Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu identified a pattern linking several missing-person cases to a ritual connected to Prince Sawara and predicted another disappearance at midnight. Despite the other sorcerers’ doubts, Fushimi Takumi assigned Umekawa Kuko to take Lin Mu to the likely location.

• Lin Mu connected unusual missing-person cases with severed fingers and found that their locations formed a jujutsu pattern associated with Prince Sawara.
• Lin Mu deduced that the ritual was unfinished and that its next incident would likely happen at midnight that night.
• Umekawa Kuko challenged Lin Mu’s claims, but Fushimi Takumi defended him and ordered Umekawa to guide him to the area.
• Umekawa Kuko invited Lin Mu to leave with him, and Lin Mu glanced toward Fushimi Takumi before going.

Lin Mu stationed Shadow Clones around the district to watch for the predicted killer while the two sorcerers dismissed his warning. When an eyeless cursed spirit appeared, Umekawa Kuko’s strongest attack barely affected it.

• Lin Mu sent twelve Shadow Clones throughout the district to watch for the killer without drawing attention.
• Umekawa Kuko and the clerk mocked Lin Mu’s prediction and wandered the district after leaving the café.
• The pair encountered a terrified woman and mistook her fear for a reaction to an orange cat.
• The woman turned her head around to reveal blood pouring from her empty eye sockets and asked if they had seen her eyes.
• Umekawa Kuko fired a Spirit Energy Bullet at the eyeless cursed spirit, but it barely affected her.

Umekawa Kuko and the clerk fought a powerful cursed spirit, but it regenerated after their strongest combined attack left them nearly out of cursed energy. As they prepared to make a last stand, a blue giant suddenly crushed the spirit.

• Umekawa Kuko and the clerk judged the cursed spirit too dangerous to abandon the civilians and resolved to fight together.
• The clerk poured all her cursed energy into Umekawa Kuko, empowering him to fire an Ultimate Spirit Energy Bullet that destroyed the spirit's right arm.
• The cursed spirit regenerated its arm while Umekawa Kuko and the clerk were too exhausted to attack again.
• Umekawa Kuko told the clerk to seek help while he stayed behind to hold the spirit off, and she reluctantly prepared to leave.
• A huge dark-blue foot crushed the cursed spirit, and Umekawa Kuko and the clerk looked up at the giant who had appeared.

Lin Mu’s Shadow Clones protected survivors inside a vast innate domain while fighting waves of cursed spirits, raising his inheritance progress to 34%. As the cursed spirits began acting under control, Lin Mu confronted their hooded master.

• Lin Mu’s Shadow Clone saved Umekawa Kuko and the office worker from a Grade Three cursed spirit, then carried them inside the Humanoid Susanoo.
• Lin Mu’s Shadow Clones protected the other survivors and defeated cursed spirits emerging throughout the innate domain.
• The Shadow Clones exorcised waves of Grade One and Grade Two cursed spirits, increasing Lin Mu’s inheritance progress from 33% to 34%.
• The cursed spirits changed tactics and circled the Humanoid Susanoo, as if someone were controlling them.
• A hooded figure called for Lin Mu to come out, and Lin Mu emerged from the darkness with the Uchiha Gunbai on his back.

Lin Mu confronted a black-robed man whose portals could redirect attacks and summon cursed tools and spirits. When the man unleashed a combined attack from two special-grade cursed spirits, Lin Mu reached for the Uchiha Gunbai.

• The black-robed man recognized Lin Mu’s clones as fakes and claimed the Prince had granted him that power.
• Lin Mu threw a shuriken, but the man redirected it through a portal; Lin Mu stopped it with the Ten Thousand Spider Threads.
• The man opened portals around Lin Mu and fired a storm of cursed tools, which Lin Mu blocked with woven nets.
• Lin Mu let the man summon two special-grade cursed spirits, hoping to gain inheritance progress from defeating them.
• The man fused the black-and-white spirits’ cursed energy into a powerful wave, and Lin Mu reached for the round fan on his back.

Lin Mu reflected the special-grade cursed spirits’ attack with the Uchiha Gunbai, exorcising them and raising his inheritance progress to 35%. The black-robed man sacrificed himself to complete a ritual, and after searching through the night for signs of its effects, Lin Mu returned to the investigation office to find out how someone had anticipated his actions.

