Chapter Summaries

Ren overwhelmed the Death Gods in Seireitei, while Aizen and Isshin Kurosaki joined forces to resist him. After Ren severed Isshin Kurosaki’s arm and trapped Aizen in a sword tornado, Isshin Kurosaki and thousands of Death Gods sacrificed their blood to unleash Mugetsu at Ren.

• Isshin Kurosaki ordered the Death Gods to retreat as Ren’s forces slaughtered them and Seireitei fell into chaos.
• Isshin Kurosaki and Aizen agreed to fight Ren together, but Ren’s Immortal Sword Aura shattered their attacks and killed ordinary Death Gods.
• Ren severed Isshin Kurosaki’s Bankai and right arm, then used Dark Grand Tornado to trap Aizen after Aizen attacked him.
• Isshin Kurosaki urged Tenjirō Kirinji to take Ichigo to the Soul King Palace and called for the Death Gods to escape.
• Isshin Kurosaki, Shunsui Kyoraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, and thousands of First Division members offered their blood to the Blood Moon.
• Isshin Kurosaki unleashed Final Getsuga Tenshō—Mugetsu, sending a massive blood-red Sword Aura toward Ren.

Ren defeated Isshin Kurosaki’s vastly powerful Mugetsu with Zhu Xian Sword Aura, cutting across Soul Society and killing nearly everyone. He spared selected survivors, and Aizen regenerated after losing the Hōgyoku before surrendering to Ren.

• Isshin Kurosaki unleashed Mugetsu, and Ren countered with Zhu Xian Sword Aura.
• Ren’s Sword Aura overpowered Mugetsu, swept across Soul Society, and killed most of the fighters.
• Ren deliberately spared selected soul reapers and Arrancar, including Byakuya Kuchiki, Retsu Unohana, and Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Madara Uchiha and World complained that Ren’s strike had ended the battle and left them without opponents.
• Aizen regenerated from a remaining cell, but the Hōgyoku crumbled to ash.
• Aizen asked to surrender, and Ren accepted.

Ren secured Aizen and the surviving Death Gods’ submission, then ordered Hashirama to rebuild the Seireitei while preparing to enter the Soul King Palace. Aizen revealed that a Zero Division traitor from the Ryūtōji Family had given him something that helped him grow stronger.

• Aizen submitted to Ren, and Ren assigned Yoruichi to deal with the remaining Death God captains, imprisoning anyone who refused to surrender.
• Yoruichi and Ryder confronted the surviving captains amid the Seireitei’s ruins, while Retsu Unohana accepted that resistance was futile and Toshiro remained bitter about being spared.
• Ren told Hashirama to rebuild the Seireitei and explained that some people had escaped to the Soul King Palace, whose independent space his sword aura had not reached.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to restore the Seireitei as Aizen watched and acknowledged Ren’s overwhelming power.
• Aizen explained what little he knew about the Soul King and the Soul King Palace, then revealed that a traitor from Zero Division had given him something that helped him grow stronger.
• Aizen identified the traitor as a member of the Ryūtōji Family, which Ren recognized as a clan known for researching Kido.

Aizen revealed that a crystal stolen from the Soul King had given him his Shinigami aptitude and extraordinary growth, and Ren recognized it as the Death God World's World Source. Ren brought the crystal into the Trash Station and Devoured it, causing the space to shake and fill with light as he sensed an ominous aura.

• Aizen told Ren about the Ryūtōji Family defector who stole a crystal from the Soul King and left behind Kido records and information about the Soul King Palace.
• Aizen explained that the crystal transformed his lack of Shinigami aptitude into exceptional talent and brought him remarkable fortune.
• Aizen retrieved the crystal from a storage space, and Ren felt a powerful longing for it.
• Aizen described the crystal as a World Source and left to meet Mayuri Kurotsuchi at Ren's request.
• Ren entered the Trash Station, where the crystal was rapidly Devoured and the space began to tremble and glow.

Ren returned to the Soul Society after the Trash Station devoured the One Piece World, then awakened many of his former allies. He revealed that Ichigo Kurosaki and the World Source remained ahead as their next enemies.

