Recaps

Jogo expanded Coffin of the Iron Mountain, but Satoru Gojo overwhelmed his domain with Unlimited Void and tried to interrogate him. A mysterious sea of flowers rescued Jogo, and Qingxiao chose to leave him alive for Suguru Geto; the group headed back while Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo bickered.

• Qingxiao stepped aside and let Satoru Gojo take over, prompting Jogo to expand Coffin of the Iron Mountain.
• Satoru Gojo explained domain techniques to Itadori, then expanded Unlimited Void and instantly crushed Jogo's domain.
• Satoru Gojo immobilized Jogo, tore off his head, and demanded to know who had sent him, but Jogo refused to betray his companions.
• A sea of flowers appeared and spirited Jogo away before Satoru Gojo could capture him.
• Qingxiao said he wanted to save Jogo for Suguru Geto, then walked back with Satoru Gojo and Itadori as he and Satoru Gojo argued about their domains.

Qingxiao, Satoru Gojo, and Kento Nanami took Yuji Itadori to investigate unusual cursed spirits in an abandoned commercial building. After Nanami and Itadori found that the creatures had physical bodies and could appear in photographs, Shoko determined their bodies had been rewritten, and Qingxiao went to help investigate.

• Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo introduced Yuji Itadori to Nanami, who told Itadori to prove himself on the mission.
• Nanami and Itadori entered an abandoned commercial building and fought two unusually fast creatures; Itadori used Divergent Fist to defeat one.
• Itadori noticed the creatures did not dissolve, and Nanami photographed a body and found it appeared in the image.
• Ijichi brought the remains to Jujutsu High, where Shoko examined them and concluded their physical structures had been rewritten by someone skilled in human anatomy and cursed energy.
• Qingxiao left Shoko in the medical room and went to assist Nanami and Itadori.

Qingxiao found Sukuna's Finger in Junpei Yoshino's home, then learned that Nanami had encountered a Special Grade Cursed Spirit and been injured. He left dinner to go to Nanami's location.

• Qingxiao found Itadori and Junpei talking by the river and watched them from nearby.
• Qingxiao sensed Sukuna's Finger in Junpei's apartment, found it in a desk drawer, and took it before Junpei and his mother returned.
• At dinner with Shoko, Qingxiao received a call from Nanami, who reported finding a Special Grade Cursed Spirit that could reshape people by touch.
• Nanami told Qingxiao that his attacks had failed and his abdomen was injured, so Qingxiao demanded his location and ended the call.

After Nanami was injured on a mission, Qingxiao helped bring him to Shoko for treatment, then went to Junpei’s apartment to collect Itadori. He left Junpei with a protective omamori and returned to Jujutsu High with Itadori, who learned Nanami would recover after a few days of rest.

• Shoko reassured Qingxiao that Nanami’s injury was not his responsibility and accompanied him to treat Nanami.
• Nanami described the white-haired, stitched-face cursed spirit and its ability to modify bodies through direct skin contact.
• Qingxiao found and exorcised cursed spirits gathered around Junpei’s apartment building.
• Qingxiao visited Junpei’s home, thanked Junpei’s mother for hosting Itadori, and left her an omamori.
• Qingxiao took Itadori back to Jujutsu High and told him Nanami had been injured but would recover.

Junpei Yoshino attacked his bullies after Mahito offered him power, while Itadori tried to stop him and bring him to Jujutsu High. Mahito appeared and transformed Junpei’s shoulder, but Qingxiao severed the affected arm and struck Mahito with Black Flash, leaving Mahito badly injured but confident he could heal.

• Junpei left home after spending the night thinking about Mahito’s offer to give him power.
• Qingxiao and Itadori rushed to Junpei’s school, where Junpei was beating a blond student and fought Itadori on the rooftop.
• Junpei rejected Itadori’s offer to join Jujutsu High, and Qingxiao said he would help Junpei kill the bullies.
• Mahito appeared behind Junpei and used Idle Transfiguration on his shoulder, but Qingxiao severed the arm and threw Junpei to Itadori.
• Qingxiao struck Mahito with Black Flash, sending him through the school and into a stone pillar.
• Mahito emerged badly injured but believed he could heal by reshaping his soul.

Qingxiao fought Mahito and discovered that his soul had fused with his flesh, letting him strike Mahito’s soul and learn the core of the soul. Mahito fled by splitting himself apart and using Domain Expansion to cover his escape, but Qingxiao shattered the domain almost immediately.

