Chapter Summaries

Qi Wu summoned Mahoraga, whose adaptation neutralized Hopelessness’s despair power, then used Malevolent Shrine to destroy the demon. After Hopelessness’s defeat increased Qi Wu’s Sukuna fusion, Mahoraga remained hostile, leaving Qi Wu facing the possibility that it had never been tamed.

• Qi Wu summoned Mahoraga, and the shikigami adapted to Hopelessness’s threads and despair rule.
• Mahoraga seized Hopelessness and used the Sword of Extermination to seal his rule of despair.
• Qi Wu expanded Malevolent Shrine and unleashed countless slashes that shattered Hopelessness’s core.
• The system awarded Qi Wu 4,000 Battle Intent Value and raised his Ryomen Sukuna template fusion to 65%.
• Qi Wu tried to recall Mahoraga, but it stayed in place and directed killing intent at him.

Qi Wu fought Mahoraga after Mahoraga adapted enough to breach Limitless, then dropped his defense and unleashed a rapid barrage of slashes. Just as his attacks cracked Mahoraga’s wheel, Mahoraga charged through his cuts, and Qi Wu countered with Spiderweb.

• Mahoraga struck Qi Wu through Limitless and hurled him through the prison’s walls, forcing him out above the Magma Sea.
• Qi Wu faced Mahoraga on the cliff as the Warden Elder, Wolf Team, and Su Li arrived at the breach and watched the fight.
• Qi Wu dropped Limitless and attacked Mahoraga with repeated slashes, slowing its healing and forcing it toward the cliff’s edge.
• Qi Wu’s barrage cracked Mahoraga’s wheel, but Mahoraga charged through his slashes toward him.
• Qi Wu thrust out his palm and used Cursed Technique Extension · Cleave · Spiderweb against the charging Mahoraga.

Qi Wu’s slashes failed to stop Mahoraga after he adapted, but the Warden Elder arrived and destroyed him with a powerful golden-flame attack. Qi Wu admired the elder’s strategy and admitted he was starting to fall for him.

• Qi Wu repeatedly slashed Mahoraga, who regenerated and adapted to the Slashing Technique.
• The Warden Elder arrived with Wolf Team and Su Li, warned Qi Wu that Mahoraga had adapted, and drew his Tang Dao.
• Mahoraga attacked the elder, but the elder deflected his slash and wounded him with several cuts.
• The Warden Elder unleashed Remnant fire—Heaven cleaver, engulfing Mahoraga in golden flames until he burned to ash.
• Qi Wu praised the elder for killing Mahoraga before he could adapt and said he was falling for him.

Qi Wu witnessed the start of the Spiritual Energy Revival as the descending energy restored Mahoraga and made him stronger. With his own power surging too, Qi Wu trapped Mahoraga in Unlimited Void and unleashed a 150% Hollow Purple.

• Qi Wu sensed Mahoraga's lingering cursed energy as enormous spiritual energy vortices appeared across the sky, marking the official start of the Spiritual Energy Revival.
• Spiritual energy flooded Qi Wu and Mahoraga; Mahoraga rapidly regenerated, grew to seven meters tall, and returned stronger than before.
• Mahoraga attacked the old man, but Qi Wu blocked the strike with Limitless and told the old man to stay back.
• Qi Wu faced Mahoraga and used Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void, freezing him in place with an overload of information.
• Qi Wu formed Hollow Purple and fired it at 150% power, engulfing Mahoraga in purple light.

Qi Wu annihilated Mahoraga, gained Kamutoke, and reached 90% Satoru Gojo template fusion, awakening beginner-level space law. As he celebrated his new power with Su Li and the old man, a pillar of light rose above the Prison and a riot threatened to become a breakout.

• Qi Wu destroyed Mahoraga with his Domain's sure-hit effect and acquired the shikigami, while spiritual energy revival triggered a warning about possible changes to its abilities.
• Qi Wu's battle with Mahoraga raised his Sukuna template fusion to 70% and granted him Kamutoke, which produced controllable golden flames.
• Su Li and the old man praised Qi Wu for defeating the monster, and their recognition and Wolf Team's gratitude raised his popularity points.
• Qi Wu's Satoru Gojo template fusion reached 90%, granting him beginner space law and the ability to manipulate and cut space.
• A huge pillar of light erupted above the Prison, and a radio alert reported that inmates were rioting and trying to escape.

