Ren commands everyone to stay back as he tries to put an end to his old man. He completely misses. No one can explain how he missed when it looks as if he connected. En Tao catches Ren and throws him up against the wall. He then sets his sights on the others, convinced that Yoh is the source of evil and attacks him. Ren attacks from the back and takes up the fight with his father. Soon, everyone is out cold and En lectures on the uselessness of trust and friendship. They only get in the way of each person’s path. Ren doesn’t buy it and continues his fight. The others stand with him. Ren finally realizes friendship and the emblem on his back disappears.
It seems that the idea of friendship was such an opposite thought that En Tao’s mind became entangled and they finally start wearing away on him. Ren takes his final strike to knock En Tao out of Oversoul. He’s a short and rather normal looking man… especially for maintaining Oversoul form for 10 years.
Not ready to admit defeat, En Tao explains the legacy of the Tao family. They had always worked under the dynasty, but with the advancement of civilization, humans became scared of their shaman abilities and treated them as monsters. They were kicked out of the capital and betrayed by the people who they risked their lives for. His Oversoul, Daidohoh, is the converged souls of his ancestors. He feels he owes it to his ancestors to rebuild the Tao family name. Ren must understand this.
Ren replies that he does, but he is still his own person. His father is unhappy with this and calls all the sould from 2000 years of history to take up all of his Furyoku and does Daichuuka Rasen, a dragon snake appears and attacks. Ren attacks head on, realizing himself, and strikes his father out of Oversoul. He still isn’t ready to give up, but grandfather and mother Tao show up and end the fight.
They then prepare a large feast for everyone to celebrate Ren’s homecoming. That confuses the group and they ask what’s up. Grandfather explains the family history but by finding friends, he and Jun were able to free themselves from the family history to find their own paths.
As Ren rides off, his father comes up behind him and gives him the Tao sacred sword, Houraiken - the sword he received when he became master of the Tao family. It’s now Ren’s turn.