Recaps

Su Feng obliterated the Reigai copies of Toshiro Hitsugaya and Byakuya Kuchiki with Five Dragons Extinction, while Harribel and Nel helped Rangiku, Maki, and Nanao defeat their attackers. Su Feng then arrived at the First Division Barracks, where Yamamoto was battling Hollowfied copies of his former disciples.

• Su Feng unleashed Number Ninety-Nine Hado, Five Dragons Extinction, and destroyed Fake Toshiro Hitsugaya and Fake Byakuya Kuchiki along with much of Squad 7's district.
• Su Feng ordered Zaraki taken to the Fourth Division for treatment, then left the ruins as Shinigami wondered whether he had sealed Zaraki beneath a stone monument.
• At the Ninth Division Barracks, Nanao Ise defended Senna while Rangiku Matsumoto and Kurosaki Maki joined the fight against their Reigai copies.
• Tier Harribel and Nel killed the Reigais attacking them, and Rangiku and Maki helped defeat Fake Kurosaki Maki.
• At the First Division Barracks, Yamamoto Genryusai fought Hollowfied Fake Shunsui Kyoraku and Fake Jushiro Ukitake, who returned his flames with Sogyo no Kotowari.
• Su Feng arrived and used Danku to block Yamamoto's flames.

Su Feng defeated the two Reigai captains with overwhelming Shunko and Fullbring power while Yamamoto recorded the fight. Meanwhile, Aizen entered the Underground Council Chamber and killed Central 46, and powerful spiritual pressure erupted from the Inner Court as the chapter ended.

• Fake Shunsui Kyoraku and fake Jushiro Ukitake tried to flee, but Yamamoto Genryusai blocked their escape with Blazing Hell.
• Su Feng gave Yamamoto a Communication Device to record the battle, then used Shunko and One Bone to crack fake Shunsui Kyoraku's Katen Kyokotsu.
• Su Feng shattered fake Jushiro Ukitake's Sogyo no Kotowari, then endured their Kido attacks and broke their blades with Double Bone.
• Su Feng killed fake Jushiro Ukitake and beat fake Shunsui Kyoraku to death, then told Yamamoto that Mayuri Kurotsuchi could explain the Reigai incident.
• Aizen Sosuke entered the Underground Council Chamber, told Central 46 how a ban on Reigai technology had led to a plan against Soul Society, and killed them with a single slash.
• Powerful spiritual pressure erupted from the Inner Court behind the First Division Barracks.

Su Feng and Yamamoto Genryusai discovered that a Reigai Aizen had massacred Central 46, then defeated him and uncovered Ōko Yushima’s plan. Su Feng chose to recruit Yushima into the Department of Research and Development, leaving Yamamoto furious at his disregard for rules.

• Su Feng stopped Yamamoto Genryusai from attacking the Reigai Aizen and explained that the real Aizen was fighting the Wandenreich in Hueco Mundo.
• The Reigai Aizen attacked Su Feng with Raikoho and Black Coffin, but Su Feng shattered the spell and killed him with a powerful punch.
• Su Feng concluded that Ōko Yushima had used the Reigai to draw attention away from his real target, Central 46, and went with Yamamoto to the Department of Research and Development.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed that he had tested thirty-six drugs on Ōko Yushima, whose mind was left broken but whose research talents remained valuable.
• Su Feng offered Ōko Yushima a senior post in the Department of Research and Development, while Yamamoto protested Su Feng’s plans to rewrite the rules and overlook his crimes.

Su Feng learned that the Soul King Palace had invited him as a guest and chose to go despite Yamamoto Genryusai warning him that the Royal Guard might be dangerous. He planned to prepare for the visit by having his subordinates destroy the Gates of Hell if anything happened to him.

