Ye Yang Shihoin

Ugh... Where is this? Why is it so dark? Ye Yang wondered. I only went to sleep. Surely it can't be that bad? Suddenly, Ye Yang realized that it wasn't dark around him at all—he simply couldn't open his eyes. There was also another person close to him. Ye Yang tried to move, but found that he could only move his feet. When he did, he heard a woman's voice:

"Oh! Seigen, your child is bullying me!" Then a man's voice reached Ye Yang's ears.

"What is it, Tsuki?"

"He kicked me." There was a hint of playful reproach in the woman's voice.

"It's all right. Once he's born, I'll kick him for you."

Even if Ye Yang had been a fool, he would have understood what was happening by now. No way! Is this the legendary transmigration? And I transmigrated as a baby? No... I want to go back... Goodbye, Master. I won't be able to take care of you all in your old age. Goodbye, my friends. I won't be able to stay up with you until dawn anymore. Goodbye, my rivals. I won't be able to spar with you again. Goodbye, all you girls who admired me. I won't be able to hit on you... In his previous life, Ye Yang had lost both his parents at a young age. His master had seen him begging in the streets and taken him to Mount Wudang, teaching him to read, speak, and practice martial arts. Ye Yang's childhood had consisted of little more than training. As the saying went, when God closed a door, he opened a window. Ye Yang had extraordinary talent in martial arts. At only twenty-three, he had already made a name for himself in the martial arts world. In Tai Chi especially, he stood head and shoulders above his generation and ranked among the best even compared with the older generation. An elderly master regarded as a towering authority on Tai Chi had once said, "Ye Yang's mastery of Tai Chi is already no worse than mine. What he lacks is the refinement that comes with time. Give him another ten years, and he might surpass me."

But things did not go as he wished. While contemplating the profound mysteries of Tai Chi, he had suddenly lost consciousness, only to wake up here. Just then, the woman's words—no, she should be his mother in this world—interrupted Ye Yang's thoughts:

"Seigen, what do you think we should name the baby?"

"Hmm... If it's a boy, let's call him Ye Yang. If it's a girl, let's call her Yoruichi. What do you think?"

"Ye Yang Shihoin, Yoruichi Shihōin? Hmm, those are good. Let's go with them."

Ye Yang froze when he heard that. Yoruichi Shihōin? Why does that sound so familiar? Wait... Yoruichi... Damn!!! Don't tell me this is the world of Bleach! Although others in his previous life had thought Ye Yang was obsessed with martial arts, he had only trained so hard to live up to his master's expectations. His favorite thing to do in his spare time was watch anime. Bleach in particular had made his blood boil with excitement. Back then, he had wished he could be in the world of Bleach. He had never imagined that an idle remark from those days would become reality, or that he would actually end up in this highly dangerous world.

It seemed necessary to improve his strength. Without strength, he couldn't survive in this world. Although he couldn't move around as a fetus, there were advantages to being a conscious one. Ye Yang began circulating the Taiji Mental Cultivation Method from his previous life, and gradually, a trace of spiritual power actually entered his body. Ye Yang only felt a pleasant warmth, unaware that the spiritual power of Soul Society was gradually changing his body, laying a solid foundation for his later cultivation...

In the blink of an eye, three months passed. With a loud cry, Ye Yang finally emerged from his mother's body. A maid inside called out to the man outside, "Master, Master, Madam has given birth!"

Outside, a man of about thirty vanished from where he stood and appeared at his wife's side. His movements were invisible to the naked eye, and his speed was astonishing. He said to her gently, "Tsuki, thank you for your hard work."

The woman named Tsuki shook her head. "It wasn't hard. Seigen, can I see the baby? Is it a boy or a girl?"

At that moment, two maids, each holding a baby, said to her, "Look, Madam, they're twins, a boy and a girl! You're truly blessed, Madam."

Tsuki turned to the man and said, "Seigen, let's use those two names, then."

"All right. The younger brother will be Ye Yang Shihoin, and the older sister will be Yoruichi Shihōin."

