Recaps

Wangchuan accepted Satoru Gojo’s commission to exorcise a Special Grade Cursed Spirit at Shibuya Hospital in exchange for one hundred million yen. He prepared to return to Japan, while reflecting on his Tso Lan template’s stalled fusion progress and the knowledge continuing to surface in his mind.

• Satoru Gojo called Wangchuan in Miami and offered increasingly large rewards to persuade him to take a Tokyo assignment.
• Wangchuan accepted the commission after Gojo offered one hundred million yen and said he would fly back that night.
• Wangchuan reviewed his system panel, which showed his Tso Lan template at 33% fusion, and recalled that further progress required hunting Special Grade Cursed Spirits or paying for Demon Coins.
• Wangchuan received Gojo’s coordinates and photos of the cursed spirit at Shibuya Hospital, along with a request for a seashell wind chime.
• Wangchuan dismissed the request and set off to return to Japan to confront the cursed spirits.

Satoru Gojo told Yuta Okkotsu about Wangchuan, a powerful sorcerer who had declined Special Grade status because the pay was too low. Gojo said Wangchuan was returning for a mission and would likely meet the new students soon.

• Yuta Okkotsu asked Satoru Gojo about the person he had just spoken with on the phone, and Gojo introduced him as Wangchuan, a freelance sorcerer.
• Gojo explained that Wangchuan could have been the fourth Special Grade Sorcerer but turned down Jujutsu Headquarters' invitation because the salary was inadequate.
• Yuta asked whether Gojo or Wangchuan was stronger, and Gojo recalled their unfinished spar half a year earlier, followed by an expensive barbecue meal.
• Gojo told Yuta that Wangchuan was returning for a mission after accepting a hundred million yen and that he planned to invite him to meet the new students.
• Yuta found Wangchuan interesting as Gojo walked away whistling.

Wangchuan arrived at Suntan Medical University Hospital to exorcise Eclipse, a Special Grade Cursed Spirit formed from accumulated resentment over abortions. He found the grotesque spirit in the hospital corridor and faced its plea to be born.

• Wangchuan left his taxi in the traffic and met Kiyotaka Ijichi outside the hospital.
• Ijichi briefed Wangchuan on Eclipse and explained that its main body was believed to be in the old maternity ward.
• Wangchuan entered the Curtain and left his suitcase with Ijichi, joking about the cursed spirit’s appearance and Gojo’s payment.
• Wangchuan followed the growing cursed energy through the hospital corridor as disembodied voices called for their mother.
• Eclipse burst through the delivery-room door, declared that it wanted to be born, and Wangchuan insulted its appearance.

Wangchuan defeated the Special Grade Shi using his Moon Force Field and destroyed its body. He left the hospital with Ijichi and insisted that Ijichi treat him to ramen.

• Shi panicked and attacked Wangchuan, but his Moon Force Field deflected its tentacles and sent it crashing into a wall.
• Shi unleashed a burst of Cursed Energy and attacked again, but Wangchuan's barrier diverted the blast and he crushed Shi under immense gravity.
• Wangchuan compressed Shi into a ball that turned to ash, then learned from the system that illegally obtained money could not be converted into Demon Coins.
• Wangchuan found Ijichi outside the hospital, told him the Special Grade was dealt with, and asked him to pay for a meal.

After defeating Eclipse, Wangchuan ate ramen with Ijichi while Suguru Geto watched him from nearby and judged him a potential obstacle to Satoru’s plans. A message from Satoru revealed that Yuta Okkotsu would soon enroll at Jujutsu High, and Wangchuan decided to visit.

• Wangchuan thanked Ijichi for helping him and joked that he could resurrect him with magic if a cursed spirit killed him.
• Wangchuan sensed Suguru Geto watching from across the street, but went into the ramen shop with Ijichi without confronting him.
• Suguru Geto recognized Wangchuan as the sorcerer who had easily defeated a Special Grade and worried that Satoru’s plans would become more difficult.
• Wangchuan ignored Satoru Gojo’s messages until he finished his ramen, then learned that Yuta Okkotsu would soon join Jujutsu High.
• Wangchuan recognized the date as April 6, 2017, agreed to meet Yuta, and told Ijichi he would visit Jujutsu High in a few days.

