Chapter Summaries

Aizen planted his allies across Douluo Continent’s academies and factions while gathering seven newcomers at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy. He ended the chapter by using Kyoka Suigetsu to approach Tang San and offer him greater power in exchange for submission.

• Chen Xin celebrated Kenpachi Zaraki as the successor to his swordsmanship legacy and predicted he could become a Limit Douluo, while Zaraki demanded a fight to the death.
• Hitsugaya Toshiro enrolled at Skywater Academy, where the girls’ attention made him too embarrassed to speak.
• Aizen’s allies infiltrated several academies and factions, and seven newcomers joined Dormitory Number Seven at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Aizen sent Ulquiorra to train Tang San and took Xiao Wu out for training, then interrupted Ulquiorra to approach Tang San himself.
• Aizen Sousuke activated Kyoka Suigetsu and offered Tang San greater power and a new world if Tang San submitted to him.

Aizen Sousuke discovered that Kyoka Suigetsu could not hypnotize Tang San, so he decided to cultivate faster. As the students trained and sparred, Aizen guided Xiao Wu into a real fight, while Aizen Sousuke encountered Yamamoto Shigekuni training on the back mountain.

• Aizen Sousuke tried to hypnotize Tang San with Kyoka Suigetsu, realized Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes and Soul Power blunted it, and headed to the back mountain to train.
• Ulquiorra relentlessly trained Tang San while Urahara Kisuke recorded the results, and Aizen taught Xiao Wu Flash Step.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and Ichimaru Gin traded blows in a spar, while Matsumoto Rangiku and Inoue Orihime watched and cheered them on.
• Tang San lost focus watching the spar and took a painful punch from Ulquiorra, then resumed defending himself with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eyes.
• Xiao Wu asked Aizen to ease Tang San's training, but after hearing why Tang San was working so hard, she chose to train harder herself and agreed to fight Aizen for real.
• Aizen Sousuke saw Yamamoto Shigekuni training with Gōka no Ken, and Yamamoto sternly ordered him to get out of the way.

Aizen and his companions graduated from Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and traveled to Suotuo City to join Shrek Academy, where they reunited with Retsu Unohana. Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived as well, setting up a reunion among the group.

• At graduation, Xiao Wu credited Aizen for her success, while Tang San said he preferred to keep a low profile.
• Aizen gathered Kurosaki Ichigo, Yamamoto Shigekuni, Aizen Sousuke, Ichimaru Gin, and the others to leave for Suotuo City and meet Retsu Unohana and Grimmjow.
• Aizen reflected on his wariness of Aizen Sousuke and reviewed the group’s Soul Power levels.
• In Suotuo City, Aizen and his companions reached Shrek Academy during enrollment and considered using Urahara Kisuke’s inventions to renovate the school.
• Retsu Unohana arrived with Dai Mubai, exchanged a smile with Aizen, and drew Dai Mubai’s astonished attention.
• Tang San arrived carrying Xiao Wu and called out to Retsu Unohana as Aizen watched with amusement.

At Shrek Academy's entrance, Retsu Unohana challenged Tang San to fight, but Aizen talked her into leaving. Aizen and the others passed registration and began the next test, where their powerful Soul Power cracked the testing crystal.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai that Retsu Unohana had once tried to kill him, and Retsu Unohana admitted it and challenged him to fight again.
• Aizen intervened, reminding Retsu Unohana that they might become classmates, and she left for Suotuo City after promising to spar with Tang San another time.
• Ning Rongrong and Kenpachi Zaraki arrived and were admitted without testing, while Dai Mubai showed hostility toward Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Aizen and the others displayed their martial souls and Soul Rings to pass registration, and Xiao Wu and Tang San impressed the old man with their abilities.
• Aizen and the others reached the second test, where their Soul Power cracked the testing crystal despite their attempts to hold back.

Kenpachi Zaraki and Ning Rongrong faced Zhao Wuji in Shrek Academy’s final assessment, and Kenpachi endured the fight long enough to pass. Aizen then challenged Zhao Wuji on behalf of his group, proposing they qualify only by defeating him.

• Dai Mubai brought fourteen candidates to the final assessment, where Zhao Wuji set a team trial against himself.
• Kenpachi Zaraki volunteered to face Zhao Wuji with Ning Rongrong supporting him, and he endured the battle for one incense stick despite severe injuries.
• Kenpachi fell with his back untouched, and Ning Rongrong said she felt safe behind him; Zhao Wuji declared them qualified.
• Aizen stepped forward with his group and proposed that they pass only if they defeated Zhao Wuji, and everyone agreed.

Kurosaki Ichigo and the others battled Zhao Wuji during their test, but Zhao Wuji’s strength overwhelmed them. With most of the group injured or unconscious, Urahara Kisuke surrendered, leaving the test unresolved.

