Recaps

Kurosaki Ichigo and Kurosaki Isshin visited Urahara Shop as preparations were made for Wu Biao to enter the Kotsutotsu. Wu Biao promised Unohana Retsu he would return stronger, then provoked her by suggesting they have a child before he left.

• Kurosaki Ichigo noticed Urahara Shop's underground space had not been converted, while Urahara Kisuke told Jinta and Ururu to watch Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Nemu Kurotsuchi.
• Kurosaki Isshin and Kurosaki Ichigo reacted with disbelief to Wu Biao calling Unohana Retsu his wife.
• Unohana Retsu said Wu Biao did not need her consent to enter the Kotsutotsu, and threatened him when he called her a living widow.
• Wu Biao told Unohana Retsu he would return alive and become strong enough to defeat the four-eyes, and she wished him a safe return.
• Wu Biao warned that the Green Hat guy might throw him a hundred years into the past, then suggested having a child to keep Unohana Retsu company, prompting her to reach for her sword.

Wu Biao entered the Kotsutotsu, hoping its dangers would make him stronger enough to protect everyone. Inside, he was overwhelmed by violent spirit particles and the time storm, but Hellfire kept repairing his body as his unconscious form continued the Hundred-Fold Guanyin Fist.

• Urahara Kisuke warned Wu Biao that no one had ever returned from the Kotsutotsu, but Wu Biao insisted on entering and asked him to hold on until he came back.
• Urahara Kisuke opened the Senkaimon, and Wu Biao charged at the oncoming Kotsutotsu in the Dangai and vanished inside it.
• Wu Biao found himself hurtling through the Kotsutotsu, where the pressure and winds did not strengthen him, so he used the method Master Kanonji had devised.
• Wu Biao activated the Hundred-Fold Guanyin Fist and forced the violently amplified spirit particles into his body, causing repeated injuries that Hellfire repaired.
• The Kotsutotsu’s time storm began tearing at Wu Biao’s body and existence, and he passed out while his instincts continued the technique and Hellfire kept burning.

Wu Biao regained his identity after drifting through time inside Kotsutotsu, then endured painful training in the Hellfire Pool. Above Karakura Town, Yamamoto and the gathered Soul Reapers sensed an immense pressure descending from the sky.

• Wu Biao drifted through Kotsutotsu as time eroded his memories, clinging to the promise that he would return home.
• Wu Biao saw visions of a bald man suffering in a sea of flames, and a ripple from the scene entered his body and reignited his flames.
• Wu Biao remembered who he was and complained to the old man about the painful Hellfire Pool training method.
• Yamamoto and the Royal Guard gathered with the Thirteenth Division captains above Karakura Town.
• Yamamoto sensed the approaching pressure, and the weaker vice-captains began to tremble as it descended.

Aizen Sosuke and his enhanced Arrancar attacked Soul Society, forcing the Shinigami, Royal Guard, Visored, and their allies into a sprawling battle. Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Ryuken arrived as the fighting continued, while Aizen asked whether one human was still missing.

• Aizen Sosuke emerged from a black passage with more than thirty captain-class Arrancar and struck the Shinigami with a massive spiritual-pressure palm, which Yamamoto and the five Royal Guard members barely held back.
• The Espada and other enhanced Arrancar overwhelmed several Shinigami, but the Visored, Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Isshin, and other reinforcements joined the battle and helped stabilize the fighting.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi distributed a Hell Miasma serum that drove weaker Arrancar berserk, while Kenpachi Zaraki defeated an Arrancar and fought Kaname Tōsen.
• Renji Abarai joined Kuchiki Rukia against Grimmjow, and Byakuya Kuchiki, Shunsui Kyoraku, and Ukitake Jushiro faced Coyote Starrk and Baraggan Louisenbairn.
• Kurosaki Ichigo arrived and forced Ulquiorra back in Shikai, surprising Oetsu Nimaiya; Aizen watched and said that only one human was still missing.
• Kurosaki Masaki brought Ishida Ryuken to the battlefield, where he used arrows to rescue Kurosaki Isshin from four Arrancar.

Matsumoto Rangiku and Izuru Kira confronted Ichimaru Gin, while Aizen overwhelmed the Royal Guard and Yamamoto as battles broke out across the battlefield. Barragan and Zommari were defeated, but Starrk remained to fight Byakuya, Shunsui, and Ukitake, and Aizen still faced Unohana and Kenpachi.

