Chapter Summaries

After the captains assigned Aizen to guard the Chamber of Penance, Su Feng told Toshiro Hitsugaya that the Shiba Family might lose its noble status. Meanwhile, Ichigo and Ganju fought Ikkaku and Yumichika, and Ichigo defeated Ikkaku with a Quincy attack before the survivors fled for treatment.

• Yamamoto Genryusai ended the captain's meeting, lifted the restrictions on Zanpakuto release, and Aizen accepted responsibility for guarding the Chamber of Penance while Hinamori took charge of the Fifth Division.
• Kenpachi Zaraki rushed off to hunt the invaders, while Su Feng told Toshiro Hitsugaya that the Gold Seal Council had rejected Isshin Shiba's appeal and might strip the Shiba Family of its noble status.
• Sajin Komamura declared that he would not allow injustice, and Kaname Tosen quietly questioned his faith in justice.
• Ichigo and Ganju encountered Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa; Ichigo asked whether Ikkaku or the Ninth Division captain was stronger, provoking Ikkaku to attack.
• Ichigo unleashed a Holy Arrow of Destruction, badly wounded Ikkaku, and shattered Ryūmon Hōzukimaru despite Yumichika's attempt to weaken the attack.
• Ichigo carried Ganju away, and Yumichika carried the surviving Ikkaku to the Fourth Division.

Su Feng confronted Shiba Kaien and Yasutora Sado in the Sixth Division district, overwhelming them with his power as they tried to reach the Chamber of Penance. After completing his daily mission and gaining Transcendent Spiritual Might, he turned toward another Ryoka moving toward the Chamber.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi left Ikkaku Madarame's bedside, while Kenpachi Zaraki learned the intruders were headed for the Chamber of Penance and set off with Yachiru.
• Ikkaku Madarame asked Su Feng how large the gap between them was, and Su Feng answered that he could cut Ikkaku into seven pieces with three slashes.
• Su Feng used the Communication Device to track the Ryoka and found Shiba Kaien and Yasutora Sado moving through the Sixth Division district.
• Shiba Kaien attacked Su Feng with Nejibana, but Su Feng froze his waves with Hyōga Seiran, and Yasutora Sado's punch failed to hurt him.
• Su Feng struck with One Bone, burying Shiba Kaien and Yasutora Sado beneath rubble and leaving them unconscious, then gained Transcendent Spiritual Might.
• Su Feng saw another red dot heading toward the Chamber of Penance and prepared to pursue it.

Su Feng captured Shiba Kūkaku and Orihime Inoue after they tried to pass through the Fourth Division, while discussing the Shiba Family’s crimes and Soul Society’s laws with Byakuya Kuchiki. The chapter ended with Toshiro Hitsugaya and Renji Abarai facing off as both released their Bankai.

• Byakuya Kuchiki questioned Su Feng about the Shiba Family, and Su Feng said Isshin Shiba’s punishment came down to his lack of strength.
• Su Feng found Shiba Kūkaku and Orihime Inoue in the Fourth Division, defeated Kūkaku’s attack, and had both women detained.
• Su Feng threatened Kūkaku with Kaien’s limbs to discourage her from escaping, then gained Transcendent Spiritual Might from his daily mission.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya urged Renji Abarai to apologize to Su Feng, but Renji refused and said he could not turn back.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya released Daiguren Hyōrinmaru, and Renji Abarai answered with Sōō Zabimaru.

Renji Abarai defeated Toshiro Hitsugaya with his True Name Bankai, then fought Su Feng and was overwhelmed by the Kidō spell Black Coffin. As Su Feng treated the unconscious Renji, Shunsui Kyoraku confronted him and began releasing his Zanpakuto.

• Renji Abarai shattered Toshiro Hitsugaya's ice dragon and defeated him with Jaga Teppō after evading Hyōten Hyakkasō.
• Su Feng praised Renji, then pressured him with overwhelming spiritual pressure until Renji broke free and attacked with Sōō Renki.
• Su Feng stopped Renji's assault with Hadō #90: Black Coffin, leaving Renji gravely wounded and unconscious.
• Su Feng treated Renji and reflected on how far he had come from the Crimson Bullet of Rukongai.
• Shunsui Kyoraku accused Su Feng of manipulating the Seireitei's noble families and said he would stop him.
• Shunsui Kyoraku drew his Zanpakuto and began releasing Katen Kyokotsu.

