Chapter Summaries

Kenshin and Han planned to pressure the Takeda House and quietly locate Kagome, while Yan Luo arranged to visit her and revealed her ambition to exploit Kagome’s future knowledge. Kagome remained imprisoned, traumatized by the torture of other girls and unable to speak because an invisible force restrained her.

• Kenshin planned to mobilize his troops and meet Han in Kai Province to force Takeda Harunobu to surrender Kagome, while Han prepared to search for her quietly.
• Yan Luo persuaded Takeda Harunobu to let her visit Kagome and intended to extract the knowledge that could help her rule Japan and the world.
• Momiji confronted Yan Luo about using the daimyo’s attention, then refused her demand to attack the woman beside Sesshomaru because she belonged to his clan.
• Kagome watched soldiers torture another girl in the prison and felt guilt over the suffering of the girls brought before her.
• Kagome tried to answer her captors and offer herself in the victims’ place, but an invisible force prevented her from speaking.

Han and Inuyasha infiltrated a Takeda House stronghold to find Kagome, while Han tried to keep Inuyasha from triggering a war. They discovered Kagome imprisoned and forced to watch torture, and Inuyasha agreed to wait unless her suffering worsened.

• Sesshomaru comforted Han as she grieved over learning that her master was alive but had hidden the truth from her.
• Jaken reported Kagome, Miroku, and Sango's likely location, and Han decided to investigate the Takeda House castle with Inuyasha.
• Han warned Inuyasha not to alert the Takeda House unless Kagome was being severely tortured, then led him into the castle under a concealment barrier.
• Han and Inuyasha followed the Takeda warlord and a white-haired woman into a secret dungeon, where they found Sango and Miroku imprisoned and unharmed.
• Han stopped Inuyasha from breaking into Kagome's cell as he saw her bound and forced to witness a woman being impaled.
• Inuyasha agreed not to rescue Kagome yet to prevent a war, while Han promised to help if Kagome's suffering worsened.

Yan Luo and Takeda Harunobu held Kagome captive, but Uesugi Kenshin arrived with Hōjō support and an imperial decree demanding her release. As Han led them toward the secret dungeon, Yan Luo urged Harunobu to kill Kenshin in a staged monster attack.

• Yan Luo ordered Takeda Harunobu to move Kagome and threatened to use Sango as a replacement if Kagome kept silent.
• Kenshin gathered Uesugi forces and joined with Hōjō Akihito, whose family allied with the Uesugi against the Takeda.
• Kenshin presented Takeda Harunobu with an imperial decree ordering Kagome to serve at the Ise Grand Shrine and Miroku and Sango to appear before the Emperor.
• Harunobu claimed Kagome was not in his custody, but Kenshin challenged him to let the Uesugi search the secret dungeon.
• Han, disguised as a shrine maiden, led Kenshin and his soldiers toward the dungeon, while Yan Luo recognized the disguises and proposed killing Kenshin in a fabricated monster attack.

Inuyasha rescued Kagome from the Takeda House’s dungeon, but demons ambushed the party as they left. Han fought Yan Luo, and Sesshomaru arrived to turn the battle before Yan Luo withdrew.

• Inuyasha broke into the last cell, freed Kagome, and reunited her with Miroku and Sango.
• Demons surrounded the Uesugi party in the forest, and Yan Luo revealed herself as the attacker.
• Yan Luo challenged Han, revealed her demon form, and fought her with a golden sword while the battle raged around them.
• Sesshomaru appeared and cut down hundreds of demons, shifting the battle in the Uesugi party’s favor.
• Sesshomaru rebuked Yan Luo for despising humans while conspiring with them, and she left in despair.
• Han leaned against Sesshomaru and asked whether he despised humans, and he said no.

Naraku rejected the fate of being a half-demon or discarded incarnation and resolved to devour the Shikon Jewel. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru took Han to ask Hōsenki for a jewel that would let them rest together after death, and Han accepted his promise to stay with him forever.

• Naraku vowed to become truly powerful by devouring the Shikon Jewel, even if it meant devouring God's original body.
• Kagome chose to remain with Inuyasha and changed into miko robes, while Inuyasha resolved to protect her.
• Han kept quiet about her and Kikyo's suspicion that Kagome was destined to destroy the Shikon Jewel, then departed with Sesshomaru.
• Sesshomaru took Han, Jaken, and Yunai to meet Hōsenki and learned that the second Hōsenki needed a hundred years to cultivate a new graveyard jewel.
• Sesshomaru asked Han to choose a jewel that would lead to the place where they would rest after death, and Han said any jewel would do as long as she was with him.
• Sesshomaru promised Han they would walk together to the ends of the world, and she agreed.

