Chapter Summaries

Su Feng and Shunsui Kyoraku tested whether Katen Kyokotsu’s Shadow Demon Game could open a path into the Wandenreich. Su Feng shattered the barrier from within the shadow space, causing the sky above the Wandenreich to break open.

• Su Feng visited the Great Spirit Book Corridor and found signs that Aizen Sosuke had extensively consulted records of past Squad 12 captains.
• Shunsui Kyoraku told Su Feng he had developed Katen Kyokotsu’s Shikai and could use the Shadow Demon Game to reach the Wandenreich’s hidden Reishi space.
• Shunsui Kyoraku engulfed Su Feng in the shadows and guided him to a solid barrier separating the shadow space from the Wandenreich.
• Su Feng unleashed Shunko: Tatsunami Tenben and struck the barrier with Bone Flow: Four Bone Blast, shattering it.
• Haschwalth summoned the Sternritter after sensing unease, then looked toward the sky as Su Feng’s attack broke through above the Wandenreich.

Su Feng broke into the Wandenreich, devastated Silberne, and defeated several Sternritter before escaping through the shadow passage with an unconscious Bambietta. He returned to Shunsui Kyoraku in the dojo, leaving the Wandenreich preparing to seal its shadow domain.

• Haschwalth rushed to respond after cracks spread across the sky, while Su Feng punched through the Reishi barrier and entered the Wandenreich.
• Su Feng struck Haschwalth with Four Bone Blast, badly damaging Silberne and burning many Holy Soldiers before Shunsui Kyoraku warned him not to get trapped.
• Bazz-B and a girl attacked Su Feng, but he knocked Bazz-B unconscious and bound the girl with Bakudo #63: Chain-Barricade before knocking her out.
• Su Feng escaped through the shattered sky with the unconscious girl as Haschwalth ordered the Wandenreich to reinforce the Reishi space and seal off the shadow domain.
• Su Feng emerged from the shadow passage into the dojo, where Shunsui Kyoraku greeted him and Su Feng revealed his captive.

Su Feng captured Bambietta after returning from the Wandenreich and reported what he had learned to Yamamoto, who decided to seek answers from the Soul King Palace. Aizen and Gin then prepared to inspect a gift connected to Su Feng.

• Su Feng restrained Bambietta and cowed her into submission by unleashing his overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• Yamamoto arrived at the Eighth Division dojo, and Su Feng told him about the Wandenreich, its Sternritter, and Jugram Haschwalth.
• Yamamoto ordered the Wandenreich information kept quiet, and Su Feng warned him against seeking answers from Ichibei Hyōsube before Yamamoto left.
• Su Feng decided to send Bambietta to Squad 2, while Shunsui chose to cover for him.
• Aizen told Gin that Su Feng had become an indispensable part of the changing world and invited him to inspect a gift.

Su Feng brought Bambietta to Squad 2 for interrogation, where Soi Fon extracted detailed intelligence about the Wandenreich and Sternritter. He then delivered Bambietta’s blood to Mayuri Kurotsuchi for research, and learned that Mayuri and Seinosuke had developed a substitute for the Soul Restoration Device that could eliminate its Zanpakuto’s side effects.

• Soi Fon confronted Su Feng over bringing Bambietta in, but agreed to handle her interrogation after he explained the situation.
• Soi Fon determined that Bambietta was hiding important information and used Squad 2’s interrogation methods to force her to reveal extensive details about the Wandenreich and her fellow Sternritter.
• Su Feng drew Bambietta’s blood for Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Seinosuke Yamada to study, while Soi Fon sealed the interrogation chamber.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Su Feng he could develop a poison targeting Bambietta’s blood and spiritual pressure.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed that he and Seinosuke had developed a substitute for the Soul Restoration Device that could eliminate the Zanpakuto’s side effects.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi gave Su Feng artificial-soul capsules that let him release Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju and summon a greatly enhanced Minazuki. As the Soul Reapers debated the Wandenreich threat, Haschwalth gathered the Sternritter and considered relocating the empire to Hueco Mundo.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that modified blank artificial souls could replace the soul lost when Su Feng released Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju.
• Su Feng used a capsule to release his Zanpakuto, summoning a huge Minazuki that swallowed Mayuri Kurotsuchi and demonstrated powerful healing properties.
• Su Feng asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi to mass-produce the capsules and learned that his research with Kisuke Urahara on Auswählen had identified factors in souls and bloodlines.
• Yamamoto Genryusai summoned Su Feng and Shunsui Kyoraku, but Su Feng explained that Bambietta Basterbine could no longer open a passage to the Wandenreich.
• Haschwalth summoned the Sternritter to the Grand Cathedral and warned that Bambietta's betrayal had compromised the Shadow Domain's security.
• A Sternritter suggested relocating the empire to Hueco Mundo, and Haschwalth asked whether that was the plan.