After a prison-wide riot erupted, Qi Wu ordered the guards to evacuate and let the inmates escape so he could destroy them. He discovered that humans and Demons were cooperating under the influence of a terrifying creature sealed in the deepest level, then opened Malevolent Shrine to attack the escaping prisoners.

• The prison inmates absorbed spiritual energy, overpowered their restraints, and began rioting across every level.
• Qi Wu convinced the old man to order all guards to evacuate the prison, promising to wipe out the prisoners himself.
• The gates broke open, and humans, Demons, and hybrids poured out while cooperating with one another.
• The old man and Su Li realized that the monster sealed in the deepest level had likely united the inmates and orchestrated the riot.
• Qi Wu expanded Malevolent Shrine over the prison and unleashed a storm of slashes on the escaping inmates.

Qi Wu used Malevolent Shrine to tear apart the prisoners, then revealed that Kamutoke could burn through even rapid regeneration. He ignited the spiritual dust throughout the domain, engulfing every fleeing prisoner in golden flames.

• Qi Wu unleashed Malevolent Shrine and reduced the first wave of more than a hundred prisoners to fragments with its slashes.
• Regenerative prisoners healed from the slashes and charged toward Qi Wu, confident that their abilities would keep them alive.
• Qi Wu used Kamutoke to burn the blood-red Demon to ash, proving that the flames outpaced its regeneration.
• As the other regenerative prisoners fled, Qi Wu ignited their spiritual remains throughout the domain and engulfed them in flames.

Qi Wu burned the escaping Demons with flames fueled by their own bodies, unlocked the cursed tool Kamutoke, and encountered a powerful Awakener in the Prison’s depths. The Blind Swordsman revealed that he had once been a celebrated 749 Bureau swordsman before choosing to become a Demon to escape humanity’s limits.

• Qi Wu incinerated the Demons inside Malevolent Shrine, stunning the old man and Su Li with his fire ability.
• Qi Wu gained 20,000 battle intent, increased his Ryomen Sukuna panel fusion to 80%, and unlocked Kamutoke, a cursed tool that launched lightning attacks.
• Qi Wu noticed someone applauding in the Prison’s depths, and the Blind Swordsman emerged as a genuine Awakener.
• The old man and Su Li recognized the Blind Swordsman, while the old man identified him as a former top swordsman at the 749 Bureau who had been second only to Xiao Tiance.
• The Blind Swordsman admitted that he had become a Demon to surpass humanity’s limits and grow stronger by devouring and slaughtering.

The Blind Swordsman invited Qi Wu to become a Demon, then attacked him with a gravity-powered sword slash after Qi Wu refused. Qi Wu combined Limitless with space law to redirect the strike, leaving the Blind Swordsman’s attack buried in a vast crater.

• The Blind Swordsman revealed that he had gouged out his eyes to gain power and offered Qi Wu the chance to become a Demon.
• Qi Wu refused to become a monster, so the Blind Swordsman drew his black sword and unleashed Gravity Slash: Great Collapse.
• Qi Wu used his Six Eyes to analyze the gravity law and activated Limitless to stop the slash before it reached him.
• Qi Wu recognized gravity as a branch of space law and used Space Folding to redirect the slash into the ground.
• The slash carved out a vast crater, while Qi Wu remained unharmed and declared that his law was above the Blind Swordsman’s.

Qi Wu and the Blind Swordsman fought across the sky, matching their laws and healing from their injuries. The Blind Swordsman unleashed Infinite Gravity Annihilation, and Qi Wu countered with his Space Law-enhanced Unlimited Void as their domains collided.

• The Blind Swordsman attacked Qi Wu with a relentless barrage, forcing Qi Wu to defend with Limitless.
• Qi Wu fused Blue and Dismantle, but the Blind Swordsman rode the pull and met his point-blank attack with a sword strike, splitting the sky.
• Qi Wu and the Blind Swordsman battled into the stratosphere and back down, both sustaining wounds that quickly healed.
• The Blind Swordsman opened his Ruinous Art Domain, Infinite Gravity Annihilation, which Su Li said had once crushed three thousand Demons.
• Qi Wu expanded his Space Law-enhanced Unlimited Void, and the two domains collided.

