Recaps

Jie Jian's attacks on Kaido's forces drew Oden into battle, and Oden defeated Kaido before Jie Jian departed Wano. Jie Jian then began his next challenge by returning to Wano and attacking Jack's fleet, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Orochi used Kanjuro's fake Akutami survivor to mislead Oden, but Kanjuro was stunned when Oden revealed that Jie Jian was real and had been attacking Kaido's forces.
• King ambushed Jie Jian in a convoy, wounded him, and forced him to escape, after which Kin'emon and Kanjuro found him and brought him to Oden.
• Oden welcomed Jie Jian, vowed to protect him, and refused to hand him over after Orochi arranged for Kaido to learn that Jie Jian was at Oden's residence.
• Kaido invaded the Flower Capital and fought Oden while the retainers evacuated civilians and Jie Jian attacked isolated Beasts Pirates squads.
• Oden brought Kaido to his knees, but Higurashi disguised herself as Momonosuke to distract him until Jie Jian exposed the deception and Oden renewed his demand that Kaido leave Wano.
• Kaido retreated, Oden became shogun, and Jie Jian sailed away after sharing sake with Oden and leaving him a letter about Kanjuro.
• Jie Jian began his second challenge by returning to Wano and attacking Jack's ship, then used a shadow diving suit to wound Jack underwater and split a warship in two.
• Jack sent more ships after Jie Jian, who evaded their cannon fire underwater and began sabotaging the fleet while the confrontation continued.

Jie Jian died after defeating King once, and his resistance inspired Wano to rise against Kaido. He returned to challenge the Beasts Pirates again and faced King in a harbor he had shaped into his domain.

• Jie Jian fought King, was captured and sent to Udon, then escaped by using Shadow Mage and freed the prisoners.
• Jie Jian stalled King while the prisoners fled, then used a Seastone net and Shadow Mage to swap King into the sea.
• Kaido arrived and offered Jie Jian a place under his command, but King returned and fatally wounded him after Jie Jian refused to surrender.
• Inspired by Jie Jian, Fujio and the escaped prisoners formed a resistance that grew into a revolt, and Kozuki Oden led Wano’s forces to defeat Kaido.
• Jie Jian received his rewards and began a second challenge, returning to Wano and defeating Jack before King arrived.
• Jie Jian and King exchanged attacks, and Jie Jian dismantled King’s Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor with Adaptive Evolution and Shadow Hand.
• King shattered Jie Jian’s Shadow Shield and sent him through two warships, but Jie Jian rose and gathered shadows across the harbor to form a black sphere around them.

Jie Jian escaped King’s Shadow Domain, defeated Kaido after awakening his Shadow-Shadow Fruit, and returned to Maki’s world with knowledge of the Culling Game. As Maki prepared the sorcerers for their missions, Naoya joined Jinichi and Ogi’s plot to kill her.

• Jie Jian escaped King’s Shadow Domain, defeated King, and drew Kaido to Onigashima.
• Jie Jian awakened Conqueror’s Infusion during his battle with Kaido, then awakened his Shadow-Shadow Fruit when Kaido pushed him near defeat.
• Jie Jian overwhelmed Kaido with a giant shadow hand and drove him beneath Onigashima, while Oden rallied Wano’s daimyo against the Kurozumi faction.
• Jie Jian returned to System Space, then asked to go back to Maki’s world and fight Sukuna.
• Maki assigned Yuji, Panda, Yuta, and Fushiguro their Culling Game missions and revealed that Jie Jian had supplied her intelligence about the game and its players.
• Jie Jian took control of Maki’s body and asked to join the mission, then claimed to Maki that he was her future son, Okkotsu Iori, from a parallel world.
• Naoya met Jinichi and Ogi, who offered to help him reclaim family leadership if he shared Maki’s movements as they arranged an attack during the Culling Game.

Maki trained for the Culling Game while Naoya, Jinichi, and Ogi worked to recruit ancient sorcerers against her and Yuta. Their plans spread across several colonies, leaving Maki entering Tokyo No. 1 Colony alone as Naoya tried to turn Ryu Ishigori against Yuta.

• Jinichi and Ogi recruited Naoya into their plot against Maki, then sent him to enlist the Sendai Colony sorcerers against Yuta.
• Maki trained with Jie Jian’s illusory phantom, learned that someone had entered the Collection Vault, and discovered that cursed tools were missing.
• Jinichi sought to recruit Hajime Kashimo in Tokyo No. 2 Colony, but Kashimo attacked him, took the Thunder Scale Armor, and added rules allowing players to move between Barriers and see other players’ scores.
• Maki suspected Jinichi and Ogi were behind the new rules and vanished from the estate, so she prepared to enter a Barrier alone and named Megumi her intended successor.
• Naoya tried to recruit Takako Uro by promising her status in Jujutsu Headquarters, but she attacked him and attempted to capture him for Maki.
• Ogi recruited Reggie’s group in Tokyo No. 1 Colony by promising support against Maki, while Naoya escaped Uro’s Domain Expansion and was defeated by Ryu Ishigori.
• Naoya promised Ryu a chance to fight Yuta and help establishing himself in modern Jujutsu Society, while Maki entered Tokyo No. 1 Colony and refused to send Zenin members in after her.