Chapter Summaries

Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi tried to learn more about Uchiha Tamaharu while Aizen grew suspicious after losing contact with his forces in the Living World. As Seireitei prepared to invade Hueco Mundo, Uchiha Madara urged Tamaharu to attack Aizen directly, and Tamaharu considered the idea.

• Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara questioned Ichigo, who challenged Urahara for not trusting the Death Gods and referred them to Rukia for more information.
• Aizen sent Gin Ichimaru’s Hollows to investigate the Living World, but none returned, so he chose to wait and strengthen the Hogyoku rather than risk confronting Yamamoto.
• Seireitei prepared to invade Hueco Mundo, while Uchiha Tamaharu kept watch over Karakura Town and sent Hollows and unfamiliar Reiatsu into the Pocket Dimension for the group to fight.
• Uchiha Madara defeated Sakazuki in a spar and then confronted Uchiha Tamaharu, arguing that their group was strong enough to conquer the world.
• Uchiha Tamaharu told Madara that the real enemy had not appeared yet, but considered Madara’s proposal to attack Aizen in Hueco Mundo and possibly plant the God Tree there.

Uchiha Tamaharu led Madara Uchiha, Senju Hashirama, Tobirama Senju, Sakazuki, and Fujitora to Hueco Mundo to attack Las Noches. He captured and immobilized dozens of Arrancar with ROOM, Planetary Devastation, and his Conqueror’s Haki as Aizen sensed the assault and erupted in anger.

• Uchiha Tamaharu used a captured Hollow’s memories to locate Las Noches and transported the group there with ROOM.
• Uchiha Tamaharu entered Six Paths Mode and expanded ROOM across Las Noches.
• Uchiha Tamaharu displaced dozens of Arrancar and trapped them in Planetary Devastation after stunning them with his pressure.
• Aizen sensed the attack and erupted in Reiatsu, furious that the intruders had arrived before he was ready.

Uchiha Tamaharu and his allies attacked Las Noches, where Aizen and the Arrancar confronted them. After Tamaharu offered Aizen a place in his faction, Aizen rejected him, and the chapter ended with Aizen attacking after Tamaharu revealed the Hogyoku.

• Uchiha Tamaharu captured Las Noches's subordinates in a floating boulder, and Coyote Starrk, Barragan, Tier Harribel, Szayelaporro, Aizen, and Gin Ichimaru arrived to confront the invaders.
• Uchiha Tamaharu offered Aizen a place at his side, but Aizen refused and declared that he would fulfill his dream alone.
• Uchiha Tamaharu assigned his allies to fight the Arrancar and warned them to be cautious, while Tobirama Senju faced Gin Ichimaru.
• Coyote Starrk attacked to free Lilynette, and the group began battling across Las Noches.
• Uchiha Tamaharu revealed the Hogyoku, and Aizen drew his Zanpakuto and attacked him.

Uchiha Tamaharu overwhelmed Aizen in Hueco Mundo, forcing him to use Hollowfication before the two began a more even fight. Meanwhile, Kuzan battled Tier Harribel and faced her Resurreccion.

• Uchiha Tamaharu broke through Aizen's defenses with his physical strength and sent him flying repeatedly, damaging his Zanpakuto.
• Aizen activated Hollowfication, shattering the artificial sky above Hueco Mundo as Uchiha Tamaharu's expanding Truth-Seeking Ball engulfed his Reiatsu without harming him.
• Aizen and Uchiha Tamaharu clashed at comparable strength, and Uchiha Tamaharu's Storm Release beam sliced a horn from Aizen's mask before Aizen countered with a Cero.
• Kuzan forced Tier Harribel to use Resurreccion, and she attacked him with a fan-shaped Cero.
• Kuzan blocked Tier Harribel's Cero with Ice Age and launched ice spikes at her from the ground.

Fujitora defeated Szayelaporro with a Shadow Clone feint, then teamed up with Kuzan to defeat and capture Tier Harribel. They went to assist Hashirama and the others against Coyote Starrk, while Madara continued his solo battle with Barragan and prepared to end it.

• Fujitora used a Shadow Clone to evade Szayelaporro’s attack, then killed him with the Four Sacred Beast Slash.
• Fujitora joined Kuzan, and together they defeated Tier Harribel and restrained her with a device that suppressed her Reiatsu.
• Fujitora left a Shadow Clone to guard Tier Harribel and went with Kuzan to help Hashirama and the others fight Coyote Starrk.
• Madara taunted Barragan, declared that he had identified the flaw in Respira, and raised his Reiatsu to nearly match Barragan’s released power.
• The chapter ended with Barragan wary as Madara prepared to end their fight.

