Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu seized the Black Death Sword, defeated Gorr, cleansed the World Tree, and secured Eternity’s blessing before collecting the final Infinity Stone. He used the Stones and blessing to transform his information-processing talent, then began reshaping the world around him.

• Tao Yu took the Black Death Sword from Gorr and split the All-powerful City in two while killing him.
• Tao Yu used the Black Death Sword to remove the Abyssal corruption from the World Tree, then opened the way to Eternity’s Domain and met Eternity.
• Tao Yu received permission to take his spoils out of the world and gained Eternity’s blessing, then invited Thanos to consider leaving with him.
• Two months later, Tao Yu detected and collected the Reality Stone, completing the Infinity Gauntlet and erasing hidden Abyssal threats throughout the universe.
• Tao Yu used the Stones and Eternity’s blessing to Deify his Information Processing talent three times, gaining Information Control and manifesting a Spear of Longinus.

Tao Yu completed the Life Equation, gathered resources and allies in the Marvel Universe, and brought a helicarrier back to the EVA world. After checking in with the heiress, he learned that Xing Family survivors were attacking the old Pioneer Zone and began considering how to return to Starfall City.

• Tao Yu used his new Information Control talent to complete the Life Equation and fuse it into his Kabbalah Tree of Life, allowing his body to adapt and optimize its abilities.
• Tao Yu obtained vibranium and Heart-shaped grass from Wakanda, recruited Thanos and others as crew, and left the Marvel Universe aboard the Mambo helicarrier.
• Tao Yu brought the helicarrier into the EVA world, where Thanos struggled with his weakened powers while Natasha and Yondu adapted more easily.
• Tao Yu contacted the heiress and learned that a catastrophe-level Xing Family survivor had been attacking the old Pioneer Zone, though Starfall City's transition remained stable under the Sun Family Grand Elder's protection.
• Tao Yu received word that Saint Ou had returned through the teleportation array and considered flying back to Starfall City because he could not afford the return cost.

Tao Yu left the abandoned settlement near Dilong City and crossed from the EVA World into a chaotic sea of world fragments, where he tested his Life Equation on dinosaurs captured by mercenaries on Isla Sorna. He discovered that Pioneers from Extreme Ice City were exploring nearby waters as new world fragments began falling into the region.

• Tao Yu confirmed that the Ou Family had abandoned its new settlement, then received Ou Ling’s updated maps of nearby Abyss fragments.
• Tao Yu rejoined Thanos aboard the aerial carrier and guided it out of the EVA World toward the surrounding sea fragments.
• The carrier reached Isla Sorna, where Tao Yu killed the dinosaurs held by a mercenary camp and used the Life Equation to adapt their abilities for himself.
• Tao Yu warned the mercenaries that their old world was gone and divined that Pioneers from Extreme Ice City planned to capture a Luck Stealer among them.
• Tao Yu watched new world fragments fall into the chaotic sea and concluded that the region was prone to frequent impacts.

Tao Yu encountered two scouts from Extreme Ice City aboard a concealed vessel and learned about their city’s political troubles and the nearby Empty Seat Town fragment. After identifying an Assassin tracking the scouts through anti-divination interference, he warned them that their pursuer was already in the area.

• Newt and Vinson spotted Tao Yu’s descending airship, hid their reconnaissance craft, and came aboard after Yondu called them out.
• Tao Yu revealed his Catastrophe-level strength, compelled the scouts to share their maps and information, and learned that Extreme Ice City’s New Frontier faced internal opposition and a recent assassination.
• Vinson told Tao Yu about Empty Seat Town, a suppressed fragment where scouts suffered unexplained deaths, and Tao Yu recognized it as a likely Death God world.
• Tao Yu divined that an Assassin was tracking Newt and Vinson and had already used an anti-divination artifact to locate them.
• Vinson activated his own anti-divination scroll, and Tao Yu recognized that the pursuer’s interference came from the same type of artifact.

Tao Yu protected Vinson and Newt from the Assassin Alliance’s Xuan Gui, defeating him after Xuan Gui attacked the Mambo. Tao Yu took Xuan Gui’s equipment and secured a five-million-wish-power payment before letting him go, then set out to investigate Empty Seat Town.

