Recaps

Jie Jian trapped King inside his Shadow Prison, where darkness disrupted his senses and enabled attacks from every direction. King’s counterattack failed to break the domain, and he ended the chapter wounded and unable to escape.

• Jie Jian closed his Shadow Domain around King, swallowing all light and leaving King unable to see.
• King used Observation Haki to locate a vague figure and attacked, but Jie Jian remained hidden and struck from the shadows.
• Jie Jian explained that his body could hide in every shadow and that the domain would weaken King’s senses, including his Observation Haki.
• King unleashed Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor in every direction, but the attack failed to crack Jie Jian’s Shadow Prison.
• Jie Jian’s shadow tentacles overwhelmed King, cutting his shoulder and calf as he tried unsuccessfully to escape.

King realized Jie Jian’s Shadow Domain was a sphere of shadows rather than a sealed cage and tried to escape by flying in one direction. He tore open a crack in the darkness and charged toward the light, leaving his escape uncertain.

• King struggled against Jie Jian’s shadow tentacles and began to despair as the attacks wounded him.
• King recalled that the rumbling from his attacks had taken different amounts of time to return, then tested his theory by flying upward and attacking downward.
• King concluded that the Shadow Domain was an unsealed sphere that he could escape by flying beyond its boundary.
• King flew forward at full speed as Jie Jian’s tentacles surged after him, cutting through the shadows with his flaming blade and Haki.
• King blasted open a crack in the darkness, saw light beyond it, and charged toward the opening.

King escaped Jie Jian’s Shadow Domain only to find himself underwater, where the seawater left him powerless. As Jie Jian watched without attacking, King rejected what he saw as pity and struggled against the sea.

• King flew through the shrinking rift and emerged from Jie Jian’s Shadow Domain into the sea.
• The seawater extinguished King’s flames and drained his strength, leaving him sinking as he realized Jie Jian had tricked him into entering the sea.
• King recalled his imprisonment in Mary Geoise and drew on his Lunarian vitality to swim toward the surface.
• Jie Jian appeared underwater and watched King struggle instead of attacking him.
• King interpreted Jie Jian’s gaze as pity and shouted that he would not accept charity.

Jie Jian defeated King underwater and carried him back to the harbor, then realized Onigashima would soon retaliate and he needed help. As he searched for allies, he remembered that his Shadow-Shadow Fruit could create zombies.

• King charged at Jie Jian underwater, but Jie Jian struck his chest and knocked him unconscious.
• Jie Jian carried King to shore, then knocked him out again when he began to stir.
• Jie Jian worried that Kaido and the Beasts Pirates would soon arrive and considered possible allies, including Oden and Whitebeard.
• Jie Jian remembered that his Shadow-Shadow Fruit could create zombies to fight Kaido.

Jie Jian rejected using zombies to build an army and decided to recover before challenging Kaido at Onigashima alone. When Kaido learned the port had been attacked and King was missing, he rushed there and found King alive but Jack dead.

• Jie Jian decided that zombies were too vulnerable to salt to be useful against the Beasts Pirates and resolved to face them without helpers.
• Jie Jian left the unconscious pirates and King on the beach, then planned to rest before heading to Onigashima.
• The Beasts Pirates on Onigashima lost contact with the port and learned that King had not returned from providing support.
• Kaido crushed the messenger with Conqueror's Haki, transformed into an Azure Dragon, and flew to the port.
• Kaido found King alive and unconscious among the fallen pirates, while Jack's corpse lay at the port.

Kaido learned that Jie Jian had defeated Jack and King, then sent King to recover and warned that he would kill the Shadow-Shadow Fruit user. Jie Jian flew into Onigashima, broke through the harbor defenses, and announced that he had come to find Kaido.

