Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko continued toward Seireitei with Inoshita and the burly man following him, while he suspected the Soul Society was experiencing a broader disturbance. The burly man called on an ambush to stop Hiko, leaving Hiko wondering whether the man had arranged the pursuit across District 80.

• Inoshita followed the burly man, hoping to bring Uchiha Hiko back to Wuwuqi and gain standing within his family while carefully guarding against danger.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed Inoshita’s measured pace and lack of sweat, recognized his caution, and decided to let the pair keep pursuing him for a while.
• The burly man struggled to keep up and silently worried that showing weakness could cost him his position as District 80’s highest-ranking person.
• The burly man shouted for people ahead to stop Uchiha Hiko, and several armed men appeared and drew their Zanpakuto.
• Uchiha Hiko stopped before the ambushers and suspected that the burly man had organized a pursuit and ambush across much of District 80.

Uchiha Hiko suspected that the strange encounter and the divided-looking sky pointed to turmoil in Soul Society, and he questioned the men who had chased him. The burly man challenged him about his destination while Inoshita grew wary of Hiko’s hidden strength.

• Uchiha Hiko examined the ragged men and the unusual sky, suspecting that people from near Seireitei had appeared in District 80 because something had changed in Soul Society.
• The burly man caught up with Uchiha Hiko, who said he was heading to Seireitei.
• Inoshita recalled sensing danger from Uchiha Hiko and quietly warned the burly man that he might have misjudged him.
• The burly man took Inoshita’s doubt as a challenge to his authority, and Inoshita backed down to protect his plans.
• The burly man asked Uchiha Hiko why he had run and what business he had in Seireitei, and Hiko replied that he was going there to report the situation.

Uchiha Hiko encountered a burly recruiter and his partner Inoshita, who tried to draw him into one of Soul Society’s Four Great Clans. He learned that the clans were challenging Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s rule, but rejected their promises and left the recruiter baffled.

• The burly man introduced Inoshita as his partner and strategist, while Inoshita stayed quiet to avoid revealing anything.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed Inoshita’s guarded behavior and learned that the burly man belonged to one of the Four Great Clans, though he withheld which one.
• The burly man offered Uchiha Hiko leadership of the clan’s intelligence division and urged him to sign an agreement.
• Uchiha Hiko said he already led the Protection Guard’s intelligence division and asked why he should join the clan.
• The burly man claimed Heaven opposed Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and promised Uchiha Hiko command of the intelligence unit.
• Uchiha Hiko recognized that the Four Great Clans were stirring up an internal conflict and dismissed their ambitions, surprising both men.

Uchiha Hiko dismissed the burly man’s questions about Soul Society and tried to leave, but his teasing of Inoshita convinced the burly man that they were connected. The burly man demanded that Uchiha Hiko return with him to verify his identity, and Uchiha Hiko challenged his assessment of his strength.

• Uchiha Hiko told the burly man that his standing in Soul Society did not matter to him and suggested asking Inoshita instead.
• Uchiha Hiko turned to leave, so the burly man ordered three men to draw their Zanpakuto and stop him.
• Uchiha Hiko’s remarks led the burly man to suspect that Inoshita was concealing a connection to him and to accuse Inoshita of being an undercover agent.
• The burly man ordered Uchiha Hiko to return to the family for an identity check, threatening to tie him up if he refused.
• The burly man claimed Uchiha Hiko was only fast and boasted that his own strength had reached vice-captain level.

Uchiha Hiko manipulated a burly man into believing he carried valuable intelligence, while Inoshita suffered the consequences of their confusion. The three lackeys ultimately moved to take Hiko back at Inoshita's command.

• Uchiha Hiko tricked the burly man into thinking Inoshita had told him to insult him, and the burly man knocked out one of Inoshita's teeth.
• Uchiha Hiko tried to leave, but three lackeys pointed their Zanpakuto at him as he sensed a familiar spiritual pressure approaching.
• Uchiha Hiko claimed he had important intelligence, and the burly man became eager to gain wealth and status by hearing it.
• Inoshita tried to warn the burly man that Hiko was playing him, but the burly man ignored him.
• One of the lackeys called out that Hiko was deceiving the burly man, and Inoshita ordered them to take Hiko back.

