Chapter Summaries

Naraku sent Saimyosho to lure Inuyasha and Sesshomaru into conflict while seeking Tessaiga. Sesshomaru defeated Inuyasha, learned Naraku was heading north, and pursued him, while Rin searched for a cure for Jaken and a watcher plotted to take Tessaiga.

• Naraku recovered much of his strength and ordered Sesshomaru to fight Inuyasha so he could learn about Tessaiga’s new ability.
• Inuyasha and his companions followed Saimyosho, but the insects died before they could lead the group to Naraku.
• Sesshomaru arrived and accused Inuyasha of killing the Saimyosho, prompting the brothers to fight.
• Sesshomaru’s Heaven and Earth Longsword absorbed Inuyasha’s Wind Scars and disarmed him, leaving Inuyasha defeated.
• Kagome told Sesshomaru that Naraku was heading north and might possess a Demon-Blocking Wall, and Sesshomaru set out after Naraku to avenge Rin and Jaken.
• Rin rode A-Mō into a valley to find the Millennium Fruit, while a woman watching Sesshomaru decided to seize Tessaiga for him.

Princess Saro, a spiritual-powered amalgamation of demons, lured Inuyasha and his companions into a trap and turned most of them into glass. As Saro prepared to take Tessaiga, an unseen observer confronted her.

• Princess Saro's human love for Sesshomaru enabled demons to possess her dying body, creating a half-demon who secretly gathered willing spirits and planned to seize Tessaiga.
• Naraku manipulated events to draw Sesshomaru away and guide Inuyasha's party toward Saro's seaside trap while Kagome was away.
• Saro posed as a living sacrifice and convinced Miroku, Inuyasha, and Sango to protect her from a supposed sea god.
• Inuyasha destroyed Saro's seaweed puppet with a Wind Scar, after which Saro used her jewel to turn Inuyasha and Miroku into glass.
• Saro also froze Sango, Kirara, and Hiraikotsu, while Shippo and Aba fled; as she turned to Tessaiga, a stranger appeared behind her and challenged her.

Naraku devoured Saro’s demon fusion and stole Tessaiga, then rebuilt Saro’s body and manipulated her into approaching Sesshomaru. Two days later, Totosai told Kagome that Tessaiga had been destroyed and asked her to take him to Li Xia, while Bankotsu interrupted Li Xia’s training with news that a woman had come looking for him.

• Naraku absorbed Saro’s fusion of myriad demons, froze Inuyasha in glass, and took Tessaiga’s power for himself.
• Naraku ate Tessaiga and planned to use its abilities to reshape and strengthen his body.
• Naraku gave Saro a new half-demon body, removed her memories of him and Inuyasha’s group, and sent her to win Sesshomaru’s acceptance while keeping her heart core.
• Kagome returned to Kaede’s Village, waited three days for Inuyasha’s group, and learned from Totosai that Tessaiga had been destroyed.
• Totosai asked Kagome to take him to Li Xia so they could confront the demon that had absorbed Tessaiga’s power.
• Bankotsu interrupted Li Xia’s training on Mount Hakurei and told him that a woman had come looking for him.

Li Xia concluded that Naraku had probably attacked Inuyasha’s group and stolen Tessaiga, then prepared to seek help from a swordsmith before Naraku could exploit the sword’s power. He left Kagome with Totosai and asked him to find Dao Qiu in exchange for help locating Inuyasha, if he was still alive.

• Li Xia nearly punched Kagome, then recognized her and listened as she apologized for not supporting him before.
• Kagome explained that Inuyasha and the others had gone after a Shikon Shard without her, and that Tessaiga had gone missing.
• After hearing that Sesshomaru had followed traces of Naraku north, Li Xia suspected Naraku had lured him away before attacking Inuyasha’s group and taking Tessaiga.
• Li Xia sent Kagome back to the Modern Era, demolished the Bone-Eater’s Well, and planted a Tree of Ages sapling as another spatial node.
• Li Xia asked Totosai to find the human swordsmith Dao Qiu, offering to help find Inuyasha if he was still alive.