Yuta Okkotsu arrived at Jujutsu High, where his cursed energy alarmed his new classmates and provoked Maki Zenin to attack. Rika Orimoto emerged to protect him, but Wangchuan stopped her with his Gravitational Field and asked Satoru Gojo if he could take her as overtime pay.

• Panda told Maki Zenin and Toge Inumaki that a transfer student had injured four classmates at his old school.
• Panda said Wangchuan was also coming to meet the new student, and Maki looked forward to seeing him again.
• Satoru Gojo introduced Yuta Okkotsu to the class, and Yuta’s cursed energy made Maki, Panda, and Toge uneasy.
• Maki threw a sword at Yuta and accused him of being cursed, prompting Satoru Gojo to warn everyone to move away.
• Rika Orimoto emerged and attacked Maki, Panda, and Toge to protect Yuta, but Wangchuan halted her with his Gravitational Field.
• Wangchuan asked Satoru Gojo if he could take Rika as overtime pay.

Wangchuan reunited with Satoru Gojo and the students, briefly restrained Rika before reassuring Yuta Okkotsu, then watched the students leave for their assignments. As Wangchuan and Gojo drove after them, Wangchuan mentioned seeing a suspicious monk, prompting Gojo to identify him as Geto.

• Wangchuan arrived and held Rika in midair with his gravity before releasing her and reassuring Yuta Okkotsu that he had only been joking.
• Wangchuan teased Maki Zenin, who kicked a chair at him, while Panda and Toge Inumaki watched.
• Satoru Gojo assigned Toge Inumaki and Panda to work together, and Maki Zenin and Yuta Okkotsu to investigate an elementary school.
• Wangchuan and Satoru Gojo left by car to follow Maki Zenin and Yuta Okkotsu, planning to watch Yuta's first battle.
• Wangchuan told Satoru Gojo he had seen a gloomy monk near a ramen shop, and Gojo recognized him as Geto.

Wangchuan and Satoru Gojo talked about Geto and arrived at an elementary school where Maki and Yuta Okkotsu were beginning a mission. Gojo asked Wangchuan to help protect the students if they were ever in danger, and the chapter ended when Mei Mei called Wangchuan about a big job.

• Wangchuan offered to capture and return Geto to Satoru Gojo for ten billion yen, but Gojo declined because forcing Geto back would not change his thinking.
• Wangchuan and Satoru Gojo met Maki and Yuta Okkotsu at an elementary school, where Maki dragged Yuta inside for his first mission.
• Satoru Gojo cast a Curtain over the school and told Wangchuan he wanted him to help the students if they were ever in danger.
• Wangchuan resisted being treated like a Jujutsu High teacher but stayed beside Gojo without agreeing or leaving.
• Mei Mei called Wangchuan about a big job and said she would send him the address.

Wangchuan agreed to join Jujutsu High in name after Satoru Gojo offered him favorable terms and asked him to stay. At a celebration with the students and Mei Mei, Mei Mei said she wanted to discuss a major job with him after the festivities.

• Satoru Gojo told Wangchuan he wanted him as a comrade and someone his students could rely on, and Wangchuan agreed to join Jujutsu High in name.
• The curtain over the field dispersed, revealing Maki on Yuta Okkotsu's back, dusty but not seriously injured.
• Satoru Gojo hosted an izakaya gathering to celebrate Wangchuan officially joining Jujutsu High, and the students and Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi welcomed him.
• Mei Mei told Wangchuan she had come because Satoru Gojo promised good food and reimbursed fare, and said she wanted to discuss a major job with him later.
• Wangchuan agreed to talk with Mei Mei after the celebration and clinked cups with her.

After the dinner gathering, Mei Mei offered Wangchuan a high-paying special grade curse job, and Gojo learned that Wangchuan could forge cursed tools. Yuta wondered whether Wangchuan’s magic might help with Rika as he followed the others through the night.

• Panda helped the drunken Maki and Toge down the corridor while Kirara supported Kinji.
• Mei Mei offered Wangchuan a job investigating a special grade cursed spirit at a Tokyo commercial complex for 1.5 billion yen, and Wangchuan accepted.
• Mei Mei revealed that Wangchuan had promised to craft her a special grade cursed tool, shocking Gojo.
• Wangchuan quoted Gojo five billion yen for a custom cursed tool and teased him that he did not qualify as a friend.
• Yuta wondered whether Wangchuan’s magic could help with Rika, then quickened his pace to catch up with the others.

