Chapter Summaries

Nagato Uzumaki was chosen by Liuhe, a spirit beast who proposed becoming his shikigami, while Sesshomaru confirmed Nagato was safe. The Twelve Divine Beasts’ arrival became a legend in Spirit Capital, and Sesshomaru prepared to recruit more yoma soldiers before studying swordsmanship and traveling Sea Star to win Rin more years of life.

• Basil Hawkins warned everyone to dodge as an emerald-green escaping light shattered Nagato Uzumaki’s Shinra Tensei and entered his body.
• Liuhe appeared to Nagato in a spiritual space, explained their fate-bound connection, and proposed a shikigami contract; Nagato asked about its terms and risks.
• Sesshomaru arrived, learned what had happened, and tried to reach Nagato before Liuhe warned him not to interrupt their meeting.
• Sesshomaru confirmed Nagato was unharmed, told Kiriya that he had encountered something good, and left for the moon.
• The night’s events became a Spirit Capital legend, inspiring a folk song about the Twelve Divine Beasts, sacred trees, Yellow Springs, and Spirit Capital.
• Sesshomaru returned to Higurashi Manor, left Jaken and twenty yoma soldiers in charge, and planned to recruit more soldiers before studying swordsmanship and traveling Sea Star to win Rin five hundred years of life.

The Five Elders reviewed Zombie Doctor George Edgar’s proposal and received Lord Imu’s decision to deny the Zombie Kingdom membership while allowing covert aid and limited employment for suitable zombies. Meanwhile, the Hundred Demons World’s demon crisis overwhelmed the World Government’s forces, prompting Fu Feng to request help from the Religious Affairs Department.

• Shepherd Ju Peter summarized Redfield’s report on George Edgar’s demands, the Zombie Kingdom, and its researchers’ knowledge and technology.
• Topman Warcury, Marcus Mars, and Zambalong V. Nusjuro debated whether to accept the zombies, how to support them against the Galactic Empire, and whether to send a fleet on an offensive campaign.
• Lord Imu ruled that the World Government would not admit the Zombie Kingdom, would secretly aid it, and might employ certain intelligent zombies if their food needs were resolved.
• The demon crisis intensified in the Hundred Demons World as local countries sought help from the Astral Legion, while its forces and allied groups struggled to contain the demons.
• Fu Feng applied to the World Government for support from the Religious Affairs Department to help fight the demons.

Bartholomew Kuma arranged a five-thousand-person religious force to fight demons in the Hundred Demons World, while discussing how different faiths would contribute. Galatea proposed that the Religious Affairs Department train Roman soldiers, leaving Kuma to consider Gaius's request.

• Bartholomew Kuma appointed Anderson to lead a five-thousand-person force against demons and said he would accompany the expedition without taking command.
• Kuma refused Ginny's request to join the mission and assigned her to remain at headquarters with Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.
• Vittorio offered one thousand Holy Order of Knights, and Islam offered five hundred Samurai led by Zuo for the force.
• Abbot Tianhai explained that most shinobi monks were already serving in the Hundred Demons World under the Yin-Yang Bureau, and Kuma said he would discuss their assignment with Charlotte Linlin.
• Galatea explained that Gaius wanted the Religious Affairs Department to accept and train Roman soldiers after the Astral Legion rejected them.

Gaius struggled to find enhancement resources for a hundred thousand Roman soldiers, so he sought help from Sea Star’s organizations but secured only a thousand recruits. Helen, an archangel under the Empress of Rabona, appeared before him to deliver an oracle from the God of La Baule.

• Gaius concluded that the Astral Legion would not recruit ancient Roman soldiers and that enhancing a hundred thousand troops required resources the Roman Empire could not afford.
• Gaius asked Galatea to seek support from Sea Star’s departments and organizations in exchange for elite soldiers who would serve for agreed periods.
• Kuma agreed to recruit one thousand Roman soldiers for the Religious Affairs Department and enhance them through regenerative human modification surgery.
• As Gaius lamented that Rome could not raise an army of one hundred thousand, golden light descended into Dumishan Palace and appeared throughout Rome.
• Helen introduced herself to Gaius as an archangel and announced that she had come to deliver the God of La Baule’s oracle.

