Ending 2: Immortal Severance

Requirements[]

Obtain the Mortal Blade, Lotus of the Palace and Shelter Stone
Disobey with Owl, breaking the Iron Code
Defeat the Divine Dragon and obtain its tears
Defeat Genichiro Ashina and Isshin, the Sword Saint
Choose to give Kuro the Divine Dragon's Tears

Overview

Completing the side quests for the next two endings will not lock Wolf out of this one. He'll be able to choose between all three if the criteria are met.

After obtaining the Mortal Blade in Inner Sanctum, Shelter Stone and the Lotus of the Palace, all of the Sculptor's Idols in the Ashina Castle will become inaccessible. Upon reaching the top of the castle, Owl will be waiting on the rooftop, presenting Wolf the choice to obey the Iron Code, forsaking Kuro or to break the Iron Code and stand by Kuro. Choosing the latter is required for this ending.

Then, Wolf will have to fight Great Shinobi - Owl, then go to the Fountainhead Palace to retrieve the Divine Dragon's Tears. By the time of his return to the Castle, Isshin will have died and Emma presents the Wolf with a Secret Passage Key to rescue Kuro once again.

On the Silvergrass Fields, he will challenge Genichiro Ashina once again, then fight Isshin, the Sword Saint summoned by the black Mortal Blade. After defeating him, Wolf must give ONLY the Divine Dragon's Tears to Kuro and stab him in the heart with the Mortal Blade to sever the ties to immortality.

Following these events, Wolf forsakes his prosthetic arm and the violence it enables. He returns to the Dilapidated Temple to take up the Sculptor's trade, waiting to aid the next Shinobi seeking strength.