Chapter Summaries

Shinichi Zenin and Kago Zenin misread Ryomen Sukuna’s actions as proof that Shinji Zenin’s faction had bought his help, and they planned to recruit Sukuna to eliminate Shinji. Shinichi remained confident that he would secure the Zenin Clan leadership, while Kago left the room with a dark expression.

• Shinichi Zenin examined information encoded in a sparrow cursed corpse and learned that Ryomen Sukuna had killed people near the court enemies’ hideout and exorcised a likely Special Grade cursed spirit.
• Shinichi Zenin inferred that Shinji Zenin’s faction had offered Sukuna a deal, and Kago Zenin agreed with his explanation.
• Shinichi Zenin stopped Kago Zenin from sending someone to Hida Province and ordered him to search for Sukuna in Mutsu Province instead.
• Kago Zenin left after flattering Shinichi Zenin, who celebrated the prospect of killing his brother and claiming leadership of the Zenin Clan.
• Kago Zenin listened outside the room before walking away with a dark expression.

After returning from a nightlong battle with the Long, Thin Cursed Spirit, Jianxia learned that a far more powerful presence had recently roamed near the Zenin Estate and checked on his system reward before going to bed. Just as he tried to sleep, someone opened his door.

• Jianxia returned to the Zenin Estate at dawn and ran into Shinji Zenin, who had been reinforcing the estate’s barrier.
• Jianxia showed Shinji the subdued Long, Thin Cursed Spirit and explained how he had defeated it.
• Shinji said an even more powerful presence had roamed nearby but had likely left Hiraizumi, then told Jianxia to rest.
• Jianxia checked the system and learned that his reward for subduing a special grade cursed spirit would arrive within three to seven business days.
• As Jianxia settled down to sleep, his door slid open with a sharp scrape.

Jianxia accepted six cursed spirits that Megumi Zenin and Uraume had hunted for him, then received a cursed tool and was summoned to meet a distinguished guest. The guest introduced herself as Tengen.

• Megumi Zenin and Uraume brought Jianxia six cursed spirits they had captured overnight, and he subdued them.
• Jianxia embraced and kissed one of the newly subdued cursed spirits before sending Megumi Zenin and Uraume to rest.
• After waking, Jianxia learned that Shinji wanted him to meet a distinguished guest and gave him the Chief's charm, a cursed tool for storing and drawing cursed energy.
• Jianxia followed Megumi Zenin to the reception room, where Tengen introduced herself.

Tengen visited Shinji Zenin to propose a nationwide barrier that would concentrate cursed energy in Japan and prevent humanity from becoming entirely sorcerers. Shinji looked to Jianxia for guidance, and Jianxia said the plan needed adjustment.

• Shinji introduced Tengen as an old friend of the Zenin Clan, and Jianxia revealed the conditions and risks of her Immortality technique.
• Tengen showed Shinji, Jianxia, and Megumi Zenin a map of Japan and warned that uncontrolled cursed spirits could eventually leave only jujutsu sorcerers alive.
• Shinji and Jianxia explained that a world of sorcerers would also produce dangerous curse users, and Tengen warned that more beings like Ryomen Sukuna could destroy civilization.
• Tengen proposed building a barrier across Japan with the Gojo, Kamo, and Zenin clans, then creating a Sorcerer Training Center to challenge the Fujiwara Clan's control of sorcerer resources.
• Shinji asked Jianxia for his view, and Jianxia said he had an idea to adjust Tengen's plan.

Jianxia warned Tengen and Shinji that drawing all the world’s leaked cursed energy into Japan would leave humanity vulnerable if Tengen died and her great barrier failed. He proposed sharing cursed energy across regions and establishing jujutsu training institutions worldwide, naming the proposal the Cursed Energy Globalization Plan.

• Jianxia questioned what would happen to Tengen’s plan if she died and the great barrier could no longer be maintained.
• Shinji said he would refuse to participate because the barrier’s failure could expose ordinary people to a massacre by cursed spirits and curse users.
• Jianxia reassured Shinji and Tengen that he had changes to propose, then used a globe made by the Long, Thin Cursed Spirit to show his plan.
• Jianxia proposed drawing only part of the world’s leaked cursed energy into Japan and distributing the rest so other regions would also have ordinary people and jujutsu sorcerers.
• Jianxia proposed sending experienced sorcerers around the world to establish training institutions and named the proposal the Cursed Energy Globalization Plan.

