Chapter Summaries

Kurotsuchi Nemu investigated Lin Feng’s spiritual pressure and killed Scarface after he confirmed that Lin Feng was far stronger than her. Kyoraku Shunsui arrived too late to find the killer, while Lin Feng left the 78th District and headed for the Shinigami Academy to qualify as a Bleach Squad Member.

• Kurotsuchi Nemu compared her spiritual pressure with Lin Feng’s and learned from Scarface that Lin Feng was vastly stronger.
• Kurotsuchi Nemu killed Scarface with one punch and disappeared.
• Kyoraku Shunsui and Ise Nanao reached the courtyard and found that the Wandering Souls had been killed at different times.
• Kyoraku Shunsui ordered Nanao to investigate the area for clues about the suspected enemy.
• Lin Feng left the 78th District with enough food and set out to register at the Shinigami Academy before registration closed.

After leaving the 78th District, Lin Feng went to the Shinigami Academy registration office, hoping to complete his mission without waiting years to graduate. There, he learned that Asai Reiko, the eldest daughter of a fallen noble family, had secretly come to join the Academy to escape an arranged marriage.

• Lin Feng concluded that the main storyline had not begun and decided he needed to finish his mission quickly.
• Lin Feng arrived at the Shinigami Academy registration office and waited in line with applicants from Rukongai District.
• Applicants whispered about Asai Reiko, a noble whose family had fallen into decline.
• Lin Feng noticed Asai Reiko's composure as she quietly endured the gossip.
• Lin Feng learned that Asai Reiko had fled her family to avoid being married to a wastrel from the upper-ranking Nagano Family and hoped to become a Shinigami.

Asai Reiko passed the Shinigami Academy’s Spiritual Pressure test with Third-Class, Intermediate Squad Member-Level Spiritual Pressure. Lin Feng learned how the seven pressure levels were classified, while Reiko remained worried that she would not reach seated officer level in time to change her fate.

• The chief examiner called Asai Reiko forward for her Spiritual Pressure test.
• Asai Reiko followed the examiner’s instructions and poured her Spiritual Power into the testing device.
• The device measured her Spiritual Pressure as Third-Class, and Reiko passed the entrance test.
• Onlookers praised Reiko’s talent, but she worried that Third-Class pressure was far below what she needed to reach seated officer level.
• Lin Feng worked out the seven Spiritual Pressure classifications and learned that the testing device measured only their lower limits.

Lin Feng’s spiritual pressure test destroyed the Academy’s device, and he accused the Shinigami Academy of using faulty equipment. Jushiro Ukitake arrived and stopped the retest, leaving the examiner puzzled.

• Asai Reiko heard the tester explode and turned to see Lin Feng confronting the examiner.
• The examiner inspected the device, assured Lin Feng he would not have to pay, and brought a replacement.
• Lin Feng prepared to test again while the onlookers and Asai Reiko watched him.
• Jushiro Ukitake appeared and said Lin Feng did not need to retest because the Academy had few testers.
• The examiner wondered why Captain Ukitake was stopping Lin Feng from taking the test again.

Lin Feng passed the Shinigami Academy examination after Jushiro Ukitake judged his spiritual pressure to be above that of an ordinary Captain-Level Shinigami. As Lin Feng completed his enrollment procedures, Rukia Kuchiki questioned whether his strength or identity was genuine.

• Jushiro Ukitake announced that Lin Feng's spiritual pressure surpassed that of an ordinary Captain-Level Shinigami, shocking the examination hall.
• Jushiro Ukitake gave Lin Feng a medal confirming that he had passed and said he hoped they would fight side by side.
• Lin Feng accepted the medal and regretted attracting attention in Soul Society.
• Jushiro Ukitake arranged for staff to help Lin Feng finish his procedures, then praised Asai Reiko's father and encouraged her to follow his example.
• After Asai Reiko entered the academy grounds and Jushiro Ukitake disappeared, Rukia Kuchiki asked whether Lin Feng was really so strong or if something was wrong with his identity.

Jushiro Ukitake explained that Lin Feng’s identity had been verified and hoped he would prove worthy of the Thirteenth Division’s vacant Vice Captain position, disappointing Rukia Kuchiki. Asai Reiko enrolled in Shinigami Academy’s elite First Year Class One, where her spiritual pressure already made her an outstanding student.

• Jushiro Ukitake told Rukia Kuchiki that Lin Feng was a verified genius who might become the Thirteenth Division’s Vice Captain.
• Rukia felt disappointed because Renji Abarai had become a Vice Captain while she held no seated officer position.
• Jushiro Ukitake comforted Rukia and considered whether the Sixth Division might suit her better because of her Kuchiki name and her adoptive brother’s protection.
• Asai Reiko completed enrollment and entered Shinigami Academy’s elite First Year Class One.

Asai Reiko arrived at the Shinigami Academy and was mocked by Kitayama Mai and Sanada Torataro over her family’s declining status and her engagement to Nagano Ichiro. Nagano Yakumo then challenged her to stop acting cowardly, leaving Reiko determined to grow stronger despite the hostility around her.

