Chapter Summaries

Kamo Xu swallowed Sukuna’s Finger and used his half-human, half-cursed-spirit body to prevent Sukuna from taking full control. Yang Xu seized most of the body and warned Sukuna that he would kill him, leaving Sukuna’s incarnation both successful and incomplete.

• Kamo Xu swallowed Sukuna’s Finger despite Sukuna’s attempt to stop him.
• Sukuna’s power surged through Kamo Xu, but the body’s cursed-spirit nature and Yang Xu’s presence restricted his control.
• Yang Xu took control of most of the body and introduced himself to Sukuna, promising to kill him.
• Sukuna realized he could not fully possess Kamo Xu unless he reduced Yang Xu’s control or swallowed more than four fingers.
• Yang Xu complained that Kamo Xu had damaged their body to save ordinary people, then accepted Kamo Xu’s choices because they were one.

Megumi Fushiguro intervened as Sukuna prepared to kill Kamo Xu, but Sukuna overwhelmed him and destroyed one of his shikigami. Just as Sukuna was about to finish Kamo Xu, Riko Amanai arrived and struck him with Piercing Blood.

• Sukuna attacked Kamo Xu after deciding to kill him before his cursed technique recovered, but Megumi Fushiguro interrupted him with Nue.
• Megumi summoned Divine Dog: Black and Nue to fight Sukuna while insisting that Yuji Itadori would return, but Sukuna struck him and broke his defense.
• Megumi used Great Serpent and Nue against Sukuna, but Sukuna tore Great Serpent apart, threw Megumi into the air, and knocked him out of the fight.
• Sukuna turned back to Kamo Xu and raised his hand to kill him, but Riko Amanai pierced Sukuna's palm with Piercing Blood and announced her arrival.

Riko Amanai arrived to help Kamo Xu, using her Domain Expansion to empower herself and revive him so Sukuna could be driven out. Yuji Itadori regained control but died from his injuries, and Kamo Xu collapsed again as Riko called for help.

• Riko Amanai intercepted Sukuna and wounded him with her Thorn Impalement Piercing Blood.
• Riko expanded her domain, boosting the blood activity of herself and Yang Xu while trapping Sukuna inside.
• Yang Xu regained enough strength to pin Sukuna within Kamo Xu's soul, then returned control to Kamo Xu.
• Sukuna lost control to Yuji Itadori, who collapsed and died from his fatal chest wound.
• Kamo Xu mourned Yuji and then passed out from the aftereffects of Modified Flowing Red Scale as Riko called for Megumi Fushiguro to take him to Jujutsu High.

Kamo Xu remained unconscious after nearly draining his cursed energy and swallowing one of Sukuna's Fingers, while Satoru Gojo learned the higher-ups had branded him a curse user and ordered his execution. Shoko Ieiri urged Satoru to kill every last one of the old bastards.

• Shoko Ieiri told Satoru Gojo that Kamo Xu's body had been repaired, but he was still unconscious after losing a huge amount of cursed energy and swallowing Sukuna's Finger.
• Satoru Gojo suspected the higher-ups had deliberately sent first-years against a Special Grade Cursed Spirit to punish him and kill Yuji Itadori.
• Ijichi reported that the higher-ups had declared Kamo Xu a traitor, stripped him of his sorcerer status, and designated him a curse user.
• Ijichi revealed that the higher-ups had added Kamo Xu to the execution list and ordered Satoru Gojo to execute him immediately.
• Shoko Ieiri told Satoru Gojo to kill every last one of the old bastards and rip out their tongues first.

After waking from the Juvenile Detention Center incident, Kamo Xu learned that the jujutsu higher-ups had ordered his execution, enraging Shoko Ieiri and Satoru Gojo. He discovered Sukuna was trapped in his mind and being beaten by Yang Xu, while Itadori remained unconscious.

• Shoko Ieiri agreed that the higher-ups deserved to die, and Satoru Gojo set off to confront them over their order to execute Kamo Xu and Itadori.
• Kamo Xu woke up naked in the infirmary, pushed away Satoru Gojo, and got dressed in Gojo's uniform after Shoko Ieiri avoided explaining where his clothes had gone.
• Ijichi told Kamo Xu that thirteen hours had passed since the Juvenile Detention Center incident and mistakenly reassured him that Itadori's death was not his fault.
• Kamo Xu said a voice in his head was giving him a headache and explained that Sukuna was screaming while Yang Xu beat him inside their shared body.
• Kamo Xu realized his safeguards had worked, though Sukuna had temporarily pushed aside his consciousness because he was half human.

