Chapter Summaries

Suiko brought Izayoi to a secluded valley and told her that she and Chiyo were together, then encouraged Izayoi to pursue him. That night, Suiko asked Chiyo to accept Izayoi, and he invited Izayoi to follow him as the three stood together beneath the giant rock.

• Suiko led Izayoi to a hidden valley and revealed that she and Chiyo were already together.
• Suiko learned that Izayoi liked Chiyo and encouraged her to pursue him, teaching her how to approach him with confidence.
• Over the following days, Suiko trained Izayoi in eye contact and helped her prepare to speak to Chiyo.
• Suiko told Chiyo that Izayoi sincerely loved him and asked him to let Izayoi be with him.
• Chiyo asked Izayoi to follow him, then took both Izayoi's and Suiko's hands as the three stood together beneath the giant rock.

Suiko and Izayoi grew closer as they prepared breakfast with Chiyo and the others, while Ayame quietly wished Chiyo would offer her porridge too. The group traveled west across the forest and into open grassland, where Chiyo sensed a demon ahead.

• Suiko braided Izayoi’s hair and urged her to call her Sister, while Izayoi told Suiko she seemed different since yesterday.
• Douding said he had dreamed about his mother, and Suiko encouraged him to follow Chiyo and grow strong enough to protect others.
• Suiko accompanied a nervous Izayoi to bring Chiyo breakfast, and Chiyo shared his porridge with Suiko after she joked that she wanted some too.
• Ayame admitted she wanted porridge personally handed to her by Chiyo, then blushed and hurried Lingdang toward the stove.
• The group traveled west for about two hours and reached open grassland, where Chiyo sensed a demon in the distance.

After helping an elderly demon, Suiko feared that her human lifespan would end long before Chiyo’s and that he would grieve her death. Chiyo promised to handle the problem, and that night he considered aging and said there was a way.

• Suiko treated an elderly demon whose leg had been severed and learned he had lived for three or four hundred years.
• Suiko worried that she would grow old and die while Chiyo remained unchanged, leaving him alone and grieving.
• Suiko confessed her fears to Chiyo, who told her to leave the matter to him.
• Suiko returned to the group reassured, and later fell asleep believing Chiyo would find a way.
• Chiyo sat beneath the moon and concluded that there was a way to address aging.

Chiyo developed a Spiritual Power Version Yin Seal that stored Spiritual Power and nourished the body to slow aging. He gave the technique to Suiko and Izayoi, then agreed to teach them how to use it.

• Chiyo adapted the Yin Seal's principles to Spiritual Power, creating a reserve at his brow that fed back into his body and slowed aging.
• At dawn, Chiyo placed the Spiritual Power Version Yin Seal in Suiko's brow and explained how it worked.
• Suiko cried with relief and embraced Chiyo after learning she no longer needed to fear growing old before him.
• Chiyo gave Izayoi the same seal, and she joined Suiko in his arms as they cried with happiness.
• Lingdang tried to wipe Suiko's and Izayoi's tears, and Chiyo agreed to teach them the technique.

Suiko and Izayoi learned to construct Yin Seals under Chiyo’s guidance. The group then discovered a village terrorized by a Snake Demon posing as the Water God, and Suiko defeated it and saved eleven children.

• Chiyo taught Suiko and Izayoi to gather, seal, and compress Spiritual Power into stable vortices at their brow centers.
• Chiyo sent a record of the Yin Seal method toward the Western Country, then followed Suiko to a silent village beside a lake.
• A frightened villager warned Suiko, Chiyo, Izayoi, and Ayame that the Water God would come for a sacrifice.
• The Snake Demon emerged from the lake with a Divine Weapon Trident and demanded that Suiko and Izayoi be left behind.
• Suiko used her Yin Seal to overpower the Snake Demon, knock away its Trident, and capture it.
• Chiyo brought eleven living children out of the lake, and Suiko burned the Snake Demon to ashes before a tiny figure thanked her.

Suiko met Yi, the Water God who had been imprisoned for three years by the Snake Demon, and helped her recover her Trident. Yi chose to stay with Suiko’s group rather than return to the lake alone.

• Yi told Suiko that the Snake Demon had stolen her Trident and sealed her at the lake bottom for three years.
• Suiko comforted Yi at camp, and Yi described how she had remained awake but unable to move or speak while imprisoned.
• Suiko asked Izayoi to care for the eleven rescued children, and Izayoi agreed.
• Chiyo used his power to find and summon the Trident from the lake bottom, and Yi reclaimed it and returned to her normal size.
• Yi said she wanted to stay with Suiko’s group, and Suiko welcomed her and called the camp her home.

Izayoi comforted the rescued children and helped the villagers reunite with them, while the camp shared a warm evening by the bonfire. Ayame admitted she wanted to become strong enough to protect everyone, and Chiyo agreed to train her starting the next day.