• Lin Mu reflected the cursed spirits’ combined blast, exorcising them and sending the black-robed man flying.
• Lin Mu discovered the injured black-robed man had survived and learned he was an executioner acting for someone else.
• The black-robed man severed one of his fingers and died, triggering an eerie presence as the innate domain collapsed and the remaining cursed spirits rampaged.
• Lin Mu and his Shadow Clones exorcised the remaining cursed spirits, then spread out to search for threats to civilians.
• After Lin Mu and his clones searched through the night without finding anything, Lin Mu returned to the investigation office to investigate how his actions had been anticipated.

Lin Mu discovered that Fushimi Takumi had leaked information about him and confronted the captain, who transported them to the ritual site. There, Fushimi revealed his immense cursed energy and declared himself the Prince’s inheritor.

• Lin Mu suspected Fushimi Takumi of informing the mastermind about his investigation and arrival at the ritual site.
• Lin Mu returned to the office, restrained Umekawa Kuko when he rushed to greet him, and went to confront Fushimi Takumi.
• Fushimi Takumi admitted Lin Mu’s insight was sharp but refused to explain the ritual, and Lin Mu attacked him with Ten Thousand Spider Threads.
• A circular portal appeared, knocked back Lin Mu’s threads, and transported Lin Mu and Fushimi Takumi to a dim space with four pillars and a heart-like mass.
• Fushimi Takumi ordered a black-robed sorcerer to cut off his own arm for disturbing the Prince, then revealed Grade 1-level cursed energy and identified himself as a sorcerer and inheritor of the Prince’s will.

Lin Mu exposed Fushimi Takumi’s plan to use his body as a vessel for Prince Sawara, then stormed the Sagara Group and defeated its curse users. After revealing that he had used a Shadow Clone and genjutsu to fool Fushimi Takumi, Lin Mu summoned the Nine-Tails against his two remaining opponents.

• Fushimi Takumi restrained Lin Mu with a space-based cursed technique and stabbed him, intending to make his body Prince Sawara’s vessel.
• Lin Mu’s apparent body vanished as a Shadow Clone, and his Susanoo smashed through the underground ceiling and crushed the black-robed attackers.
• Lin Mu’s flames killed the remaining curse users, while Fushimi Takumi and a black-clad man escaped through portals.
• Lin Mu explained that he had used genjutsu to make Fushimi Takumi believe his Shadow Clone was real, then traced the group to the Sagara Group.
• Lin Mu revealed that the Sagara Group’s employees were all curse users and that the family business was secretly working to revive Prince Sawara.
• Lin Mu faced Fushimi Takumi and the surviving black-clad man, then summoned the Nine-Tails.

Lin Mu summoned the Nine-Tails, which overwhelmed Fushimi Takumi’s cursed spirits and charged a Tailed Beast Ball. Fushimi Takumi enlarged the black-clad man’s portal to divert the attack and protect the Prince’s remains.

• Lin Mu summoned the Nine-Tails and sent it to attack the black-clad man.
• Fushimi Takumi summoned numerous cursed spirits, but the Nine-Tails tore through them and blasted away the weaker ones with a roar.
• The Nine-Tails condensed a Tailed Beast Ball as Fushimi Takumi used his spatial technique to knock Lin Mu back.
• The Nine-Tails fired the Tailed Beast Ball, and the black-clad man opened a portal to divert it.
• Fushimi Takumi enlarged the portal to help teleport away the attack before it could destroy the Prince’s remains.

Lin Mu let the Nine-Tails fight Fushimi Takumi while waiting for Prince Sawara to revive, then watched the prince devour his own follower and challenge him. Prince Sawara unleashed his ancient-era power, and Lin Mu prepared to get serious.

• The Nine-Tails's Tailed Beast Ball shattered Fushimi Takumi's portal and barriers, badly injuring him but leaving Prince Sawara's remains intact.
• Lin Mu revealed that he had let the ritual proceed so he could exorcise Prince Sawara and gain inheritance progress, while Fushimi Takumi secretly redirected half the Tailed Beast Ball at him.
• Lin Mu easily swatted the redirected attack away, and Prince Sawara revived from his remains.
• Fushimi Takumi asked Prince Sawara for the promised power, but Prince Sawara swallowed him and declared him worthless food.
• Prince Sawara asked who was strongest in the modern era, and Lin Mu answered that he was the strongest sorcerer the prince would face.
• Prince Sawara attacked Lin Mu with the greatest power he had encountered, and Lin Mu said he would get a little serious too.

