Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Tetsu prepared to face the thing above Asahikawa City and discovered that it was a chained corpse labeled Dead Guuji of Shiratsu Shrine, whose restraints were failing as the Blood Moon approached. He left Chisa and Kujo Machi in a fortified house and set out to destroy the corpse before the city was annihilated.

• Uesugi Tetsu sent Chisa and Kujo Machi away, fortified himself with the Sea of Calamity Divine Treasury, and prepared to look at the thing in the sky.
• Uesugi Tetsu cleared a gap in the Head Lanterns and used his True Sight Eyes to see a gigantic pale corpse spanning the sky, labeled Dead Guuji of Shiratsu Shrine.
• Uesugi Tetsu saw Black Chains piercing and restraining the corpse, with its eye sockets beginning to glow red, and concluded that the chains' failure would bring the Blood Moon and threaten Asahikawa City.
• Uesugi Tetsu decided to kill the corpse, then took Chisa and Kujo Machi to her house, reinforced it, and left them supplies and instructions to stay inside.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave Kujo Machi an omamori containing basic Five Elements Onmyōjutsu and told her to crush it if she sensed she would inevitably die before the Blood Moon rose.
• Uesugi Tetsu vanished from the room as lightning flashed outside, leaving to confront the corpse.

Uesugi Tetsu unleashed his power in Asahikawa City and split the Guuji's Corpse, but destroying it released the Blood Moon, which overwhelmed him. He died and woke to find himself facing Chisa in a pool of blood.

• Uesugi Tetsu used the Five Thunder Technique and his Flesh Body Divine Spirit to clear much of Asahikawa City and capture thousands of Head Lanterns.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered the Limit-Breaking State and struck the Guuji's Corpse with Spider-Cutter's Three-stage Thrust, then burned it with white lightning.
• Kujo Machi warned Chisa that destroying the corpse was wrong as blood-red lines spread across its remains.
• A Blood Moon emerged through the split corpse, corrupted Uesugi Tetsu's mind, and killed him.
• Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes again and saw Chisa standing in a pool of blood.

After dying to the Blood Moon, Uesugi Tetsu returned to an earlier point in Asahikawa City and learned from Karuta that Kujo Machi anchored a time loop. He set out to take Chisa and Kujo Machi to Shiratsu Shrine, leaving Kujo terrified when he summoned his incarnations.

• Uesugi Tetsu realized he had returned to the moment he first arrived in Asahikawa City, while Chisa remembered none of the previous events.
• Karuta explained that Kujo Machi was the Ring’s anchor point and that her death triggered a rewind; she warned that the Blood Moon could contaminate the loop.
• Uesugi Tetsu concluded that he needed to solve the Blood Moon problem and seek answers from the Guuji, then told Chisa to stay close to him.
• Uesugi Tetsu met Kujo Machi at the classroom and ordered her to come with him and Chisa to Shiratsu Shrine.
• Uesugi Tetsu summoned Red Brahma, Six-tailed Fox, and Hundred-Eyed Demon, frightening Kujo Machi into crawling toward him and shouting that she was coming.

Uesugi Tetsu revealed that he understood Kujo Machi's supernatural sight and desire for power, then offered to teach her the Five-Element Yin-Yang Arts. As Two-Shaku completed her wish-powered transformation and later awakened as a demon god, Uesugi took Kujo and Chisa to Shiratsu Shrine, where he presented an ema to summon the priest; Two-Shaku's awakening reached him as he waited.

• Uesugi Tetsu exposed Kujo Machi's ability to see supernatural beings and her belief that she could revive after dying, then crushed the Meatball Demon and offered to teach her the Five-Element Yin-Yang Arts.
• Notifications reported that Eight-Shaku Bodhisattva had completed the Reception of All Beings' Wishes and was increasing in Life Essence and position, so Uesugi checked on Two-Shaku at the ancient Imagawa Residence.
• Uesugi returned to the school, took Kujo Machi and Chisa away, and destroyed the impostor demons inside the school and the Four Demons on the Way to School.
• At Shiratsu Shrine, Uesugi saluted the Three-tailed Fox stone statue and gave the Miko a Shrine Ema to pass to the priest.
• Two-Shaku awakened as a demon god while Uesugi waited at the shrine.

Uesugi Tetsu watched Two-Shaku complete her transformation into the four-star Ghost God Eight-Shaku Master and brought her to Asahikawa City. After examining her new powers, he saw Shiratsu Shrine's shrine maiden arrive and pay respects to Two-Shaku as the Master.

