Recaps

The Soul Reapers and their allies struggled against the Holy Ones, whose Vollständig abilities overwhelmed several battlefields. Jun halted the fighting and forced Haschwalth to contain God's Left Hand, leaving the combatants ready to negotiate.

• Lille Barro's Vollständig overwhelmed Kaname Tōsen, Dolfen, and Ashido Kanō until Gin Ichimaru and Starrk joined and suppressed him.
• Pernida Parnkgjas proved impossible to defeat as Shinji Hirako, Hachigen Ushōda, Shūji Anzanya, Ulquiorra, and Isshin Kurosaki kept him occupied.
• Sōya Azashiro and Askin Nakk Le Vaar became immune to each other's attacks, while Haschwalth's reflected damage nearly killed Mizube Ryōhei and injured Grimmjow and Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Ichigo Kurosaki's power surged, and he cut Haschwalth in half before Haschwalth used Balance to restore them both.
• Jun ordered the battles to stop, Askin identified Haschwalth as the boss, and Aizen restrained Ichigo.
• Haschwalth contained God's Left Hand inside a cloak, and Jun asked the Holy Ones to talk and identify themselves.

Jun confronted Haschwalth about Yhwach and the Wandenreich, then revealed that Yhwach had spent a thousand years digesting something he had obtained. Yhwach appeared and accepted that Jun had understood his purpose, but Nobunaga Oda killed him before Jun could resolve what would happen next.

• Jun questioned Haschwalth about the Wandenreich’s history, the Quincy techniques, and Yhwach’s ability to distribute and reclaim soul fragments.
• Jun explained that Haschwalth’s shield had limits and identified God's Left Hand as the Soul King’s own left hand.
• Jun deduced that Yhwach had been digesting something for a thousand years, and Yhwach appeared and confirmed Jun’s account.
• Jun asked whether Yhwach was ready to become the next Soul King, and Yhwach insisted he could destroy everything.
• Jun separated Yhwach and Haschwalth, allowing Nobunaga Oda to pierce Yhwach with demonic power and kill him.
• Haschwalth collapsed over Yhwach’s corpse, and Jun told him to grieve before they spoke.

After Yhwach’s defeat, Askin asked Jun to join his side, and Jun accepted. Jun explained the Soul King’s plan for two successors, then helped Haschwalth absorb God’s Left Hand and use Auswählen to save Lille Barro, leaving Haschwalth close to inheriting the Soul King’s power.

• Askin asked Jun to take him in, and Jun accepted while telling him to remain under Sōya Azashiro’s guard for now.
• God's Heart was defeated, and Haschwalth pleaded with Jun to spare the Eye of God; Jun said he would do so if Haschwalth made him stop fighting.
• Jun explained that the Soul King had prepared two heirs and that the Hōgyoku could help Aizen and Kisuke Urahara become Quincy successors.
• Jun told Haschwalth to absorb God's Left Hand with Sklaverei, then accelerated his thoughts and kept him conscious as he received the inheritance.
• Haschwalth used Auswählen to strip Lille Barro of his power, and Grimmjow subdued him while Haschwalth continued enduring the painful inheritance.

Jun prepared Haschwalth and Tōsen to become the dual-core Soul King and assembled a force to march on Soul Society. Before they departed, Jun used Bankai to reveal a future in which the world burned and only five people remained.

• Jun proposed that Haschwalth become one core of the new Soul King, but Haschwalth chose to wait and explore the World of the Living first.
• Lille Barro swore to guard the new Soul King in the Dangai and accepted a hundred years of self-exile.
• After spending months in the World of the Living, the surviving Sternritter chose their paths, while Tōsen volunteered to become the other Soul King core.
• Jun and Aizen settled on using the Hōgyoku to make Tōsen a suitable candidate, then Jun ordered everyone to assemble for the march on Soul Society.
• Jun grew concerned after the Shopkeeper failed to contact Yoruichi, sent Grimmjow to fetch two allies, and showed the group a vision of a burning future with only five survivors.

