Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Tetsu advanced the Lin Character Technique to its third stage, greatly strengthening his defenses and attributes while removing its ongoing cost. He helped Two-Shaku-Sama improve her incense absorption and prepared to set Imagawa Yoshimoto’s March to Kyoto in motion.

• Uesugi Tetsu unlocked the Lin Character Technique’s third stage, gaining a renewable barrier, 60 additional attribute points, and an enhanced Overlimit State.
• Uesugi Tetsu assessed his power, decided that only Abe no Seimei, Ashiya Dōman, and the Sword Saints might challenge him, and resolved to claim the top spot on the City of Disorder’s New Star Wooden Tablet.
• Karuta taught Two-Shaku-Sama how to absorb incense power more efficiently, and Uesugi Tetsu gave her his Champion’s Trophy to use as a divine reliquary.
• Uesugi Tetsu discarded the Onmyoji’s apologies and noted that his Resentment had risen to 41.3%.
• Uesugi Tetsu prepared to discuss Imagawa Yoshimoto’s March to Kyoto, planned for the day after he mastered the Five Thunder Technique.

Uesugi Tetsu persuaded Imagawa Yoshimoto to announce a grand March to Kyoto and completed his master-level Five Thunder Technique, gaining a unique Lightning Mastery constitution. He prepared to demonstrate his new power to the Imagawa Clan’s enemies.

• Uesugi Tetsu proposed that the Imagawa Clan announce its March to Kyoto for the following year, and Imagawa Yoshimoto agreed to hear his full plan.
• Uesugi Tetsu urged Yoshimoto to let retainers and advisers leave if they opposed the plan, and most guest Onmyoji departed while all retainers stayed.
• Matsudaira Motoyasu gave Uesugi Tetsu an unclaimed memorial tablet and reminded him that challengers were gathering around Slash Test Maru.
• Uesugi Tetsu assured Matsudaira Motoyasu that he would stand with Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Matsudaira left without testing his loyalty.
• Uesugi Tetsu completed the master-level Five Thunder Technique, gained the unique Lightning Mastery constitution, and sensed Kenshin’s attention.
• Uesugi Tetsu discovered that he could summon a thunderstorm across Sunpu Castle with a thought and prepared to display his power.

Uesugi Tetsu demonstrated his control over a devastating storm so Imagawa Yoshimoto could publicly declare her March to Kyoto, prompting the Ancient Clan Alliance to debate how to respond to him. After a week of quiet routine, Tetsu learned that Kaga Kiyomitsu had awakened.

• Uesugi Tetsu summoned thunderclouds over Sunpu Castle and struck Imagawa Yoshimoto with lightning, but she rose unharmed and declared that she would March to Kyoto in six months.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto ordered Tetsu to disperse the storm, and he cleared the skies as news of her declaration spread.
• The Ancient Clan Alliance concluded that Tetsu was a god of the underworld and discussed whether to oppose him, with most choosing to pursue their own plans rather than retreat.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent the following week cultivating, caring for Imagawa Yoshimoto, and guiding the Imagawa Clan's Onmyoji and samurai.
• Kaga Kiyomitsu awakened while Uesugi Tetsu was still nearing the next milestones in his Imperial Spirit Technique and Four Ultimate Forms.

Kaga Kiyomitsu completed her advancement to Super Epic, gaining powerful new domains and a more developed spirit. Uesugi Tetsu traveled to the Walker Assembly to ask Lord Magatsu about Takemikazuchi, but found the shrine dusty and Lord Magatsu in a startling condition.

• Kaga Kiyomitsu emerged from her advancement, and her blade’s chime briefly made weapons throughout Sunpu Castle turn toward her.
• Uesugi Tetsu inspected Kaga Kiyomitsu’s upgraded effects, including the kilometer-wide Prison of Parting, the Sickness domain, and greatly enhanced toughness and spirituality.
• Uesugi Tetsu saw the sharply increased Soul Point costs for further upgrades and lamented how expensive raising Kaga Kiyomitsu had become.
• Uesugi Tetsu decided to visit Lord Magatsu at the Walker Assembly and ask about Takemikazuchi; Kaga Kiyomitsu and Qing accompanied him.
• Uesugi Tetsu found the usually spotless shrine covered in dust and spiderwebs, then froze when he saw Lord Magatsu.

