Chapter Summaries

Kenma tried to drain Kisuke Urahara’s life and Spiritual Pressure, but Aizen intervened and Tenjiro Kirinji helped Kisuke and Hirako’s group escape through Spatial Transfer. Kenma realized Aizen had deliberately stalled him, and Aizen accused Kenma of planning to eliminate him as well as Kyōraku’s group.

• Kenma began draining Kisuke Urahara’s Spiritual Pressure, vitality, and life after declaring that Kisuke had to atone for deceiving him.
• Aizen stopped Kenma from draining Kisuke, while Shisui and Kaname Tosen confronted each other and Toji Fushiguro blocked Tosen’s strike.
• Kenma seized Aizen’s wrist and rejected Aizen’s request to spare Kisuke and the others, despite Aizen claiming he wanted Kisuke alive because his abilities were interesting.
• Tenjiro Kirinji activated Spatial Transfer to protect Kisuke Urahara and Hirako’s group, and Aizen held Kenma back until they vanished.
• Kenma accused Aizen of arranging the escape, and Aizen admitted he had stalled Kenma as payback for the previous night.
• Aizen accused Kenma of planning to join either side against the other during the previous night’s confrontation, and Kenma was briefly unable to deny it.

Kenma handed Aizen Kisuke Urahara's Hogyoku while revealing that he had mastered it and could still control it from afar. As Kenma prepared for war, Yoruichi arrived in the Shadow Space, learned Kenma had seized it from the Quincy, and was led toward the palace while Soifon went for treatment.

• Kenma and Aizen called off their conflict and renewed their alliance, then Kenma gave Aizen Kisuke Urahara's Hogyoku to study.
• Kenma told Aizen that the Hogyoku had accepted him as its master and that he could control it even while it was away from him.
• After Aizen left, Kenma told Shisui to keep watch on him and declared that the war was about to begin.
• Walter explained to Yoruichi that Kenma had taken the Quincy Shadow Space and rebuilt its palace as his command center.
• Yoruichi allowed Chiyo and Pakura to take the injured Soifon for treatment, then followed Walter toward the palace to meet Tōichirō and Yushiro.

Yoruichi reunited with Tōichirō and Yushiro in Underworld City and confronted Kenma’s allies over his secrecy and plans to attack the Seireitei. After learning that Kenma might be motivated by revenge for Takahisa, she asked Yoichi who Takahisa was, and Yoichi began recounting the past.

• Yoruichi learned from Tsuru and Walter that Kenma had secretly built Underworld City and was known there as the Underworld King, deepening her anger at his deception.
• Yoruichi reached the palace and reunited with Tōichirō and Yushiro, then met Nasu Yoichi, Charlotte Linlin, and Borsalino.
• Yoruichi challenged Kenma’s allies over the planned attack on the Seireitei, insisting that his claim of having no choice did not excuse deceiving her or harming her friends.
• Yoichi told Yoruichi that Kenma valued his family but would still set them aside if they obstructed his goals, and Yoruichi recognized that this matched what she knew of him.
• Yoruichi asked who Takahisa was after Yoichi suggested Kenma might be seeking revenge, and Yoichi identified him as Toyohisa’s adopted grandson and Kenma’s sworn elder brother before beginning his story.

Kenma gathered his allies in Nethercalm and announced the war to conquer the Seireitei, assigning Nobunaga to command the campaign while he prepared to confront Yamamoto himself. Before leaving to fight, he told Yoruichi that his ambition—not revenge—had driven him to challenge the Seireitei, but she still did not trust him.

