Recaps

Chisato Nishikigi was stranded in the wilderness, where she fought a Snake Demon and used Luo Shu’s Bracelet to locate her companions. Luo Shu met Kikyo near Kaede’s Village, judged that he was in Japan’s Warring States period, and headed for her shrine to wait for Chisato and Takina Inoue.

• Chisato Nishikigi found herself alone beside a stream, checked her supplies, and discovered that her Signal Device had no signal.
• A Snake Demon attacked Chisato Nishikigi, who shot it twice and prepared to question it.
• Luo Shu’s Bracelet gave Chisato Nishikigi a map showing three named golden dots and nearby settlements.
• Kikyo met Luo Shu in the forest, warned him away from the village, and told him he could stay at Kikyo Shrine.
• Luo Shu concluded that he was in the Warring States period and went to Kikyo Shrine to wait for Chisato and Takina Inoue.
• Kikyo noticed that Luo Shu had not followed her into the village and wondered at his strange behavior.

Kikyo worried over the growing monster attacks and a summons from Musashi Province’s lord, then sensed danger at her shrine. There, Luo Shu subdued and interrogated a giant wolf before Kikyo arrived to find it sobbing on the ground.

• Kikyo returned home, praised Kaede for learning to brew wound medicine, and warned her to stay inside because monsters had been appearing frequently.
• Kaede told Kikyo that the lord of Musashi Province had sent another letter asking her to guard his residence, but Kikyo hesitated to leave the village.
• Kikyo sensed a monster at the shrine and rushed there, while a giant gray wolf blocked Luo Shu at the torii and sought the Shikon Jewel.
• Luo Shu struck the wolf with lightning, restored it, then repeatedly froze and revived it until it stopped resisting and answered his questions.
• Kikyo arrived at the shrine and found the giant wolf wailing and begging Luo Shu to kill him.

Luo Shu interrogated Gray Wolf about monsters gaining power by consuming human souls, then Kikyo killed the fleeing monster and confronted Luo Shu at the shrine. She allowed him to stay near Kaede's Village under certain conditions and told him to come up in an hour, leaving Luo Shu wondering whether she had invited him to join her bath.

• Luo Shu questioned Gray Wolf about when monsters began losing power and how eating humans strengthened them.
• Luo Shu concluded that monsters gained soul power by consuming people and used it to strengthen their bodies, then let Gray Wolf go.
• Kikyo shot Gray Wolf with a purifying arrow, killing him and leaving behind his pelt.
• Kikyo aimed her bow at Luo Shu and asked whether he was human or a monster, then told him not to harm the village or let more monsters escape.
• Kikyo said Luo Shu could live there and mentioned that the daimyo of Musashi Province was recruiting monster slayers.
• Kikyo went to bathe and change her shoes, telling Luo Shu to come up in an hour; he wondered if she had invited him to bathe with her.

Kikyo performed a purification ritual and discussed the Shikon Jewel and her duty to protect Kaede's Village with Luo Shu. After Kikyo refused to let him handle the jewel, Luo Shu asked to discuss having his companion stay at the shrine.

• Kikyo purified herself with cold spring water and salt, then changed into a clean miko outfit.
• Luo Shu asked whether the shrine worshipped Inari, and Kikyo said she did not know and argued that medicinal herbs helped villagers more than deities did.
• Kikyo shot down a monstrous bird with a spiritual arrow and explained that she had placed a Barrier around the shrine.
• Luo Shu identified the Shikon Jewel and asked why Kikyo accepted the burden of guarding it, and Kikyo explained that the daimyo had exempted her village from taxes and conscription.
• Luo Shu asked to handle the Shikon Jewel, but Kikyo refused, so he asked to discuss letting his companion stay at the shrine.

Chisato Nishikigi reached Luo Shu at a shrine in the Sengoku World and compared her findings about its monsters with his. They recognized the shrine as a connection point, met the miko Kikyo, and Luo Shu became suspicious when Tachibana Kirika said Ito had only just reported his arrival in the Abyss.

