Recaps

Rudbornn Chelute’s army attacked Seireitei as four resurrected Soul Reaper Captains fought the Quincy guarding the array. At the Soul King Palace, Ryūsaki escaped Urahara’s battle and reached the Monk’s Detached Palace, where the Seal was hidden.

• Rudbornn Chelute sent his army against Seireitei, and Kyōraku and Bambi cleared out Skeleton Soldiers before Rudbornn confronted Bambi.
• Shigyō Nobutsuna, Sakazaki Saizō, Shuren, and Kokuto appeared by the array and attacked the Schutzstaffel and the Holy Soldiers protecting it.
• Urahara fought Ginjo, Szayelaporro, and Starrk in the Infinite Sin Domain while Ryūsaki used his power to open a passage out.
• Ryūsaki emerged among the Zero Division Detached Palaces and followed Rei’s presence toward the Soul King’s Inner Palace.
• Ryūsaki defeated four Third-Level Divine Soldiers and reached the Monk’s Detached Palace, where the Seal was hidden.

Ryūsaki reached the Underground Prison while the Monk fought the Arrancar and Aizen, but the Monk arrived too late to stop the Seal from breaking. Nangong Ling emerged, and his release sent tremors through the Three Worlds, alarming Urahara, Aizen, and Yhwach.

• Ryūsaki's Arrancar allies rescued him from the Third-Level Divine Soldiers and held them off as he rushed toward the temple and the Seal.
• The Monk escaped Aizen's Infinite Sin Domain, while Aizen dissolved the rings restraining him and wondered what had happened outside.
• Yhwach ordered the Schutzstaffel and Jugram Haschwalth to use Vollständig as his Magic Circle neared completion.
• Urahara released his evolved Bankai, Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame, and trapped Ginjo, Szayelaporro, and Starrk beneath cages as meteors fell.
• The Monk reached the Underground Prison and killed Ryūsaki's apparent body, but Nangong Ling emerged from the shattered Seal.
• Nangong Ling's appearance rippled the space of the Three Worlds, and Urahara, Kirio Hikifune, Ōetsu Nimaiya, Aizen, and Yhwach sensed the disturbance.

Rei defeated the Monk and the other Zero Division members, then led the Arrancar toward the Soul King's Inner Palace to complete a crucial step. Aizen escaped the Infinite Sin Domain and found that Zero Division had disappeared.

• Rei revealed that he had absorbed Mimihagi, crushed the Monk's throat, and watched him regenerate.
• Tier Harribel, Grimmjow, Nel, and Ulquiorra reunited with Rei as the Monk summoned Kisuke Urahara, Ōetsu Nimaiya, and Kirio Hikifune.
• The Zero Division members trapped Rei in a sealed space, but Rei shattered it and used Stillness and a chain to immobilize them and take the Monk's heart.
• Rei bound the Monk and the other Zero Division members, then took the Arrancar toward the Soul King's Inner Palace, leaving Aizen inside the Infinite Sin Domain.
• Aizen escaped the domain and searched the Soul King Palace, finding Zero Division gone; Yushima then emerged with Tōsen and Amagai through a spatial opening.

Rei absorbed the Soul King’s power, causing the world’s Reiryoku lines to snap and the Soul King’s Inner Palace to collapse. As Aizen fought Rei’s guards, Rei sent him crashing through the barriers beneath the palace.

• Rei brought his subordinates before the Soul King and learned that Yhwach had formed from the Soul King’s blood after his dismemberment and sealing.
• Rei absorbed the Soul King’s power through Blood Drink, which became an independent Divine Artifact as the Soul King and his crystal vanished.
• The Soul King’s death snapped the world’s Reiryoku lines, and Rei sent his five guards to confront Aizen and the others.
• Ulquiorra entered his Hōgyoku Form and fought Aizen, but Aizen overpowered him and advanced toward the Soul King’s chamber.
• Rei used a giant red palm to smash the Inner Palace and drive Aizen through the barriers below the palace.

Yhwach and his followers tried to reach the Soul King Palace, but Nangong Ling struck them down with a gigantic Reishi palm that also devastated Seireitei. Aizen evolved after surviving the blow and proposed joining forces with Yhwach, just as Nangong Ling appeared.

