Chapter Summaries

Baraggan Louisenbairn sent Hollows to the World of the Living to capture the person with Spiritual Pressure like his, while Ren prepared to fight them and protect Orihime. An Adjuchas and its followers arrived, alarming the local Death Gods and drawing Urahara Kisuke and Tessai Tsukabishi’s attention.

• Baraggan Louisenbairn ordered his subordinates to capture the person with identical Spiritual Pressure, then killed an Intermediate Menos Grande who questioned his plan.
• Ren warned Orihime to stay home, placed a barrier around the courtyard, and asked Muramasa where the incoming Hollows would appear.
• Muramasa sensed the Hollows approaching through a passage, and Ren headed to the clearing where they were due to arrive.
• An Adjuchas and many other Hollows emerged in the World of the Living, and several Death Gods reported the threat to Soul Society.
• Urahara Kisuke and Tessai Tsukabishi discussed the Adjuchas’s arrival and considered whether Aizen was involved.

Ren and Muramasa learned that Baraggan Luisenbarn had sent Intermediate Menos Grande to seize Muramasa, whose Spiritual Pressure matched his. Ren rejected the Hollows’ belief that the body was worthless and fought their leader using his body and Thunder.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi learned that an unseen person had killed an Intermediate Menos Grande in the World of the Living, while captains gathered in the Seireitei.
• Ren killed an Intermediate Menos Grande with Muramasa and Devoured its Spiritual Pressure as the remaining Hollows watched in shock.
• Ren realized that Baraggan Luisenbarn had sent the Hollows to claim Muramasa, and he shared the discovery with Muramasa.
• The wolf-masked Hollow called Ren’s body worthless and attacked him with red Spiritual Pressure-coated claws.
• Ren formed a dark-gold Cloth around his left arm and shattered the Hollow’s claws with a thunderous punch.
• Ren’s Thunder engulfed the Hollow, leaving it stunned that a human body could be so powerful.

Ren defeated the Intermediate Menos Grande Nierlas by using Muramasa’s darkness to devour him and absorb his Spiritual Pressure. After Muramasa sensed approaching Death Gods, Ren fled, and Urahara Kisuke arrived to find the Menos Grande dead and the clearing devastated.

• Nierlas devoured one of his subordinates to regenerate, then attacked Ren with Sonido and his claws.
• Ren cut off Nierlas’s arm with Sword Aura, while Nierlas devoured the remaining Menos Grande to strengthen himself.
• Nierlas fired a Cero at Ren, but Ren’s Muramasa engulfed the attack and devoured Nierlas.
• Muramasa warned Ren that Death Gods were approaching, so Ren fled into the sky using wings of darkness.
• Urahara Kisuke arrived at the ruined clearing and wondered who had killed all the Menos Grande in six minutes.

Ren returned after defeating the Intermediate Menos Grande and used his Spiritual Pressure to let Muramasa take human form. Muramasa explained how Ren could learn Cero, then asked him to give her a new name.

• Urahara Kisuke inspected the devastated battlefield, sensed the approaching Death Gods, and left before they arrived.
• A group of Death Gods found the ruined clearing and speculated that a powerful veteran captain had defeated the Intermediate Menos Grande.
• Ren returned to the courtyard, reassured Orihime, and prepared breakfast using Sea King flesh.
• Ren poured his Spiritual Pressure into Muramasa, allowing her to take human form, and asked her to teach him Sonido and Cero.
• Muramasa explained Cero's requirements and told Ren she had awakened Hollow techniques after devouring the Intermediate Menos Grande.
• Muramasa asked Ren to give her a new name because she had surpassed the limits of a sword and become a living being.

Ren named Muramasa Morgana and the Cloth Kayle, then studied Sonido while Seireitei sent four captains to investigate the Menos Grande deaths. The captains found no trace of Ren, and after a day spent hunting Lesser Hollows, they remained bored at the ruined site as night fell.

• Ren renamed Muramasa Morgana and named the Cloth Judgment Angel—Kayle, while Morgana privately resented the Cloth.
• Morgana explained Sonido, and Ren focused on learning the Arrancar movement technique without noticing Seireitei's response.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Kenpachi Zaraki, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Gin Ichimaru arrived with lieutenants and division members to investigate the vanished Intermediate Menos Grande.
• Mayuri examined the Spiritual Pressure readings, Kenpachi demanded to find the fighter, and Byakuya questioned the ordinary Death Gods about what they had seen.
• Gin ordered Izuru Kira and his men to eliminate approaching Hollows and search for clues, while Renji Abarai joined them after Byakuya gave him permission.
• The Death Gods hunted Lesser Hollows through the day, but by night the captains remained at the ruins without finding Ren.