Haschwalth ordered the Wandenreich to relocate to Hueco Mundo, while Su Feng led the Ninth Division to crush the Rebel Army in Zaraki District. After Su Feng killed the rebel leaders and Hanataro’s forces routed the remaining rebels, Su Feng completed his autonomous daily mission.

• Haschwalth silenced the Sternritter’s argument by warning them that Yamamoto was alive and stronger than before, then ordered the Wandenreich to prepare to relocate to Hueco Mundo.
• Su Feng led over a hundred Ninth Division Shinigami to Zaraki District without Yamamoto’s permission, intending to eliminate the Rebel Army.
• Hanataro Yamada led the Ninth Division’s elite Shinigami into battle, and their training gave them the advantage over the rebels.
• Su Feng defeated three rebel leaders, killing them with Shunko attacks, while Hanataro’s forces crushed the remaining Rebel Army.
• Su Feng heard that his Autonomous Daily Mission was complete after the last rebel died.

Su Feng reached the limits of his power as a Soul Reaper, sealed the battlefield, and left the rebels’ bodies for the Research and Development Department. In Hueco Mundo, Quilge Opie and Cang Du split up while investigating threats, and their groups encountered guardians of Las Noches and Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

• Su Feng’s spiritual pressure, soul strength, Shunpo, Kido, and Hakuda reached their current limits, leaving him to consider whether developing his Fullbring could let him grow stronger.
• Su Feng sealed the battlefield with Bakudō barriers, ordered Okiya Genshirō to guard it, and departed with his division members after resolving the rebellion.
• Quilge Opie and Cang Du led separate Quincy groups across Hueco Mundo to search for threats to the Wandenreich’s plans.
• Quilge found Las Noches and ordered his group to advance, but white-sand guardians named Rukia rose to block their way.
• Quilge blasted the guardians aside, then faced Szayelaporro Granz as the surrounding space grew heavy.
• Cang Du’s group encountered Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who welcomed them to the Hollow Kingdom.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi used his Bankai to defeat Cang Du and the Quincy squad in Hueco Mundo, while Szayelaporro Granz fought Quilge Opie before Las Noches. The chapter ended with Szayelaporro Granz taking control of Quilge Opie and saying he would write his name on a bottle.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi summoned Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo: Thunder Womb Imprint Syndrome, which survived the Quincy’s arrows and regenerated its wounds.
• The Thunder Womb Imprint Syndrome devoured three Quincy and killed the rest with lightning, leaving Cang Du as the sole survivor.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s Bankai seized Cang Du and detonated, leaving him unconscious in a massive crater.
• Before Las Noches, Quilge Opie defeated his duplicate and activated Quincy: Vollständig, transforming as he absorbed Reishi.
• Quilge Opie slashed Szayelaporro Granz, but Szayelaporro rose again and took control of Quilge Opie’s body.

After Central 46 cleared Su Feng of responsibility, he and Yamamoto Genryusai focused on preparing for the Wandenreich’s eventual invasion. Su Feng proposed researching Hollowfication for Yamamoto, while Haschwalth dispatched new scouts to Hueco Mundo and the Human World.

• Yamamoto Genryusai told Su Feng that Central 46 had dismissed the charges against him, then urged him to hurry preparations because he feared a repeat of the last war with Yhwach.
• The First Division issued orders to strengthen Soul Society’s defenses and training, while the Kido Corps began developing anti-Quincy spells with Nanao Ise’s help.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi continued experimenting on Cang Du, and Azashiro Soya reported that Szayelaporro Granz had defeated Quilge Opie near Las Noches.
• Su Feng proposed researching whether Yamamoto Genryusai could undergo Hollowfication safely, but Mayuri warned that a failure could devastate the Three Worlds.
• Haschwalth learned that his advance force in Hueco Mundo had failed and sent BG9 to gather intelligence there and Askin Nakk Le Vaar to investigate the Human World through the Ishida Family.

