Chapter Summaries

Lu Li faced his execution after the company failed to believe his explanation for killing ten martial arts masters. As the execution machine began pulling at his limbs, he revealed the strength his Master had called a “numerical kind of beauty.”

• Nefel questioned Lu Li about killing Lin Zhengdong and the other martial arts masters, but Lu Li said their technique was too weak to overcome his strength.
• Nefel offered Lu Li a chance to live if he revealed how he had exploited a flaw in the company’s exoskeletons, but he denied the company’s assumptions and asked for his execution.
• Lu Li said the martial arts masters had betrayed their stance and gotten his Master killed, then Nefel escorted him to the execution ground.
• The company secured Lu Li to an execution machine fitted with the same model of mechanical arms used in its exoskeletons, hoping to restore its reputation and draw out any resistance organization.
• As the mechanical arms pulled at Lu Li’s limbs, he resisted their force and said his Master had praised him for having a “numerical kind of beauty.”

Lu Li survived his execution through his immense natural strength, but an explosion swallowed the arena before he awoke in End Space and agreed to enter its Trial World. He arrived in Soul Society’s Northern Flowing Soul Street, District 80, and learned that his mission world was Shinigami.

• Lu Li tore free of the mechanical arms, fought through the guards, and leaped toward the black-robed elder as Nefel and the suited man watched.
• The arena’s defenses and missiles detonated, engulfing the execution grounds with Lu Li inside.
• Lu Li awoke in darkness, learned that End Space had given him a new life, and accepted the risk of its Trial World.
• End Space transferred Lu Li to Soul Society, where he reviewed the mission information identifying the world as Shinigami.

Lu Li examined his status after receiving a quest to join the Seireitei, then encountered Rebels attacking Shinigami in North Rukongai, District 80. He killed two Rebels with a fallen Asauchi and faced the remaining attackers.

• Lu Li reviewed the quest to join the Seireitei and checked his attributes, including his low Luck.
• A wounded Shinigami called for reinforcements while fleeing Rebels, but the Rebels killed him and his companion near Lu Li.
• The Rebel leader ordered one of his men to kill Lu Li, who seized a fallen Asauchi and killed the attacker.
• Lu Li dodged a spear and cut down another Rebel, making the remaining Rebels recoil as he savored the fight.

Retsu Unohana found Lu Li standing among the Rebels he had killed and invited him to join the Gotei 13. Lu Li accepted, and he accompanied her back toward Seireitei with his Asauchi, bound for training at the True Spirit Arts Academy.

• Retsu Unohana and her Fourth Division members followed a distress call and found ten dead Rebels and Lu Li holding an Asauchi.
• Unohana sensed Lu Li's potential, asked whether he had killed the Rebels, and accepted his claim that he had acted in self-defense.
• Unohana invited Lu Li to join the Gotei 13, explaining that he would first need to train at the True Spirit Arts Academy.
• Lu Li accepted the invitation, and Unohana let him keep the Asauchi before he followed her group back.

Lu Li settled into the True Spirit Arts Academy and discovered that his roommate was the young Sōsuke Aizen. The next day, he began his entrance examination by testing his Reiatsu, leaving his level unrevealed.

• Lu Li inspected his Asauchi and End Space, learning that his Limiter talent gave him a 1000% bonus to training effects.
• Lu Li arrived at dormitory 406, where Sōsuke Aizen welcomed him and helped him settle in.
• Lu Li chatted with Aizen, who explained the academy and later trained with his Zanpakuto after lights-out.
• Lu Li reviewed End Space's system menu and discovered his S-rated Limiter talent.
• Teacher Fujimoto began Lu Li's entrance examination, and Lu Li placed his hand on the Reiatsu-testing platform.

Lu Li impressed Teacher Fujimoto with his Reiwei test, then revealed formidable swordsmanship during Fujimoto’s attempt to assess his combat ability. The chapter ended with Lu Li’s bamboo sword thrusting toward Fujimoto’s throat.

