"Xia, you're very perceptive.
But not just anyone can use Tenseiga."
The Dog General gave a wry smile.
"Although I could use this sword to save others, I couldn't have someone else use it to save me."
"What do you mean?"
Li Xia and Sesshomaru blinked.
The Dog General sighed.
"Tenseiga requires its wielder to have a compassionate heart to master it fully! Only when its wielder desperately wants to protect someone can Tenseiga reveal its edge! On top of that, its wielder must have the foundation of a great demon!"
At this, the middle-aged man turned his gaze to his eldest son, Sesshomaru.
"Back then, after sealing Ryūkotsusei, I didn't immediately go to rescue Izayoi and the still-unborn Inuyasha. Instead, I met with you first and asked whether you had anyone you wanted to protect.
Your answer was... no!"
His eldest son had possessed neither compassion nor anyone he desperately wanted to protect back then. With nothing but demon power on the level of a great demon, how could he possibly wield Tenseiga?
Besides, he hadn't had much time left.
After all, he had been making all those arrangements while suppressing an irreparable, near-fatal injury to his demon heart.
He no longer had time to nurture a second successor capable of wielding Tenseiga.
Indeed, after he rescued Izayoi and her son, even Sōunga dared to turn against him. Worse still, the ancient evil spirit within Sōunga had succeeded. It had wrung out what little demon power he had left to unleash a Hell Dragon Break.
It had truly been one disaster on top of another.
Although he fought to regain his senses, he had already exhausted everything!
He died on the spot.
Myōga had even sealed his corpse and Tessaiga inside a Black Pearl made by Hōsenki, (though they