# WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #11 ## Series - title: A Tree Beyond the Years - slug: a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Chapter - number: 11 - chapter_key: 11-rf9iq5 - release_date: 2026-10-07 ### Summary A person racing against time for a faintly beating pulse senses the presence inside the host and calls for help. A mysterious chant is heard about the maple-leaf hand, flesh and bone, fire and earth, and the way back. With great effort, the seed the yokai planted in the host's body is extracted. Then the Landowner appears; he reveals the secret of the scar, the brother believed dead, and the cruel yokai his father summoned being sealed with a blood tie: he has eaten it. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - A scarred Landowner appears; his father summoned a cruel yokai and sealed it using blood-bound human. - A healer performs urgent extraction of a yokai seed from a host with weak pulse and succeeds. - When asked where the yokai is, the scarred man confesses that he ate it. - It is realized the host may have noticed being reached, not frozen with fear. - A warning is given that a tree coveting flesh can pierce branches and break bones. - It is revealed the extracted seed is identical to the yokai's true form planted in the host. - Ritual instructions are given to cut flesh for fire, grind bone for earth, and close ears or eyes. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser A person racing against time for a faintly beating pulse senses the presence inside the host and calls for help. ### Spoiler summary A person racing against time for a faintly beating pulse senses the presence inside the host and calls for help. A mysterious chant is heard about the maple-leaf hand, flesh and bone, fire and earth, and the way back. With great effort, the seed the yokai planted in the host's body is extracted. Then the Landowner appears; he reveals the secret of the scar, the brother believed dead, and the cruel yokai his father summoned being sealed with a blood tie: he has eaten it. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 80 ### Content IT'S FAINT.. BUT THE PULSE IS BEATING. DID IT REALIZE I REACHED THE HOST? And here I thought it was frozen in fear. THERE'S NO TIME. PLEASE HELP ME. I CANNOT MISS THIS CHANCE. SO PLEASE... O CHILD. IN YOUR SMALL, MAPLE-LEAF HAND, IS THAT FLESH OR BONE YOU HOLD? IF IT BE FLESH, CHOP IT FINE AND CAST IT INTO THE FIRE, IF IT BE BONE, GRIND IT FINE AND BURY IT DEEP IN THE EARTH. AMI. NGH... IS THE PATH BACK TO THE LEFT, OR TO THE RIGHT? UGH... UGH... IF TO THE LEFT, COVER YOUR EARS AS YOU PASS, IF TO THE RIGHT, COVER YOUR EYES AS YOU PASS. JUST A LITTLE MORE...! O CHILD. RUN NOT ALONG THE WINTER RIDGE, DIP NOT YOUR BODY IN SUMMER WATERS. HNGH...!! FOR A TREE THAT COVETS FAIR FLESH IS NEAR, LEST ITS TWIGS PIERCE AND SHATTER YOUR BONES. IT'S OUT. NO DIFFERENT FROM THE YOKAI'S TRUE FORM, THE SEED THE YOKAI PLANTED INSIDE THE HOST'S BODY EXTINGUISHING FIRE WHO'S THERE? WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO HIDE THEIR PRESENCE, STARING SO BLATANTLY.. ?! LANDOWNER...? WHY ARE YOU...! KEUK!! GASP... URGH...!! HAHA... YOU ACTUALLY MANAGED TO DO IT, IN THE END. URGH. URGH...!! WHAT IN THE WORLD... THAT'S... ? ...YOU, THAT SCAR... AH. THIS? I GUESSED WRONG. SINCE IT REEKED SO FOULLY OF ROT, I WAS CERTAIN MY BROTHER WAS DEAD. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE REAL THING... HOW DOES IT LOOK TO YOU? IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG. THIS NOBLE, BEAUTIFUL MAN... HE INCURRED THE WRATH OF A YOKAI. WHAT KIND OF YOKAI WAS IT? WHAT ABOUT IT? THAT SCAR. IT WAS DONE TO YOU BY A YOKAI, WASN'T IT? TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN FEEL ITS OBSESSION TO CLAIM YOUR BODY. EVEN IF I TOLD YOU WHO IT WAS, WHAT COULD SOMEONE LIKE YOU POSSIBLY DO? ...I WILL TRY WHATEVER I CAN. IN THE PAST... MY FATHER CRAVED POWER BEYOND THAT OF A HUMAN, SO HE SUMMONED A YOKAI, AND THEY SAY THE CREATURE WAS THOROUGHLY ATROCIOUS AND WICKED. SO WHEN MY FATHER WAS COMPLETELY AT HIS WIT'S END, HE EVEN BROUGHT IN A SHAMANESS, AND THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT TO SEAL THE YOKAI, THEY HAD TO USE A HUMAN. AND AT THAT, SOMEONE BLOOD-RELATED TO MY FATHER. N-NO WAY- WHERE IS THE YOKAI, YOU ASK? RIGHT HERE. I ATE IT. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #11](/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-11-rf9iq5) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.