Naraku aided Akuni so Iron Rooster would recover, intending to take her head and reach another world, while Kagura resisted Naraku’s schemes and protected Shun Ye. Yan Luo learned Naraku had gone to Iron Rooster instead of Mount Hakurei and wondered what secret lay behind his choice as she pursued her own plans for the Shikon Jewel.

• Naraku gave Akuni a nest of poisonous insects to help Iron Rooster recover, planning to cut off the bird monster’s head and use her blood to reach another world.
• Kagura rejected Naraku’s demands and resolved not to let him take Shun Ye’s freedom.
• Yan Luo brooded over her failed attempt to break Kagome and use her knowledge of the modern era to build a powerful army.
• A Demon Fox Tribe messenger told Yan Luo that Naraku had gone to Akuni and Iron Rooster, leaving her puzzled that he had not gone to Mount Hakurei.
• Yan Luo reflected that the nearly complete Shikon Jewel could unlock her hidden power, but she felt an unexplained weariness despite her apparent advantage.

Shun Ye rescued Kagura from Akuni, while Naraku opened a route to the Otherworld through Iron Rooster’s blood and pursued it with Inuyasha and Yan Luo. After the route closed, Shun Ye guided Sesshomaru and Han to another gate, which they opened with Tenseiga and Han’s bow before entering the Far World.

• Shun Ye caught Kagura and killed Akuni with invisible blades, then reassured Kagura as Naraku finished killing Iron Rooster.
• Naraku followed the River of Blood toward the Otherworld, and Inuyasha’s group and Yan Luo pursued him before the river disappeared.
• Shun Ye told Sesshomaru and Han about another gate and led them to a stone portal in a dangerous volcanic region.
• Sesshomaru drew Tenseiga, and the Stone People let him, Han, Jaken, and Yunai pass through the boundary gate into the Far World.

Sesshomaru fought Yan Luo in the Dog General’s tomb while Inuyasha gained Hōsenki’s demon power and joined the battle. Yan Luo fled, and Inuyasha reunited with Kagome as Han and Sesshomaru stood together.

• Sesshomaru struck Inuyasha for causing trouble in his father’s tomb, then confronted Yan Luo and provoked her into transforming and attacking him.
• Sesshomaru and Yan Luo fought in their giant demon forms, while Hōsenki challenged Inuyasha to split him open with Tessaiga and earn his demon power.
• Inuyasha passed Hōsenki’s trial, gained his demon power, and rushed to help Sesshomaru; Han comforted Kagome as she watched him go.
• Inuyasha wounded Yan Luo with Adamant Barrage, and Sesshomaru drove her off after she counterattacked and injured Inuyasha.
• Inuyasha apologized to Kagome and embraced her, while Han took Sesshomaru’s hand and left with him.

Inuyasha and his companions escaped the yokai graveyard by following Sesshomaru through the gate between worlds, while Sesshomaru and Han saw signs of an imminent human war. After Inuyasha returned to the modern era with Kagome, Sōunga began to awaken, and Inuyasha went back to the Warring States to deal with his father’s sword; Kagome followed him after saying goodbye to her family.

• Myoga urged Inuyasha and the others to follow Sesshomaru through the gate, and Hōsenki warned them it would close.
• Inuyasha and Sesshomaru returned to their own worlds, while Sesshomaru and Han noticed human armies gathering for a likely decisive war.
• Inuyasha brought Kagome to the modern era so she could recover, but Sōunga began to emerge from its weakening seal at her family’s shrine.
• Inuyasha took Sōunga’s scabbard and returned to the Warring States, telling Kagome not to follow.
• Kagome’s mother packed supplies and gifts for her journey, and Kagome said goodbye to her family before entering the Bone-Eater’s Well with the scabbard.

Inuyasha lost control of Sōunga, destroying part of a village before Sesshomaru confronted him on a mountain. Han helped weaken the sword’s hold, and Sesshomaru knocked it from Inuyasha’s hand, leaving Sōunga to fall into the abyss.

• Tenseiga reacted to the return of Sōunga as Inuyasha emerged from the Bone-Eater's Well and struggled against the sword’s influence.
• Shippo fled from Inuyasha, while Miroku and Sango rode Kirara to the village as evil clouds spread across the sky.
• Inuyasha unleashed Prison Dragon Break, wrecking village homes, then ran toward the mountains to avoid hurting anyone else.
• Sesshomaru and Han found Inuyasha on a mountain, where Sesshomaru fought him as Sōunga drove him further into a monstrous state.
• Han struck Sōunga with a clear beam and severed its hold on Inuyasha, allowing Sesshomaru to knock the blade from his hand.
• Inuyasha let Sōunga fall into the bottomless abyss.

After Sōunga was cast into the abyss, Totosai explained its origins and the danger it posed, while Inuyasha learned more about his father. The chapter left Sesshomaru and Inuyasha reflecting on the pressure of living up to the Dog General.

