Recaps

Li Xia and his companions defeated the old spider, then parted ways with Ogi, while Demoness Urasue stole Kikyo’s ashes from Kaede’s Village. Inuyasha dreamed of Kikyo and, after Kagome slapped him awake, insisted that she and Kikyo were nothing alike.

• Li Xia used talismans to charge the old spider and killed him and the Spiderheads blocking his way.
• At dawn, Myōga removed the poison from Inuyasha, and the group left Ogi at the temple.
• Ogi thanked Inuyasha and decided to study the temple’s notes so she could protect the area.
• Demoness Urasue injured Kaede and the villagers, dug up Kikyo’s ashes, and flew away with them.
• Inuyasha woke from a dream about Kikyo sealing him, stared at Kagome, and was slapped when she woke.
• Inuyasha told Kagome that she and Kikyo were nothing alike, then refused to explain what he meant.

Li Xia resolved to seek immortality as the Shikon Shards responded to his thoughts, while Urasue’s appearance led Inuyasha to hurry back to Kaede’s Village. There, Kaede revealed that Urasue had dug up Kikyo’s grave, and Inuyasha refused to help with her request.

• Li Xia thought about escaping mortality and pursuing immortality, causing the Shikon Shards to pulse with a faint violet glow.
• Inuyasha and Kagome sensed a presence under the crescent moon, and Inuyasha spotted Urasue fleeing with the scent of fresh blood.
• The next morning, Inuyasha hurried the group back to Kaede’s Village, where they found Kaede injured from Urasue’s attack.
• Kaede led the group to the ravaged pit where Kikyo’s grave had stood and explained that Urasue had taken her sister’s remains.
• Inuyasha refused before Kaede could finish asking him for help.

Li Xia pointed out inconsistencies in Inuyasha’s memories of Kikyo’s sealing, leading Inuyasha to suspect a demon had framed them both. The group pursued Kikyo’s ashes and neared Demoness Urasue, who had resurrected Kikyo in a Clay Figure but failed to summon her soul.

• Kaede explained that graves gave the living comfort, and Li Xia questioned Inuyasha’s account of Kikyo’s attack by pointing out that Kikyo could have killed him with a Sacred Arrow.
• Kaede agreed that a demon might have impersonated Inuyasha and Kikyo, and Inuyasha remembered sensing demonic aura before Kikyo sealed him.
• Inuyasha concluded that a demon had trapped them both and vowed to recover Kikyo’s remains.
• The group traveled northeast and found Clay Cocoons in a forested mountain region near Demoness Urasue’s territory.
• Demoness Urasue revived Kikyo in a Clay Figure and tried unsuccessfully to summon her soul, while Kagome arrived nearby.

Urasue abducted Kagome and used her soul-extraction art to draw out the souls of Kikyo’s past life, hoping to revive Kikyo in her clay body. Inuyasha’s call caused Kikyo’s souls to escape Kagome and enter the clay body, while Li Xia rescued Kagome from the pool.

• Urasue realized Kikyo’s soul had reincarnated and noticed Kagome’s resemblance to Kikyo.
• Urasue destroyed the bridge, sent Li Xia and the others into the valley, and abducted Kagome.
• Urasue bound Kagome in a medicinal pool to draw out Kikyo’s souls, but the Shikon Shard formed a barrier around her.
• Li Xia, Inuyasha, Kaede, and Shippo reached the kiln cave, and Li Xia warned Inuyasha not to say Kikyo’s name.
• Inuyasha called Kikyo’s name, breaking the barrier and allowing Kikyo’s souls to leave Kagome and enter the clay body.
• Li Xia lifted Kagome from the pool as Inuyasha stared at the newly revived Kikyo.

Li Xia tried to protect Kagome after Urasue separated Kikyo’s reincarnated soul from her body, while Inuyasha remained transfixed by Kikyo’s resurrection. The chapter ended with Inuyasha restraining Li Xia as Kikyo opened her eyes.

• Li Xia considered how earning Kagome’s and Kikyo’s trust could help him survive and speculated about Kagome’s hidden spiritual power.
• Li Xia tried chest compressions on Kagome, and Urasue declared that Kagome was an empty shell she intended to eat.
• Li Xia empowered himself with the Great Katsura Tree Mask and talismans, while Kaede prepared to fight Urasue.
• Urasue claimed responsibility for Kikyo’s resurrection and ordered Kikyo to attack, as Li Xia demanded Kagome’s soul back.
• Li Xia urged Inuyasha to stop him from attacking Kikyo, and Inuyasha tightened his grip when Kikyo opened her eyes.

