I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

Upon seeing the demon god Li Mo with Kanroji Mitsuri at the rendezvous point, Kocho Kanae, who had received the news and come with Ubuyashiki Kagaya and the Demon Slayer Corps, did not hesitate to bring her two younger sisters over. Although the elite guards who accompanied them had been reduced by a third, they still stayed with the Demon Slayer Corps to provide necessary protection.

"Kanae, you guys did a great job!"

Faced with Kanae's affectionate gesture, the demon god Li Mo directly reached out and embraced the beautiful girl, kissing her. He then warmly greeted Shinobu Kocho and Kanae Tsuyuri, before turning to Kagaya Ubuyashiki and several Pillar-level powerhouses. He waved and stepped forward, pointing to the desolate and remote surroundings, and stated directly, "Lord Ubuyashiki, and everyone else, this is the confirmed hiding place of that demon king. Once we're ready, let's capture him..."

Upon hearing the words of the demon god Li Mo, both Ubuyashiki Kagaya and the several Pillar-level powerhouses of the Demon Slayer Corps were exceptionally invigorated. Their already bright eyes now seemed to be burning with raging flames as they gazed in the direction pointed by the demon god Li Mo, wishing they could capture the Demon King and kill him immediately.

During this period of cooperation, Demon God Li Mo has proven that he is not just a talker. His [Demon Compass], which can detect demons, and the vast power he wields have made Ubuyashiki Kagaya and several Pillar-level powerhouses realize that he is a completely mysterious and unpredictable powerhouse. Not only does he possess the powerful force capable of easily annihilating the Demon Slayer Corps, but the occasional hints from Kocho Kanae and the others also make it clear that he has the strength to easily kill two Upper Moon demons, making him a partner in a dominant position.

Fortunately, Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Demon Slayer Corps were not too concerned about whether they were in a weaker position. They were more concerned about whether the demons could be completely eliminated. Kagaya Ubuyashiki trusted partners like the powerful demon god Li Mo, since he was not afraid to cooperate with anyone in order to break the curse that had plagued his family for thousands of years. Li Mo was no exception.

Now, gazing in the direction pointed by the demon god Li Mo, the Demon Slayer Corps members could no longer contain their excitement. They had seen the dawn of Japan's complete eradication of evil spirits, with only the Demon King Kibutsuji Muzan still hiding...

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At the same time, in an underground cave in a remote mountain forest, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji appeared uneasy. A few days ago, he sensed the death of his last demon subordinate. Now, in Japan, apart from that traitor, he was the only remaining progenitor of demons.

Undoubtedly, Muzan Kibutsuji, as the progenitor of demons, was very dissatisfied with his current situation. This kind of isolated situation had not occurred since he first became the progenitor of demons a thousand years ago. Even Yoriichi Tsugikuni failed to reduce him to a lone commander. But now, he found himself in this predicament.

After all, no matter how strong Yoriichi Tsugikuni was, he couldn't possibly wipe out all the demons in Japan. It's not something that can be done simply by being strong; it requires accurate intelligence and sufficient manpower and resources. Otherwise, even if Yoriichi Tsugikuni were to run around all over Japan and kill demons, it would be difficult to eliminate all the demons, which is why the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji had previously allowed those demon subordinates to run rampant.

It should be said that the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji's scheme was very shrewd. He hid himself away, while the demons he left outside could attract the enemy's attention. With his control over his demons, as long as those demons survived, he could obtain first-hand intelligence information when he awoke from his dormancy. At that time, whether he created new demons or made the old demons dance on the enemy's graves, it would all depend on his mood and his own thoughts.

However, the scoundrel Muzan Kibutsuji never imagined that the group of demons he used to attract the enemy's attention, including his most trusted subordinates, the Twelve Demon Moons, would all die in a short time. All he knew was that these demons had memories of being surrounded and killed by the army and by elite squads. The extremely brutal battle scenes made him tremble with fear.

Even though he knew that humanity had entered an industrialized society, it was the first time that the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji had witnessed the horror of humanity activating its war machine. What made him even more uneasy was that the official forces of Japan had clearly joined forces with the Demon Slayer Corps!