• Su Feng and Yamamoto Genryusai relaxed in a hot spring while discussing the many crises that had struck Soul Society.
• Yamamoto told Su Feng that the Monk of the Eye had invited him to the Soul King Palace in three days, and that he could travel there using the Shiba Family's Tenchuren.
• Yamamoto warned Su Feng that the Royal Guard had changed after receiving bodies forged with the Ōken and advised him not to go.
• Su Feng decided to visit the Soul King Palace anyway, promising to make thorough preparations in case its inhabitants turned against him.
• Su Feng revealed that his subordinates would destroy the Gates of Hell if anything happened to him at the Soul King Palace.

Su Feng questioned Yamamoto Genryusai about Hell’s empowered dead and theorized that the Soul King might be unable to interfere with Hell. After dealing with Rangiku Matsumoto’s scheme and arranging a hot spring, Su Feng prepared to travel to the Soul King Palace, where Kūkaku Shiba launched the Tenchuren.

• Yamamoto Genryusai explained that Kumenai Enra and other dead captains had been strengthened by Hell, and Su Feng suggested that the Soul King might be unable to control Hell.
• Su Feng sent Senna out of his quarters, then dismissed Tier Harribel, Nelliel, Kurosaki Maki, and Nanao Ise before kissing Rangiku Matsumoto.
• After spending the night with Rangiku Matsumoto, Su Feng ordered Hanataro Yamada to build a large hot spring pool and said Byakuya Kuchiki would handle the expenses.
• Su Feng gathered with captains and other Shinigami at the Shiba Family’s inner courtyard to depart for the Soul King Palace aboard the Tenchuren.
• Kūkaku Shiba used the Flower Crane Firing Method to launch the Tenchuren toward the Soul King Palace.

Shiba Kūkaku launched Su Feng to the Soul King Palace, where the Royal Guard welcomed him and he learned that Oetsu Nimaiya could not communicate with his Zanpakuto, Storm Howl. Oetsu’s reaction confirmed that Storm Howl had begun fusing with Su Feng’s soul after Su Feng used it to reach Transcendent Bankai.

• Shiba Kūkaku fired the Tenchuren from the Karaku Cannon, carrying Su Feng to the Soul King Palace.
• Ichibei Hyōsube and Senjumaru Shutara greeted Su Feng and introduced the Royal Guard’s palaces and inhabitants.
• Tenjiro Kirinji attacked Su Feng with his spiritual pressure, but Su Feng struck him flying before Ichibei restrained him.
• Kirio Hikifune prepared a vast feast, and Oetsu Nimaiya arrived to welcome Su Feng and inspect his Zanpakuto.
• Oetsu recognized Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju as an ancient blade connected to the Soul King’s power, but said Storm Howl gave him no response.
• Su Feng understood that Storm Howl had begun fusing with his soul after he used it to break the limits of a Soul Reaper and achieve Transcendent Bankai.

Su Feng toured Phoenix Hall, attended Kirio Hikifune’s feast, and went with Tenjiro Kirinji to Kirin Hall, where he tried the hot springs and asked for their secret formula. When Tenjiro demanded a fight, Su Feng unleashed a devastating punch that sent him flying in a cloud of blood.

• Oetsu Nimaiya invited Su Feng to tour Phoenix Hall, and the Royal Guard welcomed him with a feast prepared by Kirio Hikifune.
• After the feast, Tenjiro Kirinji took Su Feng to Kirin Hall and demonstrated the White Bone Hell and Blood Pond Hell hot springs.
• Su Feng’s hidden injuries were cleansed by the White Bone Hell, and he asked Tenjiro to share the hot springs’ secret formula.
• Tenjiro refused to share the formula unless Su Feng fought him, so they went to a battlefield in the Royal Guard Detached Palace.
• Tenjiro attacked with Kinpika and a massive sphere of water, but Su Feng countered with Fullbring · Shunko · Shunko: Wind and Thunder Unrivaled and the Final Bone Secret Art.
• Su Feng’s punch shattered Tenjiro’s water attack and blasted him backward, spreading blood mist above Kirin Hall.