• Uesugi Tetsu dismissed the upgrade notifications and projected his sight to the ancient Imagawa Residence, where Two-Shaku had awakened as Eight-Shaku Master.
• Two-Shaku sensed Uesugi Tetsu watching her, traveled instantly to him, and returned with him to Asahikawa City.
• Kujo Machi saw the two-faced Buddha manifest behind Two-Shaku, while Chisa greeted her as Sister Two-Shaku.
• Uesugi Tetsu examined Two-Shaku's upgraded status and talents, and Two-Shaku explained that he was the principal deity she relied on.
• Shiratsu Shrine's shrine maiden hurried over, bowed to Two-Shaku, and apologized for making her travel thousands of miles to deliver an item.

Uesugi Tetsu and his companions learned how Shiratsu Shrine’s black locks could suppress the Blood Moon by killing Doppelgängers, though Two-Shaku sensed something strange about the Guuji and Haruko. After Two-Shaku and her clones began clearing Doppelgängers, the group prepared to visit Kujo Machi’s parents.

• Two-Shaku revealed that she was Uesugi Tetsu’s Shikigami, prompting the Guuji to apologize and explain that the blank ema had been entrusted to the shrine generations earlier.
• Uesugi Tetsu tried returning the ema to Haruko to complete his quest, but no notification appeared, so he took it back and stored it.
• The Guuji led the group through a hidden passage and showed them black locks, explaining that killing Doppelgängers while holding one would strengthen the suppression of the Fierce Ghost’s resurrection.
• Two-Shaku warned Uesugi Tetsu that the Guuji and Haruko felt strange and that Kujo Machi was surrounded by dense calamity; Uesugi Tetsu decided they would kill Doppelgängers and then visit Machi’s parents.
• Two-Shaku used a mantra to make Doppelgängers across the city collapse, then created three clones of herself and sent them to continue the purge.

Uesugi Tetsu used Er Chi’s duplicates to kill disguised humans while limiting the number so he could observe when the ghosts appeared, then went with Kujo Machi to investigate her parents. He recognized the man watching the recurring ball game as Ghost Dad, who gave him a prophecy naming Kujo Machi as the girl to sacrifice and warned him not to take out the Black Book.

• Uesugi Tetsu ordered Er Chi to have her duplicates kill only fifty thousand disguised humans so he could track changes in the ghosts’ appearance.
• Uesugi Tetsu brought Kujo Machi, Er Chi, and Chisa to the Kujo residence and told Kujo Machi that she had died and returned to an earlier point without her memories.
• Kujo Machi’s mother appeared ordinary, and Er Chi initially failed to recognize that the man watching the ball game was extraordinary.
• Uesugi Tetsu recognized the faceless man as Ghost Dad and greeted him as his father.
• Ghost Dad handed Uesugi Tetsu a prophecy stating that the savior would sacrifice the girl with Enma’s Eye to end all suffering and that the Black Book must never be taken out.

Uesugi Tetsu learned that taking out the Black-Skinned Book in Asahikawa would trigger a prophecy of catastrophe, while Kujo Machi was crucial to the Blood Moon and the forces opposing it. As the Black Chain’s power weakened and impostors ran out, he left Asahikawa City to seek help from the Walker Assembly and Lord Magatsu.

• Uesugi Tetsu read Dad’s warning about sacrificing the girl with Enma’s Eye and suspected it referred to Kujo Machi.
• Dad vanished after speaking with Uesugi Tetsu, and Kujo Machi said she had never met the man; Two-Shaku-Sama confirmed that she and the others remembered him.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Two-Shaku-Sama to help Karuta probe the future in which he took out the Black-Skinned Book.
• Karuta saw the book unleash a prophecy in which the Blood Moon destroyed Asahikawa, Kujo Machi and its inhabitants died, and Dad devoured the Thousand Eyes’ fate.
• Uesugi Tetsu concluded that sacrificing Kujo Machi might not be safe, but the Black Chain’s suppression of Myriad Ghosts Revival weakened as impostors dwindled.
• Uesugi Tetsu had Two-Shaku-Sama protect everyone, left Asahikawa City, and entered the Walker Assembly to seek Lord Magatsu.

