Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Tetsu explored the newly opened Four-Star God Limited Salvage and spent Soul Ashes to obtain powerful items, including the Pure Lotus Womb and Bifang Remnant Flame. After using most of his remaining Soul Ashes on one final draw, he saw unprecedented gray-white radiance fill the card pool.

• Uesugi Tetsu learned from Qing that his Sword Heart was close to completion, then watched the New Life and Destruction salvage open.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent ten Soul Ashes and used his Epic Guaranteed Card to obtain the Legendary Pure Lotus Womb, which he gave to Erchi.
• Uesugi Tetsu spent 100,000 Soul Ashes on fifty draws and obtained the Legendary Onmyōjutsu and Super Epic+ Bifang Remnant Flame.
• Uesugi Tetsu used the Performance Scrolls to raise his Tennen Rishin-ryū proficiency, then spent all 70,865 remaining Soul Ashes on one draw.
• Uesugi Tetsu saw unprecedented gray-white radiance fill the card pool after the final draw.

Uesugi Tetsu tested the Sea of Calamity Law Boat, which let his Flesh Body Divine Spirit travel farther into the Sea of Calamity and raised his Divine Treasury development to 10%, then mastered Onmyōjutsu and strengthened the group with Nishaku’s barrier. After claiming Clear Sword Heart Selves as One, he understood it as ultimate Control and signed the Blank Steel Dragon Ticket with [Zashiki-warashi].

• Uesugi Tetsu used the Sea of Calamity Law Boat to carry his Flesh Body Divine Spirit across the Sea, cutting the pressure in half and raising his Divine Treasury development from 8% to 10%.
• Uesugi Tetsu adapted to the resulting boost in strength, learned Onmyōjutsu from the green jade inscription record, and deployed a powerful Tent.
• Nishaku mastered the Pure Lotus Womb barrier technique and created a barrier that restored vitality, allowing Uesugi Tetsu and Chisa to recover while Chisa resumed training.
• Uesugi Tetsu reviewed his pending preparations, noted that the Second Wave was approaching, and decided to pursue the Red Brahma incarnation mission and retrieve the predecessors’ preserved wealth.
• Uesugi Tetsu claimed Clear Sword Heart Selves as One, recognized its nature as ultimate Control, and signed [Zashiki-warashi] on the Blank Steel Dragon Ticket.

Zashiki-warashi arrived in the present world aboard a mysterious silver train and reunited with Uesugi Tetsu after centuries apart. She agreed to forge several rare materials and Spider-Cutter, beginning her work under strict protection.

• Zashiki-warashi encountered a silver train in Everworld and rode it to the present world, where it stopped outside Pure Lotus Womb.
• Zashiki-warashi met Ririko, Chisa, Two-Shaku-Sama, and Uesugi Tetsu, then happily reunited with Tetsu from the Warring States period.
• Zashiki-warashi boasted that she had become a master artisan, and Tetsu presented rare materials and Spider-Cutter for her to forge.
• Zashiki-warashi accepted the forging job without payment, and Tetsu raised barriers while Chisa and Ririko prepared to observe her technique.
• After sixteen hours of forging, Zashiki-warashi raised Spider-Cutter, now wreathed in azure flames, and announced that she would start with something simple.

Zashiki-warashi forged a new sheath for Kaga Kiyomitsu and began crafting a custom Brahma Mask for Uesugi Tetsu. After nearly forty-eight hours of work, she finished the mask and presented it to him.

• Zashiki-warashi infused Spider-Cutter with Bifang Remnant Flame, raising its quality to Legendary and unlocking Qing's ability to transform into a human.
• Qing transformed and explained that he could fight and perform chores, while Uesugi Tetsu suggested he teach Chisa and play with Koga.
• Zashiki-warashi forged a pitch-black, dark-gold-patterned sheath for Kaga Kiyomitsu, who entered it to try on her new clothes.
• Ririko gave Zashiki-warashi the remains of Thousand Eyes, which enhanced the Heavenly Craftsman's vision.
• Zashiki-warashi studied Uesugi Tetsu's masks and spent forty-seven hours forging a custom Brahma Mask, then presented it as the one best suited to him.

Uesugi Tetsu received Zashiki’s newly forged Sub-Mythic Mask of Asura and learned that Kaga Kiyomitsu’s Legendary scabbard let Koga change outfits, conceal her presence, and build power while she stayed sheathed. After answering Ririko’s questions only vaguely, Uesugi prepared supplies for Lord Magatsu and entered the Walker Assembly.

• Zashiki departed aboard the silver-white dragon after giving Uesugi Tetsu the mask she had forged for him.
• Uesugi Tetsu inspected the exclusive Sub-Mythic Mask of Asura, which could alter Demon Incarnation · Red Brahma, and resolved to use it in Everworld.
• Uesugi Tetsu discovered Zashiki had forged Kaga Kiyomitsu a Legendary scabbard that let Koga transform its appearance, conceal her aura, and accumulate power.
• Uesugi Tetsu told Ririko that Zashiki was a friend and promised to explain more after returning from his errand.
• Uesugi Tetsu bought snacks and games for Lord Magatsu, found a deserted place, and entered the Walker Assembly.

