Chapter Summaries

Su Feng and Byakuya Kuchiki went to Karakura Town to draw out Yoruichi Shihoin, while Su Feng also gave the Academy students a punishing Kendo lesson. Yoruichi sprang her trap on the two men, leaving them caught in her pressure-filled net.

• Su Feng took over Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya’s Kendo lesson and beat the Academy students in sparring until none remained unscathed.
• Su Feng and Byakuya Kuchiki entered Karakura Town, and Su Feng released his spiritual pressure to attract Yoruichi Shihoin.
• Yoruichi sensed Su Feng’s spiritual pressure while meeting with the Visoreds and hurried away to find him.
• Kisuke Urahara and Shinji Hirako discussed Su Feng’s connection to Yoruichi and suspected he might know more about Aizen’s schemes.
• Yoruichi dropped a powerful fishing net over Su Feng and Byakuya, trapping them and calling them disobedient fish.

Yoruichi Shihoin fought Kurosaki Maki after Maki mistook her for a threat to Su Feng, and Yoruichi unleashed her Shunko: Thunder. Su Feng stopped the duel, but Yoruichi challenged him and attacked with her Shunko: Thunder God Battle Form, only for him to emerge unharmed and apparently control her lightning.

• Yoruichi Shihoin revealed a Spirit-Severing Rope net to trap Su Feng, but Kurosaki Maki appeared and blasted through Yoruichi’s decoy with a reishi arrow.
• Kurosaki Maki attacked Yoruichi Shihoin, who released her spiritual pressure and fought back; Su Feng told Byakuya Kuchiki that he had saved Maki from an Adjuchas.
• Maki fired her Holy Arrow of Destruction, and Yoruichi answered with Shunko: Thunder, triggering a huge explosion.
• Su Feng broke free of the Spirit-Severing Rope, seized and shattered Maki’s next Holy Arrow, and stepped between the women to stop their fight.
• Yoruichi Shihoin challenged Su Feng and unleashed Shunko: Thunder God Battle Form, but Su Feng stood unharmed as her golden lightning flowed calmly beside him.

Su Feng defeated Yoruichi Shihoin’s lightning attack and learned why Kurosaki Maki had moved to Karakura Town, while Byakuya Kuchiki asked Yoruichi to seek Kisuke Urahara’s help saving Hisana. Urahara agreed to meet with Su Feng alone, leaving the next steps unresolved.

• Su Feng captured Yoruichi Shihoin’s lightning with his Shunko, then teased her before she vowed to develop a stronger technique.
• Kurosaki Maki explained that she had moved from Naruki City to Karakura Town to follow Su Feng, and he resolved to ask Mayuri Kurotsuchi to research a Kishi Conversion Device for her.
• Byakuya Kuchiki asked Yoruichi Shihoin to help save Hisana, and Su Feng revealed that Hisana was Byakuya’s fiancée.
• Yoruichi Shihoin returned to the abandoned warehouse and told Kisuke Urahara about Byakuya’s request; Hiyori Sarugaki objected while Shinji Hirako tried to stop her from interfering.
• Kisuke Urahara agreed to help on the condition that he meet only with Su Feng.

Su Feng met Kisuke Urahara in Karakura Town to get help with Hisana Kuchiki’s condition, while weighing whether Urahara and the Visoreds were useful targets for his own growth. Urahara provided three possible treatments, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi agreed to examine Hisana the next day.

• Yoruichi Shihoin brought Su Feng to Kisuke Urahara’s lavish estate, where they discussed Byakuya Kuchiki’s request for help with Hisana.
• Urahara questioned Su Feng’s true purpose in the Human World, and Su Feng decided he could not treat Urahara and the Visoreds as criminals to capture.
• Su Feng told Urahara he was more open-minded than Central 46 or Yamamoto Genryusai, and Urahara gave him a paper describing three possible treatments for Hisana.
• Su Feng left after teasing Yoruichi, while Urahara reflected on how Su Feng’s personality and strength had changed across their encounters.
• Su Feng showed Urahara’s paper to Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who agreed to bring Hisana to Lab No. 13 the next day after Su Feng threatened to expose his rivalry with Urahara.

Hisana underwent a successful soul-restoration treatment developed by Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada, while Su Feng observed Byakuya Kuchiki’s reaction to a staged scare. Su Feng then learned that spirit-particle food containing blank artificial souls could help Menos evolve and made Arrancar transformation completely successful.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada prepared the Soul Restoration Device, and Byakuya Kuchiki reluctantly allowed Hisana to begin treatment.
• Su Feng discussed the device’s potential to restore the soul consumed by Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju and ordered Hanataro Yamada to intern at the Shin'ō Reijutsuin Medical Division.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada treated Hisana for three days while Byakuya Kuchiki kept watch; they then wheeled out a fake corpse, provoking his anger until Hisana called to him.
• Hisana left the laboratory with Byakuya Kuchiki after the successful treatment, and Su Feng mocked Byakuya’s reaction with Seinosuke Yamada.
• Su Feng visited Lab No. 10, where Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that spirit-particle food infused with blank artificial souls could help Menos evolve and had raised the success rate of Arrancar transformation to one hundred percent.

