Chapter Summaries

Lu Li used insight gained from Yhwach’s The Almighty to awaken Causality Blade Intent and kill him with a devastating slash. After confirming Yhwach was truly dead, Lu Li dismissed the Eternal Prison and joined Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryu Ishida, and Aizen.

• Yhwach dismissed Lu Li’s threat and prepared to end the battle, confident that The Almighty had shown him a future where he survived.
• Lu Li descended through Yhwach’s black substance as A’Huo opened a path, then used Causality Blade Intent to restore his slash’s trajectory after Yhwach altered the future.
• Lu Li stacked his abilities and buffs, silenced Yhwach, and cut through his defenses with a powerful slash before destroying his remaining body.
• Lu Li heard the mission confirmation that Yhwach was dead, replenished his Soul Source, and told Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryu Ishida that the battle was over.
• Aizen collected Yhwach’s remains, while Lu Li took Yhwach’s treasure chest and dismissed the Eternal Prison.

After the Three Realms stabilized, the Gotei 13 and their allies learned that Lu Li and Aizen might be trapped with Yhwach in an Eternal Prison. They gathered at the Spirit King Palace to mourn and debate how to help, until Chōjirō Sasakibe spotted a possible crack in the prison.

• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported that Kisuke Urahara's measures had installed Ichibei Hyōsube as the new Soul King and stopped the Three Realms from shaking.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe revealed that the black sphere was an Eternal Prison that could trap its occupants forever, leading the Captains to fear Lu Li had sacrificed himself to seal Yhwach.
• Nel, Ulquiorra, Halibel, and Stark reacted to the news, while the Captain-Commander decided to visit the Spirit King Palace without attacking the prison.
• The Captain-Commander and the others joined Inoue, Kyōraku Shunsui, and Jūshirō Ukitake at the prison as Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi argued over whether it could be opened safely.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe pointed out that a crack might have appeared in the Eternal Prison.

Lu Li and Aizen emerged victorious from the Eternal Prison after defeating Yhwach, and the Three Realms began to recover. When Head Captain Yamamoto invited Lu Li back to Soul Society, Lu Li demanded reforms, and Yamamoto offered to resign so Lu Li and Aizen could lead its reconstruction.

• The Eternal Prison shattered, and Lu Li, Aizen, Kurosaki, Ishida, and another survivor emerged as everyone celebrated Yhwach's defeat.
• Lu Li showed Yamamoto Yhwach's remains, and Yamamoto confirmed Yhwach had lost all life and Spirituality.
• Ulquiorra told Lu Li that Hueco Mundo had suffered damage, and Lu Li agreed to return and address its problems.
• Yamamoto asked Lu Li to return to Soul Society, but Lu Li said Chamber 46 and the Four Great Noble Clans needed reform.
• Yamamoto admitted his failures and offered to resign as Head Captain, but Lu Li nominated Aizen to manage Soul Society while he handled combat.

Soul Society appointed Aizen Captain-Commander, promoted Ichimaru Gin, and sent Yamamoto back to teach, while Lu Li reaffirmed his role in maintaining peace with Hueco Mundo. Lu Li then revealed that his final quest required him to gather Hell’s Yin Core and face the still-unknown power threatening the Three Realms.

• Yamamoto stepped down as Captain-Commander, named Aizen his successor, appointed Lu Li temporary Lieutenant of the First Division, and promoted Ichimaru Gin to Captain of the Third Division.
• Yamamoto announced that he would reform the True Spirit Arts Academy as its headmaster, and Lu Li joked about his harsh teaching methods.
• Lu Li assured Nel that he would return to Hueco Mundo and work with Soul Society, while Yamamoto apologized to Ichigo and invited Isshin Shiba to return.
• Yamamoto allowed Uryu Ishida to go free, and Ichigo and his friends talked about returning to ordinary life and studying for university.
• Lu Li inspected the final-phase quest, which required him to collect Hell’s Yin Core and defeat the Lord of Hell, then explained that the blood war had destabilized Hell’s balance.
• Luo Mo Juan Cai asked Lu Li how he planned to deal with Hell and whether he had another item like the Eternal Prison.