• Vinson and Newt told Tao Yu that an item made by a Clairvoyant implicated the Three Great Families, and Tao Yu agreed to protect them in exchange for their remaining wish power.
• Xuan Gui tracked Vinson and Newt to the Mambo and launched a Catastrophe-level attack, but Tao Yu blocked it with an AT Field.
• Xuan Gui identified himself as an Assassin Alliance hire and offered Tao Yu a million wish power to hand over his targets, but Tao Yu refused because Vinson and Newt had paid for protection.
• Xuan Gui used a concealed attack at close range, but Tao Yu exposed his real body, stopped his blade with one finger, and struck him down with an AT Field.
• Tao Yu took Xuan Gui’s Space Equipment and made him sign a contract to pay five million wish power in exchange for his release.
• Tao Yu decided to investigate Empty Seat Town rather than wait to see whether Xuan Gui’s employer would respond.

Tao Yu reached Empty Seat Town after crossing a world filled with sound-sensitive Monsters, while a one-eyed leader in Extreme Ice City prepared to oppose Dilong City’s intervention. In Empty Seat Town, Tao Yu sought local help and arrived at Kurosaki Clinic, where he met Isshin Kurosaki as the story’s events in Soul Society were already underway.

• Tao Yu let Xuan Gui leave after beating him and taking most of his valuables, then had Vinson and Newt guide his sky carrier to land.
• A one-eyed man in Extreme Ice City learned that a Catastrophe-level powerhouse from Dilong City was intervening and decided to attack before the newcomer could disrupt his plan.
• Tao Yu crossed the world of A Quiet Place, slaughtered its Monsters with sword intent, and harvested their remains and life force.
• Tao Yu reached Empty Seat Town and divined that his opponents were waiting in their settlement rather than ambushing him there.
• Isshin Kurosaki treated residents at Kurosaki Clinic and worried about the Real World’s collapse, Ichigo’s safety, and his returning Soul Reaper powers.
• Tao Yu arrived at Kurosaki Clinic, recognized Isshin Kurosaki’s returning power, and sought a path to Kisuke Urahara for help obtaining local resources.

Tao Yu introduced himself to Isshin Kurosaki and Kisuke Urahara as a prophet from the Abyss, explained the crisis facing their world, and offered cooperation. He demonstrated that he could transform into a spiritual body, leaving Urahara astonished and curious about his abilities.

• Tao Yu approached Isshin Kurosaki, revealed that he knew Isshin was Captain Shiba, and explained that their world had been dragged into the Abyss.
• Isshin brought Tao Yu to the Urahara Shop, where Kisuke Urahara's assistants drove off two outsiders who had been harassing the shop with pepper bombs.
• Tao Yu told Kisuke Urahara that Ichigo Kurosaki was the Child of Destiny and was currently in a connected subsidiary world, where he had survived a difficult situation.
• Kisuke Urahara asked what Tao Yu wanted in exchange for his information, and Tao Yu said he sought help adapting to the world's powers and might help solve Urahara's problems.
• Tao Yu transformed his body into a spiritual body, shocking Kisuke Urahara, Isshin Kurosaki, and Tetsusaemon Itegaki.

Tao Yu studied the powers of Soul Reapers and Hollows, rapidly adapted Zanpakuto, Hollow abilities, and Kido to his own strength, and prepared to enter Soul Society. Shinji Hirako arrived at the Urahara Shop, and Tao Yu asked him to spar so he could practice the four combat arts.

• Kisuke Urahara gave Tao Yu an Asauchi, and Tao Yu’s spiritual pressure overwhelmed Urahara, Isshin Kurosaki, and Tetsusaemon Itegaki before his AT Field contained it.
• Tao Yu warned Urahara that Zanpakuto might retain some power outside their world, then forced him to provide captured Hollows and souls for study.
• Tao Yu consumed the Soul Beads, formed a living-looking Hollow mask, and gained the ability to use basic spiritual-pressure slashes and Cero.
• Tetsusaemon explained Kido, and Tao Yu immediately cast Hadō #91, Senju Kōten Taihō, and Bakudō #81, Dankū, in the underground training ground.
• Tao Yu planned to go to Soul Society, but sensed a Hollow had appeared and been purified; he and Kisuke Urahara returned to the shop, where Shinji Hirako arrived.
• Tao Yu asked Shinji Hirako to spar with him in swordsmanship, hand-to-hand combat, Kido, and footwork, and Kisuke Urahara left them to it.