• Izayoi stayed beside Xiao Shu until he learned his younger brother was alive and reunited with him.
• The villagers thanked Suiko and Izayoi for rescuing and caring for the children, and Izayoi shared their gifts among them.
• At the bonfire, Yi told Suiko she had long watched villagers gather around fires from beneath the lake.
• Ayame told Lingdang she felt useless because she could not protect the others, and Lingdang reminded her how she had cared for her when she was sick.
• Chiyo heard Ayame's wish to protect everyone and agreed to train her starting the next day.

Yi forgave the villagers for being deceived by the Snake Demon but left the lakeside village while her power recovered. As the group departed, Xiao Shu vowed to become like Izayoi, and she told him to protect himself before protecting others.

• Yi reassured the village chief and villagers that she did not blame them for the Snake Demon's deception.
• Yi explained that she had to leave until her power recovered and promised to return.
• The village chief urged the villagers to improve their home while they waited for Yi to come back.
• Xiao Shu told Izayoi he wanted to grow up like her and protect people weaker than himself.
• Izayoi encouraged Xiao Shu to grow strong and reminded him to protect himself before others.

As the group traveled and camped for the night, Suiko reassured Izayoi that Chiyo had brought her along because she was family and encouraged Ayame before her training began. Izayoi grew closer to Chiyo, asked to call him by his name, and sat beside him holding his hand.

• Yi asked to ride Kirara, and Kirara carried her after Suiko spoke to her.
• Suiko told Izayoi that Chiyo brought those he considered family, and teased her about her relationship with him.
• At camp, Suiko reassured Ayame that Chiyo valued her resolve to protect everyone, not her current strength.
• Izayoi brought Chiyo porridge and told him she wanted to call him by his name; he agreed.
• Izayoi called him Chiyo, and he took her hand as she leaned her head against his shoulder.

Three years later, Chiyo lived in Sky City with Liuli, Suiko, Izayoi, and the pregnant Kanade Hime. He comforted Kanade Hime beneath the cherry blossoms as she named their unborn child Sakura, while Suiko revealed that Izayoi was pregnant too.

• Liuli brought Chiyo red bean pastries, and they talked about Kanade Hime wanting to see the cherry blossoms.
• Chiyo visited the pregnant Kanade Hime in the Cherry Blossom Garden and soothed their restless child with Spiritual Power.
• Kanade Hime asked Chiyo who the child would resemble, and he said they would take after her and be beautiful.
• Kanade Hime named the child Sakura, thanked Chiyo for giving her a home, and leaned into his arms beneath the falling blossoms.
• Liuli watched Chiyo and Kanade Hime from the corridor until Suiko teased her, then Suiko went to care for Izayoi, who was also pregnant.

Izayoi worried that she would not know how to be a good mother, and Suiko reassured her. After Ayame trained herself to exhaustion, Chiyo told her she had completed her training and no longer needed to follow him.

• Suiko brought Izayoi a pregnancy-protecting soup, and Izayoi admitted she was nervous about becoming a mother.
• Suiko reassured Izayoi that her gentle heart would make her a good mother.
• Ayame trained alone for four hours in the Martial Arts Arena, pushing herself until her strength ran out and her hands bled.
• Chiyo arrived and told Ayame she no longer needed to follow him, making her fear that he was sending her away.
• Chiyo explained that Ayame had completed her training because she had learned to protect everyone and had made real progress over three years.

Chiyo and Kanade Hime awaited the birth of their child as her due date approached. After a long labor, Kanade Hime gave birth to a girl, whom Chiyo named Sakura, and the family welcomed her.

• Chiyo nervously waited for Kanade Hime's due date while Izayoi sewed baby clothes and Suiko brought Kanade Hime the medicine he had prepared.
• Chiyo felt the baby move and reassured Kanade Hime that she would be a good mother.
• Three days later, Chiyo waited outside the delivery room through the night as Izayoi comforted him.
• At dawn, Suiko emerged with a newborn girl, and Chiyo named her Sakura.
• Chiyo brought Sakura to Kanade Hime, who held her daughter and thanked Chiyo for giving her a child.

Izayoi feared that her Half-demon child would be rejected, but Suiko reassured her that Lord Chiyo would protect him. Izayoi gave birth to Inuyasha, and when Sesshomaru heard the news, he decided to return to Sky City.

• Izayoi told Suiko she feared her Half-demon child would be a burden to Lord Chiyo and rejected by others, and Suiko comforted her.
• Two months later, Izayoi gave birth to a silver-haired boy, and she named him Inuyasha.
• Lord Chiyo reassured Izayoi that the child was fine, and she held and soothed her newborn son.
• Jaken told Sesshomaru that Kanade Hime and Izayoi had given birth to Sakura and Inuyasha, both Half-demons.
• Sesshomaru ordered Jaken to return with him to Sky City.

Sesshomaru returned to Sky City and went to meet his newborn half-sister, Sakura. She happily reached for him and smiled in his arms, while Kanade Hime welcomed him back.

