Chapter Summaries

Li Shunchen calmly handled the aftermath of killing five Curse Users and a Cursed Spirit, while Satoru Gojo struggled to reconcile the violence with Shunchen’s usual demeanor. When Gojo tried to confront him, Shunchen nullified Limitless, restrained him, and asserted his role as Gojo’s Limiter.

• Li Shunchen coordinated with the Assistant Supervisor to dispose of the bodies and arrange the investigation into the five Curse Users’ deaths.
• Suguru Geto told the group that Riko Amanai had decided to return to school, and Shunchen stayed behind to coordinate with Window before catching up.
• Satoru Gojo questioned Li Shunchen about killing five Curse Users, while Riko Amanai and Misato Kuroi recalled the bloody scene and feared him.
• When Satoru Gojo reached for him, Li Shunchen activated Nagi Daytime Prohibition, nullified Limitless, and dragged Gojo into the Assistant Supervisor’s car.
• Li Shunchen pinned Satoru Gojo down and reminded him that he was his Limiter, responsible for keeping him in line during the mission.

Li Shunchen hid his identity while directing Shiu Kong to expose Riko Amanai’s location and arrange Misato Kuroi’s abduction, then left Riko’s protection to Panda. At Renchoku Girls' Academy, bounty hunters cornered Riko, and Panda suddenly sprang into action.

• Li Shunchen calmly sent Satoru Gojo away with the others, then called Shiu Kong in Toji Fushiguro’s voice and ordered him to publicize Riko Amanai’s location and prepare to abduct Misato Kuroi.
• Shiu Kong questioned how Toji had such current information, and Li Shunchen ended the call after joking that he planned to take the bounty money to the racetrack.
• At Renchoku Girls' Academy, Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo reflected on Li Shunchen’s overwhelming strength until Geto sensed that several of his surveillance Cursed Spirits had been exorcised.
• Suguru Geto warned Satoru Gojo and Misato Kuroi that intruders had arrived and urged them to reach Riko Amanai.
• Two Curse Users trapped Riko Amanai in a corridor and argued over who would claim the bounty, but Panda suddenly surged with Cursed Energy and leaped from her arms.

Panda protected Riko Amanai from two Curse Users by using New Shadow Style: Simple Domain Iaijutsu-Evening Moon and the Chain of a Thousand Miles Chain. After killing the attackers and destroying part of the school wall, he reassured Riko that he would protect her.

• The middle-aged man and the masked Curse User attacked Riko Amanai while their two cursed spirits prepared to strike Panda.
• Terrified, Riko Amanai cried out to Panda for help and realized that she did not want to die.
• Panda activated New Shadow Style: Simple Domain and drew the Chain of a Thousand Miles Chain hidden inside him.
• Panda swept the chain through the corridor, cutting down both Curse Users and destroying the two cursed spirits.
• Panda smashed through the exterior wall, then reassured the stunned Riko Amanai that he would protect her.

Panda saved Riko Amanai by killing the Curse Users attacking her, astonishing Suguru Geto with his hidden strength. The masked Curse User escaped into a spare body but was cut off from his doubles and killed by Shunchen.

• Riko Amanai thanked Panda for protecting her after he killed the attackers in the corridor.
• Suguru Geto arrived, realized Panda had defeated the Curse Users alone, and confirmed it with him.
• The masked Curse User used his technique to transfer his consciousness into a double elsewhere in the academy.
• The masked Curse User discovered an invisible barrier had severed his connection to his other doubles.
• Shunchen attacked from behind and killed the masked Curse User with a blade through his heart and then his head.

Shunchen rejoined Suguru Geto, Satoru Gojo, and Riko Amanai after Misato Kuroi had been abducted, then killed the captured curse users despite Satoru's attempt to stop him. He blamed Satoru for the kidnapping and mocked his reputation as the strongest.

• Shunchen found Suguru Geto distraught over Misato Kuroi's abduction and reassured him that the kidnappers likely wanted to use her as a hostage to obtain Riko Amanai.
• Satoru Gojo explained that he had been occupied capturing Riku Negi and Manami Suda, and Shunchen recognized them as future members of Suguru Geto's group.
• Shunchen condemned the bound curse users and used an incanted Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue to crush their heads, while Nagi Daytime Prohibition dispersed Satoru Gojo's attempt to interfere.
• Shunchen taunted Satoru Gojo, saying that decisive action could have prevented Misato Kuroi's kidnapping, then mocked him as the Jujutsu Society's celebrated strongest.

Li Shunchen killed two Curse Users who attacked Riko Amanai, then rejected Satoru Gojo’s plan to complete the assimilation mission. He declared that he would fake Riko’s death in Okinawa, save her from sacrifice, and handle any crisis himself, leaving Gojo and Suguru Geto shocked by his unilateral decision.

