Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu died after electrocuting himself in anger over Satoru Gojo’s defeat, then woke in a blood-red place after bonding with the Villain Check-In System. The system warned that his physical and spiritual strength threatened to destroy it, erased the original soul, and began repairing itself.

• Lin Mu read Sukuna’s Dimension Slash defeat Satoru Gojo and angrily cursed the author for the ending.
• Lin Mu punched through his computer, then electrocuted himself while trying to tear apart the laptop.
• Lin Mu awoke among skeletal remains in a blood-red place and realized he had transmigrated after hearing the system announce their bond.
• The Villain Check-In System warned that Lin Mu’s physical and spiritual strength were too high and that its destruction was imminent.
• The system forcibly erased the original soul and told Lin Mu to integrate the memory fragments while it repaired itself.

Lin Mu awoke in Sukuna’s body in the year 1016, two years before Sukuna’s sealing, and accepted worship in Heian-kyo while trying to adjust to his new life. The chapter ended with Sukuna sending Uraume to find the finest food in the city.

• Lin Mu absorbed fragmented memories and realized he had transmigrated into Sukuna’s body in the Jujutsu Kaisen world.
• Sukuna accepted the Fujiwara Northern House’s invitation to Heian-kyo, and Uraume accompanied him on a palanquin.
• Sukuna and Uraume arrived at Heian-kyo and entered the altar while the clan head departed with his people.
• Sukuna asked Uraume for the year, calculated that it was 1016, and realized he had two years before his sealing.
• Sukuna’s stomach rumbled, so he ordered Uraume to find him Heian-kyo’s finest food.

Sukuna worried about his unknown death in 1018, then rejected the raw sashimi Uraume brought him and cooked it over a copper pot instead. After eating, he fell asleep while Uraume kept watch beside him.

• Sukuna wondered whether Kenjaku was involved in his future death and decided to accept whoever challenged him in 1018, killing them if they failed to kill him.
• Uraume brought Sukuna Heian-kyo sashimi, but he tried to cook a slice with Kamutoke and burned it to ash.
• Sukuna asked Uraume to bring a copper pot and firewood, and she obtained a pot by breaking into a wealthy household and killing its inhabitants.
• Sukuna heated the copper pot with cursed energy, grilled the sashimi, and enjoyed the cooked fish.
• Sukuna fell asleep after his meal, and Uraume returned to stand watch beside him.

Uraume attended a nationwide rite in Heian-kyo to meet the powerful new god who had driven the Fujiwara Northern House's forces away. She entered the ritual sanctuary ahead of the ceremony, eager to see him.

• A maid told Uraume that the family head had left Heian-kyo and ordered her to attend the rites for the new god.
• Uraume agreed to go, dismissing her maid's concerns about her appearance and reputation.
• At the ritual sanctuary, the maid told Uraume that the new god had defeated the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad and the Five Void Generals.
• Uraume teased a priest guarding the entrance, then slipped past him into the sanctuary.
• Uraume hurried through the incense-filled sanctuary, eager to meet the god.

Yorozu visited Sukuna while he feigned sleep and tried to comfort and seduce him, but Uraume killed her before Sukuna could intervene. After Uraume disposed of the body, Sukuna learned he had slept for two days and remained unsure what to expect from the plot a thousand years ago.

• Yorozu entered Sukuna’s room and embraced and kissed him while declaring that she wanted to be the only woman by his side.
• Sukuna woke fully but kept his eyes closed until Uraume confronted Yorozu for touching him.
• Uraume used Dismantle to wound Yorozu, and Yorozu died after praising Uraume’s strength.
• Uraume froze and removed Yorozu’s body and the bloodstains while Sukuna reflected on his unfamiliar past and the story ahead.
• Sukuna asked Uraume how long he had slept, learned that two days had passed, and sent her to rest and find more delicacies.

Sukuna took his place on the divine dais as a three-day ritual began, while a jujutsu sorcerer secretly removed Yorozu's corpse from its burial pit. The terrified officials resumed their prayers after Sukuna's identity was revealed, and Sukuna resolved to drive the story forward.