• Kurosaki Ichigo, Ichimaru Gin, Urahara Kisuke, and Matsumoto Rangiku attacked Zhao Wuji, but he blocked their strikes and used Gravity Squeeze to make the two Kido spells collide.
• Aizen tricked Zhao Wuji with an ice double, provoking him to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Yamamoto Shigekuni wounded Zhao Wuji with Stroke Slash, but Zhao Wuji pinned him with gravity and knocked him unconscious.
• Aizen struck Zhao Wuji’s shoulder wound while concealed by Kyokko, but Zhao Wuji retaliated and kicked him away.
• Zhao Wuji sent Ichimaru Gin flying as he protected Matsumoto Rangiku, and he knocked Inoue Orihime down.
• With only Aizen, Ulquiorra, Urahara Kisuke, and Kurosaki Ichigo still standing, Urahara Kisuke declared their surrender.

After Aizen’s group left Shrek Academy, he set their sights on the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City and a future academy of their own. Aizen Sousuke obtained permission to operate independently and stir up conflicts among Soul Master factions, while Urahara Kisuke remained wary of his motives.

• Aizen refused Zhao Wuji’s offer to enroll after Urahara Kisuke surrendered, and Xiao Wu and Tang San tearfully said goodbye to him.
• Aizen explained that Shrek Academy no longer offered enough value and planned to earn Soul Coins at the Great Soul Arena, establish the Central Spirit Arts Academy, and study soul bones from the Soul Master Competition.
• Aizen Sousuke asked to leave the group to secretly foment conflicts among Soul Master factions, and Aizen approved his plan.
• Urahara Kisuke warned Aizen that Aizen Sousuke’s motives were difficult to read, but Aizen argued that keeping him close would not prevent betrayal.
• Aizen’s group reached the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City and began accumulating Soul Coins.

After Retsu Unohana’s brutal battles emptied Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, she and the others agreed to regroup in Heaven Dou City. Three months later, Aizen’s Soul Reaper Battle Team prepared to face Kyōraku Shunsui’s Royal Fight Team, whose captain warned that the match would be decided quickly and that they had no chance of winning.

• Retsu Unohana’s slaughter of opponents drove spectators and contestants from Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, and Grimmjow explained that challengers now withdrew whenever they saw her.
• Aizen said he had given up on enrolling, and Retsu Unohana, Grimmjow, and the others agreed to meet again in Heaven Dou City.
• Three months later, Aizen’s Soul Reaper Battle Team prepared to face the Royal Fight Team for the Gold Soul Badge in Heaven Dou City.
• Kyōraku Shunsui recognized the Soul Reaper Battle Team as his opponents and told his teammates that they had no chance of winning.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan recalled the team’s previous easy victory, but Kyōraku warned them not to underestimate their opponents and withheld further explanation.

Qin Ming briefed the Royal Fight Team on the mysterious Soul Reaper Battle Team before the two undefeated sides met in a heavily attended arena match. Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and the battle began.

• Qin Ming warned the Royal Fight Team about the Soul Reaper fighters’ abilities and urged them to win for Huangdou Academy’s reputation.
• Kyōraku Shunsui, Kuchiki Byakuya, and Shihouin Yoruichi voiced doubts about facing the Soul Reaper Battle Team, while the others insisted they had to fight.
• Mei Ji introduced both teams before the packed audience at Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena.
• The Royal Fight Team and Soul Reaper Battle Team entered the central arena and faced each other.
• Mei Ji gave the teams one minute to summon their Martial Souls, and both sides released them.
• Mei Ji announced the start of the match.

Yu Tianheng and the other Soul Arena fighters clashed with Yamamoto Shigekuni, Aizen, and their allies as the teams tested each other's strength. After Dugu Yan's poison was neutralized, she buffed her teammates and sent them back into the fight.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Yamamoto Shigekuni, but their clash left Yu Tianheng's dragon claw burned while Yamamoto Shigekuni remained unharmed.
• Kuchiki Byakuya slowed Ichimaru Gin's Shinso with pink petals, while Kyōraku Shunsui and Aizen exchanged attacks and Kurosaki Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō stopped Aizen from pursuing.
• Shihouin Yoruichi struck Aizen with a powerful kick, but he blocked it; Grimmjow then challenged her and drew her away to fight at the arena's edge.
• Dugu Yan released snake venom toward Aizen's side, but Urahara Kisuke used a pellet that absorbed the poison into smoke.
• Dugu Yan gave her teammates attack, speed, and defense boosts with her red and blue poisons, then urged them to charge into battle.