Madara Uchiha fought Barragan with Susanoo, Planetary Devastation, and other techniques, managing to wound him before Barragan destroyed Susanoo with the Death Axe. Madara then used wood, fire, and gravity techniques to draw Barragan into a new maneuver, ending by pulling in Respira’s black mist.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Barragan with Susanoo and Planetary Devastation, but Respira corroded the sword and the rising rocks.
• Madara used Yasaka Magatama to thin Barragan’s Respira, then pierced it with Storm Release: Laser Severing Wave and severed one of Barragan’s arms.
• Barragan retaliated with the Death Axe, corroding Susanoo’s armor, so Madara dismissed the giant construct before the damage spread.
• Madara told Barragan that an attack beyond Respira’s corrosion limit could hurt him, then used Deep Forest Bloom and Majestic Destroyer Flame to set the trees ablaze.
• Madara drew Barragan close with a series of attacks and fled when Shinra Tensei only slowed him; as Barragan pursued, Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull in Respira’s black mist.

Madara Uchiha defeated Barragan by exploiting a weakness in Respira and then joined Senju Hashirama, who had persuaded Coyote Starrk to stop fighting. Meanwhile, Uchiha Tamaharu overwhelmed Aizen with an awakened Op-Op Fruit attack, leaving Aizen’s fate unclear after his body exploded.

• Madara Uchiha used Wood Clones and Limbo: Border Jail to split Barragan apart, then destroyed his remaining head and confirmed he was dead.
• Senju Hashirama told Coyote Starrk that their fight was pointless, and Starrk agreed to watch the leaders’ battle instead.
• Madara Uchiha arrived and learned from Senju Hashirama that Uchiha Tamaharu and Aizen were fighting in the sky.
• Uchiha Tamaharu struck Aizen with a black Truth-Seeking Orb sword using Piercing Wave, and the vibrations shattered Aizen’s body.

Uchiha Tamaharu forced Aizen into an imperfect fusion of Death God and Hollow, then battled him as Aizen’s power and regeneration increased. Aizen tried to exploit Tamaharu’s concern for the onlookers, prompting Tamaharu to fight in earnest so he could subdue Aizen alive.

• Uchiha Tamaharu used Black Flame to burn the desert and watched Aizen’s scattered flesh begin to move.
• Aizen regenerated into a horned Hollowfied form with a Hollow Hole in his chest and declared that Tamaharu had ruined his perfect evolution.
• Aizen attacked with Sonido, but Tamaharu stopped him with Super Shinra Tensei and then matched his strength in Sage Mode.
• Uchiha Tamaharu cut Aizen in half with Light Fang, dodged Aizen’s powerful Cero using Shambles, and watched the blast devastate the desert.
• Aizen charged at the distant onlookers to force Tamaharu to intervene, and Tamaharu appeared to protect his workers.
• Uchiha Tamaharu stopped holding back and fought Aizen in earnest, careful not to kill him because he wanted to recruit him.

Uchiha Tamaharu defeated Aizen, suppressed his Reiatsu, and offered him a chance to work together in exchange for knowledge of other worlds. Before Aizen could accept fully, Gin Ichimaru attacked him, but Tamaharu used Shambles to save him.

• Uchiha Tamaharu overwhelmed Aizen with enhanced close-range attacks, regenerated his severed hand, and cut off Aizen’s arms.
• Uchiha Tamaharu sealed Aizen’s Reiatsu, divided his body into pieces, and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to grow into a God Tree in Hueco Mundo.
• Aizen realized Uchiha Tamaharu came from another world and eagerly questioned him about it.
• Uchiha Tamaharu offered Aizen a chance to join him and learn about other worlds, and Aizen agreed to consider working together.
• Gin Ichimaru released Buto Renjin and fired Shinsō at Aizen, but Uchiha Tamaharu used Shambles to move Aizen out of its path.

Tamaharu subdued Gin and offered to help him recover what Rangiku lost if he agreed to work for him. After the battle, Tamaharu freed Lilynette, combined the two Hogyoku, and proposed transferring Aizen into a weaker body in exchange for research collaboration.

• Tamaharu stopped Gin from attacking Aizen, revealed he knew Gin's motive involving Rangiku, and sent him into Amenominaka to consider working for him.
• Tamaharu released Lilynette from Chibaku Tensei, and Coyote Starrk reunited with her before the others returned through the Portal.
• Aizen examined the God Tree, and Tamaharu extracted his Hogyoku and fused it with Kisuke Urahara's before sealing the completed orb away.
• Tamaharu told Aizen he would transfer him into a weaker body as a safeguard and offered him a choice among ordinary bodies from three worlds.
• Aizen asked Tamaharu to explain the differences between the three worlds.

Uchiha Tamaharu arranged for Aizen and Orochimaru to exchange scientific knowledge and prepare humanity for the Spirit Energy Resurgence. Ichigo and his friends asked to train, and Tamaharu sent them to Tobirama, who accepted the task and prepared to put them through a harsh lesson.

