Chapter Summaries

Ailin forced Artoria to reveal Avalon, analyzed it completely, and escaped after demonstrating that her Excalibur could no longer stop him. Back at the Matou Residence, he created a replica of Avalon and began considering how to use its world-making principles, while Kirei Kotomine discovered that Kiritsugu Emiya had killed his father.

• Ailin used Meido Tetsusaiga and Raikū against Artoria, then analyzed Avalon to one hundred percent as she defended herself.
• Artoria pursued Ailin, but he canceled her Excalibur with Counter-Spirit Killing and warned that a battle outside an Inner World could devastate Fuyuki City.
• Artoria stopped chasing Ailin and went to search for Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel, while Ailin vanished.
• At the Matou Residence, Ailin projected a replica of Avalon and concluded that its method of creating a separate world could help him develop another kind of Inner World.
• Kirei Kotomine found his father, Rizei Kotomine, dead in the church and wondered why Kiritsugu Emiya had killed him.

Kirei Kotomine learned that Kiritsugu Emiya had killed Rizei Kotomine and taken more than twenty Command Spells, while Artoria revealed them to Kiritsugu and was asked to win the Holy Grail War. Ailin remained unaware of Kiritsugu’s gains and began his planned battle with Gilgamesh by trapping him inside Unlimited Blade Works.

• Kirei Kotomine examined Rizei Kotomine’s body, realized Kiritsugu had taken the Command Spells stored on his arm, and asked Gilgamesh whether he could still defeat Saber and Berserker if Saber were strengthened.
• Artoria arrived at Kiritsugu’s location, where Kiritsugu showed her more than twenty Command Spells and asked whether she could win the Holy Grail for him and grant his wish for world peace.
• At Matou Residence, Ailin considered how to fight Gilgamesh, remained unaware that Kiritsugu possessed the Command Spells, and accompanied Kariya Matou and Sakura Matou while they handled Sakura’s school enrollment.
• That night, Ailin flew toward the church to confront Gilgamesh, who attacked him with Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon.
• Ailin activated Unlimited Blade Works and drew Gilgamesh into his Inner World, where their weapons began clashing in a fierce battle.

Ailin gained the upper hand against Gilgamesh by severing his arm and taking Ea, then used its power against Heaven's Chain. Their clash devastated Ailin's Inner World, and Gilgamesh was badly injured while Ailin recovered completely.

• Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works gradually overwhelmed Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon as it reforged and copied sword-type weapons.
• Gilgamesh drew Ea, but Ailin used Flying Thunder God to appear behind him and sever his right arm before taking the Noble Phantasm.
• Gilgamesh attacked Ailin with Heaven's Chain while Ailin synchronized with Ea and unleashed Enuma Elish.
• Gilgamesh released Heaven's Chain's strongest form, and it clashed with Ea in an explosion that damaged the Inner World and destroyed many Zanpakuto.
• Gilgamesh rose from the wreckage badly injured, while Ailin's Super Regeneration had already healed his wounds.

Ailin defeated Gilgamesh and gained the ability to create Ea, while Kiritsugu used Irisviel’s transformation into the Lesser Holy Grail to prepare a final plan for obtaining the Grail. Artoria confronted Ailin to fight, but learned that his Inner World had been destroyed and could not contain their battle.

• Ailin defeated Gilgamesh, returned Ea, and revealed that his Bankai could recreate the Noble Phantasm and unleash Enuma Elish.
• In Fuyuki, Irisviel lost her pulse after another Servant died, and Kiritsugu spent twenty-six Command Spells to strengthen Artoria and teleport her to the remaining Servant.
• Kiritsugu kept Irisviel hidden as the Lesser Holy Grail, intending to claim the Grail’s wish before the other participants could.
• Ailin left the battle and attacked Kirei Kotomine, but Artoria appeared and deflected his strike, allowing Kirei to escape.
• Artoria challenged Ailin to fight within his Inner World, but he said Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasm had destroyed it and it would take at least a day to recover.

Artoria and Ailin entered Avalon's Ideal Land to fight without endangering the city, with Ailin promising to rely only on his body's abilities. Ailin revealed his Hollowfied form and endured Artoria's Command Spell-boosted Excalibur until her enhancement faded, then struck her down with Cero.

