Zero tried to stop Aizen's condensation by activating 'Stillness' again, but just as he was about to touch Aizen, he was drawn away by a wisp of dark purple light.
Zero's eyes narrowed slightly. The fact that the Hōgyoku, after being destroyed, not only did not dissipate but also used its power to Resurrection Aizen was truly astonishing to him.
At this moment, Aizen also returned to his appearance before he was shattered by 'Reishi Annihilation'. He opened his eyes in astonishment, then revealed a smile, which turned into a loud laugh.
But suddenly his mask shattered, turning into a purple ball of Reishi light that disappeared into the eerie light behind him. Aizen turned his head and seemed to understand something... He had begun to evolve.
As Aizen opened his mouth in ecstasy to say something, a huge white circle suddenly rose up around him.
Yhwach's hysterical roar also rang out, "Fellow countrymen, the time has come to dedicate our strength to peace!"
"Hmm? You still have the strength to activate the Auswählen?"
Zero turned his head and saw Yhwach lying on the ground with a huge diagonal slash across his chest. His right hand had also been severed, but he was still struggling to raise his left hand and roar.
If it weren't for the desire to spare his life and restore him to the state of Soul King, Zero's sword would have taken his life.
A massive halo of light enveloped the Seireitei, instantly draining the remaining Guards Corps and Holy Soldiers of their life force. Some died instantly, while others groaned helplessly.
Fifty kilometers away from Yhwach, the remnants of the Sternritter, who were gathered together, suddenly erupted in a cacophony of roars...
Candice roared, "Your His Majesty, why?"
Giselle controlled the Zombie, dragging her away from the direct rays of Holy Light and hiding her inside a huge, thick stone slab.
Even so, the power they had painstakingly cultivated over the years was being gradually drained away until they could no longer even maintain their 'Vollständig'.
"Yhwach, is this how you treat us? We fought to the death against the Soul Reaper, and what do you take us for?" Liltotto no longer addressed them as 'Your His Majesty,' but instead called them by the name of their Emperor... no, the former Emperor.
Bambi was immediately locked on, and without anyone's help, she collapsed unconscious on the ground. Several Skeleton Soldiers who spotted her rushed towards her...
"You dog emperor, do you think you can kill me like this?"
After a roar, Bazz-B quickly pulled the immobile Jugram Haschwalth into the sewers.
"Cough, cough... Bazz-B," Jugram Haschwalth, lying on the ground, said weakly, "It's no use. The more one receives His Majesty's favor, the more power will be extracted during the Auswählen."
Jugram Haschwalth knew Yhwach better than anyone else, including his abilities and plans. From the very beginning of the creation of the 'Wandenreich,' the Quincy living within were destined to be his nourishment.
"Your His Majesty... I will not resist if you require it..." Lille stood in the Holy Light without offering any resistance.
Gerard, still in his giant form, shrunk instantly back to his original size and collapsed to the ground... As Quincy formed from the Soul King's heart, he provided unparalleled power.
The only one who can rival him is Pernida, who possesses a self-generated will, but even Pernida, who hasn't yet evolved through battle, doesn't provide as much power as Gerard...
Hirako shocked. "What's going on... these guys are losing power rapidly."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained with a serious expression, "Their power must have been absorbed by Yhwach, and the medium was that white light."
"But even if they dodge the white light, their former power will be absorbed, leaving them powerless and vulnerable."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's face showed no smile. Instead, he looked worriedly at the center of the gathering power... There were three beings there who were beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and whom he could not understand for the time being either.
As the white circle in the sky entered Yhwach's body, Yhwach's wounds instantly healed, and he slowly stood up.
Furthermore, as Yhwach's power increased, his pupils changed from two to four.
He didn't transform into the monster with eyes all over his head from the original timeline, but his power was also a level below...
It was at this moment that Aizen seemed to have completed his transformation. He reverted to his original appearance, and his wings had been retrieved by the Hōgyoku.
Now, only a blackish-purple sphere floats behind Aizen, like a black sun, and blackish-purple Reiatsu flames flicker on his clothes.
