Chapter Summaries

Yaha destroyed Gyutaro and Daki, extracted Gyutaro’s origin, and consumed it to reconstruct his body as a four-armed spectral form emerged. As he tried to revive Tengen Uzui, three women arrived and mistook his actions for an attack.

• Gyutaro and Daki failed to regenerate after Yaha’s domain cut them apart, while Muzan severed his vision of the Entertainment District and retreated into Infinity Castle.
• Yaha taunted Gyutaro, extracted Muzan’s origin from him, and watched both siblings crumble into ash.
• Yaha consumed the dark red cursed object, rebuilding his body as black markings and a four-armed spectral form appeared behind him.
• Yaha found the critically injured Tengen Uzui and put his hand into Tengen’s chest to revive his failing heart.
• Three women burst through the earth, saw Yaha’s hand in Tengen’s chest, and drew their blades.

Yaha used Reverse Cursed Technique to treat Tengen Uzui after consuming a piece of Cursed Object, while Hinatsuru, Suma, and Makizuru mistook the scene for his death. Tengen recovered enough to speak as Yaha turned to leave.

• Yaha swallowed a piece of Cursed Object while using Reverse Cursed Technique on Tengen Uzui's poisoned heart.
• Hinatsuru, Suma, and Makizuru attacked Yaha, but he repelled them with an invisible force.
• Yaha withdrew his hand and told the women to feel Tengen's neck, so they believed he was dead and began mourning him.
• Tengen suddenly expelled black blood and dead tissue, then opened his eyes and complained about the women's noise.
• Yaha stopped and glanced back at Tengen and the three women, irritated by the interruption.

Yaha restored Tengen Uzui from the brink of death after defeating Upper Rank Six, but the power he used overwhelmed his body and threatened to send him into a rampage. Shinobu Kocho approached him as Tengen warned her to stay back.

• Yaha's intervention revived Tengen Uzui, healed his injuries, and cleared the poison from his body.
• Tengen Uzui bowed to Yaha and vowed to repay the life-saving debt, while Yaha dismissed him and prepared to leave.
• Yaha's body began to fail under the strain of the power he had used, and a four-armed apparition burst from his back as hunger clouded his senses.
• Yaha restrained his rampaging power by inflicting pain on himself and suppressing his breathing.
• Shinobu Kocho jumped into the ruins and crouched near Yaha, ignoring Tengen Uzui's warning to get back.

Yaha fought off Sukuna’s hunger and refused to bite Shinobu Kocho, then restrained his cursed energy until he regained control. By tracing Daki’s poisonous blood, he located Muzan’s hiding place in the Infinity Castle and vowed to go after him.

• Shinobu Kocho offered Yaha her wisteria-poisoned blood to help suppress his rampage, while Tengen Uzui and the others tried to stop her.
• Yaha grabbed Shinobu and brought his teeth to her neck, but stopped before breaking her skin and shoved her away.
• Yaha sealed his cursed energy meridians through agonizing self-restraint until the markings faded and his breathing returned to normal.
• Yaha traced the lingering connection in Daki’s poisonous blood to the Infinity Castle and threatened the one hiding there.

Muzan saw that Yaha had destroyed the Entertainment District without harming its civilians, then watched him find and crush the last drop of blood Muzan was using to spy. Shaken, Muzan sealed the Infinity Castle as the Demon Slayer Corps' Hidden Corps arrived at the ruins.

• Muzan connected to the last drop of demon blood beneath the Entertainment District and saw the surviving civilians and Tengen Uzui unharmed amid the ruins.
• Muzan watched Yaha approach the hidden blood, mock him, and crush it, severing the visual link.
• Muzan lost control of his body from rage and ordered Nakime to seal the Infinity Castle behind all three spatial barriers.
• Nakime sealed the Infinity Castle, while members of the Demon Slayer Corps' Hidden Corps reached the edge of the ruins.

Nagaya and the Hidden Corps found the Underground Granary destroyed, its civilians unharmed and Tengen Uzui alive after Yaha’s fight. Yaha carried Shinobu Kocho away into the sky, while Tengen told Nagaya to report that times had changed.

