Chapter Summaries

Asano Kiyoshi guided Cadice, Minina, and Bambi into Silver Frame City, then parted from them after sensing that Yhwach or Haschwalth had detected him. He chose to confront two powerful potential Stern Ritter, leaving the story as he faced the bearded man among them.

• Asano Kiyoshi led the women into Silver Frame City and explained that Quincy abilities could awaken from within their souls.
• Asano Kiyoshi revealed his recovery ability, refreshed the women, and directed them to take the right-hand path without him.
• Asano Kiyoshi vanished after saying farewell, while Cadice, Minina, and Bambi worried about his parting words.
• Asano Kiyoshi realized Yhwach or Haschwalth had detected him and decided to eliminate two powerful candidates for the Stern Ritter.
• Asano Kiyoshi appeared before the two men and greeted the burly, bearded one with a cold smile.

Asano Kiyoshi confronted Driscoll Berci and Jerome Quizbatt in Silver Frame City, killing them after easily overwhelming their attacks. Haschwalth then appeared with the Stern Ritter, and Asano unleashed his Bankai against them.

• Asano Kiyoshi recognized Driscoll Berci as Chōjirō Sasakibe's killer and attacked him and Jerome Quizbatt with his spiritual pressure.
• Driscoll and Jerome fired a Reishi arrow and a roar at Asano, but he annihilated both attacks and the two fled.
• Asano killed Jerome with a beam of light, then pierced Driscoll with a Reishi spear and nailed him to a church roof.
• Haschwalth arrived with the Stern Ritter and revealed that they had identified Asano as a Special War Power.
• Asano drew his Zanpakuto and activated Bankai, filling the sky over Silver Frame City with blood-red cracks and enormous demonic faces.

Asano Kiyoshi released his Bankai in Silver Frame City and fought off the Stern Ritter, overwhelming several of them as they tried to attack him. Haschwalth ordered the others to activate Vollständig, while Asano blocked the gunman’s shots with Dankū.

• Asano Kiyoshi’s spiritual pressure turned the sky over Silver Frame City blood-red, and Cadice and the other girls recognized it and rushed toward him.
• Asano Kiyoshi avoided Haschwalth’s slow sword strike and engulfed him in a Blood Sea filled with Wrathful Ghosts.
• Bazz-B attacked Asano Kiyoshi with Burning Finger-4, but Asano emerged from the flames and defeated him with one strike.
• Haschwalth warned the Stern Ritter that Asano Kiyoshi was a Special War Power-level enemy and ordered them to activate Vollständig.
• Asano Kiyoshi wounded Cang Du, kicked him into PePe’s love beam, and sent them crashing through several streets.
• The gunman N fired Reishi bullets at Asano Kiyoshi from behind, but Asano blocked them with Bakudo #81: Dankū.

Asano Kiyoshi fought the Knights Order as Haschwalth coordinated their abilities to trap and overwhelm him. After Asano unleashed a devastating attack and Haschwalth struck back, a voice began reciting a prophecy about the Sealed Quincy King regaining the world.

• Asano Kiyoshi defeated N again, blinding him and leaving him mortally wounded, while the Knights Order recognized that he could not be beaten one-on-one.
• Haschwalth escaped the Blood Sea and ordered the Knights Order to combine their abilities against Asano Kiyoshi.
• The Knights Order restricted Asano Kiyoshi's movements, but he unleashed Scarlet Piercing Light, injuring Liltotto and forcing Haschwalth to shield Askin.
• Haschwalth used his shield to transfer his wounds to Asano Kiyoshi, then tried and failed to steal Asano's Bankai with a medallion.
• A deep voice began chanting that the Sealed Quincy King would regain his heartbeat, will, power, and, in nine days, the world.

Asano Kiyoshi confronted Yhwach as the Quincy King awakened The Almighty and threatened to kill him. Kiyoshi used Great Stillness to disappear from Yhwach’s vision of the future.

• The Knights Order knelt before Yhwach as he emerged and recognized Asano Kiyoshi as Soul Society’s Captain-Commander.
• Asano Kiyoshi healed his injuries and challenged Yhwach, who revealed that his brief awakening of The Almighty was enough to erase him.
• Yhwach’s opened eyes made Asano Kiyoshi feel that death was unavoidable, while Yhwach taunted him by listing his abilities.
• Asano Kiyoshi reasoned that Yhwach could not see futures that broke free from the river of time.
• Asano Kiyoshi summoned a wrathful ghost face that swallowed him and named the technique Great Stillness.
• A grain of sand vanished from among the futures Yhwach could see.

Asano Kiyoshi used his newly awakened Reincarnation Platform to escape Yhwach, who forced him into a different future where the Soul Society was at war. He arrived in the original-story Soul Society and ordered the Shinigami to avoid Bankai and have the Visored Captains use Hollowfication.