• Mahito attacked Qingxiao with transformed limbs and weapons, but Qingxiao blocked every assault without retreating.
• Mahito grabbed Qingxiao’s arm and tried to use Idle Transfiguration, only to find Qingxiao’s soul fused with his flesh and impossible to reshape.
• Qingxiao realized how to reach the core of the soul and punched Mahito, badly injuring him and making him fear for his life.
• Mahito sent more than a dozen Transfigured Humans at Qingxiao as distractions, but Qingxiao destroyed them while Mahito fled toward the rooftop’s edge.
• Mahito split into hundreds of fragments, sent most of them as bait, and escaped through a sewer with the core of his soul.
• Mahito reassembled and cast Self-Embodiment of Perfection to buy time, but Qingxiao broke the domain from within in under three seconds.

After Mahito escaped Guyue Qingxiao, Kenjaku canceled the planned Exchange Event invasion and arranged a stealthier raid on Jujutsu High. Meanwhile, Qingxiao realized his attacks could damage souls but warned himself that the irreversible power demanded restraint, before Shoko Ieiri caught him laughing in the middle of the night.

• Mahito returned to Kenjaku, Jogo, and Hanami and warned that Guyue Qingxiao was far stronger than their intelligence had suggested.
• Kenjaku scrapped the Exchange Event invasion and planned to infiltrate Jujutsu High with Mahito, while Jogo and Hanami prepared barriers in Shibuya.
• Jogo and Hanami accepted Kenjaku's plan, and Mahito left with the group while anticipating a future clash between Qingxiao, Satoru Gojo, and Sukuna.
• Qingxiao reviewed his fight with Mahito and realized he could make his attacks damage souls, though the irreversible harm meant he would have to use the ability carefully.
• Shoko Ieiri found Qingxiao laughing on the living-room rug and threatened to make him sleep on the couch if he kept it up.

Junpei recovered from his injuries, while Qingxiao and Itadori argued about revenge and the value of human life. At the Goodwill Event, Gojo brought Itadori back to his classmates, who were relieved and angry that he had hidden his survival.

• Shoko told Junpei and Nagi Yoshino that his wound had healed, but his left arm could not be reattached, and Junpei reassured his mother.
• Itadori questioned Qingxiao about helping Junpei take revenge, and Gojo interrupted to announce a plan to reveal that Itadori was alive.
• Qingxiao met Tokyo Jujutsu High's students at the barrier entrance while they waited for Gojo and the promised guest.
• Gojo arrived with a black-cloth-covered box, gave Kyoto Jujutsu High students souvenirs, and revealed Itadori inside it.
• Kugisaki struck Itadori for hiding that he was alive, then turned away and said she was glad he had survived.

Guyue Qingxiao confronted Yoshinobu Gakuganji after learning the higher-ups ordered Kyoto students to kill Yuji Itadori during the team battle. He then told Satoru Gojo and Utahime Iori about the order and set off with Gojo to confront the higher-ups.

• Yoshinobu Gakuganji told Kyoto Jujutsu High's students that the higher-ups had ordered them to kill Yuji Itadori during the team battle and disguise it as an accident.
• Aoi Todo rejected the order, and Guyue Qingxiao arrived, mocked Gakuganji, and warned that he would confront the higher-ups.
• Satoru Gojo asked Utahime Iori to investigate possible cooperation between people in Kyoto and curse users or cursed spirits, then teased her.
• Guyue Qingxiao told Satoru Gojo and Utahime Iori about the order to kill Itadori and said he planned to visit the Higher-Ups' Meeting Hall.
• Satoru Gojo agreed to accompany Qingxiao, and the two left together to confront the higher-ups.

After Sukuna's Fingers and the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings were stolen, Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo suspected an insider had helped Mahito's group. They divided up the investigation, and Qingxiao privately theorized that Kenjaku might be using Mahito and the stolen artifacts to create a half-cursed-spirit Ryomen Sukuna.

• Ijichi reported that all six of Ryomen Sukuna's Fingers and the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings had been stolen, and Gakuganji described the intruder's formidable barrier and concealment techniques.
• Qingxiao connected the theft to Mahito and suspected Kenjaku, while Masamichi Yaga ordered stronger barriers and additional patrols ahead of the Goodwill Event.
• Satoru Gojo, Qingxiao, and Utahime Iori suspected a mole and split up the investigation into Jujutsu High personnel, the higher-ups, and Mahito's cursed energy traces.
• After leaving Utahime Iori, Qingxiao told Satoru Gojo he suspected Kenjaku planned to use Mahito's technique and the Death Paintings to create a half-cursed-spirit Ryomen Sukuna.
• Satoru Gojo dismissed Qingxiao's increasingly elaborate theory, but Qingxiao ended by saying it was hard to say.

