Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan rescued Long Gui and Orihime Inoue after two powerful Hollows attacked their home, but both girls developed Hollow-like holes and faced imminent danger. He and Ichigo brought them to Kisuke Urahara’s shop, where Urahara recognized Long Gui’s condition as a sign she was about to become a Hollow.

• Kisuke Urahara said the strange spiritual pressure felt familiar, while Chen Fan sensed it coming from Orihime Inoue’s home and rushed there with Ichigo Kurosaki and the others.
• Two powerful Hollows attacked Long Gui and Orihime Inoue, and Orihime’s shield failed when a red Cero destroyed their home.
• The Hollows exploded, and Chen Fan rescued the injured girls before suppressing the blast, but Hollow-like holes began opening beneath their necks.
• Chen Fan told Ichigo Kurosaki that Long Gui and Orihime Inoue were in critical danger, then carried Long Gui to Kisuke Urahara’s shop while Ichigo carried Orihime there.
• Kisuke Urahara saw the hole on Long Gui’s neck and recognized it as a sign that a human was about to become a Hollow, like Masaki Kurosaki decades earlier.

Chen Fan agreed to enter Long Gui and Orihime Inoue’s souls to remove the Hollows threatening their lives. Kisuke Urahara prepared to begin the procedure, while Ichigo Kurosaki and the others waited.

• Ichigo Kurosaki brought the injured Orihime Inoue to Kisuke Urahara, while Long Gui’s chest wound began to worsen.
• Gotei Tessai used a Forbidden Jutsu to suppress the injuries long enough for Kisuke Urahara to prepare treatment.
• Chen Fan and Ichigo Kurosaki carried Long Gui and Orihime Inoue to a platform in the basement of Urahara Shop.
• Kisuke Urahara told Chen Fan to enter both women’s souls and remove their Hollows, explaining that Ichigo Kurosaki’s unstable condition made him unsuitable for the task.
• Chen Fan agreed, reassured Long Gui that he would save her, and prepared to begin the procedure.

Chen Fan used a helmet-like device to connect Long Gui and Orihime Inoue’s souls, bringing them together in a shared mind space. As they relived a terrifying memory, they called for Chen Fan, who appeared and pulled them to safety.

• Chen Fan put on the device, causing Long Gui and Orihime Inoue’s souls to meet in a meadow created by Orihime Inoue.
• Long Gui and Orihime Inoue sensed each other’s thoughts and grew closer, then teased each other in the shared space.
• Long Gui and Orihime Inoue remembered what had happened at Orihime Inoue’s home, and the meadow transformed into a burning forest.
• Long Gui feared dying and being separated from Chen Fan, while Orihime Inoue thought of Chen Fan as someone who patiently listened to her.
• Long Gui called out to Chen Fan, and he appeared in the flames and pulled both women into a black space.

Chen Fan rescued Long Gui and Orihime Inoue from Hollows inside their space and defeated them despite their rapid regeneration. As he led the girls back, Aizen’s group detected Chen Fan’s intense emotional fluctuations and prepared to invade.

• Chen Fan appeared beside Long Gui and Orihime Inoue, shielded them from two Hollows, and fought the creatures with a blade.
• The Hollows fired a powerful Cero at Chen Fan, but he survived and killed them with a rapid flurry of slashes.
• Chen Fan’s blood entering the black space let Long Gui and Orihime Inoue see memories of his life, battles, and love for his women.
• Chen Fan comforted the tearful girls, took their hands, and led them back before everyone worried.
• A Hollow monitoring Aizen’s instrument reported Chen Fan’s emotional fluctuations, and Aizen’s group saw an opportunity to invade.

Chen Fan was infected with Hollowfication when the Hollows hiding inside Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue attacked him, so he sent them to safety and sealed the way behind them. Kisuke Urahara began preparing to help Chen Fan as his transformation threatened to become dangerous.

