Chapter Summaries

At the Urahara Shop, Urahara Kisuke examined Kurosaki Masaki and explained that she would remain unconscious while powerful energy inside her body adjusted to her soul. Kurosaki Isshin and the others left her in Urahara’s care, while Wu Biao ate the shop’s entire pot of rice.

• Urahara Kisuke welcomed Kurosaki Isshin, Ichigo, Rukia, and the others into the shop, then helped Isshin leave his special Gigai.
• Wu Biao searched for food, learned the shop did not sell any, and eagerly joined the meal being prepared inside.
• Wu Biao devoured the whole pot of rice, alarming Jinta and Ururu with his appetite and jokes about eating people or himself.
• Urahara Kisuke examined Kurosaki Masaki and told the group that she was unconscious because powerful energy in her body needed to balance with her soul.
• Kurosaki Isshin decided to return home while Masaki stayed at the shop, and Jinta and Ururu told Urahara that Wu Biao had eaten all their food.

The Kurosaki family and Wu Biao attended Kanonji’s live broadcast at an abandoned hospital, where Kanonji’s interference caused an Earth-bound Spirit to become a Hollow. Ichigo pursued the Hollow into the hospital to protect the crowd, and Wu Biao charged in after him.

• Isshin and Yuzu brought the Kurosaki family to Kanonji’s broadcast, where Wu Biao enthusiastically copied Kanonji’s signature pose.
• Ichigo sensed an Earth-bound Spirit at the hospital, while Rukia explained that it was not yet a Hollow.
• Wu Biao urged Kanonji to stir the Spirit’s Hollow Hole, and Kanonji’s actions made the Spirit shatter and disappear.
• A new Hollow formed on the hospital rooftop, so Ichigo grabbed Kanonji and fled into the hospital to draw it away from the spectators.
• Wu Biao knocked aside the security guards and charged into the hospital after Ichigo, while Rukia worried about the public spectacle.

Ichigo, Kanonji, and Wu Biao confronted a toad-like Hollow in the hospital, where Wu Biao unexpectedly destroyed it with a powerful palm strike. Ichigo left Kanonji to finish the hero’s work while Wu Biao excitedly asked his new master to take him along on future exorcisms.

• Kanonji refused to flee because he wanted to set a courageous example for the children who watched his show, and Wu Biao joined him as his disciple.
• Wu Biao revealed that he had sensed the Hollow below them from the start, just as it burst through the floor and attacked.
• Kanonji demonstrated his Kannonji Bullet, but the weak spiritual attack barely affected the Hollow.
• Wu Biao stepped in to fight and destroyed the Hollow with a palm strike, astonishing Kanonji and Ichigo.
• Ichigo dragged Wu Biao away and told Kanonji to finish things as a hero while Wu Biao called for his master to take him along next time.

Uryu Ishida, a Quincy who hates Shinigami, challenged Ichigo to prove their superiority after Ichigo refused to fight him at first. Ichigo accepted, and Uryu prepared to lure Hollows to them with bait.

• At home, Shyarly questioned Wu Biao about the monster at the cemetery, but he said Ichigo had told him not to explain.
• Uryu Ishida appeared before Ichigo and Rukia, detected a Hollow they had missed, and destroyed it with a blue energy arrow.
• Uryu introduced himself as a Quincy and said he hated Shinigami before leaving.
• The next day, Ichigo followed Uryu after school, and Uryu challenged him to prove that Quincy were superior to Shinigami.
• Uryu provoked Ichigo by calling him a powerless substitute Shinigami, so Ichigo changed into his Shinigami form and accepted the challenge.
• Uryu produced bait that would attract Hollows as the two prepared to fight.

Wu Biao eagerly hunted the Hollows pouring into the Human World, but found them too weak to challenge him. He turned the Hollows he defeated into leashed pets and ended the chapter riding through the sky in a hammock pulled by them.

• Wu Biao left Yuichi in charge of the clinic and rushed out to find Hollows.
• Wu Biao defeated a Bat Hollow, beat out all its teeth, and named it Wangcai.
• Wu Biao tied a rope around Wangcai’s neck and trained it to perform tricks.
• Wu Biao defeated a Wolf Hollow, named it Fugui, and caught nearly thirty Hollows to use as pets.
• Wu Biao braided his borrowed rope into a hammock and let the Hollows carry him through the sky while he smoked and sang.