• Lu Li’s Reiwei reading climbed to seventeen-rank, surprising Teacher Fujimoto and the students.
• Teacher Fujimoto praised Lu Li’s innate talent and handed him a bamboo sword to assess his swordsmanship.
• Lu Li asked if Fujimoto was sure, then took a combat stance after being told to attack with the resolve to kill.
• Lu Li surged across the room and struck, forcing Fujimoto to block at the last moment.
• Lu Li followed through Fujimoto’s defense and thrust his bamboo sword toward Fujimoto’s throat.

Lu Li defeated Teacher Fujimoto in a swordsmanship spar despite claiming he had never learned swordsmanship, impressing the class and drawing Aizen’s interest. After hearing the lesson and receiving a new quest to graduate from the True Spirit Arts Academy within three months, Lu Li considered the challenge ahead.

• Lu Li broke his bamboo sword while defeating Teacher Fujimoto in a spar, then said he had never studied swordsmanship.
• Teacher Fujimoto praised Lu Li’s talent and realized that Lu Li’s control and technique surpassed his own.
• Aizen congratulated Lu Li, while Lu Li wondered why Aizen was hiding his strength.
• Teacher Fujimoto taught swordsmanship fundamentals, and Lu Li listened while thinking about challenging stronger masters someday.
• Lu Li received a quest to complete the Academy’s courses and graduate within three months, then began considering the obstacles to finishing it.

Lu Li enjoyed his first proper meal at the True Spirit Arts Academy and impressed Aizen with his enormous appetite. During a Hakuda lesson, the instructor assigned the sleeping Shihouin to teach Lu Li basic techniques, and Lu Li suspected she was Yoruichi Shihouin.

• Aizen escorted Lu Li to the cafeteria and helped him get a serving of every dish and a basin of rice.
• Lu Li devoured all the food, while Aizen and the nearby students watched in surprise.
• Aizen wondered whether Lu Li was a genius in combat and considered testing his abilities in Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kido.
• During a Hakuda lesson, the instructor called on Shihouin, who had been sleeping in class, to spar with Lu Li and teach him the basics.

Lu Li challenged Yoruichi in Hakuda class and quickly took control of their spar with a relentless series of attacks. Yoruichi finally found an opening to counter as Lu Li’s kick missed.

• Aizen warned Lu Li that Yoruichi was the strongest Hakuda practitioner among the students, and Yoruichi challenged him to fight.
• The teacher told Yoruichi to keep her Reiwei at Lu Li’s level, and they began their spar.
• Lu Li rushed Yoruichi with fast punches and kicks, forcing her to evade his attacks and keeping her on the defensive.
• Yoruichi searched for a way to break Lu Li’s momentum and, after his kick missed, twisted her waist and wrapped her legs around him.

Lu Li defeated Yoruichi in a Hakuda spar, then sparred with Aizen before attending a Kido lesson taught by Hachigen Ushōda. The chapter ended with Hachigen asking Aizen to guide Lu Li in casting low-level Kido.

• Lu Li reversed Yoruichi's ground-fighting hold and stopped a punch just short of her face, winning their spar.
• Yoruichi challenged Lu Li to a rematch, while Aizen watched his victory with concealed surprise.
• Lu Li sparred with Aizen and shared practical fighting techniques, which Aizen said he had learned from.
• Lu Li recognized Hachigen Ushōda as the Chief of the Great Kidō Corps and learned the basic principles and types of Kido in his class.
• Hachigen Ushōda asked Aizen to guide Lu Li in casting low-level Kido.

Lu Li successfully cast basic Kido on his first attempt, then accepted Aizen’s challenge to try a much more advanced spell. He shocked the class by casting Hadō #31: Red Flame Cannon, while Yoruichi resolved to beat him in the next day’s Shunpo class.