Su Feng defeated Tenjiro Kirinji with one punch, but Ichibei Hyōsube revived him, and Su Feng received Kirinji’s hot spring formula. At Phoenix Hall, Oetsu Nimaiya examined Su Feng’s Zanpakuto, Storm Howl, and revealed that its consciousness was sealed before offering to show Su Feng the real Phoenix Hall.

• Su Feng’s punch reduced Tenjiro Kirinji to blood, shocking the Divine Soldiers and the other members of the Royal Guard.
• Ichibei Hyōsube revived Kirinji, whose spiritual pressure had weakened, and Kirinji invited Su Feng to the White Bone Hell hot spring.
• Kirinji told Su Feng that Ichibei had invited him to the Soul King Palace because he might become the Royal Guard’s sixth member, and warned him not to make moves related to the Soul King.
• Kirinji gave Su Feng the hot spring formula, and Su Feng memorized it before leaving Kirin Hall.
• At Phoenix Hall, Oetsu Nimaiya examined Storm Howl and found that he could neither hear its voice nor enter its inner world.
• Oetsu told Su Feng the Zanpakuto’s consciousness was inaccessible, then offered to show him the real Phoenix Hall.

Su Feng visited Oetsu Nimaiya’s Phoenix Hall, refused to reforge Storm Howl, and watched Oetsu make him a new Asauchi. He then asked Senjumaru Shutara for a replacement uniform, but their meeting turned into a fight that ended with Senjumaru accepting his rules.

• Su Feng entered the real Phoenix Hall with Oetsu Nimaiya and refused to let him reforge Storm Howl because he cherished it.
• Oetsu Nimaiya’s guard forged Su Feng a new Asauchi, but Su Feng declined to replace his Zanpakuto with it.
• After spending the night at Oetsu Nimaiya’s detached hall, Su Feng went to Senjumaru Shutara’s palace to request a new Shinigami Uniform and Captain’s Haori.
• Senjumaru Shutara ordered Su Feng to remove his spiritual pressure and clothes, so he refused and destroyed his uniform with his power.
• Senjumaru Shutara attacked Su Feng with cloth and threads, but he unleashed Fullbring · Shunko: Tatsunami Tenben and struck her apparent figure.
• Senjumaru Shutara emerged from the shattered cloth and agreed to proceed by Su Feng’s rules.

Su Feng visited Senjumaru Shutara and Kirio Hikifune before meeting Ichibei Hyōsube, who invited him to join the Royal Guard as its sixth member. Su Feng refused, citing his grudge against the Soul King because the Five Great Noble Clans, including the Tsunayashiro ancestor, had sealed and dismembered him, leaving Ichibei stunned by how much Su Feng knew.

• Senjumaru Shutara measured Su Feng and made him a custom Shinigami uniform and haori with enhanced defense and self-repair.
• Senjumaru Shutara hinted that she knew why Ichibei Hyōsube had summoned Su Feng and reminded him of Tenjiro Kirinji's advice.
• Kirio Hikifune gave Su Feng her latest Temporary Soul technology to take back to Soul Society and said she could not join the war against the Wandenreich while the Soul King needed protection.
• Ichibei Hyōsube explained that he had invited Su Feng to join the Royal Guard, describing his own age and power and Su Feng's unique potential.
• Su Feng refused the offer, listing his ties to Soul Society and his grudge against the Soul King.
• Su Feng revealed that the Five Great Noble Clans had sealed and dismembered the Soul King and that the Tsunayashiro ancestor had masterminded it, leaving Ichibei silent and embarrassed.

Su Feng refused Ichibei Hyōsube’s offer to join the Royal Guard, so Ichibei attacked him, citing his potential to threaten the Soul King. Their battle destroyed the dojo and drew the other Royal Guard members toward them, then ended with Ichibei’s enormous palms closing around Su Feng.