• Matsumoto Rangiku and Izuru Kira demanded that Ichimaru Gin surrender, but Gin refused for the moment.
• Aizen erased Ichibei Hyosube’s black domain and repelled the combined attacks of the five Royal Guard members.
• Unohana Retsu and Kenpachi Zaraki stepped forward to fight Aizen, while Tenjiro Kirinji and Oetsu Nimaiya were pushed aside.
• Shunsui Kyoraku, Ukitake Jushiro, and Byakuya Kuchiki trapped Barragan and used his Respira against him, destroying him.
• Byakuya enclosed Coyote Starrk and his partner in a sphere of blades, and Starrk released Los Lobos.
• Shihoin Yoruichi and Soi Fon used sealed bandages to disable Zommari Rureaux, then Soi Fon struck his chest mark and killed him.

Kurosaki Ichigo fought Ulquiorra as both revealed powerful new forms, while Urahara Kisuke ambushed Aizen with his Bankai and implanted a sealing Kidō. The battle remained unresolved as Aizen recognized Urahara’s trap.

• Hirako Shinji and adult Hitsugaya Tōshirō defeated Tier Harribel, while Soi Fon and Shihoin Yoruichi knocked out her three Fracción and Inoue Orihime treated them.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and Ulquiorra clashed in the sky, and Ulquiorra revealed his Segunda Etapa release.
• Kurosaki Ichigo entered a partial Hollowfication state, gained the upper hand over Ulquiorra, and matched his Cero Oscuras before injuring him with a Getsuga Tensho.
• Aizen sent six opponents flying, but Urahara Kisuke appeared and attacked him with his Bankai.
• Aizen identified Urahara Kisuke’s Bankai as the means by which he had altered Aizen’s body and implanted a sealing Kidō.

Aizen overwhelmed the Shinigami and their allies despite Urahara’s seal and Gin’s poisoned strike, leaving them on the verge of defeat. Wu Biao arrived just as Aizen prepared to finish them and struck him down with a single Kannon Biraki slap.

• Urahara Kisuke’s seal failed, but Ichimaru Gin pierced Aizen’s heart with his Bankai and poisoned him with ash.
• Aizen regenerated completely and unleashed Radiant Blast Rupture, knocking down fighters across Karakura Town and turning the battle in his favor.
• Kurosaki Ichigo’s attack and Captain-Commander Yamamoto’s rallying order renewed the Shinigami’s resolve, but Aizen battered their combined defenses with repeated spiritual-pressure palms.
• As the wounded fighters charged Aizen, Wu Biao burst through a rift and hurled Kotsutotsu at him.
• Wu Biao used Kannon Biraki to slap Aizen out of the sky, sending him crashing into the ground.

Wu Biao defeated the Aizen before him and realized that he was an artificial double, while the real Aizen Sosuke appeared from a rift in the sky. The new Aizen revealed that he had transcended the world and confronted Wu Biao.

• Wu Biao overwhelmed Aizen with his strength, blocked the six blasts of Ultimate Fragor, and battered him with Tenfold Kannon Biraki.
• Wu Biao questioned whether the fallen opponent was really Aizen, and Ichibei Hyosube confirmed that the power which had reached the Soul King Realm belonged to someone else.
• A rift opened in the sky, and a white-clad figure emerged as his overwhelming presence forced weaker Shinigami to their knees.
• Aizen Sosuke explained that he had used the Wandenreich, Yhwach, a special Gigai, and the Hogyoku to create the fake Aizen, but Wu Biao's intuition had seen through the deception.
• Aizen Sosuke revealed his transcendent presence, and Wu Biao welcomed him as a new opponent.

Aizen revealed that Yhwach and the Wandenreich had been reduced to a special Gigai, leaving Ishida Ryuken shaken by the apparent futility of his years of sacrifice. Wu Biao fought Aizen and, after being overwhelmed, activated a modified Hundred-Fold Kannon Fist that transformed his body with hellfire.

• Ishida Ryuken realized that the being he had devoted years to opposing had been defeated with ease, and Kurosaki Isshin tried to console him.
• Aizen confronted Wu Biao, crushed the Hogyoku, and said Wu Biao was the only person who could let him experience his strength.
• Wu Biao launched a relentless series of attacks, but Aizen intercepted them and blasted him backward with invisible force.
• Wu Biao decided to use a technique beyond his usual limit and began Hundred-Fold Kannon Fist: Modified.
• Hellfire formed armor and crimson hair around Wu Biao as his aura rose to match Aizen's, and he declared, "Hell Transformation!!"

