Chapter Summaries

Chad Yasutora used Demon's Strike to help Chiba Makoto and the others escape the Soul Reapers, and Chiba blocked Yamamoto's Castle Inferno with a Reishi Arrow. The group left Karakura Town and arrived at Xcution's base, where Tsukishima Shūkurō welcomed them and described the organization.

• Chad Yasutora unleashed Demon's Strike, destroying Senbonzakura Kageyoshi's cherry blossoms and opening a path for Kurosaki Ichigo and the others to retreat.
• Yamamoto's Castle Inferno erupted from the Senkaimon, but Chiba Makoto fired a Reishi Arrow that exploded against the flames and stopped the Soul Reapers from pursuing.
• Chiba Makoto asked Chad Yasutora to lead the group to a prepared refuge, while Hitsugaya Tōshirō left alone to investigate what had happened.
• Chiba Makoto and the others followed Chad Yasutora to a dilapidated apartment building in Naruki City, which Ishida Uryū recognized as Xcution's base.
• Tsukishima Shūkurō welcomed the group to Xcution and explained that its members were Fullbring users oppressed by the Seireitei.

Tsukishima Shūkurō introduced Chad Yasutora as Xcution’s newest Fullbringer, and Ginjō Kūgo explained that Chad’s sudden strength came from power he had shared with him. Ginjō then argued that the Thirteen Divisions had claimed the mantle of justice by winning the ancient war, leaving Chiba Makoto and Ishida Uryū to hear his account of the Quincy’s persecution.

• Tsukishima Shūkurō revealed that Chad Yasutora had joined Xcution and explained how they found him training and brought him in for special training.
• Tsukishima Shūkurō led Chiba Makoto, Kurosaki Ichigo, Ishida Uryū, and the others into Xcution’s hidden headquarters, where Ginjō Kūgo introduced himself as its true leader and the first Substitute Soul Reaper.
• Ginjō Kūgo explained that he had shared his Fullbring power with Chad Yasutora, greatly increasing Chad’s combat strength in a short time.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi challenged Xcution’s hostility toward the Thirteen Divisions, and Chiba Makoto identified her as his goddaughter.
• Ginjō Kūgo claimed that the Thirteen Divisions had branded the defeated Quincy as evil and used their victory to justify a thousand years of war against them.

Ginjō Kūgo tried to turn Chiba Makoto and his companions against the Thirteen Divisions by revealing the Shinigami Substitute Badge’s surveillance function, but Chiba exposed his deception and restrained Xcution. Chiba began explaining that Ginjō’s timeline did not fit, while the chapter revealed he had learned of Sōjirō Kusaka’s plan through Sōya Azashiro.

• Ginjō Kūgo showed Kurosaki Ichigo his Shinigami Substitute Badge and claimed it could monitor and suppress its holder, though he said he had disabled its effects.
• Chiba Makoto asked whether Ginjō had reclaimed the power he gave Chad, and Ginjō denied it.
• Chiba activated a Quincy Reishi Array that bound Xcution’s members, while Chad Yasutora remained free and demanded an explanation.
• Chiba accused Ginjō of concealing his actions from Xcution and questioned who had arranged the scheme to turn them against the Thirteen Divisions.
• Chiba identified the timing of Shishigawara’s visit to the flower shop, before the King's Seal was stolen, as a flaw in Ginjō’s story.
• Chiba had secretly learned through Snopas from Sōya Azashiro that Sōjirō Kusaka planned to seize the King's Seal and destroy the Seireitei.

Chiba Makoto pieced together Ginjō Kūgo’s conspiracy, but Ginjō revealed his overwhelming power and transformed Xcution into captain-level fighters. Ginjō prepared to crush Chiba and then attack the Seireitei, while Chiba remained unfazed.

• Chiba Makoto confronted Ginjō Kūgo with his deduction that Ginjō and a mysterious partner had manipulated events to turn the Thirteen Divisions against Chiba’s group.
• Ginjō laughed, admitted he had intended to use Chiba’s group as cannon fodder, and revealed that he had never trusted the Quincy survivors.
• Ginjō broke free of the Reishi Chains and released the bound Xcution members.
• Ginjō combined his cross-shaped chain with the Shinigami Substitute Badge and transformed into an armored, Hollow-like form.
• Ginjō slashed the Xcution members, greatly boosting their spiritual pressure until each rivaled an ordinary captain.
• Chiba calmly dismissed Ginjō’s power as insufficient, and Ginjō threatened to destroy him before attacking the Seireitei.

