Recaps

Muzan ordered the Twelve Kizuki to destroy the Shogunate after its alliance with the Demon Slayer Corps devastated demon ranks. Xunri revealed his plans for reshaping the country to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, and the Twelve Kizuki arrived at the Shogun's Residence as its defenders prepared for battle.

• Muzan learned that the Shogunate and Demon Slayer Corps had nearly wiped out the demons in Shogunate territory, so he summoned the Twelve Kizuki and ordered them to destroy the Shogunate.
• Xunri discussed the Emperor's possible connection to Muzan with Kagaya Ubuyashiki while they played Go.
• Xunri told Kagaya that he wanted his master to become a new god and planned to eliminate both demons and the cruelty people inflicted on one another.
• Kagaya recognized the Shogunate's achievements and silently accepted Xunri's request that he remain and help.
• A warning alerted Xunri that the Twelve Kizuki had arrived, and he sent Kagaya to gather the Hashira.
• Akaza and Kokushibo faced the forces assembling outside the Shogun's Residence, with Kokushibo anticipating a battle against a woman from the new sword sect.

Makomo, Xunri, and the Hashira confronted the Twelve Kizuki at the Shogun's residence, and the battle erupted across the grounds. The chapter left Makomo and Kokushibo poised to begin their sword duel as the surrounding fighters clashed.

• Makomo arrived with Xunri, Mei, and the Hashira, then assigned Xunri to fight Akaza and the Hashira to deal with the Lower Ranks.
• Xunri revealed his fire form and fought Akaza, while the shockwaves forced the warriors to flee.
• Suye attacked Gyokko with wind blades, and battles between the fighters filled the area around the Shogunate with fire, wind, waves, forests, and snow.
• Makomo and Kokushibo drew their swords and faced each other as the Lower Ranks fell and the Upper Ranks fought the others.

Makomo battled Kokushibo with snow-based swordsmanship while Xunri fought Akaza using Devil Fruit elementalization. Akaza escaped through a door summoned by Nakime after Hashira joined the fight, while Makomo's battle with Kokushibo remained unresolved.

• Makomo used snowflake illusions and Blizzard to clash with Kokushibo, who activated his Demon Slayer Mark and Transparent World and unleashed Moon Breathing, Eighth Form: Moon Dragon Ringtail.
• A massive clash carved out a crater, forcing Tengen Uzui, Himejima, and Kanae to retreat from Makomo and Kokushibo's battlefield.
• Akaza punched through Xunri's chest, but Xunri healed with flame and revealed his Devil Fruit elementalization, then resumed fighting Akaza.
• Xunri and Akaza exhausted each other in a brutal exchange, leaving Akaza badly injured and Xunri weakened by the stamina cost of elementalization.
• Tengen Uzui, Himejima, Kanae, and another Hashira attacked Akaza, so he called for Nakime and escaped through a door.

Xunri and the Demon Slayer Corps fought off Muzan Kibutsuji’s forces, defeating several Upper Ranks and driving the survivors to retreat. Muzan rescued Kokushibo from a fatal strike and ordered the remaining demons to hide for decades.

• Himejima stayed with the exhausted Xunri while Tengen Uzui and the others went to support the remaining battles.
• Mei escaped Nakime’s rooms, and Suye killed Gyokko with a storm of wind blades and his Nichirin Sword.
• Mei and Suye met their Third Senior Brother after his enemy vanished, then hurried toward the battle between their Eldest Senior Sister and Kokushibo.
• Kokushibo was unable to resist the Eldest Senior Sister’s time-slowing sword strike, but Muzan Kibutsuji pulled him away before it killed him.
• Muzan Kibutsuji assessed the losses and ordered the surviving demons to conceal themselves for decades while searching for the Spider Lily.

Tamayo successfully refined a Foundation Establishment Pill and used it to become human again, then helped Yushiro do the same. After learning that the Shogunate and Demon Slayer Corps had joined forces against the demons, Tamayo decided they should contact the Corps and use their networks to find Muzan.

• Tamayo refined four Foundation Establishment Pills after ten years of cultivation and research.
• Tamayo swallowed a pill, endured its painful effects, and stepped into the sunlight as a human again.
• Yushiro learned Tamayo had succeeded and swallowed a pill despite fearing that becoming human would eventually separate him from her.
• Tamayo helped Yushiro recover, and they bathed as humans while discussing his findings about the siege of Kyoto.
• Yushiro told Tamayo that the Shogunate was besieging Kyoto, had exposed the Emperor as a demon, and had allied with the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Tamayo resolved to contact the Demon Slayer Corps and use its intelligence network to find Muzan.

