Chapter Summaries

Shunsui Kyōraku refused Zero Squad’s order to apprehend Ichigo Kurosaki, and Zero Squad moved to take Ichigo themselves. Tsuna and Ichigo’s friends fought back, while Tsuna stopped the clash and identified himself to Zero Squad, who had never heard of him.

• Kyōraku rejected the order to capture Ichigo, declaring that the Gotei 13 would protect him.
• The Monk exposed Tsuna, Ichigo, and their companions, and Zero Squad surrounded them.
• Tsuna crushed Urahara’s locator transmitter and contacted Kurosaki Isshin as Zero Squad demanded that Ichigo come with them.
• After Kirinj attacked Ichigo, Tatsuki, Chad, Uryū, and Ichigo fought the Zero Squad members.
• Tsuna intervened, halted the fighting, and introduced himself as Sawada Tsunayoshi, prompting Ōetsu to ask why he had never heard of him.

The Monk declared that Sawada Tsunayoshi had no place in the world because his name was absent from the Register of All Names, and ordered Zero Squad to seize him and Ichigo Kurosaki. Yamamoto and the Gotei 13 opposed the arrest, leaving Kyōraku at the front of a confrontation with Zero Squad.

• The Monk revealed that he had never named Sawada Tsunayoshi and said the Register of All Names showed Tsuna had not existed in the world sixteen years earlier.
• Tsuna rejected the Monk’s claims and insisted that his parents had given him his name, while the Monk ordered Zero Squad to capture Tsuna and Ichigo.
• Kyōraku questioned the arrest, but the Monk invoked the Soul King Palace’s authority and accused Tsuna of contributing to Aizen’s entry into the palace.
• Yamamoto stood against the arrest and dared the Monk to attack him, while Kyōraku ordered the Gotei 13 Captains to return to their divisions.
• Soi Fon, Hirako, Byakuya, Toshiro, Kenpachi Zaraki, Unohana, and the other Captains refused to abandon Tsuna and Ichigo, and Kyōraku joined them at the front.

Tsuna and the Gotei 13 confronted Zero Squad after Monk revealed his plan to make Tsuna and Ichigo into human pillars for the Soul King. The captains withdrew while Tsuna’s allies arrived to face Zero Squad, leaving Tsuna and Monk preparing to fight.

• Tsuna convinced Kyōraku to take the Gotei 13 away, then sent Tatsuki, Orihime, Uryū, and Chad to safety as the captains withdrew to watch.
• Tsuna unleashed his spiritual pressure when he sensed an anomaly near a distant tree, balancing Zero Squad’s pressure and drawing Monk’s attention to his similarity to Ichigo.
• Tsuna told Ichigo that Monk considered them candidates to become human pillars, and Monk and Ōetsu agreed to capture them and preserve their souls’ powers.
• Zero Squad attacked, but Yoruichi intercepted Kirinj while Urahara confronted Senjumaru, Ichigo engaged Unohana, and Yamamoto charged Ōetsu.
• Tsuna faced Monk alone, challenged his reasons for seeking control, and released his Bankai.

Tsuna fought Ōetsu Nimaiya and his Royal Guard, using his Hyper Intuition and Lightning Attribute Bankai to counter their coordinated attacks. Ōetsu’s final strike passed through Tsuna, who charged into Suijima Mera and Togawa Tokie, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Monk exchanged places with Ōetsu Nimaiya, sending him to fight Tsuna while Monk confronted Yamamoto.
• Ōetsu summoned his Royal Guard, whose members revealed that they were forged from his Zanpakuto.
• Tsuna avoided Zeshi Noomi’s surprise attack, but Suijima Mera and Togawa Tokie trapped him in a cloud of superheated steam.
• Tsuna switched to his Lightning Attribute Bankai and blocked Ōetsu and Tsumemiya Zaiko’s hammer blows with hardened lightning.
• Hashihara Renka grabbed Tsuna’s Electric Horns and was shocked, while Ōetsu reverted Zeshi Noomi and Tsumemiya Zaiko to their original forms.
• Ōetsu’s chisel and hammer pierced Tsuna’s lightning defense but passed through his body, allowing Tsuna to ram his Electric Horns into Suijima Mera and Togawa Tokie.

