Chapter Summaries

Mumei and Koshimizu Fumi reached Wisteria Mountain for the Demon Slayer Corps’ final selection, while the World Government planned to use Mumei’s infiltration to learn more about the Corps. As the seven-day trial began, Mumei brought her pet Rice with her into the mountain.

• Mumei and Koshimizu Fumi arrived at Wisteria Mountain and learned that the final selection required surviving there for seven days.
• Mumei noticed Tanjiro Kamado sniffing out the faint scent of human blood from her bottle.
• The purple-robed girls explained the final selection rules, and Mumei agreed to team up with Koshimizu Fumi, restraining Demons for him to kill.
• Laskey marked Wisteria Mountain on his map, and the Otherworld Strategy Committee decided to wait for Mumei to pass the selection and find the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
• Mumei started the live broadcast and introduced Rice, her pet snail, to Koshimizu Fumi as they entered the mountain.

The Five Elders feared that Muzan Kibutsuji might outmatch Imu and prepared to sacrifice Byrnndi World to protect the Star Gate, while Imu considered how to locate Infinity Castle. On Wisteria Mountain, Mumei avoided revealing her abilities until Tanjiro confronted the Hand Demon.

• Saint Topman Warcury and the other Five Elders discussed Muzan Kibutsuji's age and regenerative demons, then agreed to send Byrnndi World to guard the Star Gate base.
• Imu laughed at the Five Elders' belief that Muzan might be stronger than him and considered finding Infinity Castle to capture Muzan.
• Imu watched Mumei's Final Selection and recognized the Hand Demon as the first major threat Tanjiro had faced.
• Mumei and Koshimizu Fumi hid as the Hand Demon killed examinees, and Mumei chose not to reveal her strength to save them.
• Tanjiro rushed in and severed the Hand Demon's arm, surprising Mumei.

Mumei rushed in to save the injured Tanjiro from Hand Demon and used a Jet Bullet to expose the demon’s neck before cutting off his head. Hand Demon began turning to ash as Tanjiro survived beside his shattered Fox Mask.

• Hand Demon taunted Tanjiro about eating Urokodaki’s disciples, enraging him as he fought to close the distance.
• Hand Demon struck Tanjiro into a tree, shattering his Fox Mask, while the examinee Tanjiro had saved prepared to flee.
• Mumei took Koshimizu Fumi’s Nichirin Blade and charged in to protect Tanjiro, despite Laskey’s disapproval.
• Mumei dodged and severed Hand Demon’s attacking arms, then fired her Jet Bullet through his neck.
• Mumei cut off Hand Demon’s head, and his body and head began turning to ash beside Tanjiro.

Imu trained to strengthen his Haki before traveling to Water Seven to inspect the Sea Train project. When Aqua Laguna struck, he let the city face the tsunami while considering a protective system modeled on Fish-Man Island’s Air Storage.

• Imu devoted ten hours a day to training in Hell with Enma and focused on widening his strength advantage over other top fighters.
• Three days later, Imu arrived near Water Seven aboard Noah as the city prepared for its annual Aqua Laguna.
• Imu ordered Stussy to show him live footage of the storm and tsunami and observed Water Seven’s Sea Train facilities.
• Imu chose not to stop Aqua Laguna, reasoning that government departments should gain experience or develop a lasting defense.
• After watching the tsunami batter Water Seven, Imu proposed asking Fish-Man Island about adapting its Air Storage technology to protect the city.

On January 1, 1499, Big Mom gathered the Underworld kings for a tea party, intending to hand them over as a gift to the World Government. Doflamingo trapped the guests and Cake Castle inside his Birdcage as Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven closed in.

• Foreign ships and Underworld figures arrived at Whole Cake Island for Big Mom’s tea party.
• Big Mom told Perospero that the Underworld kings would be her gift to the World Government and ordered Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven to deal with them.
• The Underworld kings entered the empty tea-party square and wondered why the tables and chairs were missing.
• Doflamingo appeared above the square, and Morgans and Umit recognized him; Umit said Doflamingo had taken over North Blue’s shipping business.
• Doflamingo unleashed threads that formed a Birdcage around the square and Cake Castle as Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven approached the Underworld kings.

Imu ordered Brook to secretly find and copy the Pluton blueprints in Tom’s workshop while tightening the World Government’s control over captured underworld leaders. Brook found the blueprints, and Tesoro left his audience with Imu shaken but newly appointed as his subordinate.

