Chapter Summaries

Abe no Yoshihira and the Gokadoin Clan agreed to join the Yin-Yang Bureau and prepare to fight the Demon Calamity. Meanwhile, Hagoromo Fox learned that two of her retainers had been defeated, leaving her plans for Abe no Seimei in greater danger.

• Abe no Yoshihira recalled how Urouge had overwhelmed him, then explained that his present consciousness would dominate when counterparts from the Four Souls World fused.
• Abe no Yoshihira ordered the Gokadoin Clan to serve the World Government, unite, and help the Scorpio Astral Group Army suppress the Demon Calamity.
• Abe no Yoshihira said the Gokadoin Clan would ignore Hagoromo Fox if she asked for help, then sent the sorcerers to prepare for their deployment.
• Hagoromo Fox watched Kyoto from her residence while awaiting reports, with plans to use the Black Pool beneath Nijō Castle to nurture Abe no Seimei's body.
• Ao Jizō reported that Kidomaru had been defeated at Katsura Imperial Villa and that Kyokotsu had also been defeated at Kiyomizu-dera.

Hagoromo Fox suspected Ao Jizō of betraying her after the Spiral Seal at Kiyomizu-dera broke, and the two were attacked before they could resolve the misunderstanding. At the battlefield, Galatea confronted Mole Cricket and revealed a radiant power that hurt the Yoma.

• Hagoromo Fox and Ao Jizō sensed the fourth pillar of resentment rise after Kiyomizu-dera's Spiral Seal was broken, though Ao Jizō could not explain how it happened.
• Hagoromo Fox demanded to question Night Sparrow, then attacked Ao Jizō after a report revealed attackers had reached their estate; Ao Jizō escaped underground to investigate.
• Hagoromo Fox led the nearby Yoma to support Mole Cricket, who was fighting Galatea and the Greedy Wolf Star Special Forces in the mountains.
• Mole Cricket proclaimed himself an Angel and defended the descent of Nue, but Galatea answered by releasing a brilliant golden light that burned and repelled the Yoma.

Galatea transformed into a Holy Light Angel and defeated the Mole Cricket Demon in a clash, while Hank confronted Hagoromo Fox outside the mountain. Hagoromo Fox learned that the World Government had broken the Spiral Seal sites because it did not need them to suppress resentment and Demon Power, and began to understand its interest in yoma.

• Galatea transformed into a Holy Light Angel, revealed the Mole Cricket Demon's true nature, and sent him crashing down with a Holy Light Slash.
• Hank identified himself as commander of the Greedy Wolf Star Special Forces and ordered Hagoromo Fox to surrender or be killed.
• Hagoromo Fox attacked Hank with her iron fan, but his Beast God form repelled it and overwhelmed her with his power.
• Hagoromo Fox sensed that the seals at Kiyomizu-dera and Seihōganji Temple had been broken and asked Hank if his forces were responsible.
• Hank confirmed that the World Government had broken the seals because it did not need them to suppress resentment and Demon Power.
• Hagoromo Fox reasoned that the World Government saw yoma as representatives of supernatural power and began to understand why it wanted the Spiral Seal undone.

Hank arrested Hagoromo Fox with enchanted Seastone Handcuffs after she agreed to cooperate with the World Government, while Galatea returned with the unconscious mole cricket spirit. At Seihōganji Temple, the Fourth Seal released the powerful skeletal yoma Arakotsu, and Zuo Daimyo attacked it with his Teigu.

• Hagoromo Fox agreed to accompany Hank and asked him to spare her yoma subordinates, but Hank insisted on cuffing her as part of his mission.
• Hagoromo Fox accepted the enchanted Seastone Handcuffs and told her Hundred Demons Night Parade that cooperation with the World Government could help achieve their goals.
• Galatea returned with the unconscious mole cricket spirit as Hank revealed that the World Government had persuaded the onmyoji to release the seals through their ancestor.
• Hagoromo Fox sensed that the seal at Rokukinji Temple had also been broken and questioned whether the World Government planned to break every Spiral Seal that night.
• Arakotsu emerged from the Fourth Seal at Seihōganji Temple and attacked Zuo and the onmyoji while demanding to find Hagoromo Fox.
• Zuo Daimyo drew Heshikiri Hasebe and unleashed his Teigu Ultimate Art, Heavenly Wolf Ablaze, against Arakotsu.

