Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Tetsu defeated the Ten-Doll Night Walker Lord at the cost of severe injuries, and claimed powerful equipment and skill gains. After Nanjō Emi took him to the hospital, he woke to find himself face-to-face with her chest.

• Uesugi Tetsu discovered the Doll Festival Domain's range and charged the Ten-Doll Night Walker Lord, severing one of its arms and destroying its Golden Cup.
• Uesugi Tetsu used Soul Imprint to turn the summoned Left and Right Ministers and Doll Horses against their master, but the Right Minister sacrificed itself to save him from a cherry blossom petal's immobilizing effect.
• Uesugi Tetsu dodged the Night Walker Lord's attacks, reached it by leaping from a Wakizashi, and killed it with Kaga Kiyomitsu's Bamboo Strike, though his chest and legs were badly wounded.
• Uesugi Tetsu received Soul Ashes, skill proficiency, a Bloodstained Broken Doll Crown, and an Epic Pure White Doll, then recovered with Two-Shaku-Sama's help.
• Huijue confirmed that Hongwanji Temple's people were safe, and Nanjō Emi arranged for Uesugi Tetsu to go to the hospital and stabilized him during the ambulance ride.
• Uesugi Tetsu woke in the hospital and found himself staring at Nanjō Emi's chest.

Uesugi Tetsu woke fully healed in a Special Affairs Division ward and learned that a True Sword Match against Moonlit Hall would take place in Yokohama in seven days. He agreed to represent the Division, then heard Nanjō Emi explain the Four Extremes Breathing Techniques and the powerful sword saint behind the Imperial Grand Competition before they left to meet someone.

• Uesugi Tetsu woke beside Nanjō Emi, confirmed his injuries had healed, and heard her explain that the Gotō Bathhouse remained the only known hidden danger.
• Nanjō Emi told Uesugi Tetsu that the Special Affairs Division would face Moonlit Hall in a lethal True Sword Match in seven days, and Uesugi agreed to participate.
• Nanjō Emi explained that Tokugawa Ririko belonged to the Tokugawa Family, one of three families possessing a Four Extremes Breathing Technique, and that Ririko might not be able to compete publicly.
• Nanjō Emi described the four tiers of breathing techniques and explained that the Imperial Grand Competition was a negotiating table whose factions were held in check by a sword saint.
• After receiving a phone call, Nanjō Emi dressed and told Uesugi Tetsu that their break was over and someone was waiting for them.

Uesugi Tetsu learned that Kaga Kiyomitsu had reached Epic quality and unlocked a Legendary quest, then entered a modified Master Fisherman trial that sent him to an Edo-period slash test. After destroying multiple Slash Test Maru with increasingly powerful attacks, he demanded a tougher target.

• Kaga Kiyomitsu reached Epic quality, gained the Hundred Refinements as One effect, and unlocked a quest to reach Legendary quality and slay an Aragami-level enemy.
• Uesugi Tetsu left the Tsuzuki Ward Special Affairs Division with Nanjō Emi, thanked Huijue, and received a three-day blessing that made his transportation proceed smoothly.
• Karasuma Shigure, Kuzuha Chihaya, and Akatsuki Ran watched Uesugi Tetsu from a rooftop and discussed their upcoming confrontation with him and Tokugawa Ririko.
• Uesugi Tetsu began the Master Fisherman salvage, but the trial changed because he had attracted Okita Sōji's attention during his previous attempt and sent him to a special slash trial in the Bakumatsu era.
• Uesugi Tetsu used an unenhanced Bamboo Strike to score 910 guan, then broke the ordinary Slash Test Maru with a Corona Breathing Technique attack.
• Uesugi Tetsu transformed into White Brahma and destroyed an Ashigaru Slash Test Maru with an Iaido: Front-Draw Strike, then asked the clerk for an even more durable target.

Uesugi Tetsu achieved an extraordinary slash in the Bakumatsu trial, earning a major Willpower increase, a new precognitive ability, and recognition from the Nameless Swordsman. Back in the present, he received a new home and arrived to find Ririko inside.

