Chapter Summaries

Teresa learned about the Rebellion Greatsword’s possible fusion power, and Chang Wei let Esdeath strengthen her Demon Bloodline. He explained that demon-men could grow through souls or emotions, leaving Teresa and Esdeath surprised by his claims.

• Teresa learned that the Rebellion Greatsword might fuse weapons and that her bloodline was not yet strong enough to activate its power.
• Esdeath asked Chang Wei to strengthen her Demon Bloodline, while Scathach declined because she already had too many abilities to master.
• Chang Wei strengthened Esdeath’s Demon Bloodline, but she found its power weaker than she had expected.
• Chang Wei explained that demons grew by consuming souls, though Teresa and Esdeath could not absorb souls directly.
• Chang Wei told Teresa and Esdeath that emotions could also strengthen demon-men.

Chang Wei gave Esdeath Impact Steel armor while she and Teresa trained and explored their powers. The Lord God then assigned a solo conquest mission in the Soul Reaper world, leaving Chang Wei alone to consider how to conquer it by remaking it.

• Chang Wei exchanged a demonic artifact for Esdeath, who received Impact Steel vambraces and greaves suited to her fighting style.
• Teresa and Esdeath sparred repeatedly, and Teresa won their latest fight after learning to sense demon power and striking first.
• Teresa continued trying to recreate High-Speed Sword as a one-armed Demonization despite the dangers of an unstable transformation.
• The Lord God issued a solo conquest mission in a world identified by Soul Reapers, Hollows, Quincies, and Fullbringers, and Chang Wei was sent alone while Teresa, Esdeath, and Scathach disappeared.
• Chang Wei sensed the Soul King but remained undetected, then considered conquering the world by completely remaking it.

Chang Wei contacted Ichigo Kurosaki and showed him a glimpse of the near future, including a Hollow attack that threatened his family. Determined to change events, Ichigo sought out Rukia Kuchiki, but she refused to believe him, so he called out to the Observer for help.

• Chang Wei spoke to Ichigo Kurosaki in his sleep and offered to reveal the truth about his mother's death in exchange for seeing him change his future.
• Chang Wei showed Ichigo a vision of the next day, where he fought a Hollow and became a Soul Reaper to protect his family.
• Ichigo saw the delinquents kick over the roadside vase just as the vision had shown and warned the little girl's soul to hide.
• Ichigo searched for Rukia Kuchiki and begged her to give him her power, but she dismissed him as an ordinary person.
• Ichigo refused to wait for the Hollow attack and called out to the Observer for help.

Ichigo Kurosaki followed Chang Wei’s directions to an alley, where a homeless man attacked him and revealed the Battle Realm of the Inner World, a place where fighters could challenge even ghosts. After being beaten, Ichigo Kurosaki rose again and began to counter the man’s attacks, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chang Wei directed Ichigo Kurosaki to a homeless man and called him an opportunity to change the future.
• The homeless man sprang up, attacked Ichigo Kurosaki, and overwhelmed him with powerful punches and kicks.
• Chang Wei explained that Karakura Town was a Duel City filled with berserkers whose perfected bodies could fight souls.
• After the homeless man left him on the ground, Ichigo Kurosaki clenched his fist and felt power surge through his body.
• Ichigo Kurosaki stood back up, blocked the homeless man’s punch, and disrupted his balance with a forward charge.

Ichigo Kurosaki fought a vagrant who taught him about Absolute Power, and pain awakened a new unity of body, will, and soul within him. After Ichigo struck the vagrant down, he resolved to master this power and asked what it truly meant.

• The vagrant explained that Absolute Power came from unifying body and will and pushing the body beyond its limits.
• As the vagrant battered him, White Ichigo stirred, but Uncle Zangetsu suppressed him, and Ichigo caught the vagrant's fist.
• Ichigo felt his body, will, and soul unite, then punched the vagrant through a wall with his newfound power.
• Ichigo checked on the injured vagrant, who said he had mastered Absolute Power and would heal quickly.
• The vagrant warned Ichigo that becoming a berserker was only the beginning, and Ichigo asked what Absolute Power meant.

Ichigo Kurosaki learned that Absolute Power could grow through battle and self-modification, then sought out another berserker and was overwhelmed by his 2% power. Driven to force out more strength, Ichigo’s Absolute Will transformed his Inner World and began pulling Uncle Zangetsu toward him.

