Chapter Summaries

Tamayo asked Lin Guang and Tanjiro to help her develop a cure that could turn demons back into humans, and they agreed. Lin Guang then asked Tamayo for a chance to court her, just as an enemy attack shattered the sitting room.

• Tamayo explained that she had turned Yushiro into a demon and only transformed people who chose to live despite incurable illness or severe injury.
• Tanjiro asked whether demons could become human again, and Tamayo said she wanted to create a treatment after learning about Nezuko.
• Tamayo asked Lin Guang and Tanjiro to let her study Nezuko's blood and collect blood from powerful demons, and they agreed to help.
• Lin Guang made his condition that Tamayo give him a chance to court her, shocking Tanjiro and Yushiro.
• Yushiro sensed an intruder, shielded Tamayo, and shouted for everyone to get down as two temari balls crashed through the wall and wrecked the sitting room.

Lin Guang defended Tamayo’s mansion from Susamaru and Yahaba, two demons who identified themselves as members of the Twelve Kizuki and came after Tanjiro. As Susamaru and Yahaba launched a combined assault, Lin Guang prepared to answer with his strongest defense.

• Lin Guang used Ice Breathing to destroy Susamaru’s temari balls as Tanjiro and the others prepared for the demons’ attack.
• Susamaru and Yahaba appeared outside Tamayo’s mansion and declared that they served directly under Kibutsuji as members of the Twelve Kizuki.
• Susamaru recognized Tanjiro’s hanafuda earrings, and Tanjiro urged Tamayo and Yushiro to hide, but Tamayo insisted they could protect themselves.
• Lin Guang repeatedly sliced apart Susamaru’s temari balls and taunted her and Yahaba, while Nezuko helped Tanjiro regain his focus.
• Susamaru and Yahaba attacked Lin Guang together with temari balls and dozens of Yahaba’s arrows, and Lin Guang began Ice Breathing’s Sixth Form, Unbreakable Profound Ice: Tortoise.

Lin Guang killed Susamaru and Yahaba, and Tamayo collected their blood to aid her search for a cure. In the basement, he confessed his feelings to Tamayo and kissed her, leaving Tanjiro shielding Nezuko’s eyes and Yushiro trapped in ice.

• Lin Guang used Ice Breathing to kill Susamaru and Yahaba, then Tamayo collected samples of their blood before the demons vanished.
• Lin Guang led the group to Tamayo’s basement as dawn approached, where Nezuko embraced Tamayo and patted Yushiro’s head.
• Tanjiro explained that Nezuko seemed to regard Tamayo and Yushiro as family, bringing Tamayo to tears.
• Lin Guang trapped Yushiro in ice and asked Tamayo whether collecting the demons’ blood meant she accepted his condition.
• Lin Guang told Tamayo he accepted her past and would bear her guilt and help her avenge herself on Muzan Kibutsuji, then kissed her before she could respond.

Lin Guang left Tamayo and opened ten Black Iron Treasure Chests, learning the Clone Technique and Six Powers-Shave and discovering that the potions and scrolls could be used by others. As he and Tanjiro continued their journey, Lin Guang prompted Tanjiro to question whether Water Breathing suited him, and a crow sent them toward their next destination.

• Lin Guang kissed Tamayo, left her with the frozen Yushiro, and Tanjiro followed him out of Asakusa.
• Lin Guang opened ten Black Iron Treasure Chests and received potions, a Clone Technique scroll, and two Six Powers-Shave scrolls.
• Lin Guang learned the Clone Technique and Six Powers-Shave, then confirmed that other people could use his spare scrolls and potions.
• Tanjiro asked Lin Guang if he was unsuited to being a Demon Slayer, and Lin Guang suggested that Water Breathing might not suit him.
• Lin Guang pointed Tanjiro toward clues in his family history, and a crow interrupted Tanjiro's memories with directions south-southeast.

A Kasugai Crow brought Tanjiro and Lin Guang a mission, and Lin Guang gave Tanjiro a scroll about the combat technique Shave. On the way, they met Zenitsu Agatsuma harassing a girl, and the chapter ended after Zenitsu introduced himself to them.

• A Kasugai Crow delivered a mission, and Lin Guang gave Tanjiro a scroll containing the Shave technique before they set out.
• Tanjiro understood Zenitsu Agatsuma's Little Sparrow and learned that Zenitsu refused to work and bothered girls.
• Lin Guang pulled Zenitsu away from a girl, and Tanjiro helped her leave safely.
• The girl revealed she was engaged and had only checked on Zenitsu, then slapped and pummeled him before Tanjiro stopped her.
• Lin Guang told Zenitsu that no girl would like him if he acted that way, and Zenitsu fainted before waking and demanding that Tanjiro protect him.
• Tanjiro and Lin Guang introduced themselves, and Zenitsu remembered them from the Final Selection and gave his name.

Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu reached a demon’s house after following an urgent Kasugai Crow order and learned that children’s brother had been taken inside. After a wounded man died outside the house, Tanjiro sensed three demons and two humans within, and Lin Guang ordered Zenitsu to join them as they prepared to enter.

• Zenitsu Agatsuma panicked about joining Lin Guang and Tanjiro on a mission, then chased after them when they ran toward the destination.
• Tanjiro smelled blood at a forest house, and Zenitsu warned the others about the strange drumming coming from inside.
• Tanjiro discovered two children hiding nearby and learned that a monster had taken their brother into the house.
• A bloodied man was thrown from the house and died despite Lin Guang’s assessment that his wounds were fatal.
• The children clarified that the dead man was not their brother, and Tanjiro sensed three demons and two humans inside the house.
• Lin Guang told Zenitsu he had to come with them, and Zenitsu reluctantly agreed.

Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu entered the demon’s house, where shifting rooms separated them and Lin Guang encountered Inosuke Hashibira. After Lin Guang’s clone vanished while searching for Kyogai, an angry demon approached him.

• Tanjiro warned Lin Guang and Zenitsu that five demons were inside the house, and Lin Guang told Zenitsu he would protect him if he stayed quiet and close.
• The house shook, a drumbeat shifted its rooms, and Tanjiro disappeared while Zenitsu and the boy remained with Lin Guang.
• Lin Guang became separated from the others, created a clone to search for the demons, and continued through the house alone.
• A boar-masked swordsman charged Lin Guang, introduced himself as Inosuke Hashibira, and repeatedly attacked him until another drumbeat shifted the room and separated them.
• Lin Guang learned from his clone’s memories that it had encountered Kyogai and been flung away by his Blood Demon Art, Room Inversion.
• An angry demon approached Lin Guang, furious that people had entered his house.

Lin Guang defeated the former Lower Rank Six Kyogai, collected a sample of his blood, and rejoined Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke outside the house. The group was left dealing with Inosuke after Tanjiro’s headbutt knocked him unconscious.

• Lin Guang dodged Kyogai’s room-rotating attacks, then used Shave and Ice Breathing’s Second Form to sever Kyogai’s head.
• Before vanishing, Kyogai asked whether his Blood Demon Art was impressive, and Lin Guang praised it while collecting his blood for Tamayo’s research.
• Lin Guang received one Bronze Treasure Chest and two Black Iron Treasure Chests for killing Kyogai, then searched the house and found no other demons.
• Outside, Lin Guang saw Tanjiro headbutt Inosuke, knocking off his boar mask and revealing his face.
• Inosuke collapsed and foamed at the mouth, and Tanjiro suspected he had given him a concussion.

Lin Guang, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke buried the mansion’s dead, said goodbye to the children, and traveled together toward a place where injured Demon Slayers could rest. They reached a wisteria-crested mansion and were welcomed inside by an elderly woman.

• Tanjiro and Lin Guang persuaded Inosuke to help bury the dead, and the group finished the burials.
• The Kasugai Crow directed Lin Guang and the others down the mountain, where Zenitsu clung to Shoichi until Tanjiro knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Guang, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke set off together, arguing over their names as they traveled.
• The four reached a wisteria-crested gate, where the Kasugai Crow told them to rest until their injuries healed.
• An elderly woman welcomed the group into her mansion after they introduced themselves as Demon Slayers.

Lin Guang, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke rested at a Wisteria Crest family home, where Lin Guang gave the others potions and the group talked about Inosuke’s past. As Zenitsu asked why Lin Guang and Tanjiro traveled with a demon, Tanjiro sat up to answer.

• The old woman led Lin Guang and the others to bathe, eat, and sleep at the family home while Zenitsu repeatedly called her a monster.
• Lin Guang gave Zenitsu and Inosuke injury potions, then tricked Tanjiro into drinking one before reminding him to use a scroll.
• An elderly doctor examined the four, and they argued over Inosuke’s refusal to apologize before Tanjiro explained the family’s ties to the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Inosuke said he had joined the Corps after challenging a Demon Slayer he encountered in the mountains and learning about demons and Final Selection.
• Zenitsu asked Lin Guang why he and Tanjiro traveled with a demon, and Tanjiro sat up as Lin Guang directed Zenitsu to ask him.

