Conflict Never Ends

Oboro ignored Muzan's angry roar of resentment.

A moment later, the light in the latter's eyes disappeared.

He fell down with a thud.

After using the system's abilities to transform his bloodline and Blood Demon Art into cards, Oboro directly crushed his soul with his overwhelming power.

The Little Tree of this world's will trembled violently in response to Oboro's perception.

They seemed quite dissatisfied with his behavior.

"Everything you have now is a gift from me... His greatest value is to catalyze other seeds with himself, rather than letting him grow alone and absorb nutrients from other seeds, understand?" Oboro stared at Muzan's corpse and responded with his thoughts.

It seems that 'Little Tree' still wants Muzan to become a character like a big boss.

However, this method is no longer effective for the power system.

Once he leaves, from Muzan's perspective, he will wipe out the existing demons... become king alone, and create a world of his own. But the problem is, even if Muzan that powerful, he will probably still suffer losses when facing the Demon Slayer Corps.

At most, it will only prolong the period of conflict.

What's the point of escalating things then? If Muzan can truly win this battle on his own merits, it will at least prove that his strength, including his will, has grown sufficiently. Oboro wouldn't mind entrusting the world's direction to him.

Previously, Muzan's personality was too timid and cautious, and his personal will was not strong.

In this state, they are absolutely incapable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of improving the strength of the entire world.

By observing the soul, Oboro realized that after consuming his soul power to the maximum extent, Muzan had the thought of 'retreating' more than once, but he suppressed it out of fear of him and did not show it.

With this in mind, even if he had the ability to kill either Doma or Gyutaro, his chances of winning would be reduced.

The premise is that the 'Little Tree' doesn't secretly help.

"His strength has improved... but his nature hasn't changed much," Oboro commented.

In this respect, Muzan match for even Doma and Kokushibo.

Two platinum cards.

All of these originate from Muzan.

One bloodline, one skill.

With a flick of the finger, the two cards disappeared.

Immediately, Long's gaze shifted to another battlefield in the distance, where the roar of battle continued.

The sharp slashes and frost destroyed everything around them, and many destroyed buildings and objects fell into the abyss below the Infinity Castle.

The battle between the two intensified.

But Long had no heart to watch any longer. Regardless of who ultimately won, this battle would transform them to a completely new 'height'. The power of the inheritors remained intact. Although the first generation of inheritors were dead, their chosen successors still existed within their respective sects, and they would inevitably emerge sooner or later. As long as they believed that this world was wrong, that it was pathological, and that as long as the official government was in power... the flame of the inheritors would not be extinguished.

Gyutaro wants to turn the human world into Asura realm.

Doma idolizes him and believes in everything he's done to the world... If this guy survives, he'll most likely learn from him and manipulate situations, treating everything as a game... In his eyes, humans are inherently foolish and ridiculous, and utterly indifferent to life.

Therefore... any one of them could set the tone for the next era. Perhaps their strength was Muzan as Muzan's, but their will was definitely superior.

Perhaps one day, they will die.

But by then, new powerful figures will continuously emerge on the demon side.

"What I've done is the best I can do. Don't interfere anymore... If you continue to guide their fate according to your script, the power of this world will become 'Exhaust' and may eventually disappear. You will also degenerate... If the consequences are severe, you might not only be reduced to a lower world, but could become an ordinary world." Oboro advised 'Little Tree'.

"We cannot let the Demon Slayer Corps win."

He added another piece of advice.

If the Demon Slayer Corps wins, then peace will be restored.

Just like in the original work, breathing techniques, swordsmen, and demons will all disappear in the future.

Fortunately, Oboro made some arrangements to allow the 'power' to seep into the people.

Nothing is more complex than the human heart.

Wherever there are people, there is conflict. As long as the power continues, even if the Demon Slayer Corps disappears, the struggles among the common people will not stop.

The conflict remains.

However, Oboro dared not make an absolute guarantee, because if in the future an opportunity arises that allows the government to use 'rules' or 'laws' to restrain and limit power, then it would be equivalent to ushering in peace in disguise. After the conflict is reduced, the speed at which power increases will slow down.

Unlimited power and lawless chaos are always the best breeding ground for power.

After communicating with 'Little Tree', Oboro voluntarily severed the mental connection and withdrew from the Infinity Castle.

They left.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed.

The storyline has begun...

On Mount Kumotori, Kamado Tanjuro's son, the protagonist Tanjiro, has already begun carrying a basket down the mountain to help his father sell charcoal.

Their family was not attacked by demons, and Tanjiro had even passed the time limit for joining the Demon Slayer Corps.

On the Demon Slayer Corps side, in addition to the Pillars from the original work, there are quite a few new faces.

Giyu Tomioka, Kyojuro Rengoku, Mitsuri Kanroji, Tengen Uzui were all present, but at this time, Shinobu Kocho was merely Kanae's follower and had not yet been promoted to Pillar, Kanae was still alive. The additional Pillars were all due to the Demon Slayer Corps' current powerful legacy and foundation; the retired trainers had cultivated many talents for the organization, causing the Demon Slayer Corps' current fighting strength to surge far beyond what was depicted in the original story.

There are a total of fifteen Pillars in this generation!

My lord is Kagaya Ubuyashiki.

Many things deviated from the original story because of Oboro's appearance.

For example, with Muzan's death, the curse that shrouded the Ubuyashiki Clan also disappeared.

Because he sensed this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki was absolutely certain that Muzan was dead.