Su Feng fought Shunsui Kyoraku, then left with the wounded Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya as his spiritual power increased. Ichigo defeated Kenpachi Zaraki and continued toward the Chamber of Penance with Ganju Shiba, where Aizen Sosuke confronted them.

• Shunsui Kyoraku challenged Su Feng but withdrew after learning the execution had not yet begun, then asked Retsu Unohana whether she would side with Su Feng if he opposed Soul Society.
• Su Feng had Minazuki swallow Renji Abarai and Toshiro Hitsugaya, flew back toward his division barracks, and received a mission reward that raised him to Transcendent spiritual pressure.
• Ichigo fought Kenpachi Zaraki in a savage battle and defeated him after their spiritual pressures collided.
• Yachiru Kusajishi carried the unconscious Kenpachi Zaraki away, while Ganju Shiba treated Ichigo's wounds before they continued toward the Chamber of Penance.
• Aizen Sosuke stepped out from among the guards and introduced himself to Ichigo and Ganju.

Ichigo fought Captain Aizen while Ganju Shiba broke into the Chamber of Penance and rescued Isshin Shiba. When they reached the exit, they saw Aizen Sosuke dead atop the spire pierced by Ichigo’s Holy Arrow of Destruction.

• Aizen confronted Ichigo and claimed he had requested a reduced sentence for Isshin Shiba, but Ichigo chose to fight him.
• Ichigo closed his eyes to avoid Kyoka Suigetsu and attacked Aizen with Light Rain and Seishō, blasting him across the battlefield.
• Ganju Shiba distracted the Shinigami Soldiers guarding the Chamber of Penance with stone waves and fireworks, then fought his way to Isshin Shiba’s cell.
• After Ganju said Ichigo was fighting Aizen, Isshin Shiba rushed out of the prison, with Ganju following him.
• Isshin Shiba and Ganju Shiba reached the exit and saw Aizen Sosuke’s bloodied body atop the spire pierced by Ichigo’s Holy Arrow of Destruction.

Ichigo Shiba believed he had killed Aizen Sosuke, sparking chaos across the Seireitei as the captains investigated the apparently genuine corpse. Aizen was secretly alive in the Twelfth Division’s underground facility, where he revealed a mysterious substance from the Soul King’s body.

• Ichigo told Isshin Shiba that his strongest attack had pierced Aizen and nailed him to the spire, and Isshin took him and Ganju Shiba into hiding.
• Momo Hinamori learned of Aizen’s death, confirmed his corpse at the Fourth Division, and led Shinigami in a search for the killer.
• Shunsui Kyoraku received the Level One lockdown order and secured intelligence about the Five Great Noble Clans before heading out.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Seinosuke Yamada, and Retsu Unohana examined Aizen’s corpse and found no abnormalities, while Su Feng doubted that Aizen was truly dead.
• Aizen watched the Seireitei’s reaction with Gin Ichimaru from a sealed underground warehouse and revealed a glittering substance he identified as the Soul King’s body.

Kaname Tosen told Renji Abarai that Su Feng may have orchestrated Isshin Shiba’s execution and that Ichigo and the others were in grave danger, prompting Renji to escape and search for them. As Yamamoto Genryusai captured Isshin, Ichigo, and Ganju and sent them toward Sokyoku Hill, Renji encountered Tosen and then a familiar man who greeted him at dawn.

• Kaname Tosen visited Renji Abarai in the detention cell and told him that Su Feng had power over Central 46 and may have arranged Isshin Shiba’s execution.
• Tosen revealed that Aizen had been killed, the Soul Society was under Level One lockdown, and Ichigo and the other intruders faced a crisis; Renji escaped to help them.
• Shiba Kaien and Yasutora Sado also escaped, while the heightened search uncovered Isshin Shiba, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Ganju Shiba in the underground passages.
• Hanataro Yamada fought Isshin and Ichigo, but the two defeated his squad and continued through the tunnels with Ganju.
• Yamamoto Genryusai confronted the three and captured them after Isshin surrendered, then ordered their transport to Sokyoku Hill for execution.
• Renji Abarai searched the empty streets for his companions, encountered Kaname Tosen, and heard a familiar man greet him at dawn.