Wu Biao wagered his life in a fierce battle with Aizen, landing a devastating blow but falling near death as Aizen survived. Hell intervened to protect Wu Biao, and he accepted a chance to merge with it and become the Lord of Hell, emerging unharmed as its miasma joined with his karmic fire.

• Wu Biao poured his strength, vitality, and Hellfire into his attacks, breaking through Aizen’s defenses and injuring him.
• Aizen unleashed a massive divine palm, and Wu Biao shattered it with a final punch that sent Aizen crashing toward the ground.
• Wu Biao’s power and life force were exhausted, and he fell as his friends and companions rushed to catch him.
• Aizen recovered and prepared to kill Wu Biao, but Hell Butterflies, Hellfire, chains, and burial miasma appeared to shield him.
• Wu Biao spoke with the returning presence of Hell and agreed to merge with it and become the Lord of Hell.
• Aizen approached the protected area, but the chains parted to reveal Wu Biao unharmed as the miasma surged into him and merged with his karmic fire.

Wu Biao became the master of Hell and fought Aizen with the power of the realm, ultimately defeating him and sealing him beneath the Abyss. Exhausted and starving after the battle, Wu Biao fell to the ground as his allies rushed to him.

• Hell expanded and formed the Animal Realm, while its inhabitants sensed a new will ruling over the realm.
• Gratitude from souls saved by the Hell Agent flowed to Wu Biao as wish power, restoring his life force and transforming him into Hell’s master.
• Wu Biao summoned his Gold Cloth and clashed with Aizen, whose divine-might attacks shattered against Wu Biao’s black flames.
• Wu Biao won their final clash, then battered Aizen and used Hell Chains to bind and suppress him beneath the Abyss.
• Wu Biao’s Gold Cloth shattered and he collapsed, telling the allies who ran to him that he was starving.

A week after Aizen’s defeat, Soul Society recovered while Wu Biao struggled with his new duties as Hell’s master. Hell ordered him to establish reincarnation before Aizen could escape the Abyss, and Wu Biao left to address the task after a comic clash with the Kurosaki family and a poisonous meal from Unohana Retsu.

• Soul Society resumed peacetime, and former captains and lieutenants returned to the Gotei 13 while Ichigo and his friends went back to school.
• Hell’s Will repeatedly summoned Wu Biao to manage Hell, then warned him that reincarnation had to be established before Aizen escaped the Abyss.
• Wu Biao told the Kurosaki family about the new world, but Isshin and Masaki insisted Ichigo focus on school and drove Wu Biao away when he encouraged Ichigo to skip it.
• Wu Biao visited Soul Society and teased Unohana Retsu about marrying and having children.
• Unohana Retsu served Wu Biao a combination of forty-eight poisons, leaving him with diarrhea for three days.

Wu Biao entered a passage to an unknown world, only to learn that its laws had sealed his powers and that he could not return to Hell until its reincarnation cycle was established. The passage closed as he plunged into the ocean, leaving him to begin his new life in the pirate world.

• Wu Biao stepped through the vortex into a dark passage leading to an ocean world.
• Wu Biao leaped from the passage, but discovered that the world's laws had suppressed his Hellfire, strength, and defenses.
• Hell's Will explained that Wu Biao had to kill people recognized as guilty by the new world to establish a reincarnation cycle and gradually regain his power.
• Wu Biao learned that the Gates of Hell and Hell Cavity could not be opened until the cycle was complete, which could take years or decades.
• Hell's Will told Wu Biao to kill whoever he saw, then revealed it could neither slow his fall nor keep the passage open.
• Wu Biao crashed into the sea from a thousand meters up as the passage closed.

Wu Biao woke aboard a Navy warship after being rescued from the sea and quickly became interested in the powerful people he sensed around him. He confronted Helmeppo, whom he recognized as a villain, and left him pinned beneath his hand.

• Wu Biao woke in a shabby cabin aboard a ship, discovered he was wearing only boxer shorts, and followed the smell of food onto the deck.
• Koby told Wu Biao that he had rescued him from the sea and that the ship's doctor had thought he would not survive.
• Wu Biao learned that Koby and Helmeppo were training aboard a Navy warship and warned Koby that he would not hurt him because Koby had saved his life.
• Wu Biao called Helmeppo a villain and asked Koby if he could kill him.
• Helmeppo tried to step away, but Wu Biao grabbed his shoulder and stopped him effortlessly.