Qi Wu won the domain battle against the Blind Swordsman and struck him with Maximum Output Red, but a Demon using darkness law appeared to help him escape. As the Blind Swordsman sank into a shadow, he revealed his name as Xiao Jue, and Qi Wu recovered his Cursed Technique and unleashed a slash.

• Qi Wu and the Blind Swordsman clashed domains for ten seconds, and Qi Wu's Unlimited Void lasted 0.001 seconds longer.
• Qi Wu landed Maximum Output Red on the Blind Swordsman, piercing his chest, but the Demon's regeneration healed the wound.
• Qi Wu recognized that the Blind Swordsman's Cursed Technique had entered burnout and attacked with Kamutoke's lightning.
• A hidden Demon wielding darkness law appeared, swallowed the lightning, and pulled the Blind Swordsman into a shadow.
• The Blind Swordsman named himself Xiao Jue as he escaped, while Qi Wu recovered from burnout and unleashed an invisible slash across space.

Qi Wu defeated Xiao Jue with the World-Cutting Slash, but Xiao Jue escaped into the shadows. As the group discussed the destroyed Prison, news arrived that demon tides had overwhelmed the Empire’s border defenses, with the Northern Border suffering the worst losses.

• Qi Wu severed Xiao Jue’s arm and cut halfway through his neck, but Xiao Jue escaped underground after threatening revenge.
• Qi Wu kept Xiao Jue’s severed arm, intending to use it to track him and return it when they met again.
• The Warden Elder, Su Li, and Wolf Team gathered with Qi Wu and discussed the battle and his ability to kill an Awakener.
• Su Li received an emergency call reporting enormous demon tides across every border and said reinforcements were on their way.
• Su Li reported that the Northern Border had suffered the worst losses, with the demon tide overrunning three outposts.
• Wolf Team received a call from the Imperial Capital as Qi Wu recognized the crisis as the Demon Tide incident he had anticipated.

After the first demon tide began, Qi Wu returned to Nanjiang to strengthen the Salvation Squad for the coming war. Three days later, Lilith challenged him in the Virtual Battlefield to show off her newly mastered Blood Manipulation, and she launched her attack in the Ancient Castle arena.

• Wolf Team received orders to attend an emergency meeting in the Imperial Capital, while Qi Wu chose to return to Nanjiang and prepare his squad.
• Qi Wu parted ways with Wolf Team, the old man, and Su Li, then flew toward Nanjiang with Xiao Jue's severed arm.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Qingyue, Lilith, and Gale trained until they reached False Awakener level and comprehended their respective laws under Qi Wu's guidance.
• Lilith mastered Blood Manipulation based on her Blood Magic and challenged Qi Wu to a Virtual Battlefield match.
• Jiang Qingyue and Gale watched from the training room as Qi Wu and Lilith entered the Ancient Castle battlefield, where Lilith swooped down and attacked with Blood Blade.

Qi Wu tested Lilith’s Blood Manipulation in the Virtual Battlefield, ending their spar with Unlimited Void after she unleashed Piercing Blood. Afterward, he agreed to help her develop a permanent blood weapon before she left for the northern frontier.

• Lilith attacked Qi Wu with Blood Blade Barrage and Blood Prison, but he countered both with his techniques.
• Lilith used Shadow Magic clones concealed in blood mist, and Qi Wu shattered the decoys with Universal Pull.
• Lilith fired her ultimate art, Piercing Blood, and Qi Wu stopped it by expanding Unlimited Void before ending the domain and catching her.
• Qi Wu praised Lilith’s progress, and she asked whether she could refine her blood into a permanent weapon like Kamutoke.
• Qi Wu agreed to help Lilith design a blood-refining Cursed Technique before she departed for the northern frontier, then returned with her to the Training Ground.

After training Lilith, Jiang Qingyue, and Gale, Qi Wu told them that they would march for the Northern Border tomorrow. The team trusted him and agreed they would win.

• Outside the Virtual Battlefield, Lilith claimed her [Piercing Blood] had forced Qi Wu to use [Unlimited Void], and he confirmed that her move had impressive penetrating power.
• Qi Wu teased Lilith by dodging her attempts to touch his clothes, then promised to use only one hand at their next training session.
• Qi Wu answered the women's questions about their abilities and gave Lilith extra instruction on [Piercing Blood].
• When Lilith asked what he gained from helping them, Qi Wu said he wanted the peace of mind that came from fighting alongside companions he could trust, and told them to get strong enough to survive the battles ahead.
• Qi Wu gained 3,000 Popularity Points, raising his Satoru Gojo template fusion to 91%, then announced that they would march for the Northern Border tomorrow.
• Jiang Qingyue declared that they would win with Mr. Gojo there, and Qi Wu warmly agreed.