• The Trash Station told Ren that devouring the One Piece World had expanded its space and awakened those who had been sleeping.
• Ryder informed Ren that Hashirama had rebuilt the Seireitei, but the Soul King Palace remained inaccessible to the Death Gods watching it.
• Ren connected the Trash Station to the Soul Society and brought back many sleeping allies, including Shiryu, Garp, and Demon Oars.
• Shiryu complained that he had awakened too late to join the fighting, and Ren told him that Ichigo Kurosaki and the World Source still posed a threat.

Ren decided to prepare carefully before attacking the Soul King Palace, while Zero Division tried to turn Ichigo Kurosaki into their last hope against him. After learning that Ren had killed his father, Ichigo sank into despair but began training frantically when his sisters were threatened.

• Ren told Shiryu and the others to avoid risking damage to the Soul King and asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi to guide them in choosing Asauchi.
• Ichigo Kurosaki awoke in the Soul King Palace, where Oetsu Nimaiya revealed that Ren had killed Ichigo's father and showed him the battle through memories.
• Ichigo asked about his sisters, and Oetsu assured him they were safe in the World of the Living.
• Zero Division warned that Ren could enter the Soul King Palace at any time and urged Ichigo to become strong enough to defeat him.
• Senjumaru Shutara reminded Ichigo that his sisters could be in danger, prompting him to overcome his despair and train beyond his limits.

Ren prepared to eliminate the Soul Society's remaining resistance and entered the Soul King Palace after splitting open its space. There, the Trash Station revealed that the Soul King's Origin could evolve into a Heavenly Dao and promised to share more knowledge as Ren grew stronger.

• Ren observed Zhu Xian growing stronger by consuming the countless swords and blades gathered in its space, then decided to deal with the remaining resistance.
• Ren ordered Ryder to gather everyone and lead them to the Soul King Palace, declaring that he would eliminate those still defying him.
• Ren used Zhu Xian to tear open the space containing the Soul King Palace and entered with his group.
• The Trash Station sensed the Soul King's Origin and explained to Ren how Origins could evolve into Heavenly Daos, identifying the Death God World's Origin as having the greatest potential.
• Ren asked how the Trash Station knew this, and it replied that it would reveal more information as he grew stronger.

Ren and his allies invaded Soul King Palace to reach the Soul King, while Zero Division tried to stop them and protect Ichigo's ongoing training. Ren reached Ichibē Hyōsube outside the palace and declared that the Soul King was his, prompting Ichibē to stand against him.

• Ren asked the Trash Station why it had brought him to the Naruto World and helped him, but it said he would learn more as he grew stronger.
• Ren ordered his followers to protect the Soul King intact, and Zero Division realized he was heading straight for the Soul King's location.
• Shiryu charged Oetsu Nimaiya, while Ren's other subordinates engaged the members of Zero Division and kept Ren moving forward.
• Ichibē Hyōsube left Ichigo's training to intercept Ren, concerned that an interruption could prevent Ichigo from reaching his full power.
• Ren reached the palace and told Ichibē that the Soul King was his, and Ichibē vowed to stop anyone who invaded Soul King Palace.

Ren fought his way toward the Soul King Palace, defeating Ichibē Hyōsube before Ichigo Kurosaki confronted him. Ichigo unleashed Mugetsu, and Ren countered with One Sword of Zhu Xian as their attacks collided.

• Tobirama broke Ichibē Hyōsube’s sealed space, and Ren cut off Ichibē’s left arm as he advanced toward the palace.
• Ichibē used Futen Taisatsuryō, but Ren erased the technique and cut Ichibē in half.
• Ichigo Kurosaki emerged from the palace, caught Ichibē, and confronted Ren.
• Ichigo released his full power and used Mugetsu, pouring his life and strength into one strike.
• Ren countered Ichigo’s attack with One Sword of Zhu Xian, forming a towering sword of Sword Aura.

Ren’s sword strike defeated Ichigo Kurosaki but destroyed the Soul King and shattered Soul King Space. As the connected worlds began collapsing, Ren collected the Soul King’s fragments and brought everyone into the Trash Station, leaving only Kayle and Morgana awake.

