Chapter 87: Savior Xia Youjie (3k First Update)

Li De's eyes were gloomy, as if he had already lost all vitality.

His dead, silent gaze made the corners of the long-haired man wearing a dark-colored kasaya curl up.

"Cherish that desire of yours to destroy everything in the world; that... is the power for your revenge."

At this moment, Li De was radiating a resentment that was almost visible to the naked eye; that kind of distortion, anger, unwillingness, and injustice—all sorts of negative emotions were intertwined, mixed with self-reproach and self-destructive feelings, which in the eyes of 【Xia Youjie】 were the best catalysts.

A catalyst capable of transforming a useless monkey into a rare weapon.

Xia Youjie jumped down from the giant bird-shaped Cursed Spirit, and Li De was subsequently shaken off the Cursed Spirit's body.

Xia Youjie brought this monkey, who had successfully escaped from Dead Silence City: Tokyo, to Kyoto, or rather—the last sanctuary of Japan's saviors.

"Li De, welcome to the hall of the Savior—the Star Religious Group Kyoto Headquarters."

Xia Youjie waved his hand, and several Sorcerers wearing white cloaks walked out; the leader among them had shoulder-length hair and dark circles so heavy they could barely be covered by makeup.

"Shoko, help him treat his wounds. I have a premonition that this monkey will be very useful."

Li De followed 【Ieiri Shoko】 numbly into the interior of this shrine built on the mountaintop.

Ieiri Shoko put a cigarette back in her mouth and skillfully performed the 【Reverse Cursed Technique】, reversing Cursed Energy—which was essentially intense negative energy—to turn negative into positive, thereby creating powerful positive energy for healing; Li De's collapsed chest and abdomen began to recover rapidly, and the half-face that had been slashed off also grew back.

But physical wounds can heal; what about the ones in his heart?

What appeared in his mind at this moment was still the scene of Li Chang struggling to hold onto that Hannya-masked swordsman, being slashed in two by a sharp blade, and then, in the deep underground passage, An Xiu coughing up blood from her nose and mouth, yet still forcibly activating her ability to teleport him through that impossibly narrow passage.

He could only watch as An Xiu was pierced through the throat by a javelin.

So weak, I am so weak...

So much hatred, I hate this so much!

Li De suddenly let out a roar and pounded the ground violently; with every strike, the ground shook with a boom, the force so great it felt like an earthquake.

But this kind of strength was completely insufficient; he had clearly been lucky enough to meet teammates to whom he could entrust his life and death, and they had clearly promised to support each other until the end.

Clearly, the three of them were neither greedy nor evil, and they even occasionally provided whatever help they could to the Reincarnators they met.

But why did Li Chang and An Xiu have to die?

Why did he have to survive?

Questions like these were like a pitch-black snake, binding Li De completely; the snake coiled around his neck, making it impossible for him to breathe.

"Hate, then."

Shoko's voice was flat and without a Wave; Li De raised his head subconsciously, and Shoko looked at him and repeated.

"If you want revenge, then hate."

"Even if it means death, even if it means becoming a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, you must have revenge."

"I have yet to see that kind of resolve in you."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head again to simply treat Li De's wounds, then turned to open the door; just as she was about to step out, she paused and said,

"Did you see that thing?"

Li De had no heart to interact with a Plot Character at this time and did not react.

Seeing this reaction from the other party, Ieiri Shoko gave a self-deprecating smile.

"If they had really seen what that guy Gojo looks like now, none of these people would likely be alive."

Shoko left the room, passing by a crowd of Cursed Users; she passed through a main hall where there were many big shots who were once called the pillars of this country's order.

Yes, once...

Everything changed since that day when someone used the slaughter of 33,000 people in Tokyo as a catalyst, subsequently detonating an incomparably huge Barrier; Gojo Satoru went to repel the enemy, but ultimately perished within the Barrier.

Subsequently, the boundary between Yin and Yang powers in Tokyo was broken, and a large number of Cursed Spirits began to appear throughout Tokyo; the power balance between Cursed Spirits and Sorcerers was completely shattered.

The group of Sorcerers, who should have strengthened alongside the increasing power of the Cursed Spirits, and the next Six Eyes user, who should have been born upon the death of the Six Eyes user, all remained eerily unchanged.

The world's balance was broken; where Gojo Satoru perished in Tokyo, a terrifying curse began to spread, and a phenomenon that might have been called a 【Spirit Disaster】 in the Heian Period began to appear.

The Hundred Ghost Night Parade became reality.

The Cursed world collapsed along with the instantaneous annihilation of the Zenin Clan, and a large amount of vital strength was killed or even wiped out.

No one could have known that at such a time, the one who finally stood up to break the Barrier from the outside and save these Sorcerers of the Cursed world,

was actually Xia Youjie, who had become the Founder of the Star Religious Group, a traitor who claimed he would slaughter all ordinary people.

Xia Youjie, who was once called the strongest alongside Gojo Satoru, used his identity as the Founder of the Star Religious Group to save the high-level officials of the surface world, including the Prime Minister, while letting the high-level officials of the Cursed world suffer huge losses.

Ultimately, the Star Religious Group became what is now known as the Savior religion.

This was not Xia Youjie's boast; this was the affirmation of the Prime Minister of Japan.

Ieiri Shoko wore a self-deprecating smile.

Gojo Satoru, who should have been like an arbiter, breaking the balance between Cursed Spirits and Sorcerers single-handedly and allowing Sorcerers to gain an overwhelming advantage, had now died miserably, and at the place of his death, the most terrifying curse in history was born; perhaps before long, he would awaken as the 【King of Cursed Spirits】.

Subsequently, he would completely destroy the resistance forces of humans and Sorcerers.

"Please, Mr. President, you must agree to the nuclear strike plan."

