Chapter Summaries

Duke watched Erlang Shen arrive and duel Monkey, then saw the Heavenly Court’s forces surround Monkey while their generals secretly hindered Erlang Shen. Monkey was finally knocked unconscious by a golden bracelet and pinned by the Howling Celestial Dog.

• Duke, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the Roc Demon King gossiped about Monkey until Erlang Shen emerged from the Heaven-Earth Net Array.
• Monkey mocked Erlang Shen, and the two fought for more than three hundred rounds before matching each other in giant forms.
• King Li ordered the Heavenly forces to attack Flower Fruit Mountain, and Monkey left Erlang Shen to protect his descendants before being shot down by Erlang Shen’s third eye.
• Monkey fought Erlang Shen and the assembled Heavenly generals, while the Four Heavenly Kings and several Constellations secretly held back.
• A golden bracelet struck Monkey on the head, and the Slender-Waisted Howling Celestial Dog bit his neck and pinned him down.

After Monkey was captured, Duke joined the Flood Dragon Demon King and the Roc Demon King in a fierce sparring match over the East Blue. The three demons continued fighting in earnest, with Duke meeting both Demon Kings alone and unleashing a storm of spear strikes.

• The Four Heavenly Kings took Monkey back to the Heavenly Court while Erlang Shen departed with the Six Brothers of Meishan and Slim Waist.
• Duke, the Flood Dragon Demon King, and the Roc Demon King left Flower Fruit Mountain and drank together at an inn in Aalai Kingdom.
• The Flood Dragon Demon King challenged Duke to a friendly fight, and the Roc Demon King joined them.
• The Roc Demon King attacked Duke with his Halberd with Crescent Blade, and the Flood Dragon Demon King entered the fight with a three-pronged steel fork.
• The three demons battled in shifting pairings until Duke faced both Demon Kings alone and covered them with thousands of spear strikes.

Duke battled the Flood Dragon Demon King and Roc Demon King, eventually fighting the Roc Demon King to a standstill and earning his respect. After the three agreed to celebrate at Duke's cave, Duke healed the Roc Demon King's injuries with Jiamu Divine Light.

• Duke fought both Demon Kings until the Flood Dragon Demon King withdrew and the Roc Demon King challenged him alone.
• The Roc Demon King transformed into his true Great Peng form and knocked Duke into the sea, but Duke struck back and wounded his claws.
• Duke transformed into a giant black-backed eagle and fought the Roc Demon King until they stopped at sunset without a clear victor.
• The Roc Demon King admitted Duke's strength, and the Flood Dragon Demon King invited them to drink together.
• Duke invited the two Demon Kings to his cave and used Jiamu Divine Light to heal the Roc Demon King's injuries.

Duke strengthened his bond with the Flood Dragon Demon King and the Roc Demon King before returning to seclusion to study the Five-Colored Divine Light. He emerged as Monkey was subdued by Buddha and imprisoned beneath Five-Finger Mountain, then flew back to Seven Absolutes Mountain after deciding he could not approach the mountain safely.

• Duke hosted the Flood Dragon Demon King and the Roc Demon King at Seven Absolutes Mountain, and the three grew close through feasts and exchanges of cultivation insights.
• After the two Demon Kings departed, Duke resumed cultivating in seclusion and spent a long period refining the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• When Monkey broke free of the Eight Trigrams Furnace and attacked the Heavenly Court, Duke flew east and witnessed the confrontation from afar.
• Monkey wagered that he could leap beyond Buddha's palm, but Buddha trapped him in his hand and suppressed him beneath Five-Finger Mountain with a golden-script talisman.
• Duke studied Five-Finger Mountain from a distance but avoided approaching while powerful immortals watched, then returned to Seven Absolutes Mountain.

After the Heavenly Court sent fifty thousand soldiers to suppress Seven Absolutes Mountain, Duke faced their army alone and withstood its formation. He defeated the Giant Spirit God and gained the upper hand against Third Prince Nezha, leaving Nezha wounded and retreating.

• Duke sensed the approaching Heavenly army and spread the Five Elements Formation to protect Seven Absolutes Mountain, but more than half his minor demons fled when fifty thousand Heavenly Soldiers arrived.
• Third Prince Nezha ordered Duke to surrender, but Duke refused and defeated the Giant Spirit God, cutting both of his axes and wounding him as he fled.
• The Heavenly Net and Earthly Web Formation attacked Duke with blades, lightning, fire, and wind, but his Five-Colored Divine Light kept him unharmed.
• Nezha transformed into Three Heads and Six Arms and attacked Duke with six weapons, gradually forcing him onto the defensive.
• After three hundred exchanges, Duke turned the fight around and slashed Nezha's arm, breaking his divine body and forcing him to retreat on the Wind-Fire Wheels.

