Recaps

Wu Biao nearly starved after using Ichibai Kanon Ken, so Makiuzo Aramaki helped Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Sado Yasutora break into the 11th Division cafeteria to find food. After eating the barracks’ supplies, Wu Biao fought Kenpachi Zaraki, but the group learned Kuchiki Rukia’s execution had been moved to noon, and Kenpachi agreed to help them reach her.

• Sado Yasutora warned that Wu Biao was close to dying from hunger, and Makiuzo Aramaki agreed to lead the group into the 11th Division barracks for food.
• Wu Biao woke at the smell of food and devoured the cafeteria’s rice, vegetables, and potatoes until he was full and his strength surged.
• Kenpachi Zaraki appeared in the cafeteria, and Wu Biao charged him; their battle destroyed the cafeteria and drew the 11th Division Shinigami to surround the group.
• Yachiru Kusajishi told the group that Kuchiki Rukia’s execution had been moved to noon, prompting Wu Biao to stop fighting and set off to rescue her.
• Kenpachi Zaraki agreed to help the group because he sensed a Shinigami growing stronger, and Wu Biao asked for directions to the execution site.

Wu Biao rushed toward Sōkyoku Hill while Kenpachi Zaraki stayed behind to fight the captains, and Ichigo arrived just in time to stop Rukia’s execution. After Ukitake and Kyōraku destroyed Sōkyoku, Wu Biao and Ichigo reunited beside Rukia and declared they would fight their way out.

• Wu Biao caught Komamura’s group off guard and sent Tōsen flying with a single punch before leaving for Sōkyoku Hill.
• Kenpachi Zaraki remained behind with Ikkaku and Yumichika to face Komamura, Tōsen, Hisagi, and Iba while Yachiru led Ishida and the others away.
• At Sōkyoku Hill, Rukia asked Yamamoto to spare the Ryoka, and the Kido Corps released Sōkyoku for her execution.
• Ichigo blocked Sōkyoku’s first attack, then Ukitake and Kyōraku restrained and destroyed the firebird as Ichigo broke Rukia’s execution frame.
• Wu Biao charged Byakuya, and Ichigo reunited with him beside Rukia; Wu Biao and Ichigo said they would fight their way out.

Wu Biao and Ichigo faced the captains at Sōkyoku Hill, where Wu Biao briefly fought Yamamoto before the Captain-Commander pursued Shunsui Kyoraku and Ukitake Jushiro. Meanwhile, Aizen revealed his conspiracy at Central 46, defeated Hitsugaya, and confronted Unohana; the chapter ended with Ichigo meeting Kenpachi while Wu Biao battled Byakuya.

• Wu Biao charged Yamamoto, who stopped his punch and countered with Ryujin Jakka, but Wu Biao forced him back three steps before Ichigo caught him.
• Wu Biao urged Ichigo to take Rukia and run, and Renji carried Rukia away while Ichigo stayed behind.
• Hitsugaya discovered Aizen and Ichimaru Gin had been conspiring from the start and found Hinamori gravely wounded; Aizen defeated Hitsugaya after he released Bankai.
• Unohana and Isane confronted Aizen at Central 46, while Aizen acknowledged Unohana's arrival.
• Wu Biao taunted Yamamoto, who left to pursue Shunsui and Ukitake; Yoruichi then whisked Soi Fon away from Sōkyoku Hill.
• Kenpachi arrived and attacked Ichigo, while Wu Biao and Byakuya began an evenly matched battle.

Byakuya unleashed Senbonzakura Kageyoshi against Wu Biao, who broke through its blade-petal attacks and raised his power with Kannon Biraki. The battle ended with Wu Biao revealing that his supposedly tenfold technique was only a twofold boost, leaving Ichigo, Byakuya, and Kenpachi furious as the fight continued.

