Chapter Summaries

Xu Zhiqiu, Naraku, Inuyasha, and Kikyo confronted the Four War Gods on Horai Island. The group defeated Ryura and Hakudoshi dealt with Shura, leaving Xu Zhiqiu to ask where they should go next.

• Juros and Shura prepared to face Sesshomaru and Hakudoshi as Ryura resolved to stop the newcomers from escaping Horai Island.
• Hakudoshi reached the island first and fought Shura while Xu Zhiqiu and Naraku landed nearby.
• Inuyasha and Kikyo joined Xu Zhiqiu and Naraku in fighting Ryura, who redirected Inuyasha's Wind Scar and then tried to escape.
• Xu Zhiqiu, Naraku, and Kikyo attacked Ryura together, and Kikyo's Purifying Arrow struck him until he crumbled into ash.
• Hakudoshi returned after dealing with Shura, and Xu Zhiqiu asked where they should go next.

Xu Zhiqiu and her companions learned that the Four War Gods’ Kikyo replica had gone to the Roaring Cauldron, where half-demons were sacrificed. After fighting the replica, Xu Zhiqiu jumped into the furnace with her when its golden chain dragged her inside.

• Lan led Xu Zhiqiu and the others through the forest to her village, where they met Asagi and learned she had been summoned to the Roaring Cauldron.
• Asagi’s mother, now a firefly, told them she had seen a woman with Kikyo’s face and a demonic aura heading toward the Roaring Cauldron.
• Xu Zhiqiu rushed ahead to the furnace, where she found the replica and fought her while holding back to avoid harming her.
• The Roaring Cauldron opened and a golden chain seized the replica; Xu Zhiqiu cut at the chain, then jumped into the furnace after her.
• Naraku tried to catch Xu Zhiqiu with a tentacle, but the furnace doors closed and destroyed it.

Xu Zhiqiu rescued the replica from the Roaring Cauldron, used Kanade’s spiritual power to break it open, and transferred Kikyo’s soul into the replica’s body. After Kikyo awoke and called her Qiu, Xu Zhiqiu collapsed in Naraku’s arms.

• Inuyasha and Kikyo found Naraku outside the sealed Roaring Cauldron as poisonous insects swarmed them.
• Xu Zhiqiu crossed the stones inside the furnace and found the replica still alive.
• Kanade revealed that the Dragon’s Roar Sword’s immortal wood protected Xu Zhiqiu and offered her remaining spiritual power to break the cauldron.
• Xu Zhiqiu used the sword to unleash the Red Lotus Flame and burst open the Roaring Cauldron, then emerged carrying the replica.
• Xu Zhiqiu warned Kikyo that the half-demon body might cost her the ability to use spiritual power, and Kikyo agreed to enter it.
• Xu Zhiqiu transferred Kikyo’s soul into the replica, then collapsed after Kikyo awoke and called her Qiu.

Xu Zhiqiu woke after two days unconscious and learned that she was pregnant with Naraku’s child. After Kikyo reassured her and helped her accept the pregnancy, Xu Zhiqiu went shopping with her and returned to Kaede's Village to visit Kohaku.

• Naraku told Xu Zhiqiu that she had fainted from weakness and that Kikyo had discovered a new life growing inside her belly.
• Xu Zhiqiu resisted having a child because she feared childbirth, then fainted again after Naraku said it was too late to change her mind.
• Kikyo brought Xu Zhiqiu medicine and reassured her that childbirth might be easier for her, and Xu Zhiqiu decided to have the baby.
• Xu Zhiqiu drank the medicine, changed her clothes, and went shopping with Kikyo to buy things for Kohaku.
• Xu Zhiqiu and Kikyo returned to Kaede's Village, with Inuyasha carrying their purchases.

Xu Zhiqiu traveled with Kagura and Kanna while pregnant, then returned to Naishu Castle and gave birth to a daughter with Naraku. After recovering, she got her Jade back and learned from its spirit why it had disappeared.

• Xu Zhiqiu left Kaede's Village with Kagura and Kanna, traveling for two months before returning to Naishu Castle as her belly began to swell.
• Xu Zhiqiu reunited with Naraku, who asked her to remain at the castle and take care of herself during the rest of her pregnancy.
• Xu Zhiqiu went into labor while playing mahjong, and Naraku entered the birthing room as she delivered a girl named Nai Jinsi.
• Xu Zhiqiu recovered with help from Naraku, Hakudoshi, Inuyasha, and Kikyo, while they cared for the newborn.
• Xu Zhiqiu dreamed of returning home and woke with her Jade in her hand; she then discovered its little-girl spirit beside the baby, and the spirit explained what had happened.

