Chapter Summaries

Shalti Shimaraffs explained her humble origins and revealed that she was a Holy Envoy, but refused to explain the Holy Temple. She and Riezel agreed to cross swords, with Shalti promising to answer three questions if he won, and charged at each other.

• Shalti told Riezel that she was a commoner descended from a collateral branch of the fallen Tistis Tribe, whose bloodline Atavism had unlocked her potential.
• Riezel asked what the Holy Temple was and what a Holy Envoy did, but Shalti changed the subject and remarked that he had grown stronger.
• Shalti said Riezel's growth seemed like an ascension of his level of life, and asked how he had achieved it.
• Shalti challenged Riezel to cross swords without magic power, and they agreed that she would answer three questions if he won.
• Riezel drew his black blade, whose transformed markings and quality surprised Shalti, and the two charged at each other.

Riezel and Shalti fought an intense sword duel that pushed both of them to sharpen their techniques, until Riezel broke Shalti’s stance and struck her down. As he moved in for a finishing blow, an angry voice and a figure appeared behind him.

• Riezel and Shalti clashed with swords alone, trading attacks at tremendous speed across the training ground.
• Shalti used her extraordinary intuition to keep pace with Riezel despite his superior strength, and both fighters became more determined to surpass each other.
• The duel grew more intense as Riezel and Shalti accelerated and refined their sword techniques, damaging the training ground and shaking its Magic Barrier.
• Riezel broke Shalti’s stance with a perfect slash and wounded her with a flurry of blade strikes.
• Riezel swung a lethal finishing blow at Shalti, but an angry voice shouted for him to stop as a figure appeared behind him.

Gigabyte interrupted Riezel and Shalti’s duel to save Shalti, leaving both furious and Riezel determined to remember the blow. As Shalti walked away from Gigabyte, Fire Princess revealed that the Holy Temple’s leader had ordered the Holy Envoys to follow Riezel’s group into the Hidden World, find an existence there, and destroy its teleportation array.

• Gigabyte struck Riezel from behind and saved Shalti, who angrily rejected his help and blamed him for ruining their duel.
• Riezel sheathed his blade, warned Gigabyte that he would remember the punch, and left the training ground.
• Shalti tried to stop Riezel but fell to her knees; afterward, she froze Gigabyte with an icy blast and walked away from him.
• Gigabyte realized Shalti’s anger was different this time and resented Riezel for becoming someone she cared about.
• Fire Princess reproached Gigabyte for interfering and told him the leader had ordered five Holy Envoys to follow Riezel’s group into the Hidden World.
• Fire Princess said their missions were to find an unidentified existence and destroy the teleportation array so the Hidden World could no longer send people to the continent.

Riezel returned to his room, where Liz and Eulalie comforted him after noticing his low spirits. After they fell asleep, he activated the Dimensional Passage and prepared to enter Jujutsu Kaisen.

• Riezel returned to the queen's bedchamber corridor and reassured Lilith that nothing serious had happened.
• Liz and Eulalie stayed awake waiting for Riezel, noticed his mood, and comforted him as he held them.
• Liz asked whether Riezel knew Yanifei's identity, and he told her they would leave after investigating the Kasafegeer Mountains records in the royal library.
• After Liz and Eulalie fell asleep, Riezel checked his Dimensional Energy and spent 75 units to activate the Dimensional Passage and assimilate Demon God's Blessing and Curse of Death.
• The Dimensional Cube connected Riezel to Jujutsu Kaisen for a consciousness descent, and he began the journey.

Riezel arrived in a cursed spirit’s domain and followed a summoned crow toward its core, where he encountered a swarm of cursed spirits. Itadori rushed in and punched one away just as the spirits attacked, leaving Riezel surprised to have been rescued.

• Riezel recognized the strange space as a domain formed from cursed energy in the Jujutsu Kaisen world.
• Riezel summoned a three-legged crow to guide him through the domain and prepared to fight the cursed spirits there.
• The domain’s newly born owner sensed Riezel and sent a group of cursed spirits to attack him.
• Fushiguro, Itadori, and their companion followed the Divine Dogs’ trail toward the stranger in the domain.
• Riezel encountered the cursed spirits, but Itadori arrived and punched a large one away before it could attack.

Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara exorcised the cursed spirits and confronted Riezel, suspecting he might be responsible for the Juvenile Detention Center incident. A fearsome presence appeared behind them, and Riezel addressed it as it demanded to know why someone was smiling and happy.

• Itadori Yuji fought the cursed spirits with a cursed-tool dagger until Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara arrived and helped exorcise them.
• Itadori Yuji introduced himself and his companions to Riezel, but Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara warned him to keep his distance.
• Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara questioned Riezel because he was absent from the missing persons list, seemed unusually calm, and carried a sword.
• Riezel denied being a Curse User or Curse Sorcerer and said he had wandered into the Juvenile Detention Center by mistake.
• A fearsome presence appeared behind Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara, freezing them in fear.
• Riezel looked at the presence and asked why it was smiling and so happy.

Riezel Brihaut exorcised a Special Grade Cursed Spirit with one sword strike, saving Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara. Jujutsu High provisionally recorded Riezel as a Special Grade Curse User, while Gojo and a monk-dressed man became interested in meeting or testing him.

• Riezel smashed the Special Grade Cursed Spirit into the ground and drew its attention away from Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara.
• Riezel dodged the spirit’s cursed energy attack and severed its hands and body with a single sword strike, exorcising it and dispelling its domain.
• Jujutsu High recorded Riezel Brihaut as a provisional Special Grade Curse User after the three first-year students survived the encounter.
• Gojo learned about Riezel from a phone call, accepted the task of making contact, and said he wanted to fight him.
• A monk-dressed man identified Riezel as an unexpected variable and decided to have Jogo and the others test him.

Riezel explored the modern city with Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara, then learned that their teacher Gojo Satoru had summoned them to a KTV. Gojo appeared beside Riezel and introduced himself, leaving the two powerful sorcerers face to face.

• Riezel admitted that the city’s modern nightlife felt nostalgic, while Itadori Yuji and Kugisaki Nobara teased him and Fushiguro Megumi tried to keep the group discreet.
• The group went to a burger place, where Riezel produced a gold bar and drew the attention of nearby pedestrians before Fushiguro Megumi offered to pay.
• After dinner, Fushiguro Megumi said Gojo Satoru had called them to a KTV, and he suspected their dangerous mission had been arranged because of Itadori Yuji.
• Riezel identified Gojo Satoru as one of the four Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers and the Strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer of the Era.
• Gojo Satoru appeared beside Riezel, introduced himself, and met Riezel’s gaze as the atmosphere grew tense.

Gojo Satoru met Riezel and discovered that, despite lacking cursed energy before, Riezel had learned to refine it himself. Intrigued by Riezel’s power, Gojo agreed to teach him jujutsu.

• Gojo Satoru approached Riezel, and the two exchanged a tense stare that unsettled Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara.
• Gojo asked about Riezel’s age and circumstances, then explained that his eyes sensed a great power and a sunlike aura in him despite his lack of cursed energy.
• Riezel explained that the Ring of Life God had repaired his Gate, restoring his access to the body’s magic power, though he mainly relied on spiritual power.
• Riezel revealed that he had learned to refine cursed energy from negative spiritual power and asked Gojo to teach him cursed techniques.
• After laughing with delight, Gojo agreed to teach Riezel and challenged him to see how far he could go.

Gojo Satoru arranged for Riezel to join Tokyo Jujutsu High, arguing that Riezel could help him change the Jujutsu World and strengthen the school for the upcoming Exchange Event. He kept one of Sukuna’s fingers and planned to train the new students, while Riezel endured Nobara’s singing in the KTV.

• Gojo Satoru told an associate he intended to recruit Riezel as a first-year Special Grade sorcerer and promised to take responsibility for him.
• Gojo Satoru explained that he wanted powerful allies to reform the Jujutsu World and planned to prepare Riezel and Yuji for the Exchange Event in two months.
• Gojo Satoru revealed that Riezel had given him one of Sukuna’s fingers and said he would not let Yuji swallow it until after the Exchange Event.
• Gojo Satoru ended the call and began contacting the second-years to arrange training.
• Back in the KTV room, Nobara sang off-key while Riezel, Yuji, and Megumi grimaced, and Riezel resigned himself to his new classmates.

