Recaps

Hinatsuru told Shinobu Kocho and Shinazugawa that Su Chen had returned to the Butterfly Mansion after helping Tengen defeat three Upper Rank demons. She began explaining why Su Chen had visited the Kyogoku House, but Shinazugawa interrupted and mistakenly assumed he had gone to a brothel, leaving Shinobu furious and Hinatsuru unable to finish.

• Hinatsuru told Shinobu Kocho that Su Chen was safe and had taken a boat and train back to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Hinatsuru revealed that Su Chen and Tengen had slain Upper Ranks Four, Five, and Six, stunning Shinobu and Shinazugawa.
• Shinazugawa praised Su Chen's strength, while Shinobu briefly blamed herself before accepting Su Chen's confidence in her.
• Hinatsuru began explaining that Su Chen had visited the Kyogoku House after escaping, but Shinobu assumed he had asked for a girl.
• Shinazugawa dismissed Hinatsuru's attempt to clarify and joked that Su Chen had visited a brothel, leaving Shinobu and Hinatsuru silent.

Shinobu Kocho confronted Shinazugawa after hearing a misleading account of Su Chen’s visit to Kyogoku House. Hinatsuru clarified what had happened, and Shinobu learned that Su Chen had gathered information and returned to help her and the others before boarding a boat home.

• Shinobu Kocho drew her blade on Shinazugawa, and Hinatsuru claimed they were practicing music when the madam heard swords clashing.
• The madam described Shinazugawa visiting the oiran and playing music, prompting Shinobu to suspect Su Chen had behaved like a devoted admirer.
• Shinobu accused Shinazugawa of being involved, while he protested that the story had nothing to do with him.
• Hinatsuru ushered the madam out and explained that Su Chen had visited Kyogoku House to gather information, then doubled back to rescue Hinatsuru and the others.
• Shinobu understood Su Chen’s actions and felt reassured that he had returned home after completing his mission.

Shinobu Kocho and Shinazugawa learned that Su Chen had defeated several Upper Ranks, then prepared to leave the Entertainment District. Shinobu missed Su Chen as he traveled by train, exhausted and determined to protect the Butterfly Mansion while remaining human.

• Hinatsuru explained that Su Chen and Tengen Uzui had defeated Upper Rank Five, Upper Rank Six, and Upper Rank Four, leaving Shinazugawa stunned by Su Chen's strength.
• Hinatsuru told the Hashira that Tengen had left on another assignment, and Shinazugawa and Shinobu decided to return rather than stay in the Entertainment District.
• Shinobu asked Hinatsuru for Su Chen's route and tickets, then reminded her not to let Mr. Amane take Su Chen to the Kyogoku House again.
• Shinobu looked at the moon and admitted that she missed Su Chen while Shinazugawa quietly left her undisturbed.
• Su Chen sneezed aboard the train, asked an attendant for a blanket, and fell asleep after deciding to protect the Butterfly Mansion and avoid using Blood Demon Arts so he could remain human.

News of Su Chen’s survival and his defeat of three Upper Ranks spread through the Demon Slayer Corps, giving Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Butterfly Mansion relief and hope. Kanao Tsuyuri was grateful for the news but resolved to become stronger.

• A crow brought Kagaya Ubuyashiki news that Su Chen had defeated three Upper Ranks, with Tengen helping him hold one off.
• Murata arrived at the Butterfly Mansion with a Dish Crow and announced that he had news about Su Chen.
• Kanao Tsuyuri snatched the Dish Crow and read its letter, which confirmed Su Chen was alive and had defeated three Upper Ranks.
• Aoi Kanzaki and the girls cried with relief, while Kanao reflected on how fear for Su Chen had driven her to eat and train.
• Kanao thanked Shinobu Kocho in her thoughts for promising to bring Su Chen back.

News that Su Chen had slain three Upper Ranks spread through the Demon Slayer Corps, inspiring its cultivators and Hashira while leaving Muzan furious. In the Infinity Castle, Muzan punished Akaza for Doma’s failure before demanding to see Doma’s drawing of the Blue Spider Lily.

• Sakonji Urokodaki, Jigoro Kuwajima, and Haganezuka learned that Su Chen had slain Upper Ranks, and Haganezuka resumed forging him a peerless blade.
• Muichiro Tokito, the Stone Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji, the Serpent Hashira, and Tomioka Giyu received the news and reacted to Su Chen’s strength.
• Muzan summoned Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza to the Infinity Castle and confronted Doma for failing to bring Su Chen back.
• Muzan crushed Akaza’s throat and injured him while reprimanding Doma, and Doma’s attempt to comfort Akaza made him spit blood in anger.
• After berating the demons, Muzan demanded that Doma show him the drawing of the Blue Spider Lily, and Doma produced it.