Yu Tianheng challenged Yamamoto Shigekuni but was badly wounded and rescued by Kuchiki Byakuya before Ye Lingling healed him. Aizen then punished Dugu Yan for insulting him, cutting off her right arm and ordering her to leave the arena.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Yamamoto Shigekuni with lightning while Kuchiki Byakuya helped him, but Yamamoto Shigekuni swiftly slashed his chest with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Kuchiki Byakuya moved Yu Tianheng beside Ye Lingling, who healed his wound with Nine Heart Begonia.
• Kuchiki Byakuya warned Yu Tianheng that the two of them might not defeat Yamamoto Shigekuni, while Ichimaru Gin urged Yamamoto Shigekuni to leave because Aizen was angry.
• Dugu Yan insulted Aizen despite Kyōraku Shunsui and Shiba Isshin trying to stop her, and Aizen told her to leave one arm behind and leave the arena.
• Aizen appeared beside Dugu Yan after cutting off her right arm, leaving Kyōraku Shunsui and Shiba Isshin stunned as a VIP room was blasted open.

Aizen defeated the Royal Fight Team and used Dugu Yan’s severed arm to keep Dugu Bo from attacking him. After the match ended, Aizen offered to heal Dugu Yan in exchange for Dugu Bo helping establish Central Spirit Arts Academy, which Aizen would control.

• Dugu Bo emerged from the VIP room and threatened Aizen over Dugu Yan’s injury, but Aizen argued that he had not broken the Soul Arena’s rules.
• Dugu Bo accused Aizen of hiding strength above Level 50, and Aizen said Dugu Bo was using the claim as an excuse to interfere.
• Aizen threatened Dugu Yan’s life and warned that killing him would leave her arm unrecovered, so Dugu Bo held back despite his rage.
• Aizen asked Qin Ming if the Royal Fight Team surrendered, and Qin Ming ended the match by surrendering.
• Dugu Bo asked what it would take to heal Dugu Yan, and Aizen demanded that he help establish Central Spirit Arts Academy as its principal while Aizen controlled it.

Aizen sought to establish the Central Spirit Arts Academy as a place to settle outside Spirit Hall, and negotiated support from Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi. Ning Fengzhi agreed to fund the academy in exchange for learning Kido, while accepting that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not interfere with Aizen’s management of its core students.

• Aizen told Dugu Bo he needed an academy to form his own faction rather than join Spirit Hall, and promised to restore Dugu Yan’s arm.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to help establish the academy, and Aizen agreed to discuss the terms privately while telling Dugu Bo to bring Dugu Yan to Residence Thirteen the next day for treatment.
• Kyōraku Shunsui’s group left after the battle ended without a victor, and he reflected that Aizen had used Dugu Yan’s injury to secure Dugu Bo’s help.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to fund the Central Spirit Arts Academy and pay Aizen one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each month in exchange for being taught Kido.
• Aizen required the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect never to interfere with his management of the academy’s core students, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to the partnership.

Aizen used the academy negotiations as cover for teaching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and planned to strike another deal with Dugu Bo. When Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to have her severed arm restored, Aizen revealed he knew about the poison in her body but would only treat her arm.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted responsibility for the academy's construction while Aizen focused on teaching the sect's disciples.
• Aizen considered summoning more powerful Bleach characters and awaited Dugu Bo so he could make another deal.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Aizen's residence, where the summoned group trained and Unohana searched for opponents at the Soul Arena.
• Dugu Yan demanded to know why Dugu Bo had not killed Aizen, and Dugu Bo explained that only Aizen could restore her arm.
• Aizen clarified that someone else would heal Dugu Yan's arm, then warned that he would not treat her poison.
• Dugu Bo was shocked when Aizen revealed he knew about the poison in Dugu Yan's body.

Aizen revealed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had inherited dangerous poison from Dugu Bo and offered to arrange a cure in exchange for access to Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden. After Inoue Orihime restored Dugu Yan’s severed arm, Aizen brought Urahara Kisuke to investigate the poison.

• Aizen told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that Dugu Yan’s body was poisoned by Dugu Bo’s cultivation, and Dugu Bo asked whether they could be detoxified.
• Aizen brought Inoue Orihime to heal Dugu Yan’s severed arm, and she restored it with her Six Flowers Shield technique.
• Dugu Bo praised Inoue Orihime’s healing and asked to meet Mao Zhi Hua, but Aizen said another person could cure the poison and demanded access to Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden in exchange.
• Dugu Bo agreed to take Aizen to his Medicine Garden, and Aizen brought Urahara Kisuke along to study the poison and the rare plants.
• Dugu Bo doubted that the dirty-faced Urahara Kisuke could cure them, while Aizen insisted that Urahara was exceptionally capable.

Aizen and Urahara Kisuke reached Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden, where Urahara examined the poison affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. After promising to strengthen their poison rather than remove it, Urahara revealed to Aizen that he had lied about being unable to cure them without damage.