Hane watched Tamayo’s alchemy succeed, then left to save a family as his plans neared completion. A week later, Xunri exposed and executed the demon emperor in Kyoto, while Tamayo wondered whether Xunri’s teacher was her own.

• Hane secretly watched Tamayo refine the Foundation Establishment Pill and decided to leave the world after saving a family.
• The Shogunate captured the demon emperor and imperial nobles in Kyoto, and Xunri announced their public execution.
• At the execution, a crowd tried to rescue the emperor after hearing claims that he was descended from the gods.
• Xunri displayed his fiery power, declared Uchiha Hane the country’s true god, and ordered the execution of an ally of demons.
• Sunlight revealed the emperor and nobles as demons, and they burned as the crowd’s faith in the emperor collapsed.
• Tamayo watched Xunri and wondered whether his teacher was the same person as her own.

Muzan and Kokushibo tracked the Blue Spider Lily to Tanjuro’s family, while Hane arrived at their home and spent the evening with them. The chapter ended with Muzan and the remaining Upper Rank demons confronting the family and Hane.

• Muzan sent Kokushibo and the others to search the snowy mountains for the Blue Spider Lily after learning that Kokushibo’s younger brother’s descendants had found it.
• Tanjuro sensed danger nearby, but Nezuko reassured him while she waited for Tanjiro to return.
• Hane arrived at the family’s home, claimed he was lost, and was welcomed in by Nezuko and Tanjuro.
• Kie returned with Delia and Shigeru, and Hane joined the family for a simple dinner before entertaining them with stories.
• Muzan appeared at the doorway with the remaining Upper Rank demons and applauded Hane’s story.

Muzan Kibutsuji confronted Tanjuro’s family to obtain the Blue Spider Lily, but Hane revealed the flower and burned it before Muzan could claim it. Hane then declared himself the force controlling Muzan’s fate, leaving Muzan shaken by his presence.

• Muzan Kibutsuji arrived at Tanjuro’s home and demanded what he wanted, while Tanjuro told Hane to escape and warn Tanjiro.
• Hane stepped in to protect the Kamado family and revealed that he had found the Blue Spider Lily.
• Muzan offered Hane immortality in exchange for the flower, but Hane burned it to ash.
• Muzan erupted in rage and questioned Hane’s identity, while the demons and Kamado family watched in fear.
• Hane claimed he had secretly controlled Muzan’s fate and had watched him for a long time, making Muzan recoil in terror.

Hane defeated Muzan’s forces at the Kamado home, took Muzan captive, and revealed the family’s hidden history. Tanjiro learned that his family would leave the mountain and that his Kagura Dance was Sun Breathing.

• Kokushibo and Akaza attacked Hane, but he destroyed them and immobilized Muzan.
• Hane forced Muzan to recount his past, then stored him away to be killed later by a disciple.
• Hane burned Nakime and Gyutaro to ash, then left the shocked Kamado family.
• Kie and Tanjuro decided to leave the mountain, while Nezuko wondered if she would ever see Hane again.
• Tanjiro returned home and learned about the family’s mission, the demons, and the connection between his Kagura Dance and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s Sun Breathing.
• The next morning, the Kamado family packed their belongings and left the mountain.

Tamayo reunited with Hane's disciples and revealed how she had become human again and developed a pill that could kill Muzan. As the group gathered to plan how to find Muzan, an unfamiliar boy arrived and Makomo recognized him as their master.

• Tamayo visited the Shogun's Residence after recognizing Hane's likeness in a new Kyoto statue, and proved she was his disciple with the pills she carried.
• Tamayo explained that she had once been a demon, had killed and eaten her child while under Muzan's influence, and had spent centuries resisting her instincts and seeking revenge.
• Tamayo told Xunri and the others that she had become human through Hane's alchemy and had refined a Blood-Decay Pill that could kill Muzan.
• Xunri summoned the Demon Slayer Corps' Hashira, and they discussed how to lure Muzan out of hiding.
• An unfamiliar boy opened the meeting-room door, and Makomo rushed to him, calling him Master.

Hane reunited with his disciples and gave Tamayo Muzan Kibutsuji as her graduation gift. Tamayo began torturing Muzan for the tragedy he had caused, and her long-awaited revenge left her grieving for her son.

