Chapter Summaries

Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu collapsed the three overlapping domains, then teamed up to defeat Takako Uro. With Uro unconscious, Long Xi chose to face Ryu Ishigori alone and abandoned his plan to win by exploiting a weakness.

• Yuta Okkotsu arrived after killing Kurourushi and used Cursed Speech before expanding his domain, causing all four fighters’ domains to collapse under Long Xi’s enhanced Void.
• Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu attacked Takako Uro during cursed technique burnout, and Rika devoured the cursed energy left in Uro’s severed arm.
• Ryu Ishigori blasted Takako Uro unconscious, leaving Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu to face him.
• Long Xi asked Yuta Okkotsu to let him fight Ryu Ishigori alone and abandoned his plan to use a clone to break Ryu’s arm.

Long Xi and Ryu Ishigori fought with everything they had, trading cursed-energy blasts and brutal punches until both were exhausted. Ryu thanked Long Xi and said he was full before they collapsed together.

• Long Xi and Ryu Ishigori unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, destroying the building around them.
• Long Xi’s prepared rain weakened Ryu Ishigori, but Ryu used a Binding Vow to replenish his cursed energy and keep fighting.
• Long Xi and Ryu Ishigori abandoned their techniques and traded punches until they could barely stand.
• Long Xi and Ryu Ishigori compressed their remaining cursed energy into one final attack, and Long Xi poured his energy into the strike while relying on his physical strength.
• After the final clash, both men stood amid the ruins with no strength left, and Ryu thanked Long Xi and said he was full before they collapsed together.

Long Xi woke after his battle with Ryu Ishigori and found that Takako Uro, Riko Amanai, and Yuta Okkotsu had helped treat the wounded. After receiving rewards for his victories and growing stronger, Long Xi told Ryu he no longer feared fighting him.

• Ryu Ishigori woke in a cluttered room and learned that Long Xi had spared him, while Long Xi claimed he had won and could decide what happened next.
• Ryu recognized that Long Xi's ability strengthened his attacks through emotion and estimated that its multiplier exceeded twenty.
• Takako Uro angrily confronted Long Xi, while Riko Amanai helped calm her and Long Xi asked for food and water.
• Yuta Okkotsu took the bandages as Long Xi explained that he was no longer afraid of Ryu.
• Long Xi reviewed system rewards that increased his cursed energy, physical strength, and technique levels, then imagined how easily he could defeat Ryu in a rematch.

After Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro transferred their points, Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu joked with them and discussed saving points to create new rules. Long Xi revealed that his next target was Ryomen Sukuna.

• Ryu Ishigori transferred his points to Long Xi, bringing Long Xi’s total to 200, and Takako Uro had already transferred hers.
• Long Xi and Yuta Okkotsu teased Ryu Ishigori about their victories, easing the tension among everyone in the room.
• Long Xi explained that he was saving points for future rules, including a possible ban on domains inside the barriers.
• Yuta Okkotsu noticed Long Xi was still badly injured and asked whether he had another objective.
• Long Xi announced that he planned to fight the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna.

Long Xi warned Yuta Okkotsu, Ryu Ishigori, and Takako Uro that Sukuna could escape Yuji Itadori and return close to full strength, then urged them to gather allies. The group began planning for the threat, and Long Xi asked Takako Uro to teach him Domain Expansion.

• Long Xi explained that Sukuna could use the Binding Vow with Yuji Itadori to transfer himself into another vessel, possibly Megumi Fushiguro.
• Long Xi warned that Uraume and Kenjaku could help Sukuna regain his strength, and proposed gathering allies to face him.
• Ryu Ishigori agreed to join the fight, while Takako Uro objected to challenging Sukuna and Yuta Okkotsu resolved not to stand aside.
• Long Xi said Satoru Gojo should challenge Sukuna first and that they would need Angel to unseal him if he remained sealed.
• Ryu Ishigori asked to fight second if Gojo failed, and Long Xi asked Takako Uro to teach him Domain Expansion.