• Two Hollows emerged from Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue and burrowed into Chen Fan, revealing that he had been their target all along.
• Chen Fan sent Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue through a door into his world, then sealed it and collapsed as his equipment exploded.
• Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue told Kisuke Urahara that the Hollows had entered Chen Fan through them, and he saw signs of Hollowfication on Chen Fan's face.
• Kisuke Urahara stopped Tatsuki Arisawa and Orihime Inoue from approaching Chen Fan and said he would prepare a cure.
• Ichigo Kurosaki realized Kisuke Urahara was concealing how dangerous Hollowfication was, remembering that Zangetsu had saved him from nearly becoming a Hollow.

Aizen used two Hollows to force Chen Fan into Hollowfication, while Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai tried to contain him. Inside Chen Fan’s inner world, Aizen revealed he meant to make the Hollows replace Chen Fan’s Zanpakuto in their connection to him.

• Ichigo Kurosaki reassured Long Gui and Orihime Inoue that Chen Fan could withstand Aizen, and Kisuke Urahara sent everyone upstairs before sealing the underground entrance.
• Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai restrained Chen Fan with Bankin and additional seals, fearing they might have to kill him if he became a Hollow.
• Chen Fan suppressed the two Hollows in his inner world and called out Aizen, who appeared in a form made of white matter.
• Chen Fan questioned Aizen’s purpose, and Aizen explained that he had used the Hollows to replace Chen Fan’s Zanpakuto and make them independent from it.

Chen Fan broke Urahara’s seals and emerged wearing a captain’s haori, a Hollow mask, and two Zanpakuto. In Las Noches, Aizen used the Hogyoku to materialize another Chen Fan, who ignored him and approached Aizen’s seat.

• As a blood-cloud phenomenon returned over Hueco Mundo, the Espada gathered at Las Noches, where Aizen showed them a Zanpakuto sealed inside a blue barrier.
• Beneath the Urahara Shop, Chen Fan shattered the stone stele and every seal despite Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai’s efforts to restrain him.
• Chen Fan emerged from the smoke in a 10th Division captain’s haori, wearing a Hollow mask and holding a Zanpakuto in each hand.
• Aizen brought the Hogyoku to the barrier, and a white-robed figure identical to Chen Fan materialized inside it.
• The white-clothed Chen Fan ignored Aizen’s question and walked toward his seat until a female Arrancar ordered him to stop.

Chen Fan's inner Hollow confronted Aizen's Espada and revealed his overwhelming power. Meanwhile, Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai watched Chen Fan struggle against the Hollow, deciding not to interfere.

• Tier Harribel, Ulquiorra Cifer, and Nnoitra Gilga threatened Chen Fan's inner Hollow after he claimed Tier Harribel as his woman.
• Chen Fan's inner Hollow broke Nnoitra Gilga's weapon and split him in two with a single slash.
• Aizen identified the attacker as the one who had destroyed nearly half of Hueco Mundo sixty years earlier and named the other Chen Fan, Captain of the 10th Division.
• Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai considered acting while Chen Fan remained unconscious, but Urahara chose to wait as Chen Fan fought his inner Hollow.
• Kisuke Urahara decided to protect Chen Fan because he was vital against Aizen and because Yoruichi would suffer if he died.

Chen Fan removed his Hollow mask after defeating two Hollows and asked Kisuke Urahara to open a Garganta to Hueco Mundo in one week. While Chen Fan spent the night with Long Gui and Orihime Inoue, his white-clothed counterpart in Las Noches resolved to use Aizen to change the world.

• Chen Fan removed his mask and revealed that he had survived the Hollow transformation, then asked Kisuke Urahara to open a Garganta to Hueco Mundo one week later.
• Kisuke Urahara and Gotei Tessai worried that Chen Fan planned to face Aizen alone, despite Urahara’s efforts to delay him until Soul Society could prepare an expedition.
• Long Gui and Orihime Inoue embraced Chen Fan, and the three went to Long Gui’s home together.
• Chen Fan spent the night with Long Gui and Orihime Inoue, while they later fell asleep beside him.
• In Las Noches, white-clothed Chen Fan reflected on his growing weariness with slaughter and decided to use Aizen to change the world and himself.

Chen Fan traveled through a Garganta to Hueco Mundo, where his spiritual pressure reached Aizen and the Espada. The chapter left Gin Ichimaru recognizing Chen Fan’s arrival as Aizen’s meeting paused.