• Makomo joyfully embraced Hane, then Xunri and the other disciples welcomed their master and received his praise.
• Hane told Tamayo he admired her perseverance and had brought her the thing she wanted most.
• Hane released the bound Muzan Kibutsuji into the meeting room, shocking Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Hashira.
• Tamayo thanked Hane and declared that Muzan belonged to her, then forced him to swallow a Hundred-Poison Heart-Eroding Pill.
• Tamayo told Muzan she would keep him alive and make him suffer, then broke down crying as thoughts of her dead son overwhelmed her.

Hane left the Demon Slayer World with Makomo and brought her to another world, where she killed a rampaging Monster. The chapter ended with a bystander photographing Makomo after her victory.

• Hane left Tamayo with Muzan, said goodbye to his disciples, and took Makomo with him to explore other worlds.
• Hane revealed his enormous true form to Makomo as the Demon Slayer World shrank into his golden eye, then carried her to another world.
• The Demon Slayer World’s moon grew several times larger, giving its strongest fighters insight into the possibility of ascending beyond their world.
• Hane and Makomo appeared in a modern city, where a gigantic Monster rampaged through the streets.
• At Hane’s instruction, Makomo froze the Monster with a single sword strike and shattered it into ice crystals.
• A man in the crowd photographed Makomo as she sheathed her sword.

After Makomo defeated a Demon-level Monster, Hane took her to the countryside to plant a tree, which alarmed the Hero Association when it grew to enormous size and began absorbing energy. Tatsumaki and Metal Bat headed toward the new threat, with Metal Bat leaving his hospitalized sister Yoshiko behind.

• Makomo wondered why the civilians recovered so quickly from the Monster attack, and Hane told her they were used to it before leading her away to plant a tree.
• Tatsumaki asked witnesses about the missing Demon-level Monster and learned that the Snow Woman had killed it with one slash.
• The Hero Association detected a huge tree growing in the countryside and absorbing energy, then classified it as a Dragon-level threat and ordered nearby S-Class Heroes to respond.
• Tatsumaki rejected the president's warning to wait for backup and flew toward the tree to destroy it.
• Metal Bat left Yoshiko at the hospital and set out with his steel bat to investigate the strange presence near her.

Hane planted a colossal God Tree in A-City, drawing the attention of Tatsumaki and the Hero Association. After Beatrice attacked Tatsumaki and Kaguya knocked her away, the Association declared a God-level disaster and mobilized heroes across the Federation.

• Metal Bat received orders to head toward a possible Dragon-level Monster near A-City’s outskirts, where he was already running.
• Makomo watched the God Tree rise as Kaguya and Beatrice appeared beside Hane and reunited with him.
• Tatsumaki confronted Hane’s group, and Beatrice attacked her with a storm of red crystals before Tatsumaki countered with a tornado.
• Kaguya used Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to destroy the tornado and send Tatsumaki crashing into a boulder.
• The Hero Association identified Kaguya as a God-level threat, summoned every hero above B-Class, and triggered the Hero Mobilization Alarm worldwide.

The Hero Association summoned the S-Class Heroes after Tatsumaki was defeated by Hane’s group beside the God Tree. Metal Bat attacked Hane but was disarmed by Makomo, and Flashy Flash arrived as the public watched the confrontation unfold.

• Flashy Flash and Superalloy Darkshine received urgent summonses after the Hero Association reported a God-level monster and Tatsumaki’s defeat.
• The Hero Association began broadcasting the scene, and viewers debated whether Hane’s group and the God Tree were truly a threat.
• Metal Bat confronted Hane and attacked him, but Makomo stopped him with a fast sword strike and split his steel bat in two.
• Makomo spared Metal Bat, explaining that her sword did not kill innocent people.
• The Hero Association chairman reconsidered whether Hane’s group were enemies as Flashy Flash arrived and checked on Metal Bat.

Kaguya blasted Flashy Flash when he tried to attack the God Tree, while Hane and Kaguya bickered over the tree and her greed for its fruit. As the Monster Association watched and chose to wait, Saitama heard the emergency broadcast, suited up, and set off for A-City.