• Asano Kiyoshi used Great Stillness to hide the future from Yhwach, but Yhwach opened a third pupil and sent him into another future.
• Yhwach ordered Haschwalth to lead the Stern Ritter against those in the northern territory who had not submitted, then vanished.
• Haschwalth and Askin began organizing rescue efforts as the injured Stern Ritter struggled to recover.
• Asano Kiyoshi recognized the Soul Society below as the one from the original story and saw the fully empowered Stern Ritter attacking it.
• Asano Kiyoshi stopped flames from burning Kira, then ordered the Shinigami to warn every Captain not to activate Bankai and told the Visored Captains to use Hollowfication.

Asano Kiyoshi overwhelmed Bazz-B and trapped Haschwalth with an immense Kido spell, then rushed across the battlefield to save Shinigami from Little Bambi. Komamura saw the mysterious young man in a Captain’s haori but did not recognize him.

• Asano Kiyoshi destroyed the Reishi pillar and defeated Bazz-B’s Quincy, then sensed the dire battles and mounting Shinigami casualties across Seireitei.
• Asano Kiyoshi struck at Bazz-B, but Haschwalth intercepted the blow, so Asano Kiyoshi used an enormous Hyapporankan to trap both enemies.
• Shunsui and other Shinigami witnessed Asano Kiyoshi’s Kido, while their comrades gained hope from his arrival.
• Asano Kiyoshi reached Komamura’s barracks and hurled Little Bambi through several buildings before she could kill the division members.
• Komamura saw Asano Kiyoshi’s white haori and mistook him for Genryūsai, then realized the figure was an unfamiliar young man.

Asano Kiyoshi joined forces with Komamura Sajin to rally the Shinigami and turn the tide of the Wandenreich invasion with a blood-red rain that empowered and healed them. After exhausting himself, Asano headed to aid the Captain-Commander, leaving Shūhei stunned by the sight of two people wearing First Squad Captain's Haori.

• Asano Kiyoshi persuaded Komamura Sajin to help broadcast battlefield orders to the Seireitei.
• Asano spread his blood-red spiritual pressure across the Seireitei and performed Tenteikūra and Kakushitsuijaku with Komamura.
• Asano and Komamura told the Shinigami to regroup and fight beneath the rain, which strengthened and healed them while hindering the Quincy.
• Asano grew pale from the effort, sent Komamura to support the other captains, and rushed to find the Captain-Commander.
• Shūhei saw two people wearing First Squad Captain's Haori and exclaimed that there were two Captain-Commanders.

Asano Kiyoshi revealed his strength to Captain-Commander Yamamoto and helped him defeat O, then joined Yamamoto in setting out to confront Yhwach. As they raced across the Seireitei, Kiyoshi cast the nearly forgotten Reverse Kido No. 27, Realm Piercer, astonishing Yamamoto.

• Asano Kiyoshi asked Captain-Commander Yamamoto to trust him and help repel the invaders, and Yamamoto agreed.
• O attacked Kiyoshi and Yamamoto with purple lightning, but the two unleashed Sasakibe Vice-Captain's Bankai and destroyed him with flames and a flood of bloodwater.
• Yamamoto vowed to slay the invaders and prepared to face Yhwach, while Kiyoshi insisted on accompanying his teacher and told Shūhei to support the other squad members.
• Kiyoshi and Yamamoto raced through the Seireitei as Kiyoshi cast Reverse Kido No. 27, Realm Piercer, leaving Yamamoto astonished by his power.

Asano Kiyoshi coordinated the Shinigami counterattack across Soul Society while Captain-Commander rescued Kenpachi and confronted the false Yhwach. Captain-Commander released Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, as its heat threatened to consume Soul Society along with Yhwach.

• Asano Kiyoshi opened gates across Soul Society, rallied the Shinigami, and ordered Captains and Vice-Captains not to activate Bankai.
• Asano Kiyoshi used multiple Kido spells to support the divisions and counter Quincy attacks, helping the Shinigami regain the initiative.
• Asano Kiyoshi apologized to Captain-Commander for overstepping, and Captain-Commander praised him before they faced the false Yhwach.
• Captain-Commander rescued Kenpachi from Yhwach, then attacked him, but Yhwach's Blut Vene stopped the slash from reaching farther than the bone.
• Captain-Commander activated Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, and warned that he would burn Yhwach and Soul Society to ashes.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto attacked Yhwach with Bankai, but Asano Kiyoshi unleashed his own Bankai to protect the Soul Society and turn the battlefield against the Quincy. The chapter left Asano binding Yhwach so Captain-Commander could finish him.

