A stream of information surged in, like a great river breaking its dam and rushing into Roy's mind....
As the red sun fully rose, the morning glow illuminated the young boy, cloaking him in a robe of sunlight... Roy slowly closed his eyes, standing like a rock in the morning light, gradually receiving Muzan's "gift," and digesting it along with Kokushibo and Nakime's powers...
Unconsciously, he once again fell into a state of enlightenment....
His body trembled, and his soul left its shell, following the wind and soaring upward. Halfway through, he turned and stepped on a heron, diving high into the sky, piercing through the clouds. As he reopened his eyes, he gazed down at the earth, observing the world from a brand new perspective, seeing....
That familiar great mountain, that familiar small courtyard, his father Tanjuro, mother Kie Kamado, brother Tanjiro, sister Nezuko, the little ones Mao and Takeo, and Hua Zi in grandma's arms... some leaning against the porch pillar, some busy in the kitchen, some chopping wood and making charcoal, some sewing and playing....
He saw... that Sagiri yama, forever shrouded in fog, where several wooden dummies and an old man busily picked wild vegetables, planning to make a hearty wild vegetable feast upon his return....
He saw... in that secluded courtyard within the wisteria forest, the Hashira at the Hashira Alliance Meeting looked at each other in bewilderment upon receiving his reply. Ubuyashiki Kagaya pondered as Gyomei Himejima murmured a Buddha's Name and exclaimed, "As expected of Lord Eiichiro," soothing the hearts....
He saw Yushiro and Tamayo at the moment Muzan perished, both stunned, then one clenched a fist while the other cried out loud... they embraced and wept, as if both celebrating and releasing the pent-up suppression suffered for hundreds of years....
He saw vendors and travelers... nature's flora and fauna... streams babbling... lush greenery.....
In a daze...
The soul followed the path towards the east, merging seamlessly with the newly risen red sun!
At that moment, it was unclear if Roy was the sun, or the sun was Roy... As an insight flooded his heart, the boy's sanguine traces vanished, the great sun emerged, saying softly: "The Ghost King is dead, the world is at peace!"
A gentle word spread widely with the sunlight,
In the mountains, a certain red-headed boy chopping wood and making charcoal... a man eternally holding a heater by the porch coughing lightly... under the fog, the wooden puppets following Urokodaki Sakonji picking wild vegetables... and the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps along with Ubuyashiki Kagaya... Yushiro and Tamayo embracing and crying... people old and young living beneath the sunlight... all looked up!
Everyone was slightly shocked, craning their necks to look at the red sun, vaguely perceiving a floating figure, its fiery red hair dancing in the breeze, extraordinarily noticeable, while two golden pupils wildly unleashed boundless divine light....
Those ignorant of the situation were startled, their knees buckled, and they knelt down, their heads nodding fervently like pounding garlic, exclaiming: "God... oh my... it's God... the God... has descended! God... has come to the world!"
"Boom~" A huge wave arose, like a fierce storm, endless.....
One person knelt down... two knelt down... three... four... in a chain reaction... "swish~" wherever there was human activity, wherever sunlight reached, instantly... was filled with kneeling and praying people.
[Notification... "Power Of Faith" +1+1+1+1.....]
滴滴滴... panel notifications like rain on banana leaves, continuously ringing....
After ordinary people noticed this scene, at the Ubuyashiki Clan's residence, the Hashira and the whole Ubuyashiki family suddenly walked out from under the eaves, dumbfoundedly gazing at Roy's soul astral from the red sun. Someone loudly proclaimed: "It's... Lord Eiichiro!"
This first believer to convert to Roy, Kyojuro Rengoku, felt his spirit stirred, laughing... He laughed heartily, adding in a loud voice, held his chest, lifted his hem, knelt on one knee, and said: "Praise the Sun!"
Afterwards, it was like a stone being thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples... Gyomei Himejima paused his prayer beads, tears streaming down as he joined Kyojuro Rengoku, facing the sun, kowtowing and saying: "Praise the Sun!"
Seeing this, Shinazugawa Sanemi... Tokitou Muichirou... Izuki Kobane... Tomioka Giyu... Ubuyashiki Kagaya, his wife Amane, their daughters Kanata and Kanao, their son Kiriya... and the members of the In... one by one each knelt on one knee, shouting: "Praise the Sun!"
In Sagiri yama,
Carrying a basket and digging wild vegetables, Urokodaki Sakonji was taken aback, his trowel... clang dropped to the ground...
"Is this... Eiichiro?"
"It's him... it's him... our Eiichiro!" Makomo jumped up like a porcelain doll!
She stared at the red sun without blinking, shouting: "Master, Eiichiro said he killed... the Ghost King!"
"Ghost King...." The old man took a deep breath, not knowing when... his already dry eyes became wet instantly... feeling his emotions, Sabito with a wooden sword on his waist, said forcefully: "I knew it, he could do it."
Behind him were... the celebratory embrace... laughing and crying of Shinsuke, Fukuda, and Watanabe.....
"Whoosh~" A gentle breeze rose,
At the foot of that familiar great mountain... the axe silently dropped from the hands of a certain red-headed boy, his amber eyes wide open, staring blankly at the red sun, saying: "Is it you, Nissan?"
The soul then waved wildly to the sun... just like Takeo and Mao running out from under the porch, followed by a softly smiling Tanjuro, Kie Kamado coming out from the kitchen, Nezuko holding Hua Zi and supporting grandma... they smiled in response to Roy, then... they laughed....
"It must be, it's Nissan."