Chapter Summaries

Su Feng killed Jushiro Ukitake’s Elder Brother, uncovered his plot to sacrifice nobles to Mimihagi for the Soul King’s Power, and captured the accomplices. After completing his mission, Su Feng’s spiritual pressure rose to Second-Class Spiritual Might, and he learned that Jushiro had thirteen elder brothers.

• Aizen warned Gin Ichimaru not to underestimate their creation, which had been strengthened since the version made three years earlier.
• Su Feng killed Jushiro Ukitake’s Elder Brother after stripping away the Soul King’s Power with wind and striking him with a forty-meter-long sword.
• Jushiro explained that his Elder Brother had destroyed the Ryūdōji Clan to sacrifice its survivors to Mimihagi and obtain the Soul King’s Power.
• Su Feng ordered Rangiku Matsumoto and Nanao Ise to bind the accomplices and send them to the Chamber of Penance for judgment or exile.
• Su Feng completed his mission and increased his spiritual pressure to Second-Class Spiritual Might.
• Su Feng asked Jushiro how many elder brothers he had, and Jushiro answered that he had thirteen.

Aizen’s bizarre Menos devoured the spiritual energy left by the battle, destroyed Mimihagi-sama’s shrine, and drew Su Feng and his companions’ attention. Su Feng rushed to confront the creature, which recognized him as a Soul Reaper.

• A bizarre creature crossed Rukongai and consumed the reishi and spiritual pressure left behind by the battle.
• The creature reached Mimihagi-sama’s shrine and bit down on the ancient structure, causing it to collapse.
• Su Feng, Jushiro Ukitake, and Nanao Ise sensed the creature’s immense spiritual pressure and learned that Nigoku District had been protected from Hollows and Menos while Mimihagi-sama’s shrine stood.
• Jushiro Ukitake offered to hold the Menos back, but Su Feng went ahead to confront it himself.
• Su Feng found the Menos eating the shrine’s remains, and it turned its many eyes toward him and said, “Soul Reaper...”

Su Feng faced an Aizen-modified Adjuchas that had devoured Mimihagi’s residual power and overwhelmed it in their first exchange. The creature regenerated and unleashed spiritual pressure close to a Vasto Lorde’s, prompting Rangiku Matsumoto to seek reinforcements as Squad 12 detected the threat.

• The Adjuchas attacked Su Feng, but he dodged its strike and wounded it with Storm Howl before blasting it with Hado #63: Raikoho.
• The Adjuchas lost nearly half its body and an arm, then regenerated its wounds and grew even more eyes.
• The Adjuchas unleashed enough spiritual pressure to tear open the clouds, and the force caused weaker nobles traveling with Jushiro Ukitake to collapse.
• Rangiku Matsumoto sent Nanao Ise to watch over the nobles and rushed toward the Seireitei to seek reinforcements.
• The Spiritual Wave Measurement Research Division detected a Menos near Vasto Lorde level in the Nigoku District and sounded the alarm.

Su Feng fought an unusually powerful Adjuchas in Nigoku District while reinforcements rushed from the Seireitei. Aizen observed that the creature’s unique evolution might create more possibilities for his plan.

• Tenteikūra and the Department of Research and Development announced that Su Feng was fighting an Adjuchas near Vasto Lorde strength, and Shinigami reinforcements headed for Nigoku District.
• The Adjuchas renewed its body, launched itself into the sky, and attacked Su Feng like a spinning meteor, but he evaded it with Shunpo.
• The Adjuchas fired successive Ceros, and Su Feng’s gale swallowed the first blast and tore through the surrounding dust before the creature dispersed the remaining wind with another Cero.
• Gin Ichimaru and Aizen watched the battle, and Aizen explained that Su Feng had mastered his Zanpakuto’s True Name.
• Aizen concluded that the Adjuchas’s fusion of a Shinigami soul, a Menos core, and Mimihagi’s power had set it on a new evolutionary path that might aid his plan.

An Adjuchas evolved rapidly after devouring the Soul King's lingering power, but Su Feng overwhelmed it in battle. Su Feng pierced its mask with Storm Howl as a cloaked observer watched in shock.

• The Adjuchas devoured the Soul King's Power left in Nigoku District and gained the ability to evolve rapidly.
• After the Adjuchas neutralized his attack, Su Feng examined its new power and prepared to fight seriously.
• The Adjuchas charged Su Feng, but he wounded it with Storm Howl and blasted it into the ruined shrine with Sokatsui.
• Su Feng confronted the badly injured Adjuchas again and released Storm Howl's power, piercing its bone mask.
• A cloaked figure with azure eyes watched the attack and reacted with shock.

