I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

"—A world where countless demons exist. Before the Heian period, it was connected to the present world, that is, the whole world."

Uesugi Tetsu gave a brief and direct answer.

Since the revival of heaven and earth is imminent, there is no need to hide this "common sense" from Imagawa Yoshimoto any longer.

"Because demons and monsters are all in the mortal world, there are very few evil spirits and monsters in the world... The cause of this Sanhe riot was that two great demons that originally existed there ran over."

As he spoke, Uesugi Tetsu recalled Daruma, who had escaped while being protected by the Great Master.

This guy, the Grand Master said he's a genius the Demon Guide Society sees only once in a century...

Tsk.

In the future, it might become a great scourge.

If only you were here back then.

In this day and age, who knows where he's gone?

He sighed inwardly, and then said,

"Lord Yiyuan, the revival of heaven and earth is also related to the mortal world, so many more demons will appear in various places afterward, making governance even more troublesome..."

"will not."

Imagawa Yoshimoto's unexpected answer startled Uesugi Tetsuya.

He heard her matter-of-fact voice: "Because, wasn't it you, Che-jun, who let me know these things in advance?"

In comparison, the foolish Owari, the dragon of Echigo, and even the Takeda, Hojo, and Shogun themselves might not yet realize that the political landscape is about to change.

Seeing that Imagawa Yoshimoto had set out the complete set of equipment, he continued, "Five days from now, the revival of heaven and earth will come."

Imagawa Yoshimoto, who happened to be looking at him, was stunned.

Uesugi Tetsu gazed into her eyes and said, "I'm thinking about whether I should teach Yoshimoto-kun the Yin-Yang technique for absorbing spiritual energy."

He paused, then emphasized, "I will only teach this to you, and you are not allowed to pass it on to anyone else."

Imagawa Yoshimoto remained silent.

Uesugi Tetsu stared intently at her: "Would you teach someone else?"

"will not."

Without hesitation, Imagawa Yoshimoto answered in this way.

“Actually, yes.”

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Tetsu shook his head.

He spread his hands: "Lord Yiyuan, it's not good for you to apply double standards like this. It's a bad example."

Although he didn't understand what Uesugi Tetsu meant by "double standards," Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't try to hide it.

She nodded generously, admitting, "As expected, you saw right through me, Che-jun."

Faced with Imagawa Yoshimoto, Uesugi Tetsuya found it hard to feel "deceived".

He sighed softly, "Why commit such a foul..."

However, on matters of principle, Uesugi Tetsuya could not back down: "Therefore, I cannot teach Yoshimoto-kun the Yin-Yang technique for absorbing spiritual energy."

"—Because the two methods I know are related to many people, they cannot be casually passed on to outsiders."

Let's not talk about spirit control techniques.

If this fragment of the Great Yin-Yang Technique were handed over and spread, who knows, a reclusive Yin-Yang Master family might come knocking on our door the very next day.

Basic spirit gathering techniques are even less likely.

Uesugi Tetsuya really doesn't know what history would become if this thing were taught.

So, no.

"That's a bit of a pity."

Despite saying this, Imagawa Yoshimoto showed no regret whatsoever.

She straightened her back and smiled smugly: "Even without your Yin-Yang techniques, Che-jun, I can still ride the wave of the times."

"—Just yesterday, I visited a reclusive family of Onmyoji in Mikawa Province and obtained a basic Onmyoji manual from them."

Under Uesugi Tetsu's slightly astonished gaze, Imagawa Yoshimoto clenched his fist firmly and said, word by word,

"—From this day forward, the era of Onmyoji will begin."

It must be said that Imagawa Yoshimoto's judgment was indeed accurate.

As the world begins to recover, demons and spiritual energy become common again... In the next one or two hundred years, the Onmyoji will undoubtedly surpass the Samurai in popularity.

Then the two methods were used in parallel until modern times when they were overtaken again by breathing techniques.

Finally, with the arrival of the first wave, the shackles of the four stars were shattered, and they rose again in triumph.

Uesugi Tetsu thought with some emotion, then suddenly realized a key point.

He asked with some surprise, "Lord Yiyuan, those aristocratic families must be incredibly rigid, right? How did you manage to get the meat out of their hands?"

Imagawa Yoshimoto then raised his finger,

"Here."

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the direction and realized where the finger was pointing...

It was clearly referring to him.

He opened his mouth, then shook his head and chuckled, "Lord Yiyuan, you're still a top-notch shrewd businessman."

Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled brightly and took a step forward: "Why not take advantage of it? It doesn't require much effort anyway."

"Would you like tea?"

She walked to the side, took out tea sets one by one, and brewed tea with skillful and graceful movements.

“Okay.” Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

Before long, two cups of warm tea were presented to Uesugi Tetsuya.

"Let's offer a toast."

Imagawa Yoshimoto gazed at his own cheerful face reflected in the calm water and suddenly said.

"What are you paying respects to?"