• Flashy Flash charged toward Hane and the God Tree, but Kaguya struck him with a repulsive force and sent him crashing unconscious beside Tornado.
• Kaguya returned to Hane's shoulder and claimed the God Tree was his gift for her birthday, while Hane scolded her for wanting another fruit before digesting the last one.
• Monster King Orochi and Gyoro-Gyoro watched the battle and decided not to approach Hane's group, fearing they might side with the Hero Association.
• Saitama saw the emergency broadcast about the God Tree and the battle in A-City, then put on his hero uniform and headed there.
• Saitama returned to lock his door after forgetting, then vanished from No-Man's Land in a gust of wind.

As the S-Class Heroes prepared to attack Hane and his companions, Kaguya agreed to fight after Hane promised her a birthday present. She transformed into her true form and unleashed Amenominaka against the approaching heroes.

• Flashy Flash, Tatsumaki, and Metal Bat recovered beneath the God Tree as Superalloy Darkshine, Puri-Puri Prisoner, Child Emperor, Atomic Samurai, Tanktop Master, and Pig God gathered.
• Child Emperor assessed the enemy and organized a plan to split them up while the heroes waited for reinforcements and healing robots.
• Hane told Makomo to stay back and asked Kaguya to deal with the heroes while the God Tree finished absorbing Natural Energy.
• Kaguya complained that Hane had forgotten her upcoming birthday, but agreed to fight after he promised her a surprise present.
• Kaguya transformed into her true form, spread her enormous wings across the sky, and invoked Amenominaka as the heroes charged.

Kaguya defeated five S-Class Heroes in her chaotic dimension and returned them to the battlefield, leaving Child Emperor in Hane’s hands. The Hero Association, shaken by the heroes’ defeat and unable to contact Blast, urgently tried to summon KING.

• Kaguya battered the five S-Class Heroes with attacks and chaotic natural disasters, defeating Superalloy Darkshine and Atomic Samurai before sending all five back outside her dimension.
• Makomo approached Child Emperor at Hane’s command, but the five injured heroes suddenly fell from a black hole beside him.
• Kaguya returned to Hane’s shoulder, and Child Emperor agreed to go with Makomo to meet her master.
• Civilians watching the screens realized how dangerous Kaguya was after seeing the heroes nearly killed.
• The Hero Association tried to contact Blast and KING, learned neither could provide immediate support, and repeatedly called KING to demand that he come.

KING overcame his fear and headed toward the battlefield, where Genos picked him up and reunited with Saitama. At the God Tree, Hane faced Saitama himself after Child Emperor's scanner overloaded while measuring the bald hero.

• KING left the restroom and ran toward the God Tree, determined to stop hiding from the fight.
• Genos found KING and offered to take him to the battlefield, then spotted Saitama and greeted his master.
• Saitama raced ahead toward the battlefield while Genos carried KING after him.
• Hane tried to recruit Child Emperor to the Empire's Imperial Research Institute, but Child Emperor pretended to be curious so he could learn more.
• Saitama approached Hane beneath the God Tree, and Kaguya warned that he was too strong for her to defeat.
• Hane sent Beatrice and Kaguya to Makomo, then advanced toward Saitama as Child Emperor's scanner overloaded.

Hane and Saitama battled with world-shaking force after Saitama challenged Hane’s plan to harm the world. Hane’s Dharma True Body stopped Saitama’s strongest punch, leaving Saitama to accept defeat and reflect that there was always someone stronger.

• Saitama questioned Hane about being a Monster and wanting to destroy the world, then declared he had to stop him as the world’s hero.
• Saitama struck Hane with a Serious Punch, but Hane blocked it, and their clash stunned the watching Hero Association staff and S-Class Heroes.
• Hane summoned a colossal finger infused with laws, and Saitama answered with Consecutive Serious Punches that shattered its laws but could not stop its force.
• Saitama unleashed a Full-Power Punch and shattered Hane’s finger, but Hane invoked Dharma True Body and blocked the attack with countless arms.
• Saitama’s strength faded against Hane’s final barrier, and Saitama acknowledged his defeat and realized that there was always someone stronger.

After defeating Saitama, Hane halted the God Tree’s energy absorption and revealed that he intended to rule the world. He opened a portal through the tree, bringing the Empire’s troops and giant mechas into the world to reclaim monster-held territory and rebuild civilization.

