People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

"Yosuke Ubuyashiki!"

Upon hearing this name, Kibuy Muzan felt no surprise whatsoever; in fact, he felt that only Ubuyashiki Yosuke was worthy of this variable.

"Yosuke Ubuyashiki? Why is he considered the world's biggest variable?"

The god explained, "Kibu Muzan, your becoming the Demon King is an arrangement of fate, but Ubuyashiki Yosuke is not. This world does not need two Demon Kings of different origins."

"Fate's arrangement?"

The deity continued to explain: "That's right, this world needs the existence of ghosts, so you were chosen by us because you do not possess human emotions and have extremely low empathy."

But on the day you were supposed to become the Origin Demon, something went wrong. Ubuyashiki Yosuke, someone who shouldn't exist in this world, also became a demon. From that day on, fate was completely thrown into chaos.

Kibuy Muzan sneered, "Ridiculous! You think you can make me the Demon King? Who do you think you are?"

The sage calmly said, "What I said is true, and I have lived much longer than you. I was born in the Jomon period."

Kibuy Muzan was utterly shocked: "Impossible! The Jomon period is ten thousand years ago, how could you possibly have survived for ten thousand years?!"

“I have no reason to deceive you. In the Jomon period, people lived in caves and led a primitive life. At that time, I was ignorant and was guided by fate to become a god, establish a clan of priests, and guide mankind to gradually develop into tribes, living a new life of gathering, fishing, and hunting. In other words, I started the era of this country.”

The god's answer left Kibu Muzan completely incredulous: "I don't believe it! Since you're on the side of humanity, why did you make me a demon?"

“I am not on the side of humanity, I will always stand on the side of fate. Since fate has arranged for you to become the Ghost King, then I have the responsibility to carry out the instructions of fate.”

Before the era of the birth of demons, humanity evolved from tribes into nations of varying sizes, and wars began to occur constantly. Through these continuous wars, the world became riddled with holes. In order to make humanity experience suffering and understand the hard-won peace, demons were born.

Your original fate was to be slain by the chosen one of this world, allowing this world, ravaged by demons, to regain its vitality.

Kibuy Muzan, now seemingly driven mad, cried out, "A thousand years have passed. Am I merely a puppet, merely fulfilling the so-called mandate of fate? I refuse to believe it!"

The figure of the god suddenly flashed in front of Kibutsuji, and pointed his index finger at Kibutsuji's forehead.

A scene appeared in Kibuyaku Muzan's mind that made him feel like he was there.

On a certain piece of ground, the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen charged towards Muzan Kibutsuji without hesitation, fighting him fiercely without fear of death.

Meanwhile, Muzan Kibutsuji was already under the influence of four different compound drugs: a "human-transforming drug," an "aging drug," a "division-inhibiting drug," and a "cell-destroying drug."

The human-transforming drug was immediately broken down and overcome by Muzan Kibutsuji. However, once broken down, the drug would turn into an antidote that could age him. It could age Muzan Kibutsuji by fifty years in a minute, while Muzan Kibutsuji was already nine thousand years old.

When Kibuy Muzan attempted to use self-splitting to abandon the fight, the third and fourth drugs took effect. Under the continuous bombardment and weakening effect of the drugs, Kibuy Muzan was no longer able to split himself, and his stamina was almost exhausted, leaving him in a state of utter weakness.

Having reached the lowest point of his life, Muzan Kibutsuji was nailed to the wall with his arms torn off. Facing the approaching dawn, in order to prevent himself from being scorched by the sunlight, he continuously multiplied his physical body, transforming into a "giant baby," and attempted to burrow underground to avoid the sunlight.

However, thanks to the combined efforts of the entire Demon Slayer Corps, they finally managed to bring Muzan Kibutsuji into the light of day.

Kibuy Muzan could only fall into hell with resentment and fear, taking with him a thousand years of terror and tragedy, and completely disappear from the world.

...

The images in Kibuyaku Muzan's mind stopped.

The deity asked with a faint smile, "So? This is your final fate. What are your thoughts on it?"

With an extremely gloomy expression, Kibuyaku Muzan said, "I'm not happy!"

The shrine continued, “Even without Yosuke Ubuyashiki, the biggest variable, you wouldn’t have succeeded. Now, because of Yosuke Ubuyashiki’s intervention, the chance for this world, which has been ravaged by demons, to regain its vitality has failed. Therefore, we need to cooperate to kill Yosuke Ubuyashiki, and this is your only chance.”

