Recaps

After his battle, Su Feng unlocked Fullbring power and used its enhanced senses to find Yoruichi Shihoin hiding nearby. He confronted her about the Rebel Army and demanded that she reveal where Kisuke Urahara and the others were, then attacked as she tried to evade him.

• Su Feng unlocked Fullbring power, which strengthened his existing abilities and senses.
• Su Feng detected Yoruichi Shihoin nearby and confronted her after the battle.
• Su Feng tricked Yoruichi into revealing her reaction to his accusation that the Shihoin Family had stirred up the Rebel Army.
• Su Feng demanded that Yoruichi tell him where Kisuke Urahara, Tessai Tsukabishi, and the others were.
• Su Feng fired a pillar of lightning at Yoruichi's hiding place, leaving a crater as a figure flickered through the dust.

Yoruichi Shihoin attacked Su Feng, who revealed a developing Shunko-like technique and struggled to keep up with her peak-form Hakuda. The fight continued after Yoruichi extinguished his Raikoho with Anti-Kido.

• Yoruichi Shihoin struck Su Feng into a warehouse, and Ishikawa Naoto fled the battlefield as their Spiritual Pressure spread.
• Su Feng healed his arm and clashed fists with Yoruichi while using Danfeng Yuyi and a power resembling an unfinished Shunko.
• Yoruichi pressed Su Feng with relentless Hakuda, while he recovered his footing by using his ninth-dan Hakuda techniques.
• Yoruichi briefly slowed after recognizing Su Feng’s unfamiliar techniques, and Su Feng seized the opening to cast Hado #63: Raikoho.
• Yoruichi met Su Feng’s palm and nullified the Kido with Anti-Kido.

Su Feng fought Yoruichi Shihoin in Naruki City, but she escaped before he could capture her. Back in Soul Society, Yushiro Shihoin argued for another strike against the Tsunayashiro Family, then learned that Yoruichi's spiritual pressure had been detected in the Human World.

• Yoruichi Shihoin used Sekienton to conceal herself, but Su Feng dispelled the smoke and searched for her with Wind Breath.
• Su Feng told Ishikawa Naoto that Yoruichi was a wanted criminal and warned him not to mistreat any black cats.
• Su Feng decided against going to Karakura Town, while Yoruichi hid nearby and vowed to keep her spiritual pressure suppressed.
• Yushiro Shihoin told the Shihoin Family members that the Tsunayashiro Family deserved to pay for Yoruichi's exile and that one Death Squad Plan was not enough.
• A Squad 2 member reported that Yoruichi Shihoin's spiritual pressure had briefly appeared in Naruki City.

Yushiro Shihoin learned that Yoruichi Shihoin may have fought Tsunayashiro Su Feng and suspended plans against the Tsunayashiro Family until he understood their relationship. In the Human World, Su Feng dealt with the aftermath of his battle and was asked by Mayuri Kurotsuchi to handle the Bount, failed products of an old Soul Society immortality experiment.

• A masked subordinate reported that Yoruichi Shihoin had likely fought Tsunayashiro Su Feng in the Human World, though the outcome was unknown.
• Yushiro Shihoin ordered the Death Squad Plan suspended and halted all plans targeting the Tsunayashiro Family until he learned more about his sister and Su Feng.
• Ishikawa Naoto collected the remains of Kugo Ginjo and Tsukishima Shishigawara, whose souls had gone to Rukongai rather than remaining in the Human World.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi contacted Su Feng and explained that an old experiment had created the Bount, who fed on human souls and could disrupt spatial stability.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked Su Feng to deal with the Bount, saying their mass consumption of human souls was destabilizing the Human World.

Su Feng attacked the Bounts in Kyōhara City, killing several of them and pursuing the survivors to their castle. The chapter left him unleashing a devastating wind storm against Kariya Jin and the remaining Bounts.

• Su Feng and Ishikawa Naoto entered the central building, where Su Feng killed Udagawa Ryo and two other Bounts.
• Su Feng learned that several Bounts had fled west, then followed their spiritual pressure to an ancient castle.
• Su Feng destroyed the castle with Hado #63: Raikoho, forcing Kariya Jin and the other Bounts to emerge from the ruins.
• Kariya Jin attacked Su Feng with tornadoes, but Su Feng took control of the wind and unleashed a storm around the castle.

Su Feng reported to Yamamoto Genryusai that he had eliminated the Fullbringers and Bounts, while keeping the Soul King fragments behind their powers secret. Yamamoto compared Su Feng to Kuchiki Koga and asked whether he wanted to learn his Genryū.