Tao Yu sparred with Shinji Hirako in Kisuke Urahara’s underground training ground, revealing extraordinary combat abilities that overwhelmed Shinji even after Hollowfication. After Shinji surrendered and pointed him toward Aizen, Tao Yu decided to enter Soul Society and check on Ichigo Kurosaki.

• Shinji Hirako challenged Tao Yu to test an outsider’s strength, and Tao Yu learned Flash Step by watching Shinji use it.
• Tao Yu’s first sword strike sent Shinji crashing into a boulder, and Shinji admitted that Tao Yu’s spiritual pressure surpassed his own.
• Shinji Hollowfied and fired a powerful Cero, but Tao Yu deflected it with one hand and began forming a Cero of his own.
• Shinji surrendered and urged Tao Yu to meet Aizen, while Tao Yu decided to enter Soul Society and see how Ichigo Kurosaki was faring.
• Kisuke Urahara and Tetsusaemon Itegaki prepared the Senkaimon, and Tao Yu warned them to watch for outsiders and avoid teaching them local powers.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi investigated the Soul Society’s changing conditions while holding Uryū Ishida and Orihime Inoue captive, until Tao Yu invaded the Development 3rd Division. After Tao Yu demonstrated overwhelming power and cut off Mayuri’s escape, Mayuri agreed to cooperate.

• An invasion alarm alerted the Development 3rd Division, and Nemu reported the intruder to Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Mayuri discussed the Soul Society’s changing conditions, then extracted a sample of Uryū Ishida’s blood while Orihime Inoue watched.
• Tao Yu’s Byakurai destroyed the upper structure of the Development 3rd Division, and he entered Mayuri’s laboratory carrying the unconscious Nemu.
• Tao Yu demanded that Mayuri resist or cooperate, then destroyed more of the division to demonstrate his strength.
• Mayuri tried to escape using poison, Flash Step, and liquefaction, but Tao Yu pursued him and collapsed the ground, forcing Mayuri to agree to cooperate.

Tao Yu collected Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s research materials and learned about Orihime Inoue’s unusual power while the Gotei 13 reeled from the destruction of the Development 3rd Division. After learning Central 46 had been wiped out by Aizen, Tao Yu and Mayuri headed toward Sōkyoku, where Tao Yu suspected Aizen might have taken the Hogyoku.

• Soul Reapers searching Seireitei learned that Kenpachi Zaraki had been defeated, then rushed toward the Development 3rd Division after an explosion destroyed much of it.
• Tao Yu gathered Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s research and questioned him about Nemu, Orihime Inoue, Uryū Ishida, and the origins of their powers.
• Mayuri warned Tao Yu that Rukia Kuchiki’s execution was imminent, and Orihime asked Tao Yu to help; he said he had not come to rescue anyone but would go see the execution.
• Yūichi Katō sent a message reporting that Aizen had wiped out Central 46, and Tao Yu told Mayuri they would go see what Aizen was doing.
• Tao Yu wondered whether Aizen had already taken the Hogyoku as he and Mayuri headed toward Sōkyoku.

Ichigo, Yoruichi, and Soi Fon raced to the Sōkyoku after learning Aizen had exposed his betrayal, where Yamamoto confronted Aizen and unleashed his Bankai. The apparent battle proved to be a deception orchestrated by Tao Yu, who stood over the fallen captains as Aizen and his allies escaped toward Hueco Mundo.

• Yūichi Katō informed Soi Fon that Aizen was behind the deception, and she relayed the news to Yoruichi.
• Yoruichi carried Ichigo toward the Sōkyoku, but Yamamoto’s pillars of flame surrounded Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Tōsen before they arrived.
• Aizen scattered Yamamoto’s flames, revealed that Kisuke Urahara had hidden something inside Rukia, and wounded Yamamoto with a surprise attack.
• Yamamoto released his Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, and prepared to destroy every form Aizen could take.
• Tao Yu revealed that the captains were already defeated and that Aizen, Gin, and Tōsen were being carried toward Hueco Mundo through a Senkaimon.

Tao Yu intercepted Aizen before he reached the Sōkyoku and tried to take the Hogyoku, but its power rejected him. Aizen used Kyoka Suigetsu to turn the assembled captains against Tao Yu, who overpowered them and then challenged the world’s barrier as Aizen fled toward Hueco Mundo.