Ginjō Kūgo trapped Chiba Makoto and his companions in Yukio’s ability space, then attacked Chiba while demanding his submission. As Chiba evaded him, he traced Ginjō’s stolen and shared Fullbring powers to the Tsunayashiro Clan Remnants.

• Ginjō Kūgo ordered Yukio to pull everyone into his ability space and separate the group into individual battlefields.
• Ginjō Kūgo confronted Chiba Makoto and demanded that he submit, but Chiba refused and identified his two Fullbring abilities.
• Ginjō Kūgo charged and attacked Chiba Makoto with his grotesque greatsword, while Chiba evaded the blows and questioned where Ginjō had obtained his powers.
• Chiba Makoto explained that Fullbringers had once been gathered as Sternritter and said the Tsunayashiro Clan had continued researching them for a thousand years.
• Chiba Makoto asked whether the Tsunayashiro Clan Remnants were assisting Ginjō Kūgo and supplying the Fullbring abilities he distributed.

Chiba Makoto confronted Ginjō Kūgo, whose escalating power could not overcome Chiba’s composure. Elsewhere, Ishida Uryū battled Yukio in his game-like space, while Tsukishima Shūkurō’s Book of the End struck Kurosaki Ichigo and left him frozen.

• Ginjō Kūgo denied Chiba Makoto’s accusation, then attacked him with a Cross Moon Fang that left him unharmed.
• Chiba Makoto judged Ginjō Kūgo’s fighting spirit inadequate, driving Ginjō into a rage as his power and monstrous armor grew.
• Yukio filled his game-like space with monsters and sent them after Ishida Uryū, who recognized that defeating Yukio could resolve the battle’s problems.
• Kurosaki Ichigo initially suppressed Tsukishima Shūkurō, but a distraction let Tsukishima graze his shoulder with Book of the End.
• Kurosaki Ichigo turned to attack Tsukishima Shūkurō, saw his face, and suddenly froze.

Tsukishima Shūkurō altered Kurosaki Ichigo’s memories, but White Ichigo took control and overwhelmed him before Ichigo reclaimed his body. Meanwhile, Chad Yasutora and Shishigawara continued their brutal close-combat fight, with Shishigawara’s damage multiplier reaching 777.

• Tsukishima Shūkurō used Book of the End to rewrite Kurosaki Ichigo’s memories and cast Kurosaki Makoto as his enemy.
• White Ichigo took control of Kurosaki Ichigo, slammed Tsukishima Shūkurō into the ground, and blasted him with Getsuga Tensho, destroying half his body.
• Kurosaki Ichigo tore off White Ichigo’s mask, regained control, and thanked him before reflecting on their attempts to understand each other.
• Chad Yasutora and Shishigawara traded heavy punches as their Fullbring abilities intensified their close-combat battle.
• Shishigawara’s body neared its limit, but the damage multiplier behind him kept climbing until it reached 777.

Chad Yasutora defeated Shishigawara with Demon's Ultimate Strike and reunited with Kurosaki Ichigo, but the two realized their allies might be in danger. The chapter left Snopas, Nemu Kurotsuchi, and Inoue Orihime cornered by Riruka Dokugamine, Giriko Kutsuzawa, and Jackie.

• Shishigawara unleashed his luck-amplified strike, and Chad Yasutora blocked it with the Giant's Right Arm while recalling his promise to protect Kurosaki Ichigo.
• Chad Yasutora revealed the Devil's Left Arm and struck Shishigawara with Demon's Ultimate Strike, sending him crashing through a wall.
• Kurosaki Ichigo appeared through the broken wall, and Chad Yasutora gave him a thumbs-up before nearly collapsing from his injuries.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and Chad Yasutora realized Inoue Orihime, Miss Rem, and Miss Kage could be in danger and worried about how to reach them through the area walls.
• Snopas, Nemu Kurotsuchi, and Inoue Orihime were cornered by Riruka Dokugamine, Giriko Kutsuzawa, and Jackie in a merged area.