Su Feng killed an unusually powerful Adjuchas and suspected Aizen and Gin Ichimaru had been watching his display. Aizen and Gin arrived pretending to respond to an emergency, while Su Feng considered finding researchers in Squad 12 to investigate the creature.

• Aizen and Gin Ichimaru observed Su Feng's attack while concealed by black cloaks and Bakudo #26: Kyokko.
• Su Feng combined his Kendo with Storm Howl's wind control to kill the Adjuchas in one strike, deliberately showing off for the hidden observers.
• Su Feng examined the creature and considered seeking help from Squad 12, while deciding to avoid Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Aizen Sosuke and Gin Ichimaru arrived and pretended they had hurried to Nigoku District after receiving Lieutenant Matsumoto's Tenteikūra.
• Su Feng told them the Adjuchas had extraordinary abilities and suggested it had not evolved naturally.

Su Feng sealed the Adjuchas corpse and arranged for the Fourth Division to transport it for research. He sought access to the dissection and its data, but Seinosuke Yamada said he needed Retsu Unohana’s approval.

• Su Feng told Aizen and Gin Ichimaru that noble members led by Jushiro Ukitake had massacred the Ryūdōji Clan and sacrificed themselves to Mimihagi.
• Su Feng sealed the Adjuchas corpse with Enkōsen to protect it from damage.
• The Fourth Division arrived, and Seinosuke Yamada examined the corpse with enthusiasm and asked to take it to the barracks.
• Su Feng agreed to the transfer but insisted on observing the dissection and reviewing its data.
• Seinosuke Yamada said he needed Retsu Unohana’s approval because the Research Lab contained important unfinished test subjects.

Su Feng brought the massive Adjuchas corpse to the Fourth Division and asked to observe its dissection and research. Retsu Unohana agreed, but requested a Kendo discussion with him, and Su Feng accepted with a smile.

• Seinosuke Yamada led the Fourth Division officers carrying the Adjuchas corpse through the barracks to the General Relief Station.
• Retsu Unohana returned from gathering medicinal herbs and approved researching the Adjuchas as long as it did not interfere with patient care.
• Seinosuke Yamada explained Su Feng's request, and Retsu Unohana agreed to let him observe the dissection.
• Retsu Unohana praised Su Feng's Kendo during his battle with Kaname Tosen and asked him to discuss Kendo with her.
• Su Feng recognized that refusing was difficult and told Retsu Unohana he admired her Kendo mastery too.

Su Feng joined Retsu Unohana for a kendo exchange in the Fourth Division dojo, where her blood-soaked aura and fierce swordsmanship pushed him to test his skill. As they traded blows, he began integrating the many styles he had learned into his own.

• Retsu Unohana invited Su Feng to train with her in the dojo, and Seinosuke Yamada followed after making sure the Adjuchas was delivered to the Sixth Research Lab.
• Retsu Unohana changed into a kendo uniform and she and Su Feng took bamboo swords without using their Zanpakuto.
• Retsu Unohana's oppressive presence impressed Su Feng, while his focused gaze stirred her memories of formidable opponents.
• Retsu Unohana opened the exchange with a strike from the Heavenly Heart Degree Famous Style, and Su Feng blocked it before countering with his strength.
• Retsu Unohana praised Su Feng's No-Dwelling Heart Sword Style as they continued their fast-paced duel.
• Su Feng drew on the kendo styles in his mind and began merging them into his own under the pressure of Retsu Unohana's attacks.

Su Feng and Retsu Unohana fought an intense Kendo match that pushed him to improve under her guidance. The match ended with Unohana’s Bamboo Sword at his neck, and she invited him to visit the Fourth Division for more exchanges.

• Seinosuke Yamada and the others watched as Su Feng and Retsu Unohana’s Kendo exchange battered the dojo and overwhelmed their ability to follow.
• Su Feng realized that Unohana was suppressing him with her unmatched Kendo skill and a seamless succession of techniques.
• Unohana eased the pressure, allowing Su Feng to absorb her knowledge and rapidly develop his own fierce style.
• Unohana drew Su Feng back into her rhythm, and their Bamboo Swords shattered as the exchange ended with her broken sword at his neck.
• Unohana lowered her sword, praised the satisfying match, and invited Su Feng to visit the Fourth Division for more Kendo exchanges.

