Chapter Summaries

Shinji Hirako transferred into Ichigo Kurosaki’s class to assess whether he could join the Visored, but Uchiha Jin interrupted their first confrontation at school. That night, Shinji fought Ichigo and activated Sakanade after declaring Ichigo strong but still no match for him.

• Shinji Hirako introduced himself to Ichigo Kurosaki’s class, then grew tense when Uchiha Jin arrived to teach.
• Shinji told Ichigo that he had come to assess his strength for the Visored, but Ichigo refused to join and demanded that he leave.
• Ichigo and Shinji prepared to fight on the rooftop until Uchiha Jin restrained them with his Spiritual Pressure and ordered them to stop.
• Tayuya explained to Ichigo’s companions that Shinji was a former Seireitei captain and a member of the Visored.
• That night, Ichigo confronted Shinji, unleashed Bankai, and struck him with Getsuga Tenshō, but Shinji evaded the attack.
• Shinji activated Sakanade and told Ichigo that it was already too late.

Kisuke Urahara sealed Ichigo Kurosaki’s Soul Reaper powers and gave him a Fullbring training manual, leaving Ichigo to live as an ordinary person. When Ichigo saw his friends preparing to face the growing Hollow and Arrancar threat, he realized he could not abandon them, while Shinji Hirako and Kisuke Urahara watched from the rooftop.

• Ichigo Kurosaki overcame Shinji Hirako’s Sakanade with a wide-ranging Getsuga Tenshō attack and defeated him by trusting his instincts.
• Kisuke Urahara sealed Ichigo Kurosaki’s Soul Reaper powers, offered him the choice to return to ordinary life or follow a Fullbring training manual, and Ichigo left without accepting the offer.
• Ichigo Kurosaki told Rukia Kuchiki that he could no longer fight Hollows, then discovered that his physical strength and reflexes remained formidable when he stopped a bag thief.
• Uchiha Jin told Ichigo Kurosaki that the Land of Shadow would protect him and that a strong will could overcome a seal.
• Ichigo Kurosaki saw Uryu Ishida, Rukia Kuchiki, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Tatsuki Arisawa waiting for him, and decided he could not leave his companions to face danger alone.
• Shinji Hirako observed that Ichigo Kurosaki’s eyes had changed, while Kisuke Urahara said they still needed the final piece of the puzzle and a cloaked man watched from above.

Uchiha Jin agreed to assist Aizen only if he saw the result he wanted, while Aizen prepared the Arrancar to attack the Living World. As Karakura Town became the focus of the coming war, Yammy confronted Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue.

• Ulquiorra returned battered from Uchiha Jin, who agreed to help Aizen if he saw the performance he wanted.
• Aizen announced that the Arrancar would attack the Living World, confident that the nearly mature Hōgyoku would secure his victory.
• Ichigo Kurosaki completed his Fullbring training as Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji asked him to help protect Karakura Town from Aizen's coming attack.
• Kakuzu ordered the Shadow Group to liquidate its assets and gather supplies after learning that Aizen had targeted Karakura Town, while the Monk of the Eye sensed a warning tied to the town.
• Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue encountered Arrancar emerging from a Garganta, and Tatsuki knocked Yammy backward with a punch before he advanced on her again.

Tatsuki, Ichigo, and Tayuya fought Yammy and Ulquiorra after the Arrancar claimed they served the Land of Shadow. Ichigo revealed Quincy Mode and wounded Ulquiorra, but Ulquiorra prepared to release Murciélago.

• Yammy revealed his Espada number and fought Tatsuki while Ulquiorra attacked Orihime.
• Ichigo rescued Orihime, and Tayuya challenged Ulquiorra after denying that the Arrancar had joined the Land of Shadow.
• Orihime healed Tatsuki, who resumed her fight with Yammy, while Ulquiorra wounded Tayuya and Ichigo.
• Ichigo transformed into Quincy Mode and struck Ulquiorra with a combined Getsuga Tenshō and Jūji-shō.
• Ulquiorra countered with Gran Rey Cero, then announced that he would show Ichigo despair and began releasing Murciélago.

