question about return ending

[ProxyJames]

I am trying to get it but I have seen some that say I have to wait to fight Genichiro (I am about to fight him for the fist time, I have no fought owl yet) is this right or can I go kick his ass?

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

All you need for the Return ending is to collect the two serpent fruits and keep a couple persimmons on you.

To get more rice, all you need to do is eat it, warp away to a different idol, then warp back.

You can get the Infested Chapter before fighting Genichiro by talking to the priest at the peak of Senpou Temple, or you can get it later when you unlock the ability to dive. In the pond past the Armored Knight miniboss in Senpou.

You will have to progress past Genichiro for her to give you the rice for Kuro, and you’ll have to be at the point the incense burner is lit in order to get the second Chapter and feed her the serpent fruits.

I would complete the quest line before defeating the Divine Dragon just to be safe.

[ProxyJames]

ok so to clarify (I have never made it further than owl the first time and then life kicked in, came back and I sucked so I started a new game to git gud again) do I go to fight him or do I have to wait and do everything else first?

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Цитата допису ProxyJames:

ok so to clarify (I have never made it further than owl the first time and then life kicked in, came back and I sucked so I started a new game to git gud again) do I go to fight him or do I have to wait and do everything else first?

You can fight Owl. I would do as much of the quest as I could before Owl, but the last steps have to be done after you light the incense, which is right after Owl.

[Aelin Galathynius]

According to the wiki this is how you do it

For this ending, stay Loyal to Kuro when asked, and complete the following steps before defeating the Divine Dragon.

You may start by acquiring the Holy Chapter: Infested early. This item is required later on for the ending but can be acquired sooner if the player clears Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo early.
Before defeating Genichiro Ashina (specifically, before continuing the story by talking to Kuro after defeating Genichiro):
Talk to the old woman praying near the Ashina Castle Idol. If you have not spoken to the old woman near the Ashina Castle Idol, the next step will not work!
Travel to the Main Hall Idol in Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo. There will be a monk praying to the Buddha. Speak to him to get Holy Chapter: Infested.
If you have already defeated Genichiro Ashina and spoken to Kuro afterwards, and the monk is no longer there:
You can find the Holy Chapter: Infested at the bottom of the pond near the Temple Grounds Idol. You must obtain the Mibu Breathing Technique from the Corrupted Monk in Mibu Village in the Ashina Depths to dive underwater.
Travel to Inner Sanctum Idol and talk to Divine Child of Rejuvenation. Talk to her to receive Rice (you can give her the Holy Chapter: Infested now as well).
Get rid of the rice by using it on yourself (or giving it to the Old Hag). Reset the area completely--leave and return; resting will not suffice. If you have more than one rice in your inventory from previous playthroughs, you need to get rid of all of them.
Repeat this step, asking for more Rice and using it until you trigger the Divine Child to fall asleep. Ask her for Rice one last time, use the Rice, and reset the area.
The Divine Child will now not be feeling very well. Exhaust her dialogue and give her a Persimmon (you can buy this from the vendor in Shugendo; he also gives you one for free if you visit him after speaking with the Divine Child for the first time). Give her a Persimmon and then ask for more Rice. She will give you the item Rice for Kuro and ask that you give it to him.
You can give Rice for Kuro immediately or later, but do it before defeating the Divine Dragon. Once you give Kuro the Rice for Kuro, rest at the idol and speak to him again. He will give you two Sweet Rice Balls. You must use at least one of them to continue - use it right there in front of him for a little extra dialogue with Kuro and later with the Child.
Travel back to the Divine Child and talk to her.
The Holy Chapter: Infested is required at this point, and must be obtained if you did not manage to acquire it earlier (see above). Once you have given it to her, rest so that she moves to the Illusory Hall (where the Folding Screen Monkeys boss was); an entry portal is in the water directly across from the Divine Child's Inner Sanctum.
At the Illusory Hall talk to the Divine Child (located near the large tree in the center) who tells you to seek out a High Senpou priest.
Travel to Main Hall Idol at Senpou Temple and retrieve the Holy Chapter: Dragon's Return from the cave just outside the Hall's side entrance. The item will be on the blue monk's corpse at the end of the cave. This item cannot be acquired from the corpse until this point is reached in the quest line. You will then need to rest.
Talk to the Divine Child who has moved back to the Inner Sanctum, give her Holy Chapter: Dragon's Return and she will mention needing two serpentine fruits:
Fresh Serpent Viscera: From the Senpou Temple Idol to the right and below is a large hat Ministry enemy you will use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu technique on which will have him operate the kite crank. Go up the hill and through the temple with the undying monk and up into the large tree by the Old Hag. Use the kite as a grappling point to cross the valley to reach the Sunken Valley Cavern Idol. Plunge attack the Great Serpent and receive Fresh Serpent Viscera.
Dried Serpent Viscera: You will need to have encounter the Great Serpent at the bridge leading to the Gun Fort for the Great Serpent to be there. Travel to the Bodhisattva Valley Idol and head down toward where the Toxic Memorial Mob is located and enter into the cave behind him. At the end of the cave is another Great Serpent and you will need to use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu on the nearby monkey to distract the Serpent in order to grapple across safely and head into the house to find the Dried Serpent Viscera.
Travel to the Divine Child and give her both Viscera items. Rest then eavesdrop.
If you have not done it already, progress the story and collect the Lotus of the Palace and the Shelter Stone key items, then choose to Stay Loyal to Kuro, defeat Owl, and burn the Fountainhead Incense at the Altar after talking to Kuro.
Travel back to the Inner Sanctum; the doors are now open. Talk to the Divine Child to receive Frozen Tears.
Continue the game normally, beat the final boss, talk to Kuro, and give him the the Frozen Tears with the Divine Dragon's Tears.
If the prior steps are completed, the player can return to acquire the Frozen Tears at any point before speaking to Kuro at the end of the game after the final boss is defeated.






So if you have not yet fought Genichiro AND spoken to Kuro after this is your next step:

Talk to the old woman praying near the Ashina Castle Idol. If you have not spoken to the old woman near the Ashina Castle Idol, the next step will not work!
Travel to the Main Hall Idol in Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo. There will be a monk praying to the Buddha. Speak to him to get Holy Chapter: Infested.

[ProxyJames]

it is actually alot more simple than that, the main goal is to get the frozen tears to kuro, so you have to do this: do the rice thing,
buy a Persimmon (they are like 30 sen, you can get it by giving fat boy the white pinwheel but ♥♥♥♥ him)
give the Persimmon to child, get rice for kuro
give it to him and get your rice ball and eat it, tell the dumb divine child how good the rice ball was
give divine child the infested chapter, go get the other chapter from the dead dude
get the snake guts, give her the snake guts
go kick the ♥♥♥♥ out of owl (not sure if you fight him more than once I will say for the first time)
talk to kuro till he shuts up and asks to get cut and do it
go get frozen tears from divine child
play game as normal and when prompted give the tears to kuro

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TALK TO THE OLD LADY AND ALL THE OTHER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ NOT RELATED TO THE DIVINE CHILD OR KURO
the old lady is just a hint machine, shes all like GIVE ME RICE! AND I WILL TELL YOU STUFF!
but you can just skip her and eat the rice yourself, the old lady is just a mooch for people who don't have internet and who doesn't have internet, if this was dark souls I would kick her till she fell off one of the ledges she hangs out on.

[LeMasque&LesGants]

I do believe this the most logic way to get an ending ... Boss and sad epic quests !? Who cares just get some rice and be eaten by a snake to get quicker to the key item ! This is the best ending but god ... this is the most illogical nonsense I've been through for an ending