Snopas shielded Inoue Orihime and Nemu Kurotsuchi from Giriko Kutsuzawa, Jackie, and Riruka Dokugamine, revealing surprising physical strength when he blocked Giriko’s attacks. Jackie then struck Snopas with a full-power kick, and the Fullbringers surrounded Inoue Orihime and Nemu Kurotsuchi, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Snopas told Nemu Kurotsuchi to protect Inoue Orihime while he handled Giriko Kutsuzawa and Jackie.
• Giriko Kutsuzawa attacked Snopas and activated Time Without Lies, but Snopas blocked his kick and matched his enhanced punch.
• Jackie coated herself with black liquid to strengthen Soul Burial Boots and kicked Snopas into a wall.
• Inoue Orihime tried to reach Snopas, but Riruka Dokugamine stopped her and urged her to surrender.
• Giriko Kutsuzawa and Jackie surrounded Inoue Orihime and Nemu Kurotsuchi, cutting off their escape.

Snopas revealed his true form as a Vasto Lorde and defeated Giriko Kutsuzawa, Jackie, and Riruka Dokugamine. Orihime repaired the damaged Rem doll, and Kurosaki Ichigo arrived with the injured Chad Yasutora, unaware of Snopas’s true appearance.

• Inoue Orihime refused Riruka Dokugamine’s demand to surrender, while Nemu Kurotsuchi prepared to fight.
• Snopas emerged unharmed from the smoke, then revealed his spirit body and terrifying Hollow Spiritual Pressure after the Fullbringers damaged the Rem doll.
• Snopas used Sonido to cut down Giriko Kutsuzawa, Jackie, and Riruka Dokugamine in an instant.
• Snopas asked Orihime to repair the Rem doll, and she healed its wound with Sōten Kisshun despite the resistance.
• Kurosaki Ichigo arrived with the heavily injured Chad Yasutora and asked whether Miss Rem was hurt, while Orihime remembered Snopas’s true form.

Chiba Makoto fought Ginjō Kūgo, whose monstrous transformation seemed to be an uncontrolled evolution caused by accumulating Soul King fragments through stolen Fullbring abilities. As Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryū waited nearby, Chiba Makoto charged Ginjō to stop him from opening his foul-smelling mouth again.

• Inoue Orihime healed Chad Yasutora while Snopas reassured Kurosaki Ichigo that she was fine.
• The collapsing space returned Kurosaki Ichigo and the others to the road, where Ishida Uryū held an unconscious Yukio and Xcution's members lay defeated.
• Ginjō Kūgo erupted with immense spiritual pressure in a monstrous form, and Chiba Makoto ordered Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryū not to approach.
• Chiba Makoto blocked Ginjō Kūgo's greatsword, whose impact collapsed nearby houses, and suspected Ginjō had accumulated too many Soul King fragments by stealing Fullbring abilities.
• When Ginjō Kūgo opened his mouth and rushed after him, Chiba Makoto turned and struck Ginjō's jaw with an elbow.

Chiba Makoto defeated Ginjō Kūgo and examined the Soul King fragments fused into his body, while Kurosaki Ichigo questioned his own position. Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi Shihoin arrived to ask for help with a serious crisis in the Seireitei, but Ishida Uryū and Chiba Makoto challenged their request because the Thirteen Divisions had treated them as enemies.

• Chiba Makoto struck Ginjō Kūgo, caught his bone tail, and used Ishida Uryū’s pendant as a great halberd to pierce and pin him to the ground.
• Chiba Makoto said Ginjō Kūgo had lost his position by seeking power he could not control, prompting Ishida Uryū to affirm his loyalty to Kurosaki Ichigo and Ichigo to wonder whether he was human or a Soul Reaper.
• Chiba Makoto examined Ginjō Kūgo’s body and found fragments resembling pieces of the Soul King fused with it.
• Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi Shihoin emerged from a Senkaimon and asked Chiba Makoto for help with serious trouble in the Seireitei.
• Ishida Uryū objected that the Thirteen Divisions had recently hunted them, and Chiba Makoto said they had no standing to interfere in Seireitei affairs.
• Urahara Kisuke explained that he and Yoruichi had gone to the Soul Society to investigate Ukitake Jūshirō’s attack and had uncovered something beyond his expectations.