Bartholomew Kuma broke the seal at Hannya Forest and released the ancient demon Tsuchigumo. After Tsuchigumo attacked him, Kuma revealed his overwhelming strength and continued battering the demon in the mountains outside Kyoto.

• Keiji Kakeiin led Kuma and the onmyoji to the seal beneath Hannya Forest, where Kuma pulled out the wooden stake and released Tsuchigumo.
• Tsuchigumo emerged from the mound, questioned Kuma, and struck him with his smoking pipe before Kuma sent him flying through the earth and into the mountains.
• Kuma told Keiji Kakeiin and the others to return to the main family, then vanished to pursue Tsuchigumo.
• Tsuchigumo asked what kind of demon Kuma was, and Kuma explained that he was a human and a Buccaneer Tribe member who used the Paw-Paw Fruit.
• Kuma dodged Tsuchigumo's spider silk and slammed him into the ground, leaving him in a crater nearly a kilometer wide.

Bartholomew Kuma defeated Tsuchigumo with Ursus Shock, healed him, and sent him through the Star Gate in restraints. Kuma then left for the continent across the sea to speak with Charlotte Linlin, while Tsuchigumo arrived in Ito City determined to challenge him again someday.

• Tsuchigumo recovered from Kuma's attacks with his Fear and charged him, but Kuma reflected his blows back at him.
• Kuma unleashed Ursus Shock, flattening the surrounding mountains and forests and leaving Tsuchigumo barely alive.
• Kuma healed Tsuchigumo, shrank him, bound him with Seastone Handcuffs, and sent him to the Star Gate.
• Kuma called the Star Gate's guards, stored Tsuchigumo's pain in a bubble, and left to meet Charlotte Linlin.
• Tsuchigumo appeared outside the Scorpio Astral Group Army headquarters in Ito City and vowed to challenge Kuma again after growing stronger.

Tsuchigumo was imprisoned with Hagoromo Fox and the other captured yoma, and his mention of a forgotten Tengu led Hagoromo Fox to suspect Aojizō had altered their memories. During her interview, she learned Abe no Seimei had joined the World Government and might meet her, though his feelings for her had faded after a thousand years.

• Tsuchigumo was brought into Star Prison, where Hagoromo Fox, Kidomaru, and Arakotsu were surprised that he had been defeated.
• Hagoromo Fox and Kidomaru denied remembering a Tengu, and Hagoromo Fox suspected Aojizō had changed their memories.
• Hagoromo Fox told the Foreign Affairs Department official that she wanted to establish a yoma-ruled Underworld and join the World Government as its representative.
• The official explained that the World Government would not allow yoma to rule over humanity, but said Abe no Seimei had joined the government and wanted Hagoromo Fox to integrate into it.
• Hagoromo Fox was told Abe no Seimei would visit her after she was taken to the Giant World, while his distant feelings toward her were revealed.

The Kakeiin Clan prepared to relocate its vulnerable members to Wano Island on Sea Star, while Keikain Sōtoku chose to stay behind. Bartholomew Kuma reached Three Jin, where Charlotte Linlin was fighting demons and waiting for him.

• Keikain Sōtoku explained that the Kakeiin Clan would move to Wano Island, while he remained at the main house with several elders.
• Keikain Ryuji and the other children asked Keikain Sōtoku why he was staying behind and where they were going.
• Keikain Sōtoku embraced Ryuji, saddened by the thought of parting from his grandson and infant granddaughter, Yura.
• Bartholomew Kuma flew across the continent and sensed Charlotte Linlin in Three Jin.
• Charlotte Linlin greeted Bartholomew Kuma as the Minister of the Religious Affairs Department while standing atop Zeus.

