If he could help Sesshomaru awaken Bakusaiga ahead of time...
Once that supreme fang blade emerged, the current Naraku would be nothing but meat on the chopping block.
Lord Sesshomaru could hack him apart at will.
Because the Cockroach Immortal Body was completely countered by Bakusaiga.
With Naraku gone, the greatest threat hanging over his head would be gone too. And by then, he would have Sesshomaru, a powerful and reliable outside ally, looking out for him. With that, the threats from every side could be disregarded.
Even if he possessed the entire Shikon Jewel, it would simply mean that a worthy man had claimed it.
Across from him, Sesshomaru's eyes flickered at those words.
"Are you saying there is more to Tenseiga than meets the eye?"
The noble young lord had clearly understood what Li Xia meant.
"I don't know whether your father actually left a contingency within Tenseiga. But a few months ago, while Inuyasha and I were training with the Medicine Elder Poison Immortal, a remnant soul of your father manifested inside Tessaiga. That's why I ventured to guess that there might be more to Tenseiga as well.
"Otherwise, your father would have been rather partial."
Li Xia smiled.
At that instant, Sesshomaru's breathing grew somewhat rapid.
"Take me to see the Old Immortal!"
For the first time, violent ripples stirred in his heart, which had always remained calm and untroubled.
In the north.
In a land covered in ice and snow.
Two figures, one large and one small, appeared there.
The larger one wore a white Baboon Fur Robe. It was none other than Naraku. The smaller one was a little girl dressed entirely in white-Kanna, of course.
When the former spotted an enormous depression several dozen meters across exposed in the ground, the corners