• Byakuya released his Bankai, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, and sent a vast sea of blade-petals toward Wu Biao.
• Wu Biao used Ichibai Kannon Ken to break through the petals, suffering cuts across his body.
• Byakuya attacked again, and Wu Biao raised his power to what he called Kannon Biraki Tenfold, blasting apart the sea of petals.
• Ichigo rushed to Wu Biao and tried to stop him, but Wu Biao insisted he wanted to win against Byakuya.
• Wu Biao explained that Ichigo only needed to remember one and ten, revealing he had increased his power by only one level rather than tenfold.
• Ichigo struck Wu Biao, then retreated with Kenpachi while Byakuya seethed and prepared to keep fighting.

Wu Biao defeated Byakuya Kuchiki in a brief, brutal fight, though both were left unable to fight. He crawled over to punch Byakuya once more, then collapsed on top of him as Byakuya seethed in disgust.

• Byakuya unleashed a sea of blades, but Wu Biao broke through it and shattered his Circle of Cutting Light with a punch.
• Byakuya used Danku and Shunpo to evade Wu Biao, but Wu Biao’s instincts let him turn and land a devastating blow that broke Byakuya’s arms and sent him crashing into a pillar.
• Wu Biao’s Kanon Biraki state gave out, and he collapsed; Byakuya recognized that Wu Biao had reduced the force of his final punch and asked why he had held back.
• Wu Biao claimed he had promised Ichigo and the others to pin Byakuya down and beat him, then crawled over and punched him once in the face.
• Wu Biao collapsed on Byakuya after the punch, while Byakuya lay beneath him and complained about his stench.

Aizen revealed his conspiracy and gathered at Sokyoku Hill with Rukia, Renji, and the wounded Byakuya and Wu Biao. After Isane broadcast the truth to Seireitei, Wu Biao, Byakuya, and Renji prepared to defend Rukia against Aizen.

• Aizen explained his schemes to Unohana, then escaped with Gin using bandages.
• Tōsen intercepted Renji as he tried to flee with Rukia and transported them to Sokyoku Hill, where Aizen and Gin appeared.
• Aizen described Wu Biao's rapid growth, while Wu Biao and Byakuya lay badly wounded nearby.
• Isane broadcast Unohana's account of Aizen's conspiracy to Seireitei, but Wu Biao could not receive the spiritual message.
• Aizen demanded that Renji surrender Rukia, and Renji refused despite Aizen's threat.
• Wu Biao and Byakuya stood to fight, Renji brought Rukia behind them, and the three prepared to face Aizen.

Wu Biao, Byakuya, and Renji confronted Aizen, who revealed that he had secretly hypnotized them and extracted the Hogyoku from Rukia. Ichigo rescued Rukia, and as the exhausted fighters regrouped, Komamura Sajin attacked Aizen, who stopped his sword with two fingers.

• Wu Biao used his instincts to find and attack Aizen, but Aizen's illusion nearly cut him in half before Byakuya's blades shielded him.
• Aizen revealed that he had released Illusion without its command and had been controlling what everyone saw; he then seized Rukia and explained that her soul contained the Hogyoku.
• Aizen extracted the Hogyoku from Rukia and explained that Urahara Kisuke had created it to break the limits between Shinigami and Hollows.
• Ichigo arrived carrying Rukia, and Kenpachi attacked Aizen before Wu Biao collapsed from exhaustion and Rukia caught Byakuya as he staggered.
• Komamura Sajin charged Aizen with his Zanpakuto, but Aizen caught the blade between two fingers and addressed him.

Aizen overwhelmed the defenders at Sokyoku Hill, but Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Rangiku Matsumoto, and other Shinigami briefly cornered him before Menos Grande used Negación to extract him and his allies. Afterward, the Gotei 13 treated the injured and revoked Kuchiki Rukia’s execution, replacing it with one month of confinement.

