Chapter Summaries

Choso kept Yuji Itadori at a distance with Piercing Blood and Supernova, but Itadori charged through the blast and reached him. Eso’s technique struck Itadori, and Nobara Kugisaki used Resonance on Megumi Fushiguro, leaving Choso distracted and the fight unresolved.

• Choso used Piercing Blood to keep Itadori away and draw him farther from Eso and Kechizu.
• Itadori hurled a rock at Choso, then charged through the dust and Supernova blast, badly wounded but close enough to attack.
• Eso activated his cursed technique through blood on Itadori’s face, covering Itadori with dark rose patterns and causing pain in Eso.
• Kugisaki drove a technique-infused nail into Megumi and used Resonance, while Choso turned his attention from Itadori to his brothers.

Eso activated his Rot technique against Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori, but Nobara Kugisaki used Resonance to strike the brothers through their shared blood. Choso arrived as Nobara tried to finish Eso, and charged at her in revenge.

• Kechizu reunited with Eso, who told him their mission was complete and prepared to leave after secretly activating Rot on Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori.
• Nobara Kugisaki realized the brothers' blood triggered the curse and used Resonance through Megumi Fushiguro's blood to injure Eso, Kechizu, and Choso.
• Eso collapsed near death, and Nobara prepared to strike him again with her Straw Doll Technique.
• Choso's blood attack grazed Riko Amanai, who pushed Nobara out of its path, while Choso exchanged blows with Yuji Itadori.
• Choso charged at Nobara Kugisaki, furious that she had hurt Eso.

Choso tried to reach Nobara Kugisaki while Yuji Itadori fought to draw his attention away, but Junpei Yoshino intervened and forced Itadori to face his former friend. Itadori abandoned hope of talking things out and prepared to fight Junpei so he could protect Kugisaki.

• Choso interrupted the attack threatening Megumi Fushiguro, then endured Itadori's punch and struck him away before racing toward Nobara Kugisaki.
• Itadori decided to provoke Choso by threatening Eso and Kechizu, hoping to pull him away from Kugisaki.
• Junpei appeared and kneed Itadori in the face, stopping him from reaching Choso's brothers.
• Itadori recognized Junpei and realized he had no time to resolve their misunderstanding while Kugisaki remained in danger.
• Itadori took a fighting stance and prepared to battle Junpei.

Riko Amanai protected Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro from Choso, matching his Piercing Blood and then struggling to hold him off as he charged. With Choso cornering her and unleashing Supernova, Riko activated her ultimate technique and began a Domain Expansion.

• Riko Amanai blocked Choso from reaching Nobara Kugisaki and ordered Nobara to take Megumi Fushiguro to find the supervisor.
• Nobara Kugisaki reluctantly dragged the injured Megumi Fushiguro away from the fight.
• Riko used Piercing Blood to intercept Choso's attack on Nobara and recovered her scattered blood, matching Choso's technique.
• Choso realized Riko could not produce blood with Reverse Cursed Technique, charged her, and forced her to retreat while redirecting her Piercing Blood.
• Choso unleashed Supernova at close range, cornering Riko Amanai.
• Riko Amanai covered herself in cursed energy and began Domain Expansion: Crimson Tide of Wicked Dust.

Riko Amanai’s domain read Choso’s past and judged him a villain, empowering her to unleash a devastating blood-based attack. She fired Red Surge Crossing Evil at Choso, with the battle’s outcome left unresolved.

• Riko Amanai trapped Choso inside her domain, which read his memories and revealed his past to her.
• Riko Amanai judged Choso guilty of deceiving the innocent and killing, then classified him as a villain.
• Her domain amplified her cursed energy and blood abilities, allowing her to form an indestructible shell around her body.
• Riko Amanai combined compressed blood with a directed attack to prepare the maximum technique Blood Scorch · Red Surge Crossing Evil.
• Riko Amanai fired the orange-red blast at Choso, staggering from its recoil as the light engulfed the enclosed space.

Yuji Itadori fought Junpei Yoshino and his shikigami, Moon Dregs, while enduring a paralyzing poison and a relentless barrage of tentacles. With training from Aoi Todo, Itadori landed his first Black Flash and sent Junpei flying.

