Episode Title:
Yin and Yang
Episode Description:
In his present condition, Gabimaru is too weak to battle Gantetsusai and Fuchi, and after he describes the Tensen and their powers they agree to collaborate. Meanwhile, Senta concludes that the island is not the real Shinsenkyo, and the mixed-up deities are not real gods, similar to the construct of Moro Makiya, founder of a new religion who is plotting to overthrow the shogun, thus theorizing that someone created the island. Gabimaru questions Mei about the Tensen and she mentions they possess Tao while at the same time Hoko tells his group about Tao and how it is like the flow of qi, a combination of yin and yang and centered on the lower dantian, below the naval. Elsewhere, while Nurugai presses Shion to teach her how to use a sword they come under attack from a group of mindless monsters. Meanwhile, Chobei slowly drags Tomi from the pit of grasping flowers where they are met by a Doshi, a sentient monster unlike the mindless Soshin, who has been sent to investigate the human interlopers. Chobei attacks the Doshi while Tomi slashes at an approaching group of Soshin, however the Doshi strikes Chobei a deadly blow.