Qi Wu and Jiang Qingyue, Gale, and Lilith arrived at the Northern Border as a massive demon tide attacked. Qi Wu intervened to save Bai Xiao and faced a hundred-meter Synthetic Beast on the front lines.

• Qi Wu showed Jiang Qingyue, Gale, and Lilith the Northern Border fortress and recalled that it had fallen in his previous life.
• An alarm announced an approaching demon tide, and Qi Wu led the three girls beyond the fortress’s safe zone.
• Bai Xiao and the Wolf Team fought to hold the forward position as successive waves of Demons attacked.
• A giant Synthetic Beast fired an energy beam at Bai Xiao, but an invisible barrier blocked it.
• Qi Wu arrived with the three girls, told Bai Xiao to leave the fight to him, and charged toward the Synthetic Beast.

Qi Wu destroyed an Awakening-class Synthetic Beast and slaughtered thousands of Demons with ease as the Demon Tide attacked the Northern Border defenses. From a nearby mountain, the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King and Thirteen watched his advance and realized the Demons were no more than ants to him.

• Qi Wu erased the hundred-meter Synthetic Beast with Hollow Purple, earning Battle Intent Value and raising Sukuna template fusion to 75%.
• Bai Xiao rallied the defenders as the main Demon Tide, numbering over ten thousand, approached, but Qi Wu told them to hold their positions while he cleared the horde.
• Qi Wu cut through the Demons with physical techniques and used Blue to crush a Snake Demon's head, killing at least three thousand without showing fatigue.
• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King questioned Thirteen about Qi Wu, and Thirteen identified him as a newly promoted Awakener from a 749 Bureau Branch Bureau.
• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King concluded that Qi Wu was not exerting himself, leaving Thirteen to regret claiming the Demon Tide could wear him down.

Qi Wu annihilated Thirteen and the Demon Tide with Blue MAX Tengai Shinsei, then turned to face the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King. The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King remained on the mountain as Qi Wu prepared to deal with the real boss.

• Qi Wu spotted the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King and provoked him from across the battlefield.
• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King ordered Thirteen to test Qi Wu, and Thirteen attacked with Purple Thunder Break.
• Qi Wu blocked Thirteen's lightning with Red Almighty Push and taunted him for betraying humanity.
• Thirteen unleashed Purple Flame Descent, so Qi Wu summoned a meteor with Blue MAX Tengai Shinsei.
• The meteor destroyed Thirteen and the Demon Tide while Limitless protected Qi Wu.
• Qi Wu turned toward the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King and said it was time to deal with the real boss.

Qi Wu faced the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King after destroying the demon tide and fought him in a fierce close-quarters battle. The chapter ended with Qi Wu landing a Black Flash that hurled the Demon king through five mountains.

• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King recognized Qi Wu from the Mandala Society's kill list and challenged him to fight.
• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King attacked with eight law-imbued weapons, wounding Qi Wu despite his use of [Blue] and [Red].
• Qi Wu countered with a barrage of punches, forcing the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King to block with all eight arms.
• Qi Wu used Spatial Flash to close the distance and struck the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King with a Black Flash.
• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King was blasted through five small mountains, and Qi Wu savored the sensation of landing the blow.

Qi Wu countered the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King's domain with Simple Domain and killed him with eight consecutive Black Flashes. The battle raised Qi Wu's Sukuna template fusion to 87% and brought his Black Flash proficiency to MAX.

• The Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King expanded his Death-Destroying Heavenly Demon King domain toward Qi Wu.
• Qi Wu used Simple Domain to shield himself from the decay and walked through the black domain toward the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King.
• Qi Wu struck the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King with eight consecutive Black Flashes, using Blue to pull him back between punches.
• Qi Wu's eighth Black Flash destroyed the Eight-Armed Celestial Corpse King's head, killing him.
• Qi Wu unlocked the Eight-Flash Black Flash Combo achievement, raised his Black Flash proficiency to MAX, and increased his Sukuna template fusion to 87%.