Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu confronted the corrupted Zero Division and negotiated with the Soul King, who restored his body before entrusting the Three Realms’ power to Tao Yu. The Soul King vanished into Tao Yu’s shadow, leaving Tao Yu to choose Hollowfication as the direction for his new talent.

• Tao Yu reached the Soul King Palace, restrained the corrupted Hyōsube Ichibē, and defeated Shutara Senjumaru after she used the other members of Zero Division to empower her.
• Tao Yu restored the Soul King’s brain, learned that he was the World Heart, and demanded that Yhwach replace him; the Soul King refused because he could not see the outcome.
• Tao Yu threatened to expose the Three Realms to the Abyss, prompting the Soul King to agree to the exchange and ask Tao Yu to return his missing body parts.
• The Soul King reclaimed his organs, restored his body, and then gave his remaining power to Tao Yu before disappearing.
• Tao Yu received the Soul King’s power and chose Hollowfication as the anchor for his new talent.

Tao Yu replaced the Soul King with Yhwach, helped repair the damage to the Three Realms, and awakened a Bankai that united his weapons. Meanwhile, three Boundary Breakers entered the Death God World and met Izuru Kira, who questioned them about their visit.

• Tao Yu installed Yhwach as the new Soul King, removed the contamination from the True Name Monk, and learned that his Zanpakuto could help repair flaws in the Three Realms.
• Tao Yu worked with Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi to stabilize the worlds, then awakened his Bankai, When the Stars Align, which merged his weapons and granted them Sword Omnipotence.
• Three Boundary Breakers arrived at the Supply Platform, confirmed that they could use some of their powers in the Death God World, and entered Hueco Mundo after spotting Soul Reapers.
• Izuru Kira used Flash Step to approach the explorers and asked what had brought them there, prompting the old man to claim they came in good faith.

Quinn Miller and the other pioneers from Extreme Ice City entered Soul Society to negotiate an alliance, but Tao Yu arrived and exposed their attempt to pressure him. After killing two of them, Tao Yu accepted Extreme Ice City’s invitation and prepared to travel there with Captain Commander Yamamoto.

• Quinn Miller led the pioneers through the Senkaimon, learned from Kira about the Hollows, and proposed that Soul Society work with Extreme Ice City against outside threats.
• Quinn described the Abyss and Extreme Ice City to Captain Commander Yamamoto, who contacted Tao Yu for advice.
• Tao Yu arrived with Kisuke Urahara, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Harribel, and Grimmjow while Quinn introduced himself as an envoy of the Lu family and invoked Dalfen’s authority.
• Tao Yu seized Quinn and another pioneer with shadowy hands, then killed them after Wayne and the guide said they deserved to die.
• Tao Yu accepted Extreme Ice City’s invitation to visit, and Captain Commander Yamamoto agreed to accompany him.

Tao Yu brought Yamamoto and the Soul Society visitors to Extreme Ice City’s Pioneer Zone, where he negotiated with Dalfen and demonstrated his strength by clearing the storm with a single slash. Meanwhile, Aizen used Extreme Ice City’s teleportation device to head toward the old Pioneer Zone, while Tao Yu’s party arrived at the Great Song settlement outside Bianliang.

• Veen brought Tao Yu and the Soul Society group onto the Supply Platform, where Tao Yu connected with Dalfen and agreed to visit Extreme Ice City.
• Tao Yu split the storm with his Zanpakuto, then formed a dragon from Gagomaru and carried his companions after Veen toward the Pioneer Zone.
• Dalfen privately questioned Aizen about Yamamoto, and Aizen declined to join the operation before requesting a teleportation device for himself and his companions.
• Aizen and his group used the teleportation device to travel toward the old Pioneer Zone, leaving the others to face the coming operation without them.
• Wayne told Tao Yu about Great Song and its recent wars as the group flew toward Bianliang, where Tao Yu’s party landed in Extreme Ice City’s settlement.

Tao Yu brought Yamamoto and the others to meet Dalfen, who secretly planned to ambush them with the Four Fiends Formation. After Yamamoto tested Dalfen and discovered his intentions, Dalfen sprang the trap, and Tao Yu calmly shielded the others as the formation appeared.

