Recaps

Mahito awakened Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing and fought Itadori and Choso, but their coordinated attacks shattered his new form. As his consciousness faded, he opened his eyes in an endless snowfield and saw a figure approaching.

• Itadori and Mahito clashed with Black Flash, and Mahito narrowly lost the exchange.
• Choso struck Mahito with Piercing Blood while he was vulnerable, and Mahito realized his resources and chances of escape were gone.
• Mahito transformed into Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing and vowed to kill Itadori, Choso, and then Guyue Qingxiao.
• Itadori and Choso worked together to fend off Mahito, using Black Flash and Piercing Blood to break through his defenses.
• Mahito was knocked into rubble and his Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing was shattered; as his consciousness darkened, he awoke in a snowy expanse and saw a figure approaching.

Itadori cornered Mahito in the snow, while Kenjaku revealed that Mahito had only ever been a disposable resource for the Culling Game. After absorbing Mahito, Kenjaku began calculating how to activate the barriers before Satoru Gojo and Guyue Qingxiao could reach him.

• Itadori pursued Mahito through the snow, dodging his snowballs and declaring that he would keep killing Mahito no matter what form he took.
• Itadori kicked Mahito into Kenjaku, and Mahito begged Kenjaku to save him and help continue the plan to awaken Sukuna.
• Kenjaku told Mahito that Idle Transfiguration was needed to deploy the Culling Game barriers and that Mahito had been a disposable resource from the start.
• Kenjaku absorbed Mahito into a Cursed Spirit Orb after Mahito could no longer use Cursed Energy to resist.
• Kenjaku estimated that Gojo and Guyue Qingxiao could arrive within three minutes and concluded that Ryomen Sukuna was the only person who could hold them off.

Kenjaku defeated Itadori and Choso, then forced Itadori to consume ten of Sukuna’s fingers and awakened Sukuna with the power of sixteen fingers. Sukuna headed toward Shibuya’s eastern Curtain to face Gojo and Qingxiao while Kenjaku began activating the Culling Game, and Gojo and Qingxiao set out to meet Sukuna.

• Choso identified Kenjaku as Nagayumi Jin, and he and Itadori attacked him, but Kenjaku easily overwhelmed them.
• Kenjaku knocked Choso unconscious and forced ten of Sukuna’s fingers into Itadori, awakening Sukuna with sixteen fingers’ worth of power.
• Sukuna learned that Gojo and Qingxiao were at Shibuya’s eastern Main Curtain and flew toward them.
• Kenjaku used the Cursed Spirit Orb to begin activating the Culling Game, expecting it to take eight minutes.
• Qingxiao met Gojo, told him Sukuna had been resurrected, and the two headed toward the battlefield.

Satoru Gojo and Guyue Qingxiao confronted Ryomen Sukuna in Shibuya after his overwhelming Cursed Energy erupted across the city. They prepared to begin their fight, wary that Kenjaku had still not appeared.

• A burst of Cursed Energy far beyond Special Grade shook the city, and Maki Zenin urged the teams to find Satoru Gojo and Guyue Qingxiao.
• Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao flew toward the city center while the others followed at a distance.
• Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao confronted Ryomen Sukuna and declared him the challenger, shocking the Sorcerers who recognized the legendary King of Curses.
• Qingxiao warned everyone to retreat at least a kilometer, and Nanami organized their withdrawal and deployment of a Curtain.
• Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao bumped fists, releasing a wave of Cursed Energy across Shibuya, then agreed to end the fight quickly while noting Kenjaku's absence.

Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo teamed up to overwhelm Sukuna with close-range attacks and powerful techniques, but Sukuna found an opening and nearly severed Qingxiao’s arm. Qingxiao healed the injury and charged back into the fight, more wary but still pressing forward.

• Satoru Gojo blasted a hole through Sukuna’s crimson slash grid with Blue, and Qingxiao rushed through the dust to attack.
• Qingxiao struck Sukuna with four consecutive Black Flashes, breaking his arms and forcing him to retreat while Satoru Gojo disrupted his healing with Red.
• Sukuna recovered enough to evade Qingxiao’s attacks and cut deeply into his right arm with Cleave.
• Qingxiao healed his nearly severed arm with Reverse Cursed Technique and declared that he would attack again.

Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo forced Sukuna to open Malevolent Shrine, then countered with Unlimited Void, and the two domains destroyed each other. With all three fighters’ cursed techniques burned out, Sukuna faced Qingxiao in hand-to-hand combat, where he was at a disadvantage.

