Chapter Summaries

The Hashira and the Demon Slayer Corps battled the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and the Twelve Kizuki outside Las Noches while Gyomei Himejima led an elite force through the barrier to find Aizen. Nakamura Mio trapped the battlefield in black mist with her Zanpakutō, leaving the fighters disoriented as her ability began its half-hour countdown.

• Hiraga Ichirō and the Thirteen Court Guard Squads confronted the Hashira as the Reishi Barrier sealed Las Noches off from the outside.
• Aono Kōji attacked Kaneda Yūichirō, but Kokushibo intercepted him, and Muzan Kibutsuji sent the Twelve Kizuki into battle against the squad captains.
• Gyomei Himejima assigned Kyojuro Rengoku, Obanai Iguro, and Tengen Uzui to hold the enemy army while he led Tanjiro Kamado and other successors through the barrier to seek Aizen.
• Five successors could not pass through the barrier, so Sanemi Shinazugawa ordered them to fight the Las Noches forces outside while Kaneda Yūichirō and Muzan Kibutsuji headed inside.
• At Hiraga Ichirō's urging, Nakamura Mio released Nurikabe, filling the battlefield with black mist that trapped and disoriented the fighters for up to half an hour.

Hiraga Ichirō and Nakamura Mio discussed the deadly monster guarding Lord Aizen as the group fought Matsushita Akihiko. Muzan Kibutsuji seemingly killed Matsushita Akihiko, but he regenerated and seized Muzan, leaving the other fighters stunned as he bit into his head.

• Hiraga Ichirō teased Nakamura Mio about her recovery and warned that the monster guarding the central courtyard could defeat all thirteen captains.
• Matsushita Akihiko overwhelmed the fighters, killing the other successors and injuring the Hashira while Tanjiro Kamado searched for a way to stop him.
• Tanjiro Kamado narrowly dodged Matsushita Akihiko's attack, and Muzan Kibutsuji trapped him with blood thorns before making him explode into bloody mist.
• Matsushita Akihiko regenerated from the mist, shocking Muzan Kibutsuji and the watching fighters.
• Matsushita Akihiko crushed Muzan Kibutsuji's throat, pinned him with Spiritual Pressure, and bit into his head.

Matsushita Akihiko devoured Muzan Kibutsuji, then fought off the Demon Slayer Corps as his power and regeneration overwhelmed them. Muzan spoke from inside Matsushita Akihiko and proposed sharing his spiritual pressure with the Corps so he could seize control, and Inosuke Hashibira stepped forward to try it.

• Matsushita Akihiko ate Muzan Kibutsuji and wounded Kaneda Yūichirō with a slash, but Kaneda regenerated and dodged his attacks.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa, the stone giant, and Giyu Tomioka struck Matsushita Akihiko, while Kaneda used Taotie to drain his spiritual pressure and slow his regeneration.
• Matsushita Akihiko regenerated after Sanemi destroyed his head and heart, and Tanjiro Kamado concluded that ordinary methods would not kill him.
• Muzan Kibutsuji revealed that he was alive inside Matsushita Akihiko and asked Kaneda to share the devoured spiritual pressure so Muzan could take control of the body.
• Muzan explained that Matsushita Akihiko's fused Hollow and Soul Reaper power would not turn the others into monsters, and Kaneda and Giyu confirmed the mixed spiritual pressure.
• Inosuke Hashibira volunteered to absorb the power, and Kaneda told him to take his hand as the Hashira warned they would kill Kaneda and Muzan if Inosuke was harmed.

Tanjiro Kamado accepted the power of Zanpakutō Taotie, but the transfer plunged him into his inner world, where a white double attacked him. The double revealed himself as Tanjiro’s resentful secondary personality and vowed to take over his body.

• Inosuke Hashibira absorbed Taotie’s Spiritual Pressure and gained the powers of both a Hollow and a Shinigami.
• Tanjiro Kamado took hold of Taotie, endured intense pain as its power transformed his Spiritual Pressure, and lost consciousness.
• Tanjiro awoke in a pitch-black inner world and encountered a white version of himself wielding Crimson Lotus.
• The white Tanjiro attacked and explained that he was Tanjiro’s secondary personality, resentful of being confined to the darkness.
• The white Tanjiro declared that he would take Tanjiro’s body and trade places with him.

A resentful secondary personality trapped inside Tanjiro Kamado watched Tanjiro lose his father, protect Nezuko, and become a Demon Slayer while envying his relationships and choices. When a traveler arrived seeking shelter, the younger brother was shocked to realize the man seemed able to see him.