After Nezuko emerged from her box, Zenitsu learned she was Tanjiro’s demon sister and made a fool of himself trying to approach her. The next morning, Lin Guang discovered Nezuko had cuddled up to him and unlocked the Predator skill from a Treasure Chest.

• Nezuko emerged from the Wooden Box, and Zenitsu panicked before learning she was Tanjiro’s younger sister.
• Zenitsu tried to pursue Nezuko, so Lin Guang knocked him unconscious.
• Before dawn, Lin Guang woke with Nezuko in his arms, and she returned to her box after waking.
• Lin Guang opened a Bronze Treasure Chest and received the unique skill Predator.
• Lin Guang used Predator to devour a vase and wondered whether he could have gained Kyogai’s space-controlling ability by devouring him.

After resting at the wisteria family's house, Lin Guang told Tanjiro that Nezuko had slept in his bed, and Tanjiro trusted them both. A Kasugai Crow sent the four Demon Slayers to Mount Natagumo, where they arrived before sunset.

• Lin Guang asked Tanjiro about his health and discussed his use of the Hinokami Kagura, but said Tanjiro would learn more about it someday.
• Lin Guang confessed that Nezuko had crawled into his bed, and Tanjiro said he trusted Lin Guang to treat her well.
• A Kasugai Crow ordered Lin Guang, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke to go to Mount Natagumo.
• The old woman at the wisteria family's house struck sparks to ward off bad luck and wished the four good fortune before they departed.
• The four raced toward Mount Natagumo, and Lin Guang noted that the potions he had given Zenitsu and Tanjiro seemed effective.
• Lin Guang and the others reached the foot of Mount Natagumo before sunset.

Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Inosuke entered Mount Natagumo to investigate a demon controlling Demon Slayers with threads, while Zenitsu stayed behind with an injured Corps member. The group found Murata, but a strange creaking sound drew a circle of Corps members around them.

• Zenitsu panicked at the approach to Mount Natagumo, but Lin Guang persuaded him to continue until Tanjiro ran ahead after detecting a strange smell.
• Lin Guang cut the threads controlling an injured Corps member and rescued him; the man explained that his companions had begun attacking each other under someone’s control.
• Lin Guang left Zenitsu at the mountain’s foot with the injured man, then entered the forest with Tanjiro and Inosuke to find the demon and any survivors.
• The group encountered spiderwebs and Lin Guang warned that a demon might be using threads to control people and spiders.
• Lin Guang introduced Tanjiro and Inosuke to a survivor named Murata, who hoped they could hold out until a Hashira arrived.
• A creaking sound alarmed Lin Guang, Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Murata, and a group of uniformed Demon Slayer Corps members surrounded them.

At Mount Natagumo, Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Inosuke fought people controlled by a demon’s threads while trying to locate the demon. Inosuke found its direction, and the group advanced as Lin Guang slipped away from the others; Rui confronted the Spider Mother and demanded to know if she could win.

• Zenitsu realized Tanjiro had taken Nezuko into Mount Natagumo and rushed after them.
• Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Inosuke cut the threads controlling the Demon Slayer Corps members, but the freed people stood up again.
• Rui appeared, and Lin Guang attacked him but only cut his clothes before Rui left.
• Inosuke used Spatial Awareness to locate the demon, while Murata stayed behind to hold off the controlled people.
• Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and Inosuke advanced through thicker threads, and Lin Guang disappeared after asking Tanjiro and Inosuke to handle a group of controlled people.
• Rui approached the Spider Mother and asked whether she could defeat the intruders.

Lin Guang approached Spider Mother after Rui left and offered to free her from her life of fear and Muzan Kibutsuji’s curse in exchange for becoming his subordinate. After she agreed, Lin Guang named her Rose and sealed her in ice until he could deal with the curse and conceal their partnership; Tanjiro and Inosuke then arrived.

• After Rui left Spider Mother behind, Lin Guang appeared and offered to help her escape her fearful life.
• Spider Mother attacked Lin Guang, but he froze and shattered her puppet, then revealed that he was human and had come to kill Rui.
• Lin Guang told Spider Mother he wanted her as a subordinate, and she agreed on the condition that he end her life of fear.
• Lin Guang named Spider Mother Rose, sealed her in ice to hide their partnership, and placed her in his Spatial Ring.
• Tanjiro and Inosuke ran over to Lin Guang.

