Chapter Summaries

Long Xi fought a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit on the subway platform while Chiharu Takayanagi organized and protected the civilians. After killing it, Long Xi saw that he had one more Grade 2 target to defeat and sensed something strange toward the parking lot.

• Long Xi stopped a crawling cursed spirit and killed it with fire while Takayanagi guided the civilians behind the ticket gates.
• Long Xi sent Takayanagi and the civilians toward cover, then confronted a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit that used the subway rails to move and attack.
• Long Xi wounded the cursed spirit, but it struck him into a ticket machine; Takayanagi diverted its attention when it turned toward the civilians.
• Long Xi trapped the cursed spirit inside a ring of fire, exposed its core, and destroyed it with cursed energy and flames.
• Takayanagi led the shaken civilians onward, and Long Xi saw that two of his three Grade 2 targets were dead as he sensed strange cursed residue near the parking lot.

Long Xi led Chiharu Takayanagi and the surviving civilians through the subway tunnels while worrying that Dhruv Lakdawalla was driving cursed spirits toward the parking garage. They reached the garage, but Long Xi sensed Dhruv’s shikigami nearby and warned everyone to retreat as a greater danger approached.

• Chiharu Takayanagi explained that her innate technique made origami cranes she could use to communicate, defend, and attack.
• Long Xi and Takayanagi found a huge breach in the tunnel and evidence that Dhruv Lakdawalla’s enormous shikigami had passed through.
• As cursed spirits gathered and attacked, Long Xi stayed behind to hold them off while Takayanagi led the survivors to the garage entrance.
• Kawahara opened the connecting door, and the survivors entered the garage as Long Xi withdrew behind them.
• Long Xi sensed a trail left by a shikigami and realized Dhruv had herded the cursed spirits there, so he told everyone to fall back.

Long Xi fought Dhruv Lakdawalla's Giant Rodent Shikigami outside the parking garage, where its cursed-energy tracks cut through the battlefield. He revealed his cursed technique and accepted a binding vow to boost his power, leaving the shikigami wounded but the fight still underway.

• Long Xi ordered everyone into the garage as Dhruv Lakdawalla's Giant Rodent Shikigami approached and began cutting through the entrance with its tracks.
• Long Xi dodged the shikigami's attacks and used fiery spikes and flames against it, but its thick hide and constant tracks overwhelmed his ordinary output.
• Long Xi revealed that his cursed technique, Furious Flame Mound, controlled flames and could burn a target from within, gaining increased output through a binding vow.
• Long Xi made a second vow, trading away his cursed technique for the final two days ahead in exchange for two hours of boosted output, cursed energy circulation, and physical reinforcement.
• Long Xi pierced the shikigami's hind-leg joint with a compressed flame blade, scorching it from within and making it stumble, but its tail injured him as the tracks continued to spread.

Long Xi fought the giant Shikigami by exploiting openings in its orbital domain and burned through two of its eyes. He escaped its crash into a building, but the Shikigami remained alive as Long Xi regrouped beside an overturned bus.

• Long Xi lured the giant Shikigami away from the crowded parking lot and dodged its orbital paths while searching for a way to attack.
• Long Xi baited the Shikigami into raising its head, then drilled white flames into its belly and clung to its flank when it slammed down.
• Long Xi climbed toward the Shikigami’s head and pierced one of its lower eyes with a line of white fire.
• Long Xi drove more flames through the eye socket, destroying a second eye as the Shikigami rammed its head into a building.
• Long Xi kicked away from the Shikigami, escaped the collapsing building by leaping across debris, and landed beside an overturned bus.

Long Xi crippled the Giant Shikigami by exploiting its blind spot and damaging its legs, disrupting the orbit that protected Dhruv Lakdawalla. With the pterosaur swarm still absent, Long Xi climbed onto the shikigami’s back and began burning through the cursed energy nodes that maintained its orbit.

• Long Xi realized the Giant Shikigami’s circular orbit centered on Dhruv Lakdawalla, but stayed to protect the people in the parking garage.
• Long Xi baited the Giant Shikigami into lifting its right foreleg, then blasted its sole and left hind-leg joint, breaking the leg and warping the orbit.
• Long Xi climbed the Giant Shikigami’s flank and used White Flame to propel himself onto its back, narrowly avoiding its tail’s orbit.
• Long Xi rang the Emperor Bell to disrupt the shikigami’s cursed energy, then split White Flame to burn through the defenses around its back nodes.
• The Giant Shikigami reacted violently as its orbit went further off course, and Long Xi realized its own rules could be turned against it.