• Yuji Itadori charged Junpei Yoshino, dodging Moon Dregs' tentacles as Junpei directed their attacks.
• Junpei fired three poisonous miniature jellyfish at Itadori, who caught them in his palm and kept fighting despite his numb arm.
• Itadori charged through Moon Dregs' tentacles, trapped most of them, and pulled Junpei toward him.
• Itadori used the Black Flash technique, striking Moon Dregs and sending Junpei flying.

Yuji Itadori endured Junpei Yoshino’s poison and relentless ranged attack, searching for a way to turn the fight around as Junpei pursued him up the mountain. Meanwhile, Kenjaku and Mahito played chess and talked about Kamo Xu, ending with Mahito cracking and discarding a black Cannon while a red Rook remained behind.

• Yuji Itadori repeatedly attacked Junpei Yoshino at close range, taking damage from Moon Dregs’ barbs and neurotoxin as Junpei severed a tentacle to break his grip.
• Junpei Yoshino unleashed Moon Dregs’ Multiple Shots technique, forcing Yuji Itadori to run through the rocky terrain to avoid the poisonous barrage.
• Yuji Itadori spotted a possible escape route and ran up the mountain while Junpei Yoshino pursued him, determined to kill him before his cursed energy ran out.
• Kenjaku defeated Mahito at chess and explained that Kamo Xu had taught him the game, while Mahito questioned whether he was better than Kamo Xu.
• Mahito pressed down on a black Cannon and cracked it, then tossed it aside as the red Rook remained alone.

Kenjaku learned that the woman had awakened and revealed that he suspected the [Landmine] was at Jujutsu High, identifying Kamo Xu as the key to a plan involving Sukuna. He produced Wasuke Itadori’s preserved corpse as a bargaining chip, leaving the cursed spirits to consider whether Sukuna would accept their terms.

• Hanami told Kenjaku that the woman had awakened, and he asked whether Hanami had frightened her.
• Jogo challenged Kenjaku’s decision to send many people on the operation, and Kenjaku said he had found the [Landmine].
• Kenjaku named Kamo Xu as the suspected [Landmine], and Jogo realized Sukuna’s interest in him could be exploited.
• Mahito questioned whether Sukuna would follow their plan, and Kenjaku brought out Wasuke Itadori’s corpse.
• Mahito recognized that Wasuke’s soul had been connected to Sukuna, and Kenjaku revealed that Wasuke was the reincarnation of Sukuna’s brother.

Nobara Kugisaki tried to get the injured Megumi Fushiguro to safety, but he insisted on confronting the curse threatening his sister. When the figure they mistook for Kamo appeared, Megumi summoned Mahoraga, and Nobara realized the enemy was Yang Xu.

• Nobara dragged Megumi away from the cursed spirits, but he broke free and demanded to return for his sister, Tsumiki.
• Nobara kicked Megumi, rebuked him for risking his life, and convinced him to let her take him away.
• Nobara and Megumi sensed an overwhelming cursed presence approaching and prepared to fight.
• Nobara recognized the approaching figure as Kamo, but Megumi summoned Mahoraga and threw her beyond the ritual's range.
• Nobara warned Megumi that the figure was not Kamo Xu but the cursed spirit Yang Xu as Mahoraga began its slaughter.

Yang Xu, the cursed spirit inhabiting Kamo Xu’s body, attacked Mahoraga after Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki fled. He reveled in fighting the shikigami and unleashed increasingly powerful blood and fire attacks, while Mahoraga adapted and regenerated; the battle continued beneath a barrage of explosions.

• Mahoraga struck Megumi Fushiguro and then attacked Kamo Xu with the Sword of Extermination, revealing Yang Xu, the body’s original owner turned cursed spirit.
• Nobara Kugisaki used Divine Dog: Totality to send the injured Megumi toward her, then escaped and called Satoru Gojo for help.
• Yang Xu dodged Mahoraga’s punch and retaliated with a blow that nearly pulverized it, prompting its Dharma Wheel to adapt to physical attacks.
• Yang Xu transformed his appearance and blasted Mahoraga with Red Emperor Blue Star and Blood Scorch: Red Surge Crossing Evil, leaving half of its body intact.
• Yang Xu pierced Mahoraga with an explosive blood needle, watched it regenerate and adapt, then unleashed tens of thousands of explosive needles from a vast blood wing.

Yuji Itadori fought Junpei Yoshino beneath Yasohachi Bridge while the poison from Junpei’s shikigami gradually paralyzed him. Just as the two were about to kill each other, a powerful figure appeared above a vast sea of fire and unleashed a devastating attack.