• Imu ordered Morgans, Giberson, and Umit’s captured operations seized, and demanded that Umit reveal information about White Dragon.
• Imu decided to steal the Pluton blueprints from Tom’s workshop and sent Brook of CIPHER POL-9 to search for them.
• Deputy Director Jerome showed Brook the workshop’s floor plan and warned him not to harm Tom or the technical staff.
• Brook used his soul projection to search Tom’s Workers overnight and found the yellowed Pluton blueprints.
• Tesoro emerged from the palace shaken after meeting Imu, then told Stella that Imu had taken him on as a subordinate.

Morgans was assigned to publicize the World Government’s sweeping expansion and the submission of major pirates, while Marshall D. Teach seized a chance to leave the Whitebeard Pirates for a medical examination. The chapter left Teach at the docks, where he discovered that Vice Admiral Aokiji would escort him.

• Morgans learned that the World Government planned to make every country and island an affiliated nation and had recruited powerful pirates, including Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Golden Lion.
• Morgans accepted the assignment to write the headline, and News Coos distributed the World Economic Journal across the seas.
• King Cobra and people across the world reacted to the news, while Edward Newgate mourned the end of his life as Whitebeard.
• Marshall D. Teach agreed to undergo a medical examination, hoping to use the trip to escape and search for the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach arrived at the docks to board a World Government ship and learned that Vice Admiral Aokiji would escort him.

The Otherworld Strategy Committee assessed the military strength of Japan and other great powers in the Demon Slayer World, finding their naval guns and enormous armies a serious threat. The meeting ended with orders to intensify investigations into the Demon Slayer Corps, Muzan Kibutsuji, and the Man-Eating Demons.

• A young official presented intelligence on Japan’s ironclad warships, whose gun ranges far exceeded those of the World Government’s naval fleet.
• The official estimated that the Demon Slayer World’s great powers had armies numbering hundreds of thousands in peacetime and potentially millions during war.
• The committee concluded that the World Government held an advantage in small-scale conflicts but might struggle against the entire world without deploying stronger combatants.
• The official reported that ordinary people in the world were physically fragile, while the committee planned to capture a Man-Eating Demon and a Demon Slayer Corps member alive.
• The committee ordered investigators to identify Demon Slayers by their swords and approved plans to capture Demons near Wisteria Mountain.

Mumei received her Nichirin Blade, which turned black with blue patterns, and learned that an Instructor would soon teach her Breathing Technique and Swordsmanship. Laskey reported the news to the command center and ordered an agent to follow the swordsmith.

• Laskey and Mumei realized the Demon Slayer Corps' crow had stopped watching them after their observation period ended.
• Kodera Sora arrived and delivered Mumei's Nichirin Blade, which changed from a faint dark blue to black with blue, vein-like patterns.
• Kodera Sora passed on the Head of the Corps' message that Mumei would receive an Instructor despite passing Final Selection without learning a Breathing Technique.
• Kodera Sora mentioned a boy who had developed his own Breathing Technique and taken a Nichirin Blade to kill Demons, then left.
• Laskey sent an agent to follow Kodera Sora and reported Mumei's sword and the Corps' plans to the command center.

Captain Guts and Horobi met Doma in Le Town and convinced him they were Demons able to withstand sunlight. Muzan learned of them and rushed to meet them, while Guts realized the encounter could put him in grave danger.

• Horobi and Captain Guts discussed Le Town and the Eternal Paradise Sect while waiting at an inn.
• Doma visited them, identified himself as the sect leader, and showed interest in Horobi.
• Captain Guts demonstrated his thread ability, leading Doma to believe he and Horobi were sunlight-resistant Demons.
• Muzan received news of the pair through the Demon bloodline, killed his daughter and wife in excitement, and summoned Nakime to transport him to Le Town.
• Doma told Guts and Horobi to come with him to see Muzan, and Guts realized Muzan could be far stronger than he was.

Captain Guts fought Upper Rank Two Doma in Le Town and captured him alive for CIPHER POL. Muzan Kibutsuji arrived after Guts and Horobi had escaped through the Star Gate, while the author’s note clarified that the World Government was the story’s protagonist.