The Death Gods analyzed the black Spiritual Pressure left by the mysterious fighter and learned that it came from a forbidden Dark-type Zanpakuto capable of devouring Spiritual Pressure and masking its owner. Their search produced no leads, while Ren stayed home studying Hollow abilities with Morgana; the chapter ended as he took Orihime to school.

• Byakuya suspected Yoruichi Shihōin had killed the Menos Grande, while Gin wondered what the king of Hueco Mundo was planning and Kenpachi wanted to fight the mysterious warrior.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi reported that the top-tier Menos Grande had devoured nine others before the mysterious fighter swallowed its Cero and then the Menos Grande itself.
• Gin explained that Dark-type Zanpakuto were forbidden and that Hadō #90, Black Coffin, had been created from one; Mayuri found the black Spiritual Pressure could not be tracked and could devour other Spiritual Pressure.
• The Death Gods returned to the Soul Society without finding the mysterious person, while Ren stayed home studying Sonido and Cero with Morgana.
• Ren took Orihime to school, where she smiled and told him she was going inside.

Ren learned that his physical body limited his Sonido, then raced toward a forest where more than ten Menos Grande had appeared. As Ren arrived, Aizen and Gin watched the attack unfold, and Ren discovered that the area was under surveillance.

• Ren practiced Sonido with Morgana's help and concluded that his physical body kept him from moving at full speed.
• Morgana detected more than ten Menos Grande in a distant forest, and Ren flew there using Morgana's dark wings.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi learned that the Menos Grande had appeared and saw Soken Ishida protecting a young boy on the monitoring screen.
• Aizen and Gin Ichimaru watched fifteen Menos Grande attack Soken Ishida, while Aizen revealed that he had helped send them to the World of the Living to draw out Ren and study a mysterious connection between a Death God and a Hollow.
• Ren reached the forest, where Morgana warned him that surveillance devices were watching from the sky.

Ren rescued Soken Ishida and young Uryu Ishida from fifteen Menos Grande, then fought the Hollows by absorbing their Ceros with Morgana's darkness. He remained unharmed after swallowing their combined attack and prepared to continue the fight.

• Ren spotted Soken Ishida and Uryu Ishida under attack by fifteen Menos Grande and rushed into the forest.
• Uryu Ishida stumbled into Ren, who revealed Morgana and swallowed the Hollows' Ceros with a wave of darkness.
• Ren told Soken Ishida that he owed him repayment for the rescue, then flew toward the Menos Grande.
• Ren shielded himself with dark wings as all fifteen Menos Grande fired Ceros at him.
• The Ceros vanished into Ren's darkness, and he emerged unharmed as Morgana hummed.

Ren destroyed fifteen Menos Grande and absorbed the energy they left behind through Morgana. He told Soken Ishida that a true powerhouse needed both body and soul, while Aizen and Gin Ichimaru studied Ren’s hidden abilities through the monitors.

• Ren used Morgana, darkness, swordsmanship, and thunder to destroy the Menos Grande while Soken Ishida watched in disbelief.
• Ren killed the final Menos Grande with a lightning beam that overwhelmed its Cero, and Morgana absorbed the energy from all fifteen Hollows.
• Uryu Ishida asked Soken Ishida whether all Death Gods were as powerful as Ren, and Soken said Ren did not fit his understanding of them.
• Ren told Soken that Death Gods had taken a misguided path by abandoning their physical bodies, arguing that true strength required both body and soul.
• Aizen and Gin Ichimaru discussed Ren’s abilities and noted that the black mist still concealed his identity.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi ordered Nemu Kurotsuchi to gather humans for study after observing Ren’s powers, while Ren negotiated with Soken Ishida for Quincy knowledge and training methods. Soken agreed, and Ren brought him and Uryu Ishida to safety, where the injured Soken rested.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi considered the mysterious man’s strength and ordered Nemu Kurotsuchi to bring back ordinary humans for study.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi prepared a report and video copy for the Captain-Commander and Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Ren told Soken Ishida he wanted Quincy knowledge and records as payment for saving him and Uryu Ishida.
• Ren explained that his weapon drew Spiritual Pressure directly from his soul, and Soken agreed to share Quincy training methods.
• Ren refused to abandon his body and brought Soken Ishida and Uryu Ishida back with him for protection.
• Soken Ishida coughed in the courtyard and said that the Menos Grande had nearly killed him.

