Chapter Summaries

Mila Rose completed her Arrancarization and fought Dordoni while Cangya watched over the battle. After discovering Tirutī had survived, Cangya refused to kill her and offered her a chance to help overthrow Baraggan.

• Cangya's provocation helped Mila Rose control her instincts, seal her Hollow power in a sword, and become an Arrancar.
• Apache and Sun-Sun encouraged Mila Rose, who thanked Cangya and declared she would protect everyone.
• Mila Rose fought Dordoni with her broadsword while Apache and Sun-Sun distracted him with Ceros.
• Tier Harribel offered to shatter her mask if Mila Rose lost, but Cangya stopped her and said he had another way to defeat Dordoni.
• Cangya discovered that Tirutī was alive, and she begged him to kill her rather than leave her vulnerable to Baraggan or Szayelaporro.
• Cangya refused to kill Tirutī and asked her to help him overthrow Baraggan in exchange for a chance to live.

Cangya brought the injured Tirutī to safety, then stepped in to fight Dordoni after Mila Rose and the others had worn him down. The battle began with Cangya testing his defense against Dordoni’s attacks.

• Tirutī chose to join Cangya against Baraggan, and Cangya carried her to his cave to recover.
• Mila Rose broke through Dordoni’s tornado and weakened him with a Cero, while Apache and Sun-Sun ran out of energy.
• Tier Harribel explained how the three had pressured Dordoni, and Cangya asked whether she objected to his decision about Tirutī.
• Cangya thanked Mila Rose, who returned to the base with Apache and Sun-Sun, then prepared to fight Dordoni.
• Dordoni attacked Cangya with bird-headed tornadoes and kicks, but Cangya suffered only superficial cuts and judged the attacks useful for improving his defense.

Cangya defeated Dordoni after breaking his Zanpakuto, then learned Dordoni had deliberately fought him to make him stronger against Baraggan. Dordoni died by Cangya’s hand, leaving Cangya resolved to face Baraggan for his own reasons.

• Dordoni’s Resurrección ran out of Reiatsu, but he warned Cangya that his fighting skill and experience still surpassed Cangya’s.
• Cangya caught Dordoni’s Zanpakuto and used his Pressure ability to make the blade fragile enough to break.
• Dordoni fought on without his Zanpakuto, but Cangya blocked his attacks and battered him into defeat.
• Dordoni urged Cangya to devour him and grow stronger, warning that Baraggan was coming.
• Cangya realized Dordoni had sacrificed himself to spur him on, then used Pressure to stop Dordoni’s heart.

After defeating Dordoni, Cangya rested with Tier Harribel before returning to his sanctuary, where Mila Rose showed off her new Arrancar form. The group discussed how she had transformed and considered pursuing Arrancar forms themselves as they prepared to grow stronger against Baraggan.

• Cangya thanked Tier Harribel for standing by him, then fell asleep with his head in her lap as she reflected on protecting her family.
• Cangya found Mila Rose in her new Arrancar form and gave her his shirt to wear.
• Apache and Sun-Sun joined Cangya and Mila Rose, and Sun-Sun suggested they move before Baraggan investigated Dordoni's disappearance.
• Cangya asked Mila Rose to describe becoming an Arrancar so the others could learn from her experience.
• Mila Rose recalled the painful transformation and asked how Cangya had helped her through it; he suggested their earlier heart-to-heart had helped him reach her soul.

Cangya revealed that he could transform from a Hollow into a human and urged Tier Harribel and the others to leave Hueco Mundo for the World of the Living. The women disagreed over whether to flee or stay and fight, leaving Cangya to argue that they could not survive another attack from Baraggan and the Espada.

• Mila Rose apologized for her earlier behavior, and Tier Harribel suggested Cangya might help the others undergo arrancarization.
• Apache and Sun-Sun said they wanted to become stronger, and Cangya promised not to make them wait long.
• Cangya used his Race Editing Interface to transform into a human, shocking Tier Harribel, Mila Rose, Sun-Sun, and Apache.
• Apache accidentally pierced Cangya's thigh with her horn, but his wound healed, and he explained that he had kept his regeneration.
• Cangya proposed moving to the World of the Living, but Tier Harribel and Apache warned that Soul Reapers guarded it, while Mila Rose insisted she would stay and fight.
• Sun-Sun stayed neutral, and Cangya argued that Hueco Mundo was more dangerous because they could not survive an attack by Baraggan and the remaining Espada.

