Chapter Summaries

Soi Fon gathered Tōshirō and Rangiku and brought them to the Kuchiki estate, where Ōmaeda and the Shibas had also arrived. Sōjun called everyone together to discuss how to respond to Soul Society’s worsening crisis.

• Byakuya told Soi Fon to find Hitsugaya and the Shibas, move Rangiku and the Shiba family to the Kuchiki estate, and monitor the Second Division.
• Soi Fon reunited with Ōmaeda and sent him to find Kaien and his wife while she went to locate Tōshirō and Rangiku.
• Soi Fon found Tōshirō and Rangiku in hiding, and they agreed to move Rangiku to the Kuchiki estate after learning that the arresting Soul Reapers had left to investigate Jun Shimizu’s treasures.
• Soi Fon used a secret passage provided by Byakuya to lead Tōshirō and Rangiku safely into the Kuchiki estate, where they met Mino and the baby.
• Soi Fon and Ōmaeda joined Kaien and Sōjun in the front hall, and Sōjun began a discussion about how to handle the situation.

Sōjun explained that Jun’s reform aimed to give everyone the ability to resist abuse, winning Tōshirō, Soi Fon, and Ōmaeda’s support. He then showed them the Kuchiki Clan’s collection of Zanpakuto and secret texts, leaving them shaken by the idea that such knowledge could be shared openly.

• Kaien rejected the reformist cause and left to question the Captain-Commander, while Sōjun assured him that the Kuchiki Clan would continue protecting his wife.
• Tōshirō understood that Jun wanted ordinary souls to have the right to resist the powerful, and he pledged his life to that future; Soi Fon and Ōmaeda also agreed to help.
• Sōjun outlined a plan to suppress the Second Division’s extremists, purge corrupt members from the divisions, and ally with reformist nobles, then said they would wait for news from Kaien.
• After Soi Fon reported that the Shiba Clan’s hidden treasures had been found, Sōjun led her, Tōshirō, and Ōmaeda to the Kuchiki Clan’s secret chamber.
• The three visitors were awestruck by the Zanpakuto and texts, and Tōshirō found a book about Zanpakuto with multiple forms; Sōjun invited them to read anything and suggested the knowledge might someday be available to everyone.

Kaien Shiba tried to reach Captain-Commander Yamamoto to demand action against the unrest, but Kensei Muguruma defeated him and carried him back to the First Division. Tōshirō learned that Hyōrinmaru’s Sword Soul had abandoned him for another sword, leaving him devastated.

• Kaien Shiba left the Abandoned District and charged toward the First Division, determined to confront Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
• Kensei Muguruma intercepted Kaien, and the two fought as Kaien’s Nejibana-powered attacks forced Kensei to reveal Wind Sever: Dankū.
• Kensei destroyed Kaien’s defenses with Jidanpū’s explosive power, defeated him, and carried his bloodied body to the First Division.
• Tōshirō read Jun’s explanation that a Sword Soul could move between Zanpakuto sharing the same name and realized Hyōrinmaru’s Sword Soul had left him.
• Tōshirō fell to his knees beside Hyōrinmaru and wept, believing he no longer deserved the sword’s acknowledgment.

After learning that Jun had replaced his Sword Soul, Tōshirō received comfort from Soi Fon and Sōjun, who urged him to search for Hyōrinmaru rather than blame himself. Meanwhile, Kenpachi Zaraki led the 11th Division in a violent raid on the Second Division to seize Jun’s secret treasures.

• Soi Fon told Tōshirō that she had once been unable to sense her Sword Soul and explained how Shimizu-san helped her understand her Zanpakuto.
• Soi Fon revealed that Shimizu-san had returned to Soul Society and become captain of the Tenth Division because he had high hopes for Tōshirō.
• Sōjun encouraged Tōshirō to stop wallowing in regret, gave him Hyōrinmaru, and urged him to search for his Sword Soul.
• After hearing that Jun’s secret treasures had been moved to the Second Division, Kenpachi Zaraki assembled the 11th Division and ordered them to take the treasures.
• Zaraki and the 11th Division stormed the Second Division, killed members who tried to stop them, and carried away the books and swords.

After the Second Division’s destruction, the 11th Division distributed books on Kidō and Zanpakuto, sparking a rush to study and train. Kenpachi Zaraki entered his Inner World, other captains showed signs of change, and the First Division grew increasingly detached from Soul Society’s new order.

• Kenpachi Zaraki asked Tachikawa Reihei to sort and read the recovered books, while the 11th Division gave away its Kidō texts and Yumichika took charge of them.
• Yumichika copied the Kidō books for the Twelfth Division and the other squads, prompting a scramble that ended with every division obtaining copies.
• Soul Reapers used Kenpachi Zaraki’s violent Reiatsu as a training ground, and Retsu Unohana’s new hair tie and Shūhei Hisagi’s return signaled changes in the Fourth and Ninth Divisions.
• Kenpachi Zaraki’s Reiatsu training stopped when he entered his Inner World, and Sajin Komamura’s Reiatsu then became a replacement for the training gathered around the 11th Division.
• Soul Society resumed its duties and settled into a new order while the First Division remained mysterious and increasingly overlooked.