Ichigo Kurosaki exhausted his power fighting Ulquiorra, then regained Soul Reaper strength and overwhelmed him after awakening a new form. As Ulquiorra died, he warned Ichigo that he still could not defeat Aizen, while the Land of Shadow and Soul Society watched the conflict unfold.

• Ulquiorra released his Resurrección, and Ichigo Kurosaki answered with a full-power arrow that collided with Ulquiorra’s Gran Rey Cero and devastated the evacuated Karakura Town.
• Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida, and Yasutora Sado attacked Ulquiorra, but he defeated them while Yammy fought Tatsuki Arisawa.
• Ichigo Kurosaki rose in a burst of black light and regained the power of a Soul Reaper, then struck Ulquiorra with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Ulquiorra revealed his Segunda Etapa and fought Ichigo Kurosaki, but Ichigo cut through him and declared that he would defeat Aizen.
• A fireball fell from the sky and killed Ulquiorra completely.

Aizen and his forces confronted the Soul Reapers at the relocated Karakura Town, while Ichigo Kurosaki overwhelmed the three strongest Espada. As the Visored joined the battle, Aizen appeared outside Yamamoto’s wall of flames and ran his blade through Ukitake Jushiro.

• Aizen arrived with Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru, revealed his plan to create the Ōken, and faced the Soul Reapers gathered under Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka and raised a wall of flames around Aizen and his companions while vice-captains guarded the barrier pillars against Arrancar attacks.
• Ichigo Kurosaki fought Coyote Starrk, Baraggan Louisenbairn, and Tier Harribel, defeating all three Espada in succession.
• The Visored arrived as Ichigo turned his attention toward Aizen and the Soul Reapers battled the remaining Arrancar.
• Aizen appeared beyond the wall of flames and pierced Ukitake Jushiro, prompting Toshiro Hitsugaya to roar his name.

Aizen retrieved the Soul King's remains and invoked the Land of Shadow, prompting Uchiha Jin to unleash a devastating attack and scatter the surviving fighters into separate battles. As Ichigo Kurosaki and Isshin fought Chako, Jin watched the conflict and suggested the real war had yet to begin.

• Aizen pulled the Soul King's remains from Ukitake Jushiro and called on the Land of Shadow to fulfill its promise.
• Sakumo Hatake drove back the captains, while Uchiha Jin struck down Ichigo Kurosaki and unleashed black lightning that incapacitated most fighters.
• Jin declared the Land of Shadow's invasion and separated the survivors, with Orochimaru facing Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Chako attacked Ichigo Kurosaki with Black Phoenixes, but Isshin Kurosaki rescued his son and joined him in fighting back.
• Jin discussed the maturing Hōgyoku with Aizen as Yakushi Kabuto confronted Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

The Land of Shadow’s forces fought the Soul Reapers as Uchiha Jin and Aizen watched, and Aizen completed his third fusion. The Monk of the Eye and Yhwach then joined Aizen in attacking Jin and Kiyoshi Hyuga, setting the stage for a three-way confrontation.

• Yakushi Kabuto and Mayuri Kurotsuchi sent their grotesque creations, the Third Raikage A and Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, into battle while they calmly assessed each other’s techniques.
• Kinoki battled Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Byakuya Kuchiki joined Hitsugaya to attack Kinoki’s flying avatar together.
• Kyoraku Shunsui released Bankai against Uchiha Shisui, trapping them both in a deadly underwater game as they clashed with their blades.
• Tobirama Senju defeated Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and Nnoitra with powerful water currents before turning his attention to the wider battlefield.
• Aizen completed his third fusion while Uchiha Jin and Kiyoshi Hyuga observed the intensifying war.
• The Monk of the Eye used Ichimonji to erase Jin and Kiyoshi Hyuga’s names, and Yhwach’s shadows swallowed them as the three attackers formed a triangle around them.

Yhwach, Aizen, and Ichibe Hyosube sealed Uchiha Jin in a shadow space and turned to the remaining battles, while Aizen evolved after Gin Ichimaru stole the Hōgyoku from him. Aizen then attacked Ichigo Kurosaki and Isshin Kurosaki, caught Gin’s Bankai with one hand, and continued pursuing the Hōgyoku.