Ōetsu unleashed his Shin'uchi, Phoenix Sword Mound, and called Zanpakuto from across Soul Society to fight Tsuna. As the blades gathered around him, the captains struggled to keep control of their weapons, while Yamamoto, Urahara, and others found ways to resist or avoid Ōetsu's power.

• Tsuna used Ghost's Hollowfication to nullify Ōetsu's physical attacks and defeated Hashihara Renka, leaving Ōetsu enraged.
• Ōetsu summoned his five tools, released his Blood Oath Seal, and brought Phoenix Hall down as he activated Phoenix Sword Mound.
• Ōetsu called blades across Soul Society, drawing Zanpakuto from captains including Byakuya and Ukitake while Kenpachi and Kyōraku fought to hold on to theirs.
• Yamamoto knocked Ryūjin Jakka unconscious and severed their connection to prevent Ōetsu from controlling it, while Urahara explained that he had removed the foreign object from Red Princess.
• Tsuna and Ichigo remained unaffected by Ōetsu's control because their Zanpakuto were self-forged, as Yoruichi and Urahara continued fighting their opponents.

Ōetsu Nimaiya escalated his assault on Tsuna with multiple Zanpakuto and Bankai, but Tsuna survived the bombardment and countered with his Lightning Attribute Beyond Bankai. Ōetsu Nimaiya trapped Tsuna in Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū and, in its final act, severed Tsuna’s neck and unleashed an explosion of spiritual pressure around his head and throat.

• Ōetsu Nimaiya attacked Tsuna with Genryūmaru’s lightning and Soi Fon’s Suzumebachi Raikōben, whose explosion blasted open a corner of the Seireitei.
• Tsuna emerged from the smoke in his Lightning Attribute Beyond Bankai armor and summoned eight pillars of lightning against Ōetsu Nimaiya.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya defended himself with Sajin Komamura’s Black Rope Heavenly Punisher, then drew Kyōraku’s complete Zanpakuto and activated Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya’s Bankai failed to overcome Tsuna’s armor in its first acts, so the two were drawn into dark waters where their spiritual pressures rapidly drained.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya spotted openings in Tsuna’s loosening armor and used the final act to sever Tsuna’s neck, then unleashed a burst of spiritual pressure at his head and throat.

Ōetsu Nimaiya tried several Zanpakuto against Tsuna, but discovered he had been attacking Ghost, Tsuna’s lightning-bodied guardian. After Ōetsu targeted Tsuna directly and froze him, Ghost broke free to attack, leaving Ōetsu trapped between the two.

• Ōetsu abandoned Katen and Everything's Gone, then combined Sode no Shirayuki and Hyōrinmaru to attack the armor with an ice dragon.
• The armor split apart to reveal Ghost, who fought Ōetsu while Tsuna appeared beside Kyōraku and explained that he had escaped before Karamatsu Shinjū’s final strike.
• Ōetsu forced Ghost aside and charged at Tsuna, but Tsuna fused with the armor to activate his complete Lightning Attribute Beyond Bankai.
• Ōetsu froze Tsuna inside a massive frost cross, then summoned Hyōten Hyakkasō as Ghost emerged from the ice as a lightning figure.
• Ghost attacked Ōetsu with a Lightning spear while Tsuna broke free, leaving Ōetsu slowed by the cold and facing both opponents.

Tsuna battled Ōetsu Nimaiya, who turned the royal guard’s Zanpakuto into a dangerous storm of forced Bankai powers. As the blades began to crack, Tsuna promised he could protect them and faced Ōetsu’s escalating attack.