• Tanjuro Kamado died after entrusting twelve-year-old Tanjiro Kamado with caring for the family, while the younger brother watched from within Tanjiro's body.
• Tanjiro Kamado killed a wild boar to feed his family, and the younger brother scorned him while feeling a reluctant stir of emotion.
• After a demon killed Tanjiro Kamado's family and turned Nezuko into a demon, Tanjiro begged Giyu Tomioka to spare her, and Giyu sent them to seek training from Sakonji Urokodaki.
• Tanjiro Kamado trained, joined the Demon Slayer Corps, and befriended Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira, deepening the younger brother's envy and resentment.
• A brown-haired traveler asked to stay for the night, and the younger brother was astonished when the man appeared to look directly at him.

Sōsuke Aizen discovered Tanjiro Kamado’s hidden secondary personality and offered it power in exchange for seeing whether it would serve or replace Tanjiro. After the personality clashed with Tanjiro in his inner world, Tanjiro awakened from receiving Zanpakutō Taotoki’s power, and Zenitsu Agatsuma volunteered for the next Spiritual Pressure transfer.

• After Tanjiro Kamado fell asleep, Sōsuke Aizen spoke with his hidden younger-brother personality and explained that it was a secondary soul born from Tanjiro’s negative side.
• The younger-brother personality erupted in hatred toward Tanjiro and the world, and Aizen offered to help it become king by taking Tanjiro’s place.
• Aizen gave the younger-brother personality a mote of blue power, and it accepted the prospect of challenging Tanjiro for his body.
• In the pitch-black inner world, the younger-brother personality pierced Tanjiro with a blade and declared that it would save Nezuko in exchange for taking his body, but Tanjiro refused to entrust his loved ones to it.
• Tanjiro awakened after receiving Zanpakutō Taotoki’s power, reassured Zenitsu Agatsuma that he felt better than ever, and left Giyu Tomioka briefly unsettled by his unfamiliar presence.
• Kaneda Yūichirō asked who would receive the next Spiritual Pressure transfer, and Zenitsu volunteered.

Sōsuke Aizen overwhelmed the Demon Slayer Corps and captured Muzan Kibutsuji, while Tanjiro Kamado was revealed to be possessed by Kyōhaku Kamado. Kyōhaku stabbed Giyu Tomioka and then turned on Aizen, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Sōsuke Aizen shattered Gyomei Himejima’s stone giant, blocked Muichiro Tokito’s ambush, and crushed five Demon Slayers with spiritual pressure and Black Coffin.
• Muzan Kibutsuji fled in Matsushita Akihiko’s body, but Sōsuke Aizen pinned him to the floor with gravity.
• Giyu Tomioka tried to protect Tanjiro Kamado and help him escape, but Tanjiro stabbed him in the abdomen.
• Tanjiro revealed a Hollow mask and identified himself as Kyōhaku Kamado, saying the real Tanjiro remained asleep inside his body.
• When Sōsuke Aizen asked whether he would spare Tanjiro’s friends or kill them, Kyōhaku Kamado raised his Zanpakutō and attacked Aizen.

Kyōhaku Kamado attacked Sōsuke Aizen, but Aizen revealed that Kyōka Suigetsu had manipulated his perceptions and overwhelmed him with illusion and Kidō. Aizen offered to make Kyōhaku his subordinate and take him to other worlds, but Kyōhaku refused, leaving Aizen threatening to break his resistance.

• Kyōhaku Kamado beheaded what appeared to be Sōsuke Aizen, but Aizen reappeared and revealed that the corpse was an illusion.
• Sōsuke Aizen explained Kyōka Suigetsu’s power and suggested Kyōhaku had been under its control from the start.
• Kyōhaku Kamado attacked Aizen with a Cero and Hinokami Kagura, but Aizen stopped his blade with two fingers and the apparent target shattered like a mirror.
• Sōsuke Aizen trapped Kyōhaku in Hadō No. 90: Black Coffin, leaving him badly wounded as his body began to heal.
• Sōsuke Aizen offered to spare Kyōhaku and cultivate him for travel to other worlds, but Kyōhaku rejected him and condemned his interference.
• Sōsuke Aizen dismissed negotiation and threatened to subdue Kyōhaku like a disobedient wild beast.

Sōsuke Aizen forced Kyōhaku Kamado to fight Nezuko, whose attacks Kyōhaku could not answer without Tanjiro Kamado’s instincts holding him back. Kyōhaku subdued Nezuko, but Aizen stabbed him from behind and left him demanding to know what Aizen wanted.

