Chapter Summaries

You defeated Kekun, a Q Organization member, and forced him to agree to cooperate while you treated the maid he had taken hostage. Suguru Geto returned with the Star Plasma Vessel and found you examining the maid, as you asked him to hand the girl over.

• You attacked Kekun with Asagirimaru, but he used an explosion to knock the blade away.
• You lured Kekun into a room, where Wukong ambushed him with Asagirimaru after Kekun dropped his hostage.
• You injured Kekun, repeatedly healed and hurt his hand, and threatened him until he promised to reveal information about Q and leave the organization.
• You used Reverse Cursed Technique to treat the maid and assured Suguru Geto that Kekun would cooperate.
• Suguru Geto returned with the Star Plasma Vessel, and you asked him to hand her over so you could check whether she was injured.

Shunchen examined Riko Amanai while extracting Kekun’s explosion-controlling Cursed Technique, then learned that Satoru Gojo had already defeated Q’s strongest fighter. When Riko woke, she mistook Shunchen for her rescuer and Gojo and Suguru Geto for swindlers, leaving Shunchen to watch events unfold differently than expected.

• Shunchen extracted Kekun’s Directional Blast Boundary while using Reverse Cursed Technique to examine Riko Amanai, and showed Kekun a photo of Satoru Gojo standing beside the defeated Baier.
• Satoru Gojo returned and described Baier’s ability to make objects float, but Shunchen decided not to acquire it because its effects overlapped with Limitless.
• Gojo and Suguru Geto discussed Shunchen’s replicated Reverse Cursed Technique and recalled Shoko’s baffling explanation of how to use it.
• Riko Amanai woke, slapped Shunchen, and accused him of trying to murder her before taking a defensive stance.
• Suguru Geto tried to reassure Riko, but Misato Kuroi had to confirm that Shunchen had treated them; Riko then called him good and Gojo and Geto swindlers.
• Gojo and Geto began stretching Riko’s limbs as she protested, while Shunchen reflected that the situation was not developing as he had expected.

Riko Amanai insisted that assimilation with Lord Tengen would preserve her, while the narrator doubted she would retain any autonomy. When she decided to go to school despite the danger, Masamichi Yaga ordered the group to honor her wishes and keep her safe.

• Riko Amanai explained that she believed assimilation would let her and Lord Tengen endure as one, while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto ignored her to discuss their phone wallpapers.
• The narrator wondered whether Riko Amanai had truly accepted assimilation or had persuaded herself it was not death, and her expression briefly stiffened at the question.
• Riko Amanai decided to go to school, and Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo tried to stop her because Curse Users might still attack.
• The narrator called Masamichi Yaga, who said Lord Tengen had ordered them to fulfill Riko Amanai's requests and instructed the narrator to stay with her.
• After hearing Yaga's orders, Suguru Geto looked to the narrator, who shrugged and accepted that they would follow Riko Amanai's wishes.

At Renchoku Girls' Academy, Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo allowed Riko Amanai to spend time with her friends before her assimilation, until an attack forced them to hurry to her. Shunchen intercepted a curse user and used a replicated Cursed Technique Lapse: "Blue" to pull him onto Asagirimaru, leaving the attacker gravely wounded.

• Suguru Geto reassured Misato Kuroi that she was Riko Amanai's family and should let her spend time with her friends.
• Suguru Geto reported that two of his cursed spirits had been exorcised and urged Satoru Gojo and Shunchen to reach Riko.
• Shunchen encountered an elderly curse user with two shikigami and recognized him as likely hired by the Time Vessel Association.
• Shunchen dodged the shikigami's corrosive attack and blocked the elderly curse user's dagger with Asagirimaru.
• Shunchen used Cursed Technique Lapse: "Blue" to pull the elderly curse user into his blade and slash his chest, causing the shikigami to dissolve.

After Misato Kuroi was kidnapped, Shunchen and the others rescued her in Okinawa and stayed there with Riko Amanai. As the final day of the mission approached, Shunchen warned Satoru Gojo that exhaustion could leave him vulnerable, but Gojo trusted his own strength and the support of Shunchen and Suguru Geto.

• Shunchen treated a wounded curse user, learned of the bounty on Riko Amanai, and told Satoru Gojo about it.
• Suguru Geto showed Shunchen a photo of Misato Kuroi tied up, and Riko Amanai insisted on joining the rescue so she could see Kuroi again.
• The kidnappers arranged an exchange in Okinawa, where Shunchen and the others quickly rescued Misato Kuroi from ordinary members of the Time Vessel Association.
• Satoru Gojo delayed the return trip so Riko Amanai could sightsee, and he brought Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara to Okinawa as backup.
• Shunchen pointed out that Satoru Gojo had kept Limitless active and had not slept, then warned him that exhaustion could endanger him during the enemy's likely final attack.
• Satoru Gojo dismissed Shunchen's concern, saying he was the strongest and could rely on Shunchen and Suguru Geto for support.