• Kaido questioned King about Jack's defeat and suspected that Jie Jian might be Moria in disguise.
• King asked Kaido for another chance, and Kaido agreed while warning him not to lose again.
• Kaido stood beside Jack and quietly repeated Jie Jian's name.
• Onigashima's pirates raised the alarm when Jie Jian flew toward the island, and they fired guns and cannons at him.
• Jie Jian blocked the attack with black mist, struck aside the harbor guards with shadow tentacles, and demanded to see Kaido.

Jie Jian broke through the Beasts Pirates' defenses on Onigashima to find and fight Kaido, killing Sieg and fighting off waves of guards. He reached King, learned that Kaido was away, and asked King to call him back.

• Sieg attacked Jie Jian at the outer harbor, but Jie Jian dodged his strike and killed him with a shadow spike.
• Jie Jian rushed into Onigashima as the Beasts Pirates raised the alarm and attacked him.
• Jie Jian used Shadow: Thousand Thorns to launch several charging pirates into the air and pushed toward Kaido's location.
• King blocked Jie Jian's advance with a powerful slash, and Jie Jian greeted his old friend.
• King told Jie Jian that Kaido was away and offered to fight him himself, but Jie Jian said he was no longer interested and asked King to call Kaido back.

Jie Jian defeated King with newly developed Shadow-Shadow Fruit abilities and left him alive, then flew into Onigashima to wait for Kaido to return.

• King summoned Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor and sent the fire dragon charging at Jie Jian.
• Jie Jian dodged the attack and bound King with Shadow Entanglement and Shadow Parasitism, draining his strength.
• Jie Jian pierced King through the chest with Shadow Overlord Spear, extinguishing his flames and bringing him down.
• King’s pirates panicked and fled while Jie Jian ignored them unless they attacked.
• Jie Jian told King he had come for Kaido, then flew toward the center of Onigashima to wait for him.

Jie Jian reached Onigashima’s rooftop and waited for Kaido, who was summoned after pirates reported the intruder’s attack. The chapter ended as Kaido arrived in dragon form, and Jie Jian prepared to face him.

• A communications pirate reported that an enemy had defeated many Beasts Pirates, and Kaido demanded his weapon.
• Jie Jian reached Onigashima’s rooftop, where the frightened guards kept their distance.
• Jie Jian reflected on Kaido’s ambitions and waited on the rooftop while watching the island with Observation Haki.
• Jie Jian sensed Kaido approaching over the sea and stood ready for battle.
• Kaido arrived above Onigashima in dragon form, and the pirates cheered as Jie Jian faced him.

Jie Jian faced Kaido on Onigashima and survived the Azure Dragon’s Dragon Breath before the two clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki. Their collision tore through the rooftop and left Kaido’s watching pirates stunned by Jie Jian’s power.

• Kaido attacked Jie Jian with Dragon Breath, and Jie Jian defended himself with layers of shadows and Conqueror’s Haki.
• The Dragon Breath broke through Jie Jian’s shadow barriers and engulfed him in an explosion, but he survived beneath a covering of shadows.
• Kaido emerged in human form, and Jie Jian taunted him, declaring that Kaido was the challenger and threatening to strip away his scales.
• Kaido unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, but Jie Jian stood firm and challenged him.
• Jie Jian released his own Conqueror’s Haki, and the clash crushed rubble, split the rooftop, and knocked out pirates nearby.

Jie Jian revealed powerful Conqueror's Haki and challenged Kaido, who recognized him as a worthy opponent. Kaido attacked first with his ultimate Thunder Bagua, and Jie Jian chose to face it head-on.

• Jie Jian clashed his Conqueror's Haki against Kaido's and declared his ambition to become the One Piece.
• Kaido asked Jie Jian's name, accepted his challenge, and warned that Jie Jian would have to prove he could scar his scales.
• Kaido launched Great Overlord: Thunder Bagua at Jie Jian with his Conqueror's Haki-infused spiked club.
• Jie Jian felt his blood ignite and decided not to dodge Kaido's attack.

