Arc 19Thunder and the Wrong World

Jie Jian defeated Sukuna with his lightning powers, but an accidental transfer sent him to a different branch of the Jujutsu Kaisen world. After saving Tomoya Aki from a Curse User and a Shikigami, he learned that Satoru Gojo faced a deadly trap at Tokyo Jujutsu High the next day.

  • Jie Jian used the storm and Thunder Giant Bear to fight Sukuna, while Maki took control of the beast and unleashed Thunder Breath before Jie Jian redirected it into the sky.
  • Sukuna admitted defeat, Yuji Itadori regained control, and Angel purified the remaining Sukuna’s Fingers, while Jie Jian returned to System Space.
  • An error sent Jie Jian to a neighboring world, where he met a younger Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Riko Amanai during the Hidden Inventory arc before escaping.
  • Jie Jian met Tomoya Aki, killed the Curse User who had been stalking her, and destroyed the Shikigami haunting her home.
  • The system told Jie Jian that Tomoya Aki was one of a hundred destined heroines and that he had prevented her death, while Jie Jian refused an offer to make the heroines fall in love with him.
  • After Tomoya Aki mentioned Yaichi Kuzuryu, Jie Jian checked the system and learned that Satoru Gojo’s death trap would be triggered the next day at Tokyo Jujutsu High by Fushiguro Shinbi.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Help me!

Jie Jian revealed that his soul contained a Cursed Technique and restored the faint Cursed Energy in Maki’s body by reactivating her bond with Mai. He then put on Thunder Scale Armor and called for Little Deer to give him all its Cursed Energy.

  • Jie Jian told the assembled sorcerers that his soul contained a Cursed Technique, drawing questions from Sukuna and Satoru Gojo.
  • Jie Jian explained that Maki still had a tiny trace of Cursed Energy because her bond with Mai had not been severed.
  • Jie Jian used Maki’s soul to restore her connection with Mai, causing the oppressive aura around him to vanish as faint Cursed Energy appeared.
  • Jie Jian told Maki he was the strongest lightning-type sorcerer in history and retrieved Thunder Scale Armor.
  • Jie Jian put on Thunder Scale Armor and shouted for Little Deer to give him all its Cursed Energy.

Ch. 452Do You Know What Well-Rounded Means?

Jie Jian used the cursed energy stored in the Thunder Scale Armor to fight Sukuna while controlling Maki’s body, surprising him with powerful lightning attacks. The battle remained unresolved, but Gojo and Okkotsu realized Jie Jian’s technique was rapidly draining the gauntlet’s reserves.

  • Jie Jian channeled the Thunder Scale Armor’s stored cursed energy into Maki’s body, surrounding her with lightning and boosting his power.
  • Jie Jian fired a homing lightning cannon that struck Sukuna, who healed the resulting wounds with Reverse Cursed Technique.
  • Sukuna attacked with Dismantle and closed in, but Jie Jian dodged and countered with lightning blasts and a shock wave.
  • Gojo assessed Jie Jian’s lightning technique, while Okkotsu warned that its immense energy consumption could leave him unable to continue.
  • Gojo observed that nearly half the cursed energy in the gauntlet had already been spent, putting Jie Jian at risk of losing the fight.

Ch. 453Curses, come! Curses, come!

Jie Jian used the mark from his Undying Thunder technique to drain Sukuna’s cursed energy, then revealed that his Thunder Field made his lightning attacks home in on enemies. Sukuna was struck and staggered as Jie Jian replenished his energy, leaving the battle’s momentum shifting toward him.

  • Jie Jian revealed that the lightning mark on Sukuna absorbed cursed energy and fed it back to him, while Sukuna realized it had been draining him during their close combat.
  • Sukuna tried to keep Jie Jian at a distance by firing repeated slashes, but Jie Jian dodged them as his armor’s electricity weakened.
  • Jie Jian called out “Curses, come! Curses, come!” and launched a lightning attack that curved after Sukuna until it struck his calf.
  • Satoru Gojo identified a special Thunder Field around Jie Jian that let his attacks pursue enemies within range.
  • The lightning hit Sukuna and transferred more of his cursed energy to Jie Jian, who joked that his homing attacks were like basic attacks from Honor of Kings.

