Crossover: A Different Inuyasha.

Chapter 142 Forging Swords, Each

Inside the resounding cauldron.

Molten gold surged and gushed forth, and waves of heat surged like a tide.

Inuyasha sat suspended in mid-air, the hem of his magnificent crimson robes hanging down naturally, swaying slightly as the rising heat below lifted him up.

He placed the Tessaiga horizontally on his lap, then raised his hand and held the Hogyoku in his palm.

The dark blue gemstone floated into the air, gleaming with a deep, mysterious light under the glow of the lava.

"The Tessaiga, as stiff as a door panel, is ultimately not in line with my elegant image."

With a thought, Inuyasha unleashed the power of the Hogyoku like water bursting from a dam, transforming it into a thick stream of energy that merged with his own burgeoning, vast source power.

The color of the source energy changes slightly during the absorption process, as if a new base color is being injected, revealing a clear and refreshing light.

At the same time, the power of Kagutsuchi Flame surged from his right palm, spreading along his arm to his fingertips, transforming into a blue flame that fell into the blade of Tessaiga.

The Tessaiga began to melt, turning into a pool of silvery-white liquid that floated in mid-air.

The liquid flowed slowly, like a living thing that was breathing.

The surface rippled with subtle spiritual ripples, responding to the power of the Hogyoku and the scorching of the blue flames.

Since Totosai joined the Eastern Country, the Tessaiga, in addition to Toga's teeth, also incorporated Inuyasha's teeth, and after being worshipped by the people, it had long possessed extraordinary divine power.

If placed in a traditional world of cultivation, it would have already developed its own intelligence.

The power of the Hogyoku continued to flow in, intertwining and entwining with the Source Force.

Inuyasha sensed the circulation of two forces within his body and between the blade.

A strange feeling welled up inside me, as if something was breaking free from the depths of my soul.

At the same time, above the liquid metal formed by the Tessaiga, a hazy sword shadow slowly emerged.

The outline was initially very faint, like a layer of light and shadow distorted by rising heat.

Yet an invisible, majestic aura was spreading outward from the blade's shadow, causing even the flames to involuntarily bow down to it.

"Remove the influence of my father, this is the Tessaiga that truly belongs to me."

Inuyasha stared at the phantom, a surge of joy rising within him, and a clear thought flashed through his mind.

The unique spirit armor from "The Knight of Failed Examinations" is a power that manifests the soul itself as armor.

Zanpakuto are also based on the soul, and are constructed from one's own soul.

Both originate from the same source, but their worlds, forms, and external forces are different, which is why they have embarked on seemingly extraordinary paths.

This is also the fundamental reason why Tia and her three companions are able to fuse their spirit armor with their own Zanpakuto to create soul armor or soul weapons.

They are just two branches on the same tree, only they stretch towards different skies.

"The unfinished Hogyoku, the Tessaiga, the faith of the people, and the Kagutsuchi Flame strengthened after fusing with the souls of others three times."

The all-encompassing power—I lack nothing now.

Inuyasha opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the gathering sword shadows, and exhaled.

The surrounding flames immediately surged toward the liquid Iron Shard that was suspended in mid-air.

Like an inverted rain of fire, it was swallowed up the moment it touched it, constantly condensing and turning into part of the Tessaiga.

All fires pay homage, all flames return to their source.

Inuyasha reached out and made a grasping motion towards the rapidly solidifying sword shadow.

The absorbed flames, guided by his will, converged and sculpted, gradually shaping the blade.

The moment the new sword took shape, a vast pressure surged forth from its blade, sweeping across all directions from the center of the resounding cauldron.

It was as if something had ripped a crack open in the heavens and earth from within, and spiritual energy surged and burst forth from the crack, transforming into a spiritual storm that swept across the sky.

The clouds were torn apart and scattered, even the winter snow was washed away, and the sky was transformed from leaden gray into a clear, bright blue.

The spiritual energy within a hundred miles seemed to be summoned, flowing back from all directions into the resounding cauldron, transforming into firewood to nourish the new sword, continuously pouring into the blade that was finally taking shape.

At the same time, the nearest Ruri Shrine spontaneously opened its barrier the moment the spiritual energy storm touched it. A semi-transparent light membrane spread upwards from the eaves of the main hall, enveloping the entire shrine and isolating the energy wave, which was powerful enough to overturn mountains, from the outside.

Kikyo stood on the steps in front of the main hall, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the vortex of spiritual energy that was gathering in the direction of the back mountain, swirling like a surging sea, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.

Just like coming home to find her dog destroying the house, she sighed, "He's not a kid anymore, and he keeps making such a racket."