Su Feng’s team began the Arrancarization experiment with Sun-Sun, whose mask shattered and spiritual pressure increased after she endured intense pain. Apacci and Mila were disciplined for attacking Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and Mayuri asked which of them would undergo the next experiment.

• Apacci and Mila argued over who would undergo Arrancarization first, so Su Feng chose Sun-Sun.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada sealed Sun-Sun inside a Kido Barrier and began the experiment as her fear reached its threshold.
• Apacci and Mila attacked Mayuri Kurotsuchi with their spiritual pressure, and Su Feng forced them down and warned them against threatening him or his staff.
• Sun-Sun endured severe pain as her spiritual pressure rose, then her Hollow mask shattered and she became an Arrancar.
• Sun-Sun admired her changed face in a mirror, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked Apacci and Mila who would go next.

Su Feng oversaw Apacci and Mila’s Arrancar transformations, then taught all three Hollows to control their spiritual pressure and begin mastering Resurrección. In Hueco Mundo, Aizen began a final experiment on D-Roy Link using the Hōgyoku, while Kaname Tosen and Gin Ichimaru watched.

• Apacci endured her Arrancar transformation and emerged in human form, then argued with Sun-Sun while Mila began her own transformation.
• Mila completed her transformation with her consciousness and spiritual pressure intact, and Su Feng led the three newly made Arrancars to the Department of Research and Development.
• Su Feng explained Resurrección and helped Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila seal their Hollow cores and control their spiritual pressure.
• Su Feng asked the three to consider whether they understood their hearts, the source of their Hollow abilities.
• In Las Noches, Kaname Tosen reported completed data collection to Aizen, who prepared the final experiment on D-Roy Link.
• Gin Ichimaru activated the device, and the Hōgyoku’s light unleashed overwhelming spiritual pressure as D-Roy Link screamed in agony.

Aizen demonstrated the overwhelming power of his Arrancarization experiment on D-Roy Link and announced that the next phase of his plan would begin. In Seireitei, Su Feng reunited Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila with Rangiku Matsumoto, then began teaching them advanced combat techniques.

• Aizen corrected Gin Ichimaru’s claim that the Arrancar was perfect and asked D-Roy Link to release his spiritual pressure for testing.
• D-Roy Link broke free and attacked Aizen, but Aizen crushed him with his spiritual pressure and left him unconscious.
• Kaname Tosen confirmed that the experiment had succeeded, and Aizen ordered the next phase of the plan to proceed, mentioning Azashiro Soya.
• Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila wandered through the Ninth Division Barracks before Rangiku Matsumoto questioned them, and Su Feng reassured her that they could be trusted.
• Su Feng gathered the three women and Rangiku Matsumoto in his private dojo and began teaching them Hado #31: Shakkahō.

Su Feng had Rangiku Matsumoto teach advanced Kido and combat skills to Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila. Rangiku defeated all three in sparring, but their strength and pressure left her exhausted and wondering where Su Feng had found them.

• Su Feng taught Apacci Hado #31: Shakkahō, and Rangiku Matsumoto protected the dojo from its uncontrolled flames before criticizing Apacci’s Kido control.
• Su Feng assigned Rangiku to train the Arrancar, then left her to begin sparring with them.
• Sun-Sun fought Rangiku using her iron ruler and strong spiritual pressure, but Rangiku concealed herself with Kido and defeated her with Bakudo #30: Triple Flash.
• Apacci challenged Rangiku next and pressured her before Rangiku managed to defeat her with repeated Kido.
• Mila fought Rangiku with even greater force, and Rangiku defeated her by releasing Haineko and filling the field with gray mist.
• Rangiku wiped sweat from her face after the three Arrancar emerged unharmed and wondered where Su Feng had found such powerful subordinates.

Barragan refused to provide Tier Harribel for Aizen’s Arrancarization experiments, while Su Feng sent Sun-Sun and the others back to Hueco Mundo and approved further research into Azashiro Soya’s Hollowfication. Months later, Oyunahara Genugoro applied for Soul Burial Practice for all the students in Class One.

