Chapter Summaries

Lin Guang defended Tanjiro and Nezuko before the Hashira, then stopped Sanemi Shinazugawa from attacking Nezuko’s box. Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived and greeted the gathered Hashira, leaving the trial unresolved.

• Lin Guang cited Tanjiro and Nezuko’s past actions as evidence that Nezuko had protected humans and helped defeat demons.
• Tanjiro declared that Nezuko could fight alongside him to protect humans, but Sanemi Shinazugawa arrived and challenged him.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa tried to stab Nezuko’s box, and Lin Guang broke free of his bindings and clashed with him.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa threw Nezuko’s box, but Lin Guang caught it and dodged Sanemi Shinazugawa’s Wind Breathing attack before confronting him from behind.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived with two white-haired girls and welcomed everyone to the semiannual Hashira Meeting.

At the Hashira Meeting, Kagaya Ubuyashiki defended his decision to accept Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Lin Guang into the Corps after Sakonji Urokodaki’s letter pledged several lives as assurance. The Hashira fell silent, and Kagaya revealed that Tanjiro and his companions had encountered Muzan Kibutsuji.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked Lin Guang why he had joined the Corps earlier than expected, and Lin Guang said Tanjiro and Nezuko had prompted him.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa asked Kagaya to explain why Tanjiro and Lin Guang traveled with a demon, and Kagaya said he had approved them and appointed Lin Guang as Nezuko’s supervisor.
• Gyomei Himejima, Tengen Uzui, Obanai Iguro, Kyojuro Rengoku, and Sanemi Shinazugawa objected to Nezuko’s acceptance, while Mitsuri Kanroji and Giyu Tomioka supported Kagaya’s decision.
• Kagaya’s daughter read Sakonji Urokodaki’s letter, which vouched for Nezuko and pledged that Urokodaki, Tanjiro, and Giyu would commit seppuku if she attacked a human.
• Sanemi and Kyojuro rejected the pledge as insufficient, but Lin Guang argued that killing a demon without evidence of harm would make the Corps no different from demons.
• Kagaya defended his decision and revealed that Tanjiro and his companions had encountered Muzan Kibutsuji.

Lin Guang and Tanjiro revealed that they had encountered Muzan Kibutsuji, prompting the Hashira to demand answers. Nezuko proved she would not attack a human, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki urged Tanjiro to defeat one of the Twelve Kizuki to earn the Corps' trust.

• Tengen Uzui, Muichiro Tokito, and Sanemi Shinazugawa questioned Lin Guang and Tanjiro about Muzan Kibutsuji, until Kagaya Ubuyashiki called for silence.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained that Muzan was targeting Lin Guang and Tanjiro and suggested that something about Nezuko had surprised him, but Sanemi remained opposed to sparing her.
• Lin Guang brought Nezuko into a shaded room, where Sanemi cut his arm and tried to tempt her with his blood.
• Nezuko turned away from Sanemi's blood, leading Kagaya Ubuyashiki to conclude that she would not attack people.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki told Tanjiro to defeat one of the Twelve Kizuki to help prove Nezuko's worth, and Tanjiro vowed to fight Muzan before being reminded to start with that goal.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki entrusted Tanjiro and Nezuko to Lin Guang’s supervision, then formally appointed Lin Guang as a Hashira for creating Ice Breathing and defeating Lower Rank Five. After the Hashira shared reports, they discussed the worsening demon threat and the need to strengthen the Corps.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki placed Tanjiro and Nezuko in Lin Guang’s care, and Shinobu Kocho sent Tanjiro to her estate to recover.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki named Lin Guang a Hashira, and the other Hashira reacted to his appointment.
• The Hashira reported on recent events while Lin Guang listened in as the newest member.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki said demon attacks were increasing and proposed expanding the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Lin Guang and Kagaya Ubuyashiki noted that Muzan Kibutsuji diverted attention to evade pursuit, and Kagaya encouraged the Hashira to fight on.

Lin Guang accepted Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s plan for him to operate as a roaming Demon Slayer and visited the injured trio at the Butterfly Mansion. He left Inosuke under orders to rest until his wounds healed and encouraged Tanjiro to grow stronger.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked Lin Guang to stay in the shadows and assist Hashira when Upper Ranks appeared, then gave him a few days off.
• Lin Guang told Mitsuri Kanroji that he would work as an ordinary member wherever help was needed, and Mitsuri decided to visit him the next day.
• At the Butterfly Mansion, Lin Guang found Zenitsu refusing his medicine and learned that Zenitsu had gone up the mountain despite being told to wait below.
• Lin Guang asked Aoi Kanzaki to ensure Zenitsu took his medicine and promised to fight Inosuke after his injuries healed, if Inosuke obeyed the girls caring for him.
• Lin Guang urged Tanjiro to grow stronger so he could protect Nezuko, and Tanjiro agreed.