Lu Li helped Kenpachi Zaraki discover that Yachiru was his Zanpakuto, then separated her soul so she could live independently again. After Yachiru returned to Kenpachi’s side, Lu Li left to meet Captain Shihouin.

• Lu Li had Kaname Tōsen accompany him to the Tsunayashiro Clan, where he crippled Tokinada Tsunayashiro and left him to Kaname.
• Kenpachi Zaraki told Lu Li that Yachiru had been missing for two weeks, and Lu Li urged him to communicate with his Zanpakuto.
• Kenpachi resonated with Nozarashi and learned that Yachiru was his Zanpakuto, returned to him after he achieved Bankai.
• Lu Li asked whether Kenpachi wanted to free Yachiru, and Kenpachi chose to give up some of his strength rather than keep her bound within his soul.
• Lu Li used Soul Intent to separate Yachiru from Nozarashi, and Kenpachi called her by name until her form became solid again.
• Lu Li left Kenpachi and Yachiru together and headed to meet Captain Shihouin.

Lu Li asked Yoruichi to teach him her ultimate form of uniting man and blade so he could seek another breakthrough beyond the limits of his Bankai. Yoruichi demonstrated the dangerous technique, lost control and attacked like a cat, and Lu Li knocked her unconscious before she woke and hinted she might have known she could not control it.

• Lu Li met Yoruichi in the Central Underground Great Prison and explained that he wanted to grow stronger because he did not consider himself invincible.
• Yoruichi demonstrated Shunkō and then transformed into Shunkō: Raijū Senki: Shunryū Kokubyō, raising her attributes dramatically.
• Yoruichi attacked Lu Li at high speed, but he evaded every strike while she became increasingly catlike and unable to communicate normally.
• Lu Li grabbed Yoruichi by the scruff, then knocked her unconscious when she kept struggling and kicking him.
• Yoruichi woke ten minutes later, noticed Lu Li was unharmed, and asked whether she had failed to leave a mark on him.

Lu Li sought out Yoruichi and Isshin Kurosaki to study their soul-related techniques, then returned to Soul Society and visited Kirio Hikifune at the True Spirit Arts Academy cafeteria. He left having learned the principles of Final Getsuga Tensho and asked Hikifune for her full set menu.

• Lu Li ended his training with Yoruichi and said he would ask Isshin Kurosaki about the Shiba Clan's cultivation method.
• Yoruichi asked Lu Li to protect the Shihōin Clan from Aizen, and Lu Li clarified that noble privileges would be abolished but her family would not be targeted.
• At the Kurosaki residence, Isshin Kurosaki explained why he had stayed in the Living World to raise Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu, and Lu Li urged him to visit the Shiba Clan.
• Isshin Kurosaki explained the principles of Final Getsuga Tensho to Lu Li at Kisuke Urahara's underground training ground, while Lu Li reassured Ichigo that he would not attempt it recklessly.
• Lu Li visited Kirio Hikifune, who was running the True Spirit Arts Academy cafeteria, and asked her for the full set menu.

Lu Li used Kirio Hikifune’s cooking to strengthen himself, then spent ten days deducing Final Release, a new power beyond Bankai that kept his soul stable. After resuming his visits around Soul Society, he met Unohana, who asked him to teach her Healing Kidō and challenged him to demonstrate it.

• Lu Li ate Kirio Hikifune’s dishes using the Preta Path, increased his attributes, and promised to arrange a special budget for her kitchen.
• Lu Li secluded himself and spent one thousand years of lifespan using the Martial Furnace to deduce a secret art from the Final Getsuga Tensho and Yoruichi’s technique.
• After ten days, Lu Li named his soul-stabilizing release beyond Bankai Final Release and told Aizen he had no suitable opponent to test it on.
• Lu Li visited Byakuya, gave him swordsmanship pointers, and told him he could dine at Kirio Hikifune’s kitchen.
• Unohana told Lu Li that Kirinji’s death did not concern her and asked him to guide her in Healing Kidō.
• Unohana revealed her cross-shaped scar and invited Lu Li to demonstrate how quickly his Healing Kidō could heal her.