Kikyo killed Urasue after breaking free of her control, then confronted Inuyasha with the belief that he had betrayed her. As Kikyo’s body began to fail and Inuyasha’s explanation did not reach her, Li Xia asked her to return the part of Kagome’s soul she had taken.

• Kikyo struck Urasue with her spiritual power, and the old demoness burned to death.
• Kikyo blamed Inuyasha for surviving the seal and accused him of betraying her, while Kaede explained that Kikyo had suffered the same wound that killed her fifty years earlier.
• Kikyo’s shoulder split open and began bleeding as she confronted Inuyasha, who insisted that a demon had set them both up.
• Kikyo rejected Inuyasha’s explanation and recalled how she had brought the Shikon Jewel to their meeting after believing his promise to become human.
• Li Xia asked Kikyo not to harm an innocent person and to return the portion of Higurashi’s soul so she could wake up.

Li Xia urged Kikyo to return part of her soul to Kagome, but Inuyasha’s blunt demand for her to give it all back enraged Kikyo. After Kikyo badly wounded Inuyasha, Kaede revealed herself as Kikyo’s younger sister, and Kikyo’s anger softened.

• Li Xia explained that Kikyo could give Kagome part of their shared soul while keeping enough to preserve her own identity and strength.
• Kikyo confronted Inuyasha over wanting her to disappear, and Inuyasha could not deny that he wanted Kagome restored.
• Kikyo struck Inuyasha with spiritual power and lightning, blasting holes in his Fire-Rat Robe and badly burning his shoulders.
• Kaede intervened and told Kikyo that she was her younger sister, prompting Kikyo’s resentment to fade and her gaze to soften.

Kikyo’s resentment drove her to attack Inuyasha, but Li Xia challenged her and exposed how she was blaming another victim for her own choices. As Kikyo wavered and Li Xia and Kaede took the weapons from her, her homing Sacred Arrow continued pursuing Inuyasha and left him badly injured.

• Kikyo recalled how her love for Inuyasha had weakened her spiritual power and how Kaede lost her right eye during the demon attack.
• Kikyo took Kaede’s bow and arrows and fired a Sacred Arrow at Inuyasha, whose transformed Tessaiga reverted to a rusty blade on impact.
• Li Xia confronted Kikyo, arguing that a demon had manipulated them and that she should blame the real culprit rather than Inuyasha.
• Li Xia’s words made Kikyo falter, allowing him and Kaede to reclaim the bow and arrows.
• Kikyo’s homing Sacred Arrow pursued Inuyasha, who grabbed its shaft but was left badly hurt.

Li Xia awakened Kagome, causing Kikyo’s stolen souls to return and weakening her enough to save Inuyasha from the Sacred Arrow. Inuyasha pursued Kikyo to confront her, while Li Xia took Urasue’s weapons and followed to watch over him.

• As Kikyo’s Sacred Arrow threatened to kill Inuyasha, Li Xia tried several warnings before waking Kagome by reminding her of her upcoming math exam.
• The souls left Kikyo’s clay body and returned to Kagome, draining Kikyo’s power and weakening the Sacred Arrow.
• Li Xia checked Inuyasha’s severe wounds, and Inuyasha thanked him for saving his life.
• Li Xia urged Inuyasha to pursue Kikyo and calm the vengeful spirits within her; Inuyasha then chased after her.
• Li Xia told Kaede and Shippo to guard Kagome, picked up Urasue’s Soul-Summoning Tree branch and Sickle, and went after Inuyasha.

Li Xia saved Kikyo from falling and left her with Inuyasha to confront her past and the mastermind who had wronged them. He then persuaded Enju to teach him Urasue’s Demon Art legacy, and the chapter ended with Li Xia, Kikyo, and Enju preparing to begin the work.

• Li Xia caught Kikyo as she nearly fell from the cliff and helped her back onto the path.
• Li Xia asked Kikyo whether she would resume protecting the Shikon Jewel and what she thought of the one who had plotted against her and Inuyasha, then left them alone to talk.
• Li Xia caught up with Enju and asked her to pass on Urasue’s Advanced Demon Art, and Enju explained that she had inherited the art and pottery-making techniques.
• Enju described the three levels of Demon Art and the conditions for resurrecting the dead, while Li Xia recorded her instructions.
• Li Xia explained that he wanted Demon Art for protection and to help villages, and Enju agreed to teach him.
• Li Xia stayed behind with Kikyo and Enju, and Enju began instructing him in the steps of making a Clay Body and summoning a soul.

Li Xia studied Clay Body repair from Enju while Kikyo recovered and replenished her strength at the kiln cave. After Kikyo left, Li Xia prepared to leave as well, and Inuyasha arrived too late to see her.