• Artoria agreed to fight Ailin inside the Ideal Land created by Avalon, and used the Noble Phantasm to bring them there.
• Artoria opened with a full-power Excalibur, and Ailin answered by Hollowfying and firing a Cero.
• Ailin and Artoria traded powerful attacks, while Ailin used his swordsmanship and spiritual pressure to withstand Excalibur and close the distance.
• As the Command Spell enhancement weakened, Artoria's Excalibur could no longer keep Ailin at bay, and his Zanpakuto struck her sword and sent her flying.
• Ailin engulfed Artoria in red Cero, and she fell from the sky charred and gravely injured.

Ailin defeated Artoria, then reached the Holy Grail as Kiritsugu Emiya discovered that his wish would destroy humanity. Ailin began confronting Angra Mainyu, while in Seireitei his present self faced the Holy Grail and its evil rampaging inside his Inner World.

• Artoria challenged Ailin with Excalibur, but Ailin unleashed Ittou Shura, crushed her attack, and killed her.
• Irisviel transformed into the Holy Grail, and Kiritsugu Emiya learned that his wish for world peace would exterminate humanity.
• Kiritsugu begged for someone to stop the Holy Grail, and Ailin arrived at Ryudoji Temple after defeating Artoria and searching for the gathering magical power.
• Ailin confronted the Holy Grail and Angra Mainyu, restored his condition with a Command Spell Sakura used at Zanpakuto Esdeath's instruction, and activated Bankai—Unlimited Blade Works.
• In Seireitei, Ailin's present self learned that the Holy Grail and All the World's Evil stored by his Past Self were wreaking havoc inside his Inner World.

Hollow Ailin absorbed the Holy Grail and All the World's Evil, becoming the Third Magician and gaining immense spiritual pressure. He challenged Ailin for a hundred-year wager, and their battle began as Ailin unleashed his enhanced Ea.

• Ailin brought the Lesser Holy Grail into Unlimited Blade Works, where its energy empowered Hollow Ailin and spread All the World's Evil across the sword graveyard.
• Hollow Ailin fused with the Holy Grail and became the Third Magician, gaining spiritual pressure that surpassed Ailin's in quantity.
• Ailin protected Sword Hill from Hollow Ailin's contamination while allowing the rest of Unlimited Blade Works to be consumed by the black tide.
• Hollow Ailin challenged Ailin for a wager of one hundred years, with the loser providing combat strength to the winner, and Ailin accepted.
• Hollow Ailin launched flame-covered Zanpakuto at Ailin, who created an enhanced Ea and attacked with Enuma Elish.

Ailin battled Hollow Ailin, who used the Holy Grail to summon six Servants and seize much of Ailin’s Bankai Inner World. Ailin unleashed his named Zanpakuto’s power to defeat him, then returned to Soul Society with Hollow Ailin’s spiritual pressure and began catching up on Fifth Division paperwork while Momo Hinamori remained trapped in the Dangai.

• Hollow Ailin materialized Gilgamesh and the other five Servants from the Holy Grail, and Gilgamesh’s Ea clashed with Ailin’s Ea.
• Ailin’s materialized Zanpakuto fought Hollow Ailin’s Servants, while Hollow Ailin attacked Ailin with a river of flaming swords.
• Ailin activated his Zanpakuto, Ailin, and used Ittou Shura to overwhelm Hollow Ailin and seize control of his spiritual pressure.
• Ailin emerged from his Hollow Shell in the underground training ground and found that his immense spiritual pressure had damaged the ground and barrier.
• Ailin returned to the Fifth Division, saw the accumulated paperwork, and began handling it while Momo Hinamori remained trapped in the Dangai.

The returning captains learned how Inaba Kagerōza’s Reikaku had taken over the Seireitei while Yamamoto was trapped in the Dangai, and Mayuri confirmed that Ailin had destroyed the copies inside the city. Yamamoto sent Ailin and Ukitake to imprison Aizen in Mugen Jigoku, then dismissed the captains to prepare for further battles and brought the Visored to the First Division pending a decision.

• Ailin and Ukitake took the sealed Aizen to Mugen Jigoku on Yamamoto’s orders.
• Yamamoto asked Byakuya why he could not sense Rukia, and Byakuya explained that Reikaku had occupied the Seireitei while Yamamoto was trapped in the Dangai for two weeks.
• Byakuya recounted how he and Mayuri escaped the Reikaku, sent Rukia to the future Human World for help, and met Ailin in Hueco Mundo before Ailin destroyed the Reikaku in the Seireitei.
• Mayuri confirmed that the Seireitei’s Reikaku had been destroyed, identified several surviving copies elsewhere, and unveiled a device to distinguish Reikaku from real people.
• Rangiku reassured Momo, while Gin watched her happily and the returning captains welcomed the end of Central 46’s rule.
• Yamamoto dismissed the captains to prepare their divisions and ordered the Visored to stay at the First Division until a Captain’s Meeting decided their future.