• Suijima Mera intervened to save Ōetsu Nimaiya, but Tsuna struck her down, prompting the other royal guard members to rush toward him.
• Ōetsu stopped the royal guard from attacking and Tsuna charged toward Phoenix Hall, suspecting that its destruction would break Ōetsu’s Bankai.
• Ōetsu restrained Tsuna with Wabisuke’s gravity and forced the surrounding Zanpakuto to unleash Bankai powers, cracking some of the blades.
• Kyōraku protested Ōetsu’s reckless use of Soul Society’s Zanpakuto, but Ōetsu dismissed the Gotei 13 and asserted Zero Squad’s authority.
• Tsuna reassured the captains that he would protect the Zanpakuto, while Ōetsu increased his spiritual pressure to intensify the Blade Dance storm.

Tsuna used electromagnetic Hardening to seal every Zanpakuto Ōetsu Nimaiya had summoned, turning the battle in his favor. With his blades disabled, Ōetsu Nimaiya lunged at Rose to forge a new Zanpakuto from him, and Tsuna prepared to stop him.

• Tsuna endured the Zanpakuto storm with three layers of defense while his lightning spread through the Seireitei and drew iron sand from underground.
• Tsuna coated the iron sand with Lightning Attribute spiritual pressure and used it to seal and harden sheaths around every summoned Zanpakuto.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya considered using Sayafushi but feared that cutting through the seals would destroy the Zanpakuto trapped inside.
• After Tsuna sealed the final blade, Ōetsu Nimaiya charged toward Rose, intending to forge him into a new Zanpakuto.
• Hirako warned Rose to run, but Ōetsu Nimaiya's spiritual pressure scattered Rose's attempt to use Bakudo.
• Kyōraku reminded Hirako to trust Tsuna, who confronted Ōetsu Nimaiya for crossing the line.

Tsuna killed Ōetsu to save Rose, then fought the Monk alongside Yamamoto as Zero Squad tried to contain their allies. Senjumaru trapped Yamamoto with her Bankai, but a hidden attacker struck her from beneath as Yamamoto hinted that he was not her true opponent.

• Tsuna broke free from Wabisuke’s restraint, stopped Ōetsu from reaching Rose, and killed him with a lightning spear strike.
• Yamamoto, Yoruichi, and Urahara held off the remaining Zero Squad members while the Monk accused Yamamoto of rebellion.
• The Monk sealed Yamamoto and attacked Tsuna, but Tsuna blocked his strike toward Ichigo and resisted Ichimonji’s attempt to reveal his power.
• Yamamoto and Tsuna began a pincer attack on the Monk, but Senjumaru activated Shatagarahai Shikura Tsuji and trapped Yamamoto and Urahara in its space.
• Blades burst from a stitched opening beneath Senjumaru as Yamamoto told her that he was not her opponent.

Tsuna survived the Monk’s attack by awakening Nirvana Activation, a Sun-based Beyond Bankai that restored his voice and let him fight back. After Tsuna struck the Monk and evaded his Kido, the Monk began the Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum.

• The Monk erased Ghost’s name, weakening Tsuna’s Beyond Bankai, then took away Tsuna’s ability to speak.
• Tsuna sent the Zanpakuto flying toward Shunsui Kyōraku before the Monk struck him with the Senri Touten Palm.
• Tsuna emerged from the palm print in a new form and used Nirvana Activation to regenerate his throat and speak again.
• Tsuna dodged the Monk’s ink attacks, took a blade wound to land a powerful punch, and healed himself with the Sun Attribute.
• The Monk attacked with Kido, but Tsuna evaded the barrage before the Monk began the Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum.

Tsuna countered Monk’s Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum with Sun Halo Fist, then endured Monk’s ink attack and discovered that his Sun Attribute flames and Super Activation could neutralize Ichimonji’s power. The fight continued as Monk searched for another way to rename and overpower Tsuna.

• Monk trapped Tsuna in Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum, but Tsuna’s Sun Halo Fist restored the world’s colors and drove back the blackness.
• Monk attacked Tsuna with Ichimonji, trying to splatter him with ink, and Tsuna used Super Activation and Flash Step to escape.
• Monk tricked Tsuna into striking an ink palm disguised as Senri Touten Palm, and the burst of ink drenched him.
• Monk approached the motionless Tsuna to rename and seal him, but Tsuna punched him and the ink cracked and fell away.
• Tsuna explained that his Sun Attribute flames countered Monk’s blackness and Super Activation had aged the ink until it lost its effect.
• Monk decided he could still alter Tsuna’s name by adding words to it.

