Chapter Summaries

Ronglin faced Unohana Yachiru and young Zaraki Kenpachi, who both tried to claim him as an opponent. After Unohana overwhelmed his attacks with her Spiritual Pressure, Ronglin used his Dojutsu to absorb her blade energy and blast her away, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Unohana Yachiru attacked Ronglin, and young Zaraki Kenpachi joined the confrontation.
• Zaraki blocked Unohana’s strike and declared that Ronglin was his opponent, while Unohana fired a destructive spell at Ronglin.
• Ronglin dodged Unohana’s attacks and countered with Armament Haki, Finger Pistol, and Lightning Style: Chidori, but she broke through them with her sword energy.
• Ronglin activated his Dojutsu, absorbed the Spiritual Pressure in Unohana’s blade, and sent a powerful wave of force crashing into her.
• Unohana was blasted away and spat blood as Ronglin taunted her about his strength.

Ronglin struggled to evade Zaraki Kenpachi’s relentless sword attacks until he struck him with an accidental slap that enraged him and greatly intensified his assault. As Zaraki Kenpachi overwhelmed Ronglin with a storm of attacks, a fierce beam of white light suddenly struck him.

• Zaraki Kenpachi relentlessly attacked Ronglin, who dodged every slash with his agility and perception.
• Ronglin used his newly sensed Spiritual Pressure to strike Zaraki Kenpachi with a palm, accidentally slapping him across the face.
• Zaraki Kenpachi roared and unleashed a far stronger barrage of slashes, fists, and kicks that began to overwhelm Ronglin.
• A fierce beam of white light slammed into Zaraki Kenpachi as Ronglin prepared to unleash his full power.

Ronglin was caught between Zaraki Kenpachi and Unohana Yachiru during their first encounter, then witnessed Unohana unleash her Bankai. The chapter ended as Ronglin used his Time-Time Technique to seal her Zanpakuto and struck toward her head.

• Zaraki Kenpachi drove Unohana Yachiru back, then turned his sword on Ronglin.
• Ronglin realized he had interfered with the historical first meeting between Unohana Yachiru and Zaraki Kenpachi, and escaped Zaraki’s attack with his Space-Space Technique.
• Unohana Yachiru released her Bankai, crushing everything around the three fighters into dust with her Spiritual Pressure.
• Unohana Yachiru attacked Ronglin, who used the Time-Time Technique to seal her Zanpakuto and struck toward her head.

Ronglin fought Unohana Yachiru and young Zaraki Kenpachi while struggling to use Spiritual Pressure against them. As their attacks devastated the battlefield, he realized his Spiritual Pressure seemed fused with his body, leaving him to question how it worked.

• Unohana Yachiru broke free of Ronglin's Time-Time Technique restraint, and Ronglin accidentally groped her while evading her blade.
• Unohana Yachiru unleashed her domain as Ronglin fled, but young Zaraki Kenpachi intercepted him and attacked his legs.
• Ronglin evaded Zaraki Kenpachi and struck him, but his palm attack failed to penetrate Zaraki Kenpachi's Spiritual Pressure barrier.
• Unohana Yachiru attacked Zaraki Kenpachi with a high-level Destructive Art, but Zaraki Kenpachi blocked it and charged toward Ronglin.
• Unohana Yachiru flooded the battlefield with black blood as Ronglin studied her and Zaraki Kenpachi's Spiritual Pressure and realized his own seemed fused with his body.

Ronglin discovered that his body was made of Spiritual Pressure and learned to control it by releasing his Chakra and Haki. As Unohana Yachiru and Zaraki Kenpachi fought, he tried to leave, but Unohana attacked him, and he easily broke her Kidō restraints.

• Ronglin realized he could not wield Spiritual Pressure while suppressing it with Chakra and Haki, then released them and gained control of his Spiritual Pressure.
• Zaraki Kenpachi attacked Ronglin, but turned his blade on Unohana Yachiru when she tried to strike Ronglin first.
• Zaraki Kenpachi and Unohana Yachiru exchanged a fierce series of attacks, with the young Zaraki increasingly overpowering her.
• Ronglin decided to leave their fight, but Unohana Yachiru bound him with Kidō #9: Strike.
• Ronglin grabbed and destroyed Unohana Yachiru's binding spell, then broke her Kidō #61: Six Rods of Light with a punch.