• Asai Reiko entered the classroom and approached her seat quietly.
• Kitayama Mai mocked Reiko for enrolling late and possibly taking the exam alongside Rukongai students.
• Sanada Torataro ridiculed Reiko’s family and brought up her engagement to Nagano Ichiro.
• Asai Reiko sat down without responding, believing she needed to become stronger before confronting her tormentors.
• Nagano Yakumo accused Reiko of cowardice because she was engaged to his brother, Nagano Ichiro.

Nagano Yakumo crushed Asai Reiko with his spiritual pressure and told her she was too weak to escape her fate. Lin Feng entered First Year Class One, where Sanada Torataro mocked him for seeming to come from Rukongai, and Kitayama Mai moved to attack him.

• Nagano Yakumo overwhelmed Asai Reiko with his Vice-Captain-Level spiritual pressure and urged her to drop out.
• Asai Reiko struggled to recover and wondered whether she could change her fate.
• Lin Feng entered First Year Class One and greeted the students.
• Sanada Torataro mocked Lin Feng as a wandering soul from Rukongai, then reacted with surprise when he learned Lin Feng had Third-Class Spiritual Pressure or higher.
• Kitayama Mai dismissed Lin Feng's spiritual power and used Flash Step to try to slap him.

Kitayama Mai attacked Lin Feng to assert noble superiority, but he slapped her and knocked down Sanada Torataro while he was chanting a Kidō spell. Nagano Yakumo recognized Lin Feng’s combat skill and suggested he had gained experience fighting in Rukongai District.

• Kitayama Mai used Flash Step to attack Lin Feng, but he struck her across the face with a slap.
• Sanada Torataro began chanting Hado No. 31: Shakkaho to avenge Kitayama Mai.
• Lin Feng hit Sanada Torataro with a chair before he finished the incantation, knocking him to the ground.
• Sanada Torataro complained that Lin Feng had attacked before he could finish chanting.
• Nagano Yakumo criticized the others’ lack of combat experience and identified Lin Feng as a skilled fighter.

Lin Feng overwhelmed Nagano Yakumo with Captain-Level spiritual pressure, then ignored the class’s hostility and took his seat beside Asai Reiko. Reiko was stunned by his strength and reflected on how it might have kept her family from selling her to the Nagano Family.

• Nagano Yakumo challenged Lin Feng with Vice-Captain Level spiritual pressure and called him trash.
• Lin Feng released a fraction of his spiritual pressure, shattered the classroom windows, and crushed Nagano Yakumo’s resistance.
• Nagano Yakumo used Flash Step to retreat and demanded to know who Lin Feng was, but Lin Feng ignored him.
• Lin Feng sat beside Asai Reiko and smiled at her, while she marveled at how quickly he had defeated the class’s three prodigies.
• Asai Reiko wondered whether Lin Feng’s power could have protected her from being sold to the Nagano Family.

Lin Feng’s homeroom teacher welcomed him as a valuable genius and punished Sanada Torataro and Kitayama Mai for provoking him. Nagano Yakumo, stung by being outshone, resolved to surpass Lin Feng in every other way.

• Sanada Torataro blamed Lin Feng for the wrecked classroom, but the homeroom teacher greeted Lin Feng warmly.
• The homeroom teacher realized Sanada Torataro and Kitayama Mai had provoked Lin Feng and ordered them to clean up or face their parents being called.
• Nagano Yakumo watched Lin Feng receive the teacher’s favor and privately vowed to surpass him in every other aspect.

The Shinigami Academy’s new term began after admissions ended, and Lin Feng entered Class 1, Year 1 as the sole student without noble origins. The homeroom teacher urged the noble students to discard their previous training methods, leaving them doubtful about the Academy’s teaching.

• Nagano Yakumo believed that superior skills and a stronger Zanpakuto would let him defeat Lin Feng despite Lin Feng’s Captain-Level spiritual pressure.
• While the entrance exams continued, Lin Feng and the other students studied Academy rules, and Nagano Yakumo formed a noble clique that isolated Lin Feng and Asai Reiko.
• After admissions ended, the homeroom teacher formally introduced himself and announced that the new term had begun.
• The teacher explained that students could graduate once one of the four essentials met the required standard and their spiritual pressure reached an ordinary squad member’s level.
• The homeroom teacher told the noble students to forget their previous training methods, prompting Kitayama Mai and others to question his advice.

The homeroom teacher introduced Kidō and taught the class Binding Art Number One, Restrain, before assigning students to practice in pairs. Lin Feng asked Asai Reiko to let him try the spell on her, and she silently agreed as he began chanting its incantation.

• The homeroom teacher explained that students needed instruction suited to their abilities and introduced Kidō as one of the Soul Reaper arts.
• The homeroom teacher taught Binding Art Number One, Restrain, and demonstrated it on Sanada Torataro.
• The homeroom teacher told the students to practice Binding Arts in pairs.
• Lin Feng asked Asai Reiko if he could bind her hands and feet, and she silently nodded.
• Lin Feng softly began reciting Restrain's incantation.

