[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group":3,"chapter-infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-chapter-250":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Infinite Faith System: Join the Divine Chat Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1373430,1815,"Chapter 250 — First Talk Kagome Around, Then Recruit Sango","infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-chapter-250",250,"\u003Cp>\"Granny Kaede, this girl, she...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough. No need to panic—she isn’t a bad sort. As for why she went into the Inuyasha Forest, let me question her slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede loosened Kagome’s bindings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome stood, rubbing her reddened wrists with a distinctly sour look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People of the Warring States era were brutally rough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no concept of pity or chivalry at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, they feared monsters in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the crowd was about to disperse, a graceful figure stepped in from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore white robes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a veil over her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her features were concealed, the aura rolling off her took one’s breath away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome couldn’t help exclaiming, \"Is she... a fairy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the dim divine glow was restrained,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was nothing an ordinary human could compare to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede snatched up the bow at her side, tensing. \"Halt. Who are you? Why have you entered our village?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... am called Kikyo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze at the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede was struck dumb on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she snapped, angered, \"What joke is this—my sister—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veil lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar face appeared before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly Sister Kikyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet she was not quite the same as Kaede’s memory:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for the woman before them smiled with a beauty the former Kikyo had never shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible—what kind of demon are you? My sister died, what, fifty years ago!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve come from another time and space. Don’t be alarmed. Would you like me to demonstrate the Arrow of Purification?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo lifted a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple, demon-cleaving power gathered mid-air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then streaked toward the Inuyasha Forest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reducing a hundred-foot demon within to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Kikyo’s face left Kagome momentarily stupefied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recovered quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already clear she wasn’t in her own time; of course she wanted to go home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that display,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede chose to believe Kikyo for the time being. But to avoid a panic, she decided to take the two to her house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching their visitor move through the lanes with all the familiarity of a longtime resident,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede believed eight-tenths of Kikyo’s story already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How else would she know the way home?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome blurted, \"Did you come to help me get back to modern times? I really don’t want to stay here another minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People here were savage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there were monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo ignored her and looked at her aging sister, sighing. \"We of this era have borne too much. Let me heal your eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingertips passed lightly across Kaede’s furrowed brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warmth poured into Kaede’s empty sockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... what’s happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tugged down her eye patch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes blinded for fifty years—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had been restored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome stood there, slack with astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this... magic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the true timeline, you too were injured by a demon and lost your sight,\" Kikyo said. \"Then you received God’s grace. Not only were your eyes restored, we sisters also asked to undo the original tragedy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t wait for Kaede to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She explained it herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, Sister... you traveled here from another time and space?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. As for Kagome—she’s the reincarnation of my soul in this world. The Shikon Jewel I carried was the opportunity for reincarnation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo stretched her hand toward Kagome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft pink jewel rose out of Kagome’s body into her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Shikon Jewel touched Kikyo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it thrashed frantically,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even beginning to spill miasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had recognized the aura of annihilation in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph. In my previous life, I could purify you. Do you think a mere aggregation of grudges can compare with my God?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrible radiance lanced through the Shikon Jewel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>erasing the spirits within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Midoriko’s soul was drawn free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midoriko was extremely weak at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo sealed her temporarily into a jade pendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she returned to the God-Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she would release her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women—one old, one young—were both silenced by Kikyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede was shaken by her sister’s terrifying power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome was terrified by the malice seething inside the jewel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tidying away those matters, Kikyo said to Kagome, \"There are things you don’t get to decide by wanting them. As the reincarnation of my soul,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you’re clever and lucky. Now that you’ve come to this era, stay at my side—I’ll teach you divine arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, be prepared to face endless demons. I... once I finish the task at hand, I’ll prepare to send you back to your original time and space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small lie did no harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time tunnel in the Bone-Eater’s Well\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had already been sealed by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Kikyo’s permission, Kagome going back to the modern day was a fool’s dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God had taken an interest in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There would be no getting away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I can’t go back to modern times... Can’t I just climb back up the well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Kagome yanked the door open and bolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d stop caring about anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was a chance, she had to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the silly girl left,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede, seated across from Kikyo, said, \"You came for her, didn’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect that after living several decades, your wits would sharpen. Back then, you were so dense you couldn’t even manage a charm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re one to talk. I didn’t expect the ’other-world’ version of my sister could coax a girl so smoothly—and be so talkative.