• Ren’s Zhu Xian Sword Aura overcame Ichigo Kurosaki’s Mugetsu and destroyed the Soul King Palace.
• Ichigo Kurosaki vanished into the Sword Aura after warning that destroying the Soul King would end the world, and Ren dismissed the threat.
• The Soul King shattered, Soul King Space began breaking apart, and Ren sent its fragments into the Trash Station.
• Ren ordered Ryder to help everyone retreat as Soul King Space collapsed into the Soul Society.
• Ren took everyone at rebuilt Seireitei into the Trash Station while destruction spread through the worlds; everyone fell asleep except Kayle and Morgana.

Ren rescued Inoue from the collapsing World of the Living and escaped into the Trash Station as the Death God World was destroyed, though Destruction Aura entered his body and left him unconscious. The Trash Station began devouring the remaining parts of that world before carrying Ren toward a new world, where a young girl was being tortured in a magic experiment.

• Ren crossed a spatial passage filled with Destruction Aura and reached the ruins of the World of the Living, where he found Inoue in a courtyard.
• Ren placed Inoue in the Trash Station, then entered it himself as the Death God World succumbed to Destruction Aura.
• Ren told the Trash Station to devour whatever remained of the Death God World, and it swept through the surviving areas while Ren fell unconscious.
• Fine strands of Destruction Aura entered Ren as the Trash Station and the spatial distortion carried him toward a new world.
• An evil old man ordered researchers to inject more magic power into a young girl, despite warnings that the experiment could make her explode.

Ren arrived in the Fairy Tail World, killed the researchers who had been experimenting on Ultear Milkovich, and rescued her. He carried Ultear out of the laboratory, where alerted guards prepared to attack.

• Ren emerged from a spatial vortex in the laboratory and learned that he had crossed over from the Death God World.
• The sinister old man tried to capture Ren for experiments, but Ren beheaded him and killed the other researchers.
• Ren gathered the laboratory equipment into his Amethyst Ring and discovered the rescued girl's name was Ultear Milkovich.
• Ren removed Ultear's wires, introduced himself as Ren, and carried her out of the laboratory.
• The research institute's guards spotted Ren and Ultear and prepared to attack.

Ren rescued Ultear and fought his way through the research institute, while she offered to teach him Ice-Make Magic. After taking the institute's equipment and the children held in cultivation chambers into the Trash Station, Ren faced an old man and another group of guards outside.

• Ren crushed the guards' magic attacks and cut them down with his sword while carrying Ultear through the institute.
• Ultear asked whether Ren could use magic and offered to teach him Ice-Make Magic.
• Ren questioned Ultear about how her magic worked, then stored the institute's machines and records in his Amethyst Ring as he searched the building.
• Ultear recognized the children in the cultivation chambers as test subjects used in experiments with Magical Beast blood essence.
• Ren drew the cultivation chambers and children into the Trash Station's space and left the institute.
• An old man confronted Ren with guards as snow began falling across the institute.

Ren defeated an Ice Magic mage and learned that magic drew on elements hidden in nature, then used his spiritual power to control those elements despite being unable to absorb them. He launched an ice sphere at the laboratory and destroyed it.

• Ultear identified the mage as a user of Ice Magic, and Ren countered his Blizzard with Rankyaku, killing the guards and maiming the mage.
• Ren tortured the mage for an explanation of magic and learned that mages guided natural elements with their spirits and stored them in their bodies.
• Ren sensed the magical elements around him, gathered ice elements with his spiritual power, and formed a dangerous sphere while keeping Ultear warm.
• Ren used wind elements beneath his feet to fly out of the laboratory, then threw the ice sphere at it and caused a massive explosion.

Ren destroyed the Northern Continent research institute with ice magic, rescued Ultear, and began studying documents to learn about the Fairy Tail World. Hades arrived to investigate the destruction, while Ren asked Ultear about the region’s magic academies and discovered that casting Kido with magic elements worked, though he still did not know how to form a Magic Source.

• Ren froze the research institute and surrounding forest, then left with Ultear as she fell asleep in his arms.
• Hades examined the frozen institute, rejected the idea that Ur Milkovich had caused the destruction, and ordered his followers to investigate and handle the Magic Council.
• Ren settled in a palace in a ruined village and studied documents taken from the institute while Ultear slept through a full day and night.
• Ultear woke, joined Ren for a meal, and Ren asked her about the Northern Continent’s magic academies.
• Ren explained that he had successfully cast Kido by using magic elements to form its patterns, but its power was weaker and its cost greater than in the Death God World.
• Ren realized he still needed to learn how mages absorbed magic elements and formed a Magic Source.