• Tao Yu noticed that Extreme Ice City's Pioneer Zone had been arranged as a likely trap and followed Dalfen's invitation into the castle.
• Dalfen assessed Tao Yu's party and discussed an alliance, while Tao Yu demanded forty percent of Extreme Ice City's Wish Power in exchange for protection.
• Dalfen proposed a test of strength, and Yamamoto fought his summoned evil spirits with Zanka no Tachi.
• Dalfen tried to recruit Yamamoto, claiming Extreme Ice City had a new Saint, but Yamamoto recognized that Dalfen was planning to hunt Tao Yu.
• Dalfen activated the Four Fiends Formation, and Tao Yu raised an AT Field to protect Mayuri Kurotsuchi and the two Arrancar before demanding compensation.

Tao Yu destroyed the Four Fiends Formation, absorbed its beast remains to strengthen his will, and took control of Ice Snow Castle. After Dalfen exposed the Lu Family Old Ancestor’s plan to sacrifice Bianliang’s million residents with an Abyssal summoning altar, Tao Yu turned his attention to stopping the impending catastrophe.

• Tao Yu used his Sacred Artifact and Dharma Body Manifestation to shatter the Four Fiends Formation, defeat its controllers, and absorb the four beast remains as the Four Fiends skill.
• Tao Yu took Ice Snow Castle and killed the folding-fan scholar after the scholar rejected his offer of mercy.
• Dalfen revealed that the Lu Family Old Ancestor had colluded with outside forces, sheltered Evil God Cultists, and planned to sacrifice Bianliang’s residents using an Abyssal summoning altar.
• Dalfen’s warning spread across the Pioneer Zone and toward Bianliang, while some settlers began returning and others sent the information to the Lu Family Old Ancestor.

Tao Yu stopped Lu Sen’s blood sacrifice and killed him before he could ascend, then destroyed the corrupted Bone Necklace. In Extreme Ice City, Hu Wen learned that Lu Sen had promised away much of the city and that the new Saint was demanding compensation, leaving him to face the fallout alone.

• Lu Sen sacrificed the Liao Emperor and his officials to gather catalysts, but a distant Saint disrupted his attempt to crush a traitor’s heart and injured him.
• Tao Yu crossed a Space Rift to confront Lu Sen as he began drawing on the Abyss, and Lu Sen tried to bargain by offering him a share of Extreme Ice City’s benefits.
• Tao Yu used Chronostasis and Bankai: When the Stars Align to sever the ritual’s connections to the Abyss and erase Lu Sen, who reflected on how he had abandoned his original ideals.
• Tao Yu absorbed the corrupted Bone Necklace into his Zanpakuto, cleared lingering Saint’s Will from Linhuang Prefecture, and considered asking the Sun Family Grand Elder about reaching Extreme Ice City.
• Hu Wen learned that Lu Family Old Ancestor was dead and that Dalfen had exposed how Lu Sen had promised away Extreme Ice City’s assets; Tao Yu was demanding compensation.

Hu Wen fled after powerful divination exposed his location and ordered Xi'er to negotiate compensation with Tao Yu. As Tao Yu received delegations seeking to divide Extreme Ice City’s wealth, Xi'er offered its resources and profits in exchange for a pact protecting the city’s ancestor.

• Hu Wen realized his past inaction had helped cause the crisis, escaped toward a Pioneer Zone after his jade talisman shattered, and ordered Xi'er to give Tao Yu whatever compensation he demanded.
• Dalfen told Bianliang’s residents that Tao Yu had killed Lu Sen and saved the fragment, while Tao Yu kept Yan Xin close to help with negotiations.
• Xi'er arrived at the settlement and was joined by three Catastrophe-level representatives from other factions, who revealed their coordinated interest in Extreme Ice City.
• The three representatives proposed sharing the Ice Crystal Ore and taking forty percent of Extreme Ice City’s other businesses, while Tao Yu questioned the value of the ore and the Lu Family Old Ghost’s promises.
• Xi'er offered to surrender the ore and half the net profits from other Wish Power revenues if the factions signed a pact not to harm Extreme Ice City’s ancestor.