Su Wenya and merchant Xu Fuyuan met while she escorted his voyage to Japan, where they survived a shipwreck, rescued Midoriko, and eventually fell in love. After returning home, Su Wenya was confined by her master Liu, while Xu Fuyuan faced a failing family business and a marriage arranged without his consent.

• Su Wenya protected Xu Fuyuan on his voyage to Japan, where a tsunami and sea monsters destroyed his fleet and left the two stranded.
• Su Wenya rescued Midoriko from demons, and the girl joined her and Xu Fuyuan on their journey inland.
• Su Wenya trained Midoriko and later left her in Japan with a cat and money when she and the pregnant Xu Fuyuan returned home.
• Xu Fuyuan found his family's businesses in crisis, while Liu confined Su Wenya after learning she had pledged herself to him.
• Liu used an illusion to drive Xu Fuyuan away, then learned Su Wenya was pregnant and resolved to make her end the pregnancy.
• Xu Fuyuan's father refused to help him reach Su Wenya and accepted a wealthy marriage match on his behalf, leaving Xu Fuyuan feeling unable to resist.

The Jade Spirit revealed Xu Zhiqiu’s origins, including how her mother Su Wenya gave birth to her and sent her into the modern world. Xu Zhiqiu returned to Dark Domain Forest to visit Su Wenya’s remains, where she was reunited with Naraku after a day away.

• Su Wenya endured Xu Fuyuan’s betrayal, raised her daughter in Dark Domain Forest, and arranged for the Jade Spirit to protect Xu Zhiqiu and carry her to the modern world.
• After learning the story of her birth, Xu Zhiqiu asked the Jade Spirit to take her to Dark Domain Forest, and Naraku reluctantly let her go alone.
• Xu Zhiqiu fought through the monsters occupying the forest and followed the Jade Spirit to the cave where Su Wenya’s remains rested.
• Xu Zhiqiu knelt before her mother’s remains, then returned to Naraku that night.

Xu Zhiqiu and Naraku prepared for their wedding, married, and settled into family life with their baby. After learning she could no longer return to the modern world, Xu Zhiqiu accepted her life in this world and returned to Naraku at Naishu Castle.

• Naraku began arranging his wedding to Xu Zhiqiu, and Kagura, Hakudoshi, and the others returned with gifts.
• Xu Zhiqiu and the others played mahjong while taking turns caring for baby Sisi, and Jade Spirit agreed to protect her.
• Naraku brought Xu Zhiqiu back to their room, and after preparations were complete, they married amid their family's blessings.
• Jade Spirit told Xu Zhiqiu that she could not return to the modern world because she had given birth and passed some of her spiritual power to Sisi.
• Xu Zhiqiu ran away in distress, accepted that she would stay in this world, and returned to Naishu Castle, where Naraku waited with Sisi.

Twenty-two-year-old Xu Zhiqiu studied for another postgraduate entrance exam while a wounded Spider Demon secretly hid in her bathroom. The Spider Demon remained concealed in the unfamiliar place as Xu Zhiqiu went to bed, still uncertain about her future.

• Xu Zhiqiu noticed a red spider in her bathroom and left to fetch a broom.
• The wounded Spider Demon crawled to the vent and hid when Xu Zhiqiu returned, but she found only its web.
• Xu Zhiqiu showered and washed her clothes while the Spider Demon cautiously emerged, then retreated when it sensed her looking.
• Xu Zhiqiu replied to her mother’s message and worried about whether she would pass her next postgraduate entrance exam.
• Xu Zhiqiu fiddled with the Jade pendant around her neck, closed her eyes, and lay still.

The Spider Demon settled in Xu Zhiqiu’s room, but when she found it in winter, she threw it outside. After seeing it freeze against her window, Xu Zhiqiu brought it back inside to warm up, and the spider grew attached to her.

• The Spider Demon crawled into Xu Zhiqiu’s room and built a web beneath her bed.
• Xu Zhiqiu found the hibernating spider in winter and used a broom to throw it out the window.
• The Spider Demon climbed back to Xu Zhiqiu’s window but could not get inside.
• Xu Zhiqiu saw the snow-covered spider freezing outside and gently brought it back into her room.
• The Spider Demon warmed up beside the heater and learned Xu Zhiqiu’s name, wishing to keep her gentle smile to itself.