• Komamura, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Kenpachi Zaraki attacked Aizen, who used his hypnosis to confuse Ichigo and wound both him and Kenpachi.
• A woman fired Hadō 63: Raikōhō at Aizen, while Komamura attacked and Soi Fon and Yoruichi restrained him; Rangiku Matsumoto seized Ichimaru Gin.
• The captains and lieutenants surrounded Aizen, but Menos Grande descended and used Negación to carry Aizen, Ichimaru Gin, and Tōsen away.
• The 4th Division treated the injured, including Kurosaki Ichigo, Wu Biao, and Byakuya Kuchiki, while Unohana’s earlier intervention had saved Hitsugaya Tōshirō and Hinamori Momo.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto revoked Kuchiki Rukia’s execution and ordered her to return to her division for one month of confinement.

After Aizen’s defection, Wu Biao’s feud with the 5th Division led to a clash that sent the division back to the infirmary. A week later, Yamamoto ordered the Ryoka expelled after Wu Biao caused damage and disruption across the Seireitei, though Wu Biao refused to leave.

• The 5th Division adopted a rule requiring every member to shave their head, then gathered to attack Wu Biao in the infirmary over their lost hair.
• Wu Biao caught the 5th Division members preparing to ambush him and fought them, leaving the entire division hospitalized again.
• Over the following week, Wu Biao ate the 7th Division’s supplies, injured the 6th Division, destroyed the 11th Division barracks, and damaged the 12th Division’s equipment.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported the divisions’ losses and complaints to Yamamoto, including that Wu Biao wanted to stay in Soul Society for food and fights.
• Yamamoto ordered the Senkaimon opened and the humans expelled, threatening to charge them with Ryoka invasion if they resisted.

Kurosaki Ichigo and his companions returned from the Soul Society, where Ukitake Jushiro gave Ichigo a Substitute Shinigami Combat Permit and tried to set limits on Wu Biao. Back at the Kurosaki Clinic, Ichigo reunited with his mother, whom Urahara Kisuke had brought back.

• Ukitake Jushiro gave Kurosaki Ichigo a Substitute Shinigami Combat Permit and offered Wu Biao a Denreishinki, but Wu Biao refused and challenged Ukitake's warning about his powers.
• Kurosaki Ichigo led the group through the Senkaimon, and without a Hell Butterfly, they were chased by Kotsutotsu before falling into the Human World and being rescued by Urahara Kisuke on a Magic Carpet.
• Urahara Kisuke apologized for hiding information about the Soul Society mission, and Kurosaki Ichigo forgave him before punching him for admitting he had kept quiet because they might have been scared.
• Uryu Ishida, Sado Yasutora, and Orihime Inoue got off the Magic Carpet on the way home, while Wu Biao and Kurosaki Ichigo continued to the Kurosaki Clinic.
• Kurosaki Ichigo opened the door and found his mother waiting for him, then rushed into her arms and called her Mom.

After returning to the Human World, Wu Biao’s recurring dreams of Hell continued, and a mysterious doorway abducted Orihime Inoue. The real Gates of Hell then appeared and carried Wu Biao away, leaving Ichigo and the others unsure how to reach him.

• The Kurosaki family ate breakfast while Isshin kept up his loving-father act, and Isshin privately told Wu Biao not to tell Ichigo that his spiritual pressure had returned because the Hollow inside Ichigo had awakened.
• Wu Biao dreamed of strange realms filled with pillars, skeletons, and chains, where an unseen voice repeatedly called him to come to Hell.
• Ichigo, Renji, and Wu Biao sensed a strange presence near Orihime Inoue’s home and saw a small, unfamiliar doorway open there.
• Orihime stepped through her window and was pulled into the doorway, which vanished when Ichigo tried to reach her.
• Wu Biao heard the voice from his dreams, and his black arm mark glowed as the real Gates of Hell appeared and opened for him.
• Wu Biao climbed onto the Hell Keeper’s hand and was taken through the Gates of Hell; Ichigo suspected it was connected to Wu Biao stealing a soul from Hell before, while Urahara Kisuke revealed that he had not created the gate.

Wu Biao arrived in Wanderer's Hell, where the Hell Keepers unexpectedly bowed to him and obeyed his commands. After discovering they would not fight him, he sent them away while the Togabito watched, wondering if he might free them.