Su Feng accepted Retsu Unohana’s offer to teach him Kendo, then pressured Seinosuke Yamada into dissecting the Adjuchas. The analysis revealed that the creature contained a fused Shinigami soul and hundreds of Hollow souls, along with an astonishing number of spiritual-pressure transformations.

• Su Feng agreed to receive Kendo instruction from Retsu Unohana, who left the dojo pleased with his skill.
• Su Feng insisted that Seinosuke Yamada begin researching the Adjuchas immediately, so Seinosuke hurried him to the Sixth Research Lab.
• Seinosuke and the Fourth Division officers dissected the Adjuchas while Su Feng tried and failed to analyze its spiritual pressure.
• Seinosuke discovered that the Adjuchas was formed from a Shinigami soul fused with the souls of hundreds of gigantic Hollows and had undergone 364 transformations in spiritual-pressure nature.

Seinosuke Yamada analyzed the Adjuchas and argued that it had been deliberately created by Kisuke Urahara, revealing his own research into the connection between Hollows and Soul Reapers. He sought Su Feng’s protection from Central 46’s restrictions and offered to develop Reverse Healing Kido for him.

• Seinosuke Yamada sent the Seated Officers away and told Su Feng that the Adjuchas resembled Hollowfied Soul Reapers.
• Seinosuke Yamada concluded that the Adjuchas was likely Kisuke Urahara’s creation and warned that Urahara might still be hiding in Soul Society.
• Seinosuke Yamada explained how his research into spirit particles had led him to study how Hollows could become like Soul Reapers.
• Seinosuke Yamada demonstrated a partial Cero-like effect and said further research on the Adjuchas might let him produce a complete Cero.
• Seinosuke Yamada asked Su Feng to protect him from Central 46’s restrictions and offered to develop Reverse Healing Kido for him.

Su Feng approved Seinosuke Yamada’s research into Reverse Healing Kido and assigned him other research tasks before returning to deal with the Arisugawa Clan. Meanwhile, Yamamoto Genryusai learned that Su Feng had killed Jushiro Ukitake and imprisoned the surviving nobles, stirring unrest that could force the Noble Council to convene early.

• Su Feng questioned Seinosuke Yamada about Reverse Healing Kido, then agreed to fund its research and entrust him with human creation and spiritual particle analysis.
• Su Feng told Seinosuke Yamada to send the Adjuchas dissection data to the Ninth Division and left the Fourth Division barracks to handle the Arisugawa Clan himself.
• Yamamoto Genryusai reviewed Gin Ichimaru’s recommendation for the vacant Squad 3 captain position and considered whether to hold another captain’s examination.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported that Jushiro Ukitake had submitted a report on the Ryūdōji Clan incident, and Yamamoto Genryusai demanded the full details.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe explained that Su Feng had slain Jushiro Ukitake and imprisoned the surviving noble members, prompting unrest and the possibility of an early Noble Council meeting.

Su Feng imprisoned the nobles involved in the sacrificial ritual, ordered punishment for the Arisugawa Clan members, and gained ninth-dan Hakuda knowledge. He turned his attention to training Ikkaku Madarame as Central 46 convened to discuss his conduct.

• Nanao Ise reported that fifteen nobles had participated in the ritual and refused to discuss its plans, while Jushiro Ukitake received treatment at the General Relief Station.
• Su Feng sent the fourteen remaining criminals to the Torture Chamber, where some blamed Jushiro Ukitake and the others began recounting their crimes.
• Su Feng sentenced the Arisugawa Clan members to ten years in Sōgō Jigoku without waiting for Central 46's ruling.
• Su Feng's daily mission raised his Hakuda to ninth dan, and he considered developing his own version of Shunko after integrating his techniques.
• Su Feng found Ikkaku Madarame putting Ninth Division soldiers through harsh training and offered him a gift.
• Central 46 gathered to discuss an appropriate response to Ninth Division Captain Tsunayashiro Su Feng's recent conduct.

Central 46 sought to rein in Tsunayashiro Su Feng and sentenced the remaining Ryudoji Clan massacre participants to the Sōkyoku. At the Ninth Division training ground, Su Feng sparred with Ikkaku Madarame, who struggled to keep up as Su Feng honed his Hakuda.

• Central 46 agreed to pressure Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to keep Su Feng from targeting noble families.
• Central 46 declared that the remaining participants in the Ryudoji Clan massacre should be subjected to the Sōkyoku after Jushiro Ukitake's execution.
• Ikkaku Madarame performed his battle etiquette dance before beginning a spar with Su Feng.
• Ikkaku attacked Su Feng with Hōzukimaru's Shikai, including its split form, while Su Feng evaded and practiced Hakuda techniques.
• Su Feng pressed Ikkaku with attacks from every part of his body, leaving Ikkaku exhausted and marveling at his skill.

