Chapter Summaries

As unexplained killings and factional clashes threw Douluo Continent into turmoil, Aizen agreed to begin teaching Kido at the Central Spirit Arts Academy. When the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples doubted his ability, Kenpachi Zaraki challenged him to a fight, and Aizen accepted with the sword’s edge allowed.

• Aizen heard reports of conflict between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the White Tiger Sect, attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and other mysterious deaths and feuds.
• Ning Fengzhi told Aizen that assassinations had threatened his sect and asked him to start teaching Kido at the academy, which Aizen agreed to do that day.
• At the academy, Aizen reunited with Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Kenpachi Zaraki, and learned that Shrek’s group had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Several Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples objected to Aizen teaching them because he was younger than they were.
• Kenpachi Zaraki challenged Aizen to prove himself in a fight, and Aizen agreed to face his Zanpakuto’s edge.

Aizen tested his Kido against Kenpachi Zaraki in a battle at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Training Field. After using binding spells, smoke, camouflage, and fire attacks, Aizen left Kenpachi Zaraki pushing through the flames to close the distance.

• Ning Fengzhi started the match between Aizen and Kenpachi Zaraki as the onlookers watched.
• Aizen bound Kenpachi Zaraki’s sword with Rope and sent lightning through the chain, but Kenpachi broke free and charged.
• Aizen used Crushing Wheel and Red Smoke Shield to hinder Kenpachi, then concealed himself with camouflage when Kenpachi blew the smoke away.
• Aizen struck Kenpachi with Red Flame Cannon and Yellow Flame Flash, while Azure Fire Fall missed.
• Kenpachi Zaraki split the Azure Fire Fall and charged through the smoke and flames toward Aizen.

Aizen and Kenpachi Zaraki fought at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Training Field, revealing their high levels and powerful abilities. After Kenpachi resisted Aizen’s attacks and nearly landed a decisive slash, Aizen bound him and pressed a miniature Raikoho against his face.

• Aizen used Bakudo and Hado to freeze Kenpachi Zaraki’s blade and hurl him with stone pillars, drawing praise from Kenpachi.
• Kenpachi Zaraki and Aizen introduced themselves as Level 52 and Level 54 Battle Soul Masters, respectively.
• Aizen unleashed Hado No. 63, Raikoho, and Kenpachi Zaraki slashed through the attack before charging back at him.
• Kenpachi Zaraki imitated a long-range sword slash and broke through Aizen’s lower-numbered Bakudo, nearly striking him.
• Aizen concealed himself with Sekienton and Kyokko, bound Kenpachi Zaraki with Rikujokoro, and pressed a miniature Raikoho against his face.

Aizen defeated Kenpachi Zaraki in a Kido demonstration, began teaching Kido at the academy, and discussed the growing threat posed by Aizen Sousuke’s Espada with Urahara Kisuke. The Shrek Team then prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Team, with Yu Xiaogang warning them that their opponents were stronger than they expected.

• Ning Fengzhi stopped Aizen and Kenpachi Zaraki’s fight after Kenpachi’s sword hand was badly burned, and Kenpachi left without Ning Rongrong.
• Aizen taught Kido at the academy, where Ning Rongrong and Oscar were the only students able to cast spells below ten; he named them group leaders.
• Aizen and Urahara Kisuke discussed strengthening Kurosaki Ichigo, raising Aizen’s compatibility to fifty percent and unlocking Tensa Zangetsu, while Urahara reported that Aizen Sousuke had helped the Espada grow powerful.
• Aizen and Urahara Kisuke’s research into immortal herbs strengthened their allies but depleted Dugu Bo’s medicinal field, while Dugu Yan reached Level 47 after obtaining Soul Beast Transformation.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar went to watch the Shrek Team face the Heaven Dou Royal Team, as Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San and the others not to underestimate their opponents.

