Curse Reply: I'm going to fight the Myriad Corpse Immortal, the highest level one!

"Space presents me with new challenges."

Before entering the cursed world, Xia Jie wanted to see what new main course the space had prepared after the Myriad Corpse Immortal.

Okay, a new challenge has been prepared for you.

Current Challenges:

【①Witch's Night】

【②Hell Star】

【③Luotian Grand Ritual】

"Um?"

Xia Jie raised an eyebrow after quickly scanning the challenge items.

"Why aren't you separating dessert and main courses this time?"

"And is this Luo Tian Grand Ritual really the Luo Tian Grand Ritual I'm thinking of?"

"Could it be some kind of festival from a mythological world?"

"The reason there's no distinction between dessert and main courses is because once you enter the challenge world, you won't just obediently eat the prescribed meals; instead, you'll rush into the kitchen and pick out your favorite feasts to enjoy."

Therefore, the space will no longer be divided into desserts and main meals; the user of the space can decide for themselves what they wish to eat.

"That's great, thank you so much!"

Xia Jie stroked her chin, and after a moment's thought, she realized that what Space said made sense.

"As for the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, yes, this is the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony in a world of one person."

"No, buddy, I'm participating in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony?"

"That's right, you're performing the Luo Tian Grand Ritual."

"...It's not impossible."

After a moment's thought, Xia Jie continued to ask the space:

"Is Hellstar the same Hellstar as Junji Ito's?"

"Yes."

"So, is Hellstar the only anomaly in the universe, or is it a chaotic mess of strange tales and demons?"

Some anomalies are scattered across various parallel universes, while others come together in a chaotic and bizarre manner. Overall, it's a multiverse with a bizarre and grotesque style.

The [Basic Space Operation Permission] obtained upon clearing the level allows Xia Jie to ask more in-depth questions.

He figured he might as well use this access, so he decided to ask all the questions he wanted to know.

"Then why was I the one chosen to be bound to this space?"

Xia Jie asked the question that had been buried deep in his heart. In his simple belief, everything had a reason.

"It just so happens to be you, so it has to be you."

"Wow, awesome, I got hit by a boomerang too."

Xia Jie's lips were hard to suppress.

"Then what is the ultimate purpose of this space nurturing me?"

"Let the bound individuals grow to the point where they have the ability to create 'challenge spaces,' and then, at the most fundamental level, complete a true causal loop that can distort the baseline narrative."

"Like the Corpse Immortal of Ten Thousand Realms, is it cause before effect? ​​Is it arriving at the fact of birth first, and then completing the reason for birth?"

"right."

"Haha, no problem."

Xia Jie ultimately couldn't suppress the urge to smile.

It is often said that every gift bestowed by fate has a price already secretly marked on it.

But just as the gifts he gave to the people of the fake world were completely disproportionate to the small costs he demanded of them, such as "becoming stronger" and "studying talismans."

The gifts of fate that the Challenge Space bestowed upon Xia Jie were completely disproportionate to the price he had to pay.

If we were to use a summer mustard seed as a clever little metaphor to describe the space's requirements for him—

This gift from fate was secretly priced at a mere nine pounds and fifteen pence.

The cost, comparable to an entire shirt, was no burden for him whatsoever.

Having cleared up her doubts, Xia Jie stood up cheerfully, slowly walked to the black door of the Spell Reversal Battle, and pushed it open.

He planned to finish the Ten Shadows Nuo ritual first, and then use the power of causality to tamper with the timeline of the curse.

To deny all tragedies of the past, present, and future, and to annihilate all unjust people of the past, present, and future.

The great flood that will both destroy and save the world is about to be fulfilled.

Without the karmic punishment watching over him, he is fully capable of becoming the karmic law of the cursed world, and thus creating a perfect true world.

Once he has perfectly cleared the level and returned, he will first go to the Sun and Moon and strike at the law of cause and effect.

Then go to the world of Puella Magi Madoka Magica to elbow Witch Night and increase entropy.

Then go to Junji Ito's universe to elbow Hellstar, Tomie, and Uzumaki, and finally go to the Luotian Grand Ceremony in the world of one person.

He, Xia, wanted to see what this abstract world, where extraordinary people lived less freely than ordinary people, was all about.

Surely there can't really be a divine hand at work, right?

With these thoughts in mind, Xia Jie stepped through the black gate and arrived in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen.

November 12, 2018, early morning, Tokyo First Barrier.

"Yo, Sassiburi~"

Xia Jie greeted the Mantis Curse Spirit with a smile.

In fact, it was this thing that gave him his first real experience of death, and this impending death reawakened his initial domineering desires.

This naturally cheerful person was able to walk the path of a strongman, so this Thunder Mantis can be considered "the one who takes full responsibility" to some extent.

"Humans...?"

The purplish-red mantis spirit shook its disgusting fleshy wings, and its deformed human head, resembling a mantis's head, slowly turned to Xia Jie's position, revealing a mocking smile.

It couldn't sense Xia Jie's curse power at all. Without a doubt, the human in front of it was a weakling that could be killed at will!

"Humans...kill...eat..."

Its terrifying forelimbs, shaped like giant scythes, tore through the night wind and slashed fiercely at Xia Jie's neck.

It couldn't wait to bathe in the warm, pungent smell of human blood!

However, the mocking smile froze on its face the next moment.

"What...is it...?"

The blade, capable of slicing through steel, suddenly stopped in front of Xia Jie. This wasn't because the mantis spirit intended to stop short, but simply...

A finger gently pressed against its sickle blade, preventing it from advancing an inch.

"It's hard to understand, isn't it? How can someone who can't sense magical power block your so-called proud attack with just one finger?"

Xia Jie slightly increased the pressure with her index finger, pushing the mantis spirit back bit by bit under its incredulous gaze.

As a cursed spirit, its already not-so-good brain was now almost burned out by the scene before it.

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Oh, no, no, no!

Yes, right?

"The answer is simple."

Xia Jie pressed her index finger lightly, crushing the knife foot into two pieces, and then the answer was revealed amidst the screams of the cursed spirit.

"You can't sense my terror simply because our strengths are no longer on the same level."

Xia Jie was backlit by the moonlight, her face buried in the shadows, her tone chilling, looking exactly like a villain.

In the eyes of the Mantis Curse Spirit, Xia Jie is now more terrifying than a billion top-level curse masters combined!

However, there are also those who are completely unaware of this.

With Xia Jie's permission, the little golden beetle with white wings, an arrow-shaped tail, and an ugly-cute appearance was finally able to arrive.

"Hello, I'm Golden Beetle. Congratulations on becoming a swimmer and participating in the Death Swim!"

"Hmm, we meet again, Lady Beetle."

Xia Jie casually blasted the mantis spirit into a bloody mist and pinched the little golden beetle's arrow-shaped tail.

His previous approach to clearing the game was too rushed, and he didn't have time to practice many of the amazing maneuvers.

And now...

"I had two months to play with the world before causality withdrew from the stress response."

"Causality?" The beetle first flicked its tail in confusion, then immediately put on a smiling face. "Mr. Swimmer, would you like me to explain the rules of the Death and Resurrection?"

"Need not."

Xia Jie's words are concise and to the point.

"Oh……"

The beetle looked mournful, its tail drooping dejectedly.

To be honest, as an interactive terminal for the same project, Xia Jie felt that this thing was much more human-like than Kyubey.