• The chapter described Hell, the Togabito's endless torment, and the Hell Keepers who hunted them.
• The Gates of Hell opened, and Wu Biao landed on a giant block in Wanderer's Hell.
• The Hell Keepers gathered around Wu Biao, then knelt before him and scattered when he ordered them to leave.
• Wu Biao called the Hell Keepers back and tried to provoke one into hitting him, but it ignored him.
• Wu Biao climbed into a Hell Keeper's mouth and struck its skull, but it showed no reaction.
• Wu Biao waved the Hell Keepers away, and the Togabito watched him with fear and a trace of hope that he might release them.

Wu Biao wandered through the first layer of Hell, searching for the voice that had summoned him and refusing its offer to become an agent. After the voice directed him to the lowest layer for a trial, Wu Biao followed the Wanderers’ directions and descended into the next layer.

• Wu Biao encountered a deranged Wanderer who ate her own flesh and later kicked another Wanderer who offered him excrement.
• Wu Biao searched the Block District for the voice that had called him, while surviving Wanderers secretly followed him.
• The voice in the wind ordered Wu Biao to come to Hell’s lowest layer and named the trial as becoming its agent, but Wu Biao rejected the offer and demanded to be sent home.
• When the voice fell silent, Wu Biao asked the Wanderers how to reach the lowest layer, and they pointed him toward an azure passage.
• Wu Biao ran along the passage, jumped through the dark-red vortex beneath the Block District, and arrived at a spherical ocean topped with flower-shaped islands.

Wu Biao landed on a Petal Island in Hell, where rebellious Togabito hid from the Hell Keepers, and challenged the island’s leader, Gunjō. When Gunjō attacked, Wu Biao overpowered him and sent the other Togabito flying, just as Gunjō revealed more tentacles.

• Wu Biao learned that the Petal Islands had been built as traps for Hell Keepers and later became hiding places for rebellious Togabito.
• Wu Biao landed on a Petal Island, saw a huge skeleton, and approached the Togabito there because he was hungry.
• Gunjō confronted Wu Biao and demanded that he leave or join the island’s group, but Wu Biao refused both choices.
• Gunjō attacked with his tentacles, but Wu Biao caught them with his bare hands.
• The Togabito rushed to help Gunjō, and Wu Biao swung him around, knocking them back and making them cough up blood.
• Gunjō opened his belly and sent more than a dozen tentacles toward Wu Biao.

Wu Biao defeated Gunjō and learned that someone stronger, Lord Shuren, waited deeper in Hell. After leaving the remaining Togabito behind, Wu Biao descended through Yellow Springs Hell into Ash Hell, where he searched for a way onward.

• Wu Biao broke free of Gunjō's tentacles, crushed him against the island wall, and demanded to know if anyone in Hell was stronger.
• Gunjō attacked Wu Biao again, but Wu Biao smashed his tentacles and sent him crashing into the island's central spike.
• Gunjō stabbed himself in the heart and died after warning Wu Biao that Lord Shuren would kill him.
• The remaining Togabito begged Wu Biao to take them in, but he refused and asked them for food before diving into the ocean.
• Wu Biao reached the ocean floor, crossed Yellow Springs Hell, and descended into Ash Hell, where he complained that the layers seemed endless.

Wu Biao refused Hell's Will's demand that he become its proxy and declared he would fight his way out of Hell. Hell's Will judged him dangerous and sent him plunging toward the Abyss, where Hell Chains bound and dragged him away as he laughed.

• Hell's Will threatened to keep Wu Biao in Hell unless he became its proxy, but Wu Biao rejected the demand and vowed to escape by force.
• When Hell's Will explained why it needed a proxy, Wu Biao interrupted it by punching himself in the head and repeated his refusal.
• Wu Biao struck at the wind and declared that he followed his own desires rather than right and wrong.
• Hell's Will deemed Wu Biao dangerous, causing Hell to quake and the layers to split as he fell into Saṃjīva Hell.
• Gunjō identified Wu Biao to Lord Shuren, who prepared to attack, but Hell Chains bound Wu Biao and dragged him into the Abyss as he laughed.

