Recaps

He-El confronted Shunsui Kyoraku and transported him into the Great Spirit Library despite his protests. The chapter ended as someone inside the library recognized Shunsui.

• He-El swallowed Shunsui Kyoraku into a lightless space, where Shunsui realized he had been transported and could not sense Reishi.
• Shunsui praised He-El's unrestrained freedom and asked why he had brought him there.
• He-El said he had considered killing Shunsui if he attacked, then asked whether Shunsui had ever entered the Great Spirit Library.
• Shunsui begged He-El to return him to the pavilion, fearing the consequences if the Tsunayashiro Family learned he had entered the library.
• He-El transported Shunsui into a vast corridor lined with bookshelves, where a sinister-eyed figure recognized him.

He-El and Shunsui Kyoraku entered the Great Spirit Library through a hidden passage and encountered Tokinada Tsunayashiro inside. Tokinada’s discovery threatened to turn their unauthorized entry into a political advantage for the Tsunayashiro Clan.

• He-El entered the Great Spirit Library through a small world hidden inside an ancient book and found someone else there.
• He-El considered wiping out the Tsunayashiro Clan if its members tried to obstruct him.
• Shunsui Kyoraku recognized Tokinada Tsunayashiro and questioned why the clan’s confined member was in the library.
• Shunsui recalled Tokinada’s crimes, including murdering Kakyō Tsunayashiro and manipulating Kaname Tosen.
• Tokinada accused Shunsui of bringing someone into the Great Spirit Library without the Tsunayashiro Family’s permission.

Shunsui Kyoraku confronted Tokinada Tsunayashiro over He-El’s unauthorized entry into the Great Spirit Library, but Tokinada demanded that Shunsui cut off the child’s hand. He-El grew impatient with their standoff and reached toward Tokinada, setting the confrontation in motion.

• Tokinada Tsunayashiro mocked Shunsui Kyoraku for bringing He-El into the Great Spirit Library and threatened to use the violation against him.
• Shunsui warned Tokinada to show He-El respect, while considering how the breach might endanger his family and standing.
• Tokinada offered to conceal their entry if Shunsui cut off He-El’s hand in front of him.
• Shunsui’s demeanor turned cold as he recognized the danger Tokinada posed to his family.
• He-El gave up waiting for Shunsui to resolve the standoff and extended his hand toward Tokinada.

He-El attacked Tokinada Tsunayashiro in the Great Spirit Library, crushing his left arm and leaving him badly wounded. As He-El prepared to strike again, Shunsui Kyoraku stepped between them and offered to handle Tokinada himself.

• Tokinada Tsunayashiro mocked He-El, but a dark sphere He-El created tore off Tokinada's left arm and smashed him into a bookshelf.
• Tokinada realized the attack had nearly crushed him into Reishi, while Shunsui Kyoraku watched in shock.
• He-El remained unmoved by Tokinada's pain and raised his hand to attack him again.
• Shunsui Kyoraku drew his Asauchi, stood between He-El and Tokinada, and asked He-El to leave Tokinada to him.

He-El agreed to hold back from killing while Shunsui Kyoraku tried to stop Tokinada Tsunayashiro from provoking him. Tokinada activated the Great Spirit Library’s shifting space, and He-El sent Shunsui outside before vanishing into his small world to deal with the threat.

• He-El told Shunsui Kyoraku he would not kill the nobles if they stopped interfering with him.
• Tokinada Tsunayashiro rose despite his severed arm and threatened Shunsui and everyone he protected.
• Shunsui attacked Tokinada, but Tokinada vanished into a bookshelf and triggered the Great Spirit Library’s folded spaces.
• He-El said he would make his move as the library’s space closed in around them.
• He-El threw Shunsui out to the lakeside pavilion and vanished into the small world stored within Rangiku's body.

Rangiku worried that Gin and He-El were leaving her behind, so she trained herself to exhaustion. When He-El appeared in her shower on his way to confront Tokinada Tsunayashiro, she clung to him and asked if he was going to fight.

• Rangiku reflected on how Gin’s Shikai release and graduation had widened the distance between her and her companions.
• Rangiku trained intensely with He-El’s breathing method and Zan Ken So Ki, hoping not to fall behind Gin and He-El.
• He-El appeared in Rangiku’s shower and prepared to leave for the Tsunayashiro Family to kill Tokinada Tsunayashiro.
• Rangiku grabbed He-El from behind, admitted she was scared, and asked whether he was going to fight.
• He-El answered, “Mm.”

