Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue revealed his identity and Zanpakuto-copying ability to Aizen, while Ichigo Kurosaki and the captains returned from Hueco Mundo and were defeated again. Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto then confronted Aizen, carrying the head of the Fire Extinguisher Prince and saying he had learned of Aizen's plan in advance.

• Aizen deduced that Xu Yue had impersonated Kaname Tōsen to copy captains' Zanpakuto and tried to turn him against the Soul Reapers.
• Xu Yue revealed his Quincy identity, and Aizen explained that he had planned to trap him in Hueco Mundo before recognizing his potential.
• Kisuke Urahara opened a Garganta, bringing Ichigo Kurosaki and several captains back to the World of the Living.
• Ichigo found Xu Yue, and the returning captains attacked Aizen but were defeated by his strength and Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto appeared with the Fire Extinguisher Prince's head and told Aizen that he had learned of his plan in advance.

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto trapped Aizen with Flame Hell, but the Hogyoku fused with Aizen and transformed him, allowing him to overpower Yamamoto and kill Xu Yue. Yamamoto released his Bankai to stop Aizen, but Yhwach appeared from the void and crushed Yamamoto’s attack.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto seized Aizen and used Flame Hell, revealing that he had identified Aizen’s true body despite Kyōka Suigetsu.
• The Hogyoku fused with Aizen under the threat of Flame Hell, transforming and rapidly healing him.
• Aizen appeared beside Xu Yue, seized his sword hilt, and cleaved him in two before attacking Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto released Zanka no Tachi and prepared to strike Aizen with Kita: Tenchi Kaijin.
• Yhwach emerged from the void between Aizen and Yamamoto and crushed the blade aura with his hand.

Yhwach appeared between Aizen and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and revealed he could wield Toshiro Hitsugaya’s Hyōrinmaru, using its absolute cold to fight both men. Their clash shattered the barrier and sent all three to Soul Society.

• Yhwach crushed Yamamoto’s blade aura and faced him alongside Aizen as Yamamoto unleashed the full power of Zanka no Tachi.
• Yhwach drew Hyōrinmaru and formed an ice armor that froze Yamamoto’s blade auras and Aizen’s attacks within four steps.
• Yhwach dragged Aizen into the fight, and Aizen’s Hogyoku-enhanced power failed to overcome the absolute freeze.
• Yamamoto broke through Yhwach’s freezing domain with Zanka no Tachi, but Yhwach blocked his attack and forced him into the battle.
• Yamamoto and Aizen coordinated their attacks against Yhwach, and their clash shattered the barrier and carried all three into Soul Society.

Aizen and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto joined forces against Yhwach, but Xu Yue revealed himself as the victor and took the Hogyoku. After killing Yamamoto, Xu Yue faced Ichigo Kurosaki, who had awakened a new form and struck at him.

• Aizen and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto combined their attacks to break Yhwach’s defense, while Ichigo Kurosaki watched helplessly as his companions’ deaths replayed in his mind.
• Aizen unleashed his full power, but Yhwach caught his strike, crushed his Zanpakuto, and reduced him to particles before taking the Hogyoku.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had been posing as Yhwach, absorbed the Hogyoku into Frozen Realm, and declared he would subdue it before fusing with it.
• Xu Yue copied Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, and cleaved Yamamoto in two.
• Ichigo Kurosaki attacked Xu Yue with a pitch-black blade aura, but Xu Yue blocked the strike and recognized him as Mugen Ichigo.

Xu Yue froze Soul Society and defeated Mugen Ichigo by stripping away his powers, then entered Soul King's Palace to confront Zero Division. He announced his intention to take the Soul King and faced the five captains as a vast array of Zanpakuto appeared behind him.

• Xu Yue used Aincrad and the Frozen Realm to strip Ichigo Kurosaki of his powers, leaving him alive.
• Xu Yue froze Soul Society and walked through the snow toward Seireitei's central district.
• Xu Yue crossed into Soul King's Palace Omotesandō, where Hyōsube Ichibē confronted him.
• Xu Yue said he wanted the Soul King and proposed using Jushiro Ukitake to stabilize the Three Realms, but Hyōsube Ichibē rejected his suggestion.
• Hyōsube Ichibē, Hikifune Kirio, Tenjirō Kirinji, Shutara Senjumaru, and Ōetsu Nimaiya surrounded Xu Yue as he summoned countless Zanpakuto.

Xu Yue subdued the Zero Division captains and reached the Soul King, whose removal began destabilizing the Three Realms. He triggered a mission to prevent their collapse and prepared to use the Soul King's left hand as part of a solution.