Lin Guang reunited with Shinobu Kocho after three years and explained that he had joined the Demon Slayer Corps, prompting her to confront him over his disappearance and his defense of Nezuko. They talked about Shinobu’s grief and her sister Kanae’s wish for humans and demons to live peacefully, and Lin Guang revealed that he had created Ice Breathing to prepare to avenge Kanae.

• Lin Guang found Shinobu Kocho in the laboratory and asked her to come outside so he could speak with her.
• When Lin Guang said he had joined the Demon Slayer Corps and would keep his promise, Shinobu attacked him, then broke down and cried in his arms.
• Lin Guang took Shinobu to a mountaintop, where she demanded to know why he had been gone for three years and why he had defended Nezuko.
• Shinobu told Lin Guang that she was trying to honor Kanae’s wish for demons and humans to coexist, though her grief and hatred of demons left her exhausted.
• Lin Guang reassured Shinobu that Kanae’s wish could come true, and she threw herself into his arms and sobbed.
• Lin Guang explained that he had met Kanao during Final Selection and created Ice Breathing to counter Doma’s ice abilities and avenge Kanae.

Lin Guang sparred with Shinobu Kocho at the Butterfly Mansion, where his Ice Breathing helped him defeat her. A Kasugai Crow then assigned him to investigate a village southwest of the mansion, and he left after asking Shinobu to train Tanjiro and the others.

• Shinobu Kocho challenged Lin Guang to spar so she could gain experience for fighting Doma, and Lin Guang accepted.
• Lin Guang used Ice Breathing to block Shinobu's attacks and slow her movements, then disarmed her with Unbreakable Profound Ice: Snake.
• Mitsuri Kanroji arrived, revealed she had met Lin Guang a year earlier, and asked to try sparring with him.
• A Kasugai Crow ordered Lin Guang to investigate a village southwest of the Butterfly Mansion where a demon was suspected of killing someone.
• Lin Guang considered how the Mugen Train incident might happen earlier than expected, asked Shinobu to train Tanjiro and the others, and left for his mission.

Lin Guang severed Muzan Kibutsuji’s control over the Hair Demon, then killed her after she turned on him with her newly empowered strength. With the experiment successful, he freed Rose from her ice prison.

• Lin Guang followed a hunter’s warning to a road where demons had appeared and was attacked by the Hair Demon.
• Lin Guang cut off the Hair Demon’s hair and limbs, then used Curse Purification to free her from Muzan Kibutsuji’s control.
• The Hair Demon declared that Muzan no longer watched her and attacked Lin Guang with her Blood Demon Arts.
• Lin Guang beheaded the Hair Demon, collected a Black Iron Treasure Chest, and learned that her enhanced strength did not raise the chest drop rate.
• Lin Guang concluded that his experiment had worked and released Rose, the Spider Mother, from the ice sculpture.

Lin Guang made Spider Mother Rose sign a contract and purified Muzan Kibutsuji’s curse, turning her into his vassal and freeing her from Muzan’s control. Rose demonstrated her increased strength, and Lin Guang prepared to test something on her.

• Lin Guang presented Spider Mother Rose with a contract after telling her he had killed Rui, and she signed it with her blood.
• The contract bound Rose to Lin Guang, transferred knowledge of her past to him, and marked both of them with signs of the pact.
• Lin Guang purified Muzan Kibutsuji’s blood and curse inside Rose, restoring her appearance and severing Muzan’s control.
• The system announced that Lin Guang had unlocked the vassal feature, which gave Rose a chance to obtain Treasure Chests by killing Demons.
• Rose pledged herself to Lin Guang and demonstrated her strengthened spider silk, which his Nichirin Blade could not cut until he used Ice Breathing.
• Lin Guang said he wanted to test something on Rose, while she misunderstood his intention and blushed.

Lin Guang tested whether his blood could give Rose his abilities, then assigned her to protect people and kill demons who attacked them. Back at the Butterfly Mansion, he gave Shinobu Kocho potions to study, and she discovered that they greatly improved strength, stamina, speed, and mental sharpness.

• Lin Guang gave Rose some of his blood to test whether it would grant her the same ability as another girl, but Rose noticed no new effects and began to feel cold and unwell.
• Lin Guang ordered Rose to kill demons who hurt people, help Demon Slayer Corps members when possible, and flee from powerful opponents; she agreed and hid in a cave as dawn approached.
• Lin Guang returned to the Butterfly Mansion and stopped Shinobu Kocho from drinking wisteria-infused water, telling her to trust him.
• Lin Guang gave Shinobu four kinds of potions to study, and Shinobu tested them, finding that they improved her strength, stamina, speed, and mental processing.
• Shinobu asked for more potions, and Lin Guang gave her his last four bottles.