Hiko slowly recovered from Otsutsuki Kaguya’s mental attack while trapped inside a succession of Sea Beasts. After one was killed and cut open, he awoke in Elbaf and met a giant girl.

• Hiko’s body healed over many days, though his damaged consciousness and depleted mental energy kept him falling into comas.
• Hiko resumed Basic Taijutsu training inside the Sea Beast and learned to use his power without draining his consciousness as quickly.
• A powerful force struck the Sea Beast, killing it, and someone dragged its body through the sea.
• A beam of white light cut the Sea Beast open, exposing Hiko to sunlight and the approach of several enormous beings.
• A giant girl found Hiko and told him he was in Elbaf, the land of giant warriors.

After being rescued from a Sea Beast, Hiko arrived in Elbaf and learned that the outside world was in turmoil. The chapter left him discovering that the Uchiha Alliance was close to falling apart.

• A young Giant girl and two Giant warriors rescued Hiko from a Sea Beast and brought him to their village in Elbaf.
• The Giants invited Hiko to a bonfire feast, and he introduced himself as Uchiha Hiko.
• The Giants doubted Hiko's identity but recognized his name as the Alliance Leader blamed for destroying Mary Geoise.
• Hiko asked a Giant warrior about events outside Elbaf and learned the Celestial Dragons were rebuilding Mary Geoise with Navy support.
• The Giant warrior told Hiko that the World Government was wavering, the Revolutionary Army was struggling to contain the crisis, and the Uchiha Alliance was close to collapse.

After Mary Geoise fell, war and disorder spread across the world, leaving the Uchiha Alliance under attack and Hiko anxious to return to Dressrosa. Injured and stranded on Elbaf, he learned that ships and Den Den Mushi were unreliable, but the Giant race warrior hinted that another solution might exist.

• The collapse of Mary Geoise weakened the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, while Akainu strengthened his control of the Marines and chaos spread worldwide.
• The Uchiha Alliance lost many affiliated nations as Germa 66 campaigned across the Four Seas and Pirates attacked its territories; Law, Urouge, and Drake struggled to defend them until Jinbe arrived to help.
• Hiko worried about Dressrosa and asked a Giant race warrior for a ship so he could return, but the warrior said the Giant race had been ordered to avoid war zones.
• Hiko asked about merchant ships and a Den Den Mushi, but the warrior explained that few ships dared sail and Den Den Mushi were failing unpredictably.
• After the warrior suggested Hiko help start a bonfire, Hiko challenged the Giants' caution, and the warrior insisted they were still patrolling and exterminating Pirate crews.
• When Hiko despaired at being trapped on Elbaf, the Giant race warrior said there might be a solution, and Hiko asked what it was.

Hiko baited a Giant race warrior into inviting him to a wrestling competition at a gathering in two days, where Prince Loki would be present. He planned to win the giants’ approval and demanded they treat him well until then.

• Hiko mocked the Giant race warrior’s rules and qualifications, provoking him into explaining that Prince Loki would attend a gathering in two days.
• The warrior said Hiko could earn a ride on the next voyage if he won Loki’s approval at the wrestling competition.
• Hiko declared he would defeat every Giant race warrior, enraging the warrior.
• The warrior told two companions to warn the other tribes to prepare for Hiko’s arrival.
• Hiko asked the giants to treat him well for two days so they could not blame his defeat on poor care, and the warrior reluctantly agreed.

Otsutsuki Kaguya awakened in a village near Wano after drifting at sea, then confronted Pirates extorting the villagers. She slaughtered the Pirates after they threatened her, and the chapter ended with her challenging the remaining men who invoked Kaido, the Strongest Creature.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya woke in a crude village house, still suffering severe pain from her battle with Uchiha Hiko.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya sensed a group of Pirates entering the village and went outside to investigate.
• The Pirates demanded protection money from the villagers and threatened them, then leered at Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya killed the Pirate leader and slaughtered most of the squad with glowing bands and a pillar of fire.
• The surviving Pirates invoked Lord Kaido, and Otsutsuki Kaguya demanded to know what they had planned to do with her.