• Szayelaporro Granz told Barragan that Adjuchas Arrancarization had reached a one-hundred-percent success rate and asked to use a Vasto Lorde for the next experiment.
• Barragan refused to let Aizen take Tier Harribel and directed him to find experimental material elsewhere; Szayelaporro mentioned a northern Hueco Mundo nest inhabited by Hollows called Murciélago.
• Rangiku Matsumoto grew more vigilant about other women pursuing Su Feng and bought ten jars of Mengchun Wine to spend time with him.
• Su Feng sent Sun-Sun and the others through a Garganta to Hueco Mundo with Seinosuke Yamada and Akon, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi proposed building a laboratory there.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked to investigate Azashiro Soya’s worsening Hollowfication, and Su Feng agreed to handle Central 46.
• After several months, Oyunahara Genugoro applied for Soul Burial Practice for every student in Class One.

Oyunahara Genugoro sent the talented first-year students to the Human World for Soul Burial Practice, while Su Feng arranged extensive Reishi monitoring in case Aizen made a move. After crossing through the Senkaimon, the students reached eerily empty streets, where Toshiro Hitsugaya and Renji Abarai sensed that something was wrong.

• Oyunahara Genugoro announced the Soul Burial Practice and urged the first-years to take their duty seriously.
• Su Feng ordered Hiyosu to monitor the Human World, and Hiyosu redirected most of its Reishi surveillance devices toward the students' practice locations.
• Shūhei Hisagi, Kanisawa, and Aoroku prepared to guide the first-years, while Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya argued over their group assignment.
• Shūhei Hisagi opened the Senkaimon, and the first-years entered the Human World in groups.
• Shūhei Hisagi assigned the students their areas, but Toshiro Hitsugaya and Renji Abarai noticed that the streets were unusually quiet.

Nnoitra Gilga attacked the academy students during Soul Burial Practice and overwhelmed their strongest fighters. Just as he prepared to kill everyone with a Cero, a white-clad figure marked with a Nine appeared and launched him away.

• Shūhei Hisagi sensed danger as Nnoitra Gilga emerged from a Garganta and threatened the students.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya blocked Nnoitra's first strike with Hyōrinmaru, and Shūhei requested reinforcements from Soul Society.
• Renji Abarai charged Nnoitra while Hisana and Rukia attacked with Shakkahō, but Nnoitra sent Renji crashing into a building.
• Toshiro unleashed an ice dragon, but Nnoitra crushed it and then struck Toshiro into the ruins.
• Renji emerged with Zabimaru, but Nnoitra caught and severed the Zanpakuto before gathering energy for a Cero.
• A white-clad figure with a Nine on his haori struck Nnoitra and hurled him dozens of miles away, triggering a massive explosion.

Su Feng faced Nnoitra Gilga after the Arrancar survived a devastating strike and revealed unusually powerful regeneration. Nnoitra’s attacks failed to harm Su Feng, and the chapter ended as he released his Zanpakuto, Santa Teresa.

• Su Feng watched the academy students and Renji Abarai survive the battle’s aftermath, while Hisana sensed that Nnoitra was still alive.
• Nnoitra emerged from the ruins, healed rapidly, and challenged Su Feng to fight at full strength.
• Su Feng caught Nnoitra’s scythe with his palm and crushed the Cero he fired at close range.
• Nnoitra unleashed more power and attacked repeatedly, but he could not touch Su Feng and felt mocked by the one-sided fight.
• Nnoitra released his Zanpakuto by calling, “Pray, Santa Teresa!”

Nnoitra unleashed his Resurrección and fought Su Feng across the ruined city, while Su Feng feared the battle would destroy the human souls there. After Su Feng erased Nnoitra’s Cero Oscuras and half his body with Heat-Afflicting Wind, Szayelaporro Granz tried to trap him with Amor, but Su Feng revealed he had never been controlled and killed Nnoitra.

• Nnoitra transformed through Resurrección, and Hisana and Rukia raised Kido shields to protect the academy students from his spiritual pressure.
• Su Feng countered Nnoitra’s Sonído and scythe attacks with Gale Storm Song: East - Severing Sky Blade, then weathered Nnoitra’s destructive barrage.
• Su Feng summoned a storm and used Heat-Afflicting Wind to erase Nnoitra’s Cero Oscuras and destroy half his body.
• Szayelaporro Granz appeared and used Amor to cover Su Feng’s back with a black sun pattern while Nnoitra regenerated and prepared to attack.
• Su Feng broke free of Amor, pierced Nnoitra through the chest, and killed him with lightning, while Szayelaporro watched.

Su Feng defeated Szayelaporro after preventing him from forcing the academy students to attack themselves, then received a surge of system rewards. The battle ended as Captain Aizen and several others arrived through a Senkaimon.

• Szayelaporro used his ability to control the academy students, but Su Feng restrained them with Sajo Sabaku before they could harm themselves.
• Su Feng cast Hadō #90: Black Coffin and fatally wounded Szayelaporro, then preserved his corpse with a Danku barrier.
• The system rewarded Su Feng with increased spiritual power, Kido and Shunpo mastery, soul strength, and Reishi affinity.
• A Senkaimon opened above the city, and Captain Aizen arrived with several others.