Muzan ordered the demons to search for the Blue Spider Lily, then Su Chen awoke aboard the Mugen Train and reunited with Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira. The chapter left the trio startled by Su Chen’s sudden appearance, with Inosuke wondering if he was hallucinating.

• Doma suggested using his followers to search for flowers that bloomed during the day, and Muzan ordered Doma, Akaza, Enmu, and Kokushibo to help find the Blue Spider Lily.
• Muzan sent Akaza to support Enmu and make him use his Blood Demon Art to control humans searching for the flower.
• Su Chen woke aboard the Mugen Train and realized its timing matched the events he remembered.
• Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira encountered Su Chen, while Nezuko Kamado remained inside Tanjiro’s box.
• Zenitsu mistook Su Chen for a ghost, and Inosuke defended him before wondering if he had hallucinated his master.

Su Chen reunited with Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Kyojuro Rengoku aboard the Mugen Train, where Kyojuro confirmed that Su Chen had killed three Upper Ranks. Su Chen explained the demons’ abilities to the younger slayers and planned to learn their Breathing Styles when a fight began.

• Su Chen greeted Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke aboard the train and told them how he had defeated three Upper Ranks, but they struggled to believe him.
• Kyojuro Rengoku arrived, confirmed the Demon Slayer Corps’ report, and explained Su Chen’s victories to the three youngsters.
• Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Tanjiro reacted with awe, while Su Chen felt awkward hearing Kyojuro praise him so earnestly.
• Su Chen planned to confront Akaza and Enmu and hoped to learn Water Breathing and Thunder Breathing by watching Tanjiro and Zenitsu fight.
• Su Chen spent the morning explaining Daki, Gyokko, and Hantengu’s abilities and weaknesses to the younger slayers.
• Kyojuro reflected that Su Chen must have endured great hardships, while Su Chen privately insisted that his victories had been straightforward.

After Nezuko Kamado startled everyone by lunging at Su Chen, Zenitsu began to unleash Thunder Breathing, prompting Su Chen to study his technique and develop a new Dragon Breathing form. The chapter ended with Su Chen charging forward with Thunder Dragon Breathing: First Form—Thunderclap Spark.

• Inosuke declared Su Chen his master, and Zenitsu argued with him over who was the senior disciple.
• Nezuko Kamado climbed out of Tanjiro’s wooden box and lunged at Su Chen, alarming Tanjiro and Zenitsu.
• Zenitsu began preparing to use Thunder Breathing, while Su Chen activated the Transparent World and studied his breathing and movements.
• Su Chen learned Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash, derived several related techniques, and created Thunder Dragon Form by combining it with Dragon Breathing.
• Su Chen entered Thunder Dragon Form and launched Thunder Dragon Breathing: First Form—Thunderclap Spark.

Su Chen stopped Zenitsu from attacking Nezuko Kamado, but she unexpectedly clung to Su Chen and licked his hand, prompting Zenitsu to challenge the Dragon Hashira. After the situation settled and Su Chen reassured Zenitsu that he was not angry, he said Zenitsu still deserved punishment for provoking a Hashira.

• Su Chen appeared beside Zenitsu in a burst of speed and assured him that he would not hurt Nezuko Kamado.
• Nezuko Kamado evaded Tanjiro and threw herself into Su Chen's arms, then licked his hand while Zenitsu protested.
• Tanjiro lifted Nezuko Kamado away, and Su Chen replaced her wooden tube and stopped her from drinking his blood.
• Zenitsu recovered his composure and feared that Su Chen would punish him for challenging a Hashira.
• Su Chen told Zenitsu he was not angry, then warned that publicly provoking a Hashira still called for punishment.

Su Chen and the others rode the Mugen Train as Enmu’s plan to draw them into dreams began. Su Chen chose not to stop the plan, hoping to see what dream Enmu would show him, and Kyojuro fell asleep just after proposing they keep watch.