• After the Bounts were erased, Su Feng received only a slight increase in soul strength and reminded Ishikawa Naoto to watch out for the black cat.
• Su Feng returned to Soul Society, arranged for Hagoromo Tea to be sent to the Ninth Division, and went to report to Yamamoto Genryusai.
• Su Feng told Yamamoto that the Fullbringers had gained their powers through Hollow-tainted mothers and that he had dealt with the two he found.
• Su Feng also reported that he had eliminated the Bounts, who devoured human souls in pursuit of immortality.
• Yamamoto thought Su Feng's drive resembled Kuchiki Koga's and asked whether Su Feng wanted to learn his Genryū.

Yamamoto Genryusai invited Su Feng to become his disciple and taught him Genryu Sword Meditation, a method suited to his Zanpakuto, Storm Howl. After leaving the First Division, Su Feng headed to the Fourth Division Barracks to find someone for a Kendo match.

• Yamamoto Genryusai explained Genryū and invited Su Feng to become his disciple, and Su Feng accepted.
• Yamamoto Genryusai told Su Feng about the Gold Seal Council’s Sword Meditation methods and taught him Genryu Sword Meditation.
• Su Feng realized Genryu Sword Meditation suited Storm Howl and committed to practicing it every day.
• Su Feng left the First Division Barracks and went to the Fourth Division Barracks seeking a Kendo exchange.

Su Feng and Retsu Unohana continued their Kendo exchanges and grew more familiar as they shared tea and discussed their techniques. Su Feng then brought a Fullbringer’s body to Seinosuke Yamada, who analyzed it and reported progress on Reverse Healing Kido.

• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana sparred with bamboo swords in the Fourth Division dojo, then discussed Kendo over tea.
• Retsu Unohana served Su Feng tea she had cultivated herself, and they exchanged familiar forms of address.
• Su Feng visited the General Relief Station laboratory and gave Seinosuke Yamada the charred body of Tsukishima Shishigawara for research.
• Seinosuke Yamada concluded that Fullbringers and Hollows developed from the same essence through different paths.
• Su Feng told Seinosuke Yamada that Kugo Ginjo and Tsukishima Shishigawara were criminals he could pursue in Rukongai.
• Seinosuke Yamada told Su Feng that development of Reverse Healing Kido had made new progress.

Seinosuke Yamada demonstrated his progress in Reverse Kaido to Su Feng, revealing a technique that healed a nearly severed arm. Su Feng suggested sending Seinosuke’s timid younger brother, Hanataro Yamada, to train under Ikkaku Madarame, and Seinosuke decided to do it.

• Seinosuke Yamada cut his own arm in Lab No. 13 to demonstrate his Reverse Kaido technique, Life Reversal Heavenly Birth, which quickly healed the wound.
• Seinosuke explained that Kaname Tosen’s healed eyes inspired his research and that Reverse Kaido drew on the power of the soul; he credited Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Hanataro Yamada for helping develop it.
• Su Feng recalled Hanataro Yamada’s Zanpakuto, Hisagomaru, and said Hanataro could become a pillar of the Fourth Division if he were less timid.
• Su Feng suggested sending Hanataro to train under Ikkaku Madarame, and Seinosuke agreed to the plan.
• While Hanataro Yamada swept the Fourth Division barracks, he shivered and sensed that trouble was coming his way.

Seinosuke Yamada gave Su Feng the theoretical knowledge of Reverse Healing Kido and asked him to help Hanataro Yamada become less timid. Su Feng left Hanataro in Ikkaku Madarame’s hands for training, then continued teaching Nanao Ise before unfamiliar spiritual pressures broke into the dojo.

• Seinosuke Yamada handed Su Feng the theory of Reverse Healing Kido: Way of One: Life Reversal Heavenly Birth and brought Hanataro Yamada to meet him.
• Su Feng took Hanataro to the Ninth Division and left him to undergo Ikkaku Madarame’s harsh training.
• Su Feng visited Rangiku Matsumoto and delivered documents prepared by Nanao Ise.
• Su Feng taught Nanao Ise Hado No. 63 at the private dojo, where she continued improving despite her resistance to his lessons.
• Several unfamiliar spiritual pressures broke through the Kido Barrier and entered the dojo, calling out to Tsunayashiro Su Feng.

Yushiro Shihoin confronted Su Feng in his private dojo, demanding to know what had happened to his sister Yoruichi. Su Feng refused to give him more than a brief account, and Yushiro ordered the Shihoin retainers to attack before preparing to use Shunko.