Li Xia demanded that Totosai and Myōga find the swordsmith Dao Qiu in exchange for helping locate Inuyasha, while making clear he no longer considered himself their ally. After Li Xia left, the old retainers discussed his resentment and Sesshomaru’s departure, then focused on finding Inuyasha and considered revealing Bakusaiga early.

• Li Xia concluded that Naraku was absorbing demon swords to grow stronger and decided he needed to obtain the dragon-scaled Dakki from Dao Qiu.
• Li Xia offered to help find Inuyasha only if Totosai and Myōga located Dao Qiu, and he rejected their appeals to his former companionship with Inuyasha.
• Li Xia reminded Totosai that he had repaid the favor of sword-forging lessons by helping Inuyasha gain demon powers, then left for Mount Hakurei and asked the retainers to investigate Mount Yama Man’s corpse.
• Totosai admitted he had withheld his most guarded forging techniques from Li Xia because he was human, and Demon Spirit Great Sage asked how Li Xia had discovered it.
• Sesshomaru left after pointing out that Li Xia could have learned of Totosai’s secrecy through Ginkotsu, while Myōga and Totosai discussed finding Inuyasha and possibly revealing Bakusaiga early.

After completing his cultivation, Li Xia gained new powers and prepared to claim Sōunga, which Master Hakushin helped suppress. Li Xia traveled through a spatial rift toward the Demon Graveyard, where he discovered someone was already fighting.

• Li Xia advanced to the Void Transformation stage, strengthened Entei, transformed the Sacred Tree Masks, and learned abilities from Glass and Lapis Lazuli.
• Li Xia outfitted his Shikigami with magical-power Magatama and became confident he could stand up to Totosai and the other elders.
• Li Xia returned to Mount Hakurei and asked Master Hakushin to purify Sōunga's ancient evil thoughts.
• Master Hakushin gave Li Xia his Vajra and prayer beads to help suppress Sōunga, which Li Xia had obtained from Grandpa Higurashi.
• Li Xia opened a spatial rift toward the Demon Graveyard and saw someone fighting there.

Li Xia discovered Naraku fighting Hōsenki in the Demon Graveyard and realized Naraku had ambushed Inuyasha’s group to obtain the Black Pearl. As Naraku gained the upper hand, Li Xia arrived on Entei with Sōunga and the Rain-Calling Spear and launched an attack.

• Li Xia recognized Naraku and reasoned that Naraku had taken the Black Pearl after ambushing Inuyasha.
• Naraku corrupted Hōsenki’s Shikon Shards and used his abilities and stolen demon power to overpower him.
• Hōsenki refused to surrender the shards, insisting that he would keep the Shikon Jewel from being restored.
• Naraku sensed many Shikon Shards approaching and worried that Li Xia’s purifying power would counter him.
• Li Xia rode Entei in Wind-Fire Wheel form and struck at Naraku with Hell Dragon Break before attacking with the Rain-Calling Spear.

Li Xia defeated Naraku with Sōunga and Hōsenki’s help, then freed Hōsenki from the corrupted Shikon Shards and persuaded him to give up his demon power. Naraku escaped, while Li Xia secured Sesshomaru’s left arm and prepared to harvest demon power and souls from the Demon Graveyard.

• Naraku’s Wind Scar failed against Li Xia’s Hell Dragon Break, and Hōsenki’s Adamant Barrage shattered Naraku’s barrier, leaving him badly wounded and forcing him to escape through a Black Pearl passage.
• Li Xia found Sesshomaru’s left arm among the Dog General’s remains and collected Naraku’s scattered flesh for later purification.
• Hōsenki attacked Li Xia while corrupted by the Shikon Shards, so Li Xia had Mountain Demon tear off his head and separate it from the tainted shards, restoring his reason.
• Li Xia told Hōsenki that the Shikon Jewel could be sealed in another world and asked him to give up his demon power, explaining that he came from that world.
• Naraku escaped to the Mortal World and worried that Li Xia had grown more powerful and harder to defeat.
• Li Xia had Mountain Demon absorb Hōsenki’s body, purified Hōsenki’s soul, and planted a Tree of Ages sapling beside the Flying Demon Moth Tribe’s Inheritance Vessel to collect demon power from powerful souls entering the underworld.