• Enju repaired Kikyo’s shoulder and, following Li Xia’s suggestion, gave her the stored souls of deceased girls to restore her Clay Body.
• Li Xia tried to talk with Kikyo about her past and Inuyasha, but she ignored him and kept her distance as he quietly joined her at sunset over the following days.
• After Kikyo recovered, she helped Enju tame more than a dozen Soul Collectors, and Enju gained the allegiance of five of them.
• Kikyo left the kiln cave alone on the fourth day, and Li Xia told Enju he would leave soon after finishing his lessons.
• Inuyasha returned two days later to find Kikyo, but Li Xia told him she had already left.

Li Xia reunited with Inuyasha, learned about his recent encounters, and recovered the Thunderstrike Blade. After they set out for the village, Myōga revealed he knew the Demon Slayer Village, giving Li Xia their next destination.

• Li Xia reassured Inuyasha that Kikyo was recovering emotionally and learned that Inuyasha’s injuries and Fire-Rat Robe had healed.
• Inuyasha told Li Xia about meeting Miroku and defeating a painter’s demon army with Kagome, then gave him the Thunderstrike Blade he had recovered.
• Li Xia and Inuyasha left Enju and headed back to the village to retrieve supplies.
• While they camped, Li Xia asked about demon hunters, and Myōga identified the Demon Slayer Village and offered to guide them there.
• Li Xia decided that they would head to the Demon Slayer Village next.

Li Xia persuaded Inuyasha and Myōga to visit the Demon Slayer Village for Shikon Shards and sought help repairing the Thunderstrike Blade. After warning that a powerful demon was likely gathering shards in northern Musashi Province, Myōga agreed to take Li Xia to the smith Totosai.

• Li Xia explained that the Demon Slayers might have collected Shikon Shards and that their village could face demon attacks, so Inuyasha and Myōga agreed to visit it.
• Li Xia asked Myōga about master smiths and explained that reforging the Thunderstrike Blade would help him protect the group from stronger demons.
• Li Xia pointed out that powerful demons had been scarce and suspected a dangerous opponent was collecting Shikon Shards beyond their search area in northern Musashi Province.
• Inuyasha realized that a powerful shard collector might be operating, and Li Xia confirmed the threat.
• Myōga agreed to take Li Xia to Totosai to repair or improve the Thunderstrike Blade.

Li Xia and Inuyasha visited Totosai to have Tessaiga sharpened and ask him to forge Li Xia a weapon from the Thunderstrike Blade. Totosai agreed to make Li Xia a weapon in three days, revealed Inuyasha had not learned Tessaiga’s Wind Scar, and heard Inuyasha ask him to recreate a Wind-Fire Wheel.

• Myōga led Li Xia and his companions to Totosai’s home in a deserted volcanic crater, where the swordsmith recognized Inuyasha and Tessaiga.
• Li Xia gave Totosai the Thunderstrike Blade and asked him to forge a weapon, while Inuyasha asked him to sharpen Tessaiga.
• Myōga vouched for Li Xia, and Li Xia showed Totosai the Great Katsura Tree Mask to explain how he could wield a demonic weapon.
• Totosai sharpened Tessaiga, scolded Inuyasha for neglecting it, and explained that he had not learned the Wind Scar.
• Totosai agreed to forge Li Xia a weapon and told him to return in three days; Inuyasha then asked him to make a replacement Wind-Fire Wheel.

Li Xia urged the group to hurry to the Demon Slayer Village so they could uncover Naraku’s plans before its defenders were attacked. Meanwhile, Kaede used Li Xia’s prepared story to provoke Sesshomaru’s interest in Inuyasha, leaving Sesshomaru outwardly scornful but inwardly unsettled.

• Li Xia introduced himself to Miroku, then argued that the group should reach the Demon Slayer Village quickly and use it to draw out the demon secretly collecting Shikon Shards.
• Kagome worried about Li Xia’s exhaustion, but he explained that arriving early could let them prevent Naraku’s planned attack on the Demon Slayer Village.
• Led by Grandpa Myoga, the group traveled toward the Demon Slayer Village and came within a few hours of it.
• Sesshomaru visited Kaede looking for Inuyasha, and Kaede claimed Inuyasha would give him Tessaiga to study if Sesshomaru collected Shikon Shards and obtained a gemstone from Hōsenki.
• Kaede told Sesshomaru that Inuyasha wanted to surpass their father and forge a weapon of his own, prompting Sesshomaru to dismiss him while visibly reacting to the challenge.