Kibuy Muzan still didn't trust the God Lord, believing it might be some kind of special ability: "Since you've lived for tens of thousands of years and your strength is unfathomable, why didn't you deal with Ubuyashiki Yosuke from the beginning?"

The priest explained, “I once tried it. Yosuke Ubuyashiki was seriously ill right after he was born. That was my doing, but unfortunately, he did not die.”

Logically speaking, even if he took the drug to become a ghost, his body wouldn't be able to support his transformation into one. However, there was a mysterious power within him that allowed him to clear away the negative effects of the drug and successfully become a ghost.

After that...fate had become chaotic, and Yosuke Ubuyashiki had become a part of that destiny; I couldn't harm him.

Kibuy Muzan then questioned, "Didn't you say you couldn't take action? Then why are you now seeking my cooperation to kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke?"

"I still cannot personally kill Yosuke Ubuyashiki. Ever since I became the sage and accepted the divine decree of fate, I have been unable to personally kill any life that is part of the cycle of destiny."

But you can, Kibuyaku Muzan. You and Ubuyashiki Yosuke are of the same lineage. If anyone in this world can still kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke, it's only you.

Kibuy Muzan sneered, "So what if I kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke? If the outcome is still the same, then cooperating with you wouldn't benefit me at all?"

Chapter 114 Conspiracy

"Rest assured, I am now representing Destiny to negotiate with you. As long as you kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke, Destiny will grant you the ability to be unafraid of sunlight, and will also make you a servant of Destiny, allowing you to become a god like me and gain great power!"

Kibuy Muzan scoffed, "Heh, do you think I'm stupid? Now that Kokushibo and Nezuko Kamado have overcome sunlight, if I eat one of them, I can also gain the ability to overcome sunlight. Moreover, once you become a god, you will be subject to the constraints of fate. I have no intention of becoming a servant."

The God Master shook his head and said, "You really are greedy, Muzan Kibu. You yourself clearly wanted to kill Yosuke Ubuyashiki, didn't you?"

Unmoved, Kibuy Muzan guessed, "Since you took the initiative to find me, it means you are more eager for Ubuyashiki Yosuke to die than I am. I guess if I die, no one will be able to restrain Ubuyashiki Yosuke anymore, and that so-called fate will continue to be chaotic. Do you agree?"

The smile on the God Lord's face disappeared. His thoughts had been guessed by Kibuyaku Muzan. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "If you successfully kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke, I will tell you the greatest secret about this world. This secret is about the essence of how the world works. As the God Lord, my most important task is to protect this secret."

"I'm not interested in secrets; I prefer tangible things."

The god countered with a question: "If you overcame the sunlight and became the ultimate being you desired, what would you do?"

"I will kill all those who defy me, and then turn this world into a world only inhabited by ghosts!"

"Conquering the world... Then you'll be interested in this secret. That's all I can say. You're not qualified to know yet. So, what's your choice?"

Kibuy Muzan fell silent. The current situation was completely unfavorable to it. If things continued like this, the future outcome would likely become the situation that the God had just made it think of.

Although Kokushiro and Nezuko Kamado have overcome sunlight, if Muzan Kibutsuji eats one of them, he will also overcome sunlight in the same way.

However, Kokushiro Kokushiro and Nezuko Kamado are definitely well protected by the Demon Slayer Corps and Yosuke Ubuyashiki, so it won't be easy to snatch them away, and they are very likely to be in dire straits.

The exceptionally timid Kibuy Muzan was extremely unwilling to take this risk. He had already waited for a thousand years, and now that he finally had a way to overcome the sunlight, Kibuy Muzan did not want to fail at the final stage.

The best course of action now is to cooperate with the unknown God Lord in front of us. As long as we can deal with Ubuyashiki Yosuke, then Muzan Kibutsuji is very confident that he can wipe out the remaining Demon Slayer Corps.

The power of the god's words is also something that Kibuyaku Muzan greatly covets.

"Since it's a cooperation, then you should show some sincerity. After all, I can't completely trust you. You might even try to harm me during the battle, so I have to prevent that from happening."

Faced with the greedy Muzan Kibutsuji, the God Lord asked, "What do you want?"

Kibuy Muzan cut straight to the point: "Either let me overcome sunlight now, or give me your Word of Power!"

"There's no way to help you overcome the sunlight right now. Kokushibo and Nezuko Kamado were able to overcome it because they possessed the bloodline of the Shinto priests, but you don't have that bloodline, so it's useless to you."