Wu Biao fought the Gillian that had emerged over Karakura Town, overpowering it despite taking severe injuries. After killing the Hollow, he absorbed an overwhelming surge of heat and lost consciousness.

• Ichigo and Uryu fought off the surrounding Hollows until a Gillian tore open the sky and appeared above them.
• Wu Biao arrived, killed an attacking Hollow with a punch, and charged the Gillian after Ichigo suggested cutting its feet.
• Wu Biao stopped the Gillian from crushing him, wounded its foot, and climbed its leg before Ichigo used his Zanpakuto to help launch him toward the monster.
• Wu Biao and the Gillian exchanged punches, both crashing to the ground, while Urahara contained the shockwaves.
• Wu Biao charged again, shattered the Gillian's forming Cero, and pierced its mask and head, killing it.
• Wu Biao absorbed the Gillian's energy as heat overwhelmed and injured his body, and he fainted.

Wu Biao recovered at the Urahara Shop, where his hunger and insults bewildered Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi. As dusk fell, two dangerous Shihakusho-clad men appeared in the Human World, and Wu Biao sensed their arrival.

• Wu Biao woke from his injuries at the Urahara Shop and frightened Xiaoyu by saying he was starving.
• Wu Biao followed the smell of food and devoured the meal while Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi watched in shock.
• Wu Biao insulted Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke, then quickly apologized when Urahara threatened to withhold his food.
• Wu Biao bought cigarettes and returned to the shop while Urahara Kisuke argued with Kurosaki Isshin over the cost of feeding him.
• Two men in Shihakusho appeared through a sliding door on the outskirts of the Human World, and Wu Biao sensed their overwhelming danger.

Rukia left the Kurosaki home to avoid involving Ichigo in her arrest, but Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki confronted her. As Ichigo and Uryu became caught up in the fight, Wu Biao sensed Ichigo’s danger and rushed out despite Yoruichi’s warning, determined to protect the people he cherished.

• Wu Biao sensed a terrifying presence at the Urahara Shop and asked Ururu and Jinta where Urahara was.
• Rukia left a letter for Ichigo and fled the Kurosaki home, but Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki intercepted her.
• Renji tried to get Rukia to claim that someone had forcibly taken her powers, while Byakuya watched and Rukia dodged Renji’s strikes.
• Ishida fired a spiritual arrow at Renji, and Ichigo followed it to the battlefield, where he found Uryu lying in a pool of blood.
• Wu Biao felt Ichigo’s spiritual pressure change, ignored Yoruichi’s warning, and headed out to protect the people he cherished.

Byakuya defeated Ichigo and wounded him so severely that he could no longer use his spiritual power, prompting Wu Biao to attack in a rage. Wu Biao endured Byakuya’s Senbonzakura even after losing consciousness, and the chapter ended with Byakuya leaving through a Senkaimon while Wu Biao remained standing beside the injured Ichigo and Uryu.

• Ichigo overwhelmed Renji, but Byakuya broke Ichigo’s Zanpakuto and struck him down, damaging his spiritual power channels.
• Renji restrained Rukia, but Wu Biao arrived and hurled Renji away before confronting Byakuya.
• Wu Biao clashed with Byakuya, who released Senbonzakura and attacked him with a storm of blade petals.
• Wu Biao fought through the petals and charged at Byakuya, but the blades engulfed him and left him badly wounded.
• Byakuya bound Wu Biao with Rikujokoro, then realized Wu Biao had already lost consciousness but remained standing.
• Byakuya, Renji, and Rukia departed through the Senkaimon, leaving Ichigo and Uryu injured on the ground and Wu Biao standing nearby.

After waking, Ichigo learned that Wu Biao had survived their defeat, but Wu Biao struggled with his helplessness over failing to protect him. Wu Biao resolved to train for the Soul Society rescue mission and left with Don Kanonji for half a month of training.

• Ichigo woke at the Urahara Shop and learned that Ishida had recovered enough to leave while Wu Biao had returned alive, badly bandaged and hungry.
• Wu Biao left his food behind and sat outside, brooding over his first defeat and his inability to protect Ichigo.
• Ichigo confronted Wu Biao and told him not to join the rescue mission, but Wu Biao refused to stay behind.
• Urahara Kisuke warned Wu Biao that he lacked spiritual power and that many Soul Society fighters could kill him, including the man who had defeated him, who had used only one-fifth of his strength.
• Don Kanonji arrived by helicopter, and Wu Biao announced that he would train with him for half a month before joining the Soul Society mission in seventeen days.