Wangchuan told Yuta Okkotsu that resurrecting Rika might be possible, though he had not mastered the magic and would charge for his help. At the Time Vessel Association, Suguru Geto revealed that he had released a special grade cursed spirit to lure Wangchuan.

• Yuta Okkotsu asked Wangchuan whether magic could bring Rika back, explaining that her soul remained with him.
• Wangchuan said resurrection was theoretically possible but that he still needed to research the ritual, materials, and method.
• Wangchuan warned Yuta Okkotsu that his help would cost money, and Yuta promised to get stronger and earn enough to pay him.
• Manami Suda asked Suguru Geto why he had released a special grade cursed spirit into a shopping mall.
• Suguru Geto said special grade cursed spirits had become more common and revealed that he had released the spirit to lure Wangchuan.

Suguru Geto decided to approach the powerful bounty hunter Wangchuan and try to recruit him, believing he had chosen not to attack the Time Vessel Association despite knowing its leader’s bounty. Days later, Wangchuan entered a cordoned-off mall to face a cursed spirit born from discarded food, which began explaining its grievances.

• Manami Suda warned Suguru Geto that the bounty hunter was as dangerous as Satoru Gojo, but Geto said he had watched Wangchuan leave without attacking him and wanted to recruit him.
• Ijichi accompanied Wangchuan to a sealed mall for a cursed spirit mission, but Wangchuan entered before hearing the briefing.
• Ijichi raised a curtain around the mall and waited outside, expecting Wangchuan to finish the job quickly.
• Wangchuan explored the mall and detected a sour smell on the second floor.
• A huge cursed spirit made of rotten food and kitchen waste emerged and claimed discarded ingredients had begged it to seek redress.

Wangchuan fought Hōzō, a special grade cursed spirit, and Hōzō trapped him inside its domain, Full Belly Hell: Three Thousand Food Cauldrons. As the domain’s fullness rule began affecting Wangchuan, he prepared to get serious.

• Wangchuan deflected Hōzō’s putrid attack with gravity and hurled the cursed spirit through the mall wall into a sedan.
• Hōzō judged Wangchuan to be no ordinary sorcerer, then expanded its body and opened its domain.
• Wangchuan found himself in a dark red domain of boiling broth and enormous chopsticks while Hōzō occupied its center.
• Suguru Geto watched the domain from the mall’s seventh floor and explained that its rules caused victims’ stomachs and organs to expand.
• Wangchuan felt the domain’s fullness rule taking effect and said he would get serious.

Wangchuan unveiled his Domain Expansion, Guanghan Collapsing Moon Realm, and used its shifting gravity and falling moon to destroy Hōzō. The domain was left silent, with no trace of Hōzō or his cursed energy.

• Wangchuan activated Guanghan Collapsing Moon Realm, transforming Hōzō's domain into a moonlit purple realm.
• Wangchuan explained that the domain subjected targets to random gravity judgments every half second.
• A supergravity judgment forced Hōzō to the ground as Wangchuan taunted him.
• Wangchuan revealed that the domain dropped a moon every ten seconds and that the attack covered the entire domain.
• The falling moon engulfed Hōzō and destroyed him, leaving no ashes or residual cursed energy.

After exorcising Hōzō and gaining two percent in his Moon Demon template, Wangchuan met Suguru Geto, who invited him to join the Time Vessel Association. Wangchuan refused because Geto could not pay six hundred billion yen in cash, and he left the mall as Ijichi noted the job had taken nine minutes.

• Wangchuan's Moon Demon template integration rose from 33% to 35% after he exorcised Hōzō, earning him an unexpected bonus.
• Suguru Geto met Wangchuan at the mall and said he had stopped by after seeing its Curtain.
• Geto invited Wangchuan to join the Time Vessel Association, but Wangchuan asked how much he would be paid.
• Wangchuan demanded six hundred billion yen in cash, and Geto admitted he could not provide it.
• Before leaving, Wangchuan told Geto that he used to be gentle, and Geto vanished without answering.
• Wangchuan left the mall, and Ijichi told him the job had taken nine minutes, four minutes longer than last time.

