that his father was an evil spirit. As someone knocked at the door, Uesugi Tetsu realized he might be in immediate danger.

• Uesugi Tetsu tested the Imperial Spirit Technique on the rag doll and messaged Nanjō Emi when it failed to respond.
• Nanjō Emi learned that Uesugi Tetsu had mastered the technique unusually quickly and told him to say her name twice to make the rag doll speak.
• Uesugi Tetsu called out Nanjō Emi’s name twice, and the rag doll responded to his questions.
• The rag doll warned Uesugi Tetsu that his father was an evil spirit, breaking through the false memories in his mind.
• Uesugi Tetsu tried to flee his house, but the rag doll turned toward the door as someone knocked.

Uesugi Tetsu survived a tense encounter with the three-star faceless Dad by acting calm and relying on the cloth doll and Ririko’s Heart Like Still Water technique. He advanced his Incomplete Ki-ai Technique to Proficient Level and planned to skip class with Ririko to keep practicing.

• Uesugi Tetsu opened the door to the faceless Dad, then acted normally until it returned to the sofa and left him alone.
• Uesugi Tetsu thanked the cloth doll and Ririko for helping him endure the encounter without revealing his fear.
• Uesugi Tetsu’s Ki-ai Technique gained proficiency as he slept and reached Proficient Level during morning classes, increasing his physique and strengthening his energy.
• Uesugi Tetsu practiced the Ki-ai Technique in a quiet corner of the school sports field while students watched Andō-kun and the others play basketball.
• Uesugi Tetsu planned to skip class with Ririko that afternoon to continue practicing.

After her friends introduced her to a manga, Ririko reinterpreted her rivalry with Uesugi Tetsu as romance and awakened the Clear Sword Heart. She reunited with Uesugi Tetsu at lunch, where Shizuma Manatsu showed them a photo of the supernatural entity White Brahma.

• Ririko denied being interested in romance, but Shizuma Manatsu and Kitano Runa teased her about Uesugi Tetsu and showed her an adult manga.
• After reading the manga, Ririko decided that romance meant wanting to dominate someone and welcomed Uesugi Tetsu's superior talent as a challenge.
• Ririko's sword heart recovered, and she reached the Clear Sword Heart realm; she admitted that she liked Uesugi Tetsu and looked forward to practicing with him.
• Ririko and her friends met Uesugi Tetsu in the cafeteria, where he and Ririko ate quietly while Shizuma Manatsu and Kitano Runa tried to play matchmakers.
• Shizuma Manatsu showed them a photo with a shadow she identified as the evil spirit White Brahma, and Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko stopped eating to look at her.

Uesugi Tetsu realized that White Brahma might have crossed into the real world and urged Shizuma Manatsu to leave home for safety. After arranging temporary shelter and planning to enter the ghost village, he spotted a familiar figure by the school faucet.

• Uesugi Tetsu recognized White Brahma in Shizuma Manatsu’s photos and feared that monsters from Everworld could enter the real world.
• Shizuma Manatsu revealed that she had followed online instructions to summon White Brahma and taken the photos afterward.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko warned Shizuma Manatsu to leave home, and Kitano Runa volunteered to go with her.
• Uesugi Tetsu contacted Sister Nanjō, who said they had noticed supernatural trends but had no way to deal with them yet.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko agreed to skip class and practice swordsmanship later, and Uesugi Tetsu planned to enter the ghost village.
• Uesugi Tetsu went to drink from a school faucet and spotted an extremely familiar figure across from him.