• Qingxiao caught Sukuna’s attempted escape and struck him with his fifth and sixth Black Flashes while Gojo pressured him with Red and a small Purple.
• Satoru Gojo charged a full-power Hollow Technique: Purple overhead, trapping Sukuna between the attack and Qingxiao’s close-range assault.
• Sukuna opened Malevolent Shrine to avoid being crippled by Purple, and Gojo dissipated the attack to counter with Unlimited Void.
• Unlimited Void and Malevolent Shrine clashed and collapsed, causing cursed technique burnout for both Sukuna and Satoru Gojo.
• Kusakabe and Maki Zenin realized the fight would continue through hand-to-hand combat, where Qingxiao had the advantage over Sukuna.

Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo defeated Sukuna, who withdrew from Itadori’s body, while Kenjaku launched the Culling Game. They found Kenjaku’s recorded explanation of its rules and prepared to face the new threat as Jujutsu High’s sorcerers returned to the battlefield.

• Qingxiao charged Sukuna after their domains dissipated and overwhelmed him while his injuries and disrupted cursed energy left him weakened.
• Sukuna conceded the fight and promised to return in his complete, twenty-finger form before Itadori regained control and passed out.
• Qingxiao carried Itadori as he and Satoru Gojo pursued Kenjaku’s cursed energy, but they found only a phone containing Kenjaku’s video explaining the Culling Game.
• Qingxiao smashed the phone while preserving its memory card, and he and Satoru Gojo joked about the Culling Game as a battle royale.
• Jujutsu High’s sorcerers returned to Shibuya Square and recognized the vast gulf between themselves and the strongest.

After a hard day coordinating defenses and treating the wounded, Qingxiao returned home to Shoko, comforted her, and proudly recounted fighting Sukuna and four special grade cursed spirits. Shoko told him Lord Tengen wanted to see them again, and Qingxiao asked her to stay inside the Tombs of the Star Corridor while he and Satoru handled matters outside.

• Qingxiao finished arranging the barrier defenses and wounded transport, then went to meet Shoko at the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• Shoko treated the wounded, reporting that three had been transferred and four serious cases were stable.
• Qingxiao welcomed the exhausted Shoko home, took her cigarette away, and kissed her.
• Qingxiao told Shoko how he had fought four special grade cursed spirits and Sukuna, while she listened and praised him.
• Shoko said Lord Tengen wanted to see them again the next day, and Qingxiao asked her to remain in the Tombs while he and Satoru handled things outside.

Naobito named Naoya Zenin successor to the clan leadership but made the position conditional on a contest with Megumi Fushiguro. Naoya accepted the challenge and planned to seek Megumi in the Culling Game, while Ogi and Jinichi plotted against him.

• Naobito declared Naoya the successor to Clan Head, but said Megumi would inherit the position if Naoya failed to defeat him within three years.
• Ogi objected to Megumi competing for the position, but Naoya accepted the condition and cited Qingxiao's belief in fair competition.
• Naoya brushed off a collision with a boy from a collateral branch without striking him, then overheard Ogi and Jinichi discussing a plot to arrange an accident for Megumi inside a barrier.
• Naoya rejected their underhanded plan, studied a list of Megumi's Completed Shikigami, and resolved to fight him fairly in the Culling Game.

In Jujutsu High's Medical Room, Yuji Itadori and Choso acknowledged their bond as brothers, and Choso agreed to join Yuji in the Culling Game. The chapter ended with Yuji reassuring Choso that they would have time together after the crisis passed.

• Yuji Itadori asked Choso what they were to each other, and Choso called him his younger brother despite their different fathers and mothers.
• Yuji accepted that Choso would not hurt him and asked what Choso planned to do next.
• Choso offered to help Yuji in the Culling Game on the condition that Yuji call him Big Brother.
• Yuji called Choso Big Brother, and Choso worried that Jujutsu High would reject him because he was a Cursed Womb.
• Choso regretted not bringing Eso and Kechizu with him, and Yuji comforted him by saying they would have time together after the Culling Game.

Yuki Tsukumo joined Nanami, Satoru Gojo, Qingxiao, and the students as they prepared to visit Lord Tengen, and Suguru Geto emerged from hiding. Nanami confirmed Geto was secretly working with them, while Megumi Fushiguro asked Qingxiao to help his unconscious sister, Tsumiki, and received his reassurance.

