Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko unleashed Ryujin Jakka’s Bankai and used Drawing Slash against the enormous pale tree. The slash pierced the tree, while Space Dragon, Ryudoji Yanlong, and the others watched in shock.

• Space Dragon left the tree and confronted Little Sword, Little Cannon, and Little Hammer, who no longer feared her.
• Uchiha Hiko’s flames flared, and Ryudoji Yanlong grew increasingly afraid as his transformation neared completion.
• Uchiha Hiko drew Ryujin Jakka, announced his Bankai, and released a blue-white Drawing Slash.
• The slash pierced the enormous pale tree, revealing its destructive power as it struck.

Uchiha Hiko destroyed the giant tree with Ryujin Jakka, then rescued Shizuku as it collapsed. When Shizuku woke and clung to him in tears, Hiko felt an unfamiliar emotional turmoil.

• Uchiha Hiko's slash pierced the giant tree repeatedly while Space Dragon marveled at his power.
• Ryudoji Yanlong vowed to defeat Uchiha Hiko and restore the Ryudoji Family's honor, deciding he needed time to complete a technique.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed Shizuku falling with the collapsing tree, covered her with his white Shinigami uniform, and caught her.
• Shizuku woke in Uchiha Hiko's arms, embraced him, and cried that she had feared he would not come to save her.
• Uchiha Hiko glared at Ryudoji Yanlong while struggling to understand the unfamiliar feelings Shizuku's tears stirred in him.

Uchiha Hiko rescued Shizuku, and the two acknowledged their feelings while facing Ryudoji Yanlong and his transformed followers. Shizuku realized that they might all be Thought Beads, leaving Uchiha Hiko to consider what the stone pillars really were.

• Uchiha Hiko caught Shizuku after she fell and gave her his clothes to wear.
• Shizuku teased Uchiha Hiko, then promised to follow him wherever he went after he began to reveal that he was from another world.
• The Space Dragon mocked the pair and warned Uchiha Hiko to deal with the pillars before another battle began.
• Shizuku recognized a strange connection to Ryudoji Yanlong and suggested that he and his followers were Thought Beads too.
• Uchiha Hiko realized Shizuku's words might mean all the stone pillars were Thought Beads.

Uchiha Hiko learned that the Valley contained several Thought Beads, not just Shizuku, and worried about what that meant for the space. He realized the Soul Society’s Kido Cannon should already have fired and questioned whether it could destroy the Valley, leaving the problem unresolved as the Space Dragon teased him about Shizuku.

• Shizuku told Uchiha Hiko that Ryudoji Yanlong, Little Sword, Little Cannon, Little Hammer, Little Beauty, and the vanished Little Yi were also Thought Beads.
• Uchiha Hiko reconsidered whether the Valley was a normal space, noting its unusual history, many Menos Grande, and the changes caused by his arrival.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed the sun was near its midday height and realized six or seven hours had passed, though the Soul Society’s Kido Cannon was expected to fire in the morning.
• Uchiha Hiko questioned whether the spaces ran on parallel timelines and whether the Kido Cannon could destroy the Valley’s unusually sturdy spatial walls.
• The Space Dragon approached Uchiha Hiko and joked that he and Shizuku were already in a cold war, then teased him about abandoning her for a new love.

Uchiha Hiko and Space Dragon argued over how to destroy the dangerous space, while Shizuku offered to detonate the Menos Grande. Fearing that the sacrifice would make Shizuku disappear, Uchiha Hiko forbade her from doing it, but she insisted she would survive.

• Uchiha Hiko asked Space Dragon to destroy the space, but Space Dragon said it had exhausted its wishes and lacked the strength to do so.
• Uchiha Hiko and Space Dragon argued as Ryudoji Yanlong, Little Sword, Little Cannon, and Little Hammer became covered by Menos Grande.
• Shizuku offered to use her control over the Menos Grande to destroy the space, and Uchiha Hiko realized she might have to sacrifice herself.
• Uchiha Hiko grabbed Shizuku and forbade her from detonating the Menos Grande because he feared she would vanish.
• Shizuku embraced Uchiha Hiko, promised she would not disappear, and insisted that detonating the Menos Grande would not harm her.

Uchiha Hiko let Ryudoji Yanlong absorb Menos Grande and transform into a giant egg, believing the process would trigger a qualitative change in Menos Grande. As Space Dragon failed to damage the egg, Shizuku asked Uchiha Hiko not to destroy the space, but he insisted it had to be destroyed.