• Kagome, Sango, and Miroku arrived, and Kagome helped Inuyasha stand after his fight with Sōunga.
• Saya explained how Sōunga had been sealed in the Bone-Eater’s Well and later found by Inuyasha.
• Totosai revealed that Tessaiga, Tenseiga, and Sōunga were the Three Swords of Supreme Conquest, each tied to a different realm.
• Totosai warned that Sōunga could possess its wielder and bring about the end of the world, and said only Sesshomaru and Inuyasha could suppress it.
• Totosai told Sesshomaru he could one day surpass the Dog General, while Myoga described their father as kind and powerful.
• Miroku observed that being the Dog General’s sons could burden Sesshomaru and Inuyasha with the need to surpass him.

Han reassured Sesshomaru that he resembled his father in his strength and tolerance, while the group discussed how to defeat Sōunga. Kikyo set out to investigate the dangerous aura alone, and the others faced the need for Tessaiga and Tenseiga to work together against the sword.

• Han told Sesshomaru that he was gentle and tolerant like the Dog General, and Sesshomaru coaxed her to explain her unfinished compliment.
• Kagome compared Inuyasha to Sesshomaru, prompting Inuyasha to protest until Kagome commanded him to sit; Miroku then asked Sango to live with him and bear his children if they survived Naraku, and she agreed.
• Kikyo sent Kohaku and Rin to safety and went alone to investigate the evil aura, while Sesshomaru acknowledged her silent request to care for Han.
• Grandpa Scabbard explained that Tessaiga and Tenseiga could defeat Sōunga together, but he no longer had the strength to seal it himself.
• Han concluded that Sōunga could be sealed in theory and believed Sesshomaru and Inuyasha might join forces, as the group gathered in uneasy peace before the coming battle.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fought over who had the right to wield Tessaiga, but Han’s Spirit Arrow stopped their duel before either brother was killed. Meanwhile, Sōunga revived Setsuna no Takemaru and drove him to unleash its power, leaving a battlefield and castle grounds transformed into hell on earth.

• Inuyasha and Sesshomaru argued over Tessaiga and attacked each other with Backlash Wave and Azure Dragon Blast.
• Han fired a Spirit Arrow that broke apart their sword attacks, and Kagome shielded the fallen Inuyasha.
• Sesshomaru left with Han, while Totosai reflected on the brothers’ different paths to mastering their swords.
• Sōunga possessed an evil spirit and led it to the Ruined Ancient Temple, where it awakened Setsuna no Takemaru.
• Setsuna no Takemaru took Sōunga, devoured demons to gain demonic power, and unleashed Prison Dragon Break against an army.
• Sōunga turned the slain soldiers into living dead as the surrounding land became a hellish wasteland.

As Sōunga’s corpse army spread, Kagome, Kikyo, and Han held the dead back while Inuyasha and Sesshomaru confronted Setsuna no Takemaru at the castle. After Sesshomaru defeated him, the ground split open and Sōunga emerged in the hand of an ancient armored figure.

• Miroku tried to absorb the corpses with his Wind Tunnel but was injured by their evil aura, so Kagome purified them with her arrows.
• Kikyo and Han raised a vast barrier to immobilize the corpses, and Inuyasha left Kagome behind to stop Sōunga while Sesshomaru flew to the castle.
• Sesshomaru and Inuyasha reached the castle, where Setsuna no Takemaru challenged them and Sesshomaru struck him with Bakusaiga.
• Setsuna no Takemaru’s body crumbled because Bakusaiga’s wounds prevented him from regenerating.
• The ground split open as Sōunga opened the gates of Hell, and Sesshomaru returned to Han while Inuyasha fled the collapsing castle.
• Sesshomaru, Han, and Kikyo saw an ancient black-armored figure rise from the earth holding Sōunga.

Han and the others confronted Sōunga as it opened the Road to the Underworld, but Naraku appeared as the Hell Lord and reclaimed the sword and armor. After Naraku stopped the catastrophe, Han left with Sesshomaru, while Naraku remained to face the consequences of his past.

• Sesshomaru explained that Sōunga was merging the Mortal World with the Underworld, and he and Han agreed to try to stop it.
• At Han, Kikyo, and Kagome's urging, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fought Sōunga together with the Backlash Wave and Annihilation Dragon Blast.
• Naraku emerged from underground and revealed that he had returned to the Hell Lord's body, becoming the god who governed Hell.
• Naraku acknowledged his former self's crimes, explained that he had arranged for the curse on Miroku's hand to end and Sango's family to be reincarnated, and apologized to Kikyo and Inuyasha.
• Naraku reclaimed the Underworld Armor and Sōunga, then used his power to close the Road to the Underworld and restore the land and sky.
• Han left with Sesshomaru after saying farewell to Kikyo, wondering what Naraku would do about the hope that had sustained him.