"The Infinity Castle has been destroyed, Nakime is dead, and I still have to stay here for a hundred years. I refuse to believe those guys can live that long..."

Inside the cave, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji was saying things he didn't believe himself to bolster his courage while trying to calm himself down. However, before he could calm himself down, he heard a loud bang, and the cave was blasted open, leaving a hole.

"Hey there~! Muzan Kibutsuji, you've really come all this way!"

With a deafening roar, bright sunlight streamed in through the hole, and the demon god Li Mo, arms crossed, leaped straight down from a height of over a hundred meters, grinning as he looked at the demon king, Muzan Kibutsuji.

Without a doubt, the loud noise just now was the work of the demon god Li Mo. He felt that it was time to understand the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji. He didn't wait for the engineering corps to survey the terrain and then blow it up. He directly activated the power of Yin-Yang Release, instantly identified the cave and opened a passage. He then asked Kanae Kocho and the others, as well as Kagaya Ubuyashiki and his group, to wait while he entered the cave alone, ready to have a good talk with the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji.

The problem was that upon seeing the appearance of the demon god Li Mo and the sunlight brought by the void, a chill rushed from the spine of the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji straight to his brain, causing his face to change color and a feeling of despair and madness to rise in his heart!

"How could it be so fast..."

As the figure of the demon god Li Mo approached, the demon king Muzan was still shouting in despair, seemingly having the illusion that he would immediately kneel down and beg for mercy. Suddenly, hundreds of long whips of flesh and blood spread out from his body. When those long whips of flesh and blood, which were enough to tear steel, lashed out at the demon god Li Mo, they suddenly split in two and turned into hundreds of black shadows that escaped.

Self-Split! This is a technique that Muzan Kibutsuji used to escape from Yoriichi Tsugikuni hundreds of years ago. It can instantly split into thousands of fragments and escape. Even if most of the fragments are destroyed, it doesn't matter. As long as one fragment escapes and parasitizes and devours a human, it can be restored. Yoriichi Tsugikuni did not expect that the progenitor of demons would have this move. He suddenly drew his sword and instantly destroyed more than 1,500 fragments, but allowed the remaining few hundred fragments to escape. The fleeing Muzan Kibutsuji chose to survive.

Without a doubt, when Demon King Muzan saw the arrival of Demon God Li Mo, he had no intention of fighting head-on. He chose to feint and prepare to escape. He clearly did not have the courage to fight to the end. Otherwise, he would have become a master of combat in a thousand years, instead of being as weak as he is now. Unless it is an absolute crushing victory, he might even lose to a Pillar-level Demon Slayer Corps member.

However, the demon god Li Mo was clearly prepared. The [Shadow World] had already sealed off the underground cave. When Muzan Kibutsuji, who was scattered into hundreds of pieces, crashed into it, he was immediately controlled, just like an animal specimen in amber!

"Tsk tsk, truly worthy of being a Ghost King with maxed-out escape skills!"

Seeing that the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji was under control, the Demon God Li Mo tilted his head and spoke sarcastically, then activated [Shadow World], extracting the soul of the Progenitor Demon King. Gazing at the Progenitor Demon King's soul, which was almost completely consumed by karma, he searched it while saying, "Let me see what's useful in your memories, especially the prescription that made you the Progenitor Demon King..."

To be fair, as the progenitor of demon kings, Muzan Kibutsuji's combat awareness is shockingly low, completely unlike a demon king who has lived for thousands of years. At most, he is skilled in escaping, but in other areas, especially in medicine, he still has a lot to offer.

For example, Muzan Kibutsuji created multiple organs by using the medical knowledge he had learned over a thousand years. These organs could move continuously within his body, making them extremely difficult to attack. This is known as the "five brains and seven hearts." By possessing a number of brains and hearts that exceeded the number possessed by an individual, Muzan had an extremely abnormal regeneration speed. An ordinary Nichirin Blade could regenerate the moment it entered his body. His regeneration ability was on a completely different level from that of ordinary demons.