Cangya persuaded the group to leave Hueco Mundo for the World of the Living, where they could stay safe from Baraggan and grow stronger. Tirutī agreed to guide them once she recovered, while Mila Rose took Cangya aside and Harribel quietly followed.

• Cangya argued that moving to the World of the Living would protect the group from Baraggan and let them grow stronger, and Mila Rose and Apache agreed after he promised to buy them clothes.
• Tirutī emerged and was surprised to see Cangya's human form; when he opened a Garganta, she agreed to guide them to the World of the Living after resting.
• Mila Rose dragged Cangya away from the group, prompting Sun-Sun to tease Apache about Mila Rose's feelings for him.
• Apache returned to her area of the cave, and Sun-Sun realized Harribel had quietly followed Cangya and Mila Rose.

Apache struggled with jealousy over Cangya, then risked her life to defend his Arrancar-corpse spoils from a group of Gillians. Meanwhile, Cangya and Mila Rose teased each other about romance and children before she led him to a cliff to discuss something important.

• Apache brooded over Cangya's closeness with Mila Rose and Tier Harribel, then left her cave to clear her head.
• Apache discovered Gillians closing in on a fresh Arrancar corpse and charged at them to protect Cangya's spoils despite her depleted Reiatsu.
• Mila Rose confronted Cangya, who teased her about mating and having children, and she rejected the idea of raising a child in Hueco Mundo.
• Cangya suggested they could discuss having a child after he killed Baraggan, and Mila Rose realized their conversation had gone off track.
• Mila Rose hurried Cangya across the open wasteland to the edge of a cliff to discuss something important.

Mila Rose asked Cangya why he had trusted her to survive her transformation, and the two shared a kiss before Tier Harribel interrupted them. When Apache’s Reiatsu flared in the distance, Cangya rushed to help her and found her badly injured after fighting Gillians.

• Mila Rose asked Cangya why his Reiatsu had not changed during her transformation, and he said he had believed she would succeed.
• Cangya kissed Mila Rose, but a sudden Reiatsu fluctuation ended the moment and he called Tier Harribel out of hiding.
• Tier Harribel began asking Cangya for a favor, but they sensed Apache in danger and Cangya hurried toward her.
• Cangya found Apache wounded and exhausted after she had been struck by a Gillian while fighting a group of Menos Grande.
• Cangya gave Apache some Reiatsu, then used his Pressure ability to crush the Gillians; Apache told him she had kept them away from Dordoni’s corpse.

Cangya comforted Apache after she risked her life protecting Dordoni's corpse, then let her consume it to recover and grow stronger. When she still fell short of becoming a Vasto Lorde, Apache admitted her frustration and desire to defeat Baraggan, while Sun-Sun urged her to rely on patience and strategy.

• Cangya cleaned Apache and told her he cared more about her safety than Dordoni's corpse, scolding her for fighting recklessly.
• Cangya offered Dordoni's corpse to Apache, but she initially insisted he should eat it to grow stronger before accepting it as hers.
• Apache consumed Dordoni's body, yet she remained far from becoming a Vasto Lorde and considered whether to break her mask for more power.
• Apache grew jealous when she saw Cangya resting beside Sun-Sun, then laid her head on his leg and confessed that she was angry about being too weak to fight Baraggan.
• Sun-Sun advised Apache to outsmart stronger opponents and learn patience instead of recklessly pursuing power.

Cangya persuaded Harribel to reveal that she had evolved into a Vasto Lorde after witnessing a four-armed Hollow slaughter a village, and he suspected the attacker was Nnoitra. After reviewing his abilities, Cangya decided to prioritize strengthening his Hollow powers.

• Cangya calmed Apache and Sun-Sun, and Sun-Sun urged everyone to promise they would survive.
• Cangya asked Harribel how she had become a Vasto Lorde, and she eventually shared her memory of a four-armed demon slaughtering ordinary Hollows.
• Harribel explained that her rage and desire to defeat the demon had driven her evolution, though he escaped before she could kill him.
• Cangya suspected the demon was Nnoitra and concluded that pursuing her Aspect of Death might be key to Hollow evolution.
• Cangya checked his status and decided to focus first on his Hollow powers, then his Soul Reaper form, and finally his Quincy form.