Guyue Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo went to bring Yuta Okkotsu to Jujutsu High and confronted Rika in an abandoned threshing ground. Gojo calmed Rika and persuaded her to let Yuta go with them, while Okkotsu wondered whether the two men were fit to be teachers.

• Guyue Qingxiao met Yuta Okkotsu and offered to take him to Jujutsu High, then drove him to an isolated threshing ground.
• Qingxiao provoked Rika into revealing her monstrous form, and she attacked him as Okkotsu tried to stop her.
• Qingxiao dodged Rika's attacks and struck her three times, briefly disrupting her cursed energy before her rage returned.
• Satoru Gojo used Limitless to stop Rika's attacks and reassured her that Jujutsu High would help her stay with and protect Okkotsu.
• Rika calmed down and withdrew into Okkotsu, who collapsed and questioned whether Qingxiao and Gojo were fit to be teachers.

After Okkotsu found hope in joining Jujutsu High, he began learning to control his cursed energy so he could protect Rika. He and Maki trained with Qingxiao, who pushed them to exhaustion and invited them back the next day.

• On the drive back, Okkotsu resolved to become strong enough to control Rika and keep people from getting hurt.
• Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo took Okkotsu to a ramen shop, where their casual kindness helped him feel at ease.
• The next day, Satoru Gojo told Okkotsu that Rika had grown from his cursed energy and that he first needed to control himself.
• Okkotsu asked Panda and Maki how to improve his cursed energy control, and Maki agreed to help him train with Qingxiao.
• After Shoko contacted Qingxiao, Okkotsu and Maki went to the basement gym, where Qingxiao put them through two hours of punishing training.
• Qingxiao told the exhausted Okkotsu and Maki to return at the same time the next day.

Qingxiao entered Kenjaku’s expanding Curtain after learning that Mechamaru was the mole, and he arrived as Mechamaru fought Mahito. Kenjaku fled underground with Mahito, but Qingxiao pursued them by smashing through the earth.

• Utahime Iori told Qingxiao that Kokichi Muta was the mole, and Ijichi warned them that a large Curtain was expanding across the western suburbs.
• Qingxiao recognized Kenjaku’s Cursed Energy and entered the Curtain alone while Utahime Iori arranged evacuations.
• Mahito restored Mechamaru’s body, and Kenjaku removed some of Mechamaru’s memories before Mechamaru attacked Mahito with his mechanical parts.
• Qingxiao shattered the Curtain and confronted Kenjaku and Mahito, but Kenjaku grabbed Mahito and escaped underground.
• Qingxiao pursued Kenjaku and Mahito by blasting through the earth, while Kenjaku struggled to keep ahead of him.

Qingxiao chased Kenjaku and Mahito through underground passages but they escaped, then rescued Mechamaru and learned the cursed spirits were planning something in Shibuya. He sent Utahime and the students back to Jujutsu High while he stayed behind to search the area and prepare for the coming conflict with Kenjaku.

• Mahito and Kenjaku escaped Qingxiao through underground waterways and surfaced in the woods outside Tokyo, where Kenjaku realized the Shibuya plan would need to change.
• Qingxiao returned to Mechamaru, congratulated him on being able to walk, then demanded an explanation for his dealings with cursed spirits.
• Mechamaru warned Qingxiao of a major plan in Shibuya but could not remember its details after Kenjaku erased them from his memory.
• Qingxiao told Utahime that Mechamaru was safe, warned her not to let Assistant Supervisors track the escaped cursed spirits, and asked her to contact Principal Yaga and Satoru Gojo.
• Utahime arrived with Kasumi Miwa, who reunited with Mechamaru and learned how Qingxiao had rescued him.
• Qingxiao sent Utahime, Mechamaru, and Miwa back to Jujutsu High while he stayed to search the area and vowed to settle his old and new grudges with Kenjaku.

Qingxiao warned Satoru Gojo about Kenjaku and the Prison Realm before they split up to confront the Shibuya barriers. At the subway, Gojo faced Kenjaku’s clone while Kenjaku monitored Qingxiao’s fight and moved another clone toward Jujutsu High.

• Qingxiao told Satoru Gojo that Kenjaku had the Prison Realm, and they agreed to take separate barriers in Shibuya.
• At the assembly point, Qingxiao asked Megumi Fushiguro to use the surname Gu Yue if anyone asked, and Megumi reluctantly agreed.
• After Utahime Iori confirmed surveillance was in place, Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo headed to their assigned barriers as hired curse users activated Cursed Objects.
• At the subway station, Kenjaku appeared in Nagayumi Jin’s body, but Gojo identified him and his techniques before Kenjaku could introduce himself.
• Kenjaku attacked Gojo with cursed-energy blasts and clones, but Gojo stopped the attacks and protected civilians with Blue.
• Kenjaku kept Gojo occupied while monitoring four cursed spirits attacking Qingxiao and sending another clone toward Jujutsu High.

