Rei rose from a starving wanderer in Rukongai to a powerful fighter, awakened Blood Drink, and survived a Hollow invasion and a battle with Yanis. After gaining the ability to drain Reiryoku, he began taking it from the weak and drew the attention of Soul Reapers, leaving him in combat with three Tenth Division officers.
Rei joined the Gotei 13, led an expedition into Hueco Mundo, and killed Hideaki Tsunayashiro after their duel. Banned from fighting captains and granted leave, he returned to Hueco Mundo, where he recruited Grimmjow to hunt Hollows and pursue evolution.
Rei returned to Soul Society, became the 11th Division’s Kenpachi, and pursued both Azashiro and the Bakōtō conspiracy while Grimmjow built his own Hollow group. As the Quincy threat emerged, Rei helped reveal their hidden Holy City and entered battle against its defenders.
Rei fought the Quincy, confronted Kōga, and built an army in Hueco Mundo after helping Grimmjow’s group defeat Baraggan’s forces. The arc left Rei investigating the army’s captured scientists and their experiments while Aizen began pursuing power and reform.
Rei uncovered Soul Society’s hidden history, developed the Healing Way, and was framed after Seigen’s Hollowfication, leading him to rebel and escape with Seigen to Hueco Mundo. He expanded his forces, absorbed Baraggan’s faction, and selected the first three Espada while Soul Society weakened.
Rei built his Arrancar forces while Aizen manipulated Soul Society and pursued his own Hōgyoku, then launched an assault on Seireitei to reach the Great Spirit Book Gallery. The battles remained unresolved when Yama-jii sealed the Garganta and trapped Rei’s forces inside Seireitei.
After the Hōgyoku fused with Rei, he vanished into the Dangai while Soul Society and Aizen’s forces fought over Hueco Mundo and the Hōgyoku. Years later, Rei escaped the Valley of Screams, returned to Hueco Mundo, and forced Baraggan to join his campaign against the Soul King Palace.
Rei invaded the Soul King Palace, was defeated and sealed after a devastating battle, then sent a part of himself through reincarnation. More than twenty years later, reborn as Ryūsaki Ishida, he began navigating Quincy life and new alliances while Soul Society investigated signs that he had returned.
Ryūsaki joined Ginjo’s group, helped rescue Kitahara from Soul Society, and later served Aizen while witnessing Masaki’s Hollowfication and rescue. He infiltrated the Wandenreich, earned a Sternritter position by killing Berenice, and received an enhanced Vollständig from Yhwach.
Ryūsaki forged an alliance between Hueco Mundo and the Wandenreich while the Quincy invasion devastated Soul Society and Aizen began his own assault on the Soul King Palace. The arc ended with Aizen’s group divided by Urahara’s domain, Yhwach preparing to advance, and Ulquiorra leading the Arrancar to find Ryūsaki.
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