Chapter Summaries

Su Feng showed Soi Fon the Hollow Kingdom he had helped Azashiro Soya establish and put her in charge of organizing its intelligence with Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila. At Mayuri and Seinosuke's laboratory, Grimmjow chose to evolve into a Vasto Lorde before undergoing Arrancarization, accepting the risk and pain.

• Mayuri and Seinosuke began experiments in the new Hueco Mundo research institute, while Seinosuke reminded Mayuri to prioritize Azashiro Soya's Hollowfication control and Arrancar research.
• Su Feng explained to Soi Fon how Azashiro Soya had established and expanded the Hollow Kingdom, and she decided not to report its existence to Soul Society.
• Soi Fon refused to bring intelligence assistants from Squad 2, so Su Feng assigned Sun-Sun, Apacci, and Mila to work under her direction.
• Su Feng visited Mayuri and Seinosuke as they prepared to Arrancarize Grimmjow and asked Grimmjow to choose between evolving first or undergoing a safer, gradual transformation.
• Grimmjow chose to evolve into a Vasto Lorde before becoming an Arrancar, despite the severe risks and pain.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada advanced Grimmjow into a Vasto Lorde and oversaw his Arrancar transformation. Grimmjow attacked Su Feng as soon as the transformation was complete, but Su Feng defeated him with one blow and ordered preparations for Tier Harribel and Nelliel.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi began Grimmjow's forced evolution, and Su Feng restrained him with three Bakudo spells as his spiritual pressure surged.
• After nearly five hours of agony, Grimmjow completed his evolution into a Vasto Lorde and then began Arrancar transformation.
• Grimmjow completed his Arrancar transformation and attacked Su Feng with Panther King's Claw.
• Su Feng blocked the attack with Danku and knocked Grimmjow unconscious with a single blow.
• Seinosuke Yamada reported a one hundred percent success rate for Vasto Lorde Arrancar transformation, and Su Feng ordered preparations for Tier Harribel and Nelliel.

Su Feng established the Hollow Kingdom with Harribel and Nel, assigned its leaders, and reported limited intelligence about Hueco Mundo to Yamamoto Genryusai. Three years later, several newly graduated geniuses chose the Ninth Division, leaving Isshin Shiba begging Su Feng to spare a recruit for the Tenth Division.

• Su Feng oversaw Tier Harribel and Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck's Arrancar transformations, then assigned six rings to the Hollow Kingdom's leaders and recruits.
• Soi Fon taught Sun-Sun and the others how to organize intelligence before she and Su Feng returned to Soul Society to report to Yamamoto Genryusai.
• Yamamoto Genryusai ordered continued monitoring of Hueco Mundo, while Su Feng privately wondered about breaking through the soul's limits.
• Su Feng returned to his barracks and found Rangiku Matsumoto waiting in his room; they spent the night together.
• Las Noches avoided the Hollow Kingdom for three years, while Renji Abarai, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Rukia, Izuru Kira, and Momo Hinamori chose the Ninth Division after graduating.
• Byakuya Kuchiki took Hisana away before graduation, and Isshin Shiba begged Su Feng to give the Tenth Division one of the new recruits.

Su Feng managed the academy graduates’ assignments, detecting that Aizen and Gin Ichimaru were using false identities while distributing promising recruits across the divisions. Three years later, he admired Rukia Kuchiki’s grown-out hair before Isshin Shiba burst in with an emergency at the General Relief Station.

• Isshin Shiba begged Su Feng for recruits, and Su Feng agreed to ask Toshiro Hitsugaya about joining the Tenth Division while sending Renji Abarai to the Eleventh Division.
• Aizen Sosuke and Gin Ichimaru visited Su Feng for recruits; Su Feng assigned Izuru Kira to the Third Division and Momo Hinamori to the Fifth Division, then recognized their spiritual pressure as an effect of Kyoka Suigetsu.
• The academy graduates joined different divisions: Toshiro Hitsugaya went to the Tenth, Renji Abarai to the Eleventh, Shiba Kūkaku and Ganju Shiba to the Thirteenth, and Rukia Kuchiki to the Ninth.
• Three years later, Su Feng admired Rukia Kuchiki’s long ponytail, which she had grown at his request.
• Isshin Shiba rushed into the tea room and warned Su Feng that someone might die at the General Relief Station if they did not hurry.

