Chapter Summaries

Lilith battled Shinta Koshijima while Feng Ye fought Justin, and Yoruichi faced Beastmen King Org. After Org transformed into a powerful tiger, Yoruichi unveiled Shunko and met his attack with a devastating punch, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lilith’s Bankai arrow drove Shinta Koshijima back, but he used Beastification to transform into a giant black tiger and match her Reiatsu.
• Feng Ye recognized that Justin’s Bankai made each successive attack stronger and continued fighting him with casual interest.
• Yoruichi fought Org hand-to-hand and repeatedly outmaneuvered and wounded him.
• Org transformed into a powerful golden tiger, overwhelming the surrounding fighters with his Reiatsu.
• Yoruichi activated Shunko, causing Shinta Koshijima to falter and Lilith to gain the upper hand.
• Yoruichi struck Org with a Kido-infused punch, and their attacks collided in a blast that forced both armies back.

Yoruichi was fatally wounded by Org and a Rinnegan-wielding Otherworlder, but Feng Ye killed Justin and promised to save her. He began his Bankai, Moment, Eternity, as Yoruichi’s life faded.

• Yoruichi overwhelmed Org with Shunko until a Rinnegan-wielding Otherworlder immobilized her and Org tore away half her abdomen.
• Soi Fon caught Yoruichi, but the Otherworlder struck them with Amaterasu, and Yoruichi’s life rapidly faded.
• Feng Ye killed Justin with one strike, cutting through his Bankai and splitting his body.
• Feng Ye extinguished the flames around Soi Fon and promised that Yoruichi would not die while he was there.
• Feng Ye released his Bankai, Moment, Eternity, as a golden clock appeared behind him.

Feng Ye released Bankai and revealed Reiatsu beyond ordinary Captain-level, drawing the attention of Yamamoto, Aizen, and others across Soul Society. At the Crimson Highlands, he used Eternal Moment’s First Movement to trap Org in a repeating stretch of time, leaving Org shocked and unable to reach him.

• Feng Ye’s Bankai Reiatsu shook Soul Society, and Yamamoto recognized it as beyond ordinary Captain-level.
• Yamamoto suspected Feng Ye had been the Otherworlder who forced Unohana to use Bankai years earlier, while deciding that Feng Ye’s allegiance mattered more than his origins.
• Aizen and Gin sensed Feng Ye’s Bankai while Aizen examined the incomplete Hollowfication of Kensei Muguruma.
• Org and the Beastman with the Rinnegan attacked Feng Ye together, restraining him with Limbo: Border Jail as Org struck.
• Feng Ye activated Eternal Moment’s First Movement, Endless Reincarnation, and Org’s attack and the Limbo phantoms vanished as time returned Org to his starting point.
• After Org’s second failed attack, Feng Ye explained that the moment was trapped in an endless loop.

Feng Ye used his Bankai to restore Yoruichi to an earlier, unharmed state and free her from death. He then ended the time loop trapping Org and the Rinnegan-bearing Beastman by subjecting them to an eternity within a single instant, leaving them mentally annihilated.

• Org and the Rinnegan-bearing Beastman repeatedly returned to their starting positions as Feng Ye's First Movement trapped them in a time loop.
• Feng Ye used his Second Movement, River of Severed Flow, to restore Yoruichi to the state recorded when she touched his Zanpakuto at Shin'ō Academy.
• Yoruichi awoke unharmed, and Feng Ye explained that the Second Movement exchanged a person's present bodily state with a recorded moment in the past.
• Feng Ye activated the Final Movement, Eternal Moment, ending the loop and freezing Org and the Beastman in an instant that lasted tens of thousands of years for them.
• Feng Ye explained that the endless isolation drove Org and the Beastman's minds to collapse and become utterly annihilated.

Feng Ye saved Yoruichi and defeated Org, while Yoruichi and the Second Division routed the Beastmen. Lilith killed the fleeing Shinta Koshijima, and Feng Ye turned his attention toward the battle at Rukon as the fighting at Crimson Highlands ended.

• Yoruichi severed Org’s head and wounded the Beastman with the Rinnegan, causing the Beastmen to flee.
• Yoruichi ordered the Second Division to wipe out the fleeing Beastmen, while Shinta Koshijima escaped toward the horizon.
• Lilith charged her Bankai and killed Shinta Koshijima with a blood-red arrow.
• Yoruichi thanked Feng Ye for saving her, and Feng Ye joked with her and refused her request for a leg massage.
• Feng Ye, Yoruichi, Soi Fon, and the Second Division joined the pursuit and defeated the remaining Beastmen.
• Feng Ye looked toward Rukon as the battle at Crimson Highlands ended.