Wu Biao woke in Hell, where Black Blade explained the Togabito and guided him out of the Abyss toward Saṃjīva Hell. There, Wu Biao encountered Gunjō and Lord Shuren, who threatened to torture him.

• Wu Biao woke among bones in the Abyss of Hell, bound by Hell Chains, and met the masked Togabito Black Blade.
• Wu Biao followed Black Blade uphill after learning that Togabito could not escape Hell, and Black Blade told him how his sister died and why he became a sinner.
• Wu Biao and Black Blade reached Saṃjīva Hell, where Black Blade warned that Hell Keepers would hunt them and explained that Togabito could not harm them.
• Wu Biao recognized Gunjō near a Hellfire Pool and learned that Gunjō had summoned his companions for help.
• Lord Shuren arrived with three others and threatened to torture Wu Biao.

Wu Biao fought Shuren and his four subordinates in Hell, using Tenfold Kannon Biraki to defeat them before Black Blade finished off the wounded Shuren. After resting, Wu Biao planned to continue with Black Blade toward the Gates of Hell.

• Wu Biao challenged Shuren and his group, then activated Tenfold Kannon Biraki and killed Gunjō with a single punch.
• Wu Biao defeated Lüya in a clash of strength, then pulverized Taijin and Ziyun with a rapid barrage of punches.
• Shuren flew out of Wu Biao’s reach and attacked him with flames, but Wu Biao countered with Kannonji-dan bullets and leapt into the air.
• Wu Biao grabbed Shuren and punched through his abdomen, then collapsed after releasing Tenfold Kannon Biraki.
• Black Blade killed the barely living Shuren, and Wu Biao asked to rest before they continued toward the Gates of Hell.

Wu Biao returned to Wanderer's Hell with Black Blade and learned that Black Blade’s hidden, ruined face was the mark of his sin. As Black Blade showed Wu Biao the direction of the Gates of Hell, the brand on Wu Biao’s arm flared and swallowed him, leaving Black Blade unable to find him.

• Wu Biao and Black Blade returned to Wanderer's Hell and talked about escaping and what they might do afterward.
• Black Blade said he wanted to visit the Soul Society to look for his younger sister, Gongsha, and Wu Biao promised to take him there.
• Wu Biao pulled off Black Blade’s face covering and saw that the right side of his face was rotten; Black Blade called it his sin.
• Black Blade pointed toward the hidden Gates of Hell, and Wu Biao teased him about his eyes before reaching out to touch him.
• The brand on Wu Biao’s arm glowed, gathered miasma into a huge mouth, and swallowed him; Black Blade searched for him but found no trace.

Wu Biao arrived in Soul Society and found the lifeless Huaye, whose unexplained condition led him to a scene from her past in the Human World. There, he saw the Black Blade with Huaye and followed them toward the outskirts, suspecting the young man was connected to what happened to her.

• Wu Biao emerged from Hell in South Rukongai with his chains intact and asked an old man about the unresponsive girl, Huaye.
• The old man explained that Huaye had waited at the village entrance for more than ten years and reacted with terror to shovels despite having forgotten her Human World memories.
• Wu Biao touched Huaye's head, and the black brand transported him to a scene in the Human World where Huaye watched an old cat named Huahua.
• The Black Blade approached Huaye, then fetched a shovel and offered to help prepare for Huahua's death.
• Wu Biao recognized Huaye and the Black Blade, suspected the young man was tied to Huaye's despair, and followed them toward the city's outskirts.

Wu Biao witnessed the past in which Suzuki killed Huahua and Xiao Huaye, then saw Black Blade take pleasure in Huaye’s brother’s grief. Returned to Soul Society, Wu Biao realized that Xiao Huaye had remained in this condition for over a decade and that he had been wrong.