Ch. 454Special Grade Chef Sukuna!

Jie Jian’s Thunder Field let him siphon Sukuna’s cursed energy, but Sukuna countered with Furnace and disrupted the field with intense heat. Though Sukuna believed the advantage had shifted to him, Jie Jian remained calm and hinted that he had expected the counter.

  • Jie Jian siphoned cursed energy from Sukuna with his attacks, restoring his own reserves while draining Sukuna’s.
  • Okkotsu asked Satoru Gojo whether Maki could win, and Satoru admitted she might.
  • Sukuna revealed Furnace and sent waves of flames at Jie Jian, who dodged and attacked with Lightning Cannon.
  • Okkotsu noticed Jie Jian’s electricity had stopped tracking Sukuna, and Satoru explained that Furnace’s heat disrupted the Thunder Field.
  • Sukuna asked why Jie Jian was not afraid after losing his field, and Jie Jian said he had expected Sukuna to destroy it and would find a fight won by the field boring.

Ch. 455I was clad in thunder!

Jie Jian appeared to run out of cursed energy during his fight with Sukuna, but a lightning bolt he had summoned restored his strength and intensified his power. The two resumed their battle with renewed excitement, and neither showed signs of backing down.

  • Sukuna pressed his advantage as Jie Jian's Thunder Field faded and his cursed energy dwindled.
  • Jie Jian spent the bracer's remaining energy to break away, then refused Sukuna's offer to surrender.
  • After Jie Jian's preparations summoned a storm, a bolt of lightning pierced the barrier and struck him.
  • Jie Jian revealed that his cursed technique converted lightning into cursed energy and could call lightning from the sky.
  • Replenished with power, Jie Jian clashed with Sukuna, and their renewed fight forced Sukuna back.

Ch. 456Domain Expansion Is the Hallmark of a Special Grade!

Jie Jian and Sukuna’s fight intensified as lightning continued to strengthen Jie Jian, prompting Sukuna to challenge him to a Domain Expansion clash. After Jie Jian pretended he could not use a domain and provoked Maki and Okkotsu, Sukuna opened Malevolent Shrine, shocking the spectators because it had no boundary.

  • Jie Jian and Sukuna exchanged rapid attacks, while lightning strikes from the growing storm steadily increased Jie Jian’s cursed energy.
  • Sukuna realized Jie Jian’s power was rising and proposed a Domain Expansion clash, hoping to surprise him with his open domain.
  • Jie Jian claimed he could not use Domain Expansion, then joked about protecting Maki’s body and teased Okkotsu, provoking Maki and embarrassing Okkotsu.
  • Sukuna dismissed Jie Jian’s claims as nonsense and opened Malevolent Shrine.
  • The spectators recognized that Sukuna’s domain had no boundary and reacted with shock.

Ch. 457Here came the son who took after his father

Sukuna opened Malevolent Shrine against Jie Jian, and the spectators fled beyond its range. Sukuna’s slashes severed Jie Jian’s arm, but his Undying Thunder technique turned his body into lightning and restored it, leaving Gojo to warn that Sukuna could still use flames.

  • Satoru Gojo recognized Sukuna’s boundaryless domain and wondered whether he could create an open version of Infinite Void.
  • Kusakabe explained to Kasumi Miwa that an open domain could not be dispelled by breaking an outer barrier, while Okkotsu noted that it could attack even objects without cursed energy.
  • The spectators escaped beyond Malevolent Shrine’s range as Sukuna waited for Jie Jian to open his own domain, then activated his slashes when Jie Jian refused.
  • Sukuna’s slash severed Jie Jian’s arm, but blue-white lightning filled the wound and reattached the limb without leaving a scar.
  • Jie Jian revealed that his cursed technique, Undying Thunder, let him turn his body into lightning and recover from physical attacks.
  • Satoru Gojo warned that maintaining the technique likely consumed substantial cursed energy and that Sukuna could attack with flames as well as slashes.

Ch. 458There was no such cursed technique!

