Recaps

A nameless young man swept into Soul Society became Yexing Hu under Fon Shaoling’s care and trained to join the Soul Reapers. After awakening Jiku'a to save Shimizu from a Hollow transformation, Hu passed his assessment and resolved to keep pursuing his duties.

• Dante and Vergil’s dimensional slash swept a young man from a parallel world into Soul Society, where he learned his spirit body could not speak his former name and his Zanpakuto had no name or blade.
• Yexing Hu helped Fon Shaoling fend off masked attackers, joined the Fon Clan, and received his new name through a prolonged ritual that drew Ichibē Hyōsube’s attention.
• Fon Shaoling arranged Hu’s Soul Reaper assessment, and Hu’s unusual Reishi wounded researchers as he began training in Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kidō.
• Hu’s unmastered Zanpakuto power tore through his guest room and injured Onmitsukidō members, so Fon Shaoling gave him an Asauchi and he began training with its spirit and the Fon Clan instructors.
• During a mission to stop Hollows in Sizhuzhai from forming a Gillian, Hu recognized Shimizu among them and fought him until Shimizu’s mask broke.
• When Shimizu’s Hollow transformation resumed, Hu blocked Cilian, called his Zanpakuto Jiku'a, and used its spatial power to separate Shimizu from the Hollow.
• The Hollow became a Gillian, and Hu destroyed it with his newly awakened Shikai and Judgment Cut, but his exhausted body could no longer fight.
• Cilian told Hu that awakening Jiku'a had passed his assessment and warned him to use his strength wisely, while Hu resolved to continue as a Soul Reaper after visiting Shimizu.

Yexing Hu trained, confessed his feelings to Fon Shaoling, and helped her uncover the Hollowfication Experiment. The operation against its creators became a battle at the Fon Residence, where Hu learned Shaoling was Soi Fon and fought beside her against Hongming.

• Fon Shaoling trained Hu in Kidō as Cilian investigated the Hollow incident, and Hu passed Sakiro’s Shunpo assessment.
• Hu and Shimizu encountered an otter-shaped Hollow while fishing, and Hu used a Phantom Blade to subdue it before Gin Ichimaru and Sōsuke Aizen identified it as an experimental subject.
• Hu confronted Fon Shaoling over her plan to use his feelings to obtain information, then returned with a way to save the twenty-seven captured people and pledged to help her expose the experiment.
• Cilian traced the experiments to Withered Bamboo Hamlet, and Fon Shaoling ordered a coordinated assault while Hu stayed behind to guard the Fon Clan.
• Hu discovered that supposed missing people were spies possessed by Parasitic Hollows, and an explosion at the Fon Residence sent him rushing back to Shaoling.
• Tsuchimikado Kōmei and the Completed Forms attacked the Fon Clan, while Shimizu awakened Daku and fought Tosaya.
• Cilian and the Onmitsukidō attacked Withered Bamboo Hamlet, while Hu and Soi Fon fought the invading Completed Forms and Hongming’s insects.
• Shimizu defeated Tosaya, and Hu realized Fon Shaoling was Soi Fon before joining her against Hongming as Hongming summoned more Nether Abyss Insects.

Yexing Hu joined the Second Division and the Feimou Corps while training with Urahara, Yoruichi, and Tessai in Karakura Town and the Dangai. After Aizen identified Rukia as his target, Hu defeated the Beast of Light within his Inner World and claimed the true Beowulf Armament.

• Hu helped Fon Shaoling, Cilian, and Gin defeat Hongming, and then received a Shin'ō Academy admission notice as the conflict ended.
• Hu entered Shin'ō Academy, clashed with Byakuya, and began training with the Sixth Division captain and the Second Division.
• Hu joined the Feimou Corps, began patrols in the World of the Living, and met Rukia, Ichigo, and Uryū during Hollow attacks in Karakura Town.
• Cilian arranged for Urahara, Yoruichi, and Tessai to train Hu, while Tessai sealed Jiku'a's Shikai until Hu could match its strength without using it.
• Hu helped Rukia and Ichigo fight a Gillian, then learned that Aizen had identified Rukia as his target.
• Hu and Xitang confronted Grand Fisher, and Hu cut the Hollow in half as it escaped toward Hueco Mundo.
• Hu trained in the Dangai and awakened the Beast of Light, which began eroding his Inner World and attacked him there.
• Hu defeated the Beast of Light with Jiku'a and the Beowulf gauntlets, claimed the true Beowulf Armament, and returned to Bamboo Creek Plain determined to keep training.

Hu mastered Bankai while preparing to save Rukia, as Ichigo and the Ryoka invaded Soul Society and the lieutenants began questioning the execution and Central 46. Hu joined the Ryoka’s escape, while Aizen’s deception and Gin’s uncertain plans remained unresolved.

• Hu trained with Renji, fought Byakuya to defend Rukia, and was taken back to Soul Society after Byakuya defeated him.
• Hu confronted Vergil’s painful memories through Mōcāng and completed Bankai after Kenpachi challenged him to fight.
• Hu and Kenpachi’s duel ended with both severely wounded, and Yamamoto forbade Hu from using Bankai in Seireitei without permission.
• Gin secretly gave Hu a Bankai Restriction Seal before driving Ichigo and the Ryoka away from Hakutōmon, and Hu began investigating Central 46 with Ōmaeda.
• Gin admitted to Aizen that he might have to fight Hu, while Cilian gave Gin Still Water to help him resist Aizen’s hypnosis.
• Hu defeated Jirōbō, urged Uryū and Orihime to stay out of sight, and helped the lieutenants organize against Rukia’s execution.
• Hu intervened in Renji and Ōmaeda’s fight with Ichigo, then escaped through the sewers with Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanatarō.
• Rangiku showed Tōshirō evidence that Central 46’s members had not appeared publicly, and Tōshirō decided to speak with the Captain-Commander.