• Doma discovered that Guts could speak Muzan Kibutsuji’s name without dying, but Guts attacked him before he could learn more.
• Guts and Doma’s battle destroyed an inn and caused widespread devastation in Le Town as they exchanged powerful attacks.
• Doma unleashed his ice techniques and giant Bodhisattva, but Guts broke through them and cut Doma apart with Rankyaku.
• Guts bound Doma’s regenerating body in hardened black threads, then left with Horobi for the Star Gate.
• Muzan arrived at the frozen battlefield and complained that Doma had failed to delay their enemies for even a few minutes.
• The author’s note stated that the World Government was the story’s central protagonist and that Imu would keep his identity secret for now.

As CIPHER POL agents caused unrest across Japan, Mumei and Laskey met Sakonji Urokodaki to learn about Demons and Breathing Techniques. Laskey sparred with the Former Water Hashira and began identifying how Water Breathing worked.

• A black-haori killer caught and returned a bullet before killing two Tokyo detectives, while further bodies appeared at military and government sites across Japan.
• Sakonji Urokodaki thanked Mumei for saving Tanjiro and explained the Demon Slayer Corps, Demons, Final Selection, and Total Concentration Breathing to her and Laskey.
• Laskey asked Sakonji Urokodaki to demonstrate his methods, and the two began sparring in the courtyard.
• Sakonji Urokodaki used Water Breathing forms, but Laskey blocked his attacks with basic CIPHER POL Swordsmanship.
• Laskey realized the water effects were illusions created through Breathing Techniques and swordsmanship, while Sakonji Urokodaki seemed to predict his movements.

Laskey defeated Sakonji Urokodaki by copying Water Breathing and agreed to meet the Demon Slayer Corps leadership, while the World Government planned operations across several worlds. Imu reviewed new reports and discovered that his authorization for a third Star Gate had become available.

• Laskey copied Sakonji Urokodaki's Water Breathing, disarmed him, and agreed to consider joining the Demon Slayer Corps after meeting its strongest fighters and leader.
• Sakonji Urokodaki sent Karasu to report the encounter, while the Otherworld Strategy Committee ordered Horobi to accompany Guts on their dangerous mission involving Muzan Kibutsuji and the Twelve Kizuki.
• The Five Elders discussed building Pluton, concluded that they would need Adam Wood from Elbaf, and debated how to bring the country under World Government control.
• Imu arrived near Jaya and declared that Sky Island would have no god or God's Country once he reached it, then observed Tesoro's training.
• Imu reviewed reports about Water 7's defenses and Marshall D. Teach's three sets of Lineage Factors, then found that he could open a third Star Gate.

Marshall D. Teach was forced by the World Government to eat three construction-themed Devil Fruits and join its Construction Division. Imu learned that Teach had eaten them and laughed, declaring that Blackbeard had become Graybeard.

• Teach remained under Aokiji's watch at the Medical Academy in Drum Kingdom, where he learned his body could consume three Devil Fruits.
• Coulson arrived with three Devil Fruits—the Glass-Glass Fruit, Steel-Steel Fruit, and Cement-Cement Fruit—and said the World Government would assign Teach to its Construction Division.
• Teach tried to delay the decision and asked the World Government to find Devil Fruits he wanted, but Coulson refused and made clear that Teach had no choice.
• Teach ate the Cement-Cement Fruit, Steel-Steel Fruit, and Glass-Glass Fruit under the watch of Coulson and the CP9 agents.
• Imu received news of Teach's new abilities aboard Noah and laughed that there would be no more Blackbeard, only Graybeard.

Captain Guts and Horobi faced nearly all the Twelve Kizuki and agreed to meet Muzan Kibutsuji, while revealing that they belonged to a powerful group called the Kabaneri. The chapter ended with Captain Guts transforming and proposing an exchange between the Kabaneri and the man-eating demons.

• Kokushibo and the other Upper and Lower Ranks surrounded Captain Guts and Horobi, with Doma sealed inside the Black Jar.
• Captain Guts asked why Rui was absent, and Kokushibo explained that Rui had disobeyed Muzan Kibutsuji and been killed by the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Horobi attacked Kokushibo with a Fear Energy Bullet, but he split it with a single sword strike, and the blast destroyed several lowly demons nearby.
• Captain Guts stopped Horobi and identified them as Kabaneri, then agreed to go with the demons to meet Muzan Kibutsuji.
• Captain Guts transformed and described the Kabaneri's numbers and hierarchy before proposing an exchange with the man-eating demons.

