Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi Omega and Shadow began a destructive battle in the Trial of the Goddess, while Shadow Garden confronted Cleya, Roz, Alexia, and Medis before they could enter the church. Alpha accused the Bald Bishop of being a Diablos Cult member who planned to use Medis to manipulate Yoru Machi.

• Olivier broke free of the Six Rods of Light Restraint and attacked Shadow, but he blocked her strike and kicked her dozens of meters away.
• Shadow refused to let Yoru Machi reach Olivier, and Yoru Machi challenged him to a fight instead.
• Yoru Machi and Shadow collided with powerful magic, shaking the venue and cracking the ground until the church began evacuating spectators.
• Cleya, Roz, and Alexia marveled at Yoru Machi's strength, while Cleya urged Medis to leave the unsafe stands.
• Alpha and other Shadow Garden members appeared and stopped Cleya's group from entering the church.
• Alpha told Cleya's group that the Bald Bishop was a Diablos Cult member who had killed the previous bishop and planned to use Medis to manipulate Yoru Machi.

Alpha and Shadow Garden defeated the Bald Bishop’s guards and took him prisoner while the battle between Shadow, Yoru Machi, Olivier, and Aurora intensified. The chapter ended with Shadow and Yoru Machi’s magic clashing so powerfully that the sanctuary trembled.

• Alpha asked Epsilon to handle the Bald Bishop, and Epsilon confronted him over the Diablos Cult’s abuses.
• The Bald Bishop ordered two assassins to attack Medis and Cleya, but Alpha killed them before they could reach them.
• The Bald Bishop surrendered after witnessing Alpha’s strength, and Alpha told the others to remain there because the Diablos Cult had targeted them too.
• Alexia grew angry when Alpha refused to explain Shadow Garden’s goals.
• Shadow and Yoru Machi unleashed their power, overshadowing Olivier and Aurora as their weapons collided and shook the sanctuary.

Yoru Machi and Shadow’s clash devastated the trial grounds, while Yoru Machi overwhelmed Olivier and shattered her projected holy sword. He left Olivier poised to be defeated as the battle with Shadow continued.

• Alpha ordered everyone to evacuate as Yoru Machi and Shadow’s escalating fight threatened the Sanctuary and Holy Land Lindblum.
• Yoru Machi and Shadow collided their swords, unleashing immense magic power that split the sky and tore open the ground.
• Olivier attacked Yoru Machi from behind with Excalibur, but he sensed her and met the strike with Shunkai.
• Yoru Machi’s punch shattered Olivier’s projected holy sword, leaving him standing before her and declaring her defeat.
• Yoru Machi praised Olivier’s swordsmanship and said her legacy had successors to carry it forward.

Yoru City defeated Olivier while Shadow defeated Aurora, and both turned to face each other for their decisive battle. Shadow compressed his magic power to imitate nuclear fusion, and he and Yoru City charged at one another.

• Olivier smiled and opened her arms as Yoru City struck her with the Swords of Light, then shattered like glass.
• Shadow let Aurora's crimson chains pierce a mud-like decoy and struck her from behind, shattering her body.
• Yoru City gathered magic power into the Sword of Light to prepare an enhanced Getsuga Tensho.
• Shadow compressed his magic power through a dangerous technique that covered his body and sword in circuit-like patterns.
• Yoru City and Shadow leapt toward each other at the same instant.

Yoru Machi and Shadow fought at full speed, unleashing enormous shockwaves that threatened to destroy Holy Land Lindblum and derail Shadow Garden’s mission. Alpha intervened to stop them, and Yoru Machi joined her in blaming Shadow for causing trouble.

• Shadow and Yoru Machi wrapped their swords in condensed magic power and began exchanging explosive blows.
• Their fight filled the sky and ground with energy halos, while Alpha and the others watched from beyond the trial grounds.
• Alpha realized the battle could destroy Holy Land Lindblum and ruin Shadow Garden’s plan to obtain the blueprints and deal with Diablos’s sealed left arm.
• Alpha appeared between Yoru Machi and Shadow just as they prepared to use greater power, stopping their swords in midair.
• Alpha scolded the two for being willful, and Yoru Machi agreed with her and blamed Sid for causing trouble.

Yoru Machi stopped fighting Shadow after Alpha pointed out his share of the blame, and the Sanctuary Gate opened after Olivier and Aurora were defeated. Though Yoru Machi wanted to leave, Medis and the others insisted on entering the Sanctuary, leading him to suspect the world’s consciousness was steering events so Shadow Lord could show off again.