As Ichigo and his friends prepared to rescue Rukia, Wu Biao traveled with Kanonji to a Hollow-infested mountain range to train. The departure for Soul Society arrived after seventeen days of preparation.

• Urahara Kisuke bound Kurosaki Ichigo in the Pit of Despair and gave him seventy-two hours to become a Shinigami and escape before turning into a Hollow.
• Yoruichi asked Chad Yasutora and Orihime Inoue to accompany Ichigo to Soul Society and offered to help them awaken their powers.
• Byakuya Kuchiki told Renji that Central 46 had sentenced Kuchiki Rukia to execution at Sokyoku Hill in twenty-five days.
• Ishida Uryu completed his Reishi Bow and thanked his master.
• Wu Biao traveled with Kanonji to the Ancient Mountain Range, jumped into the Hollow territory to train, and vowed to grow stronger.
• After seventeen days of preparation, Ichigo and his companions reached the night of their departure for Soul Society.

Ichigo and his friends gathered beneath Urahara Shop to enter Soul Society, but Wu Biao arrived by crashing through the underground ceiling in a bizarre outfit. Urahara opened the Senkaimon, and the group entered while Wu Biao jumped through after them.

• Ichigo, Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Sado Yasutora met at Urahara Shop and learned from Urahara Kisuke how the Senkaimon would take them to Soul Society.
• Urahara warned that the gate would remain open for only four minutes and that anyone left behind would be trapped between worlds.
• Wu Biao crashed through the underground ceiling wearing an orange Turtle Hermit Gi and argued with Urahara about his outfit and his plans to fight a Soul Reaper.
• Urahara opened the Senkaimon, and Ichigo and the others leaped through before Wu Biao realized they had gone.
• Wu Biao jumped into the gate after them, while Urahara resisted the urge to shut it on him.

Ichigo and his friends entered Rukongai, where Ichigo defeated the gatekeeper Jidanbo before Captain Ichimaru Gin stopped them from passing through the White Road Gate. Wu Biao lifted the gate with ease and went into Seireitei alone, eager to face its powerful fighters, while Gin watched with interest.

• Wu Biao carried the group through the Dangai and reached Rukongai, where he dragged a frightened elder out of a barbershop and prompted Jidanbo to appear.
• Ichigo challenged Jidanbo at the White Road Gate and defeated him, while Wu Biao ate and waited with the others.
• Ichimaru Gin wounded Jidanbo, repelled Ichigo with Shinsō, and shut the White Road Gate, leaving the group outside.
• Wu Biao lifted the enormous gate with one hand, slipped into Seireitei alone, and drew Ichimaru Gin’s surprised attention.

Wu Biao entered Seireitei and challenged the Shinigami as he searched for a long-haired man with a girly face. After Ichimaru Gin left him to the guards, Wu Biao began overwhelming the Shinigami gathered at the west gate, and the fight continued.

• The Surveillance Department detected Wu Biao at Seireitei’s west gate and announced an emergency alert, but most Shinigami dismissed him because he had no spiritual power.
• A man in the Fifth Division captain’s office recognized Wu Biao as the human who had caught Aizen’s interest.
• Ichimaru Gin encouraged the Shinigami to handle Wu Biao, then vanished after winking at him.
• Wu Biao asked the gathered Shinigami to help him find a long-haired man with a girly face, and Togakushi Riku tried to arrest him.
• Wu Biao knocked Togakushi unconscious, broke a Shinigami’s Zanpakuto, and defeated more Seated Officers as the guards attacked together.
• Wu Biao fought through the Shinigami’s released Zanpakuto and techniques, smashing blades and sending their wielders flying.

Wu Biao attacked the 12th Division’s Surveillance Department, where the Shinigami recognized him as the human who had killed a Gillian, then continued through Seireitei without killing anyone. Hungry and looking for the strongest Shinigami, he entered the 5th Division barracks after smelling food and headed for its cafeteria.

• The 12th Division supervisor identified Wu Biao as the human who had killed a Menos Grande Gillian and ordered all divisions alerted, but Wu Biao broke into the Surveillance Department before they could act.
• Wu Biao knocked out the Surveillance Department members, clarified that he intended to flatten Seireitei, and ate a large meal before leaving.
• Wu Biao wandered through Seireitei, incapacitating patrolmen without killing them as he searched for Rukia and the girly boy.
• Wu Biao headed toward central Seireitei, smelled food at the 5th Division barracks, and walked into its cafeteria.