Shrek’s team faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a Soul Arena match as both sides revealed their strength and rivalries. The battle began with Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng clashing, then Kenpachi Zaraki interrupted Kyōraku Shunsui’s attack and challenged him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reviewed Shrek’s roster, and Chen Xin warned that the mysterious support-type woman on Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team might be its most dangerous member.
• Dugu Yan reflected on her complicated feelings toward Aizen, while Qin Ming urged his students to do their best rather than focus on winning; Kyōraku Shunsui and the others resolved to prove themselves.
• Both teams released their martial souls as the match began, and Dai Mubai charged Yu Tianheng while Kuchiki Byakuya’s cherry blossoms and Ma Hongjun’s flames filled the arena.
• Shihouin Yoruichi attacked Ma Hongjun from above, but Xiao Wu intercepted her, and the two exchanged blows before Yoruichi dodged away.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass restrained Yu Tianheng while Dai Mubai attacked, but Kyōraku Shunsui struck at Dai Mubai; Kenpachi Zaraki intervened after Ning Rongrong boosted him, allowing Dai Mubai to send Yu Tianheng flying.
• Kyōraku Shunsui rebuked Kenpachi Zaraki for interrupting, and Kenpachi grinned and challenged him as the battle continued.

The Shrek team and Royal Fight Team battled as Kyōraku Shunsui’s group exploited openings to wound Xiao Wu and disrupt Tang San’s plans. Tang San tried to rally his remaining teammates, but Shihouin Yoruichi threw Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Xiao Wu out of the arena, leaving the fight in chaos.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu broke through Kuchiki Byakuya’s defense, but Dugu Yan caught Zhu Zhuqing with her serpent tail while Kyōraku Shunsui wounded Dai Mubai.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames created a shadow that Kyōraku Shunsui used to stab Xiao Wu through the heart, while Shihouin Yoruichi struck Tang San and escaped his counterattack.
• Tang San carried Xiao Wu back to his teammates, assessed the remaining fighters, and assigned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun their next roles.
• Shihouin Yoruichi appeared beside Tang San holding Ning Rongrong and Oscar, then threw both of them and Xiao Wu off the stage.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage failed to catch Shihouin Yoruichi before she vanished.

Kenpachi Zaraki defeated Kyōraku Shunsui and fought Shihouin Yoruichi while the Shrek Team regrouped. After Dugu Yan left the battle, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Hell White Tiger fusion, prompting the masked support to draw her blade.

• Yu Xiaogang explained to Flender how the enemy team had exploited the Shrek Team's mistakes and gained the advantage.
• Kenpachi Zaraki knocked Kyōraku Shunsui into the arena floor, then clashed with Shihouin Yoruichi at full strength.
• Kuchiki Byakuya said Yoruichi was not fighting seriously, while the masked support waited for the opposing team's strongest moment.
• Dugu Yan gave up and left the arena after Shiba Isshin and Kuchiki Byakuya declined to help her.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger, and the masked woman drew her blade, declaring that the moment she had waited for had arrived.

Retsu Unohana fought the Hell White Tiger inside Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, enduring severe injuries while repeatedly striking the fused opponents. After Tang San rescued the exhausted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, he attacked Unohana as her healing restored her body and blade.

• Retsu Unohana revealed her identity when the Hell White Tiger shattered her mask, shocking Dai Mubai, Frank, and Tang San.
• Tang San trapped Retsu Unohana and the Hell White Tiger in a Blue Silver Cage, where she fought the fusion despite its crushing attacks.
• Unohana’s relentless strikes badly wounded the Hell White Tiger, but Tang San released the cage and pulled the fusion away before she could finish it.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing separated from the fusion and collapsed, while Tang San warned himself to beware of Unohana’s healing.
• Unohana rapidly healed her injuries and restored her blade, and Tang San charged her with his remaining six Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and fought Retsu Unohana in a decisive clash, with both combatants left unable to continue. The battle ended in a draw, while tensions beyond the Soul Arena began to stir.