• Captain-Commander Yamamoto unleashed Bankai and pursued Yhwach, who dodged his devastating strikes and tried to stall until Yamamoto withdrew it.
• Asano Kiyoshi activated Bankai, covering the Seireitei in healing rain that weakened the Quincy and protected the Soul Society from the heat.
• Asano tore open the Dangai and released an army of wrathful ghosts, turning the battlefield against Yhwach and his forces.
• Asano summoned eighteen wrathful ghost faces and reached Transcendent power, but blood began seeping from his body as the strain mounted.
• Asano vanished from Yhwach's sight and used Shunko—Binding Death Entanglement Mode to restrain him, then told Captain-Commander to erase him.

Asano Kiyoshi bound Yhwach so Captain-Commander Yamamoto could strike him down, but the defeated enemy was revealed as Stern Ritter Y, an impostor who had concealed Yhwach’s absence. Yhwach returned from meeting Aizen Sosuke and tried to steal Yamamoto’s Bankai, only for its flames to keep burning as Asano Kiyoshi prepared to explain why.

• Asano Kiyoshi used Binding Death Entanglement and four stone monuments to restrain the fake Yhwach, then called on Captain-Commander Yamamoto to finish him.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto unleashed Zanka no Tachi—North: World Ashes and severed the fake Yhwach’s body with flames that erased everything in their path.
• The apparent Yhwach revealed he had not completed his task, while a pillar of Reishi destroyed the First Division Barracks and alarmed Yamamoto about Chong Ya.
• The real Yhwach appeared, identified the impostor as Stern Ritter Y, killed him, and said he had gone to see Aizen Sosuke.
• Yhwach attempted to steal Yamamoto’s Bankai with a medallion, but Zanka no Tachi’s flames continued to erupt.
• Asano Kiyoshi, beside Chong Ya, clapped and told Yhwach he would explain why the Bankai could not be stolen.

Asano Kiyoshi healed Captain-Commander and infused him with Hollow power, helping him break through the limits of a Shinigami. Captain-Commander unleashed his new destructive power and cut Yhwach in two, leaving the Soul Society clear of clouds.

• Yhwach questioned Asano Kiyoshi, who promised to answer after killing him and then healed Captain-Commander.
• Asano Kiyoshi told Captain-Commander to accept his power, and Captain-Commander surrendered his spiritual pressure as his injuries and severed arm were restored.
• Yhwach formed a massive Reishi altar around Asano Kiyoshi and Captain-Commander, but Captain-Commander broke through his limits by combining Shinigami and Hollow power.
• Captain-Commander burned away the distance to Yhwach and sliced through his Blut Vene Anhaben, cutting him in two.
• Captain-Commander swung his blade again, erasing the clouds across the Soul Society's sky.

Asano Kiyoshi sealed Yhwach’s corpse and, as he began to vanish, revealed that he came from a parallel world about forty years ahead. Before disappearing, he showed the Soul Society a glimpse of that world, leaving Captain-Commander and the others with a vision of happier lives.

• Asano Kiyoshi used the Gate of the Underworld to sever Yhwach’s connection to the outside world, while the Quincy returned to the Wandenreich.
• Asano Kiyoshi told Captain-Commander and the gathered Shinigami that he came from a parallel world where he was the second Captain-Commander and held several other positions.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi questioned Asano Kiyoshi’s claim about the Research and Development Department, then reconsidered after hearing how much larger and better funded it was in his world.
• Asano Kiyoshi explained that his world was about forty years ahead, said Aizen Sosuke still led the Fifth Division there, and waited for Ichigo Kurosaki to arrive.
• Asano Kiyoshi showed everyone scenes from his world, including Hisana with Byakuya and Renji playing with Rukia, before Captain-Commander expressed pride in him.
• Asano Kiyoshi disappeared like a gentle breeze.

Asano Kiyoshi warned Urahara that the Wandenreich could not be defeated without a way to counter The Almighty, then used a recreated future to show the Visoreds and others the Quincies’ strength. He sent them into battles against simulated enemies, and Kensei was defeated by Bazz-B within fifteen seconds.

• Asano Kiyoshi told Urahara that the Wandenreich’s power made victory nearly impossible unless they found a way to counter The Almighty.
• Asano Kiyoshi asked Urahara to prepare a meal and invite the Visoreds, Yoruichi, and Tessai so he could show them what he had seen in the Wandenreich.
• Asano Kiyoshi transported the assembled group into a recreated future where they could face simulated Quincy enemies and experience their strength firsthand.
• Asano Kiyoshi sent Hirako to fight Little Bambi, who overwhelmed him with explosions, while the others faced their assigned opponents.
• Asano Kiyoshi observed the fights with his Spiritual Sense and saw Kensei lose to Bazz-B after fifteen seconds.

Asano Kiyoshi watched the Soul Reapers and Visoreds fight simulated battles against the Quincy, revealing a crushing gap in strength and Yhwach’s ability to steal Bankai. After waking the defeated fighters, he reassured them they had twenty years to prepare, while Urahara said he might know how to counter Bankai theft.