• Lu Li cast Hadō #4: White Lightning on his first attempt and saw it registered as a skill, though he judged its Soul Source cost inefficient.
• Aizen demonstrated Hadō #31: Red Flame Cannon, destroying a target and inviting Lu Li to try the spell.
• Hachigen Ushōda warned Lu Li about the dangers of advanced Kido but allowed him one attempt under his supervision.
• Lu Li chanted the incantation and successfully struck a target with Red Flame Cannon, astonishing the watching students.
• Yoruichi watched Lu Li’s Kido success and decided she would beat him in the next day’s Shunpo class.

Lu Li excelled at his first Kido lesson, prompting Hachigen Ushōda to invite him to join the Kidō Corps after graduation. Lu Li declined for now and focused on Bakudō, leaving class with Hachigen Ushōda offering to teach him advanced spells and directing him to Captain Unohana for healing arts.

• Lu Li successfully cast Red Flame Cannon, impressing Hachigen Ushōda and surprising Aizen.
• Hachigen Ushōda invited Lu Li to join the Kidō Corps after graduation, but Lu Li politely asked for time to consider his future.
• Lu Li tried the spells in his textbook and decided that Bakudō and healing arts suited his combat needs better than Hadō.
• Lu Li asked Aizen to bind him with Bakudō No. 9: Geki, then broke free by resisting with his spiritual power and physical strength.
• Aizen suggested Lu Li ask Hachigen Ushōda about advanced Bakudō, and Hachigen agreed to teach him spells suited to his Reiatsu and recommended Captain Unohana for healing arts.

Lu Li learned about elective Healing Kidō courses and Reiatsu cultivation from Aizen, who also explained how Zanpakuto release worked. Aizen revealed that he had learned Shikai and offered to show Lu Li Kyōka Suigetsu.

• Hachigen Ushōda explained that Captain Unohana taught Healing Kidō to recruit skilled students for the Fourth Division.
• Lu Li asked Aizen about elective courses and said he was interested in Healing Kidō.
• Aizen taught Lu Li about Zanpakuto, Reiatsu cultivation, and how Shikai affected combat power.
• Lu Li asked whether Aizen had learned Shikai, and Aizen said his Zanpakuto was Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Aizen offered to show Lu Li his Zanpakuto.

Lu Li struggled to sense his soul while practicing Zanpakuto resonance, then attended a Shunpo class where Yoruichi Shihouin challenged him to a race. The chapter ended with Lu Li questioning her certainty that he could not win.

• Lu Li refused Aizen's offer to demonstrate Shikai and meditated on his Zanpakuto instead.
• Lu Li spent the night trying to sense his soul but found only darkness, leaving him exhausted and with 30% of his Soul Source.
• Aizen advised Lu Li to sleep more and offered to teach him meditation techniques that evening.
• Lu Li attended Shunpo class and learned that the technique mostly amounted to fast running for ordinary Shinigami.
• Yoruichi Shihouin was assigned to teach Lu Li, then challenged him to race her, with the loser facing a condition they had yet to settle.

Lu Li wagered with Yoruichi that he could beat her Shunpo time while running half the distance, hoping to earn instruction in Utsusemi. After studying and practicing Shunpo, he prepared to make his attempt just as Yoruichi finished the full course in 4.396 seconds.

• Lu Li declined Yoruichi’s offer to call him big brother and wagered that she would teach him advanced Shunpo if he won.
• Yoruichi taught Lu Li basic Shunpo, and he crossed one section in 0.973 seconds on his first attempt.
• Lu Li recognized that Shunpo’s advantage was its instant acceleration, then practiced repeatedly while Yoruichi demonstrated her superior technique.
• With class ending, Lu Li meditated and mentally analyzed Shunpo’s movements instead of continuing to practice.
• Yoruichi ran the full course in 4.396 seconds and beckoned Lu Li to take his turn.