Cangya and Mila Rose trained together, but a misunderstanding about his feelings nearly turned their sparring match deadly before they reconciled. They continued fighting until Tirutī questioned why Cangya had not broken his mask to become an Arrancar.

• Cangya teased Mila Rose into chasing him, then invited her to train and faced her Resurrección in battle.
• Cangya confessed that he loved Mila Rose, and she mistook his comment about her body as proof that he only lusted after her.
• Mila Rose attacked Cangya in anger, but stopped when her blade wounded him without piercing his flesh and his injury rapidly healed.
• Mila Rose apologized and hugged Cangya, then said she wanted to focus on training and defeating Baraggan before addressing their relationship.
• Cangya and Mila Rose resumed their fierce training, and he noticed she fought far more powerfully than before.
• Tirutī arrived and challenged Cangya to explain why he had not broken his mask to gain the power of an Arrancar.

Cangya investigated how to break his Hollow mask and tested its ability to regenerate, hoping to prepare for Arrancarization. The process remained unfinished when Tier Harribel and the others confronted him for taking the risk without telling them.

• Tirutī told Cangya that Szayelaporro was Baraggan’s First Espada and listed the other Espada and their ranks.
• Cangya asked Tirutī to use her tail’s spear as a dagger, and Mila Rose cut a small piece from his mask.
• Cangya’s mask quickly regenerated, confirming his hypothesis about its regenerative ability.
• Cangya asked Mila Rose to break his mask while he was in Resurrección, but Tier Harribel, Apache, and Sun-Sun stopped them and scolded him for acting recklessly without telling them.

Cangya endured a painful transformation after Mila Rose split his mask, unleashing a terrifying Reiatsu that kept the others at bay. Tier Harribel reached him after his cocoon broke, found him safe but unconscious, and the group discovered he had emerged with his face exposed and two horns.

• Cangya urged Mila Rose to strike his mask, and she split it with her Zanpakuto.
• Cangya screamed as his Reiatsu surged, blasting everyone away and overwhelming Tier Harribel and the others with its oppressive force.
• Tier Harribel pressed toward Cangya while Mila Rose, Sun-Sun, Apache, and Tirutī struggled to help from a distance.
• Cangya's Reiatsu weakened as cracks appeared in his cocoon, and Tier Harribel reached him first and caught him as he fell.
• Tier Harribel confirmed Cangya was breathing and safe but unconscious, while Mila Rose tasted the sticky substance coating him and spat it out.
• The group examined Cangya and saw that his mask was gone, leaving two horns growing from the sides of his head.

Cangya survived his evolution into an Arrancar, but awoke with an unusual appearance and a Zanpakuto shaped like an egg. As he recovered among Tier Harribel and the others, Apache’s concern for him became clear.

• Mila Rose and the others found Cangya’s Zanpakuto, a large egg, and Tier Harribel carried the unconscious Cangya away from the Hollows drawn by his Reiatsu.
• A centaur-shaped Hollow sensed the ominous Reiatsu near a noisy village and decided to investigate.
• Cangya woke after completing his first Arrancar evolution and discovered he had horns, shackles, and a phoenix-like mark on his chest.
• Mila Rose handed Cangya the egg that had appeared during his evolution, and Tier Harribel explained that they believed it was his Zanpakuto.
• Cangya joked with Tirutī and praised Tier Harribel, prompting a jealous Apache to push Tirutī toward the cave entrance.
• Cangya thanked Apache for not doing anything reckless and recognized that she had risked herself to protect what mattered to him.

Cangya checked the abilities he had gained after becoming an Arrancar and trained to control and conceal his Reiatsu. He then left the cave with Tirutī to practice his new abilities, but a storm of Reishi swept them through the void.

• Apache admitted that removing her mask would not have helped against Cangya, and he praised her.
• Sun-Sun teased Mila Rose about the egg, and Mila Rose chased her out of the cave while Tirutī followed to keep the fight under control.
• Cangya reviewed his status, noticed his new Iron Wall and Sensing abilities, and practiced controlling his Reiatsu.
• Cangya asked Tier Harribel to protect the egg and left with Tirutī through a Garganta.
• A storm of Reishi struck in the void, forcing Cangya to steady himself and Tirutī on a platform made of Reiatsu.
• Tirutī told Cangya to focus on training his abilities and reflected on her determination to eliminate Baraggan and Szayelaporro.

