Realizing his immaturity at the memorial service for the previous Holy Shonin, Ikko returns to the main temple for further ascetic practice. Six months have passed since then, and Haruka, Hinami, Yuko, Yo, and Chitose, with Sakura as the new head priest at Saienji, have been spending their days in contemplaton, doing manual labor and practicing their exorcisms. Then, around the time of the cherry blossom season, Saienji was approached to help perform an exorcism of an old cherry blossom tree.