"Yes, we have confirmed that there are no living forces left in Tokyo." "A nuclear strike is our most effective plan to end this disaster!"

The Prime Minister of Japan was sincerely requesting the President of Meilijian to launch nuclear missiles at Tokyo.

This scene made the mocking smile on Ieiri Shoko's face even deeper.

She arrived at the innermost room, where Xia Youjie was.

"You know full well that a nuclear strike is useless, yet you still let them carry on like this?"

Shoko's tone was not like a dissuasion, but more like she no longer cared about anything.

Xia Youjie looked at Li De, who was following behind Ieiri Shoko; the other party was deeply mired in negative emotions—this was a useful material.

"A nuclear strike is only useless against Cursed Spirits, but it can awaken the fear deep in the souls of the tens of millions of monkeys still alive in this country."

"And that kind of fear is very useful."

Xia Youjie had a smile on his lips.

!

"After all, if I want to fight an enemy like Gojo Satoru, I have no confidence unless I have Cursed Spirits born from that level of fear at my beck and call."

"Gojo Satoru is the strongest."

Xia Youjie pointed one finger to the sky and one to the earth, imitating the posture of Gojo Satoru from his memories.

But soon, the smile at the corners of his mouth faded.

He was not Gojo Satoru after all; he could not understand, nor could he give birth to such intense emotions. That confidence and Arrogance constantly radiating from the bones were perhaps the true reason Gojo Satoru could be the honored one in Heaven and on Earth.

For a Sorcerer, rationality is not a good thing. Those intense emotions born from the bones that cannot be suppressed by rationality are the best aptitude for a Sorcerer.

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【You have triggered the hidden faction quest: Trial of the Millennium Sorcerer】

【Quest Description: To stand with the Millennium Sorcerer, mastering Cursed Energy is mandatory. Please survive Kenjaku's trial and master Cursed Energy】

【Success Reward: Obtain the special energy system: Cursed Energy】

【Failure Penalty: Faction Reputation drops to a negative value, encounter hostility from Kenjaku】

Bai Cangshu walked out of the Itadori family residence; the sun was already in the center of the sky. Itadori Yuji had finished cooking lunch and warmly invited Bai Cangshu to eat together.

But Bai Cangshu only glanced at this pitiful boy, shook his head, and walked out of the courtyard.

Itadori Yuji is Kenjaku's biggest trump card right now; if he were to say anything superfluous, he might be assassinated by this Millennium Sorcerer.

From Kenjaku's own mouth, Bai Cangshu had roughly figured out the changes and developments in this world, combined with the Reincarnator mentioned in the world Description.

It was likely that at some point after Xia Youjie defected but before the Hundred Ghost Night Parade began, a group of Reincarnators descended into this world due to a quest.

The addition of the Reincarnators caused an impact on the Xia Youjie faction, the high-level Sorcerer faction, the Tokyo Jujutsu High faction, and others, turning what should have been a chaotic group battle into a script.

But that Reincarnator with the ID dm66616387 used an unknown special ability to curse and kill 33,000 Tokyo citizens, thereby casting a special Barrier that broke the balance of power between the yin and yang realms.

Subsequently, the Six Eyes Sorcerer, the contemporary strongest, Gojo Satoru, who was seen as maintaining the balance of power between Sorcerers and Cursed Spirits, took action, yet fell within the Barrier in a way no one ever knew.

According to Kenjaku's speculation, it must have been some kind of extremely evil curse-killing, causing resentment to backflow when Gojo Satoru died, and being eroded by the environment of Dongjing Shi, his corpse and Spirit Body becoming the embryo of the 【Cursed Spirit King】.

This is different from Ryomen Sukuna; Ryomen Sukuna was an Outlier by nature, having achieved hegemony during the flourishing Heian Period of sorcery, and after death, his fingers became special Cursed Objects due to his overly powerful Cursed Energy.

Strictly speaking, the original King of Curses did not turn into a Cursed Spirit himself; rather, his fingers became vessels for Cursed Spirits due to his overly powerful Cursed Energy.

And with enough fingers, Ryomen Sukuna would be awakened.

Gojo Satoru, however, is his own spirit, about to transform into the Cursed Spirit King.

Kenjaku fears the mysterious person who killed Gojo Satoru that day, and he equally fears the Six Eyes Sorcerer who is about to become the Cursed Spirit King; he cannot even imagine who could exorcise such a Cursed Spirit if it were born.

Therefore, he must keep Itadori Yuji by his side, and for this, he did not hesitate to abandon other bodies, choosing this aged body of Itadori Wasuke.

At the same time, he secretly obtained ten fingers, ready to revive Ryomen Sukuna at any time.

Bai Cangshu left the Itadori home and came alone to a warehouse, outside of which the old pickup truck was parked.

This is where Itadori Yuji places the "patients," also arranged by Kenjaku.

For an ordinary person to become a Sorcerer, possessing Cursed Energy and a Cursed Technique are the two basic conditions.

In the Jujutsu World, regarding the definition of Cursed Energy, actually, the vast majority of people possess a certain amount of Cursed Energy, but the level is so low that they cannot even See Spirits.

And Bai Cangshu, whether due to his natural aptitude or because he currently possesses 7 points of energy attributes and also possesses the special Milestone of 【See Spirits】.

At least in Kenjaku's eyes, he is a target with excellent aptitude to become a Sorcerer.

The Millennium Sorcerer's trial for newcomers is simple and brutal.

To use Cursed Energy, one must naturally learn to control emotions and control the flow of those emotions and Cursed Energy; there is nothing more effective than facing a group of Cursed Spirits that have been born or are about to be born.

Either learn to control Cursed Energy and exorcise the Cursed Spirits.

Or... die.

(End of this chapter)