Su Feng used his healing technique to save Shiba Miyako, who had been cut in half by Metastacia, while Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegawa, and Renji Abarai tracked the Menos to its nest. Renji fought Metastacia alone and blasted it with Shakkahō, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear.

• Su Feng healed Shiba Miyako in the Fourth Division barracks, and Shiba Kaien anxiously watched as she recovered.
• Jushiro Ukitake told Su Feng that Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegawa, and Renji Abarai had gone to Metastacia’s nest.
• Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegawa, and Renji Abarai lured Metastacia out of its cave by releasing their spiritual pressure.
• Renji Abarai attacked Metastacia with Zabimaru, severed a tentacle, and continued fighting after Metastacia erased his Zanpakuto.
• Renji Abarai struck Metastacia’s mask with Genryū: One Bone, then cast Hado #31: Shakkahō as the Hollow tried to invade his body.

Renji Abarai killed Metastacia and saved Shiba Kaien and Shiba Miyako, then faced a choice between remaining in the Eleventh Division and joining the Thirteenth. Kenpachi Zaraki was released from Mugen and returned to the Eleventh Division, where he challenged Renji to a fight to the death.

• Renji Abarai defeated Metastacia with a point-blank Shakkahō, and Ikkaku Madarame carried the unconscious Renji back to the Seireitei.
• Gin Ichimaru and Aizen examined the destroyed battlefield, and Aizen opened a Garganta to collect spirit particles from the air.
• Su Feng treated Shiba Miyako and Renji, while Shiba Kaien invited Renji to transfer to the Thirteenth Division as Third Seat.
• Su Feng suggested releasing Kenpachi Zaraki to fill the Eleventh Division's Captain vacancy, and Yamamoto Genryusai later freed Zaraki from Mugen after forty-five years.
• Kenpachi Zaraki returned to the Eleventh Division and confronted Renji Abarai, challenging him to a fight to the death.

Renji Abarai fought Kenpachi Zaraki on the Eleventh Division's platform but was knocked unconscious, while Su Feng considered the limits of Kisuke Urahara's Hogyoku seal. At the Tenth Division barracks, Toshiro Hitsugaya found reports of unexplained deaths in Naruki City, and Isshin Shiba left to investigate alone as Toshiro contacted someone for help.

• Renji Abarai endured Kenpachi Zaraki's fierce attacks until Kenpachi sent him flying and knocked him unconscious with a single blow.
• Ikkaku Madarame dug Renji out of the rubble, and Kenpachi announced he would seek out Tsunayashiro Su Feng after lunch.
• Su Feng observed Renji's rising spiritual pressure and reasoned that it was weakening Kisuke Urahara's seal on the Hogyoku.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya showed Isshin Shiba reports that a Soul Reaper and two others had died in Naruki City, prompting Isshin to take the investigation himself.
• Isshin Shiba left after telling Toshiro to trust his captain, and Toshiro used a Communication Device to call someone.

Aizen’s experiment produced the uncontrollable artificial Vasto Lorde White, which attacked Isshin Shiba in Naruki City. As Isshin struggled against White, Su Feng watched in alarm, and a silver-haired Quincy woman suddenly joined the fight.

• Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tosen reviewed the successful but dangerous Hollowfication experiment and planned to use it to draw out Shinji Hirako and his group.
• Su Feng traveled to Naruki City and considered how his actions had changed events across the Three Worlds.
• Isshin Shiba used his spiritual pressure to lure out White, which killed two hidden Shinigami Soldiers and nearly defeated him.
• Isshin released Engetsu and attacked White with flames, but White overpowered him and sent him crashing through a high-rise building.
• A silver-haired Quincy woman appeared and struck White with a Holy Arrow of Destruction as Isshin prepared to use Bankai.

White overwhelmed Isshin Shiba and the silver-haired Quincy girl before Su Feng intervened with a colossal lightning strike. White survived, transformed into a true Arrancar, and began fighting Su Feng, who unleashed his Bankai as White’s Cero Oscuras threatened him.