• Ichibei Hyōsube explained that Su Feng’s power made him a potential Soul King and a threat, then struck him with crushing spiritual pressure.
• Su Feng met Ichibei Hyōsube’s attack, and their clash demolished the dojo; Ichibei then renewed his offer for Su Feng to join the Royal Guard.
• Su Feng refused and punched through Ichibei Hyōsube’s defenses, sending a shockwave across the Royal Guard Detached Palace.
• Tenjiro Kirinji, Senjumaru Shutara, and Kirio Hikifune headed toward the battle, while Oetsu Nimaiya said Su Feng would survive and continued his music.
• Su Feng unleashed Fullbring: Tatsunami Tenben and Final Bone Secret Art, breaking Ichibei Hyōsube’s Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm.
• Ichibei Hyōsube summoned two enormous palms and slammed them shut around Su Feng.

Su Feng unleashed his stored Spiritual Pressure and battled Ichibei Hyōsube, first overpowering him in hand-to-hand combat and then enduring Ichimonji’s name-cutting power. Su Feng shattered Storm Howl to fuse it with his body and struck down Ichibei Hyōsube, leaving the Royal Guard Detached Palace in ruins.

• Su Feng emerged from Ichibei Hyōsube’s Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm and released the Spiritual Pressure he had stored through Life Return, astonishing the Royal Guard.
• Su Feng used Fullbring: Final Bone Secret Art to knock Ichibei Hyōsube into a mountain, but Ichibei Hyōsube recovered and attacked with Ichimonji.
• Ichibei Hyōsube cut the name of Su Feng’s right hand with Ichimonji, weakening it, and urged Su Feng to draw his Zanpakuto.
• Su Feng shattered Storm Howl and fused its power into his body, reaching a state beyond Bankai as Ichibei Hyōsube activated Ichimonji’s Shikai.
• Su Feng unleashed Fullbring: Wind of Union, overwhelmed Ichibei Hyōsube, and sent him crashing into the Royal Guard Detached Palace, which collapsed amid flames and ruins.

Su Feng battled Ichibei Hyōsube, then heard the monk explain Yhwach’s past attack on the Soul King Palace and warn that Yhwach would seek revenge when he returned. After spending more than ten days training and visiting the Royal Guard, Su Feng left for Soul Society with an Ōken and a warning to beware of Aizen Sosuke and Yhwach.

• Su Feng’s Transcendent Bankai struck Ichibei Hyōsube hard enough to destroy the Royal Guard Detached Palace, but Ichibei survived and healed himself.
• Ichibei Hyōsube told Su Feng that Yhwach had rejected a non-aggression treaty, attacked the Soul King Palace, and had his Almighty sealed with the Soul King’s left hand.
• Ichibei Hyōsube urged Su Feng to fight on the front lines to protect Soul Society and the people he cared about, then let him stay in the Soul King Palace and gave him an Ōken.
• Su Feng spent more than ten days enjoying the Royal Guard’s hospitality and learning their techniques, while his training battles with Ichibei Hyōsube repeatedly damaged the Detached Palace.
• Oetsu Nimaiya, Kirio Hikifune, Tenjiro Kirinji, and Senjumaru Shutara saw Su Feng off as he departed for Soul Society, where Kirinji warned him about Aizen Sosuke and Yhwach.

Su Feng returned from the Soul King Palace and told Yamamoto Genryusai about Yhwach’s restored power, though he embellished his own confrontation with Ichibei Hyōsube. Meanwhile, Ulquiorra confronted the Sternritter in Hueco Mundo, and Su Feng’s visit to Retsu Unohana ended with her asking about his female confidantes.

• In Hueco Mundo, Candice Catnipp blasted through the Hollow horde, but Ulquiorra caught her attack and declared that he had come to slaughter Liltotto Lamperd, Candice, Giselle Gewelle, and Meninas McAllon.
• Su Feng returned to Soul Society and exaggerated his clash with Ichibei Hyōsube while recounting his trip to the Soul King Palace to Yamamoto Genryusai.
• Su Feng revealed that Ichibei had sealed Yhwach’s Almighty a thousand years earlier, and Chōjirō Sasakibe warned that Yhwach’s full return threatened Soul Society.
• After Su Feng stole Yamamoto’s roasted sweet potatoes, Yamamoto discovered only Ryujin Jakka remained on the stove and roared after his traitorous disciple.
• Su Feng visited Retsu Unohana at the Fourth Division and claimed he had defeated her teacher, Tenjiro Kirinji, with one punch; Unohana responded by asking how many female confidantes he was hiding in the Ninth Division.

