One Miserable Soul King

Soul King continued to recount how he had been deceived.

"The Spirit Realm is too vast; I simply can't withstand it. Even with all my might, I can only slightly slow down my descent."

At this moment, Shiba said—

At this point, the Soul King paused, then gritted his teeth and said, "He said everything is threefold. If two worlds aren't enough, the Spirit Realm can be divided in two, thus recreating the cycle of three worlds."

"I was such a fool to believe his lies and, following his suggestion, split the Spirit Realm in two. This did indeed greatly reduce the speed of the fall, but it still didn't completely stop it."

"Tsunayashiro stepped forward. He joined forces with five wise men, including Shiba, to design a Barrier that could sustain the Three Realms. They said: 'It only requires a portion of my power to maintain this barrier indefinitely.'"

"I was such an idiot, I believed them again, and then—"

The Soul King patted the shattered Crystal and said menacingly, "Then I was betrayed by Tsunayashiro and sealed in this Barrier, never to escape again."

"Do you really think that someone as strong as me could be outmaneuvered by such a weakling, like Bug?"

"That's because I'm stupid!"

"Under their guidance, I pushed away Hell, supported the Spirit Realm, and then divided the Spirit Realm into Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. I was exhausted to the extreme, and my power was completely depleted. That's when they ambushed me, and I have been trapped here for millions of years."

Shazo pouted. "Yeah, poor Soul King."

"So, you weren't voluntarily maintaining the operation of the Three Realms later on?"

The Soul King sneered, "If someone deceives you, plots against you, and seals you into a spiral seal that kills you while you're still alive—"

"It also had its arms, which controlled 'movement' and 'stillness,' severed, its heart removed, its feet cut off, its internal organs ripped open, and its power stripped away, then discarded to the mortal realm—"

"And you yourself are caught in the cracks between three worlds, like a bean stuffed into a millstone, enduring the grinding of three worlds day and night."

The Soul King's eyes were blazing with fury. "You'll live a good life for the murderers who did these things, and wholeheartedly support this world?"

"I am the Soul King, not a fucking masochist!"

Shazo laughed loudly, "I knew it would be like this. It's a pity you're sealed in a living yet dead seal, and can only watch them slander you as a masochist."

The Soul King suddenly became enraged, his entire body shrouded in thick black smoke, just like the legendary Hades.

The thick smoke was so viscous that it contained negative emotions such as anger, Abomination, and resentment, a testament to the Soul King's frustration over millions of years.

Because they were all generated by the Soul King alone, these violent and negative emotions were able to naturally coalesce and form a whole.

Therefore, Soul King was never a willing wedge; he was never willing at any time.

The Soul King suddenly laughed, stroking the five small heads on his shoulder, and said, "So, these five are just interest."

"I will slaughter all the so-called Five Great Noble Clans. I will also go to Hell and find all the Five Great Noble Clans from past dynasties, imprison them all on a Divine Weapon, and make them cry for me."

"Ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, I will never get tired of it."

Shazo Zuo asked, "What should I call you? Do you still use the name Adnyeus?"

Soul King was taken aback. "How do you know my name? I remember that apart from Ichibē Hyōsube, no one else should know it."

Shazo smiled. "That's my secret."

The Soul King nodded. "You are such a powerful being, even surpassing me, it's only natural that you have secrets."

"I will no longer use the name Adnyeus. There are too many Yhwach elements in my body, and even my self-perception has been influenced by him."

"Alright, you can call me the Soul King. There will only be one Soul King from now on; it won't be changed."

"Then, great being, what are you called?"

Shazo drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and replied softly, "My name is Shazo. There's no need to add the prefix 'great' to me, because greatness is a basic attribute of guys like us."

The Soul King chuckled softly, "Yes, you're right, Shazo."

"This world is too small to accommodate two Soul King, let alone one Soul King and an even larger Shazo?"

"I'm so sorry, we just met, and now we're going to have to fight to the death."

Shazo said, "The sun and moon traverse the sky, cold and heat come and go, following the rules, forming Fang Yuan, Heaven-Measuring Ruler!"

The Zanpakuto Shikai a straight and Heaven-Measuring Ruler, which Shazo had now poured all his power into, fully displaying its astonishing spiritual energy.

