Chapter Summaries

Han and Sesshomaru traveled to the Dragon-Sleeping Sea to seek the Dragon Race, growing closer as they descended into its depths. They reached a powerful undercurrent together, riding a whale toward its source.

• Sesshomaru chose the Dragon-Sleeping Sea as their destination, and Han joyfully embraced him when she realized he was going with her.
• Sesshomaru told Jaken to stay on shore and watch Yunai, then led Han off the cliff and safely into the sea.
• Han and Sesshomaru swam deeper into the dark water as the sea grew colder and the surrounding fish fled an intimidating presence.
• When Sesshomaru began to run out of air, Han shared her breath with him, and they settled together on the back of a whale.
• The whale carried Han and Sesshomaru toward the source of the powerful undercurrent as they held hands in the depths.

Han and Sesshomaru encountered the monster Black Kuro in a luminous underwater forest, where Han cleared the squid’s poisonous ink cloud so Sesshomaru could gain the advantage. As Sesshomaru prepared to kill Black Kuro, Han ordered him to stop.

• Han and Sesshomaru left the whale and swam toward a glowing underwater forest, where Sesshomaru sensed danger.
• Black Kuro attacked Sesshomaru, whose underwater Light Whip was weakened; the Dog Demon fought back with poison while the squid covered the waters in black ink.
• Han used her water Spirit Clan power to clear the ink cloud, exhausting herself, while Sesshomaru trusted her and seized his opening.
• Sesshomaru used his Light Whip to hinder Black Kuro and drove the poisoned claws toward the squid’s head.
• Han shouted for Sesshomaru to stop, and he withdrew his claws and moved cautiously aside.

Han and Sesshomaru were lured into an illusion in the seaweed forest near Dragon Palace City. They broke free and reunited, but Han was exhausted from defending herself against the attacking seaweed.

• Asumi introduced herself and Black Kuro, then invited Han and Sesshomaru to Dragon Palace City.
• Han and Sesshomaru followed Asumi to the city, where an illusion made their visit seem unreal.
• Han saw through the illusion and found herself bound by seaweed, while Sesshomaru was trapped in a vision of fighting his father, Toga.
• Han called to Sesshomaru, breaking his trance; he tore free and rushed toward her.
• Han purified the seaweed around herself and held back its attacks until Sesshomaru destroyed the mass with his Light Whip.

Han and Sesshomaru reached the true Dragon Palace City, where Sesshomaru agreed to recover the stolen Dragon Bones in exchange for a Dragon Pearl. Before they left, the Dragon Maiden Asumi helped Han learn to control water through a game and gave her the Water Whistle, and Sesshomaru kept the danger behind the game’s water ball a secret.

• The Dragon Maiden brought Han and Sesshomaru to Dragon Palace City and offered them treasures in exchange for what they wanted.
• Han asked for a Dragon Pearl to extend Kikyo’s life, and Asumi offered one if they recovered the Dragon Bones stolen about 150 years earlier.
• Sesshomaru recognized the likely thief as the monster his father had sealed and agreed to retrieve the bones.
• Asumi invited Han to play Passing Handball, teaching her to control the water’s power, and gave her the Water Whistle.
• Han gave Asumi a blessed prayer bead in return, and Sesshomaru silently withheld the legend that the game’s ball was the Dragon God’s Eye.
• The sea turtle carried Han and Sesshomaru back to the surface, where Jaken and Yunai were waiting.

Han accompanied Sesshomaru to Ryūkotsusei’s valley, where Sesshomaru broke the seal and challenged the powerful dragon demon. After Ryūkotsusei attacked Han and buried her beneath rubble, Sesshomaru’s fury rose as their battle remained unresolved.

• Han followed Sesshomaru to Ryūkotsusei’s valley despite his warning and asked Yunai to seek Kikyo’s protection if anything happened to her.
• Sesshomaru dissolved the fang sealing Ryūkotsusei, awakening the dragon demon after a hundred and fifty years.
• Ryūkotsusei’s Thunder Light Blast shattered the mountaintop, and Sesshomaru caught Han as she fell before ordering her to stand back.
• Sesshomaru and Ryūkotsusei fought, but Sesshomaru’s claws could not pierce Ryūkotsusei’s hide, and Ryūkotsusei’s attacks could not catch him.
• Sesshomaru struck at Ryūkotsusei’s original face, provoking a Thunder Light Burst that hurled him into a cliff.
• Ryūkotsusei told Sesshomaru that Han had been buried alive, and Sesshomaru noticed rubble covering her hiding place and smelled her blood.