• Yhwach, Aizen, and Ichibe Hyosube sealed Uchiha Jin in a shadow space, then left to fight the other combatants.
• Aizen shielded Ichigo Kurosaki and Isshin Kurosaki from Chako’s Darkness Flame, restrained Chako, and began telling Ichigo about his origins.
• Gin Ichimaru struck Aizen with Shinso and knocked the Hōgyoku from his chest, allowing Isshin Kurosaki to seize it before Gin and Isshin escaped.
• Aizen transformed as his evolution continued, while Ichibe Hyosube faced Orochimaru and Sakumo Hatake defeated Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Aizen found Isshin Kurosaki and Ichigo Kurosaki, wounded them, and reached for the Hōgyoku, but caught Gin Ichimaru’s extending Shinso with one hand.

Aizen was trapped in Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Osame’s illusion while Tobirama Senju battled Yhwach, breaking the barrier around Karakura Town. Uchiha Jin watched as Tobirama appeared to pursue Yhwach’s power, then formed an image of Ichigo Kurosaki and Isshin Kurosaki as a green figure approached them.

• Aizen wounded Gin Ichimaru, but Uchiha Osame and Uchiha Shisui intervened and trapped him in their jointly created Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Gin Ichimaru thanked Uchiha Osame and Uchiha Shisui while Rangiku Matsumoto treated his wounds, and Kakuzu criticized the Uchiha for letting emotions guide them.
• Tobirama Senju revealed his Myriad Techniques Sage Dharma Body and attacked Yhwach, who used The Almighty and bestowed greater power upon himself.
• Tobirama Senju used a space-time ability to move Yhwach and smashed him into the ground, while the battle’s aftershocks shattered the barrier around Karakura Town.
• Uchiha Jin watched Tobirama Senju’s fight and suspected he intended to seize Yhwach’s power, then formed an image of Ichigo Kurosaki and Isshin Kurosaki as a green figure approached them.

Kisuke Urahara brought the Soul King's remains to Ichigo Kurosaki in the Dangai so Ichigo could become the new Soul King and fight Uchiha Jin. While Ichigo battled a version of himself within the Soul King Palace, Tobirama Senju began using a forbidden ritual to take Yhwach's Six Paths power.

• Kisuke Urahara revealed the Soul King's remains and urged Ichigo Kurosaki to merge with them before the Three Realms collapsed.
• The Royal Guard realized the Soul King's departure had destabilized the realms and placed their hopes in Kisuke Urahara's plan.
• Ichigo Kurosaki met the Soul King, learned that his life had been arranged, and accepted the need to become the Soul King to protect what mattered to him.
• The Soul King transformed into a black-clothed Ichigo Kurosaki, and the two began fighting inside the palace.
• Uchiha Jin watched the fusion and judged it would grant Ichigo Origin-level power without making him a true Origin.
• Tobirama Senju used the Jashin Twin Ritual Technique to connect with Yhwach and began taking his Six Paths realm.

Tobirama Senju stripped Yhwach of The Almighty while Orochimaru fought Monk of the Eye. Aizen emerged in a transformed state and joined Monk of the Eye, leaving Tobirama and Orochimaru to face them in separate duels.

• Tobirama Senju explained that Yhwach could not see beyond the planet's limits, then took The Almighty and left Yhwach withered and powerless.
• Monk of the Eye struck Orochimaru apart, but Orochimaru regenerated through white snakes and attacked with Senjutsu: Minor Natural Disaster.
• Monk of the Eye used his brush-blade to cut Orochimaru's power and tried to ink him, but Orochimaru avoided the ink and replenished his strength from his clones.
• Orochimaru trapped Monk of the Eye in a barrier without Spirit Particles, weakening him until Aizen appeared and struck Orochimaru with a purple beam.
• Aizen revealed his transformed form and reunited with Monk of the Eye, while Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Osame fell behind him.
• Orochimaru proposed separate one-on-one fights, and Tobirama Senju agreed to face Aizen.