Su Feng visited the Fourth Division, then learned that Ōko Yushima had split into Kagerōza Inaba and Nozomi Kujō while researching Reigai. After identifying the Soul King's Power as the rare material needed to strengthen the Reigai, Su Feng authorized Kagerōza Inaba to attempt a Yamamoto-level replica; the chapter ended with Yhwach declaring that his power had fully returned.

• Retsu Unohana confronted Su Feng about his many relationships and his uniform, but Su Feng sealed the office with Danku and reconciled with her.
• Su Feng went to Squad 12 and discovered that Ōko Yushima had separated again into Kagerōza Inaba and Nozomi Kujō.
• Kagerōza Inaba explained that he had advanced the Reigai research but lacked the rare material needed to create stronger Reigai.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi identified the glowing substance Kagerōza Inaba had found as the Soul King's Power.
• Kagerōza Inaba proposed creating a Reigai of Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and Su Feng promised him status as a Tsunayashiro Family retainer if he succeeded.
• In the Wandenreich, Yhwach told Haschwalth that his power had fully returned and that he would soon end fear and pain.

Ulquiorra fought the Female Sternritter in Hueco Mundo until Grimmjow joined the battle, while Su Feng and Mayuri watched from the Soul Society. At the Wandenreich’s base, Yhwach rallied the Quincy and declared that their final war against the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo was about to begin.

• Ulquiorra suppressed Candice and the other Female Sternritter, but they activated Quincy: Vollständig and launched a coordinated assault that overwhelmed him.
• Grimmjow arrived and attacked the Female Sternritter, shifting the battle’s balance again.
• Su Feng and Mayuri watched the fight and discussed Ulquiorra’s loyalty, the Sternritter’s power, and the possibility that the Wandenreich was preparing to declare war.
• Concentrated spirit particle flames erupted across Las Noches, burning away more than half of its Hollows.
• Haschwalth ordered the Quincy to present their crosses and salute Yhwach at the Grand Cathedral.
• Yhwach reminded the Quincy of their persecution and announced that the final battle to destroy the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo and reclaim Quincy glory was near.

As the Wandenreich’s main force arrived, Ulquiorra captured Candice and Azashiro Soya burned Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle with Itto Kaso. Yhwach confronted the newly arrived Aizen Sosuke and tried to recruit him, but Aizen refused and challenged him to war at Las Noches.

• Grimmjow and Ulquiorra learned that the Wandenreich’s main force had mobilized, and Azashiro Soya delivered Su Feng’s order to avoid the first wave of conflict.
• Ulquiorra attacked the wounded Candice, endured the Quincies’ counterattack, and carried her away unconscious.
• Azashiro Soya used Hadō #96: Itto Kaso to burn Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle as they tried to pursue Ulquiorra.
• Yhwach arrived on the battlefield, rebuked the injured Sternritter, and sensed an opposing force approaching.
• Aizen Sosuke arrived with the Espada, rejected Yhwach’s offer to join the Wandenreich, and declared that he would prepare a welcoming ceremony at Las Noches.

Su Feng watched the battle between Aizen and Yhwach in Hueco Mundo while roasting food with Yamamoto Genryusai’s Ryujin Jakka. The fighting spread across the battlefield, and Aizen trapped Yhwach in a massive Black Coffin as the other combatants watched in terror.