• Sōsuke Aizen brought Nezuko into the battle and challenged Kyōhaku Kamado to strike his controlled little sister.
• Nezuko attacked Kyōhaku, who defended himself while realizing Tanjiro Kamado’s instincts stopped him from harming her.
• Kaneda Yūichirō charged into the fight, but Nezuko tore apart his Zanpakutō, killed him, and continued attacking Kyōhaku.
• Kyōhaku discovered he could fight Nezuko without hurting her, then cracked both their masks with a headbutt and caught her as she passed out.
• Sōsuke Aizen appeared behind Kyōhaku and stabbed him, prompting Kyōhaku to retreat and demand to know Aizen’s aim.

Sōsuke Aizen persuaded Kyōhaku Kamado to join Chaldea by offering him a body of his own and a chance to leave the world. After the battle outside Las Noches was halted, the Demon Slayer Corps learned that Kyōhaku had taken over Tanjiro Kamado’s body.

• Sōsuke Aizen explained that Chaldea would continue claiming the world and offered Kyōhaku Kamado a new body and a place among his companions.
• Sōsuke Aizen told Kyōhaku that his growing power would eventually make the world reject him, and Kyōhaku accepted the offer to leave.
• Sōsuke Aizen assured Kyōhaku that he would spare the Demon Slayer Corps and intended to recruit them as fighters.
• Nakamura Mio dispelled Nurikabe’s barrier, and Hiraga Ichirō announced that Lord Aizen had ordered both sides to stop fighting and negotiate.
• Kokushibo led the Twelve Kizuki into Las Noches, while Tengen Uzui, Obanai Iguro, and Kyojuro Rengoku entered to check on their defeated companions.
• Kyōhaku Kamado forced Kyojuro Rengoku to the ground with his spiritual pressure and said he was borrowing Tanjiro Kamado’s body, prompting Mitsuri Kanroji to explain what had happened.

Sōsuke Aizen secured the Demon Slayer Corps’ submission to Las Noches in exchange for keeping Soul Reapers and Hollows from disrupting human society. As Aizen prepared to leave the world with Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko, and others, Kyōhaku Kamado remained reluctant to meet Tanjiro.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki agreed that the Demon Slayer Corps would serve Las Noches if Soul Reapers and Hollows left human society undisturbed.
• Aizen departed the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters with the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, while Kagaya acknowledged that Muzan Kibutsuji had been killed and Tanjiro and Nezuko were in Aizen’s hands.
• Tengen Uzui questioned the Corps’ submission, and Obanai Iguro warned him that the Corps was badly weakened and could not act rashly.
• Tanjiro promised the sleeping Nezuko that he would bring her home, while Kyōhaku Kamado watched from outside the room in spirit form.
• Aizen told Kyōhaku that he, Tanjiro, and Nezuko would leave in about half an hour because Nezuko had become an Arrancar and Tanjiro a Visored.
• Kyōhaku refused to speak with Tanjiro and vanished, while Aizen went to find Kanae Kocho and wondered how Chaldea had progressed.

Ye Uchiha and his companions encountered a demon-level Machine Monster in City J, and Enkidu destroyed it with the Chains of Heaven. After Enkidu left a smitten Gunslinger A-Fu behind, Ye Uchiha decided they would go find Saitama in City Z.

• A demon-level monster alert emptied the streets of City J while Ye Uchiha walked with Kaguya Otsutsuki, Medea, and Enkidu.
• Gunslinger A-Fu fought the Machine Monster with pistols, but its heavy firepower forced him to take cover as buildings were destroyed.
• Ye Uchiha ordered Enkidu to intervene, and Enkidu blocked the Machine Monster's bullets with the Chains of Heaven before piercing and destroying it.
• Gunslinger A-Fu introduced himself to Enkidu and became smitten, while Enkidu returned to Ye Uchiha.
• Ye Uchiha decided to take his companions to City Z to find Saitama.

Ye Uchiha watched King’s fearsome reputation frighten the Blade Monster into surrender. King forgave the monster and told him to keep writing, while hiding his own panic.

• Ye Uchiha noticed King passing the fried chicken restaurant and predicted that his extraordinary luck would bring a spectacle.
• The Blade Monster appeared and blamed his transformation on readers sending him razor blades for failing to update his story.
• The monster’s flailing blew off King’s cap, and the sound of King’s Emperor Engine made the Blade Monster recognize him and panic.
• The crowd praised King’s supposed heroic feats and urged him to defeat the monster, while King privately feared the encounter.
• The Blade Monster surrendered and begged for mercy, and King forgave him and told him to keep writing.

Ye Uchiha met King and invited him to endorse Chaldea’s planned hero-versus-hero game, but King agreed only if he was not included as a character. Ye explained to Enkidu that King’s extraordinary luck and connection to Saitama made him important, while considering how to recruit Saitama.

