Chapter Summaries

Long Xi, a powerless Chinese transmigrant whose cursed technique grows stronger when observers watch him, prepared to enter the Sendai school as the events of Jujutsu Kaisen began. He activated Advance Screening near the building, hoping to attract viewers and gain enough cursed energy to survive.

• Long Xi reviewed how Advance Screening supplied cursed energy from observers and granted enhancements when a broadcast ended, though his ability had barely improved him so far.
• Long Xi realized the plot was about to begin and went to the school, where Sukuna’s Finger had drawn numerous cursed spirits.
• Long Xi identified Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Satoru Gojo inside the school as his best chance to attract viewers.
• Long Xi prepared salt water, a salt barrier, lighters, and a folding knife as makeshift defenses against cursed spirits.
• After hearing glass break inside the building, Long Xi activated Advance Screening, covering the area within fifty meters and beginning his broadcast with no viewers yet.

Long Xi used his attention-powered Cursed Technique to grow stronger while sneaking into Sugisawa High School and exorcising cursed spirits. As he reached the Occult Research Club, someone upstairs summoned Divine Dogs.

• Long Xi slipped into Sugisawa High School after scouting its corridors for eight nights and avoided trying to steal Sukuna's Finger.
• Long Xi exorcised two weak cursed spirits, and the stream viewers' attention slowly increased his cursed energy.
• Long Xi fought a stronger cursed spirit on the stairs, using rapid kicks to drive it back and eventually defeat it.
• Long Xi argued with viewers who urged him to grab Sukuna's Finger while he continued toward the Occult Research Club.
• Long Xi heard a young man's voice upstairs recite the incantation, "Divine Dogs!"

Long Xi waited until Megumi Fushiguro and two students were in immediate danger, then helped Yuji Itadori rescue them and defeated a cursed spirit. With his intervention noticed, Long Xi planned to use the encounter to join Jujutsu High and enter the jujutsu world.

• Megumi Fushiguro and his Divine Dogs fought through cursed spirits and found two students trapped by six curses near Sukuna's Finger.
• Yuji Itadori burst through a window and struck the cursed spirit swallowing the boy, while Long Xi blasted the eye of the curse holding the girl.
• Long Xi dodged the wounded curse, and Megumi Fushiguro's Divine Dogs killed it before Yuji Itadori lowered the students to safety.
• Long Xi gained cursed energy and new followers, then hoped to hitch a ride with Jujutsu High and told Megumi Fushiguro he had just helped him.

Long Xi gained cursed energy from his livestream while Megumi Fushiguro questioned his identity and secured Sukuna’s Finger. As a stronger cursed spirit approached, Long Xi kept his distance and checked his growing abilities and broadcast reward tier.

• Long Xi recovered from firing his cursed energy bullet and felt his reserves grow rapidly as livestream comments focused on Megumi Fushiguro and the others.
• Megumi Fushiguro demanded Long Xi’s Jujutsu Sorcerer ID, but Long Xi redirected his attention to Sukuna’s Finger.
• Megumi Fushiguro took the finger from Yuji Itadori, explained its danger, and said it had to be sealed at Jujutsu High.
• Long Xi edged away from Sukuna’s Finger and anticipated the arrival of a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit while considering how to keep growing stronger.
• Long Xi checked his status and saw his cursed energy reserves had reached LV.4 and the current broadcast reward tier was D+.

Long Xi watched a Grade 2 cursed spirit ambush Megumi Fushiguro and drag him through the school wall, while Yuji Itadori prepared to jump after him. Long Xi decided he would stop playing it safe and claim his system reward, leaving the story poised for him to act.

• Long Xi considered whether to claim his reward at D+ or wait for it to rise to C as a Grade 2 cursed spirit approached.
• The cursed spirit burst through the ceiling, poisoned Megumi Fushiguro, and forced Yuji Itadori and the rescued upperclassmen aside.
• Long Xi fired compressed cursed-energy bullets into the monster's eye, but it charged Megumi before he could summon Nue.
• The cursed spirit grabbed Megumi and smashed through the school's outer wall, while Yuji Itadori prepared to leap after them.
• Long Xi weighed the risks of interfering, then rejected his cautious mindset and eyed the glowing C-rank reward button.