Uesugi Tetsu learned from Magatsu what Enma’s Eye could do and had her protect the Black-Skinned Book from the Blood Eye’s influence. Back in Asahikawa City, he told Kujo Machi she could save the city by sacrificing herself, but accepted her refusal and warned her to stay alive.

• Uesugi Tetsu found Magatsu playing Frostpunk in the Walker Assembly and asked her about Enma’s Eye.
• Magatsu explained that Enma’s Eye consisted of Domination and Scorching Insight, and said Uesugi could gain power by devouring the eyes.
• Uesugi Tetsu described the Blood Eye and its prophecy to Magatsu, who placed a curse on the Black-Skinned Book so he could use it safely.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to Asahikawa City and asked Kujo Machi whether she would sacrifice herself to save the city.
• Kujo Machi said she wanted to live, and Uesugi Tetsu accepted her decision while warning her not to die at someone else’s hands.

Uesugi Tetsu explained the Enma's Eyes and the conflict around Guuji's Corpse and the Blood Moon to Kujo Machi, who signed a contract giving him her eyes if she died. As Ghosts revived across Asahikawa City, Two-Shaku sent clones to protect survivors, while Uesugi waited for the Blood Moon's descent and prepared to use the Black Book.

• Uesugi Tetsu sent Two-Shaku and Chisa to help Kujo Machi clean up after she wet herself, then explained the Enma's Eyes and the supernatural conflict to her.
• Kujo Machi signed Uesugi Tetsu's contract, agreeing that he could claim her eyes if she died, and her trust in him reached 90.
• Uesugi Tetsu ordered Two-Shaku to stop killing doppelgängers as the Ghosts revived, and Two-Shaku sent glowing clones to protect people across Asahikawa City.
• Uesugi Tetsu cleared Head Lanterns from the area, then asked Two-Shaku to kill the Bell Ghost at Kujo Machi's former high school.
• Two-Shaku killed the Bell Ghost, completing Uesugi Tetsu's side quest and earning him a Ghost Bell that could trigger its killing rule.
• Uesugi Tetsu watched Guuji's Corpse's eye sockets redden and waited for the Blood Moon and Guuji's Corpse to near an even match before using the Black Book.

Uesugi Tetsu protected Asahikawa’s survivors while Two-Shaku established safe havens and investigated the corrupted Shiratsu Shrine guuji. As the Blood Moon began to seize the Black Book, Uesugi Tetsu overpowered its prophecy and made the book proclaim his coming victory.

• Uesugi Tetsu gave the brass bell to Two-Shaku and learned that the guuji suspected him of not killing the doppelgängers; he concluded that the guuji and Miko Haruko had likely been corrupted long ago.
• Two-Shaku protected frightened children in an orphanage by transforming into a clay statue and creating a golden safe haven, while similar shelters appeared across Asahikawa City.
• Two-Shaku watched the guuji slowly slaughter doppelgängers and reported that his behavior differed from the previous loop; Uesugi Tetsu attributed the change to their early contact and the missing Head Lanterns.
• When the black chains cracked and the Blood Moon began to rise, it tried to take control of the Black Book and make it issue a prophecy in its favor.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Karuta resisted the Blood Moon, and Uesugi Tetsu forced the Black Book’s prophecy to describe his impending victory over the guuji’s corpse, the Heavenly Soul Lock, and the Aragami’s Malignant Eye.

Uesugi Tetsu’s Black-Red Prophecy triggered Lord Magatsu’s hidden black hand, which weakened the Blood Moon as Two-Shaku-Sama and Uesugi fought the supernatural forces over Asahikawa City. Meanwhile, Kujo Machi recovered memories of the city’s repeating loop and realized that ending it required her to sacrifice herself.

• The Black-Skinned Book recorded a prophecy describing how Uesugi Tetsu, Two-Shaku-Sama, and the Eight-Shaku Master would defeat the Aragami’s Malignant Eye and break Asahikawa City’s closed loop.
• The Blood Moon tried to rewrite the prophecy, but Lord Magatsu’s black hand seized its Blood Eye and crushed it, weakening the Blood Moon and the Fierce Ghosts.
• The Eight-Shaku Clay Figurines gathered the living people’s wishes, which Two-Shaku-Sama shaped into the Wish Power Dharma Protector Canon to bind the weakened Blood Eye.
• Uesugi Tetsu used lightning and Spider-Cutter to attack the Guuji’s Corpse while Two-Shaku-Sama confronted the Heavenly Soul Lock and Blood Eye.
• Kujo Machi and Chisa found a notebook in Kujo’s room, and reading its first line caused Kujo to recover memories of the loop and past records.
• Kujo Machi told Chisa that the loop would continue unless she sacrificed herself according to the method written on a piece of paper.