Li Shunchen relived the Star Plasma Vessel mission but was ambushed and killed by Toji Fushiguro before he could change its outcome. After the simulation ended, Li Shunchen recognized how his presence had made him Toji’s first target and vowed to prepare for their next encounter.

• At Jujutsu High, Suguru Geto told Riko Amanai and Misato Kuroi they were safe, while Li Shunchen remained wary of Toji Fushiguro.
• Toji Fushiguro appeared behind Li Shunchen without cursed energy or killing intent and pierced his heart before he could react.
• Li Shunchen died, and the simulation awarded him memories, jujutsu experience, increased cursed energy, and an Overachiever Card [R].
• After waking, Li Shunchen realized Toji had targeted him first because his healing ability could save Satoru Gojo.
• Li Shunchen wondered what deeper truth lay behind the Star Plasma Vessel Incident and vowed not to let Toji succeed so easily next time.

On his second day at Jujutsu High, Li Shunchen explained that his cursed technique, Phantom Parade, could analyze and reproduce other techniques, then demonstrated a crude version of Satoru Gojo’s Blue. Gojo recognized the feat as an imitation of Limitless and became fascinated by Li Shunchen, who claimed he could eventually uncover every secret in the classroom.

• Masamichi Yaga asked Li Shunchen to explain his cursed technique after Satoru Gojo, Shoko Ieiri, and Suguru Geto introduced theirs.
• Satoru Gojo noticed Li Shunchen’s cursed energy had risen by at least thirty percent overnight and questioned him about it.
• Li Shunchen described Phantom Parade’s first stage, which analyzed cursed techniques, and explained how Limitless worked.
• Li Shunchen used the technique’s reproduction stage to pull a piece of chalk toward himself with a crude imitation of Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
• Satoru Gojo recognized the imitation and eagerly questioned Li Shunchen, who said he could eventually uncover everyone’s secrets.

Li Shunchen demonstrated that Phantom Parade could reproduce Satoru Gojo’s Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue and reveal the sensory experience of Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation. He then healed Masamichi Yaga with Reverse Cursed Technique and suggested Phantom Parade might also analyze cursed spirits, leaving the group eager to see how his abilities would develop.

• Li Shunchen reproduced Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, astonishing Masamichi Yaga and Satoru Gojo.
• Li Shunchen revealed that he knew how revolting it felt to absorb cursed spirits, convincing Suguru Geto that Phantom Parade was genuine.
• Li Shunchen cut Masamichi Yaga’s palm with Asagirimaru, prompting Satoru Gojo to attack him before Suguru Geto intervened.
• Li Shunchen used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Masamichi Yaga’s hand, startling the group and exciting Shoko Ieiri.
• Masamichi Yaga asked whether Phantom Parade could analyze cursed spirits, and Li Shunchen said he thought it could.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto welcomed the prospect of bringing Li Shunchen on missions, realizing he was not a newcomer who needed their protection.

Li Shunchen asked Masamichi Yaga to teach him to control Cursed Corpses, explaining that his Phantom Parade could maintain only one replicated Cursed Technique at a time. The chapter left Yaga astonished when Li Shunchen controlled three Cursed Corpse skeletons with exceptional precision on his first try.

• Li Shunchen saw that only Shoko Ieiri had formally recognized him and concluded he needed greater strength to earn Gojo and Geto's recognition.
• Li Shunchen asked Masamichi Yaga to teach him Cursed Corpse construction and control, but Yaga urged him to refine Limitless and Cursed Spirit Manipulation instead.
• Li Shunchen explained that switching replicated Cursed Techniques severed his existing connection, making independently operating Cursed Corpses a useful tactical supplement.
• Masamichi Yaga challenged Li Shunchen to make three practice Cursed Corpses stand at once, and Li Shunchen immediately raised them and placed them in different combat stances.
• Masamichi Yaga marveled at Li Shunchen's control, while Li Shunchen attributed it to childhood experience with marionettes.

After gaining an extra causal observation opportunity through Masamichi Yaga’s recognition, Li Shunchen began a new simulation determined to grow strong enough to defeat Toji Fushiguro. He quickly built and tested an exceptional cursed corpse named Wukong, then asked Yaga about the special cursed corpse he truly wanted to create.