Around the campfire, Inuyasha defended his wish to become a full demon, while Miroku and Li Xia warned that the Shikon Jewel could corrupt him. The group reached the Demon Slayer Village the next day and learned its leaders were away, leaving Li Xia suspecting Naraku had acted early.

• Shippo argued that the group needed to gather Shikon Shards before a powerful demon collected them, and Inuyasha threatened him for mocking his plan.
• Miroku asked what Inuyasha would wish for, and Inuyasha said he wanted to become a great demon like his father so he could be strong and free.
• Miroku and Li Xia warned that the Shikon Jewel might take control of Inuyasha's mind, but Inuyasha insisted he would not be corrupted.
• The group rode Aba to the Demon Slayer Village, where they met Kirara and learned that the Village Chief, Sango, and the other demon slayers had left for a nearby castle.
• Li Xia grew alarmed that the village's elite fighters had all been drawn away and suspected Naraku had made his move early.

Li Xia worried that Naraku’s Castle was a trap and that Naraku might target him if he revealed too much, but he decided the group should go after the Demon Slayers and Sango. Before leaving, he helped arrange protection for the village and its Shikon Shards, then asked Kirara and Grandpa Myoga about a nearby cave where villagers could shelter.

• Li Xia concealed his suspicions about Naraku’s Castle and said the group should prepare for the worst because the village’s strongest Demon Slayers had gone there.
• Miroku agreed to go, eager to meet Sango, while Kagome suggested the group stay to protect the village; Li Xia argued that they should not make Inuyasha endure the villagers’ prejudice.
• Li Xia agreed that the village’s Shikon Shards should be moved, and Kirara and Grandpa Myoga brought four shards to Kagome for safekeeping.
• Li Xia entrusted his own Shikon Shards to Kagome and asked Kirara and Grandpa Myoga whether a nearby cave could shelter the villagers if demons attacked.

Li Xia led Inuyasha and the others to a cavern protected by Midoriko’s barrier and explained that the mountain was formed from the fused bodies of demons that had fought her. He chose the cavern as a safe fallback for the Demon Slayer Village, then left with the group to find the Village Chief and the others.

• Kirara passed through the cavern’s barrier, and Li Xia tested it before joining the group inside.
• The group found a chamber filled with demon remains and Midoriko’s body fused with the central demon.
• Li Xia explained that Midoriko had fought a united demon army for seven days and that the cavern and mountain were likely formed from the demons’ fused bodies.
• Li Xia identified the cavern as a protected shelter where villagers could stockpile supplies and wait out demon attacks.
• Li Xia left the cavern with the others, sensing Midoriko’s sorrow and silently promising to return.

Sango and her family confronted a giant spider demon at Naraku Castle, only for the disguised demon Lord to control Kohaku and turn him against them. Li Xia's group arrived moments too late to prevent the slaughter, after Miroku's Wind Tunnel swallowed Hiten's Saimyosho and their poison delayed the rescue.

• Sango, her father, her two uncles, and Kohaku met the Lord of Naraku Castle and prepared to fight the spider demon attacking the town.
• The group quickly defeated the giant spider, but a strand of invisible spider silk attached to Kohaku made him attack and kill Sango's father and uncles.
• Sango spotted spider silk linking Kohaku to the Lord of the Castle, realized the Lord was a demon, and attacked him while defending herself from Kohaku and the guards.
• Kohaku regained his senses as Sango lay dying, but arrows from the guards killed him before she could be saved.
• Hiten revealed that he had sent Saimyosho to intercept Li Xia's group, and Miroku's Wind Tunnel swallowed the swarm, poisoning him and delaying their arrival.

Li Xia and the others treated the wounded Demon Slayers and learned that Naraku had lured the village’s defenders away with a diversion. They reached the Demon Slayer Village to find it burning and strewn with corpses, with the battle between its people and the demons already over.

• Miroku and Li Xia assessed the four wounded Demon Slayers and concluded that Sango and one man could be saved, while the other two were beyond help.
• Li Xia reassured Kagome, warned the group that Naraku was a cautious and powerful enemy, and planned archery training for her while the wounded recovered.
• Inuyasha questioned delaying the search for Shikon Shards, but Li Xia argued that Miroku could not be left behind at the village.
• The group hurried toward the Demon Slayer Village and saw smoke and flames as they approached.
• Li Xia realized Naraku had used the group’s absence to expose the village to a demon attack, and the group found corpses of Demon Slayers and demons around the burning settlement.

Li Xia and his companions found the Demon Slayer Village devastated by a demon attack, though many women and children had escaped to Midoriko’s Cave. After Li Xia proposed that the survivors relocate and join his team against the enemy, Sango chose to stay with the group and avenge her family and village.