• Alpha blamed Yoru Machi for provoking Shadow and for failing to end the trial before events spiraled out of control, and Yoru Machi dispelled his Sword of Light magic and accepted defeat.
• Shadow reluctantly stopped fighting, while Cleya and Alexia accused Shadow Garden of using them as hostages to force Yoru Machi to surrender.
• After Olivier and Aurora were defeated, a new magic circle appeared and Alpha declared that the Sanctuary Gate had opened completely; Shadow and Shadow Garden entered with the Bald Bishop.
• Yoru Machi planned to go home, but Medis, Cleya, and Alexia wanted to enter the Sanctuary to uncover the truth about the Diablos Cult.
• Yoru Machi reconsidered his own impulsive fight with Shadow and suspected the world’s consciousness had manipulated events to give Shadow Lord another chance to show off.

Yoru Machi entered Olivier’s memory prison in the Sanctuary, helped her regain control of her rampaging magic, and agreed to cooperate with her. They broke the seal on her childhood memory, revealing a battlefield as the prison’s next scene.

• Yoru Machi found Olivier in a drug-induced Magic Overload and subdued her before helping her control her magic.
• Olivier explained that she was a fragment of memories and soul trapped in a memory prison, and asked Yoru Machi to help her escape.
• Yoru Machi agreed to cooperate with Olivier so he could return to his friends and family.
• Olivier led Yoru Machi through a memory of her childhood, where the young Olivier found the Holy Sword of the Lake.
• Olivier pulled out the Holy Sword of the Lake and struck her younger self, shattering the memory seal and revealing a battlefield.

Yoru Machi and Olivier entered Olivier’s memory of her battle with Demon Lord Diablos, where Olivier explained that Diablos had once held back against her. They fought Diablos at full strength to escape the memory prison, and Olivier struck while Yoru Machi staggered her.

• Olivier said she had been too weak to defeat Diablos and did not know why Diablos had spared her.
• Olivier charged Diablos and told Yoru Machi they needed to defeat her to leave the memory prison.
• Yoru Machi used Flash Blast to accelerate into Diablos’s punch and held her fist in a powerful clash.
• The collision forced Yoru Machi back much farther than Diablos, but it disrupted Diablos’s balance.
• Olivier leaped from behind Diablos and slashed at her with the Holy Sword of the Lake.

Yoru Machi helped Olivier escape her memory prison, and they reunited with Sid and Aurora in the sanctuary. The legendary hero and Demon Lord greeted each other amicably, leaving Yoru Machi and Sid surprised by their apparent cordiality.

• Olivier prepared to meet Diablos's demonic beam head-on, but Yoru Machi cast Dankū to shield her.
• Olivier severed Diablos's left arm, breaking the memory scene and freeing herself and Yoru Machi from the memory prison.
• Olivier identified her chained Holy Sword of the Lake as the means to open the sanctuary and leave.
• Sid and Aurora appeared, and Yoru Machi realized Sid had been trapped in Aurora's memory prison.
• Aurora and Olivier greeted each other peacefully, surprising Yoru Machi and Sid.

Yoru Machi, Sid, Aurora, and Olivier argued over who could draw the Holy Sword of the Lake, with everyone except Yoru Machi believing he was the hero. Before he could try, the Bald Bishop burst into the Sanctuary pursued by Alpha, while Alexia and the others uncovered the Diablos Cult’s horrific experiments.

• Yoru Machi and Sid bickered, then agreed they needed to find a way out of the Sanctuary.
• Sid tried and failed to draw the Holy Sword of the Lake, prompting the others to insist that Yoru Machi was the hero who could wield it.
• Yoru Machi reluctantly reached for the holy sword after Aurora and Olivier encouraged him.
• The Bald Bishop shattered his way into the Sanctuary while fleeing Alpha, interrupting Yoru Machi’s attempt.
• Alexia and the others explored the Sanctuary and learned that the Diablos Cult had experimented on children, including Olivier, to create powerful subjects.

After taking Diablos Forbidden Medicine, the Bald Bishop fled toward the sanctuary’s magic-suppressing center, where he expected to defeat Alpha. He found himself surrounded by Alpha, Aurora, Olivier, Yoru City Omega, and Shadow, and tried to turn Yoru against Shadow Garden as Alpha mocked him.