As Ganju Shiba faced execution, Jushiro Ukitake intervened and stopped the Sōkyoku, provoking Yamamoto. Meanwhile, Aizen returned and defeated Renji Abarai, then escaped with Kaname Tosen just as Su Feng arrived, leaving the execution grounds under Aizen's spiritual pressure.

• Retsu Unohana explained that captain-class spirit particles could not return to Soul Society and realized Aizen's remains had contained too little spiritual power, but Yamamoto postponed her report as Ganju's execution began.
• Jushiro Ukitake used black ropes to destroy the flaming Sōkyoku bird and declared that he would not let his subordinate die, prompting Yamamoto to confront him.
• Aizen revealed that Kaname Tosen had brought Renji Abarai out of detention to cooperate with him, and Renji activated Bankai to fight them.
• Aizen's shield blocked Renji's attack, and his spiritual pressure crushed Renji into the ground, leaving him gravely injured.
• Su Feng arrived, but Aizen used Senmaioroshi to vanish with Renji and Kaname Tosen, while Aizen's spiritual pressure spread across the execution grounds.

Aizen reappeared at Sokyoku Hill and revealed how he had manipulated the execution and Ryoka invasion, while confronting Su Feng as the true mastermind behind the upheaval. After Aizen extracted and shattered the Hogyoku hidden in Renji Abarai, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto returned to attack him, but Aizen stopped the flames with an unseen barrier.

• Aizen arrived at Sokyoku Hill alive, shocking the Captains and revealing that his apparent death had been staged.
• Aizen and Su Feng accused each other of manipulating the execution, the Ryoka invasion, and the events surrounding the Shiba Family.
• Aizen explained Kyoka Suigetsu's complete hypnosis and claimed that Su Feng had learned how to break its illusions.
• Aizen extracted the Hogyoku from Renji Abarai, then crushed it into powder and revealed that he had studied Squad 12's past records.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto returned and attacked Aizen with flames, but the strike stopped before reaching him.

Aizen’s attack overwhelmed Yamamoto, but Su Feng intervened and matched Aizen’s spiritual pressure, forcing Yamamoto to retreat with Renji. Aizen escaped through Negación with Gin and Tosen, declaring that he would pursue a higher realm and stand above the heavens.

• Yamamoto shattered Aizen’s shield with his flames, but Aizen emerged unharmed and accused Yamamoto of atrocities from his past.
• Yamamoto admitted his former crimes and attacked Aizen again, while Ichigo freed himself from the Kido bindings and carried Isshin Shiba and Ganju Shiba away from the danger.
• Su Feng’s spiritual pressure erupted and collided with Aizen’s, destroying the execution frame and forcing Yamamoto to withdraw with the unconscious Renji Abarai.
• Su Feng told Aizen that he defended Soul Society because it was his home, and Aizen acknowledged that challenging a king on his own territory had been a mistake.
• Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tosen escaped through Negación as Aizen announced that he would stand above the heavens.

Su Feng revealed his transcendent Bankai, shattered Aizen’s Negación, and drove Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tosen from Soul Society. Afterward, he told Shunsui Kyoraku their encounter was only a brief farewell and raised the possibility of Shinigami and Menos living together.

• Aizen prepared to leave through Negación, but Su Feng released Bankai and used Wind of Union to shatter the barrier between worlds.
• Su Feng’s Million Shields failed to stop his thunder attack from severely injuring Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen, and Aizen withdrew with them into the Garganta.
• Su Feng allowed Aizen to escape to prevent their battle from destroying Soul Society, then returned to the captains as his spiritual pressure receded.
• Yamamoto Genryusai left the ruined Sokyoku Hill after exchanging words with Su Feng, while Retsu Unohana and Isane Kotetsu treated the wounded.
• Shunsui Kyoraku asked Su Feng about preparations for the coming war, and Su Feng asked what he thought of Shinigami and Menos living together.