Li Xia tracked down Naraku and repeatedly attacked him, but Naraku used hostages and a newly developed splitting ability to escape. Li Xia rescued Kirara, Shippo, and Aba, while the real Naraku fled with Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha and began planning a humanoid mobile Castle.

• Li Xia found Naraku recovering in a cave and struck him with Hell Dragon Break, shattering his barrier and tearing his body apart.
• Li Xia attacked Naraku again with Hell Dragon Break, but Naraku avoided it by moving beneath falling rocks and flying above the attack.
• Naraku threatened Kirara, Shippo, and Aba, then threw the three glass statues in different directions to force Li Xia to rescue them.
• Li Xia caught Shippo and sent Mountain Demon and Poison Flood Dragon to catch Kirara and Aba, giving Naraku an opening to flee.
• Li Xia pursued Naraku's Demon Cloud and struck it with Hell Dragon Break, only to discover that it was a duplicate and the real Naraku had escaped with Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha.
• Naraku resolved to build a humanoid mobile Castle and continued to flee, intending to face Li Xia again later.

Li Xia gathered Mount Yama Man’s Demon Aura Crystals to help track Naraku while Sesshomaru searched for something with Rin and Jaken. After Sesshomaru killed bandits attacking a village, Master Yunya mistook him for the killer and confronted him.

• Li Xia searched Mount Yama Man’s remains with summoned red scorpions and collected hundreds of emerald-green Demon Aura Crystals that could help locate Naraku.
• Sesshomaru continued searching west with Rin and Jaken, but found nothing after two days.
• Master Yunya and his seven disciples spotted a village under attack by bandits and went to investigate.
• Sesshomaru killed the bandits who attacked him, then turned to leave without intervening in the village’s plight.
• Master Yunya accused Sesshomaru of killing the people on the slope, and Sesshomaru ignored him.

Sesshomaru searched for Rin after the Sound Prison Ghost abducted her, while Monk Yunya discovered the demon’s cave and rescued the missing children. Sesshomaru caught Rin’s scent as Yunya’s group defeated the Sound Prison Ghost, leaving Rin and Sesshomaru’s reunion unresolved.

• Jaken told Sesshomaru that the Sound Prison Ghost had taken Rin, and Sesshomaru fled with him after scattering Monk Yunya and his disciples.
• Rin comforted the other captive children and said Sesshomaru and Jaken would come to save her.
• Sesshomaru searched the misty woods for hours, then caught Rin’s scent and exclaimed that he had found her.
• Monk Yunya and his disciples saw through the mist illusion, found the cave, and lured the Sound Prison Ghost outside with a straw figure.
• Monk Yunya and his disciples defeated the Sound Prison Ghost and entered the cave to rescue the children.

Sesshomaru let Rin choose whether to return to human society or continue traveling with him, and she chose to follow him despite Yunya’s warnings. Their journey brought them to Sesshomaru’s mother, while Li Xia completed purifying Naraku’s living flesh at Mount Hakurei.

• Yunya carried Rin out of the cave and tried to take her back to a village, but Rin insisted that she would wait for Sesshomaru.
• Sesshomaru emerged from hiding and broke free of Yunya and his disciples’ attacks after Rin called for him.
• Sesshomaru told Rin to choose for herself, and she left with him despite Yunya warning her that humans and demons had different lifespans.
• Rin asked Sesshomaru not to forget her when she died someday, and he dismissed the thought as nonsense.
• On the third day, Sesshomaru met his mother in the sky, and she recognized that he had come about Tenseiga.
• At Mount Hakurei, Li Xia finished purifying Naraku’s living flesh and blood and continued strengthening his cultivation.

Li Xia and Bankotsu sought out the human swordsmith Dao Qiu, whose secret plan was to forge the demon sword Dakki and kill Dragon Man. Li Xia offered him an alliance, while Bankotsu went to confront Dragon Man; offshore, Naraku created several offspring as he hid from danger on land.

