Tamahome and Suboshi fight. Part of Suboshi’s weapon chases Tamahome and he tries to lead it back to Suboshi. Suboshi sees through this, but before he can dodge the spirits of Tamahome’s siblings appear hold him in place. Nakago explains to Hotohori that the war is a distraction and he is turning Kutou’s armies back on itself before moving on to conquer Miaka’s world. Hotohori attacks Nakago, riding through Nakago’s powerful life energy attack to do so. Hotohori stabs Nakago, but is fatally wounded by the energy. Keisuke gives Miaka the book and she tries to save Hotohori by talking to him. Hotohori warns Miaka that he could not stop “him” and after talking to Miaka for a while he dies. Keisuke asks Tamahome to go back into the book by himself.