• The vagrant explained Absolute Power and its ranks to Ichigo Kurosaki before falling asleep, and Ichigo carried him back and covered him with newspapers.
• Ichigo Kurosaki asked Chang Wei to locate another berserker and rushed to challenge one.
• The berserker pinned Ichigo Kurosaki with ease and said his Absolute Power had reached 2%, while Ichigo’s strength had fallen behind because berserkers continually modified themselves.
• Ichigo Kurosaki unleashed his Absolute Will to force more power from his body, transforming his Inner World into a volcanic Hundred Thousand Flame Mountain.
• Uncle Zangetsu felt Ichigo Kurosaki’s will pulling him out of the Inner World and feared he might not be able to return.

Ichigo Kurosaki used Absolute Power to take control of part of White Ichigo’s strength, overpower the Berserker, and turn his Hollow instincts into a controlled killing-intent state. Later, he confronted the Hollow sent by Sosuke Aizen after it defeated Rukia Kuchiki, and stood ready as it attacked him.

• Uncle Zangetsu sent White Ichigo out of Ichigo Kurosaki’s Inner World, and Ichigo used Absolute Power to seize one percent of White Ichigo’s power.
• Ichigo struck the Berserker with a Kikoho slash and subdued his killing intent and beastly instincts, gaining the ability called Killing Intent Wave.
• Ichigo learned that Killing Intent Wave could frighten opponents with weak reason and willpower, though he believed it would not affect Berserkers.
• Ichigo waited for the Hollow pursuing the little girl’s soul, while Rukia Kuchiki arrived to hunt it.
• Rukia’s Kido failed to injure the Hollow, and it sent her flying before Ichigo caught her and told her to leave the rest to him.
• The Hollow sensed Ichigo’s spiritual energy and swung its enormous arm at him as Rukia warned that he could not handle it.

Ichigo Kurosaki defeated the Hollow with Absolute Power and learned that Dafeisher, the Angler, had killed his mother, Masaki Kurosaki. The next day, Rukia Kuchiki joined his class and pulled him aside to explain that she was hiding her identity.

• Ichigo Kurosaki neutralized the Hollow’s attack and killed it with a single Getsuga Tensho.
• Ichigo Kurosaki asked Chang Wei about his mother’s death, and Chang Wei identified Dafeisher, the Angler, as the Hollow responsible.
• Ichigo Kurosaki learned that Dafeisher had disguised itself as a human and lured spiritually dense people, and he resolved to become stronger before facing it.
• Rukia Kuchiki appeared as Ichigo Kurosaki’s classmate after using a Gigai prepared by Kisuke Urahara.
• Rukia Kuchiki dragged Ichigo Kurosaki to the rooftop, introduced herself by name, and said she was hiding her identity.

Ichigo Kurosaki hunted Berserkers across Karakura Town to grow stronger, while Rukia Kuchiki learned about Berserkers and witnessed his extraordinary recovery. After fighting several opponents, Ichigo used his will to strengthen his body and brain, recognizing that combat techniques mattered as much as strength and speed.

• Ichigo Kurosaki told Rukia Kuchiki that he was a Berserker and explained that Karakura Town was a Duel City filled with them.
• Rukia Kuchiki shared basic information about Soul Reapers, and Ichigo began hunting Berserkers without asking about his mother, Masaki Kurosaki.
• Ichigo Kurosaki fought Berserkers throughout Karakura Town until Rukia Kuchiki dragged his bruised and battered body away.
• Ichigo Kurosaki healed his injuries almost instantly by using Absolute Power to beat up his own cells, astonishing Rukia Kuchiki.
• Ichigo Kurosaki used his will to strengthen every part of his body and brain, then considered the combat techniques he had encountered in battle.

Ichigo Kurosaki developed a spiraling punch by adapting the Berserkers’ fighting techniques, then followed Rukia Kuchiki to investigate a Hollow that had already been eliminated. Rukia kept receiving reports of Hollows that disappeared before she arrived, while a mysterious figure watched Ichigo.

• Ichigo Kurosaki struggled against Berserkers’ techniques and realized he needed a fighting style of his own.
• Ichigo combined the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist with his Life Force and created a devastating whirlwind drill punch called “Tengen Toppa.”
• Rukia Kuchiki received a report of a Hollow and left to eliminate it, despite Ichigo Kurosaki offering to help.
• Rukia Kuchiki and Ichigo Kurosaki found that the Hollow had already been eliminated, and Rukia wondered if another Berserker had done it.
• A black-clad figure wearing reflective glasses watched Ichigo Kurosaki, and Rukia later found that reported Hollows kept disappearing before she arrived.

Ichigo Kurosaki chose Chang Wei’s Reiatsu Rotation path because it could strengthen and protect others, then quickly combined it with Absolute Power. He left to cultivate the new power while fighting berserkers.

