Fourteen years after his last adventure, the masterless swordsman Jubei Kibagami meets Shigure, a priestess who has never left her isolated village. When demons wipe out her home, Jubei acquires a mysterious Dragon Jewel and becomes a target of two rival demon clans, the Hiruko and the Kimon. Joined by the wandering monk Dakuan and the young thief Tsubute, he sets out to protect Shigure on the road to the village of Yagyu. This TV series continues the story introduced in the original Ninja Scroll film.