Uesugi Tetsu visited Lord Magatsu, found her absorbed in Civilization, and asked about the strange aura connected to Takemikazuchi, but she knew little beyond warning him not to worry unless the tide grew large. After checking in on Ririko’s dangerous Hokkaido mission, he returned to the Sengoku era, where Skin Abyss reached completion before his Imperial Spirit Technique.

• Uesugi Tetsu found Lord Magatsu surrounded by snack bags and playing Civilization, then supplied more snacks and learned that she thought little time had passed.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Lord Magatsu about the aura of Takemikazuchi and whether she could combine his masks, but she could not forge them and warned him that events involving the gods were not his concern unless the tide grew large.
• Uesugi Tetsu messaged Ririko, who said she would protect Chisa and enter the Hokkaido Haunted House alone despite its spreading contamination.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the Sengoku era and spent another peaceful week cultivating his techniques.
• Skin Abyss reached 5000/5000, completing one of the Four Ultimate Forms while the Imperial Spirit Technique remained twenty proficiency points from completion.

Uesugi Tetsu endured the Abyss of Skin trial and completed the first of the Palace of Flesh’s Four Ultimate Forms, gaining extraordinary defensive power. He then raised Imperial Spirit Technique to Grandmaster level, reached the pinnacle of his current life level, and began planning to test his strength against a weaker ghost or god.

• Uesugi Tetsu survived the Abyss of Skin trial and completed the Skin Ultimate Form, making his skin absorb slashes and blunt-force impacts.
• Uesugi Tetsu tested his new durability and found that even a strike using one-fifth of his power barely affected him.
• Uesugi Tetsu absorbed spiritual energy from the Imagawa Residence and reached Grandmaster level in Imperial Spirit Technique, then concealed his breakthrough by dispersing the resulting vortex.
• Uesugi Tetsu discovered that he could control qi and spiritual power with extraordinary precision, while Qing remarked that even Abe no Seimei had not reached such a level before becoming a Ghost God.
• Uesugi Tetsu wondered whether he now possessed Ghost God-level combat power, then decided to ask Ye Chun to help lure a weaker ghost or god onto the Kisaragi Train for a practical test.

Uesugi Tetsu rode the Kisaragi Train to meet Ye Chun and test his strength against a troublesome manager from Factory Master P’s organization. He battled the manager in the wasteland and unleashed Koga’s Prison of Parting, leaving the manager screaming.

• Uesugi Tetsu told Qing and Koga he wanted to fight a ghost god, then traveled to the Kisaragi Train Station in Everworld.
• Uesugi Tetsu intimidated several demon passengers, spoke with Ye Chun through notes, and learned that Factory Master P’s personnel manager repeatedly dirtied her train.
• Uesugi Tetsu confronted the manager, blasted him out of the carriage, and attacked him with lightning in the wilderness.
• The manager transformed into a machine-modified body and fired an energy cannon, but Uesugi Tetsu recovered from the hit and restored his defenses.
• Uesugi Tetsu activated Prison of Parting with Koga, causing the manager to let out a shrill scream.

Uesugi Tetsu defeated Factory Master P’s incompetent Human Resources Manager, took a photo with Ye Chun, and trained toward the March to Kyoto. After half a month of practice, he reached Master Level in Tennen Rishin-ryū.

• Uesugi Tetsu blinded the Human Resources Manager with Koga’s Prison of Parting, then killed him with the Five Thunder Technique and received Factory Master P’s Hostility Mark.
• Ye Chun asked Uesugi Tetsu to take a photo with her, and he posed beside her shadow before leaving.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to Imagawa Residence and set a goal to reach Master realm before the March to Kyoto, training by day and hunting with Koga and Qing at night.
• At the Ancient Clan Alliance meeting, the bald young man introduced Daruma, a monk from the Demon Guiding Society.
• After half a month of training, Uesugi Tetsu broke through to Master Level in Tennen Rishin-ryū.

Uesugi Tetsu advanced Tennen Rishin-ryū to Master level, gained the Darkness Three-stage Thrust, and saw his swordsmanship and spiritual power improve dramatically. After Qing warned that he was progressing too quickly, Uesugi Tetsu agreed to focus on strengthening his body by forging the Palace of Flesh.