• Kenma convened his commanders, officials, and agents, introduced Kagaya Ubuyashiki, and approved a plan to take control of Central 46 and replace the Gotei 13 with the Onmitsukidō.
• Kenma declared that he would personally lead the force against Yamamoto, then appointed Nobunaga to command the campaign with Sengoku and Tobirama as deputies.
• Kenma addressed the gathered troops in Nethercalm Hall and announced that the war to seize the Seireitei and claim the Three Worlds had begun.
• Yoruichi and Soifon heard the troops' cries, and Yoruichi realized Kenma was mobilizing to attack the Seireitei; Kenma later told her that Kisuke and Hirako had escaped, but she dismissed his account as another lie.
• Yoruichi asked why Kenma had rebelled, and he said he wanted to reach for greater power rather than avenge his older brother; she reacted with disbelief as he left.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki and Akainu seized Central 46 as Shikashuin Kenma launched a rebellion across the Seireitei. At the First Division meeting, Kenma’s allies revealed their allegiance, and Kenma’s declaration confirmed the uprising to the remaining captains.

• Central 46 discovered that Kisuke Urahara and the other condemned prisoners had been abducted, while Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s seat was empty.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki entered Central 46, declared that he would lead it, and used his guards to defeat those who resisted.
• Akainu killed a guard attempting to summon help, and his soldiers took control of Central 46 as Ubuyashiki revealed that Shikashuin Kenma led the uprising.
• Shikashuin Kenma’s declaration echoed across the Seireitei as battles erupted at noble estates and key institutions throughout the city.
• At the Gotei 13 meeting, Yamamoto Shigekuni learned that armored troops were attacking across the Seireitei while the remaining captains gathered.
• Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu admitted that Kenma commanded the invading forces and ordered the Shinigami to choose between joining him and being crushed.

Kenma led his uprising into Seireitei and confronted Yamamoto, offering the assembled captains a chance to surrender. Yamamoto refused and prepared to fight, while Kenma revealed he had activated his Bankai and unleashed Time Severance as the battle began.

• Kenma’s proclamation accused the Five Noble Clans and the Zero Division of betraying the Spirit King, and the captains realized he had raised an army against Seireitei.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu invited the captains to surrender, but Kyoraku, Maeada, and the others refused while Ukitake urged Yamamoto to act.
• Yamamoto cast aside his hesitation and declared he would show the rebels no mercy.
• Kenma entered the meeting chamber with his unfamiliar forces, including Shisui, and faced Yamamoto while the captains gathered around their leader.
• Kenma offered the captains another chance to join him, but Yamamoto and Maeada rejected him; Sengoku and Garp then prepared to fight beside Kenma.
• Ukitake and Kyoraku released their Zanpakuto, and Kenma activated his Bankai and struck with Time Severance.

Kenma overwhelmed the Gotei 13 captains, while Garp knocked Kenpachi Kiganjō into the floor. Kenma used his ability to make Yamamoto retreat against his will, but Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka’s flames and Kenma answered with Fire Fist, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Kenma instantly wounded Kyoraku and Ukitake and cut Ryūjin Jakka in half before Yamamoto could react.
• Garp intercepted Kenpachi Kiganjō and smashed him through the floor with one punch.
• Unohana Retsu rescued Kyoraku and Ukitake while Yamamoto confronted Kenma, who taunted him into taking two steps back.
• Kenma’s ability repeatedly forced Yamamoto to retreat, and the captains watched in disbelief.
• Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka from its broken blade and attacked Kenma, who countered with Fire Fist; their flames collided in a massive explosion.

The captains discussed Shikashuin Kenma’s Bankai and concluded that he could cut through time to create a stopped-time world. After Yamamoto prepared a countermeasure, Kenma’s flame-wielding ally Ace extinguished the barrier and introduced himself, leaving Yamamoto ready to test his plan against Kenma.

• Shin'emon Maeda protected Kyōraku and Ukitake as Yamamoto raised a wall of fire against the explosion, while Yamada Kiyonosuke and Aizen admitted they knew only Kenma’s Shikai.
• Aizen reasoned that Kenma could cut through time, and Yamamoto agreed that this explained his strange speed and ability to force Yamamoto back.
• Yamamoto told Kuchiki Ginrei that he had a dangerous countermeasure and asked him to protect him while he tried it.
• A flaming head emerged from Yamamoto’s fire barrier, announced that Kenma was waiting outside, and extinguished the flames.
• Ace introduced himself to the captains, and Yamamoto taunted him before declaring that he had seen through Kenma’s ability.
• Kenma invited Yamamoto to demonstrate his countermeasure, but the captains suddenly cried out and pointed outside.