Lin Guang pursued the little girl demon into the woods and found Rui, the Twelve Kizuki member, with her. After Rui killed an arrogant Demon Slayer who insulted him, Lin Guang confronted Rui by calling his family and bonds fake.

• Tanjiro and Inosuke met Lin Guang and learned that a member of the Twelve Kizuki was on the mountain.
• Inosuke chased the little girl demon across a river, where her Spider-Faced Demon father attacked him.
• Tanjiro and Inosuke fought the Spider-Faced Demon while Lin Guang pursued the little girl demon into the woods.
• Lin Guang found the girl with Rui and challenged Rui's attachment to his fake family.
• An arrogant Demon Slayer charged Rui and was sliced apart by spiderwebs.
• Rui confronted Lin Guang in a fury, and Lin Guang drew his blade and repeated that Rui's family and bonds were fake.

Lin Guang fought Rui on the mountain, using Ice Breathing and Shave to evade and counter Rui’s blood-red threads. After Rui survived having his head severed, Lin Guang unleashed Ice Breathing’s Seventh Form and shattered Rui’s Thread Rotation attack.

• Lin Guang cut through Rui’s spider threads and dodged his stronger attacks with Shave while declaring he would help Rose escape Rui.
• Rui learned Rose had left his control and sent the young female demon away to kill people on the mountain.
• Rui trapped Lin Guang in blood-red thread cages, but Lin Guang broke free and used Illusory Killing Ice Mirror to wound him and sever his head.
• Rui revealed he had cut off his own head before Lin Guang’s blade could reach his neck, then reattached it and prepared Thread Rotation.
• Lin Guang unleashed Ice Breathing’s Seventh Form, Snow Tiger Sky-Rending Roar, and shattered Rui’s giant cocoon of blood-red threads.

Lin Guang defeated Rui and reunited with Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho while protecting Tanjiro and Nezuko. After Shinobu attacked Nezuko and Lin Guang blocked her, headquarters ordered Tanjiro and Nezuko captured and brought in.

• Lin Guang killed Rui, collected his blood, and watched Rui reunite with his parents in death.
• Lin Guang regretted forgetting to use Predator, then met Giyu Tomioka, who had come with Shinobu Kocho after learning a Twelve Kizuki demon was on the mountain.
• Lin Guang and Giyu found Inosuke hanging from a tree and learned that Nezuko had awakened an ice-controlling Blood Demon Art.
• Shinobu confronted Lin Guang about protecting Nezuko, then thrust at Nezuko, and Lin Guang blocked her with his Nichirin Blade.
• A Kasugai Crow announced headquarters' order to capture Tanjiro and Nezuko and bring them back.

Lin Guang was taken to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters after Tanjiro and Nezuko were escorted away, and he used his treasure chests to gain new abilities and chakra. The chapter ended with Lin Guang joining Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho in the Ubuyashiki courtyard, where the Hashira had gathered.

• Shinobu Kocho ordered the Hidden Department to bind Lin Guang, while Tanjiro and Nezuko were taken away; Lin Guang reassured Tanjiro and asked Giyu Tomioka if he could vouch for them too.
• Lin Guang opened his treasure chests and gained potions, Six Powers techniques, chakra, Curse Purification, Telepathy, and the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Lin Guang learned that Curse Purification could remove Muzan Kibutsuji's curse and decided to test it on a demon during his next mission.
• Lin Guang arrived at Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters and entered the Ubuyashiki courtyard with Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho, where six people were already waiting.

Lin Guang and Tanjiro faced the Hashira over their decision to travel with Nezuko, while several Hashira argued that they should be punished. After Tanjiro explained that Nezuko was his sister and had never harmed anyone, Lin Guang laughed at Obanai Iguro’s dismissal and promised to provide proof.

• Kyojuro Rengoku confronted Lin Guang for fighting alongside a demon, but Lin Guang insisted he had a reason for sparing Nezuko.
• Mitsuri Kanroji offered Lin Guang sakura mochi, while Shinobu Kocho and Obanai Iguro watched their closeness with jealousy.
• Shinobu Kocho began explaining the alleged crimes, and Kyojuro Rengoku and Tengen Uzui called for Lin Guang and Tanjiro to be punished.
• Obanai Iguro questioned how Giyu Tomioka would be disciplined for violating the rules, while Shinobu Kocho said they could consider his punishment later.
• Tanjiro explained that Nezuko was his sister and had never eaten anyone, but Obanai Iguro rejected his explanation.
• Lin Guang laughed at Obanai Iguro’s dismissal and said he would provide proof.