6. The Seven Thunders, Togashi Yokuni, and the Hooded Ronin proceeded
into the palace to hunt down Fu Leng and destroy him.
6.a. In the throne room, Togashi Yokuni revealed that he was in fact Togashi, one of the kami who founded the Empire, and brother to Fu Leng. Fu Leng mortally wounded Togashi, but before he died, Mirumoto Hitomi (Dragon Thunder) used the Obsidian Hand to rip open his chest and pull forth the 12th black scroll, which had been hidden within Togashi for a thousand years. In the process, Hitomi consumed much of Togashi's spiritual essence and gained some of his powers.
6.b. Fu Leng laughed to see the 12th Black Scroll, believing that its appearance gave him the victory. When Hitomi opened it, instead of gaining his true and total powers, the Hooded Ronin took great delight in informing Fu Leng that his long imprisonment was now complete, and that the 12th Scroll had given him total control of the possessed body he inhabited - and had made him mortal.
6.c. There was a great battle, many desperate moments, and in the end, Toturi and Hoturi killed Fu Leng with a double strike of their ancestral swords, carrying the day for the forces of light and the Seven Thunders.
7. A whole lot of people died. The known dead include Doji Hoturi,Isawa Tadaka, Isawa Tsuke, Isawa Tomo, and Isawa Uona, Togashi, Yogo Junzo (completely dead), Alhundro Cornejo (unaligned anachronism), most of the Phoenix shugenja, and thousands of other ronin and clan samurai of greater or lesser repute.
In the end, Toturi was named Emperor, the whole
Empire began the slow process of rebuilding, and the stage was set
for the Jade Edition and the Hidden Emperor story arc, which began
at the end of June.