Shikashuin Kenma’s forces overwhelmed the Seireitei and surrounded the remaining captains, while Kenma tried to make Yamamoto surrender. Yamamoto refused and prepared to fight, but a black blade suddenly thrust from Kenma’s shadow toward his heart.

• Yamamoto saw that Kenma’s armored troops and the Onmitsukidō were slaughtering the First Division while a barrier sealed off the barracks.
• Aizen and the other captains received Kenma’s proclamation as Kaido, giants, generals, and other powerful allies surrounded the meeting room.
• Minato Namikaze reported that the Gotei 13 barracks had fallen and that fewer than half the Shinigami had survived; Kenma ordered the prisoners guarded and the Onmitsukidō to take over Seireitei’s duties.
• Marco reported the Kido Corps’ defeat and Akainu’s success at Central 46, while Kuzan reported that the Great Spirit Book Corridor had been taken.
• Kenma urged Yamamoto to surrender, but Yamamoto refused and raised his flaming sword to fight.
• A pitch-black blade suddenly emerged from Kenma’s shadow and stabbed toward his heart.

Kenma survived Yamamoto’s coordinated ambush, but Yamamoto appeared able to move during Kenma’s Time Severance. The chapter ended with Yamamoto stopping Kenma’s Bankai strike and bringing Ryūjin Jakka down toward his chest.

• Kyōraku Shunsui attacked Kenma from a shadow while Unohana Retsu restrained the Horse-Cutting Sword, allowing Yamamoto to strike Kenma with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Borsalino kicked Kyōraku away and disrupted the ambush, but Yamamoto’s shortened blade only wounded Kenma, who healed from the burns and cuts.
• Kenma sent Borsalino to face Kyōraku, then used Time Severance against Yamamoto and noticed Yamamoto move while time was stopped.
• Kenma stopped time again and attacked Yamamoto, but Yamamoto seized the Horse-Cutting Sword’s guard and swung Ryūjin Jakka toward Kenma’s chest.

Kenma nearly killed Yamamoto by exploiting Time Severance, but Yamamoto and Kuchiki Ginrei had planned a counterattack that left Kenma beheaded and burned. As Sengoku and Garp prepared to retaliate against the Shinigami, Kenma's fate remained uncertain.

• Kenma's slashes wounded Yamamoto, who revealed he had used Time Stop Kido to move within Kenma's frozen world.
• Kenma resumed time and struck at the gathered Shinigami, but Kuchiki Ginrei intercepted his attack and held his sword while Yamamoto stabbed him from behind.
• Yamamoto explained that he had timed his movement in advance, and Kuchiki Ginrei beheaded Kenma as the Shinigami celebrated.
• Yamamoto burned Kenma's head and body with Ryūjin Jakka, while Ace protected Kenma's allies from the flames.
• Shisui and Zhen'er tried to gather Kenma's charred remains, and Sengoku and Garp prepared to fight the Shinigami.

After Yamamoto Shigekuni killed Shikashuin Kenma, Sengoku, Garp, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and their allies attacked the Shinigami, while Kenma’s followers protected his remains. Just as Yamamoto and Aizen suspected that Kenma’s death had not broken the rebels’ morale, Kenma regenerated his brain and face and spoke again.

• Aizen watched Yamamoto’s victory over Shikashuin Kenma and grew angry at his colleagues’ cheers, while Kaname Tosen noticed his mood.
• Sengoku transformed into his Great Buddha form and attacked the Shinigami, but Unohana Retsu blocked his first shockwave with Danku before Garp shattered the barrier.
• Ace, Garp, and Whitebeard fought Yamamoto and the other captains, and Whitebeard’s strike devastated the battlefield.
• Sengoku and Charlotte Linlin struck the Shinigami with further attacks, while Shisui and Zhen'er protected Kenma’s remains inside Susanoo.
• Yamamoto and Aizen questioned why the rebels’ morale remained strong despite Kenma’s apparent death.
• Kenma’s charred head regenerated its brain and facial features, then spoke to the gathered fighters.