He-El left the girls’ dormitory and headed for the Tsunayashiro Family’s residence, unleashing Senkai to absorb Reishi across Soul Society. As buildings began to break apart and the sky filled with glowing Reishi, students evacuated while Shunsui Kyoraku rushed to confront the disturbance.

• Rangiku confessed her fear that He-El would leave too, and He-El reassured her that she already had a place in his heart.
• Rangiku awkwardly suggested bathing before He-El left to fight, but he said he would wash when he returned and departed the dormitory.
• He-El summoned his Zanpakuto and manifested three thousand Senkai spheres as he traveled through the sky toward the Tsunayashiro Family’s residence.
• Senkai absorbed Reishi from the atmosphere and nearby buildings, making the sky glow and causing structures to crumble.
• An instructor evacuated the students to the training grounds, where Rangiku watched He-El anxiously.
• Shunsui Kyoraku saw the Reishi-filled sky, abandoned his sake, and rushed into the air with his Asauchi.

He-El continued drawing in the Reishi around Shin'ō Academy as Shunsui Kyoraku tried to stop him and promised access to the Great Spirit Library. When He-El rejected the Seireitei’s authority and Shunsui prepared to fight, Hell Gate suddenly appeared above the Seireitei.

• He-El absorbed the Reishi of Shin'ō Academy, causing its buildings to break apart as instructors prepared to intervene.
• Shunsui Kyoraku confronted He-El and promised he could read in the Great Spirit Library if he stopped.
• He-El told Shunsui that the Seireitei and its rules should adapt to him, not the other way around.
• Shunsui drew Katen Kyokotsu and released its Shikai, declaring himself He-El’s first enemy.
• Hell Gate emerged above the Seireitei’s Soul Veil, interrupting Shunsui’s impending attack.

The Hell Gate emerged above the Seireitei, terrifying Shinigami across the city and confirming that He-El’s Shikai could summon it. Yoruichi Shihōin, Jushiro Ukitake, and Kensei Muguruma rushed toward Shin'ō Academy, where Shunsui Kyoraku’s unstable Reiatsu could be sensed beneath the gate.

• The Hell Gate tore through the sky above the Seireitei, spreading an ominous aura that alarmed the Shinigami and prompted calls for a full alert.
• Yoruichi Shihōin recognized the direction of the Hell Gate as Shin'ō Academy and hurried to find Kisuke Urahara.
• Jushiro Ukitake sensed Shunsui Kyoraku’s unstable Reiatsu beneath the Hell Gate and set out toward him despite his illness.
• Kensei Muguruma recalled He-El’s claim that his Shikai had caused the Hell Gate to appear and rushed toward Shin'ō Academy.

Hell Gate appeared above Shin'ō Academy, prompting captains across the Seireitei to rush there while their divisions prepared to support them. Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni realized He-El had rejected the path he had planned to bind him to Soul Society, and the chapter ended with Yamamoto's immense pressure filling his office.

• Juushiro Ukitake sensed Hell Gate, ordered his squad to remain alert, and hurried toward Shin'ō Academy.
• Retsu Unohana ordered Kiyosuke Yamada to prepare medical care and headed to Shin'ō Academy.
• Shinsuke Hirako refused to let Aizen join the response, while Aizen and Ichimaru Gin discussed He-El and prepared the Fifth Division for rescue work.
• Ginrei Kuchiki watched Hell Gate emerge above the Seireitei as captains headed toward Shin'ō Academy.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni reflected that He-El had rejected his plan to form bonds in Soul Society, then filled his office with immense pressure.

He-El fought Shunsui Kyoraku, countering Katen Kyokotsu’s games by redirecting their force and learning how its shadow ability worked. He-El killed Shunsui before he could release his Bankai.

• Shunsui Kyoraku used Higher Ground Wins to strengthen his slashes, but He-El redirected their force into a dark sphere that quickly regenerated.
• Shunsui changed the game to Shadow-Stepped Loses and stabbed He-El through the chest from his shadow.
• He-El healed the wound and explained that Shunsui’s blade had connected with his Reishi, letting him exploit the shadow ability.
• Shunsui began chanting his Bankai, but He-El filled his body with shadow spikes and sent him falling from the sky.