Long Xi pushed through his injuries and the approaching pterosaur swarm to destroy the Giant Shikigami with a Black Flash and White Flame. The Orbit Domain collapsed after the Shikigami fell, leaving Long Xi victorious but badly wounded.

• Long Xi detonated White Flame inside a back node, throwing the Giant Shikigami off balance and further disrupting its Orbit Domain.
• Long Xi assessed his worsening injuries as a swarm of pterosaur Shikigami approached and began forming aerial orbits.
• Long Xi made a Binding Vow to trade his flame Cursed Technique for the rest of the dungeon for five minutes of maximum output.
• Long Xi slipped through the ground orbits and used a falling billboard to divert a pterosaur before charging beneath the Giant Shikigami.
• Long Xi struck the Shikigami's chest node with a Black Flash and flooded it with White Flame, destroying the node.
• Long Xi pierced the Shikigami's skull with a White Flame spear, killing it and causing the Orbit Domain to collapse.

Long Xi killed the giant shikigami but was left badly injured as Dhruv Lakdawalla’s pterosaur swarm closed in. After destroying two pterosaurs and losing the Emperor Bell, Long Xi spotted Dhruv among the ruins and realized he might have a chance to attack if he could get through the aerial net.

• Long Xi, exhausted and wounded, saw Dhruv’s pterosaur shikigami swarm forming a net of slicing trajectories overhead.
• Long Xi lured the nearest pterosaur into a bad angle and killed it with flame attacks and repeated punches.
• Three pterosaurs attacked together, and Long Xi used a bone fragment for cover before pulling a second pterosaur down and killing it with the Emperor Bell.
• The Emperor Bell shattered, and a third pterosaur’s trajectory badly wounded Long Xi, leaving him unable to keep fighting.
• Long Xi saw Dhruv Lakdawalla appear atop the ruins and considered attacking him despite the pterosaur swarm between them.

Long Xi was left near death after Dhruv Lakdawalla pierced his heart, and Dhruv slaughtered the Assistant Personnel who tried to protect him. As the livestream comments helped Long Xi recover, his fury rose and he refused to accept this ending.

• Dhruv Lakdawalla confronted Long Xi about destroying his shikigami and revealed that Kenjaku had specifically marked him.
• Dhruv Lakdawalla pierced Long Xi's heart with his cane and pinned him to the ground.
• Kawahara and the Assistant Personnel attacked Dhruv Lakdawalla to protect Long Xi, but he killed them.
• Long Xi heard the livestream comments urging him to get up as their cursed energy helped his body recover.
• Long Xi's anger surged as he rejected the idea of letting the battle end this way.

After Dhruv Lakdawalla left him for dead, Long Xi revived himself with Reverse Cursed Technique and gained greater control over his cursed energy. He protected the fallen assistant personnel, then set off after Dhruv, vowing to kill him.

• Dhruv Lakdawalla left Long Xi's pierced body behind as cursed spirits approached.
• Long Xi learned to use Reverse Cursed Technique, healed his heart, and gained stronger control over his cursed energy and Black Flash.
• Long Xi used Furious Flame Mound and Void to destroy the surrounding cursed spirits, then raised Reverse Cursed Technique to level three with a Deep Study Card.
• Long Xi found Kawahara and the other dead assistant personnel, apologized, and used cursed energy to keep cursed spirits away from their bodies.
• Long Xi took Kawahara's damaged cursed tool and chased Dhruv Lakdawalla, pursuing him toward the pterosaur shikigami.

Long Xi revived after Dhruv Lakdawalla pierced his heart, learned Reverse Cursed Technique, and used a binding vow to restore and enhance his flame cursed technique. He overwhelmed Dhruv’s Shikigami and charged at him, declaring that he would kill him within a minute.

• Long Xi emerged alive after healing the wound in his chest, shocking Dhruv Lakdawalla and revealing that he had learned Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Long Xi explained that anger had driven him to master the technique, while Dhruv Lakdawalla warned that his binding vow had permanently taken away his flame cursed technique.
• Long Xi offered half his life to lift the restriction and enhance Furious Flame Mound, restoring his cursed technique at greater power.
• Long Xi destroyed two Pterosaur Shikigami with Furious Flame Mound-Void and dodged the cutting trajectories of the others as Dhruv Lakdawalla revealed his technique.
• Long Xi collapsed Dhruv Lakdawalla’s building with Void, then charged at him with his battered blade and vowed to kill him within a minute.

Long Xi battled Dhruv Lakdawalla inside a collapsing mall, using Flame Seed and Void to break apart Dhruv’s Shikigami and overwhelm him. Dhruv escaped by sacrificing Shikigami and trapping Long Xi in compressed orbits, while Long Xi prepared to test emotional amplification.