• Su Chen told Zenitsu, Inosuke, and the others that they would take part in special training after returning to the Demon Slayer Corps, and Kyojuro expressed interest in Su Chen’s methods.
• As night fell, a strange attendant checked the passengers’ tickets, and Su Chen recognized him as the man Enmu had duped to plant a seed that would pull people into dreams.
• Su Chen concealed his suspicions, reasoning that confronting the attendant might let Enmu escape and that he wanted to experience his own dream.
• The passengers began falling asleep, and Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Zenitsu soon drifted off beside Su Chen.
• Kyojuro suggested that he and Su Chen keep watch for demons, then immediately fell asleep himself.

Enmu used his Blood Demon Art to enter the sleeping Demon Slayers’ dreams aboard the train and learned Su Chen was among them. Believing Su Chen had fallen asleep and was now within his power, Enmu prepared to trap him in a dream.

• Su Chen found Kyojuro deeply asleep from exhaustion, placed his Nichirin Blade beside him, and entered a dream.
• Enmu met the humans who had helped him put the passengers to sleep and granted one of them a dream, prompting the others to beg for the same.
• Enmu recalled Muzan’s orders to find the Blue Spider Lily and Su Chen, with death as the consequence for failing to locate Su Chen.
• A woman told Enmu that she had seen Su Chen with the Demon Slayer Corps, and Enmu cross-checked the group’s accounts.
• Enmu realized Su Chen was aboard the train, celebrated, and asked whether the Demon Slayer had fallen asleep.

Enmu sent four humans to infiltrate the sleeping Demon Slayers’ dreams and target their Dream Cores, while he entered Su Chen’s dream. After seeing Su Chen treat patients and train at the Butterfly Mansion, Enmu guessed that Shinobu Kocho was his weakness and prepared to use her to distract him.

• Enmu instructed four humans to use Dream Tethers to enter the Demon Slayers’ dreams and destroy their Dream Cores, warning them to stay away from Su Chen.
• On the train, the four humans settled beside different Demon Slayers while Su Chen appeared to sleep peacefully.
• Enmu entered Su Chen’s dream and found him treating patients at the Butterfly Mansion with Shinobu Kocho assisting him.
• Enmu followed Su Chen as he trained with his Nichirin Blade and recognized that his strength and speed rivaled an Upper Rank demon’s.
• Enmu decided Shinobu Kocho was Su Chen’s weakness and planned to make her appear more often to distract him while he destroyed Su Chen’s Dream Core.

Enmu used a dream built from Su Chen’s thoughts to tempt him with a version of Shinobu Kocho in black stockings, but Su Chen escaped her embrace with Dragon Breathing techniques. Enmu then reached the edge of Su Chen’s dream and entered a vast Sky City, where his spiritual core seemed to lie.

• Enmu recreated Shinobu Kocho in Su Chen’s dream wearing black stockings, and Su Chen struggled to believe the scene was a dream.
• Shinobu Kocho approached Su Chen with tea, embraced him, and asked whether he liked her stockings.
• Su Chen activated Transparent World and used Dragon Breathing’s Fifth and Ninth Forms to slip free without harming Shinobu Kocho.
• Enmu lost track of Su Chen’s spiritual core, then slashed away the dream scenery and discovered a Sky City.
• Enmu entered the Sky City and found it vast and surrounded by clouds as a fierce gale rose.

Enmu entered Su Chen’s Dream Core and found a vast mental palace guarded by a thunder dragon. Su Chen awakened his mental core and gained a mental space, leaving Enmu terrified and demanding to know what kind of monster he was.

• Enmu walked through a strange, wind-swept corridor and reached a magnificent palace inside Su Chen’s Dream Core.
• Enmu examined the palace’s pillars and felt terror at the dragon carved around the right pillar.
• A thunder dragon emerged among dark clouds and lightning as Su Chen appeared at the far end of the path.
• Su Chen meditated, entered a deeper layer of the dream, and awakened his mental core, gaining a mental space.
• Su Chen realized Enmu had been intercepted by the thunder dragon, while Enmu panicked at the scale of Su Chen’s Dream Core.

Su Chen killed Enmu inside the Memory Palace and learned that the place could store memories and strengthen his Reversion State. After waking, he found Tanjiro and Nezuko had defeated nearby demons while Kyojuro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke still slept, and he told Tanjiro he had defeated the powerful demon inside his dream.

• Enmu tried to escape Su Chen’s dream, but Su Chen’s control of the Memory Palace trapped it and the Thunder Dragon devoured it.
• Su Chen explored the intact Memory Palace, discovering that it stored memories and served as his spiritual core, which he could enter through meditation.
• Su Chen woke and found Tanjiro and Nezuko had killed the nearby demons, while Kyojuro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke remained asleep.
• Tanjiro told Su Chen he had sensed the powerful demon responsible for the dreams and warned that the train’s passengers were in danger.
• Su Chen reassured Tanjiro that he had already dealt with the demon inside his dream, leaving Tanjiro and Nezuko puzzled.