• Li Xia, Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, and Grandpa Myoga reached the ruined Village and found corpses and wreckage left by the battle.
• The group followed the trail to Midoriko’s Cave, where Kirara recognized Sango and rushed to her; Inuyasha stopped her from disturbing the injured Sango.
• The survivors welcomed Sango and the other fighter back, mourned the Village Chief, Kohaku, and another skilled fighter, and thanked Li Xia’s group for their warning and help.
• The elders worried that rebuilding the Village would expose them to another attack, so Li Xia suggested using the Cave as a refuge or migrating southwest while gathering intelligence on the enemy.
• An elder asked Sango and his second son to decide their course, and Sango chose to join Li Xia’s team to kill the demon behind the attack and avenge the dead.

Sango and Kirara joined the group after Li Xia explained why he suspected the young lord, Hiten, and warned Sango that Naraku might use Kohaku against her. The survivors began recovering while the team trained, and Li Xia, Inuyasha, and Myōga set out to visit Totosai and then a secluded Yōsen.

• Li Xia told Sango that he and Inuyasha had rescued her and her Second Uncle because the young lord’s plan to bury them in his backyard seemed suspicious.
• Sango and Kirara joined the team, and Li Xia warned Sango that Naraku might impersonate or use Kohaku to manipulate her.
• Li Xia arranged two weeks of archery training for Kagome, who scored highly at the fifteen-, twenty-, and twenty-five-meter targets on her first day.
• The wounded villagers recovered with modern medicines and enhanced herbal remedies while Inuyasha trained with Kirara to practice creating the Wind Scar’s demonic-aura rift.
• Li Xia, Inuyasha, and Myōga visited Totosai, then followed Myōga to a secluded place where a Yōsen lived.

Li Xia and Inuyasha traveled to the valley where Medicine Elder Poison Immortal lived, hoping to obtain spirit spring water and improve their weapons. They arrived at the waterfall and found a powerful source of nature energy, leaving Li Xia eager to secure its water.

• Li Xia planned to ask Medicine Elder Poison Immortal for spirit spring water and considered having immortal poison and medicine applied to Thunderstrike Blade or Tessaiga.
• Li Xia reasoned that Naraku was still weaker at this point in time and imagined using a poison-enhanced Tessaiga and Kagome's arrow to defeat him early.
• When Inuyasha asked about Li Xia's murmuring, Li Xia shifted the conversation to Tessaiga's hidden abilities and its potential for further upgrades.
• Myōga explained that the Dog General had sealed away Tessaiga's abilities so Inuyasha could master it, and he considered how Medicine Elder Poison Immortal's power might help Inuyasha.
• Li Xia, Inuyasha, and Myōga reached the waterfall valley and found wine jars immersed in its waters, while Li Xia sensed an exceptionally potent spirit spring.

Li Xia and Inuyasha visited the Medicine Elder Poison Immortal to obtain Spirit Spring water and have Inuyasha’s Tessaiga imbued with poison immortal power. After enjoying the immortal’s wine, Li Xia offered him a purified Shikon Shard in exchange for strengthening his Fire-Tipped Spear.

• Inuyasha pulled a wine vat from beneath the waterfall and poured it out, revealing the sleeping Medicine Elder Poison Immortal inside.
• The Medicine Elder agreed to give Li Xia Spirit Spring water, and Li Xia drank a bowl of his wine.
• The Medicine Elder said he could imbue Tessaiga with his power but warned that Inuyasha had not mastered its basic wind force.
• Li Xia offered a largely untainted Shikon Shard and asked the Medicine Elder to strengthen his Fire-Tipped Spear.

Li Xia tried to recruit the Medicine Elder Poison Immortal against Naraku, but the old immortal returned the Shikon Shard and sent Inuyasha into a wine vat to test Tessaiga. Inside, Inuyasha encountered a soul projection of his father, the Dog General, and greeted him with an uppercut.

• Li Xia reasoned that the Medicine Elder Poison Immortal could counter Naraku and tried to use the Shikon Shard to secure his help, but the immortal refused the jewel and warned him to use it carefully.
• The Medicine Elder Poison Immortal told Inuyasha to place Tessaiga in a vat of poisonous wine and enter another vat to face a troublesome opponent.
• Inuyasha discovered that the medicinal wine vat contained a vast water world, where a silver-haired man and the Little White Shiba Inu appeared before him.
• The Medicine Elder Poison Immortal explained that Inuyasha had activated a soul projection the Dog General had left in Tessaiga, and the Dog General asked whether the sword suited him.
• Inuyasha remembered the hardships he and his mother had endured and punched the Dog General as his father opened his arms for a hug.