• Nanami gathered everyone to visit Lord Tengen, and Yuki Tsukumo arrived, strengthening their group.
• Satoru Gojo teased that another powerful ally was coming, and Qingxiao revealed Suguru Geto in the courtyard.
• The students reacted warily to Geto until Nanami explained that he was secretly purging Jujutsu Society's corrupt higher-ups and was on their side.
• Maki accepted a temporary alliance with Geto after hearing the Special Grades vouch for him.
• Megumi Fushiguro told Qingxiao that Tsumiki was still unconscious, and Qingxiao promised she would be taken care of.

Tengen explained Kenjaku’s plan for the Culling Game, and Qingxiao organized the group’s response, claiming the strongest colonies for himself. After Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo settled who would guard Tengen with a game of rock-paper-scissors, Qingxiao led the others out to enter the Culling Game.

• Tengen explained that Kenjaku planned to use the Culling Game to awaken cursed energy in humanity and merge them with her, while innocent people including Tsumiki Fushiguro were trapped in the colonies.
• Qingxiao proposed adding a rule to allow point transfers and claimed Tokyo No. 1, Tokyo No. 2, and Sendai colonies, saying he would earn a thousand points and end the game.
• Satoru Gojo warned that Choso and Yuki Tsukumo could not stop Kenjaku and agreed with Qingxiao that one of them should guard the base; Qingxiao won their rock-paper-scissors match, leaving Gojo to protect Tengen and Shoko Ieiri.
• Shoko embraced Qingxiao and urged him to take care, while Qingxiao joked with Suguru Geto that his strategy was “Europe and America” and “wild.”
• Qingxiao led Suguru Geto, the students, Nanami, Choso, and the others out of the Tombs of the Star Corridor to enter the Culling Game, while Satoru Gojo and Shoko stayed behind awaiting Yuta Okkotsu and Kinji Hakari.

Maki was lured into the Old Cursed Tool Storehouse, where Ogi attacked her and Mai before Naoya intervened and killed him. After leaving the injured sisters behind, Naoya received word that Megumi Fushiguro was in Tokyo No. 1 Colony and set out to find him.

• Ogi lured Maki into the Old Cursed Tool Storehouse, where she found Mai badly wounded and unconscious.
• Maki fought Ogi but was struck by his cursed energy blade as he blamed the sisters for his failure to become clan head.
• Naoya arrived, insulted Ogi, and beat him with Projection Sorcery before throwing him into the Cursed Spirit Cage, where the spirits killed him.
• Maki rejected Naoya's condescending offer of help and vowed to crush him one day, while Naoya dismissed her and left.
• Naoya received a message that Megumi Fushiguro was in Tokyo No. 1 Colony and said he would go find him.

Qingxiao entered the Culling Game and effortlessly killed three waves of Sorcerers, gaining sixty points while searching for a worthy opponent. Asano Kiri spotted him and considered attacking, but her Life Measurement technique revealed something that left her stunned.

• Qingxiao landed in Tokyo’s ruined streets and told Gold Beetle to notify him when he reached a hundred points.
• Three Sorcerers attacked Qingxiao, and he wiped out the third wave with ease, bringing his total to sixty points.
• Asano Kiri watched from an abandoned office building and weighed whether Qingxiao was weak enough to ambush for points.
• Asano activated Life Measurement to check Qingxiao’s health bar, then gasped and dropped her pen cap.

Asano Kiri sensed Qingxiao’s overwhelming strength from afar and fled, while Qingxiao encountered Hajime Kashimo in an abandoned industrial park. Kashimo demanded to know where Sukuna was, then refused to believe Qingxiao’s claim that he had defeated him.

• Asano Kiri saw a vast health bar and countless skill slots above a passing man, recognized the danger, and hid until he had gone.
• Asano Kiri gathered her belongings and fled the office building, deciding to avoid the Culling Game’s core area.
• Qingxiao cleared several low-level Cursed Spirits in an abandoned industrial park and met Hajime Kashimo, who introduced himself as the strongest Sorcerer of four hundred years ago.
• Hajime Kashimo asked where Sukuna was, and Qingxiao said he had defeated Sukuna and forced him back into his Incarnated Vessel.
• Hajime Kashimo called Qingxiao’s claim bullshit and questioned how someone with such weak Cursed Energy could defeat Sukuna.