Duke defeated Third Prince Nezha, the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, and the Heavenly Court’s army at Seven Absolutes Mountain. After Nezha and the surviving Star Lords reported to the Jade Emperor, he ordered Buddha to handle Duke.

• Nezha’s Golden Brick and Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover failed to harm Duke, who overcame the divine flames with his own powers.
• Duke defeated the Nine Luminaries Star Lords and Nezha, then shattered the Heavenly Net and Earthly Web Formation.
• Duke transformed into a giant eagle and attacked the retreating Heavenly Soldiers, leaving fewer than one in ten of the fifty thousand alive.
• Nezha and the Nine Luminaries Star Lords returned to the Jade Emperor and pleaded guilty for their defeat.
• The Jade Emperor declined to recruit Duke or send another army and ordered Buddha to subdue him.

Buddha delayed the Buddhist Sect’s response to the demons by preaching about avoiding karmic entanglements, while Duke’s exploits in the demon, supernatural, and Ultraman worlds continued. In Unknown Space, the two Dukes met a middle-aged newcomer whose long-delayed Golden Finger could save Microsoft.

• Buddha received the Jade Emperor’s decree and chose to discuss cleansing the mind before sending anyone to subdue demons.
• Duke returned to his mountain after repelling the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, attracted followers and Demon Kings, and waited months without another attack.
• Duke from the supernatural anthology world recounted tormenting Tomie, Jason, and other horror figures to Zetton Duke.
• Zetton Duke described beating three Ultraman warriors who had been sent to eliminate him and restore their honor.
• A new Duke in a special forces uniform and lab coat arrived in Unknown Space, merged memories with the others, and learned his Golden Finger could save Microsoft.

Middle-aged Duke, Zetton Duke, and Duke from the ghost world met Cross-dressing Big Shot Duke, who explained that he transformed into a Magical Girl to survive demons in his world. Their banter stopped when Duke from the ghost world touched a sanitary pad and realized it was one of them.

• Middle-aged Duke described his life in the EVA world and complained that his Golden Finger had arrived after he had given up on saving the world.
• A beautiful newcomer appeared, but revealed himself as Cross-dressing Big Shot Duke, a man who had to transform into a Magical Girl to fight demons.
• The Dukes fused memories and learned that magical power could choose boys as well as girls, transforming them into beautiful Magical Girls.
• Middle-aged Duke spotted a sanitary pad near Cross-dressing Big Shot, who denied using it and insisted it was not his.
• Duke from the ghost world picked up the sanitary pad and realized it was not equipment but one of them.

Sanitary Pad Spirit Duke merged with Duke from the supernatural world's memories and explained how spiritual energy had transformed his world. In Soul Society, Duke, Kenpachi, and Aizen entered a machine bound for the Wandenreich to gather intelligence on the Quincy, leaving the Captain Commander worried their mission would become a fight.

• Sanitary Pad Spirit Duke took human form after merging memories with Duke from the supernatural world, but the other Dukes recoiled from him.
• Sanitary Pad Spirit Duke described how spiritual energy had reshaped Earth and sparked a new age of cultivation, magic, and awakened beings.
• After Mayuri Kurotsuchi built a machine to reach the Wandenreich, the Captain Commander ordered a reconnaissance mission to assess the Quincy.
• Duke chose Kenpachi and Aizen as his teammates, and Seireitei also prepared for war by releasing prisoners and assigning Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen to the vanguard.
• Duke, Kenpachi, and Aizen entered the machine's passage toward the Wandenreich, which opened only a few steps away from Seireitei.

Duke, Aizen, and Kenpachi Zaraki invaded the Wandenreich, where Duke encountered Gremmy Thoumeaux after learning Yhwach had named him one of six Special War Powers. Duke cut Gremmy in half, but Gremmy reassembled himself unharmed, and their fight continued.

• Duke noted that the Wandenreich’s dense Reishi gave the Quincy a major advantage, then told Aizen he had mastered Bankai.
• Kenpachi Zaraki rushed into Silbern alone, while Aizen left to gather intelligence and Duke entered the palace by another route.
• Duke killed four Soldat who confronted him, then faced Gremmy Thoumeaux, who revealed that Yhwach had designated Duke as the Special War Power representing the “unknown.”
• Duke slashed Gremmy in half, but Gremmy reassembled himself without injury and said he had imagined his body as the hardest substance in the world.

Gremmy Thoumeaux used his imagination to attack Duke, escalating from lava and guns to a Tsar Bomba before Yhwach destroyed the bomb with the Great Holy Bow. Gremmy then trapped Duke in an imagined universe of vacuum, crushing gravity, and extreme cold, challenging him to cut his way out.