• Nagaya led the Hidden Corps into the Underground Granary and found its ruins cut into precise blocks, with the civilians alive and unharmed.
• Nagaya found Tengen Uzui alive with his wives, and Tengen called what had happened a miracle while looking toward Yaha.
• The rescued civilians bowed and thanked Yaha, who cursed their thanks and walked away as his murderous aura stopped two Hidden Corps members from approaching.
• Yaha grabbed Shinobu Kocho by the collar and launched them both into the night sky with Cursed Energy.
• Tengen Uzui told Nagaya to write the battle report and inform the Hashira that times had changed.

At the Hashira assembly, Kagaya Ubuyashiki revealed that Yaha had killed Upper Rank Six without civilian or Corps casualties and granted him special operational immunity, naming him a core combat asset classified as [Hope]. Yaha then kicked open the hall door and demanded to know where the kitchen was.

• Amane read the battle report, confirming zero civilian casualties and zero Demon Slayer Corps losses after Gyutaro and Daki were killed and Tengen Uzui was stabilized.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro were stunned by the report, and Giyu Tomioka said Yaha's blade was faster and more precise than anyone else's.
• Kagaya granted Tomioka Ye Yu special-grade operational immunity, secured his promised meals as a headquarters obligation, and designated him a core combat asset classified as [Hope].
• Yaha kicked open the assembly hall door and demanded to know where the kitchen was because he was hungry.

Yaha woke at the Butterfly Mansion and demanded food, then headed to the headquarters meeting hall to collect the balance from Oyakata-sama. Shinobu Kocho stayed behind as Yaha went to confront the Hashira meeting.

• Yaha kicked in the ward's cedar door and demanded unlimited food from the attendants.
• Shinobu Kocho brought Yaha ten pounds of grilled wagyu, and he complained that it was overcooked while eating every piece.
• Shinobu tried to wipe grease from Yaha's mouth, but he caught her wrist and warned her not to butter him up.
• Yaha put on his haori, declared himself full, and set off to collect the balance from Oyakata-sama.
• Yaha walked toward the headquarters meeting hall, while Shinobu Kocho returned to the kitchen.

Yaha confronted the Demon Slayer Corps over the promised immunity and unlimited food, while Tengen Uzui stopped Obanai Iguro from drawing his sword against him. Ubuyashiki granted Yaha a Command Token, and Yaha left to deal with another target, leaving Amane to wonder whether the Entertainment District matter was still unresolved.

• Yaha entered the meeting and demanded his immunity and unlimited meals from Ubuyashiki.
• Obanai Iguro began drawing his sword to challenge Yaha, while Giyu Tomioka readied himself in the corner.
• Tengen Uzui arrived unharmed, stopped Obanai, and defended Yaha by recounting how he had saved civilians and rescued Uzui from death.
• Obanai sheathed his sword, Giyu relaxed, and Sanemi Shinazugawa stopped pressing the confrontation.
• Amane gave Yaha a Command Token granting unrestricted passage, immunity from interference, and unlimited food supplies.
• Yaha left, saying he was going to pull the nails out of the gutter, and Amane asked whether the Entertainment District matter was still unfinished.

Yaha uncovered and crushed a hidden Blood Eye in the Entertainment District ruins, denying Muzan any information about his strength. The encounter enraged Muzan, who ordered Nakime to summon Gyokko and Hantengu to the Swordsmith Village.

• Yaha found the Blood Eye buried beneath the Entertainment District ruins and pressed down on it, making Muzan feel the pressure through their link.
• Muzan refused to sever the connection because he still wanted information about Yaha, while Yaha taunted him and declared he would reveal nothing.
• Yaha crushed the Blood Eye, severing the link and causing Nakime's biwa strings to snap as Muzan rose in anger.
• Yaha received an updated Sukuna template advancement condition requiring him to impose an irresistible sense of suppression on a strong-willed opponent.
• Muzan ordered Nakime to summon Gyokko and Hantengu to the Swordsmith Village.

