Inuyasha’s Journey to Immortal

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"Leave some room when dealing with people, and you'll meet again down the road. We'll be seeing each other again very soon, Miss Higurashi," he said.

At the foot of the bed, a shard lay silently.

It wasn't that he looked down on this shard—

But throughout the entire Inuyasha storyline, only the original male lead, Inuyasha himself, could freely travel back and forth between the two worlds via the Bone-Eater's Well, ignoring its restrictions.

Even the female lead, Kagome Higurashi, during this period, needed the power of the Shikon Jewel to cross between the worlds. Every time she did, it was because she carried fragments of the Shikon Jewel with her.

This fact was vividly demonstrated in the incident involving the demon Koga.

Back then, when Kagome no longer had any shards, she tried to return to the Sengoku era through the Bone-Eater's Well—but failed. It wasn't until the little demon Shippo carried a shard to the Sengoku side that Kagome was able to travel back 500 years into that parallel world.

(It seems the shard simply needed to be near the Bone-Eater's Well for her to use its power to travel between these two completely different timelines.)

"So now that I've obtained a shard of the Shikon Jewel… can I also use its power to travel through that magical well—into the parallel world of the Sengoku era?"

Li Xia pondered silently.

Should he go now?

He was still hesitating.

As for taking a few shards of the jewel?

"I'll find a way to make it up to Kagome later."

In the original story, the flesh-eating puppet was awakened by the Shikon Jewel's energy. It not only almost killed Kagome's grandfather, but also devoured a firefighter and several policemen, causing significant casualties.

So today, taking a few shards… could be seen as a small lesson for Kagome.

The Shikon Jewel shards must never be left unattended!

Having taken the shards he needed, he slipped quietly out through the back door.

Job done, he left without a trace, hiding his name and figure.

As for the Tessaiga?

He'd leave it with the Higurashi family for now.

That thing—he couldn't afford to mess with it yet.

After one last glance at the small shrine where the Bone-Eater's Well was located, Li Xia turned away without lingering.

Behind the Higurashi Shrine was a small forest. Beyond the forest stood a Western-style building about six or seven stories tall. A concrete path wound down the hill beside the building, connecting to the city below. In other words, this was another way out.

Come to think of it, Kagome's family was quite wealthy—truly hidden millionaires.

After all, to own a shrine spanning over a thousand square meters in Tokyo, where land was incredibly expensive—heck, they owned half a mountain.

If that's not rich, what is?

Of course, when it came to wealth, the Li family of the peninsula had even more.

After leaving the Higurashi Shrine, Li Xia hailed a taxi straight to a small courtyard estate in the city.

This several-hundred-square-meter property was one of the Li family's many assets in Tokyo.

Inside the courtyard were pavilions, rock gardens, flowing streams, bamboo groves, flower beds, and even a lotus pond that shimmered under moonlight.

It was normally maintained by a few ordinary members of the Li clan, with no shortage of stewards and maids.

Aside from this estate, there were two commercial streets and a food street surrounding it—all part of the Li family's secular industries.

It was these businesses that supported the once-royal Li family of the peninsula.

Even though they weren't an official conglomerate, their status far surpassed that of any corporate giant.

Thanks to this wealth, the clan's members never had to worry about food or clothing—and those with talent could focus fully on cultivating Daoist arts.

"You're back early today, Xia," a middle-aged man greeted him as soon as he stepped out of the car.

Li Xia smiled and replied,

"I helped some classmates with something this morning. Felt a bit tired, so I came back early. Oh right, Uncle Four—could you help me make a few alloy safes? I need them for something important."

This man was his father's younger brother—

One of the few in that generation without the talent for cultivation.

Because of that, he had become the person in charge of managing the family's business operations in the Tokyo area—a steward of the secular world, so to speak.

It would be a lie to say this uncle didn't feel some envy or resentment toward the main bloodline.

After all, those born with the ability to cultivate started far above what ordinary people like him could ever reach. Even doing nothing, they'd live lives of wealth and privilege.

But the clan's structure was strict.

No matter how unwilling he felt, his resentment remained superficial at best. He was the green leaf that nourished the main branch with the fruits of secular success.

He wouldn't—and didn't dare to—step out of line.

Otherwise, what awaited him was the boundless wrath of the main family.

The main branch would never tolerate challenges to its authority.

The clan's hierarchy dictated that ordinary members must never go against the will of the core cultivators.

In the secular world, ordinary clan members could shine.

But in the clan's eyes, they were just stewards.

The true masters of the family were the core cultivators—hidden in the shadows.

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This was a fundamental rule that allowed cultivation clans to continue thriving for generations — it was the cornerstone of their survival.

Naturally, Li Xia was more than happy with this arrangement.

Why would he ever rebel against it?

"How big of a safe do you need?"

Fourth Uncle asked.

Li Xia thought for a moment and made three suggestions:

"Get me two of each — large, medium, and small — and have them delivered to my private storage."