• King escaped his fans by putting on his cap, but Ye Uchiha approached him and introduced himself as chairman of the Chaldea Group.
• Ye invited King to endorse a PvP game based on real professional heroes, and King agreed on the condition that he would not be a game character.
• After King left with Ye’s business card, Enkidu asked why Ye valued him, and Ye explained that King’s luck protected him and that Saitama was his friend.
• Ye considered ways to recruit Saitama without provoking him, noting his love of bargains, casual attitude toward hero work, and mischievous streak.
• Ye reflected that Chaldea’s members had established the company as a major force in the gaming industry.

Ye Uchiha showed King Chaldea’s FullDive technology, and King eagerly entered the virtual game world. After creating a female avatar named Game King, King asked which of Chaldea’s three game worlds to try.

• Ye Uchiha introduced King to Chaldea’s FullDive helmet and explained how its technology had helped the company grow.
• King agreed to try FullDive and logged into the game world.
• King created a burly female avatar and appeared in Nightfall City as Game King.
• Ye Uchiha met King in the lobby and described Sword Art Online, Doomsday Survival, and Gunfire Storm.
• King asked Ye Uchiha which game worlds were available.

Ye Uchiha watched King rapidly level up through monster hunts and grow into a skilled fighter in Sword Art Online. When three red-name players ambushed King, he killed two of them and left Wolf King begging for mercy.

• King reached level 15 while fighting boars, then leveled into the twenties after slaying a Goblin horde in a nearby forest.
• Tiger King, Leopard King, and Wolf King ambushed King, who demanded to know why they had attacked him.
• Leopard King and Wolf King attacked King together while Tiger King stared at King's female avatar and made lewd remarks.
• King used Triple Slash to deal critical damage and kill Tiger King and Leopard King.
• Wolf King dropped his bow, surrendered, and begged King not to kill him.

After King left the game demonstration, Tatsumaki confronted Ye Uchiha over her banned account and returned to play after he offered to transfer her gear to a new one. In Doomsday Survival, Garou embraced the game's lawless violence and killed Tanktop Tiger and Tanktop Blackhole.

• King logged out after farming monsters, and Ye Uchiha offered him a free Game Pod for endorsing the game.
• Tatsumaki confronted Ye Uchiha about banning her account after she killed many players in Sword Art Online.
• Ye Uchiha offered to transfer Tatsumaki's equipment to a new account and warned her not to attack players again.
• Garou played Doomsday Survival as the red-named Hero Hunter, relishing the chance to fight without restraint.
• Garou found Tanktop Tiger and Tanktop Blackhole hiding in a ruined city and killed them with two punches.

Garou left the game world to hunt heroes while Saitama and Genos faced a Mantis Monster in City Z. After Saitama saved Genos from being cut in half, Enkidu watched him leave and worried whether Ye Uchiha could recruit him for Chaldea.

• Garou defeated a Titan Beast, declared that he would hunt heroes, and logged out of the game.
• A Demon-level monster alert sent City Z residents fleeing as Saitama and Genos remained on the street.
• Genos attacked the Mantis Monster and burned its outer body with an Incineration Cannon, but the monster shed its skin and sliced him in half.
• Saitama killed the Mantis Monster with one punch and carried Genos toward Dr. Kuseno's home.
• Enkidu watched Saitama leave, judged him overwhelmingly powerful, and worried that Ye Uchiha might fail to recruit him for Chaldea.

Bang asked Ye Uchiha to help find Garou, then accepted Ye’s offer to become a Chaldea martial arts consultant. He resolved to kill Garou for his crimes as the chapter ended.

• Bang pleaded with Ye Uchiha to mobilize Chaldea’s resources to locate Garou and stop his hero hunting.
• Ye offered Bang and his brother Bomb well-paid roles as Chaldea martial arts consultants, and Bang accepted the offer.
• Ye asked Bang what he would do with Garou after finding him, prompting Bang to question whether he could kill his former disciple.
• Bang declared that he would kill Garou for harming the heroes.

Ye Uchiha sent Black Zetsu to secretly collect the Dragon Balls and considered how Chaldea would handle the approaching Monster Association. After sensing the One-Punch World stirring, he looked toward a city where a huge humanoid pig was destroying buildings.

• Ye Uchiha assigned Enkidu to monitor Saitama and sent Black Zetsu to the Dragon Ball World to gather the Dragon Balls in secret.
• Ye Uchiha spent time with Medea before reflecting on the Monster Association and Chaldea’s growing influence among the One-Punch World’s elites.
• Ye Uchiha considered seeking out Psykos and wondered whether the planet’s hostile will had noticed his presence.
• Ye Uchiha sensed the world stirring and saw a giant humanoid pig demolishing buildings in a city.