Shiniro Hirako and the others encountered Hollowfied Kensei Muguruma, Mashiro Kuna, and Hiyori Sarugaki, but Aizen and his allies ambushed them. Days later, Yoruichi returned to Seireitei and learned that Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi had fled to the World of the Living with the Hollowfied victims.

• Toshiro Hitsugaya, Shiniro Hirako, Love Aikawa, Risa Aion, and Hachigen Ushōda sensed Feng Ye's Bankai Reiatsu disappear as they hurried toward the disturbance.
• Shiniro Hirako intercepted Hollowfied Kensei Muguruma while he attacked Hiyori Sarugaki, and the group drew their swords after Kensei injured Love Aikawa.
• Mashiro Kuna struck Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Hachigen Ushōda bound Mashiro and Kensei with Bakudō, including Bakudō #99.
• Hiyori Sarugaki suddenly Hollowfied and injured Shiniro Hirako, then Aizen, Kaname Tosen, and Gin Ichimaru ambushed the group with a black canopy.
• Several days later, Yoruichi returned to Seireitei and learned that Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi had fled to the World of the Living with eight Hollowfied captains and vice-captains.

After the Hollowfication scandal implicated Kisuke Urahara and nine others, Yoruichi resolved to investigate carefully while Feng Ye and Lilith refused offers to serve as acting captains. The chapter left Yoruichi wondering what Feng Ye wanted and whether he already knew who had framed Kisuke.

• Yoruichi grew furious upon hearing that Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi had been accused, but Feng Ye stopped her from rushing to confront Captain Commander Yamamoto.
• Yoruichi accepted Feng Ye’s advice to investigate cautiously and then reported the Beastmen campaign alongside Feng Ye and Lilith.
• Captain Commander Yamamoto told Feng Ye and Lilith to prepare to serve as acting captains because ten captains and lieutenants had been implicated.
• Feng Ye and Lilith both refused the acting captain appointments, and Captain Commander Yamamoto accepted their decisions.
• After leaving the First Division barracks, Yoruichi questioned Feng Ye’s refusal and suspected he might know the identity of the mastermind.

Feng Ye examined Hizna after she fell ill and discovered that her soul was fundamentally weak, a condition he could not yet cure. He used Time Reversal to restore her to a healthier state while planning to eventually heal her with the Soul King's power.

• Feng Ye returned to the Second Division barracks, where Hizna and Rukia welcomed him home.
• Hizna coughed and admitted that she felt unwell, so Feng Ye examined her with spiritual power and the God's Eye.
• Feng Ye determined that Hizna's soul was inherently frail and that curing it would require changing or reconstructing her soul.
• Feng Ye told Hizna he would cure her and used Time Reversal to restore her soul to its state from more than two years earlier.
• Hizna felt her weakness disappear, thanked Feng Ye, and wondered whether her body had become smaller.

Soi Fon asked Yoruichi to help her master Bankai, but Yoruichi sent her to train with Feng Ye. After six months of training and changes in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, Yoruichi investigated Kisuke Urahara’s warning about Aizen as Feng Ye left to answer a Menos Grande support request, leaving her to prepare Soi Fon for Bankai training with the Tenshintai.

• Soi Fon asked Yoruichi to guide her Bankai training, and Yoruichi directed her to seek help from Feng Ye.
• Feng Ye agreed to train Soi Fon, and over the following six months he guided her while playing Go with Hizana.
• Sosuke Aizen mastered Bankai, became the official captain of the Fifth Division, and placed Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen in new positions.
• Yoruichi investigated the Hollowfication incident and Kisuke Urahara’s whereabouts, then found his warning to beware of Aizen.
• Yoruichi asked Feng Ye what he thought of Aizen, and Feng Ye dismissed him as no threat before leaving to answer a Menos Grande support request.
• Yoruichi judged that Soi Fon was ready to try mastering Bankai with the Tenshintai.

Feng Ye crossed into Hueco Mundo after destroying the Gillians attacking Soul Society, and faced Grimmjow and four other Adjuchas. As the Hollows watched, Lilith challenged Grimmjow while Feng Ye observed.