• Uesugi Tetsu reached Master-level Tennen Rishin-ryū, and Imagawa Yoshimoto recognized the quiet presence of a swordsman who had reached the Dao's edge.
• Uesugi Tetsu's physique, Willpower, swordsmanship, and Void Qi Sea improved, while his Sword Technique and Sword Principles each reached 50%.
• Uesugi Tetsu chose not to hastily build a sword domain and learned Tennen Rishin-ryū's ultimate art, Darkness Three-stage Thrust.
• Uesugi Tetsu demonstrated Darkness Three-stage Thrust, and Qing understood that its three strikes landed simultaneously and made the target certain to be hit.
• Qing urged Uesugi Tetsu to slow down and consolidate his foundation, so Uesugi Tetsu agreed to forge the Palace of Flesh of the Four Ultimate Forms.

Uesugi Tetsu let Two-Shaku choose the dangerous Heavenly Path of Receiving the Wishes of All Beings and gave her a Wish Power Crystal. He completed the Palace of Flesh, then returned to the living world after receiving an alarming message from Ririko about a city in Hokkaido.

• Uesugi Tetsu reassured Qing that he intended to complete all four Ultimate Forms and promised to become the first Qing had seen do so.
• Kaga Kiyomitsu and Qing reported that they had cleared the demons around Sunpu Castle, while Two-Shaku had begun a dangerous Heavenly Path trial.
• Two-Shaku accepted the trial of Receiving the Wishes of All Beings, and Uesugi Tetsu gave her a Wish Power Crystal and promised to support her.
• Uesugi Tetsu opened his ninetieth major acupoint and completed the Palace of Flesh, gaining tremendous muscle strength and five points of Physique.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed unease, returned to the living world, and read Ririko's messages warning that something was wrong with a city in Hokkaido.

Uesugi Tetsu learned that the vanished Hokkaido city was a Haunted House inhabited by self-aware false humans, and Karuta foresaw a ring and Uesugi becoming a Ghost God there. After delaying his trip to finish business in the Sengoku era, he discovered the Demon Guiding Society planned to test him with a Ghost God puppet vulnerable to thunder arts.

• Ririko told Uesugi Tetsu that the city vanished fifteen years ago, its residents seemed like false humans, and everyone killed or damaged there returned at midnight.
• Uesugi Tetsu used the Black Book to ask about the city, but it forgot the question; a prompt revealed that bringing the book to the location would unlock a new area.
• Karuta used [Perceive Possibilities] and saw a ring, with Uesugi Tetsu becoming a Ghost God amid unclear fragments.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave Ririko the clue about the ring and said he would come to the city in a few days, then returned to the Sengoku era as Imagawa Yoshimoto's condition worsened.
• Karuta sensed danger, and the Black Book identified the Demon Guiding Society, Daruma, and a probe as its source.
• Daruma proposed sending a Ghost God puppet vulnerable to thunder arts to test whether Che had become a true Ghost God, and the gathered members agreed.

After the Ancient Clan Alliance’s demon-god puppet was destroyed by lightning, Uesugi Tetsu cared for the failing Imagawa Yoshimoto and told her he wanted to March to Kyoto in spring. Imagawa Yoshimoto chose to spend her remaining days boldly, kissed Uesugi Tetsu, and ordered the March to Kyoto to begin at once.

• A lightning strike destroyed the Ancient Clan Alliance’s demon-god puppet, ending its operation against Uesugi Tetsu and leaving the alliance suspicious of a traitor.
• Uesugi Tetsu told Imagawa Yoshimoto about the Onmyoji threat and suggested that they March to Kyoto in spring, and she agreed without asking why.
• While caring for Imagawa Yoshimoto, Uesugi Tetsu reflected on his progress in the Warring States period and on how her people had become safer from demons and disasters.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto activated the qi and blood in her body, forcing herself back to ordinary strength despite Uesugi Tetsu warning that she might have less than a week to live.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto kissed Uesugi Tetsu, said she would rather die after living fiercely than linger as a puppet, and ordered the March to Kyoto to begin that day.

Imagawa Yoshimoto ordered the Imagawa Clan to begin its March to Kyoto in midwinter, despite her secret belief that she had only seven days left to live. After the clan assembled, Uesugi Tetsu announced the march to the world and invited every daimyo and ancient clan to witness it, leaving them stunned by Yoshimoto’s audacity.