Yuji Itadori revived in the operating room, and Satoru Gojo decided to keep his return secret so Yuji could grow stronger before the Higher-Ups found out. Meanwhile, a checkup revealed the severe damage and curses inside Kamo Xu, who remained committed to growing stronger despite Gojo and Shoko Ieiri’s efforts to protect him.

• Shoko Ieiri prepared to examine Yuji Itadori, but Yuji sat up alive, startling her and Ijichi.
• Satoru Gojo welcomed Yuji back, and Yuji thanked Kamo Xu for fighting Sukuna before reuniting with Gojo.
• Satoru Gojo and Shoko Ieiri decided to leave Yuji officially reported as dead while training him to use cursed energy.
• Shoko Ieiri and Satoru Gojo reviewed Kamo Xu’s checkup, which showed that cursed spirits filled most of his body, caused pain, and contributed to memory loss.
• Kamo Xu remained at Jujutsu High because his cursed energy had not recovered, and he accepted Gojo and Shoko’s decision to keep him there.
• Kamo Xu told Gojo that killing cursed spirits and growing stronger made him happiest, while his memories of his mother and happier times were buried with her.

Kenjaku met with Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon to discuss Sukuna, Kamo Xu, and whether they could confront Satoru Gojo. Their meeting ended when Kamo Xu suddenly appeared at the restaurant.

• Kenjaku joined Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon at a roadside restaurant, where they discussed Sukuna's strength after he survived a fight with Kamo Xu.
• Jogo worried that the curses could not defeat Kamo Xu, and Kenjaku considered how Kamo Xu's wish to protect Yuji Itadori had shaped his choices.
• Jogo asked whether the group could kill Satoru Gojo together, but Kenjaku warned that Gojo could escape and leave them facing certain defeat.
• When the restaurant manager approached their table, Jogo prepared to attack him, but Kamo Xu appeared and ordered pork cutlet rice.

Kamo Xu confronted Kenjaku and the cursed spirits at a restaurant, then offered to help them seal Satoru Gojo. He agreed to obtain the Prison Realm in exchange for Kenjaku giving him Suguru Geto’s right arm afterward.

• Kamo Xu arrived at the restaurant and frightened Kenjaku, Jogo, Dagon, and Hanami into abandoning thoughts of resistance.
• Kamo Xu revealed that he had tracked Kenjaku through Suguru Geto’s corpse and ate a meal while Kenjaku left his ramen untouched.
• Kamo Xu told Kenjaku he knew the group planned to seal either him or Satoru Gojo and offered to stay out of their operations until Gojo was sealed.
• Kamo Xu offered to help Kenjaku obtain the Prison Realm, demanding Suguru Geto’s right arm as his sole condition.

Kamo Xu forced Kenjaku and the cursed spirits to make a binding vow that protected their plans to seal Satoru Gojo in exchange for Suguru Geto's right arm and a favor from Mahito. After Kamo Xu left, Jogo vowed to challenge Gojo, and Kenjaku was stuck paying the restaurant bill.

• Kamo Xu threatened Kenjaku and demanded Suguru Geto's right arm in exchange for not obstructing Gojo's sealing and helping retrieve the Prison Realm.
• Kenjaku negotiated a binding vow that barred Kamo Xu from attacking the group until they withdrew from Shibuya, except that Mahito would remain a target.
• Kamo Xu secured terms that Kenjaku could never restore the missing arm and that Mahito would later have to grant him one request.
• Kamo Xu warned the group not to let anything happen to the restaurant before he left.
• Jogo angrily announced that he would go after Satoru Gojo and claim the Prison Realm if he killed him.
• The restaurant manager presented the bill to Kenjaku, who realized he had to pay.

Kamo Xu comforted Megumi Fushiguro over his inability to return Okazaki Tadashi’s keepsake and pushed him back toward his classmates. Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo began training Yuji Itadori in cursed energy in a secret basement.

• Megumi Fushiguro showed Kamo Xu the damaged cloth bearing Okazaki Tadashi’s name and explained that Tadashi’s mother had refused to open her door.
• Kamo Xu told Megumi Fushiguro to remember his grief, grow stronger, and carry on for Itadori, then nudged him onto the training field with the others.
• Panda practiced breakfalls with Nobara Kugisaki, and Maki Zenin challenged Megumi Fushiguro to spar.
• Satoru Gojo started teaching Yuji Itadori how to use cursed energy and considered having him fight Kamo Xu on the final day.