Naturally formed golden Runes appeared half an inch from the blade, surrounding it and forming mysterious rules, as if they were contending with the rules of this World of the Living.

The Soul King stared wide-eyed at Shazo's actions, suppressing the resentment in his eyes.

Finally, Soul King took a deep breath. "My son is a fool too!"

He tapped on the head of Ōetsu Nimaiya, who had black punk-style curly hair and wore wide-rimmed sunglasses. "I underestimated this guy. To be able to invent Zanpakuto, he's quite an amazing fellow."

"It's a pity you're the jailer who guarded and tortured me. If you were a member of the Five Great Noble Clans, I might seriously consider letting you go and allowing you to serve me."

The Soul King remained silent for a moment, then suddenly stretched out his hand and chanted, "Shattering all things, Myriad Phenomena!"

Countless Spirit Particles gathered in the Soul King's hand, forming a slender, thin Zanpakuto that resembled a straight, translucent ribbon, and it appeared in its Shikai state.

The Soul King laughed, "Hehehe, not bad at all. You've actually manifested the strongest severing ability within my spirit."

Shazo nodded in surprise and said, "That's right, Soul King, you once split the Spirit Realm in two, creating Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. You truly are capable of severing everything."

The Soul King exclaimed in amazement, "What astonishing power! Thank you for reminding me, Shazo!"

"You showed me the possibility of moving forward, transcending the past, constantly evolving, embracing new life, following the essence of life, and pursuing higher levels!"

"I really don't know where this endless pursuit will end."

The path of evolution has no end!

Shazo silently repeated these words to himself, without explaining them to the Soul King, because it was impossible to articulate them clearly.

A person born blind doesn't know what painting is, a person born deaf and mute doesn't know what music is, and someone who has never seen the many incredible things in the world will never understand the meaning of this sentence.

Although the Soul King claimed to the Almighty, he was only manifesting in the world of the Death God, and he could not understand this principle.

Shazo raised his Zanpakuto and said, "The world is very, very big, and there are many, many more. If you can, you should try to leave the Bleach World, go and see it!"

With each word Shazo uttered, the Spiritual Pressure within the Soul King Palace increased by a level.

Other Death God wouldn't notice the change; they would only feel inexplicably uncomfortable, as if their Spiritual Pressure had been suppressed.

However, the Soul King could sense the Spiritual Pressure aura that enveloped the entire world, and naturally, he could feel the Spiritual Pressure gradually increasing.

He had no intention of backing down, and he also raised his Spiritual Pressure circle, which covered the entire world, to unleash an even more terrifying Spiritual Pressure.

Two great beings, enough to "fill the world," clashed head-on, and the entire Great Inner Palace Hall instantly evaporated, vanishing without a trace, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.

The entire Soul King Palace collapsed completely, and the Zero Division Detached Palace and the Royal Palace District located in the Sifang also collapsed amidst the violent tremors.

The vast Royal Palace District was cracked open, with huge fissures, some tens of meters wide, stretching to both ends of the Soul King Palace. Countless cracks tore apart buildings of all sizes!

Even greater destruction occurred in the next instant.

With the collapse of the Soul King Palace Soul King Palace, its very existence could no longer be sustained, and the space that sealed it also began to crumble as it lost its core.

The first step in the collapse was to "spit out" the Soul King Palace. This is an essential function similar to a concealment Barrier, so as to avoid losing important beings into the endless void in the event of an accident.

The shattered Soul King Palace sprang from the Barrier space with extremely high Spirit Particles concentration and appeared in a region with extremely low Spirit Particles concentration, such as Karakura Town, rather than in the higher-level Soul Society.

Therefore, the matter in the Soul King Palace could no longer be maintained and completely disintegrated into Spirit Particles, leaving no trace.

The World of the Living instantly became a place with a concentration of collars no less than that of Soul Society, and many strange things are bound to happen in the coming year.

Shazo floated in the air, gazing at the Soul King from afar. He gently raised the Heaven-Measuring Ruler and then swung it down suddenly.

Swish!!

A Sword Qi suddenly appeared, seemingly without any flight, directly above the Soul King's head.

Before the Soul King could react, he was struck by the Sword Qi energy and plummeted to the ground, crashing into the ruins of Karakura Town with a loud thud.