• Yuki watched Uraume leave, while jujutsu sorcerers discussed Yorozu's frozen corpse and sent her maid to retrieve it.
• The maid declared Yorozu a discarded pawn of the Fujiwara Northern House and carried her corpse away; the leading jujutsu sorcerer later took it from the pit and concealed the evidence.
• Uraume brought Sukuna peeled sugar-roasted chestnuts and escorted him to the divine dais as the ritual began.
• The emperor and his ministers prayed to the Ghost King of Mount Luofeng, but an official recognized Sukuna and panicked.
• The emperor ordered the frightened official dragged away, and the ritual continued as Sukuna ate the offerings and watched officials pray in fear.
• Sukuna laughed and declared that he would drive the story forward.

After fully merging with Sukuna’s body and soul, Sukuna reveled in his new power and decided to leave Heian-kyo. He ordered Uraume to search for Kenjaku so he could meet him alive.

• Sukuna ordered Uraume to have a stone statue of him made, then remembered that Yorozu’s corpse might lead him to Kenjaku.
• Sukuna fell asleep against his will and awoke inside his Innate Domain, where his body transformed into a four-armed, four-eyed form.
• Sukuna realized he had completely fused with his body and part of Sukuna’s original soul, then celebrated his power.
• After waking at night, Sukuna told Uraume to place the statue on the altar and prepare to leave Heian-kyo.
• Uraume reported finding Kenjaku’s cursed residue, and Sukuna told her to find him alive so they could talk.
• Sukuna set off from Heian-kyo in a random direction with Uraume following.

Sukuna left Heian-kyo with Uraume after killing the jujutsu sorcerers who confronted him. They traveled to a wilderness near an abandoned village, where Uraume offered to make him grilled fish.

• Sukuna speculated about his childhood and imagined how he had earned his fearsome reputation while Uraume ignored his muttering.
• Sukuna destroyed part of Heian-kyo’s stone-paved road with Kamutoke, drawing the attention of the city’s jujutsu sorcerers.
• Heian-kyo’s chief jujutsu sorcerer confronted Sukuna and threatened him, while two katana-wielding brothers fled.
• Sukuna counted to two, cut the chief into three pieces, and blasted the fleeing brothers to death.
• Sukuna and Uraume left Heian-kyo and arrived in the wilderness, where Uraume suggested finding a lake and cooking seasoned fish.

Sukuna tried to prepare a feast from fish at a lake, but failed to make clay cookware and went to Heian-kyo to take iron utensils from a restaurant. He returned to Uraume with the tools and declared that his wilderness cooking would begin.

• Sukuna used Kamutoke to stun and cook fish in a lake, then ordered Uraume to collect the survivors.
• Sukuna gutted fish while Uraume cleaned them and removed their bones, scales, and eyeballs for soup.
• Sukuna molded clay pots, bowls, ladles, and basins, but destroyed them when his attempt to fire them failed.
• Uraume reflected that Sukuna seemed more human than before as she continued preparing the fish.
• Sukuna went to Heian-kyo, sliced off a sashimi restaurant's roof, and took iron utensils from its kitchen.
• Sukuna smashed through the restaurant's front wall on his way out and announced that wilderness cooking would begin.

Sukuna ate the fish Uraume prepared while devising a plan to use his power to reshape the Heian Period and asking where the Emperor lived. He learned the ritual would end the following night and planned to return to Heian-kyo to carry out his scheme.

• Sukuna failed to cook a fish himself and left the meal to Uraume.
• Sukuna considered helping Suguru Geto’s goal of killing ordinary people and decided to use his power to overturn the Heian Period.
• Uraume served Sukuna fish-eye soup, which he forced himself to drink before ordering her to pour out the rest.
• Sukuna enjoyed Uraume’s grilled fish and asked where the Emperor lived; Uraume told him the Emperor lived in the Imperial Palace.
• Uraume told Sukuna the ritual would end the following night, and Sukuna said he would return to Heian-kyo to carry out his plan.

Sukuna went to the Imperial Palace to confront the emperor, killing the guards and Jujutsu Sorcerers who tried to stop him. He reached the emperor’s residence, Yamato Hall, and called for a talk.

• After the sacrificial ceremony ended, Sukuna decided to stay in Japan and build his power rather than travel to China.
• Sukuna killed the Imperial Palace gate guards with Dismantle and entered the grounds with Uraume.
• Sukuna ignored the Jujutsu Sorcerers assigned to protect the emperor and challenged them to fight.
• Sukuna used Malevolent Shrine and Cleave to kill the Jujutsu Sorcerers, including their strongest Semi-Special Grade sorcerer.
• Sukuna reached Yamato Hall, found the guards too frightened to stop him, and entered the emperor’s residence to speak with him.