Guyue Qingxiao fought Kenjaku’s group of cursed spirits in a crowded subway tunnel, avoiding attacks that threatened civilians and sending a speeding train full of transfigured humans flying backward. He identified Choso as the team’s marksman and rushed through the enemy formation to attack him.

• Guyue Qingxiao confronted Kenjaku’s double and refused to be baited by Nagayumi Jin’s face, while Jogo launched the first attack.
• Guyue Qingxiao dodged Jogo’s flames and Hanami’s roots, then threw a broken section of rail at Choso to interrupt his Piercing Blood.
• Mahito sent a subway train packed with transfigured humans charging at Guyue Qingxiao, who stopped it with his foot and sent it flying backward.
• Guyue Qingxiao evaded the cursed spirits and incapacitated the transfigured humans while protecting the ordinary people on the platform.
• Guyue Qingxiao assessed the cursed spirits’ coordinated roles and charged through their attacks to target Choso first.

Qingxiao knocked Choso unconscious with a Black Flash, then fought off Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon while Kenjaku healed Choso and persuaded him to leave. Choso headed to XX Department Store to await Mahito, and Qingxiao turned back to face the three Cursed Spirits.

• Choso activated Flowing Red Scale and attacked Qingxiao with a blood spear, but Qingxiao struck him with a Black Flash and sent him crashing into the tunnel wall.
• Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon launched a coordinated assault on Qingxiao, who evaded their attacks.
• Kenjaku's Clone healed Choso with Reverse Cursed Technique and told him that Yuji Itadori was the real culprit behind his younger brothers' deaths.
• Choso accepted Kenjaku's offer and left through a gap in the barrier to wait at XX Department Store for Mahito.
• Qingxiao destroyed Jogo's fireball, noticed Choso was gone, and challenged Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon.

Mahito fled while Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon stayed behind to face Guyue Qingxiao. After Qingxiao defeated Hanami despite its attempt to use civilians as shields, Kenjaku's clone revealed that his real plan targeted Shoko Ieiri.

• Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon urged Mahito to escape and preserve the future of cursed spirits, so Mahito ran deeper into the tunnel.
• Qingxiao warned Mahito that he would pursue him, and Mahito sent transfigured humans in different directions to slow the chase.
• Jogo attacked Qingxiao while Hanami formed a wooden spear, but Hanami then used two civilians as shields to try to stop Qingxiao.
• Qingxiao struck through the civilians with Black Flash and grievously wounded Hanami, prompting Jogo to blame him for their deaths.
• Kenjaku's clone emerged from the shadows and told Qingxiao that his people had taken Shoko Ieiri away.

Guyue Qingxiao thwarted Kenjaku’s hostage plan and defeated Jogo and Dagon in the Shibuya tunnel while Hanami lay dying. He left carrying the three Cursed Spirits, intending to deliver them to Suguru Geto.

• Kenjaku threatened Shoko Ieiri, but Qingxiao claimed she was abroad with Yuki Tsukumo and punched his Clone apart.
• Jogo blamed Nagayumi Jin for using the Cursed Spirits and vowed to avenge Hanami, while Dagon flooded the tunnel.
• Qingxiao interrupted Jogo’s Maximum Technique with a Black Flash and knocked him into the tunnel wall.
• Dagon hid underwater, but Qingxiao caught up, struck him with a Black Flash, and dragged him out of the water.
• Qingxiao tied Jogo, Dagon, and Hanami together with steel cable and headed for the station exit to take them to Suguru Geto.

Qingxiao watched Satoru Gojo battle a powerful Kenjaku clone before leaving the barrier and encountering Toji Fushiguro chasing Megumi. When Toji asked the boy his name, Megumi followed Qingxiao’s advice and gave him a different surname.

• Qingxiao finished clearing his barrier and went to watch Satoru Gojo fight Kenjaku’s clone in a clash of domains.
• Satoru Gojo damaged the clone with Hollow Technique: Purple, and Qingxiao left the barrier after warning him not to let it escape.
• Qingxiao saw a freight truck crash into a building and realized Toji Fushiguro was fighting nearby.
• Megumi Fushiguro fled into an alley, where Toji caught up with him while Qingxiao watched without intervening.
• Toji regained his senses and asked Megumi his name, and Megumi answered, “Gu Yue... Megumi.”