Lu Li agreed to lead an Eastern Branch delegation to the Western Branch after Aizen received its request for aid, and he traveled to London with Ichigo Kurosaki, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Ulquiorra. The chapter ended as a Western Branch officer met them and began escorting them to their hosts.

• Lu Li demonstrated his healing technique to Unohana, and they combined Reverse Cursed Technique with Healing Kidō to create New-Style Healing Kidō.
• Aizen told Lu Li that the Western Branch had congratulated him on becoming Captain-Commander and requested aid, so Lu Li agreed to lead a team west.
• Lu Li selected Byakuya Kuchiki from the Gotei 13 and Ulquiorra from Hueco Mundo to accompany him.
• Lu Li brought Ichigo Kurosaki to London, where Ichigo hoped to visit the University of London while the group carried out its mission.
• A listless man in a green hat approached Lu Li's party, confirmed they were officers from the Eastern Branch, and invited them to follow him.

Lu Li’s delegation arrived in Reverse London, where he forced his way into a meeting with Western Branch and learned that Fairy-Tale Dragons were awakening and threatening the region. After Ulquiorra revealed that Lu Li had cut down Yhwach, Western Branch’s officers and the watching Explorers were stunned.

• Billy Banks introduced Ninny Spangcole and Noel Niihashi to Lu Li’s group as they entered Reverse London.
• Lu Li kicked down the conference room door, and Ulquiorra cut off Bruno Bangnyfe’s pointing hand when he challenged Lu Li.
• Byakuya released his Reiatsu, revealing his Captain-class strength, while Western Branch’s officers realized they had underestimated the delegation.
• Lu Li asked Western Branch to explain its troubles and provide information about Fairy-Tale Dragons, and an officer reported that several had awakened or were about to.
• Ulquiorra declared that Lu Li had cut down Yhwach, shocking Western Branch’s officers and the Explorers watching from the library.

Lu Li brought the Western Branch under Gotei 13 authority, and A'Huo devoured six Fairy-Tale Dragons before Lu Li returned east. There, Lu Li discovered that Hell was eroding reality through Karakura Town and summoned Yhwach with Valhalla as he and Aizen confronted the threat.

• Lu Li ordered the Western Branch disbanded as an independent organization and made it a subordinate Fourteenth Division responsible for reporting to the Captain-Commander.
• Bruno Bangnyfe summoned his Dragon, Rickenbacker, but Ichigo Kurosaki suppressed it, and Lu Li warned the Western Branch that Ichigo would supervise its conduct in the future.
• A'Huo devoured the six remaining Fairy-Tale Dragons, while Lu Li recovered the World Core fragments and prepared to return east with his group.
• Lu Li returned Ichigo to the Living World and then sensed that Hell was eroding reality through a breach in Karakura Town.
• Lu Li told Aizen that Hell had begun eroding the Living World, then used Valhalla to summon Yhwach, startling Aizen.

Lu Li and Aizen prepared to confront Hell directly after the Hell Gate opened and began corroding the Living World. They assigned the Gotei 13 to protect the Three Realms, and Lu Li left for Karakura Town to join Aizen's expedition into Hell.

• Lu Li summoned a loyal projection of Yhwach, and Aizen recognized that the powerful incarnation could help them face Hell.
• Kisuke Urahara reported that the Hell Gate had opened wide and was corroding the Living World, so Aizen ordered the Gotei 13 to guard Karakura Town and the Soul Society.
• Lu Li and Aizen announced that they would enter Hell and attack the source of its corrosion, despite warnings from several Captains.
• Unohana, Zaraki, Urahara, and Yoruichi supported their plan, and the other Captains accepted their assigned duties.
• Lu Li went to Hueco Mundo to warn Ulquiorra and the others, then opened a spatial rift and headed to Karakura Town.

