Sternritter Established!

After a Soul Reaper died, the spirit particles that made up their body gradually dispersed over time, returning to the Soul Society.

However, beings with spiritual power of the third rank or higher had spirit pressure densities that exceeded the Soul Society's natural rate of decomposition. Therefore, whenever a captain-class Soul Reaper died, a "Konso" ritual had to be performed to let their soul rest in peace.

This was something every Soul Reaper knew.

But according to the information provided by the King of Hueco Mundo, the Konso ritual did not actually allow a captain-class Soul Reaper's spirit particles to disperse successfully. Instead, it sent that captain—down to Hell!

Because after death, captains, like Hell itself, became something the Three Realms could not "...