Satoru Gojo explained cursed energy and jujutsu to Yuji Itadori, then showed him that he could not yet reinforce his body with cursed energy. After Itadori proposed copying Uncle Kamo, Gojo warned him that Asahi’s immense hatred made that a dangerous example to follow.

• Satoru Gojo demonstrated cursed energy and jujutsu by crushing and twisting two juice cans, then explained how the two concepts differed.
• Yuji Itadori asked whether he could awaken a cursed technique, and Satoru Gojo told him techniques were innate, leaving Itadori devastated.
• Satoru Gojo encouraged Itadori to focus on hand-to-hand combat and body reinforcement, but Itadori’s punch showed he could not consciously use cursed energy.
• Satoru Gojo explained that cursed energy came from negative emotions and required careful training, while Itadori mistakenly concluded that Megumi Fushiguro was always angry.
• Yuji Itadori asked whether he should act like Uncle Kamo, and Satoru Gojo warned that Asahi’s extreme hatred made his overflowing cursed energy a dangerous model.

Yuji Itadori began training with a cursed doll that attacked him whenever his cursed energy stopped flowing. In the hallway, Kamo Xu told Satoru Gojo that in the future he had seen, Gojo died after Sukuna cut him in half.

• Satoru Gojo gave Yuji Itadori a cursed doll and told him to maintain a steady flow of cursed energy while watching movies.
• Yuji Itadori briefly kept the doll asleep, but his excitement at the prospect of sparring with Satoru Gojo or Kamo Xu made his cursed energy stop, and the doll punched him again.
• Satoru Gojo caught Kamo Xu trying to pass him in the hallway and asked him to stay and talk.
• Satoru Gojo asked Kamo Xu how things ended for him in the future Kamo Xu had seen.
• Kamo Xu told Satoru Gojo that Sukuna killed him by cutting him in half at the waist.

Kamo Xu reflected on the cost of changing fate and resolved to use any means necessary to keep Satoru Gojo alive. He went to the crimson lake to fulfill his Binding Vow and retrieve the Prison Realm, carrying the Inverted Spear of Heaven so he could free Gojo after sealing him.

• Satoru Gojo dismissed Kamo Xu's warning that he would die fighting Sukuna and headed north across the School Grounds, determined to keep moving forward with Asahi.
• Kamo Xu revisited the benches where he had failed to persuade Suguru Geto to save Yu Haibara and realized that changing outcomes required accepting a price and a loss.
• Kamo Xu left before sunlight reached him and continued south, vowing that Satoru Gojo had to stay alive by whatever means necessary.
• Kamo Xu arrived alone at the crimson lake to fulfill his Binding Vow and retrieve the Prison Realm, which rose from the lakebed and fixed its gaze on him.
• Kamo Xu had obtained the Inverted Spear of Heaven from Toji Fushiguro so he could escape the Prison Realm or release Satoru Gojo after the seal activated.

Kamo Xu drained the remaining cursed energy from the Blood Lake and allowed the Prison Realm to seal him. Inside, he used the Inverted Spear of Heaven to break the seal, fulfilling his binding vow and leaving the Prison Realm for Kenjaku to handle.

• Kamo Xu reclaimed what he could from the Blood Lake, recovering roughly one-twelfth of his cursed energy reserves.
• The Prison Realm completed its countdown and sealed Kamo Xu, but his immense strength let him stand against its pressure.
• The Prison Realm lost control after Kamo Xu's cursed energy and despair overwhelmed it, and a gust of wind carried it away.
• Inside the Prison Realm, Kamo Xu used the Inverted Spear of Heaven to disrupt its cursed energy and force the seal open.
• Kamo Xu shattered the Prison Realm without damaging it permanently, and his binding vow was fulfilled.

Kamo Xu gathered the fragments of the Prison Realm, then Satoru Gojo was ambushed by Jogo on his way to Principal Yaga's house. Jogo's attacks failed to get past Gojo's Limitless, and their fight continued.