Archangel Helen bestowed the Holy Light system and one hundred unicorns upon the Roman Empire on Teresa’s behalf, giving it a path to grow stronger and contribute to the World Government. Teresa reflected that Imu’s support had made the Claymore World a key foundation for her faction, though she still wished he would love her.

• Helen told Gaius that Empress Rabona had granted Rome the Path of Holy Light and explained how faith and La Baule Meditation could awaken its power.
• Helen bestowed the Paladin inheritance upon Gaius, who gained Holy Light and swore enduring faith to Rabona.
• Helen said Galatea had received the Priest inheritance and become a Holy Light Angel, then instructed Gaius to train Paladins and respect the saintess.
• Helen announced that Rabona had sent one hundred unicorns for outstanding Paladins, and Gaius hurried to the racetrack to see them.
• Teresa considered how the Holy Light professions, holy spirits, and Angels would strengthen her faction and help the Claymore World contribute to the World Government.
• Teresa thanked Imu for supporting her ambitions and wished that he would love only her.

Rihan Nura met with Minister Molotov Cooktail at the World Government’s Yokosuka base to discuss the Nura Clan’s future and its approach to relations between humans and Yoma. He learned that the World Government intended to reveal Yoma openly, leaving him to weigh the clan’s ideals against its faster, more forceful plan.

• Rihan Nura and the Nura Clan executives arrived at the Yokosuka Naval Port and were stunned by the World Government’s defenses and technology.
• Minister Molotov Cooktail entered the conference room with Walter C. Dennes, a former Van Helsing family butler who had joined Cipher Pol as a CP1 bodyguard.
• Walter watched Rihan Nura and the other Yoma, hoping they would attack so he could test his abilities, but they remained peaceful.
• Minister Molotov Cooktail explained the World Government’s position while Rihan Nura listened and considered the Nura Clan’s future.
• Rihan Nura learned that the Nura Clan sought cooperation between humans and Yoma, while the World Government planned to reveal Yoma openly and have the public adjust to their existence.

Rihan Nura discussed moving the Nura Clan to Sea Star with Minister Molotov, who explained the Demon Race's legal status and the dangers of life there. Rihan wanted to bring all seventy-two groups, but hidden crimes among the clan's demons meant many would fail the World Government's screening and face a purge.

• Minister Molotov told Rihan Nura that the Nura Clan could settle on Sea Star as a recognized Demon Race, but would be a weak minority expected to defend itself.
• Molotov warned the demons against eating people or killing children, and Rihan thanked him for the guidance.
• Rihan asked to delay the move until the Demon Calamity was resolved, and Molotov advised the clan to register first so their aid to the Astral Legion would count as meritorious service.
• Rihan asked how many demons could accompany him, and Molotov said every member would be investigated and only those who qualified would receive Demon Race status.
• Gyuki, Mokugyo Daruma, and Karasu Tengu knew that many distant Nura Clan groups secretly committed cruel acts, which would bring those demons under scrutiny.
• The World Government's ninjas had gathered evidence against abusive demons such as Gagoze, and the chapter indicated that these demons would be purged and sent to Underworld Hell.

After Ryūenji Temple’s sixth seal fell, the Kakeiin Clan realized Hagoromo Fox was breaking Kyoto’s Spiral Seal in sequence. Hagoromo Fox aimed to turn Kyoto into a demon domain, restore her Hyakki Yagyō, and rule the world alongside Abe no Seimei.