Sesshomaru returned to his mother's Castle with Han as the Demon Fox Tribe prepared to wage war against a coalition of mainland monsters. Rinyō left the war’s outcome to Sesshomaru, making it his first battle as leader of the Dog Clan.

• A messenger told Sesshomaru that the Demon Fox Tribe had gathered allies and begun moving toward the mainland, so Sesshomaru returned to the Castle with Han.
• Rinyō teased Sesshomaru about Han, and Sesshomaru introduced her, declaring that he trusted her as his father had trusted his mother.
• Rinyō outlined the opposing alliances and explained that their forces were evenly matched, while Han asked whether war could be prevented.
• Rinyō joked that Sesshomaru could marry the Demon Fox chief’s daughter, then clarified that she would not intervene and placed the lives of their people in his hands.
• Rinyō sent Sesshomaru to meet the Wolf Demon Tribe and Leopard Cat Tribe leaders as the Dog Clan’s leader, and she watched him leave with Han, believing he had become a Great Monster.

Yan Luo completed the Shikon Jewel and absorbed it, gaining immense power as Kikyo, Kagome, and Han sensed a terrible change. Kikyo set out to stop Yan Luo, while Kagome and her companions headed toward the jewel and Han remained at the demon leaders’ gathering.

• Yan Luo inserted the final shard into the Shikon Jewel and merged it with her body, transforming before tearing open a rift in space.
• Kikyo sensed the jewel’s change, reassured Kohaku, and decided she had to stop Yan Luo.
• Kagome sensed that the Shikon Jewel was complete, and she, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango set out toward it.
• Han felt a sudden foreboding at Yokyu Castle while Ayame explained that she and Koga were leading separate Wolf Demon Tribe branches.
• Ayame teased Han about her relationship with Sesshomaru, and Han said they would likely stay together from then on.

The battle intensified as Kenshin fought Takeda Harunobu, the Wolf Demon Tribe clashed with the Birds of Paradise, and Kikyo joined the wolf demons to turn the tide. Inuyasha and Kagome arrived, while Han remained trapped in a stalemate with Momiji, who was secretly buying time for her.

• Uesugi Kenshin accused Takeda Harunobu of serving a demon, and the two fought while their soldiers died in the battle.
• Ayame and Koga fought the Birds of Paradise until Koga killed their leader and Ayame saved him from another attacker.
• Kikyo destroyed most of the Birds of Paradise with her Purification Arrows and fought alongside the Wolf Demon Tribe.
• Inuyasha and Kagome arrived, and Koga introduced Ayame as his fiancée before joining the wider battle.
• Han urged Momiji to stop their stalemate, but Momiji apologized and kept her occupied to give her time to speak with someone important to her.

Yan Luo unleashed her nine tails on the battlefield, drained the trapped monsters, and survived Sesshomaru’s attack by revealing that her body was only a projection. She then forced Inuyasha’s demon blood to erupt, leaving Sesshomaru to fight his transformed brother as the battle continued.

• Yan Luo spread her nine fox tails across the battlefield and drained demon power from friend and foe alike, while Momiji let Han pass and apologized.
• Kagome and Kikyo attacked Yan Luo with purification arrows, and the Spirit Clan queen’s Heart Arrow pierced Yan Luo before she destroyed it.
• Sesshomaru struck Yan Luo with Azure Dragon Blast, but she regenerated and revealed that her true body was hidden between time and space.
• Yan Luo drained more than a thousand monsters and provoked Inuyasha’s demon blood into erupting, while Sesshomaru and Inuyasha’s attacks failed to stop her.
• Out-of-control Inuyasha knocked Kagome down, but Sesshomaru blocked his strike and ordered her to retreat.

Kagome, Kikyo, and Han combined their Purification Arrows to strike Yan Luo through a rift in space and time, triggering a vortex that pulled them toward the Shikon Jewel. Inside the darkness, Kagome faced doubts about her place beside Inuyasha while Kikyo was trapped in a painful reenactment of the past.

• Kagome, Kikyo, and Han fired three arrows together, using Kagome’s shot to clear Yan Luo’s tails and the deep-blue arrow to strip away her demonic energy.
• Han’s Evil-Banishing arrow vanished into a rift and struck Yan Luo’s gray-haired body, weakening Yan Luo and opening a vortex that pulled Kagome, Kikyo, and Han inside.
• Naraku pursued Kikyo as Inuyasha and Sesshomaru tried to reach the closing vortex, but it shut before they could enter.
• Kagome found herself alone in a false version of the Modern World, where a mysterious voice questioned her worth beside Inuyasha and suggested Kikyo had sealed her spiritual power.
• Kagome sank into a black pool as doubts about Kikyo took hold, while Kikyo was forced to relive sealing Inuyasha to the Sacred Tree fifty years earlier and was overwhelmed by sorrow.