"Even if people aren't hurt, it's still not good to damage the flowers and plants along the roadside."

Under the eaves of the side hall on the other side, Feng and Zou Ji sat facing each other, each holding an open scroll of documents in their hands.

They glanced up at the increasingly surging wave of spiritual energy on the horizon, then looked away, having developed a conditioned reflex of indifference to commotions of this magnitude.

Feng turned a page of the document and said, "The spiritual energy concentration is about 50% higher than last time. We'll have to get the Yin-Yang Bureau and the Secret Ritual Department to come over and adjust the barrier parameters."

"We can't let the shrine be overturned by someone's breakthrough momentum one day."

Zou-hime nodded, her gaze fixed on the paper, without even lifting her eyelids. "Okay, I've got it."

Deep in the courtyard, Midori was leading several well-behaved young shrine maidens, including Hitomi, in practice.

The air currents stirred up by the spiritual energy storm swept over their heads. Cui Zi turned around and stared intently at the direction of the back mountain, where something new was radiating a profound, sharp, and unshakable presence.

She pursed her lips almost imperceptibly. I haven't relaxed for a single day, but that guy—he just spends his days with his wife, eats, and sleeps, yet his strength keeps increasing day by day.

Cui Zi silently calculated it in her mind, and then calculated it again. In the end, she came to a conclusion that made her heart ache: how could the difference between people be so great?

The dignified martial priestess couldn't help but recall a vocabulary word that came from the world of Feather Robe: "Is this guy on or off?"

On the terrace of the castle tower in Rashomon, Yura and the black shrine maiden Tsubaki stood side by side.

The two were discussing how to inscribe the curse spell onto Jieluo's hair when they were suddenly interrupted by a surging tide from the horizon.

The spiritual energy storm interrupted my train of thought.

As Yura leaned against the railing with one hand, gazing at the vast expanse of spiritual energy spreading out in the direction of the Ruri Shrine, she casually remarked, "A spiritual energy storm of this magnitude... it's probably like all the spiritual energy in the entire Eastern Kingdom is rushing over there."

That's true.

Chun stood beside her, her hands tucked into her sleeves, watching the fading light.

"Since the Divine Lord regulated the earth's veins, the 'Two Capitals and One Shrine' have gathered eighty percent of the Eastern Kingdom's spiritual energy. Even mortals, with ten years of diligent study, can easily reach the first realm, 'Starfire Body Refinement.'"

"Ten years."

Jie Luo narrowed his eyes. "Ten years for humans is almost equivalent to a hundred years for demons."

"Given the speed of reproduction, we pure-blooded and mixed-blooded monsters might be surpassed by humans in the future."

"Exceed?"

Chun shook her head. "You have a lot of blood on your hands, and with Shen Jiuye's magic, if you let loose, you can create a large number of 'Sun Wheel Celestial Phenomena' monsters in an instant. Even a 'Celestial Venerable' would only have to pay a price."

"I'm not going to provoke Inuyasha, and priestesses are annoying too."

Upon hearing this, Yura stretched and revealed her exquisite and curvaceous body. "Anyway, with Inuyasha around, there will always be balance."

"Indeed." Tsubaki looked again at the pillar of spiritual energy soaring into the sky from the Ruri Shrine, her tone filled with emotion, "This kind of power—"

"The curses we painstakingly developed, if they were to fall on him, would probably be rebounded in the blink of an eye."

This reminded the Black Witch of the past, when she had attacked Kikyo out of jealousy, only to end up losing more than she gained.

Now, she dislikes Kikyo even more.

She did nothing, yet she made the whole world revolve around her.

Inuyasha, you're so biased!

Chun paused, her eyes brightening slightly for a moment before she lowered them.

"However, I am quite interested in the Source Power that Lord God will be promoting in the future. From the Inherent Spirit Armor to the Power of Fear, and then to the Source System he mentioned."

"Each time a new force is promoted, the overall strength of Dongguo will be raised to a higher level."

"I really don't know how far we'll go when the power of the Origin and the Shinigami's spiritual pressure truly takes hold."

Jie Luo shrugged, about to reply, when she heard soft footsteps behind her.

A woman walked slowly down the corridor, her clothes trailing on the floor with a soft rustling sound.

Her face, smooth as white paper, clearly lacked features, yet at first glance, it involuntarily reminded people of the most familiar female face.

Jie Luo's gaze lingered on her face for a moment, his eyebrows slightly raised. "Wu Nu, it seems your Myriad Transformations Face is almost complete."

o

"Thanks to the assistance of the Ritual Division." The woman nodded, the voice coming from the direction of her face, but without a specific source. "The deduction of the spells took a lot of effort."