• The Bald Bishop swallowed a large quantity of Diablos Forbidden Medicine and gained a surge of magic power.
• Delta overwhelmed the Bald Bishop, so he fled toward the sanctuary’s center, where its barriers suppressed magic.
• The Bald Bishop found Alpha waiting with Aurora, Olivier, Yoru City Omega, and Shadow, and realized he was outmatched.
• The Bald Bishop urged Yoru City Omega to help him fight Shadow Garden, citing their past conflict and his kingdom ties.
• Alpha laughed at the Bald Bishop’s desperate appeal and called his performance foolish.

Alpha revealed that Yoru Machi was allied with Shadow Garden, and Yoru Machi effortlessly drew the Holy Sword of the Lake as the Sanctuary collapsed. Afterward, Yoru Machi and Alexia reported the events to Alice, who remained wary of Shadow Garden.

• Alpha told the Bald Bishop that Yoru Machi was on Shadow Garden's side, and she killed him after he refused to believe her.
• Alpha failed to pull the Holy Sword of the Lake from its pedestal, but Yoru Machi drew it without resistance.
• Aurora and Olivier vanished as the Sanctuary shattered, and Olivier asked Yoru Machi to help her people.
• Yoru Machi and Alexia returned to the royal capital and reported the events to Alice, who urged caution about Shadow Garden and turned her attention to Yoru Machi's performance.

Yoru Machi avoided sparring with Princess Alice but was registered for the Martial Heart Festival, then received a Human World investigation mission alongside Matsumoto Rangiku. The pair set out from the Senkaimon, with Rangiku relying on Yoru Machi as her trusted and secretly powerful companion.

• Yoru Machi protested when Princess Alice raised his growing fame and proposed a match, so Alice postponed their sparring and told him she had registered him for the Martial Heart Festival.
• Ukitake Jushiro assigned Yoru Machi, now the Thirteenth Division's third seat, to investigate the Human World with Matsumoto Rangiku.
• Yoru Machi met Rangiku at the Senkaimon and complained about being pulled into overtime, while Rangiku teased him about protecting her.
• Rangiku explained that she had requested a companion because she felt uneasy about the mission and chose Yoru Machi, whom she trusted and knew to be stronger than he let on.

Rangiku and Yoru Machi traveled to Naruki City to investigate the disappearance of Shiba Isshin, where they found traces of a powerful battle and sought Gihai to continue their search. Their lead brought them to the Urahara Shop, where they confronted the wanted former captain Urahara Kisuke and Kidō Corps captain Nigirimiya Tessai.

• Rangiku questioned why the Captain-Commander had sent her and Yoru Machi to investigate Shiba Isshin’s disappearance instead of another captain.
• Yoru Machi sensed lingering traces of a battle between Soul Reapers and Hollows in Naruki City but could not track Shiba Isshin through them.
• Yoru Machi proposed finding Gihai so he and Rangiku could investigate the Human World more easily.
• Yoru Machi led Rangiku to the Urahara Shop, where she recognized Urahara Kisuke and Nigirimiya Tessai and prepared to attack.
• Urahara Kisuke expressed surprise that Yoru Machi and Rangiku had found him despite his and Nigirimiya Tessai’s use of special Gihai.

Yoru Machi and Rangiku confronted Urahara Kisuke and Nigirimiya Tessai while investigating Captain Shiba Isshin’s disappearance. Yoru Machi proposed trading their silence for two custom Gihai, but Urahara offered them for free and asked what Yoru Machi knew about the truth.

• Rangiku suspected Urahara Kisuke and Nigirimiya Tessai of being involved in Shiba Isshin’s disappearance and prepared to call the Seireitei for reinforcements.
• Nigirimiya Tessai cast Chain Binding at Rangiku, but Yoru Machi shielded them with Enzatsusen.
• Yoru Machi told Rangiku that Urahara and Tessai were not their enemies and were unlikely to be connected to Captain Shiba’s disappearance.
• Urahara Kisuke praised Yoru Machi’s reputation and joked about being more handsome, prompting Rangiku to laugh at his boastfulness.
• Yoru Machi offered to keep Urahara’s location secret in exchange for two custom Gihai so he and Rangiku could investigate in the Human World.
• Urahara offered to provide the Gihai for free, then asked Yoru Machi who he was, whose side he was on, how he had found the shop, and what he knew about the truth.

Yoru Machi negotiated with Urahara Kisuke, revealing that he was investigating the suspicious Hollowfication incident and was not allied with Aizen. After leaving with two high-grade Gihai, he and Rangiku experienced the attention their human appearances drew in the Human World.