Shihoin Seigen looked at the infant Ye Yang. "Now, as a man, you have to protect girls, all right?"

Ye Yang nodded as though he half understood...

Time always flew by in Soul Society. Our protagonist Ye Yang had already spent five years here. The rate at which souls grew in Soul Society was outrageously slow. In his previous life, a five-year-old would already have been in school, but here, Ye Yang's body had only just reached the stage where he could walk. His physique was only that of a two-year-old. Bored out of his mind for those five years, Ye Yang could only pass the time cultivating his mental method. If he wanted to practice Tai Chi moves, he would have to wait another ten years or so.

Whenever he cultivated, however, his older sister Yoruichi always found ways to pester him. One day, Ye Yang was sitting down when Yoruichi crawled in front of him and poked his belly with her little hand. Ye Yang opened his eyes and looked at her, then ignored her. Yoruichi, as if she had found a toy, kept poking his belly, then his head... Finally, Ye Yang couldn't take it anymore and pushed Yoruichi away. Little Yoruichi landed on her bottom, her lips pouting and her eyes welling with tears, looking ready to cry. Seeing this, Ye Yang thought, This is bad. If his father and mother found out he had made his sister cry, he would surely be in trouble. Thinking quickly, Ye Yang started crying first. He squeezed a tear from the corner of his eye and began bawling. When his parents heard their precious son crying, they rushed over. "Qianye, what's wrong? Who bullied you?"

Beside him, Yoruichi, who had nearly burst into tears herself, stopped on the verge of crying when Ye Yang began. She didn't understand why her little brother was crying, so she looked at him curiously.

As the saying went, curiosity killed the cat. When Tsuki Shihoin arrived, she saw Ye Yang crying while Yoruichi watched him. Yoruichi was just about to speak when she heard her little brother say, "Mommy, big sister bullied me. I was just sitting here minding my own business, and she came over and hit me..." He sobbed as he spoke. It was an award-winning performance!

Yoruichi was stunned. What does he mean, I hit him? Does poking him with one finger count? "Mommy, that's not what happened. Just now..." Before Yoruichi could finish, her mother cut her off. "Enough. Little Yoruichi, you're confined for a week." Seeing her mother's darkened face, Yoruichi knew there was no point explaining, so she said, "Yes."

Then Ye Yang said, "Mommy, please don't punish big sister, okay? She didn't mean to." As he spoke, Ye Yang tugged at the hem of his mother's clothes. Only then did Tsuki Shihoin smile. "Little Qianye already knows how to care for his big sister? All right, I won't punish her for a week. How about three days?"

"Okay. Thank you, Mommy."

"Yoruichi? Aren't you going to thank your little brother?"

Although Yoruichi badly wanted to beat Ye Yang up, she still said, "Yes. Thank you, little brother!"

Then Tsuki picked Ye Yang up and said, "Let's go," and walked out of the room. Ye Yang looked back at Yoruichi, who was also looking at him with gritted teeth. She could even see the faintest hint of a smile at the corner of her little brother's mouth...

A hundred years later, Yoruichi would say that this was a stain on her life! But that was all a story for later...

A month later, Yoruichi no longer bothered Ye Yang while he cultivated, because she was always the one who suffered for it... Ye Yang was happy to have the peace and quiet. He spent his days cultivating, eating, sleeping, and teasing Yoruichi now and then. His life was leisurely, and ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

Ye Yang now had the physique of an ordinary first grader and could finally practice External Tai Chi. External Tai Chi referred to the moves, while Internal Tai Chi was the mental cultivation method Ye Yang practiced every day. Only when the two complemented each other could it be called Tai Chi.

As one of the Four Great Noble Clans, the Shihoin Clan required its children to learn some things about Soul Reapers at the age of fifteen, so they wouldn't bring shame on the family later.

The Shihoin Clan had always led the Punishment Force of the Stealth Force. As children of the Shihoin Clan, they had to possess the ability to command the Punishment Force. Since it was a covert force, they had to master Shunpo and Hakuda.