Sesshomaru used Tenseiga to strip Ryūkotsusei of the Dragon Bones’ power and defeated him, then found Han alive beneath the rubble. The chapter left Han sobbing in Sesshomaru’s arms while Totosai scolded him and fled.

• Sesshomaru endured Ryūkotsusei’s Thunder Light Burst and realized Tenseiga could cut away the Dragon Bones’ power.
• Sesshomaru struck Ryūkotsusei with Tenseiga, separating him from the Dragon Bones and reducing him to a weak illusion monster.
• Sesshomaru killed the powerless Ryūkotsusei with his Light Whip and turned toward the rubble where Han was buried.
• Sesshomaru heard a sound, cleared the rubble, and found Han protected by her spiritual power barrier.
• Han threw herself into Sesshomaru’s arms and sobbed as he reassured her.
• Totosai berated Sesshomaru for breaking Ryūkotsusei’s seal, then rode away on his ox.

After Sesshomaru learned the Leopard Cat Tribe was preparing to take revenge, Han helped him face their challenge, then learned that Inuyasha had been sealed after Kikyo died. Han broke down in grief, and Sesshomaru comforted her as she mourned Kikyo.

• Asumi gave Han a Dragon Pearl to pass on to Kikyo, and Han set out with Sesshomaru after a wolf demon warned them of the Leopard Cat Tribe's revenge.
• Fuyuran delivered a challenge from the Leopard Cat Tribe, and Han used water to drive her away when she confronted Sesshomaru.
• Jaken returned and told Sesshomaru that Inuyasha had been sealed after falling in love with a human priestess.
• Han learned the priestess was dead and had been cremated with the Shikon Jewel, and she collapsed in grief over Kikyo.
• Sesshomaru held Han as she cried and resolved that, as long as he was with her, no human would hurt her.

Sesshomaru refused the Fox Tribe's offer of help against the Leopard Cat Tribe, and Yan Luo tried to bargain with him by offering information about Tessaiga. After he rejected and threatened her, she sent forest imps to kill Han, while Sesshomaru stayed beside the sleeping girl.

• Jaken warned Sesshomaru that the Leopard Cat Tribe had greater numbers, but Sesshomaru ordered him to refuse Yan Luo's offer of help.
• The night before the battle, Sesshomaru reflected on his father, Inuyasha, and Tessaiga while Han slept beside him.
• Sesshomaru confronted Yan Luo in the forest, rejected her assistance, and left after she tried to trade the location of Tessaiga for an explanation of his dislike.
• Yan Luo watched Sesshomaru return to Han, then offered demon blood to forest imps in exchange for killing the girl.
• Han trembled in her sleep, but Sesshomaru held her hand until she relaxed and dreamed of Kikyo, Kaede, and Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru and Han led their forces to the Leopard Cat Tribe's castle, where the cat monsters ambushed them. Han fought off attackers and was wounded, while Xialan targeted her; Han answered Xialan's fire attacks with a powerful torrent of water and slammed her into a wall.

• Sesshomaru's party entered the castle and confronted Xialan, Haruran, and Qiuran as the cat monsters prepared their ambush.
• Haruran's pollen made Sesshomaru's allies drowsy, while Han's demon-breaking arrow tore Haruran's clothing and revealed her purifying power.
• The cat monsters swarmed Sesshomaru's forces, and Han fought them off as the rest of the allies fled or faltered.
• A cat monster wounded Han, sending Sesshomaru toward his dog form until Han called out that she was fine.
• Xialan attacked Han with fireballs, but Han raised a water torrent that deflected them and struck Xialan into a wall.

Sesshomaru and Han fought the Leopard Cat Tribe as Fuyuran held Sesshomaru back and Qiuran attacked Han. Sesshomaru saved Han at the cost of freezing his left hand, and the battle ended with the cat demons driven off as dawn broke.

• Sesshomaru fought Fuyuran with Tenseiga, while Han struggled to evade Qiuran's attacks and Jaken slowed him with the Human-Head Staff.
• Sesshomaru wounded Fuyuran with his Poisonous Claws and rushed to shield Han from Qiuran's lightning, drawing the strike onto himself with Tenseiga.
• Han saw through Haruran's Flower Illusion Dance and forced her to retreat with a Demon-Breaking Arrow.
• Sesshomaru defeated Qiuran with his Poisonous Flower Hand, and the remaining cat demons fled from the ruined battlefield.
• Han held Sesshomaru's frozen left hand as dawn arrived, while Sesshomaru gave Jaken a rare patient reply.