Su Feng dealt with the Wandenreich’s search for a new base, helped oversee a cure that made Uryu Soken’s Wife immune to Auswählen, and took Bambietta into the Ninth Division. After Auswählen devastated the mixed-blood Quincy, Haschwalth chose Hueco Mundo for the Empire, while Renji Abarai was assigned to Karakura Town.

• Uryū Sōken reported that Askin Nakk Le Vaar had visited the Human World seeking information, and Su Feng said the Wandenreich should be told that the Human World was being used by the Ninth Division and several noble families.
• Kisuke Urahara explained that he and Mayuri Kurotsuchi planned to use artificial Shinigami technology to make Uryu Soken's Wife immune to Auswählen.
• Su Feng learned that Ichigo was already showing extraordinary talent for manipulating Reishi, then returned to Soul Society and had Mayuri's drug used on Bambietta.
• Bambietta joined the Ninth Division as an ordinary member, and, less than two years later, Uryu Soken's Wife became a Shinigami while retaining the ability to live in the Human World with Isshin Shiba.
• After the experiment to overcome Hollowfication stalled, Su Feng turned his attention elsewhere; following Auswählen's destruction of mixed-blood Quincy, Haschwalth chose Hueco Mundo as the Wandenreich's new base.
• In the third year after Auswählen, Renji Abarai was ordered to serve as the Shinigami stationed in Karakura Town.

Su Feng reviewed Soul Society’s preparations for the Wandenreich while reflecting on the strength and activities of the divisions and their allies. He ended the evening with Rangiku Matsumoto, then considered his own research into surpassing a Soul Reaper’s limits, having found more than one possible breakthrough point.

• Su Feng reviewed reports on Soul Society’s defenses and learned that Auswählen had greatly strengthened the Wandenreich’s Quincy.
• Su Feng considered the divisions’ current affairs, including Hanataro Yamada’s training of the Ninth Division and Renji Abarai’s deployment to Karakura Town.
• Rangiku Matsumoto teased Su Feng about neglecting his paperwork, and he carried her to his private room while an envious glasses-wearing woman watched from the darkness.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Su Feng that Hollowfication experiments had failed, though his research with Kisuke Urahara suggested the Soul King’s Power and the Hogyoku could surpass Soul Reaper limits.
• Su Feng continued researching his own potential and discovered that he had more than one possible breakthrough point.

Su Feng used Urahara's modified Tenshintai to force Storm Howl into materialized combat, broke through a spiritual-pressure limit, and recovered with a transformed soul and Zanpakuto. Three years later, Renji Abarai followed Arrancar traces to Shiba Clinic, where a sudden blue beam struck him.

• Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihoin prepared a huge barrier for Su Feng's attempt to materialize Storm Howl with a modified Tenshintai.
• Su Feng fought Storm Howl with his strongest Shunko techniques and defeated the materialized phantom, absorbing its spirit particles and gaining a new realization about his Zanpakuto.
• Su Feng's spiritual-pressure limit shattered, and his soul, healing Kido, and Zanpakuto changed as he recovered from his injuries.
• Su Feng told Kisuke Urahara to proceed with their original plan and release Mayuri.
• Three years later, Renji Abarai pursued Arrancar traces to Shiba Clinic after his Communication Device and spiritual perception lost contact with the target.
• A blue beam of spirit particles struck Renji as he tried to enter the clinic.

Renji Abarai and Ichigo fought a silver-haired Quincy until a hidden Arrancar trapped them, and Isshin Shiba arrived to destroy it. The rescue left Renji and Ichigo shocked by Isshin’s strength and secret identity.