• An onmyoji told the Eighty Stream School head that demons had breached Ryūenji Temple and the Aika School had fled after suffering heavy casualties.
• The Eighty Stream School head identified Kiyomizu-dera, guarded by the Thunderbolt School, as the next seal in Hidemoto Keikain’s sequence.
• The chapter explained that worldwide panic had accelerated the Spiral Seal’s decline and helped Hagoromo Fox take over Yamabuki Otome ahead of schedule.
• Hagoromo Fox summoned Kyoto’s demons and led them to break Fushimi Inari Shrine’s eighth seal, Katsura Imperial Villa’s seventh seal, and Ryūenji Temple’s sixth seal.
• Hagoromo Fox planned to release the accumulated resentment, make Kyoto a demon domain, and join Abe no Seimei in creating a world ruled by demons.

Six-year-old Keikain Akifusa begged to fight, but his father sent him with the other children as the Hanakaiin branches gathered at their strongest main house. At Kiyomizu-dera, Thunderbolt School onmyoji defended the fifth seal while Hyuga Mutai’s squad watched under orders not to intervene.

• Keikain Akifusa asked his father for a sword and permission to fight, but his father insisted he follow the others to the main house.
• Akifusa’s father reflected on the Eighty Stream School’s cursed swordcraft and forbidden Demon Possession Art, and on how the Hanakaiin Clan used branch-house adoption to evade Hagoromo Fox’s curse.
• The Eighty Stream, Fortune-Longevity, Idoro, and Thunderbolt branch houses sent their elderly and children to the main house as Hagoromo Fox’s yoma horde advanced.
• About a hundred Thunderbolt School onmyoji guarded Kiyomizu-dera’s fifth seal, sustaining its barrier against the attacking yoma and demons.
• Hyuga Mutai’s squad watched the siege from nearby, but Mutai followed orders to observe and said they would only try to save anyone who escaped in their direction.

At Kiyomizu-dera, Takeki Kakeiin and the Thunderbolt School branch family fought to hold off a monster horde after confirming their heirs had reached the main house. Once the barrier fell, they launched a desperate counterattack, but a snake-eyed girl stopped Takeki and claimed she was carrying out her sister’s first task.

• Takeki Kakeiin learned that Mamiru and the others had reached the main house, then ordered his people to hold the barrier for two more hours before using their remaining strength to fight.
• As the barrier cracked, the narration described the prodigies Keikain Ryuji, Keikain Akifusa, and Keikain Mamiru alongside the newborn Keikain Yura, whose existence had changed the original timeline.
• Takeki ordered the onmyoji to stop powering the barrier and prepare for battle as it shattered above Kiyomizu-dera.
• Takeki merged with Demon Bear and charged the monsters while the other onmyoji fought with shikigami, talismans, and lightning arts.
• A snake-eyed girl holding a human skull and accompanied by Aoda confronted Takeki, saying her sister had assigned her the task and he could not interfere.

At Kiyomizu-dera, Little Kyokotsu overwhelmed Takeki Kakeiin while Minister Kaze Fufeng ordered the Spiral Seals broken and a full-scale assault launched. An Astral Legion transport arrived above the temple, and its soldiers prepared to jump into battle.

• Little Kyokotsu identified herself as a Kyokotsu and attacked Takeki Kakeiin with skulls and snakes, overpowering him with her demon power.
• Takeki Kakeiin realized he could not defeat Little Kyokotsu and entrusted the Mamiru Thunderbolt lineage to someone as the battle turned against him.
• Minister Kaze Fufeng ordered the seals broken, Hagoromo Fox captured, and the disobedient yoma wiped out, dispatching forces to occupy all eight Spiral Seal locations.
• A Galaxy transport carrying a battalion of Astral Legion soldiers arrived over Kiyomizu-dera with Jean Kirstein and Pell Bruff aboard.
• Jean Kirstein ordered the soldiers to jump from the aircraft toward the yoma army below.

Takeki Kakeiin was about to lose his remaining eye to Little Kyoukotsu when Pell Bruff appeared and stopped the attack. Eldian paratroopers then descended on Kiyomizu-dera, launching a coordinated assault on the demons as their Titan forms emerged.