Ronglin overpowered Unohana Yachiru and fought Zaraki Kenpachi, whose reckless attacks forced him to use serious strength. He knocked Zaraki unconscious, leaving both opponents defeated.

• Ronglin deflected Unohana Yachiru's blade, slammed her into the ground, and punched Zaraki Kenpachi away.
• Zaraki Kenpachi charged again, but Ronglin used his Dojutsu to track him and dislocated his left arm.
• Zaraki Kenpachi counterattacked with a suicidal sword thrust, but Ronglin deflected the blade with Earth Release: Hard Fist.
• Ronglin struck Zaraki Kenpachi's nape and knocked him unconscious.

Ronglin defeated and knocked Unohana Yachiru unconscious after she challenged him, then reflected on the strength of Soul Society’s most formidable Shinigami. He realized Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni was likely at his peak in this era.

• Unohana Yachiru challenged Ronglin, insisting that he was a supreme expert worthy of a fight.
• Ronglin unleashed his power, evaded Unohana Yachiru’s sword strike, and froze her Kido attack with the Time-Time Technique.
• Ronglin used his Space-Space Technique to escape her attack, restrained her with time, and knocked her unconscious with a punch.
• Ronglin considered how difficult ability-focused fighters like Kyoraku Shunsui and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni would be to defeat.
• Ronglin realized that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni was in his youth, eight hundred years before his death.

After defeating Zaraki Kenpachi, Ronglin confronted the Humanoid Giant Dog and learned that an invisible figure had also been spying on the battle. The Humanoid Giant Dog left with Zaraki, and Ronglin decided he should enter Shino Academy before his strange luck brought him into another fight.

• Ronglin surveyed the wrecked battlefield and sensed someone watching him, then called out the Humanoid Giant Dog.
• The Humanoid Giant Dog explained that it had been following an invisible figure, which fled when Ronglin shouted.
• Ronglin defended his connection to the Soul Society and scolded the Humanoid Giant Dog for wasting time instead of hunting Hollows.
• Ronglin persuaded the Humanoid Giant Dog to take the injured Zaraki Kenpachi and his Zanpakuto away.
• After the Humanoid Giant Dog left, Ronglin resolved to enter Shino Academy as soon as possible.

After getting lost in Zaraki District, Ronglin found Shino Academy during its recruitment period and registered for the entrance test. He learned that his assigned test field was reserved for Seireitei nobles and suspected Kyoraku Shunsui had arranged it.

• Ronglin wandered through the wilderness for over ten days before finding a settlement and learning the location of Shino Academy.
• Ronglin arrived at Shino Academy during its major recruitment period and joined the long registration line.
• Ronglin saw a group of noble youths, including a prominent Kuchiki Family genius, but dismissed their Spiritual Pressure as unimpressive.
• A recruiter assigned Ronglin to Area One, Field Six, Number Three, and reacted with alarm.
• A fellow applicant explained that Area One's first ten fields were reserved for Seireitei members and powerful noble youths, prompting Ronglin to suspect Kyoraku Shunsui was behind the assignment.

Ronglin entered Shino Academy's testing grounds for the Spiritual Pressure entrance test, where nobles mocked his appearance and commoners were intimidated. As a noble youth accused a Rukon District applicant of cheating and invoked the Ukitake Clan, the examiner struggled to respond.

• Ronglin entered the testing grounds despite his poor luck and resolved not to back down if the noble youths provoked him.
• The nobles ridiculed Ronglin's ragged appearance, while the Kuchiki genius remained calm and the other commoners kept their heads down.
• Ronglin watched the Spiritual Pressure tests with little interest and nearly fell asleep.
• Qiuyeqi accused a Rukon District commoner of faking his Spiritual Pressure and drowned out the man's attempt to defend himself with the nobles' support.
• The examiner demanded evidence, but Qiuyeqi invoked his status, leaving the examiner wary because of Qiuyeqi's connection to the Ukitake Clan and Jushiro Ukitake.

