Chapter Summaries

Feng Ye defeated Retsu Unohana with a single sword slash, then healed her and encouraged her to advance her swordsmanship. After he vanished, Unohana connected him to disturbances across worlds and wondered whether he was the legendary Hollow King.

• Feng Ye formed a golden sword from his fruit knife and calmly blocked Retsu Unohana's Bankai attacks as their clash devastated the surrounding area.
• Yuji and Hizana watched from a distance, while Lilith admitted inwardly that she wanted to become stronger so she could do more for Feng Ye.
• Retsu Unohana asked Feng Ye to show her one of his attacks, and he accepted after she acknowledged that he was stronger than her.
• Feng Ye's single slash shattered Unohana's Bankai blade, split the space around them, and inflicted fatal injuries that destroyed her Chain of Fate and Soul Sleep.
• Feng Ye restored Unohana with a touch, urged her to keep advancing in swordsmanship, and vanished.
• Unohana recalled the recent disturbances in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo and wondered whether Feng Ye was the legendary Hollow King.

Retsu Unohana reported her inconclusive battle with Feng Ye to the captains while withholding his identity and her suspicion about him. After moving to District 75, Feng Ye encouraged Lilith’s wish to grow stronger and considered how she—and he—could gain power through the abilities of this world.

• Retsu Unohana told Yuji that Feng Ye had left after their battle without revealing who had won.
• Retsu Unohana briefed the gathered captains, concealed Feng Ye’s identity, and heard Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto order the outsider recorded as a potential threat.
• Yoruichi Shihoin and Ginrei Kuchiki reported their divisions’ investigations, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto dismissed the meeting.
• Feng Ye moved Lilith, Hizana, and Rukia from District 78 to District 75, and reassured Hizana that he would take her in.
• Lilith asked Feng Ye to help her become stronger, and he agreed while considering ways for her to develop power in the Bleach world.
• Feng Ye resolved to obtain the Soul King’s power and reflected that the Soul King might have anticipated what would happen.

Feng Ye helped Lilith manifest a Reishi soul, then spent five years developing the same ability for himself. After finally separating his soul from his body, he prepared to go to Seireitei and see Retsu Unohana.

• Feng Ye explained that Lilith’s material evolution had unbalanced her soul and body, and said Bleach powers could strengthen her soul.
• After weeks of research, Feng Ye pushed Lilith’s stable Reishi soul out of her body and stored her physical body within himself.
• Over five years, Feng Ye traveled with Hizana, Lilith, and Rukia from South District 75 to South District 5 while the Soul Society’s investigations failed to find him.
• Feng Ye used accumulated Reishi to loosen his body’s restraint on his soul and successfully completed Soul Manifestation.
• Feng Ye concealed his physical body with his space-manipulating Dojutsu and decided to head to Seireitei to visit Retsu Unohana.

Feng Ye and Lilith encountered a Hollow attack near the Seireitei, where Feng Ye helped Marechiyo Ōmaeda before Yoruichi Shihoin arrived and destroyed the remaining Hollows. Impressed by the siblings’ spiritual power, Yoruichi agreed to recommend them for entry into the Seireitei, and Marechiyo Ōmaeda escorted them toward Shin'ō Academy.

• Marechiyo Ōmaeda and the Second Division officers struggled against three Menos Grande as more Hollows emerged from a tear in the sky.
• Feng Ye retrieved Marechiyo Ōmaeda’s Zanpakuto and threw it, slicing one Menos Grande in half.
• Yoruichi Shihoin arrived, destroyed the other Menos and the remaining Hollows, then asked Feng Ye about his origins and plans.
• Feng Ye said he had come from District 3 and wanted to enter the Seireitei, so Yoruichi offered to recommend him as a Bleach.
• Feng Ye introduced his younger sister Lilith, and Yoruichi agreed to recommend her as well before assigning Marechiyo Ōmaeda to take them to Shin'ō Academy.