Jie Jian used thunderstorm lightning to replenish his cursed energy against Sukuna’s Malevolent Shrine, but Sukuna’s flames disrupted his Elementalization. Jie Jian then released the ultimate secret of his cursed technique, transforming into a gigantic bear-shaped lightning beast and leaving the watching sorcerers stunned.

  • Sukuna intensified Malevolent Shrine’s slashes, and Jie Jian repeatedly reassembled from the damage while his lightning gradually dimmed.
  • Jie Jian revealed that he had summoned the storm clouds and used a bolt of heavenly thunder to restore his cursed energy.
  • Sukuna spread Furnace’s flames through the domain, disrupting Jie Jian’s Elementalization and slowing his reassembly.
  • Jie Jian announced his technique’s ultimate secret and transformed into a nearly hundred-meter-tall bear-shaped beast made of lightning.
  • Sukuna’s slashes failed to leave a mark on the lightning beast, while Kusakabe, Kasumi Miwa, and Yuta Okkotsu watched in shock.

Ch. 459No humans left!

Jie Jian transformed into a Thunder Giant Bear and overwhelmed Sukuna, whose slashes and flames barely hurt him. As the fight continued to destroy Jujutsu High, Principal Masamichi Yaga ordered Satoru Gojo to pay for the repairs, while Jie Jian tried to shift the bill to Maki and Mai rejected the idea.

  • Okkotsu asked Gojo about Jie Jian’s transformation, and Gojo admitted he had never seen a technique like it but believed Maki was safe inside the bear.
  • Sukuna’s slashes and Furnace did little damage to the Thunder Giant Bear, while Jie Jian’s lightning-charged attacks forced Sukuna to dodge and sent him crashing through a building.
  • Masamichi Yaga confronted Gojo over the ruined campus and ordered him to cover the full repair costs from his salary.
  • Gojo protested and called to Jie Jian for help paying, but Jie Jian claimed he had no money and suggested Maki pay instead.
  • Mai refused to let Jie Jian involve the Zenin Family in the repair bill.

Ch. 460Original Form! Activate!

Jie Jian’s Thunder Giant Bear overwhelmed Sukuna, whose attacks could not break through its defenses and whose cursed energy was dwindling. Just as the bear prepared a potentially decisive blow, Sukuna transformed into his true four-armed form, revealing that he had been fighting in an incomplete body.

  • Uraume struggled to accept Sukuna’s apparent defeat, but Kinji Hakari argued that Sukuna had already used his strongest attacks and stopped her from entering the barrier.
  • The Thunder Giant Bear battered Sukuna, while Yuji Itadori briefly reclaimed control to complain about feeling the pain before yielding his body again.
  • Sukuna suffered severe injuries and saw the bear raise a lightning-charged attack that threatened to knock him out of the fight.
  • Sukuna shouted, “Original Form! Activate!” and transformed, growing two additional arms and a mouth at his waist as his injuries healed.
  • Kusakabe, Ryu Ishigori, Yuta Okkotsu, and Satoru Gojo reacted to Sukuna’s transformation, and Gojo identified it as Sukuna’s true appearance.

Ch. 461Do you want to farm too?

Sukuna struggled against Jie Jian’s Thunder Giant Bear until he discovered that Yuji Itadori’s body let him perform two Cursed Techniques at once. He overlaid Malevolent Shrine with Immortal Village, Forgetting the Way Home, leaving the battlefield and its observers stunned.

  • Sukuna restored his original body and intensified his attacks, but Jie Jian’s Thunder Giant Bear shrugged them off and kept replenishing its cursed energy with lightning.
  • Satoru Gojo watched Sukuna get battered and joked with Shoko that the fight looked fun, while Shoko called it a one-sided beating.
  • As Jie Jian drove him toward defeat, Sukuna realized Yuji Itadori’s body could support his own form and a second set of seals and incantations.
  • Sukuna deployed Malevolent Shrine and Immortal Village, Forgetting the Way Home simultaneously, making the Thunder Giant Bear hesitate.
  • Satoru Gojo, Kusakabe, and Yuta Okkotsu reacted with disbelief as Gojo concluded the second domain used Yuji Itadori’s Cursed Technique.