• Feng Ye arrived to help Matsuki Yuta’s Second Division squad and destroyed the Gillian and the ordinary Hollows attacking them.
• Several Gillians forced their way into Soul Society and fired Ceros at Feng Ye, but Lilith killed them as Feng Ye held off their attacks.
• Feng Ye tore open the closing passage between worlds and entered Hueco Mundo, with Lilith following him.
• Feng Ye confronted Grimmjow and four other Adjuchas, revealing that he had created Hueco Mundo and that his hidden realm there was the Void King Palace.
• Lilith released Blood Whisper and intercepted Grimmjow when he lunged at her, while the other Adjuchas kept watch on Feng Ye.

Lilith fought Grimmjow and four other Adjuchas, while Grimmjow’s companions sacrificed themselves so he could devour them and evolve into a Vastolorde. Feng Ye then told Lilith to fight Grimmjow as a chance to grow stronger, and she prepared to defeat and devour him.

• Lilith released her Bankai and held off Grimmjow and the four Adjuchas with powerful arrows and close combat.
• Nakkim urged Grimmjow to devour him and their other companions so he could continue evolving, and Grimmjow accepted.
• Grimmjow devoured the four Adjuchas and evolved into a Vastolorde, drawing the attention of Nirggey Tōdō.
• After the other Adjuchas were killed by Lilith’s arrows, Grimmjow challenged her with his new power.
• Feng Ye told Lilith that Grimmjow was an opportunity for her to advance, and she resolved to defeat him and devour his power.

Lilith defeated the newly evolved Vastolorde Grimmjow with her Bankai’s self-sacrificing final attack. As Grimmjow struggled to regenerate, Lilith transformed part of her soul body into the Ten-Tails and swallowed him.

• Grimmjow and Lilith exchanged Ceros and close-range attacks, but Lilith used the Blood Eye to track and counter his movements.
• Lilith activated Bankai, Final Movement—Hell Elegy, turning herself into an arrow while Grimmjow unleashed King of the Leopard's Claws.
• Lilith’s blood-red arrow pierced Grimmjow’s attack, shattered his claws, and tore through his chest, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Nelly saw the clash from several dozen miles away and hurried toward the battlefield.
• Lilith approached the injured Grimmjow, transformed into the Ten-Tails, and swallowed him whole.

Feng Ye revealed his overwhelming power to Nelly after Lilith devoured Grimmjow, and Nelly recognized him as the legendary Hollow King. After he asked whether she had anyone to serve and protect, Nelly offered herself to his command.

• Niriel threw a spear to stop Lilith from devouring Grimmjow, but Feng Ye knocked it away while Lilith crushed and consumed him.
• Nelly confronted Feng Ye and charged him with her spear, but he stopped her attack with one finger.
• Feng Ye released his true aura, forcing Nelly to kneel as she realized he was the legendary Hollow King who had created Hueco Mundo and Soul Society.
• Feng Ye asked Nelly whether she had anyone to serve and protect, and she replied that Nirggey Tōdō was at his command.

Feng Ye empowered Nelly and watched Lilith evolve after devouring Grimmjow, confirming that Bleach and God Tree powers could fuse perfectly. He decided to go to Las Noches first, before attempting to reach the Spirit King Palace.

• Feng Ye gave Nelly the power of evolution, transforming her into a human form and raising her strength beyond the Vastolorde level.
• Lilith completed her evolution, growing stronger than the level beyond Captain-level before returning to her petite appearance.
• Feng Ye reunited Lilith's spirit and body, and her Bleach and God Tree powers fused perfectly.
• Feng Ye concluded that his plan to devour the Soul King's power could work and decided to visit Las Noches before the Spirit King Palace.
• Feng Ye called Nelly to join him and set off with her and Lilith for Las Noches.

Feng Ye led Nelly and Lilith through Hueco Mundo and found Coyote Starrk, whom he invited to become his Fracción by promising him companions strong enough to survive his Reiatsu. Starrk asked who Feng Ye was, and Feng Ye silently pointed toward the sky.

• Soi Fon trained against her manifested Zanpakuto until Yoruichi called a halt and sent her to treat her wounds.
• A squad member told Yoruichi that Feng Ye, Hatake, and Lilith had chased Hollows through a Space-Time Corridor into Hueco Mundo, and Yoruichi chose not to arrange their return yet.
• Yoruichi told Soi Fon that Feng Ye had gone to Hueco Mundo and reassured her that he was not acting recklessly.
• Feng Ye, Nelly, and Lilith sensed a strange Reiatsu among Hueco Mundo's hills and encountered Coyote Starrk and Lilynette.
• Feng Ye asked Starrk to become his Fracción, explaining that he could offer companions strong enough to endure Starrk's power.
• Starrk asked Feng Ye who he was, and Feng Ye answered by pointing toward the sky.