In addition, from Muzan Kibutsuji's memories, the ghost god Li Mo found that the other party had secretly studied medicine and even conducted experiments. The reason was that he could not find the blue spider lily and thought of experimentally creating demons that could overcome their weakness to sunlight. However, so far, all of Muzan Kibutsuji's test subjects have failed because they could not withstand the modification or were still afraid of sunlight.

However, the medical knowledge and skills that Muzan Kibutsuji accumulated over a thousand years can truly be considered top-tier, far surpassing his combat prowess. And among his memories, the prescription that transformed him into the progenitor of demons is undoubtedly the most valuable item. Even with its severe side effects, it is something countless people dream of obtaining.

Moreover, in many people's eyes, even demons who can only live by eating people can live forever, which would drive people crazy in many supernatural worlds. And a potion like this can transform a person into the progenitor of demons, with a long lifespan and the ability to create demon servants. Even if it leads to the predicament of eating people, countless people would still want to obtain this potion. However, after remembering the prescription and some of Muzan Kibutsuji's medical experience, the demon god Li Mo completely disregarded this thing that was like a Pandora's box for ordinary people.

Back then, even the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji didn't know how that doctor invented such a bug-like thing. Unfortunately, that doctor had already been killed by the enraged Muzan Kibutsuji. Otherwise, the demon god Li Mo felt that the doctor's medical talent was probably comparable to Yoriichi Tsugikuni's swordsmanship talent. What the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji remembered was the manuscript and prescription left by this pharmacist, but he couldn't find the most crucial blue spider lily.

Fortunately, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji's words have now been captured by the Demon God Li Mo. After obtaining the memories and knowledge he needed, Li Mo decided to give this progenitor of demons a dignified death and go to the ground to consult the opinions of others!

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"Mr. Li Mo? This is?!"

As a shadow spread straight out of the cave, the demon god Li Mo appeared, carrying a twisted and motionless demon. Ubuyashiki Kagaya, though physically weak, was becoming increasingly invigorated. He immediately turned his gaze to Muzan Kibutsuji, who was being carried by Li Mo. He instinctively sensed that Muzan was someone very important to him, and his voice trembled as he made his guess.

Not only Kagaya Ubuyashiki locked onto Muzan Kibutsuji immediately, but several Pillar-level members of the Demon Slayer Corps also reacted. Looking at the pitiful-looking Muzan Kibutsuji, their eyes gleamed with desire, and they wished they could rush up and kill him!

"This is the Demon King, Kibutsuji Muzan!"

Faced with Kagaya Ubuyashiki's burning gaze, the demon god Li Mo had a fleeting illusion of looking away for the first time. However, he quickly regained his composure, raised the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji he was carrying, and spoke directly to Kanae Kocho and the others in the tone of a judge sentencing a condemned criminal: "I think you all really hope that this progenitor of demons can bask in the sun and be reduced to nothing but ashes..."

Indeed, everyone present, including the demon god Li Mo, except for the guards, wished Muzan Kibutsuji dead. Among them, Kagaya Ubuyashiki was the most anxious, while the other Demon Slayer Corps Pillars and Kanae Kocho wished they could kill this progenitor of demons who had committed countless atrocities with their own hands.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki needs no introduction. Even a thousand years ago, Muzan Kibutsuji was still a member of the Ubuyashiki family. However, after becoming the progenitor of demons, he became an anomaly, and his first target for devouring was his own relatives. Over the course of a thousand years, he committed countless atrocities, causing the Ubuyashiki family to be cursed with a lifespan of no more than twenty years. Even though they intermarried with the Shinto priests, allowing members of the Ubuyashiki family to live into their twenties, the tragic fate faced by each generation of members and their offspring fueled their accumulated rage.

As for the Demon Slayer Corps members like Kanae Kocho, Shinobu Kocho, and Gyomei Himejima, they all lost their loved ones and friends because of the demons created by the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji. It would be a lie to say that they don't hate demons. Even Kanae Kocho herself would show no mercy to those man-eating demons. So, it is already very rare that she can tolerate the culprit who created the demons instead of immediately killing him.

Even though he was a demon god, Li Mo still harbored a trace of killing intent towards the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji. Even though he was now considered a long-lived demon god, his past experience as a demon was definitely not pleasant, so naturally he needed to find a suitable outlet to vent his anger.