Jie Jian awakened Conqueror's Infusion at the brink of death and used it to block Kaido's Great Overlord: Thunder Bagua. He held his ground against Kaido and declared that he would damage Kaido's scales.

• Kaido swung his spiked club at Jie Jian, confident that Jie Jian's Armament Haki could not stop the attack.
• Jie Jian recalled the Resonance between their Conqueror's Haki and realized that Conqueror's Infusion came from making the Haki interlock and fuse with an attack.
• Jie Jian concentrated his Conqueror's Haki into his right fist and met Kaido's club head-on.
• Jie Jian's Conqueror's Infusion blocked the club, unleashing a shockwave that devastated Onigashima's rooftop and sent pirates flying.
• Kaido recognized that Jie Jian had awakened Conqueror's Infusion, while Jie Jian declared that he would damage Kaido's scales.

Jie Jian fought Kaido and used Mirror Replication to reproduce the sensation of Conqueror's Infusion, letting him activate the technique again as Kaido's club struck. Kaido's confidence faltered when he saw Jie Jian's black-red lightning-wreathed fist, and the clash remained unresolved.

• Jie Jian knocked Kaido's spiked club back with a final burst of Conqueror's Haki, earning Kaido's respect and a challenge to continue fighting.
• Kaido struck Jie Jian with a Ryuo-infused blow that sent him crashing into a rock, and Jie Jian recognized the technique.
• Kaido questioned how many times Jie Jian could use his newly learned Conqueror's Infusion and attacked to block his escape.
• Jie Jian activated Mirror Replication to recall the sensation of his first Conqueror's Infusion and channel the Haki into his right fist.
• Kaido's smile froze when he saw Jie Jian's fist wrapped in black-red lightning as his club closed in.

Jie Jian repeatedly used Conqueror's Infusion to block Kaido's attacks, each time with greater control, leaving Kaido stunned and suspicious of his rapid growth. Jie Jian claimed he had only just learned the technique and called himself a passing player.

• Kaido was shocked when Jie Jian used Conqueror's Infusion again to stop his spiked club, and he compared Jie Jian's battle talent to Roger's.
• Kaido attacked with a full-force Armament Haki strike to test Jie Jian, but Jie Jian blocked it with an even steadier Conqueror's Infusion.
• Kaido launched another crushing blow, and Jie Jian used Mirror Replication to unleash Conqueror's Infusion for a third time.
• Kaido withdrew and accused Jie Jian of hiding his mastery, but Jie Jian denied it and said he was simply more talented.
• Kaido asked who Jie Jian was, and Jie Jian called himself a passing player.

Jie Jian accused Kaido of growing cowardly, prompting Kaido to remember his reckless fighting spirit from his days aboard Rocks's ship. Kaido reclaimed that spirit, unleashed his full strength, and transformed into his Human-Beast Form to face Jie Jian.

• Jie Jian told Kaido that the younger generation would eventually surpass him and called him cowardly for relying on caution.
• Kaido recalled charging at powerful enemies in his youth and realized he had begun restraining himself and calculating his battles.
• Kaido thanked Jie Jian for reminding him who he used to be and vowed to fight with his true full strength.
• Kaido unleashed a far more intense Conqueror's Haki, blowing away the dark clouds over Onigashima, while Hanafuda sensed the change from a returning pirate ship.
• Kaido transformed into his Human-Beast Form and announced that the real Kaido had arrived to fight Jie Jian.

Kaido overwhelmed Jie Jian in his human-beast form, battering him with repeated attacks as Jie Jian struggled to defend himself. The chapter left Jie Jian badly injured and nearly out of stamina and Haki, while Kaido’s strength showed no sign of fading.

• Kaido attacked Jie Jian at extreme speed, shattering his shadow armor and injuring his left arm.
• Kaido struck Jie Jian with an enhanced Thunder Bagua, sending him through a stone wall and leaving him bleeding.
• Jie Jian tried to block Kaido’s follow-up blows with shadow shields and tentacles, but Kaido broke through them and forced him to keep dodging.
• Kaido landed more heavy swings, leaving Jie Jian battered and draining his Conqueror’s Haki and stamina.
• Kaido pointed out that Jie Jian’s shadows were thinning and raised his club for another attack as Jie Jian neared his limit.