Ren learned from Soken Ishida how Yhwach’s bloodline shaped the Quincy system and obtained a book of Quincy techniques. Despite lacking that bloodline and facing serious risks, Ren remained determined to study Quincy cultivation.

• Ren fed Soken Ishida Sea King meat and asked him to explain Quincy, Death Gods, and Hollows.
• Soken Ishida traced the Quincy lineage to Yhwach and described how Quincy bodies absorbed Spiritual Pressure through Yhwach’s bloodline.
• Soken Ishida explained that Quincy cultivation used Blut Vene to transform flesh and Blut Arterie to transform bones, warning that the process was dangerous and demanding.
• Soken Ishida gave Ren a silver book containing Quincy techniques, including Blut Vene and Blut Arterie.
• Soken Ishida warned Ren that trying to cultivate without Yhwach’s bloodline could destroy him, but Ren remained eager to learn the method.

Ren repeatedly tried to merge Spiritual Pressure with his blood, but the Spirit Particles clashed with it and made him spit black blood. After finding a new approach, he sent the particles into his heart, where a thunderous reaction brought lightning from his Cloth to life as an angelic figure.

• Ren drew Spiritual Pressure into his blood vessels, but the Spirit Particles clashed with his blood and made him spit black blood.
• Ren continued testing his method over several days despite Soken Ishida warning that ordinary humans without Yhwach's blood could not withstand Spirit Particles.
• Ren told Morgana he had found a viable method and sent a flood of Spirit Particles into his heart.
• Morgana wrapped Ren in darkness as thunder sounded inside him and his Cloth armor appeared.
• Lightning spilled from Ren's armor in the shape of an angel, and Morgana ordered the immature figure back inside.

Ren successfully merged Spirit Particles into his heart and blood, beginning a painful transformation that could eventually make him a Death God or Hollow. The Trash Station opened a connection to a new world, which Ren recognized as the Douluo Continent World after seeing Tang San and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

• Ren explained that Devil souls had made his heart able to carry Spirit Particles, and he successfully used it as their source in his body.
• Ren endured the pain as Spirit Particles spread through his flesh and blood, while Morgana and Kayle worried over him and competed for his attention.
• Ren told Morgana and Kayle that his body was slowly changing and ordered them to calm down.
• Ren sensed new trash, embraced Morgana and Kayle, and transported them to the Trash Station.
• Ren opened the Trash Station's new connection and recognized Tang San and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King on the screen as belonging to the Douluo Continent World.

Ren discovered that the screen showed Tang San fighting the million-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King in Douluo World, then struck through the spatial vortex connecting the worlds. His enormous Sword Qi Divine Dragon emerged in Douluo World and engulfed the Demon Whale King, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Ren recognized Tang San and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King on the screen and wondered whether Douluo World’s Soul Beast energy was compatible with the power of Death God World.
• Kayle questioned why Tang San struggled against the whale, and Ren explained that different worlds had different standards of strength.
• Ren realized the expanding vortex opened underwater in Douluo World and was pulling seawater, fish, and Soul Beasts into the Trash Station.
• Ren transformed Morgana into the Fallen Angel Sword and unleashed a slash through the vortex toward Douluo World.
• Ren’s Sword Qi Divine Dragon burst from the vortex, tore through the Demon Whale King’s tidal wave, and engulfed him as Tang San watched in shock.

Ren discovered that Douluo World Soul Power was purer than Death God World Spiritual Pressure, but Morgana could only absorb a few Soul Beasts at a time because their wills threatened her soul. As Tang San fought the Demon Whale King, Ren realized Tang San’s Haotian Hammer might be useful for forging a Zanpakuto.

• Ren ordered Morgana to devour the Soul Beasts swept into the Trash Station, and their Soul Power flowed into him.
• Morgana stopped after absorbing three young Soul Beasts because their wills could damage her soul, and Ren told her to digest them slowly.
• The Demon Whale King healed his wounds, transformed into a middle-aged man, and attacked Tang San in anger.
• Tang San charged into the Demon Whale King’s barrage with his hammer and Sea God Trident.
• Ren watched Tang San’s Haotian Hammer and thought it would be ideal for forging a Zanpakuto.

Ren learned that Asauchi were forged from soul-based ore and decided to use Tang San’s Haotian Hammer as material for a powerful blade. He sent Sword Qi through the spatial vortex to help Tang San fight the Demon Whale King, and the battle continued as Ren’s attacks held the whale back.