• Li Shunchen called the Assistant Supervisor to report the two dead Curse Users, while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto reacted with shock and Riko Amanai felt no pity for the attackers.
• Riko Amanai received a ransom call demanding that she go to Okinawa in exchange for Misato Kuroi, and the kidnappers sent a photograph showing Kuroi bound but apparently uninjured.
• Li Shunchen told the others that he had asked Window to trace the call, and Satoru Gojo proposed ambushing the kidnappers in Okinawa, rescuing Kuroi, and escorting Riko back to Jujutsu High.
• Li Shunchen rejected Gojo’s plan and said he never intended to take Riko to Lord Tengen for assimilation, because he opposed sacrificing her to address Tengen’s evolution.
• Li Shunchen explained that he would conceal his decision to prevent another innocent person from replacing Riko, then make Riko’s identity appear to die on an Okinawan beach and take responsibility for any resulting crisis.
• Li Shunchen told Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto that he was informing them of his decision, not asking for their opinions.

Shunchen asked Riko Amanai whether she truly wanted assimilation, and she broke down admitting she wanted to live. Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo accepted keeping her alive, though Gojo remained frustrated by Shunchen’s overwhelming power and approach.

• Shunchen asked Riko Amanai whether assimilation was truly her choice, and Riko confessed that she wanted to keep living with her friends and experience more of the world.
• Shunchen removed his glasses and prepared to fight Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto if they opposed saving Riko.
• Suguru Geto said he had no objections to keeping Riko alive because she desperately wanted to live.
• Satoru Gojo struggled with his frustration and uncertainty about Shunchen, then insisted he had never said he disagreed with the plan.

Li Shunchen orchestrated Riko Amanai’s fake death and left Okinawa to intercept the backup Star Plasma Vessel, but found that she had already been assassinated. He realized a hidden force was ensuring Tengen’s assimilation failed and vowed to face the conflict behind the centuries-long scheme.

• Li Shunchen escorted Riko Amanai to Okinawa with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, rescued Misato Kuroi, and staged the group’s defenses to make Gojo appear exhausted.
• Li Shunchen arranged for Manami Suda’s disguised corpse to be mistaken for Riko Amanai after an explosion at Okinawa Airport, then left to search for a backup Star Plasma Vessel.
• Li Shunchen found the backup vessel dead in a burning car wreck outside Jujutsu High, with her guards also killed.
• Li Shunchen suspected that a hidden alliance, possibly involving the Time Vessel Association and the stitched woman or the being inhabiting Geto’s body, was working to prevent Tengen’s assimilation.
• Li Shunchen accepted responsibility for the consequences of changing fate and vowed to pursue the forces behind the centuries-long plan.

Li Shunchen told Masamichi Yaga that Riko Amanai had survived by faking her death, but refused his offer to help conceal her afterward. He then impersonated Toji Fushiguro to contact Shiu Kong and secure the bounty payment, while Shiu privately doubted Toji’s boast about using his brains to gamble.

• Li Shunchen confessed to Masamichi Yaga that Riko Amanai had faked her death and escaped her fate as the Star Plasma Vessel.
• Masamichi Yaga admitted he regretted placing the burden of the decision on his students and offered to help protect Riko, but Li Shunchen declined to keep the secret contained.
• Li Shunchen planned to use the Time Vessel Association’s bounty to fund concealed new lives for Riko Amanai and Misato Kuroi.
• Li Shunchen disguised his voice as Toji Fushiguro’s and called Shiu Kong to confirm the remaining payment for the contract.
• Shiu Kong agreed to transfer the money once negotiations were complete, then privately wondered whether Toji’s gambling metaphor meant he was bound to lose.

Shunchen abandoned his plan to infiltrate the Time Vessel Association in person and concluded that the Kamo Clan might be behind the centuries-long scheme. Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo kept challenging him to a fight, and Shunchen's usual refusal no longer convinced him.

• Shunchen reconsidered infiltrating the Time Vessel Association after the car crash and decided to gather information indirectly, including hiring Mei Mei and private detectives.
• Shunchen suspected the mastermind belonged to a long-established jujutsu family and ruled out the Gojo and Zenin Clans before focusing on the Kamo Clan.
• Shunchen set goals to investigate the Time Vessel Association and Kamo Clan, review Jujutsu Society's history, master Domain Expansion, and uncover why Tengen's failed assimilation mattered to the plan.
• Shunchen learned that Jujutsu Society's attention remained fixed on Satoru Gojo's failed escort mission, leaving his killing of curse users unnoticed.
• Satoru Gojo repeatedly pressed Shunchen to fight at full strength, but Shunchen refused, saying he could not win; Gojo was no longer persuaded by the excuse.