• The system credited Yaga’s recognition with expanding Li Shunchen’s causal connections and granting him one additional simulation opportunity.
• Li Shunchen used the opportunity and found that his talent let him master cursed corpse construction far faster than before.
• After a month, Li Shunchen presented Yaga with Wukong, a fifty-centimeter cursed corpse designed for agile combat and easy cleaning.
• Wukong defeated a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit during a field test by striking its core, impressing Yaga with its performance.
• That evening, Li Shunchen studied Yaga’s three-core cursed corpse design and asked whether Yaga’s true goal was something other than building a combat weapon.

Shunchen studied Masamichi Yaga’s theory for creating fully independent cursed corpses, but progress stalled, so he upgraded Wukong into a powerful combat puppet. As the Star Plasma Vessel mission approached, he decided Wukong could only serve as a disposable distraction against Toji Fushiguro.

• Masamichi Yaga explained that he was trying to create an autonomous cursed corpse by copying the information of souls into a core, and Shunchen obtained preliminary blueprints for the theory.
• Shunchen spent months studying with Yaga, but the theory’s core problem remained unresolved.
• Shunchen used his research and special-grade cursed tool fragments to rebuild Wukong with a stronger skeleton and an extending imitation Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Shunchen recognized that Wukong could not defeat Toji Fushiguro and resolved to use it only to create an opening for escape.

Li joined the Goodwill Event to test his combat abilities and defeated two Kyoto Jujutsu High students with Wukong’s help. After healing his injury, he worried that his speed and tactics would not be enough against a powerful opponent like Toji Fushiguro.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto insulted the Kyoto team and raced off to hunt Cursed Spirits when the event began.
• Li left the main battlefield to find isolated opponents and encountered two Kyoto students who underestimated him as a healer.
• Li used Wukong’s extending staff to outmaneuver and defeat the two students in a two-on-one fight.
• Li healed a cut on his arm with Reverse Cursed Technique and concluded that his current combat approach would fail against Toji Fushiguro.

After the match, Li Shunchen paid Mei Mei for detailed information about Toji Zenin, the Sorcerer Killer. He learned about Toji’s rejection by the Zenin Clan, his work as a lone curse user, and his gambling debts, leaving Shunchen considering how to use that information in the future.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto praised Li Shunchen’s doll as a useful combat tool, while treating it like an amusing toy.
• Li Shunchen gave Mei Mei his mission savings and asked her for everything she knew about Toji Zenin.
• Mei Mei explained that Toji had been rejected by the Zenin Clan because his Heavenly Restriction left him without cursed energy.
• Mei Mei said the current Zenin Clan likely could not stand against Satoru Gojo, though it had once rivaled a sorcerer with both the Six Eyes and Limitless.
• Mei Mei told Li Shunchen that Toji worked alone on difficult jobs and was short of money because of his gambling; Li began forming ideas for the future.

After spending months researching Toji Fushiguro and obtaining information about how to contact him, Li drew a card that made pain stimulate him and joined Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto on a mission to rescue Utahime Iori. He entered the mansion’s spatial barrier and used the cursed technique he had studied in the previous simulation.

• Li convinced Mei Mei that his interest in Toji Zenin came from research into replicating Heavenly Restriction for autonomous cursed corpses, and she agreed to investigate.
• Over the following months, Mei Mei found that Toji Fushiguro frequented Fuchū Racecourse and that Shiu Kong was his reliable contact; Li memorized the information but said he needed to earn more money first.
• At the annual card draw, Li obtained Masochism [R], which reduced pain-related sluggishness and slightly improved his reaction speed while injured.
• When Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara joined Tokyo Jujutsu High, Shoko lost contact with Utahime Iori’s team during a mission in Shizuoka, so Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Li went to assist.
• At an abandoned mansion, Li stopped Satoru Gojo from destroying the structure and entered its disorienting spatial barrier alone.
• After Utahime called out that she and Mei Mei were trapped, Li activated the cursed spirit’s technique, Circulating Corridor.

Shunchen shattered the cursed spirit’s spatial corridor and subdued it, impressing Utahime, Mei Mei, Gojo, and Geto. He left the barely living spirit for Geto to absorb as a useful new cursed spirit.