• Chang Wei offered Ichigo Kurosaki a choice between advancing Absolute Power and trying Reiatsu Rotation, a new system that could help revive and heal people.
• Ichigo Kurosaki chose Reiatsu Rotation after learning it could protect and restore others.
• Chang Wei taught Ichigo Kurosaki to drive reishi through his cells, and Ichigo Kurosaki gained Reiatsu Rotation: One-Horsepower Force.
• Ichigo Kurosaki combined Reiatsu Rotation with Absolute Power and quickly increased his output to ten horsepower.
• Ichigo Kurosaki began cultivating Reiatsu Rotation while fighting berserkers.

Uryu Ishida used Hollow Bait to challenge Rukia Kuchiki, but Ichigo Kurosaki defeated the resulting swarm with a strange spirit-particle technique that baffled Sosuke Aizen and Kisuke Urahara. A Menos Grande appeared, and Ichigo insisted he could handle it as Rukia prepared to call for reinforcements.

• Uryu Ishida released Hollow Bait to compete with Rukia Kuchiki, and Ichigo Kurosaki stepped in when a huge swarm of Hollows attacked.
• Ichigo Kurosaki used Chang Wei's Explosion Fist to destroy the Hollows, leaving Sosuke Aizen and Kisuke Urahara bewildered by his abilities.
• Sosuke Aizen deceived the Technical Division and arranged for a Menos Grande to appear in Karakura Town.
• Rukia Kuchiki identified the Menos Grande as a powerful Hollow and reached for her phone to request reinforcements.
• Ichigo Kurosaki stopped Rukia Kuchiki and confidently said he would take care of the Menos Grande.

Ichigo Kurosaki fought a Gillian and revealed that he could wield Hell's Blade, rapidly growing stronger as he battled it. He killed the Gillian with two slashes, leaving Kisuke Urahara and the others stunned while Sosuke Aizen observed the anomaly.

• Rukia Kuchiki feared the Gillian, while Ichigo Kurosaki charged at it and Uryu Ishida prepared to cover him.
• Ichigo Kurosaki struck the Gillian with Explosion Fist, but it shrugged off the blow and blasted him back with a Cero.
• Ichigo Kurosaki transformed his arms into blades and unleashed Hell's Blade, cutting through the Gillian's next Cero and wounding it from a distance.
• When the Gillian tried to flee, Ichigo Kurosaki pursued it and cut it in half with a second, stronger slash.
• Rukia Kuchiki and Uryu Ishida stared in disbelief, Kisuke Urahara wondered if Ichigo Kurosaki's blades were Zanpakuto, and Sosuke Aizen considered the unusual change in his powers.

Ichigo Kurosaki explained his new reiatsu power to Uryu Ishida and Rukia Kuchiki, whose attempts to cultivate Absolute Power could radically change them. Meanwhile, Seireitei investigated the Gillian’s death, and Ichigo’s growing strength threatened to consume White Ichigo as he continued hunting Hollows.

• Uryu Ishida questioned Ichigo Kurosaki’s nature, and Ichigo described himself as a reiatsu powerhouse whose power rotated within his cells.
• Rukia Kuchiki and Uryu Ishida decided to try Absolute Power despite doubting Ichigo’s explanation; the power threatened to consume Rukia’s Soul Reaper abilities and transform her body.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto convened a captains’ meeting over the Gillian’s appearance and death, then sent Byakuya Kuchiki to investigate while the 12th Division checked for unusual Spiritual Pressure.
• White Ichigo complained that Ichigo Kurosaki was stealing his power, while Uncle Zangetsu remained hidden as Absolute Power spread through Ichigo’s Inner World.
• Ichigo Kurosaki focused on training Hell’s Blade and continued going with Rukia Kuchiki to eliminate Hollows, sometimes losing the work to Uryu Ishida.

Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai found Rukia Kuchiki, then confronted Ichigo Kurosaki after Renji tried to test him. Ichigo revealed a massive blade growing from his arm and unleashed a powerful attack, leaving Renji struggling to withstand it.

• Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai appeared before Rukia Kuchiki at night, and she bowed to her elder brother.
• Renji Abarai challenged Ichigo Kurosaki, while Byakuya Kuchiki watched and wondered why Rukia's spiritual power was weak.
• Ichigo Kurosaki blocked Renji's strike as a huge blade emerged from his arm, startling both Soul Reapers.
• Ichigo Kurosaki used Reiatsu Rotation: Thirty-Five Horses: Getsuga Tensho against Renji Abarai.
• Renji Abarai released Sōōmaru and met the attack, but the collision's force drove him backward.

Ichigo Kurosaki overwhelmed Renji Abarai and then challenged Byakuya Kuchiki, whose power was restricted in the World of the Living. Ichigo’s Double Getsuga Tensho forced Byakuya to take the attack head-on, leaving the captain unable to overcome him.