Jie Jian awakened his Shadow-Shadow Fruit during Kaido’s Great Overlord: Thunder Bagua, turning Onigashima’s rocks and other dark, lifeless matter into shadows. He blocked Kaido’s strike, and Kaido recognized the awakening.

• Kaido prepared to finish Jie Jian with an even stronger Great Overlord: Thunder Bagua.
• As Kaido’s club neared his forehead, Jie Jian realized his Devil Fruit might let him turn things that had never seen light into shadows.
• Jie Jian awakened his Shadow-Shadow Fruit and transformed Onigashima’s rocks, shipwrecks, scrap, and dust into shadows he could control.
• Jie Jian formed a massive shadow wall from Onigashima’s rock, which absorbed the Thunder Bagua and repaired itself after Kaido’s blow.
• Kaido recognized that Jie Jian’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit had awakened.

Jie Jian used the shadows of Onigashima to overwhelm Kaido with a colossal shadow hand, driving him deep beneath the island and into the sea. Jie Jian declared himself the victor, though his Haki and stamina were nearly exhausted.

• Jie Jian turned Onigashima’s rocks into endless shadow pillars and attacks, while Kaido shattered them with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kaido closed in and unleashed a powerful Great Overlord: Thunder Bagua, but Jie Jian gathered shadows across the sky.
• Kaido transformed into an Azure Dragon and fired Rising Dragon: Flame Bagua at a gigantic hand formed from shadows.
• The shadow hand crushed Kaido’s flames and Haki, struck him through Onigashima, and drove him beneath the island into the seabed.
• Jie Jian descended onto a floating shadow cloud and recognized that he had won, despite nearly exhausting his Haki and stamina.

After defeating Kaido and completing his challenge, Jie Jian learned that Kaido had survived but fled Wano Country. Back in System Space, Jie Jian decided to enter Maki’s timeline to fight Sukuna.

• Jie Jian received the System’s confirmation that he had driven Kaido out of Wano Country and chose to explore before returning.
• Kozuki Oden rallied Wano Country’s daimyo against the Kurozumi faction, while Kurozumi Orochi fled and his remaining followers were captured.
• Jie Jian read a newspaper showing Kaido alive and badly injured, with King unconscious, and learned that Hanafuda and Queen had rescued them.
• Jie Jian returned early to System Space and realized he had never fought Sukuna during Maki’s challenge.
• Jie Jian asked the System to send him to Maki’s world so he could fight Sukuna again.

Naoya Zenin left the Zenin estate after Maki’s rise to power, but Jinichi Zenin and Ogi Zenin approached him with a plan to regain control. At Jujutsu High, Maki assigned missions for the Culling Game and faced questions about how she knew its secrets, including Tsumiki’s possession by Yorozu.

• Naoya Zenin prepared to leave the Zenin Family estate, resentful of Maki’s reforms and determined to reclaim his lost position.
• Jinichi Zenin and Ogi Zenin met Naoya and asked whether he would help become Head of the Family, suggesting that Maki could be killed.
• Maki told Yuji Itadori and Panda to recruit Kinji Hakari in Utsunomiya City, and assigned Yuta Okkotsu to investigate the Sendai Colony.
• Maki told Yuji to send Hakari to the Tokyo No. 2 Colony after recruiting him.
• Yuji questioned how Maki knew so much about the Culling Game, and Megumi Fushiguro asked how she knew Tsumiki had been possessed by Yorozu.

After Tsumiki died, Maki explained that Jie Jian had given her detailed intelligence about the Culling Game, though she hid its source from the others. She assigned the group to different Barriers for the next day, keeping Fushiguro separate from Yuji to protect him from Sukuna.