Suguru Geto reflected on Wangchuan’s strength and planned to keep him away from Jujutsu High while preparing his operation. In Sendai, Wangchuan took a mission at Sugisawa Third High School and heard that Yuta Okkotsu had begun training obsessively to get stronger and make money.

• Suguru Geto told Manami Suda that Wangchuan had refused his offer and demanded six hundred billion yen, but that they might work together in the future.
• Suguru Geto asked Manami to bring Miguel and Larue to Japan and arrange to keep Wangchuan away from Tokyo and Satoru Gojo.
• Suguru Geto wondered whether Satoru had told Wangchuan about how gentle he used to be.
• On June 23, 2017, Wangchuan told Satoru Gojo by phone that he was in Sendai to handle a Cursed Spirit near a school.
• Satoru Gojo told Wangchuan that Yuta Okkotsu had been training relentlessly and wanted to get stronger and make money.
• Wangchuan stopped outside Sendai Municipal Sugisawa Third High School and considered how Yuta’s desire to resurrect Rika could shape his future.

Wangchuan spotted Yuji Itadori at Sugisawa Third High School and met him when he intervened to stop a group of delinquents from harassing him. After learning Yuji’s name, Wangchuan looked forward to seeing him again at Jujutsu High while waiting for Ryomen Sukuna’s finger to appear.

• Wangchuan ended a call with Satoru Gojo, then overheard students praising Yuji Itadori for standing up to bullies.
• Wangchuan recognized Yuji at Sugisawa Third High School and noted that the time and place were close to when Ryomen Sukuna’s finger would appear.
• A group of delinquents tried to rob Wangchuan, but Yuji stepped in and warned them to stop bullying people.
• Yuji chased the delinquents away, checked that Wangchuan was unharmed, and introduced himself as Yuji Itadori.
• Wangchuan told Yuji his name and watched him return to school, hoping they would meet again at Jujutsu High.

Wangchuan spent the afternoon with Yuji Itadori in Sendai before encountering Suguru Geto, who had come to ask about Wangchuan’s cursed tool. The chapter ended with Wangchuan questioning why Geto wanted it despite having Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

• Wangchuan and Yuji Itadori enjoyed shaved ice and talked about their time exploring Sendai together.
• Wangchuan spotted Suguru Geto, Miguel, and Larue across the street and parted from Itadori to greet them.
• Suguru Geto told Wangchuan he had heard about the cursed tool that could imprison cursed spirits and asked to talk while they walked.
• Geto said he learned about the tool through the black market, while Wangchuan privately recognized that Mei Mei had helped spread the information indirectly.
• Wangchuan asked whether Geto wanted the tool and pointed out that Geto’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation already let him store cursed spirits.

Wangchuan agreed to sell Suguru Geto the Mirror of the Imaginary for two billion yen, with a deposit paid at an oden shop. He demonstrated the cursed tool’s ability to imprison cursed spirits and explained its limits.

• Suguru Geto said he needed the cursed tool for his family and offered Wangchuan two billion yen for it.
• Wangchuan accepted the offer, and Larue handed him a bag containing a deposit of about fifty million yen.
• Suguru Geto said Manami would arrange a bank transfer for the remaining balance, and Wangchuan agreed to send his account details later.
• Wangchuan showed Suguru Geto, Miguel, and Larue the Mirror of the Imaginary and explained how it could trap cursed spirits in a separate space.
• Wangchuan explained that the mirror’s effectiveness depended on the user’s grade, that Special Grade spirits should be weakened first, and that it could only imprison cursed spirits.

Wangchuan handed Suguru Geto the mirror and told him he knew about Geto’s crimes and the girls he had rescued. He then said that while he would not claim to understand Geto’s despair, Geto was a good person to Jujutsu High and those he cared about.

• Wangchuan let Suguru Geto take the mirror and told him he could settle the remaining payment however he liked.
• Suguru Geto asked whether Wangchuan knew he was a curse user, and Wangchuan said that was how the Jujutsu Higher-Ups defined him.
• Suguru Geto revealed that he had killed over a hundred people, and Wangchuan said he also knew Geto had rescued Mimiko and Nanako from the village.
• Miguel and Larue reacted with surprise and wariness as Wangchuan demonstrated knowledge of the secret rescue.
• Wangchuan said he did not care whether most people lived or died and told Suguru Geto that he was a good person to Jujutsu High and those he cared about.