• Li Xia brought Bankotsu and Entei to Dao Qiu’s forge and had Bankotsu demonstrate the Banryu Great Spear’s power.
• Bankotsu revealed that Li Xia had revived him and urged Dao Qiu to join them in pursuing power and immortality.
• Li Xia exposed Dao Qiu’s plan to complete Dakki and betray Dragon Man, then offered to help him obtain the demon’s scales and power.
• Dragon Man arrived asking whether Dakki was finished, and Bankotsu left to capture him alive.
• More than two thousand li offshore, Naraku created Hakudoshi, Red Child, Byakuya, and a strange spider while hiding from the powerful demons on land.

Li Xia and his companions confronted Dragon Man, and Bankotsu defeated him with the Banryu Great Spear before Li Xia captured him. Li Xia rewarded Dao Qiu with a Magatama and considered how to obtain a top-tier offensive weapon.

• Li Xia, Bankotsu, Dao Qiu, and Entei appeared before Dragon Man, who tried to recruit Entei and then attacked the group.
• Bankotsu discovered that Dragon Man’s Dragon-Scale Shield absorbed demon power and battered him underground with the Banryu Great Spear’s heavy form.
• Dragon Man retaliated with the shield’s stored demon power, but Entei carried Bankotsu out of the blast’s path.
• Bankotsu severed Dragon Man’s legs and arms, broke his spine, and rendered him unable to fight.
• Li Xia sealed Dragon Man and gave Dao Qiu a Magatama crystal, granting the swordsmith new power.
• Li Xia reflected that he now had Dragon Man, Dao Qiu, and the Dragon-Scale Shield, and began considering the Fire-Tipped Spear as a source of greater offense.

Li Xia planned to upgrade the Fire-Tipped Spear and used Mountain Demon’s Reproduction ability to strengthen his Kirin Arm with copied demonic powers while guarding against threats to his future. Elsewhere, Dao Qiu advanced his weapon forging, Bankotsu and Jakotsu disappeared while investigating the Four Souls Imitation Jewel makers, and Izumo’s forces used human bandits to capture villagers without attracting spiritual protectors.

• Li Xia considered forging Dragon Man’s scales and Ryūkotsusei’s remains into the Fire-Tipped Spear, then decided to use Mountain Demon’s Reproduction to strengthen his Kirin Arm with Sesshomaru’s demon power.
• Li Xia explained Reproduction’s limits and potential, then secluded himself in Mount Hakurei to copy powers from Sesshomaru’s left arm and the Kirin Arm while Mountain Demon also reproduced some of Dragon Man’s demon power.
• Dao Qiu made rapid progress toward forging Dragon Man’s scales into weapons after Li Xia shared Totosai’s and Ginkotsu’s techniques.
• Bankotsu resurrected Jakotsu, and the two left together to search for the people behind the Four Souls Imitation Jewel before vanishing.
• A bandit leader sent his men to capture villagers for a patron, while Izumo explained to a slit-pupiled middle-aged man that human bandits would attract less attention than demons.

Li Xia freed Kirara, Shippo, and Aba from Naraku’s glass curse and learned how Naraku had captured Inuyasha’s group. As Totosai and Myōga tried to enlist Li Xia’s help, Sesshomaru arrived, claimed he would handle Naraku himself, and received his recovered left arm from Li Xia.

• Li Xia showed Totosai, Myōga, and the Demon Spirit Great Sage the glass figures he had taken from Naraku, and the Demon Spirit Great Sage broke the curse on Kirara, Shippo, and Aba.
• Shippo and Aba explained that a demon fusion’s Glass Curse had trapped Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara before Naraku seized his chance and captured them.
• Li Xia explained how Naraku had used a miko’s spiritual power to bypass Tessaiga’s strength, then asked Totosai and Myōga what they would offer for his continued help.
• Totosai tried to pressure Li Xia into helping by claiming Sesshomaru had cared for him, but Li Xia rejected the appeal and refused to work without compensation.
• Sesshomaru arrived after completing his Underworld trial and said he would deal with Naraku himself.
• Li Xia gave Sesshomaru his recovered left arm and pointed out that Totosai and Myōga could have helped him retrieve it earlier, leaving Sesshomaru displeased with his father’s retainers.

Li Xia warned the Demon Spirit Great Sage and Sesshomaru about Naraku’s immense power and potential, earning the Great Sage’s promise and Sesshomaru’s trust. After leaving together, Li Xia revealed that Tōga had sealed the sword Bakusaiga inside Sesshomaru, leaving him stunned.