• Little Kyoukotsu stole Takeki Kakeiin's left eye and terrified him with visions of his family becoming undead companions.
• Pell Bruff appeared and caught the serpent demon before it could take Takeki Kakeiin's right eye, frightening Little Kyoukotsu with his presence.
• Eldian paratroopers descended from an aircraft to keep flying demons from obstructing the landing force.
• The first paratroopers used their Omni-Directional Mobility Gear and Demon Slayer Breathing forms to kill flying demons.
• The second wave activated Wind Stones, blinded demons with golden lightning, and transformed into giant warriors in black combat suits.

Eldian paratroopers and Pure Titans turned the battle at Kiyomizu-dera against Little Kyoukotsu’s Yoma, while Pell Bruff pursued and battered her. Little Kyoukotsu trapped Pell in her Reality Marble, where he manifested as a Soul White Wolf.

• Pure Titans and Eldian paratroopers attacked the Yoma surrounding Kiyomizu-dera, giving the Thunderbolt School onmyoji a chance to survive.
• Pell Bruff struck Little Kyoukotsu and used his Observation Haki to find her among her skeletal decoys.
• Pell drove Little Kyoukotsu out through the temple gates and pursued her as he cut down the Yoma in his path.
• Little Kyoukotsu shattered her father Great Kyoukotsu’s skull and activated the Reality Marble: Kyoukotsu’s Dream.
• Little Kyoukotsu summoned a giant serpent of bones, but Pell resisted her curse and manifested as the Soul White Wolf.

Seras led the vampire unit into Fushimi Inari Shrine to clear out Hagoromo Fox’s forces, but they found no visible enemies and discovered that squad members were disappearing behind an invisible barrier. The chapter ended with Seras testing the barrier with her Blood Spear, which failed to break through.

• Seras divided the vampire warriors into squads and sent them through Fushimi Inari Shrine to search for yokai.
• A member of the third squad and then a member of the first squad vanished from the radar without signs of a fight.
• Yuri identified a Heart Demon-type Reality Marble as the likely cause and advised using supernatural attacks to find and break the barrier.
• The third squad found an invisible barrier in a grove and repeatedly attacked it with Blood Wing Assault and Blood Bat Assault, but could not damage it.
• Seras reached the Senbon Torii and struck the barrier with Blood Spear, but it stopped the attack three meters away.

Seras broke into the Reality Marble at Fushimi Inari Shrine and fought the great yokai Thousand-Handed Mukade. As she overwhelmed it, the Greedy Wolf Star Special Forces began operations across Kyoto, marking the World Government’s full takeover of the Hundred Demons World.

• Seras ignored the yokai’s taunts, shattered the barrier around Fushimi Inari Shrine, and found a captured vampire warrior inside.
• Thousand-Handed Mukade attacked Seras’s squad with weapon-wielding demon arms emerging through small torii, wounding two warriors and forcing the others to evade.
• Seras used Dead River to endure Mukade’s attacks, then unleashed Blood Hunt and overwhelmed the yokai with Blood Spikes.
• The Greedy Wolf Star Special Forces attacked other sealing sites, sending Pell, Father Anderson, Julio Caesar, Zuo, Galatea, Bartholomew Bear, and Han to their assignments.
• Hank Henriette went to confront Hagoromo Fox, while Urouge traveled to Fukuchiyama to meet the Gokadoin Clan.

Julio Caesar’s summoned beasts overwhelmed Ibaraki-dōji’s forces at Ryūenji Temple, while Anderson faced Kidomaru inside the demon’s Reality Marble. Kidomaru revealed his devotion to Hagoromo Fox’s plan and sent a hundred Oni Tribe warriors to attack Anderson.

• Julio Caesar summoned magical creatures through Windalfr and sent them against Ibaraki-dōji’s Yoma at Ryūenji Temple.
• Ibaraki-dōji unleashed Ba: Demon War Drums, killing hundreds of the creatures before clashing with Julio Caesar’s Sectumsempra.
• At Katsura Imperial Villa, Takagi Yumie fought alongside the battle priests and nuns as Anderson and Kidomaru vanished into a Reality Marble.
• Kidomaru revealed his true face in Rashomon and declared that he would protect Hagoromo Fox’s plan to bring about a world ruled by darkness and order.
• Kidomaru sent around a hundred Oni Tribe warriors charging at Anderson.