Ailin and Jūshirō Ukitake escorted Aizen to Mugen Jigoku, where they met Souya Jōshirō, who had grown stronger after following Ailin’s advice to leave Bankai and train. Souya partially altered Aizen’s restraints, and Ailin left Aizen in Souya’s care as he and Ukitake departed.

• Ailin and Jūshirō Ukitake entered Mugen Jigoku with Aizen’s sealed restraints and encountered Souya Jōshirō inside.
• Souya Jōshirō explained that he had trained outside Bankai for decades and had reached Captain-level strength without releasing it.
• Souya activated Bankai and changed Aizen’s restraints, freeing the seals over Aizen’s left eye and mouth.
• Aizen recognized Mugen Jigoku and asked whether Ailin had permitted the partial release of his seals.
• Ailin warned Aizen and Souya that he would send them to Hell if they tried to leave, then handed Aizen’s restraints to Souya and departed with Ukitake.

Souya Jōshirō took Aizen Sosuke deeper into Mugen Jigoku and questioned him about his actions and failure, prompting Souya to reconsider his own decision to abandon his plans. Ailin left the prison intending to search Unlimited Blade Works for Kuryushiki Kenpachi’s Zanpakuto.

• Ailin and Jūshirō Ukitake left Mugen Jigoku after deciding Souya Jōshirō would choose Aizen Sosuke’s place of confinement.
• Souya Jōshirō escorted Aizen through Mugen Jigoku, and Aizen explained that he had known about Souya’s ability and had proceeded with his plans despite sensing the Spirit King’s Will.
• Souya Jōshirō settled Aizen before a towering wall, and Aizen thanked him for choosing a comfortable prison.
• Souya asked Aizen what he thought of his actions and final failure, and Aizen argued that failure could still have meaning while doing nothing changed nothing.
• Souya reflected that Aizen’s failed actions had altered relations between the Seireitei and Hueco Mundo, while his own inaction had left the Three Worlds unchanged.
• Ailin headed home to search Unlimited Blade Works for Kuryushiki Kenpachi’s Zanpakuto, hoping for power comparable to Flowing Blade-like Fire.

Ailin found Gagaku Kairō in Unlimited Blade Works, learned its abilities, and modified it to shorten its dormancy period. Back in the Seireitei, Chōjirō Sasakibe attacked the Twelfth Division with lightning, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s preparations protected it.

• Ailin entered Unlimited Blade Works and summoned Gagaku Kairō, the biological-type Zanpakuto once wielded by Kuryushiki Kenpachi.
• Ailin synchronized with Gagaku Kairō, learned Kuryushiki Kenpachi’s memories and swordsmanship, and discovered its Bankai devoured and destroyed everything nearby except its master.
• Ailin added spatial, shattering, demon-breaking, and destructive powers to Gagaku Kairō, reducing its dormancy period from six months to one.
• Dark clouds gathered above the Twelfth Division as Chōjirō Sasakibe unleashed lightning, and Ailin identified the First Division’s Vice-Captain to Momo Hinamori.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s devices drew in and stored Genryūmaru’s lightning, leaving the Twelfth Division unharmed.

Inaba Kagerōza led his Reikaku forces in an assault on the Twelfth Division while Urahara Kisuke and Ichigo Kurosaki infiltrated its laboratory to create a Reikaku pill from Ichigo’s collected spiritual pressure. As the defenders fought to hold the division, Urahara sensed Inaba fusing with Kujo Nozomi and wondered whether she was a Temporary Soul created to increase his power.