After Su Feng rescued the students from two powerful Arrancar, the Gotei 13 learned that an unknown figure in Hueco Mundo was helping Menos become Arrancar. Yamamoto Genryusai assigned Su Feng to investigate Hueco Mundo, leaving him to realize that the original storyline was about to begin.

• Aizen arrived after Su Feng had defeated the Arrancar, then stayed in the Human World to oversee rescue efforts while Su Feng returned to Soul Society with the students.
• Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya received praise for fighting an Adjuchas-class Menos and revealing that they had mastered Shikai.
• At the captains' meeting, Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that the two Menos were Arrancar whose spiritual pressure exceeded recorded Vasto Lorde standards.
• Isshin Shiba mistook the warning about an unknown Hueco Mundo figure for news that Soul Society's doom was coming, and Yamamoto Genryusai corrected him.
• Yamamoto Genryusai assigned Su Feng to travel to Hueco Mundo and gather intelligence, and Su Feng realized the original storyline was about to begin.

Su Feng led Soi Fon and Nico Sarugaki into Hueco Mundo with advanced surveillance equipment, while hinting that Aizen might already be interfering with their plans. After arriving in the Gobi desert, Su Feng sensed an unexpected figure forming from the surrounding Reishi.

• Su Feng prepared the Spiritual Wave Measurement Research Division’s equipment for a Hueco Mundo intelligence mission, and Hiyosu explained that its surveillance system had been upgraded to monitor even the Dangai.
• Soi Fon questioned whether the technology could gather intelligence, but Su Feng and Hiyosu persuaded her that it could operate effectively in Hueco Mundo.
• Su Feng took Soi Fon and Nico Sarugaki through a Garganta and raced past the Kōtotsu, astonishing Soi Fon with his Shunpo.
• The three arrived in a Gobi desert west of the Forest of Menos, where Su Feng found no unfamiliar spiritual pressure and considered Aizen’s possible interference.
• Soi Fon struggled with her changing feelings toward Su Feng, while Su Feng sensed Reishi gathering into a masked figure wearing a white Captain’s Haori.

Su Feng confronted Hollowfied Azashiro Soya after Azashiro lost control of the Menos power suppressed within his soul. Su Feng stopped the Hollowfication and left Azashiro conscious but badly injured.

• Uro Zakuro explained that Azashiro Soya had suppressed the Menos spiritual pressure within his soul and urged Su Feng to wake him.
• Soi Fon entered Shikai and Shunko, but Azashiro summoned sand figures bearing Su Feng’s face that chanted layered Kido incantations.
• Su Feng countered the sand figures’ attacks with three fully incanted Hado spells and protected Soi Fon and Nico Sarugaki from the blast with Danku.
• Su Feng rushed Azashiro, smashed him into the sand, and applied Seinosuke Yamada’s Bakudo to suppress the Hollow spiritual pressure.
• Azashiro regained consciousness, remembered Su Feng’s attack, and realized that he had Hollowfied.

Su Feng helped Azashiro Soya recover from Hollowfication and brought researchers to Hueco Mundo, where he learned of a promising Adjuchas. He found Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and crushed him with overwhelming spiritual pressure, leaving Grimmjow to choose between surrender and death.

• Su Feng discussed the power and dangers of Hollowfication, then let Azashiro Soya recover after knocking him out of his Hollowfied state.
• Hiyosu opened a Garganta for researchers to enter Hueco Mundo, and Nico Sarugaki helped organize the construction of a laboratory.
• Su Feng explained Azashiro Soya's alliance with Hueco Mundo to Soi Fon and heard about a promising Adjuchas nearby.
• Su Feng and Azashiro Soya encountered Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and his group in the desert; Su Feng tore off Xiaolong's arm when Xiaolong attacked.
• Grimmjow challenged Su Feng, who overwhelmed him with a single strike and crushing spiritual pressure, then demanded that he surrender or die.

Su Feng forced Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez to submit by repeatedly making him experience apparent death, then sent him and the other Adjuchas to a research institute. In Las Noches, Nnoitra Gilga and Szayelaporro Granz awakened after being revived in incubation tanks.

• Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez refused to submit, and Su Feng used Coercive Sleep to make him experience apparent death without actually killing him.
• Azashiro Soya questioned Su Feng's decision to kill Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, and Su Feng pointed out that Azashiro had begun caring about Hollows.
• Su Feng gave Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez another chance to submit, and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez surrendered under the pressure of Su Feng's spiritual force.
• Azashiro Soya subdued Xiaolong and the other Adjuchas with Kido, then directed them to carry Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez to the research institute.
• In Las Noches, Kaname Tosen and Gin Ichimaru watched incubation tanks holding revived Nnoitra Gilga and Szayelaporro Granz.
• Nnoitra Gilga and Szayelaporro Granz broke out of their tanks and released their spiritual pressure across the palace.