Wangchuan told Suguru Geto that he might have caused even more deaths in Geto’s position, then spoke with him about the mirror and Yuji Itadori before they parted. Geto later explained that he had bought the mirror to help Miguel and establish a business connection with Wangchuan.

• Wangchuan told Suguru Geto he understood his position but could not turn his back on his own family, and Geto said the mirror had been worth two billion.
• Suguru Geto, Miguel, and Larue left the oden shop after Geto invited Wangchuan to meet again and praised Yuji Itadori.
• Wangchuan paid for his meal, noted that his Tso Lan Template fusion had reached 35%, and reflected that selling Cursed Tools brought in money quickly.
• Under an overpass, Suguru Geto told Miguel the mirror contained a stable sealing Cursed Technique but Wangchuan could retrieve it at any time.
• Suguru Geto explained that he had bought the mirror for Miguel and to establish a business relationship with Wangchuan, then left with Miguel.

Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin fought a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in Kyoto while discussing their upcoming Goodwill Event with Tokyo Jujutsu High. Todo effortlessly destroyed the spirit, and Mai left the mission site in irritation as he followed, talking about ramen.

• Aoi Todo battered a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit while Mai Zenin's shots went off target because of his attacks.
• Todo warned Mai that Tokyo Jujutsu High would beat her badly at the September Goodwill Event and mentioned Yuta Okkotsu.
• The wounded cursed spirit attacked Todo from behind, but he destroyed it with a single backward punch.
• Mai Zenin walked away without waiting to report the mission together, and Todo followed her while chatting about ramen.

Mai Zenin and Aoi Todo spotted Utahime Iori walking with Wangchuan in Gion and secretly followed them. Wangchuan took Utahime into a restaurant and offered to treat her, while Mai and Todo stayed outside to watch.

• Mai Zenin stopped Aoi Todo from loudly discussing idols when she noticed Utahime Iori across the street with a man.
• Aoi Todo recognized Utahime and excitedly declared that she was on a date, then persuaded Mai to follow them.
• Mai agreed to keep their distance as they trailed Utahime and Wangchuan through the shopping street.
• Wangchuan noticed that Mai and Todo were following them but said nothing and invited Utahime to eat, offering to pay.
• Utahime expressed surprise at Wangchuan's offer, then followed him into the restaurant while Mai and Todo waited outside.

Wangchuan shared a meal with Utahime Iori in Kyoto, reminisced about their first meeting, and offered to remove her scar using his magic. Their growing closeness left Utahime flustered, while Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin watched from across the street and Todo decided to meet Wangchuan at the Goodwill Event.

• Utahime Iori asked Wangchuan why he was so focused on making money, prompting him to remember how she had helped him when he first collapsed outside Jujutsu High.
• Wangchuan touched Utahime's scar and asked whether she wanted him to remove it, saying he could use magic; she agreed to discuss it another time.
• When Utahime asked why he had come to Kyoto, Wangchuan told her he had come to see her, making her blush.
• Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin watched the pair from behind a billboard, and Todo was astonished to see Utahime blush and allow Wangchuan to touch her face.
• Aoi Todo decided to introduce himself to Wangchuan at the Goodwill Event, while Mai Zenin worried their teacher would find out they had been watching.

The Jujutsu Higher-Ups discussed an unstable cursed womb near Kyoto that might be linked to Sukuna's Finger, then decided to use Utahime Iori's students to pressure Wangchuan into intervening. They assigned Momo Nishimiya, Kasumi Miwa, and Mai Zenin to handle the cursed womb on Mount Yoshida.

• The Jujutsu Higher-Ups learned that a cursed womb estimated between Semi-Grade 1 and Grade 1 was forming near Kyoto Jujutsu High, with cursed energy that sometimes spiked nearly to Special Grade.
• The old men suspected a Special Grade Cursed Object, possibly Sukuna's Finger, was nearby, but Satoru Gojo refused to take the mission.
• A council member suggested Wangchuan, who was in Kyoto with Utahime Iori, but the Higher-Ups chose not to contact him directly.
• The Higher-Ups decided that Utahime Iori's students should face the cursed womb, expecting Wangchuan to intervene if he cared about her.
• The council assigned Momo Nishimiya, Kasumi Miwa, and Mai Zenin to deal with the cursed womb on Mount Yoshida.