• Isshin Shiba and the silver-haired girl attacked White with Getsuga Tenshō, a Holy Arrow of Destruction, and Seishō, but White endured their attacks and badly wounded both of them.
• Su Feng struck White with a pillar of lightning and saved Isshin Shiba and the girl, then faced White as he transformed into a true Arrancar.
• White tore through the lightning, revealed his transformed face, and attacked Su Feng, who blocked his blows and clashed with him in the air.
• White fired a Cero Oscuras at Su Feng, who gathered the wind and spirit particles around his blade and declared his Bankai, Prison Bindings of Creation.

Su Feng killed Hollow White with his Bankai, but Isshin Shiba and Ishida Yuxian were infected with Hollow Poison. He brought them to Kisuke Urahara for treatment, while Aizen reclaimed the silver-white orb formed from Hollow White.

• Su Feng erased Hollow White with Wind of Union, leaving Isshin Shiba and his daughter stunned by the difference in their power.
• Aizen Sosuke revealed that Hollow White had been created from the first thirty Espada and part of his soul, then gathered the silver-white orb left behind.
• Su Feng found Isshin Shiba and Ishida Yuxian undergoing Hollowfication, slowed the poison with a Bakudo, and called Yoruichi Shihoin out of hiding.
• Uryū Sōken and Ishida Yūsuke arrived, and Su Feng took them and the infected pair to Urahara Shop for help.
• Kisuke Urahara agreed to treat Isshin Shiba and Ishida Yuxian after privately asking Su Feng what he thought of Aizen Sosuke.
• Urahara began injecting opposing forces into the patients' souls, while Su Feng wondered whether their child would take the Shiba or Ishida surname.

Isshin Shiba and Uryu Soken's Wife survived Hollowfication after defeating the White Hollow in a shared inner battle, but Isshin lost his Shinigami powers in the process. Su Feng arranged for Isshin to take responsibility for Uryu Soken's Wife, then agreed to look after the Tenth Division and the Shiba Family; Kisuke Urahara revealed that Su Feng had become the one facing Aizen across the board.

• Isshin Shiba and Uryu Soken's Wife woke after surgery, and Kisuke Urahara explained that they had defeated the White Hollow in their shared inner world and escaped Hollowfication.
• Su Feng discussed Isshin Shiba's status and strength with Uryu Soken and Ishida Yūsuke, then raised the prospect of Isshin and Uryu Soken's Wife marrying after she graduated from university.
• Isshin Shiba protested that their marriage could not be decided for them, but Su Feng pointed out that Uryu Soken's Wife had not objected, and Isshin accepted the possibility.
• Three days later, Isshin Shiba learned that saving them had cost him his Shinigami powers and asked Su Feng to look after the Tenth Division, Kaien, and the Shiba Family.
• At Urahara Shop, Kisuke Urahara told Su Feng that defeating Azashiro Soya had reversed the roles of player and piece, leaving Su Feng to face Aizen.

Su Feng reported Isshin Shiba’s disappearance and the defeat of the Vasto Lorde Arrancar to the captains, then answered Yamamoto Genryusai’s question about rumors that the Tsunayashiro Family planned to overthrow Soul Society. The chapter ended with Su Feng and Retsu Unohana fighting to the brink of death on Kofuku Mountain before healing each other.

• Su Feng sent Urahara Shop’s location to the Department of Research and Development, then returned to Soul Society to report the events in the Human World.
• Su Feng told the captains that Isshin Shiba had vanished and that he had killed the Vasto Lorde Arrancar; Yamamoto Genryusai assigned Squads 2 and 12 to search for Shiba.
• Yamamoto Genryusai privately asked Su Feng whether he intended to betray Soul Society, and Su Feng dismissed the accusation by pointing to his influence and his family’s history with the Soul King.
• Su Feng went to Kofuku Mountain, where Retsu Unohana fought him with full force and reveled in their battle.
• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana pierced each other’s hearts, then began healing one another as their blood mingled.

Su Feng pushed Toshiro Hitsugaya to the brink in a training battle, then traveled to the Hollow Kingdom after Tier Harribel reported a powerful, unusual Arrancar. Su Feng confronted the wandering figure in the desert and demanded that he submit or die.

• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana shared an intimate moment after their battle, while rumors about them continued to circulate in the Gotei 13.
• Three months after Isshin Shiba disappeared, the search had stalled, Naruki City had been restored, and Su Feng trained Toshiro Hitsugaya by overwhelming his attacks and provoking him into a massive release of power.
• Su Feng found Toshiro unconscious after the training-ground blast and said he was close to mastering Bankai, while Nanao Ise confirmed Su Feng was unharmed.
• Su Feng traveled to the Hollow Kingdom and heard Tier Harribel report a powerful Vasto Lorde whose mask had shattered but whose spiritual pressure did not match a typical Vasto Lorde Arrancar.
• Azashiro Soya revealed that he had located the mysterious figure, and Su Feng approached the white, horned wanderer in the desert and demanded, “Submit, or die?”

Su Feng defeated Ulquiorra and brought him into the Hollow Kingdom, where Seinosuke Yamada confirmed he could undergo an Arrancar experiment. Back in the Soul Society, Su Feng resumed Renji Abarai’s training, and Renji excitedly announced that he had succeeded at something.

• Su Feng explained his ideas about the heart to Ulquiorra, then attacked him when he refused to submit.
• Ulquiorra released Murciélago and used a Lanza del Relámpago, but Su Feng shattered it and beat him unconscious.
• Ten days later, Ulquiorra chose to join the Hollow Kingdom, received the ring Jade, and was approved for an Arrancar experiment by Seinosuke Yamada.
• Su Feng returned to the Soul Society to continue the Little White training plan and noted that Renji Abarai had surpassed Toshiro Hitsugaya under Ikkaku Madarame’s instruction.
• Renji Abarai rushed into the Ninth Division grounds, was kicked back outside by Su Feng, and announced that he had succeeded.

Renji Abarai revealed his incomplete Bankai, but Su Feng easily destroyed its strongest attack and told him how to pursue Zabimaru’s true Bankai. Rukia’s attempt to reach Bankai went out of control, and two years later Su Feng received news that the Shiba Branch Family had an heir.

• Renji Abarai unleashed Hihio Zabimaru and fired its strongest attack, Hikoho, at Su Feng, who erased it with Wind Breath.
• Su Feng told Renji Abarai that Zabimaru had two spirits and that its true Bankai was Sōō Zabimaru, prompting Renji to seek more training from Ikkaku.
• After hearing that Renji Abarai had mastered Bankai, Toshiro Hitsugaya and other young Soul Reapers intensified their training.
• Rukia activated Sode no Shirayuki and nearly released Bankai, but Su Feng stopped the runaway ice and snow with Sōren Sōkatsui before catching and healing her.
• Two years passed as the young Soul Reapers gained strength and Seated Officer positions, and Su Feng received news from the Urahara Shop that the Shiba Branch Family had an heir.

Su Feng met with Isshin Shiba and Kisuke Urahara at Urahara Shop before accepting an invitation to meet the Visoreds. At their abandoned warehouse base, the Visoreds ambushed him, but he endured their gravity-based trap and faced them as they surrounded him.

• Su Feng examined Isshin Shiba’s newborn son Ichigo and learned Isshin’s wife wanted him to inherit the Quincy Cross, while Isshin hoped he would become the Shiba Family heir.
• Yoruichi Shihoin returned from the Soul Society with Hagoromo Tea and joked with Su Feng about rumors damaging her reputation.
• Kisuke Urahara told Su Feng that the Visoreds wanted to meet him at an abandoned warehouse in northern Karakura Town.
• Su Feng went alone to the warehouse and located Shinji Hirako, Hiyori Sarugaki, Kensei Muguruma, Mashiro Kuna, Love Aikawa, Rojuro Otoribashi, and Hachigen Ushōda lying in ambush.
• Love Aikawa and Rojuro Otoribashi trapped Su Feng in a Kido Barrier, and Hachigen Ushōda used the Six-Directional Forbidden Array to intensify gravity and shatter Su Feng’s spiritual-pressure shield.
• Su Feng resisted the gravity through Life Return, taunted the Visoreds for falling behind, and found himself surrounded by their drawn blades.