Yaha struggled with the cursed markings left by absorbing Upper Rank Origin, then learned from Shinobu Kocho that his damaged sword required rare ore from the Swordsmith Village. The next morning, an enraged masked man stormed the Butterfly Mansion demanding to find whoever had ruined his masterpiece.

• Yaha returned to the Butterfly Mansion, ignored Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro, and tried to control the cursed markings spreading across his body.
• Shinobu Kocho approached Yaha to clean dried blood, but he pinned her down until she challenged him to bite her; he then released her.
• Yaha showed Shinobu Kocho his cracked Nichirin Blade, and she told him the Swordsmith Village had rare ore capable of bearing his power.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa eavesdropped on their conversation until Yaha sliced off a lock of his hair with a teacup lid and warned him to stop.
• The next morning, a masked man kicked in the Butterfly Mansion's gate and demanded to know who had wrecked his masterpiece.

Yaha learned that a relic linked to Yoriichi Tsugikuni awaited him in the Swordsmith Village and set out to challenge its combat simulation. He ignored the Corps’ travel rules and flew toward the village with Shinobu Kocho.

• Hotaru Haganezuka confronted Yaha over his damaged blade, but Yaha flicked him through the corridor and into a courtyard tree.
• A Kasugai Crow delivered Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s message revealing a three-hundred-year-old relic near the Swordsmith Village, which Yaha recognized as Yoriichi Type Zero.
• A hidden event tasked Yaha with defeating the relic’s combat simulation, promising a roleplay-level increase.
• Yaha rejected the Hidden Corps’ blindfold-and-basket travel procedure and threw his Command Token at the leading member.
• Yaha grabbed Shinobu Kocho and flew toward the Swordsmith Village, declaring that he would shatter the pinnacle from three hundred years ago.

Yaha carried Shinobu Kocho by air to a mountain town, where she stopped him from attacking a patrol by claiming he was her husband. After they checked into an inn, Yaha sensed a hallucinatory Blood Demon Art and prepared to confront the creature reaching for him from beneath his bed.

• Yaha flew with Shinobu Kocho to a town and landed in a crater, startling the local patrol.
• Shinobu Kocho persuaded the patrol that Yaha was her husband and prevented him from attacking the men.
• Yaha demanded two adjacent rooms at the inn, frightening the owner into handing over the keys.
• Late that night, Yaha detected the scent and signs of a hallucinatory Blood Demon Art in his room.
• A pale hand reached from beneath Yaha's bed, and he raised a glowing finger to attack it.

Yaha destroyed the Psychic Demon without drawing his blade, leaving Gyokko shaken by its sudden death. The next morning, Yaha began burning through the Seven-Layer Mist Barrier surrounding the Swordsmith Village.

• Yaha rejected the Psychic Demon's illusion of Tsutako and dragged the demon into a mental realm where his four-armed form shattered its defenses.
• Yaha crushed the Psychic Demon in the inn corridor, and Shinobu Kocho emerged to find the demon's ashes and his blade still sheathed.
• Gyokko sensed the Illusionist's presence vanish and cracked his beloved porcelain pot with his trembling fingers.
• At the Swordsmith Village, Yaha touched the Seven-Layer Mist Barrier with two fingers and formed a dark red flame as the guide watched in alarm.

Yaha forced his way into the Swordsmith Village, where he crushed its supposedly unbreakable crimson echoing iron with two fingers. The village leaders and Mitsuri Kanroji were left stunned by his strength.

• Yaha cleaved a wide passage through the fog and mountainside, then walked past the stunned village guards with Shinobu Kocho.
• Tetsuji Kawahara welcomed Yaha after seeing his Command Token and offered to take him to the ore storehouse.
• An ore guard charged Yaha, but froze in fear when Yaha glanced at him and collapsed to his knees.
• Yaha entered the ore storehouse and crushed the village's prized crimson echoing iron into powder with two fingers.
• Mitsuri Kanroji watched from the corridor and was stunned by Yaha's strength.

Yaha tested the Swordsmith Village’s strongest iron, claimed its highest medicinal spring, and faced Muichiro Tokito when the Mist Hashira came to demand access to Yoriichi Type Zero. The chapter ended with Yaha warning Muichiro to stop as the boy approached the spring.