• Shizuku argued that two beings who had come into existence separately would not share the same fate, and Uchiha Hiko appeared persuaded.
• Ryudoji Yanlong absorbed Little Sword, Little Cannon, and Little Hammer, then transformed into an enormous egg that continued absorbing Menos Grande.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that he had let Ryudoji Yanlong grow stronger to bring about Menos Grande's qualitative transformation.
• Space Dragon attacked the egg, but it remained unharmed as it continued to grow.
• Uchiha Hiko asked Shizuku to trust him, and she agreed despite fearing the consequences of his plan.
• Shizuku asked Uchiha Hiko not to destroy the space, but he said it had to be destroyed.

The Space Dragon struggled to crush Ryudoji Yanlong’s enormous egg, but it grew stronger until Uchiha Hiko intervened. While he tried to save the Space Dragon, Shizuku vanished after wishing that he would remember her, leaving him panicked and searching for her.

• The Space Dragon failed to crush the growing egg and begged Uchiha Hiko to destroy it.
• Uchiha Hiko sensed that the egg’s aura was not as strong as the Space Dragon feared and moved to help her.
• Shizuku confessed her love for Uchiha Hiko, wished for him to remember her, and vanished with his clothes.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed Shizuku was gone, searched for her in alarm, and realized she might have sacrificed herself.
• The exhausted Space Dragon released the egg and collapsed, and Uchiha Hiko asked whether she had seen Shizuku.

Uchiha Hiko faced the creature emerging from the giant egg and discovered that Ryudoji Yanlong had become a monstrous, delusional being. As the battle loomed, Hiko remained focused on finding the missing Shizuku.

• The giant egg cracked, and the weakened Space Dragon warned Uchiha Hiko to kill Ryudoji Yanlong before he emerged.
• The egg exploded, and Uchiha Hiko deflected flying shell fragments while searching the surrounding space for Shizuku.
• Ryudoji Yanlong emerged as a four-headed, eight-armed monster and unleashed a sound wave that swept past Uchiha Hiko and the Space Dragon.
• The Space Dragon sensed Uchiha Hiko's overwhelming power and wondered how such strength could exist.
• Ryudoji Yanlong boasted that his monstrous form was his strongest and threatened to crush Uchiha Hiko, who resolved to kill him without mercy over Shizuku's disappearance.

Uchiha Hiko effortlessly evaded Ryudoji Yanlong’s monstrous attacks while assessing the creature’s overwhelming strength and lack of technique. He revealed that Ryudoji Yanlong was a Thought Bead and pressed him for answers about Shizuku, who Hiko believed was still inside the Valley.

• Ryudoji Yanlong attacked Uchiha Hiko with his many arms and weapons, but Hiko dodged every strike while the Space Dragon watched in amazement.
• Uchiha Hiko analyzed the monster’s speed and strength, concluding they exceeded captain-class fighters and even Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, though its reason and technique had nearly vanished.
• Ryudoji Yanlong grew furious and accelerated his attacks, but Hiko remained steady as he gained control of his own increased strength.
• Uchiha Hiko asked Ryudoji Yanlong if he knew he was a Thought Bead, and the monster stopped attacking and accused Hiko of trying to deceive him.
• Ryudoji Yanlong panicked and insisted he was a living person, while Hiko asked whether Shizuku had been a living person too.
• Uchiha Hiko said Ryudoji Yanlong might explain how he found Thought Beads so quickly, as Hiko believed Shizuku remained somewhere in the Valley.

Uchiha Hiko tried to make Ryudoji Yanlong accept that he was a Thought Bead, but Yanlong rejected the truth and attacked him. Yanlong revealed that he could regenerate as long as the Valley remained, leaving Hiko to face an enemy he could not easily kill.

• Ryudoji Yanlong denied being a Thought Bead and attacked Uchiha Hiko, who dodged his sword and kicked him hard in the abdomen.
• Space Dragon realized Hiko was trying to find Shizuku and felt relieved that she had never angered him.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that Yanlong and the other beings were Thought Beads formed from the Ryudoji Family, like Shizuku, but Yanlong insisted he would destroy the Soul Society.
• Uchiha Hiko gave up on persuading Yanlong and said he had no reason to let him exist.
• Ryudoji Yanlong claimed he had an Immortal Body and could regenerate through Menos Grande as long as the Valley survived, then charged at Uchiha Hiko.