Toji Fushiguro confronted Megumi before Qingxiao stopped him from ending the séance, then revealed Toji was Megumi’s biological father and that Qingxiao had killed him. Realizing Kenjaku’s real target was Yuji Itadori and Sukuna, Qingxiao left to find Satoru Gojo while Megumi asked Toji to stay and answer his questions.

• Toji realized Megumi’s surname was Fushiguro, but Qingxiao tricked him into thinking it had changed to Gu Yue before admitting it was a joke.
• Toji tried to end the séance by stabbing himself with Playful Cloud, but Qingxiao stopped him.
• Qingxiao told Megumi that Toji was his biological father and that Qingxiao had killed Toji.
• Qingxiao realized Kenjaku had targeted Yuji Itadori and Sukuna, then heard Sukuna’s cursed energy surge across Shibuya.
• Qingxiao ordered Megumi to go to the East Evacuation Point and left to find Satoru Gojo.
• Megumi caught Toji’s sleeve and asked to speak with him, and Toji agreed despite having little time left.

Mahito and Choso lured Yuji Itadori into an abandoned department store and cornered him in a two-on-one attack. Just as Itadori was about to be overwhelmed, Aoi Todo burst through a wall to join him.

• Mahito met Choso at the abandoned department store and said Jogo and the others had stayed behind to cover their escape.
• Mahito and Choso set a trap, using Transfigured Humans to draw Yuji Itadori into the store while Choso insisted on taking revenge for his brothers.
• Itadori followed the Transfigured Humans despite suspecting a trap after hearing what sounded like a person crying.
• Choso attacked Itadori with Blood Manipulation as Mahito blocked the exit, and the two pressured him with blood attacks, strikes, and falling debris.
• As Mahito's punch drove Itadori toward a concrete wall, Aoi Todo smashed through it, landed beside him, and greeted him as his best friend.

Todo and Itadori fought Mahito and Choso, using Boogie Woogie and the sprinklers to disrupt their opponents before the tide turned against them again. Todo created an opening for Itadori to land a Black Flash on Mahito, while a mysterious voice taunted Todo about abandoning his brother.

• Todo switched places with Itadori, allowing them to coordinate attacks against Mahito and Choso and disrupt their timing with feints.
• Mahito ordered Choso to stop holding back, and the pair increased their attacks until Itadori was wounded.
• Todo smashed a smoke detector, triggering the sprinklers and diluting Choso’s blood techniques so Itadori could strike him.
• Mahito sent Transfigured Humans to shut off the water while he fought Todo and Itadori, and Choso’s blood techniques returned once the sprinklers stopped.
• Todo redirected Mahito’s punch into Choso’s Blood Blade, creating an opening for Itadori to hit Mahito with Black Flash.
• A voice taunted Todo by asking whether he would leave his brother alone again.

Todo wounded Choso with a Black Flash, but Mahito and Choso overwhelmed Todo and Itadori. As Mahito prepared to force Sukuna’s Finger into Itadori, Choso was struck by memories of Itadori calling him “big brother.”

• Todo swapped places with Choso and struck him with a Black Flash, sending him crashing into metal shelves.
• Mahito briefly expanded his Domain and transfigured Todo’s arm, so Todo cut off his own right hand to stop the effect.
• Choso shot Todo with blood arrows while Mahito kept Itadori from intervening, leaving Todo buried beneath rubble and gravely wounded.
• Mahito and Choso subdued Itadori, and Mahito threatened his friends before trying to make him swallow Sukuna’s Finger.
• Choso questioned Itadori about his dead brothers, then experienced strange memories of Itadori smiling and calling him “big brother.”

Choso stopped Mahito from forcing Sukuna’s finger into Itadori’s mouth, and the two joined forces against him. Mahito revealed that they had been fighting his Clone and unleashed a horde of Transfigured Humans; after a prolonged battle, the Clone and all the creatures fell, leaving Mahito alone.

• Choso intervened as Mahito tried to force the finger into Itadori’s mouth, then helped Itadori stand and insisted that no one touch him until he learned the truth.
• Mahito accused Choso of abandoning their allies and threatened him for siding with Itadori, prompting Choso to attack with blood arrows while Itadori struck Mahito’s apparent body.
• Mahito revealed that the body they had fought was a Clone and summoned more than a dozen Transfigured Humans to attack the wounded pair.
• Choso and Itadori fought back-to-back, using Blood Manipulation and Black Flash to destroy the Transfigured Humans and wear down Mahito’s Clone.
• The final Transfigured Human fell and Mahito’s Clone dissipated, leaving Mahito’s real body alone in the ruined hall.