Recaps

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 cultivated Taiji before birth, grew up alongside Yoruichi, and began training in Soul Reaper skills while guarding his family from a hidden threat in their lessons.
• Ye Yang and Yoruichi celebrated their coming-of-age ceremony with music and dance, passed the Shin'ō Academy entrance exam, and joined Kisuke Urahara in Class One.
• Ye Yang, Yoruichi, and Kisuke became the academy’s top students, built a secret base, and led a practical exercise in the World of the Living where they faced real Hollows and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.
• Ye Yang revealed Silver Rend and drove Grimmjow away, after which he, Yoruichi, and Kisuke graduated early and joined the Punishment Force.
• Ye Yang and Kisuke defeated escaped Soul Reapers, then earned seats in the Second Division, while Yoruichi became lieutenant after defeating Ye Yang in a staged challenge.
• Ye Yang took charge of the Maggot's Nest and subdued its prisoners without killing them, while Yoruichi handled lieutenant duties and Kisuke developed new devices.
• Ten years later, Ye Yang and Yoruichi taught Byakuya, and Kisuke introduced the Tenshintai, which let Yoruichi summon Mongoose and attempt to achieve Bankai.
• Yoruichi fought Mongoose repeatedly, improved with Ye Yang’s techniques, and finally combined Kidō with Hakuda to defeat her, prompting Ye Yang to name her new move 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 passed Silver Rend’s Bankai test by trusting his Zanpakuto, then joined Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara as an instructor at Shin'ō Academy.
• After Shihoin Tōno died, Yoruichi claimed the clan leadership with Ye Yang’s support, and Ye Yang put down Shihoin Nishimura’s coup and killed the nobles behind it.
• Ye Yang fought Kenpachi Zaraki to a draw in Kusajishi, then returned to teaching and trained Shaoling Fon in Bajiquan.
• Yoruichi recruited Soi Fon into her Bodyguard Corps, while Ye Yang taught a new class that included Gin Ichimaru and Rangiku Matsumoto.
• Ye Yang helped Kisuke Urahara become Twelfth Division captain and establish the Research and Development Institute with Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Gin passed his graduation examination by fighting Ye Yang, revealed Shinsō’s extension ability, and chose to join the Fifth Division.

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.

• Ye Yang failed to destroy Urahara’s Hōgyoku, briefly accepted its power, then forced it out and gave it to Urahara to seal.
• After Aizen’s betrayal and Central 46’s sentences against Urahara and Tessai, Ye Yang helped the fugitives escape and later accepted Yamamoto’s assignment to Hueco Mundo, leaving Soi Fon a letter promising to return in fifty years.
• Ye Yang led an expedition through the Garganta, took command of the Second Corps, and gradually earned its members’ trust by protecting them from Hollows.
• Ye Yang rescued Ulquiorra from a group of Menos Grandes, killed them, and sealed the decay from Baraggan’s old wound in exchange for Ulquiorra’s promise to watch Aizen.
• Baraggan attacked the Expeditionary Force with a massive Hollow army, and Ye Yang stayed behind so Ikeda Kawai and the survivors could escape.
• Ye Yang fought Baraggan with his Bankai, but Baraggan’s decay overwhelmed him until Ye Yang awakened Galaxy Rift and used Time Reversal to erase the decay and restore himself.
• Ye Yang defeated Baraggan, removed Ulquiorra’s decay affliction, and asked him to recruit other Vasto Lordes and watch for Aizen while Ye Yang cultivated in the Forest of Menos.
• Ulquiorra led Ye Yang to a secluded cave, while the surviving Expeditionary Force reached safety and mourned Ye Yang, believing he had died protecting them.

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 rescued Ashido from Grimmjow, then spent thirty years cultivating with Ashido in the Forest of Menos before escaping into Hueco Mundo.
• Ye Yang traveled with Nelliel for ten years, left when Aizen took over Las Noches, and returned to the World of the Living to reunite with Urahara and Yoruichi.
• Ye Yang returned to Soul Society after fifty years, faced Central 46’s charges, and used the Soul King’s Pardon Writ to secure his freedom.
• Ye Yang reclaimed leadership of the Shihoin Clan, reunited with his family and old friends, and gave Hisana a bracelet to ease the effects of spiritual pressure.
• Ye Yang held his succession ceremony and banquet, renewed his service as Second Division lieutenant, and considered Yamamoto’s offer to become Shin'ō’s vice principal.
• During Kūkaku’s fireworks gathering, Hisana revealed that she had left her infant sister Rukia in Inuzuri, while Ye Yang confessed his love to Soi Fon.
• Ye Yang and Soi Fon admitted their love and promised to stay together, then Ye Yang activated Bankai—Spatial Domain to show her its controlled space.