Chapter 79

"A thousand years ago, the most powerful force in this world was not the Bleach, but the Quincy led by our supreme Emperor Yhwach!"

Yhwach was sleeping in the Wandenreich, suddenly twitched.

"Yhwach, as the King of Reishi, possesses the power to control all Reishi. He bestows upon us immense power, enabling us to easily destroy everything. This is how we Quincy born!"

"However, the inherently evil Bleach believed themselves to be the masters of this world, and thus launched an attack on us. But all of this was in vain, because before Lord Yhwach, all Bleach were weak, even Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto!"

"The Grim Bleach, unable to confront Yhwach, chose a shameless sneak attack, and through this attack, they successfully assassinated Yhwach!"

"Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto thought he had successfully killed Yhwach, but what they didn't expect was that Yhwach was not dead! We Quincy were not dead either. All they killed were just a bunch of minor characters. Although Yhwach was seriously injured, as the King of Reishi, he led us into the shadows of the Seireitei despite his severe injuries."

Li Yue had a sickly smile on her face.

"That's right, we've lived in the shadows of Seireitei for over a thousand years! We've been secretly observing you Bleach every day. You have no secrets from us!"

"What?!"

The Bleach present were all shocked. Hidden in the shadows of the Seireitei was a great enemy of the Bleach from a thousand years ago! They couldn't even imagine such a thing!

Aizen hadn't expected that Li Yue would choose this moment to release information about the Wandenreich. Was he planning to get the Soul Society involved in the siege of the Wandenreich?

"Yhwach has fallen into a deep sleep due to his severe injuries, but we all know that Yhwach will awaken sooner or later. As Yhwach's loyal Arlecchino, I have been searching for a way to restore Yhwach's strength."

"Especially the Bleach. I've been watching you all. It was the Bleach who put Yhwach into a deep sleep. It would be very interesting if the Bleach were to wake Yhwach up."

Li Yue looked at Aizen, Aizen lips twitched, but he still cooperated and gave feedback.

"So, you've taken a liking to me?"

"That's right. To be precise, I've set my sights on two people. One is you, Aizen Sousuke, and the other is Kisuke Urahara. You two are the most talented Bleach I've ever seen. However, Kisuke Urahara is of noble birth and has always had a princess from the Shihoin family by his side, making him more difficult to control. So I chose you, Aizen Sousuke, who comes from Rukongai."

"You know, when a person is in their most desperate moment, if they see a glimmer of hope, even just a tiny glimmer, they will desperately grab onto it, just like a drowning person seeing a rope in front of them, holding on tightly and refusing to let go. When you were in your most desperate moment, I let her appear in front of you, and she was your glimmer of hope."

"..."

Is there really a sequel? That woman who still doesn't even have a name.

Aizen internally complained as he watched Li Yue continue her performance.

"She became your white moonlight, everything you lived for. I let her occupy your heart, like giving you a Yae Miko when you were drowning, and then let Bleach cut that rope, plunging you back into darkness and despair. And as I predicted, you successfully awakened your power."

"Hey, is this guy really that awful?"

Even Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't help but feel indignant on Aizen's behalf. He had previously thought that Li Yue was the unlucky one, but now it seemed that Aizen was the unlucky one.

Not only did he think so, but Rukia and Renji Abarai next to him felt the same way. Even Gin Ichimaru, who was hiding in the shadows, felt that Aizen was a bit tragic in Li Yue's story. On the surface, he was a big boss who controlled everything, but he had no idea that he was also a link in someone else's manipulation.

"Kyōka Suigetsu, a very useful power, isn't it?"

Li Yue raised the Kyōka Suigetsu in her hand.

"Complete Hypnosis. Once you've seen the release, you can permanently control the other person's five senses. Whether it's what they see, hear, or even touch, everything they feel will be under your control. What a perfect Zanpakuto! Combined with your naturally powerful Reiatsu, it's simply a perfect combination."

"I secretly guided you, making you strive to resurrect that woman, and even used your power to bring me, the test subject you speak of, into being. But this was just me using you to obtain the power of the Bleach."

"The power of 'Kyōka Suigetsu' is very useful, so I used you to obtain the same power. Aren't you surprised?"

As Li Yue spoke, she raised the Enma's Blade in her right hand. A flash of green light appeared on the Enma's Blade, and it transformed into Ichigo Kurosaki's Tensa Zangetsu.

"It's become just like my Zangetsu!"

"That's right, that's the power of Complete Hypnosis. What I want you to see is what you will see."

"After obtaining the power of Complete Hypnosis, the most important next step is to obtain the power to awaken Yhwach!"

"Under my guidance, you began to explore ways to resurrect your beloved. There was the idea of collecting her dissipated consciousness and giving her a new vessel, but the world would not allow you to do so. There was the idea of artificially synthesizing a Reishi, but what was born was me. In the very end, I guided you to seek the power of God!"

"Human emotions are such a convenient thing to exploit, especially for a pathetic creature like you."