Cangya persuaded Tirutī to let him try to ease her despair, then traveled to the World of the Living to investigate. He arrived in 1950s Karakura Town and decided to stay for a few days.

• Cangya described Tirutī's despair as an existential crisis and offered to guide her toward happiness, and she reluctantly agreed to give him one day.
• Tirutī opened a Garganta and brought Cangya to the World of the Living, where he learned the date was May 3, 1950.
• Cangya and Tirutī joked about adopting him before she returned to Hueco Mundo, agreeing to bring the others away if Baraggan attacked.
• Cangya discovered he was in Karakura Town and decided to stay nearby, where Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin were likely present.
• Cangya borrowed clothes, transformed into human form, and set out to explore the town and find a hotel.

Cangya encountered Kisuke Urahara and the Ishida family after the arrival of two powerful Hollows drew Soul Reapers to Karakura Town. Ishida Izumi recognized that Cangya could perceive spirits and asked whether he was descended from a hidden survivor.

• Cangya spotted Kisuke Urahara on a rooftop and wondered whether he still possessed the Hogyoku.
• Cangya provoked Urahara by shouting at him and throwing a stone, then exchanged crude jokes with him.
• Urahara detected the Arrancar Reiatsu and fled when a group of Soul Reapers approached.
• Ishida Izumi arrived with other Quincies and ordered Cangya to move aside.
• Cangya pretended not to understand the Soul Reapers, but Izumi sensed his unusual presence and asked if he was descended from a hidden survivor.

Izumi invited Cangya to join the Quincy after he recognized her cross, while in Hueco Mundo Harribel decided to move the group to avoid Baraggan tracking them. The others objected to leaving Cangya behind, and Harribel assured them he could find them by sensing his Zanpakuto’s Reiatsu.

• Cangya recognized Izumi’s Quincy Cross and agreed to go with her, so she sent Akira and Katsumi to escort him.
• Tirutī returned to Harribel’s cave without finding the Soul Reaper, and Harribel asked whether Cangya would come back to Hueco Mundo.
• Apache, Mila Rose, and Sun-Sun returned after eating a Gillian Hollow, and Tirutī told them Cangya had asked her to be his mother.
• Harribel became jealous and admitted she disliked Cangya calling someone else mom, then announced that the group would leave.
• Apache, Mila Rose, and Sun-Sun objected because they feared Cangya would be abandoned, so Harribel explained they were changing bases to evade Baraggan and Cangya could track them by his Zanpakuto’s Reiatsu.

Cangya stayed with Ishida Izumi’s family, where she planned to teach him about Quincy powers. After his first dream in a month unleashed Reiatsu near Senior Captain-level, Izumi and her maid Lisa recognized his extraordinary strength.

• Tirutī understood Harribel’s decision to leave Cangya behind so he could live as a human, and Harribel apologized for losing her composure.
• Cangya rode with Ishida Izumi, introduced himself, and agreed to stay with her family while she taught him about the Spirit World and Quincy abilities.
• Izumi brought Cangya to a guest room, where he noticed signs that she was married and decided not to pursue her.
• Cangya dreamed of his past lover for the first time in a month, and his intense emotions caused his Reiatsu to surge.
• Izumi and Lisa checked on Cangya and sensed his Reiatsu reach Senior Captain-level, prompting Izumi to treat him as an honored guest.

Shinji, Hinata, and Urahara discussed reports of two powerful Arrancar appearing near Karakura Town and considered whether Aizen was behind them. The group sensed a human with captain-class Reiatsu, whom Urahara recognized as the man who had peed on the roof.

• Shinji and Hinata visited the Urahara Shop to ask Urahara about the Hollows that had appeared the previous night.
• Shinji read reports saying two Arrancar had emerged from a Garganta, with one showing captain-class Reiatsu.
• Urahara warned that the reports could not reliably determine the Arrancar's strength and said they had already retreated through the Garganta.
• Shinji and Urahara speculated that Aizen might be using the Arrancar to probe Karakura Town or lure the Visored out.
• The group sensed a brief burst of captain-class Reiatsu and Shinji identified it as belonging to a human.
• Urahara recognized the Reiatsu as belonging to the man who had peed on the roof and suspected his appearance was no coincidence.