After Su Chen explained how he killed Enmu inside his dream, Tanjiro asked to become his Tsuguko, and Su Chen agreed on the condition that Zenitsu come along. Su Chen urged Tanjiro and the others to rest before an impending battle, while Nezuko chose to stay outside her box.

• Su Chen told Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado how Enmu entered his dream and died there.
• Tanjiro admired Su Chen's abilities and asked to become his Tsuguko.
• Su Chen agreed to take Tanjiro as his Tsuguko if he brought Zenitsu along, hoping to learn Thunder Breathing.
• Su Chen stopped Tanjiro from waking Zenitsu and told him to rest because a major battle was coming.
• Tanjiro let Nezuko Kamado sleep beside him instead of returning to her box, and she walked toward Su Chen.

Su Chen checked the train after leaving a clone with Nezuko Kamado and found the conductor asleep at the controls. He questioned the conductor, knocked him unconscious, and took over driving while Tanjiro was told to find another driver.

• Nezuko Kamado clung to Su Chen’s clone while Tanjiro meditated and Zenitsu slept.
• Su Chen went to the front of the train and found the conductor asleep while the train continued along its route.
• The conductor admitted he had worked with Enmu because he wanted to see his dead wife and son.
• Su Chen told the conductor that the passengers should not have to die for his goal, then knocked him unconscious.
• Su Chen used his clone to tell Tanjiro to find another driver and activated Transparent World as he took the controls.

Su Chen regained control of the runaway train, while Tanjiro and Kyojuro woke and realized he was missing. Akaza attacked the train, and Kyojuro drove the Upper Rank Three out of the carriage to protect the passengers.

• Su Chen reverted to the train driver's driving state, learned the skill, and brought the unstable train back onto the tracks.
• Tanjiro and Kyojuro woke, discovered Su Chen was gone, and decided to search for him as Nezuko headed toward the front of the train.
• Akaza tore a hole in the train and attacked Tanjiro, but Kyojuro blocked his blow with Flame Breathing, Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun.
• Akaza recognized Tanjiro's flame earrings and struck again, but Kyojuro intercepted him with Blazing Breathing, First Form: Unknown Flame.
• Kyojuro pushed Akaza through the hole and leapt out of the train with him to keep the fight away from the passengers.

Tanjiro charged from the train while entrusting Zenitsu and Inosuke with protecting the passengers, and Kyojuro fought Akaza using Blazing Breathing. Inspired by Su Chen, Kyojuro awakened a flame pattern on his neck, leaving Akaza stunned by the appearance of a Demon Slayer Mark.

• Tanjiro rushed out of the train and told Inosuke to protect the passengers alongside Zenitsu.
• Kyojuro confronted Akaza and attacked with Blazing Breathing, Fifth Form: Blazing Tiger.
• Akaza deployed his Compass Needle and struck with Air Type, but Kyojuro's flames overwhelmed the shock waves.
• Akaza praised Kyojuro's strength, asked him to reveal who had taught him Blazing Breathing, and urged him to become a demon; Kyojuro refused.
• Remembering Su Chen's resolve, Kyojuro awakened a blazing pattern on his neck, and Akaza recognized markings like a demon's.

Akaza tried to persuade Kyojuro to become a demon, but Kyojuro refused and fought him after awakening his Demon Slayer Mark. When Akaza's attack threatened Tanjiro, Su Chen arrived and stopped it, leaving the three Demon Slayers facing a serious Akaza together.

• Akaza praised Kyojuro's Demon Slayer Mark and urged him to become a demon, but Kyojuro refused and continued fighting.
• Tanjiro arrived and declared that Kyojuro would never become a demon, prompting Akaza to attack him and Kyojuro with a wide-ranging technique.
• Su Chen arrived and used Dragon Breathing: Sixth Form-Twisting Tongue of Flame to burn away Akaza's shock wave before it could hit Tanjiro.
• Akaza recognized Su Chen and challenged him and Kyojuro to fight together.
• Kyojuro warned Su Chen about Akaza's powerful, wide-reaching attacks, and Su Chen said flame techniques could counter them.

Su Chen faced Akaza alone while Kyojuro evacuated the Demon Slayers and passengers, but Inosuke accidentally returned the train with everyone aboard. Su Chen used the Transparent World to evade Akaza’s attacks and moved behind him, while Kyojuro waited for a chance to strike.