Seven captains rushed toward Shin'ō Academy after sensing the Hell Gate and learned from Kensei Muguruma that He-El's Shikai had caused it to appear. Shunsui Kyoraku fell from the sky after his Bankai failed to activate, and Jushiro Ukitake caught him as Retsu Unohana moved to provide treatment.

• Seven captains raced toward Shin'ō Academy, where the Hell Gate had appeared, and Kenpachi Zaraki dismissed Retsu Unohana's decision to join the fight.
• Kensei Muguruma explained that He-El's Shikai had caused the Hell Gate to appear when He-El fought in Rukongai.
• Kenpachi Zaraki declared that the captains only needed to defeat He-El, while Jushiro Ukitake urged them to hurry because Shunsui Kyoraku was fighting him.
• Shunsui Kyoraku's Bankai failed to activate, and he fell from the sky after He-El defeated him.
• Jushiro Ukitake caught Shunsui Kyoraku before he hit the ground, while Retsu Unohana broke away to treat him.

Jushiro Ukitake and Retsu Unohana tried to save the grievously wounded Shunsui Kyoraku, who warned that overwhelming Reiatsu could defeat He-El. As five captains confronted He-El, he absorbed Shinsuke Hirako’s Crimson Fire Cannon and unleashed a vastly enlarged version against Kenpachi Zaraki.

• Jushiro Ukitake caught the nearly lifeless Shunsui Kyoraku, who struggled to say that Reiatsu was the key to defeating He-El.
• Retsu Unohana used Minazuki to swallow Shunsui and preserve his life, though his body’s Reishi structure had been destroyed.
• Shinsuke Hirako attacked He-El with a fully chanted Hadō #31: Crimson Fire Cannon, but He-El absorbed it with a black disc.
• Kenpachi Zaraki charged at He-El, dismissing Kidō as a toy and preparing to fight at close range.
• He-El chanted Crimson Fire Cannon and used the absorbed Reishi to create a five-hundred-meter blast that struck Kenpachi Zaraki and exploded in the sky.

Kenpachi Zaraki endured Retsu Unohana’s enormous Sekihō long enough to unleash Bankai, while Jushiro Ukitake shielded Shin'ō Academy from the blast. The smoke cleared to reveal Zaraki charred and lifeless, and he collapsed as the captains fell silent.

• Retsu Unohana’s gigantic Sekihō engulfed Kenpachi Zaraki before he could release Shikai, and he activated Bankai as the flames became unstable.
• Jushiro Ukitake released Sōgyo no Kotowari and absorbed the blast’s embers to protect Shin'ō Academy.
• The Sekihō exploded, destroying the area around the academy gates and leaving a crater more than two thousand meters wide.
• The captains saw Kenpachi Zaraki standing in the crater and briefly believed he had survived the explosion.
• Kensei Muguruma realized Zaraki had not blocked the blast, and Zaraki fell backward, charred and lifeless.

He-El explained that he had attacked Shunsui Kyoraku because he wanted to read the Three Realms’ records in the Great Spirit Library and destroy the Tsunayashiro Family after Tokinada Tsunayashiro stopped him. The captains attacked him, but He-El blocked their Shikai and emerged unharmed, asking how long visual information took to reach the brain.

• Kensei Muguruma asked He-El why he had hurt Shunsui Kyoraku and brought forth Hell Gate, and He-El explained his conflict with Tokinada Tsunayashiro over the Great Spirit Library.
• The captains decided to fight He-El, and Shinsuke Hirako used Sakanade’s fragrance to reverse He-El’s sense of direction.
• Shinsuke Hirako struck He-El across the shoulder and chest, but He-El controlled his blood and evaded the follow-up attack.
• Kensei Muguruma, Love Aikawa, and Juushiro Ukitake attacked He-El with their Shikai abilities while the other captains joined in.
• He-El used Bakudō #8: Seki: Four Corners to block the attacks, walked out unharmed, and asked how long visual information took to reach the brain.

He-El overcame Shinsuke Hirako’s Sakanade with his reaction speed and swordsmanship, then revealed that he had planted Kensei Muguruma’s Tachikaze blades inside Hirako. Hirako was torn apart by the blades and fell from the sky as Kensei, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa shouted his name.