• Gremmy Thoumeaux revealed his Schrift V power to turn fantasy into reality and attacked Duke with lava, but Duke cut through Gremmy and a metal wall before Gremmy regenerated.
• Gremmy created machine guns and cannons and fired on Duke, who deflected the bullets and sliced apart the missiles.
• After Duke taunted him about using a Tsar Bomba, Gremmy created a duplicate and summoned a massive bomb over Silbern.
• Duke began to release Bankai, but Yhwach's Great Holy Bow shattered the bomb in midair, and Duke and Gremmy argued over whether Duke had been frightened.
• Gremmy created four more versions of himself and opened an imagined universe that dragged Duke into a vacuum of extreme cold and chaotic gravity.

Duke defeated Gremmy Thoumeaux after surviving his imagined outer space and overwhelming him with his blade. He then encountered five Sternritter women, who argued among themselves as he questioned why their group had a male member.

• Duke revealed he could survive in space with New Moon and Full Moon, then cut through Gremmy Thoumeaux's imagined universe and killed one of his creations.
• Gremmy Thoumeaux resurrected, attacked Duke, and was killed when his attempt to imagine power equal to Duke's caused his body to explode, leaving his brain in a container.
• Duke searched the ruins for another survivor, then dodged lightning from five approaching Sternritter.
• Candice Catnipp, Meninas McAllon, Liltotto Lamperd, Bambietta Basterbine, and Giselle Gewelle introduced themselves and argued among themselves.
• Duke recognized the five Sternritter as a girl group and wondered why it had a male member.

Duke fought the five Quincy girls while Yhwach ordered the Wandenreich to launch its invasion without waiting for the Hueco Mundo force. The Wandenreich emerged within the Seireitei, replacing it with its frozen palace and beginning the war.

• Duke challenged Candice Catnipp, Bambietta Basterbine, and the other Quincy girls to attack him together, then struck them with his sword techniques.
• Yhwach summoned Jugram Haschwalth and ordered the decisive battle and invasion of the Seireitei to begin immediately.
• Aizen Sōsuke appeared before Yhwach, declared that he had come to watch the Quincy perish, and vanished after Yhwach attacked him with a Sankt Zwinger.
• The Quincy released their hidden Reishi space, causing the Wandenreich to emerge and swallow the Seireitei beneath its frozen buildings.
• The Bleach realized the Seireitei had been replaced by the enemy palace, and the war began.

The Wandenreich launched a surprise invasion of the Seireitei, surrounding the Soul Reapers and inflicting heavy casualties. Shinji Hirako fought Sternritter Cang Du and revealed Sakanade’s inverted senses, but Cang Du’s iron body remained difficult to damage.

• Jugram Haschwalth ordered the Sternritter to eliminate the Soul Reaper forces while pillars of Reishi flame erupted across the Seireitei.
• Shinji Hirako lamented the rising casualties as the Soul Reapers struggled against the Quincy ambush.
• Cang Du attacked Shinji with steel claws, but Shinji blocked and countered with his Zanpakuto and a Hadō.
• Shinji discovered that Cang Du’s body could turn to iron, making it resistant to his sword strikes.
• Shinji released Sakanade, reversing Cang Du’s perception of directions, but Cang Du claimed the ability could not overcome his defense.

As the war spread through the frozen palace complex, Retsu Unohana left Squad 4’s refuge to confront NaNaNa Najahkoop, whose Schrift made attacks bend away from him. Their clash ended with blood spraying through the air, while several Captains’ Reiatsu fell dangerously low across the battlefield.

• Shinji used Sakanade to disorient Cang Du, but Cang Du activated his Vollständig and his steel body kept the fight at a stalemate.
• The Quincy overwhelmed the Gotei 13 across the palace complex, killing more than a thousand lower-ranking Bleach in under ten minutes.
• Retsu Unohana left Squad 4’s palace to intercept a Quincy approaching the hidden members and ordered Isane Kotetsu to reinforce the barrier and keep everyone concealed.
• Retsu Unohana confronted NaNaNa Najahkoop and discovered that his Schrift, The Winding, caused attacks to curve away from him.
• Retsu Unohana sensed Sajin Komamura, Soi Fon, Rōjūrō Otoribashi, and Kensei Muguruma’s Reiatsu plunge as NaNaNa Najahkoop charged her; their blades crossed, and blood sprayed through the air.

Retsu Unohana killed NaNaNa Najahkoop and went to treat Rōjūrō Otoribashi and Kensei Muguruma as Mayuri Kurotsuchi warned the Soul Reapers not to use Bankai. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto entered the battle, confronted Yhwach, and cut down Mask De Masculine and James as he advanced.