"No problem! Let's wait a moment, and let Muzan bask in the sun~!"

Kagaya Ubuyashiki readily agreed with what the demon god Li Mo said. He looked at the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji with an undisguised killing intent, and his heart was filled with excitement. Even Kanae Kocho and the members of the Demon Slayer Corps could not hide their feelings.

It can be said that none of the members of the Ubuyashiki family did not want Muzan Kibutsuji, who was related to them by blood, to die. Even Kagaya Ubuyashiki couldn't wait to kill him as soon as possible. The members of the Demon Slayer Corps also had a blood feud with the demons. Now, inviting the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji to sunbathe was exactly the scene they had been looking forward to. They patiently waited for the demon god Li Mo to lift Muzan Kibutsuji with a wooden pole and then begin the execution.

Under the sunlight, the demon god Li Mo slowly closed the range of the [Shadow World], while the restricted demon king Kibutsuji Muzan kept cursing, hurling insults and begging for mercy. In the end, in despair, he turned into ashes bit by bit under the sunlight!

Chapter 43 The Final Wait

The Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, is dead!

Under the bright sunlight, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji, who was slowly turned to ashes, died a very unsettling death. From the initial curses and swearing to the final pleas for mercy, he completely lost the prestige of the progenitor of demons.

Without exaggeration, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji is absolutely the worst boss that Li Mo and the other Li Mos have ever seen!

Even in the world of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, the character that Li Mo encountered, Amatori Mima, who seemed to have a mental illness and was anti-human, was at least meticulously planned and had super strong action capabilities. In the original story of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, she did not beg for mercy when she was dying, and even saved the male protagonist of the original work.

As for Li Mo from other worlds, whether or not he has met those Bosses, at least those ultimate villain Bosses all have their own unique characteristics. They either have their own personal charm or are powerful. Even the ferocity and cunning of the many villain Bosses in the One Piece world can make people feel their unique characteristics and the skills and power they have shown.

However, the words of the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji truly demonstrate just how low the bar for villainous bosses can be. His actions are utterly despicable, to put it simply, he's the kind of pathetic and cowardly trash who avoids death. Forget about any personal charisma as a villainous boss; he simply shows that he has no bottom line. If he can't beat his opponent, he chooses to run away and outlast them, and he would never risk even the slightest life for his own sake.

When he discovers that his opponent is weak and has no good way to deal with him, this scoundrel boss will arrogantly kill his opponent. Being his subordinate is even more risky. From time to time, he may be physically laid off by this scoundrel boss for accidentally offending or acting poorly. Since he controls the life and death of his subordinates, he naturally acts even more recklessly.

Therefore, the ghost god Li Mo had absolutely no expectations of him. Apart from searching for important information in his memory, he simply pulled out the scum boss and let him experience the bright sunshine that he hadn't seen in a thousand years.

As for subduing the scoundrel Muzan Kibutsuji?

Sorry, such thoughts never arose in the mind of the demon god Li Mo. He was full of contempt for the demon king Muzan Kokibutsuji. Moreover, the reason why he had previously subdued the souls of Upper Moon One Kokushibo and Upper Moon Three Akaza was because their combat abilities were outstanding and they could serve as the combat ability template for shadow soldiers.

Indeed, the Ghost God Li Mo personally tested it. The shadow soldiers created by the [Shadow World] are slightly different from the shadow ninjas summoned by the original [Ninja Group] mask. Not only do they require souls as the source of shadow soldiers, but the abilities they exhibit will also differ depending on the souls of different strengths from their previous lives that are transformed into shadow soldiers. For example, the shadow soldiers transformed from the soul of Kokushibo retain their swordsmanship abilities. Moreover, this elite shadow soldier with outstanding swordsmanship can share his swordsmanship experience with other shadow soldiers.

This is a powerful technique called "Shadow World" formed by Ghost God Li Mo after exchanging experiences with other Li Mos and deeply developing and integrating the power of the Shadow into his own. It can be said that it inherited the advantages of the Ninja Group, one of the Shadow Legions, but eliminated its potential defects. If it weren't for the different rules of various dimensional worlds, many worlds would have very strict restrictions on the Shadow World. This technique alone would be enough for many Li Mos in the modern world to dominate.