Tao Yu used his Styx identity to secure Extreme Ice City's survivors’ safety, negotiate trade with three Saints, and obtain skills that fused into Mind Academy. After arranging the New Frontier’s management, he offered to help Captain Commander Yamamoto adapt to the outside world through Hollowfication, and Yamamoto accepted.

• Tao Yu rejected the three factions’ representatives’ hesitation and told them to consult their Saints, while Xi'er hoped he would protect Extreme Ice City.
• The three Saints recognized Tao Yu as Styx and agreed to spare Extreme Ice City’s survivors and let Xi'er’s ancestor return.
• Tao Yu traded equipment and an astral brain remnant for twelve billion wish power and more than thirty processing skills, which fused into Mind Academy.
• Tao Yu arranged for his people and Extreme Ice City’s pioneers to manage the New Frontier, while Hu Wen agreed to cover expenses and send the transmission fee as wish power.
• Tao Yu offered to help Captain Commander Yamamoto adapt to the outside world through Hollowfication, and Yamamoto solemnly accepted.

Tao Yu established a base in Soul Society, arranged for the Sun Family to manage its operations, and helped Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing awaken powerful Zanpakuto. After sending the sisters back to Starfall New Frontier, he departed aboard the sky carrier and returned to the Real World.

• Tao Yu assigned Dalfen to oversee the settlement and introduced Sun Hao and the other Sun Family members to Captain Commander Yamamoto, who would handle threats below Saint level.
• Tao Yu brought Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing to Soul Society, where True Name Monk awakened their Zanpakuto and helped them unlock Bankai suited to healing and sealing.
• Tao Yu converted the sisters' Soul Society abilities so they could use them outside the world, then celebrated their twenty-first birthday with them seven days later.
• Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing returned to Starfall New Frontier, while Tao Yu boarded the sky carrier and resumed traveling toward his destination.
• Tao Yu sat cross-legged in his room aboard the sky carrier and returned to the Real World.

Tao Yu returned to Star Brilliance, reunited with his family, and received Sun Miao’s warning and protection as threats gathered around the city. He learned that the Assassin Alliance had been tasked with protecting him from an assassination attempt, though the chapter left the employer and plotters unidentified.

• Tao Yu returned to Star Brilliance and reunited with his parents, siblings, and wives at the Tao residence.
• Tao Yu criticized Tao Shi for neglecting his training and arranged for him and the others to obtain Zanpakuto in the New Frontier Zone.
• Sun Shiqing and Sun Shiyu told Tao Yu that the Xing family’s surviving remnants remained a potential threat despite Star Brilliance’s smooth transition.
• Sun Miao gave Tao Yu ten billion wish power, computing-related skills, and a jade pendant containing Saintly intent, and warned him not to leave the Floating City unprotected.
• Tao Yu received word that Xuan Gui would join the Assassin Alliance’s White Star State branch and that the Alliance had been assigned to protect him from an assassination attempt made under its name.

Tao Yu discovered that the new guest elders included allies from the Assassin Alliance and a cautious agent tied to a powerful, mysterious organization. After capturing Black Bell and extracting fragments of her knowledge, he learned the group had targeted Starlight to obtain the Internal Energy System and Daoist Canon from the New Frontier.

• Sun Guangyao introduced Tao Yu to five new disaster-level guest elders, including Killer Star disguised as Newman and Red Rose disguised as Madam Mei Yan.
• Killer Star told Tao Yu that he and Red Rose had joined the Sun Family to protect him, while Red Rose teased him through their communicator.
• Tao Yu caught Bosi meeting a shadowy visitor, learned Bosi's organization rivaled the three major interprovincial forces, and let him go after giving him black sludge to erase their encounter.
• Tao Yu tracked down Black Bell at an inn and trapped her in a world of his own, where he interrogated her until her soul collapsed into a dangerous Divine Mark.
• Tao Yu pieced together that the organization was gathering information about the New Frontier's Daoist Canon and other teachings, and had targeted Starlight to obtain its Internal Energy System without damaging the region.

After learning that an unknown organization had tried to arrange Tao Yu’s assassination over a Daoist canon, Tao Yu and Sun Miao agreed to involve the provincial capital and keep Tao Yu out of sight. Tao Yu then teamed up with Killer Star and Xuan Gui to use a disguised decoy to draw out the hidden enemy, and the chapter ended as they prepared to set their plan in motion.