• Su Feng brought Yamamoto Genryusai to the monitoring room, where they watched footage of the battle and Su Feng used Ryujin Jakka to roast sweet potatoes and meat.
• Aizen and Yhwach exchanged attacks, while the Espada and Sternritter began fighting across Hueco Mundo.
• Coyote Starrk attacked Driscoll Berci and wounded him, after which Driscoll targeted Szayelaporro Granz.
• Arrancar resembling Ulquiorra attacked Berenice Gabrielli, Jerome Guizbatt, and Robert Accutrone as fighting spread across the battlefield.
• Aizen withstood Yhwach’s miniature Holy Arrows of Destruction, prompting Yhwach to activate Sanctuary Hymn.
• Aizen recited the incantation for Hadō #90: Black Coffin, surrounding Yhwach with darkness and bringing the surrounding battles to a halt.

Aizen overwhelmed the Yhwach impersonator in Hueco Mundo, but the real Yhwach emerged after revealing that Loyd Lloyd had taken his place. As Yhwach prepared to reclaim Aizen’s supposed depleted power, Aizen denied that his strength had been exhausted.

• In the monitoring room, Su Feng reassured Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto that Aizen’s power was expected and warned him that Yhwach’s strength had surpassed the Gotei 13 and the Royal Guard.
• Aizen’s Black Coffin devastated the battlefield, and the injured Yhwach impersonator faced him while Barragan fought Gerard Valkyrie and Stark fought Lille Barro.
• Yhwach’s double trapped Aizen with Blut, but Aizen erased the technique and cut him in two with Kyoka Suigetsu.
• The true Yhwach appeared and identified the fallen double as Sternritter 'Y'—Yourself, Loyd Lloyd, who had completed his assigned task.
• Yhwach killed Loyd Lloyd and claimed Aizen was exhausted, but Aizen replied that Yhwach had never seen him lose his strength.

Yhwach and Aizen fought in Hueco Mundo while Su Feng and the Soul Society monitored the battle. After the feed failed, Mayuri Kurotsuchi discovered that the balance of souls remained normal despite the Hollows killed, suggesting Hell was affecting the worlds; the restored feed showed neither Yhwach nor Aizen had won.

• Yhwach appeared and attacked Aizen with his Great Holy Bow, but Aizen countered with Kyoka Suigetsu before the two clashed across Hueco Mundo.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi warned that the captains could not withstand the fighters’ power, and Su Feng claimed he could defeat both with one punch if they had shown their full strength.
• Yhwach activated Auswählen as the monitoring feed failed, leaving the Soul Society unable to see the battle’s outcome.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada found that the balance of souls remained normal despite many Hollows disappearing, and they concluded that Hell was involved.
• Su Feng said he would visit the Gokuzai Family after the Hueco Mundo battle to ask about Hell, and Hiyosu restored the feed showing that neither side had won.

Su Feng and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Seinosuke Yamada, and Kagerōza Inaba went to the Gokuzai Family estate to investigate Hell, only to find its inhabitants slaughtered and encounter the First Generation Gotei 13 captain Saito Furofushi. Saito attacked Su Feng, but his layered Danku barriers overwhelmed her and broke her fighting spirit.

• Su Feng decided to prioritize Hell and brought Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Seinosuke Yamada, and Kagerōza Inaba to the Gokuzai Family estate.
• On the way, Kagerōza Inaba said the Reigai copy of Yamamoto Genryusai was eighty percent complete but stalled over Ryujin Jakka's Bankai.
• Su Feng found the Gokuzai estate covered in blood and corpses, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi's detector failed to register the living Saito Furofushi.
• Saito Furofushi identified herself as a captain from Yamamoto's era and claimed she had killed no one there before attacking Su Feng with her bloodied Zanpakuto.
• Su Feng blocked Saito's strikes with Danku barriers, and Saito's blade and power changed as she grew enraged and manifested a bone mask.
• After Su Feng cast Multiple Danku to form layers of barriers, Saito's fighting spirit crumbled and her spiritual pressure waned.

Su Feng subdued Saito Furofushi and learned that Hell's Gates had shattered, freeing the dead to walk among the living. When Shihoin Sennichi arrived and challenged him, Su Feng destroyed the Gokuzai Family estate with a giant spiritual-pressure palm, but Sennichi transformed and attacked again.