Ren investigated how magic worked in the Fairy Tail World while caring for the young Ultear, whose explanation of Innate Magic led him to consider resonating with magical elements to awaken his own. The chapter left Ren contemplating that approach as he continued studying the world’s magic.

• Ren reflected on his growing soul, injured body, and weapons, then asked Ultear about the Magic Academy and how people learned magic.
• Ultear explained that guilds, the Magic Academy, the Magic Council, and nations shaped the world, and offered to ask her mother, Ulu, to teach Ren.
• Ren chose to study the nature of magic rather than use a Dragon Crystal to gain Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Ren read about Innate Magic and Acquired Magic, and Ultear explained how each kind was awakened or learned.
• Ultear told Ren that understanding his heart and resonating with natural magical elements could awaken his Innate Magic, leaving him thoughtful.

Ren captured Hogg Baruk, a Magic Council operative who had tracked him after the Ice Research Institute was destroyed, and learned that Brain ordered the search. Ren spared Hogg and told him to work for him.

• Ren froze Hogg Baruk's lower body after Hogg attacked with Fire Make Magic, then demanded to know who sent him and how he found the palace.
• Hogg revealed that he worked for the Magic Council's Intelligence Division and had followed Ren's scent from the ruined institute.
• Ren questioned Hogg about his name and learned he belonged to the Baruk Family, whose chronicles mentioned an ancestor who drank dragon blood.
• Hogg said Brain, director of the Department of Magical Development, had ordered the search and sent multiple operatives after the people responsible for the institute's destruction.
• Ren spared Hogg and ordered him to work for him.

Ren confronted a Magic Council agent sent by Brain to take Ultear, while Kayle and Morgana recovered from injuries caused by the Destruction Aura. After the agent threatened Ultear, Ren released his killing intent, and the man attacked with Earth Softening magic.

• Ren summoned Kayle and Morgana from a spatial vortex and told them to protect the palace while he confronted the hidden observer.
• Ren used his awakened Double Pupils to distort space and forced the hidden man to reveal himself.
• The man offered to spare the Destruction Research Institute if Ren handed over Ultear, who clung to Ren in fear.
• Ren gave Ultear to Kayle and unleashed his killing intent, terrifying the man and Hogg Baruk.
• The man steadied himself and cast Earth Softening—Sandification Capital, sending a mass of softened earth toward Ren as Ren drew the Shura Sword.

Ren defeated Laxien, one of Brain’s Six Great Generals, and tortured his soul until he revealed why he was searching for Ultear. Laxien said Hades wanted Ultear because her body was suited to learning a kind of Lost Magic, leaving Ren surprised by Hades’s involvement.

• Ren used the Shura Sword to slice through the Sandification Capital, then cut off Laxien’s arms.
• Ren demanded that Laxien explain his search for Ultear and tell him what he knew about Brain, but Laxien refused.
• Ren tormented Laxien’s soul with Spiritual Pressure until Laxien begged to talk.
• Hogue identified Laxien as one of Brain’s Six Great Generals and explained their title to Ren.
• Laxien revealed that Hades had taken an interest in Ultear because her body was suited to learning a kind of Lost Magic.
• Ren reacted with surprise when he learned Hades was involved.

Ren learned that Hades secretly supplied magic to Brain and used research institutes to manipulate gifted children, while the Magic Council had little real power over the guilds. Laxien revealed that Brain and Hades arranged the construction of the R-System, leaving Ren to suspect Hades had engineered the Tower of Heaven for his own purposes.

• Laxien explained that Hades ordered cruel experiments on children to darken their hearts, and that Ultear’s training and life had been arranged by him.
• Laxien said the Magic Council relied on major guilds, struggled to develop magic, and could barely use Etherion as a deterrent.
• Laxien revealed that Brain traded with Hades for rare spells, including Dimensional Magic and the Earth Softening magic used by the Six Generals.
• Laxien said Hades gave Brain a blueprint for Zeref’s R-System, which Brain secretly built overseas using abducted villagers.
• Ren recognized the project as the origin of the Tower of Heaven and asked Laxien what else he knew.