Jun learned that abnormal spatial fluctuations near the Silent Sand Sea signaled the Wandenreich’s approach, and he gathered his forces for the coming war. He moved everyone to Las Noches to wait for the Quincy, with Baraggan and Szayelaporro agreeing to help as needed.

• Jun heard from Ulquiorra that abnormal spatial fluctuations had appeared near the Silent Sand Sea and announced that the final war was coming.
• Jun ordered Natasha to contact Aizen and Pandele, recalled his allies, and assembled thirty-five limit-level combatants alongside himself and Aizen.
• Ichigo, Rukia, and Sado prepared to take part, while Orihime stayed with Ulquiorra and Uryū left to consult his father about the Quincy conflict.
• Arturo and the Basilosaurus offered to help, but Jun told them to remain by the sea.
• Jun brought his forces to Las Noches, explained to Baraggan and Szayelaporro that the spatial fluctuations came from enemy Quincy, and received their agreement to help if needed.

As the Wandenreich descended on the Silent Sand Sea, Jun’s forces launched a counterattack and quickly exposed the limits of the enemy’s abilities. Ulquiorra killed one of the two Y Schrift bearers, but the war continued with Yhwach still in play.

• Isshin Kurosaki and Ryūken joined Jun’s forces, while Baraggan agreed to fight and Szayelaporro stayed behind to provide research support.
• Yhwach brought Silbern and the Wandenreich army to the Silent Sand Sea, where the first wave of foot soldiers was wiped out by a barrage of Ceros.
• Jun approached Yhwach and shook his hand, but Yhwach cut down a fake Jun before thirty-seven streams of power from Las Noches charged the enemy.
• Ulquiorra attacked Yhwach, who was revealed to be one of the two Y Schrift bearers; after surviving a Lanza del Relámpago by absorbing its energy with Quincy Vollständig, he was killed by two more.
• Ryūken explained how Quincy Vollständig and Sklaverei worked, including the danger that absorbing a soul could cause it to take control of the Quincy.

Starrk, Natasha, Kuruyashiki, Gin Ichimaru, and Yoruichi defeated Sternritter opponents as Jun’s strengthened allies overwhelmed the Quincy forces. The chapter ended with Yoruichi killing Gremmy Thoumeaux after outpacing and striking him with a second Open Heaven.

• Starrk confronted an impostor using his likeness, overwhelmed him with Spiritual Power, and destroyed him in an explosion.
• Natasha activated Segunda Etapa and melted Giselle Gewelle with Venom.
• Kuruyashiki combined Hollowfication with Bankai and devoured Nianzol Weizol with Gagaku Kairō: Gaki Shura.
• Gin Ichimaru killed Nananana Najahkoop with Kamishini no Yari before he could respond.
• Yoruichi struck Gremmy Thoumeaux with Open Heaven, caught up to him using her Spiritual Power Flow Butterfly Wings, and defeated him with a second blow.

Yhwach’s inheritance from the Soul King and the lineage’s divine powers were explained as the battlefield’s Sternritter were defeated by Jun’s allies. As Auswählen activated, several Sternritter still fought, and new beams of light descended from the sky.

• The chapter explained how the Soul King divided his remains, how Yhwach inherited his bloodline, and how both generations granted powers to their chosen followers.
• Sado transformed into his complete form and defeated Mask de Masculine and James after repeatedly overpowering Mask’s healing and strength boosts.
• Shizuoka Shinto killed Jerome Guizbatt, Pandele killed Berenice Gabriel, Yamichi Shinma defeated Meninas McAllon, and Nelliel killed Driscoll Berci.
• Oka killed Robert Accutrone, while Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi killed PePe Waccabrada.
• Cang Du, BG9, Bazz-B, Liltotto Lamperd, As Nodt, and Bambietta Basterbine continued fighting their opponents as Auswählen activated and beams of light descended.

Jun arrived as the battle against Yhwach’s remaining Sternritter wound down, deciding who would live and killing As Nodt after Golvi judged her usefulness exhausted. The fighting continued with Gerard Valkyrie overwhelmed by three opponents, though he roared and fought at his limit.

• Auswählen drained the remaining Sternritter, while Yhwach used the absorbed power to replenish five others.
• Jun reached the battlefield and chose to spare Cang Du, Liltotto, and Bazz-B after hearing the others’ opinions.
• Jun erased As Nodt when Golvi said she had nothing more to teach her, leaving five Sternritter alive.
• Jun’s forces continued fighting the remaining opponents, with Felix, Tejuda, and Takashō Taihei gaining the upper hand against Gerard Valkyrie.
• Gerard grew to more than three hundred meters tall, but Felix and Tejuda wounded him while Takashō Taihei was struck far away.

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.