• Sesshomaru arrived at Sky City, greeted Chiyo, and said he had only been passing by.
• Chiyo told Sesshomaru that Sakura, Inuyasha, and Kanade Hime were in the Eastern Bedchamber, and Sesshomaru went to see them.
• Suiko introduced Sakura to Sesshomaru, and Sakura reached for him without crying.
• Sesshomaru held Sakura as she tugged his hair and grasped his finger, smiling and giggling.
• Kanade Hime came out and said Sakura usually cried when anyone besides her and Chiyo held her, while Jaken watched Sesshomaru with tears in his eyes.

Sesshomaru visited his newborn younger brother Inuyasha after spending time with Sakura, and Inuyasha promptly peed on him during their first meeting. Sesshomaru left after telling Izayoi to raise Inuyasha well.

• Sesshomaru handed Sakura back to Kanade Hime, gently told her to be good, and went to see Inuyasha.
• Sesshomaru held the sleeping Inuyasha, who woke up, cried, and soaked Sesshomaru's clothes with urine.
• Princess Lingyue teased Sesshomaru about being peed on and joked that the wet outfit was a first-meeting gift.
• Sesshomaru left after telling Izayoi to raise Inuyasha well, while Izayoi and Suiko laughed about the encounter.

Three years later, Chiyo and Suiko welcomed their daughter Saku, while Inuyasha and Sakura grew up together in Sky City. Sesshomaru showed his affection for his younger siblings by making them pastries, and the chapter left him sitting with them as Ayame and Suiko watched his change.

• Inuyasha and Sakura ran into Chiyo's room and woke the three-day-old baby in his arms; Suiko arrived and Chiyo named her Saku.
• Suiko thanked Chiyo for giving her a child, and Inuyasha and Sakura gathered around their baby sister as she smiled at them.
• At the Martial Arts Arena, Ayame fought Suiko and followed Chiyo's advice to attack instead of relying only on defense.
• Sesshomaru arrived with pastries he had made himself, patted Inuyasha's head, and sat with Sakura to share a sweet.
• Ayame and Suiko watched Sesshomaru show warmth toward Inuyasha and Sakura, and Suiko remarked that he had changed.

Seven years later, Chiyo’s children had grown up in Sky City, and he told them they would leave the Western Country for training in the outside world. The chapter ended with Inuyasha excited about the trip while Sakura worried they would be in danger.

• Ten-year-old Sakura practiced swordsmanship every morning while Kanade Hime watched, and Inuyasha complained that practice was pointless.
• Inuyasha and Saku argued about the importance of learning the basics, with Saku insisting that everything Father said was right.
• Chiyo asked Sakura, Inuyasha, and Saku what they knew about the outside world and explained that others would see them as half-demons with imperial-level bloodlines.
• Chiyo announced that in a month the three children would leave the Western Country alone, without Guards or attendants, to train in the outside world.
• Inuyasha welcomed the chance to go out, while Sakura asked whether they would be in danger, and Chiyo told her that it depended on them.

Sakura, Inuyasha, and Saku left Sky City to travel beyond the Western Country, where their first encounter with humans ended in fear and violence. After the townspeople drove them out, Sakura comforted her siblings and led them onward to find a place to camp.

• The children said goodbye to their family and mentors before leaving Sky City, while Chiyo secretly sent King-level Great Demons to watch over them.
• At the Western Country's boundary, Sakura led Inuyasha and Saku into the outside world.
• The children reached a town, where residents noticed Inuyasha and Sakura's demon ears and treated them with fear and hostility.
• A man attacked Inuyasha with a stick, and the townspeople gathered with weapons and demanded that the children leave.
• Sakura stopped Inuyasha from fighting and led the siblings out of town; she bandaged his bleeding hand and reassured Saku as they continued toward the forest.

Inuyasha, Sakura, and Saku reached Kiryu City and managed to enter by hiding their demon ears. After settling into an inn, they encountered a hostile monk who recognized them as demons and threatened them as they walked away.

• Sakura read Chiyo's map and told Inuyasha and Saku that Kiryu City was a day's journey ahead.
• The siblings hid their ears and passed the guards at Kiryu City's gate by saying they were visiting relatives.
• Sakura paid for one room at an inn, where the siblings removed their disguises and prepared to find food.
• A monk in gray robes noticed Inuyasha's ears and called the children demons.
• Sakura stopped Inuyasha from confronting the monk and led the siblings away, while the monk watched them and decided they would be easy targets.

Hirasaka Genshin confronted Sakura and Saku in the market, then warned the children that the town’s Monster Slayers, demons, and humans were watching them. After explaining that demons had killed her wife and daughter, Genshin insulted the Half-demons, and Inuyasha struck her.

• Hirasaka Genshin reflected on his family’s deaths and his unfamiliar smile after meeting the children.
• Sakura took Saku to the morning market, where she bought supplies and a candied hawthorn skewer for her.
• Hirasaka Genshin confronted Sakura and insulted her demon heritage, prompting Sakura’s demonic aura to surface before she left with Saku.
• Back at the inn, Hirasaka Genshin warned Sakura, Saku, and Inuyasha that others in town were watching them because they were Half-demons.
• Hirasaka Genshin revealed that demons had killed her wife and daughter, then called the children more hateful than demons.
• Inuyasha punched Hirasaka Genshin after she began insulting his father.