Feng Ye recruited Stark and Lilynette, then found Ulquiorra Cifer and made him submit by revealing a vision of Hueco Mundo’s creation. After granting Ulquiorra the power to evolve, Feng Ye led his followers to Las Noches to reclaim it.

• Stark knocked Lilynette down, submitted to Feng Ye, and followed him with Nelly and Lilith.
• Feng Ye told Stark he was reclaiming what belonged to him and led the group toward Las Noches.
• Feng Ye found Ulquiorra Cifer and showed him a vision of himself and the Soul King creating the worlds, causing Ulquiorra to submit.
• Feng Ye granted Ulquiorra the power to evolve, and Ulquiorra transformed with black wings and greater Reiatsu.
• Feng Ye and his followers reached Las Noches, where he began his ascent.

Harribel left Las Noches after Barragan accused her of killing his missing subordinates, but she and her companions were ambushed by Arrancar who tried to capture her. Feng Ye’s followers rescued her, and Feng Ye invited her to join him as he prepared to reclaim what belonged to him.

• Barragan accused Harribel of killing his missing subordinates and ordered her to leave Las Noches, so Harribel departed with the three Hollows she protected.
• Nirgel and two other Arrancar ambushed Harribel’s group, killed her companions, and tried to force Harribel to become their lord’s subordinate.
• The three Arrancar overwhelmed Harribel and broke her weapon as she fought to avoid capture.
• Nelly, Stark, and Ulquiorra arrived, defeated the attackers, and killed Nirgel and the other two Arrancar.
• Feng Ye apologized for the trouble caused by beings born from his power and invited Harribel to join him, offering her strength to protect what she cared about.

Feng Ye showed Harribel the vast universe and the hidden structure of the worlds, prompting her to submit to him. He granted her evolutionary power and led his followers to the Void King Palace, where Barragan confronted them and threatened Harribel.

• Harribel refused Ulquiorra's offer to join Feng Ye, but Nelly explained that Feng Ye could elevate Vastolordes beyond their natural limits, and Harribel followed him.
• Feng Ye explained that Arrancar had emerged from the Void King Palace, whose power could help Hollows break their limits, and asked Harribel what the world looked like through her eyes.
• Feng Ye showed Harribel the scale of the universe and the flow of souls and Reishi; afterward, she knelt and submitted to him.
• Feng Ye healed Harribel and granted her evolutionary power, then assigned her, Nelly, Ulquiorra, and the others to guard the palace after he drove out intruders.
• Feng Ye led the group to the palace center, where Barragan sat on his throne and threatened to kill Harribel unless she agreed to become his subordinate.

Feng Ye and his companions entered a hidden corridor after Lilith killed Barragan in one strike, then reached the Void King Palace. There, Szayelaporro used the weight of all Hueco Mundo to pin them down, though Feng Ye remained standing.

• Barragan confronted Feng Ye and his companions, but Feng Ye opened a Space-Time Corridor to the Void King Palace.
• Lilith called Barragan a bug and killed him with a single sword strike, while his subordinates watched in terror.
• Feng Ye, Lilith, Stark, Ulquiorra, Nelly, and Harribel entered the corridor and arrived before the stone building in the Void King Palace.
• Szayelaporro appeared and used the structure of the space to concentrate the weight of all Hueco Mundo on Feng Ye and the others.
• Lilith and the others were crushed down, but Feng Ye remained standing and calmly called Szayelaporro's arrangement interesting.

Szayelaporro revealed that he had entered the Void King Palace, used its power to evolve, and planned to steal Feng Ye’s strength and rule Hueco Mundo. Feng Ye ignored the palace’s crushing weight through his power over time, killed Szayelaporro and his Arrancar, and led Lilith, Harribel, Nelly, Stark, and Ulquiorra into the palace.

• Szayelaporro explained that he had weakened the spatial barrier with Reishi manipulation, evolved within the Void King Palace, and created a trap to seize Feng Ye’s power.
• Harribel realized Szayelaporro had created the Arrancar and captured Hollows, including Barragan’s missing Fracción, while Lilith warned that he underestimated Feng Ye.
• Szayelaporro approached Feng Ye under the weight of Hueco Mundo, but Feng Ye grabbed him by the throat and shattered his sword.
• Feng Ye explained that Time Peel placed him outside the present, then killed Szayelaporro by crushing his throat and exploding his head.
• Feng Ye destroyed Szayelaporro’s remaining Arrancar and released the others from the crushing oppression.
• Feng Ye entered the giant stone palace, followed by Lilith, Harribel, Nelly, Stark, and Ulquiorra.