I will traverse countless worlds and become a god entirely on my own!

The spider demon felt a surge of joy; it had finally gotten the ghost spider to open its heart.

Once his soul was ready to accept the yokai, countless yokai waiting around him couldn't wait any longer and began to rush towards Onigumo's soul.

They will merge with the Onigumo and become a new monster.

Naraku.

A fire broke out inexplicably in the cave where Onigumo was located. When Kaede returned, she only saw a charred humanoid mark, and Onigumo was no longer there.

Kaede, who was so young, had never seen anything like this before, so she quickly ran home and told Kikyo everything that had happened.

"Was Onigumo burned to death?"

Kikyo frowned upon hearing Kaede's words.

The Onigumo was burned to death.

Just die like that?

How could that robber, with such a strong will to survive, have died so easily?!

Furthermore, it is indeed rather strange that the cave would suddenly catch fire.

However, at this moment, Kikyo had no mind to continue dealing with Onigumo.

Kikyo already knew that Byakuya was coming here to retrieve the Shikon Jewel.

She was actually a bit conflicted.

On the one hand, she promised to secretly protect the jade.

However, since the jade itself is constantly attracting monsters, it seems that no matter how hard one tries to hide it, it will eventually be discovered.

Previously, only minor demons would eye this jade, hoping to use it to increase their strength.

But what caught Kikyo off guard was that even Byakuya had his eye on this jade.

This left her somewhat at a loss.

Although she possessed great spiritual power, she was not confident of defeating Bai Ye.

Besides, there's also the shrine maiden Midori around. If they start fighting, I might not be a match for her.

But should we hand over this jade?!

Kikyo knew very well just how evil this jewel was.

So she has been working hard to purify it, hoping to solve the problem with the jade as soon as possible.

"Sister, what are you thinking? It's not a big deal if Onigumo dies; at least one menace is gone!"

Kaede thought Kikyo was still thinking about Onigumo, so she quickly offered a word of advice.

Although Kaede never understood why her sister insisted on saving Onigumo.

The other party is clearly a person who has committed many evil deeds.

But now that Onigumo is gone, there's no need to dwell on it so much. Isn't it better that he's dead?

No, that's not it.

Kikyo snapped out of her daze, shook her head, and a gentle smile flashed across her face. She raised her hand and patted the back of Kaede's head to reassure him.

She didn't plan to tell Feng about this. Even if she did, no one could help her. In fact, it would only make Feng more worried.

"Sister, are you okay?"

Kaede seemed to have noticed something unusual about Kikyo as well.

She seems to have other ideas?

"It's okay, Feng. I might have to go out of town soon."

After some hesitation, Kikyo finally decided to leave the village with the Shikon Jewel.

Regardless of whether he or Bai Ye ends up fighting or reaches an agreement.

She also decided that she couldn't leave the Shikon Jewel here.

Because if a fight breaks out, this place might be affected by Bai Ye, so in order to avoid that situation.

Kikyo decided to leave.

"Is my sister going out to exorcise demons again?"

Feng didn't think too much about it.

Kikyo had gone out before, so Kaede naturally assumed that Kikyo was preparing to go out and exorcise demons.

"kindness."

Kikyo didn't expose the lie.

He packed his things that very day and left the village with the Shikon Jewel.

By following the attraction of the Shikon Jewel, Byakuya should be able to find himself.

Watching Kikyo's departing figure, Naraku felt a strange sensation in his heart.

Is that guy up to his old tricks again?

Naraku knew very well that it was Onigumo's love for Kikyo.

But he is no longer Onigumo.

After becoming Naraku, he kept aligning himself with the demons while simultaneously hiding his true nature as Onigumo.

In his view, Onigumo's weak human emotions were not what he needed.

"The Shikon Jewel must not fall into the hands of the White Demon."

Naraku pondered that if he wanted to become a true demon, he would have to rely on the power of the Shikon Jewel.

But now it's practically impossible for him to get close to Kikyo.

If I get any closer to Kikyo, she'll probably notice the demonic aura emanating from me.

If he were hit by a single slash from the Demon-Slaying Sword, he would surely die.

Keep up?

No.

If you just follow behind, let alone whether you can compete with them, you have absolutely no chance!

But what good is high intelligence?!

A sense of powerlessness made Naraku clearly understand what pure power suppression meant.

"Do you want the Shikon Jewel?"

A voice rang in his mind, startling Naraku.

who! ?

Naraku suppressed his shock, his mind racing: "You're in my head?!"

Oni Spider?!

impossible!

Onigumo is currently being suppressed.

How could that possibly happen?

So if it's not Onigumo, then who is it?

It was able to invade my mind without me ever being prepared.

Naraku knew that the other party was definitely stronger than himself, so who could this guy be?

Or

What is the purpose of the other party?

Naraku didn't have time to think it through before the voice rang out again.

"To be precise, it's just talking to you in some way."

It doesn't appear in my mind.

Hearing this answer, Naraku breathed a sigh of relief.

This way, the other person can avoid knowing what's on their mind.

This would also hinder my future actions.

"So who are you?!"

Naraku asked.

If cooperation is beneficial to him, he will not hesitate to cooperate with the other party.

But at the very least, it's necessary to figure out the other party's identity. It's just a pity that I can't control the whole situation.

This inexplicable sense of powerlessness only strengthened Naraku's resolve to possess immense power.

"The Jade of Four Souls."

"The Shikon Jewel?!"

The Shikon Jewel actually has its own consciousness!?

This inevitably shocked Naraku, who was actually talking to the Shikon Jewel.

“That’s right, I don’t want to be taken away by the White Demon, so let’s cooperate.”

Having already mastered everything in the Jade Realm, Seimei's soul naturally possessed such abilities as well.

Compared to the Shikon Jewel in the anime, he is now stronger because he no longer needs to fight the monsters inside; he has already transformed the interior of the jewel into a part of evil.

Over the years, he has also tried to wander among the witches and high monks, and all witches and high monks who obtain the jade will encounter misfortune.

All of this was done by Qu Ling, just to absorb the other party's soul and thus strengthen the power of the Shikon Jewel.

The current situation is that he is not able to deal with Kikyo so quickly. According to the timeline, he should need some more time to make arrangements.

After all, Kikyo's power is far too great compared to other priestesses and high priestesses.