• Reikaku Renji Abarai damaged the Twelfth Division’s metal defenses with Baboon Bone Cannon, allowing Reikaku Vice-Captain Chōjirō’s lightning to injure the division’s Seated Officers.
• Rukia and Urahara Kisuke joined the battle, and Urahara took Ichigo Kurosaki to Inaba Kagerōza’s laboratory to use his collected spiritual pressure in the Reikaku-making machine.
• Inaba Kagerōza urged his remaining Reikaku to attack as he carried Kujo Nozomi toward the laboratory, hoping to fuse with her before reinforcements arrived.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi used Golden Sōkatsui to block Chōjirō’s lightning, while Rukia froze Reikaku Renji Abarai’s Sōōmaru and Renji Abarai arrived to defeat him.
• Renji Abarai and Rukia defeated the Reikaku Vice-Captains as Mayuri fought Chōjirō, while Urahara activated the machine and sensed Inaba and Kujo Nozomi’s spiritual pressures beginning to fuse.

Inaba Kagerōza and Kujo Nozomi fused into their original self, Yushima Oshu, who overwhelmed Soifon and headed deeper into the Twelfth Division. Rukia, Renji, and Komamura fought to stop him, while Ailin arrived and watched Ichigo Kurosaki battle Yushima Oshu.

• Urahara Kisuke realized Inaba Kagerōza's reiatsu was changing through fusion and worried he could no longer intervene without exposing himself to the Seireitei.
• Inaba Kagerōza and Kujo Nozomi fused in a laboratory, restoring Yushima Oshu and granting him immense reiatsu.
• Yushima Oshu defeated Soifon and several Punishment Corps members with Ink Moon Halo, then continued toward the Reikaku-producing laboratory.
• Renji Abarai attacked Yushima Oshu with Bankai, while Rukia fought Reikaku Rukia; Rukia used Tenran to disperse Reikaku Rukia's Byakuren.
• Sajin Komamura killed the wounded Chōjirō Sasakibe, then joined Rukia and Renji against Reikaku Rukia as they tried to reach Yushima Oshu.
• Ailin left the Fifth Division and arrived at the Twelfth Division, where Ichigo Kurosaki was already fighting Yushima Oshu; Ailin watched beside Urahara Kisuke instead of intervening.

After the Reikaku rebellion ended with Rukia killing Yushima Oshu, Seireitei’s captains gathered to decide how to compensate Ichigo Kurosaki for losing his Shinigami powers in the battle against Aizen. Ailin suspected Yamamoto had already chosen a plan and urged him to reveal it.

• As Ichigo Kurosaki weakened during his fight with Yushima Oshu, Rukia, Renji Abarai, and Sajin Komamura joined the battle, and Rukia’s Bankai killed Yushima Oshu.
• Ailin left the Twelfth Division after recording Yushima Oshu’s Zanpakuto, Ink Moon Halo, and Rukia’s victory ended Inaba Kagerōza’s Reikaku rebellion.
• Several months later, Ailin and Momo Hinamori attended a Captain’s Meeting alongside captains, Vice-Captains, and Seat Officers from the Gotei 13.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto asked the assembled Shinigami to decide what compensation Seireitei should give Ichigo Kurosaki for his sacrifices against Aizen.
• Rukia proposed protecting Ichigo and his family from Hollow attacks, but Yamamoto explained that Ichigo’s father, Isshin Shiba, could already protect them.
• Ailin pointed out that Yamamoto must have already considered a plan and asked him to state it.

Urahara Kisuke presented a plan to restore Ichigo Kurosaki’s Soul Reaper powers using a Zanpakuto infused with the Gotei 13’s spiritual pressure, and the Soul Reapers agreed to help. Ailin led a team carrying the sword into the Human World, where they would restore Ichigo’s powers while preparing for the possibility that he sided with Ginjo Kugo.

• Urahara Kisuke explained that the Soul Reapers could restore Ichigo Kurosaki’s powers by infusing a specially forged Zanpakuto with their spiritual pressure and stabbing it into his chest.
• Ailin argued that Ichigo had earned their trust, and the Soul Reapers unanimously agreed to contribute their spiritual pressure despite the prohibition against granting powers to humans.
• Yamamoto ordered Ailin, Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Rukia to restore Ichigo’s powers and eliminate him, Ginjo Kugo, and the Fullbring organization if they turned against the Seireitei.
• Ailin suggested that Shino Madarame wield the Zanpakuto because she had first given Ichigo his Soul Reaper powers, and Shino agreed to help and contributed her spiritual pressure.
• Ailin led Byakuya, Toshiro, Rukia, and Shino through a Senkaimon toward the Human World as Ichigo’s Fullbring training neared completion and the Seireitei tracked Ginjo’s group through the Substitute Shinigami Badge.