Otsutsuki Kaguya recovered enough to slaughter the Pirates and villagers who had taken her in, then destroyed the village and sailed away to prepare for another fight with Uchiha Hiko. Unaware that the ship belonged to Kaido, she left without lowering its flag, setting unforeseen changes in motion.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya killed the fleeing Pirates with a lightning attack despite aggravating her injuries.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya questioned the villagers, then killed the man who had rescued her after suspecting he had seen her unconscious.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya sent an Azure Dragon into the fleeing crowd and slaughtered the villagers, then used Wood Style to destroy the village and frame Uchiha Hiko.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya headed for the shore, killed the Pirates guarding a ship, and sailed away to recover and prepare for her next encounter with Uchiha Hiko.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya unknowingly took a ship belonging to Kaido's subordinates without lowering its flag.

Hiko reviewed the Uchiha Alliance’s struggle to survive while he recovered in Elbaf, then learned that his request to enter the giants’ wrestling tournament had been approved. As the giants led him to meet the warriors gathered for the celebration, Hiko saw a chance to meet Prince Loki and address the ban preventing him from sailing back to Dressrosa.

• Hiko learned that pirates, the World Government, and other enemies had battered the Uchiha Alliance, while Germa 66, Luo, Urouge, Drake, and Kuzan helped keep it afloat.
• Hiko left his lodgings in Elbaf and dodged a giant who tried to stomp on him as a prank.
• A giant warrior told Hiko that his tournament entry had been approved and that warriors from every tribe wanted to spar with him after hearing his remarks about the Giant race.
• Hiko learned that Prince Loki had been alerted and might personally spar with him at the celebration, and he recognized Loki as someone who could help lift the sailing ban.
• The giant warrior led Hiko toward the village square, where more than ten giant warriors stood ready to escort him to the celebration.

Uchiha Hiko escaped the burly man’s attack, and Kenpachi Zaraki arrived and took his side. After Uchiha Hiko spared the burly man from Kenpachi’s attack, the man fled, shaken by how badly he had misjudged Hiko.

• The burly man attacked Uchiha Hiko, who easily dodged his Zanpakuto strike.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived with Yachiru Kusajishi and was surprised to find Uchiha Hiko with the burly man.
• Kenpachi Zaraki challenged the burly man and drew his Zanpakuto, frightening him into begging Uchiha Hiko for help.
• Uchiha Hiko told the burly man to stop looking down on people and signaled Kenpachi Zaraki to spare him.
• The burly man thanked Uchiha Hiko, fled, and reflected on how badly he had misjudged him.

Uchiha Hiko learned that the Kido Cannon’s blasts had been stopped by a protective layer around the Senkaimon space called Valley. Near the Seireitei, Kenpachi Zaraki asked to learn Hiko’s training method, and Hiko agreed on the condition that Zaraki borrow something from Kisuke Urahara.

• Uchiha Hiko asked Kenpachi Zaraki why he had helped him, then learned that the Soul Society was in turmoil and that someone was trying to overthrow Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Uchiha Hiko questioned Kenpachi Zaraki about the Kido Cannon, and Zaraki explained that its energy had been neutralized by a transparent protective layer around Valley.
• A blue blast from the Seireitei struck toward Valley, but its power failed to penetrate the barrier and sent a hurricane toward Uchiha Hiko and Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Uchiha Hiko realized that his influence had caused unforeseen changes in the world and continued toward the Seireitei with Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Kenpachi Zaraki asked Uchiha Hiko how he trained because he wanted to become stronger, and Hiko agreed to share his method if Zaraki borrowed something from Kisuke Urahara.

Uchiha Hiko told Kenpachi Zaraki about the Soul Slayer cultivation method, then confronted Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto over the Soul Society’s inability to destroy the spatial valley. Yamamoto revealed that if the Soul Society had to flee, Hueco Mundo was its only refuge, though the migration could cost many lives.

• Uchiha Hiko told Kenpachi Zaraki about Soul Slayer, and Kenpachi returned to District 80.
• Uchiha Hiko hurried to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and challenged him over the failure to destroy the spatial valley.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto admitted the Soul Society had no effective way to deal with the valley and might have to migrate.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto said that a migration would likely send at least one-third of the Soul Society’s people into unknown danger.
• Uchiha Hiko realized that Hueco Mundo was the Soul Society’s only possible refuge, where they would face Hollows and Aizen Sosuke.