• Long Xi dodged Dhruv’s orbit attacks by blasting a hole through the rooftop and dropping into the mall’s dining area.
• Long Xi attached concealed Flame Seeds to Dhruv’s Pterosaur Shikigami, then detonated them to disrupt their orbits and destroy one.
• Dhruv sent more than a dozen Pterosaur Shikigami to cage Long Xi, but Long Xi planted Flame Seeds throughout the building and collapsed it with Void.
• Long Xi broke through the disordered orbits, destroyed more Shikigami, and struck Dhruv hard enough to send him crashing through a nearby building.
• Dhruv sacrificed his remaining Shikigami to trap Long Xi in compressed cutting orbits and fled the battlefield.
• Long Xi estimated the trap would hold him for thirty seconds and prepared to try emotional amplification.

Yuta Okkotsu evacuated civilians while Long Xi defeated Dhruv Lakdawalla with a devastating attack. After confirming the survivors were safe, Long Xi learned that Okkotsu knew him as a Jujutsu High student who had disappeared half a year earlier, raising questions about how the instance connected to his past.

• Yuta Okkotsu helped Chiharu Takayanagi and the remaining civilians escape, then headed toward the battle after sensing Dhruv Lakdawalla's cursed energy.
• Yuta witnessed a distant burst of power erase the battlefield and realized the destruction came from an unusual attack that crushed its targets from within.
• Long Xi killed Dhruv Lakdawalla with Void, then grieved that Kawahara and the others would not return.
• Yuta approached Long Xi and confirmed that the civilians had reached safety, easing Long Xi's concern.
• Yuta told Long Xi that Satoru Gojo had searched for him after he disappeared half a year earlier, leaving Long Xi wondering whether the instance was connected to his past.
• Long Xi asked Yuta to find somewhere safe to talk, and Yuta agreed not to cut him down for now.

After Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu buried Kawahara and the others, Long Xi vowed to kill Kurourushi and Kenjaku if he got another chance. He gained a healing cursed technique and increased physical strength, while Yuta noticed how rapidly Long Xi was growing.

• Long Xi gathered Kawahara and the others' remains and buried them with Yuta Okkotsu's help.
• Long Xi asked Yuta to leave him alone, then vowed to kill Kurourushi and Kenjaku if he got another chance.
• Long Xi discussed Kenjaku's interest in him and his possible bounty with the livestream viewers.
• Long Xi received Sweet Rain from the Heavens, a Character Creation Card, a Livestream Assistant Card, and increased physical strength.
• Long Xi tested Sweet Rain from the Heavens and recovered some stamina as Yuta noticed his cursed energy and growth had changed.

Yuta Okkotsu chased Kurourushi while Long Xi fought Ryu Ishigori in the rain. Long Xi used a second account to overwhelm Ryu, leaving their battle amid the ruins of a collapsed rooftop.

• Yuta Okkotsu pursued Kurourushi, cutting through its offspring while conserving cursed energy and planning how to kill it permanently.
• Long Xi waited on a rain-soaked rooftop as Ryu Ishigori arrived and challenged him to a fight.
• Long Xi used Sweet Rain from the Heavens-Disorder to disrupt Ryu Ishigori’s cursed energy, then redirected one of his blasts with Furious Flame Mound-Void.
• Ryu Ishigori fired Slush Shockwave to disperse the rain clouds, but another Long Xi appeared above him while the first attacked from below.
• The two Long Xi struck Ryu Ishigori from opposite directions, collapsing the rooftop as Long Xi’s frightened livestream assistant watched from a distant building.

Long Xi and his double battled Ryu Ishigori, using their different cursed techniques to disrupt his powerful blasts while he eagerly fought through their advantages. Ryu Ishigori revealed how his technique worked and demanded that the two Long Xis continue the fight.

• Ryu Ishigori recovered from his burns and charged Long Xi, who appeared alongside his double to trap him between them.
• Ryu Ishigori blasted at Long Xi, but one version used Void to cancel the attack while the other engaged him at close range.
• Long Xi used Sweet Rain from the Heavens: Chaos to disrupt Ryu Ishigori's cursed energy, but Ryu Ishigori blasted one of the doubles through a building.
• The other Long Xi used Void to knock Ryu Ishigori's next blast off course, while Riko Amanai struggled to keep filming and complained about the livestream job.
• Long Xi and his double regrouped as Ryu Ishigori recovered and challenged them to show him their strength.
• Ryu Ishigori revealed that his technique fired cursed-energy blasts from his hair and urged the two Long Xis to satisfy him.