Feng Ye and Lilith entered the Shin'ō Academy as captain-recommended transfers and received Asauchi in their first-year Class One. Lilith immediately achieved Shikai, and Feng Ye followed by releasing Moment and beginning Bankai, sending a wave of power across the Seireitei.

• Marechiyo Ōmaeda brought Feng Ye and Lilith to the Shin'ō Academy and arranged their placement in first-year Class One, while Hizana and Rukia remained outside the academy.
• The Way of the Sword instructor gave Feng Ye and Lilith Asauchi and explained how Zanpakuto Shikai and Bankai worked.
• Lilith released her Shikai, Blood Whisper, within minutes of receiving her Asauchi, stunning the instructor and students.
• Feng Ye released his Shikai, Moment, and discovered it could steal the time opponents needed to perform actions.
• Feng Ye unleashed captain-level Reiatsu that shook the Shin'ō Academy and drew the attention of Bleach throughout the Seireitei, then declared Bankai.

Feng Ye unveiled his Zanpakuto's Bankai, Eternal Moment, at Shin'ō Academy, setting a record by achieving Bankai on his first day with a Zanpakuto. The unprecedented release drew the attention of captains across Seireitei, who were on their way to meet him.

• Feng Ye released Bankai and manifested a gigantic golden clock behind him, while his Reiatsu overwhelmed the students in the Way of the Sword Department courtyard.
• Marechiyo Ōmaeda arranged for Hizana and Rukia to stay near the Second Division barracks, and Yoruichi Shihoin identified the new Bankai's Reiatsu as Feng Ye's.
• Aizen and Retsu Unohana sensed the unfamiliar Bankai, while captains across Seireitei reacted to its arrival.
• Feng Ye tested Eternal Moment's power and found it difficult to control, then Yoruichi Shihoin arrived and asked how he had achieved Bankai so quickly.
• Yoruichi Shihoin sensed several captains approaching and told Feng Ye he would soon meet them.

After Feng Ye mastered Bankai on his first day with an Asauchi, Captain-General Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto arranged for him to leave Shin'ō Academy and join a division. Feng Ye chose Yoruichi's Second Division, while Lilith joined him, and news of his unprecedented achievement spread throughout Seireitei.

• The captains and Captain-General Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto arrived at the courtyard, where Retsu Unohana recognized Feng Ye from five years earlier.
• Yoruichi explained that Feng Ye had mastered Shikai and Bankai on his first day with an Asauchi, and Yamamoto decided he should graduate and join a division.
• Yoruichi, Love Aikawa, Isshin Shiba, and Retsu Unohana invited Feng Ye to their divisions, but Feng Ye chose Yoruichi's Second Division.
• Lilith said she would only stay with her brother, so Yamamoto assigned both siblings to the Second Division under Yoruichi.
• The captains left the courtyard, and Shiniro Hirako told Aizen that Feng Ye had joined the Second Division.
• News of Feng Ye's unprecedented Bankai spread through the divisions and noble families, and his name entered Soul Society's annals.

Yoruichi brought Feng Ye and Lilith to the Second Division barracks and introduced them as its new vice-captain and Ninth Seat. After meeting the Second Division officers and Onmitsukidō captains, Feng Ye drew their respect when Yoruichi revealed he had mastered Bankai.

• Yoruichi led Feng Ye, Lilith, and Marechiyo Ōmaeda into the Second Division barracks, where Ōmaeda accepted Feng Ye taking his vice-captain position.
• Yoruichi explained the Second Division’s ties to the Onmitsukidō and told Feng Ye he would meet senior officers and division captains.
• Yoruichi dropped her formal captain image in her quarters and discussed Feng Ye’s disinterest in becoming a captain and his curiosity about the world’s future.
• Soi Fon and other officers arrived, and Yoruichi introduced Feng Ye as vice-captain and Lilith as Ninth Seat.
• Feng Ye assessed the assembled officers, particularly Soi Fon, while they greeted him.
• Yoruichi revealed that Feng Ye could use Bankai, shocking the officers and surprising Soi Fon.