• Chisato Nishikigi reached Luo Shu after fighting so many monsters that she had used all her ammunition.
• Luo Shu and Chisato exchanged notes and learned that hungry monsters attacked humans, devoured one another, and could mutate into stronger monsters.
• Chisato recognized the shrine and Sacred Tree as Higurashi Shrine, a likely connection point between the Abyss and reality.
• Kikyo mistook Chisato's school uniform for demonic possession and splashed her with spiritually infused spring water, which had no effect.
• Luo Shu sent Tachibana Kirika their findings, then grew suspicious when she said Ito had only just reported his entry into the Abyss.

Luo Shu realized that time in the Abyss passed far faster than time in the outside world and worried that Hoshikagi Shirayuki was trapped there. Shirayuki remained in the underworld guarding Tessaiga, while Hosenki sought help from Totosai and the Western Lands’ dog demons to protect the sword.

• Luo Shu learned from Tachibana Kirika that only five minutes had passed outside during the two and a half hours he had spent in the Abyss, and he wondered why Hoshikagi Shirayuki had not escaped.
• Hoshikagi Shirayuki failed to break the underworld’s spacetime seal with her sword and told Hosenki that the Onmyoryo would not abandon its claim to Tessaiga.
• Hosenki argued that Tessaiga belonged to Inu no Taisho’s son and urged Shirayuki to leave using an emergency escape device, but she refused.
• Hosenki decided to wait for the humans to succumb to the underworld and secretly contacted Totosai for help protecting Tessaiga.
• Hosenki asked Totosai to contact Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and their mother so the Western Lands’ dog demons could intervene if Inuyasha could not take Tessaiga.

Luo Shu and Chisato Nishikigi discovered that the Sengoku era had a thirty-to-one time difference, which suggested the world might be destroyed. Luo Shu explained the danger to Kikyo and agreed to tell her about their origins and the world’s future.

• Chisato Nishikigi learned that the Sengoku era’s thirty-to-one time difference could mean it was at high risk of destruction.
• Chisato suggested recruiting Kikyo into SDS, and Luo Shu noted they would first need to resolve the danger facing Kaede's Village.
• Kikyo revealed she had been listening outside the door and asked Luo Shu what he meant by the Sengoku era being destroyed.
• Luo Shu told Kikyo that the era and its people would eventually turn to ash, and admitted he did not know how to prevent it.
• Kikyo asked Luo Shu to explain the entire situation, and he agreed to tell her where they came from and the future of her world.

Biao Wenqi, Takina Inoue, and Yuki Onikawa traveled through the forest to meet Luo Shu and Chisato, agreeing to capture a half-demon for information about the Abyss. The three hid and set a trap for an oblivious half-demon boy approaching along a forest trail.

• Takina Inoue told Biao Wenqi and Yuki Onikawa that the map showed Luo Shu and Chisato waiting in a village ahead, and that moving through the trees would be fastest.
• Biao Wenqi complained about trading his Rolex for a machete, while Takina refused to help him pass the cost off as a shared expense.
• Takina warned that Monsters had attacked her in the forest, and Yuki Onikawa offered to detect them by sensing their body heat.
• Yuki Onikawa sensed a powerful demonic aura, and the three agreed to capture the approaching half-demon for information about the Abyss.
• Takina Inoue and Tsurara Oikawa vanished into the forest while Biao Wenqi concealed their tracks and the group prepared a trap for the boy.

Inuyasha set out to obtain the Shikon Jewel but learned from Myoga about Tessaiga and his father’s tomb, where human Onmyoji were trying to steal the sword. Before he could reach the tomb, Biao Wenqi’s group captured him and Myoga, then took Inuyasha away to regroup with Club President Luo.

• Inuyasha traveled through the mountains with Myoga, intending to steal the Shikon Jewel and become a full demon.
• Myoga warned Inuyasha about the powerful priestess guarding the jewel and told him that Tessaiga was hidden in Toga’s tomb.
• Myoga revealed that human Onmyoji had entered the tomb to steal Tessaiga, and Inuyasha set off to stop them.
• Biao Wenqi lured Inuyasha into a pit and incapacitated him with joint locks.
• Takina Inoue tried to catch Myoga, while Yuki Onikawa encased him in ice.
• Biao Wenqi carried Inuyasha away, and he and Takina Inoue and Yuki Onikawa agreed to regroup with Club President Luo.

