Chapter Summaries

After building a new era for jujutsu, Shen Yuanyi destroyed the curse he had prepared and crossed into another space-time, where he ruled for five hundred years before departing again. He arrived in a modern city and met a young Gojo child with the Six Eyes.

• Shen Yuanyi said goodbye to Gojo Satoru, Maki, Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Okkotsu, and the others before releasing his completed curse at sea.
• Shen Yuanyi used Domain Expansion: Final Void to destroy the enormous curse, then vanished in the light of its reversed technique.
• Shen Yuanyi entered a historical space-time, seized power through violence, and ruled for five hundred years while cultivating young Sorcerers to gather the firewood needed for another crossing.
• Shen Yuanyi departed after completing his preparations, then arrived in a modern city and woke across a table from a young white-haired child with the Six Eyes.
• The child asked Shen Yuanyi whether he was a Curse User or a member of the Gojo Family, and Shen Yuanyi introduced himself.

Young Gojo Satoru visited Shinjuku under guard and met Shen Yuanyi, who appeared suddenly and froze everyone in a restaurant with his technique. Satoru introduced himself to Shen Yuanyi as the story left the two facing each other.

• The Gojo Family protected the infant Gojo Satoru from the Six Eyes’ overload until his Limitless technique emerged, marking him as its future head and the modern Jujutsu World’s future strongest.
• Two days before he expected to awaken his technique, Gojo Satoru persuaded the Gojo Family to let him visit Shinjuku with several sorcerers and guards.
• Gojo Satoru stopped at a fast-food restaurant, where Shen Yuanyi appeared without moving and sat opposite him.
• The Gojo Family’s guards approached Shen Yuanyi, but he used his technique to freeze everyone in the restaurant except himself and Gojo Satoru.
• Gojo Satoru studied the frozen scene and Shen Yuanyi’s reality-altering technique, then introduced himself and extended his hand.

Shen Yuanyi used Time Acceleration to meet young Gojo Satoru and offered to become his teacher, demonstrating his overwhelming power and explaining how his Time Reversal affected sorcerers and ordinary people differently. After eliminating a Curse User with a precise beam of light, Shen Yuanyi set out to create a world where everything turned out well.

• Shen Yuanyi met young Gojo Satoru during a pause in time and invited him to become his disciple, promising to make him the strongest.
• Shen Yuanyi demonstrated Domain Expansion, then reversed time so the restaurant returned to its earlier state while Gojo Satoru retained his memories.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that sorcerers remembered the reversal because Cursed Energy permeated their souls, and Gojo Satoru accepted that Shen Yuanyi was qualified to teach him.
• Shen Yuanyi and Gojo Satoru noticed Curse Users watching from outside, and Shen Yuanyi killed one with a nearly imperceptible beam of light.
• Shen Yuanyi ruffled Gojo Satoru's hair and declared that they would create a world where everything turned out well.

After Gojo Satoru awakened Limitless, Shen Yuanyi became his teacher and began training him through relentless surprise attacks. As Gojo Satoru rapidly improved, Shen Yuanyi also used the Gojo Family’s influence to search for people and events tied to the future.

• Shen Yuanyi returned to the Gojo Family with Gojo Satoru, and the family formally appointed him Gojo Satoru’s teacher.
• Gojo Satoru awakened Limitless, drawing attention across the Jujutsu World and prompting the Gojo Family to keep him under protective semi-house arrest.
• Shen Yuanyi tested Gojo Satoru’s Limitless and trained him by launching repeated pebble attacks that forced him to activate the technique on instinct.
• Gojo Satoru accepted the painful training as a way to become stronger, while Shen Yuanyi used Time Reversal to prevent lasting injuries and technique overload.
• Shen Yuanyi searched through the Gojo Family’s connections for Kenjaku, Megumi’s father, Geto Suguru, and other people connected to the future.

Toji Fushiguro arrived at White Cherry Blossom to handle the curse haunting the Gōyō-gumi nightclub and accepted Yuki Koike’s offer to teach her about jujutsu. Their conversation was interrupted by a powerful white-haired stranger who recognized Toji and appeared to be a dangerous opponent.

• Yuki Koike went to White Cherry Blossom and waited for the bounty hunter she had hired to investigate the supernatural incident there.
• Toji Fushiguro arrived, threw aside a Yakuza guard who tried to stop him, and confirmed that he had come to complete the commission.
• Yuki Koike verified Toji’s identity, introduced herself as his employer, and offered him an additional reward for resolving the problem.
• Toji questioned a survivor about the nightclub incident, then accepted Yuki’s payment and began explaining basic jujutsu matters to her.
• A knock interrupted Toji’s explanation, and a white-haired stranger entered and asked whether he should call him Toji Fushiguro.