Lin Guang returned to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters after a month of missions, while Rose awakened with new ice powers and began hunting demons. Back at his residence, Lin Guang found Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji in his room, then reunited with Tanjiro and checked on Shinobu’s potion research.

• Lin Guang gave Shinobu Kocho a potion, asked her to train Tanjiro and the others after they recovered, and left to take another mission.
• After a month of missions, Lin Guang noticed that Rose’s mark had not alerted him to her killing any demons, then headed back to headquarters.
• Rose emerged from an icy cave with powers gained from her Master’s blood, created ice spiders, and set off to hunt a demon.
• Lin Guang returned to his newly built residence, where he startled Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji in his bed and fled to the sofa.
• The next morning, Lin Guang found Tanjiro training, learned Zenitsu and Inosuke had skipped practice, and promised to get them training again.
• Lin Guang visited Shinobu Kocho, who handed him a bottle of her prepared potion and asked him to test its effectiveness.

Lin Guang and Shinobu Kocho confessed their feelings and shared a kiss before heading to the training room to help Zenitsu and Inosuke learn Total Concentration: Constant. There, Lin Guang and Shinobu challenged Inosuke to push himself after he and Zenitsu struggled with the technique.

• Lin Guang drank Shinobu Kocho’s bitter medicine, and Shinobu explained that she and Mitsuri had cleaned his estate and stayed the night.
• Lin Guang kissed Shinobu and promised to take care of her, and Shinobu accepted and leaned against him.
• Shinobu told Lin Guang that Tanjiro was learning Total Concentration: Constant and that Zenitsu and Inosuke were having trouble, so they went to the training room.
• Shinobu guided Zenitsu and Inosuke through the technique, but they soon gave up, and Tanjiro explained how he practiced it.
• Lin Guang and Shinobu teased Inosuke about failing to master the technique, urging him to try harder.

Lin Guang encouraged Kanao to act on her own feelings, gave Shinobu Kocho a supply of potions, and gained new abilities from treasure chests. After Muzan addressed the deaths of Lower Rank Demons, Lin Guang received orders to join Kyojuro Rengoku at the Mugen Train, where over forty people had gone missing.

• Lin Guang and Shinobu Kocho encouraged Kanao to join Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Zenitsu in training, and Lin Guang urged her to follow her heart.
• Lin Guang gave Shinobu Kocho attribute-boosting potions to keep for her research and share with Tanjiro and the others.
• Lin Guang learned that Spider Mother Rose had killed Lower Rank Three-Wakuraba, then opened the resulting chests and gained Mind Perception and Poison Resistance.
• Muzan summoned the Lower Rank Demons and questioned why they were so weak after Rui and Wakuraba had been killed.
• Over the next two months, Lin Guang and Shinobu Kocho used potions to strengthen the Hashira, while Lin Guang suspected Muzan had eliminated most of the Lower Ranks but left Enmu alive.
• Lin Guang received orders to join Kyojuro Rengoku at the Mugen Train after more than forty people went missing, and Shinobu Kocho urged him to be careful.

Lin Guang joined Kyojuro Rengoku on the Mugen Train mission and arranged for Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira to accompany them. After meeting Rengoku aboard the train, Tanjiro began asking him about his father.

• Lin Guang asked Kagaya Ubuyashiki to send Tanjiro and his companions on his mission, and Kagaya had already assigned them to the Mugen Train.
• Shinobu Kocho separately asked Kagaya to let Tanjiro and the others accompany Lin Guang, explaining her reasons for recommending Tanjiro.
• Lin Guang arrived at the Mugen Train and found Kyojuro Rengoku eating; Rengoku welcomed him and shared a meal.
• Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke joined Lin Guang and Rengoku, and Rengoku accepted Nezuko after noting Kagaya's approval.
• Lin Guang explained that Tanjiro had something to ask Rengoku, and Tanjiro began asking about his father.

Tanjiro asked Kyojuro Rengoku about Hinokami Kagura, but Rengoku knew nothing about it and instead explained the Breathing styles and invited Tanjiro to train with him. After the train’s conductor punched their tickets, the passengers fell asleep and demons appeared; Rengoku defeated one, while Lin Guang confronted another.

• Tanjiro told Kyojuro Rengoku about his father’s kagura and asked what he knew about Hinokami Kagura, but Rengoku said he had never heard of it.
• Kyojuro Rengoku explained the five basic Breathing styles, learned that Tanjiro’s blade was black, and invited him to train as his successor.
• Lin Guang explained that more than forty people had disappeared from the train and warned Zenitsu that a demon might be aboard.
• The conductor punched the group’s tickets, the lights flickered, and the passengers fell asleep before a huge demon appeared in the carriage.
• Kyojuro Rengoku killed the huge demon with Flame Breathing: First Form, then Lin Guang entered the next carriage and rescued a passenger from a long-armed demon.
• Lin Guang faced the long-armed demon and attacked it with Ice Breathing: First Form.