Charlotte Linlin transformed Naraku into a virtuous man and continued hunting demons across Asia before Bartholomew Kuma arrived to negotiate control of religious personnel. She rejected his proposal, insisting that all powerful monks and shrine maidens must belong to the Yin-Yang Bureau.

• Charlotte Linlin felt lonely, freed Naraku from his ice prison, and used Crooked-Straight Reversal to turn his Crooked Soul into a Straight Soul.
• Naraku regretted his past crimes but still loved Kikyo, and Charlotte Linlin told him he would have a chance to see Inuyasha, Kagome, and the others on Sea Star.
• Bartholomew Kuma arrived, and Charlotte Linlin warned Prometheus, Zeus, Chione, and Naraku not to challenge him.
• Bartholomew Kuma proposed that religions fall under the Religious Affairs Department while clergy chose whether to serve it or the Yin-Yang Bureau.
• Charlotte Linlin rejected the proposal and declared that all monks and shrine maidens with extraordinary power, now or in the future, had to belong to the Yin-Yang Bureau.

Charlotte Linlin and Bartholomew Kuma clashed over whether monks and shrine maidens could choose which department to join. As their battle escalated, Naraku began doubting that even the complete Jewel of Four Souls would let him defeat Kuma.

• Charlotte Linlin insisted that the powerful should decide where supernatural groups belonged, while Bartholomew Kuma argued that they deserved the freedom to choose.
• Kuma and Linlin prepared to fight, and Linlin dismissed Prometheus, Zeus, and Chione from interfering.
• Linlin struck Kuma with a powerful punch, but he caught it with his Paw-Paw Fruit ability and barely pushed her back after a brief stalemate.
• Kuma attacked Linlin from behind, but she blocked him with a barrier made from spiritual power.
• Linlin revealed that she had learned new spiritual-power techniques and challenged Kuma to test them, while Naraku watched and began doubting he could defeat Kuma even with the complete Jewel of Four Souls.

Thirteen-year-old Bayar believed the World Government would eventually end the Demon Calamity, until a battle between Charlotte Linlin and Bartholomew Kuma sent devastating shockwaves through JC City. The fight continued in the sky as millions of residents suffered from its thunder and gale-force blasts.

• Bayar enjoyed staying home during the Demon Calamity and felt hopeful after watching World Government videos about its forces and supernatural allies.
• A powerful blast shattered Bayar's window and hurled him and his chair across his room, but he reunited with his worried parents.
• Repeated shockwaves and tremors threw Jin City into chaos, and residents traced the destruction to a fight near the public cemetery.
• Bartholomew Kuma led Charlotte Linlin into the sky after their ground battle devastated the cemetery and sent shockwaves toward the city.
• Charlotte Linlin pursued Kuma on Zeus and attacked with spiritual power while Zeus blasted apart Kuma's paw-shaped bubbles, unleashing thunder and destructive winds over JC City.

Charlotte Linlin and Bartholomew Kuma ended their confrontation without reaching an agreement over Urouge and the necromancers. In Japan, Kagome decided to head to Sea Star without her family, while she and Inuyasha teased each other about marriage.

• Charlotte Linlin trapped Bartholomew Kuma with a shrinking barrier, but he called for them to stop fighting to protect the city below.
• Kuma asked Linlin to transfer Urouge and Loli Mercury’s necromancers to the Religious Affairs Department, but Linlin refused to give up Urouge or the necromancers.
• Kuma left to fight yoma and demons in regions afflicted by the Demon Calamity, while Linlin continued her own work.
• Kagome’s mother told her that the family would stay in Japan, so Kagome could go to Sea Star with Inuyasha and keep in touch using Den Den Mushi.
• Inuyasha said he would marry Kagome on Sea Star, and Kagome blushed and joked that she might find someone better there.