Chisa stopped Kujo Machi from sacrificing herself and questioned whether her intuition was enough to break the loop. Uesugi Tetsu explained that an Aragami’s benevolence and malice had created the loop and the Blood Moon, then drew the Blood Moon’s attack onto himself as Two-Shaku-Sama bound it; the sun rose over Asahikawa City.

• Chisa listened as Kujo Machi explained that she had relived events ninety-seven times and believed her sacrifice could end the loop.
• Chisa challenged Machi’s reliance on intuition and urged her to work with Uesugi Tetsu and Two-Shaku-Sama to find a better solution.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned that Chisa had stopped Machi from sacrificing herself, ordered Machi to stay in her room, and explained that an Aragami’s benevolence caused the loop while its malice formed the Blood Moon.
• The Blood Moon unleashed blood-colored radiance across Asahikawa City, and Uesugi Tetsu redirected it into himself while using lightning to destroy the impostors.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave his remaining purified Spiritual Power to Two-Shaku-Sama, who bound Aragami’s Malignant Eye into the Wish Power Dharma Protector as the sun rose.

After Two-Shaku defeated the Blood Moon and the apparitions vanished from Asahikawa City, Uesugi Tetsu recovered in Hokkaido and saw his Path to Heaven reach 96.22%. He learned that Everworld’s powerful Imagawa Clan had placed a bounty on him, and Nanjō Emi revealed his portrait was also displayed on the Kisaragi Train.

• Kujo Machi and Chisa celebrated the return of the sun, while Kujo Machi discovered her mother had slept through the battle.
• Two-Shaku suppressed the Blood Moon inside herself, returned to Kujo Machi and Chisa with blood-red eyes, and assured them that Uesugi Tetsu would recover in about a day.
• Uesugi Tetsu woke in Hokkaido, saw his Path to Heaven progress rise to 96.22%, and confirmed through Two-Shaku that the Heavenly Soul Lock posed no problem.
• Uesugi Tetsu exchanged messages with Shizuma Manatsu and Nanjō Emi about the ruined City of Impostors and the work left to handle.
• Nanjō Emi told Uesugi Tetsu that the Everworld Imagawa Clan was powerful and had placed a hefty bounty on him, then revealed his portrait was also on the Kisaragi Train.

Uesugi Tetsu reassured Nanjō Emi about the Imagawa Clan’s bounty, then reunited with Ririko after the Pseudo-Human City incident and helped gather the group for a victory banquet. After confirming the city’s supernatural phenomenon had ended, he trained through the night, leaving him ready to enter Asahikawa City again.

• Nanjō Emi questioned Uesugi Tetsu about the Imagawa Clan’s bounty, thanked him for his work in the Pseudo-Human City, and offered to help find a craftsman for Koga’s new scabbard.
• Ririko found Uesugi Tetsu, confirmed that Chisa was safe with Erchi, and agreed to temporarily teach Kujo Machi about her Enma’s Eye.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko checked the Pseudo-Human City and found it empty, dilapidated, and free of supernatural activity.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko gathered Kitano Runa, Tamamo, and Shizuma Manatsu for a small victory banquet at the Tough Guy Barbecue Restaurant.
• After taking the others back, Uesugi Tetsu trained with the Five Thunder Technique through the night, and his two lives for reentering Asahikawa City refreshed before dawn.

Uesugi Tetsu returned to Asahikawa City, reunited with Chisa, and delivered the Shrine Ema to Kujo Machi, completing the area’s quests as the closed loop began to break. He reached Grandmaster-level Five Thunder Technique and received an SSS final evaluation, with rare rewards still being selected.

• Uesugi Tetsu contained the falling Guuji's Corpse fragments and Heavenly Soul Lock, then saw that Asahikawa City's closed loop was ending and Kujo Machi no longer needed to sacrifice herself.
• Two-Shaku gave Uesugi Tetsu the changed Black Book, which declared its devotion to Uesugi Tetsu, Karuta, and Two-Shaku.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave the Shrine Ema to Kujo Machi, completing Side Quest Three and confirming her as the current Miko of Shiratsu Shrine.
• Chisa ran to Uesugi Tetsu and rejoiced that he was safe, while Kujo Machi asked to keep the ema.
• Uesugi Tetsu trained on the outskirts of Asahikawa City until his Five Thunder Technique reached Grandmaster level, letting him release powerful lightning within his perception range by thought alone.
• Uesugi Tetsu received an SSS area evaluation for completing the quests, saving people, and eliminating the impostors; the system began selecting rare rewards.