Ginjo Kugo and Xcution stripped Ichigo Kurosaki of his Fullbring, while Ailin and the Captains watched for the moment Shino Madarame could restore Ichigo’s Shinigami power. As Ginjo and the others clashed with the Captains, Shino struck Ichigo with her Zanpakuto to transfer that power.

• Ginjo Kugo and Xcution absorbed Ichigo Kurosaki’s Fullbring, leaving him without spiritual pressure.
• Ailin explained that Ichigo had to lose his Fullbring before Shino Madarame could grant him Shinigami power, and said the stolen power would later merge with it.
• Shino rushed to restore Ichigo’s power as Ailin, Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Rukia revealed themselves to Ginjo and Xcution.
• Ginjo attacked Shino with Getsuga Tensho, but Byakuya’s Senbonzakura blocked the strike.
• Jackie, Yukio, and Kiriko charged the Captains, and Byakuya’s cherry blossoms swallowed them.
• Shino drove her Zanpakuto through Ichigo’s back and chest to transfer Shinigami power into him.

Ichigo Kurosaki regained his Shinigami powers and began fighting Ginjo Kugo, while Byakuya Kuchiki defeated three Xcution members. Ailin confronted Shukuro Tsukishima, but Yasutora Sado attacked to protect him, forcing Orihime Inoue to use her Fullbring to shield them from Ailin’s counterattack.

• Shino Madarame helped Ichigo Kurosaki restore his Shinigami powers, and Byakuya Kuchiki defeated Yukio Hans, Jackie Tristan, and Kiriko Tsukishima.
• Ichigo Kurosaki attacked Ginjo Kugo, who answered his powerful Getsuga Tensho with Bankai, Fullbring, and Hollowfication.
• Ichigo Kurosaki and Ginjo Kugo’s Getsuga Tensho attacks collided, revealing that Ginjo needed his full power just to match Ichigo’s normal state.
• Shukuro Tsukishima drew his blade against Ailin, who summoned eight enhanced Zanpakuto to attack him.
• Yasutora Sado attacked Ailin to protect Shukuro Tsukishima, but Ailin split the shockwave and sent a Zanpakuto crashing toward Sado and Orihime Inoue.
• Orihime Inoue activated her Fullbring and called on the Three-Day Shield to protect herself and Yasutora Sado.

Ichigo Kurosaki and the Captains fought Ginjo Kugo and Shukuro Tsukishima, while Ailin focused on the Fullbringers. After Shishigawara arrived to protect the wounded Tsukishima, Ailin analyzed his Gambler's Fist and began projecting the ability into a Zanpakuto.

• Ginjo Kugo distracted Ichigo Kurosaki with a Cero, and Ichigo answered with a Cross Slash from his second Zanpakuto.
• Shukuro Tsukishima attacked Toshiro Hitsugaya and then Rukia, but their Zanpakuto drove him back and Rukia's frost injured him.
• Ailin struck Shukuro Tsukishima with Raikō, and Shishigawara's Gambler's Fist caused a chain of accidents that landed Tsukishima safely on a bed.
• Shishigawara charged Ailin to protect Tsukishima, but Ailin caught his fist and stopped a falling billboard from creating an opening for their escape.
• Ailin synchronized with Shishigawara's Gambler's Fist, analyzed the ability, and began projecting it into the shape of a Zanpakuto.

Ailin killed Shishigawara with the Blade of Gambling while Ichigo Kurosaki rejected Ginjo Kugo’s claim that the Soul Society had deceived them. Ichigo defeated Ginjo with his Bankai, and Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Rukia prepared to train harder for the coming Quincy war.

• Ailin used the Blade of Gambling to kill Shishigawara, and a collapsing bed and severed electrical wires caused an explosion that also threatened the wounded Shukuro Tsukishima.
• Ginjo Kugo told Ichigo Kurosaki that the Substitute Shinigami Badge monitored its holders and that Ailin had once been sent to kill him.
• Ichigo Kurosaki rejected Ginjo’s accusations, arguing that Ailin could have killed Ginjo and his companions but had spared them.
• Ginjo charged Ichigo after sensing Shukuro Tsukishima’s spiritual pressure disappear, and Ichigo activated Bankai and unleashed a powerful attack.
• Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Rukia stood down after Ichigo chose not to betray the Soul Society, then resolved to train harder for the coming war against Yhwach’s Quincy.