• Huahua led Xiao Huaye, Wu Biao, and Suzuki to a grove, where Huahua collapsed beside a photograph of young Huaye.
• Huaye ran to Huahua, but the cat clawed her and leaped at Suzuki, knocking aside the shovel aimed at her neck.
• Suzuki beat Huahua to death, then killed Huaye with the shovel while Wu Biao watched helplessly.
• At the scene later, Wu Biao saw Black Blade smiling at Huaye’s grieving brother and charged at him.
• Wu Biao returned to Soul Society and realized Huaye had been in her deathlike state for over a decade.

Wu Biao accepted Hell’s offer to become its agent and entered Huaye’s memories to confront the trauma that had created her Hell Miasma. After he helped Huaye recover her memories and joy, he realized that the miasma of those who retained their memories might be easier to cleanse than he had expected.

• Wu Biao accepted Hell’s offer, gained the marks of an agent, and learned he would hunt guilty souls and capture them for judgment.
• Wu Biao entered Huaye’s memory as her cat, Huahua, and remembered how a boy who died in an accident had been reborn in the kitten’s body.
• Wu Biao blinded Black Blade and killed him by biting through his throat, ending the nightmare that haunted Huaye.
• Wu Biao returned to the Soul Society and absorbed the miasma from Huaye, who regained her memories and happily reunited with her older brother.
• Wu Biao noticed another wisp of miasma approaching and considered that cleansing the miasma of those who retained their memories might not be so difficult.

Wu Biao encountered Soi Fon and the Omnitsukido Corps while searching for food in South Rukongai, and clashed with Soi Fon after she demanded he come with her. The Omnitsukido Corps began an execution attack on him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Wu Biao sensed a Shinigami in South Rukongai and was surrounded by the Omnitsukido Corps led by Soi Fon.
• Soi Fon questioned Wu Biao about the disturbance and ordered him to come with her, but he insulted her and refused.
• Soi Fon activated Shunko and fought Wu Biao in a rapid exchange of more than a hundred blows, ending with both fighters thrown back.
• Soi Fon drew her Zanpakuto and signaled the Execution Drill, prompting the Omnitsukido Corps members to launch a surprise attack on Wu Biao.

Wu Biao fought off the Omnitsukido Corps and turned Soi Fon’s ambush against her. He pinned her to the ground and brought down a potentially fatal punch, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Wu Biao struck the ground, scattered the attacking Omnitsukido Corps members, and charged through their ranks with overwhelming physical strength.
• Wu Biao shattered a burly fighter’s hammer with a punch and defeated more Omnitsukido Corps members as they attacked him with their Zanpakuto.
• Soi Fon released Suzumebachi and waited for a chance to land two strikes on Wu Biao, while Wu Biao kept watch on her and used a fallen member as a disguise and shield.
• Soi Fon stabbed the decoy twice, but Wu Biao appeared behind him and struck her, sending her flying.
• Wu Biao used a joint lock and knee pin to immobilize Soi Fon, then swung a powerful punch toward her head as the nearby Omnitsukido Corps members watched helplessly.

Unohana Retsu interrupted Wu Biao’s fight with Soi Fon and demanded an explanation for his presence in South Rukongai and the Hell Miasma. Wu Biao blamed an unnamed boss for sending him there, leaving Soi Fon questioning him while Unohana’s murderous intent kept him in check.

• Unohana Retsu stopped Wu Biao’s punch against Soi Fon and held her Zanpakuto to his throat.
• Soi Fon recognized Unohana Retsu, who said she had been gathering herbs nearby and asked what had happened.
• Wu Biao dismissed his Tenfold Kanon Ken and accused Soi Fon of attacking him after he had not killed anyone.
• Soi Fon explained that she had authority to arrest or kill Wu Biao while investigating a disturbance in District Three of South Rukongai.
• Unohana asked how Wu Biao had reached Soul Society and whether he caused the Hell Miasma, and Wu Biao said an unnamed boss had sent him there.
• Soi Fon pressed Wu Biao to identify his boss, but Unohana warned him to think carefully before speaking.