• Uesugi Tetsu announced Yoshimoto’s order to begin the March to Kyoto, and the Imagawa retainers reacted with excitement and alarm over the winter conditions.
• Yoshimoto ate roast meat prepared by Tetsu, tried to catch him, and told him she had only seven days left to live.
• Yoshimoto ordered the Imagawa Clan to march with three thousand elite soldiers while leaving the main army to guard its territory, and the retainers reluctantly accepted.
• Tetsu gave Yoshimoto an omamori containing a Soul Spirit Imprint, and she departed in armor to address the troops.
• Tetsu dispelled the cold for the assembled soldiers, then briefed Two-Shaku-Sama that they might leave the Warring States period in seven days.
• Tetsu announced across a thousand-mile radius that the Imagawa Clan was marching to Kyoto and invited the realm’s daimyos and ancient clans to attend, warning that anyone who obstructed them would die.

As Imagawa Yoshimoto’s march on Kyoto prompted daimyos across the land to hold emergency meetings, Uesugi Tetsu upgraded Kaga Kiyomitsu and traveled to the present world to acquire a Terran Attribute defining object. He bought the Thousand-Eyed Ksitigarbha Clay Figurine from Katsumi, learning it contained Divinity and the sealed remains of a demon whose sacrifice had saved the world.

• Daimyos, including Oda Nobunaga, summoned their Onmyoji and began coordinating responses to the Imagawa Clan’s announced march on Kyoto.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent 3,800 Soul Points to upgrade Kaga Kiyomitsu’s Blazing Blessing and Thousand Grinds and Ten Thousand Strikes effects.
• Uesugi Tetsu received Katsumi’s message that the Terran Attribute defining object had arrived and met him at the ruins of Kisaragi Station.
• Uesugi Tetsu recognized the Thousand-Eyed Ksitigarbha Clay Figurine as a Sub-Mythic item and bought it from Katsumi for 60,000 soul ash, owing another 20,000.
• Katsumi revealed that a Ksitigarbha High Monk had sacrificed himself to seal the Thousand-Eyed demon, and Uesugi Tetsu promised that someone would remember him.

Uesugi Tetsu fused the Thousand-Eyed Kṣitigarbha's Clay Sculpture with the Hundred-Eyed Demon, unlocking a hidden promotion route toward Thousand Eyes, then used it to complete his Five Elements Qi Sea. His Qi Sea expanded to thirteen thousand zhang, and the Anchor began taking effect.

• Uesugi Tetsu returned to Imagawa Yoshimoto's carriage, dismissed his clone, and warned everyone not to disturb him during his breakthrough.
• Uesugi Tetsu brought the Thousand-Eyed Kṣitigarbha's Clay Sculpture into his Sea of Qi, where the Hundred-Eyed Demon swallowed it and began fusing with it.
• A prompt revealed that the Hundred-Eyed Demon's promotion route had permanently changed, allowing her to transform into Thousand Eyes after completing the Heavenly Path Trial and reaching Ghost God level; Uesugi Tetsu also gained one point of Unidentified Unknown Divinity.
• Uesugi Tetsu used the altered Hundred-Eyed Demon to redefine his Sea of Qi, completing the Five Elements Qi Sea and gaining greater mental and earth-attribute resistance.
• Uesugi Tetsu's Five Elements Qi Sea expanded to thirteen thousand zhang, his attributes increased, and Qing was stunned by its size.
• After Uesugi Tetsu saw his five-colored astral energy gather into pure black energy, the Anchor began taking effect.

Uesugi Tetsu anchored his Five Elements Qi Sea, transforming the anchor into a Sub-Mythic item and greatly improving his control over astral qi. As Imagawa Yoshimoto’s march toward Kyoto prompted rival clans and daimyos to debate how to respond, the Demon Guiding Society offered resources to anyone who stopped her, dead or alive.

• Uesugi Tetsu anchored the defining objects in his Qi Sea, making it permanently stable and accelerating its expansion.
• The anchor became a Sub-Mythic item that could briefly regress defining objects to their historical periods, and Uesugi Tetsu gained complete control over astral qi.
• Uesugi Tetsu reassured Imagawa Yoshimoto that his breakthrough had gone smoothly, then dispersed the storm clouds over their road.
• Ancient clan representatives argued over Imagawa Yoshimoto’s sudden march toward Kyoto, while a bald young man warned she would arrive within seven days.
• Daimyos from across the realm held a remote conference but failed to agree on how to stop Imagawa Yoshimoto.
• The Demon Guiding Society appeared before both meetings and offered enough resources to cultivate three Demon Gods to anyone who stopped Imagawa Yoshimoto, dead or alive.