• Uesugi Tetsu transformed into his Four-tailed Fox incarnation and struck the Samurai Cleaver with a thunder-infused Three-stage Thrust, registering a slashing force of 38,888 kan.
• The Samurai Cleaver declared that Uesugi Tetsu ranked among the top fifty of the younger generation, and the trial rewarded him with increased Willpower, era reputation, the Nameless Swordsman's recognition, and a four-star Samurai Cleaver Shikigami.
• Uesugi Tetsu awakened the middle-stage mind-state Clear Mirror, Still Water, which let him resist mental illusions and read ahead, though he could not predict Nanjō Emi's actions.
• Uesugi Tetsu promoted White Brahma and reviewed the Samurai Cleaver's abilities before Nanjō Emi and Shizuma Manatsu took him to his new villa.
• At the villa, Uesugi Tetsu met Kitano Runa, who said she had improved her Spirit Absorption Method and was being driven by the Special Affairs Division; she left after telling him Ririko was inside.
• Uesugi Tetsu used facial recognition to open the villa door.

Uesugi Tetsu visited Tokugawa Ririko at his villa, discussed mental cultivation with her, and drew an epic Warrior Talisman from the Edo Castle card pool. He contracted the Samurai Cleaver as the dojo’s guardian, and Ririko eagerly prepared to test her swordsmanship against it.

• Uesugi Tetsu found Tokugawa Ririko meditating in the dojo, and she explained that mental cultivation could prevent him from pre-reading her actions.
• Uesugi Tetsu used a ten-draw and received a Warrior Talisman that could summon twelve powerful Yellow Turban Warriors.
• Uesugi Tetsu placed the Samurai Cleaver in the dojo and contracted it as a guardian Shikigami.
• Ririko recognized the Samurai Cleaver from her childhood and thanked Uesugi Tetsu with a quick kiss on the cheek.
• Ririko raised her Bamboo Sword toward the Samurai Cleaver, which invited her to strike.

Uesugi Tetsu completed his Walker identity mission, received a chance to learn a stronger Tennen Rishin-ryū technique, and entered the Lost Walker Assembly. He found himself trapped in the ruined gathering as a terrifying presence awakened.

• Ririko demonstrated her advanced breathing technique and Unknowing Sword, then continued training with the Samurai Cleaver while Uesugi Tetsu explored their new villa with Two-Shaku-Sama.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to Edo Castle, delivered the Broken Walker Token to the Nameless Swordsman, and learned that he could return after mastering Tennen Rishin-ryū to receive a stronger technique.
• Uesugi Tetsu completed his Walker advancement and became a Tokoyo Walker, receiving the Walker Arrow and a mission to find the Walker Assembly Token.
• Uesugi Tetsu used 100 Soul Ash to light the Walker Assembly Token and entered the Lost Walker Assembly after drawing a favorable fortune.
• Uesugi Tetsu found the assembly in ruins, discovered he could not leave, and felt a terrifying presence awaken as prompts urged him to light his shrine.

Uesugi Tetsu lit a shrine in the Walker Assembly just in time to awaken Magatsu-Kami, who explained the Assembly’s past and gave him the Key of History. Back home, he trained with Ririko and watched Two-Shaku-Sama make peace with her before Tokugawa Haruhiko arrived with a sealed message and was stunned to see Uesugi Tetsu.

• Uesugi Tetsu found and lit a hidden shrine as a deadly presence awakened in the Walker Assembly, then met Magatsu-Kami.
• Magatsu-Kami explained the Walker Assembly’s purpose and decline, gave Uesugi Tetsu the Key of History, and warned him not to return for seven days.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the dojo, trained with Ririko, and gained proficiency in Tennen Rishin-ryū, Corona Breathing Technique, and Five Thunder Technique - Qi Resonance.
• Two-Shaku-Sama surprised Uesugi Tetsu by treating Ririko warmly, having used socializing and psychology advice to improve their relationship.
• Tokugawa Haruhiko came to deliver a sealed message from Great-Grandfather, and Uesugi Tetsu opened the gate despite Ririko’s request; Tokugawa Haruhiko exclaimed in shock at seeing him.

Uesugi Tetsu accepted a letter from Ririko’s family, helped her reject their attempt to summon her home, and learned that she would support his upcoming True Sword Match. After improving his skills, he returned to Kisaragi Station to retrieve Ye Chun, reaching the Mountain Inn while the Snow Woman secretly watched him.