While the Akatsuki guarded three Quincy in Shadow Space, Candice died as Shikashuin Kenma drained her life and power. In the Seireitei, Kenma recovered from Yamamoto’s attack and prepared to resume fighting after Sengoku’s group took over.

• Yahiko worried that Konan had been sent alone to distribute proclamations, while Nagato reassured him and Deidara teased him about his former role in the Akatsuki.
• Candice convulsed and died, then vanished as a thread absorbed her Reishi; Liltotto and Cang Du realized Kenma had kept them alive so he could drain them.
• Cang Du and Liltotto tried to resist, and Nagato ordered Kisame Hoshigaki, Kakuzu, Sasori, and Deidara to subdue them without killing them.
• After absorbing Candice’s life and power, Kenma recovered enough to taunt Yamamoto, while the Shinigami were stunned that he had survived.
• Sengoku told Kenma to stay back while his group fought Yamamoto, and Kenma agreed to recover for thirty seconds before warning them to retreat if Yamamoto used Bankai.

Yamamoto and the other Shinigami fought Kenma’s forces as Mayuri and Kyōraku disappeared from the battlefield, while Kenma’s allies explained where they had gone. Kenma recovered his head and prepared to heal the rest of his body as the fighting continued.

• Yamamoto and Kuchiki Ginrei charged into battle against Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard, Ace, Sengoku, and Garp, while Kuzan went after the Shinigami lieutenants.
• Unohana noticed that Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Kyōraku Shunsui had vanished, and Aizen said Kyōraku had left with Borsalino following him.
• Kuzan confronted Unohana and the lieutenants, pointing out that her Zanpakuto was occupied healing Ukitake and urging them to surrender.
• Kenma told Shisui to keep watch on Aizen, then learned that Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu had taken Mayuri to safety and that Borsalino had pursued Kyōraku.
• Kenma reflected on his lack of close friends, confirmed that his head had healed, and prepared to restore the rest of his body as Phoenix arrived and offered help.

Marco treated Kenma with his healing flames while Kenma rebuilt his body around a kneecap from the Spirit King. As Aizen watched the battles and coveted the strange abilities of Kenma’s subordinates, Kyōraku Shunsui released his Bankai, and Kenma realized Borsalino was in trouble.

• Marco visited Kenma, used his healing flames to ease his pain, and warned that the flames could not restore his body.
• Kenma had Zhen'er remove his kneecap from his charred corpse, revealed it came from the Spirit King, and used it as he regenerated his body.
• Aizen watched Kenma recover, rejected Kaname Tosen’s suggestion to attack, and decided to wait while observing the battles.
• Unohana Retsu continued fighting Kuzan, refusing to surrender even after he froze the other lieutenants and Minazuki.
• Aizen observed Kuzan’s ice transformation and coveted a specimen to study, but recognized that Kenma was wary of him.
• Kyōraku Shunsui released his Bankai, its unusual Spiritual Pressure spread across the battlefields, and Kenma concluded that Borsalino was in trouble.

Kyoraku Shunsui fought Borsalino in the ruined Shino Academy training hall, using his Zanpakuto abilities to survive Borsalino’s light-based attacks despite his injuries. The chapter ended as Kyoraku unleashed his Bankai and emerged from Borsalino’s shadow, asking him what he thought of the world.

• Kyoraku Shunsui lured Borsalino to the ruined training hall, where Borsalino revealed his light powers and Kyoraku explained Irooni.
• Borsalino wounded Kyoraku with a laser, while Kyoraku’s attacks failed to harm Borsalino, who could turn into light.
• Kyoraku used Hadō Number Seventy-Eight: Zanka no Tachi, but Borsalino reformed after being cut in half.
• Borsalino attacked Kyoraku’s illusions and then bombarded the training hall with Yasakani no Magatama, but Kyoraku survived unseen.
• Kyoraku activated his Bankai, used Katen Kyōkotsu: Black Pine in the Heart to fill Borsalino with grief and confusion, and emerged from Borsalino’s shadow to ask his thoughts about the world.