The narrator used copied Limitless and a Red-fueled explosion to show Satoru Gojo that their spar could easily have killed him. After warning him to master Domain Expansion before challenging them again, the narrator reflected on Gojo’s gifted abilities and left their own past unexplained.

• Satoru Gojo attacked the narrator with Blue, but the narrator stopped his punch with copied Limitless without turning around.
• Gojo demanded a proper fight, and the narrator met his next Blue attack with Red, triggering a small-scale explosion that left them both unharmed.
• The narrator asked what would have happened if they had sealed Gojo’s Limitless during the explosion, making him realize he could have died from his own increased cursed energy.
• The narrator reminded Gojo that they could copy other Cursed Techniques, and Gojo understood that the narrator had held back and that their full strength involved fighting alongside Panda.
• The narrator advised Gojo to master Domain Expansion before seeking another spar, then said they envied his gifts; when Gojo questioned them, the narrator quietly wondered whether it had been easy.

After securing Riko Amanai’s cover and hiring Mei Mei to investigate the Time Vessel Association, Shunchen provided for Megumi Fushiguro and trained him to master his shikigami. He revealed that Megumi’s father had sold him to the Zenin Clan and said he was training Megumi so he could refuse them and choose his own future.

• Satoru Gojo took Shunchen’s warning seriously and resolved to study Domain Expansion after reflecting on the cost behind Shunchen’s strength.
• Shunchen hired Mei Mei to trace the Time Vessel Association’s finances and key figures, citing his desire to avenge Riko Amanai.
• Shunchen supported Megumi Fushiguro and Tsumiki, while training Megumi to subdue seven shikigami and withstand extreme-speed attacks.
• Megumi asked Shunchen why combat training was so important, and Shunchen revealed that Megumi’s father had sold him to the Zenin Clan for his Ten Shadows Technique.
• Shunchen told Megumi he wanted him strong enough to reject the Zenin Clan and choose his own life when they came to claim him.

You explained to Megumi Fushiguro that he deserved to choose his own fate, while privately acknowledging that you had trained him to use his Ten Shadows Technique as leverage to seize control of the Zenin Clan. You had prepared combat scripts to help him overcome his youth and planned to take over the clan regardless of whether you found the mastermind with stitches on his forehead.

• Megumi Fushiguro understood your emphasis on choice and solemnly agreed, trusting you despite grasping little of the clan’s politics.
• You recognized that your training served your plan to use Megumi Fushiguro’s power to dismantle the Zenin Clan’s current hierarchy and control its future.
• You had trained Megumi Fushiguro’s Shikigami through brutal drills, giving them automatic combat routines so he could summon the right counter without managing complex tactics.
• Megumi Fushiguro rapidly subjugated Shikigami with your custom guides, gaining a frightening advantage over other young sorcerers.
• You watched Megumi Fushiguro with the Divine Dogs and resolved that taking control of the Zenin Clan was necessary, even if you could not find the hidden mastermind.

The narrator trained Megumi Fushiguro to subjugate and use his Shikigami, while Mei Mei’s investigation found no financial link between the Time Vessel Association and the Kamo Clan. Entering his third year at Tokyo Jujutsu High, the narrator received an SSR card that would keep his body in peak seventeen-year-old condition, then stored it for later.

• The narrator taught Megumi Fushiguro to use Cursed Tools with his Shikigami and helped him subjugate every Ten Shadows Shikigami except Mahoraga.
• The narrator put Megumi’s Shikigami through harsh one-on-one training and taught Megumi to use shadows for storage, concealment, and short-range movement.
• Mei Mei delivered records showing that wealthy Non-Sorcerers, politicians, and celebrities funded the Time Vessel Association, but the Kamo Clan had no traceable connection to it.
• The narrator realized the financial trail had gone cold and, as spring arrived, entered his third year at Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• The system awarded the narrator his first SSR card, Forever Seventeen, which would preserve his body’s peak condition at seventeen without extending his lifespan.
• The narrator stored the card in his collection rather than equipping it immediately.

Li Shunchen advised Suguru Geto on developing Cursed Spirit Manipulation and let Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami prepare for a dangerous Akita mission, confident they could handle it. Yuki Tsukumo appeared at Jujutsu High, detected Li’s covert analysis of her, and asked what type of woman he liked.

• Li Shunchen discussed with Suguru Geto whether to focus on powerful Cursed Spirits or use large numbers of weaker ones, and proposed using strong curses to guard regions.
• Yu Haibara told Li Shunchen and Suguru Geto that he and Kento Nanami were leaving for Akita Prefecture to investigate a Spirited Away incident and asked what souvenirs they wanted.
• Suguru Geto and Li Shunchen both asked Yu Haibara to bring something sweet, and Li Shunchen silently judged that they could handle the Grade 1 curse behind the mission.
• Yuki Tsukumo arrived looking for Satoru Gojo, noticed Li Shunchen using a Cursed Technique to analyze her, and asked whether he was Li Shunchen and what type of woman he liked.