• Xu Yue overwhelmed the Zero Division captains with projections of released Zanpakuto and used Kyōka Suigetsu to seal them in place.
• Xu Yue offered the captains a choice between cooperating and letting the Three Realms be destroyed, then went to the Soul King's Inner Palace.
• Xu Yue found that the Soul King lacked independent consciousness and began drawing him into a Kamui vortex.
• The Soul King's removal shook the Three Realms, and the system warned Xu Yue before assigning him a mission to prevent their collapse.
• Xu Yue unsealed the Soul King's left hand, which he had taken from the Wandenreich, and considered using Jushiro Ukitake's Soul King right hand as well.

After absorbing the Soul King and unifying the Three Realms, Xu Yue named Jūshirō Ukitake as his successor before leaving the Bleach world. Back in the Reincarnation Space, he paid the costs for the Soul King and Hogyoku and retained seven S-Rank Plot Points.

• Xu Yue used the Soul King as the foundation to strengthen his Frozen Realm, gaining The Almighty within his own world.
• Xu Yue completed his rule over the Three Realms, stripped Ichigo Kurosaki of his powers, collected Zanpakuto abilities, and took Arrancar and Gillain from Hueco Mundo.
• Xu Yue told the gathered leaders that he would soon leave and appointed Jūshirō Ukitake, who held the Soul King's right hand, as the next Soul King.
• Xu Yue returned to the Reincarnation Space and saw countless worlds from above as he was pulled out of the Bleach world.
• Xu Yue paid for the Soul King and Hogyoku with two SS evaluations and four S evaluations, leaving himself seven S-Rank Plot Points and one A-Rank Plot Point.

Xu Yue spent his remaining resources refining and integrating several abilities, while Sun Lin celebrated her mission rewards and teased him about his smaller gains. As they headed to the cafeteria, Saint Hill Academy raised its defensive alert, prompting Xu Yue to suspect the academy had been weakened by the loss of Maximus and Béton.

• Xu Yue used all seven S-Rank Plot Points to strengthen his AT Field, adapt localized time manipulation for combat, and combine Yhwach's spiritual abilities with Orochimaru's Curse Mark technique.
• Xu Yue integrated the Soul King and Hogyoku into his abilities, then finished testing his gains and found himself nearly out of Plot Points.
• Sun Lin bragged about earning three A-Rank Plot Points and teased Xu Yue for receiving only one, while acknowledging his strength.
• A red alarm activated Saint Hill Academy's defensive barrier as students wondered why the alert level had been raised.
• Xu Yue suspected Saint Hill Academy had been badly weakened because Maximus and Béton were gone.

After the Bleach vs. Hollows mission devastated France’s high-level Reincarnators, France blamed Germany and began exploiting the resulting tensions. Xu Yue expanded his influence, secured valuable rewards through Sun Lin’s intelligence, and strengthened his laborers while keeping his role in the disaster hidden.

• News spread that nearly all high-level Reincarnators in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo had died, including Maximus and Béton of the Holy Hill Legion.
• The First Legion and Second Legion defended Saint Hill’s sacrifice, and France’s legions blamed Germany and began raiding its missions for compensation.
• Students left Saint Hill Military Academy for Germany, while the Beiyang Society’s international students stayed to study and train despite Chen Hang’s death.
• Xu Yue strengthened ties with Rothschild France Bank and directed Six Paths Xu Yue to expand the European Penguin Merchant Guild amid the conflict.
• Sun Lin reported Bleach vs. Hollows intelligence to the Beiyang Army, earned two S-Rank Plot Points, and gave one to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue tested Great Hollow scrolls and Curse Mark power on laborers, building their strength while keeping them inconspicuous, and prepared the Devil Fruit for an anonymous special auction.

Hog discovered that the Burning Fruit he lost had been listed at auction, while Xu Yue sold it and spent the proceeds strengthening his concealment and granting Ulquiorra Cifer independent action. Sun Lin showed Xu Yue her new Soul Synchronization ability and Gundam Throne before Britt arrived, apparently seeking intelligence about the previous mission.

• Hog recognized the newly listed Burning Fruit as the ability he had lost and sought help buying it back, while his companion advised him to petition the legion.
• Xu Yue ignored suspicious messages from potential buyers and sold the Burning Fruit for three S-Rank Plot Points and six A-Rank Plot Points.
• Xu Yue used the proceeds to strengthen his identity concealment and misdirection and to buy independent action authority for Ulquiorra Cifer.
• Sun Lin told Xu Yue about her Soul Synchronization ability and showed him her Gundam Throne, which could harm people exposed to its red particles.
• Britt appeared and approached Xu Yue and Sun Lin, apparently hoping to learn more about the devastating previous mission.