Riezel arrived at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High with Gojo Satoru and set a goal of reaching Lv.9 during his limited stay in the Jujutsu World. After Gojo took him to meet the principal, he asked Riezel about dolls and attacked him with one after learning Riezel had a beautiful fifteen-year-old girlfriend.

• Riezel joined Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High as a first-year and planned to use it as a base to learn Jujutsu and hunt Cursed Spirits.
• Riezel updated his Ability Value, raising Magic to SS and Dexterity and Agility to S, and set Lv.9 as his goal.
• Gojo Satoru took Riezel to meet the principal while Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara headed to the dorms.
• Fushiguro Megumi told Itadori Yuji and Kugisaki Nobara that the second-years would return soon, but Okkotsu Yuta was still abroad.
• Gojo Satoru asked whether Riezel liked dolls, then angrily threw a boxing-glove-wearing doll at him after hearing about Riezel's girlfriend.

Riezel tested his cursed energy against an attacking Cursed Corpse and discovered how powerfully it could reinforce his body. As his strength surged and he prepared to strike, Gojo Satoru and several others rushed in and restrained him.

• Riezel dodged the Cursed Corpse’s rapid punches and realized that ordinary physical attacks could not damage it effectively.
• Riezel inferred that the Cursed Corpse was a test of his ability to use cursed energy and began channeling it through his body.
• Riezel reflected on how cursed energy could greatly enhance his physical abilities and close-combat skills.
• Riezel poured more cursed energy into himself, prompting Gojo Satoru to remove his blindfold in alarm.
• A burly figure slammed the Cursed Corpse down as Gojo Satoru stopped Riezel’s raised fist and others arrived to restrain him.

After Riezel’s immense cursed energy alarmed the Curse Users at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, Yaga Masamichi questioned his identity and loyalties. Riezel challenged the school’s attempt to judge him, but Yaga accepted him as a student while warning that he would keep watch over him.

• Gojo Satoru used the Six Eyes to interrupt Riezel’s cursed energy and restrain him until the other Curse Users left.
• Yaga Masamichi introduced himself and demanded that Riezel explain his identity, origins, and reason for becoming a Curse User.
• Riezel said he had only agreed to join Jujutsu High for Gojo’s instruction and access to the Jujutsu World, then asked what would happen if he chose another side.
• Yaga warned Riezel not to become a Curse, then told Gojo to give him his uniform and collect his student ID.
• Gojo congratulated Riezel on becoming a first-year student, and Riezel recognized that Yaga and Gojo had used a good-cop, bad-cop routine.

Riezel joined Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High as a first-year student and met with Gojo Satoru for his first lessons alongside Itadori Yuji. Gojo began explaining jujutsu and revealed that techniques were innate rather than learned after birth.

• Riezel examined his white Jujutsu High uniform and student ID before Gojo Satoru summoned him to class.
• Riezel arrived to find Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara waiting, and Fushiguro noted that Riezel's white uniform resembled Okotsu-senpai's.
• Gojo Satoru excused Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara from lessons while taking Riezel and Itadori Yuji to the woods for training.
• Gojo explained that jujutsu techniques used cursed energy and told Itadori Yuji that techniques were innate and generally could not be learned after birth.

Gojo Satoru explained innate techniques and demonstrated how his Limitless Cursed Technique manipulated space to stop Itadori Yuji’s punch. Riezel then asked to learn Limitless and claimed he had already learned the technique.

• Gojo Satoru explained that most Curse Users were born with innate techniques, while Riezel and Itadori Yuji had none.
• Gojo Satoru assigned Itadori Yuji to train in cursed energy and combat, and Riezel to study barriers, shikigami, and other techniques.
• Gojo Satoru described Megumi’s Ten Shadows Technique and Nobara’s jujutsu, then demonstrated Limitless by stopping Itadori Yuji’s punch before it reached his hand.
• Gojo Satoru explained that Limitless controlled space through infinity and required the Six Eyes for precise cursed energy manipulation.
• Riezel asked Gojo Satoru to teach him Limitless and claimed he had already learned the innate technique.

Riezel copied Gojo Satoru's Limitless Cursed Technique and agreed to train with him for the next two months, aiming to master it before the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event. Back at the dormitory, Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara learned they would likely compete against Kyoto's students, including Grade 1 sorcerer Todo Aoi.