Tengen and Shinji agreed to establish a worldwide jujutsu system with Jianxia’s support, while Jianxia explored the forest with his cursed spirits. The chapter ended when a Zenin Clan envoy mistook Jianxia for Ryomen Sukuna after seeing Fat Worm hanging from his belt.

• Tengen accepted Jianxia’s proposal and offered to prepare for the establishment of the great barrier.
• Shinji and Tengen discussed gaining support from the Zenin, Gojo, and Kamo Clans for the plan.
• Jianxia left the Zenin Estate and wandered through the forest with his subdued cursed spirits.
• Jianxia discovered that the caterpillar cursed spirit could swallow and spit out objects, named it Fat Worm, and tried to wear it like Toji Fushiguro.
• A Zenin Clan envoy introduced himself to Jianxia and concluded that Jianxia was Ryomen Sukuna after noticing his cursed spirits and Fat Worm dangling from his belt.

Jianxia pretended to be Sukuna and intimidated Zenin Wu Yan into revealing why the Zenin Clan had sought him out. After accepting a Special Grade Cursed Tool as an offering, Jianxia agreed to an alliance and proposed using Wu Yan as a spy inside Shinji Zenin’s residence.

• Jianxia used the cursed energy pressure of his cursed spirits to make Zenin Wu Yan kneel and answer his questions.
• Wu Yan explained that Shinichi Zenin wanted an alliance against Shinji Zenin and had learned of Sukuna’s presence near Mutsu from cursed corpses.
• Wu Yan offered Jianxia the Special Grade Cursed Tool Evening Mist, whose swings were guaranteed to hit, and Jianxia accepted it.
• Jianxia agreed to the alliance but said his binding vow with Shinji required a plan.
• Jianxia proposed bringing Wu Yan into Shinji’s residence as an apparent ally so Wu Yan could gather intelligence and report to Heian-kyo by carrier pigeon.

Jianxia brought Zenin Wu Yan to Shinji Zenin and helped stage the boy’s defection from the Heian-kyo Zenin Clan. Shinji secured Wu Yan’s loyalty with a binding vow, leaving him bound to serve Shinji and his allies.

• Jianxia returned to the Zenin Estate with Zenin Wu Yan and learned the boy barely remembered living there before his clan left.
• Jianxia and Shinji fabricated a story about Shinji’s alliance with the Fujiwara Clan and his daily fights with Sukuna, convincing Wu Yan that Shinji was powerful.
• Jianxia presented Wu Yan as a defector, and Wu Yan told Shinji that he wanted to surrender.
• Shinji asked Wu Yan to make a binding vow to obey him and his allies in exchange for their promise not to endanger Wu Yan’s life.
• Jianxia pressured Wu Yan into agreeing, and the binding vow took effect.

Jianxia considered how to build up his strength before the Fujiwara Clan’s decline and discovered a way the Long, Thin Cursed Spirit might help him develop Hiraizumi. The chapter ended with him wondering whether turning Hiraizumi into a city could attract settlers and create a steady supply of cursed spirits.

• Jianxia reasoned that Sukuna’s defeat of the Fujiwara Clan’s forces could explain the Three Great Families’ rise, but decided he would build up his own forces rather than wait for events to unfold.
• Uraume told Jianxia that he and Megumi Zenin had found six cursed spirits in nearby villages by tracking cursed residue.
• Jianxia reassured Uraume that the small number of spirits was not his fault and brought the Long, Thin Cursed Spirit outside to test its Clumsy House technique.
• The Long, Thin Cursed Spirit used about a tenth of its cursed energy to create a sturdy wooden cottage, prompting Jianxia to consider building Hiraizumi into a city to attract settlers and generate cursed spirits.

Jianxia proposed turning Hiraizumi into a major city by building homes for displaced people, and Shinji agreed to support the plan. After the first houses were completed and Shinji brought nearly twenty refugees to settle there, Jianxia promised they would always have a place to live.

• Jianxia told Shinji he wanted to make Hiraizumi rival Heian-kyo, and Shinji agreed to handle logistics and settlement.
• Jianxia used cursed spirits to clear a hill and build wooden homes from gathered timber.
• Jianxia worried that houses alone would not attract settlers because the farmland still needed to be prepared.
• Shinji brought nearly twenty displaced people to Hiraizumi and said they were willing to farm in exchange for homes.
• Jianxia showed the group the completed houses, asked their elder to assign them, and promised they would always have somewhere to live.