Hajime Kashimo challenged Qingxiao to a fight, agreeing to pursue him instead of Sukuna if Qingxiao won. Qingxiao held back his Cursed Energy while testing Kashimo’s tactical lightning attacks, and Kashimo prepared a full-power strike to test his opponent’s durability.

• Hajime Kashimo proposed that Qingxiao take him to Sukuna if Qingxiao lost, but that he would pursue Qingxiao instead if he won.
• Qingxiao accepted the challenge and chose not to use Cursed Energy as they began fighting in the Abandoned Industrial Park.
• Hajime Kashimo attacked with his iron staff and carefully placed lightning arcs, while Qingxiao blocked and dodged to study his tactics.
• Hajime Kashimo’s shocks left faint scorch marks on Qingxiao, and he suspected Qingxiao had a Heavenly Restriction because his Cursed Energy seemed weak.
• Qingxiao noticed Kashimo’s Positive Charge Marks and dodged the tracking attacks, while Kashimo grew frustrated that Qingxiao was not attacking seriously.
• Hajime Kashimo concentrated his Cursed Energy at the tip of his staff and prepared a full-power strike to test Qingxiao’s body.

Qingxiao tested Hajime Kashimo’s sure-hit lightning, survived its strongest blow, and overwhelmed him with his physical speed and strength. After Hajime Kashimo guessed Qingxiao had Heavenly Restriction, Qingxiao challenged him to use Domain Expansion.

• Hajime Kashimo concentrated his cursed energy into a sure-hit lightning strike that struck Qingxiao’s shoulder and sent him crashing through a factory wall.
• Qingxiao rose with his wound healing and asked Hajime Kashimo how his charge-based attack worked.
• Qingxiao suddenly increased his speed and began overpowering Hajime Kashimo with close-range physical attacks.
• Hajime Kashimo struggled to land lightning, took several heavy blows, and saw a crack form in his iron staff.
• Hajime Kashimo concluded that Qingxiao had Heavenly Restriction and retreated onto a steel framework.
• Qingxiao said he had tested Hajime Kashimo’s abilities and urged him to use Domain Expansion.

Qingxiao pushed Hajime Kashimo to the brink while trying to provoke him into opening his domain, but Kashimo instead unleashed a charge-based attack that damaged Qingxiao from within. Qingxiao felt pain for the first time in the Culling Game, asked what the move was called, and named it “Firecracker.”

• Qingxiao urged Hajime Kashimo to use his domain, unaware Kashimo had never learned to open one.
• Qingxiao intensified his assault, and Hajime Kashimo fought back with increasingly frantic lightning and staff strikes.
• As his defense buckled, Hajime Kashimo decided to use Positive and Negative Charge Detonation, his costly hidden attack.
• Hajime Kashimo injected negative charges into Qingxiao’s left arm and detonated them, causing internal burns, numbness, and muscle spasms.
• Qingxiao examined his injured arm, found the pain interesting, and named Hajime Kashimo’s attack “Firecracker.”

Qingxiao and Hajime Kashimo continued fighting as a storm weakened Kashimo’s electrical Cursed Energy. Refusing to stop, Kashimo gambled on drawing natural lightning from the clouds, and the chapter ended as he raised his iron staff to unleash Heavenly Punishment.

• Qingxiao asked Hajime Kashimo to attack again, but Kashimo realized his Cursed Energy was running low and he was losing ground.
• A heavy rainstorm swept across the Abandoned Industrial Park, causing Kashimo’s electrical attacks to disperse through the water.
• Qingxiao offered to move the fight indoors, but Hajime Kashimo refused and charged him through the rain.
• As his Cursed Energy drained, Hajime Kashimo retreated beside a steel support column and set up a conductive path between the clouds and the flooded ground.
• Qingxiao sensed the charge building in the storm clouds, and Hajime Kashimo raised his iron staff and declared his move was called Heavenly Punishment.

Qingxiao survived Hajime Kashimo’s lightning attack and continued fighting him after Kashimo’s Cursed Energy ran out. The battle ended with Kashimo attacking more recklessly after Qingxiao urged him to use Domain Expansion, while Qingxiao concluded that he could not use it.