• Kokuto fled as the Togabito were defeated, and Lille Barro killed Shūji Naobu, leaving Yhwach free to ascend.
• Yhwach and four followers rode a Reishi disk toward the Soul King Palace, but a gigantic red palm smashed through the barrier and drove them back to Seireitei.
• The palm devastated the battlefield, while Lille Barro, Gerard, Jugram Haschwalth, Pernida, Yhwach, and Aizen survived; Aizen was badly injured.
• Aizen evolved after the blow and told Yhwach that Nangong Ling, the New Soul King, had knocked him down.
• Aizen proposed that he and Yhwach join forces, but Nangong Ling appeared and questioned Aizen about gaining an ally so quickly.

Rei revealed himself as the new Soul King, and Yhwach and Aizen joined forces to attack him. Rei overwhelmed them, shattered the Hōgyoku, and watched as Aizen reformed into human shape.

• Rei told Yhwach that the previous Soul King had given him his power, and Yhwach agreed with Aizen to overthrow him.
• Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu while Yhwach attacked Rei, but Rei blocked Yhwach’s arrow, caught Aizen’s slash, and shattered Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Rei struck Yhwach with the Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon and blasted him into the Seireitei wall, while Aizen’s Radiant Ruin carved a vast crater around Rei.
• Rei cut down Yhwach, immobilized Aizen with Stillness, and hit the Hōgyoku with Reishi Annihilation.
• Aizen crumbled into Reishi and vanished as the Hōgyoku shattered, but he soon gathered back into human form.

Rei confronted the resurrected and evolving Aizen and Yhwach, using The Almighty to expose Yhwach’s origins and weaken him. Rei then struck Aizen through a Seal on the Hōgyoku, but Aizen reappeared unharmed as space cracked.

• The Hōgyoku resurrected Aizen and began evolving him as Yhwach used Auswählen to drain the surviving Quincy across the Seireitei.
• Aizen deduced how the Hōgyoku had shaped his and Rei’s evolution, while Yhwach recognized Rei’s connection to Ryūsaki Ishida and tried to alter the past.
• Rei blocked Yhwach’s attempt to reach his past self, showed him his origins and the former Soul King’s plan, and left Yhwach weakened after he escaped Rei’s mental world.
• Aizen used Bankai, Kyōka Suigetsu False Life, but Rei’s Seal severed the Hōgyoku’s connection to him, and Rei’s sword drained Aizen’s life force.
• Aizen fell, but a crack rang through space and the dead Aizen vanished as an unharmed Aizen appeared.

Rei defeated Aizen and captured Yhwach, sealing them and the Hōgyoku after explaining that his power as the New Soul King surpassed theirs. When the Gotei 13 Captains arrived, Rei told Kyōraku that the Zero Division had been wiped out but remained alive.

• Rei foresaw Aizen's Bankai, which let him negate unfavorable realities, and killed him despite Aizen's repeated attempts to revive himself.
• Rei halted Yhwach with Stillness, destroyed his Sankt Altar, and captured him with a chain that pierced his heart.
• Aizen unleashed the Ultimate Radiant Blast against Soul Society, but Rei erased it with Reishi Annihilation and sealed the Hōgyoku again.
• Rei made Aizen forget his Bankai's name, then explained that Aizen and Yhwach could not surpass him after he devoured the Soul King.
• Aizen asked Rei to execute him, but Rei decided to trap him and the Hōgyoku between life and death to supply Soul Society's remote regions.
• Kyōraku and Unohana arrived with the Gotei 13 Captains, and Rei confirmed that the Zero Division had been wiped out but kept alive.

Rei took over as the New Soul King, reformed Soul Society, and transformed Hueco Mundo into a habitable world. Twenty years later, the Age of Balance had brought technological growth and new financial burdens, and Rei left Spirit Communication City for the World of the Living after hearing Yuki complain.

• Rei revealed the truth about the former Soul King, won the Captains’ support, and ordered the Togabito eliminated from Hell.
• Rei killed Yushima Oko, detained Szayelaporro and Aizen, and assigned the surviving Zero Division members to build a new city and maintain the Three Worlds’ balance.
• Rei created a sun, ocean, vegetation, and five safe cities in Hueco Mundo, giving Yanis, Ulquiorra, Nel, Harribel, and Grimmjow responsibility for order there.
• Rei established Spirit Communication City, stripped the nobles of their privileges, created the Justice Squad, and appointed Kyōraku Captain-Commander.
• Over the next twenty years, Mayuri’s technology and new industries transformed Soul Society, while Rei imprisoned dangerous enemies and devised a way for Quincy to purify rather than destroy Hollows.
• In Langyun, Yuki complained about his housing installments, and Rei heard him from Spirit Communication City and set off for the World of the Living.