Jun led his allies into Soul Society to negotiate and change it, then traveled to the Soul King Palace after learning Urahara was missing and Kaien had been taken. There they confronted a different Yamamoto Genryūsai, who attacked first, and Jun’s group launched a coordinated assault.

• Jun warned the Expeditionary Force not to rush into Soul Society, then entered Seireitei with his allies and demanded to speak with the Captain-Commander about changing Soul Society.
• Jun and Aizen discovered Kisuke Urahara was not in Seireitei, while Tōshirō, Soi Fon, Sōjun, Byakuya, and others joined Jun’s group.
• Jun learned Kaien had been taken to the First Division and asked Kūkaku to send his allies to the Soul King Palace using the Spirit Pearl Core.
• Jun’s first group arrived at the Soul King Palace and found Yamamoto Genryūsai waiting alone at the Kirinden.
• Yamamoto Genryūsai unleashed a sea of fire that destroyed the Kirinden, so Jun and nine allies attacked him together.

The fighters joined forces against Old Man Yamamoto, whose fire absorbed their Spiritual Power and transformed the battlefield into a world of flames. As their allies died and Ulquiorra and Nobunaga Oda struggled to hold the fire back, Jun recognized the being within it as the Ruler and asked Aizen how many times he could activate his Bankai.

• Old Man Yamamoto overwhelmed the first group’s attacks, while Haschwalth realized that the flames absorbed Reishi and converted it into Yamamoto’s Spiritual Power.
• Nobunaga Oda, Zegrod, and the others coordinated attacks to shrink the sea of fire, but Kuruyashiki’s Bankai failed to contain Yamamoto and the flames expanded into a world of fire.
• The next group arrived, and fiery blasts killed Sado, Kuchiki Aozumi, Kōga, Gin Ichimaru, Orihime, and Biersen; Ichigo, Uryū, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Yamichi Shinma survived the initial assault.
• Ulquiorra transformed into a Transcendent Level form after Orihime’s death, while Zegrod, Yamichi Shinma, and Nel died as the survivors fled the growing fireball.
• Nobunaga Oda joined Ulquiorra to suppress the fireball, allowing Jun to see a crowned figure within it and identify him as the Ruler, a god tied to fire-type Kidō.
• Jun asked Aizen how many times he could activate his Bankai, and Aizen demanded to know how Jun knew what it was.

Jun and Aizen waited as the Ruler’s fireball overwhelmed the fighters in the Soul King Palace, while Jun explained Aizen’s deception and prepared for the hidden mastermind. After Jun forced Ichibē Hyōsube to revive and Aizen activated his Bankai, the chapter left the battle at the start of Kyōka Suigetsu: Dreamlike Empty Blossom.

• Jun explained that Aizen’s betrayal grew from his understanding of Soul Society’s class system and that his Bankai would be an even greater deception.
• Starrk agreed to die in the fight, and Tōshirō, Natasha, Uryū, Ichigo, and others charged the Ruler’s fireball.
• Lord Nobunaga fell, allowing the Ruler’s fireball to kill the attackers; Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara also died in its flames.
• Retsu Unohana entered the fireball and died, while five members of Zero Division plunged into the battle.
• Jun smashed Ichibē Hyōsube’s head, then had Kyōraku and Ukitake restore him; Ichibē said he had little power left.
• Aizen activated Bankai and revealed Kyōka Suigetsu: Dreamlike Empty Blossom.

Jun led the Soul Reapers and Arrancar through a tunnel to the Soul King Palace, where he confronted Ichibē Hyōsube over the Ruler and exposed the source of the monk’s powers. The chapter ended with Jun ordering Ulquiorra to bring Orihime to him, leaving Ichibē visibly unsettled.

• Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu vanished, and he admitted to Jun that he could no longer use that Bankai.
• Jun gathered the others and used a Spirit Pearl Core to travel through a tunnel beneath Soul Society to the Soul King Palace.
• Jun accused Ichibē Hyōsube of creating the Ruler and having survived from the Soul King’s era, while Arturo and Zegrod confirmed Ichibē’s ancient origins.
• Lord Nobunaga killed Ichibē, but Jun spoke his name and brought him back, revealing that Ichimonji’s power could restore him when someone called his name.
• Jun used Muramasa to expose Ichimonji, Foquan, and Yamo as Ichibē’s abilities, and Ichimonji and Yamo went to the palace to free someone whose name had been erased.
• Jun challenged Ichibē’s claim that his resurrection came from his Original Source Awakening and ordered Ulquiorra to bring Orihime over, making Ichibē’s expression turn ugly.

Jun explained the Soul King’s history and revealed evidence that he was a Quincy who erased four worlds with help from an Empress. After Orihime reclaimed her stolen power from Ichibē Hyōsube, her Shun Shun Rikka gained new abilities, including a shield that restored spiritual power and repaired Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu.

• Jun described how the Soul King sealed Hell, created the Gates of Hell system, and formed the relationship between the Dangai and Soul Society.
• Jun found Kōtotsu in a soil sample and used them as evidence while declaring that the Soul King was a Quincy; he then explained the side effects of Quincy spiritual power erasure and suggested the Soul King had an Empress who could remove them.
• Ichimonji erased Ichibē Hyōsube’s name, and Jun explained that the monk had stolen powers, including Orihime’s advanced ability.
• Orihime entered her Inner World with Ichigo, Rukia, Sado, Uryū, and Ulquiorra to reclaim her power, and Ichibē Hyōsube died during their battle.
• Orihime demonstrated Five-Day Ten-Blade Shield, which dispelled deception, then used Rokutenhara Shield to restore spent spiritual power and repair Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu.

Jun demonstrated that Orihime’s Rokutenhara Shield could restore Uryū’s Silver Blood, then used the discovery to explain Ichibē Hyōsube’s survival and challenge Soul Society’s injustices. After reaching the Soul King’s hall, Jun condemned the Soul Reapers for leaving the Soul King in his helpless state and said he would rebuild Soul Society.

• Jun had Uryū erase part of Kirinji’s bath again, and Orihime’s Rokutenhara Shield restored Uryū without expelling his Silver Blood.
• Jun concluded that the Shield connected the missing history and asked Urahara for the Hōgyoku, but Urahara insisted on checking the Soul King first.
• Jun explained that Ichibē Hyōsube had used the Shield to die and be reborn repeatedly, and argued that he had done so only to stay alive.
• Jun criticized Soul Society’s oppression of Rukongai and said he would change its rules when he had the power to do so.
• At the Soul King’s hall, Jun chipped off part of the sealing crystal for Urahara to examine and denounced the Soul Reapers for abandoning the Soul King.
• Aizen pulled Jun away from the hall, and Jun said he had no further plans beyond rebuilding Soul Society and doing what he wanted.

Jun and his allies uncovered the Soul King's message, merged Tōsen and Haschwalth with the Soul King, and rebuilt the afterlife around a new system of judgment and reincarnation. The Soul King passed away, and the chapter ended with the characters choosing their paths across the afterlife and the living world.

• Urahara, Hikifune, and Mayuri studied the Soul-Extending Crystal and discovered that it had kept the Soul King's mind alive while slowing his thoughts thousands of times.
• Tōsen used the Hōgyoku's remaining power to reveal the Soul King's message, then merged with the Soul King alongside Haschwalth after the group exposed the body and organs encased in crystal.
• Jun spoke with the old Soul King before his consciousness faded, and Tōsen returned to himself as the Soul King passed away.
• Tōsen and Haschwalth spent decades changing Hell's rules so the Five-Day Ten-Blade Shield judged the dead, while the Silent Sand Sea became a place where souls could earn entry to Soul Society.
• A century later, Jun and Isuzu chose to reincarnate together, followed by Nel and Tier Harribel, while Golvi set herself to be Jun and Isuzu's second daughter.
• The others chose their futures: Rukia and Ichigo raised children in the World of the Living, Ulquiorra and Orihime reincarnated together, and Karin later married Uryū.