As the captains gathered at the ruined Sokyoku Execution Grounds, the seal beneath the hill broke and released Arturo Plateado, the Immortal King, an ancient Vasto Lorde. Arturo overpowered Sajin Komamura and fought several captains while Su Feng watched and tried to recall the sealed enemy.

• Shunsui Kyoraku rejected the idea of Hollows and Soul Reapers living together, though Su Feng’s mention of beautiful Arrancar made him reconsider.
• Shiba Kūkaku and Orihime Inoue mistook the ruins for a sign that their friends and family were dead, then reunited with the surviving Ichigo, Isshin Shiba, and Ganju Shiba.
• The Sokyoku Execution Grounds shook, red beams erupted from beneath the rubble, and the Kido Barrier sealing the underground presence shattered.
• Arturo Plateado emerged from the ruins and declared that the Immortal King had returned to bring fear to Soul Society.
• Sajin Komamura attacked Arturo with Bankai, but Arturo’s X-shaped Cero overwhelmed his strike and left him at a disadvantage.
• Soi Fon and other captains joined the battle as Byakuya Kuchiki explained that Arturo was a Vasto Lorde once defeated and sealed by Yamamoto Genryusai.

The Captains struggled to defeat Arturo Plateado, whose extreme regeneration let him survive even Soi Fon’s Bankai. Su Feng stopped Arturo’s attack and destroyed him with Hadō #90: Black Coffin, while Mayuri took the remains for research.

• Byakuya Kuchiki and Sajin Komamura attacked Arturo, but he healed from Byakuya’s wounds and grew stronger.
• Soi Fon fired Bankai: Suzumebachi Raikouben, leaving Arturo horribly burned, but he reconstructed his body and wounded Sajin Komamura.
• Su Feng arrived beside Soi Fon, stopped Arturo’s strike with one finger, and trapped him in Hadō #90: Black Coffin until his spiritual pressure vanished.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked to study Arturo’s remains, and Su Feng left the body to him.
• At the First Division Barracks, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto checked on his sweet potatoes after Arturo’s spiritual pressure disappeared.
• After the Shinigami left the ruins, black liquid formed from drifting Reishi and floated away.

Aizen returned to Las Noches and planned to clear away obstacles to his ambition, while Su Feng discovered that Aizen had stolen the Soul King's Power and ordered a search for Fullbringers. The chapter left Su Feng mobilizing surveillance in the Human World before Aizen could reach them.

• Szayelaporro Granz reported that the Hollow Kingdom remained quiet while the Wandenreich had been active near Las Noches, and Aizen said their plans needed to change because someone stood in their way.
• Ichigo Kurosaki learned from Isshin Shiba the truth behind the unrest and blamed Tsunayashiro Su Feng, vowing to defeat him.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Su Feng that Aizen Sosuke had stolen the Soul King's Power from Underground Warehouse 99 despite the laboratory's extensive protections.
• Su Feng realized Aizen had concealed his possession of a perfect Hogyoku while using a fabricated corpse to distract the captains and steal the Fullbringers' power source.
• Su Feng ordered Hiyosu to activate full surveillance and find Fullbringers in the Human World so they could be gathered in Soul Society before Aizen reached them.

Su Feng considered how to strengthen the Shinigami after Aizen's Arrancar revealed the danger of a future war, and suggested that Retsu Unohana use Hollow power to break her limits. In Naruki City, Michibane's father blamed Aura for his daughter's death and raised a dagger against her.

• Hiyosu finished entering Fullbringer data into the Human World's surveillance system and found three Fullbringers in the Soul Society, while questioning Ichigo's Quincy detection results.
• Ichigo confronted Su Feng over the deception, but backed down because he still feared Su Feng's strength.
• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana fought an exhausting Kendo match, and Su Feng asked whether she wanted to become stronger.
• Su Feng decided the captains needed to grow stronger before the Soul Society faced Las Noches or the Wandenreich, and suggested using Hollow power to Retsu Unohana.
• In Naruki City, Michibane's father concluded that Aura was responsible for his daughter's death and raised a dagger over her in the basement.