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s because of God. Without God... there would be no me now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... what about Inuyasha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the dog-demon in the forest? Sorry. I don’t know him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede went cold all over at those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two, once deeply in love, did not even know each other,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Kikyo’s tone was as indifferent as if she were speaking of a stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened in that time and space?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo turned, smiled at her sister, and said, \"Don’t be so frightened. I’ll leave soon. Do you want to come back with me? Cultivating divine arts could restore your youth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. I’ve lived my life. I can’t accept another time and space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So long as her sister could be happy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as for Inuyasha, let him sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas—fated, yet unable to be together after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome trudged back from the forest, tired as a dead dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d been in school too long; meeting monsters again like this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was a miracle she hadn’t collapsed from hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the attempt had settled things for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Bone-Eater’s Well, there was no going back. Kagome suspected it was because the Shikon Jewel had been purified—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation didn’t bend for anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take it one step at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me—how do I learn spells? Since you’re taking me with you, teach me some way to protect myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. We’ll start with the basics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo smiled. She was now a Nine-Star Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teaching Kagome would be child’s play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stayed in Maple Village for three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then set off for the Demon-Slayer Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Kikyo, who drifted among the clouds, Kagome’s lingering resentment blew away like dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we immortals? I didn’t think I’d ever get to fly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. This is only a flying technique. As long as you cultivate the meditation I’ve taught you, flying on your own won’t be difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh—then I’ll work hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome stood beside Kikyo; from a distance, the two looked like twins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For convenience,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she’d swapped her short skirt for a shrine maiden’s robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stockade was just as memory held—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the villagers below saw figures flying through mist and cloud,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango’s father readied his weapon and barked orders to the men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be alert. If they attack, defend yourselves well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armored in tight-fitting gear, Sango answered firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two descended before the stockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the patriarch saw that the newcomers were like twins, he was a little dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hastily dismissed his men, stepped forward, and asked, \"May I ask who you are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are goddesses under the Eternal God, traveling the world,\" Kikyo said calmly. \"Patriarch, you should have heard my name. I am Kikyo. Once, your grandfather gave me the Shikon Jewel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that introduction,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango’s father understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman hadn’t died—she’d ascended to serve the gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing as she was passing through,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she wanted to take a look—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and while at it, find women with strong spiritual power to serve the gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango’s father was a perceptive man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Kikyo’s might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only hoped she would leave some inheritance behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he sent for his daughter and quietly asked for her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, human life was hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serving the gods beat suffering in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kagome, for her part, smiled on the surface, but grumbled inwardly. That \"God\" was absolutely not up to anything serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said he was seeking a goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he was obviously expanding his harem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, she didn’t dare say it aloud. Kikyo’s power could shake the heavens, and Kagome had seen a god’s true body herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little griping in her heart—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no open disrespect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo studied Sango’s eyes, smiled, and said, \"This girl is good. I’ll take her. And here—pass on your script method; it will make slaying demons much easier in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then thank you, Lady Kikyo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm. No need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango stood to the side, silent the whole time, but her eyes kept measuring the goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her father finished speaking with Kikyo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she stepped forward. \"Since you’re a goddess, could you... show us something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sango!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, we can’t just believe her because she says a word. That won’t do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango spoke stubbornly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo smiled and asked, \"What would you consider a demonstration? Will this suffice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flicked a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the stockade, earth split open into a trench a kilometer long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sango’s father ran to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ditch was three meters wide, and the bottom could not be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest on either side had suffered heavy damage.\u003C\u002Fp>",1663,"2026-06-05T21:52:16.834Z",1,"novelbin.me","938972d430e3b847a7dcfcb578489e3af80ddda2659c7751a389684b0599486e","infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-chapter-51","infinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-chapter-249",391,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finfinite-faith-system-join-the-divine-chat-group-cover.jpg"]