• Tokugawa Haruhiko delivered a letter from the Tokugawa family head, but Ririko refused to welcome him until Uesugi Tetsu persuaded her to accept it.
• Ririko read the letter, destroyed it, and angrily rejected her family’s appeal to return home.
• Uesugi Tetsu reached Beginner level in Five Thunder Technique - Qi Resonance, accidentally sent lightning past Ririko, and enjoyed the curry she cooked with Two-Shaku-Sama.
• Ririko agreed that Uesugi Tetsu could handle the True Sword Match against Moonlit Hall while she continued training.
• Uesugi Tetsu reached Mastery level in Imperial Spirit Technique, then entered Kisaragi Station and borrowed the leather-jacketed driver’s SUV.
• Uesugi Tetsu reached the Mountain Inn to take Ye Chun away, unaware that the Snow Woman had returned and was watching him.

Uesugi Tetsu rescued Ye Chun from Kisaragi Station and drove her toward Isanuki Tunnel, where strange visions and enemies attacked the SUV. As endless Chi overwhelmed his summoned allies, Uesugi Tetsu called forth the Yellow Turban Warrior.

• Snow Woman watched Uesugi Tetsu approach the inn and chose to observe rather than attack, while Ye Chun continued to fear that he had abandoned her.
• Uesugi Tetsu arrived, caught Ye Chun after she jumped from the inn window, and promised to take her out of Kisaragi Station.
• Uesugi Tetsu drove Ye Chun and Two-Shaku-Sama toward Isanuki Tunnel, and Snow Woman let them leave, hoping they could end the cycle of resets.
• Inside the tunnel, Uesugi Tetsu warned Ye Chun and Two-Shaku-Sama not to trust the strange voices and visions, then defeated Taiko Suzuki, Malakobako, and High-Speed Grandpa as they attacked from a train.
• Uesugi Tetsu summoned Koma-inu and Foot Soldier Doll Figures to fight the endless Chi pouring from the train, but the creatures began to fall under the horde’s assault.
• Uesugi Tetsu suspected a mastermind was trying to exhaust him and activated his talisman, summoning the Yellow Turban Warrior in a flash of golden light.

Uesugi Tetsu and Ye Chun escaped the tunnel, only to discover that they had reached the real Kisaragi Station in Everworld. There, the station revealed itself as a living entity resembling Ye Chun and asked Uesugi Tetsu to kill it and end the cycles of Ye Chun’s deaths.

• Uesugi Tetsu ordered the Yellow Turban Warriors to stop and overturn the train, and they destroyed it while protecting the SUV from its supernatural occupants.
• Uesugi Tetsu drove through the tunnel as the Yellow Turban Warriors fought the three-star Vengeful Spirit Collective, and the Tunnel to Everworld side quest was completed.
• Ye Chun saw that the landscape outside the tunnel still resembled Kisaragi Station, but Uesugi Tetsu explained that they had reached the real station in Everworld and promised he would get her home.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed the platform moving, and a three-star Kisaragi Station revealed itself as a living entity with Ye Chun’s appearance and voice.
• The station told Ye Chun that twenty years had passed and explained that the original Ye Chun had become part of Kisaragi Station, trapped in cycles that restarted after her deaths.
• The station asked Uesugi Tetsu to kill it and end the suffering and repetition of all the Ye Chuns.

Uesugi Tetsu refused to kill Ye Chun and instead destroyed Kisaragi Station, freeing her from its endless cycle. After Ye Chun disappeared and the rescue quest was completed, he sensed the Snow Woman and an even greater presence approaching from Isanuki Tunnel.

• Uesugi Tetsu rejected Ye Chun's request to kill her and resolved to send her back to 2004 before destroying Kisaragi Station.
• Uesugi Tetsu sent Ye Chun through the tunnel in the SUV, then fought Kisaragi Station after it rose and attacked him.
• Two-Shaku-Sama shielded Uesugi Tetsu from a speeding train, and he used Kaga Kiyomitsu to cleave Kisaragi Station apart and kill it.
• Uesugi Tetsu found Two-Shaku-Sama protected by Pure Land, treated her injuries, and carried her to Ye Chun.
• Ye Chun thanked Uesugi Tetsu before fading away, and he completed Main Quest Two and chose to accumulate its reward.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed the Snow Woman and a deeper, more resentful presence inside Isanuki Tunnel as a white point appeared in the night sky.

After the Snow Woman dispelled the resentful souls and vanished into a rift, Uesugi Tetsu settled the Kisaragi Station rewards and chose new ways to strengthen himself. He recovered at home, where Ririko questioned his vague explanation for his weakened state.