Luo Shu explained to Kikyo that the Abyss was consuming their era and that the monsters’ growing aggression came from their demonic power being drained. He revealed a possible ritual to stabilize the world but said it required a sacrifice of more than ten thousand people, leaving Kikyo to consider the crisis before they went to meet Takina and the others.

• Luo Shu described the Abyss and warned Kikyo that the monsters’ demonic power was being drained as their era expended energy.
• Kikyo confirmed that her spiritual power had been draining faster while fighting monsters and recognized the danger to humanity.
• Luo Shu disclosed that Astronomy of Truth might have a ritual to stabilize the world, but it likely required sacrificing more than ten thousand people.
• Kikyo said she needed a few more days to consider, and Luo Shu left with Chisato Nishikigi to meet the newcomers.
• Luo Shu found Inuyasha bound in vines, Biao Wenqi looking smug, Yuki Onikawa looking disgusted, and Takina Inoue standing apart, then asked what had happened.

Luo Shu and the others learned that the half-demon they had captured was Inuyasha, the son of the Dog Clan’s former leader, and discovered that he was connected to the valuable sword Tessaiga. With three factions aware of him, Luo Shu faced a decision about what to do next.

• Biao Wenqi and Yuki Onikawa explained that they had captured Inuyasha and a flea monster who called him Young Master Inuyasha.
• Kikyo identified Inuyasha as the younger son of Inu no Taisho and described the Dog Clan’s current leadership.
• Inuyasha glared at Kikyo after she said his human mother had brought about his father’s death.
• Kikyo said the Dog Clan had called for Inuyasha to return, correcting Biao Wenqi’s assumption that the clan had cast him out.
• Biao Wenqi revealed that he and the others were seeking Abyssal Artifacts and asked Luo Shu what to do about Tessaiga, the sword linked to Inuyasha.

Luo Shu explained Tessaiga’s limitations, prompting Biao Wenqi to withdraw and Yuki Onikawa to decline the Nura Clan’s claim. Luo Shu tried to recruit Inuyasha into SdS, but Inuyasha fled, and Chisato Nishikigi opened a case containing a mysterious machine.

• Luo Shu explained that Tessaiga rejected monsters and required demonic power, so Biao Wenqi withdrew from the competition.
• Yuki Onikawa said the Nura Clan had no need to prepare Tessaiga for the young Nura Rikuo, and Luo Shu considered the Great Dog General’s other swords.
• Luo Shu healed Inuyasha and presented him with an SdS employee contract, but Inuyasha refused and ran away.
• Luo Shu told Chisato Nishikigi to collect data, and she opened her metal case as a pair of red electronic eyes lit up inside.

Chisato Nishikigi demonstrated Shirogane’s space-cutting power to stop Inuyasha from escaping, and Luo Shu forced him to sign SdS’s contract. With Inuyasha now under SdS’s control, Luo Shu began discussing Tessaiga.

• Chisato Nishikigi summoned Shirogane and cut through the forest, stopping Inuyasha and frightening him into staying still.
• Luo Shu told Inuyasha the test was over, while Biao Wenqi carried the shaken half-demon back through the rift.
• Luo Shu explained that Shirogane was hero-rank combat equipment, stunning Biao Wenqi and Yuki Onikawa with its power.
• Chisato Nishikigi withdrew the Dying Will Flames, and Takina Inoue recorded the results of Shirogane’s test.
• Inuyasha pressed his bloody thumb onto the Contract Document after Luo Shu threatened him with Shirogane.
• Luo Shu considered Inuyasha’s potential value to SdS and said they could now discuss Tessaiga.

After Myoga revealed that Inuyasha carried the key to Toga’s grave, he warned Luo Shu that Onmyoji from the Onmyoryo had already entered it to seek Tessaiga. The group realized they had been beaten to the sword.