Xu Zhiqiu grew close to the Spider Demon while studying, but the Azure Jade transported him back to his original world. There, he watched the priestess and half-demon and learned that a crippled bandit wanted the Shikon Jewel.

• Xu Zhiqiu let the Spider Demon live in her room, confided in him, and celebrated passing the postgraduate entrance exam cutoff.
• While Xu Zhiqiu bathed, the Azure Jade glowed and sent the Spider Demon away; she searched for him and eventually assumed he had left through the window.
• The Spider Demon found himself back in his original world and watched the priestess and half-demon from a tree.
• The Spider Demon noticed the priestess's diminished spiritual power and learned that she had secretly saved a crippled bandit.
• The Spider Demon overheard the bandit ask the priestess's younger sister about the Shikon Jewel and discovered the bandit wanted it.

Naraku formed from Onigumo and a multitude of monsters, then manipulated Kikyo and the half-demon into a fatal confrontation while pursuing the Shikon Jewel. In her own world, Xu Zhiqiu fell into a bone-filled well, climbed out, and found herself in an unfamiliar wooded place.

• Naraku coaxed the paralyzed bandit Onigumo into offering his soul, then emerged from the flames as a monster combining Onigumo with many others.
• Naraku tested Kikyo's weakened powers, stole the Shikon Jewel by impersonating the half-demon, and tried unsuccessfully to wish Xu Zhiqiu into his presence.
• Naraku impersonated Kikyo and provoked the half-demon into attacking Kaede's Village, where Kikyo sealed him to the World Tree and died with the Jewel in the flames.
• Xu Zhiqiu left home for her university admissions interview and fell through an uncovered manhole into a deep well.
• Xu Zhiqiu found animal bones in the well, climbed out using vines, and walked toward a sparse patch of vegetation in the unfamiliar woods.

Xu Zhiqiu arrived in Kaede's Village after falling through a well and learned from Kagome that she was in the world of Inuyasha. Granny Kaede welcomed her, while Kagome prepared to take medicine to the injured Inuyasha.

• Xu Zhiqiu entered a Japanese village, where the villagers called for Granny Kaede and Kagome arrived on her bicycle.
• Kagome recognized Xu Zhiqiu as someone from the modern world and took her to Granny Kaede's home.
• Xu Zhiqiu and Kagome explained how they had reached the past through wells, and Kagome told Xu Zhiqiu about the Shikon Jewel, Kikyo, and Inuyasha.
• Xu Zhiqiu recognized that she had landed in the world of Inuyasha after Kagome described the dog half-demon.
• Granny Kaede welcomed Xu Zhiqiu, and Kagome agreed to bring medicine to the badly injured Inuyasha.

Xu Zhiqiu failed to return to her modern world after losing the Azure Jade and left Kaede's Village to search for a safer place. On a dark road, a giant snake monster attacked her, but a white-haired swordsman killed it and saved her.

• Xu Zhiqiu jumped into the Bone-Eater's Well but landed back in the same era, then realized her Azure Jade was missing.
• Xu Zhiqiu and Kagome searched the well for the Jade but could not find it, and Xu Zhiqiu decided to leave Kaede's Village.
• Kagome returned to the well after tending to Inuyasha and found Xu Zhiqiu gone.
• Xu Zhiqiu traveled alone at night, fled from sounds in the woods, and became lost among the trees.
• A giant snake monster attacked Xu Zhiqiu, but a white-haired swordsman cut it in half and saved her.

Xu Zhiqiu survived her first night in the anime world with help from a mysterious monster in Baboon Garb, who said he wanted her to be his woman. The next morning he had vanished, leaving clothes and a Samurai Sword behind, and Xu Zhiqiu set off downstream to find her way.

• Xu Zhiqiu followed the Baboon Garb monster to a river after other monsters appeared in the woods behind her.
• The monster caught Xu Zhiqiu a fish, helped her make a fire, and gave her a blanket for the night.
• After Xu Zhiqiu fell asleep, the monster tenderly touched her face and murmured her name.
• Xu Zhiqiu woke to find the monster gone, with a dark blue kimono and Samurai Sword left behind.
• Xu Zhiqiu washed herself and her clothes, tried on the kimono, then changed back into her own clothes and packed it away.
• Xu Zhiqiu took the Samurai Sword and followed the river downstream, tasting a wild fruit that proved sour.

