To remove the superfluous soul.
He had lost two of his eyes, and half of his face was scorched and rotten by the lightning!
Such severe injuries.
Sukuna, however, held up half of his severed head and laughed wildly, bathed entirely in the purifying holy light!
Thus, this physical body was left with only Sukuna's individual consciousness!
PFFT!
Sukuna used the Cursed Tool Hiten to pierce straight through the half-skull in his hand, and then threw it far away with all his might!
In the midst of this great battle, he had absolutely no time to deal with the fragmented soul.
Leaving it in place would make it a massive target for the many Sorcerers present.
Among these hundreds of attacking Sorcerers, there were many who used Resonance spells similar to Nobara Kugisaki's technique.
And the Yin-Yang Cursed Techniques that the Abe clan could perform using his physical remains were equally deadly.
The severe wound to his soul caused Sukuna to actively avoid battle for the very first time.
Fighting and retreating along the way, the armed groups of the Four Major Powers suffered heavy, bloody casualties.
The brutal battle lasted for three whole days before Sukuna was finally able to completely escape.
When Sukuna arrived back at the spot where he had thrown the skull, only the Cursed Tool Hiten remained stuck in the ground, but the remnant soul of the Disgraced One was nowhere to be found.
Instead of rushing to search for it, Sukuna had Uraume prepare the 'Bathing' ritual once again.
While healing his physical body in the solution, he also allowed his soul to become completely and perfectly stable within this vessel.
After numerous rituals, Sukuna's body was now completely covered in black cursed tribal marks.
His Reverse Cursed Technique healed the missing half of his face, but due to the complete lack of that half of the soul, it resulted in a strange, overlapping, distorted appearance on the right side of his face.
The gaping, blood-red maw that formed on Sukuna's abdomen made his body look even more like that of a true "demon."
Because Innate Techniques are permanently imprinted on the physical body, Sukuna alone possessed two completely different 'Innate Techniques'.
One was the Analysis technique of the Disgraced One, and the other was the slashing Cleave and Dismantle technique of Sukuna himself.
This was exactly why Sukuna was able to comprehend the spatial slash even without Mahoraga serving as a blueprint.
The only reason he could unleash the attack that severed the world was merely because he used Analysis to observe the spatial anomalies in Mirai's Kamui space.
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After Sukuna recovered from his injuries, he tracked the faint aura of the remnant soul and found his way to the headquarters of the "Esoteric Buddhism" sect.
The sheer diversity of Jujutsu spells meant that enemies might be able to utilize that half of the soul to launch a fatal ranged attack using a Resonance spell.
That incomplete soul fragment was Sukuna's one and only true weakness.
Here, Sukuna unexpectedly encountered the sky-blue-haired girl from before, as well as the monk who had rescued her.
Sukuna, who had intended to unleash an absolute massacre, was repeatedly blocked from attacking by the supreme barrier technique unleashed by the monk, Genshin.
Multiple attempts to physically breach it were completely unsuccessful.
Sukuna even pretended to be the Disgraced One and chatted with the girl—Tengen—inside the barrier to lower her guard.
Unfortunately for him, it didn't work.
Based on the memories Mirai now viewed, the remnant soul of the Disgraced One had actually fallen into Kenjaku's hands.
Mirai recalled that in order to permanently stop Sukuna from entering the barrier, the monk Genshin made a strict Binding Vow that he could never leave the temple again, sealing the space and ultimately forcing Kenjaku into hiding.
The numerous, bloody battles that followed made Ryomen Sukuna's reputation even more illustrious and terrifying.
He was deeply feared and dreaded by the entire world of Jujutsu.
Finally, he was crowned with the absolute title: the "King of Curses."
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Sensing that the Cursed Womb in the outside world was rapidly approaching maturity, Mirai actively skipped several scenes of great battles in the memory.
He skipped directly to the final memory involving Sukuna, Uraume, and a strange, stitched Sorcerer.
Their first meeting was not a pleasant one.
Spells violently clashed, Simple Domains shattered, and flesh was torn as the two engaged in a brief, chaotic skirmish...
The memory image flashed forward across half a month.
Sukuna looked at the new Sorcerer with surgical stitching across his forehead; this new body possessed the exact same aura of Cursed Energy as the person Sukuna had effortlessly killed half a month ago.
"A soul-splitting technique?"
Sukuna looked at the newcomer—Kenjaku—with genuine interest.
Kenjaku began to explain the intricacies of his immortality.
"It's not just a simple brain transplant technique; it can also allow one to meticulously split the soul."
The previous host body that was killed belonged to an ancient Sorcerer.
That was merely a disposable vessel, effortlessly discarded when destroyed.
This method involved imposing strict self-imposed constraints and Binding Vows to infinitely amplify the foundational power of the technique.
It was Genshin's absolute barrier that had previously blocked Sukuna that gave Kenjaku the inspiration for this particular application.
They permanently abandon their original human bodies and live eternally through parasitism.
By splitting the soul and sealing it into Cursed Objects...
They could traverse the ages, allowing the soul to endure completely beyond time.
...
At this moment in the memory space, the spiritual Sukuna standing next to Mirai spoke up. "It seems Kenjaku was quite the capable schemer after all!"
Mirai nodded slowly. "He was the absolute key to this entire era's plan. That old fox's Cursed Womb creations are quite interesting."