• Tao Yu and Mayuri Kurotsuchi caught up with Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Tōsen before they reached the Sōkyoku.
• Gin Ichimaru attacked Tao Yu with Shinso and then Kamishini no Yari, but Tao Yu caught the Bankai between two fingers.
• Tao Yu struck Aizen from behind and tried to remove the Hogyoku, but its power rejected him and healed Aizen.
• Aizen released Kyoka Suigetsu and made the captains attack Tao Yu, who defeated them as they approached.
• Tao Yu replaced the world’s will with his sacred intent and hurled the Spear of Longinus toward Aizen in the Senkaimon, but the barrier and the world’s resistance halted its progress.

Tao Yu stopped Yamamoto from attacking under Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu, then joined Soul Society’s leaders to discuss Aizen’s defection and growing crises. At the meeting, Tao Yu identified Tsuna-yo Toki-shita and learned that the Tsuna-yo Clan’s heirloom Zanpakuto, Enra Kyōten, could imitate other Zanpakuto abilities—making it a potential replacement for his lost Zanpakuto.

• Ichigo’s arrival broke through Aizen’s fading illusion, and Yamamoto recognized that Tao Yu had blocked his Bankai strike while Aizen escaped to Hueco Mundo.
• Yamamoto welcomed Tao Yu as a guest, and the captains recovered from their illusory battle as Mayuri identified Tao Yu as a visitor from another world.
• Yamamoto invited Ichigo and Yoruichi to discuss Aizen’s defection and reconsidered his judgment of Urahara as Soul Society faced unrest over Central 46’s slaughter.
• At the Gotei 13 headquarters, Tao Yu challenged the noble representatives, and Yamamoto subdued them with his spiritual pressure.
• Tao Yu identified Tsuna-yo Toki-shita as the man who drove Kaname Tōsen against Soul Society and revealed the Tsuna-yo Clan’s ancient Zanpakuto, Enra Kyōten.
• Tao Yu realized Enra Kyōten could imitate other Zanpakuto and considered obtaining it as another weapon.

Tao Yu forced Tsuna-yo Toki-shita to reveal that the noble clans had harmed the Soul King and spread the truth across the Soul Society. The chapter ended as Shinigami and residents heard the shocking announcement, while Tao Yu claimed the authority to seize the Tsuna-yo Clan’s ancestral Zanpakuto.

• Tao Yu accused Tsuna-yo Toki-shita of planning to create a replacement for the Soul King and subdued the noble representatives who objected.
• Tao Yu pressured Tsuna-yo Toki-shita until he admitted his plan and exposed the noble clans’ role in harming the Soul King.
• Tao Yu killed a noble representative who called Tsuna-yo Toki-shita’s confession slander, then asked whether anyone opposed making the truth public.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto did not object as Tao Yu used Bakudō #77: Tenteikūra to address the entire Soul Society.
• Uryū Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Hanatarō heard the announcement, which revealed the nobles as the Soul King’s murderers, while Tao Yu claimed the Tsuna-yo Clan’s ancestral Zanpakuto.

Tao Yu secured Enra Kyōten and helped Yamamoto take control of Soul Society, while the captains planned to protect Empty Seat Town and move against Aizen. As Pioneer Zone forces seized the town’s Supply Platform, an unseen masked figure marked NO.4 watched them from the sea.

• Tao Yu accepted Enra Kyōten as a reward for exposing the nobles’ conspiracy, and Yamamoto offered to help replenish his Zanpakuto.
• Tao Yu copied Ryūjin Jakka and demonstrated a dozen versions of it while his own Zanpakuto neared completion.
• Yamamoto agreed to station Gotei 13 members in Empty Seat Town, and Yoruichi offered to help without returning as a captain.
• Yamamoto and the captains discussed launching an expedition to Hueco Mundo to stop Aizen before the Hogyoku made him stronger.
• A Pioneer Zone ship delivered supplies and cannon fodder to the platform outside Empty Seat Town, where an armed group seized control and killed its security forces.
• The masked attackers reassured the surviving workers, while an invisible figure marked NO.4 watched them and then disappeared.