Li Yue suddenly disappeared from his spot and reappeared behind Rukia, his Tensa Zangetsu piercing directly into Rukia's chest.

"Rukia!"

Ichigo and Renji Abarai shouted anxiously. Ichigo even swung his sword and charged at Li Yue, but he missed completely. Li Yue had already disappeared from the spot.

"Rukia, are you alright?!"

"I... I'm fine."

Rukia clutched her chest; although she had indeed been stabbed, there wasn't a single wound.

"Don't worry, I didn't hurt her."

Li Yue's voice came again. The group turned to look and saw that Li Yue was already standing in the distance, holding a glowing spherical object in her hand.

"This is what can awaken Yhwach, the Hōgyoku!"

"Hōgyoku?"

I have absolutely no idea what it is, but...

"Could it be that it was taken from inside my body?"

"That's right, remember when I mentioned the two genius Bleach of Soul Society? This is Kisuke Urahara, the Urahara Manager you mentioned, who was personally buried in your soul!"

"He personally developed the Hogyoku hundreds of years ago, which allows the Bleach to Hōgyoku the limits of power!"

"That's also my true goal!"

Aizen looked at the Hōgyoku in Li Yue's hand and had to admit that he also perked up. This was something he had been planning to obtain for a hundred years. Although he had known for a long time that it was inside Rukia, he was still quite excited when it actually appeared.

"Kisuke Urahara created the Hōgyoku, which allows Bleach to break through their limits. However, the Hōgyoku he created was incomplete. After I discovered what he had done, I guided you to develop your own Hōgyoku. Unfortunately, your Hōgyoku is also incomplete. But if you fuse these two Hōgyoku together, the combined power will make it complete. And a complete Hōgyoku would be enough to awaken Lord Yhwach! It could even bring Yhwach's power back to its peak!"

"It's a pity that Kisuke Urahara hid the Hōgyoku, which he considered dangerous, in a place that even I couldn't find. So I used you again to force Kisuke Urahara to hand over the Hōgyoku. And the result was very satisfactory to me. You successfully found the location of the Hōgyoku, and under my hypnosis, you used the power of Kyōka Suigetsu to hypnotize the Bleach and make them bring Rukia back."

"The moment Rukia was captured and brought back, I understood that my thousand-year-long plan was finally coming to a perfect end. That's why I am now officially appearing before everyone as your son."

Li Yue held the Hōgyoku and looked at Aizen.

"You didn't expect that, did you, Aizen Sousuke? Your self-righteous life was all planned out for you by someone else. Everything you've done has been going according to someone else's plan!"

"Now."

"Aizen Sousuke, your days of recklessly using the power of the Hōgyoku are over. Hand it over!"

In the distance, Gin Ichimaru, maintaining his Kido (a magical technique) for transmitting messages, couldn't help but twitch his lips before smiling and speaking to Kido.

"That's what he said, Captain-Commander."

134. Forgive me, Hinagiku, this is the last time.

Yhwach? It's been so long since I've heard that name.

Upon hearing this name, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto immediately became wary.

A thousand years ago, Yhwach was the greatest enemy of Soul Society. Yamamoto was the one who knew his strength best. But a thousand years ago, he should have indeed killed Yhwach.

But now, someone is telling him that Yhwach is not dead, and that he is hiding in the shadows of the Seireitei with a large number of Quincy, constantly monitoring the entire Seireitei. How terrifying is that?

As for Aizen and Kisuke Urahara, those two are no longer worth mentioning! Although they created the Hōgyoku by studying the Soul King, it doesn't matter anymore. There are plenty of people in Soul Society who study the Soul King. His disciple, Jūshirō Ukitake, has the Soul King's Right Hand on him. It's just a fragment of the Soul King. Compared to Yhwach's threat, these two little bugs are nothing.

You said that Aizen caused the deaths of many Bleach in Soul Society because of the Hōgyoku experiments?

If someone dies, just recruit another one! The Soul Society has no shortage of souls. As long as souls are constantly being born, there will be no shortage of souls to become Bleach!

As for Aizen's threat, what threat could a brat who's only a few hundred years old pose! What use is a Complete Hypnosis Kyōka Suigetsu? Does he think my Ryūjin Jakka Bankai isn't enough to burn him?

If I were to actually take action, no amount of Kyōka Suigetsu would be of any use!

Therefore, the most urgent task is to eliminate this Quincy has obtained the Hōgyoku!

Yhwach is a very troublesome guy. If he were to recover, Yamamoto is confident he could kill him again. However, the problem is that to kill Yhwach, Yamamoto would have to Bankai, which would cause too much damage to Soul Society. Therefore, killing Yhwach before he recovers is the best option!

Captain Commander Yamamoto, who was still fighting Shunsui Kyoraku, immediately put away his Ryūjin Jakka Flash Step. In a short time, they arrived at Sōkyoku Hill.

Also arriving were almost all the captains and Vice-Captain of the Seireitei. After Li Yue finished his thousand-year-long plan, the entire Sōkyoku Hill was filled with people.

The captain and Vice-Captain of Bleach surrounded Li Yue, completely encircling him.