Imu delivered a New Year’s address to the readers, reviewing the World Government’s conquests and threats while outlining its plans for 2025. He ended by urging continued support, wishing everyone a happy new year, and dismissing the gathering to spend time with Stussy, Historia, Esdeath, and Teresa.

• Imu sat on the Empty Throne as Kukulkan rang the Golden Bell and the assembled soldiers knelt in the hall.
• Imu thanked the readers for supporting the World Government and recounted its reforms, tournament, and conquests during 2024.
• Imu described threats including the Galactic Empire, the Cosmic Federation, the One Punch Man world’s God, Hades’s demon armies, and the God of Void.
• Imu outlined plans for Sea Unification, integrating Four Souls World and Hundred Demons World, recruiting Skull Knight Gaiseric, and addressing Overlord and the Dakini Clan.
• Imu asked readers to support the World Government, promised full subscribers reincarnation on Sea Star, wished them a happy new year, and dismissed the gathering.

Inuyasha and his companions met the Kakeiin Clan’s onmyoji while waiting to travel through the Star Gate, and the two groups gradually warmed to each other. Rihan Nura and his clan then arrived, and Inuyasha recognized Rihan as another half-demon before officials announced their route to Sea Star.

• Inuyasha and his companions waited at the Star Gate Camp as the Kakeiin Clan’s onmyoji arrived and discussed the demons among them.
• Hanakaiin Mingzai introduced himself and the other onmyoji as Kagome’s future teachers, while Kohaku said he planned to become a ninja and Sango discussed settling down with Miroku.
• Inuyasha bonded with Hanakaiin Akifusa over their half-demon blood and let him examine Tessaiga, while other onmyoji studied Miroku’s Wind Tunnel.
• Inuyasha sensed approaching demon energy and stood protectively in front of Akifusa as Rihan Nura arrived with members of the Nura Clan.
• Inuyasha recognized Rihan as a half-demon, and Rihan confirmed that his father was a demon and his mother was human.
• A Foreign Affairs Department official announced that the group would pass through the Star Gate in ten minutes, traveling through the Giant World and Demon Slayer World before reaching Sea Star.

Kagome, Inuyasha, Rihan Nura, and the others saw the World Government’s enormous military presence on the Canberra Continent, then met Sesshomaru at the Demon Slayer World’s Star Gate. Sesshomaru said he intended to become Sea Star’s Demon Race chieftain, prompting the Nura Clan to challenge his claim as Rihan asked him to explain.

• The group flew over the Canberra Continent and were stunned by the Astral Legion’s vast military camps and weapons, while the Nura Clan realized how small its own forces were beside the World Government.
• Kagome asked Inuyasha to avoid acting impulsively on Sea Star, and he agreed.
• At the Medium Star Gate, Inuyasha sensed Sesshomaru, who arrived and explained that Rin wanted to see Inuyasha and that he had brought a hundred demon generals to support his bid to become Sea Star’s Demon Race chieftain.
• The Nura Clan’s demons objected to Sesshomaru’s claim and insisted that Rihan was their Lord of Demons and Monsters.
• Rihan quieted his followers, introduced himself to Sesshomaru, and asked him to explain the Demon Race chieftain position.

Sesshomaru and Rihan Nura agreed to duel for the Demon Race chieftaincy, while Kagome and the others discovered manga based on worlds under the World Government's rule. The group continued toward Sea Star, where Mihawk learned of the duel and prepared for Sesshomaru’s return.

• Sesshomaru challenged Rihan Nura to fight for the Demon Race chieftaincy, and Rihan accepted.
• The travelers arrived at the Second Special Zone, where Kagome and the children explored a manga shop and bought sets of its featured series.
• Kagome, Inuyasha, and the others read the manga during their journey to Sea Star, fascinated by stories drawn from real worlds.
• Mihawk received word that Sesshomaru, Rihan Nura, and others would arrive at Blade Dance Port the following afternoon.
• A Cipher Pol member told Mihawk that Sesshomaru and Rihan Nura planned to duel for the Demon Race chieftaincy, and Mihawk dismissed the concern after hearing the report.