• Shunchen overlaid the cursed spirit’s corridor with an opposite technique, breaking the barrier and restoring the mansion’s original layout.
• Mei Mei wondered whether Shunchen had copied the technique instantly, while Utahime praised him and clung to his sleeve.
• Gojo and Geto arrived, teased Utahime, and watched as the cursed spirit tried to escape into the woods.
• Shunchen intercepted the cursed spirit and defeated it with a cursed-energy-reinforced punch and shoulder throw.
• Shunchen left the nearly exorcised spirit alive and suggested that Geto take it as a new cursed spirit.

At Jujutsu High, Shunchen was invited to weigh in on Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto’s disagreement over the duty of powerful sorcerers. He rejected both their positions and argued that nothing would change until someone addressed how humans’ negative emotions continually created curses.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto argued over whether jujutsu sorcerers should protect non-sorcerers or use their strength freely.
• Satoru Gojo tossed the basketball to Shunchen and asked him to choose a side, while Suguru Geto also invited his opinion.
• Shunchen challenged Suguru Geto’s idea that the strong should protect the weak by pointing out that ordinary people could create curses that killed sorcerers.
• Shunchen told Satoru Gojo that freedom without any purpose could become chaos, though he understood Gojo’s resistance to being controlled by others’ moral demands.
• Shunchen said he would help or fight people according to his own judgment and argued that sorcerers’ arguments were pointless unless they addressed the human emotions that created curses.

Li Shunchen arrived early to protect Riko Amanai and used Directional Blast Boundary to turn Kekun’s explosive trap against him. The Star Plasma Vessel was safe, while Kekun was left screaming after his own detonator blast destroyed his hand.

• Li Shunchen urged Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto to reach the hotel before the mission’s planned countdown began.
• When Misato Kuroi’s room triggered an explosion, Li Shunchen redirected the blast outside the building and told Suguru Geto to check on Riko Amanai.
• Suguru Geto kicked open Riko Amanai’s door, where she shouted and struck him, confirming that she was unharmed.
• Kekun tried to detonate his lighter-shaped Cursed Tool at close range, but Li Shunchen changed the explosion’s coordinates to Kekun’s hand.
• Kekun lost two fingers and screamed as Li Shunchen told him that those who played with fire would burn themselves.

Shunchen allowed events to follow the expected course so Misato Kuroi would be kidnapped and the group would travel to Okinawa, preserving his chance to anticipate Toji Fushiguro’s attack. On the third night there, he urged Satoru Gojo to rest, but Gojo questioned Shunchen’s motives and suspected he was hiding something.

• Shunchen chose not to prevent Misato Kuroi’s kidnapping, believing that changing events could make Toji Fushiguro’s attack unpredictable.
• Shunchen and the others negotiated for Kuroi’s release and rescued her in Okinawa.
• Satoru Gojo suggested that the group stay in Okinawa for an extra day, turning the escort mission into a brief school trip.
• On the third night, Shunchen told Gojo to deactivate Limitless and sleep so he would be rested for a possible attack.
• Gojo questioned Shunchen’s sudden advice, then agreed to sleep after Geto took over and asked whether Shunchen had been keeping something from them.

Shunchen used a cursed-energy clone to ambush Toji Fushiguro and create an opening for Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, but when he reached the battle afterward, he found Gojo dead. Blaming himself, Shunchen desperately tried to revive him with Reverse Cursed Technique.

• At the airport, Shunchen took Nanami's Cleaver and prepared a clone to act as bait, while his original body hid in the mountain forest.
• After the group entered Jujutsu High's barrier, Toji Fushiguro killed Wukong and pierced Shunchen's clone through the heart.
• Shunchen used the pain to strike Toji's arm with the Cleaver, then his clone vanished and bought Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto time to attack.
• Shunchen hurried toward the battle and found Satoru Gojo lying dead with his throat slit and forehead pierced.
• Shunchen blamed himself for Gojo's death and used Reverse Cursed Technique on him, pleading for him to move.

After Shunchen used Reverse Cursed Technique to save Satoru Gojo, Gojo awakened and rushed with him to confront Toji Fushiguro. Shunchen realized Riko and Geto might be dead, but Toji attacked him before he could reach the Tombs of the Star Corridor.

• As Shunchen’s positive energy flooded his brain, Satoru Gojo understood Reverse Cursed Technique and healed his fatal injuries.
• Satoru Gojo revived, thanked Shunchen in his own teasing way, and carried him toward the Tombs of the Star Corridor to face Toji Fushiguro.
• Toji Fushiguro was shocked to find Satoru Gojo alive and recognized that Shunchen had helped him use Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Shunchen recognized that Toji had come from the Tombs’ lowest level and feared that Riko and Geto were dead.
• Toji Fushiguro targeted Shunchen and swung the Soul Liberation Blade at his neck.