A Hell Gate opened in Karakura Town, and Ichigo Kurosaki and the Gotei 13 contained the spirits pouring through it while Lu Li and Aizen entered Hell to investigate. After discovering that Yhwach's Almighty did not work there, Lu Li followed Aizen's calculations deeper into Hell, where they encountered familiar faces.

• Ichigo Kurosaki, Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Chad fought the spirits emerging from the Hell Gate and evacuated civilians until the Gotei 13 arrived.
• Lu Li and Aizen entered Hell, where Lu Li found that his God Tree seed could not absorb its corrosive energy, though his Fairy Spirit Seed still worked.
• Lu Li summoned Yhwach and learned that The Almighty was ineffective in Hell, leaving him unable to explain who ruled the realm.
• Aizen tested eight directions for Hollow Particle density and chose a route deeper into Hell, while Lu Li used Yomotsu Hirasaka to travel there in measured jumps.
• Lu Li and Aizen followed the route and encountered familiar faces.

Lu Li, Aizen, and Yhwach entered Hell and learned about its jailers, its factions, and the Lord who ruled from Fengdu. Yhwach devastated the city and its Ten Kings, but the Great Emperor of Hell awakened and answered their assault.

• As Nodt mistook Lu Li's Heroic Spirit Yhwach for the living Yhwach, then revealed Hell's jailer system and its two factions under Lu Li's control.
• Lu Li and Aizen met Furofushi Saitō of the Original Gotei 13, who led them to Fengdu, the city of the Lord of Hell.
• Lu Li ordered Yhwach to attack Fengdu, and Yhwach's arrows slaughtered jailers and destroyed the Ten Kings of Hell.
• Yhwach's Reiatsu shoved Fengdu across the ground until a blood-red power halted the city and forced Hell's inhabitants to kneel.
• The Great Emperor of Hell awakened and asked who had disturbed his million-year slumber.

Great Emperor Fengdu awakened in Hell and overwhelmed Yhwach, but Lu Li transformed into his Final Release and wounded the Lord of Hell. Fengdu realized the injury could not heal and that Lu Li’s power might kill him.

• Great Emperor Fengdu emerged from the burning ruins of Fengdu and defeated Yhwach with overwhelming ease, repeatedly breaking through his defenses.
• Lu Li and Aizen prepared to face Fengdu, while Lu Li activated his powers and entered the Asura Path.
• Fengdu cut Yhwach apart with an ancient eight-sided sword and demanded that Lu Li and Aizen kneel.
• Lu Li unleashed Final Release - Demon Transformation and clashed blades with Fengdu, wounding him for the first time.
• Lu Li’s black mist and the Soul Eater Ring’s Spirit Surge began damaging Fengdu, who realized he could neither understand nor heal the wound.

Lu Li and Aizen confronted Great Emperor Fengdu in Hell, where the Lord’s superior combat instincts overcame Yhwach’s powers and began to suppress Lu Li. As Lu Li’s Final Release eroded his reason, he pressed on toward a decisive clash, and Fengdu gathered Hell’s power for a single sword strike.

• Great Emperor Fengdu explained that he had let the Three Realms develop out of curiosity about the Soul King’s work, then resumed fighting Lu Li.
• Fengdu shattered Yhwach’s defenses, and Lu Li cut Yhwach in two, ending Valhalla’s summoned entity.
• Fengdu adapted to Lu Li and Aizen’s attacks, using his combat instincts to counter Aizen’s illusions and steadily gain the upper hand.
• Aizen urged Lu Li to retreat, but Lu Li continued fighting as his Final Release consumed his reason.
• Fengdu proposed settling the battle with one move, and Aizen withdrew his prepared power while Lu Li readied himself.
• Fengdu drew Hell’s energy into his sword and formed eighteen blood-red suns behind him as he faced Lu Li for the decisive exchange.

