Chapter Summaries

After enduring more than eighty years in Hell, Yan Si and the others discovered that they could enter the worlds supplying Hell with power, and the six gates opened. Aizen, Yamamoto, Sasakibe, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Unohana Retsu set out through different gates, while Yan Si and Byakuya returned to Soul Society to report that Hell would keep expanding unless its connections were severed.

• Yan Si woke when his Reishi Ring broke and saw that Hell had shrunk to a thousand-meter area, but the survivors had become exhausted and numb.
• Yan Si and Aizen realized that Hell was drawing power through five gates and that they needed to enter the connected worlds to cut off its supply.
• Aizen opened all six gates with Black Coffin and entered the golden gate with Kaname, Nel, Ulquiorra, and Szayelaporro.
• Yamamoto and Sasakibe entered the ice-blue gate, while Kenpachi Zaraki and Unohana Retsu went through the dark red gate.
• Yan Si stopped Byakuya from entering another world when they saw Hell begin expanding again, then took him through the white gate back to Soul Society.

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni and Sasakibe entered the One Piece world, learned about its powers from Silvers Rayleigh, and arrived at Marineford during Ace’s execution. Yamamoto revealed that Hell was working with an enemy near Mary Geoise and set out toward the Holy Land, while Marines and pirates began evacuating Sabaody.

• Yamamoto and Sasakibe hid their presence, found work repairing boats at Sabaody, and learned about the world from Silvers Rayleigh.
• As Ace’s execution and the Whitebeard Pirates’ attack were broadcast, Yamamoto and Sasakibe left Rayleigh and appeared at Marineford just as Akainu moved to kill Ace.
• Yamamoto drew Ryūjin Jakka, stopped Akainu’s attacks, and announced that he was a Shinigami from Soul Society who had come to kill a demon working with Hell.
• Yamamoto pointed toward Mary Geoise and departed with Sasakibe, declaring that the enemy was there and that Hell would invade the world.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to evacuate Sabaody, and Ace rallied the Whitebeard Pirates to help as Marine and pirate ships sailed toward the islands.

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni wiped out the Celestial Dragons, defeated the Five Elders, and killed Saint Nerona Imu with Zanka no Tachi before destroying the Gates of Hell. He left Mary Geoise with Sasakibe, intending to find a small island to serve as their graveyard.

• Yamamoto erased every Celestial Dragon in Pangaea Castle while leaving the slaves and buildings unharmed.
• The Five Elders attacked Yamamoto as Navy soldiers, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Revolutionary Army evacuated people from the Sabaody Archipelago.
• After the evacuation ended, Yamamoto killed Fengxi, Itsumade, Gyūki, and Sandworm, then went to the Empty Throne and confronted Saint Nerona Imu.
• Imu attacked Yamamoto with demonic energy, tails, and skull-fired beams, but Yamamoto activated Bankai and erased Imu with the Rising Sun Blade.
• Yamamoto cut apart the Gates of Hell, ending their connection between worlds, and left with Sasakibe to seek a small island for their graveyard.

Aizen established Dawnlight Village in war-ravaged Amegakure, stopped the rain, and took Yahiko and the other children under his protection. He sent Ulquiorra and the children to the Land of Whirlpools, where they killed Shimura Danzō and his men and brought the surviving people under Dawnlight’s protection.

• Aizen sent Nel to kill Hanzō, then split the clouds above Amegakure and named the village Dawnlight Village.
• Yahiko asked to serve Aizen, and Aizen named him and the other children Dawn.
• Aizen ordered Ulquiorra to take Dawn’s children to the Land of Whirlpools and bring its people and food back to Dawnlight.
• Ulquiorra and the children encountered Shimura Danzō and his Anbu, and Ulquiorra killed them with Ceros.
• Ulquiorra invited the people of the Land of Whirlpools to Dawnlight, and they followed him and the children away from the island.

At a celebration in the First Division's Training Ground, Yan Si Ming saw Soul Society honor his father, Siwei Yan, and understood that the stories calling him a hero were true. Siwei Yan told his friends he would stay to raise his son, while the captains prepared to investigate the remaining Gates of Hell without him.

• Kyōraku Shunsui, Omaeda Kichiyo, and more than twenty Ninth Division members honored Siwei Yan, and Yan Si Ming realized his father was a hero.
• Siwei Yan explained that Hell had been reduced but remained connected to other worlds through open gates, and Kyōraku proposed sending captains on rotations to keep it from expanding.
• Urahara Kisuke and Kyōraku Shunsui joked that Yan Si Ming could open the Gates of Hell, while Siwei Yan recalled that the child’s punch had been what opened them.
• Urahara Kisuke asked whether Siwei Yan planned to enter another world, and Siwei Yan said he would stay until Yan Si Ming grew up because he wanted to be a good father.
• Kyōraku Shunsui reassured Siwei Yan that Soul Society’s captains would protect the Three Realms, and Siwei Yan drank to entrust the work to them.

Yamamoto defended Yan Si against Central 46’s demand that he be imprisoned in Muken, while the Tsunayashiro Clan began plotting to use Squad Zero against him. As Yan Si’s actions earned the Tenth Division goodwill in Rukongai, he and Hirako Shinji headed to witness Hikifune Kirio’s promotion.

• Yamamoto told Central 46 that he saw nothing wrong with Yan Si’s actions and warned the councilors that the Gotei 13 would protect him.
• Councilor Tsunayashiro demanded twenty years of imprisonment in Muken for Yan Si, but Yamamoto challenged them to arrest him themselves.
• Motonari and the Tsunayashiro Clan discussed Yan Si’s strength and decided to exploit Squad Zero’s upcoming visit for Hikifune Kirio’s promotion.
• A Tenth Division member reported that people in Runlin An and Rukongai praised the division, and Yan Si sent him back to training.
• Hirako Shinji joined Yan Si on his way to see Squad Zero descend from the Royal Palace.

Yan Si exposed and killed Tsunayashiro Tokinada, then clashed with Squad Zero over Enrakyōten and was imprisoned in Muken for attacking them. In Muken, he resolved to wait for his seal to fade and eventually reshape Soul Society.

• Yan Si detected a hidden seventh person at Hikifune Kirio’s farewell and killed Tsunayashiro Tokinada, ending the illusions that had made the captains attack him.
• Yan Si claimed Enrakyōten as his spoils, used it to unleash Ryūjin Jakka against Tenjirō Kirinji, and turned his attention toward the Tsunayashiro Clan’s estate.
• Ichibē Hyōsube drained Yan Si’s Spiritual Power and blackened Enrakyōten, while Kirinji restrained him and carried him away to Muken for one hundred years.
• In Muken, Yan Si told Chiziro Sochika that he believed his actions were right and began waiting for his seal to heal.
• Yan Si planned to train in Muken until future upheavals involving Aizen and Yhwach allowed him to escape and reshape Soul Society.