Tsunayashiro Tokinada and Sōjirō Kusaka exploited the Seireitei’s weakened defenses to launch an attack with Hollows from Hueco Mundo. As Zaraki Kenpachi rushed to meet them, Unohana Retsu ordered the Fourth Division to prepare medical support.

• Tsunayashiro Tokinada told Sōjirō Kusaka that the Seireitei’s defenses were weak and that Kurosaki Makoto and his allies were no longer an obstacle.
• Sōjirō Kusaka questioned why Tokinada had arranged for Xcution to take Kurosaki Makoto and the others away instead of making them fight Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.
• Tokinada warned Kusaka that Yamamoto had begun returning to the Seireitei, and Kusaka recalled the Central 46 Chambers forcing him to fight Hitsugaya Tōshirō over Hyōrinmaru.
• Sōjirō Kusaka used the King's Seal to open a gate to Hueco Mundo, and Arrancar and a flood of Hollows emerged on Sōkyoku Hill.
• Zaraki Kenpachi charged toward Sōkyoku Hill with Kusajishi Yachiru, while Unohana Retsu told Aoki Risa and Kotetsu Isane to prepare the Fourth Division for medical support.

Ukitake Jūshirō headed to Sōkyoku Hill despite his severe injuries as the Thirteenth Division and other Soul Reapers mobilized against a Hollow assault. Hisagi Shūhei led the first defensive line into battle, but froze rather than dodge a barrage of Ceros aimed at him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Ukitake Jūshirō put on his Captain's Haori and went toward Sōkyoku Hill despite Kōtetsu Kiyone and Otsubaki Sentarō warning him that he was too injured to fight.
• Kira Izuru, Hinamori Momo, and Hisagi Shūhei formed the first defense against the Hollows, and Hisagi declared that he would protect the Seireitei in honor of the person who had died defending it.
• Ten Adjuchas-class Arrancar led Gillian and ordinary Hollows in an attack, and Hisagi blocked an Arrancar's strike before charging into the horde.
• Hisagi released Kazeshini and cut down the Hollows around him, inspiring the Soul Reapers behind the defensive line.
• When an Arrancar and twenty Gillian fired Ceros at Hisagi, he hesitated to dodge because the defensive line was behind him, and the blasts engulfed him.

Hisagi Shūhei unleashed Kazeshini: Breathless and held off two powerful Arrancars as the Hollow invasion spread across the Seireitei. Meanwhile, Tsunayashiro Tokinada abandoned Sōjirō Kusaka, and Hitsugaya Tōshirō arrived at Sōkyoku Hill and recognized him.

• Hisagi Shūhei transformed Kazeshini and emerged unharmed after cutting through a barrage of Ceros, revealing overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• The Wind Eagle and Crucian King Arrancars released their forms and attacked Hisagi Shūhei, while Kira Izuru protected Hinamori Momo from a third Arrancar.
• The defensive line became locked in battle as Hollow attacks spread across the Seireitei, and Sōjirō Kusaka celebrated the destruction from Sōkyoku Hill.
• Tsunayashiro Tokinada told Sōjirō Kusaka he would hold back the captains, then left while privately dismissing Kusaka as a fool.
• Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi Shihoin appeared on Sōkyoku Hill, but Yin and Yang emerged with Hitsugaya Tōshirō, who recognized Sōjirō Kusaka.

Sōjirō Kusaka revealed his identity to Hitsugaya Tōshirō and urged him to help destroy Seireitei, but Hitsugaya refused. As the Soul Reapers regained control of the Hollow assault, Sōjirō announced that true despair was only beginning and moved to unleash another threat.

• Sōjirō Kusaka removed his mask, explained that the King's Seal had brought him back to life in Hueco Mundo, and invited Hitsugaya Tōshirō to join his revenge against Seireitei.
• Hitsugaya Tōshirō drew Hyōrinmaru and demanded that Sōjirō surrender the King's Seal and stop attacking Seireitei, but Sōjirō accused him of betraying their friendship.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and the returning Soul Reapers arrived at Sōkyoku Hill, while Zaraki Kenpachi and Hisagi Shūhei defeated Arrancar and the Thirteen Divisions stabilized the battlefield.
• Sōjirō Kusaka declared that true despair was only beginning and drew Hyōrinmaru, prompting Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni to order the Soul Reapers to stop him.
• Soi Fon dashed toward Sōjirō Kusaka, and Hitsugaya Tōshirō released his Zanpakuto and struck at him.