Wu Biao awoke aboard a Navy warship, where he bewildered Koby and Helmeppo with his ignorance of pirates and his overwhelming strength. As he dragged the two toward the ship’s cabins in search of food, Vice Admiral Garp appeared, and Wu Biao challenged him to a fight.

• Wu Biao released Helmeppo, asked Koby for food and his clothes, and called Koby and Helmeppo by mocking nicknames.
• After Helmeppo questioned whether Wu Biao was a pirate, Wu Biao punched him and warned him to stop talking.
• Koby carefully moved himself and Helmeppo into the lookout’s view, then grew less wary after Wu Biao explained why he had hit Helmeppo.
• Wu Biao headed for the enlisted men’s cabins to find food, and Koby and Helmeppo struggled unsuccessfully to stop him.
• Vice Admiral Garp arrived and asked why Koby and Helmeppo were not training; Wu Biao sensed Garp’s strength and challenged him to fight.

Wu Biao challenged Vice Admiral Garp and launched a fight despite Garp’s claim that he could not attack civilians. After Garp countered his opening moves, Wu Biao used the force of Garp’s slap to throw him, leaving the rear admirals stunned.

• Wu Biao challenged Garp, and Garp accepted while Koby, Helmeppo, and the rear admirals watched in disbelief.
• Wu Biao tossed Koby and Helmeppo aside, then rushed Garp with an uppercut after Garp said he could not attack civilians.
• Garp caught Wu Biao’s wrist and caught his tossed donut, but Wu Biao twisted his arm free and attacked with a close-range kick.
• Garp slapped Wu Biao’s kick aside, and Wu Biao used the rebound to spin around and execute a shoulder throw that lifted Garp off the deck.

Wu Biao fought Garp, survived being knocked through the warship’s railing, and caught a giant sea lion for food. He ended the chapter distrustful of Garp and eager for the ship’s kitchen to cook his catch.

• Wu Biao turned his shoulder throw into a trip, but Garp’s strength sent him through the railing and into the sea.
• Garp ordered the Marines to rescue Wu Biao, who surfaced unharmed and demanded a rope.
• Wu Biao ignored the rope, dove underwater, and hurled a nearly twenty-meter sea lion onto the deck.
• Koby explained that sea lion meat was edible, and Wu Biao eagerly claimed the beast as a meal.
• Wu Biao threatened to beat up anyone who tried to steal his food and only agreed to have the kitchen cook it after Koby persuaded him.

Wu Biao astonished the mess hall by eating an entire sea lion and stacking plates with extraordinary precision. After Garp explained Wu Biao’s strength control, Wu Biao suggested seizing the ship so the chefs could cook sea beasts for him.

• Wu Biao devoured the sea lion while building towering stacks of plates without breaking or toppling them.
• Garp challenged Helmeppo to throw a plate onto one of Wu Biao’s stacks, and Helmeppo’s throw shattered the plate and collapsed the stack.
• Garp explained that Wu Biao’s precise muscle control let him use his strength with perfect accuracy, and said Wu Biao could someday rival him.
• Garp ordered Koby and Helmeppo to practice stacking rocks and told Helmeppo to clean up the broken plates.
• When the chef said the sea lion was gone, Wu Biao declared he was only eighty percent full and proposed seizing the ship so its chefs could cook sea beasts for him.

Wu Biao learned to use Armament Haki after Garp explained it, then traded blows and insults with the Marine hero. Garp briefly reflected on his estranged family before Wu Biao’s teasing pulled him back into their argument.

• Garp explained the three types of Haki to Wu Biao after using Armament Haki to punch him.
• Wu Biao quickly manifested Armament Haki, astonishing Garp and the rear admirals, and explained he had used it unknowingly before.
• Wu Biao tried to slap the sleeping Garp, who instinctively struck him with a Haki-coated punch that left a hole in the deck.
• Garp thought sadly about his distant son and Luffy choosing paths opposed to the Marines, but Wu Biao’s teasing interrupted him.
• Wu Biao challenged Garp to fight without Haki, and Garp gave him another bump on the head as they resumed arguing.

Wu Biao learned that his strength only grew by killing evildoers, and Garp persuaded him to join the Marines so he could find targets more easily. After Headquarters registered him as an ensign, Wu Biao admired his new look in a Justice cape and lab coat.