• Hajime Kashimo used a lightning strike that scorched Qingxiao, but Qingxiao regenerated and remained standing.
• Asano Kiri watched from a distant office building and realized Qingxiao had won the exchange.
• Hajime Kashimo picked up his iron staff and kept fighting despite his depleted Cursed Energy, so Qingxiao charged and resumed their sparring match.
• Qingxiao and Hajime Kashimo traded blows until the damaged iron staff snapped, after which Kashimo continued fighting barehanded.
• Qingxiao urged Hajime Kashimo to use Domain Expansion, and Kashimo angrily insisted it was not time yet.
• Qingxiao concluded from Hajime Kashimo’s reaction that he could not use Domain Expansion.

Qingxiao accidentally struck Hajime Kashimo with a Black Flash, leaving him badly injured but alive. As Qingxiao waited beside him, Kashimo accepted that his long search for a worthy opponent had ended with a satisfying fight, though he regretted not giving Lord Guyue Qingxiao his fill.

• Hajime Kashimo attacked Qingxiao with the last of his strength, and Qingxiao instinctively landed a Black Flash instead of holding back.
• Qingxiao found Kashimo unconscious among the rubble, confirmed he was alive, and stayed nearby while he recovered.
• Kashimo realized Qingxiao had never relied on Heavenly Restriction and had been humoring him throughout the fight.
• In a vision of Kenjaku, Kashimo said the Culling Game had satisfied him and that meeting Qingxiao had made his journey worthwhile.
• Kashimo regretted not using Mythical Beast Amber to give Lord Guyue Qingxiao his fill, then accepted his fate and closed his eyes.

Hajime Kashimo woke after Qingxiao’s Black Flash and realized Qingxiao had held back throughout their fight. After Qingxiao invited him to join his side, Kashimo reluctantly agreed, then asked what their relationship would be.

• Hajime Kashimo woke among the rubble and realized Qingxiao had pulled back most of the force of his final Black Flash.
• Qingxiao explained that he had wanted an evenly matched fight because they were the same kind of person.
• Qingxiao invited Hajime Kashimo to join his side, and Kashimo reluctantly accepted for the promise of future fights.
• Hajime Kashimo wondered what they would be to each other and finally asked Qingxiao what they were now.

Qingxiao and Hajime Kashimo left the Industrial Park as friends, though Kashimo still refused to reveal his domain until Qingxiao could push him far enough. The next day, after Kashimo badly roasted a wild boar, Qingxiao sensed powerful cursed energy nearby, and the two hurried off to find a fight.

• Qingxiao called Hajime Kashimo his friend, and Kashimo awkwardly accepted the name Little Deer while insisting he would show his domain only when Qingxiao could challenge him enough.
• The next day, Hajime Kashimo paralyzed a wild boar with electricity and decided to roast it as they traveled toward the Culling Game's core area.
• Hajime Kashimo singed the boar's bristles with precise electricity but burned the meat over an overly strong fire, and Qingxiao tasted it anyway.
• Qingxiao sensed very strong cursed energy three kilometers away, and Hajime Kashimo eagerly abandoned the meal to go fight.

Qingxiao and Hajime Kashimo interrupted Hana Kurusu as she faced a gang, then challenged her to fight after recognizing Angel inside her. Angel introduced herself and used her technique as the confrontation shifted toward a battle.

• Hana Kurusu hesitated to fight four men cornering her, while Angel urged her to stop them without killing them.
• Qingxiao threw the first three men out of the alley, and Hajime Kashimo incapacitated their knife-wielding leader with an electric arc.
• Hana Kurusu thanked Qingxiao and Hajime Kashimo, but Hajime immediately challenged her to fight.
• Qingxiao provoked Hana Kurusu about her earlier resolve and realized someone else lived inside her body.
• Qingxiao asked Angel to take over, and Angel introduced herself and spoke the words “Iretongwan.”

Qingxiao fought Angel, whose Cursed Technique Nullification failed to stop his physical strength and toughness. After he caught her and grounded her, Angel switched to hand-to-hand combat, but her attacks could barely affect him, and he calmly redirected her back to her starting point.

• Angel warned that her pillars of light could forcibly strip incarnation from vessels, so Hajime Kashimo retreated from the fight.
• Angel rose into the air and attacked Qingxiao with pillars of light, but he dodged them and charged after her by stepping on empty space.
• Angel's nullification struck Qingxiao without disrupting him, and Hajime Kashimo revealed that Qingxiao only had his basic attack available.
• Qingxiao predicted Angel's next turn, caught her ankle, and pulled her down to the ground.
• Angel abandoned her Cursed Technique and attacked Qingxiao with skilled hand-to-hand strikes, but he absorbed the force and redirected her safely back to where she had started.