• Yushiro Shihoin arrived with Shihoin retainers and asked Su Feng about Yoruichi Shihoin.
• Su Feng denied knowing anything, then said Yoruichi had secretly spied on him and they had fought.
• Yushiro offered the Shihoin Family's support for Su Feng's rise at the Gold Seal Council, but Su Feng rejected the bargain.
• Yushiro's retainers formed a battle formation around the dojo, and Su Feng warned Yushiro against attacking him.
• A Shihoin retainer struck at Su Feng from behind, but Su Feng countered with a punch that sent the man crashing through a wall.
• Yushiro tore off his scarf, unleashed his spiritual pressure, and began to activate Shunko.

Su Feng defeated Yushiro and the Shihoin Family members after they attacked him, then arranged to ransom Yushiro from the Shihoin estate. He left for the Inner Court to meet Yamamoto Genryusai about the fight and his promised training in the Genryu Style Essence.

• Yushiro attacked Su Feng with Blazing Flame Unrivaled, but Su Feng dodged and struck him into the dojo wall.
• The Shihoin Family members attacked Su Feng in formation, but he defeated them and left several critically injured or dead.
• Su Feng refused to reveal Yoruichi Shihoin's whereabouts and asked Yushiro whether a marriage between the Tsunayashiro and Shihoin Families could bring peace.
• Su Feng ordered Satoya to demand a ransom from the Shihoin Family and to bill them ten times the dojo's repair costs.
• Nanao Ise stumbled and fell near Su Feng, then thanked him for the instruction and fled in embarrassment.
• Su Feng ordered his division members to clear the ruins and headed to the Inner Court to meet Yamamoto Genryusai.

Yamamoto Genryusai trained Su Feng in Coercive Sleep and Nadezange, impressed by his rapid progress and talent. As Su Feng demonstrated the sword technique, Kenpachi Zaraki arrived at the dojo as agreed.

• Yamamoto Genryusai explained how Coercive Sleep used controlled spiritual pressure, and Su Feng practiced the technique.
• Yamamoto Genryusai praised Su Feng’s growth and taught him that Coercive Sleep could improve his control of spiritual pressure.
• Yamamoto Genryusai demonstrated Nadezange, a powerful Genryū Kendo technique, and explained its key points to Su Feng.
• Su Feng quickly grasped Nadezange and struck a deep trench across the dojo floor with a Bamboo Sword.
• Kenpachi Zaraki entered the dojo, laughing and announcing that he had come as agreed.

Kenpachi Zaraki arrived at the First Division dojo eager to fight Su Feng, but Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto stopped him and arranged a Kendo demonstration instead. Su Feng clashed blades with Yamamoto and felt the overwhelming force behind the Captain-Commander's straightforward attacks.

• Kenpachi Zaraki challenged Su Feng to a fight, but Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto forbade the duel.
• Yachiru Kusajishi arrived and explained that Kenpachi Zaraki was simply excited to meet Su Feng.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto told Kenpachi Zaraki he would teach him Kendo and asked Su Feng to demonstrate it with him.
• Su Feng realized Yamamoto had chosen him as a tool to teach Kenpachi Zaraki, then drew his Zanpakuto and accepted the clash.
• Su Feng exchanged blows with Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and struggled against the force of his Kendo.

Su Feng sparred with Yamamoto Genryusai, whose overwhelming Kendo exposed the gap between them, while Kenpachi Zaraki slept through their demonstration. Zaraki agreed to learn Kendo but struggled with the basics, and Su Feng secretly recorded Yamamoto’s furious outburst.

• Su Feng exchanged Kendo blows with Yamamoto Genryusai until their ruined dojo brought the spar to an end.
• Yamamoto Genryusai discovered Kenpachi Zaraki had fallen asleep and attacked him, but Zaraki blocked the Sword Pressure and agreed to learn Kendo.
• Yamamoto Genryusai began teaching Zaraki basic two-handed swordsmanship with a Bamboo Sword.
• Zaraki’s Bamboo Sword exploded when he poured spiritual pressure into it, and he complained that Kendo could not make him stronger.
• Su Feng recorded Yamamoto Genryusai’s angry outburst on his Communication Device and considered selling the video to Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake.

Su Feng watched Yamamoto Genryusai’s Kendo lesson with Kenpachi Zaraki, then continued training with Yamamoto after Zaraki stormed off. Outside the First Division Barracks, Zaraki challenged Su Feng to a fight, and Su Feng agreed on the condition that the loser would pay a price.