Even in the Demon Slayer world, where the environment is relatively loose, shadow soldiers that are difficult to summon directly can still become subordinates of the demon god Li Mo by fusing with actual soldiers using the [Seed of Fusion] and [Guard Core]. For example, the group of guard soldiers who followed Kocho Kanae and the others were Japanese native soldiers from the Demon Slayer world who had fused with [Guard Core].

Most of the Japanese native soldiers in the Demon Slayer world were brainwashed and brainwashed. Demon God Li Mo showed no mercy and directly implanted the [Guard Core] into them, giving them superhuman strength and experience quickly. The cost was only one-tenth that of the Shadow Soldiers, making it extremely cost-effective.

Of course, leaving aside the Royal Guards for now, one problem with the Shadow Soldiers created by the [Shadow World] is that they basically lack the potential for growth...

Well, at least for now, neither Ghost God Li Mo nor the other Li Mo have discovered a way to enhance the potential of the Shadow Soldiers. The Shadow Soldiers transformed through souls have reached their maximum limit, and it is impossible for them to continue to grow.

To put it simply, the upper limit of the strength of the shadow soldiers transformed from the [Shadow World] depends on how strong they were and what they were good at in life. Of course, the demon god Li Mo can also directly transform ordinary souls that are not much different into shadow soldiers of relatively uniform quality, but stronger shadow soldiers require powerful souls, which is the main reason why he collected the souls of the three demons, Kokushibo, Akaza, and Nakime. As for the souls of other demons, he felt it was unnecessary and did not collect them.

For Li Mo, the ghost god, ordinary souls were not a problem in Japan. He had little interest in collecting the souls of evil spirits. As for the scoundrel boss, Muzan Kibutsuji, he would rather watch him die in the sun than bother collecting his soul.

After all, the reason why the ghost god Li Mo used the [Shadow World] to collect souls was to create shadow soldiers or select elites. What use would it be to find a soul with trash abilities?

Judging from the words of the scoundrel boss, Kibutsuji Muzan, aside from his medical skills which were accumulated over a long period of time and reached a fairly good top level, his combat skills were simply appalling. According to Kishin Li Mo's own estimation, he wouldn't have much combat power even if he were transformed into a shadow soldier. Moreover, what shadow soldiers need least is so-called medical care; they were originally just expendable resources in war.

Thus, the demon god Li Mo calmly watched as the demon king Kibutsuji Muzan was gradually turned to ashes by the bright sunlight. The demon's super regenerative ability, at this moment, was simply prolonging the time it would suffer the pain of a complete death, which was something that made the demon king Kibutsuji Muzan suffer unbearable pain.

This can be seen from the fact that Demon King Kibushi Muzan was just turned to ashes and then restored under the sun, which lasted for more than ten minutes. At the beginning, he was cursing and cursing, but he turned into begging for a quick death. If it weren't for the presence of several beautiful girls, the demon god Li Mo felt that it would be inappropriate for them to see such a cruel scene. According to Ubuyashiki Kagaya and the Demon Slayer Corps, they planned to let Demon King Kibushi Muzan enjoy himself for a few days before considering killing him.

To put it simply, the Ubuyashiki family and the Demon Slayer Corps have a deep-seated grudge against the demons, especially the Demon King Muzan, who is the culprit. The sins he has committed are as numerous as mountains and seas. The Ubuyashiki family has always wanted to kill this cursed demon, and the Demon Slayer Corps goes without saying. Every single one of them wants to kill the Demon King and end the many tragic events caused by the demons eating people.

In the end, when the Demon King Muzan was liberated by the sunlight shining on his entire body, a grateful smile appeared on his face. He was then sent to hell by the endless karmic fire. The extremely miserable screams of his soul proved that this scoundrel boss would probably enjoy the high-level treatment of being unable to live or die in hell.

After dealing with the Demon King, Kibushi Muzan, the Demon God Li Mo noticed the changes in Ubuyashiki Kagaya. The curse on his body was beginning to dissipate, and the curse marks that had appeared on his face began to fade and dissipate into little bits of black smoke.