Ch. 462Woohoo! I am the storm!

Jie Jian was trapped in the Immortal Village domain, where he forgot the battle and happily began farming. As Sukuna wore down the Thunder Beast, Maki took control of it, restored its power with lightning, and turned the fight against him.

  • Jie Jian found himself in a country cottage and gave in to an urge to hoe the field, forgetting his battle with Sukuna.
  • Maki realized Jie Jian was unresponsive as Sukuna's slashes weakened the Thunder Beast.
  • Maki reached the thread connecting her to the beast and took control, making it move again.
  • Maki called down lightning to restore the Thunder Beast's strength and enlarge its body.
  • Maki chased and struck Sukuna with the Thunder Beast while Satoru Gojo identified her as its new controller.

Ch. 463Not Using a Skill You Have? Dumbass!

Maki took control of Jie Jian’s Thunder Giant Bear and overwhelmed Sukuna, then triggered Thunder Breath, forcing Satoru Gojo to counter with Hollow Purple. As the attacks collided and devastated Jujutsu High, Jie Jian broke free from Yuji Itadori’s Mysterious Farmstay and returned to find his account still unleashing the blast.

  • Maki used the Thunder Giant Bear to batter Sukuna, whose mental domain could not affect her because Jie Jian had absorbed its effects.
  • Maki discovered the beast’s hidden skill and unleashed Thunder Breath despite Satoru Gojo shouting for her to stop.
  • Satoru Gojo confronted the blast with a chanted Hollow Purple, and their attacks collided, reducing Jujutsu High’s remaining buildings to dust.
  • Okkotsu summoned Rika and raised a barrier against the shock wave while Kasumi Miwa hid behind Kusakabe.
  • Jie Jian remembered that Yuji Itadori’s Mysterious Farmstay had trapped him in a farming illusion, broke free, and found himself using Thunder Breath.

Ch. 464An ending for a new beginning!

Jie Jian redirected Maki’s uncontrolled Thunder Breath, saving the fighters but destroying Jujutsu High, and Sukuna surrendered before returning control of Yuji Itadori’s body. After the battle, the others pursued their goals, while Jie Jian left the world and returned to System Space.

  • Maki’s Thunder Breath overwhelmed Satoru Gojo’s Hollow Purple, so Jie Jian took control and redirected the blast into the sky.
  • Satoru Gojo and Okkotsu survived the attack, but Jujutsu High was reduced to a crater, and Masamichi Yaga blamed Satoru Gojo for the repairs.
  • Sukuna admitted defeat and returned to Yuji Itadori’s appearance, while Yuji regained control of his body.
  • Satoru Gojo ended the Grand Sukuna Slayers challenge, and Angel purified the remaining Sukuna’s Fingers stored at Jujutsu High.
  • Maki discovered that her clothes had been destroyed when Jie Jian returned to human form, but Jie Jian did not answer her because he had returned to System Space.

Ch. 465The GOAT crashed!

After a failed attempt to fight Sukuna, Jie Jian started a randomized challenge, but interference sent him to the Jujutsu Kaisen world by mistake. He decided to stay temporarily and asked whether danger there could affect his real self.

  • Jie Jian returned to System Space, upset that Maki had used his body’s Thunder Breath and ended his chance to fight Sukuna.
  • Jie Jian asked the system to start an exciting challenge and accepted a mystery-box challenge without knowing its contents.
  • An unknown force interfered with the system’s transport, and Jie Jian emerged underwater near a beach.
  • The system explained that Jie Jian had been mistakenly sent to a neighboring world and offered to transport him back.
  • Jie Jian sensed Cursed Energy, realized he was in the Jujutsu Kaisen world, and chose to remain temporarily in hopes of fighting Sukuna.
  • Jie Jian asked whether the system’s abilities still worked and whether anything that happened in this world could affect his real self.

Ch. 466What Fucking Jujutsu World Was This?!

Jie Jian emerged on a modern beach and met Satoru Gojo, a female Jujutsu Sorcerer with the Six Eyes. Her identity and appearance made him realize that this world was not the Jujutsu World he remembered.