• Junpei Yoshino bombarded Yuji Itadori with poisonous shikigami, while Yuji dodged and took cover behind a bridge pillar as the poison weakened him.
• Yuji decided to stop fighting Junpei directly and smashed the bridge’s support pillars, causing Yasohachi Bridge to collapse.
• Yuji hurled chunks of rubble at Junpei, then forced his way through Moon Dregs’ tentacle defenses to reach him.
• Yuji and Junpei prepared to strike each other at close range, but a violent shock wave suddenly drove them apart.
• The boys saw a figure hovering above a sea of fire as crimson starlight fell and exploded across the forest.

Yang Xu overwhelmed Mahoraga with a barrage of blood-based attacks, while Yuji Itadori and Junpei Yoshino recognized the danger and Sukuna watched with interest. The chapter ended as Mahoraga adapted to Yang Xu’s attacks and Yang Xu expanded his domain to continue the fight.

• Yuji Itadori realized the figure attacking Mahoraga was Yang Xu inhabiting Kamo Xu’s body, while Junpei Yoshino feared facing him.
• Mahoraga survived Yang Xu’s barrage, but Yang Xu slapped and kicked him back to the ground.
• Yang Xu shaped his Blood Wings into a colossal Red Dragon and struck Mahoraga with its tail.
• Yang Xu trapped Mahoraga inside the spinning dragon, shredding him until the Dharma Wheel helped him adapt to suffocation, physical damage, heat, and tearing.
• Mahoraga shattered the blood ring and grew to ten meters tall, and Yang Xu activated Domain Expansion · Desire-Sloth Truth-Seeking Vortex.

Yang Xu trapped Mahoraga in his blood domain and prepared a devastating Maximum Technique. Itadori pulled Junpei to safety as the sky began to light up.

• Yang Xu’s blood domain stained the battlefield and marked Mahoraga and the others with blood.
• Yang Xu attacked Mahoraga with waves of blood, but Mahoraga adapted to physical attacks and charged at him.
• Mahoraga blasted Yang Xu with compressed air, and Yang Xu stopped himself with blood before counterattacking.
• Yang Xu pinned Mahoraga with hardened blood spears and began chanting for [Maximum Technique: Red Emperor Blue Star].
• Itadori grabbed Junpei and took cover behind Riko Amanai's domain as the sky lit up.

Yang Xu fought Mahoraga after it adapted to his Maximum Technique, then used Sukuna’s Cleave and his own speed and attacks to overwhelm it. He finally froze Mahoraga with Extreme Cold, shattering the fully adapted shikigami.

• Yang Xu’s Maximum Technique devastated the surrounding area, but Mahoraga emerged unharmed after adapting to high temperature.
• Mahoraga attacked Yang Xu, who used Cleave to sever its Sword of Extermination and later cut through its fist and chest.
• Sukuna recognized that Yang Xu had copied and mastered his cursed technique, and grew eager to claim Yang Xu’s body.
• Yang Xu enhanced his speed with Modified Flowing Red Scale and battered Mahoraga through the air while it repeatedly adapted.
• Yang Xu vaporized Mahoraga’s spilled blood, froze it with Extreme Cold, and shattered it across the ground.

Yang Xu defeated the summoned Mahoraga, then faced Yuta Okkotsu, who said he had come to kill Kamo Xu on the Higher-Ups’ orders. As they stalled in a tense sword standoff, Riko Amanai’s domain collapsed, revealing that Choso had survived and leaving Riko to realize Yuta was targeting the real Kamo Xu.

• Yang Xu shattered Mahoraga and remembered too late that Megumi Fushiguro needed treatment, then noticed Yuta Okkotsu approaching with Rika in full manifestation.
• Yuta told Yang Xu that Jujutsu Society had ordered his death, and Yang Xu agreed to fight while trying to choose an attack that would not kill him outright.
• Yang Xu formed a blood katana with his False Sun God Slayer technique, and he and Yuta remained locked in a standoff as Itadori watched nearby.
• Riko Amanai’s domain expired, revealing that Choso had survived its attack, while the surrounding area was scorched and devastated.
• Riko recognized Yuta Okkotsu as the fifth Special Grade and concluded that he had come to kill the real Kamo Xu.
• Choso found his younger brothers alive, smiled with relief, and collapsed unconscious.