Tsuna overcame Monk’s attempt to disable him when his completed Sun Wheel turned his flames into Sun Holy Flame, burning away the ink. Monk then revealed his true, armored form, and Tsuna transformed into Golden Holy Dragon Mode as their fight escalated.

• Monk used Ichimonji’s ink to weaken Tsuna’s left arm and attacked while Tsuna struggled to defend himself.
• Tsuna’s completed Sun Wheel transformed his flames into Sun Holy Flame, which burned away the ink and restored his freedom.
• Monk enlarged his body and formed golden armor, revealing that the Oken’s accumulated power had strengthened his true form.
• Monk struck at Tsuna, who stabbed his chest and awakened the lizard pattern as golden wings and a dragon roar emerged.
• Tsuna’s lizard transformed into a Golden Holy Dragon, and he announced his Sun Attribute Beyond Bankai: Golden Holy Dragon Mode.

Tsuna fought the Monk in Golden Holy Dragon Mode, overwhelming him with speed and a devastating Dragon Breath before the Monk escaped the flames. Tsuna deliberately ended the form after Kyōraku warned him that killing the Monk would not prevent him from reviving, leaving both fighters alive and back on more even footing.

• Tsuna activated Golden Holy Dragon Mode and rushed the Monk with a Maximum Uppercut and a barrage of Maximum Gatling punches.
• The Monk used Ichimonji’s Fixing Word to make his hands track Tsuna, forcing the two into a prolonged exchange of blows.
• Tsuna unleashed Maximum Sunday Punch as a feint, then used Golden Holy Dragon’s Roar to engulf the Monk in True Sun Flame.
• The Monk sealed himself with Ichimonji, shrank out of his burning shell, and escaped; Tsuna struck him through trees and buildings afterward.
• The Monk recognized that Tsuna’s Golden Holy Dragon Mode had run out and believed Tsuna had missed his chance to kill him.
• Kyōraku reminded Tsuna that the Monk could revive if someone called his name, so Tsuna deactivated Golden Holy Dragon Mode and left the Monk alive.

Tsuna fought the Monk, who taunted him by threatening the people close to him and repeatedly revived through the Soul King's power. Tsuna destroyed the Monk's Royal Key body, but the Monk's consciousness survived in the Soul King Palace and began using his hidden trump card.

• The Monk blocked Tsuna's attacks and claimed Tsuna's burdens would make him lose, while Tsuna struggled to find a way to stop the Monk from reviving.
• Decimo proposed that Tsuna kill the Monk so they could study his revival and use Sky's Harmony to interfere with it.
• Tsuna reactivated Golden Holy Dragon Mode and struck the Monk with Maximum Cannon and a three-way Maximum Machine Gun attack.
• The Sun Attribute Flames cracked apart the Monk's Royal Key body, and the Monk exploded, leaving only his head and Ichimonji behind.
• The Gotei 13 captains stayed silent as Kirinj insisted the Monk was not truly dead; the Monk's head twitched as his consciousness in the Soul King Palace prepared his trump card.

Monk prepared to use the Soul King's remaining components to counter Tsuna, revealing how he had used the Soul King's body to protect the Soul King Palace and Soul Society. After Tsuna killed Monk, the Soul King’s eyes moved, while Yoruichi and the captains rushed to stop Kirinjī from reviving him by calling his name.

• Monk recalled how he had used the Soul King's left hand to seal Yhwach's Almighty and how the Soul King's other components had been distributed or taken.
• Monk performed a ritual and opened a box containing a section of the Soul King's intestine, intending to draw on its power against Tsuna.
• Monk heard someone calling his name, hid the intestine within a hand seal, and vanished to revive in the lower world.
• The Soul King's pupils moved as Monk removed the intestine, and his eyes saw the altered future.
• After Tsuna killed Monk, Kirinjī tried to call him back to life, but Yoruichi kicked him and Unohana Retsu, Kyōraku, and Hirako joined the effort to stop him.