Qiuyeqi challenged Ronglin’s Spiritual Pressure test and claimed a second Spirit Measuring Stone from the Shihoin Family could verify the results. The Rukon District man’s test showed no Spiritual Pressure, and the examiner ordered him thrown out.

• A Kuchiki genius confronted Qiuyeqi for delaying the test, and Qiuyeqi hurried to appease him.
• Qiuyeqi announced that he would test Ronglin with a Spirit Measuring Stone he claimed to have borrowed from the Shihoin Family.
• Qiuyeqi used his wristguard to make the stone glow faintly, presenting the result as proof that the stone was genuine.
• The Rukon District man touched the stone, which remained dark, and he protested that he possessed Spiritual Pressure.
• The examiner ordered the Rukon District man thrown out after accusing him of cheating.

Qiuyeqi used a suspected flaw in the Spirit Measuring Stone to accuse Rukon District applicants of cheating and demand that they be retested. After the other two applicants were expelled, Ronglin approached the stone, leaving the cause of its failures unresolved.

• Qiuyeqi exposed a man's cheating, praised the examiner, then claimed more Rukon District applicants were cheating.
• The examiner called Ronglin and two other Rukon District applicants forward for testing.
• The Spirit Measuring Stone failed to light for the two applicants, and Academy personnel dragged them away.
• Qiuyeqi and the crowd pressured Ronglin to take the test, while a young man from the Kuchiki Family waited to inspect the stone himself.
• Ronglin stepped forward and reached down to pick up the Spirit Measuring Stone.

Ronglin discovered that the Spirit Measuring Stone was actually a Killing Stone and exposed Qiuyeqi’s use of a wristguard to make it light up. After Ronglin threw the stone at Qiuyeqi and disrupted his gathered Spiritual Pressure, the crowd realized the accusation was true.

• Ronglin examined the unresponsive Spirit Measuring Stone and realized it shattered Spiritual Pressure instead of absorbing it.
• Ronglin accused Qiuyeqi’s stone of being a Killing Stone and identified his wristguard as the reason it had appeared to light up.
• Ronglin tore the wristguard from Qiuyeqi’s wrist and shoved him to the ground.
• Qiuyeqi gathered Spiritual Pressure to attack Ronglin, but Ronglin threw the Killing Stone at him and extinguished the energy.
• The testing grounds fell silent as the crowd realized Qiuyeqi had used a Killing Stone.

Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu’s sparring wrecked the testing ground, while Ronglin learned that the noble heirs were holding back under an agreement. After a bystander redirected their anger toward Ronglin, Byakuya and Zhu charged at him together.

• Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu fought with Zanpakuto, Kido, Flash Step, and Hakuda, injuring the young nobles around them.
• A noble explained to Ronglin that the Four Great Noble Clans’ heirs could use no more than half their Spiritual Pressure or Kido above rank ten while sparring.
• Ronglin decided to keep a lower profile around the powerful noble families, then heard the others lament that Shihoin Yoruichi could have stopped the fight.
• Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu joined forces after a fat bystander claimed they would beat Ronglin instead of acting as the Shihoin princess would.
• Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu charged at Ronglin, threatening to make him beg for mercy, while the onlookers fled.

Ronglin subdued Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu after they attacked him, then persuaded them to stop fighting and return to the test. The two agreed to challenge him another day, and Shiba Zhu asked Kuchiki Byakuya about Ronglin’s wrist guard.

• Shiba Zhu began chanting Hado #33, but Ronglin stopped her by covering her mouth and then knocked away Kuchiki Byakuya’s attack, restraining both of them.
• Ronglin urged Kuchiki Byakuya to return home and challenge him only when he could win, and Kuchiki Byakuya reluctantly agreed to leave him alone for the day.
• Shiba Zhu accepted her loss and said she would challenge Ronglin again, while insulting Kuchiki Byakuya.
• Ronglin separated the bickering pair and asked the examiner and Qiuyeqi what to do next.
• Shiba Zhu pointed out Ronglin’s wrist guard and asked Kuchiki Byakuya if he knew what it was.

Ronglin exposed Qiuyeqi’s deception at the Shino Academy entrance test, but the story spread wildly and made him famous. After his talents earned him a place in Class A, Grade 1, he studied hard and excelled in his assessments, drawing the attention of Shinigami observers.