Lin Mu unleashed his full strength to prevent Prince Sawara from escaping, killing him in a massive assault that destroyed the Sagara Group. The victory raised Lin Mu's inheritance progress to 42%, allowing him to unlock another ability.

• Lin Mu surrounded Prince Sawara with shadow clones and Susanoo, then used Wood Release to bind him in a giant tree.
• Lin Mu spread sleep-inducing pollen through the tree and trapped Prince Sawara as spatial blades failed to free him.
• Lin Mu and his clones set the tree ablaze and drew the flames into a fire tornado that trapped Prince Sawara.
• Three Humanoid Susanoo pierced Prince Sawara with their swords and bombarded him with Yasakana Magatama, killing him.
• The flames consumed the Sagara Group, and Lin Mu saw his inheritance progress rise by 7% to 42%.

Lin Mu resolved the disappearances in Nara by destroying the Sagara Group and exposing its sacrificial materials, earning approval as a new special-grade sorcerer. After returning to Jujutsu High, he ate a God Tree fruit, awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and decided to take more missions while waiting for Kenjaku and the others to act.

• Lin Mu defeated Prince Sawara, and evidence beneath the Sagara Group implicated it in Nara Prefecture's disappearances.
• Jujutsu High's officials approved Lin Mu as a special-grade sorcerer and planned to recruit him with clan resources, while deciding to halt their investigation into his background.
• Lin Mu returned to his dormitory and swallowed the eighth God Tree fruit, which pushed his inheritance progress past 40%.
• Lin Mu awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and gained stronger vision, enhanced techniques and Susanoo, and improved Shadow Clones.
• Lin Mu decided to take a few missions while waiting for Kenjaku and the others to make their move before meeting up with Itadori.

Akari Nitta led Lin Mu, Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro to investigate a string of similar deaths linked to a curse and the victims’ shared junior high school. After discovering another acquaintance had died in the same way, the group arrived at Saitama Municipal Urami East Junior High School to search for clues.

• Akari Nitta explained that several victims had died at their apartment entrances after experiencing doors that seemed to malfunction only for them, and Kugisaki inferred that they shared a curse.
• The group decided to question people connected to the victims at their junior high school, while Lin Mu privately anticipated that the mission would lead to three powerful special-grade cursed spirits.
• Akari Nitta and the others visited a mutual acquaintance of the victims, only to learn that he had also been murdered at his front door after being unable to open an unlocked door.
• The group went to Saitama Municipal Urami East Junior High School, where Kugisaki spotted two delinquent-looking students and suggested asking them for information.

Lin Mu and the others traced a series of deaths to the Yasohachi Bridge courage test, where Fushiguro’s sister Tsumiki had also gone before falling into a coma. After Jujutsu High upgraded the mission to provisional Special Grade and ordered them back, Lin Mu took responsibility and led the group toward the bridge.

• Kugisaki and Itadori learned that the two delinquents respected Fushiguro because he had put them in their place at middle school.
• Lin Mu sensed two unfamiliar sorcerers secretly watching him, while the long-haired sorcerer tried to recruit him and ordered his blond companion to keep tracking him.
• The group learned that the victims had all taken part in a courage test at Yasohachi Bridge and that Tsumiki had attended it before falling into a coma.
• Jujutsu High upgraded the mission to provisional Special Grade and ordered the group to return, but Fushiguro resisted because Tsumiki might be in danger.
• Lin Mu took full responsibility for the mission, requested the others’ help, and headed with them toward Yasohachi Bridge.

Lin Mu led Itadori, Fushiguro, and their companion to Yasohachi Bridge so Fushiguro could face a special-grade cursed spirit and develop his domain. After the three entered the curse’s innate domain, Lin Mu caught two sorcerers who had been secretly following him.

• Lin Mu brought the group to Yasohachi Bridge, intending to give Fushiguro a chance to awaken his domain while keeping Sukuna’s plans in mind.
• A long-haired sorcerer and his blond companion followed Lin Mu, hoping to lure him with cursed tools.
• Lin Mu guided Itadori and the others through the valley to the stream that led into the special-grade cursed spirit’s innate domain.
• Itadori, Fushiguro, and their companion crossed the stream, while Lin Mu stayed behind.
• Lin Mu spotted the two trackers hiding in the bushes and appeared in front of them; the blond awkwardly greeted him.