• The Snow Woman absorbed the mass of resentment, fulfilled the souls’ lingering wishes, and was pulled into a black rift as Kisaragi Station collapsed.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned home with Two-Shaku-Sama and later woke weakened from Rage’s aftereffects, then inspected the Train’s Round-Trip Ticket he had obtained.
• Uesugi Tetsu settled the Kisaragi Station quests and chose Basic Plain Spear Style—Mastery Level, Skill Adaptation for Five Thunder Technique - Qi Resonance, and a quest item to raise his Tokoyo Walker identity’s rarity.
• Ririko entered after noticing Uesugi Tetsu’s aura weaken, and he claimed he had given a story a perfect ending.
• Ririko made Uesugi Tetsu breakfast and asked whether his story was real, but he answered uncertainly that it should be fake.

In 2004, Ye Chun struggled with the sense that she had forgotten something important, then discovered a Kisaragi Station model and recovered memories of being sent back twenty years. She inherited Kisaragi Station’s supernatural powers and, remembering Uesugi-kun, began her eighteenth summer anew.

• On the train home, Ye Chun told Nishino Ayaka she felt she had forgotten something important, but could not recall what.
• Ye Chun teased her little brother at home, and his question about the Death Note briefly made her wonder whether he had found a supernatural item.
• Before bed, Ye Chun discovered a Kisaragi Station model on her windowsill and decided to touch it despite being content with her life.
• Touching the model restored Ye Chun’s memories of being sent back twenty years and gave her ownership and use of Kisaragi Station.
• Ye Chun remembered Uesugi-kun and sobbed as she realized she had returned to May 5, 2004, at age eighteen.

Uesugi Tetsu learned Basic Plain Spear Style, tempered his Willpower, and prepared to unlock the next area at Okehazama. He arrived there with Two-Shaku-Sama just as rain approached, and called her into the woods while her advancement neared completion.

• Uesugi Tetsu mastered Basic Plain Spear Style, received Walker's Chronometer, and unlocked the Stormy Okehazama quest.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Nanjō Emi to arrange spears, a phone for Two-Shaku-Sama, and a list of powerful Shikigami; she warned him to prioritize his life in the True Sword Match.
• Uesugi Tetsu used Dissociation of Love in the sauna while Ririko explained how to progress from Clear Mirror to Hundredfold Tempering, and his Willpower increased.
• Two-Shaku-Sama trained with Samurai Cleaver, and Uesugi Tetsu noticed that her advancement progress had reached 67%.
• Uesugi Tetsu traveled to Okehazama with Two-Shaku-Sama, reached the site as rain approached, and beckoned her into an uninhabited copse while her progress bar showed 99%.

Uesugi Tetsu evolved Two-Shaku-Sama, then entered the historical phantom of the Battle of Okehazama and fought alongside Oda Nobunaga. After returning with major skill gains, he used the Key of History to enter the mid-Warring States period, where he awoke bound inside a thatched hut.

• Two-Shaku-Sama evolved to Rare+ and gained the Illusory Weapon and Affinity Aura talents, then successfully manifested a sword and a handgun.
• Uesugi Tetsu entered the Battle of Okehazama phantom, where Oda Nobunaga appointed him to lead the charge against the Imagawa army.
• Uesugi Tetsu fought through the Imagawa forces, helped drive back Imagawa Yoshimoto's guards, and rapidly improved his spear proficiency.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the present with increased skill proficiency and completed the area-unlocking quest, then chose to use the Key of History.
• The Key of History sent Uesugi Tetsu to the mid-Warring States period, where he regained consciousness tied to a wooden pillar in a thatched hut as footsteps approached.

Uesugi Tetsu arrived in the Sengoku Era, where he met the hungry young ninja Shiraishi and learned that Oda Nobunaga was still known as the Great Fool of Owari. After feeding Shiraishi, Uesugi Tetsu was asked whether Shiraishi could become his boss’s follower in exchange for eating the food every day.

• Uesugi Tetsu checked his new quest and learned that he had entered the real Sengoku Era, where spiritual energy was unusually scarce.
• Shiraishi entered the warehouse, threatened Uesugi Tetsu with a knife, and revealed the Key of History, which Uesugi Tetsu reclaimed and lit as a shrine.
• Uesugi Tetsu summoned Two-Shaku-Sama, stopped Shiraishi from escaping, and convinced him that he was an Onmyoji rather than a samurai.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned from Shiraishi that it was the second year of Kōji and that Oda Nobunaga was still called the Great Fool of Owari.
• Uesugi Tetsu gave Shiraishi compressed biscuits and water, and Shiraishi asked whether he could acknowledge Uesugi Tetsu as his boss so he could eat the biscuits every day.

