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Ye Yang grew from a gifted Shihoin child into a Third Seat and helped Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara rise through the Soul Reapers. After years of training and dangerous missions, Yoruichi defeated Mongoose in the Tenshintai and developed the technique Ye Yang named Shunkō.
Ye Yang gained his Bankai, helped Yoruichi claim leadership of the Shihoin Clan, and crushed a noble coup before returning to teaching and Soul Society affairs. The arc left Gin Ichimaru graduated from Shin'ō and headed for the Fifth Division, while Kisuke Urahara established the Twelfth Division’s research institute.
Ye Yang helped Urahara and the Visored escape Soul Society, then left for Hueco Mundo and took command of an expeditionary corps. After Baraggan nearly killed him, Ye Yang awakened Galaxy Rift and entered secluded cultivation while Ulquiorra prepared to watch for Aizen.
After surviving the Forest of Menos and returning from Hueco Mundo, Ye Yang reclaimed his place in Soul Society and the Shihoin Clan. He reunited with Soi Fon, confessed their love, and began helping her understand her Bankai.
Ye Yang trained Renji, Kira, and Hinamori, reunited Rukia with Hisana, and continued his relationship with Soi Fon while confronting Kenpachi in a fierce duel. Years later, his students faced a deadly Hollow invasion in the World of the Living, and Ye Yang arrived to rescue them and attack the swarm.
Ye Yang trained Tōshirō, grew closer to Soi Fon, and saved Kaien from dying after Aizen’s Hollow attacked him. Years later, as Rukia became stranded in the World of the Living, Ye Yang arrived there and encountered Ichigo.
Ye Yang helped expose Aizen’s betrayal and protect Soul Society, then became embroiled in the Kasumioji conspiracy and Amagai’s revenge. As Aizen’s Arrancar began attacking the World of the Living, Ichigo and his allies prepared for the coming battle while Ye Yang revealed the limits of his time-based power.
Ye Yang and Ichigo led the rescue of Orihime through Hueco Mundo while Aizen began his assault on Karakura Town. After rescuing Gin and confronting Aizen’s latest evolution, Ye Yang unleashed a final Bankai that could reverse Aizen’s transformation but left Ye Yang’s own fate uncertain.
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