Uesugi Tetsu chose the Heavenly Soul Lock, Blank Steel Dragon Ticket, and War Horn as his rewards, then returned to the real world with the people of Asahikawa City. The trial reached 100%, and his Demon Incarnation-Eyed Demon began its inevitable ascension into a Ghost God, requiring him to arrange a ritual.

• Uesugi Tetsu chose the uncorrupted Heavenly Soul Lock, a Blank Steel Dragon Ticket, and a War Horn from the five rewards.
• Uesugi Tetsu bound the restored Heavenly Soul Lock to his soul spirit and felt his Master-level Five Thunder Technique attract nearby currents of lightning.
• Uesugi Tetsu was sent back to the real world as Asahikawa City left Everworld and was permanently closed.
• Chisa, Kujo Machi, and the other survivors returned to the real world, where Two-Shaku-Sama began the handover with Special Affairs Division agents.
• Uesugi Tetsu watched the survivors celebrate, then received notice that his Demon Incarnation-Eyed Demon had completed its trial and would inevitably ascend into a Ghost God.

Uesugi Tetsu traveled to the Everworld wilderness and completed the ascension ritual for his Unique Hundred Eyes incarnation. He awakened as Ghost God Thousand Eyes, leaving the full extent of his new power unclear.

• Uesugi Tetsu told Two-Shaku-Sama he was going to the Everworld to ascend and entrusted Chisa and Kujo Machi to her care.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered the Everworld at Kisaragi Station and prepared the materials and Soul Soothing Incense Candle required for the ritual.
• The ritual consumed the materials, shook the surrounding land, and transformed Uesugi Tetsu's Life Essence as he ascended toward Ghost God.
• The ritual changed because Uesugi Tetsu's incarnation was Unique Hundred Eyes, and Thousand Eyes embraced him as their forms merged.
• Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes and saw that he had become Ghost God Thousand Eyes.

Uesugi Tetsu awakened as Ghost God: Thousand Eyes and discovered the overwhelming powers of his new incarnation, including the ability to see across vast distances, seize eyes, and wield telekinesis and curses. He learned that ancient rulers were awakening across Everworld to contest the vacant position of Lord of Tokoyo.

• Uesugi Tetsu sensed Minamoto Shinsui’s sword intent stretching across Everworld and confirmed that she had disappeared into it.
• Uesugi Tetsu inspected Thousand Eyes’ upgraded status and learned that its new powers had vastly increased his abilities beyond what his stats showed.
• Uesugi Tetsu tested his Thousand Eyes Pupils and telekinesis, opening a thousand eyes in the sky and flattening the ground near Kisaragi Station.
• Uesugi Tetsu discovered that Thousand Eyes could seize the eyes of weaker beings, curse observed targets, and shield him from prophecy, causality, prediction, and curses.
• Uesugi Tetsu received a warning that ghost gods were not the end, as Prince Shōtoku, Shuten Doji, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and other ancient powers awakened to challenge the Lord of Tokoyo’s position.

After becoming a Four-Star Ghost God, Uesugi Tetsu considered his growing strength, upcoming plans, and the delays before new salvage and area missions opened. He tested the War Horn, which summoned a vast ceremonial guard and prepared an Iron Throne before him.

• Uesugi Tetsu saw Imagawa Yoshimoto represented among the expansion’s powerful figures and judged that traveling to the Warring States territory was too dangerous for now.
• Uesugi Tetsu assessed himself as a Powerful Ghost God, while Aoandon and Karuta congratulated him on his advancement.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned that Four-Star God Salvage and the special-area unlock mission would each open after a week, and planned to handle his other duties in the meantime.
• Uesugi Tetsu reviewed the War Horn’s summoning and growth effects, then injected half of his Spiritual Power and blew it.
• The War Horn chose the Ceremonial Guard theme and summoned ranks of black-armored figures, who formed a crimson-and-gold path leading to an Iron Throne carried by four giants.