In the silence, after a moment's thought, the two simultaneously raised their teacups and said to each other, "To you..."

Their gazes met unexpectedly in mid-air, and both of them were momentarily stunned.

Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head.

"Let's leave that aside... Is there anything else besides that?"

Uesugi Tetsu thought for a moment, then clinked teacups with the girl named Imagawa Yoshimoto: "Then, let's toast to the times."

He looked up at the bright moon in the sky, closed his eyes and listened to the seemingly illusory sound of the tide echoing between heaven and earth, and whispered,

"I heard it, the era is coming."

Chapter 205 Final Rating: SS! The Great Yin-Yang Technique Nine-Character Mantra! An Epic-Level Limitation Item, Farewell, Sheng Hai!

[Current task completion rate: 101%]

Four days later.

The walls of Nishio Castle have been stabilized.

A hint of surprise flashed in Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes as he was halfway through forging his bones with his inner energy.

His movements faltered, causing a sharp, tingling pain to surge from his joints and deep within his bone marrow.

Uesugi Tetsu immediately refocused, took a deep breath, and exhaled heavily after completing this round of bone forging.

"Finally finished..."

Your skill, Corona Breathing, proficiency +6.

【Corona Breathing Technique (Jade Bone 171/400)】

Uesugi Tetsu got up and stretched his limbs slightly, his gaze sweeping over the pitifully small increase in proficiency, thinking to himself that progress was indeed very slow without the aid of a medicinal bath.

"Finally finished..."

Behind him, a sentence with the exact same tone and rhythm as his was uttered by Kaga Kiyomitsu.

Uesugi Tetsu pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment.

In the past few days, whenever there was no one around, Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was originally quietly observing from the back, would start mimicking others like a parrot, repeating everything that he had just said.

For Uesugi Tetsuya, it was like having a TXT game text file that was constantly "automatically reading" on his computer.

Moreover, it can't be turned off or skipped, and more importantly, Xiao Jia's speech has an AI-like quality.

That's right, no matter how many times Uesugi Tetsu says it, Kaga Kiyomitsu can't break this bad habit... but he can't really do anything to Kaga.

Now that things have come to this, Uesugi Tetsuma is getting a little unhappy from all the torment.

He silently punched himself in his mind: "I need to find some time to properly teach this rebellious little Jia a lesson."

At that moment, the sound of armored footsteps came from the stone stairs: "Lord Che, a letter from the Lord has arrived—the extermination campaign in the Mikawa region has come to an end."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded: "Okay."

as expected.

After all, the task completion rate has reached 101%.

Speaking of this level of completion, Uesugi Tetsu originally thought that 100% was the limit, but he didn't expect to be able to break through to the next level.

In other words, theoretically, the task completion rate can continue to increase over time.

But how many days this "passage of time" will take is uncertain.

After all, the soldiers next to him had said that the large-scale mopping-up operation in the Three Rivers Kingdom had ended not long ago.

Next, Imagawa Yoshimoto and the Imagawa family focused on preparing for the impending revival of the world.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsu turned around and looked down at Nishio Castle, which was no longer plagued by disease but had become somewhat empty.

—Although Nishio Castle has been completely stabilized, all the demons in the castle have been wiped out, and the environment is slowly returning to its original state.

So, what's the cost?

Uesugi Tetsu could see that the once bustling street now only had a dozen or so slowly moving figures visible at a glance.

In the past few days, Imagawa Yoshimoto not only had Okabe Motonobu remove the demons and everything related to the Jodo Shinshu sect.

In addition, most ordinary people who had been "brainwashed" by the power of will and lost their sense of self were also killed at the behest of Yoshimoto Imagawa.

—To act as someone favored by the gods, with the consent of even one family member or relative who is of sound mind.

It's cruel, but it's something we have to do.

Because once one's thoughts are completely tainted by the power of will, there is no way to undo them.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the Two-Foot Master to return to the Ksitigarbha statue.

If these people are not killed, then in a few days, the "willpower machines" who only rely on instinctive prayer to eat will starve to death on a large scale after they have eaten all the food in their homes.

Ultimately, this led to another outbreak of plague and other large-scale epidemics within Nishio Castle.

Even if it were incited and manipulated by a remnant of the Pure Land True Sect, it could potentially cause a small-scale riot.

The same applies to other regions, cities, and villages.

Only by acting swiftly and decisively can we minimize the related impact and then make full preparations for the coming of the world's revival.

Uesugi Tetsuya withdrew his gaze.

I hadn't smelled any blood before, so I suppose Imagawa Yoshimoto had them taken to the downwind side of the city and disposed of there.

Uesugi Tetsu recalled Imagawa Yoshimoto's expressionless face when he returned two nights ago, and sighed softly, "She must be feeling bad too..."

Therefore, although the entire Mikawa Kingdom has been stabilized, it can still be said that it has suffered a great loss of vitality, and is not even half as strong as it was before the disease struck.

There was also the army of the Imagawa clan.