Sukuna pressured the Japan Emperor into summoning Japan’s clan heads to Heian-kyo so he could set them against the uncivilized barbarians. He left the Emperor to send the notice while assuring Uraume that his plan would continue on schedule two years later.

• Sukuna frightened the Japan Emperor and asked how many people lived in Japan.
• Sukuna proposed that the Emperor summon the clan heads and order them to attack the uncivilized barbarians, and the Emperor agreed to cooperate.
• Sukuna ordered the Emperor to summon the Abe clan and have all the clan heads arrive in Heian-kyo within three days.
• Sukuna reflected on Angel’s connection to him and Kenjaku’s past schemes, concluding that he knew how he would die in two years.
• Uraume questioned Sukuna’s plan, but Sukuna said he intended to enjoy slaughtering his enemies before his plan began two years later.

The Emperor summoned Japan’s clan heads to a grand feast in Heian-kyo as part of his plan to reclaim authority, while Abe Jinyuan and Angel suspected Sukuna might be involved. Most clan heads arrived, but the Fujiwara Northern House refused the invitation, and the Emperor awaited the feast excitedly.

• The Emperor ordered guards to invite every clan head to a grand feast in Heian-kyo within three days.
• Umechuan Kuko agreed to attend with three thousand guards, while Abe Jinyuan agreed to go after learning that Angel would secretly accompany him.
• Abe Jinyuan told Angel that the feast might be a trap because Ryomen Sukuna had entered Heian-kyo, and Angel sensed The Fallen’s Cursed Energy nearby.
• The Emperor learned that the Fujiwara Northern House had beaten his messenger and refused to attend, but he decided to proceed with the feast.
• Umechuan Kuko and Yoshiko Kawashima traded insults at Heian-kyo’s entrance until Abe Jinyuan intervened.
• The clan heads arrived in Heian-kyo to rest before the feast, while the excited Emperor could not sleep.

At a banquet, the Emperor ordered the gathered family heads to send elite troops to conquer the barbarians without receiving any military funds. When they defied him, he transformed into a four-eyed, four-armed monster and demanded they choose whether to live or die.

• Abe Jinyuan refused to accuse the absent Fujiwara Northern House of disrespect toward the Emperor.
• The Emperor asked the family heads to unite against the barbarians, and Umechuan Kuko and Yoshiko Kawashima questioned the campaign's justification and funding.
• The Emperor declared that the families would have to pay for the campaign themselves, provoking Abe Jinyuan, Umechuan Kuko, and the others to threaten him.
• Umechuan Kuko tried to leave and summon his guards, but an unseen force immobilized the family heads and severed his arm.
• The family heads saw that the Emperor had become a four-eyed, four-armed monster, and he asked whether they wanted to die or live.

Sukuna forced the Thirteen Family Heads to gather their elite forces and attack the barbarians, then fought Angel when she confronted him. Uraume intervened with Kamutoke, allowing Sukuna to kill Angel, and he gave the family heads ten days to assemble their forces.

• Sukuna maimed two family heads and ordered the Thirteen Family Heads to assemble their elite forces for an attack on the barbarians.
• Angel flew into the banquet and challenged Sukuna, who wounded her with Cleave and defeated her in close combat.
• Angel nullified Sukuna's Domain Expansion and used Evil-Repelling Heavenly Ladder to begin stripping his soul from his body.
• Uraume attacked Angel from behind with Kamutoke and lightning, breaking her body and letting Sukuna's soul return.
• Sukuna crushed Angel's head, then ordered the Thirteen Family Heads to gather their elite forces within ten days.

Sukuna used Angel’s death and the Emperor’s authority to force the Thirteen Family Heads to gather their troops in Heian-kyo, while the Fujiwara Northern House prepared to protect its own strength. As the Emperor’s forces prepared to crush the barbarians, tribes across Japan built defenses and towns became front lines.

