The Sword Forger

"You have a good eye..."

Nara Dan praised him when he saw that.

As expected of one of the world's foremost swordsmiths, the man who had invented Zanpakutō.

With a single glance, he had seen through the origins of the Dharma Blade in his hand.

"So my blade can no longer improve."

"I want to take it a step further..."

"Do you have a way, Ōetsu Nimaiya?"

Asked about his area of expertise, Ōetsu Nimaiya nearly forgot his own identity for a moment and immediately began discussing it.

"It really is difficult, but it's an interesting idea."

"So you want to give this blade a spirit?"

"No..."

"If this blade wanted to become a Zanpakutō, it should be able to do so at any time."

Ōetsu Nimaiya asked with a frown, "Did you suppress the birth of its blade spirit?"

Nara Dan smiled and shook his head.

"Not at all. Zanpakutō develop blade spirits because you gave Asauchi the ability to divide souls."

"I simply didn't follow that path."

"It can't really be called suppression."

"Of course, I don't want this blade to produce a blade spirit on its own either..."

"That would be rather troublesome for me."

Ōetsu Nimaiya pondered for a moment.

"This blade has already reached its limit. Even my Sayafushi would not be tougher or sharper than this blade."

"And this blade possesses spirituality and abilities that my Sayafushi lacks."

Ōetsu Nimaiya was somewhat puzzled.

"So you don't want this blade to have its own intelligence?"

"Then how will it become stronger?"

In his eyes, a blade's highest state was to possess its own emotions, spirituality, and even a physical body!

That had been his original intention when he created Zanpakutō.

That was why Ōetsu Nimaiya considered Sayafushi, which possessed only sharpness and toughness, a failed