• He-El explained that he could process Sakanade’s reversed visual signals and compared its illusion to Aizen’s Kyoka Suigetsu.
• Shinsuke Hirako attacked He-El repeatedly, but He-El blocked every strike and countered his movements.
• He-El drove Hirako back and dismissed Sakanade as beneath notice, leaving Hirako stunned and furious.
• Hirako discovered that blue threads had entered his body during their blade clashes and recognized them as Kensei Muguruma’s Tachikaze.
• He-El activated the blades within Hirako, slicing his blood vessels and tearing through his body as he fell from the sky.
• Kensei Muguruma, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa cried out for Shinsuke.

After He-El defeated Shinsuke Hirako, Jushiro Ukitake realized that He-El absorbed and refined Reishi-based techniques, then identified his weak Reiatsu and attacked one of the dark spheres sustaining his power. Kensei Muguruma, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa launched their Bankai together, but He-El answered with Hadō #90: Black Coffin.

• He-El defeated Shinsuke Hirako by adapting Kensei Muguruma’s Tachikaze into fine Reishi threads that severed Hirako’s blood vessels, and Retsu Unohana caught him as he fell.
• Jushiro Ukitake realized He-El used the dark spheres to absorb Reishi and improve techniques, and warned the others to attack with Reiatsu instead of Reishi-based techniques.
• Jushiro Ukitake cut open one dark sphere with a Reiatsu-charged wave and discovered that destroying all three thousand spheres might defeat He-El.
• Kensei Muguruma, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa released their Bankai at maximum Reiatsu and charged He-El.
• He-El chanted Hadō #90: Black Coffin as the three captains’ attacks approached.

He-El trapped Kensei Muguruma, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa inside his Reishi-powered Black Coffin and crushed them with overwhelming pressure. The three captains fell, and He-El left them buried beneath the shattered darkness.

• Jushiro Ukitake realized the vanished Black Coffin spheres were a warning and tried to stop the three captains from attacking He-El.
• He-El’s Reishi pressure weighed down Kensei Muguruma, Juushiro Ukitake, and Love Aikawa before four black walls sealed them inside a Black Coffin.
• He-El explained that the captains could escape only by controlling the resonating Reishi, while Kensei struggled under the crushing pressure and vomited blood.
• Kensei Muguruma collapsed, and He-El revealed that Juushiro Ukitake and Love Aikawa had fallen even earlier.
• He-El shattered the Black Coffin, and its black fragments fell around the three defeated captains like a burial rain.

He-El defeated three more captains, leaving the Soul Society’s defenders horrified as he advanced toward Noble Street and the Tsunayashiro Family. Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni confronted him and asked whether he was dissatisfied with his arrangements.

• Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara hurried toward Noble Street while discussing ways to close the Hell Gate by using He-El.
• He-El’s Black Coffin shattered, and Juushiro Ukitake, Love Aikawa, and another captain-class Bleach fell defeated.
• Ginrei Kuchiki prepared to leave for the battle but relaxed when the head of the Tsunayashiro Clan arrived, then departed after the Tsunayashiro entourage left.
• Retsu Unohana caught and treated the three fallen captains while Senkai reappeared behind He-El.
• Jushiro Ukitake began to chant Bankai but stopped when He-El turned toward Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni confronted He-El and asked if he was dissatisfied with his arrangements.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni appeared before He-El after He-El defeated six captains, prompting the Seireitei to recognize the crisis had reached its most dangerous stage. As Aizen led the 3rd Division to help the injured captains, Ukitake avoided using the Soul King's Right Arm, though Yamamoto's intervention brought its own risks.

• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni appeared on the battlefield, and the ordinary Bleach celebrated while Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara recognized the danger his deployment signaled.
• Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara continued setting up barrier traps as they considered whether Yamamoto's arrival would make them unnecessary.
• Jushiro Ukitake realized Yamamoto had appeared both to stop He-El and to prevent him from unleashing the power of the Soul King's Right Arm.
• Aizen led the 3rd Division toward the battlefield to support the injured captains, while Ichimaru Gin remained unconcerned because he had seen He-El's strength.