Jianxia and the Zenin Clan turned Hiraizumi into a thriving settlement, and Tengen and Michisada Kamo arrived to meet their allies. Inside the Zenin Estate, they found Jianxia embracing a cursed spirit he called House-Maker.

• Shinji recruited refugees and artisans as Jianxia built houses and installed a sewer system, helping Hiraizumi's population surpass a thousand.
• Megumi Zenin, Uraume, and Zenin Wu Yan hunted cursed spirits for Jianxia, while Jianxia bound Wu Yan to serve him and assigned him to Auspicious.
• Tengen and Michisada Kamo traveled to Hiraizumi to inform Shinji that preparations for the great barrier were complete, and they were astonished by the settlement's rapid growth.
• Uraume welcomed the visitors and escorted them through a barrier after Michisada nearly attacked the cursed spirits guiding their horses.
• Tengen and Michisada entered the Zenin Estate and saw Jianxia embracing House-Maker.

Jianxia completed the first phase of Hiraizumi’s construction and won House-Maker over, gaining more cursed energy and the ability to use its building-altering technique. He escorted Tengen and Kamo Michisada to meet the Zenin Clan head after showing them how he had transformed the settlement, and the visitors continued toward the reception room.

• Jianxia fully won House-Maker over, completing a system task and increasing his cursed energy.
• Uraume introduced Tengen and Kamo Michisada to Jianxia, who agreed to take them to the Zenin Clan head.
• Kamo Michisada questioned why the Zenin Estate looked modest, and Jianxia transformed a corridor building with Clumsy House.
• Jianxia explained that he had used the technique to build Hiraizumi’s houses and city walls.
• Jianxia rebuked Kamo Michisada for calling cursed spirits tools, and Kamo Michisada apologized.
• Jianxia led Tengen and Kamo Michisada toward the reception room.

Jianxia left a meeting about establishing a great barrier and found Gojo Gen provoking Megumi Zenin at the stables. Gojo Gen revealed his Six Eyes and challenged them to defeat him, then released an overwhelming amount of cursed energy.

• Jianxia left the reception room and found Uraume, Megumi Zenin, and Gojo Gen at the stables.
• Gojo Gen insulted the Zenin Clan and provoked Megumi, who attacked him with Max Elephant, but Limitless stopped the water from reaching him.
• Gojo Gen introduced himself to Jianxia, and Megumi explained that he had dismissed the Zenin Clan's strength and her efforts.
• Jianxia asked Gojo Gen to take back his words, and Gojo Gen agreed on the condition that someone defeat him.
• Gojo Gen removed his blindfold to reveal the Six Eyes, challenged the group, and declared himself the strongest as his cursed energy surged.

Jianxia prepared to challenge Gojo Gen to restore the Zenin Clan’s reputation, but the duel began with a foul ambush at the mountain summit. Gojo Gen blocked the attack with Limitless, only to realize the projectile was filled with shit.

• Jianxia claimed his system reward and received forbidden knowledge about creating Cursed Womb: Death Paintings, which he rejected as useless and unacceptable.
• Megumi Zenin, Uraume, and Zenin Wu Yan encouraged Jianxia before he headed to the mountain to fight Gojo Gen.
• Gojo Gen searched the mountain, underestimated Jianxia’s strength, and used the Six Eyes to look for his concealed cursed energy.
• Jianxia hid near the summit and launched a cursed spirit from a buried Crate, which threw a Small Wooden Bucket at Gojo Gen.
• Gojo Gen blocked the bucket with Limitless, then recoiled from the stench after its brownish-yellow contents splashed into view.

Jianxia used cursed spirits and filth to drain Gojo Gen's Limitless, then attacked him in armor that concealed his cursed energy. The two prepared to continue their duel, with Jianxia relying on Evening Mist to bypass Limitless and Gojo Gen promising to fight at full strength.

• Jianxia's cursed spirits hurled barrels of sewer filth at Gojo Gen, forcing him to maintain Limitless at an expanded range.
• Gojo Gen used Blue to clear the filth and sweep up the cursed spirits, then deduced that Jianxia had Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
• Jianxia approached unseen in armor made with the Clumsy House technique and slashed at Gojo Gen with Evening Mist.
• Gojo Gen deactivated Limitless and dodged the blade, which had sliced his clothes, after learning Jianxia had soaked it in a latrine.
• Jianxia prepared to attack again, knowing Evening Mist could bypass Limitless, while Gojo Gen removed his outer garment and declared he would go all out.

Jianxia used Evening Mist’s sure-hit ability and an enormous wastewater attack to overwhelm Gojo Gen. The battle continued beneath a dome flooded with sewage, while the horrified spectators fled or resumed watching the broadcast.

