Yhwach's True Goal

Rukia's Bankai had never been fully perfected.

Because her spiritual pressure had never truly reached captain-class, her Bankai—White Haze Punishment—inflicted far more damage on herself than on her enemies.

But now, Rukia felt something different.

Beneath the dark clouds blanketing the sky, Rukia suddenly gained a unique insight into ice and snow during the battle.

She sensed Captain Hitsugaya Toshiro's spiritual pressure—it was like a blazing aggression hidden beneath ice and snow... utterly opposed, yet perfectly fused together.

It was under such circumstances that Rukia, too, came to understand her own White Haze Punishment...