After the physician treated Muzan with medicine made from a flower known as the Blue Spider Lily, Kibutsuji became enraged at the lack of results and murdered his doctor. As soon as Muzan spilled the doctor's blood, however, he realized he had gained incredible, inhuman strength.
Origin. The first demon that is said to have existed was Muzan Kibutsuji. The one who turned him into a demon was a generous doctor from the Heian Period, who wanted to save Muzan from death since, at the time, he was diagnosed with a disease which would kill him before he turned twenty.
But upon looking into the memory of her cells, he discovers that Shinobu had actually crafted a poison with Tamayo that will age Muzan 50 years in a single minute.
Muzan's telepathic powers leave other demons' thoughts open to him just by catching sight of them. He can speak to them in their heads even when they are far from him. Although his range is somewhat limited, he can also locate them with this connection and feel what they feel.
After he neutralizes Tamayo's poison and emerges from his flesh cocoon, Muzan's hair grows in length and turns white due to Shinobu's poison accelerating his age.
Abilities. Demon Body: Unique from other demons, he possesses seven hearts, and five brains. These are responsible for his powerful vitality, should any of them be harmed, he will be severely weakened.
Muzan's Blood Demon Art is known as “Biokinesis.” It allows him to alter his body and shapeshift at will. Although all demons have this innate ability, Muzan elevates it by modifying his flesh and organs. Biokinesis is also the only reason Muzan has been able to hide from the Demon Slayer Corps for 1000 years.
It is revealed that Muzan's true fear of dying and immense desire to live and survive was due to him being born "dead," where his heart would constantly stop in his mother's womb and was assumed stillborn until he fought to breathe before his cremation.
Tanjiro Kamado
Tanjiro is considered to be Muzan's main nemesis throughout the series.
Even after becoming a powerful demon, Muzan considered himself imperfect and wanted to somehow get rid of his weakness of sunlight.
The two known demons who broke free of Muzan's curse are Tamayo and Nezuko. Tamayo was able to break free of the condemnation when Yoriichi fought Muzan, nearly killing him in the process. During this weakened state, Yoriichi let Tamayo go, free her from Muzan, and free her from the curse.
It is revealed that Tamayo's drug had an aging potion mixed in along with the Demon antidote. Due to this, Muzan has aged 9,000 years within the span of three hours.
1 Muzan Regretted Killing His Doctor
He shows his most human side to fans, wherein he admits to regretting murdering his doctor. He comments that had he been patient, the doctor would have cured him, and he would never have turned into a demon.
Muzan's dream is to one day stand under the sun proudly and live his life freely. As for defeating the Demon Slayer Corps, he simply wants to annihilate any obstacle that stands in his way. Muzan keeps creating demons, hoping one of them might conquer the sun.
The warrior Muzan feared was a swordsman named Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Yoriichi was the only slayer before Tanjiro who came close to killing Muzan, and the flashback of their fight occurred in Chapter 187.
Since he didn't know anything about the Blue Spider Lily medicine, he needed others to find the plant for him by happenstance. This is the general reason why Muzan turned Nezuko into a demon. More specifically though, was the fact that Nezuko was of Kamado blood.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni was the first Demon Slayer and also the one who invented Breathing Techniques in the first place. Yoriichi was born with the Demon Slayer mark and prowess in swordsmanship. His powers were beyond comparison as he defeated Muzan once and had him on the verge of death until he managed to escape.
Since Muzan favored Gyutaro so much, he chose to incorporate the latter's sister Daki as well. The demon king believed that she was the only tool that could be used to control Gyutaro.
The only Demon he despises the most is the Upper Rank Two: Doma. It is quite a shocker that the second most potent Demon in the Demon Slayer is not Muzan's favorite.
Trivia. Anne was originally planned to be Muzan`s older sister, who died by the hand of a Demon Slayer but that idea was scrapped, as the author knew practically nothing about Muzan`s early life. Instead, Anne became his wife, by which he had two children.
Moreover, Tanjiro's appearance somewhat resembled Tsugikuni. So the only reason Muzan is afraid of Tanjiro is because of the Hanafuda earrings he possesses, which acted as a reminder of his downfall.
14) Muzan Kibutsuji (over 1000)
Being a demon, Muzan is capable of living for many, many years. However, unlike other demons that have aged over hundreds of years. Muzan is well over 1000 years old.
Nezuko's Blood Demon Art is “Pyrokinesis,” which allows her to generate and manipulate special demonic flames created from her blood. It may be because of her unique nature, but her flames have a special ability, making them only harmful to demons and anything related to demons.
Does Muzan have a favorite demon? Despite the fact that Muzan. is always shown to have disdain for his creations, Muzan does in fact have a favorite. On that list is Naki, made due to a convenient blood demon.
Muzan's loyal wife and daughter seem like convenient test subjects to help him synthesize a cure for sunlight weakness as a backup in case the Blue Spider Lily is never found. The young girl might even be Muzan's biological child, a half-demon who gives off the scent of a human while having his essence in her.