• Gojo Gen dodged Evening Mist but was cut by its extending blade, then punched Jianxia away and identified the weapon’s sure-hit ability.
• Jianxia summoned Banquet of Fated Remnants and House-Maker, which raised an earthen dome over the mountaintop.
• Jianxia explained that the dome held a month’s worth of wastewater from Hiraizumi, then triggered the barrels and pipes to release it onto Gojo Gen.
• Tengen cut off the broadcast as Kamo Michisada, Megumi Zenin, and others left the viewing room, while Zenin Wu Yan fainted.
• Shinji Zenin resumed the broadcast from his own barrier as Tengen hurried away and Uraume watched eagerly.

Jianxia overwhelmed Gojo Gen with sewage to weaken his Cursed Energy output, but Gojo Gen answered by expanding his domain. Jianxia's Hollow Wicker Basket shattered, leaving the sparring match poised to turn dangerous.

• Jianxia flooded the earthen dome with sewage and churned it with wooden tentacles to force Gojo Gen to maintain Limitless.
• Gojo Gen emerged from the sewage, filthy and furious, and activated Domain Expansion: Void Sea of Consciousness.
• Jianxia used Hollow Wicker Basket to counter the domain's sure-hit effect as Gojo Gen explained that he could extend infinity to attacks, movements, and thoughts.
• Gojo Gen offered to dispel his domain if Jianxia conceded and promised the Gojo Clan leadership of the plan.
• Jianxia refused to concede, and Gojo Gen intensified his domain until Jianxia's Hollow Wicker Basket shattered.

Jianxia used Clumsy House’s concealment and House-Maker’s wooden pillars to evade Gojo Gen’s domain sure-hit and prepare the battlefield. He then revealed that another Cursed Spirit had broken the domain’s fragile outer shell, leaving Gojo Gen in Cursed Technique Burnout and falling from the sky.

• Gojo Gen realized Jianxia and Banquet of Fated Remnants had escaped the domain’s sure-hit by hiding their Cursed Energy behind Clumsy House’s membrane.
• Jianxia revealed that he had maintained Hollow Wicker Basket to buy time while House-Maker raised wooden pillars from the filthy water.
• Gojo Gen praised Jianxia, then launched Maximum Output Blue at him from the air.
• Jianxia explained that a domain reinforced on its inner shell was vulnerable from outside and warned Gojo Gen about his height.
• A Cursed Spirit cracked and shattered the domain’s outer barrier, triggering Gojo Gen’s Cursed Technique Burnout and sending him falling.

Jianxia defeated Gojo Gen by having a revived cursed spirit break the domain’s outer shell, but the collapsing barrier released foul water toward the Zenin Estate. The flood covered the estate and its residents in filth, and Tengen arrived to find the aftermath.

• Jianxia revived a Grade 3 cursed spirit and ordered it to break Gojo Gen’s domain while he used Hollow Wicker Basket to endure the sure-hit effect.
• Gojo Gen’s domain shattered, leaving him unable to use Limitless, and he conceded defeat to Jianxia and promised him one request.
• The remnants of Gojo Gen’s barrier vanished, releasing the foul water down the mountain toward the Zenin Estate.
• Tengen explored Hiraizumi, sampled Mantou, and then found Kamo Michisada covered in sludge and unconscious.
• Tengen entered the Zenin Estate and found Shinji Zenin, Megumi Zenin, and Zenin Wu Yan unconscious amid the filth, while Jianxia, Gojo Gen, and Uraume stood nearby.

After flooding the Zenin Estate with filthy water, Jianxia cleaned it up and used his cursed technique to renovate the ruined property. Megumi Zenin woke in a guest estate after the Great Barrier was deployed, then learned Jianxia had finished the renovations and invited them home to inspect them.

• Jianxia and Uraume cleaned the Zenin Estate while the unconscious clan members stayed in a protected estate in Hiraizumi.
• Jianxia decided to renovate the damaged Zenin Estate with his Clumsy House cursed technique and summoned House-Maker.
• Megumi Zenin woke beside Shinji Zenin in a vacant Hiraizumi estate and learned she could not remember what happened after the previous day's battle.
• Shinji Zenin told Megumi that he and the Gojo and Kamo clan heads had helped Tengen deploy Japan's Great Barrier.
• Uraume arrived and told Shinji and Megumi that Jianxia had finished renovating the estate and invited them to inspect it.