He-El confronted Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni over his treatment of the captains and refused to let Yamamoto’s authority change his resolve. Yamamoto released Ryujin Jakka and struck He-El with a surge of flames, leaving him engulfed in fire.

• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni asked He-El whether he was dissatisfied with being allowed to study at Shin'ō Academy.
• He-El said he appreciated the opportunity but had only damaged the six defeated captains’ Reishi structures and had shown restraint.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni condemned He-El’s arrogance and compared his nature to the former Quincy leader who had called himself the God of Men.
• He-El continued walking toward Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni without slowing, insisting that his actions reflected his nature.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni revealed his Asauchi, released Ryujin Jakka, and engulfed He-El in flames with an upward strike.

He-El fought Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, surviving a fiery strike that burned his body to a skeleton before rebuilding himself from Reishi. After exchanging dozens of blows, Yamamoto criticized He-El’s swordsmanship, and He-El’s Zanpakuto burst into flames.

• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni burned away He-El’s flesh with Ryujin Jakka, but He-El continued fighting as a skeleton.
• He-El reconstructed his body from Reishi, and Yamamoto recognized his extraordinary ability to control it.
• Jushiro Ukitake warned Yamamoto about the dark spheres behind He-El, but withdrew when Yamamoto signaled him not to interfere.
• Yamamoto and He-El exchanged dozens of sword strikes, breaking and reforming many of He-El’s dark spheres.
• Yamamoto forced He-El backward and declared that his swordsmanship had no soul, after which flames rose from He-El’s Zanpakuto.

He-El used Reishi manipulation to reproduce and improve Ryujin Jakka’s flames, forcing Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni back before Yamamoto exploited He-El’s weakness to Reiatsu. Yamamoto trapped them in Fire Extinguishing Cages and began Scorching Hell, while He-El calmly welcomed the chance to face a new technique.

• He-El explained that his swordsmanship relied on precise movement and Reishi manipulation, then used a blazing Zanpakuto strike to force Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni back.
• Jushiro Ukitake questioned whether He-El could copy Zanpakuto abilities, and Retsu Unohana explained that he manipulated Reishi to recreate and improve techniques.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni attacked with Fire Extinguishing Cages and pressed He-El with slashes as the flames enclosed the battlefield.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni challenged He-El for underestimating his weakness to Reiatsu, but He-El said he wanted to see new techniques that could defeat him.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni unleashed Scorching Hell.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni attacked He-El’s Senkai with Scorching Hell, but He-El withdrew it to evade destruction and then summoned it again. Yamamoto identified that Senkai could not absorb Reishi while hidden, and He-El began gathering its energy into his Zanpakuto as Yamamoto prepared to respond.

• Jushiro Ukitake and Retsu Unohana evacuated the reinforcements as enormous pillars of flame erupted from the Seireitei.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and He-El clashed fiercely among the burning buildings.
• Yamamoto unleashed Scorching Hell at Senkai, forcing He-El to withdraw it and shield it in his own world.
• He-El resummoned Senkai after Yamamoto’s attack failed to destroy it, and the two discussed how Senkai absorbed Reishi.
• Yamamoto realized Senkai could not absorb Reishi while hidden, while He-El said the Reishi it had already gathered would be enough.
• He-El drew Senkai’s dark spheres into his Zanpakuto and began invoking Bankai as Yamamoto watched.

He-El gathered all Senkai Reishi into his body to face Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who unleashed Zanka no Tachi and began drying out the Seireitei. After Yamamoto shattered He-El’s Zanpakuto and blasted him into a gorge, He-El regenerated and revealed that he had learned the Bankai.

• He-El absorbed all the Reishi in Senkai into his body and explained that he could revive as long as one particle carrying his code survived.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni activated Bankai: Zanka no Tachi: East: Kyokujitsu Jin, causing the Seireitei’s water and moisture to evaporate.
• Jushiro Ukitake ordered the reinforcements to flee farther from the battlefield, while Retsu Unohana worried that Yamamoto’s Bankai was damaging Soul Society.
• He-El and Yamamoto clashed atop the jade tower, and Yamamoto’s strike shattered He-El’s Zanpakuto and hurled him into a massive gorge.
• Yamamoto approached the gorge using Zanka no Tachi: West: Zanjitsu Gokui, while He-El regenerated and formed a blade like Yamamoto’s, declaring that he had learned it.