Chapter Summaries

Sukuna tricked Uraume into believing he would marry her, then fled as Qingxiao approached. Uraume blocked Qingxiao from pursuing him by threatening Tsumiki's body and unleashed her domain, leaving Qingxiao facing her sure-hit Perfect Sphere.

• Sukuna promised to make Uraume his principal wife and let her plan a wedding involving the slaughter of three villages.
• When Mahoraga's presence vanished and Qingxiao's Cursed Energy drew near, Sukuna fled through the ruins, leaving Uraume behind.
• Qingxiao found Itadori unconscious and injured, Hana Kurusu badly hurt, and Sukuna retreating in Megumi Fushiguro's body.
• Uraume, possessing Tsumiki Fushiguro's body, threatened to kill herself and Tsumiki if Qingxiao pursued Sukuna, then boasted about the promised marriage.
• Qingxiao refused to be delayed and threatened to beat Uraume out of Tsumiki, so Uraume activated Domain Expansion: Threefold Affliction.
• Uraume formed a Perfect Sphere and sent it toward Qingxiao with the domain's sure-hit effect; Qingxiao dodged, saw it adjust its course, and braced for impact.

Qingxiao destroyed Uraume’s Threefold Affliction with his Domain Expansion, disabling her cursed techniques and leaving her vulnerable. He charged through the dust and struck her armored chest with a Black Flash.

• Uraume’s Perfect Sphere tore through Qingxiao’s cursed energy and severely wounded his arm, but Reverse Cursed Technique healed him almost instantly.
• Qingxiao retreated beyond the Perfect Sphere’s range and used Earth Is Receptive to convert his tempered physical strength into cursed energy.
• Qingxiao expanded Seeking Truth by Abandoning Cleverness, which dissolved Threefold Affliction and disabled Uraume’s sure-hit rule and cursed techniques.
• Uraume suffered cursed technique burnout as her Perfect Sphere collapsed and her insect armor solidified.
• Qingxiao rushed Uraume and struck her chest armor with a Black Flash, saying, “Coming through.”

Qingxiao defeated Uraume and returned to Jujutsu High with her and the injured Itadori and Hana Kurusu. After the wounded were taken for treatment, he found Itadori waiting alone in the corridor.

• Qingxiao knocked Uraume unconscious, but Sukuna escaped before he could catch him.
• Qingxiao treated Itadori's severed little finger and Hana Kurusu's badly injured arm, then took them and Uraume back to Jujutsu High.
• Qingxiao reported the injuries to Shoko Ieiri, and the medical staff took Hana Kurusu, Itadori, and Uraume inside.
• Shoko Ieiri noticed blood on Qingxiao's cuff and insisted he clean and disinfect it.
• Qingxiao left the treatment room around three in the morning and saw Yuji Itadori sitting alone on a corridor bench.

Qingxiao comforted Itadori over Sukuna’s possession of Megumi Fushiguro, then joined Satoru Gojo on the roof to discuss their failed efforts against Sukuna and Kenjaku. The discussion ended when Kenjaku called from Megumi Fushiguro’s phone, and Qingxiao pretended not to care that Megumi had been taken.

• Qingxiao sat with Itadori, reassured him that no one blamed him, and told him not to think about dying.
• Qingxiao met Satoru Gojo on the roof, where they discussed Uraume’s interrogation and the security of her restraints.
• Satoru Gojo said he had destroyed Kenjaku’s Clone at the Tombs of the Star Corridor, then blamed Qingxiao for Sukuna’s chance to take over Megumi Fushiguro.
• Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo argued over their failures and decided to wait for Geto to help plan their next move.
• Kenjaku called from Megumi Fushiguro’s phone and said they had him, but Qingxiao refused to offer a ransom and dismissed Megumi as unimportant.

Kenjaku and Sukuna challenged Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo to a decisive battle in Shinjuku one month later. Sukuna admitted they could not win as they were, but Kenjaku revealed a plan to give him a body with nearly a thousand cursed techniques, including Limitless.

• Kenjaku used the phone to project himself and Sukuna before Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo, who mocked them and insisted they would win.
• Sukuna and Kenjaku set a decisive battle for one month later in Shinjuku, then ended the call.
• At an abandoned shrine, Sukuna admitted that he and Kenjaku could not defeat Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo as they were and ordered Uraume to prepare the Bath.
• Kenjaku told Sukuna that his Copy technique held nearly a thousand cursed techniques, including Limitless, as well as Sukuna's four missing fingers and collected cursed tools.
• Kenjaku proposed transferring Sukuna into his body and then moving his brain to another host, leaving Sukuna a repaired vessel; Sukuna accepted the plan and vowed to kill Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo.

Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo recalled the Culling Game participants to Shinjuku for Sukuna’s challenge, while Qingxiao chose Ryu Ishigori to accompany him. Shoko warned Qingxiao about a possible trap, gave him her experimental technique for sharpening his senses, and asked him to come back safe.

• Qingxiao spent six hundred points to add cross-barrier Cursed Energy communication and free passage for designated people, then he and Satoru Gojo recalled the participants to Shinjuku.
• Qingxiao told Ryu Ishigori and Hajime Kashimo that Sukuna had challenged them to fight in Shinjuku in a month, but only agreed to bring the still-injured Ryu.
• Shoko warned Qingxiao that Sukuna’s challenge might be a trap, and Qingxiao said he would go with Satoru Gojo while Yuta and Geto dealt with Kenjaku.
• Shoko gave Qingxiao her research on a technique that briefly improved reaction speed and dynamic vision, warning him about its aftereffects and asking him to come back safe.
• Qingxiao promised Shoko he would return and left with her research papers tucked into his pocket.

Sukuna summoned Mahoraga in Kenjaku’s sealed stadium and tested it against the Ten Shadows shikigami and several cursed techniques. After adapting to the fight, Sukuna destroyed Mahoraga with a barrage of slashes.

• Kenjaku sealed the abandoned stadium with a Curtain while Sukuna summoned Mahoraga.
• Sukuna tested Rabbit Escape, Divine Dogs, and Piercing Ox against Mahoraga, then dismissed them when they failed to hurt it.
• Sukuna used Cursed Speech and Blood Manipulation, but Mahoraga adapted to both techniques.
• Sukuna caught Mahoraga’s sword with his palm and realized he had to control his repulsive force manually, unlike Gojo’s automatic Limitless.
• Mahoraga charged through Sukuna’s cursed energy, but Sukuna struck its Dharma Wheel and attacked its joints at close range.
• Sukuna used Dragon Scales, Rebound, and Paired Meteors to sever the Dharma Wheel and slash Mahoraga until its body vanished.

Sukuna absorbed Uraume’s Ice Formation and revealed that he could use it alongside Mahoraga by creating an independent cursed technique circuit. He and Kenjaku agreed to fight Jujutsu High, with Sukuna targeting Guyue Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo while Kenjaku handled the other special-grade sorcerers.

• Sukuna had Uraume offer him Ice Formation, then healed her severed arm before eating it and acquiring the technique.
• Sukuna discovered that Mahoraga’s Dharma Wheel prevented him from using other cursed techniques through his normal circuit.
• Sukuna used Cursed Technique Extension to run Ice Formation, Dhruv Lakdawalla’s domain, and Mahoraga’s adaptation simultaneously.
• Sukuna declared that he would kill Guyue Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo, then eliminate the Culling Game players.
• Kenjaku offered to fight alongside Sukuna and take on the other special-grade sorcerers while Sukuna faced Guyue Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo.

Nanami and Yu Haibara found Tadokoro Jiewen’s restaurant, where his cooking healed their injuries and restored their stamina. Their meal ended when Qingxiao summoned them to Shinjuku in one month for a battle arranged by Sukuna.

• Nanami and Yu Haibara escorted civilians through the Culling Game while Nanami dreamed of taking a vacation in the Maldives.
• A girl Yu Haibara had rescued led them to Tadokoro Jiewen’s restaurant, where they ate teriyaki beef bowls.
• Yu Haibara’s wound seemed to worsen, and Nanami grabbed Jiewen, accusing him of using his Cursed Technique against them.
• Yu Haibara’s injuries disappeared, and Jiewen explained that his cooking healed wounds and restored stamina.
• Qingxiao contacted Nanami and Yu Haibara, ordering them to gather in Shinjuku in one month for a battle arranged by Sukuna.
• Jiewen gave them packed meals, and Nanami and Yu Haibara left the restaurant to return immediately.

Yagami Kisei rescued Maki Zenin, Panda, and Toge Inumaki from cursed spirits, then confronted them when Maki questioned his ties to Suguru Geto. As Yagami held back from fighting Jujutsu High, memories returned to the day Geto found him after he killed the bullies who had tormented him.

• Yagami Kisei sent ink-black Fish Shadows among the cursed spirits attacking Maki Zenin, Panda, and Toge Inumaki, disrupting the assault and helping them clear the remaining enemies.
• Maki questioned Yagami's identity and suggested he was Suguru Geto's subordinate, prompting Yagami to defend Geto and threaten the Jujutsu High students.
• Yagami restrained the Fish Shadows because the Cult Leader had ordered him not to fight anyone from Jujutsu High.
• Ten years earlier, fifteen-year-old Yagami's cursed energy erupted when bullies cornered and beat him, and the Fish Shadows killed them in uncanny accidents.
• Suguru Geto arrived at the alley, saw the bodies and the wounded Yagami, and recognized him as a boy driven into a corner.