• Yamamoto Genryusai tried to teach Kenpachi Zaraki Kendo, but Zaraki broke Bamboo Swords, grew impatient, and left the dojo.
• Su Feng recognized that Yamamoto had been trying to restrain Zaraki’s power and discussed his approach with him.
• Su Feng practiced Coercive Sleep and Nadezange with Yamamoto before leaving the First Division Barracks.
• Kenpachi Zaraki confronted Su Feng outside the barracks and said he would follow him until they could fight without Yamamoto interrupting.
• Su Feng accepted Zaraki’s challenge and said the loser would have to pay a price.

Su Feng and Kenpachi Zaraki left Seireitei for Kofuku Mountain in West Rukongai to fight without endangering residents. Their spiritual pressures drew the attention of Shinigami across Soul Society as they prepared to clash.

• Su Feng stayed silent when Kenpachi Zaraki called him one of his kind, then led him through the Seireimon toward Rukongai.
• At Kofuku Mountain, Kenpachi Zaraki chose a battlefield and challenged Su Feng to begin their fight.
• Su Feng drew Storm Howl, summoning powerful winds, gathering clouds, lightning, and thunder as the two spiritual pressures engulfed the area.
• A white-haired child in Junrinan District woke in terror and collapsed under the pressure from Kofuku Mountain.
• Gin Ichimaru and Aizen watched the confrontation from the Fifth Division Barracks, while Retsu Unohana headed toward the battle and Soi Fon reacted with alarm.
• Yamamoto Genryusai remained by his tea, and Kenpachi Zaraki raised his blade as Su Feng stepped forward to begin the battle.

Su Feng and Kenpachi Zaraki fought a brutal sparring match that escalated as Kenpachi removed his eyepatch and Su Feng unleashed his lightning. The chapter ended with Su Feng’s massive thunder strike engulfing Kenpachi.

• Kenpachi Zaraki attacked Su Feng with a relentless barrage of wild slashes, and Su Feng adapted to his rhythm.
• Su Feng wounded Kenpachi Zaraki with Chilling Wind Breath and then struck him with Nadezange, opening a deep gash across his chest.
• Kenpachi Zaraki continued fighting through his injuries, acknowledged Su Feng’s strength, and removed his eyepatch to unleash his full spiritual pressure.
• Su Feng healed his wounded hand with Shinra Seisei and gathered his power into a lightning-charged blade.
• Kenpachi Zaraki charged Su Feng, who brought down a massive pillar of thunder that swallowed him in an enormous explosion.

Su Feng defeated Kenpachi Zaraki in a brutal clash, breaking his Zanpakuto and leaving him badly wounded but alive. As Retsu Unohana arrived to treat Kenpachi Zaraki, she began imagining a more dangerous future Kendo match with Su Feng.

• Kenpachi Zaraki, badly burned but still conscious, attacked Su Feng with a two-handed strike, but Su Feng countered with Kendo: Nadezange.
• Su Feng's attack shattered Kenpachi Zaraki's Zanpakuto and carved an X-shaped pair of wounds across his chest, causing him to collapse.
• Yachiru Kusajishi checked that Kenpachi Zaraki was still breathing and thanked Su Feng, but Su Feng reminded her that the loser had to pay a price.
• Retsu Unohana arrived after the battle and used Kaido to treat Kenpachi Zaraki's severe wounds.
• Retsu Unohana noticed that Su Feng had grown stronger and imagined arranging a future Kendo match with Zanpakuto in a remote part of Rukongai.

After Kenpachi Zaraki and Tsunayashiro Su Feng’s private battle, Central 46 convened to decide Zaraki’s punishment. Su Feng intervened at the hearing, and Zaraki was sentenced to temporary imprisonment in Mugen.

• Yachiru Kusajishi carried the injured Kenpachi Zaraki away after refusing Aizen’s offer to take him.
• Yamamoto Genryusai condemned the fight at the captains’ meeting, exempted Su Feng from punishment, and referred Zaraki to Central 46 for judgment.
• Su Feng accompanied Yamamoto Genryusai to the Underground Council Chamber, claiming he wanted to ensure a fair judgment for Zaraki.
• Central 46 announced that Zaraki would be imprisoned in Sogoku for assaulting a captain.
• Su Feng demanded that Zaraki also be charged with assaulting a noble and held in Mugen, prompting Central 46 to revise the sentence to temporary imprisonment in Mugen.

After Kenpachi Zaraki was imprisoned in Mugen, Su Feng gained powerful Kido and Hakuda abilities and continued training across the divisions. His Kendo exchange with Retsu Unohana ended in a crushing defeat, but she thanked him for giving her a joy she had never known.

