Three Realms Overlord Strongest Throne Hegemony Competition!
This declaration of battle was immediately conveyed to the Soul Society and the World of the Living.
There was no way to send it to Hueco Mundo, since Hueco Mundo was already gone, and the concept of "Hollow" had now been inverted and reversed by Aizen into Berserkers.
Within the Soul King's Palace, a massive amber crystal floated silently, emitting a faint yet ancient glow, as though it carried the secrets and power of countless ages.
This crystal was the prison binding the root of all things in the world—the Soul King. Since that earth-shaking rebellion a million years ago, no one had dared look directly at those deep and hollow eyes within it.
Yet today, everything was about to change.
With a faint, crisp cracking sound, fine fractures began spreading across the amber crystal's surface. Like cracks in time itself, they silently told of history's end and the beginning of a new birth.
The Soul King sealed within it—his heart, which had once ruled the Three Realms and maintained the balance of all things—finally stirred for the first time after a long solitude and slumber.
His eyes, those "deep but vacant salted fish eyes," seemed to awaken under the call of some force. Light suddenly burst forth, focused and sharp, before his gaze slowly turned, crossing the endless Void to precisely "look" at Sosuke Aizen standing close at hand.
Sosuke Aizen felt the ancient and immense fluctuations of power coming from the Soul King.
A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes, followed by even deeper contemplation.
At this moment, it was not merely a look at each other between him and the Soul King. The entire Three Realms, and even every dimension of existence and nonexistence, seemed to be watching this