Back in his room...

He took out a small glass vial from his chest, which contained seven shards of the Shikon Jewel.

All seven had been found in A-Li's bedroom.

Speaking of which, the flesh-faced mask demon had been able to awaken from the seal placed by A-Li's ancestor largely thanks to the mysterious force of these shards — it was the resonance between the shard embedded in the demon's forehead and these seven that had stimulated the dormant mask demon into reawakening.

Thinking about the shard on the demon's forehead, Li Xia fell into deep contemplation.

Without a doubt, this shard of the Shikon Jewel held by the masked demon was not one of the fragments that were blown apart when A-Li shot the Jewel with a purifying arrow during the Warring States era.

Why? Because the shard possessed by the flesh-faced mask had already existed for several centuries by the modern era — it had been sealed away together with the mask by A-Li's ancestor and stored in the now-burnt-down storehouse of the Higurashi Shrine.

However, not long ago, A-Li had been attacked by the Centipede Demon that revived from the Bone-Eater's Well and retrieved a complete Shikon Jewel from inside the girl's body.

So, within the same timeline, how could a complete jewel exist while a shard was also present?

If there were truly two identical fragments — or perhaps one representing the past and one representing the present — then in the original series, during the battle over the shard possessed by the Band of Seven, it wouldn't have been referred to as "the final shard."

Moreover, Naraku would have immediately turned his sights on the modern world to obtain these fragments representing different timelines.

Don't underestimate the full Shikon Jewel's power — it could help Naraku accomplish this.

Think of it like this: a pack of wolves hiding an identical wolf among them is very different from a husky sneaking in.

If a husky sneaks in, the Shikon Jewel wouldn't care. After all, in the past 600 years, it had done that sort of thing many times. Those who had made wishes and died — like Naraku himself — would have their souls absorbed into the Jewel. Even fake shards could merge into the true Jewel.

But if an identical wolf sneaks in?

Even a fool would realize that there is another identical Jewel still existing — in the modern era.

Therefore, the moment Naraku gathered the complete Shikon Jewel, the Jewel — now possessing its own independent will — would certainly not sit back and wait to be destroyed. It would cause chaos in the modern world, and the protagonist team wouldn't be able to stop it.

Why?

Because:

Sesshomaru can't go there.

Miroku can't go there.

Sango can't go there.

The other powerful beings of the Yokai world can't go there either.

Only A-Li and Inuyasha could potentially threaten it.

Yeah, right.

That's why the shard possessed by the flesh-faced mask demon didn't come from the explosion caused by A-Li's purifying arrow.

From this fact alone, we can confirm:

There exists another shattered Shikon Jewel in the modern era.

(The existence format of the Shikon Jewel is somewhat similar to the Infinity Stones in Avengers: Endgame, where Iron Man and others went to a parallel universe to retrieve a second set of six stones.

In that comparison, both the demon-filled Warring States era and A-Li's modern world each have a Shikon Jewel — two completely separate Jewels. The one possessed by the masked demon can be considered a counterfeit Shikon Jewel.)

This theory is bold — but it best explains why the shard in the flesh-faced demon could resonate with the other fragments found in A-Li's room.

Because though they seemed unrelated, they were deeply connected.

It also explains why the shard possessed by the flesh-faced mask demon could perfectly fuse with the other shards.

And it explains why, at the end of the original series, the final fused Jewel was able to influence the Bone-Eater's Well, cause it to vanish, and give birth to beings like Magatsuhi and Midoriko — beings with independent wills — as well as directly affect the modern world.

All of this was caused by the shard held by the flesh-faced mask!

This shard is a wild card!

It's as if the original six Infinity Stones — Time, Space, Soul, Power, Reality, and Mind — suddenly became seven, with an extra Time Stone added to the mix.

Originally, with six stones, you could create the Infinity Gauntlet and snap away half the universe.

But what happens if you add a seventh?

"What am I even thinking… all of that is way too far off — not something I should be worrying about right now."

With that, he embedded the seven Shikon Jewel shards into the pen he used for drawing talismans.

The Shikon Jewel possessed countless incredible powers.

Even a tiny piece out of dozens or hundreds held extraordinary strength.

Given that embedding the shards into his own body would warp his desires, distort his mind, and rewrite his will — something that even a powerful demon like the Band of Seven's leader couldn't resist — Li Xia preferred to harness their power-enhancing and manifestation abilities.

By embedding them in the talisman pen, he could boost his spiritual energy while drawing charms — making up for his lack of magical power and drastically improving the quality of the talismans he created.

Talismans were currently the most important means of survival and livelihood for Li Xia.

"Right now, I may not be suitable for recklessly using the Jewel shards to forcibly increase my mana, but I can use them to improve the materials needed for talismans, thus increasing the effectiveness of the final products."

Once he thought of it, he acted.

P.S.: (See chart for a full list of the Shikon Jewel's effects — won't elaborate here)