Yuta Okkotsu fought Yang Xu while both relied on time-limited enhancements, and Yang Xu’s Binding Vow prevented him from attacking Rika. After Yuta countered Yang Xu’s tactics and healed a severe wound, Yang Xu grew interested in him and prepared to intensify the fight.

• Yuta Okkotsu asked Yang Xu to teach him, then struggled to withstand Yang Xu’s speed and strength as they clashed swords.
• Rika attacked Yang Xu to free Yuta, but Yang Xu endured her blows without counterattacking because a Binding Vow forbade him from attacking Rika Orimoto.
• Yang Xu and Yuta fired energy attacks at each other, and Yang Xu tricked Yuta into striking Rika before charging at him.
• Yang Xu cut Yuta’s shoulder and used the False Sun God Slayer to make the wound bleed uncontrollably, so Yuta carved away the affected flesh and healed himself with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Yuta raised his sword and asked Yang Xu to teach him again, prompting Yang Xu to praise him and reveal his blazing Cursed Eye.

Yuta Okkotsu and Rika trapped Yang Xu with a cursed-energy chain charged with Reverse Cursed Technique, exposing his monstrous body and the suffering he had concealed. As Yang Xu endured the attack, the others realized how long he had carried his pain alone in pursuit of becoming strong enough to change their future.

• Yuta Okkotsu equipped himself with bracers and a cursed-energy-conducting chain while Yang Xu extended his time limit by plunging the False Sun God Slayer into his heart.
• Rika launched Yuta Okkotsu at Yang Xu, and his chain-wrapped fist injured Yang Xu before Rika pulled him back with the chain.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Rika trapped Yang Xu between them with the chain and flooded it with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Yang Xu's flesh mutated and regenerated under the positive energy, revealing his monstrous body to Riko Amanai, Yuji Itadori, Junpei Yoshino, Choso, Kechizu, and Eso.
• The others saw that Yang Xu had long endured severe physical and mental pain as he pursued the strength to change the future.

Yang Xu escaped Yuta Okkotsu’s chains by slicing his own body apart, but Rika seized the heart holding his False Sun God Slayer. Yang Xu trapped Yuta in his domain, only for Yuta to counter with Domain Expansion: Authentic Mutual Love, setting up another clash.

• Yang Xu forced his way out of Yuta Okkotsu and Rika’s chains by cutting his own body apart with his blood.
• Rika tore out and swallowed the heart containing Yang Xu’s False Sun God Slayer, leaving him unable to harm her to retrieve it.
• Yang Xu revealed that he had spread his domain around Yuta and triggered its Strangulation sure-hit effect.
• Yuta expanded Authentic Mutual Love, engulfing Yang Xu’s domain and filling the enclosed space with katanas.
• Yuta picked up a katana containing a copied Cursed Technique and challenged Yang Xu to round three.

Yuta Okkotsu used his domain and Cursed Speech to immobilize Yang Xu and let Rika batter him, but Yang Xu had secretly planted blood inside Okkotsu. Okkotsu realized the blood had invaded his body and conceded that Yang Xu had won.

• Yuta Okkotsu attacked Yang Xu with a katana, but Yang Xu escaped the blade by breaking his trapped leg and blasted Okkotsu with blood before punching him.
• Rika slowed Okkotsu's flight, then helped heal his shattered arm with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Yuta Okkotsu used Cursed Speech to stop Yang Xu, suffering severe damage to his throat as Rika pummeled him.
• Okkotsu healed his throat with another katana and found a thread of blood inside his mouth spelling [Checkmate].
• Yuta Okkotsu realized Yang Xu had secretly placed blood inside him and accepted that he had lost.

Yuta Okkotsu defeated Yang Xu and demanded to know why Kamo Xu had left Jujutsu High and refused to return. Kamo Xu finally revealed his desperate ambition to burn away curses and change an approaching tragedy, then asked Okkotsu to leave him alone.

• Yuta Okkotsu accepted that he could not defeat Yang Xu and surrendered, while Rika kept Yang Xu restrained.
• Okkotsu questioned Yang Xu about leaving Jujutsu High and not returning, but Yang Xu dismissed his questions.
• Okkotsu struck Yang Xu and demanded that Kamo Xu stop hiding and answer him directly.
• Kamo Xu emerged, increased his mass and cursed energy, and forced Rika to release him as he confronted Okkotsu.
• Kamo Xu said he wanted to burn away darkness, grow stronger, and free the world of curses, then begged Okkotsu to leave him alone.