• Tang San realized his attacks could not overcome Retsu Unohana's healing and revealed the Clear Sky Hammer to block her blade.
• Tang San built the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer's power through forty-eight strikes, forcing Retsu Unohana onto the defensive.
• Retsu Unohana endured Tang San's final hammer strike with her healing ability and counterattacked, badly wounding his shoulder.
• Tang San stopped his bleeding but collapsed from exhaustion, while Retsu Unohana landed severely injured and unable to rise.
• Ma Hongjun remained pinned by Cherry Blossom Blades, and Kenpachi Zaraki and Shihouin Yoruichi held their truce as the battle ended with Tang San and Retsu Unohana both down.

After the Royal Fight Team defeated Shrek, Retsu Unohana’s terrifying skill and recovery left Tang San gravely injured and exposed the danger Yu Xiaogang had underestimated. The Soul Reaper Battle Team drew attention and new challengers with its growing prize fund, while Aizen concealed the team’s true strength as it prepared for a Level 81 opponent.

• Retsu Unohana rose from her bloody injuries, cleaned herself, and left while Tang San was rushed to the emergency room.
• Yu Xiaogang and Frank discussed Unohana’s lethal record and regretted accepting the match that left several Shrek students injured.
• Heaven Dou City learned that Unohana had joined Aizen’s Central Spirit Arts Academy, and the Soul Reaper Battle Team’s million-Gold-Soul-Coin prize fund attracted challengers.
• Aizen announced that the Soul Reaper Battle Team would accept teams around Level 50 and individual Soul Saints or Soul Douluos, including a Level 81 challenger due in three days.
• Aizen revealed that he had sealed away much of his team’s strength and planned to release it when they could face Spirit Hall, the Seven Great Sects, and the two empires.

Tang Hao took the gravely injured Tang San away, promising to return him before the All-Continent Soul Master Competition if he survived his treatment. Later, Aizen prepared to fight Zhou Tianyu, a powerful Level 81 Soul Douluo, and led the Soul Reaper Battle Team toward the arena confident of victory.

• Tang Hao visited the unconscious Tang San and told Yu Xiaogang he would take him away to treat his severed arm, relying on something Tang San's mother had left him.
• Tang Hao carried Tang San out through the infirmary window, while Xiao Wu awoke and tearfully urged him to return.
• Before Aizen's match against Zhou Tianyu, Dugu Bo warned him about the Soul Douluo's Heavenly Thunder Fierce Tiger martial soul and described its known skills.
• Dugu Yan worried that Aizen was risking his life, but Aizen teased her and reassured Dugu Bo that he understood the danger.
• Aizen asked about the betting odds, urged Dugu Bo to bet on him, and led the Soul Reaper Battle Team out of the preparation room toward the arena.

Aizen’s Soul Reaper Battle Team faced Zhou Tianyu, a Soul Douluo, in a heavily anticipated arena match for a million Gold Soul Coins. After Aizen urged Kurosaki Ichigo to accept that they might need to kill their enemies, the two sides began releasing their martial souls.

• Spectators packed the renovated Soul Arena and placed bets, with most expecting Zhou Tianyu to defeat the Soul Reaper Battle Team.
• On the way to the arena, Aizen told Kurosaki Ichigo that protecting their companions might require killing, while Ulquiorra and Grimmjow pressed him to abandon his restraint.
• Urahara Kisuke encouraged Kurosaki Ichigo to choose his own approach, and Yamamoto Shigekuni said slaughter was only a process toward peace.
• Aizen’s team met Zhou Tianyu onstage, where Zhou dismissed Aizen’s politeness and boasted that he would finish the battle in three minutes.
• The referee started the match, and Zhou Tianyu released his Heavenly Thunder Fierce Tiger martial soul and displayed eight soul rings.

Zhou Tianyu battled Aizen’s group, enduring their coordinated attacks and Yamamoto Shigekuni’s blazing sword assault. As Grimmjow launched a Cero at the apparently defeated Zhou Tianyu, Zhou Tianyu activated his eighth soul skill, Thunder Tribulation Rebirth.