Sōjirō Kusaka used the King's Seal to transform into a gigantic Ice Dragon and raise a frozen city above the Seireitei, while its expanding black curtain threatened to destroy everything within its reach. Kurotsuchi Mayuri explained that the Seal was only rampaging, and Hitsugaya Tōshirō volunteered to stop Kusaka as the curtain spread.

• Sōjirō Kusaka and Hitsugaya Tōshirō released Hyōrinmaru, but Kusaka's purple Ice Dragon overwhelmed Hitsugaya's blue one.
• Sōjirō Kusaka struck the King's Seal with Hyōrinmaru, transformed into a gigantic Ice Dragon, and defeated Zaraki Kenpachi with one blow.
• Sōjirō Kusaka carried Yin and Yang to Senzaikyū and raised a floating ice city as a black curtain began spreading across the Seireitei.
• Ukitake Jūshirō explained that the King's Seal was building a structure like the Soul King Palace, and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni warned that its curtain could destroy the Seireitei.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri said the King's Seal was rampaging rather than fully released because Kusaka could not use Bankai, and Hitsugaya Tōshirō asked to stop him.

Yamamoto and the captains slowed the expanding black curtain while Soi Fon, Hitsugaya, and Byakuya entered it to stop Sōjirō Kusaka. Byakuya’s group fought through an ever-growing Hollow horde, and the chapter ended as a crimson Cero swept toward Abarai Renji.

• Yamamoto ordered Komamura and Kurotsuchi to restrain the black curtain while Soi Fon, Kuchiki Byakuya, and Hitsugaya pursued Sōjirō Kusaka.
• Kurotsuchi and Komamura released their Bankai, and Yamamoto used Ryūjin Jakka to slow the curtain’s expansion.
• Soi Fon, Hitsugaya, and Byakuya entered the curtain, where Hollows poured in from a space connected to the Forest of Menos.
• Byakuya released Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and led the Soul Reapers, including Hisagi Shūhei, through the Hollows toward the Floating Ice City.
• Byakuya praised Hisagi’s loyalty and compared him favorably with Abarai Renji, who then turned and saw a crimson Cero sweeping toward him.

Kuchiki Byakuya and the other Soul Reapers faced six Arrancar mutated by the King's Seal as they tried to reach the Floating Ice City. Soi Fon was singled out and trapped between two Arrancar as Yang fired a powerful crimson blast at her.

• Kuchiki Byakuya saved Abarai Renji from a Cero and reprimanded him for losing focus.
• Six beastlike Arrancar with greatly increased spiritual pressure appeared, and Hisagi Shūhei offered to hold back two while the others advanced.
• The Soul Reapers engaged the Arrancar, with Abarai Renji quickly falling into difficulty and Hisagi fighting with only his Shikai.
• Two fast Arrancar cornered Soi Fon while the others kept the remaining Captains occupied.
• Yang fired a Vasto Lorde-level crimson attack at Soi Fon as the two Arrancar blocked her escape routes.

Chiba Makoto arrived during the battle in Seireitei and saved Soi Fon from a powerful attack with a Spirit Particle Membrane. As two regenerated Arrancar lunged at him from behind, he stopped Soi Fon from intervening and urged her to work as a team.

• Chiba Makoto shielded Soi Fon from the flames with a Spirit Particle Membrane as Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryū cleared nearby Hollows.
• Chiba Makoto reached Soi Fon, and she challenged his decision to save her despite their former enmity.
• Black Cat Yoruichi teased Soi Fon about being trapped, and Chiba Makoto released her by tapping the Spirit Particle Membrane.
• Two wounded Arrancar regenerated and attacked Chiba Makoto from behind as Soi Fon tried to protect him.
• Chiba Makoto held Soi Fon back and urged her to work as a team, prompting her to cry out in alarm.