• Bazz-B defeated Kensei in less than fifteen seconds, and Asano Kiyoshi teleported Kensei away without waking him.
• Cang Du, the enhanced Superstar, NaNaNa, Minina, and "F" defeated Hiyori, Aikawa Rōbu, Rojuro, Lisa, and Ushoda in turn, while Yoruichi defeated NaNaNa but was left partly paralyzed.
• Hachigen Ushōda continued fighting "N" as Kisuke Urahara stalled against Yhwach, until Yhwach stole Urahara’s Bankai and used its power to kill him.
• Hachigen Ushōda tricked "N" and fired a point-blank Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, ending their fight with both unable to continue.
• Asano Kiyoshi woke the fighters and told them the enemy would not attack for at least twenty years, and Urahara said he might be able to undo the power that stole Bankai.

Asano Kiyoshi briefed the Visoreds on the Quincy threat and promised to explain Aizen's past after the crisis, then returned to Soul Society. He was greeted by the Kidō Corps and welcomed home by Nel.

• Urahara, Yoruichi, Hachigen Ushōda, and the Visoreds discussed how to improve after their fight, and Asano Kiyoshi offered them information on their enemies.
• Asano Kiyoshi told the Visoreds they needed to defeat enemies independently and promised to explain Aizen's past once the Quincy crisis was over.
• Hiyori demanded to know why Asano Kiyoshi would not kill Aizen, and he explained that Aizen was too powerful to stop from escaping.
• Lisa returned a book to Asano Kiyoshi, sparking an awkward dispute with Urahara and Tessai over their adult books.
• After spending the night recreating the Future Timeline with Urahara, Asano Kiyoshi returned to Soul Society and was greeted by the Kidō Corps.
• Asano Kiyoshi arrived home, where Nel embraced him and welcomed him back.

Asano Kiyoshi warned the captains that the Quincy had secretly watched the Soul Society from a hidden world inside the shadows of Seireitei, and revealed that Yhwach had overwhelmed him in battle. He brought the captains into an experience of the Quincy invasion, leaving them facing the massacre of Shinigami across Seireitei.

• Asano Kiyoshi gathered the Shinigami and Arrancar captains and announced a crisis threatening the Gotei 13.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi showed the captains footage revealing a vast Quincy city hidden in the shadows of Seireitei, where the Quincy had monitored Soul Society for nearly a thousand years.
• Asano Kiyoshi told the captains that he had entered the Wandenreich, fought its elite forces, and barely escaped Yhwach.
• Asano Kiyoshi used blue Reishi light to let the captains experience his encounter with the Quincy firsthand.
• The captains witnessed Quincy slaughtering Shinigami across Seireitei as Reishi pillars rose and blue flames scorched the ground.

Asano Kiyoshi explained Yhwach's Almighty and showed the captains a possible future battle against the Stern Ritter. They watched future Byakuya lose his Bankai to F and suffer a brutal defeat, leaving his fate and Rukia's uncertain.

• Asano Kiyoshi revealed that Yhwach had cast him into a future where the Soul Reapers were being slaughtered, then explained the Almighty's power and the Quincy King's prophecy.
• Asano Kiyoshi brought the captains to the Sixth Division barracks to observe a future battle and identified the Stern Ritter F as a Quincy who wielded The Fear.
• F overwhelmed the Sixth Division members, and future Byakuya arrived with spiritual pressure far greater than his present self's.
• Future Byakuya's Shikai failed against F, while another Knight Order member nearly killed his Vice-Captain and a female Quincy ambushed Rukia.
• F stole future Byakuya's Bankai with a badge and used Senbonzakura to critically wound him, prompting Shunsui to reassure the tense Byakuya.

Byakuya vowed to prevent the future in which the Quincy stole his Bankai and left him unable to protect his comrades. Asano Kiyoshi explained how the Quincy badges worked and how Hollow power could defeat them, then showed the captains Shunsui's battle before leading them to the confrontation with Yhwach.

• Byakuya recovered from seeing his future defeat and swore on the Kuchiki Clan's honor to stop it from coming to pass.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Gin questioned Asano Kiyoshi about the Quincy stealing Bankai, and he explained that the badges could steal Bankai but not Shikai.
• Asano Kiyoshi revealed that even a trace of Hollow power in a Shinigami's spiritual pressure prevented the badges from working.
• Asano Kiyoshi took the group to Shunsui's battle against N and paused it after Shunsui was blinded; Captain-Commander scolded Shunsui for not fighting seriously.
• Asano Kiyoshi transported everyone to Yhwach, who held Kenpachi on his sword as Captain-Commander fought with one arm severed and flames blazing around him.