After obtaining an eyepatch that suppressed his spiritual pressure, Zaraki began wandering the Rukon District due to the restrictions in the Seireitei, fighting every swordsman he encountered to improve his swordsmanship.
Moreover, after getting the spiritual-pressure-suppressing eyepatch, Zaraki subconsciously believed that, with the eyepatch on, his spiritual pressure was equal to his opponent's, while removing it would restore his spiritual pressure to its peak.
As a result, he naturally stopped unconsciously suppressing his own spiritual pressure and making himself weaker.
In a sense, an eyepatch that suppressed spiritual pressure truly suited Zaraki.
Other than Ailin's battle with Zaraki, nothing much happened within the Seireitei.
After all, the Strongest Shinigami in a thousand years stood watch over it, and none of the Gotei 13 captain positions were vacant.
Those rats scheming in the shadows still did not dare show themselves.
It was only after Aizen successfully defected from the Soul Society more than a century later that they saw the Gotei 13's weakness and began emerging one after another.
But at the very least, the Seireitei was peaceful on the surface for now.
Within the Kuchiki Clan, Ailin sat cross-legged in the training room. He sank his mind into his Inner World, continuing to forge new weapons and absorb the experiences of their former owners to steadily increase his strength.
At present, ninety-nine percent of the Zanpakuto in Unlimited Blade Works could no longer offer Ailin any improvement beyond allowing him to use their abilities while holding them.
With Ailin's current mastery of the sword, he had already surpassed the inherent abilities of many Zanpakuto within his Unlimited Blade Works.
Take Tetsusaiga, Ailin's favorite in the beginning. The casual slashes he swung now were far more powerful than Tetsusaiga's "Wind Scar."
Even the Bankai abilities Ailin had later restored to