Su Feng defeated Ikkaku Madarame in training before Central 46 summoned him over his treatment of several nobles. At the council chamber, Su Feng openly challenged the nobles and used his spiritual pressure to threaten a member who rebuked him, then relented when Akutagawa Tsunayashiro intervened.

• Su Feng defeated Ikkaku Madarame again and praised his improved fighting style.
• Ikkaku Madarame whipped the watching squad members back into their training run.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto summoned Su Feng to the First Division Barracks on Central 46's orders.
• At the Underground Council Chamber, Su Feng dismissed Akutagawa Tsunayashiro's complaint and demanded the names of the nobles who had reported him.
• Su Feng overwhelmed a Central 46 member with spiritual pressure after the man rebuked him, then withdrew it at Akutagawa Tsunayashiro's request.

Su Feng intimidated Central 46 into ending its meeting without challenging him, while Yamamoto Genryusai allowed him to act freely. At Sokyoku Hill, Su Feng questioned the execution spear’s reputed power as fourteen nobles were brought out for execution.

• Su Feng’s pressure terrified a Central 46 member, and Akutagawa Tsunayashiro ended the meeting after warning the others against provoking him.
• Yamamoto Genryusai accepted responsibility for handling the matter, while Su Feng left and Central 46 members argued about his conduct.
• Jigoku no Gohei escorted fourteen lifeless nobles from the Chamber of Penance toward Sokyoku Hill for execution.
• At Sokyoku Hill, Su Feng asked Shunsui Kyoraku whether Kōkōō really held the destructive power of one million Zanpakuto.
• Shunsui Kyoraku said no one had set a standard for that claim and warned Su Feng to lower his voice out of respect for Yamamoto Genryusai.

After Retsu Unohana forced Su Feng into another Kendo match, he received orders to collect spiritual tools as the Rebel Army’s uprising worsened the nobles’ civil war. He reached the Department of Research and Development and suspected that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had been commissioned to develop the tools.

• Su Feng watched Kōkōō execute fourteen criminals and wondered whether it was the released form of Ryujin Jakka.
• Retsu Unohana challenged Su Feng to a Kendo exchange, and Shunsui Kyoraku joked that he would retrieve Su Feng’s body afterward.
• Su Feng and Retsu Unohana fought in the Fourth Division dojo, where Su Feng advanced his Kendo and created techniques of his own.
• A Hell Butterfly delivered orders for Su Feng to collect spiritual tools and return to his residence amid the Rebel Army’s uprising and the nobles’ civil war.
• Su Feng went to the underground Department of Research and Development and suspected that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had handled the Tsunayashiro Family’s commission.

Su Feng visited Mayuri Kurotsuchi to collect a spiritual tool commissioned by the Tsunayashiro Family, but Mayuri tried to persuade him to trade access to an Adjuchas corpse for research opportunities. Su Feng found Mayuri’s proposed technologies tempting as the chapter ended.

• A Squad 12 member escorted Su Feng through the Department of Research and Development to Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s laboratory.
• Mayuri gave Su Feng an imitation Spirit-Severing Rope, which Su Feng inspected and put away.
• Mayuri shut the laboratory doors and asked Su Feng for a favor, but Su Feng warned him not to delay his urgent mission against the Rebel Army.
• Mayuri asked to study the Adjuchas corpse Su Feng had obtained, but Su Feng said he had already given it to Seinosuke Yamada in exchange for research into Reverse Healing Kido.
• Mayuri offered Zanpakuto Modification Technology and several other scientific fields as incentives, and Su Feng considered the proposal while observing spirit particles in the lab.

Su Feng confronted Mayuri Kurotsuchi over a secret test, then delivered a replica of the Spirit-Severing Rope to the Tsunayashiro Family. After the Family Head asked him to intervene in the Rebel Army war, Su Feng agreed to end it.

• Su Feng discovered that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had secretly altered the Aggregated Spirit Particles, then struck him down and warned him not to try it again.
• Su Feng left the Squad 12 barracks carrying the replica of the Spirit-Severing Rope and went to the Tsunayashiro estate.
• Tsunayashiro Akizuki inspected the spiritual tool and questioned Su Feng about his conduct in the Underground Council Chamber.
• Tsunayashiro Akizuki said the elders wanted Su Feng to join the battlefield as the war's casualties hurt the family’s interests.
• Su Feng agreed to end the Rebel Army war.