Wu Biao entered the 5th Division cafeteria, learned that meals were free, and eagerly joined the food line. After hearing Shinigami discuss the intruder in Seireitei, he asked the cook to fill a wooden basin with food, insisting he could eat it all.

• Wu Biao met a bearded Shinigami who mistook him for a new recruit and explained that division cafeteria food was free.
• Wu Biao learned the bearded Shinigami had also come from Rukongai and celebrated the chance to eat as much as he wanted.
• Wu Biao heard Shinigami discussing the intruder in Seireitei and decided to deal with them after eating.
• Wu Biao asked the cook to serve his meal in a wooden basin, and the cook reluctantly began filling it.

Hinamori Momo found Wu Biao eating in the 5th Division dining hall and learned he was the Ryoka who had invaded Seireitei. A Level One Alert revealed his strength, and Wu Biao knocked down two Shinigami before asking where Rukia was.

• Hinamori Momo searched for Captain Aizen and found Wu Biao eating in the 5th Division dining hall.
• Hinamori Momo questioned Wu Biao, who denied attending Shino Academy and announced that he would steamroll Seireitei.
• A Level One Alert identified Wu Biao as a dangerous human who had killed a Menos Grande-class Gillian and reported that Shinigami across Seireitei had been injured.
• Wu Biao knocked down two Shinigami who approached him and asked where Rukia and the sissy were.

Wu Biao broke into the 5th Division barracks while searching for Rukia and Ichigo, and fought Vice-Captain Hinamori and the Shinigami who attacked him. He survived their Kidō barrage, but his hair was burned away, leaving him furious and threatening to make them all bald.

• Kenpachi Zaraki heard the Level One Alert and decided the Ryoka who had killed a Gillian sounded worth fighting.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto ordered Chōjirō Sasakibe to reinforce the western district, while Aizen Sōsuke and Kaname Tōsen watched events unfold from the blood-soaked Central 46.
• Rukia recognized that the arriving Ryoka was Wu Biao and feared for Ichigo, while hoping he would survive.
• Hinamori confronted Wu Biao when he asked where Rukia and the “girly guy” were, but his punch knocked her Zanpakuto aside and forced her to retreat.
• The 5th Division Shinigami attacked Wu Biao with Zanpakuto and Kidō, but he endured their fireball barrage and charged through the flames.
• Wu Biao discovered that the Kidō had burned off his hair and roared that he would make every attacker bald.

Wu Biao used Kanonji’s specially developed Kanonji-dan to devastate a crowd of 5th Division Shinigami, then fought Hinamori Momo and knocked her unconscious. He shaved the heads of the injured squad members and Hinamori before disappearing ahead of the 4th Division rescue team.

• Wu Biao formed and launched a Kanonji-dan, blasting apart the cafeteria and leaving nearly a hundred Shinigami injured while Hinamori Momo survived behind Enkosen.
• Wu Biao tore the hair from dozens of unconscious 5th Division members, and Hinamori Momo confronted him with Tobiume and an empowered Sōkatsui.
• Wu Biao countered Hinamori Momo’s Sōkatsui with another Kanonji-dan, then struck her in the face and knocked her unconscious.
• Wu Biao shaved Hinamori Momo’s head and continued his head-shaving campaign before vanishing.
• A 4th Division rescue team arrived to find the 5th Division members bald, including Hinamori Momo, whose scalp gleamed in the moonlight.

While Ichigo’s group prepared to enter Seireitei, Wu Biao’s rampage left more than 600 Shinigami injured and the 5th Division bald. Hitsugaya learned that Wu Biao was seeking Rukia, while Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru remained lost as they searched for him.

• Yoruichi briefed Ichigo and the others on Seireitei’s defenses, then told them to rest until the Kukaku Cannon was ready around dawn.
• Hitsugaya and Rangiku visited the injured 5th Division and found Hinamori hiding her bald head and missing front teeth.
• Kotetsu Isane reported that Wu Biao had injured more than 600 people, could not be tracked by spiritual pressure, and had killed no one.
• Hinamori explained that the 5th Division had burned off Wu Biao’s hair, prompting him to shave their heads in revenge.
• Hinamori told Hitsugaya that Wu Biao had come to rescue Rukia, and Hitsugaya planned to report her account to the Captain-Commander.
• Kenpachi Zaraki followed Yachiru’s directions through southern Seireitei, but the two remained lost and far from Wu Biao.