• After spending a week with his women and checking on Soul Society, Chen Fan visited Kisuke Urahara’s shop to prepare for the journey.
• Kisuke Urahara opened a Garganta and warned Chen Fan that Hueco Mundo had changed under Aizen’s influence.
• Chen Fan asked Kisuke Urahara to protect Long Gui and Orihime Inoue, then entered the Garganta alone.
• Yoruichi arrived too late to see Chen Fan off and told Kisuke Urahara that Soul Society’s leaders had refused to send troops, though she had found other helpers.
• Chen Fan arrived in Hueco Mundo and released his spiritual pressure, causing the Espada and Aizen to take notice.
• Gin Ichimaru sensed Chen Fan’s spiritual pressure and recognized that he had come.

Chen Fan sensed his altered counterpart approaching Las Noches and headed there with two Zanpakuto, while Aizen prepared the Espada for the encounter. Grimmjow left the meeting to confront Chen Fan, despite Kaname Tosen ordering him to stay.

• Kaname Tosen trembled at the arrival of Chen Fan's spiritual pressure, and Aizen proposed an unconventional welcoming party.
• White-Clad Chen Fan resolved to devour Chen Fan and take his place, while Baraggan recognized the aura that had devastated Hueco Mundo decades earlier.
• Chen Fan sensed his counterpart's thoughts and approached Las Noches carrying two Zanpakuto.
• Aizen showed the Espada footage of Chen Fan and asked Kaname Tosen to play it as they drank black tea.
• Grimmjow left the meeting to kill Chen Fan, and Kaname Tosen ordered him back to his seat.
• Aizen called out to Grimmjow.

Chen Fan traveled through Hueco Mundo while learning to wield his newly acquired dual Zanpakuto, and Hollows attacked him in hopes of earning Aizen’s favor. As more than a hundred Hollows rushed him, Chen Fan prepared to kill them.

• Aizen suppressed Grimmjow with his spiritual pressure and said their enemy would be the first sacrifice in the campaign against Soul Society.
• Chen Fan traveled toward the location Kisuke Urahara had identified and reflected on the need to communicate with his new Zanpakuto to restore its strength.
• Several Adjuchas ambushed Chen Fan with Ceros, but he killed them with his dual swords and sensed that his Zanpakuto wanted to devour Hollows.
• Chen Fan considered how Aizen had offered Hueco Mundo’s Hollows a chance to evolve beyond their limits, making them eager to serve him.
• Over a hundred Hollows charged Chen Fan, who told them to die.

Chen Fan defeated a group of Hollows with his Sword Domain and continued toward Las Noches. He encountered Nirro and her companions playing a chase game, then tried to borrow their pet Bawabawa for the journey.

• Chen Fan used his Sword Domain to kill the attacking Hollows, then recovered his strength.
• Nirro ran into Chen Fan while Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa chased her.
• Nirro explained that she was crying as part of their endless chase game, and Chen Fan warned them to stay away from Las Noches.
• Chen Fan grabbed Bawabawa and asked to borrow it, but Nirro, Pesche, and Dondochakka refused.
• Chen Fan identified himself as a Shinigami, frightening Nirro and the others.

Chen Fan rode Bawabawa toward Hueco Mundo and confronted five Fracción serving Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. He killed D-Roy and wounded two more after they released their Zanpakuto, while the fight continued.

• Chen Fan rode Bawabawa through Hueco Mundo and turned back attacks from Hollows.
• Five Arrancar identified themselves as Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez's Fracción and moved to stop Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan used Shunpo to strike D-Roy down with his Zanpakuto.
• The four surviving Fracción released their Zanpakuto and entered Resurrección.
• Chen Fan cut the blades from Arrancar Number 11's fingers and braids, then slashed the bull-like Arrancar.

Chen Fan effortlessly defeated the Arrancar who attacked him, then fought Grimmjow after Grimmjow objected to the deaths of his Fracción. The chapter ended with Chen Fan closing in on Grimmjow’s neck while Grimmjow froze under the same terror he had felt when Chen Fan killed Nnoitra.