Aizen's Espada learned that their powers were weakened in the outside world, while Tao Yu and Kisuke Urahara prepared to move Empty Seat Town into Soul Society. Tao Yu instead used the transfer to bring Las Noches and the heart of Hueco Mundo into the space left behind, leaving Tier Harribel and the other Espada to defend it as seawater surrounded them.

• Ulquiorra showed Aizen and the Espada recordings of his trip outside, demonstrating that his spiritual pressure and abilities were restricted and sharing what he learned about the pioneers.
• Grimmjow, Tier Harribel, Szayelaporro, and Gin Ichimaru discussed the danger posed by pioneers, and Aizen decided their infighting could help his next plan.
• Tao Yu, Kisuke Urahara, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi prepared eight Transfer Pillars to move Empty Seat Town into Soul Society, while Tao Yu planned to approach Aizen about the Hogyoku.
• The Transfer Pillars rose across Empty Seat Town, alarming Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Uryū Ishida, residents, and pioneers as they reported the disturbance.
• Tao Yu released Starlight and used the pillars to shift Empty Seat Town toward Soul Society while drawing Las Noches and the surrounding desert into the city’s former place.
• Tier Harribel rallied the Espada left at Las Noches as tentacles dragged the palace and desert upward and walls of seawater closed around them.

Tao Yu raised the Las Noches fragment, discovered Aizen and the Hogyoku had escaped, and annihilated the Arrancar forces with Ryūjin Jakka. He gained an enhanced Hollowfication skill and took Grimmjow and Tier Harribel captive while Aizen recruited pioneer Li Yi and prepared to evade him.

• Tao Yu used his Zanpakuto to graft the Hueco Mundo fragment onto another world, then found that Aizen and the Hogyoku were missing.
• Tier Harribel confronted Tao Yu, but he bound and captured her; Szayelaporro Granz ordered the Menos Grandes to attack as Tao Yu summoned multiple Ryūjin Jakka blades.
• Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tōsen, Coyote Starrk, Baraggan Louisenbarn, and Ulquiorra watched unseen, then Aizen captured Li Yi and arranged to meet pioneer leaders while hiding from Tao Yu.
• Tao Yu’s black flames destroyed the Arrancar army and Menos Grandes, and he absorbed mask fragments to gain and Deify Hollowfication.
• Tao Yu consumed Nnoitra Gilga and Yammy, accepted Grimmjow’s surrender, and learned Aizen had told the Arrancar to preserve themselves if defeated.
• Tao Yu marked Grimmjow and carried Tier Harribel into the ruins of Las Noches.

Tao Yu learned that Yhwach had launched an early invasion of Soul Society after the Abyss’s changes caused him to awaken ahead of schedule. Yamamoto defeated a decoy with his Bankai, but Tao Yu arrived and exposed the real Yhwach, leaving the two facing each other.

• Pioneers outside Karakura Town realized their leader, Captain Li Yi, had disappeared and received instructions to observe Soul Society from a distance.
• Tao Yu learned from Mayuri Kurotsuchi that Quincies had invaded Soul Society and killed Lieutenant Chōjirō Sasakibe, and he identified Yhwach as the likely attacker.
• Yhwach’s Sternritter attacked Seireitei, and Yamamoto confronted them with the Gotei 13 after the Quincy assault killed thousands of Soul Reapers.
• Yamamoto unleashed Zanka no Tachi and burned the apparent Yhwach to ashes, then released his Bankai after defeating the decoy.
• Tao Yu arrived and struck the real Yhwach’s shadow with the Spear of Longinus, revealing the deception and confronting him alongside Yamamoto.

Tao Yu defeated Yhwach and devoured the Sternritter before forcing the Gotei 13 captains to reveal their Bankai. He then shattered the defenses around the Soul King Palace, exposing it above Soul Society.

• Tao Yu replaced the world's rules with his divine will, dragged the Sternritter into his shadow, and defeated Yhwach after Yhwach's attempt to see through him backfired.
• Tao Yu revealed that he could use Sternritter badges to steal Bankai, then forced the Gotei 13 captains to fight him and took their Bankai in battle.
• Tao Yu drew the Soul King's right hand out of Jūshirō and reassured Yamamoto that he had spared the captains.
• Tao Yu released his Zanpakuto, and its tendrils destroyed the seventy-two layers of defenses and revealed the Soul King Palace.