• Uchiha Tamaharu brought Aizen to Orochimaru and assigned them to exchange technology while helping humans develop their Reiatsu and govern themselves.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Kisuke Urahara detected a brief, powerful Reiatsu disturbance in Hueco Mundo and grew concerned about the change.
• Uchiha Tamaharu returned to the Living World, arranged training for visitors from other worlds, and later went to Hueco Mundo to train and watch the God Tree.
• Ichigo, Uryu Ishida, Inoue Orihime, and Chad asked Uchiha Tamaharu to help them become stronger, and he opened a passage to a training dimension.
• Uchiha Tamaharu assigned the three students to Tobirama, who accepted after Uryu challenged him by comparing his strength to Mihawk's.

Uchiha Tamaharu arranged for Uchiha Madara to train Ichigo Kurosaki by fighting him and drawing out his hidden power. After Madara wounded Ichigo, a surge of black Reiatsu erupted from him, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Uchiha Tamaharu brought Ichigo Kurosaki to Uchiha Madara and challenged Madara to test the young man's potential.
• Uchiha Tamaharu told Ichigo that the power hidden inside him might emerge when he was near death, and Ichigo agreed to fight with resolve.
• Ichigo activated Bankai and attacked Madara, but Madara blocked his strikes, reflected his Getsuga Tensho, and countered with powerful techniques.
• Madara pulled Ichigo into Susanoo's sword pressure with Banshō Ten'in, wounded him, and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Black Reiatsu erupted from Ichigo, surprising Madara as Uchiha Tamaharu watched from the sidelines.

Vasto Lorde Ichigo battled Madara Uchiha, overwhelming him with speed, strength, and regeneration until Madara stopped him with an illusion. Ichigo returned to normal, and Madara agreed to train him while Uchiha Tamaharu promised to find someone else to guide him through the deeper levels of his power.

• Vasto Lorde Ichigo attacked Madara, endured his Susanoo's assault, regenerated a lost arm, and damaged Susanoo with his Zanpakuto.
• Madara trapped Ichigo with Limbo shadows and Wood Release, then split his body with Storm Release, but Ichigo broke free and regenerated.
• Madara tried to seal Ichigo with Chibaku Tensei, but Ichigo destroyed its gravitational core with a Cero and charged at him again.
• Madara used Infinite Tsukuyomi to immobilize Ichigo until he returned to normal and his Hollowfication was suppressed.
• Uchiha Tamaharu appeared and told Madara that someone else would guide Ichigo through the deeper levels of his power, and Madara began training Ichigo.

Ichigo and the others continued their training while the Death Gods prepared to attack Hueco Mundo. Uchiha Tamaharu asked Ishida Ryuken to lead humanity’s forces and revealed that Yhwach’s theft of Quincy powers had caused Ryuken’s wife’s death, leaving Ryuken furious and with an invitation to join him.

• Madara Uchiha trained Ichigo to control his inner Hollow through brutal fights and genjutsu, while Tobirama Senju trained Ishida Uryu, Chad, and Inoue Orihime.
• Tobirama taught Ishida Uryu to control his Reiatsu and use less Reishi for stronger attacks, earning Uryu’s acknowledgment.
• The Death Gods prepared an all-out assault on Hueco Mundo as Kisuke Urahara made plans to face Aizen.
• Uchiha Tamaharu asked Ishida Ryuken to lead a human fighting force, but Ryuken questioned whether he could trust him.
• Uchiha Tamaharu revealed that Yhwach had stolen the powers of Mixed-Blood Quincy, including Masaki Kurosaki’s after Hollow power tainted her, causing her death.
• Uchiha Tamaharu invited Ryuken to seek revenge and help change the world, then dispersed his Shadow Clone; Ryuken was left furious and resentful.

The Soul Society found Hueco Mundo deserted and suspected Uchiha Tamaharu had defeated Aizen. Yamamoto ordered an envoy to contact Tamaharu while continuing the search for Aizen, and Tamaharu offered Gin Ichimaru a chance to help Rangiku in exchange for his allegiance.

• Soi Fon, Sajin Komamura, Kenpachi, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi searched Hueco Mundo but found no sign of Aizen or Las Noches.
• At a captains' meeting, Byakuya Kuchiki and Toshiro Hitsugaya reported that Uchiha Tamaharu had dealt with powerful attackers in the Living World.
• Jushiro Ukitake suggested that Tamaharu might have defeated Aizen, and Kisuke Urahara agreed that Tamaharu had the strength and motive to do so.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni ordered the Soul Society to send an envoy to Tamaharu and keep investigating Aizen and monitoring the Soul Society.
• Uchiha Tamaharu showed Gin Ichimaru the Hogyoku and offered to help Rangiku recover if Gin agreed to follow him.