• Wu Biao realized that training could not increase his strength and that strong criminals were difficult to find and kill.
• Garp asked Wu Biao to join the Marines, and Wu Biao explained that he wanted to kill anyone publicly recognized as a heinous criminal.
• Garp convinced Wu Biao that Marine intelligence and warships would help him locate and reach evildoers, and Wu Biao agreed to enlist.
• Garp registered Wu Biao at Marine Headquarters as an ensign, recording Karakura Town as his hometown.
• Wu Biao put on his new cape over his white lab coat and praised his appearance.

Wu Biao fought Lieutenant Commander Taton after Taton ordered him and Koby and Helmeppo to scrub the deck, defeating him with Armament Haki. Wu Biao falsely claimed Garp had identified Taton as a spy, and Garp punished him after ordering Taton taken for treatment.

• Wu Biao, Koby, and Helmeppo encountered Lieutenant Commander Taton and junior officers, who ordered them to scrub the deck.
• Wu Biao punched Taton after Taton demanded obedience, then dodged his Soru attack and smashed his Rankyaku with a punch.
• Taton used Tekkai, but Wu Biao coated his fist with Armament Haki, broke through Taton's defense, and slammed his head into the deck.
• When the junior officers accused Wu Biao of attacking a superior, Wu Biao claimed he was apprehending a spy because Garp had said so.
• Garp confronted Wu Biao, learned he had twisted Garp's advice, and punched him before having Taton taken away for treatment.
• Wu Biao again called Taton a spy, so Garp punched him once more.

Wu Biao arrived at Marine Headquarters and immediately caused chaos by swimming to shore, defying Garp, and running off in search of entertainment. Garp pursued him as Wu Biao tricked the Marines into arresting Major Liz, then escaped deeper into Headquarters.

• Wu Biao reached Marine Headquarters aboard Garp's warship after spending the voyage fighting Marines and lazily training Koby and Helmeppo.
• Wu Biao swam from the warship to the harbor, where he asked the head of internal affairs about entertainment in the nearby town.
• Garp ordered the Marines to catch Wu Biao, but Wu Biao fought his way past the harbor guards and ran toward Headquarters.
• Wu Biao punched Major Liz, called them a spy by claiming Garp had said so, and the Marines tied up the confused major.
• Garp realized the Marines had been tricked and ordered them to chase Wu Biao, who taunted Garp and fled.

Wu Biao escaped Garp’s pursuit but got lost in a forest inside Marine Headquarters and went looking for food. Meanwhile, Admiral Aokiji introduced the Marine recruits to their dangerous practical combat assessment, which would take place beyond a towering gate filled with beasts.

• Garp abandoned his pursuit of Wu Biao to calm the chaos spreading through Marine Headquarters.
• Wu Biao lost his way in a forest, realized he had not eaten since morning, and decided to hunt for food.
• Aokiji addressed the selected Marines gathered for their practical combat assessment.
• Aokiji warned the recruits that the area beyond the gate contained dangerous beasts of all sizes.

Aokiji sent the New Recruit Camp recruits into a dangerous forest assessment where they had to kill fierce beasts and collect their hearts to avoid expulsion. Wu Biao hunted a pile of beasts but burned his clothes trying to start a cooking fire, and the chapter ended when a young man caught him about to strip naked.

• Aokiji explained that recruits had three hours to hunt fierce beasts and earn credits, while the thirty lowest scorers would be expelled.
• An instructor opened the gates and warned the recruits that they had one hour to leave after the assessment or be eliminated.
• Wu Biao killed a white tiger and added it to a large pile of beasts, then tried to roast them for food.
• Wu Biao failed to ignite the wood, so he burned his Show-off Cape and white coat to start a fire.
• Still unable to cook the meat, Wu Biao decided to burn his underpants, but a young man arrived and saw him naked.

Wu Biao tried to dry Bertrand Jean’s clothes while guarding the beasts he had caught, then confronted a group of recruits who came to claim the animals. Basile Ben dismissed Wu Biao as a child and swung at him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Wu Biao struggled to make a fire while Bertrand Jean stood naked and bruised nearby.
• Wu Biao sensed people watching his pile of beasts, and Bertrand Jean warned him that they might steal his food.
• Wu Biao struck Bertrand Jean again and said he would fight anyone who tried to take the beasts.
• Basile Ben arrived with several recruits, questioned Wu Biao about the beasts, and dismissed his claim that he had caught them.
• Wu Biao asked what Basile hated most, but Basile swung a slap at him before he could answer.