• Grimmjow mocked Zhou Tianyu and attacked, but Zhou Tianyu blasted him back with lightning.
• Aizen used Shinso to distract Zhou Tianyu while Yamamoto Shigekuni struck him with flames, followed by attacks from Ulquiorra and Kurosaki Ichigo.
• Zhou Tianyu used Falling Tiger Heavenly Thunder to evade the combined attacks and paralyze Yamamoto Shigekuni, but Yamamoto fought through the lightning and overwhelmed him with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Aizen slashed Zhou Tianyu from behind, and Zhou Tianyu’s Martial Soul Avatar was driven back before he unleashed lightning across the stage.
• Urahara Kisuke bound Zhou Tianyu with two Binding Spells, allowing Yamamoto Shigekuni to batter and burn him until he collapsed.
• Grimmjow charged at the fallen Zhou Tianyu with a Cero, but Zhou Tianyu announced his eighth soul skill, Thunder Tribulation Rebirth.

Zhou Tianyu recovered as the Heavenly Thunder Fierce Tiger and unleashed powerful lightning against Aizen and the others. Aizen blocked its attack with Danku, then Ichigo struck it with Getsuga Tenshō, leaving Zhou Tianyu under pressure as another attack closed in from behind.

• A massive lightning bolt healed Zhou Tianyu and restored the Heavenly Thunder Fierce Tiger, while Grimmjow narrowly escaped being caught in the strike.
• Aizen confronted the tiger, but its Thunder Strike Orbs exploded and showed that Zhou Tianyu's lightning had grown stronger and gained an adhesive property.
• Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, and Ichimaru Gin attacked the tiger; Zhou Tianyu conducted lightning through Kamishini no Yari and scorched Ichimaru Gin's hand.
• The tiger unleashed a barrage of lightning cannons, and Aizen's Twin Lotus Azure Fire Fall struck it without stopping its charge.
• Aizen protected himself from the tiger's lightning with Bakudo #81, Danku, while Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō split the tiger's claw and drove it backward.
• Blazing firelight surged behind Zhou Tianyu as he was pushed back by Ichigo's strike.

Aizen and his teammates killed Zhou Tianyu in the Soul Arena, prompting Yu Xiaogang to push Shrek Academy to learn Kido. Days later, Urahara Kisuke told Aizen that a Titled Douluo had died and suspected Aizen Sousuke, who was secretly absorbing the power of a martial soul and Soul Power.

• Yamamoto Shigekuni split the Heavenly Thunder Fierce Tiger, and Aizen killed Zhou Tianyu by driving his Zanpakuto through his neck.
• Frank explained to Zhao Wuji that the Soul Reaper Battle Team's life-and-death battles had forged their fighting skills, while Yu Xiaogang ordered Shrek to learn Aizen's Kido.
• Urahara Kisuke showed Aizen a newspaper reporting a Titled Douluo's death and suspected that Aizen Sousuke had developed a system-like method.
• Aizen wondered why Zhou Tianyu's death had given him no Soul Coins, and Urahara Kisuke suggested Aizen Sousuke had created a quasi-system.
• In a basement in Spirit City, Aizen Sousuke examined a glowing jade bead and said he was gradually digesting a Titled Douluo's martial soul and Soul Power.

After the Titled Douluo’s death threw the continent into turmoil, the Soul Master Competition was postponed, giving Aizen more time to summon Soul Reapers. He summoned Yhwach, who agreed to cooperate without pledging allegiance, while Bibi Dong gathered Spirit Hall’s surviving students and the Espada.

• The Titled Douluo’s death sparked suspicion among the major factions, and Bibi Dong postponed the Soul Master Competition for a year while investigating the killings.
• Aizen used his soul coins to summon all of the Stern Ritter, including the infant Yhwach, and sacrificed other Soul Reapers to restore Yhwach’s senses.
• Yhwach refused to serve Aizen but agreed to cooperate, saying Aizen had the potential to become a king while warning that Yhwach’s own power might rival his.
• Aizen warned Yhwach against betrayal, and the two agreed to cooperate until Yhwach became stronger than Aizen.
• Urahara Kisuke urged Aizen to kill Yhwach, but Aizen said he would use Yhwach against Aizen Sousuke and asked Urahara Kisuke for information.
• Bibi Dong solemnly looked over Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Aizen Sousuke, Starrk, Barragan, Halibel, Nnoitra, Szayelaporro, Yammy, and the other children in Spirit Hall’s main hall.