Long Xi hunted cursed spirits across the Sendai Colony while Ryu Ishigori chased and attacked him, hoping to turn a stolen historical sword into a cursed tool. After clearing the land and sea of nearly all the colony’s cursed spirits, Long Xi returned to the base for dinner and prepared to leave the frozen instance.

• Long Xi abandoned his attempt to master barrier techniques quickly and began killing cursed spirits to saturate the museum sword Fiore ... Liberi with cursed energy and cursed residue.
• Ryu Ishigori bombarded Long Xi and chased him through the city as Long Xi evaded him and used the old sword to kill cursed spirits.
• Long Xi searched the colony’s streets and then the sea, while Riko Amanai, Yuta Okkotsu, and Takako Uro watched from a rooftop.
• Long Xi killed the remaining cursed spirits in the sea, and purple-black patterns in the sword’s cracks grew darker and settled into place.
• Long Xi ate dinner with the others at the temporary base and opened his panel, noting that he had a little over an hour before leaving the instance.

After receiving rewards from the Culling Game, Long Xi learned that Early Access had reached level two and gained powerful new livestream abilities. He joined Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro on a mission to hunt a deceptive Grade 2 cursed spirit, and the trio prepared to search for it among civilians.

• The system awarded Long Xi new abilities, increased stats, cursed tools, and other rewards after the Culling Game instance concluded.
• Long Xi discovered that Early Access had reached level two, unlocking a livestream assistant space and emotion-powered gifts that could restore him or unleash powerful effects.
• Yuji Itadori worried that their mission against a Grade 2 cursed spirit could be dangerous, but Long Xi confidently insisted he was the strongest.
• Megumi Fushiguro explained that the cursed spirit could convincingly disguise itself as a human and spread curses by touch.
• Long Xi and Yuji agreed the curse would be difficult to detect, while Long Xi suspected the higher-ups might be involved.
• Megumi planned to use Divine Dogs to track the curse and told Long Xi to avoid using his cursed technique so they would not endanger nearby civilians.

Long Xi, Itadori, and Megumi mistook a cursed civilian for a cursed spirit and beat him unconscious before realizing their mistake. They followed the cursed energy residue toward the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, which watched them in terror as they debated what to do next.

• A middle-aged biker in a white suit bumped into Long Xi, and Long Xi sensed cursed energy and attacked him.
• Itadori joined Long Xi in kicking the man while Megumi and the Divine Dogs also treated him as a cursed spirit.
• Megumi realized the unconscious biker was an ordinary civilian who had been cursed, and Itadori worried they would be arrested.
• Long Xi left the biker some yen and used Wind of Co-Heaven to investigate the cursed energy residue nearby.
• The Grade 2 Cursed Spirit watched the trio and feared that Long Xi and Itadori would kill it.

Long Xi secretly destroyed a scout split off from the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit while Itadori carried the cursed man to a hospital. Megumi tracked the spirit to an abandoned factory and entered alone, where it confronted him.

• Long Xi left Megumi to watch the street and went into an alley, where he burned the cursed spirit’s hidden scout to ash.
• Long Xi rejoined Itadori and assured Megumi that the cursed man would survive, then Itadori carried the man away.
• The Grade 2 Cursed Spirit sensed its scout’s destruction and decided to lure Megumi away from the others and take him hostage.
• Megumi’s Divine Dogs detected the spirit’s trail, and Megumi followed it to an abandoned factory.
• Megumi entered the factory with his Divine Dogs, and the doors slammed shut behind him as the cursed spirit spoke from the darkness.

Megumi Fushiguro fought a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit whose limbs could retract, reappear, and attack from unexpected angles. Outmatched in close combat, he formed a complete summoning sign as the spirit charged again.

• Megumi Fushiguro entered the factory and summoned the Divine Dogs after finding fresh drag marks.
• A Grade 2 Cursed Spirit emerged, knocked both Divine Dogs aside, and dodged Megumi Fushiguro’s blade by retracting its arm into its body.
• Megumi Fushiguro traded blows with the spirit, but its shifting limbs and rapid attacks repeatedly wounded and pushed him back.
• Megumi Fushiguro retreated to make space and formed a complete summoning sign as the cursed spirit charged at him again.