• Retsu Unohana explained how she could cut NaNaNa Najahkoop, pursued him, and killed him before heading to treat Rōjūrō Otoribashi and Kensei Muguruma.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi announced through Tenteikūra that the Quincy could steal Bankai and urged Soul Reapers not to use theirs.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto rose from his seat and unleashed his Reiatsu, restoring the Soul Reapers' morale and driving them to attack fiercely.
• Yamamoto located Yhwach and strode toward him, burning Quincy in his path.
• Mask De Masculine and James blocked Yamamoto and tried to defend themselves with Vollständig, Blut Vene, and cheers.
• Yamamoto struck Mask De Masculine and James with Ryūjin Jakka, reducing them to ash without breaking stride.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto confronted Yhwach and unleashed his Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, as its heat spread across the Seireitei. Kurosaki Ichigo and his allies joined the battle, and Kisuke Urahara revealed medicine that could reclaim stolen Bankai.

• Yhwach taunted Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who killed three attacking Sternritter and clashed with Yhwach.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto released Bankai, and the heat from Zanka no Tachi began drying the air throughout the Seireitei.
• Bazz-B attacked Tōshirō with Burning Finger 2, but Kurosaki Ichigo rescued him from the flames.
• Tōshirō saw Kurosaki Ichigo, Isshin Kurosaki, Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihōin, Halibel, Nel, and Grimmjow, and learned that Grimmjow had brought Quilge Opie's corpse.
• Tōshirō warned the group that the Quincy could steal Bankai, and Kisuke Urahara revealed Shadow-Infusion Medicine that could reclaim them.

Tōshirō and several captains used Kisuke Urahara’s Hollow-based medicine to protect their Bankai, while battles across the Soul Society shifted in the Bleach side’s favor. Duke joined Shinji against Cang Du as the Captain Commander pressed Yhwach with Zanka no Tachi, leaving the war’s outcome dependent on their central duel.

• Tōshirō swallowed the Shadow-Infusion Medicine, underwent partial Hollowfication, and prepared to fight, but Grimmjow attacked Bazz-B first while Kisuke distributed the medicine to other captains.
• Shinji continued fighting Cang Du until Kisuke confirmed the medicine would protect his Bankai, then began to release it before Duke’s Sword Qi interrupted him.
• Duke told Cang Du that Candice Catnipp and the other women were dead, then joined Shinji in trapping Cang Du and preventing his escape.
• The captains who took the medicine unleashed their Bankai, and the Bleach side gained an advantage as more than half of the Sternritter were killed or wounded.
• The Captain Commander used Zanka no Tachi against Yhwach, erasing more than half of Yhwach’s sword and forcing him to maintain Blut Vene against the Captain Commander’s heat.

The Captain Commander defeated Yhwach’s double with Zanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūmanokushi Daisōjin and cut him down, only to discover the real Yhwach had been watching. After the two resumed their fight, Yhwach wounded the Captain Commander, who countered by trading injuries, and Yhwach threatened to destroy the Seireitei.

• Yhwach used Sanctuary Praise, but the Captain Commander summoned the dead with Zanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūmanokushi Daisōjin and sent them to overwhelm him.
• The Captain Commander recognized that the ash souls included Quincy from a thousand years earlier, then cut Yhwach in half with Zanka no Tachi, Kita: Tenchi Kaijin.
• Jugram Haschwalth and the real Yhwach appeared, revealing that the fallen Yhwach had been a fake, and the Captain Commander chose Shikai instead of using Bankai again.
• Yhwach’s black blade overcame the Captain Commander’s flames, and Yhwach cut deeply into his chest during their sword fight.
• The Captain Commander revealed that he had traded injuries to burn Yhwach’s back, and Yhwach vowed to destroy the Seireitei.

Yhwach revealed his immense power and nearly killed Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, but Duke rescued the Captain Commander and challenged Yhwach. Duke humiliated Yhwach with a sword technique before their clash escalated, leaving them locked in battle.

• Yhwach empowered himself with Quincy power and attacked Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, but Duke pulled the Captain Commander out of the way by his beard.
• Duke confronted Yhwach and struck him with Unseen Divine Wind Style: White Tiger, shredding his clothes and leaving him in his boxer shorts.
• Haschwalth covered Yhwach with his cloak, and Yhwach angrily unleashed arrows and charged Duke through the smoke.
• Duke clashed blades with Yhwach and forced him back, revealing strength greater than he had shown against Aizen.
• Duke launched White Tiger again, and Yhwach summoned a Reishi longbow and destroyed it with powerful arrows.