Feng Ye joined the Second Division as its lieutenant and spent several months training in Soul Reaper combat alongside Lilith. Yoruichi arranged a spar between Feng Ye and Soi Fon, with Feng Ye agreeing not to use Bankai.

• Yoruichi welcomed Feng Ye as the Second Division's lieutenant, and the division and Onmitsukidō members met him before celebrating his appointment.
• Several months later, Lilith fought Feng Ye at the training grounds, demonstrating her developing Kidō, Flash Step, and Zanpakuto abilities while Feng Ye calmly blocked her attacks.
• Soi Fon judged Lilith beatable and estimated she had a thirty percent chance against Feng Ye if he avoided Bankai.
• Yoruichi stopped the spar, told Feng Ye to fight Soi Fon without using Bankai, and Soi Fon took her stance and challenged him.

Feng Ye sparred with Soi Fon and outmatched her in close combat, swordsmanship, and Flash Step, prompting Yoruichi to call him a monster. Yoruichi then sent Feng Ye and Soi Fon to arrest the Fourth Division’s Seventh Seat and take him to the Maggot’s Nest.

• Soi Fon attacked Feng Ye with rapid close-combat techniques, but he blocked and countered her strikes with calm precision.
• Feng Ye outpaced Soi Fon’s Flash Step, broke her Binding Art, and sent her flying with a punch, after which he called their spar a draw.
• Yoruichi comforted Soi Fon and asked Feng Ye if he was really human; he replied that he had once been human and was now a Bleach.
• Yoruichi ordered Feng Ye and Soi Fon to go to the Fourth Division and bring its Seventh Seat to the Maggot’s Nest, then left for another mission.
• Soi Fon regained her composure and agreed to go with Feng Ye, privately admiring his strength and humble manner.

Feng Ye and Soi Fon took the Fourth Division's Seventh Seat officer into custody for Maggot's Nest, then encountered Retsu Unohana and Sosuke Aizen on their way back. Aizen invited Feng Ye to the Cherry Blossom Festival, leaving their first meeting cordial but guarded.

• Feng Ye and Soi Fon brought the Seventh Seat officer into custody after he voluntarily applied to leave the Fourth Division, and Soi Fon rebuked him for giving up after his lover died.
• Retsu Unohana let them take the officer and asked Feng Ye to stay for an examination, but he declined and left with Soi Fon.
• After leaving the Fourth Division, Soi Fon felt the pressure of Unohana's presence and resolved to train until she mastered Bankai.
• Near the Second Division barracks, Feng Ye met Sosuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru, and Aizen invited him to share a drink at the Cherry Blossom Festival.
• After parting from Feng Ye, Aizen adjusted his glasses and privately judged him to be no simple man.

During the Cherry Blossom Festival, Aizen used his Zanpakuto’s illusion to set a dangerous incident in motion while Feng Ye saw through his deception and watched without intervening. Katsutaro Hasegawa attacked the First Division with a Reishi-absorbing Soul Core Collector, and as Yamamoto fought him, Feng Ye considered whether the device could help him reach the Spirit King Palace sooner.

• Feng Ye joined Aizen, Chikane Iba, and Jiroemon Kotsubaki on patrol, where Aizen released Illusion and discussed his ambitions with Feng Ye.
• A Reiatsu surge drew Feng Ye and the others to the First Division, where Katsutaro Hasegawa rampaged with a Soul Core Collector and charged toward Central 46 Chambers.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe tried to stop Katsutaro Hasegawa, but the Soul Core Collector absorbed his Reishi and weakened him.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto confronted Katsutaro Hasegawa and sent him flying with a powerful punch, while limiting his attacks to avoid damaging Central 46 Chambers.
• Feng Ye read part of Katsutaro Hasegawa’s past and realized Aizen had used Illusion to distract the Thirteen Court Guard Squads; he then considered studying the Soul Core Collector.