• Tao Yu told Sun Miao that Black Bell’s vanished Divine Mark might alert the force behind it, and Sun Miao proposed jointly managing the New Frontier’s Daoist canon through official channels.
• Tao Yu bid farewell to his family and left Starfall to lie low, intending to investigate the strange independent world where other Boundary Breakers had disappeared.
• Tao Yu suggested that Killer Star use a decoy to draw out whoever had targeted him and demonstrate that the Assassin Alliance was not responsible.
• Tao Yu, disguised as Teng Lianghong, received an Assassin Alliance token from Xuan Gui, who warned them about the Nether River and the powerful force behind the assassination attempt.
• Killer Star, Xuan Gui, and Tao Yu agreed to disguise a decoy as Tao Yu, leave a trail toward the provincial capital, and record their actions as evidence.

Tao Yu and Killer Star posed as Tao Yu and Newman in the state capital, using a counterfeit-currency order and an auction to draw out the hidden enemy. The enemy decided to act despite uncertainty about the Nether River, and Tao Yu sensed their divination interference gathering near the capital.

• Tao Yu sent his Limbo clone into the state capital disguised as himself while his true body remained hidden outside, and Killer Star and Xuan Gui joined the plan.
• Tao Yu used a past order for counterfeit currency as an excuse to visit the Myriad Goods Merchant Association, which printed twenty-five tons of Gold Pounds for him.
• Steward Jin invited Tao Yu and Killer Star to a private auction, where Tao Yu bought three skills and made himself conspicuous.
• After the printing finished, Xuan Gui reported suspicious watchers and a Catastrophe-level expert near the factory, prompting Killer Star and Tao Yu to prepare for an attack.
• A hidden group in the provincial capital discussed Black Bell's death, the Nether River, and using the Starry Sky Orb, then ordered people on the outskirts to probe Tao Yu's party.
• Tao Yu detected a new wave of divination interference near the capital and realized that a powerful faction had entered the scene.

Tao Yu, disguised as 'Teng Lianghong,' and Killer Star were ambushed by Xing family remnants, the Preyer Family, and an Assassin Alliance impostor, but a mysterious Saint intervened and was killed by Tao Yu’s hidden strike. The survivors blamed the assassination on the Assassin Alliance’s Saint, while Tao Yu reflected on the World Will’s power and kept his role secret.

• Killer Star recognized the Starry Sky Orb as Xinghui confronted Tao Yu and accused the Sun Family of destroying the Xing family.
• The Preyer Family Elder and a disguised assassin joined Xinghui, and Killer Star used his Duel Space to trap their group as the battle began.
• Xuan Gui ambushed and wounded the impostor while Killer Star and Tao Yu fought the Preyer Family Elder and Xinghui.
• A mysterious Saint shattered Killer Star’s Duel Space, killed Xinghui, and began to settle the conflict, but Tao Yu struck and killed another Saint with a hidden sword attack.
• The mysterious Saint fled under the World Will’s pressure, and the Saint of Assassination’s shadow removed the corpse, blood, and witnesses’ traces.
• Killer Star, Xuan Gui, and Tao Yu agreed to conceal the incident and let others believe the Assassin Alliance had killed the Saint.

Tao Yu left the aftermath of the Saint War and traveled to Triple City, where he discovered that Lei Jingtian’s death had been concealed. He returned to the Abyss and rejoined the aerospace carrier as it continued toward its next destination.

• Killer Star and the other Catastrophe-level figures suspended local operations and dispersed while using anti-divination tools to hide.
• Tao Yu identified the dead Saint as Lei Jingtian, examined his assassination abilities, and kept the three Sacred Artifacts he had taken from him.
• Tao Yu entered Triple City with Yuzuki’s convoy, gathered local intelligence, and found no reports confirming that a Saint had died.
• Tao Yu suspected the White Star Group was hiding Lei Jingtian’s death, but chose not to pursue the matter and returned to the Abyss.
• Tao Yu dispelled the storm around the aerospace carrier and reunited with Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Grimmjow.
• Tao Yu reviewed the carrier’s progress through several world fragments and considered selling the Sacred Artifacts to fund further travel.

