The Saint Mark Space where Himeko was had been reconstructed by Xu Yanwu into one identical to the original Saint Mark Space.
And after regaining consciousness, Himeko returned once more to the entrance of Yae Village.
If there was any difference between the current Yae Village and the previous one... it was only that Himeko retained the memories of the last cycle...
And Yae Sakura still retained memories of the previous cycle as well.
As for Higu Maru's memories of Himeko's resistance last time, Xu Yanwu had directly erased them.
Himeko now understood Yae Village far better, so in this cycle, she would not use the same methods as before.
After leaving Himeko's Saint Mark Space, Xu Yanwu stood alone outside it, lost in thought.
Xu Yanwu had indeed detected the aura of Rin's Soul Gem within these Saint Mark Spaces.
Moreover... he could also sense traces of the resentment from those Sacrifice Maidens he had placed inside Yae Sakura's body.
Yet even after Xu Yanwu had used Himeko's body to defeat Higu Maru and reconstructed the entire Saint Mark Space, he still had not sensed the appearance of Yae Rin or those Sacrifice Maidens.
"Was the method wrong?"
Xu Yanwu frowned as he thought.
Back then, he had indeed placed all of them inside Yae Sakura's body, and in the end, sealed Yae Sakura beneath the cherry blossom tree at Yae Shrine so they could be nourished...
But this also meant that Xu Yanwu could not clearly distinguish them from within the Saint Mark Spaces.
"Could it be... that some other condition is required?"
Xu Yanwu furrowed his brow.
As he spoke, Xu Yanwu looked toward the next Saint Mark Space where a Sacrifice Ritual was about to be held.
That was the Saint Mark Space where Bronya