Chapter Summaries

Liu Ziyun recovered in Muken while continuing to feed Reiatsu to the Giant Egg, and Kenpachi Zaraki struggled to communicate with his Zanpakuto. Liu Ziyun and Kenpachi Zaraki prepared to fight, with Yachiru Kusajishi watching from a safe corner.

• Liu Ziyun meditated and sent Reiatsu into the Giant Egg, but the silent woman’s double did not answer his questions.
• Kenpachi Zaraki tried to reach his Zanpakuto but remained unable to enter its world.
• After an unknown time, Liu Ziyun recovered enough strength and asked Kenpachi Zaraki if he was ready.
• Kenpachi Zaraki accepted Liu Ziyun’s invitation to fight, and Yachiru Kusajishi ran to a safe corner to watch.

Liu Ziyun pushed Kenpachi Zaraki through repeated cycles of injury and healing in Muken, helping him awaken and release his sealed power. Kenpachi’s strength surged beyond Liu Ziyun’s expectations, and his final attack wounded Liu Ziyun’s arm.

• Liu Ziyun and Kenpachi Zaraki began a fierce sword fight, with Liu Ziyun landing precise cuts while Kenpachi grew more excited and powerful.
• Liu Ziyun repeatedly wounded Kenpachi Zaraki and used Life-Taker Tulu’s Heal ability to restore him, causing Kenpachi’s Reiatsu and strength to rise.
• Liu Ziyun urged Kenpachi to keep breaking through, while Yachiru Kusajishi cheered them on from the side.
• Kenpachi Zaraki roared as his power underwent a qualitative leap, and his speed and strength overwhelmed Liu Ziyun’s defense.
• Kenpachi Zaraki spotted an opening and slashed Liu Ziyun’s arm, leaving him deeply wounded.

Liu Ziyun pushed Kenpachi Zaraki through a final test, awakening the true bond between Kenpachi and his Zanpakuto. In Seireitei, Jūshirō Ukitake explained the Tsunayashiro Clan’s role in Kūgo Ginjō’s betrayal and arranged for Ginjō and his companions to join Kisuke Urahara’s group while the investigation continued.

• Liu Ziyun let Kenpachi Zaraki’s full-powered strike reach him, but a protective light neutralized it and confirmed Kenpachi had passed his final test.
• Kenpachi Zaraki’s Zanpakuto awakened and acknowledged him, releasing his complete power as Yachiru Kusajishi celebrated.
• Liu Ziyun urged Kenpachi to use his new strength to protect what mattered to him, and Kenpachi thanked him before their battle ended.
• The Gotei 13 captured Kūgo Ginjō and his companions, and Jūshirō Ukitake explained that the Tsunayashiro Clan had framed Ginjō and killed his friends.
• After learning Liu Ziyun had revealed the truth, Kūgo Ginjō asked Ukitake to release them and promised to cooperate with the investigation.
• Jūshirō Ukitake sent Kūgo Ginjō and his companions to join Kisuke Urahara’s group in the World of the Living and vowed to investigate the Tsunayashiro Clan.

Kisuke Urahara warned Nelliel and the Arrancar that the Quincy planned to destroy the three worlds, prompting them to ally with the Soul Reapers. Meanwhile, Liu Ziyun awakened Wushi and lost his borrowed power, just as the Zero Division arrived to see him.

• Kisuke Urahara told Nelliel that the Quincy planned to destroy Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the World of the Living, and Nelliel gathered Coyote Starrk, Tier Harribel, Ulquiorra Cifer, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, and others to oppose them.
• Coyote Starrk and the other Arrancar agreed to cooperate with the Soul Reapers against the Quincy.
• Ichibē Hyōsube led the Zero Division to the Seireitei, where Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto took them to see Liu Ziyun in Muken.
• Liu Ziyun poured his Reiatsu into the Giant Egg in his Inner World, fully awakening Wushi, who revealed that his Zanpakuto had returned to its Asauchi state and that he had no Soul Reaper power of his own.
• Liu Ziyun left his Inner World and told Yamamoto that awakening Wushi had left him powerless, prompting Ichibē to remark on his loss of power.

Liu Ziyun refused the Zero Division’s summons until Wushi revealed her overwhelming power, seized Yhwach, and brought the Soul King before them. After Wushi dismissed the Soul King and assured Liu Ziyun she could stabilize the Three Worlds, Liu Ziyun settled into a peaceful life with Unohana and Isane Kotetsu.

• The Monk told Liu Ziyun that the Soul King had ordered the Zero Division to bring him to the Soul King Palace, but Liu Ziyun refused to leave Soul Society.
• The Monk threatened Liu Ziyun, and Wushi emerged within him, forced the Zero Division to their knees, and sent them away.
• Wushi pulled Yhwach from the shadows, then seized the Soul King, Adnyeus, and brought him before Liu Ziyun.
• Adnyeus offered Liu Ziyun his power and the chance to become the new Keystone, but Wushi sent him back to the Soul King Palace and said she could create a replacement Keystone if needed.
• Wushi wiped out the Quincy, and Liu Ziyun told the Arrancar of Hueco Mundo through Kisuke Urahara that the danger had passed.
• Liu Ziyun stayed with Unohana and Isane Kotetsu in the Fourth Division and finally enjoyed a peaceful life.