• The Emperor assured Sukuna that he would keep the Thirteen Family Heads under control, then taunted them for resisting his rule.
• Abe Jinyuan questioned the Emperor, and Yamashima Tsuto announced that the families would bring their elite troops to Heian-kyo while the Emperor watched over them.
• Sukuna explained that Uraume had helped him defeat Angel with Kamutoke, though Angel’s soul had survived, and he looked forward to the coming war.
• The head of the Fujiwara Northern House ordered his family estate sealed and recalled its direct-line troops after learning that Angel had been killed.
• The Emperor’s forces threatened the barbarians, prompting tribal chiefs to build fortifications as towns across Japan became battle fronts.

Sukuna’s scheme to provoke a war against the barbarian people led bandits to attack villages while disguising themselves as the enemy, spreading fear and creating cursed spirits. As the armies assembled in Heian-kyo, the Emperor ordered them to suppress the bandits and seize their wealth before declaring the war underway.

• Women in Hokkaido spread rumors that the Emperor and the Abe family were preparing to destroy the barbarian people, while villagers struggled through disaster and hunger.
• Uraume told Sukuna that the rumors had reached tribal chiefs and that weapons had been delivered, and Sukuna celebrated the chaos his plan would create.
• Bandits raided a Hokkaido village, killing and brutalizing its residents while the village chief fled with his treasure.
• The village’s suffering gave rise to a special grade cursed spirit, which later killed the fleeing village chief after a wheel came off his carriage.
• After the armies assembled in Heian-kyo, Abe Jinyuan urged the Emperor to send troops against the bandits, and the Emperor ordered the armies to seize their wealth before declaring the war begun.

Abe Jinyuan accepted that his clan’s army had to obey Sukuna’s demands, while Sukuna ordered the Emperor to send the armies out against the barbarians. The Emperor agreed under Uraume’s threat and prepared to pass on the order.

• Abe Jinyuan warned An Peiyang to stay alive and keep to the rear when the Abe clan’s army fought, and An Peiyang left to lead the troops.
• The Emperor had refugees and residents build a vast Yuki for Sukuna, while nobles and imperial relatives brought Sukuna offerings.
• Sukuna ordered Uraume to make the visitors face southeast and kowtow ten thousand times, then learned Uraume had found no trace of Kenjaku.
• Sukuna told Uraume to order the Emperor to send the clan armies out the next morning to exterminate the barbarians or lead the vanguard himself.
• Uraume threatened the Emperor with a blade and delivered Sukuna’s command, and the frightened Emperor agreed before preparing to contact the clan heads.

The thirteen clan armies departed Heian-kyo to campaign against the barbarian people, while the Emperor fumed over their disrespect and Sukuna watched their advance with interest. Abe Jinyuan told the imprisoned clan heads that he had sent aides to find the Reclusive Masters and expected they would soon be able to leave.

• The Emperor inspected the hundred thousand assembled troops, nearly collapsing when they answered An Peiyang’s request in unison and mocked him.
• An Peiyang urged the twelve other commanders to cooperate, and they agreed to advance along thirteen routes and support one another against large enemy forces.
• After the armies departed, the Emperor cursed their disrespect in the palace, while an aide told Abe Jinyuan that the troops had left.
• Uraume reported the armies’ departure to Sukuna, who praised their tactics and wondered how they would fare against the prepared barbarian people.
• Abe Jinyuan summoned the other imprisoned clan heads and said his aides were seeking the Reclusive Masters so they could soon escape.

Abe Jinyuan’s family heads hoped the Reclusive Masters would help them escape, while the Zenin Clan dismissed their plea for aid after learning Angel had died. As cursed spirits overwhelmed Japan, Jujutsu Society’s leaders admitted they could neither defeat Ryomen Sukuna nor stop the growing chaos.

• Abe Jinyuan told the imprisoned family heads that his aide had reached the Reclusive Masters and promised they would help them escape and hold off Ryomen Sukuna.
• An Abe family aide asked Zenin Fuguang to rescue the family head and fight Sukuna, but Zenin Fuguang crushed him after hearing that Angel had died.
• A jujutsu family in Hokkaido fled a newly born special grade cursed spirit and planned to seek help from a special grade sorcerer.
• Jujutsu Society leaders debated taking control of Japan or attacking Sukuna, but agreed they lacked the strength to challenge him.
• The leaders resolved to focus on exorcising as many cursed spirits as possible as Japan descended further into chaos.