After glancing at Yhwach, who had also Resurrection, Aizen slowly said, "I see. The Hōgyoku was afraid that my death would cause it to dissipate from this world as well, so it chose to let me evolve to my peak in a short time. But reaching the next level will take time."
"And your Hōgyoku..." Aizen turned to Zero, "When it shattered, it was also afraid of dying, so it chose to enter your body. In the long process, your body evolved to a stronger level, which is why it easily absorbed the Soul King."
Through the senses emanating from the Hōgyoku behind him, Aizen deduced Zero's evolutionary path.
Zero shook his head and laughed, "What kind of evolution is irrelevant to you? With your strength, you can't possibly defeat me!"
Yhwach grinned maliciously, "Finally, I've seen your past... So Ryūsaki Ishida was your created half-body. You've been plotting this for so long to become the Soul King?"
The next second, Yhwach increased the release of his power, trying to communicate with his past self and have him kill Ryūsaki.
Zero seemed to sense something and suddenly opened his Cross-Star Eyes wide, using the 'The Almighty' he had obtained from the former Soul King to forcibly sever Yhwach's communication.
Furthermore, it guided Yhwach in the past, causing his attempt to open his eyes and observe Ryūsaki's future to be transformed into observing the Soul Reaper's invasion of the 'Wandenreich'.
Pfft!
Yhwach, whose spellcasting was interrupted, coughed up a mouthful of blood and staggered back two steps.
Zero smiled slightly, "Seeing my past won't change anything for you. Everything you can do, I can do too."
Zero glared again, dragging Yhwach's consciousness into a void. There, a pool of blood that had fallen from the sky did not turn into Reishi, but instead escaped to the World of the Living on its own, becoming an orphan... That was Yhwach's past.
"You are nothing but a product of the former Soul King's resentment; all your thoughts are outdated. The reason he guided you to attack Soul Society and the Soul King Palace was simply to make you into New Soul King to replace him."
After Zero attacked Yhwach, he also saw a conversation Zero had with the former Soul King in the mental world not long ago...
When Yhwach finally saw the former Soul King ask Zero what would happen to him, he the Roar, "So what? I have already taken on the responsibility of purifying this sinful world. You all deserve to be purified."
Zero sneered, "Responsibility? Heh, your responsibility is like this..."
The scene shifts again, and a fiery red sun shines on the desert. After the heat intensifies, it begins to rain, and some tenacious seeds in the desert begin to sprout and grow into various kinds of plants.
In the center of the sun, Yhwach gradually saw the figure inside... It was himself, with his hands and feet bound, his eyes closed, and no heart.
"Impossible... I will never lose to you!"
In the mental world, Yhwach suddenly ripped off one of his hands, forcibly set it ablaze, and used it to burn away the mental space of Zero Creation before escaping.
His physical body began to gasp for breath, as if it had suffered some kind of injury, and he spat out another mouthful of blood, his Reiatsu weakening as a result.
"Yhwach, why struggle within a predetermined fate?" After saying that, Zero didn't continue to pull him into the spiritual world, but instead smiled and looked at Aizen.
Aizen was instantly horrified. In his view, Yhwach had just suffered some kind of mental attack, causing his aura to weaken.
Without further hesitation, he laid his Zanpakuto, flat and said in a deep voice, "Bankai... Kyōka Suigetsu False Life."
The next second, Aizen wasn't pulled into the spiritual world, but the Hōgyoku behind him suddenly froze, and the threads connecting Aizen's body also broke.
Before Aizen could even process what had happened, a longsword pierced his chest; the sword absorbed his life force, leaving him instantly extremely weak.
Aizen asked, puzzled, "What... happened? What... did you do?"
Zero said casually, "Have you forgotten? I sealed your Hōgyoku back in the past!"
Aizen said helplessly, "So... that's how it is! Communicating with the past... seeing the future... is that it?"
These words seemed to have exhausted Aizen's power; as the words faded, he lost his strength and fell to the ground.
But just as he was about to reach the ground, a 'crack' sound, as if a mirror was shattering, came from the space.
The dead Aizen disappeared, and the intact Aizen reappeared.