Kyoraku used his Bankai to kill Borsalino, but Borsalino revived through the immortality and power granted by his contract with the Underworld King. Borsalino defeated Kyoraku, whose Spiritual Pressure faded as Kenma sensed his victory.

• Borsalino avoided Kyoraku's attacks and used his knowledge of Kyoraku's Bankai to try to escape its reach, but Kyoraku trapped him in an endless underwater realm.
• Kyoraku explained the acts of his Bankai and weakened Borsalino before using its final act to sever his throat and destroy his head and upper body.
• After the Bankai ended, Kyoraku left Hana and headed toward Yamamoto Shigekuni, but Borsalino shot him through the chest from afar.
• Borsalino revealed that his contract with Riko let him survive death and restore his body and Spiritual Pressure, then repeatedly shot the wounded Kyoraku.
• Kyoraku collapsed and lost consciousness as Kenma sensed his Spiritual Pressure fading and told Shisui and Zhen'er that Borsalino had won.

Kyoraku Shunsui and Kuchiki Ginrei were defeated, while Yamamoto remained under relentless attack and Unohana Retsu neared defeat against Kuzan. Borsalino arrived after defeating Kyoraku and joined Kuzan as Unohana prepared to keep fighting.

• Kyoraku Shunsui’s Spiritual Pressure faded, revealing that he had lost, while Yamamoto continued to fend off Kaido, Whitebeard, Big Mom, Sengoku, and Ace without finding time to use Bankai.
• Kuzan froze Unohana Retsu’s arm and explained that the extreme cold had dulled her senses, leaving her badly weakened.
• Garp defeated Kuchiki Ginrei, shattered his Zanpakuto, and ordered soldiers to bind the unconscious captain.
• Unohana Retsu accepted that her side was unlikely to win but resolved to keep fighting, and Kuzan prepared to freeze her again.
• Borsalino appeared beside Unohana Retsu and told Kuzan he had just finished defeating Kyoraku Shunsui.

Kuzan and Borsalino defeated Unohana Retsu, while Aizen and Kaname Tosen watched from concealment and then headed toward Yamamoto Shigekuni's battlefield. Surrounded and badly wounded, Yamamoto released his Bankai, Zanka no Tachi, and advanced on the enemy forces as they tried to retreat.

• Kuzan froze Unohana Retsu after Borsalino shot her with several lasers, then discovered Aizen and Kaname Tosen watching from an iceberg.
• Kuzan spared Aizen and Kaname Tosen because they were not captains and Shikashuin Kenma had told his men not to attack Aizen, while Aizen decided to go see the battle against Yamamoto.
• Kenma learned that Unohana Retsu was the last captain besides Yamamoto, took his sword, and headed for Yamamoto's battlefield with Shisui and Zhen'er following.
• Whitebeard, Ace, Sengoku, Kaido, Big Mom, and the others overwhelmed Yamamoto with repeated attacks until he sacrificed his left arm and unleashed his Bankai, Zanka no Tachi.
• Yamamoto's Bankai dispersed Ace's fire attacks and cut through his Flame Rampart, forcing Whitebeard and the others to retreat as Yamamoto pursued them.

Yamamoto’s Bankai overwhelmed Ace, Borsalino, and Kuzan until Kenma arrived and fought him with the Horse-Cutting Sword. Their duel left both Bankai damaged, and Kenma ended the chapter wondering how Yamamoto’s heat had interfered with his Severance.

• Ace, Borsalino, and Kuzan attacked Yamamoto, but his extreme heat vaporized their fire, laser, and ice before they could reach him.
• Yamamoto launched a deadly strike at Sengoku and the others, but Kenma intercepted it with his Horse-Cutting Sword and damaged both weapons.
• Kenma sent his allies away and taunted Yamamoto, who attacked him while keeping his composure.
• Kenma used Time Severance, but Yamamoto moved during the time stop and damaged Kenma’s Bankai again.
• Kenma used Time Severance: Revised to strike Yamamoto, then found that the two notches in his Bankai had merged into one larger gap.