Xu Yue and Sun Lin revealed evidence that Churchill had secretly entered a French Mission Space, prompting Saint Hill’s legions to suspect Britain and consider a major political and military response. Edward Rothschild proposed exploiting Germany to provoke a conflict with Britain and bring down the British Empire, leaving the French legions waiting for his family’s commitment.

• Sun Lin told Britt he had already sold the intelligence to Beiyang, and Britt arranged for Saint Hill to purchase access to it.
• Xu Yue showed Britt memory footage of Churchill confronting Rommel and signed a confidentiality agreement before revealing the details.
• Britt promised to seek rewards for Xu Yue and took the footage to Saint Hill’s leadership, which convened France’s Top Ten Legions.
• A high-ranking spy reported that Churchill had been irritable after a failed secret mission, leading the French legions to conclude he had entered their Mission Space and to plan retaliation against Britain.
• Edward Rothschild proposed that his family help France provoke a Britain-Germany conflict and betray Britain at a decisive moment, and the legions waited for the family’s approval.

Xu Yue accepted Britt’s protection and reward after sharing sensitive intelligence, while Britt arranged for Shirley to look after him. Meanwhile, Tendo Xu Yue negotiated with a mysterious visitor seeking to hire a powerful fighter, and the visitor’s request for the expert who defeated the Mermaid Legion received an unexpectedly simple response.

• Britt confirmed Xu Yue had kept the intelligence confidential, promised to protect him, and gave him two A-Rank Plot Points and Shirley’s support.
• Xu Yue and Britt exchanged friendly words, and Britt’s mediation let Xu Yue and Shirley meet openly at the school.
• De Gaulle, Johnson, and Howard joined the school’s rivalry, while Saint Hill remained weakened by the loss of Lord Béton and Lord Maximus.
• A mysterious visitor paid Tendo Xu Yue an A-Rank Plot Point deposit and asked to hire the expert who had defeated the Mermaid Legion, or someone equally powerful.
• Tendo Xu Yue asked how many experts the visitor needed.

Xu Yue learned that France had secretly hired German Intruders for an operation against Britain and was leading the mercenaries alongside Jigokudo Xu Yue. The employer revealed their target was a British super mech test, then appointed the two Xu Yues as team leaders.

• Xu Yue concluded that France had recruited German experts through a foreign mercenary legion to disguise its plans against Britain.
• Nine people, including Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue, gathered in the Switzerland Zone and were reassured about their contracts and compensation.
• The employer explained that the team would infiltrate a British Royal Fleet testing ground to investigate a new super mech.
• The employer promised to deploy the mercenaries to the site aboard a Black Stealth Special Operations Ship.
• The employer named Tendo Xu Yue as team leader and Jigokudo Xu Yue as deputy team leader.

Tendo Xu Yue led a group of mercenaries aboard a stealth ship to attack the British Royal Fleet and destroy a giant mech Britain was transporting. The ship reached the target area, and the team prepared to deploy for a high-risk surprise assault.

• The mercenaries questioned whether Tendo Xu Yue and his fellow Veteran Intruder were qualified to command them, then accepted their authority after learning their rank.
• The team boarded a Black Stealth Special Operations Ship departing Switzerland for Britain, planning to destroy the mech if they could not take it away.
• Grizzly Bear asked about the mech, and Tendo Xu Yue explained that the group knew only that it was giant, frozen during transport, and important to Britain.
• Tendo Xu Yue approved destroying the mech as the operation's goal, earning the mercenaries' approval.
• The stealth ship reached the target area, and the team prepared to deploy while worrying that the assault could not last long against Britain's forces.

Louis and Albert worked at the harbor as the Legion prepared to study a massive frozen mech, but an attack by nine Intruders disrupted the base. Grizzly Bear overwhelmed the cousins until Blood Axe arrived to protect them, leaving the battle poised to resume.

• Louis and Albert bickered while transporting equipment for the giant mech, and Louis damaged a container when he swung at Albert.
• Nine Intruders appeared over the harbor and attacked the base, with six heading for the frozen mech.
• Louis and Albert prepared to fight but backed down after sensing the Intruders’ strength.
• Grizzly Bear attacked the cousins with a huge bear paw and restrained them with gravity.
• Blood Axe shattered Grizzly Bear’s bear totem and stepped in front of Louis and Albert, who prepared to join the fight.