Tao Yu entered a powerful world fragment and discovered that it was part of a struggle among three worlds; after identifying the setting as A Song of Ice and Fire, he arrived at Pentos. There, Viserys asked Tao Yu to help reclaim the Iron Throne and offered Daenerys in marriage, leaving Tao Yu appalled by the proposal.

• Tao Yu entered the world fragment, tested its flexible World Will, and brought the Skycarrier inside.
• Tao Yu sensed two rival world fragments and concluded that this world was secretly gathering power while the others fought.
• An old man beneath a vast canopy and a mysterious woman in a red robe sensed that the world had changed.
• Tao Yu reached Pentos, recognized the world as A Song of Ice and Fire, and inferred that the World Will was using the White Walkers against its rivals.
• Viserys asked Tao Yu to help restore the Targaryens to the Iron Throne and offered Daenerys as his bride.
• Tao Yu recoiled at Viserys's offer to marry his underage sister to him.

Tao Yu recruited Daenerys, hatched her three petrified Dragon Eggs, and brought Illyrio into his service before taking his flying carrier to Qarth. There, Grimmjow destroyed Zaro’s building after Zaro and a warlock plotted to seize the ship, and Harribel declared Zaro an assassin who had blasphemed against the Oracle.

• Harribel struck Viserys down when he claimed authority over Daenerys, and Tao Yu invited Daenerys to join his team; Daenerys accepted while Grimmjow restrained Viserys and Mayuri Kurotsuchi claimed him for research.
• Illyrio pledged allegiance to Tao Yu and gave him three petrified Dragon Eggs; Tao Yu set Daenerys and the eggs aflame, and three Young Dragons emerged unharmed with Daenerys.
• Tao Yu accepted Illyrio’s service and took him and Daenerys aboard the flying carrier toward Qarth, where Illyrio announced Tao Yu’s arrival and demanded the city’s loyalty.
• Zaro and the warlock Hajia discussed capturing Tao Yu’s flying ship, but Grimmjow and Harribel appeared before them in midair.
• Grimmjow fired a Cero that vaporized Zaro’s building, and Harribel announced that Zaro had plotted to assassinate the Oracle.

Tao Yu brought Qarth and the Free Cities under his rule, then arrived in Westeros and began taking control of the realm. After Stannis and the King's Council surrendered, Tao Yu headed toward King's Landing's next reckoning, leaving Varys alive after Grimmjow killed Pycelle, Littlefinger, and Renly.

• Tao Yu destroyed the Hall of the Undying, absorbed its heart, and raised a diamond statue that led the people of Qarth to worship him as the Guardian of the Realm.
• Tao Yu left an Asgardian soldier to govern Qarth and the nearby Free Cities, then traveled to Dragonstone, where Stannis told him about Jon Arryn's murder and the investigation into Cersei's children.
• Tao Yu performed a miracle on Dragonstone, and Stannis accepted him as the Supreme King before joining him aboard the helicarrier for King's Landing.
• The King's Council surrendered to Tao Yu, and Pycelle reported that Robert had gone north to recruit Eddard Stark as Hand of the King.
• Grimmjow killed Pycelle and Littlefinger, then killed Renly after Tao Yu praised his defiance; Varys pleaded for his life, and Tao Yu let him live.

Eddard Stark prepared to aid the Wall and host Robert, but a Targaryen force with dragons and an airborne carrier arrived at Winterfell. Tao Yu spared Robert’s rule and demanded authority over the gods, while Stannis revealed Cersei and James’s betrayal, leaving Robert furious.

• Eddard Stark decided to wait for Robert at Winterfell after learning Jon Arryn had died and might have been poisoned by House Lannister.
• Bran Stark dreamed of a Three-Eyed Crow, then joined Robb Stark to greet Robert’s party at Winterfell.
• A raven reported that King's Landing had fallen, and three dragons and an airborne steel ship appeared over Winterfell.
• Tao Yu told Robert he had no interest in the Iron Throne, then said legitimate gods must be appointed by its holder.
• Grimmjow challenged Tao Yu’s authority, and Robert quickly exempted the true god king Jack from his decree.
• Stannis revealed that Cersei and James had conspired against Robert, and Robert erupted in anger.