Shen Yuanyi met Toji Fushiguro while Toji prepared to complete a job for Yuki Koike, then watched him defeat a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit. Shen Yuanyi revealed that he had sought Toji out because he had seen his future, including his death.

• Shen Yuanyi introduced himself to Toji Fushiguro, who suspected he was connected to the Gojo Family, and said he had come for a personal matter.
• Toji sensed the approaching target of his job, drew a Cursed Tool from a storage Cursed Spirit, and prepared for the attack as Yuki Koike heard something outside.
• A many-armed Cursed Spirit entered through the doorway and attacked Toji, who fought it with overwhelming physical speed and strength.
• Shen Yuanyi explained to Yuki Koike that the creature was a curse and that it had drawn them into a different space.
• Toji returned after killing the Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, and Shen Yuanyi told him he was a fortune-teller who had seen Toji's future, including his wife, his Ten Shadows Technique son, and his death.

Shen Yuanyi revealed his supposed ability to know the future and asked Toji Fushiguro to kill the Zenin Family's leaders. Toji heard him out but demanded to know Shen Yuanyi's reason before agreeing to anything.

• Toji Fushiguro collected his payment from Yuki Koike and left after warning her not to discuss the incident.
• Shen Yuanyi appeared beside Toji, blocked his attacks, and claimed his cursed technique involved time and let him see the future.
• Toji received confirmation from Koshigure that no information about Shen Yuanyi could be found, then agreed to talk with him at an izakaya.
• Shen Yuanyi asked Toji to kill the Zenin Family's leaders and said Toji would carry it out himself.
• Toji recalled the abuse and discrimination he had endured in the Zenin Family, then asked Shen Yuanyi why he wanted them dead.

Shen Yuanyi told Toji Fushiguro about his future, including his child’s Ten Shadows Technique and his eventual battle with Gojo Satoru, then arranged to contact him for future work. Years passed as Shen Yuanyi trained Gojo Satoru, located the young Geto Suguru, and became a teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School.

• Shen Yuanyi told Toji Fushiguro that his future child would awaken the Ten Shadows Technique and that Toji would die in a battle against Gojo Satoru.
• Toji Fushiguro accepted Shen Yuanyi’s business card and left after agreeing to stay available for future commissions.
• Shen Yuanyi returned to the Gojo Family while Gojo Satoru continued studying jujutsu and growing stronger.
• Several years passed, and Gojo Satoru reached Grade 2 while Shen Yuanyi found elementary-school-aged Geto Suguru but chose not to interfere with his life.
• Shen Yuanyi became a teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School alongside Yaga Masamichi.

Shen Yuanyi told Gojo Satoru about Tsukumo Yuki, the newly recognized Special Grade Sorcerer, and Geto Suguru, a young sorcerer designated as a future Special Grade. He took Gojo to meet Tsukumo, who greeted Shen as the commissioner when he arrived.

• Gojo Satoru returned to Shen Yuanyi after receiving his message and asked about the news of another Special Grade Sorcerer.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that Tsukumo Yuki had been recruited by the Jujutsu higher-ups and planned to meet her with Gojo.
• Shen Yuanyi told Gojo that Geto Suguru, a sorcerer their age with Cursed Spirit Manipulation, was expected to enroll at Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• Gojo agreed to accompany Shen to meet Tsukumo and see his future classmate.
• Tsukumo Yuki waited at an old-style residence, sensed the visitors approaching, and greeted Shen Yuanyi as the commissioner.

Shen Yuanyi met Tsukumo Yuki, completed her registration after she refused recruitment, and privately asked her to help find a long-lived sorcerer with a stitched scar. He revealed that the man had created the Cursed Wombs and would eventually kill her.

• Tsukumo Yuki met Shen Yuanyi and Gojo Satoru, then asked them what type of women they liked.
• Shen Yuanyi handled Tsukumo Yuki's registration on behalf of the Jujutsu authorities, and she declined to join any faction.
• After the officials left, Shen Yuanyi told Tsukumo Yuki that his technique let him see many things and named her technique, Star Wrath.
• Shen Yuanyi asked Tsukumo Yuki to find a sorcerer with a stitched scar, then revealed that the man had stolen a Kamo Family sorcerer's identity during the Meiji era and created the Cursed Wombs.
• Shen Yuanyi warned Tsukumo Yuki that the sorcerer would cause countless deaths and eventually kill her.