Yagami Kisei unleashed his Fish Shadows against Suguru Geto, whose cursed spirits gradually contained the attack. Kisei merged the shadows into a giant Black Fish, but his stolen fortune and cursed energy ran out, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Yagami Kisei sent his Fish Shadows at Suguru Geto, whose movements and defenses grew increasingly unreliable as the fish stole his fortune.
• Suguru Geto considered whether Kisei was seeking revenge and decided he might recruit the boy into the Time Vessel Association if he was not indiscriminately killing innocents.
• Yagami Kisei poured his stolen fortune and remaining cursed energy into his Fish Shadows, merging them into an enormous Black Fish that attacked Geto’s cursed spirits.
• Suguru Geto summoned an armored cursed spirit to block the Black Fish and a swift one to slash at it, controlling both with precise timing.
• Yagami Kisei exhausted his plundered fortune and cursed energy, and the Black Fish weakened and began to fade.

Yagami Kisei remembered how Suguru Geto had spared him and invited him into the Time Vessel Association, then walked away from Panda, Maki Zenin, and Toge Inumaki after their accusations. He continued toward the rendezvous point where Suguru Geto was waiting.

• Suguru Geto had defeated Yagami Kisei and, recognizing his own past in him, killed the bully instead of executing him.
• Suguru Geto had invited Yagami Kisei to join the Time Vessel Association and become part of his family, and Yagami had accepted.
• Yagami Kisei had snapped back to the present and walked away after Maki Zenin had called Suguru Geto's followers crazy.
• Panda had apologized to Yagami Kisei and questioned whether Suguru Geto was truly evil, while Maki Zenin and Toge Inumaki watched him leave.
• Yagami Kisei had continued toward the agreed rendezvous point, following Suguru Geto's instructions.

Luo Wen Tianmo challenged Kinji Hakari to a fight for his ninety Culling Game points and used Skillful Seizure to copy Hakari’s Domain Expansion. Their identical domains merged instead of canceling each other out, expanding the space around them.

• Luo Wen Tianmo sent Luo Wen Tianyou to the second floor before confronting Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi.
• Kinji Hakari accepted Luo Wen Tianmo’s challenge after hearing that he had ninety points, while Kirara Hoshi went upstairs and met Luo Wen Tianyou.
• Kinji Hakari gained the upper hand in close combat, but Luo Wen Tianmo touched him and activated Skillful Seizure.
• Luo Wen Tianmo revealed that he could take Kinji Hakari’s Cursed Technique and domain, then formed the Benzaiten Seal.
• Kinji Hakari and Luo Wen Tianmo simultaneously used Domain Expansion: Idle Death Gamble, and their domains fused into one larger space.

Luo Wen Tianmo and Kinji Hakari’s domains merged into a single casino, so they agreed to gamble for points and control of the territory. After Kinji Hakari won back most of Luo Wen Tianmo’s points in three-card brag, he challenged Luo Wen Tianmo to keep playing on credit with a Binding Vow.

• Luo Wen Tianmo and Kinji Hakari argued over why their domains had merged instead of clashing, then agreed to settle their conflict by gambling.
• Kinji Hakari proposed pachinko, but Luo Wen Tianmo chose three-card brag because he knew how to play it.
• Kinji Hakari shuffled the deck while secretly arranging cards, and Luo Wen Tianmo grew confident as he won the first few rounds.
• Kinji Hakari began winning hand after hand, reducing Luo Wen Tianmo’s ninety-odd points to a small remainder.
• Luo Wen Tianmo tried to quit, but Kinji Hakari urged him to borrow points under a Binding Vow, and Luo Wen Tianmo agreed to continue.

Kinji Hakari outplayed Luo Wen Tianmo in their point-based card match, causing Luo Wen Tianmo's domain to collapse. After Hakari and Kirara Hoshi left with Luo Wen Tianyou, Luo Wen Tianmo insisted he had won and set out to earn more points.

• While waiting for the match, Kirara Hoshi showed Luo Wen Tianyou hair clips and reassured him that the brothers were probably fighting because they were on different sides.
• Luo Wen Tianmo drew three aces and, thinking he had the winning hand, pretended to hesitate so Kinji Hakari would keep betting.
• Kinji Hakari called Luo Wen Tianmo's raises and revealed a mixed-suit two-three-five, which beat the three aces.
• Luo Wen Tianmo accused Kinji Hakari of cheating, and his unstable domain shattered, returning the mall to its abandoned state.
• Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi left after a call from Qingxiao, while Luo Wen Tianyou found his kneeling brother.
• Luo Wen Tianmo told Luo Wen Tianyou that he had won and took him away to earn points.