• Su Feng broke Saito Furofushi's resolve, questioned her about the Gokuzai Family and Hell, and learned that the family was dead and Hell's Gates had shattered.
• Shihoin Sennichi appeared, introduced himself as a First Generation Gotei 13 captain, and said he had come to warn the Gokuzai Family about unrest in Hell.
• After learning that Su Feng was a Tsunayashiro and a friend of Yoruichi Shihoin, Shihoin Sennichi appeared behind him and proposed testing his character.
• Su Feng struck Shihoin Sennichi with the Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm, reducing the Gokuzai Family estate to ash and collapsing the chains from Hell.
• Shihoin Sennichi rose with a bone mask and beastlike eyes, charged Su Feng through Hell's Phosphoric Gas, and had his head burst apart when Su Feng punched him.

Su Feng learned from Saito Furofushi that Hell was failing and its escaped dead were difficult to kill, then returned toward the Seireitei with his group. On the way, Takehara Kazuhiro ambushed him for revenge, but Su Feng killed him with one palm strike.

• Shihoin Sennichi regenerated after decapitation, so Su Feng restrained and sealed him while Mayuri Kurotsuchi and the others searched the Gokuzai Family ruins.
• Su Feng forced Saito Furofushi to answer questions, and she explained Hell's levels, Hell's Will, the dead souls' dependence on their sense of self, and the weakening of Hell's guards.
• Saito Furofushi suspected other escaped dead souls had killed the Gokuzai Family, and Su Feng decided to warn the Gotei 13 and take Shihoin Sennichi to the Seireitei.
• Su Feng's group set off for the Seireitei with Shihoin Sennichi sealed and Saito Furofushi following them.
• Takehara Kazuhiro emerged from a forest in poisonous mist and challenged Su Feng, seeking revenge for his past defeat.
• Su Feng shattered Takehara Kazuhiro's poison mist and crushed him with the Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm.

After returning from Hell, Su Feng briefed the Gotei 13 captains on the Gates of Hell collapsing and the resulting upheaval, prompting Yamamoto Genryusai to declare war preparations. The meeting ended with Saito Furofushi going with Retsu Unohana, while Unohana asked Su Feng where he would go next, hinting at the Soul King Palace.

• Su Feng learned from Saito Furofushi that Takehara Kazuhiro would repeat his cycle because Hell had not yet assimilated his spiritual particles, then returned safely to Seireitei with the others.
• Su Feng convened a captains' meeting, where Saito Furofushi revealed that Hell was in upheaval, the Gates of Hell had collapsed, and the Gokuzai Family had been wiped out.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained their findings about Hell, including Shihoin Sennichi being imprisoned and Takehara Kazuhiro being killed by Su Feng.
• Yamamoto Genryusai declared that war had begun and said he would make the same choice again, even if it meant involving and killing his comrades.
• Shunsui Kyoraku connected the deaths of Hollows in Hueco Mundo to the unrest in Hell, and the captains left to prepare their divisions.
• Retsu Unohana invited Saito Furofushi to the Fourth Division, then asked Su Feng whether the Soul King Palace would be his next destination.

Su Feng prepared Soul Society for the return of the dead from Hell and went to the Human World to recruit Kisuke Urahara and the Visoreds. After overpowering Lisa Yadomaru, he told the Visoreds they had no choice but to return, leaving them under threat.

• Saito Furofushi tried to escape Retsu Unohana, but Unohana took her to the Fourth Division.
• Soul Society mobilized patrols and detection devices to search for the dead returning from Hell, while Su Feng considered Ichigo Kurosaki’s potential and the danger of Aizen’s Kyoka Suigetsu.
• Su Feng visited Kisuke Urahara and asked him and the Visoreds to help defend Soul Society; Urahara warned that they resented the Shinigami.
• Su Feng infiltrated the Visoreds’ base, took Lisa Yadomaru’s magazine, and easily stopped her attacks.
• Su Feng told Shinji Hirako and the Visoreds that they had to return to Soul Society, declaring that their lives no longer belonged to them.