The terrifying energy, following the Soul King's descent to the earth, raged through the flat ruins, carving out a new circular crater within the massive impact crater.

The energy burst lasted only a few seconds, and the released energy was converted into high temperature, melting the surface garbage on the ruins into magma and molten iron.

At the deepest center of the pit, the Soul King stood up, casually brushed the dust off his black robe, and then quietly waited for Shazo to arrive.

The Soul King's understanding went further than Yhwach's; he knew that he was far weaker Shazo.

Both are the ultimate power capable of filling the world, but this is all the power I have, while Shazo can only bring this much into the world.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Soul King to kill Shazo. That's why he valued and respected Shazo highly and tried to use the world's own repulsive force to expel Shazo from the world.

To make the world's inherent repulsive force take effect, Shazo must damage the world as much as possible, triggering an automatic counterattack from the world's power.

To achieve this goal, the Soul King manipulated things at the last minute, causing the Soul King Palace to appear in the World of the Living, rather than in Soul Society or Hueco Mundo.

Because the World of the Living, where supernatural power is weakest, is the foundation and basis of the world, and also the place where the world's power is strongest.

If the Soul King can achieve his goal of expelling Shazo, he will be victorious, and no one in the world will be able to stop him from doing whatever he wants.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Suddenly, a fierce wind swept across the sky and earth, blowing sand and stones flying from the ruins. Molten lava and iron were also swept into the air, forming a scorching rainstorm.

Along with Shazo, Sword Qi birds plummeted down, flapping their wings like real birds as they swooped down towards the Soul King in the deep pit.

The Soul King sneered, "Not bad, but I've also thought of my own sword technique."

He didn't make any particularly big movements; he simply swung his Zanpakuto Sword Qi Myriad Phenomena.

The Sword Qi paused briefly in mid-air before violently surging upwards, continuously splitting into countless thin, sharp Sword Qi shaped like blades.

Numerous sharp Sword Qi intertwined, forming a sword net that completely enveloped Shazo's Sword Qi birds.

This is the Soul King's response to Shazo's attack.

High in the sky, the overwhelming swarms of Sword Qi birds and the dense net of Sword Qi collided, like two armies clashing in the fiercest conflict.

The black net of Sword Qi and the blue-white Spiritual Pressure of Sword Qi Sword Qi birds collided head-on, unleashing terrifying energy.

Wherever the shockwave passes, all matter is instantly decomposed and Shattering until it becomes individual atoms, which are then excited into an ionic state by the enormous energy.

Fortunately, this is the World of the Living, where all matter is real, not composed of Spirit Particles.

Otherwise, this attack could have caused a major Spirit Particles collapse disaster in Hueco Mundo or Soul Society.

Even without the addition of additional Spirit Particles, the rapid collision of the Spirit Particles condensed in the Sword Qi of the two individuals alone unleashed an extremely powerful energy surge.

Fortunately, their attacks were largely balanced; the truly terrifying forces canceled each other out at the moment of collision, rather than a one-sided burst of power.

The sounds of Sword Qi energy cutting and exploding were continuous, and the bursting Spiritual Pressure completely blocked out the sky and everyone's senses.

This was a truly all-out battle.

Neither side launched a single, decisive attack; rather, there was a continuous stream of follow-up attacks.

The black Sword Qi net rising from below and the blue-white Sword Qi birds swooping down from the sky to the ground were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, forming a deathly layer a hundred meters thick.

Two terrifying torrents of Sword Qi were separated along the horizontal line, their colors and structures clearly distinct. They squeezed and collided with each other, creating a sound like the world pushing and shoving each other.

Furthermore, since the place where the two fought happened to be the intersection of the Three Realms, the world-class battle that broke out here unsurprisingly caused Hueco Mundo and Soul Society to tremble.

The Death God of Seireitei had never experienced such a terrifying battle, and even Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could not help but feel deeply tense.

They anticipated that the battle between Shazo and the Soul King would break free from the Soul King Palace's Barrier.

No one could have imagined that the battle would continue in the World of the Living.

No one could have imagined that the aftershocks of the battle would shake the Three Realms.

Wait, why is the World of the Living Mount Tai now?