Long Xi used his rain-soaked battlefield and a Binding Vow sacrificing his second account to return to his complete form and fight Ryu Ishigori at full strength. He pressed Ryu through the ruins, but Ryu’s Slush Shockwave pierced Long Xi’s hands as Long Xi moved toward his prepared trap in the subway station.

• Ryu Ishigori described his lifelong hunger and declared that his life had been missing dessert before attacking both Long Xis.
• Ryu Ishigori overwhelmed the two Long Xis with his enormous cursed energy output, while Long Xi revealed he had never intended to fight fairly.
• Blue-eyed Long Xi entered the rain clouds and used the prepared rain in a Binding Vow, while his second account sacrificed itself to restore the main Long Xi to his peak.
• Long Xi returned to his complete form and drove Ryu Ishigori through buildings and toward a subway entrance with relentless attacks.
• Ryu Ishigori fired Slush Shockwave through Long Xi’s reinforced hands, but Long Xi kept dodging and headed for the subway station as his second plan.

Long Xi lured Ryu Ishigori into a trapped subway station, but Takako Uro suddenly joined the fight and struck him with Thin Ice Breaker. After Long Xi recovered, he detonated the station’s hidden Emperor Bell fragments, leaving Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro caught in the collapsing blast.

• Long Xi prepared to detonate Emperor Bell fragments hidden throughout the subway station to weaken Ryu Ishigori.
• Takako Uro appeared behind Long Xi and hit him with Thin Ice Breaker, crushing his chest and throwing him into a wall.
• Long Xi used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal while Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro exchanged attacks and insults.
• Long Xi realized both opponents were inside his trap and ignited the fragments with Flame Seed.
• Long Xi escaped through the station wall with Void as the explosion brought the subway station and the ground above it crashing down.
• Riko Amanai resumed filming from a distant rooftop and worried about the danger around Long Xi.

Long Xi fought Takako Uro and Ryu Ishigori after his ambush failed, using a binding vow to boost his cursed energy and technique at the cost of recovery. The battle remained fiercely contested, and Takako Uro trapped Long Xi and Ryu Ishigori beneath collapsing buildings.

• Takako Uro and Ryu Ishigori escaped Long Xi's attack, and Long Xi realized his opponents were stronger than he had expected.
• Long Xi split into two bodies and staked his recovery in a binding vow that greatly increased his cursed energy and technique for ten minutes.
• The two Long Xis attacked Takako Uro together, landing punches that sent her crashing through an elevated roadway.
• Ryu Ishigori joined the melee and revealed a binding vow that gave his cursed energy cannon two orbiting rings.
• Takako Uro used her spatial technique to keep the blue-eyed Long Xi at bay while he struggled to land attacks or charge Sweet Rain from the Heavens.
• Takako Uro twisted the blue-eyed Long Xi's arm and unleashed repeated Thin Ice Breaker attacks, enclosing him and Ryu Ishigori in buildings that crushed them.

Long Xi used a Black Flash to break through Takako Uro’s spatial defense and continued fighting her while charging a powerful flame attack. He offered to be her friend, but Uro rejected him and prepared to attack again.

• Takako Uro accused Long Xi of being a Fujiwara, and he angrily insisted that he was Chinese while Ryu Ishigori rose from the rubble, eager to keep fighting.
• Long Xi used his compressed emotional amplification and landed a Black Flash that shattered Uro’s spatial plane and sent her crashing into a warped building.
• Uro escaped the building injured as Long Xi backed away and began charging a powerful flame attack.
• Long Xi told Uro he understood the desire to live for herself and offered to be her friend while secretly charging his attack.
• Uro briefly hesitated, then rejected Long Xi’s offer and raised both hands to attack.

Ryu Ishigori overwhelmed Blue Eyes Long Xi, then joined Takako Uro on the rooftop as all three prepared their strongest attacks. Long Xi abandoned his attempt to charge a more powerful strike and unleashed his flames just as Ryu and Takako began their domain expansions.

• Ryu Ishigori battered Blue Eyes Long Xi through a building and blasted him through the rooftop water tank with his Cursed Energy Cannon.
• Ryu Ishigori reached Takako Uro and her opponent on the rooftop, forming a three-way standoff as Long Xi worried that they would use Domain Expansion.
• Ryu Ishigori struck his chest three times to awaken his cursed energy, while Takako Uro gathered hers.
• Long Xi chose to fight instead of retreating, abandoned his attempt to build up thirty times the power, and charged a strike amplified to about fifteen times.
• Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro formed hand signs for Domain Expansion as Long Xi unleashed Furious Flame Mound-Void.