• Soi Fon, Shunsui Kyoraku, Retsu Unohana, and Aizen expressed differing views on Kenpachi Zaraki's imprisonment in Mugen.
• Su Feng completed his daily mission and mastered Black Coffin and Life Return, raising his Hakuda to 10th Dan and increasing his soul strength.
• Su Feng considered arresting more Gotei 13 members for his mission, then abandoned the idea and focused on other ways to grow stronger.
• Su Feng trained between the First, Fourth, and Ninth Division barracks, studying Genryū, Kendo, Life Return, and Reverse Healing Kido.
• Retsu Unohana revealed her fearsome First Kenpachi nature during a Kendo battle and defeated Su Feng despite his using every enhancement he had.
• Retsu Unohana healed Su Feng after the battle and thanked him for letting her experience an unfamiliar joy.

Su Feng and Retsu Unohana grew stronger through intense training, while Seinosuke Yamada’s healing technique healed Kenpachi Zaraki before he was sent to Mugen. In Mugen, an imprisoned man said the current Kenpachi’s aura disgusted him and suggested it was time to leave.

• Retsu Unohana accepted that her scars could be healed, and Su Feng realized she had truly acknowledged him.
• Seinosuke Yamada refined Life-Returning Heavenly Birth, healed Kenpachi Zaraki, and taught the technique to Retsu Unohana, who mastered it before Su Feng.
• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana continued their brutal Kendo exchanges, improving Su Feng’s Zanpakuto, Kido, and use of Fullbring.
• At Mugen, a noblewoman questioned why an imprisoned man had opened his eyes again, and he said this generation’s Kenpachi disgusted him and that he might leave.

Su Feng accepted the Shihoin Family’s divine artifacts in exchange for returning Yushiro, while Shihoin Genji suggested Su Feng might alter the balance among the Five Great Noble Clans. Two visitors from another Great Noble Clan then arrived at the Ninth Division Barracks and asked Su Feng for help because Hell had gone out of control.

• Shihoin Genji offered Su Feng family benefits and divine artifacts, and Su Feng agreed to release Yushiro.
• Shihoin Genji took Yushiro away and told him that interests outweighed old hatred, adding that Su Feng might change the balance among the Five Great Noble Clans.
• Yushiro became stunned by Shihoin Genji’s words, so Genji took him to the Fourth Division Barracks for an examination.
• Two unfamiliar nobles visited Su Feng, identified themselves through their bearing, and said they had come to ask for his help.
• The two visitors told Su Feng that Hell had gone out of control.

Gokuzai Kishi warned Su Feng that disturbances at Hell’s Gates had surged, suggesting a change in Hell’s depths, and asked the Tsunayashiro Family for help. Su Feng agreed to respond the next day but suspected the Gokuzai Family was concealing something.

• Gokuzai Kishi told Su Feng that Hell’s Gates had been disturbed more often this year than in the previous hundred years.
• Gokuzai Kishi explained that the Gokuzai Family could observe Hell’s surface and its Gates but could not investigate its depths.
• Gokuzai Kishi asked the Tsunayashiro Family to aid the Gokuzai Family, saying the Gold Seal Council had approved the request.
• Su Feng learned that the Gokuzai Family was seeking help from the noble clans in order of their seats and said he would answer the next day.
• After Gokuzai Kishi and his companion left, Su Feng suspected their claims were suspicious because powerful figures were still alive and Hell’s balance should remain intact.

Su Feng examined the Divine Artifacts Shihoin Genji had sent and learned from Yamamoto Genryusai about the Gokuzai Family’s history of suppressing Hell’s Gates. The noble families assembled in Junrinan District to assist the Gokuzai Family with the suspected unrest in Hell.

• Su Feng tested the Spirit-Concealing Haori, Spirit-Severing Rope, and Heavenly Chosen Bandage, deciding the rope could be given to Nanao Ise and considering future trades with Yushiro Shihoin.
• Su Feng visited Yamamoto Genryusai, who explained that the Gokuzai Family had once recruited him to recapture escaped sinners and that Ryujin Jakka had been used to reinforce a Divine Artifact guarding Hell’s Gates.
• Yamamoto Genryusai explained that Zanpakuto and the Gates of Hell were both forged from souls, prompting Su Feng to consider a possible connection.
• The Kuchiki, Tsunayashiro, and Shihoin Families agreed to support the Gokuzai Family, while the Shiba Family sent Isshin Shiba and Shiba Kaien.
• Three days later, Su Feng and the assembled forces gathered in Junrinan District to await the Gokuzai Family.