Having reviewed the final, crucial intelligence he sought from the soul...
Mirai turned and began to walk away into the darkness of the Domain. "Goodbye, King of Curses."
Sukuna did not respond angrily, but simply looked down at his own clenched spiritual fist.
"Hehe... hehe."
After a low, echoing chuckle, Sukuna finally expressed his true feelings about this final battle against Zenin Mirai.
"I'm very satisfied with the ride."
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Outside the Domain in the real world.
Sukuna's physical body, trapped under the illusion of the Glazed Moon, was exactly like fragile glass about to shatter, covered entirely with crisscrossing, deep red cracks.
While Mirai's main attention was focused entirely on breaking Sukuna's soul, the Jujutsu High Sorcerers did not simply give up and wait for their inevitable doom.
There were still two absolute geniuses on the field: Yuta Okkotsu and Hiromi Higuruma.
The two of them rapidly took turns utilizing Simple Domains to protect themselves from ambient damage, and with Hana Kurusu (Angel) finally arriving via Ui Ui's teleportation, they swiftly approached the edge of the open-barrier Domain that Zenin Mirai had expanded.
They couldn't be absolutely sure what Zenin Mirai's ultimate goal was by trapping Sukuna, nor could they be certain of Megumi Fushiguro's fate within Sukuna's cracking body.
Despite the overwhelming, suffocating darkness and the absolute disparity in their power...
Most importantly, Jujutsu High possessed absolutely no other viable way to threaten Mirai.
Only the unique, technique-extinguishing characteristics of Angel's spell might produce a different, miraculous effect against his Domain.
"Now, we have absolutely no choice but to take a gamble!"
Supported by Higuruma and Yuta, Hana pushed Angel's Cursed Energy to the absolute limit of its spellcasting range.
Looking at Sukuna lying completely motionless on the cracked ground, Hana Kurusu's heart was in absolute turmoil.
That physical body... was also the exact place where Megumi Fushiguro's soul lingered.
In that brief moment...
A resolute glint flashed in Hana's eyes, and Angel's divine chant began!
"Light... the Light that purifies all things!"
"Please completely eliminate all sin, error, and sorrow, and gently guide that lost person!"
"Maximum Output: Jacob's Ladder!!!"
The gloomy, apocalyptic sky suddenly became as bright as absolute day!
A massive, purifying pillar of divine light, reaching from the heavens, violently fell toward the earth!
"Don't even think about it!!!"
Takako Uro, rushing in at full speed, arrived at the center of the battlefield at that exact moment!
Landing directly in front of Mirai's stationary physical body, Uro was miraculously unaffected by the illusions of the Glazed Moon Domain!
The exact moment the purifying beam of light fell from the sky, Uro aggressively grabbed the spatial void in front of her with both hands!
She violently spun the fabric of space around three times in place, creating massive spatial gusts of wind that swept upward through the air!
Uro suddenly and violently deflected the straight beam of divine light and shot it right back up at Angel!
"Hana! Get out of the way!"
Angel frantically called out a warning from within.
She and Hana had a symbiotic relationship; two distinct souls sharing one physical body.
The absolute light of purification would also be lethally effective on an incarnated Sorcerer like Angel!
They narrowly escaped the reflected blast, and Yuta Okkotsu and Hiromi Higuruma, with extremely gloomy expressions, quickly pulled Hana back to their original, safe spot.
Their absolute final plan had completely failed!
"AGH—!!!"
An unexpected, agonizing scream rang out from outside the edge of Mirai's Domain!
"YUJI!!!"
Choso, who was standing closest to the blast area, rushed forward with a deeply concerned expression!
The reflected trajectory of the Jacob's Ladder spell that Takako Uro had just deflected landed exactly where Yuji Itadori was standing!
"It's probably just the purifying effect acting on the residual soul energy from consuming the remaining six 'Cursed Womb: Death Paintings,' so there's no need to worry too much about his life."
Yuta, who arrived a step later alongside Higuruma and the others, spoke up to reassure Choso.
CRACK! CRACK!
The massive crimson moon in the sky of the Domain completely shattered at that very moment.
Mirai, his consciousness now fully returned to the real world, completely ignored the few Jujutsu High Sorcerers standing outside the Domain, treating them as if they were nothing more than insignificant ants.
BOOM!!!
The entire Culling Game barrier shook violently, and the sky darkened completely!
At this exact moment, the entire country of Japan completely vanished from the physical map of the Earth!
The entire island was completely and violently dragged into Mirai's Kamui Space!
The artificial sky of the dimension was incredibly dim, with only the giant Cursed Womb floating high in the sky shimmering with a pulsating, blood-red light!
THUMP... THUMP... THUMP!!!
The violently swelling and contracting Cursed Womb resounded exactly like the massive heartbeat of a giant, echoing terrifyingly throughout the heavens and the earth!
On one side of the massive, blood-red egg, an extremely eerie, colossal face began to physically emerge!
It looked exactly as if it were made up of the agonized expressions of countless millions of human faces, violently blended and sculpted together!
The absolute, terrifying aura of Cursed Energy that rose up caused Takako Uro beside Mirai, and Angel in the distance, to cry out in pure, instinctual fear!
"The Merger is hatching."
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