• Maki revealed that Tsumiki had been possessed by Yorozu, who was suppressed by Yuta Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo and then declared dead.
• Maki recalled that Jie Jian had left her detailed information about Kenjaku, the Culling Game, its ancient sorcerers, and Sukuna’s plan to escape Yuji Itadori’s body.
• Maki told the group that her information came from the Zenin Family, and Yuji praised the family’s intelligence network.
• When Fushiguro asked to join Yuji and Panda in Tokyo No. 1 Colony, Maki refused and assigned him to Sakurajima Colony with Noritoshi Kamo.
• Maki told everyone to enter their assigned Barriers the next day and said she would move between them to pass along information.

Maki reassured everyone that she could still enter her Heavenly Tyrant form, but Jie Jian suddenly emerged and revealed he had lied about staying asleep. After spotting the Culling Game information, Jie Jian asked to join the mission the next day.

• Yuta Okkotsu asked whether Maki could still safely enter her Heavenly Tyrant form, and Maki demonstrated that she could.
• Yuji Itadori and Panda asked Maki about her second personality, while Yuta wondered if he would return again.
• Panda teased Yuta about his concern for Maki, prompting the group to laugh and Mai Zenin to briefly choke Panda.
• Maki said Jie Jian probably would not come out again, but Jie Jian suddenly took control of her body and greeted everyone.
• Jie Jian admitted he had lied about staying asleep and asked to join the Culling Game mission the next day.

Jie Jian took control of Maki’s body during a meeting about the Culling Game, promising to stay out of the group’s plan unless Sukuna escaped. After everyone left, Maki confronted him about how he knew secrets she had never learned.

• Jie Jian used Maki’s body to show off her physical strength and explain that he wanted to enter the Culling Game to help.
• Jie Jian dismissed Okkotsu’s concerns and said he would act independently while the others followed their plan.
• Jie Jian told the group he would wait until they were free, but would intervene if Sukuna escaped.
• Okkotsu and the others left the meeting, and Maki stayed behind to question Jie Jian.
• Maki challenged Jie Jian to explain how he knew about the Culling Game, Kenjaku, ancient sorcerers, and Enchain.

Maki pressed Jie Jian about his identity, and he claimed to be her son from the future, sent into her body from a parallel world. He left Maki alone in the meeting room after asking her to call him when she entered the Culling Game, while she quietly wondered whether his claim about Okkotsu was true.

• Maki demanded to know how Jie Jian had obtained his precise intelligence, and he insisted the information mattered more than his identity.
• Jie Jian claimed he was Maki’s future son, Okkotsu Iori, whose consciousness had traveled into her body from a parallel world.
• Jie Jian explained that changes in Maki’s world would not affect the future of his own world, so he could reveal what he knew.
• Maki asked whether she would marry Okkotsu, and Jie Jian teased her when she blushed.
• Jie Jian retreated to sleep and told Maki to call him when she entered the Culling Game the next day; Maki sat alone, embarrassed but faintly smiling.

Naoya met with Jinichi and Ogi, who proposed killing Maki during the Culling Game so Naoya could reclaim the Zenin Family leadership. They revealed they intended to hire someone capable of defeating her, and Jinichi pointed to the ancient sorcerers revived by Suguru Geto.

• Naoya followed Jinichi and Ogi to an abandoned house, where they showed him a chart detailing Maki’s purge of the Zenin Family.
• Jinichi and Ogi explained that Maki planned to enter the Culling Game and could be killed there under its rules.
• Ogi argued that Mai and Fushiguro could also threaten Naoya’s claim to become Head of the Family if they survived Maki.
• Jinichi offered Naoya the chance to take back the family leadership in exchange for sharing Maki’s movements, while he and Ogi arranged the attack.
• Naoya doubted that any independent Curse User could defeat Maki, so Jinichi reminded him that Suguru Geto had revived ancient sorcerers within the Culling Game Barriers.