• Dugu Bo led Aizen, Urahara Kisuke, and Dugu Yan through the forest to a valley containing a divided hot spring and his Medicine Garden.
• Aizen agreed to Dugu Bo’s deal and asked Urahara Kisuke to examine the poison affecting him and Dugu Yan.
• Urahara Kisuke collected blood and cell samples from Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, then analyzed them through the night.
• Urahara Kisuke told Dugu Yan that removing the poison would cripple her cultivation or leave her paralyzed, then claimed he could suppress its harm and strengthen it instead.
• Dugu Bo entrusted the Medicine Garden to Urahara Kisuke and left with Dugu Yan, while Aizen stayed behind.
• Aizen asked Urahara Kisuke whether he had lied, and Urahara Kisuke admitted that Aizen had caught him.

Aizen and Urahara Kisuke researched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s rare herbs and discovered a way to balance poison through simulated laws. When Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan for treatment, Urahara began the Soul Beast Transformation experiment on Dugu Bo first.

• Urahara Kisuke explained that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could undergo a partial Soul Beast Transformation to store their poison without harming their bodies.
• Aizen found and harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then asked Urahara Kisuke to analyze their medicinal effects for possible mass production.
• After months of experiments, Urahara Kisuke determined that the herbs contained mature laws that could balance the body and grant immunity to poison, and he developed a method to simulate that balance with Soul Power.
• Urahara Kisuke said the method could resolve Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s poison, but Aizen told him to wait until they were confirmed companions before sharing it.
• When Dugu Bo returned, Aizen said the research was ready, and Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the Medicine Garden for treatment.
• At Dugu Bo’s request, Urahara Kisuke began the Soul Beast Transformation experiment on him first, and Dugu Bo’s body started to change after a series of injections.

Aizen and Urahara Kisuke’s attempt to help Dugu Bo control his poison triggered a dangerous transformation as his Jade Scale Serpent King Martial Soul began taking over his body. Dugu Bo evolved into a Blue Scale Flood Dragon, and Aizen switched from ice to fire to attack him.

• Dugu Bo lost his senses as the treatment began, then transformed into a juvenile Jade Scale Serpent King with his head Soul Bone coordinating the change.
• Dugu Bo attacked Aizen, and Urahara Kisuke explained that the Martial Soul was trying to take over Dugu Bo’s body and that the transformation could no longer be stopped.
• Dugu Bo evolved into a Blue Scale Flood Dragon, forcing Aizen to unleash Hyōrinmaru and attack with ice, but the dragon’s scales and resistance made the attacks ineffective.
• Aizen drew Ryūjin Jakka and struck the Blue Scale Flood Dragon with intense flames, drying its protective mucus and exposing its scales.

Aizen and Urahara Kisuke fought the transformed Dugu Bo after their detoxification caused his Martial Soul and Soul Rings to evolve. Dugu Bo survived Aizen’s strongest Hadō, forgave them but ordered them to restore his Medicine Garden, leaving them free to select herbs while they worked.

• Aizen raised his Soul Power to Level 71 and used Hadō 88 while Urahara Kisuke restrained Dugu Bo with Bakudō spells.
• Dugu Bo activated his eighth Soul Skill, erased Aizen’s attack, and revealed his evolved Blue Scale Flood Dragon Martial Soul and increased Soul Ring ages.
• Dugu Bo reunited with Dugu Yan and comforted her after she feared he had died.
• Urahara Kisuke explained that his detoxification method had fully altered Dugu Bo’s body, freed him from poison, and evolved his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo forgave Aizen and Urahara Kisuke but ordered them to repair the Medicine Garden, allowing them to take herbs while they worked.
• Dugu Bo left with Dugu Yan, and Aizen and Urahara Kisuke resumed researching the immortal herbs.

Aizen Sousuke led the Espada in a night raid on Spirit City, killing Spirit Hall students and alternate candidates while absorbing their Soul Power. Bibi Dong ordered an investigation, and Aizen Sousuke wondered whether the turmoil he had created suited Lord Aizen.

• Aizen Sousuke persuaded Halibel, Barragan, Starrk, Szayelaporro, Yammy, and the other Espada to join his plan to eliminate Spirit Hall's representatives and alternate candidates.
• Aizen Sousuke used intelligence from Tosen Kaname to divide the group into teams and begin assassinating targets across Spirit City.
• Szayelaporro drugged a target's family, and Aizen Sousuke drew a phantom into a jade bead as the Espada drained the target's Soul Power and vitality.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Yue Guan and Gui Mei after Spirit Hall Academy students were found dead, then ordered them to investigate other factions.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether a spy within Spirit Hall was behind the killings, while Aizen Sousuke reflected on the environment he had created for Lord Aizen.