Father Anderson fought Kidomaru inside the Reality Marble Rashomon, using his chanting, twin gunblades, and regenerative power to withstand the yokai’s attacks. As Kidomaru prepared his ultimate strike, Anderson calmly finished his prayer.

• Anderson chanted Bible verses and killed the hundred Oni Tribe warriors charging at him.
• Kidomaru attacked Anderson with Sword Halberd: Plum Tree, but Anderson matched his speed in a fierce blade clash.
• Anderson hurled throwing knives while chanting, and Kidomaru countered with Sword Halberd: Cherry Blossom, filling the space with speeding petals.
• Anderson’s wounds healed rapidly, and his black blades remained unmarked as he advanced through Kidomaru’s attacks.
• Kidomaru prepared a single devastating strike called Void, and Anderson answered, “Amen.”

At Seihōganji Temple, Hanakaiin Huigo prepared to meet a World Government cavalry force approaching from the east. Daimyo Zuo arrived and told Huigo to meet his ancestor from four hundred years ago.

• Hanakaiin Huigo and the Idoro elders discussed the Astral Legion's battles against Hagoromo Fox's demons and worried about the outcome.
• A patrol reported that around a hundred cavalrymen were approaching, and Huigo ordered the temple's barrier prepared while directing his people to welcome them.
• The cavalry's leader identified himself as Zuo of the World Government's Greedy Wolf Star Special Forces and the daimyo of Heavenly Wolf Country from the Teigu World.
• Hanakaiin Huigo and the Idoro onmyoji gathered at Mikage Hall as Zuo's armored cavalry arrived on Banetas.
• Zuo asked Huigo if he was the Idoro branch family head, then told him to meet his ancestor from four hundred years ago.

Hanakaiin Huigo verified that Zuo’s companions were ancestors from four hundred years ago, and the group began discussing the World Government’s takeover of their era. Kuma also brought Hanakaiin Mingzai and two elders to meet the current head of the main family, where he argued that the World Government could benefit them.

• Hanakaiin Mingzhi and Hanakaiin Zhefu introduced themselves as ancestors from the eleventh generation, and Huigo ordered a check of the family records.
• A young sorcerer confirmed the records and verified Mingzhi’s knowledge of historical names and dates, convincing Huigo to invite them inside.
• Kuma brought Hanakaiin Mingzai and two elders to the main family, while Urouge went to recruit the Gomon-in sorcerers.
• Kuma told the current clan head that the Four Souls World was still being taken over and that World Government rule would bring more benefits than drawbacks.
• Kuma reflected that the World Government had changed under the Sea Star Creator and suggested that Nika might become its ally.

Kuma urged the Hanakaiin Clan to join the World Government and cooperate in removing the Spiral Seal, then revealed the government’s plans and strength. After leaving the clan to discuss the proposal, he headed to Shōkokuji Temple to confront Tsuchigumo personally.

• Kuma asked the Hanakaiin Clan to join the Yin-Yang Bureau and help remove the Spiral Seal, provoking the Twenty-Seventh Head’s furious objection.
• Kuma challenged the Twenty-Seventh Head to defend the seal against Hagoromo Fox and explained that the World Government could manage the demons without it.
• Hanakaiin Mingzai revealed that Hidemoto Keikain had urged him in a dream to obey the World Government and said Abe no Seimei led the Enma Court and Spirit Particle Research Institute.
• Kuma announced that Hank Henriette’s forces were arresting Hagoromo Fox, then left to deal with Tsuchigumo at Shōkokuji Temple.
• Hanakaiin Mingzai told the Twenty-Seventh Head that he had become headmaster of the Onmyo Academy and that two elders would teach there as junior professors.