Yuta Okkotsu escorted a little girl through the barrier when Hayakawa Fuma ambushed them with attacks that copied Okkotsu’s cursed energy. Okkotsu defended the girl and counterattacked, but Hayakawa replicated his strike and turned it back on him.

• Okkotsu guided the little girl toward the barrier’s edge and learned she could see cursed spirits.
• Rika destroyed a low-grade cursed spirit that lunged at them, then followed Okkotsu’s warning to hold back.
• Hayakawa Fuma attacked Okkotsu with three copied cursed blades, wounding his arm as Rika shielded him.
• Okkotsu placed the girl behind him and stopped Hayakawa’s attack from reaching her, realizing Hayakawa meant to kill everyone inside the barrier.
• Okkotsu charged Hayakawa with his cursed-energy-coated blade, but Hayakawa copied the strike and sent it back along the same path.

Okkotsu and Rika overwhelmed Hayakawa with coordinated attacks, but Hayakawa used Domain Expansion to keep pace by recording and reproducing their moves. Okkotsu copied Hayakawa's technique and turned his recorded attacks back on him, then destroyed the cursed blades as Hayakawa protested that no such technique existed.

• Okkotsu realized Hayakawa was using Replay and decided that Hayakawa had to die for threatening a child and endangering others.
• Hayakawa copied Rika's attacks and sent cursed blades toward Okkotsu, but Rika shielded him from every strike.
• Hayakawa insulted Okkotsu's relationship with Rika, and Okkotsu calmly declared that their love was pure before they attacked together.
• Hayakawa activated Domain Expansion and used its increased recording speed to fend off Okkotsu and Rika's coordinated assault.
• Okkotsu struck Hayakawa's wrist, copied his technique, and sent Hayakawa's recorded attacks back at him.
• Okkotsu dispersed the cursed blades with a net of Cursed Energy as Hayakawa shouted that no such Cursed Technique existed.

Okkotsu defeated Hayakawa, whose memories revealed that he had killed to fulfill Kenjaku’s false promise of bringing back the girl he loved. Okkotsu rescued the little girl and was summoned back to Jujutsu High ahead of the Shinjuku Showdown.

• Okkotsu used cursed speech and overwhelming cursed energy to break Hayakawa’s brush and strike him through the chest.
• As Hayakawa died, he remembered the girl he had promised to paint the sea for and recalled that Kenjaku had tricked him with a binding vow.
• Okkotsu reassured the hidden little girl, then received Qingxiao’s instruction to return to Jujutsu High for the coming battle with Sukuna.
• Okkotsu led the little girl away with Rika following as dusk fell.

Choso and Yuki Tsukumo split up to hunt Players in their barrier, and Choso pursued Hanyu Suzu. Hanyu lured Choso into a mirror maze with Kyoka Suigetsu and revealed that Choso had fallen into his illusion.

• Choso worried about Itadori, and Yuki Tsukumo suggested they split up and finish their hunts quickly.
• Choso chose Hanyu Suzu, while Yuki Tsukumo took Mifune Toru as her target.
• Choso attacked Hanyu Suzu, who blocked his strike with a bronze mirror before fleeing through reeds and an abandoned amusement park.
• Hanyu Suzu entered a mirror maze and used Kyoka Suigetsu as Choso pursued him, only for the maze to trap Choso among mirrors that resisted his attacks.
• Hanyu Suzu appeared in a mirror and confirmed that Choso was caught in his illusion.

Choso outlasted Hanyu Suzu’s Kyoka Suigetsu and took his points, then emerged believing he had returned to Jujutsu High to reunite with Itadori. When Itadori and the others began mechanically demanding his points, Choso realized he was still trapped in the illusion.

• Choso refused to surrender his points to Hanyu Suzu, and the two held a standoff inside Kyoka Suigetsu for four days.
• The illusion shattered, allowing Choso to seize Hanyu Suzu and force him to transfer 21 points.
• Choso left to find Itadori and believed he had returned to Jujutsu High, where Itadori welcomed him and Yuki Tsukumo, Suguru Geto, and Qingxiao asked for his points.
• When Choso refused, Yuki Tsukumo, Suguru Geto, Qingxiao, and Itadori froze and repeated, “Give me your points.”
• Choso noticed the surroundings had stopped moving and realized he had never escaped Kyoka Suigetsu.