• Renji Abarai tried to block Ichigo Kurosaki’s Getsuga Tensho, but Byakuya Kuchiki stepped in and shattered it before ordering Renji to stand down.
• Byakuya Kuchiki told Ichigo Kurosaki to leave the Soul Reaper matter to them, but Ichigo rejected his command and attacked.
• Ichigo Kurosaki matched Byakuya Kuchiki’s Flash Step and said he had learned the technique after seeing it once.
• Byakuya Kuchiki tried to attack Ichigo from behind, but Ichigo forced him back and released a Double Getsuga Tensho.
• Byakuya Kuchiki blocked the Double Getsuga Tensho but was driven backward, while Renji Abarai watched in disbelief.

Ichigo Kurosaki defeated Byakuya Kuchiki with a powerful vacuum-wave attack, and Rukia Kuchiki agreed to return to the Soul Society with Byakuya and Renji Abarai. Byakuya left promising to remember Ichigo and fight him again.

• Byakuya Kuchiki released Senbonzakura, but Ichigo Kurosaki spotted openings in its blade storm and attacked with successive Getsuga Tensho.
• Byakuya Kuchiki dodged Ichigo Kurosaki's first attacks with Flash Step, but Ichigo created a powerful vacuum wave that shattered Senbonzakura's blades and knocked Byakuya down.
• Renji Abarai helped the wounded Byakuya Kuchiki up and accused Rukia Kuchiki of betraying the Soul Society.
• Rukia Kuchiki agreed to return with Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai, telling Ichigo Kurosaki not to interfere further.
• Byakuya Kuchiki told Ichigo Kurosaki he would remember him and seek another fight, and Ichigo welcomed the challenge.

After Rukia Kuchiki returned to Soul Society, Chang Wei revealed that Aizen had arranged her meeting with Ichigo Kurosaki and that her return would lead to a death sentence. Ichigo’s rage over his mother’s death caused his Absolute Power to rise to 5%, and Kisuke Urahara appeared to explain what was happening.

• Rukia Kuchiki left through the Senkaimon after bidding Ichigo Kurosaki farewell, and Chang Wei teased him about her being the protagonist.
• Chang Wei told Ichigo Kurosaki that Aizen had manipulated his parents’ meeting and arranged Rukia’s arrival to observe Ichigo’s descendants.
• Chang Wei revealed that Ichigo’s mother’s death was connected to Aizen, driving Ichigo into a rage that increased his Absolute Power to 5%.
• Chang Wei warned Ichigo Kurosaki that Rukia Kuchiki would be sentenced to death in Soul Society and said Kisuke Urahara would explain the situation.
• Kisuke Urahara appeared nearby, and Ichigo Kurosaki recognized him.

Ichigo Kurosaki learned from Kisuke Urahara that he would investigate Rukia Kuchiki’s situation, then recruited Yasutora Sado into Absolute Power after rescuing him from a Hollow. Chad quickly mastered thirty percent of his power, astonishing Ichigo with his talent.

• Ichigo Kurosaki asked Kisuke Urahara to investigate what might happen to Rukia Kuchiki, and Urahara agreed to consult his Soul Society informants.
• Ichigo Kurosaki resolved to grow stronger so he could protect Rukia Kuchiki, even if he had to storm the Soul Society to save her.
• Ichigo Kurosaki followed Yasutora Sado and discovered Chad protecting a soul from a Hollow that was causing deadly accidents.
• Ichigo Kurosaki killed the Hollow and introduced Chad to Absolute Power, explaining that it could help him defend himself.
• Chad accepted the power and revealed that he had already mastered thirty percent of it, while Ichigo Kurosaki admitted he had not reached ten percent.

Ichigo Kurosaki trained Chad by taking him to fight berserkers around Karakura Town, where Chad's combat ability grew rapidly. When Ichigo ran into Orihime Inoue and Tatsuki Arisawa, Chang Wei exposed their feelings for Ichigo and teased him about his future relationships, then offered to reveal what Ichigo had been through.

• Ichigo Kurosaki explained Absolute Power's effects to Chad and took him to fight the Dog Class homeless man and other berserkers.
• Chad defeated Dog Class berserkers and rapidly improved, though he still could not beat Wolf Class berserkers.
• Orihime Inoue and Tatsuki Arisawa encountered Ichigo and Chad, and Tatsuki grew angry when Ichigo told her the fighting had nothing to do with her.
• Chang Wei revealed that Orihime and Tatsuki secretly loved Ichigo and claimed that Rukia Kuchiki would also become his wife.
• Ichigo denied having romantic feelings for Rukia, and Chang Wei offered to tell Orihime and Tatsuki what Ichigo had been through.