The arriving clans reached Blade Dance Port on Sea Star, where officials explained the region and arranged separate destinations for their groups. Kagome learned that Nezuko was twenty-three, making the younger Kagome the one who would have to call her older sister.

• The Kakeiin Clan and Nura Clan admired Sea Star as their airship approached Hakumai, their new home region.
• An official warned the travelers away from Nine-Tails Island, and Sesshomaru insisted that he would protect the fox demons himself.
• The airship landed at Blade Dance Port, where the Hozuki Clan welcomed the Kakeiin Clan and the officials outlined everyone’s separate travel plans.
• Inuyasha told Kagome that Kagaya Ubuyashiki and his wife would attend the welcome banquet, and Sesshomaru confirmed that Kagaya’s curse had nearly vanished.
• Kagome excitedly asked about Nezuko, then learned from Sesshomaru that Nezuko was twenty-three and therefore older than her.

Sesshomaru returned to Mihawk and learned that becoming chief of the Demon Race would bar him from the Top 100 Tournament, but he still chose to pursue the position so he could protect Rin. At Swordmaster Hall, Mihawk brought him to the swordsmen’s training area and revealed that Sesshomaru’s goal was to defeat Mihawk’s hidden blade using Swordsmanship alone.

• Sesshomaru met Mihawk at Shogun Castle and chose to go straight to Swordmaster Hall instead of drinking wine.
• Mihawk warned Sesshomaru that becoming chief of the Demon Race would make him government personnel and disqualify him from the Top 100 Tournament.
• Sesshomaru decided he still needed to build power to protect Rin, so he planned to pursue the chief position.
• Sesshomaru observed the students and Imitating Baboons training and sparring at Swordmaster Hall.
• Mihawk led Sesshomaru to the area reserved for Swordsmen and declared that he must defeat Mihawk’s hidden blade with Swordsmanship alone.

After Mihawk humbled Sesshomaru in a swordsmanship spar, Sesshomaru prepared carefully to challenge Rihan Nura and left Higurashi Manor with Inuyasha. The duel began as their Demon Powers answered each other across Wano Island.

• Kagome and the others reminisced about the banquet, including Nezuko’s lingering ability to grow and shrink after becoming human again.
• Sesshomaru returned from sparring with Mihawk, privately admitting that he could not defeat Mihawk’s tiny knife and resolving to become stronger.
• The next day, Sesshomaru meditated and decided to challenge Rihan Nura that night before focusing on Swordsmanship at Swordmaster Hall.
• At night, Sesshomaru sensed Rihan Nura’s Demon Power rising in Hakumai and set out for the duel.
• Inuyasha joined Sesshomaru, while Rin and Jaken wished him luck and stayed behind to watch the livestream.

Rihan Nura led the Nura Clan’s first Night Parade of Hundred Demons on Sea Star toward the western plains to confront Sesshomaru. Princess Lingyue watched from the north as Sesshomaru and Inuyasha noticed another group of demons approaching, while scouts from major factions gathered to observe.

• Rihan Nura and Nurarihyon worried that Princess Lingyue might attack while Rihan fought Sesshomaru, so they agreed Wakana and Rikuo would follow at a distance aboard a Treasure Ship.
• Rihan Nura rallied Gyuki, Mokugyo Daruma, Karasu Tengu, Kurotabo, Kubinashi, Setsura, and the other officers, declaring that they would defeat Sesshomaru before dawn.
• Rihan Nura led the Night Parade west, and the procession’s black mist and Fear sent the beasts of the mountains fleeing.
• Princess Lingyue watched the procession through a demonic Round Mirror and declined to intervene, despite a demon general proposing that they attack it.
• Sesshomaru and Inuyasha waited at the western plains, then noticed a group of demonic auras approaching from the north; Sesshomaru suspected they were demons from the Claymore World.
• Scouts from the major factions gathered near the battleground to observe the conflict and assess the demons’ strength.