• Kamo Xu used cursed energy to gather the Prison Realm fragments but left them unrepaired.
• Satoru Gojo wondered what binding vow Itadori had made with Sukuna while riding with Ijichi.
• Gojo sensed an approaching enemy, told Ijichi to go ahead, and faced Jogo alone.
• Jogo attacked Gojo with volcanic eruptions, but Gojo emerged unharmed behind Limitless.
• Jogo summoned Ember Insects, which could not cross the infinity separating them from Gojo.

Satoru Gojo overwhelmed Jogo with a relentless close-range assault and sent him flying with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red. As Jogo prepared to unleash his domain, Gojo appeared over a lake holding Yuji Itadori, who had just arrived.

• Jogo ordered the Ember Insects to explode against Satoru Gojo, but Gojo extinguished the flames and attacked him.
• Gojo battered Jogo in close combat, smashing him into the ground and kicking him into the air.
• Gojo struck Jogo with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, hurling him through trees and rocks.
• Jogo got up near a lake and resolved to unleash his domain if Gojo came close again.
• Gojo appeared behind Jogo in midair, holding Yuji Itadori, who wondered where he was.

Satoru Gojo brought Yuji Itadori to face Jogo and explained Jogo’s Domain Expansion while protecting him from its effects. The encounter left Yuji overwhelmed, while Kamo Xu unknowingly ruined his cooking after Gojo cursed him from afar.

• Yuji Itadori mocked Jogo’s appearance, and Jogo erupted in anger and unleashed lava and flames.
• Jogo trapped Satoru Gojo and Yuji Itadori inside his Domain Expansion, Coffin of the Iron Mountain.
• Satoru Gojo reassured Yuji and explained how Domain Expansion worked.
• Yuji asked about Kamo Xu’s domain, and Gojo described its unusual, incomplete nature and why neither he nor Kamo Xu could kill the other.
• Kamo Xu accidentally added too much salt to his food and suspected Satoru Gojo was cursing him.

Satoru Gojo demonstrated Unlimited Void on Jogo, canceled his domain, and tore off his head before questioning him about the attackers who targeted Kamo Xu. Kenjaku watched from a nearby hill and left Hanami to decide whether to rescue Jogo.

• Satoru Gojo explained domain counters to Yuji Itadori and demonstrated Unlimited Void on Jogo.
• Unlimited Void overwhelmed Jogo with information, and Satoru Gojo tore off his head before ending the domain.
• Satoru Gojo questioned Jogo about who was behind the attack on him and whether Jogo's group had murdered Kamo Xu's mother.
• Yuji Itadori warned Satoru Gojo that Jogo might die before answering, so Gojo eased his pressure and continued questioning him.
• Kenjaku watched from a nearby hill, told Hanami it could try to save Jogo, and left.

Gojo failed to stop Hanami from escaping with Jogo after Hanami used Itadori as a distraction, so he moved up Itadori’s combat training. At Jujutsu High, Mai Zenin insulted Itadori in front of Megumi and Nobara, and Kamo Xu appeared, enraged, and began casting [There Are Three Questions].

• Hanami used a flower-covered branch to distract Gojo, grabbed Jogo’s remaining head, and escaped after Gojo rescued Itadori.
• Gojo ordered Itadori to begin live combat training with him and Kamo Xu instead of following the usual schedule.
• Panda warned Maki Zenin that Mai and Aoi Todo might encounter Kamo Xu, and Maki rushed toward the vending machines.
• Mai Zenin mocked Itadori’s death to Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki as Todo and Mai blocked their path.
• Kamo Xu appeared behind Todo and Mai, became enraged by Mai’s insults, and invoked [There Are Three Questions].

Kamo Xu tested Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin with three questions that judged their honesty and resolve, while Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki watched. Todo endured Kamo Xu’s pressure and passed, but Mai’s fear culminated in her shooting Kamo Xu, whose hardened blood deflected the bullet.

• Kamo Xu’s first question pressed Aoi Todo to admit he had come looking for a fight, while Mai Zenin claimed she only wanted to say hello and was crushed by the pressure.
• Aoi Todo deduced that Kamo Xu’s questions tested whether people spoke truthfully, then endured a blood attack after answering the second question.
• Kamo Xu acknowledged Todo’s resolve but judged Mai for her fear, then asked whether they would kneel if he were a cursed spirit.
• Aoi Todo said he would have to kill Kamo Xu if he were a cursed spirit, while Megumi Fushiguro stopped Nobara Kugisaki from intervening.
• Mai Zenin raised her gun and shot Kamo Xu between the brows, but hardened blood beneath his skin deflected the bullet.