• Riezel used Lost Truth and All-Rounder to copy Gojo Satoru's Limitless Cursed Technique, then said he would try to master it despite lacking the Six Eyes.
• Gojo Satoru agreed to teach Riezel and planned to train with him intensively for two months before the exchange event, while arranging for a junior Grade 1 sorcerer to teach Itadori Yuji.
• Gojo Satoru explained that Tokyo's first-years and remaining second-years would represent the school because its third-years were suspended and Okkotsu Yuta was away on a mission.
• Itadori Yuji told Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara that they would likely participate, and Kugisaki insisted she would not accept being treated as a filler contestant.
• Fushiguro Megumi warned them that Kyoto's Todo Aoi was a Grade 1 sorcerer who had exorcised five Grade 1 Cursed Spirits and a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, and said Okkotsu Yuta could have helped them win because he was rated Special Grade on enrollment.

Fushiguro, Yuji, and Nobara committed to special training for the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event while Riezel trained to master the Limitless Cursed Technique. Riezel successfully activated its stopping power, and Gojo began teaching him the technique’s next stages ahead of the event.

• Fushiguro explained that Okkotsu Yuta had won the previous exchange event alone, while Yuji said Gojo had told him Riezel might have learned the Limitless Cursed Technique.
• Nobara urged Yuji and Fushiguro to train so they could win the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event, and they agreed to grow stronger.
• Yuji trained with a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, Fushiguro and Nobara trained with the second-years, and Riezel practiced cursed energy control under Gojo’s guidance.
• Riezel used Lost Truth to learn Fushiguro’s, Nobara’s, and Yuji’s instructor’s techniques while continuing to train in the Limitless Cursed Technique.
• Riezel stopped rocks in midair by activating the Limitless Cursed Technique’s neutral stopping power, astonishing Gojo.
• Gojo told Riezel he would teach him the technique’s further applications, and Riezel agreed to continue training before the exchange event.

A monk-like man arranged for Jogo to attack Riezel Brihaut at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School after Gojo Satoru was lured away. Gojo then left on a mission, leaving Riezel at the school without his teacher.

• The monk-like man told Jogo that an unknown young man had exorcised a Special Grade Cursed Spirit and proposed testing him before confronting Gojo Satoru.
• Jogo agreed to target Gojo Satoru's disciple, Riezel Brihaut, while the monk-like man and Mahito created incidents to draw Gojo away and Hanami escorted Jogo into Jujutsu High.
• Gojo Satoru told Riezel that a mission requiring a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer had been assigned to him.
• Gojo Satoru joked that he would quiz and punish Riezel when he returned, then left for the mission as Riezel watched him go.

Riezel tested the Ten Shadows Technique and summoned its Divine Dogs and Nue, then defeated Nue with Reverse Cursed Technique: Red to complete its subjugation. He planned to subjugate the remaining eight shikigami one by one.

• Riezel decided to develop the Ten Shadows Technique after nearly completing his training in the Limitless Cursed Technique.
• Riezel summoned the Divine Dogs, which appeared far larger than Fushiguro Megumi's.
• Riezel summoned Nue, but it attacked him with lightning instead of obeying.
• Riezel stopped Nue with the Limitless Cursed Technique and blasted it with Reverse Cursed Technique: Red, leaving it alive but badly injured.
• Riezel gained control of Nue through the subjugation ritual and resolved to subjugate the other eight shikigami.

Riezel began the ritual to subjugate the final shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique, Mahoraga, while Fushiguro Megumi and the rest of Jujutsu High sensed the enormous cursed energy. As everyone rushed toward the forest, Itadori Yuji ignored Sukuna’s offer to take over his body and headed there too.

• Yaga Masamichi suspected Riezel might be learning the Limitless Cursed Technique and worried about the danger he could pose.
• Fushiguro Megumi recognized Ten Shadows Technique shikigami above the forest and feared Riezel would attempt to subjugate Mahoraga.
• Riezel completed the first nine subjugations and began the ritual to summon and subjugate Mahoraga.
• Fushiguro Megumi and everyone at Jujutsu High sensed the terrifying cursed energy, and Yaga Masamichi ran toward the forest.
• Sukuna urged Itadori Yuji to investigate and offered to protect him by taking over his body, but Itadori Yuji refused and left for the forest.