At the first captain's meeting since Aizen's betrayal, Su Feng's influence shaped new appointments and Yamamoto Genryusai warned the captains to prepare for the Wandenreich. Later, Su Feng met Aura, a Fullbringer brought to Soul Society by Rangiku Matsumoto, and invited her to become his subordinate.

• Yamamoto Genryusai announced that Amagai Shusuke and Isshin Shiba would temporarily take the vacant captain positions in Squads 3 and 5, with Su Feng backing the appointments.
• Yamamoto Genryusai warned the captains that Aizen and the Wandenreich threatened Soul Society and urged them to strengthen themselves.
• Su Feng explained that Isshin Shiba had been pardoned and that new rules allowed Shinigami to transfer their powers to humans or other spiritual beings under specified conditions.
• Rangiku Matsumoto reported that she had brought Aura to Soul Society after killing the man who was trying to kill her, and Aura revealed that he was her father, Amagata Tenketsu.
• Su Feng offered Aura a place as his subordinate instead of having her face judgment.

Su Feng recruited Michibane Aura and later confronted Amagai Shusuke, who had returned to the Seireitei planning to avenge his father. After beating him into submission, Su Feng revealed the truth about Amagai Kinryu’s death and left Amagai Shusuke with an important task as Squad 3’s new Captain.

• Su Feng had Nanao Ise take Michibane Aura away to learn the Ninth Division’s affairs, then struggled to manage Rangiku Matsumoto and Kurosaki Maki’s rivalry.
• Three days later, Amagai Shusuke returned to the Seireitei intending to kill Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and avenge his father, Amagai Kinryu.
• Su Feng confronted Amagai Shusuke at the ruined Sokyoku Execution Grounds and challenged him to fight after explaining that Yamamoto had not killed his father.
• Amagai Shusuke released Raika and activated Bankai, but Su Feng overwhelmed him with Hakuda and left him badly injured.
• Su Feng explained that Kumoi Gyokaku had truly caused Amagai Kinryu’s death and had already been executed, and Amagai Shusuke accepted the truth.
• Amagai Shusuke offered to confess to the Captain-Commander, but Su Feng told him he had committed no crime and said he needed his cooperation on an important task as Captain of Squad 3.

Su Feng brought Amagai Shusuke and Kibune Ryo into Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s Hollowfication experiments, then learned from Gokuzai Kishi that several dead people had escaped Hell. After alerting Yamamoto Genryusai, Su Feng assigned Bambietta Basterbine to help Michibane Aura regain her interest in the world.

• Su Feng introduced Amagai Shusuke to Mayuri, who recognized Amagai’s immunity to Bakuto and recruited him as a Hollowfication test subject.
• Su Feng located Izuru Kira and had him bring Kibune Ryo to the Department of Research and Development as additional experimental material.
• Gokuzai Kishi told Su Feng that several unidentified dead people had escaped Hell and could be in Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, or the Human World.
• Su Feng instructed the Gokuzai Family to monitor the Gates of Hell and identify the escapees, then called Yamamoto Genryusai to warn him.
• Su Feng assigned Bambietta Basterbine to care for Michibane Aura and awaken her interest in something in the world.

Su Feng encountered Kumenai Enra, a First Generation Gotei 13 captain who had returned from Hell, and overwhelmed him in a clash of strength. Kumenai Enra unleashed his Bankai and devastated the Ninth Division district, while Yamamoto Genryusai recognized the threat from afar.

• Su Feng worried that Hell’s unknown balance posed a greater danger than Aizen Sosuke or Yhwach and headed toward the Department of Research and Development.
• Kumenai Enra emerged from a mass of black liquid, identified himself as the former Ninth Division captain, and challenged Su Feng.
• Kumenai Enra released Sōkan and attacked with an iron mace, but Su Feng caught the blow and punched him through the abdomen.
• Su Feng hurled Kumenai Enra into a building, while nearby Shinigami Soldiers watched the battle destroy the street.
• Kumenai Enra activated Bankai, Jukka Misai Daiku, and sent a massive iron mountain crashing through the Ninth Division district as Yamamoto Genryusai sensed his return from Hell.