If Ghost God Li Mo is not mistaken, then it should be the essence of the curse suffered by the Ubuyashiki family. He had also studied the blood samples of Ubuyashiki Kagaya and his wife and children, but he could not find any problems with the blood. Later, through Ghost God Li Mo's own deduction, he concluded that the curse suffered by the Ubuyashiki family was more like the effect of karmic transformation, which was a problem that ordinary extraordinary powerhouses could not solve.

In retrospect, Li Mo's speculation was correct. The bloodline curse of Ubuyashiki Kagaya and the Ubuyashiki clan originated from the curse imposed on the Demon King Kibushi Muzan. Moreover, considering that even the Shadow World could not capture its mystery, and that his own soul sensed an exceptionally terrifying feeling, this curse was not like an ordinary curse. It was more like a rejection reaction from the Demon Slayer world itself to the appearance of the Demon King Kibushi Muzan, an anomaly.

Fortunately, the Demon Slayer world itself is truly unconscious, and the resulting rejection reaction had little effect on the Demon King Muzan. Instead, it affected the Ubuyashiki family, who were related to him by blood. The Ubuyashiki family, who were caught in the crossfire, were the ones who were so unlucky. They later married into the Shinto priest lineage and learned that eliminating the Demon King could lift the curse, which was indeed a solution in a sense.

However, the ghost god Li Mo could clearly sense that even if the curse on Ubuyashiki Kagaya dissipated, the curse he had previously suffered still caused him considerable damage. Even without the curse, it would take a lot of effort to recover and live past fifty years old. On the other hand, the descendants of the Ubuyashiki family should have returned to normal.

Of course, there are pros and cons. On the one hand, Kagaya Ubuyashiki will probably no longer be able to sense the prophetic ability of [Apocalypse], but that shouldn't matter much to him.

At least when Kagaya Ubuyashiki later spoke with the demon god Li Mo and confirmed that the curse on him had disappeared and that he had lost the [Apocalypse] ability, he still had a smile on his face and even told the demon god Li Mo that it didn't matter at all.

Compared to the unreliable prophetic abilities he lost due to the loss of "Apocalypse," Kagaya Ubuyashiki valued more that he had finally fulfilled the wishes of generations of the Ubuyashiki family by successfully killing the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji. Without this "progenitor of demons," the evil demons had almost completely disappeared. Apart from two demons that were more like vampires, the evil demons of Japan had become a historical term, and the Ubuyashiki family had also escaped the cursed fate.

At the same time, Kagaya Ubuyashiki announced that the Demon Slayer Corps had achieved its goal and was officially disbanded. The original Demon Slayer Corps members were dispersed and reassigned by the Ubuyashiki family according to their personal circumstances. For example, those who were preparing to return to their hometowns to inherit their family businesses were given a considerable severance pay. There were also members who had no family and were willing to continue following the Ubuyashiki family. Kagaya Ubuyashiki arranged for them to be placed in suitable places and become members of the Ubuyashiki family.

Even for the several Pillar-level powerhouses of the Demon Slayer Corps, Kagaya Ubuyashiki patiently arranged things according to their wishes. For example, the Stone Pillar Gyomei Himejima was preparing to return to the temple to practice Buddhism, while the Sound Pillar Tengen Uzui and the Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku wanted to continue following their lord Kagaya Ubuyashiki. The other Pillar-level powerhouses also had their own ideas, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki made proper arrangements for them all.

In any case, the Ubuyashiki family is a family that has been passed down in Japan for thousands of years. They are powerful and wealthy. It is certainly difficult to settle the Demon Slayer Corps, which has nearly 10,000 members including the peripheral personnel, but they can still do it. In addition, Ubuyashiki Kagaya is not a mean and ungrateful person, so he will naturally make the arrangements.

Otherwise, if Kagaya Ubuyashiki were to disband the Demon Slayer Corps directly, abandoning the peripheral members and leaving them to fend for themselves, it wouldn't be uncommon in Japan. In fact, such a situation of discarding someone after they've served their purpose is quite common in Japan. Just look at the old samurai who participated in the overthrow of the shogunate; they rebelled because Japan was preparing to deprive them of their land and property, but were later defeated by the Japanese government and physically punished.