• Yuki Onikawa melted the ice around Myoga, who woke up begging to be spared and then sucked Inuyasha’s blood.
• Luo Shu told Myoga that Inuyasha was his prospective subordinate and that Inuyasha could wield Tessaiga if he obeyed.
• Myoga revealed that the key to Toga’s grave was hidden in Inuyasha’s eye and explained that he had planned to take Inuyasha there with Totosai.
• Kikyo asked why they had to retrieve Tessaiga quickly, and Myoga revealed that Onmyoji from the Onmyoryo had already broken into the grave.

Luo Shu learned that an impostor Onmyoryo had become trapped in the Netherworld while trying to reach Toga’s grave, where Tessaiga was sealed. Myoga gave Luo Shu the Black Pearl key in exchange for Inuyasha’s safety, and Luo Shu opened the passage and set out with Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue to confront the Onmyoryo.

• Myoga explained that Kyoto’s Onmyoryo had denied involvement in the grave robbery and that the Dog Clan suspected someone was impersonating them.
• Myoga proposed that Inuyasha and the others enter Toga’s grave while the Onmyoryo was weakened, so Inuyasha could retrieve Tessaiga.
• Myoga revealed that Toga’s grave lay in an isolated space in the Netherworld and that the Black Pearl could open a passage there for twenty-four hours.
• Myoga gave the Black Pearl to Luo Shu in exchange for Inuyasha’s safety.
• Luo Shu opened the Netherworld passage and left with Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue to meet the Onmyoryo.

Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima discovered that Kuesu Jinguuji had used a Daimyo as a puppet and opened a passage to the Underworld. She requisitioned them to help Hoshikagi Shirayuki retrieve Tessaiga, and they entered the passage.

• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima met the Daimyo, who was revealed to be a Human Puppet controlled by Kuesu Jinguuji.
• Kuesu Jinguuji said she had killed the Daimyo after he tried to make her his concubine, then ordered Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima to follow her.
• Kuesu Jinguuji used a ritual involving a hundred monsters to open a passage to the Underworld and locate the Dog Demon's grave.
• Kuesu Jinguuji explained that the Onmyoryo had commissioned her to retrieve the Divine General Vermilion Bird, Hoshikagi Shirayuki, and the Precious Sword Tessaiga.
• Kuesu Jinguuji assigned Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima to cooperate with Hoshikagi Shirayuki in obtaining Tessaiga, and they entered the passage.

Sesshomaru learned that Tessaiga and his father’s grave were in the Netherworld, then entered the passage with Jaken after his mother warned him that Onmyoryo agents had infiltrated the grave. Luo Shu opened his eyes beneath the Netherworld’s still, lifeless sky.

• Jaken accompanied Sesshomaru to Cloud Castle after Sesshomaru learned that intruders had entered his father Toga’s grave.
• The Princess of the Lunar Reflection told Sesshomaru that Toga’s grave and Tessaiga were in the Netherworld, and that Sesshomaru could not obtain the sword alone.
• The Princess revealed that the intruders were members of the Onmyoryo, including the Greater Monster-level Divine General Vermilion Bird.
• The Princess offered Sesshomaru a Black Pearl to open a passage to the grave, and Sesshomaru entered with Jaken before she could join them.
• Luo Shu awoke under the motionless azure sky of the Netherworld.

Luo Shu's group reached Inu no Taisho's grave in the underworld, where their life force was rapidly being consumed, and discovered that Sesshomaru and others were approaching. Nearby, Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna planned to exploit the distraction and escape with what they had found.

• Luo Shu explained that the underworld rapidly consumed the Essence, Energy, and Spirit Three Flames, making it dangerous for the group to remain there.
• Myoga led Luo Shu, Chisato Nishikigi, Takina Inoue, and Inuyasha to Inu no Taisho's enormous skeleton, where Tessaiga was sealed.
• Luo Shu spotted a demonic cloud carrying Sesshomaru, Jaken, and the Princess of the Lunar Reflection, who headed toward Inuyasha's group.
• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna sensed the approaching Great Demon and decided to meet the Vermilion Bird Divine General and leave with what they had found.