Feng Ye used his Zanpakuto, Moment, to take Katsutaro Hasegawa’s time, disabling the Soul Core Collector and defeating him before it could destroy the Seireitei. The captains watched in shock as Yamamoto confirmed that Forbidden Jutsu was no longer needed.

• Katsutaro Hasegawa used the Soul Core Collector to form a self-repairing Reiatsu barrier that absorbed Reiatsu, then charged toward the Central 46 Chambers.
• Yamamoto and the other captains held back because attacking the barrier risked feeding it more Reiatsu, while Tessai proposed using Forbidden Jutsu.
• Feng Ye released Moment and struck the barrier, preventing the Soul Core Collector from absorbing Reiatsu by taking the time in which it would act.
• Feng Ye shattered the barrier and stopped Katsutaro Hasegawa’s self-destruction by taking its time, then destroyed the Soul Core Collector and knocked Hasegawa unconscious.
• Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Shunsui, and the other captains reacted to Feng Ye’s power, while Chōjirō arrived with approval to use Forbidden Jutsu and Yamamoto told him it was no longer necessary.

After recovering and researching the Soul Core Collector, Feng Ye watched Lilith demonstrate her newly mastered Bankai, a powerful bow she had shaped to serve him. When an Onmitsukidō member reported that Soi Fon was in critical condition after a Hollow attack, Feng Ye immediately vanished to respond.

• Yamamoto ordered the captains and lieutenants back to their sectors while he investigated the Katsutaro Hasegawa incident, and Yoruichi asked Feng Ye about his Bankai.
• Feng Ye returned home, reassured Hizana, and let her take Rukia out to play before entering his temporary space to restore the Soul Core Collector fragments with Time Reversal.
• Feng Ye spent two months researching the Soul Core Collector, accelerated his research to understand it, then destroyed it and estimated he could reach the Spirit King Palace in about a year.
• Lilith told Feng Ye she had mastered Bankai, revealed her Blood Elegy crossbow, and explained that Feng Ye could wield its full power through their soul connection.
• An Onmitsukidō member reported that Soi Fon had been critically injured by a Hollow, and Feng Ye vanished before hearing where the attack had happened.

Soi Fon’s assassination mission turned into a desperate fight against mutated Hollows, until Feng Ye arrived and rescued her. Aizen confirmed that Feng Ye could resist his Illusion and left with Gin to revise his plans.

• Soi Fon led the Onmitsukidō in exterminating the Akabane Clan, but four powerful mutated Hollows appeared and attacked them.
• Soi Fon fought three Hollows while her subordinates struggled against the fourth, and she was wounded and nearing exhaustion.
• Feng Ye arrived, destroyed all four Hollows, caught Soi Fon when she collapsed, and stopped the bleeding from her wound.
• Aizen watched the battle and concluded that Feng Ye had interfered with or resisted his Illusion.
• Aizen told Gin Ichimaru that he needed to rearrange his plans, and the two left.

After Soi Fon reported the mutated Hollows, Yoruichi took her to the Fourth Division, where Retsu Unohana found that the Hollow’s Reiatsu had imprinted itself on Soi Fon’s wound and made removing the scar nearly impossible. Yoruichi brought Feng Ye to help Unohana investigate the Reiatsu, while her suspicions about his connection to recent disturbances continued to grow.

• Soi Fon reported the four mutated Hollows to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who ordered the Ninth Division captain to investigate and told her to recover.
• Yoruichi praised Feng Ye and Soi Fon, then examined Soi Fon’s wound and took her to Retsu Unohana for treatment.
• Retsu Unohana discovered that the mutated Hollow’s abnormal Reiatsu had imprinted a scar on Soi Fon’s spirit body and suggested studying the Hollow’s Reiatsu through Feng Ye.
• Yoruichi visited Feng Ye and persuaded him to accompany her, teasing him about his popularity and the younger sisters living with him.
• As they left, Yoruichi reflected on the suspicious coincidences surrounding Feng Ye and wondered what role he played in the recent disturbances.