Tobirama Senju fought Aizen while Orochimaru subdued the Monk of the Eye and unleashed a catastrophic attack on the Seireitei. Ichigo Kurosaki, newly ascended to the Origin, erased the attack, banished Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju, and sent the remaining observers away as he prepared to find Uchiha Jin.

• Tobirama Senju and Aizen clashed, with Tobirama Senju countering Aizen's Hollow powers and techniques.
• Orochimaru analyzed the Monk of the Eye, then summoned a vast snake and launched Sage Art: Apocalyptic Catastrophe at the city.
• The Soul Reapers watched the attack descend on the Seireitei, but Ichigo Kurosaki appeared and erased the white light with a single chant.
• Ichigo Kurosaki identified himself as the Soul King and declared that he would banish Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju before seeking Uchiha Jin.
• Ichigo Kurosaki opened voids that swallowed Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju, then sent the distant Legion Commanders and others away as well.

Uchiha Jin overwhelmed Ichigo Kurosaki, took the Soul King's remains, and forced the Soul King to emerge as the Three Realms faced destruction. The Soul King shattered Jin's Boundless Darkness with a final multicolored arrow, but Jin immediately formed another sphere of darkness.

• Ichigo Kurosaki tried to take Uchiha Jin away, but Jin flicked him across the city and revealed his overwhelming strength.
• Jin turned the world black and white, cut Ichigo Kurosaki off from the Three Realms, and sent Aizen away before taking the Soul King's remains from him.
• Jin used the remains to force the Soul King out of Ichigo Kurosaki, who learned that the Soul King had controlled his life and intended for his future son to inherit the role.
• The Soul King revived, restored some color to the world, and confronted Jin, who attacked him with Boundless Darkness.
• The Soul King fired a barrage of arrows and then spent the source of his power to shatter Jin's sphere of darkness with a multicolored arrow.
• Jin praised the Soul King's attack and formed another massive sphere of darkness.

Uchiha Jin defeated the Soul King and uncovered the history of the Three Realms, including the Planet Consciousness’s role in their instability. With the worlds falling apart, Kisuke Urahara and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni offered the Soul Reapers’ submission in exchange for Jin giving the inhabitants a chance to survive.

• Jin defeated the Soul King, read his memories, and learned how the God Creation Project, the Planet Will, and the Soul King’s creation of the Three Realms had unfolded.
• Jin killed the Soul King after learning that he had intended to possess Kinoki, and Jin suggested that Kinoki might become a second Origin in the Land of Shadow.
• In the Seireitei, Mayuri Kurotsuchi reported that the Three Realms were falling without the Soul King, while Kisuke Urahara and Ichigo Kurosaki watched Jin emerge from the darkness.
• Jin told the gathered Soul Reapers that the Soul King was dead, and Kisuke Urahara proposed a new arrangement in which they would submit in return for hope for the Three Realms’ inhabitants.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni endorsed Kisuke Urahara’s offer on behalf of the Soul Reapers, and Monk of the Eye said the offer represented all three realms.

Uchiha Jin took Soul Society, the Living World, and Hueco Mundo into darkness, spared the resisting Planet Consciousness, and brought one realm to Shadow Star to strengthen it. He named the planet’s emerging consciousness Shadow, transformed the Pure Land with the other two realms, and welcomed the Soul Reapers to their new home.

• Uchiha Jin accepted the Soul Reapers’ submission and sent them away before swallowing Soul Society and the Living World into darkness.
• Uchiha Jin captured the Three Realms and the Dangai, but stopped when Hell and the planet’s consciousness resisted him.
• Uchiha Jin brought the Living World to Shadow Star, merged it into the planet, and named its new consciousness Shadow.
• Uchiha Jin fused the other two realms into the Pure Land, expanding it into a self-sustaining world with greenery, materials, and life.
• Uchiha Jin summoned the Soul Reapers to the Pure Land and told them their cooperation was complete.