As for the power of words, it originates from the power of my soul. I can give you a part of my soul, allowing you to temporarily possess the ability to use words.

Kibuy Muzan asked in surprise, "Soul? Does such a thing as a soul really exist in this world?"

Kibuy Muzan recalled that Kokushibo suddenly mastered the Breath of the Sun. It was clear that this Breath of the Sun was not Kokushibo's original power. At this moment, the soul mentioned by the god made Kibuy Muzan wonder if it was Yoriichi's soul that helped him that day.

"This involves the very nature of how the world works, and I cannot explain it in detail. But I can tell you definitively that the soul exists, and the legendary hell also exists. Now I will give you a part of my soul."

The deity stretched out his right hand, using his palm as a knife, and stabbed it directly into his own chest.

This action puzzled Muzan Kibutsuji greatly. Did he need to harm himself to obtain a soul?

Strangely, even though the god's entire hand was submerged in his chest, not a single drop of blood seeped out.

Then, the deity slowly withdrew his hand, and a ball of light radiating pure white light appeared in his palm.

At this moment, the God Lord's face was somewhat pale. He said to Kibuyaku Muzan, "This is a part of my soul. As long as you swallow it, you will have the power of my Words."

Kibuy Muzan took the soul from the God Lord's hand and swallowed it directly into his mouth.

Kibuy Muzan's entire body radiated a pure white light, and one could feel a continuous stream of power surging within him.

"Words of Power? Force!"

Kibuy Muzan immediately used the newly acquired power of words on the God Lord, but the scene he imagined of the God Lord being crushed to the ground by gravity did not appear.

"What's going on? Are you lying to me?!"

The deity said indifferently, "Your ability to use words has no effect on me. There's also something I need to remind you: you now have my soul inside you."

Kibuy Muzan then realized he had been tricked: "You deliberately lured me into asking for the power of words, and then manipulated me?!"

The God said quite frankly, "That's right. I suppressed you forcefully from the beginning. You are extremely greedy and must be craving my power of words. If I offered to give you the power of words, you, who are naturally suspicious, would never accept it. So I tempted you step by step. Now I can take your life or death at will."

Kibuy Muzan, who has always been the only one who has the power of life and death over others, is now being held back by others. His anger has caused Kibuy Muzan to lose his mind.

Kibuy Muzan immediately used Black Blood Thorn on the god in front of him.

The entire room was instantly covered with black thorns.

"Word of Power? Guard!"

As the deity finished speaking, a transparent shield appeared around him, which the black thorns could not destroy.

However, just as Kibu Muzan was about to launch another attack, a pain emanating from his very soul swept through his entire body, and Kibu Muzan clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground.

The god walked up to Kibuyaku Muzan and said condescendingly, "I said that I can now have the power of life and death over you. The conditions for cooperation will not change. After you kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke, I will give you whatever you want."

Chapter 115 The Meeting Between Kokushibo Tsugikuni and Muichiro Tokito

That soul-deep tremor caused Kibu Muzan immense pain: "You said you couldn't personally kill any life caught in the cycle of fate, which means you can't kill me either!"

The deity calmly replied, "That's right, but I can still inflict pain on your soul."

"I agree!"

The God Lord stopped the torment of the soul within the body of the demonic dancer Muzan, and the pain in that soul immediately dissipated.

Ghost Dance Y stared at the God Lord with unbridled resentment. As the lord of all ghosts, it was completely controlled by the God Lord.

"But I have three conditions. If you can't meet them, I won't cooperate with you no matter how much you torment me!"

With an expression of complete control, the deity calmly said, "Tell me, and I will grant your request as long as it is within my power."

"First, you can't ask me or tell me to do anything. Second, you need to do everything you can to help me overcome the sun."

The God Lord immediately agreed to the two requests made by Kibuyaku Muzan.

"The last thing is to get your damned soul out of my body right now!"

The deity shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, that's the only thing I can't do right now."

Ghost Dance, utterly desolate, demanded sharply, "Why?!"

The god replied, “To separate my soul from your body requires the power of fate, but fate is currently in chaos, so much so that many souls that should be reborn cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation and remain in the world. Therefore, this request can only be fulfilled after Ubuyashiki Yosuke is killed and fate is restored to order.”

"Damn it!" Kibuyaku Muzan gritted his teeth in resentment.

"Don't worry, I won't use my soul to control you at will. The fragments of my soul that are inside you are also tools for us to restrain each other."