Long Xi used his new Furious Flame Mound technique and a series of binding vows to launch a massive fire spear at the newly incarnated Sukuna. The attack struck from above as Sukuna turned toward Megumi Fushiguro.

• Long Xi discovered that Furious Flame Mound grew stronger with intense emotions, including those stirred among his livestream viewers.
• Yuji Itadori swallowed Sukuna’s finger, and Sukuna took control of Yuji’s body and casually killed the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.
• Long Xi spent all his cursed energy and vowed not to use his techniques for three days or harm Yuji Itadori, channeling everything into one strike against Sukuna.
• Long Xi formed a fire spear over ten meters long as the viewers’ excitement further boosted its power.
• Sukuna began turning toward Megumi Fushiguro, then felt a fierce wave of heat crash down from above.

Long Xi struck Sukuna with a black-flamed Flame Spear, injuring him and taunting him before Yuji Itadori regained control. After surviving the encounter, Long Xi realized he wanted to fight Sukuna again and imagined facing him at full strength.

• Sukuna dismissed Long Xi as weak, but Long Xi's Flame Spear broke through his defenses and left a small wound.
• Sukuna offered to spare Long Xi if he showed him around, but Long Xi refused and taunted him about beating him next time.
• Sukuna decided to kill Long Xi, but Yuji Itadori regained control of his body before he could attack.
• Yuji Itadori asked Long Xi what had happened, and Long Xi felt relieved that his gamble had worked.
• Long Xi recognized that fighting Sukuna had given him an intense sense of fulfillment and began imagining a battle against Sukuna at full strength.
• A figure in white flashed into Long Xi's field of vision.

Long Xi met Satoru Gojo after his attack on Sukuna, and Gojo examined Long Xi’s unusual cursed techniques. Impressed by Long Xi’s rapid growth and limitless potential, Gojo admitted him to Tokyo Jujutsu High and offered to handle his paperwork.

• Satoru Gojo appeared before Long Xi and used the Six Eyes to inspect his cursed energy and techniques.
• Gojo identified Long Xi’s flame technique and a second technique that continuously supplied him with cursed energy, though he could not fully understand it.
• Long Xi told Gojo he was Chinese, lacked legal documents and Jujutsu Society records, and had discovered his power only eight days earlier.
• Long Xi explained that his growth-type technique kept making him stronger whenever someone watched him and theoretically had no upper limit.
• Gojo admitted Long Xi to Tokyo Jujutsu High as a special-admission student and said he would handle the paperwork.
• Gojo explained that he wanted to nurture people like Long Xi who might help change Jujutsu Society.

After Satoru Gojo arrived, he moved Long Xi to where Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro were recovering and learned that Yuji had eaten Sukuna's Finger. Yuji could no longer sense Sukuna after Long Xi's attack, and the chapter ended with Long Xi receiving rewards and unlocking the Culling Game instance.

• Satoru Gojo praised Long Xi's binding vow and attack on Sukuna, then asked how Long Xi knew his name.
• Satoru Gojo carried Long Xi from the fifth floor to the rooftop passage where Yuji Itadori and injured Megumi Fushiguro were waiting.
• Satoru Gojo asked where Sukuna's Finger was, and Yuji Itadori admitted that he had eaten it.
• Satoru Gojo asked Yuji to let Sukuna take control, but Yuji said he could no longer sense Sukuna inside him.
• Satoru Gojo called Long Xi an unusually interesting surprise while Megumi Fushiguro warned that Long Xi's cursed technique was dangerous.
• Long Xi received livestream rewards, completed the hidden achievement for hitting Sukuna, and unlocked the Culling Game instance.

Long Xi claimed rewards that strengthened him, while Gojo arranged for Yuji Itadori to join Jujutsu High after explaining his deferred execution. Gojo also offered Long Xi enrollment, leaving both newcomers set to go with him.

• Long Xi claimed the first episode's rewards and used the physical and cursed energy boosts, which Gojo noticed immediately.
• Long Xi joked that his sudden increase in strength was a post-battle benefit, and Yuji marveled at his apparent cheat.
• Gojo told Yuji he was sentenced to death but could postpone it by eating all twenty of Sukuna's fingers.
• Yuji first asked whether his two upperclassmen would survive, then accepted the plan after Megumi reassured him.
• Gojo invited Yuji and Long Xi to join Jujutsu High, and Long Xi questioned whether someone without legal papers could enroll.

