Recaps

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 became an instructor at Shin'ō, where he put Class One through punishing physical and combat training and gave Renji, Kira, and Hinamori individual plans.
• Ye Yang discovered that Rukia was Hisana's younger sister and brought them together, leading Byakuya to adopt Rukia into the Kuchiki Clan despite the elders' opposition.
• Renji asked Ye Yang to train him so he could protect Rukia, and Ye Yang accepted him as a student after Renji explained his purpose for wielding a sword.
• Ye Yang sought out Tōshirō Hitsugaya in Junrinan and gave him methods to control his immense Spiritual Pressure, while agreeing to help if it harmed his grandmother.
• Ye Yang answered the Women's Association's questions about his past, then fought Kenpachi in Bankai and urged him to treat the mysterious power of his Zanpakuto as a partner.
• Over three years, Ye Yang's students grew stronger, and he led them on a World of the Living exercise under Shūhei Hisagi's supervision.
• Aizen and Gin orchestrated an invasion by giant Hollows, killing two students and forcing Renji, Kira, Hinamori, and the others to fight while Shūhei called for reinforcements.
• Ye Yang used the Shihoin Clan's private Senkaimon to reach the World of the Living, rescued the remaining fighters with a Dimensional Slash, and killed dozens of giant Hollows.

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 rescued the students from the Hollow attack, investigated the unexplained threat, and brought Tōshirō to the Second Division as his disciple.
• Tōshirō trained under Ye Yang and Soi Fon, while Ye Yang stood by Byakuya as he grieved Hisana and honored her as his wife.
• Ye Yang’s students graduated, and Yamamoto appointed Ye Yang vice-principal of Shin'ō, and Tōshirō later passed Yamamoto’s assessment and joined the Tenth Division.
• Ye Yang and Soi Fon celebrated their relationship with friends, became intimate, and agreed to become engaged while waiting for Yoruichi to attend their wedding.
• When a Hollow attacked the Thirteenth Division, Ye Yang saved Miyako and restrained the possessed Kaien, then took them to Urahara for help.
• Ye Yang and Urahara sought help from the Visoreds, while Ukitake agreed to report Kaien and Miyako dead so their survival would remain secret.
• After Kaien and Miyako’s funeral, Ye Yang and Soi Fon held an engagement banquet, and years later, Tōshirō became a captain and Rukia was sent to the World of the Living.
• Ye Yang visited Isshin, met Karin, Yuzu, and Ichigo, then sensed Rukia nearby and headed for the Urahara Shop.

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.

• Ichigo defeated a Gillian-class Menos Grande, but Byakuya struck him down and took Rukia back to Soul Society as Ye Yang intervened.
• Ye Yang learned that Rukia had been sentenced to execution, removed the Hōgyoku from her and replaced it, then helped Ichigo and the captains disrupt the execution and confront Aizen’s betrayal.
• Aizen escaped with the real Hōgyoku after threatening Ye Yang’s family, while Byakuya, Renji, and the other injured Soul Reapers recovered and Yoruichi returned to the World of the Living.
• Yamamoto appointed Ye Yang captain of the Fifth Division and Shusuke Amagai captain of the Third, while Ye Yang began training his division and investigating the Kasumioji Clan’s Bakkōtō.
• Amagai attacked Yamamoto over his father’s death, but Ye Yang exposed Kumoi’s role in controlling Shin'etsu Kisaragi, allowing Amagai to learn the truth and remain captain under supervision.
• Shinji invited Ichigo to join the Visored, Ryūken offered to restore Uryū’s Quincy powers, and Isshin killed an Arrancar test subject as Soul Society formed a rescue squad led by Tōshirō.
• Six Arrancar attacked Karakura Town, and the Soul Reapers broke their power seals to defeat most of them, while Grimmjow overwhelmed Ichigo before Tōsen forced him to withdraw.
• Ichigo went to train with the Visored, Chad asked Renji to train him, and Ye Yang explained to Urahara that Inoue’s power could reject events and revealed that his own Zanpakuto’s Time Reversal cost him an equivalent amount of time.

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.

• Ye Yang revealed the Espada’s ranks and abilities to the Gotei 13, then joined Ichigo, Chad, and Ishida on their journey to rescue Orihime in Hueco Mundo.
• Ye Yang reunited with Nel, helped the group escape the Forest of Menos, and defeated Aaroniero after exposing his disguise as Kaien.
• Ichigo was beaten by Ulquiorra, while Ye Yang and Nel confronted Nnoitra and Ye Yang killed him after Nel regained her adult form.
• Aizen took Orihime and announced his plan to destroy Karakura Town, but Ye Yang explained that the real town had been moved to Soul Society as Ichigo rushed to rescue her.
• Ichigo’s Hollow transformation defeated Ulquiorra, but Ye Yang stopped him from killing Ulquiorra and revealed that Ulquiorra had been working as Ye Yang’s undercover agent.
• Ye Yang and the others defeated Yammy’s threat, then returned to the World of the Living, where Aizen trapped Ye Yang before their fight resumed.
• Gin betrayed Aizen and stole the Hōgyoku, but Aizen recovered it and evolved, after Aizen nearly killed Gin, Ye Yang healed him and sent the others away.
• Ye Yang activated Bankai—Final Chapter: Space-Time Exile to reverse Aizen’s evolution, surrendering control of his own body as the silver galaxy began its attack.