Tendo Xu Yue seized the frozen Unit 02 from the British base, but the mercenaries' escape was overwhelmed by the unexpectedly powerful British defenders. Prince Hassen arrived after Grizzly Bear was killed and demanded that the invaders surrender the unit.

• Tendo Xu Yue landed on the ice-sealed mech and broke the ice covering its head, revealing an EVA-like unit with four eyes.
• Tendo Xu Yue used the Flying Thunder God Barrier to move Unit 02 into the Frozen Realm, while Albert and Louis realized it had vanished.
• Blood Axe attacked Grizzly Bear as the mercenaries began their retreat, and British fighters rushed onto the battlefield.
• The British defenders proved far stronger than expected, trapping the invading mercenaries as they tried to escape.
• Prince Hassen split Grizzly Bear in two and ordered the remaining invaders to hand over the item in exchange for their lives.

Prince Hassen killed Grizzly Bear and demanded that Xu Yue’s team return the stolen EVA, threatening to hunt them if they refused. After the team urged Xu Yue to give up, he agreed to return it only after a spar with Hassen, who accepted and promised to let bygones be bygones.

• Prince Hassen killed Grizzly Bear, checked that Louis and Albert were safe, and threatened the remaining intruders with a cross-border hunt unless they returned the cargo.
• Xu Yue realized Britain likely valued Unit 02 as a biological EVA prototype with potential for replication, while Hassen’s presence showed how important the unit was to Britain.
• Hassen and his adjutant pressured the mercenaries to surrender the item, and the team turned to Xu Yue as their employer’s commission no longer seemed worth the danger.
• The mercenaries and Jigokudo Xu Yue urged Tendo Xu Yue to give up, and he agreed but refused to hand over the item without a fight.
• Hassen accepted Xu Yue’s proposal for a brief spar and promised to return the item peacefully if he won by half a move.

Prince Hassen confronted Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue after they agreed to a duel, but the two captains quickly struck him with powerful Zanpakuto abilities. Hassen survived their attacks and prepared to fight back, while Albert and Louis stayed out of the duel.

• Prince Hassen accepted a duel with Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue, while Albert and Louis promised to prevent anyone else from interfering.
• Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue drew their dual-bladed Zanpakuto and revealed their abilities to the gathered onlookers.
• Tendo Xu Yue struck Prince Hassen with Zan'e, whose higher-position rule shattered Hassen's claw attack and slammed him into a crater.
• Jigokudo Xu Yue absorbed Hassen's black flame bats and redirected them as a jet-black fire that struck Hassen as he tried to recover.
• Prince Hassen reformed in the sky, badly disheveled but still powerful, and apologized for underestimating the two captains.

Prince Hassen adapted to Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue’s complementary attacks, then killed Tendo Xu Yue after using his clones to uncover his abilities. As Prince Hassen turned to face Jigokudo Xu Yue, Jigokudo reminded him that his mech was still on Tendo Xu Yue.

• Prince Hassen created four solid figures of himself and pressured Tendo Xu Yue and Jigokudo Xu Yue with coordinated attacks.
• Prince Hassen deduced how Tendo Xu Yue’s color-based attacks worked and used a clone to restrain him with black tentacles.
• Prince Hassen pierced Tendo Xu Yue’s chest before the blades from his shadow could reach him, killing him and tearing apart his corpse.
• Albert and Louis cheered Prince Hassen’s apparent victory, while Jigokudo Xu Yue pointed out that Prince Hassen’s mech was on Tendo Xu Yue.

Jigokudo Xu Yue led the surviving mercenaries to escape Prince Hassen’s dockyard base after Tendo Xu Yue’s death, and the employer paid the agreed reward while offering the Penguin Merchant Guild a favor. The chapter left Xu Yue wealthy again and the guild’s reputation growing in Europe.

• After the captain died and the mecha was lost, Prince Hassen ordered his forces to kill the remaining intruders.
• Jigokudo Xu Yue blocked and reflected Prince Hassen’s attacks, carved a path through the encirclement, and helped the team escape aboard a Black Stealth Special Operations Ship.
• The surviving participants mourned Tendo Xu Yue and praised both him and Jigokudo Xu Yue for risking themselves to save the team.
• The Dark Lord reviewed the mission report and memory recordings, recognized the team’s extraordinary strength, and paid the full agreed reward.
• The employer privately offered Jigokudo Xu Yue a favor and reaffirmed its promise to let the Penguin Merchant Guild develop freely.
• Xu Yue received four S-Rank Plot Points and gained renewed wealth as the Penguin Merchant Guild’s professional reputation spread among major European legions.