• Kuchiki Byakuya identified the object as a Spirit Gathering Stone, exposing Qiuyeqi’s trick and clearing Ronglin of suspicion.
• The proctor resumed the test, Ronglin passed the first round, and Qiuyeqi was handed over to Jushiro Ukitake.
• Rumors about the incident spread across Shino Academy, making Ronglin a hero to female students and a target of jealous male students.
• Academy officials investigated Ronglin and placed him in Class A, Grade 1, where he received a luxurious residence and a generous allowance.
• Ronglin studied Spiritual Pressure control and excelled in his assessments, while instructors expected that Shinigami might soon recruit him.

Ronglin tried to master Kido before next month’s assessment while Shiba Zhu and Kuchiki Byakuya interrupted him. After Ronglin challenged Byakuya to a future duel, both nobles sat down beside him and began studying.

• Ronglin struggled to learn Kido, hoping to strengthen himself and eventually enter the Great Spirit Archive to find a way out of this world.
• Shiba Zhu and Kuchiki Byakuya arrived at the study hall and began arguing, prompting Ronglin to tell them not to disrupt his studies.
• Shiba Zhu reacted with surprise when Ronglin said he still needed to study despite his strength, and Byakuya replied that weaker people were not working hard either.
• Ronglin threatened to challenge Byakuya to a duel after he obtained a Zanpakuto, and Byakuya sat down to study rather than let the gap between them widen.
• Shiba Zhu sat down to study beside Ronglin and Byakuya, leaving the other students uneasy at the nobles’ presence among them.

Ronglin focused on learning to control his Spiritual Pressure while Kuchiki Byakuya explained that Qiuyeqi had been punished and offered a meeting with Captain Ukitake. Ronglin refused the meeting but accepted no obligation to attend, as Byakuya then invited him to a Kuchiki Family noble gathering.

• Ronglin concentrated on mastering Spiritual Pressure instead of involving himself with Seireitei's noble families.
• Kuchiki Byakuya apologized for Qiuyeqi's actions and said Qiuyeqi had lost his noble title.
• Byakuya invited Ronglin to meet Captain Ukitake, but Ronglin firmly declined and said he wanted to focus on his studies.
• Byakuya accepted Ronglin's refusal, then invited him to the Kuchiki Family's quarterly noble gathering as an apology for his own earlier disrespect.
• Onlookers speculated that the great families planned to assess Ronglin and recruit him.

Ronglin refused Kuchiki Byakuya’s invitation to join the nobles, but Byakuya took his refusal as a sign of admirable resolve and challenged him to become his rival. Byakuya and Shiba Zhu tried to lure Ronglin to a strange place to test their strength, leaving him asking what made it strange.

• Ronglin insisted he wanted to study and would not go with Kuchiki Byakuya.
• Kuchiki Byakuya praised Ronglin’s principles and declared him his strongest opponent, vowing to defeat him one day.
• Shiba Zhu and Kuchiki Byakuya argued with Ronglin about his refusal to leave his studies alone.
• Kuchiki Byakuya proposed that they put their learning into practice at a place he knew, and Shiba Zhu warned they could face two years of confinement if caught.
• Shiba Zhu and Kuchiki Byakuya tried to persuade Ronglin to come, but he refused and asked what was strange about the place.

Ronglin learned that the Graveyard of the Fallen was where the Soul King had shed blood and where cracks appeared in the World Wall, and he eagerly set out to investigate it. Led by Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu, he left Shino Academy for the outskirts of Seireitei.

• Kuchiki Byakuya told Ronglin that the Graveyard of the Fallen breached the World Barrier and suppressed Spiritual Pressure.
• Ronglin asked to visit the site, and Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu agreed to take him despite his lack of a Zanpakuto.
• Ronglin worried about the unpredictable powers of awakened Zanpakuto and resolved to keep improving his strength.
• Ronglin, Kuchiki Byakuya, and Shiba Zhu left Shino Academy and headed toward the outskirts of Seireitei.
• Shiba Zhu teased Ronglin about the hostile looks he drew, and Ronglin blamed her and Kuchiki Byakuya for being captured by him.