Uesugi Tetsu recruited Shiraishi as his follower after demonstrating his strength, then brought him to Watari Village to confront a monster that had killed more than ten people. Tanaka Rō and the villagers knelt to greet Uesugi Tetsu, whose question about the monster alarmed them.

• Uesugi Tetsu gave Shiraishi compressed biscuits and recruited him as his local guide and follower.
• Shiraishi considered running off with Uesugi Tetsu’s valuable water bottle, but returned it after noticing Two-Shaku-Sama watching him.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed a resentful monster in Watari Village, and Shiraishi warned him that it had killed more than ten people.
• Uesugi Tetsu cut a large stone in half with Kaga Kiyomitsu, winning Shiraishi’s bet and sparing his life.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Shiraishi reached Watari Village, where Tanaka Rō and the villagers prostrated themselves before Uesugi Tetsu.
• Uesugi Tetsu asked Tanaka Rō whether a monster had been causing trouble, and Tanaka Rō and the young men behind him reacted with alarm.

Uesugi Tetsu revealed himself as an Onmyoji, exorcised the Well Woman in Watari Village, and accepted Chief Tanaka Rō’s invitation to dinner. As he rested at the chief’s home with Shiraishi, he noticed that the Four-tailed Fox was nearing its advancement to two-star rank.

• Tanaka Rō initially denied that yokai were present, but relented after Uesugi Tetsu promised not to harm the villagers.
• Uesugi Tetsu led Shiraishi to the village’s old well, where he identified the Well Woman and announced himself as the Onmyoji Tetsu.
• Uesugi Tetsu destroyed the well, restrained the Well Woman with vines, and struck her with lightning until she turned to ash.
• Tanaka Rō invited Uesugi Tetsu and Shiraishi to his home, while Shiraishi asked whether Uesugi Tetsu was human and heard about the power of true Kami.
• Uesugi Tetsu noticed that the Four-tailed Fox was several hours away from advancing to two-star rank as food and tea arrived.

Uesugi Tetsu stayed in Watari Village and asked Tanaka Rō to spread word of his deeds, while refusing Aine’s advances and deciding to test the time difference between eras. Back in the modern world, he found the card-pool girl had kicked a pearl toward him, prompting a purchase offer for the Five Thunder Pearl.

• Aine served Uesugi Tetsu and Shiraishi tea, then tried to seduce Uesugi Tetsu before revealing she was eleven.
• Uesugi Tetsu confronted Tanaka Rō and agreed to stay in Watari Village if he and the villagers spread word of what had happened.
• Shiraishi urged Uesugi Tetsu to join the Imagawa Clan, but Uesugi Tetsu said he was more interested in Oda Nobunaga.
• Tanaka Rō and his family served Uesugi Tetsu and Shiraishi a lavish meal, and Uesugi Tetsu turned down Aine’s offer to warm him.
• Uesugi Tetsu returned to the modern world to check the time difference, then saw the card-pool girl kick out a pearl and received an offer to purchase the Five Thunder Pearl.

Uesugi Tetsu traded Hundred-Eyed Demon's eyeballs for the Five Thunder Pearl, returned to the Sengoku era, and waited as the Four-tailed Fox advanced to its adult form. Just as he discovered his new powers, armed intruders burst into Tanaka Rō's home and threatened Shiraishi.

• Uesugi Tetsu traded three Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeballs to Hundred-Eyed Demon for the Five Thunder Pearl and received an Attribute Enhancement Pill as a bonus.
• Uesugi Tetsu consumed the pill, raising his Charm to 11, and tested the Five Thunder Pearl's lightning amplification before returning to the Sengoku era.
• Uesugi Tetsu learned that about two and a half shichen passed in the Sengoku era during his ten-minute absence, then brought Shiraishi inside and agreed to teach him the Ki-ai Technique.
• Uesugi Tetsu shared breakfast with Shiraishi and Aine, while Tanaka Rō secretly went to Sunpu Castle to report Uesugi Tetsu to the Imagawa Clan.
• Uesugi Tetsu's Four-tailed Fox reached two stars and gained its adult form, including Thousand Faces - Modified and Mirage, which let him suppress his aura and disrupt enemies' minds.
• An armed stranger smashed through the door after Shiraishi tried to stop him, and the intruder threatened to cut off Shiraishi's head.