Lin Feng and Asai Reiko practiced Binding Art Number One, then the class moved on to Hado Number One at the academy’s training ground. The students began lining up to demonstrate the attack spell.

• Lin Feng cast Binding Art Number One on Asai Reiko and found it easy to use.
• Asai Reiko cast the binding spell on Lin Feng, but his Spiritual Power erased it; he pretended to be restrained to avoid embarrassment.
• Asai Reiko resolved to train her Spiritual Power more diligently after sensing Lin Feng’s strength.
• Lin Feng finished learning his first binding art and saw that he had reached LV6.
• The homeroom teacher explained and demonstrated Hado Number One, then called on the students to try it.

The students demonstrated Shō, and Lin Feng’s overwhelming Spiritual Power shattered the practice target despite his claim that he missed. The homeroom teacher was delighted by Lin Feng’s strength.

• Asai Reiko hit the target with Shō, earning praise from the homeroom teacher for her control and accuracy.
• Lin Feng stepped forward to demonstrate Shō after his classmates looked at him with disdain.
• Lin Feng released a powerful shockwave that shattered the Hado Stone instead of hitting the target.
• Lin Feng apologized and said he thought he had missed, while the homeroom teacher marveled at his strength.

During Flash Step training, Lin Feng was paired with the quiet Asai Reiko, who unexpectedly spoke to him before immediately launching a surprise attack. Reiko appeared behind him, leaving Lin Feng stunned by her cunning.

• The homeroom teacher demonstrated Flash Step by pinning Sanada Torataro against a desk.
• The homeroom teacher explained that Flash Step required quick reactions after movement and sent the students outside to practice in pairs.
• Lin Feng was paired with Asai Reiko and worried they would spend the session in silence.
• Asai Reiko politely asked Lin Feng to guide her, then vanished and appeared behind him to attack.
• The homeroom teacher watched from afar and was satisfied with Reiko's Flash Step.

Lin Feng evaded Asai Reiko while advising her on Flash Step, and she gradually improved as they sparred. Kitayama Mai tried to ambush Lin Feng after Sanada Torataro studied his movements, but Lin Feng struck her by accident and left Torataro demanding an apology.

• Lin Feng used his faster Flash Step to evade Asai Reiko and advised her to anticipate her opponent's movements.
• Asai Reiko continued chasing Lin Feng and showed clear improvement during their sparring.
• Sanada Torataro suggested that Kitayama Mai study Lin Feng's landing pattern so she could ambush him.
• Kitayama Mai charged at Lin Feng from his blind spot as he evaded Asai Reiko, but he stretched and accidentally punched her in the face.
• Sanada Torataro helped the crying, bleeding Kitayama Mai up and demanded that Lin Feng apologize.

During Flash Step practice, Lin Feng accidentally—or deliberately—injured Kitayama Mai and avoided punishment with Asai Reiko’s testimony. He continued training with Asai until she was exhausted, then suggested they stop for the day.

• Lin Feng claimed Kitayama Mai had run into him while he was stretching, and Asai Reiko backed up his account.
• The homeroom teacher treated Kitayama Mai’s slightly fractured nasal bridge and reprimanded Sanada Torataro for entering another team’s practice area.
• Lin Feng asked the teacher not to punish Sanada Torataro and his group, and the teacher sent Sanada Torataro to help Kitayama Mai back.
• Lin Feng and Asai Reiko resumed Flash Step drills until Asai was exhausted, and Lin Feng suggested they stop for the day.

Asai Reiko trained hard alongside Lin Feng and continued to improve, though she was disappointed by her ordinary swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat skills. Lin Feng encouraged her to focus on her strengths and occasionally guided her, while Reiko remained determined to join the Gotei 13 like her father.

• Asai Reiko collapsed after training with Lin Feng, then rested beside him on the lawn.
• Over the next month, the homeroom teacher introduced swordsmanship and Hand-to-Hand Combat classes and hired teaching assistants to prevent further mishaps.
• The First Year Class One students improved, and Asai Reiko showed particular talent in Flash Step and Kidō but struggled with swordsmanship and Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• Lin Feng advised Asai Reiko that she could specialize in Flash Step and Kidō and consider joining the Kidō Corps.
• Asai Reiko reaffirmed her dream of joining the Gotei 13, and Lin Feng offered her guidance during their sparring.

Lin Feng finished his first month at Shinigami Academy, focusing on Kidō despite his teacher's hopes that he would develop more broadly, while his bond with Asai Reiko remained limited to studying. On the first day of the second month, the first-year students prepared to visit Hazama to choose their Asauchi.

• Lin Feng told his homeroom teacher that he planned to become a Great Demon Arts Master, and the teacher agreed to support his focus on Kidō.
• Lin Feng became proficient in several Kidō spells below number forty and set a goal of casting every spell below number ninety-nine without incantation by graduation.
• Asai Reiko grew closer to Lin Feng through asking him for help with her studies, but she rejected his attempts to chat about their private lives.
• The first-year students reached the day they could visit Hazama and choose an Asauchi, a blade that could awaken into a Zanpakuto.