Shen Yuanyi revealed Kenjaku’s history to Tsukumo Yuki and commissioned her to find him, then visited Zenin Toji and met the woman who had just given birth to Megumi Fushiguro. He planned to change the coming Star Plasma Vessel Incident and push Gojo Satoru to become a Special Grade Sorcerer.

• Gojo Satoru explained the sealed history of Noritoshi Kamo and the Cursed Wombs, and Shen Yuanyi identified Kamo as Kenjaku.
• Shen Yuanyi disclosed Kenjaku’s secrets to Tsukumo Yuki and asked her to watch for Itadori Yuji; she accepted the commission.
• Shen Yuanyi considered how he would alter the future Star Plasma Vessel Incident and decided to pressure Gojo Satoru into becoming a Special Grade Sorcerer.
• Shen Yuanyi visited Zenin Toji, who had recently become a father, and met his wife, Megumi Fushiguro’s mother.

Shen Yuanyi visited Toji and Ogata Yuzuki, gave infant Megumi a protective cursed tool, and learned that Yuzuki was terminally ill. She worried about Megumi’s future and considered whether Toji’s estranged family might take him in, while Toji silently heard her concerns.

• Ogata Yuzuki welcomed Shen Yuanyi into her home, and he gave her a protective jade lock for her infant son, Megumi.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that Toji had left an influential clan, and Yuzuki said she had noticed strange people and wondered if they were connected to his family.
• Yuzuki revealed that she had an incurable illness and feared Toji would struggle to care for Megumi after she died.
• Toji brought out the food after hearing their conversation, and Shen Yuanyi recognized that his illness could not be cured with Reverse Cursed Technique.

Shen Yuanyi offered to use his time-manipulating technique to help keep Ogata Yuzuki alive until a cure for her terminal illness could be found. Toji accepted the deal and, after learning more about Megumi’s Ten Shadows Technique, suggested sending Megumi to the Gojo Family.

• After Shen Yuanyi asked what Toji planned to do about Ogata Yuzuki, Toji explained that neither modern medicine nor jujutsu had a known cure for her illness.
• Shen Yuanyi proposed sustaining Ogata Yuzuki with the Reverse Cursed Technique and his own technique, then seeking a cure or Zenin Clan support once Megumi awakened the Ten Shadows Technique.
• Toji learned that Shen Yuanyi’s technique manipulated time and asked what price he would demand for helping Ogata Yuzuki.
• Shen Yuanyi asked Toji to help him with a few future tasks, and Toji agreed in exchange for help saving his wife.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that the Ten Shadows Technique could summon ten shikigami and that its final shikigami, Mahoraga, adapted to attacks it survived.
• When Shen Yuanyi asked how Toji would explain jujutsu to Ogata Yuzuki and handle Megumi’s future, Toji suggested sending Megumi to the Gojo Family.

Toji and Shen Yuanyi agreed that Megumi would be safer under the Gojo Family’s protection, while Shen prepared to use Time Reversal to treat Ogata Yuzuki. The chapter ended with Toji bringing his family to Tokyo Jujutsu High for the first attempt at easing Yuzuki’s condition.

• Toji reasoned that Megumi’s future Ten Shadows Technique would make him a target and decided the Gojo Family could protect him better than the Zenin Family.
• Shen Yuanyi agreed that Megumi should be entrusted to the Gojo Family, and Toji planned to discuss the decision with Ogata Yuzuki.
• Shen Yuanyi told Gojo Satoru he would begin special training after Satoru enrolled at Jujutsu High.
• Shen Yuanyi prepared the cursed tool Yata no Kagami as insurance for the dangerous Time Reversal treatment he planned for Ogata Yuzuki.
• A few days later, Toji brought Ogata Yuzuki and Megumi to Tokyo Jujutsu High, where Shen Yuanyi prepared to attempt to ease Yuzuki’s condition with Utahime, Yaga Masamichi, and Gojo Satoru observing.

Shen Yuanyi used his Domain Expansion to rewind Ogata Yuzuki’s condition by about seven years, restoring her health before she lost consciousness from the strain. Toji checked on her as the Jujutsu Sorcerers marveled at Shen Yuanyi’s power.

• Utahime played with Megumi while the Jujutsu High group gathered, and Gojo Satoru examined the unusual Yata no Kagami with his Six Eyes.
• Shen Yuanyi gave the Yata no Kagami to Ogata Yuzuki and prepared to reverse her illness while Toji and the others watched from a distance.
• Shen Yuanyi activated Domain Expansion: Guixu: Limitless, causing time around Ogata Yuzuki to flow backward and restoring her vitality.
• Ogata Yuzuki fainted as the influx of information overwhelmed her, and Shen Yuanyi assured Toji that the reversal had caused no harm.
• Mei Mei praised Shen Yuanyi’s power, and the gathered sorcerers recognized him as the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer.