Lu Li defeated Great Emperor Fengdu in Hell, completed his mission, and returned with Aizen to a peaceful Three Realms. As the pair watched their friends enjoy a vacation in Karakura Town, Lu Li hinted that another adventure awaited them beyond their world.

• Lu Li struck down Great Emperor Fengdu, who accepted his defeat and vanished into black dust.
• Lu Li completed the Main Quest, gathered every World Core fragment, and found that Hell's dead sinners no longer revived.
• Lu Li and Aizen returned to the Living World, where Soul Reapers and their companions enjoyed time off in Karakura Town.
• Aizen reflected that peace had left him wondering whether his adventure with Lu Li was over.
• Lu Li told Aizen that there were heavens beyond heaven and suggested they begin a new adventure.

After returning from the Bleach World, Lu Li settled his rewards, upgraded his titles, and began assimilating the world as his Home World. He learned that his Intermediate Transference Contract could not directly advance people above Sixth Order, but it might still let him bring them over.

• Lu Li returned from the Bleach World and received an S+ settlement, including rewards and the option to assimilate the world as his Home World.
• Lu Li chose six rewards, including True Free Attribute Points, Doomsday Coins, treasure chests, inheritance crystals, and authority to advance Evil Spirit Hunter.
• Lu Li advanced King of Bragging into King of Panache and Evil Spirit Hunter into Shinigami, gaining powerful combat bonuses.
• Lu Li began assimilating the Bleach World as his Home World and learned it would take nearly twenty hours to complete.
• Lu Li checked which Bleach World natives he could recruit and learned the Intermediate Transference Contract could directly advance only individuals below Sixth Order.
• Lu Li realized that people above Sixth Order might still be transferable even if they could not receive the contract's advancement benefit.

Lu Li brought Sōsuke Aizen to End Space, where Aizen began an assessment trial to earn a new contract. After Aizen left, Lu Li authenticated his Bleach World spoils and opened his treasure chests, ending with A'Huo pulling a Celestial-Grade Bloodline item from the Lord of Hell's chest.

• Lu Li used the special provisions of Doomsday Regulation 297 to bring over Sōsuke Aizen, who agreed to an assessment instead of receiving an automatic promotion.
• Aizen told Lu Li that ten years had passed while he stabilized the Three Realms, with Kyōraku Shunsui serving as Captain-Commander.
• Aizen declined Lu Li's offer of equipment and entered a Trial World to undergo End Space's assessment.
• Lu Li authenticated five items from Bleach World and opened several treasure chests, obtaining Quincy abilities, Inheritance Crystals, Soul King body parts, and other rewards.
• A'Huo opened the Lord of Hell's Celestial treasure chest and obtained Purgatory Soul, a Celestial-Grade Bloodline item.

Lu Li upgraded Kekkei Mōra, raised his attributes into the Seventh Order realm with the Purgatory Soul, and fused it with Soul King organs to create the World Master Bloodline. After discovering its powerful abilities, including extracting world sources, he learned that the Space Battle Royale would begin in 15 days.

• Lu Li spent 30 Large Inheritance Crystals and 3 million Doomsday Coins to upgrade Kekkei Mōra, then allocated his free attribute points in the Reinforcement Hall.
• Lu Li used the Purgatory Soul, gaining its bloodline and pushing his attributes beyond the Sixth Order limit into the Seventh Order realm.
• Lu Li used the Chaos Seed to fuse the Purgatory Soul with the Soul King's organs and created the World Master Bloodline.
• Lu Li examined the World Master Bloodline's skills, including Foreknowledge, Insight, Yin and Yang, and World Control, which could extract a world's source for Inheritance Crystals.
• End Space notified Lu Li that the Space Battle Royale would begin in 15 days and that he possessed an invitation.