As Ichigo Kurosaki and the others invaded Hueco Mundo.
Both Hueco Mundo and the Soul Society began taking action at this moment.
Only Duan Mu remained in District 38, far from the center of the turmoil, continuing his long process of repairing his spirit body.
At this moment, Duan Mu had devoted all his attention to "analyzing and reconstructing" his spirit body. He knew nothing about the changes outside, nor did he have any interest in learning about them.
Because without recovering his spirit body, no matter how things progressed, he had no way to participate. He could not even protect himself.
Perhaps because it involved his very foundation, both analyzing and reconstructing his spirit body were proceeding incredibly slowly.
But Duan Mu had a feeling that when his spirit body was reassembled, his spiritual pressure would surge as well, perhaps even reaching a level close to that of his physical body.
His physical body had now reached 800,000 proficiency. In other words, the upper limit of his spiritual pressure would likewise reach that level. This made Duan Mu hesitate over whether he should invest all the remaining 100,000 experience points into his physical body, thereby driving his spiritual pressure even higher.
However, after thinking it over carefully, Duan Mu abandoned the idea.
Because he had a feeling that once his spiritual pressure exceeded 900,000, his spirit body might undergo another qualitative transformation, allowing him to truly become what the system classified as...
--First Stage!
That would indeed cause his strength to soar, but the spiritual pressure and spirit bodies consumed by reconstructing his spirit body would likewise undergo a qualitative change, becoming an utterly terrifying number.
If he could not recover his spirit body, becoming stronger would be useless.
Moreover, nearly half of the spirit bodies he had stored