• Su Chen told Kyojuro to protect the others and chose to fight Akaza alone.
• Inosuke drove the train back to the group, and Nezuko Kamado and the sleeping Zenitsu rushed out to join Su Chen.
• Kyojuro directed the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen to retreat and protect the passengers as Akaza challenged Su Chen to a one-on-one fight.
• Akaza attacked with Destructive Death: Leg Type: Flowing Flashing Lights, but Su Chen activated the Transparent World and Reversion State, making Akaza’s Compass Needle lose track of him.
• Su Chen used Dragon Breathing, Second Form: Scorching Breath to counter Akaza’s shock waves, while Kyojuro, Tanjiro, the trio, and Nezuko protected the crowd from the remaining attacks.
• Su Chen moved behind Akaza as Kyojuro watched for an opening to use Flame Breathing: Purgatory.

Su Chen overwhelmed Akaza in a rapid battle, using the Transparent World to evade and destroy Akaza’s strongest attacks. Akaza realized he could neither defeat nor escape Su Chen, then tried to bargain for another chance to fight in a hundred years.

• Su Chen repeatedly attacked Akaza so quickly that Akaza’s Compass Needle could no longer sense his presence, leading Akaza to suspect Su Chen had reached the supreme domain.
• Su Chen pinned Akaza down with swift strikes while Akaza used Flying Wandering Star: Thousand Wheels and scattered attacks to search for him.
• Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Kyojuro watched in awe as Su Chen and Akaza fought at a speed most of them could barely follow.
• Akaza unleashed Blue Silver Chaotic Afterglow, but Su Chen dodged its projectiles and cut down hundreds of them with his flaming blade.
• Akaza asked who Su Chen was, and Su Chen identified himself as the Dragon Hashira before Akaza pleaded to be spared so they could fight again in a hundred years.

Su Chen learned Akaza’s Destructive Death movements during their fight and used them to decapitate the fleeing Upper Rank demon. The passengers and Demon Slayers witnessed Akaza’s defeat as Su Chen considered how his strength might fare against Doma.

• Akaza tried to persuade Su Chen to become a demon, then fled when Su Chen raised his Nichirin Blade.
• Su Chen used the Transparent World to predict Akaza’s moves, mastered Destructive Death, and cut off Akaza’s head.
• Tanjiro, Inosuke, the Flame Hashira, and the passengers watched in astonishment as Akaza fell, while a reporter photographed Su Chen.
• Su Chen sheathed his sword and judged that he could defeat Upper Rank Three, though he was uncertain about facing Doma.
• Su Chen reviewed the Destructive Death techniques he had learned from Akaza.

After defeating Akaza and copying his techniques, Su Chen boarded the train with the Demon Slayer Corps and checked on Kyojuro. The passengers mobbed him with praise and attention, leaving him struggling to reach the front of the carriage to drive the train.

• Su Chen copied Akaza's demonstrated techniques, thanked Akaza's corpse, and left for the train.
• Su Chen examined Kyojuro and found that he needed only a few days of rest to recover.
• Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Nezuko praised Su Chen before he tried to head to the front of the carriage.
• Passengers crowded around Su Chen for interviews, autographs, and attention, while Zenitsu woke and saw them fawning over him.
• Kyojuro tried to help Su Chen, but the passengers dismissed him and mocked Inosuke until Tanjiro calmed everyone down.
• Su Chen told the remaining girls he needed to drive the train, but they misunderstood him and continued to crowd around.

Su Chen returned the Mugen Train toward its terminal after defeating the demons, while the survivors reached the Butterfly Mansion and learned how many Upper Rank demons he had slain. The chapter ended with Su Chen riding alone in the empty train as his clone drove it home.

• Su Chen ran along the train's wall and ceiling, then sent the Mugen Train toward its true destination as passengers celebrated the demons' defeat.
• Zenitsu wondered why Su Chen's lightning felt familiar, and the train eventually reached its terminal.
• At the Butterfly Mansion, Tanjiro told Kanao Tsuyuri and the others that Su Chen had slain another Upper Rank demon aboard the train.
• Kyojuro Rengoku confirmed Su Chen's account and said Su Chen's strength had saved him from fighting Akaza.
• Kanao Tsuyuri smiled with relief and looked forward to Su Chen's return.
• Su Chen rode inside the empty Mugen Train while his clone drove it across the land.