After watching Shen Yuanyi demonstrate an Open Domain, Gojo Satoru formed an incomplete Infinite Void and began to grasp Domain Expansion. Shen Yuanyi then warned him about his vulnerability without Reverse Cursed Technique and offered a future training session in the technique.

• Utahime struggled to understand Domain Expansion while Gojo Satoru realized he had learned something from Shen Yuanyi's demonstration.
• Gojo Satoru attempted a Domain Expansion, and Shen Yuanyi moved the onlookers away from its range.
• Gojo Satoru created an incomplete Infinite Void that revealed a starry expanse and visions of change, then collapsed.
• Shen Yuanyi confirmed Gojo Satoru had succeeded in building the framework of a Domain, and Gojo said he expected to master it soon.
• Shen Yuanyi struck Gojo Satoru and warned that he remained vulnerable until he mastered Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Shen Yuanyi explained how Reverse Cursed Technique could heal injuries and enhance combat, then invited Mei Mei and Utahime to a future training session.

Geto Suguru arrived at Tokyo Jujutsu High and met his classmate Ieiri Shoko while they searched for their classroom. They exposed Gojo Satoru’s prank and were introduced to their real teacher, Shen Yuanyi.

• The jujutsu higher-ups sent Geto Suguru to Tokyo Jujutsu High after confirming the extraordinary potential of his Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
• Geto Suguru met Ieiri Shoko, who told him that their first-year class had very few students and did not know where the classroom was.
• Geto Suguru sent a low-grade Cursed Spirit to scout, and he and Ieiri Shoko followed it after it was exorcised.
• Gojo Satoru pretended to be their teacher, but Ieiri Shoko deduced that he was actually the third student.
• Shen Yuanyi appeared, confirmed that Gojo Satoru had been playing a prank, and introduced himself as their real teacher and first-year director.

Shen Yuanyi turned a Special Grade-level curse mission into a practical lesson for Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko, imposing restrictions on the two stronger students while teaching Shoko how to fight. After Shoko quickly learned Iaido during a pause in time, Shen Yuanyi sent the trio into the abandoned temple grounds to begin the battle.

• Shen Yuanyi took the students to a haunted temple to face a curse that had grown to near-Special Grade strength and mastered at least an incomplete Domain.
• Shen Yuanyi restricted Geto Suguru to using Grade 2 or lower Cursed Spirits and forbade Gojo Satoru from using his technique.
• Shen Yuanyi froze time around Ieiri Shoko, gave her a Cursed Blade, and taught her New Shadow Style Iaido.
• Ieiri Shoko quickly grasped the essence of Iaido, and Shen Yuanyi resumed time and announced the start of the lesson.
• Shen Yuanyi drove Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko into the abandoned temple grounds to face the curse.

Shen Yuanyi waited outside as Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko fought a powerful cursed spirit inside the temple. As the Big Head Monk attacked Shoko, she entered a focused state and prepared to use Iaido: Divine Might.

• Shen Yuanyi stayed outside the temple while the trio cleared weaker cursed spirits and prepared to face the strongest one.
• Shen Yuanyi sensed the cursed spirit's domain and hurried into the transformed temple, where he found the trio battling the Big Head Monk.
• The Big Head Monk's mind-targeting streaks of light wore down Gojo Satoru and killed Geto Suguru's summoned cursed spirits.
• The Big Head Monk switched targets and rushed Ieiri Shoko, while Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru raced to protect her.
• Ieiri Shoko calmly sensed the nearby attack and prepared to use Iaido: Divine Might.

Shen Yuanyi’s students defeated a powerful Cursed Spirit through teamwork, and he revealed that his Wheel of Time had erased their injuries and restored their Cursed Energy. Back at Jujutsu High, he introduced an open class with Mei Mei and Iori Utahime, then announced that the next training plan for learning Reverse Cursed Technique was to embrace death.

• Ieiri Shoko used Divine Might to slash Big Head Monk’s eye, giving Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru the opening to overwhelm and exorcise the wounded Cursed Spirit.
• Geto Suguru swallowed the orb formed from Big Head Monk, enduring the vile sensation caused by his technique.
• Shen Yuanyi healed the students and disclosed that his Wheel of Time could reverse time, restoring their injuries and Cursed Energy.
• Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko returned to Jujutsu High, where Shen Yuanyi planned practical combat training to teach them Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Mei Mei and Iori Utahime joined the open class, and Gojo Satoru teased Utahime about not knowing Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Shen Yuanyi told the class that an effective way to learn Reverse Cursed Technique was to embrace death.