• Chen Fan killed the remaining Arrancar with White Lightning and prepared to leave.
• Grimmjow attacked Chen Fan, who stopped his Zanpakuto between two fingers.
• Grimmjow recognized Chen Fan as the Soul Society captain who had brought peace to Hueco Mundo and said he had come to fight of his own will.
• Chen Fan struck Grimmjow, wounded his abdomen, and asked why he had not used Resurrección.
• Chen Fan appeared beside Grimmjow and brought his Zanpakuto toward his neck as Grimmjow found himself unable to move.

Grimmjow released Pantera and fought Chen Fan, but Chen Fan’s twin blades and Sword Domain repeatedly wounded him while leaving him untouched. Grimmjow ended the exchange badly injured and demanded to know why Chen Fan had not used Bankai; Chen Fan replied that it was not time yet.

• Xiaolong Kufang interrupted Chen Fan’s attack with a Cero, then collapsed after urging Grimmjow to become king.
• Grimmjow released his Zanpakuto, Pantera, and charged at Chen Fan.
• Grimmjow attacked Chen Fan at close range with his claws, tail, kicks, and wrist spikes, but Chen Fan dodged and countered him.
• Chen Fan’s twin-blade attacks repeatedly wounded Grimmjow, who could not break through the Sword Domain.
• Grimmjow retreated, bleeding and exhausted, then accused Chen Fan of looking down on him by withholding Bankai.
• Chen Fan said it was not time to use Bankai and looked at his Zanpakuto.

Grimmjow attacked Chen Fan with his strongest techniques but could not match him. Chen Fan defeated Grimmjow, who fell after remembering his struggle to become king.

• Grimmjow challenged Chen Fan and fired a Gran Rey Cero at him.
• Chen Fan cut the Gran Rey Cero in half and offered Grimmjow a chance to use all his abilities.
• Grimmjow attacked Chen Fan with Panther King's Claws.
• Chen Fan hid his spiritual pressure, appeared before Grimmjow, and carved a deep wound across him.
• Grimmjow remembered his path to becoming king, then closed his eyes and fell to the ground.

Chen Fan continued toward Las Noches and confronted Baraggan, who offered to make him a subordinate. After Chen Fan questioned whether Baraggan believed he could defeat Aizen, Baraggan unleashed his power, leaving his six subordinates terrified.

• Chen Fan found Bawabawa and used the creature to travel while recovering from his battle with Grimmjow.
• Aizen learned that Grimmjow’s spiritual pressure had disappeared and said Grimmjow had bought them enough time.
• Chen Fan encountered Baraggan and six kneeling subordinates, and decided to kill the former king of Hueco Mundo.
• Baraggan offered Chen Fan a place as his subordinate, but Chen Fan reminded him that Aizen had already subdued him.
• Chen Fan questioned whether Baraggan believed in himself, and Baraggan erupted with spiritual pressure that forced his subordinates to their hands and knees.

Baraggan ordered his six Fracción to attack Chen Fan, but Chen Fan killed them all with ease. Chen Fan then attacked Baraggan, who escaped the blow as his throne was cut in half.

• Baraggan ordered his six Fracción to kill Chen Fan, and they released their Resurrección and fired Cerós at him.
• Chen Fan emerged unharmed from the explosion and killed one Fracción from behind.
• Chen Fan killed another Fracción and then swiftly slaughtered the remaining four.
• Chen Fan swung his Zanpakuto at Baraggan, who dodged as the slash split his throne in half.
• Baraggan grew furious as he thought of the mysterious man on a throne and noticed that he shared Chen Fan's face.

Chen Fan and Baraggan fought in Hueco Mundo, with Chen Fan’s speed and swordsmanship overcoming Baraggan’s aging ability long enough to wound him. Enraged but newly wary, Baraggan declared that their game was over.

• Baraggan attacked Chen Fan with his giant axe, and the two exchanged blows that shook the sandy ground.
• Chen Fan blocked Baraggan’s attacks and struck him with Bakudo Number Four, White Lightning, but Baraggan’s ability left his palm nearly unharmed.
• Baraggan explained that his power made all things age and decay, then tried to touch Chen Fan’s shoulder.
• Chen Fan evaded Baraggan with an afterimage and wounded his neck while blocking his counterattack.
• Baraggan retreated, grew furious at the injury, and then calmed himself before declaring that the game was over.