"Prisoner Li Yue! You are surrounded! Surrender and give up resistance!"

The commander of the Execution Army, Soi Fon, the Second Division Captain, stepped forward and shouted at Li Yue.

"Oh my, I didn't expect so many people to come. Is it because you tipped us off, Captain Gin Ichimaru?"

Looking at the numerous Bleach captains and Vice-Captain surrounding him, Li Yue wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he looked curiously in the direction where Gin Ichimaru was.

"There's nothing I can do about it; I am, after all, the captain of the Third Division."

Gin Ichimaru slowly emerged from his hiding place.

"But I didn't expect that you, Li Yue-kun, actually knew that I was tipping me off. You knew I was tipping me off, but you didn't stop me. You're really confident."

"That's right, because all your power is futile before the Quincy's Wandenreich."

A dark shadow appeared beneath Li Yue's feet. He stepped on the shadow and looked at Aizen.

"Hey, Aizen, hand over your Hōgyoku."

"Li Yue-kun, do you think I would hand over the Hōgyoku now?"

Aizen looked at Li Yue curiously, wondering what reason Li Yue would use to get him to hand over the Hōgyoku.

"Is that so? You feel that because of my deception, you have lost hope of resurrecting the woman you love?"

"I can tell you that you can't revive her using the power of the Hōgyoku. But if you're willing to hand over the Hōgyoku and help me awaken Yhwach and restore his power to its peak, Yhwach can help you revive her."

"What!?"

Yhwach actually possesses the power to revive people?

The Bleach present were all astonished, and what Li Yue said next shocked them even more.

"Yhwach's power is the Almighty. When he activates his power, he can easily change history and the future. He doesn't need to travel to the past. All Yhwach needs to do is activate his power in the present to erase the history of those who were killed, and then those people will be resurrected. He can also activate his power to erase the attacks he will suffer in the future, so he will never be touched by the attacks of others. Everything in this world is in his hands!"

It's leaking intelligence! Li Yue is leaking information about Yhwach! If Yhwach woke up now, he'd probably be trembling with anger.

The Bleach present widened their eyes upon hearing the information revealed by Li Yue. All the Bleach here, whether captains or Vice-Captain, had some regrets to varying degrees. Yhwach's power could alter the past and future, which meant that it could directly make up for their regrets.

Shunsui Kyoraku's elder brother died young, Byakuya Kuchiki's wife Hisana died five years after their marriage, and Kaname Tōsen's friend died at the hands of Bleach noble. These are all regrets, after all, the age of Bleach is based on a hundred years. In the past few hundred years, who hasn't had some regrets?

Even Gin Ichimaru couldn't help but have a little thought: Yhwach can change history, so could he change history to bring Rangiku Matsumoto's soul back to its original form?

In reality, Li Yue was deliberately exaggerating Yhwach's power. Yhwach can only change the future and can only see the future. His the Almighty are more like future vision, and he can directly interfere with the future in the present to change the current situation. In other words, he can prevent future attacks from ever reaching him, thus making himself invincible in the present.

But that didn't stop Li Yue from exaggerating it.

Seeing that all the captains were stunned, Li Yue opened her arms to Aizen.

"Come here, offer up your Hōgyoku, and then, under the leadership of the great Yhwach, recreate the world you desire!"

Aizen was clearly also intimidated; his usually gentle expression turned conflicted.

The Bleach present could also sense Aizen's inner turmoil.

On one hand, he was cruelly deceived, but on the other hand, the woman was a real person, and the emotional support he had for her couldn't be faked.

On the other hand, there is the power that can truly revive that woman. Should one let go of the hatred of being deceived, choose to pledge allegiance to the other party, and thus obtain the power to revive the beloved?

"Aizen! Don't believe him!"

The honest Jūshirō Ukitake couldn't help but speak up. He was a relatively mild-mannered person, so he had a great liking for Aizen, who was also mild-mannered. In his opinion, Aizen had gone astray because he had been deceived, but now there was still a chance to turn back. He couldn't let Aizen go too far astray!

"There has never been a case of anyone dying and coming back to life. The world doesn't allow such a thing to happen. He just wants the Hōgyoku in your possession. Don't believe him!"

Li Yue was very unhappy to hear Jūshirō Ukitake's advice.

"Jūshirō Ukitake, you are too Pride!"

"Because you bear a fragment of the Soul King, and have been burdened with the original sin of Bleach since birth, do you think you understand the rules of this world?"

"What?!"

Li Yue dropped another bombshell, and the Bleach looked at Jūshirō Ukitake in surprise.

"You!"

However, Li Yue ignored him and looked at Aizen again.

"Aizen, make your choice."

All eyes were on Aizen, wanting to see what choice he would make. After a moment of silence, Aizen slowly raised his hand and took off his glasses. Without his glasses, Aizen's usual gentle demeanor vanished, and his eyes became sharp.

"In that case, there is only one answer."

Li Yue grinned and revealed a smile.

"Hahaha, just say it, what's your final decision!"