Lin Mu was approached by two sorcerers trying to recruit him with an arsenal of special-grade cursed tools, but a powerful flying cursed spirit interrupted their pitch. The long-haired sorcerer tried to fend it off with the Two-Star Fan, which shattered under the spirit’s laser attack.

• Lin Mu confronted the blond sorcerer and his long-haired companion, who explained that the great families had sent them to recruit him.
• The long-haired sorcerer displayed a chest containing over a hundred special-grade cursed tools and offered Lin Mu the Turtle Grudge, the Two-Star Fan, and the Finger Soul Compass.
• A basketball-court-sized special-grade cursed spirit appeared overhead and launched two fireballs at the group.
• The long-haired sorcerer attacked one fireball with the Two-Star Fan, but his gales barely slowed it, and the cursed spirits inside fired a purple laser at him.
• The long-haired sorcerer and the blond tried to withstand the laser with the fan, but it cracked and then exploded.

Lin Mu used a powerful war fan to deflect and reflect a cursed spirit’s fireball, leaving Long Hair and Blond Hair stunned. Long Hair insisted his shattered Two-Star Fan was still a genuine special-grade cursed tool.

• Long Hair used Turtle Grudge to shield himself and Blond Hair after the cursed-energy laser destroyed his Two-Star Fan.
• Long Hair spotted Lin Mu preparing to face the incoming fireball and urged him to take cover.
• Lin Mu swung his war fan and sent the giant fireball flying into another fireball.
• Lin Mu used Uchiha Reflection to blast the remaining charred cursed spirits and a large area of forest into dust.
• Blond Hair questioned whether Long Hair’s Two-Star Fan was truly special grade, and Long Hair defended it.

Long Hair tried to recruit Lin Mu by showcasing special-grade cursed tools, but Lin Mu’s immense firepower outclassed his weapon demonstrations as they fought a horde of cursed spirits. Long Hair then summoned a special-grade cursed spirit with the Finger Soul Compass, hoping it would interest Lin Mu.

• Long Hair explained that Lin Mu must have combat weaknesses and decided to demonstrate special-grade cursed tools to recruit him.
• Long Hair used Resonance to enhance Turtle Grudge into armor and wielded Thunder Fang, whose chain lightning exorcised over a hundred cursed spirits.
• Lin Mu unleashed Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer, incinerating nearly two thousand cursed spirits and leaving Long Hair’s weapon display overshadowed.
• The remaining cursed spirits smothered Lin Mu’s sea of fire and surged forward again, while Long Hair chose not to show his single-target weapon.
• Long Hair activated the Finger Soul Compass, summoning a masked, schoolgirl-looking special-grade cursed spirit in hopes of appealing to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu summoned Nine-Tails to the battlefield, where its power dwarfed the Slit-Mouthed Woman and stunned Long Hair and his companion. After clearing the low-grade cursed spirits with a roar, Nine-Tails began forming a Tailed Beast Ball behind the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

• The long-haired man ordered the Slit-Mouthed Woman from the Finger Soul Compass to attack, and she swallowed dozens of cursed spirits after revealing her split mouth.
• The long-haired man tried to persuade Lin Mu to join his group by boasting about the Finger Soul Compass and the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s speed.
• Lin Mu summoned Nine-Tails and secretly explained his plan to it.
• Nine-Tails unleashed a roar that destroyed the surrounding low-grade cursed spirits and shocked Long Hair and the blond man.
• Nine-Tails gathered chakra into a Tailed Beast Ball behind the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Lin Mu defeated the Slit-Mouthed Woman and the airship cursed spirit with Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, reaching 45% inheritance progress. Kenjaku observed the battle, reconsidered his plans for Shibuya, and promised Lin Mu a grand gift.

• Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball grazed the Slit-Mouthed Woman and reduced her to ash, leaving Long Hair devastated over the loss of his cursed spirit and damaged tools.
• The airship cursed spirit expanded its open domain, Despairing Air Disaster, but its attacks failed to stop the Tailed Beast Ball from piercing and destroying it.
• Lin Mu reached 45% inheritance progress and sent Nine-Tails into his innate domain to protect Itadori and the others.
• Lin Mu considered the threat from the jujutsu higher-ups and sensed that Kenjaku had been watching from a distant cliff.
• Kenjaku concluded that Lin Mu's growth exceeded his expectations and decided to revise his plans for sealing Satoru Gojo before meeting Lin Mu again in Shibuya.