• Ren learned from Soken Ishida how Asauchi were made and decided Tang San’s Haotian Hammer could serve as soul ore for his own blade.
• Ren ordered Morgana to Devour Soul Beasts for enough Soul Power to unleash a sword strike, while Kayle offered to weaken their wills with lightning.
• Ren repeatedly sent Sword Aura through the vortex, creating Sword Qi Divine Dragons that struck and distracted the Demon Whale King.
• Tang San used the opening to attack the Demon Whale King with the Haotian Hammer and Sea God Trident.
• As the vortex began to shrink, Tang San continued pursuing the Demon Whale King, and another Sword Qi Divine Dragon surged from the sea to engulf him.

Ren used Morgana’s absorbed Soul Power to send a powerful Sword Aura through the spatial tunnel, striking both Tang San and the Demon Whale King. Tang San lost the Haotian Hammer, which fell into the tunnel, while the Demon Whale King landed a punch that forced him to retreat.

• Tang San drove the Demon Whale King toward the spatial tunnel while Ren ordered Morgana to release the energy she had absorbed from the Soul Beasts.
• Ren swung Morgana and sent a dark Sword Aura into the shrinking spatial tunnel.
• Tang San and the Demon Whale King clashed as the Demon Whale King sank into the tunnel, and Ren’s Sword Aura engulfed them both.
• A smaller Sword Qi Divine Dragon cut Tang San’s wrist, weakening his grip on the Haotian Hammer.
• The Demon Whale King knocked the Haotian Hammer from Tang San’s hand and punched him in the abdomen.
• Tang San escaped the Sword Aura, but the Haotian Hammer fell into the spatial tunnel.

Ren reflected on the harsh struggle for power, claimed Tang San’s Haotian Hammer as forging material for an Asauchi, and assessed the energy in the Demon Whale King’s severed body. He left Morgana to cautiously absorb a little of the whale’s Soul Power.

• Ren watched the shrinking spatial vortex tear apart the Demon Whale King and sever Tang San’s connection to the Haotian Hammer, causing Tang San to collapse after losing part of his soul.
• Ren accepted that the strong preyed on the weak and took the Haotian Hammer, resisting its Killing God Domain as he considered forging it into a divine sword.
• Morgana took human form and told Ren that the severed whale body contained immense soul energy.
• Ren warned Morgana that the Demon Whale King’s Soul Power carried a dangerous will and told her to absorb only a little.
• Morgana agreed to proceed carefully, despite her frustration at having such a vast energy source within reach.

Ren absorbed Demon Whale King energy, became a Quincy, and asked Soken Ishida about making Spirit Bows. In Hueco Mundo, Aizen arrived to confront Baraggan Luisenbarn, who demanded to know his purpose.

• Ren let the Devil Fruit Tree absorb the Demon Whale King's blood, collected its flesh and bones along with fallen Soul Beasts, and returned to the courtyard.
• Ren showed Soken Ishida that he had become a Quincy, then asked how Quincies made Spirit Bows while eating meat from the Demon Whale King.
• Ren sent Morgana to fetch Orihime and continued listening to Soken Ishida explain the Quincy training process.
• Aizen arrived in Hueco Mundo with Kaname Tosen and another companion, and Baraggan Luisenbarn confronted him about his return.
• Kaname Tosen rebuked Baraggan Luisenbarn for addressing Aizen by name and drew his Asauchi.

Aizen sent Baraggan Luisenbarn to the World of the Living to confront a mysterious man whose soul matched his, hoping to witness what their fusion would produce. Meanwhile, Ren learned how Quincies forged Spirit Bows from Soken Ishida and reflected on their lack of resources.

• Aizen used Complete Hypnosis to make Baraggan Luisenbarn's attack strike one of his own Menos Grande, then ordered him to send Menos Grande to the World of the Living before going himself.
• Aizen told Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen that he wanted to see whether the mysterious man's soul or Baraggan Luisenbarn would prevail and what a human fused with a Death God and Hollow would become.
• Gin Ichimaru compared the mysterious man to Ichigo Kurosaki, and Aizen said he was curious about both men's potential.
• Ren asked Soken Ishida how Quincies made Spirit Bows, and Soken explained that they used scarce Soul Material to forge a pendant and channel Spiritual Pressure through it.
• Ren learned the Spirit Bow method, watched Soken Ishida leave, and lamented that the Quincies lacked resources.