• Urahara Kisuke threatened Yoru Machi, but backed down when Yoru Machi unleashed his spiritual pressure and challenged him to act.
• Yoru Machi explained that his sharp spiritual-pressure perception had led him to the Urahara Shop and that he had secretly investigated the Hollowfication incident involving Shiba Miyako.
• Yoru Machi and Rangiku left the shop with two free high-grade Gihai, and Yoruichi told Urahara Kisuke that Yoru Machi had likely sensed her and was holding back his strength.
• Urahara Kisuke asked Yoruichi to investigate Yoru Machi in Soul Society, hoping to recruit him to their side.
• Rangiku enjoyed exploring her Gihai while Yoru Machi regretted that their striking appearances made them too conspicuous for undercover work.

Yoru Machi accompanied Rangiku on a shopping spree in Karakura Town, where she bought clothes and accessories while he carried the bags. When Rangiku promised they would shop for intimate apparel, Yoru Machi perked up, then waited outside the store with other men and bragged about her figure.

• Yoru Machi regretted bringing Rangiku to the mall after she spent two hours shopping and filled his arms with bags.
• Rangiku dismissed Yoru Machi's complaints and posed for passersby, who assumed they were a couple.
• Yoru Machi explained that he had funded their shopping by confronting criminal gangs and taking their money.
• Rangiku tempted Yoru Machi with a trip to an intimate apparel store, and he insisted he was not tired.
• Yoru Machi waited outside the men-forbidden store with other shoppers and told them Rangiku was at least an F-cup.

Yoru Machi and Rangiku found Shiba Isshin in the Human World and questioned why he had not returned to Soul Society. Isshin struggled to explain Aizen’s attack and conspiracy, while Yoru Machi inferred the role of the orange-haired girl who was with him.

• Yoru Machi spotted Shiba Isshin shopping with an unfamiliar orange-haired girl and alerted Rangiku.
• Yoru Machi and Rangiku left their Gihai, revealed their Soul Reaper forms, and met Isshin, who led them to a quiet alley.
• Rangiku asked Isshin what had happened and why he had not reported back to Soul Society.
• Isshin recalled being ambushed by Aizen’s group while fighting White, then learning from Urahara Kisuke and Shihoin Yoruichi that Aizen had used modified Hollows to target Soul Reapers and Visoreds.
• Isshin hesitated to share what he knew because he feared Soul Society would not believe him and that Aizen might endanger Rangiku.
• Yoru Machi deduced that the orange-haired girl had been present during Isshin’s fight with White, and Isshin praised his intelligence.

Yoru Machi and Rangiku learned that Shiba Isshin had given up his Soul Reaper powers to save Masaki, a Quincy, and agreed to conceal their secret. Isshin and Masaki planned to marry, while Yoru Machi and Rangiku stayed in the Human World and grew close to her.

• Yoru Machi explained that Isshin had stayed in the Human World because Masaki was a Quincy and Soul Society might punish him for protecting her.
• Isshin revealed that Masaki had suffered Hollowfication after saving him, so he entered Kisuke's Gihai and gave up his Soul Reaper powers to save her.
• Yoru Machi and Rangiku agreed to leave the truth out of their report, protecting Isshin and Masaki from the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
• Isshin, now known as Kurosaki Isshin, and Masaki planned to marry the following month and invited Yoru Machi and Rangiku to their wedding.
• Yoru Machi and Rangiku delayed returning to Soul Society, and Rangiku became friends with Masaki while Isshin complained that she interrupted his time with his fiancée.

Rangiku joined Masaki on shopping trips, and Yoru Machi and Rangiku attended Masaki and Isshin's wedding. On the way home with a drunken Rangiku, Yoru Machi detected a barrier and confronted Hirako Shinji and Hiyori, realizing others were with them too.

• Rangiku denied that she and Yoru Machi were married, explaining that they used the relationship as a cover in the Human World.
• Masaki and Kurosaki Isshin held a small wedding attended by Urahara Kisuke, Shihoin Yoruichi, Yoru Machi, and Rangiku.
• Rangiku became drunk at the wedding, so Yoru Machi carried her home instead of letting her stay with the newlyweds.
• Yoru Machi noticed that a barrier had changed the spiritual pressure around him and stopped in the deserted street.
• Hirako Shinji emerged from the shadows, and Hiyori kicked him after he revealed that others were present.
• Yoru Machi recognized Hirako Shinji and Hiyori as wanted former Soul Reapers and said he had sensed two other people nearby.