• Saitama conceded defeat, recognized Hane as stronger, and agreed to stay and watch what happened next.
• The Hero Association discovered that the God Tree had stopped absorbing Natural Energy and was emitting energy that could increase human cell activity.
• Hane brought Saitama beneath the God Tree, where Kaguya and Beatrice returned to his shoulders, frightened by the battle.
• Hane opened a white portal in the God Tree, and Imperial soldiers and giant mechas marched through as heroes and viewers watched in confusion.
• Child Emperor realized that Hane’s forces came from another world, and Hane said the Empire had come to rule this world by reclaiming monster-held territory and rebuilding civilization.

The Empire announced that it intended to reclaim humanity’s lost lands and build cities, prompting the Hero Association to seek peaceful coexistence while the Federation threatened to abolish it. Tornado, Superalloy Darkshine, and Atomic Samurai went to negotiate with Hane, where they found Saitama had agreed to work for the Empire.

• Child Emperor and the nearby S-Class Heroes considered the Empire’s promise to reclaim humanity’s lost territory and welcome immigrants.
• The Supreme Federal Cabinet ordered the Hero Association president to protect the Federation, but he refused to confront the Empire unless it attacked first and arranged negotiations instead.
• Tornado selected Superalloy Darkshine and Atomic Samurai to accompany her, and the Empire’s medical ninjas healed the injured heroes.
• An Uchiha squad captain escorted the delegation past powerful guards and explained that the Empire planned to build a city to attract residents from the Federation.
• Hane offered Saitama free housing and a well-paid job, and Saitama enthusiastically agreed to protect the new city.
• Tornado arrived with the delegation and recognized Saitama as the bald hero who had repeatedly stolen her kills.

Hane negotiated a partnership between the Empire and the Hero Association, proposing that it establish a branch in the Empire and aid the expansion into No-Man's Land. After the Hero Association’s vice chairman arrived, the S-Class Heroes briefed him on the Empire’s forces and cultivation systems, and Tornado warned that the Adventurer’s Guild would become the Association’s chief competitor.

• Hane asked Tatsumaki about the Hero Association’s position, then proposed that it establish itself in the Empire and help humanity’s revival.
• Tatsumaki consulted headquarters, and the Hero Association chairman agreed to a partnership with the Empire.
• Two days later, the vice chairman arrived in the Empire and asked the S-Class Heroes about its recent actions and military strength.
• Superalloy Darkshine described the Empire’s centralized government, Twelve Golden Guards, elite divisions, and Royal Family soldiers with Kekkei Genkai.
• Atomic Samurai explained the Empire’s cultivation systems, including Chakra, the Navy’s Six Powers, Haki, swordsmanship, Devil Fruits, and Magic Mana.
• Tornado identified the Adventurer’s Guild as a powerful semi-official organization that would become the Hero Association’s fiercest competitor.

The Empire’s expansion drew millions of Federation citizens, weakened the Hero Association’s presence in the Federation, and drove the Monster Association to plan an attack. As Tornado’s team clashed with Ace’s adventurers over a Demon-level Monster, Ace invited the heroes to hear a proposal at his base.

• The Hero Association and Adventurers’ Guild competed to recruit members, while the Empire built a new City A that attracted millions of Federation citizens seeking safety and Imperial School.
• The Hero Association moved its headquarters to the Empire, leaving the Federation short of heroes as the Federal Government hesitated to confront the Empire.
• Orochi and Gyoro-Gyoro discussed the Monster Association’s losses to the Empire’s armies and adventurers, then agreed to gather their forces and attack an Imperial city.
• Tornado complained that Ace’s Salus Adventurer Group had claimed a Demon-level Monster before her S-Class team could reach it.
• Ace approached Tornado, Fubuki, and the other heroes, offered to share a promising idea, and led them to his base.

Ace proposed that the Adventurers Guild and the S-Class Hero Team cooperate to defeat two symbiotic Dragon-level Monsters and split the Imperial Points. Tornado accepted the partnership for points, with the Nine-Tails Adventurer Group due to arrive the next day.

• Ace, Luffy, and Sabo returned to their villa, where Enju and Hina welcomed them and Sanji served the girls cake.
• Sanji tried to court Fubuki, but she rejected him, and Ace invited Tornado's group inside to discuss business.
• Ace told Tornado that the Adventurers Guild had found two symbiotic Dragon-level Monsters and wanted to defeat them before the military could claim the reward.
• Ace explained that five B-rank Adventurer Groups had suffered severe losses and that the Nine-Tails Adventurer Group would join the hunt the next day.
• Tornado accepted the partnership and insisted that the Hero Association receive Imperial Points rather than Imperial Currency.