Bibi Dong took personal responsibility for protecting Spirit Hall’s surviving students, while Aizen Sousuke secured a place among them and began pursuing his plans. After raising his level, Aizen led a research team to the Star Dou Great Forest to study the humanization of Soul Beasts.

• Bibi Dong urged the gathered students to win the Soul Master Competition and decided to protect them herself after a Titled Douluo’s death.
• Yan confronted Aizen Sousuke for joining Spirit Hall’s students, but Hu Liena welcomed Aizen and offered to show him around.
• Urahara Kisuke reflected on Aizen Sousuke’s ambitions and concluded that he needed to cultivate Aizen while preparing to oppose him.
• Aizen raised his level by five to level seventy-six after learning he could not summon Zero Squad without becoming a god.
• Aizen assigned Yamamoto Shigekuni to teach Kido to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and led Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Ichigo, Ichimaru Gin, and others to study Soul Beast humanization.

Aizen Sousuke entered the Hall of Elders intending to learn about its Titled Douluo, while Aizen and his group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to test Urahara Kisuke’s theory of human transformation. They used Soul Attraction Incense to lure a powerful Soul Beast, and Grimmjow went to investigate the approaching creature.

• Hu Liena advised Aizen Sousuke to behave carefully and build good relationships in the Hall of Elders, and he agreed before continuing there.
• Aizen and his companions explored the Star Dou Great Forest, where Urahara Kisuke studied the environment and they avoided hunting weaker Soul Beasts.
• Urahara Kisuke lit Soul Attraction Incense to draw a powerful Soul Beast to their camp for his human-transformation experiment.
• Aizen encouraged Kurosaki Ichigo, who said his sparring with White Ichigo had improved his mastery of Zangetsu.
• Aizen sensed an approaching Soul Beast, readied the group, and sent Grimmjow to scout it.

Urahara Kisuke’s attempt to humanize a Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard produced a feral, unintelligent girl, and Kurosaki Ichigo wounded her while protecting Matsumoto Rangiku. Aizen asked Urahara to try restoring her to the state of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast reincarnating as a human.

• Grimmjow spotted a Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard, and Urahara Kisuke identified it as a roughly forty- to fifty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast before giving Ichimaru Gin a syringe of reagent.
• Ichimaru Gin injected the reagent into the leopard while Aizen, Kurosaki Ichigo, Ulquiorra, and Grimmjow restrained it.
• The leopard transformed into a white-haired girl with seven soul rings, but she remained feral and attacked Urahara Kisuke when he approached.
• Matsumoto Rangiku defended the girl, who transformed back into a leopard and attacked her; Ichimaru Gin blocked the strike, and Kurosaki Ichigo severed the leopard’s paw and slashed its belly.
• Urahara Kisuke treated the injured girl and concluded that her low potential and intelligence caused the failed humanization.
• Aizen asked Urahara Kisuke to restore the girl to the initial state of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast reincarnating as a human, and Urahara agreed to try.

Aizen's experiments showed that the humanized Soul Beasts remained biologically incomplete, so he turned to hunting stronger specimens. When a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the power of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast confronted the group, Aizen stepped forward to fight it and awakened new abilities.

• Urahara Kisuke's experiments revealed that the humanized Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard retained Soul Beast organs, and he euthanized her; Aizen received six million Soul Coins for her soul.
• Aizen and his companions hunted more Soul Beasts, but even those over fifty thousand years old remained incompletely humanized and had reduced intelligence.
• Aizen's group noticed a domain darkening the Star Dou Great Forest, and Grimmjow warned that something was approaching.
• Aizen recognized the arriving Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and decided to use it as experimental material, while Urahara Kisuke worried about its strength.
• Aizen sent his companions back and prepared to face the tiger, then his compatibility with Kenpachi Zaraki and Yamamoto Shigekuni rose and he unlocked Soul Power Amplification, Instinctive Swordsmanship, and Flowing Flame Blade (Incomplete).