Uchiha Hiko fought Ryudoji Yanlong’s transformed monster, which claimed its power was inexhaustible inside the space and attacked him with a barrage of golden swords. After Hiko vanished, the monster turned on Space Dragon, who gathered her strength and prepared to defend her pride.

• Ryudoji Yanlong’s monster attacked Uchiha Hiko with golden sword light, but Hiko dodged and challenged its claim of having an Immortal Body.
• The monster unleashed Sword Barrage, and Hiko deflected the golden swords while Ryudoji Yanlong boasted that his power would never run out as long as the space remained intact.
• Uchiha Hiko vanished from the encirclement, alarming Space Dragon, who was still gathering power to open a spatial passage.
• Unable to find Hiko, Ryudoji Yanlong’s monster threatened Space Dragon and called her a pest.
• Space Dragon angrily defended her pride as the Eastern Nation’s totem, opened her eyes, and released a faint aura.

Uchiha Hiko rescued the Space Dragon from the monster transformed from Ryudoji Yanlong and destroyed it with Ryujin Jakka’s Shikai. After the golden light vanished, he and the Space Dragon wondered whether Ryudoji Yanlong was truly dead or hiding its aura.

• Uchiha Hiko appeared beside the Space Dragon, told her to close her eyes, and promised to take her out of the space.
• The Space Dragon insisted on defending her honor, while Uchiha Hiko said he was from the Eastern Nation and urged her to grow stronger and escape if she could.
• Uchiha Hiko cleaved the monster transformed from Ryudoji Yanlong and severed the grayish-white band connected to it.
• Uchiha Hiko released Ryujin Jakka’s Shikai and burned the monster away with Kafuu Joukaku, causing the golden light to disappear.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Space Dragon questioned whether Ryudoji Yanlong had died or was concealing its aura.

Uchiha Hiko discovered that Ryudoji Yanlong had survived by regenerating from an embryo in the grayish-white earth, and learned that Space Dragon could breach the barrier protecting him. Before attacking, Uchiha Hiko asked where Shizuku was, but Ryudoji Yanlong could only confirm that she remained somewhere in the space.

• Uchiha Hiko and Space Dragon suspected Ryudoji Yanlong might still be alive, and Uchiha Hiko hesitated to leave because Shizuku could still be in the space.
• Ryudoji Yanlong challenged Uchiha Hiko, who traced the voice to a regenerating embryo surrounded by Menos Grande in the grayish-white earth.
• Ryudoji Yanlong claimed his lingering aura and Immortal Body let him regenerate indefinitely as long as Uchiha Hiko could not breach the Space Barrier.
• Uchiha Hiko called Space Dragon over and revealed that breaking through Space Barriers was her specialty, prompting Ryudoji Yanlong to grow into his youth form.
• Uchiha Hiko asked Ryudoji Yanlong where Shizuku was, but Ryudoji Yanlong said he only knew she was somewhere in the space.
• Uchiha Hiko leaped into the air and shouted, "Strike!!!"

Uchiha Hiko defeated Ryudoji Yanlong after Shizuku stopped the Menos Grande from defending it. As Ryudoji Yanlong's Thought Bead fell into Uchiha Hiko's hand, Shizuku appeared and warned that it could never be completely destroyed.

• Space Dragon struck the ground to free Ryudoji Yanlong, who broke out in a teenage-boy form and began absorbing Menos Grande to regain strength.
• Uchiha Hiko attacked Ryudoji Yanlong with Ryujin Jakka while fending off its golden Sword Barrage and the stone walls formed by the Menos Grande.
• Ryudoji Yanlong commanded the Menos Grande to stop Uchiha Hiko, but Shizuku intervened and caused them to halt.
• Uchiha Hiko closed in and split Ryudoji Yanlong in two, reducing it to ash and catching its brown Thought Bead.
• Space Dragon uncovered a large black hole in the ground, but Shizuku appeared and warned her that Ryudoji Yanlong had opened another space within this one and could never be completely destroyed.

Shizuku revealed that destroying the space would end her life, then vanished after telling Uchiha Hiko she hoped to live in his heart. After swallowing a bead she left him, Uchiha Hiko’s power and killing intent surged as he entered the black cave to confront Ryudoji Yanlong.