• Renji Abarai challenged the silver-haired youth, recognized him as a Quincy, and unleashed Hihio Zabimaru against his powerful attacks.
• Renji Abarai and the youth fought to a stalemate as a hidden Arrancar spread black shadows across the battlefield.
• Kisuke Urahara and Su Feng watched from a rooftop while the Arrancar bound Renji Abarai and the youth, leaving them nearly out of spiritual pressure.
• Isshin Shiba appeared and used Engetsu and Getsuga Tenshō to engulf the Arrancar in flames.
• Renji Abarai recognized Isshin as Captain Shiba, while Ichigo realized his supposedly ordinary father was a powerful Shinigami.

Hiyosu detected former Tenth Division captain Isshin Shiba’s Spiritual Pressure in Karakura Town, prompting Yamamoto Genryusai to send Shunsui Kyoraku to investigate. At the Urahara Shop, Kisuke Urahara questioned Su Feng about arranging an Arrancar attack that brought Isshin into the open, and Su Feng called it “fishing law enforcement.”

• Hiyosu’s monitoring system detected Isshin Shiba’s Spiritual Pressure in Karakura Town and alerted the First Division.
• At Shiba Clinic, Isshin treated Renji Abarai and told Ichigo Shiba that he could wait until Isshin was ready to reveal his secrets; Ichigo learned that his mother had also known Quincy techniques.
• Yamamoto Genryusai received the report and ordered Shunsui Kyoraku to investigate Isshin’s return in the Human World.
• Shunsui suspected Su Feng might be connected to Isshin’s reappearance as he left to carry out the mission.
• Kisuke Urahara asked Su Feng why he had arranged an Arrancar attack to bring Renji into conflict with Ichigo and draw Isshin out, and Su Feng described the plan as “fishing law enforcement.”

At a captain's meeting, Yamamoto Genryusai ordered Toshiro Hitsugaya and Tsunayashiro Su Feng to bring Isshin Shiba back to Soul Society for breaking its laws. In Karakura Town, the two found Isshin's accomplice, a silver-haired figure armed with a Reishi Bow, waiting to confront them.

• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported that Isshin Shiba's spiritual pressure had been detected in Karakura Town, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi assured the captains the readings were reliable.
• Yamamoto Genryusai announced that Isshin had given Soul Reaper power to a human, married, and had children, then ordered that he be brought back to Soul Society by sunrise.
• Shunsui Kyoraku said Isshin admitted to his actions and wanted Soul Society to leave him alone.
• Yamamoto Genryusai assigned Toshiro Hitsugaya and Tsunayashiro Su Feng to retrieve Isshin under a Level One order.
• Isshin Shiba left the Shiba Clinic at night, and a short-haired silver-haired figure watched him depart.
• Su Feng and Toshiro Hitsugaya tracked Isshin to Karakura Town, where a silver-haired figure with a black Reishi Bow confronted them.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai fought against Toshiro Hitsugaya before Su Feng overwhelmed them with his spiritual pressure and shattered Ichigo’s attack. Isshin Shiba arrived to surrender in exchange for the others’ safety, but Su Feng defeated him with Hadō #90: Black Coffin.

• Toshiro Hitsugaya challenged Ichigo Kurosaki over Isshin Shiba, and the two exchanged attacks until Hitsugaya released Daiguren Hyōrinmaru.
• Renji Abarai struck Hitsugaya with Hikoho, then stood between Su Feng and Ichigo as Su Feng appeared.
• Su Feng crushed Renji and Ichigo beneath his spiritual pressure, but Ichigo broke free and fired a powerful Holy Arrow of Destruction that Su Feng shattered with one finger.
• Isshin Shiba arrived and offered to go with Su Feng if he released Ichigo and Renji, then attacked Su Feng with Getsuga Tenshō.
• Su Feng crushed Isshin’s attack and trapped him in Hadō #90: Black Coffin, leaving him gravely wounded and kneeling as his spiritual pressure collapsed.

Su Feng defeated Ichigo, Renji Abarai, and Isshin Shiba after they resisted his arrest in the Human World, then imprisoned Isshin Shiba in the Sixth Deep Prison. After gaining new powers, Su Feng met Aizen Sosuke, who hinted at his interest in what was unfolding.