But the calamities caused by demons still spread throughout the world.

Moreover, the situation was even worse than when Muzan was alive.

The person standing at the top of Ghost Peak right now is... that guy.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki closed his eyes.

Muzan's death remains a mystery to him.

Now it seems very likely that it's related to Gyutaro... However, there are some things he has figured out.

Gyutaro went mad because of Daki's death... Many years ago, he and Daki, the brother and sister, were inseparable. Their bond was well known to many people and was even recorded in some documents.

However, it seems that Daki was later killed by the former Upper Moon Doma, which caused Gyutaro to undergo a huge change.

Rumors circulate that Gyutaro and Daki share a symbiotic relationship, with Daki being exceptionally difficult to kill, yet Gyutaro manages to survive alone... This seems to be related to Doma's spiritual abilities. In short, since that incident, coupled with Muzan and the complete loss of control over the successors' power, the world has begun to change.

The current strength of Gyutaro is beyond description, and he is also mentally unstable, seemingly lacking any normal thinking. He appears in various places simply to cause destruction... as if he wants to destroy everything.

The opponent was just one person... but the Demon Slayer Corps had been helpless against him for decades, and many Pillars had been eaten.

The human governments, even joining forces with the Demon Slayer Corps, launched several all-out offensives to besiege Gyutaro, but all of them failed...

These are just the surface.

In Kagaya Ubuyashiki's eyes, there was another person hidden behind all this darkness.

A name not well-known to the outside world.

Hazy.

It's not the God of Imperial Martial Might who is now worshipped everywhere.

While compiling historical records, Yaozai gained an even deeper insight.

Gyutaro received Oboro's 'gift' because of his bond with Daki... In other words, Oboro may have foreseen the 'disaster' that would happen today. Daki's death may also have been within that person's expectations.

As for Long, he has been missing for a long time, and no one knows his whereabouts.

Kagaya sometimes wonders if Oboro is dead... If you think about it, if someone has been dead for decades, the 'schemes' they set up and the games they played are still developing according to their ideas, which is just too terrifying.

Most importantly, Kagaya couldn't figure out what Oboro's cause of death was.

Through generations of wisdom passed down through the Ubuyashiki family, they have basically figured out Oboro's behavioral logic.

It is not about causing chaos in the world.

Rather, it's about transmitting new power and finding ways to spark innovation through the collision of these forces...

Let the world become an endless arena of gladiatorial combat.

The power can be sustained.

"The driving force of history."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki liked to label Oboro with this tag.

However, even though he had figured out the reasoning behind it, he still didn't understand Oboro's purpose in doing so.

He had never met Oboro, but the Ubuyashiki Clan had a portrait of Oboro.

Kagaya likes to gaze into the eyes of the man in the portrait when it is quiet at night.

"Black haori... black haori... snow mountain... corpse..."

Just then, a Kasugai Crow suddenly flew into the room and made a piercing cry.

Kagaya, who was deep in thought, immediately narrowed his eyes upon hearing the words "black haori".

A few days later, led by Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps personally hiked to the summit of a snow-covered mountain called Mount Asahi.

This place is located in the northern part of the country.

When they reached the top of the mountain, the scene that greeted them stunned everyone.

Then I saw a man with his eyes closed, as if he were sleeping peacefully, leaning against a huge rock.

He had stopped breathing.

The clothes on his body were completely rotten, but some tattered black rags still clung to them.

What shocked everyone was that... the person was clearly dead, but there were no wounds. Although the body had lost its warmth, the skin and limbs were still very healthy and full, and at first glance, it seemed as if the person was still alive.

Judging from the clothing, this person had been dead for an extremely long time.

Even if the body doesn't rot... it should at least shrink.

"It's him!"

Before Kagaya Ubuyashiki could say anything, Giyu Tomioka suddenly spoke up.

The name of Oboro is widely known among the Water Column lineage.

The things passed down from their ancestors in Shuizhu have never been forgotten by their descendants.

"Suicide?"

The beautiful Kanae covered her mouth.

"It must be the power of the soul..."

Obanai a sinister smile.

"This guy runs really fast, even his death is so spectacular?! What an arrogant bastard."

Tengen Uzui couldn't help but offer a compliment.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki, however, seemed to have thought of something and sighed softly, "He has defeated everyone and surpassed everyone, but he cannot defeat time... For him, the pleasure of this world is always limited. Once he feels bored, the long boredom makes living... more painful than dying."

"He has always manipulated this world; we don't even have the right to confront him head-on."

Giyu Tomioka frowned.

He clenched his fist.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the world.

In a town where smoke and fire rise, corpses pile up, blood flows, and ruins lie everywhere.

A figure walked in a daze, his hands hanging down, carrying two blood-red scythes.

It's Gyutaro.

However, at this moment, he was like a walking corpse, his eyes were lifeless, and he kept muttering something.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in front of him, blocking his way.

Gyutaro Taro raised his head blankly, unconsciously preparing to continue killing.

The newcomer was clearly a ghost, and quite powerful at that.

Sensing the murderous intent of Gyutaro, the man turned pale and hurriedly said, "Mount Kumotori, your sister is in Mount Kumotori, Ume... she's still alive."

Upon hearing the word "plum, "Gyutaro stopped what he was doing.

"I'm not lying to you. Mei's soul has been reincarnated and is now called Nezuko Kamado."

In a space that has become nothingness.

The Little Tree of the world's will gently swayed its branches, conveying a sense of joy.