• Uchiha Hiko found Shizuku and urged her to leave with him, but she explained that she would die when the space was destroyed.
• Shizuku told Uchiha Hiko she loved him, kissed him, and vanished, leaving behind a bead that would help unlock his power.
• Space Dragon urged Uchiha Hiko to honor Shizuku’s hopes, and the bead Ryudoji Yanlong had left behind entered his mouth.
• Uchiha Hiko’s power grew explosively, and he leaped into the black cave as Space Dragon recoiled from his killing intent.
• Blue-white flames erupted from the cave, and Ryudoji Yanlong screamed that he would not let Uchiha Hiko get away with it.

Uchiha Hiko escaped the collapsing Senkaimon space after destroying it, leaving Shizuku behind and vowing to find a way to bring her back to life. He and Space Dragon left through a white-lit opening and arrived on an endless grassland.

• Uchiha Hiko emerged from the black hole as the destroyed Senkaimon space began to fuse shut, and Space Dragon realized it could no longer be reached.
• Uchiha Hiko remembered his encounters with Shizuku and promised to bring her back to life, while Shizuku's voice softly told him to take care.
• Space Dragon gathered the seven black spheres, and Uchiha Hiko chose to leave the space with her.
• Space Dragon explained that they had avoided the frozen space because the passage had been opened by Shizuku rather than by her.
• Uchiha Hiko told Space Dragon to stop talking about Shizuku, and the two traveled in silence before landing on an endless grassland.

Uchiha Hiko thanked the Space Dragon after Shizuku sent him to a quiet prairie, where he regained his composure and received seven weakened black pills. His spiritual pressure shook Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, while Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto faced growing political unrest and the threat of Yhwach.

• Uchiha Hiko thanked the Space Dragon and accepted her offer to help revive Shizuku if he repaired the defective black pills.
• The Space Dragon explained that the seven pills could support her arrival only once before becoming ordinary stones, then faded away and asked Uchiha Hiko to summon her if he could.
• Uchiha Hiko stood quietly on the prairie and adjusted his state of mind after Shizuku sent him there.
• Uchiha Hiko's spiritual pressure crossed into Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, shaking buildings and worsening the alarm over the spatial valley.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto recognized that the great clans were stirring unrest to force him from power and warned that Yhwach still threatened Soul Society.
• Kenpachi Zaraki ignored the captains' concerns and grinned as the others sat in silence.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi warned that the Soul Society might have to abandon the Seireitei and flee to Hueco Mundo if the Senkaimon Space Valley could not be controlled. When the Valley began shrinking, he ordered the captains back to the Kido Cannon, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto suspected Uchiha Hiko had succeeded.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi urged Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to prepare to evacuate to Hueco Mundo if the Senkaimon Space Valley remained unresolved.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that stopping the Valley safely could take at least a hundred years, and Kuchiki Byakuya left the meeting.
• Kenpachi Zaraki volunteered to deal with the unrest while Yachiru Kusajishi followed him.
• A Soul Reaper reported that the Space Valley had stopped expanding and was shrinking back to a safe distance.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi ordered the others to return to the Kido Cannon and try firing it again, while Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto wondered if Uchiha Hiko had succeeded.
• An overwhelming spiritual pressure swept across the Soul Society and quickly vanished.

Uchiha Hiko’s overwhelming spiritual pressure alarmed Soul Society’s leaders, while he returned from the grassland to District 80. He found the Seireitei Outskirts in open rebellion and realized someone was challenging Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s authority.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi recognized the terrifying spiritual pressure as Uchiha Hiko’s and feared what his power could mean for Soul Society.
• Yachiru Kusajishi saw Kenpachi Zaraki shaken by Uchiha Hiko’s rapid growth, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi returned to the Technical Development Bureau and demanded the latest data.
• Uchiha Hiko promised Shizuku he would revive her, then used Ryujin Jakka to open a gate and return to Soul Society.
• Uchiha Hiko reached District 80 and found its residents filled with killing intent, concluding that a riot had erupted and someone was challenging Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• A rough voice called for Uchiha Hiko to stop.

Uchiha Hiko raced toward Seireitei while a burly man and Inoshita pursued him, planning to recruit him for their family. The pursuers prepared an ambush in District 80, but Inoshita privately revealed that he had arranged the contingencies himself.

• Uchiha Hiko ignored the pursuers’ threats and continued sprinting toward Seireitei.
• Inoshita warned the burly man that Uchiha Hiko seemed unusually calm and tireless, but the burly man dismissed his concern and decided to recruit him.
• The burly man persuaded Inoshita with promises of rewards and claimed he had laid a net across District 80 to capture Uchiha Hiko.
• Inoshita praised the burly man while privately reflecting that he had secretly arranged the precautions and that the burly man had followed his plan.