Feng Ye accompanied Retsu Unohana to an underground training ground, where they fought for three hours and she lost despite reaching new heights in swordsmanship. He then helped Unohana remove the mutated Hollow’s lingering Reiatsu so she could heal Soi Fon, leaving Soi Fon flustered and irritated by Yoruichi’s teasing.

• Retsu Unohana privately led Feng Ye underground, revealed her Great Swordsman skill, and asked him to keep fighting her if she lost.
• Feng Ye accepted Retsu Unohana’s challenge, and they fought intensely for three hours before his Time Reversal gave him the endurance to win.
• Retsu Unohana told Yoruichi that she had found a way to treat Soi Fon, but Feng Ye would need to help.
• Feng Ye drew the mutated Reishi from Soi Fon’s wound, and Retsu Unohana healed her back without leaving a scar.
• Yoruichi teased Soi Fon by claiming Feng Ye had insulted her body, then admitted she had made it up and left with her.

Feng Ye joined Yoruichi and the Second Division on a campaign against the Beastkin Tribe in East Rukon, while Aizen began a simultaneous operation. The disappearance of Captain Kensei Muguruma’s Reiatsu threw the Thirteen Court Guard Squads into turmoil as the Second Division continued toward its target.

• Yoruichi told Feng Ye that the Second Division would execute the Beastkin Tribe for secretly gathering and devouring high-Reiatsu souls.
• Yoruichi led 150 Second Division members and 50 Onmitsukidō agents out of the Seireitei, while Aizen noted that their departure was the signal to begin his own operation.
• Yoruichi planned an attack on the Beastkin Tribe’s settlement and assigned Feng Ye to lead the western-side assault.
• A hidden Zanpakuto attacked Kensei Muguruma, and his Reiatsu vanished completely.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto summoned the division captains and dispatched three captains, one vice-captain, and the Kido Corps deputy head to investigate.

Yoruichi led Feng Ye, Soi Fon, and the Second Division on a campaign to wipe out the Beastkin Tribe’s settlements before confronting their forces at the Crimson Highlands. The Beastmen King Org proposed commander duels to avoid a costly battle, and Marechiyo Ōmaeda faced Justin, who revealed a released Zanpakuto and could use Bankai.

• Yoruichi’s forces exterminated the Beastmen in a settlement outside District 80, and Yoruichi explained that the campaign punished the Beastkin Tribe before its members reincarnated.
• Yoruichi, Feng Ye, and Soi Fon led the Second Division’s elites through numerous settlements as Beastmen fled toward the Crimson Highlands.
• At the Valley of Penance, Yoruichi confronted Beastmen King Org, who challenged the Bleach to settle the conflict through commander duels.
• Yoruichi assigned Marechiyo Ōmaeda to fight Justin, who wielded a Zanpakuto stolen from a Bleach and initially struggled against Marechiyo’s mace.
• Justin released his Zanpakuto, prompting Yoruichi to explain that it had been an unreleased Asauchi; Feng Ye warned Soi Fon that Marechiyo would lose.

Justin revealed that he had mastered Bankai and challenged Yoruichi, but Feng Ye intercepted him. As a third Captain-level Beastman appeared, Lilith unleashed her own Bankai and shocked the Second Division.

• Justin released his Bankai, Barren Bite, and turned his attack toward Yoruichi.
• Feng Ye blocked Justin’s Bankai with his unreleased Zanpakuto and took him on.
• Beastmen King Org called Shinta Koshijima forward, and the Tiger-headed fighter revealed Captain-level Reiatsu.
• Lilith stepped forward and released her Bankai, Blood Elegy, against Shinta Koshijima.
• Soi Fon and Oomaeda were stunned by Lilith’s Bankai, and Yoruichi called both siblings monsters.