  • Jie Jian confirmed that Death Rewind still protected him and walked onto the beach to find out what year it was.
  • Jie Jian asked a white-haired woman the year, but she misunderstood his words and accused him of trying to approach her.
  • Jie Jian explained that he was a Jujutsu Sorcerer who had arrived by accident, but the woman dismissed his explanation.
  • Jie Jian recognized the woman’s Six Eyes, and she introduced herself as Satoru Gojo, the next head of the Gojo Clan.
  • Jie Jian learned that Satoru Gojo was the only Six Eyes bearer in hundreds of years and realized this was not the Jujutsu World he knew.

Ch. 467This is Gojo the kitty-do you dare meet her eyes!

Jie Jian realized he had arrived in a gender-swapped Jujutsu Kaisen during the Hidden Inventory arc, where Satoru Gojo mistook him for an attacker and challenged him. He escaped her attacks and vanished from the beach, leaving Gojo frustrated.

  • Jie Jian recognized Suguru Geto and Riko Amanai, then identified the time and setting as the Hidden Inventory arc.
  • Satoru Gojo ordered Suguru Geto to protect Riko and attacked Jie Jian with Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
  • Jie Jian escaped Gojo's pull with a burst of lightning-fast movement, and Gojo deduced how his technique worked.
  • Jie Jian said he would rather flee than fight and vanished from the beach before Gojo could use Blue again.
  • Satoru Gojo complained that Jie Jian had run away, while Suguru Geto comforted her and reminded her that Riko and the tourists were watching.

Ch. 468Now there really wasn't a single flaw

Jie Jian escaped Satoru Gojo and considered leaving the Jujutsu world because Sukuna would not revive for years. In Okinawa, he met a teenage girl whose otome-game idea stirred a hazy memory, and she introduced herself as Tomoya Aki.

  • Jie Jian escaped Satoru Gojo, who stayed behind to protect Riko Amanai, and decided he would leave the world rather than wait years for Sukuna to return.
  • Jie Jian met a girl who asked to photograph him as reference for the otome game she hoped to create.
  • The girl described her goal of making a game about an ordinary-looking male lead and revealed its title, 'How to Raise a Boring Boyfriend,' which triggered Jie Jian's hazy memory.
  • Jie Jian asked the girl her name, and she introduced herself as Tomoya Aki, a fourteen-year-old student.

Ch. 469I Really Will Zap You!

Jie Jian met Tomoya Aki, a girl from the Saekano series, and learned that the world blended multiple series. After she invited him to her home, he sensed Cursed Energy in a nearby alley and sent her ahead while he confronted whoever was hiding there.

  • Jie Jian realized Tomoya Aki was a gender-swapped character from Saekano and the system could not tell him which other series were part of the world.
  • Tomoya Aki photographed Jie Jian, and they introduced themselves and talked about his being a foreigner.
  • Tomoya Aki invited Jie Jian to stay at her home, and he warned her against inviting strange men over before agreeing to visit.
  • Jie Jian sensed faint Cursed Energy in a nearby alley, then told Tomoya Aki to go home while he picked something up.
  • Tomoya Aki gave Jie Jian her address and left, and he turned toward the alley and ordered the hidden presence to stop hiding.

Ch. 470Lolicons are disgusting!

Jie Jian confronted a Curse User who had stalked Tomoya Aki and planned to prey on her, then killed him with an electric discharge. He left the alley insisting that his interest in young girls was different from the man's.

  • Jie Jian sensed a Curse User following Tomoya Aki and confronted him in an alley.
  • The Curse User admitted he had stalked Tomoya and arranged for her parents to leave so he could hunt her.
  • Jie Jian decided to stop the man after hearing him describe his obsession with young girls.
  • Jie Jian struck the Curse User with an electric discharge, and the man died.
  • Jie Jian dismissed the man's comparison between them and said he only appreciated them.

Ch. 471You're a girl who can see them too?

Jie Jian visited Tomoya Aki’s apartment and destroyed a Shikigami that had been hiding there. Tomoya revealed she could see Cursed Spirits too, and Jie Jian realized she had waited outside because she was afraid to enter alone.