The essence of the Myriad Transformations is a transformation technique that combines the characteristics of Wu Nu's inherent spiritual armor and innate magic.

It allows the viewer to perceive the face of the person the other person cares about most.

However, there are two drawbacks at present.

One is that he cannot become a man.

The other one is also obvious.

Chun's gaze lingered on the woman's face, which vaguely resembled Kikyo's, for a moment before she smiled and said, "Soon, you will surely be able to step into the Nascent Soul realm."

"It is all thanks to the divine Lord's blessings." Wu Nu smiled devoutly. "If he had not established Shan Jian Jing and settled the Wu Nu clan, how could I be where I am today?"

As she spoke, she looked up at the sky, as if through the radiant light that was scattering its glow, she saw Er Gou, who had called her "Mom."

"To have achieved what I have today is far beyond what I could have imagined back then."

Jieluo chuckled. "Alright, alright, everyone's getting all sentimental here. Go do what you were supposed to do. Tsubaki, we still need to talk about our curse magic."

Above the starry sky, the Moon Palace.

The asteroid formed by Kaguya using "Rokudo: Chibaku Tensei" is no longer the barren place it once was.

A divine tree, reaching to the heavens and the earth, took root in the very center of the palace. Its branches were as thick as giant pillars, and its leaves shone with a luster under the starlight.

The tree canopy almost completely covered the top of the lunar palace, with countless slender aerial roots hanging down, swaying slowly between the vacuum and the lunar surface, absorbing the free-floating energy in the starry sky.

Kaguya Otsutsuki hovered in the middle of the Divine Tree, her hands slightly outstretched, and tiny spatial rifts opened and closed behind her.

The blood flowing from the cracks, guided by her, sprinkled like a fine rain among the branches of the sacred tree, and was absorbed layer by layer by the bark.

For months, billions of gene samples from different creatures and different worlds have been continuously fed into the roots of the divine tree, from ordinary humans to various monsters within the Eastern Kingdom, and even the blood genes provided by the Celestial Venerables.

Under such intensive nourishment, the branches of the sacred tree grew thicker and stronger, and the luster on the edges of its leaves became more intense day by day.

The aura emanating from the Divine Tree was so profound that even Kaguya Otsutsuki had to admit it was deeper and more enduring than the Divine Tree when she had consumed the Chakra Fruit.

Affected by the Divine Tree's clone, Kaguya has been staying in seclusion lately, working to regulate her ever-increasing power.

Kaguya lowered her eyes to look at the slowly swelling trunk of the divine tree, a dark light flashing in her Byakugan eyes.

If one could have the chance to eat the fruit of this divine tree—then, it might not be impossible to break free from these mere constraints.

That's what she was thinking.

Suddenly, an aura far beyond her expectations surged from the direction of the blue planet.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was startled. Her figure floated up and hovered in mid-air. Her gaze pierced through the thin stardust and the faint light of the moon, looking at the blue planet that was slowly rotating in her field of vision.

Even across hundreds of thousands of kilometers, that aura made her heart tighten slightly.

Just as she was gazing into the distance, she heard very light footsteps behind her.

Kaguya emerged from the depths of the main hall of the Moon Palace, her outer robe unfastened and her hair slightly disheveled, as if she had just woken from a light nap.

She stepped across the threshold of the terrace and gazed at the blue planet at the edge of the sky.

The aftershocks of the spiritual storm were spreading along the edge of the atmosphere, like the aurora borealis bathed in sunlight, spreading a thin, flowing halo on the dark curtain of the starry sky.

"As expected of my man, he always manages to create something amazing."

Kaguya withdrew her gaze from the distance and waved to Kaguya as usual.

The latter suppressed all superfluous thoughts, lowered its body, and in the instant it landed, it transformed into a snow-white jade rabbit, its four paws landing silently on the stone surface of the terrace, and lightly leaped into Kaguya's arms.

Kagami Kuya's fingers slid down the curve of the rabbit's ears, across her back, and finally landed on the vermilion between her eyebrows.

"My little bunny," her voice was as gentle as water, but when it fell, it made Kaguya's whole body stiffen.

"Don't think about things you shouldn't be thinking about."

The goddess of the rabbit lay motionless in the arms of Kamiya.

Kaguya lowered his head, his gaze sweeping over her obedient and docile appearance. He picked her up, turned around, and walked back into the depths of the Moon Palace.

The Six Heavenly Maidens Technique, created using the Rinnegan artifact, controls not only the body but also, more importantly, the mind.