Lu Li beat Yoruichi in a Shunpo contest by improvising a loud, forceful style of high-speed movement, then asked her to teach him Utsusemi. After lunch, Aizen told Lu Li he would miss their first class that afternoon.

• Lu Li charged through the course with his improvised Shunpo and beat Yoruichi's time.
• Yoruichi acknowledged the bet and agreed to teach Lu Li the Shihōin Clan technique Utsusemi at their next Shunpo class.
• Lu Li offered to teach Aizen his noisy movement technique, but Aizen declined and chose to practice ordinary Shunpo.
• After lunch, Aizen told Lu Li he would not be with him for the first class that afternoon.

Lu Li attended a Healing Kidō lesson taught by Unohana and experienced her healing technique firsthand. After watching her close a deep cut on his arm, he returned to his seat wondering how Healing Kidō had worked on his living body.

• Aizen told Lu Li their elective classes conflicted, so Lu Li headed off to practice Shunpo instead of returning to the dorm at noon.
• Lu Li found Unohana substituting for the Healing Kidō class and thanked her for helping him enter the academy.
• Unohana explained that Healing Kidō used precise spiritual control to repair spiritual bodies and demonstrated the technique on Lu Li.
• Unohana cut Lu Li's arm and healed the wound with a pale blue glow while the class watched.
• Lu Li returned to his seat pondering how Unohana had healed him, since he was a living person rather than a spiritual body.

Lu Li learned Healing Kidō quickly under Unohana’s guidance, impressing her with his talent and admitting that he wanted to enjoy battle more. After class, Unohana kept him behind and cut him nearly in half to demonstrate advanced healing, leaving Lu Li alert and ready to study her technique.

• Lu Li repeatedly practiced Healing Kidō on a mouse and eventually healed its wound, though a scar remained.
• Unohana advised Lu Li to picture the mouse whole as he guided Spirit Particles, and he improved his healing technique.
• When Unohana asked why he wanted to learn Healing Kidō, Lu Li answered that he wanted to enjoy battle, exciting her.
• Unohana kept Lu Li after class, locked the classroom, and drew her Zanpakuto, Minazuki.
• Unohana slashed Lu Li from his shoulder through his heart, then caught him and began healing him as a practical lesson.

Lu Li practiced advanced Healing Kidō with Unohana, repeatedly suffering fatal injuries so he could learn to heal quickly in battle. After a student on cleaning duty walked in on the blood-soaked classroom, Lu Li headed to the cafeteria to recover from his blood loss.

• Unohana finished healing Lu Li and explained that Healing Kidō's strength depended on control and practice.
• Lu Li tried healing a lab mouse, but his technique was too slow to save it.
• Lu Li asked Unohana to attack him again so he could experience battle-ready Healing Kidō, and she wounded him three more times for practice.
• A student on cleaning duty opened the classroom door, saw Unohana touching Lu Li in the bloodstained room, and shut it again before returning to find them separated.
• Unohana told Lu Li to prepare for their next class, while Lu Li left for the cafeteria to replenish his lost blood.

Yamamoto Genryūsai and Chōjirō Sasakibe watched Lu Li spar with Yoruichi and discussed his extraordinary progress at the academy. After learning that Lu Li wanted to graduate early because his teachers could no longer teach him, Yamamoto decided to teach him a lesson himself.

• Lu Li and Yoruichi sparred fiercely on the training field while their classmates watched from a distance.
• Yamamoto Genryūsai and Chōjirō Sasakibe observed the fight from a rooftop, and Chōjirō identified Lu Li as a freshman brought from the Rukongai District by Captain Unohana.
• Chōjirō recounted Lu Li's rapid achievements in swordsmanship, Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kido, including his progress toward matching Yoruichi's speed.
• Chōjirō explained that Lu Li had reached Sixteenth Grade Reiwei in two months despite focusing mostly on other subjects, and that he wanted to graduate early.
• Yamamoto decided to teach Lu Li a lesson after hearing that the young student believed his teachers could no longer teach him.