Uchiha Hiko thanked Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto for his concern, then explained the Senkaimon spatial “Valley” and claimed he had a way to deal with it. After learning why District 80 had rioted, Hiko decided the Four Great Clans and other Soul Society leaders would become targets of his purge after he returned to his own world.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto bowed to Uchiha Hiko and thanked him for stopping the spatial “Valley” from expanding.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that the Valley’s entrance appeared at random ten thousand meters overhead, which was why Soul Society had not found it.
• Uchiha Hiko described the Valley to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto while hiding key details, and Yamamoto said the Kido Cannon had failed to affect it.
• Uchiha Hiko said he had a method to deal with the Valley but needed to ask Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto questions first.
• Uchiha Hiko asked who had instigated the District 80 riot, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto blamed propaganda and incitement by the Four Great Clans.
• Uchiha Hiko resolved to purge the Four Great Clans and other leaders of Soul Society after returning to his own world.

Uchiha Hiko discussed Soul Society's power struggles with Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, then traded information for the route to Hueco Mundo. After learning and testing the passage, he left to deal with the problem in Senkaimon space, while Yamamoto was disappointed that he would not stay.

• Uchiha Hiko considered weakening the Four Great Clans to undermine Soul Society and remove an obstacle for himself.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto discussed finding a successor and asked Uchiha Hiko to take his place, but Uchiha Hiko refused.
• Uchiha Hiko said desire had driven Aizen Sosuke to defect, helping Yamamoto understand Aizen's motives.
• Uchiha Hiko asked for the route to Hueco Mundo as part of their exchange, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto explained how to open the passage using records of the Void Gate.
• Uchiha Hiko tested the rapid-casting incantation, confirmed it led to Hueco Mundo, and left to address the problem in Senkaimon space.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto watched Uchiha Hiko leave and lamented that he did not care about an old man's feelings.

Uchiha Hiko followed Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to the Kido Cannon and planned to use it to destroy the Senkaimon space, “Valley.” After finding the formation’s intersection point, Hiko prepared to act and realized he needed clothes.

• Uchiha Hiko refused Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s attempts to persuade him and followed him to the Kido Cannon’s launch platform.
• Uchiha Hiko was awed by the cannon’s size and power, then searched the crimson formation beneath it for the point where the gathered spiritual pressure converged.
• Uchiha Hiko told Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to gather his men and prepare to fire the cannon to destroy the Senkaimon space, “Valley.”
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto pointed out the formation’s intersection point, and Uchiha Hiko took a brown bead from his pouch.
• Uchiha Hiko noticed he was naked and ordered Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to find him clothes.

Uchiha Hiko prepared to help Soul Society fire its Kido Cannon at the Senkaimon “Valley,” while refusing Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s request to stay. As the cannon’s ritual began, Hiko stood at the formation’s center and felt its energy surge through him.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto gave Uchiha Hiko a Shinigami uniform without a division number and asked what he would do about the “Valley.”
• Uchiha Hiko told Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto that he would leave after resolving Soul Society’s crisis, then walked with him and listened to the Kido Cannon’s history.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi directed more than a thousand Shinigami guards at the launch platform and warned Uchiha Hiko that Soul Society had staked everything on the cannon’s success.
• Uchiha Hiko took his position at the center of the crimson formation with Shizuku’s brown bead beneath his foot as people across Soul Society waited for the shot.
• After ten minutes of chanting, the formation glowed blood-red, and Uchiha Hiko felt it grow hotter as energy surged through his body.

Uchiha Hiko filtered the Shinigami guards’ energy and fed it into the Kido Cannon, while Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto asked three thousand guards to risk their lives supplying more. The Visored Army and Kisuke Urahara volunteered as well, as Uchiha Hiko endured the surging energy and the Soul Society prepared for the cannon’s use.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi warned that sacrificing more energy could leave the Shinigami guards depleted for decades or cause them to dissipate.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto asked three thousand Shinigami guards if they were willing to risk their lives for the Soul Society, and they answered yes.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto praised the guards and bowed to them before they replaced the exhausted first group.
• Uchiha Hiko felt the added energy sharply increase and endured the pain as he filtered it toward the Kido Cannon.
• Kisuke Urahara and the Visored Army volunteered to contribute their energy and urged Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to order a retreat if the cannon’s requirements could not be met.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto thanked them, and the Visored Army and Kisuke Urahara felt the Soul Society had accepted them.