Uesugi Tetsu visited Lord Magatsu to evolve Red Brahma into Asura Brahma and begin its Asura Heavenly Path. Lord Magatsu sent him into a scarlet secret-realm vortex, apparently after taking the sword from his waist.

• Uesugi Tetsu found Lord Magatsu playing a game and complaining about its disappointing pulls, then showed her his Thousand-Eyed form.
• Uesugi Tetsu used Karma Fruit · Asura to evolve Red Brahma into the three-and-a-half-star Demon Incarnation · Asura Brahma, gaining the Sin and Punishment talents.
• Uesugi Tetsu unlocked and began Asura Brahma's Heavenly Path, whose trial called for him to endure Karma Fire and pluck the Karma Fruit.
• Lord Magatsu opened a scarlet vortex and warned Uesugi Tetsu that the secret realm could be dangerous if he did not use his Thousand-Eyed form.
• Lord Magatsu shoved Uesugi Tetsu into the vortex, and he realized his sword was missing.

Uesugi Tetsu entered an ancient secret realm, where a preserved projection explained that the Lord of Tokoyo had fallen and began a deadly trial. After easily overcoming its initial opponents, Uesugi Tetsu faced a boundless tide of demons and leaped into battle.

• Uesugi Tetsu discovered that the secret realm had sealed his Onmyōjutsu and that Lord Magatsu had taken his blades before sending him in.
• A shadow revealed it was a projection of an ancient Tokoyo Walker and learned that Uesugi Tetsu was the only Walker left, while the Lord of Tokoyo had fallen.
• Uesugi Tetsu accepted the shadow’s trial and declared he would win, then fought demons and collected Karma Fire as the trial tested his endurance.
• Uesugi Tetsu used his Asura avatar and Thousand Eyes to crush waves of Great Otafuku and factory managers with little effort.
• The shadow changed the trial into a boundless demon tide, and Uesugi Tetsu leaped into the blood-soaked horde with [Sin] and [Punishment] lit.

Uesugi Tetsu finished slaughtering the demonic tide and discussed his Onmyōjutsu with the black shadow, who realized the Nanjō family’s Chosen One had taught him the Imperial Spirit Technique. Uesugi chose the shadow’s [Sublimation] gift to complete an unfinished breathing technique, but lost consciousness before learning the shadow’s name.

• Uesugi Tetsu reported that he had killed 2,346,254 demons, including thirty-nine demon gods, while his Heavenly Path progress passed eighty percent.
• The black shadow tested Uesugi Tetsu’s Onmyōjutsu and recognized his mastery of the Five Thunder Technique and Imperial Spirit Technique.
• The black shadow explained that only the Nanjō family head or its Chosen One could teach outsiders the Imperial Spirit Technique, leading Uesugi Tetsu to suspect that [Work to Death] and Sister Nanjō were the same person.
• The black shadow offered Uesugi Tetsu a choice between [Ascension] and [Sublimation], and Uesugi chose [Sublimation] to complete an incomplete breathing technique.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked the black shadow’s name, but the gift’s radiance overwhelmed him before the shadow could answer.

Uesugi Tetsu returned from the Crimson Secret Realm with a mysterious gift and learned from Magatsu that a Heian-era Walker had used time to bury and destroy dangerous beings. He unlocked a fully mastered new chapter of his breathing technique, then prepared to tell Ririko the truth about the Imagawa Clan Head.

• Uesugi Tetsu recalled the shadow Walker’s furious reaction and final words before awakening in the Walker Assembly with Magatsu’s foot against his cheek.
• Magatsu explained that the shadow Walker had used his methods and the passage of time to erase dangerous things from a thousand years ago, and warned Uesugi Tetsu not to investigate buried history recklessly.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked about the Heian-era Veil, but Magatsu refused to explain and cautioned him that some historical knowledge was poisonous.
• Magatsu tried to comfort Uesugi Tetsu when she thought her warning had discouraged him, but he mistook her gesture for a gentle side she had never shown before.
• Uesugi Tetsu checked his gift and discovered that his Corona Breathing Technique had become Treasury of Kami, with its Flower of Essence fully condensed and its proficiency at 10000/10000.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned that little time had passed, reattached Koga and Aoi, and decided to tell Ririko everything about the Imagawa Clan Head except matters involving prompts and the timeline.

Uesugi Tetsu returned from the Walker Assembly and learned that the Second Wave would soon reach the present world, prompting him to plan how to strengthen himself. After he told Ririko about his time as a Walker and his encounter with Imagawa Yoshimoto, Imagawa received Zashiki’s letter about Tetsu and ordered her forces to march on the present world.

• Magatsu warned Uesugi Tetsu that the Wave would soon reach the present world, then effortlessly shoved his face forward when he tried to turn back toward her.
• Back in the present, Uesugi Tetsu reassured Koga and Karuta that he had been preparing by pursuing greater strength, and planned to advance Shura’s Heavenly Path and gather soul ashes.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Nanjō Emi about the Nanjō family’s restrictions on the Imperial Spirit Technique and her status as its Chosen by Heaven, but she denied any danger and ended the call.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the villa and explained his Tokoyo Walker identity and journey to the Warring States period to Ririko, who recognized Imagawa Yoshimoto.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto read Zashiki’s letter revealing that Uesugi Tetsu was in the present world and ordered her army to march there.

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.”