Of course, the most important reason why Kagaya Ubuyashiki chose to do this was that, in addition to the fact that he himself was indeed keeping his promise and had no shortage of resources, the most important reason was that although the Ubuyashiki family was powerful, it actually had very few direct members. In Japan, where weakness is the original sin, the Ubuyashiki family, which had previously relied on its relationship with Shinto priests and the power of the Demon Slayer Corps, would be courting death if it rashly disbanded its military force.

Perhaps the Ubuyashiki family could be replaced by another force, inheriting the Ubuyashiki name but already belonging to another family. To avoid this, Ubuyashiki Kagaya, who knows that the Demon Slayer Corps' mission has ended, will naturally not be careless. He will win people's hearts while maintaining his own strength.

Guishen Li Mo was aware of Kagaya Ubuyashiki's actions, but he seemed indifferent to such matters. After all, he had cooperated with the Ubuyashiki family, so there was no need to make them his target. Besides, the other party had also cleverly made concessions on his own initiative.

It's unclear whether Kagaya Ubuyashiki discovered something through [Apocalypse], but during this period, he and the Demon Slayer Corps actively transferred many resources at low prices to the forces controlled by the Demon God Li Mo. For example, shares of many companies and merchant ships in Kyushu were directly exchanged for money and food. Out of respect for Kanae Kocho, the Demon God Li Mo didn't pay attention to these details and let the Ubuyashiki family and the Demon Slayer Corps go, but took the opportunity to completely tear apart and swallow the Shinto Church.

Shintoism in Japan is still the mainstream religion officially recognized by the Japanese government. However, like religions in China, Europe and the United States, it is no longer a situation where one sect dominates. Instead, the internal divisions are also very obvious.

For example, Shintoism in Japan is divided into "Shrine Shinto", "Sect Shinto", and "Folk Shinto". The latter two are Shinto sects founded by individuals and local folk Shinto sects, while the one that actually occupies an official position is "Shrine Shinto", which is also the mainstream sect that intermarries with the Ubuyashiki family.

Earlier, when the ghost god Li Mo targeted the Shinto forces, he was specifically targeting the "Shrine Shinto" forces in Tokyo. However, "Shrine Shinto" is also a general term, and in reality, it can be strictly divided into large shrines and temples.

In simpler terms, a large shrine or temple in Japan that primarily worships a certain deity, along with its affiliated shrines, can be considered a shrine faction. These large shrines and temples often do not exist independently; their affiliated shrines are considered part of their collective power. Less well-known shrines are mostly affiliated with the larger Shinto religion.

In some Japanese anime, it's said that XX is the heir to a shrine. This is because many shrines in Japan follow a family inheritance system. In reality, the head priests of small and medium-sized shrines marry, have children, and pass the shrine down as their family property. Japan acknowledges this practice, and even during the American military rule, Japan continued to maintain this practice. The organizations that manage shrines are those that have been passed down through families, ensuring that the inheritance can proceed normally.

Ghost God Li Mo naturally looked down on those small shrines. His target was several large shrines and temples of the Shinto sect in Japan, such as the Shinto sect that had a marriage alliance with the Ubuyashiki family. Naturally, he would replace or control its leader, collect the intelligence information he needed, and then, when the Ubuyashiki family chose to keep a low profile, the Shinto sect's high-ranking members would already be under his control, becoming pawns that Ghost God Li Mo could use.

With the temporary end of the Ghost God Li Mo's operation, he took Butterfly Kanae and the others directly back to the vicinity of Nagasaki to wait. The forces under his control transferred the main personnel and assets out of Tokyo and even Honshu. Having already dealt with the evil spirits and the Demon King, Ghost God Li Mo patiently waited while enjoying himself.

Soon, after waiting for more than a month, the Ghost God Li Mo finally got the best opportunity he had been looking forward to: a major natural disaster in Japan's Taisho era, the Great Kanto Earthquake, which severely damaged the Japanese economy and led to a rapid shift towards war!