• Yaha crushed a revered piece of god iron with his fingers, and Tetsuji Kawahara led him toward the forbidden vault to show him an even harder piece.
• Mitsuri Kanroji followed Yaha and praised his strength, but he rebuffed her and Shinobu Kocho comforted her.
• Yaha claimed the highest medicinal spring until he left, while Shinobu asked whether it could ease the rejection reaction from devouring an origin.
• Yaha split Shinobu’s hairpin with a thin projectile and warned that he would drag her into the water if she spoke again.
• Muichiro Tokito approached the spring and said Oyakata-sama had assigned Yoriichi Type Zero to Yaha, so he had come to use it.
• Yaha’s relaxed manner vanished, and he ordered Muichiro to explain who had given him the nerve to come closer.

Yaha stopped Muichiro Tokito from approaching him and agreed to take him to Yoriichi Type Zero the next morning. In the mountains, Yaha watched Tanjiro train against the automaton and received a prompt to shatter the Old God's lingering shadow.

• Muichiro Tokito approached Yaha for Yoriichi Type Zero, but Yaha halted him with a compressed water needle and ordered him to leave.
• Yaha agreed to show Muichiro Tokito the training automaton the next morning if he was in a good mood.
• Shinobu Kocho recovered a broken piece of hairpin as Yaha left to handle business the next day.
• Yaha followed the sound of metal into a mountain clearing and found Tanjiro fighting Yoriichi Type Zero.
• Yaha recognized the breathing encoded in the automaton's sword paths, and a hidden event prompt appeared asking him to shatter the Old God's lingering shadow.

Yaha arrived at the Swordsmith Village and challenged Yoriichi Type Zero, recognizing the Sun Breathing techniques preserved in the doll. After effortlessly dodging its attacks, he faced its overloaded final strike and began to counter it.

• Tanjiro was knocked down repeatedly by Yoriichi Type Zero while Kotetsu criticized his swordsmanship.
• Yaha entered the clearing, dismissed Tanjiro for smelling weak, and focused on the doll’s precise movements.
• Yaha tossed Kotetsu aside and used cursed energy to activate the doll’s six-arm maximum mode.
• Yoriichi Type Zero attacked Yaha with a relentless six-sword barrage, but Yaha dodged every strike with minimal movement.
• After Yaha called its swordsmanship too slow and weak, the doll overloaded its gears and unleashed a final strike modeled on Sun Breathing’s thirteenth form.
• Yaha drew his right hand and began to answer the attack, saying, “If you’re a god, then stay the hell in your urn.”

Yaha dismantled Yoriichi Type Zero with a precise cursed slash, exposed a three-hundred-year-old sword, and tossed it to Tanjiro. Later, Yaha sensed a foul odor in his guest room and demanded to know where it came from.

• Yaha reduced Yoriichi Type Zero’s six wooden blades and armor to strands and separated parts while leaving its inner gears intact.
• The doll collapsed, and a rusty Nichirin Blade hidden inside its torso fell onto the grass.
• Yaha kicked the ancient sword to Tanjiro, dismissing it as scrap he would not draw.
• Kotetsu recognized the sword’s age, while Muichiro watched Yaha’s departing figure and noticed his own hand was sweaty.
• Shinobu Kocho brought Yaha grilled wagyu, but he stopped eating, sensed a stench, and asked where it was coming from.

Yaha left Shinobu Kocho to investigate a foul demon presence near the Swordsmith Village and found Upper Rank Five Gyokko displaying murdered swordsmiths as art. He crushed Gyokko’s creation under his boot and insulted the demon, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Yaha detected a sewer-like stench underground, told Shinobu Kocho to stay behind, and headed toward its source.
• Yaha sensed two Upper Rank demons nearby and followed the strongest presence into the forest.
• Yaha discovered Gyokko admiring a vase assembled from the mutilated bodies of swordsmiths.
• Yaha stomped Gyokko’s artwork to pieces, killing the swordsmiths trapped in it.
• Gyokko froze in shock and rage as Yaha mocked his appearance.