Crocodile arrived in the Demon Slayer World with an army and was ordered to pursue the bait through the paper disc. He raced toward Infinity Castle, leaving destruction across several cities as the Japanese government mistook his sandstorms for a natural disaster.

• Crocodile emerged from the Biochemical Safety Station with Biba Amatori and watched the Army's soldiers march into the Demon Slayer World.
• Crocodile received the order that the prey had taken the bait, checked the paper disc's direction, and decided to pursue alone while Biba arranged the troops.
• Crocodile transformed into a sandstorm and flew south toward the target.
• Crocodile's sandstorm swallowed Fujiyoshida City, sweeping up people and battering buildings.
• Crocodile ravaged cities and villages along his route, while the Japanese government treated the destruction as a natural disaster and prepared relief efforts.

Captain Guts and Horobi met Muzan Kibutsuji in the Infinity Castle and tried to persuade her to join the World Government. Muzan refused and ordered the Demon Moons to attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Nakime brought Captain Guts and Horobi before Muzan Kibutsuji in the Infinity Castle, where the Twelve Kizuki gathered around them.
• Muzan questioned the two agents, and Captain Guts explained the World Government, the Kabane, and the many unusual races living beyond Japan.
• Muzan refused to join the World Government and warned that she would kill its forces if they entered Japan.
• Muzan ordered the Eleven Demon Moons to kill Captain Guts and Horobi, and Kokushibo opened the attack with Moon Breathing.
• Captain Guts countered Kokushibo's blade winds with Rankyaku as attacks from the other Upper Ranks descended.

Captain Guts and Horobi fought Muzan Kibutsuji’s demons inside Infinity Castle, with Horobi battling several Upper Ranks while Captain Guts held his own against Kokushibo and Doma. Muzan joined the fight and unleashed his full power against Captain Guts as a massive sandstorm continued toward the Tokyo Area.

• Akaza used Compass Needle to track Horobi, but she evaded the demons’ attacks and sealed Enmu inside a Black Jar after his hypnosis failed.
• Horobi countered Gyokko’s octopus and Daki’s sashes, beheaded Daki, then fought Gyutaro when he emerged from her neck.
• Gyutaro’s blood blades drove Horobi back as Akaza, Gyokko’s octopus, and Daki attacked her together.
• Captain Guts overwhelmed Kokushibo and Doma, while Muzan Kibutsuji attacked him from behind and then ordered the two Upper Ranks to capture Horobi.
• Captain Guts and Muzan clashed across Infinity Castle, and Muzan released nineteen Spiked Whips as the demons fled the destruction.
• Outside Infinity Castle, the Japanese government panicked as the sandstorm from Mount Fuji continued sweeping toward the Tokyo Area.

The World Government estimated that moving its two hundred thousand Army soldiers through the narrow Star Gate would take at least two months, while worrying Japan might discover its forces in Aokigahara Forest. As Japan’s leaders struggled to respond to Crocodile’s sandstorm, Crocodile continued toward his destination, leaving Fujino City devastated.

• An official told Chairman Fernandez and the other leaders that moving troops and supplies through the Star Gate would take at least two months.
• Burwell Gabriel warned that Crocodile’s sandstorm could draw the Japanese Government to Aokigahara Forest, but Kongming thought its investigation would likely focus elsewhere.
• Chairman Fernandez said the World Government would take Japan first and then declare war on the world after two months.
• Prime Minister Kato heard that the Japan Meteorological Agency could not explain the sandstorm and ordered an investigation while warning Tokyo residents to prepare.
• Crocodile’s sandstorm devastated towns and cities, and he laughed as he traveled onward toward his destination.

Guts fought Muzan in Infinity Castle while Crocodile’s sandstorm engulfed Hachioji City and exposed the underground fortress. The chapter ended as yellow sand poured through cracks in the castle ceiling.

• Guts and Muzan battled for two days, with Guts struggling to conserve his dwindling Haki while stalling for reinforcements.
• Meteorologists watched Crocodile’s sandstorm swallow Hachioji City, where it spiraled around the city instead of moving onward.
• Crocodile used Desert Spada to cut deep into the city and spotted Infinity Castle glowing underground.
• The sandstorm shook Infinity Castle, and Nakime reported that the underground area was cracking apart.
• Cracks spread across Infinity Castle’s ceiling, and yellow sand began pouring through.