Li Shunchen secretly analyzed Yuki Tsukumo’s Cursed Technique while she questioned him at Jujutsu High. After learning she had come specifically to see him and discovering her technique was Star Rage, he calmly rejected her by saying he liked 2D women.

• Yuki Tsukumo noticed Li Shunchen using his Cursed Technique, while Suguru Geto guarded Yu Haibara and demanded to know who she was.
• Yu Haibara loudly declared that he liked girls with a good appetite, and Yuki Tsukumo asked Suguru Geto what kind of woman he liked.
• Yuki Tsukumo introduced herself as a Special Grade Sorcerer, stunning Suguru Geto and Yu Haibara.
• Li Shunchen said he was used to Special Grades because Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto were around him every day, while he secretly completed his analysis of Yuki Tsukumo’s Star Rage.
• Li Shunchen stopped using Phantom Parade and told Yuki Tsukumo he liked 2D women, leaving her bewildered.

Yuki Tsukumo confronted Li Shunchen about secretly caring for Toji Fushiguro’s child and suspected Toji was dead. When she attacked to test Li’s strength, his Limitless stopped her fist just short of his face, prompting Suguru Geto and Yu Haibara to prepare for a fight.

• Yuki Tsukumo accused Li Shunchen of lying about his tastes, and Suguru Geto challenged her aggressive questioning.
• Yuki revealed that she had traced Li to the person caring for Toji Fushiguro’s child, and Li admitted it while claiming Toji had paid him to help.
• Yuki questioned why Li would aid Toji, then deduced that Toji had left the world forever, but Li denied knowing what she meant.
• Yuki Tsukumo attacked Li with Star Rage, and his Limitless stopped her fist one centimeter from his forehead.
• Suguru Geto summoned Cursed Spirits and Yu Haibara readied his sword as Li calmly rebuked Yuki for her dangerous test.

Yuki Tsukumo became convinced that Li was the mysterious person who had eliminated Toji Fushiguro after seeing him use Limitless without the Six Eyes. When she refused to leave and pushed for a fight, Li attacked with Projection Sorcery and Star Rage, leaving her horrified as her own technique turned against her.

• Yuki Tsukumo recognized that Li had effortlessly used Limitless and concluded he might be the person who had eliminated Toji Fushiguro.
• Li stopped Suguru Geto and Yu Haibara from attacking and asked Yuki Tsukumo what she wanted.
• Yuki Tsukumo said she had come to confirm Li's identity and insisted that they shared ideals, while Li denied knowing who she meant and told her to leave.
• Yuki Tsukumo refused to leave, so Li switched to Projection Sorcery and rushed at her with superhuman speed.
• Yuki Tsukumo tried to use Star Rage, but Li had copied her technique and struck her with a punch carrying its mass.

Li struck Yuki Tsukumo with a copied version of her own Star Rage, then trapped her charge in an endlessly looping corridor when she refused to stop fighting. As the confrontation threatened to escalate, Satoru Gojo arrived in a dangerously tense state.

• Li punched Yuki Tsukumo with Star Rage, blasting her down the corridor while Suguru Geto and Yu Haibara watched in shock.
• Yuki Tsukumo healed her injuries with Reverse Cursed Technique and charged Li again, determined to draw out more of his strength.
• Li used Circulating Corridor to make the space between them extend endlessly and warned Yuki Tsukumo to stop her test.
• Suguru Geto summoned several powerful Cursed Spirits, including Slit-Mouthed Woman, as Yuki Tsukumo continued to focus on Li.
• Satoru Gojo appeared at the corridor window, his cursed energy and cold gaze revealing that he was in a dangerous emotional state.

After Yuki Tsukumo ended her fight and left Jujutsu High, Li learned that Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami had survived a misclassified Grade 1 curse mission thanks to the combat training he had given them. The chapter ended with Li crediting the two juniors’ own effort for saving their lives.

• Yuki Tsukumo stopped fighting when Satoru Gojo arrived, and Li released his technique as she departed Jujutsu High.
• Masamichi Yaga arrived and threatened to protest Yuki Tsukumo’s attack, but Li asked him not to escalate the matter.
• Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo questioned Li about Yuki Tsukumo’s Star Rage, and Gojo noted that Li had encountered the techniques of every Special Grade sorcerer.
• Three days later, Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami returned from a mission injured and laden with gifts, then thanked Li for his training.
• Yu Haibara explained that their supposed Grade 2 mission was actually a Grade 1 Ubusunagami Faith case, and Li’s instruction had helped them survive and defeat the curse.
• Li told Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami that their own practice and effort, not his instruction alone, had saved them.