The Land of Shadow expanded and reorganized the living and dead, while its new residents adjusted to life under Uchiha Jin’s rule. Dan Katō returned through a wooden door, Jiraiya was left reflecting on his words, and Aizen received an offer from Blackbeard.

• Uchiha Jin warned Kinoki to watch for any unusual symptoms from the Hollow shadow fused within him, while keeping the truth from him to avoid giving the Soul King an opening.
• Orochimaru reported that the Land of Shadow had expanded and gained new cities and residents, and Jin assigned Tobirama Senju to manage the resulting upheaval.
• Tobirama Senju found Butsuma Senju and Shimada Uchiha working as officials of King Yama's Palace, then left after confirming they had permission to visit the living world.
• Kakashi and Rin Nohara watched Sakumo Hatake shop with Retsu Unohana, who explained that the former Soul Society forces now served the Land of Shadow and upheld order in the world of the dead.
• Dan Katō urged Jiraiya to consider whether Uchiha Jin's rule had brought people happiness, then departed through a wooden door as Jiraiya wondered about the world.
• Aizen read a newspaper atop a newspaper office when Blackbeard invited him to join his ship.

Yakushi Kabuto took over as Seventh Army Legion Commander while Kinoki accepted his demotion and met Chako, who stayed with him for the Kaguya festival. Meanwhile, Aizen joined Blackbeard’s crew, learned they were saving for a spaceship, and began plotting to use Blackbeard’s companions as tools.

• Kinoki introduced Yakushi Kabuto to the Seventh Army and handed over his duties, then told his supporters to accept the defeat and return to work.
• Chako arrived from the Tenth Army, admitted she was avoiding Sakumo Hatake after losing the Legion Commander contest, and decided to stay with Kinoki for a few days.
• Jin and Yugito Nii attended the Kaguya festival, where they encountered Kinoki and Chako and watched the fireworks together.
• Blackbeard explained to Aizen that he was working to save money for a spaceship so they could leave the Land of Shadow, and promised to introduce him to the others helping fund it.
• Aizen sensed that Jin was absent from the imperial palace and smiled as he considered using Blackbeard’s companions as tools.

Aizen defeated Blackbeard and Golden Lion, forced Crocodile to submit, and learned that the group needed a spaceship to escape Shadow Star. He proposed seizing one from the Land of Shadow, promising to lead them off the planet if they let him use them.

• Blackbeard brought Aizen to meet Gecko Moria, Golden Lion, and the others, and Aizen flung Gecko Moria aside after insulting him.
• Golden Lion challenged Aizen to join his crew, but Aizen rejected both him and Blackbeard and used Kyōka Suigetsu to trap them in an illusion.
• Aizen revealed himself atop a mountain of unconscious people, then defeated Blackbeard and Golden Lion while Crocodile evaded his attack through elementalization.
• Crocodile recognized Aizen as a Six Paths realm powerhouse from Soul Reaper Star and knelt in submission.
• Aizen asked where to obtain a spaceship, and Crocodile explained they had not saved enough money and feared the Land of Shadow.
• Golden Lion and Blackbeard agreed to follow Aizen if he could seize a spaceship, and Aizen promised to lead them off Shadow Star.

Aizen negotiated with Orochimaru to leave the Land of Shadow, then used the Hōgyoku to make a stolen spaceship fly itself. As the group headed for the Moon and set a course for the Akatsuki Star Domain, Aokiji arrived at the Moon with orders to deal with the pirates.

• Aizen met Orochimaru in Empty City, and Orochimaru agreed not to stop him from leaving but declared that he would be a traitor to the Land of Shadow afterward.
• Aizen reunited with Blackbeard, Golden Lion, and the others, then led them to the spaceship hangar under cover of night.
• When nobody knew how to pilot their chosen spaceship, Aizen used the Hōgyoku to make it control itself and escape as Orochimaru ordered the patrols not to pursue it.
• Aboard the ship, Aizen silenced the arguing pirates with his Spiritual Pressure and asked Egg Star to set their destination to the Akatsuki Star Domain via the Moon.
• Aokiji landed on the Moon with a group and prepared to deal with the pirates arriving from the Land of Shadow.