The Ancient Clan Alliance accepted the Demon Guiding Society’s contract to stop Imagawa Yoshimoto’s march, while Uesugi Tetsu led the army onward through repeated demon attacks. On the second day, a Giant Mountain Hag appeared and targeted Imagawa Yoshimoto, sending Two-Shaku-Sama flying.

• The Demon Guiding Society offered resources to nurture three Ghost God levels for stopping Imagawa Yoshimoto’s march, and many daimyos signed its contract after inspecting it.
• Two-Shaku-Sama rode ahead of the army and effortlessly killed demons that attacked along the Broad Daylight Avenue.
• Uesugi Tetsu told Imagawa Yoshimoto to let anyone flee if a powerful enemy caused panic, while remembering those who stayed to fight.
• Two-Shaku-Sama and the three thousand elite soldiers cleared the road as the army marched through the night and into its second day.
• A Giant Mountain Hag struck Two-Shaku-Sama hundreds of meters away and announced that it had found Imagawa Yoshimoto, while Uesugi Tetsu watched from the carriage.

Uesugi Tetsu defeated and killed the Giant Mountain Hag, which revealed that the Demon Guiding Society had sent it to kill Imagawa Yoshimoto. The procession reached the Mikawa–Owari border, where Ishikawa Takeshi attacked the army with an enormous hammer.

• The Mountain Hag ignored Uesugi Tetsu and attacked the army, but Kaga Kiyomitsu severed its leg and Uesugi Tetsu blasted its body into the surrounding mountains.
• Uesugi Tetsu burned the Mountain Hag's severed limbs with lightning, then questioned it and learned the Demon Guiding Society had sent it to kill Imagawa Yoshimoto.
• Uesugi Tetsu killed the Mountain Hag with Little Qing and obtained Soul Ash and a Thousand-Year Treeheart.
• Uesugi Tetsu reassured Two-Shaku-Sama after the battle, and she resolved to continue fulfilling her wishes.
• The procession reached the Mikawa–Owari border, where Ishikawa Takeshi crushed part of the army with his enormous hammer and announced himself as an enemy.

Uesugi Tetsu defeated a giant who had ambushed his army, then led Imagawa Yoshimoto’s forces through Okehazama, where they encountered Oda Nobunaga’s army. Yoshimoto challenged Nobunaga to prove she deserved to become one of the World's People.

• Ishikawa Takeshi revealed his ghost-god-like defenses and provoked Uesugi Tetsu, who left the carriage to fight him in the mountains.
• While Tetsu fought Takeshi, hidden attackers tried to reach Imagawa Yoshimoto’s carriage, but Tetsu annihilated them with thunder and destroyed Takeshi with a black thunder dragon.
• Tetsu noticed a distant observer but let him escape, then returned to the army and continued toward Kyoto.
• On the fourth day, Tetsu’s army reached Okehazama and encountered Oda Nobunaga’s forces watching from a mountain.
• Yoshimoto asked to see Nobunaga, then declared that anyone seeking to become one of the World's People had to bring peace, prosperity, and good government.

Uesugi Tetsu led Imagawa Yoshimoto’s army through Owari, Mino, and Ōmi toward Kyoto, defeating monsters and the Demon Guiding Society’s forces while the Death List frightened potential opponents into standing aside. By the evening of the sixth day, Imagawa Yoshimoto’s illness had worsened, but Kyoto was visible and only ten li remained.

• Oda Nobunaga sent Kinoshita Tōkichirō to announce that Oda had cleared the road through Owari, and her army let Imagawa’s forces pass.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto chose the shorter route through Mino and Ōmi, and the army continued toward Kyoto without slowing.
• Uesugi Tetsu killed a huge stitched spider monster that attacked the army in Mino.
• The Ancient Clan Alliance and the daimyōs watched the Death List grow as Tetsu defeated their probes, leaving many of them afraid to challenge him.
• On the sixth day in Yamashiro, Uesugi Tetsu broke the Demon Guiding Society’s formation and killed its thirty-six demons in under ten seconds.
• Uesugi Tetsu told the weakening Imagawa Yoshimoto that Kyoto was just ahead, with only ten li left to travel.