Uchiha Tamaharu hosted a Soul Society delegation seeking information about Aizen and Kaname Tosen, but refused to hand over Tosen and warned them that the Seireitei faced an approaching Quincy threat. He left the Death Gods outside Kisuke Urahara's shop, having set the stage for the coming chaos.

• After two months without losses, Ryuken Ishida joined Uchiha Tamaharu and demanded revenge.
• Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui Kyoraku arrived with six others to question Uchiha Tamaharu about the Arrancars who had attacked Karakura Town.
• Uchiha Tamaharu said Kaname Tosen had led the Arrancars, that some had died, and that the survivors were held for experiments.
• Uchiha Tamaharu refused to hand over Kaname Tosen, arguing that the Soul Society had no claim over him.
• Uchiha Tamaharu subdued the Death Gods with his Conqueror's Haki and warned that the Quincies threatened the Seireitei.
• Uchiha Tamaharu teleported the delegation outside Kisuke Urahara's shop.

After Uchiha Tamaharu teleported the Soul Reapers away, they debated his warning that a Quincy was hiding in Soul Society, and Kisuke Urahara explained how one might conceal themselves there. Tamaharu decided his intervention was over for now, while the Soul Reapers stayed in the Living World to investigate and his Shadow Clone sought out Orochimaru and Aizen.

• Uchiha Tamaharu teleported the Soul Reapers away, and they discussed his warning about a Quincy in Soul Society.
• Shunsui Kyoraku explained the old war between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy, while Jushiro Ukitake tried to interpret Tamaharu’s message.
• Kisuke Urahara reasoned that a Quincy could hide inside Seireitei by using Reishi to create a concealed space.
• Uchiha Tamaharu listened in, concluded the Soul Reapers understood his warning, and sent a Shadow Clone to find Orochimaru and Aizen.
• The Soul Reapers decided to remain in the Living World and secretly ask Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni or Mayuri Kurotsuchi to verify the warning.
• Uchiha Tamaharu asked Aizen about knowledge from other worlds, and Aizen called the strange ability fascinating.

Aizen agreed to help Ichigo master his fused powers while Uchiha Tamaharu kept his secrets and stayed out of Soul Society’s plans. Soul Society prepared a covert strike on the hidden Quincies, and Jugram Haschwalth saw the Wandenreich’s false sky split open.

• Uchiha Tamaharu explained the Soul King’s combined powers and asked Aizen to study them or help Ichigo Kurosaki master them.
• Aizen agreed to find a method and contact Ichigo Kurosaki, while Uchiha Tamaharu concealed his plans and secrets.
• Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui Kyoraku secretly briefed Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni on the suspected Quincies and received his order to attack at four-thirty.
• The Quincies remained unaware that Soul Society had discovered their refuge and prepared to strike the Wandenreich.
• Jugram Haschwalth watched over the sleeping Yhwach and saw the Wandenreich’s false sky split open.

Yamamoto led the Death Gods into the Wandenreich and attacked the Quincy, determined to kill Yhwach. Yhwach awakened and ordered a retreat to Hueco Mundo as Yamamoto confronted him, with the Almighty manifesting across Yhwach’s shadowed face.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s device destabilized the Wandenreich’s Reishi space, and Jugram ordered the Quincy to prepare for battle while trying to wake Yhwach.
• Yamamoto arrived with nine captains and thirteen lieutenants, demanded to know Yhwach’s location, and unleashed Ryujin Jakka against the palace.
• The Death Gods attacked the Quincy, but Lille Barro used X-Axis to pierce Sajin Komamura’s chest, and Retsu Unohana healed him with Kido.
• Yamamoto kept firing waves of flame at the palace until a giant Heilig Pfeil burst out and met his blade.
• Yhwach awakened, ordered Jugram to begin the retreat to Hueco Mundo, and faced Yamamoto as the Almighty appeared across his shadowed face.

The Quincies escaped Seireitei after inflicting heavy losses, leaving Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and the surviving Soul Reapers preparing for further conflict. Meanwhile, Uchiha Tamaharu used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Edward Newgate back and planned to help him regain his strength in another world.

• Yhwach and the surviving Quincies escaped to Hueco Mundo after Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni used Bankai, while both sides suffered casualties.
• Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni ordered Seireitei locked down and damaged areas repaired before the recovered captains reported to a meeting.
• Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi discussed the Quincies and Uchiha Tamaharu, while Urahara worried about the Soul King's power nearing its limit.
• Uchiha Tamaharu decided to stay out of the conflict until his mission ended and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Edward Newgate for Ace.
• Uchiha Tamaharu explained that Edward Newgate had lost the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and would need to learn to absorb Reishi to regain his strength.