Tsuna activated Sky Beyond Bankai as the Monk revived, then used its power of harmonization to break through the Monk’s defenses and drive him into flight. As Tsuna prepared to unleash his true power, the Monk secretly appealed to the Soul King.

• Kirinj called out Hyōsube’s name before Yoruichi could stop him, and the captains shifted their attack toward Kirinj while the Monk began reviving.
• Tsuna let the Monk’s head revive so Decimo and Byakuran could study the process, then activated Sky Beyond Bankai at their command.
• Tsuna’s harmonizing Sky Flames erased the Monk’s ink shield and began petrifying Ichimonji when the Monk attacked.
• The Monk fled from Tsuna’s attacks, using Flash Step to avoid a fireball that petrified part of his haori.
• Tsuna considered using his true power while the Monk ran and muttered an appeal to the Soul King.

Tsuna faced Hyosube Ichibei after the Monk called on the Soul King's power and fused with Ichimonji, pushing the Soul Society toward collapse. Tsuna entered his true Sky Beyond Bankai form and charged into battle as the Monk attacked.

• Tsuna's attack struck an invisible barrier, and a piece of the Soul King's body appeared before the Monk.
• Tsuna and his inner-world companions discussed how the Soul King's power surpassed Tsuna's because he had not fused Quincy power with his other abilities.
• The Monk used the Soul King's power to fuse with Ichimonji, raising his spiritual pressure beyond the Soul Society's limit and cracking the sky.
• Kyōraku organized the Gotei 13 and others to protect the fractured world while Tsuna and the Monk continued their fight.
• The Monk blamed Tsuna and Sosuke Aizen for destabilizing the world, but Tsuna refused to back down and transformed into his true Sky Beyond Bankai form.
• The Monk sent black and white serpents at Tsuna, who blocked them with his cloak and punched toward the Monk.

Tsuna and the Monk escalated their fight, destroying the Monk’s ink-painted world and damaging the Soul Society with each clash. Orihime, Ichigo, and the Fullbringers began stabilizing the spreading rifts with their powers, leaving the Soul Society’s collapse temporarily contained.

• The Monk invaded Tsuna’s White Dragon Armguard with black, but Byakuran expelled the corruption and Tsuna’s Sky Flame later petrified the Monk’s ink-painted world.
• Tsuna and the Monk resumed their battle in the Soul Society, and their clashes sent destructive shockwaves across the realm.
• Orihime used Soten Kisshun to repair a rift, while Ichigo and Tatsuki used their spiritual pressure to stabilize others.
• Ichigo recognized that Fullbringers carried fragments of the Soul King and proposed gathering them to resist the collapse.
• Isshin arrived with Ryuuken and Xcution, and Ryuuken organized the Fullbringers to stabilize rifts while Orihime repaired them.
• The Soul Society’s collapse temporarily stabilized as the Fullbringers and Orihime worked together, though the ongoing fight continued to create new rifts.

Tsuna fought the Monk, who created and named shadow copies of Zero Squad members to steal the originals’ powers and strengthen himself. As their battle escalated, Senjumaru was defeated and returned to Soul Society, where Yamamoto carried her away from the clash.

• Tsuna used White Hand and Burning Supernova against the Monk, then discovered the Monk could escape attacks by substituting ink and creating decoys.
• The Monk named four ink-made shadows after Ōetsu Nimaiya, Kirinjī Tenshirō, Yachiru Unohana, and Shutara Senjumaru, draining the originals of much of their strength.
• The Monk absorbed the shadows’ inventions, gaining a stronger body, protective robes, swift sandals, and a black-jade Zanpakuto.
• Tsuna relied on instinct and Natsu’s Sky Flame to keep pace with the enhanced Monk, but the Monk remained unharmed.
• Senjumaru was expelled from her Bankai space after Urahara Kisuke defeated her, and she returned to Soul Society severely wounded.
• Yamamoto carried Senjumaru away from Tsuna and the Monk’s battle, while she realized the Monk had made Zero Squad members into reserves of power.