Long Xi continued streaming while waiting to reach the follower count needed to unlock the Culling Game, and he reflected on his rapid progress as a sorcerer. The chapter ended with Satoru Gojo sensing something strange about his student.

• Yuji Itadori visited his two upperclassmen alone before the group left, but withheld some details because one of them still had not woken up.
• Long Xi kept streaming with Satoru Gojo’s occasional help and received enough money from him to be unsure how to spend it.
• Long Xi chatted with viewers about fighting Sukuna and taking on the sorcerers in Sendai, joking that his Grade 2 profile would not save him from being defeated quickly.
• Long Xi’s profile showed pseudo-Grade 2 cursed energy, national-level athletic strength, and a new cursed technique, Furious Flame Mound, after eleven days of progress.
• Satoru Gojo sensed inexplicable malice from Long Xi and wondered why his student seemed off.

Yuji Itadori faced Masamichi Yaga’s test of whether he would become a jujutsu sorcerer for his own reasons, while Long Xi noticed a strange rhythm in Yuji’s attacks. The test continued as Long Xi wondered whether Yuji had produced a Black Flash.

• Masamichi Yaga questioned Yuji Itadori about why he wanted to become a jujutsu sorcerer and challenged him to find an answer beyond his grandfather’s dying wish.
• Yaga sent a cursed corpse to attack Yuji while insisting that he keep answering the questions.
• Yuji fought back and explained that he could not stand by when people were in danger, even if he was not noble or free of regret.
• Megumi Fushiguro marveled at Yuji’s strength, while Long Xi sensed an unusual, heavy pulse in the rhythm of Yuji’s punches.
• Long Xi suspected Yuji had produced a Black Flash, and Satoru Gojo and Yaga silently allowed the test to continue.

Yuji Itadori passed Masamichi Yaga’s interview by explaining that he wanted to help others and give them proper deaths. Yaga then assigned Long Xi to prove his stability by exorcising a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, and Satoru Gojo clarified that his classmates could accompany him.

• Yuji Itadori fought Yaga’s cursed corpse and said he would regret failing to help someone he could save.
• Yuji Itadori described his wish to help others and give as many people as possible a proper death, and Yaga passed him.
• Long Xi briefly sensed a Black Flash and discovered that he had gained a level-zero Black Flash skill.
• Yaga said Long Xi’s unusually rapid development required him to prove his stability, then assigned him to exorcise a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit the next day.
• Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro worried about Long Xi facing the curse, and Satoru Gojo said they could go with him.

Long Xi joined Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro at Jujutsu High and prepared for a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit mission. After discovering his cursed energy had reached a purification stage and collecting a follower milestone reward, he was pulled into the Culling Game Instance.

• Masamichi Yaga assigned Long Xi to lead Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro on a mission to exorcise a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit the next day.
• Satoru Gojo told the students that their fourth classmate would arrive the day after, then led them to the dorms, where they talked and shared snacks.
• Long Xi checked his status panel and learned that his cursed energy had reached a bottleneck, with purification as its next growth direction.
• Long Xi saw that he had surpassed 100,000 followers and received the Emperor Bell, along with a challenge to kill three Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerers or Curse Users or Grade 2 Cursed Spirits.
• Long Xi opened the newly lit Culling Game Instance icon and was pulled through the floor into the sky.

Long Xi entered the Sendai Colony by falling hundreds of meters and barely survived by landing in a river. As Kurourushi emerged to attack him, Long Xi was still fleeing across the water with a swarm of cockroaches on his heels.

• The system dropped Long Xi into the Sendai Colony and activated a Culling Game trial with a livestream.
• Long Xi redirected his fall into a dark river, survived the impact, and surfaced among masses of giant cockroaches.
• Long Xi burned through part of the swarm with Furious Flame Mound and ran across the water using precisely focused gravity.
• Long Xi recognized Sendai Colony and identified the pursuing cockroaches as Kurourushi’s swarm.
• Kurourushi emerged from an abandoned mall ahead of Long Xi as the insect swarm continued chasing him.