Su Feng confronted the Visoreds, who suspected he was another of Aizen’s pawns, and overwhelmed them with his spiritual pressure and combat techniques. After he defeated Hiyori Sarugaki and Kensei Muguruma in single blows, Shinji Hirako activated Sakanade, turning Su Feng’s perception of the world upside down.

• Shinji Hirako and the Visoreds surrounded Su Feng and accused him of being Aizen’s pawn, but Su Feng challenged their assumptions and mocked their fear and weakness.
• Su Feng unleashed his spiritual pressure and Shunko: Wind and Thunder Unrivaled, blasting the Visoreds away and sending Hiyori Sarugaki flying.
• Hiyori Sarugaki Hollowfied and attacked Su Feng with Kubikiri Orochi, but he caught her blade, shattered her mask, and knocked her unconscious.
• Kensei Muguruma used Hollowfication and Bankai: Tekken Tachikaze to attack Su Feng, but Su Feng struck him into the distance with Kotsuryu: One Bone.
• Shinji Hirako released Sakanade, and its strange light made the world appear upside down to Su Feng.

Tsunayashiro Su Feng defeated the Visoreds despite their coordinated attacks and overwhelming numbers, sparing Lisa Yadomaru in exchange for her collection. As Kisuke Urahara surveyed the ruined battlefield, a group of white-clad strangers appeared before Uryū Sōken in Karakura Town.

• Shinji Hirako attacked Su Feng with Sakanade, but Su Feng countered the inverted senses and broke through Hachigen Ushōda's restraining Kido.
• Su Feng activated Shunko: Tatsunami Tenben, survived Love Aikawa's and Rojuro Otoribashi's attacks, and defeated Love and Shinji.
• Su Feng knocked out Rojuro Otoribashi and struck down Hachigen Ushōda, leaving Lisa Yadomaru as the only Visored still standing.
• Su Feng spared Lisa after demanding her Human World collection, which he later read while she gathered the unconscious Visoreds.
• Kisuke Urahara observed the devastated wilderness, while white-uniformed strangers appeared before Uryū Sōken at the Ishida Estate.

Su Feng learned that the Wandenreich had begun preparing for Yhwach’s return and discussed how to attack its hidden headquarters and protect Rain from Auswählen. Kisuke Urahara proposed that Rain might survive by becoming a Soul Reaper, leaving Sōken Ishida to consider an unexpected possibility.

• Su Feng defeated the Visoreds, criticized their ability to challenge Aizen, and took Lisa Yadomaru’s books and magazines as he left.
• Sōken Ishida told Su Feng that the Wandenreich had delivered His Majesty’s orders and a method for cultivating Quincy: Vollständig.
• Kisuke Urahara revealed that records on former Squad 12 Captains had been accessed, and Su Feng identified Aizen Sosuke as a possible intruder in the Great Spirit Book Corridor.
• Su Feng explained that the Wandenreich’s headquarters lay within Seireitei’s shadows and asked Urahara to research how to penetrate them.
• Su Feng warned Sōken Ishida that Auswählen would kill Rain because Hollow Poison had made her impure, then proposed attacking Yhwach or killing Rain first.
• Kisuke Urahara suggested that Rain might survive Auswählen if she became a Soul Reaper.

Su Feng returned to Soul Society, watched Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya fight, and told Shunsui Kyoraku that the surviving Quincy were hiding in the shadows of Seireitei. The chapter ended with Su Feng embracing Kurosaki Maki after reassuring her that she was wonderful.

• Uryū Sōken left without a decision about his wife's possible transformation, while Kisuke Urahara agreed to help preserve her memories but could not restore her powers or remove the Hollow poison.
• Su Feng returned to Soul Society and watched Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya fight until their Bankai failed and they stabbed each other; he stabilized their injuries and sent them to the General Relief Station together.
• Su Feng told Shunsui Kyoraku that the surviving Quincy had hidden within Seireitei's shadows and urged him to use Katen Kyokotsu's Shadow Demon Game to investigate.
• Kurosaki Maki confided that she worried she was inferior to Su Feng's other admirers, and Su Feng reassured her before embracing her.