After the battle with the Leopard Cat Tribe, Han collapsed from exhaustion while Sesshomaru sought help for his cursed, unresponsive left hand. Han’s power briefly sealed the curse, restoring some sensation and movement to his hand.

• Han exhausted herself fighting the Leopard Cat Tribe and fainted while holding Sesshomaru’s cold hand.
• Sesshomaru carried Han to Granny Medicine and asked her to examine his left hand.
• Granny Medicine explained that Sesshomaru’s hand was sealed by a curse that only he could ultimately break by gaining new strength, and she said Han only needed rest.
• Han woke and learned that her power had been suppressing the curse, but she could not permanently undo it.
• Han’s tears and touch awakened her power, which briefly sealed the curse and restored feeling and movement to Sesshomaru’s left hand.

Han returned to Kaede’s Village and mourned Kikyo at the place where her ashes were buried. After hearing that Kikyo had wanted her to stay true to her chosen path, Han understood that she wanted to remain beside Sesshomaru forever.

• Sesshomaru recalled his complicated feelings for Inuyasha and his anger when he learned Inuyasha had been sealed by Kikyo.
• Sesshomaru left Jaken behind and went alone to see Inuyasha, while Han went to find Kaede.
• Han and Kaede reunited, and Kaede told her that Kikyo’s ashes were buried beside the shrine.
• Kaede said Kikyo had asked Han not to change her chosen path and still loved Inuyasha when she died.
• Han returned Kaede’s Miko robes and realized she wanted to stand beside Sesshomaru forever.

Han returned alone to Kiyomori Temple and learned that an evil spirit had killed most of the mikos and her master, who sealed it inside the Many Treasures Pagoda at the cost of her life. After reuniting with Gardenia, Han continued on the path she had chosen with Sesshomaru, leaving the temple behind.

• Sesshomaru left Han to visit Kiyomori Temple alone while he went to find Totosai and pursue Tessaiga.
• Han found the temple abandoned and was confronted by Sayuri, Lily, Daisy, and Morning Glory, who mistook her for a demon before recognizing her.
• The mikos told Han that an evil spirit had killed the returning mikos and that their master had sacrificed herself to seal it and the spirit beneath the Many Treasures Pagoda.
• Han paid her respects at the graves and buried her Good-Luck Pouch before her master's gravestone.
• Gardenia returned from a demon-slaying commission, recognized Han, and embraced her before watching her leave with Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru and Han followed a powerful evil aura to a massacred village near Mount Fuji, where they reunited with Miya. After Miya recounted the village’s destruction and the legend of the Enchanted Forest, Han helped him pray for the dead, and they learned the killer had sought a stolen feather robe.

• Sesshomaru sensed a powerful evil aura from the direction of Mount Fuji and took Han there.
• Sesshomaru and Han found a ruined village filled with the bodies of its murdered inhabitants.
• Han and Sesshomaru encountered Miya, who explained that he had come to investigate strange disappearances in the Enchanted Forest.
• Miya recounted that a woman claiming to be a celestial maiden had massacred the villagers while searching for her stolen feather robe.
• Han joined Miya in praying for the dead, and golden light carried the villagers’ spirits onward.

Kaguya’s origins and search for her stolen Heavenly Robe were revealed as Sesshomaru, Han, and Miya tracked her evil aura to Mount Fuji. They found her power hidden beneath a sealed lake, and Han opened the entrance with a Demon-Breaking Arrow.

• Kaguya’s desire to recover the Heavenly Robe was traced to her transformation after devouring a Celestial Maiden, and she killed the villagers who had helped the robe’s thief escape.
• Sesshomaru, Han, and Miya traveled through the Enchanted Forest, where Han gave Miya prayer beads to suppress the curse of his Wind Tunnel.
• Miya discovered that the Fuji Five Lakes formed a powerful five-element Seal Formation.
• Sesshomaru, Han, and Miya reached a strange lake beneath the red moon and realized the evil aura came from below its surface.
• Sesshomaru’s Poisonous Claws and Miya’s Khakkhara failed to break the lake’s sealed surface, but Han shattered its barrier with a Demon-Breaking Arrow.