• Ichigo transformed and attacked Su Feng, but Su Feng shattered his blade and left him gravely wounded after blocking Renji Abarai's Hikoho.
• Su Feng defeated Renji Abarai by severing his Saketsu and Hakusui, then ordered Toshiro Hitsugaya to open a Senkaimon and took Isshin Shiba back to Soul Society.
• In the Sixth Deep Prison, Isshin Shiba asked about Ichigo, and Su Feng told him that Ichigo and Renji Abarai had both lost their Spiritual Power after their injuries.
• Su Feng received a Spiritual Pressure increase and learned Bakudo #99: Kin, Six-Strike Revolving Sword Dance, and Shattering Moon.
• Aizen Sosuke met Su Feng in the prison corridor, discussed Isshin Shiba's arrest, and privately remarked that Su Feng was looking forward to the coming feast.

Ichigo and Renji began restoring their powers under Kisuke Urahara’s guidance while Isshin faced execution in Soul Society. After ten days of training, Ichigo and Renji prepared to enter Soul Society to confront the crisis.

• Ichigo woke at Urahara Shop and learned Isshin had been taken away by Toshiro Hitsugaya and Tsunayashiro Su Feng, while Renji revealed that they had lost their powers after Su Feng cut their Saketsu and Hakusui.
• Kisuke Urahara promised to restore Ichigo and Renji’s powers, and Renji said he wanted to return to Soul Society and recover the Lord Su Feng of the past.
• Ganju Shiba tried to leave to rescue Isshin, but Shiba Kaien stopped him, while Yamamoto Genryusai received Central 46’s order to execute Isshin in twenty-five days.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya asked Su Feng to save Isshin, but Su Feng explained that the Five Great Noble Clans had ordered the execution and suggested asking Yamamoto Genryusai for help.
• Ten days later, Ichigo and Renji had regained their powers and trained with Ichigo’s Reishi Bow and Renji’s Sōō Zabimaru Bankai.
• Kisuke Urahara opened a specially made Senkaimon, and Ichigo, Renji, and their companions prepared to depart for Soul Society.

Renji Abarai brought Ichigo and his friends to the Shiba estate, where Ichigo’s family ties were confirmed and Shiba Kaien began planning to rescue Rukia before her execution. Meanwhile, Su Feng prepared to let Aizen and the others play out their moves, and the group’s attempt to enter Seireitei ended with an alarm identifying Ichigo as a Quincy.

• Renji Abarai led Ichigo, Orihime Inoue, and Yasutora Sado through Rukongai to the Shiba estate, where Ichigo accidentally knocked Ganju Shiba into a crater.
• Shiba Kaien, Shiba Kūkaku, and Ganju Shiba examined Ichigo and concluded that he had Shiba blood; Kaien said they had fifteen days to devise a plan before the Sōkyoku execution.
• Su Feng told the black cat that Aizen was waiting to see how the players responded to one another, and said he looked forward to Aizen’s surprise.
• Shiba Kaien led the group toward Hakutōmon and persuaded Jidanbō Ikkanzaka to open the gate for them.
• When Ichigo entered Hakutōmon, its alarm detected a Quincy intrusion and initiated a Level One lockdown.

Ichigo and the Shiba family infiltrated Seireitei, fought Gin Ichimaru at Hakutōmon, and scattered into separate groups to pursue their mission. At the captains’ meeting, Su Feng refused to guard the Chamber of Penance, and Aizen Sosuke volunteered instead.

• Ichigo broke through Jidanbō’s attack at Hakutōmon, but Gin Ichimaru blocked the group’s escape and accused Shiba Kaien of colluding with Quincy.
• Ichigo fought Gin with Holy Arrows of Destruction while Shiba Kūkaku and Ganju Shiba used flames and smoke to cover the group’s retreat.
• The intruders split up: Ichigo took Ganju Shiba, Shiba Kūkaku took Orihime Inoue, and Shiba Kaien entered Seireitei with Yasutora Sado while Renji Abarai went separately.
• Su Feng and Rangiku Matsumoto arrived after the intruders escaped, and Su Feng learned that an emergency captains’ meeting had been called.
• Yamamoto Genryusai ordered the captains to guard their districts and began assigning responsibility for the Chamber of Penance, but Su Feng refused.
• Aizen Sosuke volunteered to guard the Chamber of Penance.