Long Xi fled Kurourushi’s swarm through a ruined shopping street, using the Emperor Bell and fire to kill a giant cockroach leader. After the Kogane listed the Sendai Colony’s high-risk players and Ryu Ishigori fired a massive Cursed Energy Blast in the distance, Kurourushi arrived at the mall entrance.

• Kurourushi spotted Long Xi, who ran toward the shopping street while the livestream chat mocked and encouraged him.
• Long Xi used the Emperor Bell to halt and destroy smaller cockroaches, then burned a path through the pursuing swarm with fire.
• Long Xi entered a ruined mall, where a giant cockroach leader attacked him; he froze the swarm with the bell and killed the leader by blasting flames inside its mouth.
• Long Xi saw his challenge progress update to one of three Grade 2 targets killed, then learned from the Kogane that Kurourushi, Ryu Ishigori, Takako Uro, Dhruv Lakdawalla, and Yuta Okkotsu were high-risk players.
• Ryu Ishigori’s distant Cursed Energy Blast shattered the shopping street’s windows, and Kurourushi squeezed into the mall behind Long Xi.

Long Xi fought Kurourushi through the mall and escaped after Ryu Ishigori’s Cursed Energy Blast devastated the building. He hid in an underground parking garage, badly wounded and exhausted, and saw flashlight beams approaching just before he lost consciousness.

• Long Xi fled Kurourushi through the mall, burned its larvae from his wound, and injured it by detonating flames inside its mouth before escaping.
• Ryu Ishigori’s Cursed Energy Blast tore through half the mall and blasted Kurourushi away, giving Long Xi a chance to flee.
• Long Xi ran through Sendai while burning pursuing cockroaches and using the Emperor Bell to keep them back.
• Long Xi entered an underground parking garage, found water and biscuits, and rested while worrying that Kurourushi would catch up.
• Long Xi’s wounds and exhaustion overwhelmed him, and he saw several flashlight beams approaching as he lost consciousness.

After waking in a Sendai Colony parking garage, Long Xi met the support staff and civilians who had saved him. He agreed to rescue government personnel trapped in a commercial plaza and promised to look after the people sheltering with him.

• Long Xi woke from his injuries and reflected on the livestream viewers as he considered the dangers in Sendai Colony, including Yuta Okkotsu.
• Kawahara and other support personnel arrived, explained they had treated Long Xi, and learned he was associated with Jujutsu High.
• Kawahara asked Long Xi to rescue government personnel trapped among cursed spirits in a commercial plaza, and Long Xi agreed to leave as soon as contact could be arranged.
• Long Xi reassured the civilians in the garage, telling a little girl he would look after them.

Long Xi crossed Sendai to rescue trapped people at the shopping center while Ryu Ishigori noticed his survival and blasted a swarm of insects from his route. Long Xi reached the damaged mall and entered to find the people still trapped inside.

• Long Xi raced across rooftops toward Sendai Business Plaza to rescue assistant personnel and ordinary people, planning to avoid fights until he found a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.
• Kogane confirmed Long Xi had zero points, while Ryu Ishigori sensed that Long Xi had recovered from the previous day's injuries and also detected Yuta Okkotsu arriving with over thirty points.
• Ryu Ishigori fired a Cursed Energy Blast that destroyed a street and wiped out nearby insects, clearing some of the danger from Long Xi's route.
• Long Xi reached the damaged shopping center and found fresh traces of a Simple Barrier Technique, suggesting the trapped people had not left long ago.
• Long Xi entered the dark mall with flames in his palm as cursed spirits crawled inside.

Long Xi rescued Chiharu Takayanagi and nine survivors from a barricaded staff room in the mall, then led them toward the subway to avoid the cursed spirits aboveground. At the subway entrance, he sensed a powerful presence in the dark tunnel and warned the group that it had heard them.

• Long Xi fought off low-grade cursed spirits on the mall's first floor and found the staff break room where Chiharu Takayanagi and nine survivors were hiding.
• Long Xi told Takayanagi that Kawahara was alive and planned to lead the group through the mall's basement into the subway.
• Takayanagi prepared the civilians with the remaining talismans and concealed cursed residue, and Long Xi gave her a sports drink before they left.
• Long Xi and Takayanagi fought off a group of cursed spirits on the escalator while the survivors stayed behind them.
• Long Xi led the group to the subway entrance, sensed a powerful cursed spirit inside, and said it had heard them.