  • Jie Jian followed Tomoya Aki’s address and brought two cases of milk to her apartment.
  • Tomoya Aki met Jie Jian outside her door with groceries and invited him inside, claiming she wanted to cook for him.
  • Jie Jian spotted a huge Shikigami in the living room and destroyed it with a spark of lightning before it could attack him.
  • Tomoya Aki dropped her groceries and revealed she had always been able to see monsters, including the one that had haunted her home for a year or two.
  • Jie Jian teased Tomoya Aki for waiting outside because she was afraid to enter alone, and she insisted that she was brave.

Ch. 472She could become my mother!

Jie Jian removed the Shikigami from Tomoya Aki’s home and discovered that someone had broken in through her bedroom window. Tomoya asked to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, but Jie Jian warned her away, and the chapter ended with her calling him a perverted lolicon after he said she looked like his mother while cooking.

  • Jie Jian searched Tomoya Aki’s home, confirmed there were no other monsters, and learned that she had been afraid to stay there for two years.
  • Tomoya told Jie Jian that her bedroom window had been open the previous week, and he found scratches on its frame and a broken lock.
  • Jie Jian told Tomoya that he was a Jujutsu Sorcerer and warned her that the work was dangerous when she asked to join.
  • Tomoya went to cook, and Jie Jian said she looked like his mother, prompting her to call him a perverted lolicon.

Ch. 473The truth of the world

Jie Jian learned that his world was a branch of Jujutsu Kaisen and discovered that Tomoya Aki was one of a hundred heroines destined to die without the transmigrator originally meant to enter this world. The chapter left him realizing that his arrival had saved Tomoya Aki from a curse user who would have killed her.

  • Tomoya Aki pushed Jie Jian out of the kitchen and prepared dinner while he waited in the living room.
  • Jie Jian considered whether to recommend Tomoya Aki to Jujutsu High, but worried about the dangers of becoming a jujutsu sorcerer.
  • Jie Jian asked the system about the world and learned that it was a branch of Jujutsu Kaisen, while his intended destination had been Warhammer 40K.
  • The system explained that another transmigrator was supposed to enter this world with a power that made destined heroines love him and rewarded him for preventing their deaths.
  • Jie Jian learned that Tomoya Aki was one of the hundred predetermined heroines and that a curse user would have killed her that day if Jie Jian had not appeared.

Ch. 474Do you want to get shocked too?

Jie Jian reconsidered leaving the Jujutsu World after realizing Tomoya Aki had nearly been killed, then learned his system could warn him about heroines and their deadly predicaments. The chapter ended with him discovering that this world considered nine-year-olds adults and rethinking Tomoya Aki’s age.

  • Jie Jian wondered whether the other ninety-nine heroines would die without the transmigrator who was supposed to save them.
  • The system revealed it had intercepted permissions to notify Jie Jian when he met a heroine or encountered a deadly predicament.
  • Jie Jian refused the system’s offer to make the heroines fall in love with him at first sight.
  • Jie Jian stopped Tomoya Aki from drinking beer, but she insisted that fourteen made her an adult.
  • The system confirmed that adulthood began at nine in this world, and Jie Jian reconsidered Tomoya Aki as a mature woman.

Ch. 475Satoru Gojo's death trap

Jie Jian learned that Tomoya Aki had escaped her destined death trap, then discovered that Satoru Gojo faced a new death trap at Tokyo Jujutsu High the following day. The system identified Fushiguro Shinbi as the person who would trigger it, leaving Jie Jian worried about Satoru Gojo's survival.

  • Tomoya Aki told Jie Jian that her former classmate Yaichi Kuzuryu had become a professional shogi player and won the Ryuo title.
  • Jie Jian recognized Yaichi Kuzuryu from The Ryuo's Prison Work and checked the system's list of heroines, which showed that Tomoya Aki's death trap was resolved.
  • Jie Jian asked whether Tomoya Aki was now safe, and the system warned that future accidents remained possible.
  • Jie Jian worried that Satoru Gojo might die early because the world's events differed from the story he remembered.
  • The system warned Jie Jian that Satoru Gojo's death trap would be triggered the next day at Tokyo Jujutsu High and named Fushiguro Shinbi as the person responsible.
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