• Li Xia told Totosai and the Demon Spirit Great Sage that Naraku had absorbed Tessaiga’s powers and possessed all four souls at their maximum, then negotiated a favor in exchange for helping confront him.
• The Demon Spirit Great Sage promised to grant Li Xia a favor, while Sesshomaru thanked Li Xia for returning his left arm.
• Sesshomaru left the demon village with Li Xia despite Totosai and Myōga trying to stop him.
• After they had flown away, Li Xia told Sesshomaru that Tōga had sealed Bakusaiga inside him when he was young.
• Sesshomaru froze as he realized his father had prepared a demon sword for him long ago.

Li Xia warned Sesshomaru that Shinigami Oni would likely target him for mastering Meido Zangetsuha, then helped advance his own cultivation and weapons projects. The chapter left Naraku nearing the end of his transformation at sea and ordering Hakudoshi to find a Soul-Eater to build a fortress for his heart.

• Li Xia warned Sesshomaru that Shinigami Oni would come after him and offered to protect Rin and Jaken while hoping to absorb Shinigami Oni’s power; Sesshomaru accepted the arrangement.
• Sesshomaru resumed training Meido Zangetsuha, which advanced from a crescent to a near-full moon.
• Li Xia crossed a threshold in his cultivation after purifying Naraku’s flesh fragments and Sōunga’s Ancient Evil Spirit, and his power more than doubled.
• Dao Qiu reported that he could forge with Dragon Man Scales, and Li Xia commissioned him and Ginkotsu to develop a two-stage Demon Sword while upgrading the Fire-Tipped Spear.
• Li Xia strengthened the dragon-scaled Fire-Tipped Spear with Dragon Man and Ryūkotsusei’s demon power, then considered seeking Iron Chicken’s stronger flames.
• Bankotsu and Jakotsu found traces of the Four Souls Imitation Jewel as Naraku’s transformation at sea neared completion; Naraku sent Hakudoshi to hunt a Soul-Eater for a fortress for his heart.

Li Xia and Kikyo traveled to the Fire Country to investigate blood-drained villages and found the Bird-Controlling Clan responsible. As they reached the clan’s stronghold, Kikyo attacked Abi-hime with a powerful Sacred Arrow, while Iron Chicken sensed the threat.

• Abi-hime led her demon birds in draining a village’s bandits of blood and returned with her flock to the Fire Country.
• Li Xia and Kikyo found ruined villages whose inhabitants had been drained of blood, learned the Bird-Controlling Clan was responsible, and set out to confront them.
• At the clan’s stronghold, Abi-hime fought the Poison Oni Tribe, killed their leader, and unleashed her Flame Burst against the invading swarm.
• Li Xia and Kikyo approached the battle, and Kikyo fired a Sacred Arrow that destroyed at least a hundred demon birds and weakened Abi-hime.
• Abi-hime recognized the danger posed by the powerful miko, and Iron Chicken sensed an intense threat from inside the mountain.

Li Xia and Kikyo defeated Iron Chicken and Abi-hime, and Li Xia absorbed Iron Chicken’s fire power into the Fire-Tipped Spear. After learning that Kikyo had spotted his ulterior motives for bringing her along, Li Xia set out with her to find the Underground Otherworld Gate, while Naraku vowed revenge and Hakudoshi tracked the Soul-Eater.

• Li Xia summoned the Poison Flood Dragon and Mountain Demon to attack Iron Chicken and Abi-hime, who had poisoned and killed villagers.
• Kikyo’s Sacred Arrow destroyed Iron Chicken’s barrier, and Li Xia killed her with the Fire-Tipped Spear, absorbing her into the weapon.
• A Mutated Soul Collector drained Abi-hime’s soul before Dakki devoured her, and Li Xia tested the Fire-Tipped Spear’s enhanced flames.
• Kikyo confronted Li Xia about bringing her along for his own purposes, and he led her toward the Underground Otherworld Gate with Abi-hime’s remnant soul as their guide.
• Naraku learned that Kikyo had joined Li Xia and swore to kill them, while Hakudoshi and a young boy reached land after receiving news about the Soul-Eater.