Luo Shu faced Sesshomaru and the Princess of the Lunar Reflection at Inu no Taisho's grave, where Sesshomaru challenged him to a fight. The chapter ended as Sesshomaru attacked Luo Shu with his claws.

• Luo Shu recognized the Princess of the Lunar Reflection beside Sesshomaru and worried that taking Tenseiga would be difficult.
• Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue prepared their Tactical Demon God after Inuyasha identified Sesshomaru as his older brother.
• Inuyasha insulted the Princess of the Lunar Reflection, then flew into a rage when she disparaged his mother, Izayoi.
• The Princess of the Lunar Reflection told Sesshomaru to teach Inuyasha a lesson, but Sesshomaru refused and focused on Luo Shu.
• Sesshomaru challenged Luo Shu to a fight to the death at the graveyard, and Luo Shu said he would take Tenseiga while sparing Sesshomaru's life.
• Sesshomaru extended his claws and launched five blades of demonic energy at Luo Shu.

Luo Shu and the Tactical Demon Gods ambushed Sesshomaru, cutting him in half and forcing the Princess of the Lunar Reflection to retreat with him and Jaken. Luo Shu obtained Tenseiga, and the group headed for Inu no Taisho’s remains to retrieve Tessaiga.

• Sesshomaru attacked Luo Shu with Poison Flower Claw, while Shirogane and Black Iron launched a coordinated ambush that pinned him with gravity and struck with a space-severing slash.
• The Princess of the Lunar Reflection tried to rescue Sesshomaru, but Luo Shu stunned her with reflected lightning, allowing the attack to cut Sesshomaru in half.
• The Princess of the Lunar Reflection caught Sesshomaru’s two halves, bound Jaken with her tail, and knocked Tenseiga toward Luo Shu before fleeing with them through the forest.
• Chisato Nishikigi wounded the fleeing Princess of the Lunar Reflection with Shirogane, but she escaped after enduring the blow.
• Luo Shu explained that Tenseiga could resurrect the dead, and Inuyasha followed the group as they set out to retrieve Tessaiga from Inu no Taisho’s remains.

Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna encountered the injured Princess of the Lunar Reflection, who captured Yomi and brought her to Sesshomaru. After Sesshomaru died and the Princess revived him with the Meido Stone, she agreed to Yomi’s request to kill Noriyuki before an attack interrupted her.

• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna followed Kuesu Jinguuji’s Familiar, but the Princess of the Lunar Reflection attacked them, knocked Yomi unconscious, and carried her away while Noriyuki fled.
• The Princess brought Yomi to the dying Sesshomaru and told him to eat the captive human to heal; Sesshomaru refused and died beside Jaken.
• The Princess placed the Meido Stone on Sesshomaru, reviving him, then prepared to eat Yomi.
• Yomi asked the Princess to kill Noriyuki Iizuna, her runaway fiancé, and the Princess agreed.
• A flaming blade slash suddenly cut toward the Princess of the Lunar Reflection.

Princess of the Lunar Reflection clashed with Hoshikagi Shirayuki, then proposed joining forces to keep others from taking Tessaiga. Hoshikagi learned that the SdS team, led by the Black Reaper from the Secret Management Department, had already entered the tomb.

• Princess of the Lunar Reflection blocked Hoshikagi Shirayuki’s Crimson Blade Light with her wolf claw, and the two fighters withdrew after a brief clash.
• Princess of the Lunar Reflection returned Yomi Isayama to Hoshikagi and explained that Toga had been her husband and Sesshomaru was their perfect pureblood son.
• Hoshikagi and Yomi recognized Sesshomaru’s significance and considered recruiting him for their organizations.
• Princess of the Lunar Reflection proposed that she and Hoshikagi join forces to prevent someone else from taking Tessaiga.
• Yomi told Hoshikagi that the SdS team had entered the tomb under the Black Reaper’s leadership, changing Hoshikagi’s expression.