Han, Sesshomaru, and Miya crossed the seal and fought their way through the Sea of the Nest to Kaguya’s palace, where they confronted the killer of the village and the owner of a mirror that controlled time. Kaguya revealed that Han’s time had been distorted, then turned Han’s arrow against her, but Sesshomaru shielded her and crushed it.

• Han identified the lake monsters as variant dragons sharing a body underwater, and Sesshomaru destroyed their true body.
• The group reached Kaguya’s palace, where Miya accused her of slaughtering the village; Kaguya admitted she had killed the villagers while searching for her Heavenly Robe.
• Kaguya’s mirror absorbed Miya’s talismans, and Han severed the chains she used to attack him.
• Kaguya’s time spell froze Jaken and Yunai, while she revealed that Han’s time had been distorted and warned that time would eventually cast her out.
• Kaguya absorbed Han’s arrow into the Mirror of Life and sent it back at her, but Sesshomaru caught and crushed it, shielding Han.

Kaguya trapped Sesshomaru, Han, and Miya in the Mirror of Life, where she tried to drain Sesshomaru’s demonic power through illusions. Han broke free by purifying the Mirror World’s resentful spirits and then leaped into the mirror.

• Kaguya drew Sesshomaru and Han into the Mirror World, then used the mirror to trap Miya when he threatened her with the Wind Tunnel.
• Sesshomaru faced Kaguya’s illusions and destroyed the false images of Han, refusing to be fooled by her tricks.
• Kaguya showed Han Sesshomaru fighting and revealed that his attacks were feeding her demonic power.
• Han’s Spiritual Power surged, purifying the chains, cage, and resentful souls throughout the Mirror World.
• Han confronted Kaguya, who vanished to escape, and Han leaped into the remaining mirror.

Sesshomaru and Han escaped the Mirror World after Han destroyed the Mirror of Life, leaving Kaguya as a weakened mass of mist. Kaguya fled into the real world, where the demons following Han and the white-haired girl caught up with her.

• Sesshomaru caught Han as she fell from the Mirror World, and they escaped through a mirror as the false realm collapsed.
• Han’s purified arrow shattered the Mirror of Life, and Sesshomaru’s Poisonous Claws destroyed Kaguya’s body but failed to kill her mist-like form.
• Miya tried to pull Kaguya into his Wind Tunnel, but she escaped through a mirror before the castle collapsed.
• Sesshomaru led Han, Jaken, and Yunai out of the castle, while Miya collected the five treasures and destroyed the spell formation.
• Kaguya emerged into the real world and was surrounded by demons who had followed Han; a white-haired girl killed the demons, and Kaguya’s consciousness faded.

Miya left Mirror Castle and continued his journey, carrying his unspoken love for the girl while pursuing Naraku and trying to protect others from Kaguya. He later became a monk named Mi Bao, raised a son, and recorded his life without revealing the girl who had stayed in his heart.

• Miya left Mirror Castle alone, refusing the girl's request to accompany him because he feared falling more deeply in love with her.
• Miya pursued Naraku after the monster cursed him with the Wind Tunnel, and Naraku exploited Miya's feelings by taking the girl's appearance during their final battle.
• After the Mirror World collapsed and Miya reunited with the real girl, he parted from her and returned to bury the village, where he found surviving children and rebuilt it with them.
• Miya destroyed Kaguya's five false treasures and warned a noble family to destroy the genuine Heavenly Robe if the full moon appeared night after night.
• Miya entered the Buddhist order as Mi Bao, later had a son named Mi Jiu with a kind woman, and recorded his story without mentioning the girl he had loved.

Sesshomaru took Han to Swordheart Pavilion to obtain a demon sword, since Totosai would not forge one for him and they planned to travel to Sannai Maruyama. He received the Azure Nether Blade and left for the north, only to learn that Han did not know swordsmanship.

• Sesshomaru decided to seek a sharp demon sword from Swordheart Pavilion before taking Han to Sannai Maruyama to investigate a legendary bow and unusual human eye techniques.
• Sesshomaru brought a Variant Dragon's teeth and bones to Swordheart Pavilion's mobile forge, but the swordsmith said the materials would not suit him.
• Swordheart Pavilion offered Sesshomaru the Azure Nether Blade, which shed its rust and regained its power after agreeing to serve him.
• Sesshomaru accepted the blade in exchange for the Variant Dragon and asked Swordheart Pavilion whether any strange demons had been near Granny Medicine.
• Sesshomaru flew away with Han, then heard Swordheart Pavilion call out that Han did not know swordsmanship and sighed in surprise.