Lin Guang resisted Enmu’s dream and discovered that Lower Rank One was waiting on the train roof. As Tanjiro returned to guard the sleeping passengers, Lin Guang began fighting Enmu with Ice Breathing.

• Lin Guang broke free of his dream, restrained the boy who attacked him, and found Kyojuro Rengoku holding a girl by the neck.
• Nezuko burned the ropes binding Tanjiro and the others, then stayed behind to watch over them while Lin Guang went to the train roof.
• Lin Guang encountered Enmu, Lower Rank One of the Twelve Kizuki, and Tanjiro awakened and returned to the carriage to protect the passengers.
• Enmu noticed Tanjiro’s earrings and celebrated the chance to gain more of Muzan’s blood, while Lin Guang drew his frost-covered Nichirin Blade.
• Lin Guang used Ice Breathing, Second Form: Flying Star Ice Blade, as Enmu unleashed his Compulsory Sleep Hypnosis Whisper.

Lin Guang fought Enmu after the demon fused with the train, while Kyojuro Rengoku and the others protected the passengers. Lin Guang found Enmu’s neck and killed him, leaving Tanjiro to guard the unconscious Train Conductor.

• Lin Guang avoided Enmu’s sleep attacks, cut off his head, and learned that Enmu had fused with the train.
• Lin Guang called on Kyojuro Rengoku, Tanjiro, and the others to protect the passengers while he searched for Enmu’s neck.
• Lin Guang found Enmu’s weak spot in the locomotive and defeated the Train Conductor when he attacked, then handed him to Tanjiro to guard.
• Enmu attacked Lin Guang with flesh tentacles and sleep-inducing eyes, but Lin Guang fought with his eyes closed and destroyed the attacks.
• Lin Guang used Geppo and Snow Tiger Sky-Rending Roar to freeze Enmu’s neck and cut it through.

Lin Guang devoured Enmu after defeating him and learned that the train passengers were safe. Akaza appeared and attacked Tanjiro, but Kyojuro Rengoku intervened; after Tanjiro and Inosuke left to evacuate passengers, Akaza urged Lin Guang and Kyojuro to become demons.

• Lin Guang collected Enmu's blood, devoured him with Predator, and received treasure chests and new skills.
• Kyojuro Rengoku told Lin Guang that the passengers were safe, though several were injured.
• Akaza appeared, recognized Tanjiro by his earrings, and lunged at him, but Kyojuro Rengoku cut through Akaza's arm to stop the attack.
• Lin Guang sent Tanjiro and Inosuke to evacuate the passengers while he and Kyojuro Rengoku faced Akaza.
• Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku introduced themselves as the Ice Hashira and Flame Hashira, and Akaza invited them to become demons so they could grow stronger.

Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku rejected Akaza’s offer to become demons and fought him together. After they sent Akaza into the woods, he wounded Kyojuro Rengoku and renewed his invitation.

• Kyojuro Rengoku and Lin Guang refused Akaza’s offer, and Akaza attacked them with Destructive Death: Compass Needle.
• Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku coordinated their sword techniques against Akaza, while Lin Guang relied on Spirit Eye and Mind Perception to track his attacks.
• Akaza used Air Type punches, but Kyojuro Rengoku and Lin Guang defended against them and counterattacked together.
• Tanjiro and Inosuke arrived and prepared to help, but Kyojuro Rengoku ordered them to stay back.
• Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku sent Akaza flying into the woods, where Lin Guang cut off his arm before Akaza kicked Kyojuro Rengoku away.
• Lin Guang caught Kyojuro Rengoku before he hit the train, and Akaza approached them and repeated his invitation to become demons.

Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku fought Akaza together and refused his offers to become demons. Their battle continued as Akaza destroyed Lin Guang’s ice-mirror technique, leaving Kyojuro Rengoku attacking with Flame Tiger.

• Lin Guang and Kyojuro Rengoku rejected Akaza’s offer and charged at him together.
• Lin Guang severed Akaza’s left hand, and Kyojuro Rengoku cut off his right hand, but Akaza regenerated both and resumed fighting.
• Lin Guang grew stronger during the battle, while he and Kyojuro Rengoku repeatedly attacked Akaza with their Breathing techniques.
• Akaza knocked Lin Guang’s Nichirin Blade away and urged both swordsmen to become demons, but Lin Guang refused.
• Lin Guang used Illusory Killing Ice Mirror to create icy copies of himself, but Akaza shattered the mirrors with Thousand Leaf Flashing Willow.
• Kyojuro Rengoku appeared before Akaza and attacked with Flame Breathing, Fifth Form: Flame Tiger.