Xu Zhiqiu spent the night by the river after fleeing Kaede's Village, while the demon in the Baboon Garb kept watch and brought her food. She woke the next morning to find him still beside her.

• Xu Zhiqiu ate bitter wild fruit by the river, threw up, and lay down on a rock as night fell.
• The demon in the Baboon Garb startled Xu Zhiqiu and warned her that other demons might have killed her.
• Xu Zhiqiu suspected the demon had followed her after she left Kaede's Village and might have mistaken her for Kagome because of her clothes.
• The demon withheld a lunch box until Xu Zhiqiu explained why she avoided villages, then gave her rice balls and side dishes.
• Xu Zhiqiu ate, wrapped herself in a blanket, and fell asleep while the demon watched her.
• Xu Zhiqiu woke the next morning and found the demon in the Baboon Garb still beside her.

Xu Zhiqiu built a thatched shelter in the woods to escape the monster who had been following her, but a low-level monster attacked her during the night. The familiar monster rescued her and ordered her to kill the attacker, leaving Xu Zhiqiu wary of his intentions.

• Xu Zhiqiu found a clearing by the river and asked the male monster to cut trees so she could build a house, but he left her an axe and walked away.
• Xu Zhiqiu built a thatched shelter and fence, transplanted mile-a-minute weed around the house, and spent the night inside without a fire.
• A low-level monster resembling an ape smashed into Xu Zhiqiu's shelter, knocked her blade away, and struck her abdomen with a wooden slat.
• The familiar monster restrained the attacker with glowing spider silk and told Xu Zhiqiu to kill it.
• Xu Zhiqiu retrieved her blade and slashed the bound monster in half, causing it to turn to ash.

After rescuing Xu Zhiqiu from a monster, Naraku treated her injuries and stayed with her despite her belief that he had mistaken her for someone else. He trained her to fight monsters for three days, and the chapter ended with Xu Zhiqiu asking why he was being so kind to her.

• Naraku rescued Xu Zhiqiu from a monster, and she insisted he had grabbed the wrong person because she could not sense Shikon Jewel Shards.
• Naraku carried Xu Zhiqiu to a wooden house, gave her ointment, and told her she could stay there and use the blade he had given her to defend herself.
• Xu Zhiqiu woke to find herself in Naraku's arms, then agreed to learn how to kill monsters before returning to Kaede's Village.
• Naraku spent three days teaching Xu Zhiqiu to kill low-level monsters, and she quickly learned his techniques.
• Xu Zhiqiu asked Naraku why he treated her so well, and he said he had taken a fancy to her; she challenged him to show his face.

Xu Zhiqiu decided to leave the demon’s home and return to Kaede's Village, but she lost her way and rescued an unconscious woman from a river. After the woman departed, Xu Zhiqiu continued her journey without knowing whether she was headed in the right direction.

• Xu Zhiqiu resolved to leave and settle in Kaede's Village, planning to keep jumping into the Bone-Eater's Well until she succeeded.
• The demon told Xu Zhiqiu he would be away for a few days and assured her he would not force himself on her.
• Xu Zhiqiu left at dawn with her backpack and the demon's blade, but after following the river all morning, she realized she did not know how to get back to Kaede's Village.
• Xu Zhiqiu pulled an unconscious woman in a white top and red divided skirt from the river, made a fire, and cooked fish beside her.
• While Xu Zhiqiu slept, the woman woke and left; Xu Zhiqiu searched the riverbanks, then continued toward Kaede's Village.

Xu Zhiqiu failed to return through the Bone-Eater's Well and asked Kagome to bring her modern clothes and supplies. After Kagome returned to the Modern Era, Inuyasha blocked the well, leaving Xu Zhiqiu stranded with no way back.

• Xu Zhiqiu returned to Kaede's Village and stayed at Granny Kaede's house while she waited for Kagome.
• Xu Zhiqiu repeatedly jumped into the Bone-Eater's Well but remained in the same place.
• Kagome and Inuyasha returned, and Kagome introduced Xu Zhiqiu to Inuyasha.
• Xu Zhiqiu asked Kagome to bring her clothes, sandals, a waterproof bag, and a lighter or matches from the Modern Era, and Kagome agreed.
• Kagome jumped into the well and vanished, while Inuyasha told her not to return and then blocked the well with a log.
• Shippo and Miroku confronted Inuyasha, while Xu Zhiqiu demanded to know how she could get home.