Vol. 1Battles Across the Colonies

Xuan fought Culling Game players, helped Yuji and his allies pursue Kenjaku, and repeatedly confronted Sukuna. After Sukuna was reduced to a captive and Satoru Gojo was freed, Sukuna escaped Yuji and took over Megumi’s body.

  • Xuan defeated powerful Culling Game players and added a rule allowing travel between colonies.
  • Hiromi Higuruma confiscated Xuan’s cursed energy through Deadly Sentencing and forced him to fight with a sword.
  • Xuan joined Yuji and the others, sought Tengen’s answers, and backed Megumi’s claim to Zenin Clan leadership.
  • Sukuna took control of Yuji during the fight with Hakari, and Xuan opened his domain to interrupt Malevolent Shrine.
  • Gen fought Sukuna through repeated domain clashes, while Yuta defeated Ryu Ishigori and Uro Takako and added rules for transferring points and crossing barriers.
  • Sukuna burned Sendai Colony with Furnace, then revived in his original body and attacked Gen again.
  • Gen helped reduce Sukuna to a tiny captive form, while Xuan confronted Kenjaku and fought Satoru Gojo after his release.
  • Sukuna used “Enchain” to seize Yuji’s body and transfer himself into Megumi, leaving Yuji to charge after him.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Strongest’s Culling Game

Xuan fought powerful reincarnated sorcerers, added a rule for travel between colonies, and confronted players including Hajime Kashimo and Takaba. After defeating Kashimo and surviving Takaba’s surreal technique, Xuan faced Hiromi Higuruma, whose domain confiscated his cursed energy and left him fighting with a sword.

  • Xuan woke in a morgue, discovered his Ten Shadows shikigami were untamed in his new body, and fought Ryu Ishigori before sparing him.
  • Xuan defeated Uro Takako in her domain, learned what she knew about Sukuna, and continued gathering points while urging players not to harm ordinary people.
  • Xuan confronted Dhruv and Hajime Kashimo, completed the Tiger Funeral taming ritual, and fought Kashimo until Hollow Technique: Chaos left him unconscious.
  • Xuan shared meat pies with Kashimo and urged him to make friends, then left the colony and later encountered Takaba.
  • Xuan and Takaba battled through surreal comic scenarios until Xuan promised to become Takaba’s comedy partner if their future fight ended in a win or draw.
  • Yuta released Yuji from Rika, while Xuan continued hunting players and met Hiromi Higuruma after Kogane announced his location.
  • Higuruma’s Deadly Sentencing found Xuan guilty of stealing food from a KFC, confiscated his cursed energy, and forced him to block Higuruma’s gavel with a sword.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Ancestor’s Gambit

Xuan joined Yuji and the others, helping them pursue Tengen’s answers, reform the Zenin Clan, and recruit Hakari while Kenjaku moved against Xuan’s corpse. The arc left Xuan clashing Domains with Sukuna after Sukuna took control of Yuji during Hakari’s fight.

  • Xuan defeated Higuruma in their domain battle, then met Yuta, Yuji, Megumi, and Choso and revealed that he had incarnated to fight Sukuna.
  • Xuan led the group to Tengen, who explained Kenjaku’s assimilation plan and showed them the Back of the Prison Realm as a possible means of freeing Gojo.
  • Xuan helped Maki challenge the Zenin Clan, healed Naobito under a Binding Vow, and backed Megumi’s claim to clan leadership.
  • Xuan returned to the Tombs of the Star Corridor to seek the higher-ups and rescue Yaga, while Kenjaku tried to take over Xuan’s corpse and Mahoraga’s adaptation resisted him.
  • Yuta entered Sendai Colony to secure a safe place for civilians and prepare to confront Dhruv, Ryu, and Uro, while Xuan dealt with the higher-ups and helped Yuji and Megumi approach Hakari.
  • Yuji fought Hakari, and Megumi challenged him with Chimera Shadow Garden as Xuan trained Megumi and completed Mahoraga’s taming ritual.
  • Megumi trapped Hakari in the Shadow Sea, but Hakari’s Domain expansion shattered Megumi’s and left him unconscious.
  • Sukuna took control of Yuji and fought Hakari, then Xuan opened Undercurrent: Eight Fixed Waters to interrupt Sukuna’s Malevolent Shrine.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Sendai Showdown

Gen fought Sukuna through repeated domain clashes while Yuta, Megumi, and their allies advanced the Culling Game’s plans. After Sukuna burned Sendai Colony and seemed defeated, he revived in his original body and attacked Gen again.

  • Gen’s domains clashed with Sukuna’s, and after they collapsed, the two battered each other until Itadori regained control and Gen ended their fight.
  • Gen met Kenjaku, learned her plan to merge everyone through Tengen’s barriers, and agreed to help maintain the Culling Game under a binding vow.
  • Gen traveled to the United States, confronted Uraume at the White House, and sent them crashing onto the lawn.
  • Yuta fought Ryu Ishigori and Uro Takako in Sendai, defeated them, and added rules allowing people to transfer points and enter or leave barriers.
  • Megumi faced Higuruma in court, where Mahoraga adapted to Deadly Sentencing and helped secure Megumi’s acquittal for the Shibuya massacre.
  • Sukuna took control of Itadori and fought Yuta, who summoned Mahoraga before bringing Gen back to the battlefield.
  • Gen fought Sukuna and Uraume through repeated domain clashes, using Mahoraga and his own techniques to break Malevolent Shrine and drive Sukuna deep beneath Sendai.
  • Sukuna unleashed Furnace across Sendai Colony, but Gen found his charred, frozen corpse and mocked him before Sukuna revived in his original body and attacked with an ice-coated slash.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Fallen One’s Return

Xuan fought Kenjaku and then Satoru Gojo while Sukuna was reduced to a captive, but the battles left the group vulnerable to Kenjaku’s schemes. Yorozu’s arrival let Sukuna escape Yuji and take over Megumi’s body, leaving Yuji to face him.

  • Gen chased the wounded Sukuna through Sendai Colony, where Takaba’s comedy technique repeatedly disrupted Sukuna and forced him to spit out fingers before Mahoraga helped Megumi fight him.
  • Megumi, Gen, and Mahoraga overwhelmed Sukuna, and Gen’s Hollow Technique: Chaos struck Sukuna’s brain and reduced him to a tiny captive form.
  • Xuan fought Kenjaku at the Tombs of the Star Corridor, but Kenjaku revealed that he had taken control of Tengen and opened the Prison Realm.
  • Tsukumo’s attack brought Satoru Gojo out of the Prison Realm, and Xuan and Gojo fought in a battle that escalated through Domains, awakenings, and Hollow Purple.
  • Yuta’s group confronted Kenjaku disguised as Xuan, while Megumi and Itadori evacuated Tsumiki, who revealed herself as the Heian-era sorcerer Yorozu.
  • Xuan recreated cursed tools with Reggie Star’s technique as Itadori and Megumi fought Yorozu, who had Tsumiki’s memories.
  • Sukuna used “Enchain” to take control of Yuji, forced Megumi to swallow his fingers, and transferred himself into Megumi’s body before Yuji charged after him.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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