Chapter Summaries

Komamura asked Yamabuki Chidori to let him return to the mountains to learn the Werewolf Clan’s Humanization Technique, but Yamabuki offered him a safer, simplified version of Mugetsu. After Yhwach ordered dissenters executed and planned a second war to reach the Soul King Palace, Haschwalth secretly spared the prisoners, while Gremmy and Yamabuki plotted to deepen the rift between Haschwalth and Yhwach; the captive Quincy then began seeking a way out.

• Komamura asked Yamabuki Chidori for leave to learn the Humanization Technique, and Yamabuki gave him a scroll containing a less costly version of Mugetsu instead.
• After waking, Yhwach learned that morale had collapsed and ordered Haschwalth to execute the Quincy who had spread dissent.
• Yhwach decided to distract the Gotei 13 with an attack on the Seireitei while he and five others slipped toward the Soul King Palace.
• Haschwalth secretly imprisoned the dissenters instead of killing them, and the Quincy began suspecting that he was a Soul Reaper spy and discussing an alliance with Soul Society.
• Gremmy told Yamabuki that he had started the rumors and revealed Yhwach’s plan to attack the Soul King Palace within three days.
• Yamabuki and Gremmy plotted to exploit Haschwalth’s disobedience and turn Yhwach against him, while the captive Quincy at Haschwalth’s secret base searched for a way out.

Liltotto led imprisoned Quincy away from Yhwach’s control, and Yamabuki Chidori settled most of them into peaceful lives in Soul Society. Kurosaki Ichigo returned with his reforged dual zanpakutō and challenged Yamabuki Chidori, whose strength still matched his attacks.

• Liltotto gave the imprisoned Quincy Yamabuki Chidori’s blue pills and led them out of the prison.
• Yhwach questioned Haschwalth about the missing Quincy, while Haschwalth privately accepted their escape and suspected they had gone to Soul Society.
• Yamabuki Chidori welcomed the Quincy, offered them peaceful lives or the choice to fight, and warned them not to use their soul-annihilating abilities unnecessarily.
• Kurosaki Ichigo praised Yamabuki Chidori’s treatment of the Quincy and offered to test his newly reforged dual zanpakutō.
• Yamabuki Chidori and Kurosaki Ichigo fought in the underground training ground, where Yamabuki blocked Ichigo’s strike and evaded his second blade with his Space Ability.

Yamabuki Chidori tested Kurosaki Ichigo’s full power, then Yhwach attacked the Quincy gathered in Karakura Town and stole Tsukishima’s Book of Termination. Ginjo Kugo and Tsukishima reached Soul Society and warned Yamabuki Chidori, leaving the group facing a more dangerous Yhwach on the eve of the battle.

• Kurosaki Ichigo unleashed Hollowfication, Bankai, and Royal Moon Fang Sky Roar against Yamabuki Chidori, who blocked his attacks and broke the outer layer of his new sword to reveal Zangetsu inside.
• Ginjo Kugo and Tsukishima watched over the Quincy gathered in Karakura Town while the Sternritter’s battle with Soul Society was forty-eight hours away.
• Yhwach arrived in Karakura Town, killed Ginjo Kugo, and stole Tsukishima’s Book of Termination with Usurpation Altar before destroying Tsukishima’s body.
• Ginjo Kugo and Tsukishima awoke in Rukongai, then hurried to Seireitei to tell Yamabuki Chidori that Yhwach had taken Tsukishima’s power.
• Yamabuki Chidori heard their report while sharing hot pot with the others, and the gathering fell silent at the news.

Yamabuki Chidori warned Kurosaki Ichigo to protect Orihime Inoue, then faced Yhwach as the Sternritter invaded Soul Society. Yhwach manipulated Ichigo into opening a passage to the Soul King Palace, and Yamabuki offered to send Ichigo after him while he stayed to defend the Seireitei.

• Yamabuki Chidori suspected Yhwach would target Orihime Inoue and ordered Kurosaki Ichigo to protect her and keep her away from the battle.
• Three days later, Yhwach led the Sternritter in an assault on the Seireitei, beginning the final battle against Soul Society.
• Yamabuki Chidori clashed with Yhwach, who used his power to distort the past and instantly heal his wounds.
• Yhwach manipulated Kurosaki Ichigo's memories and ordered him to use his Shinigami Uniform to open a passage to the Soul King Palace.
• Yamabuki Chidori restored Kurosaki Ichigo's memories, but Yhwach and his forces had already passed into the Soul King Palace.
• Yamabuki Chidori offered to open a Wormhole for Kurosaki Ichigo, while he remained behind to defend the Seireitei.

Yamabuki Chidori sent Kurosaki Ichigo through a Wormhole toward the Soul King Palace while he stayed behind to deal with the battles below. Sajin Komamura was overwhelmed by Meninas McAllon until Shikkōgai Musashi, the first Captain of the Seventh Division, intervened.

• Yamabuki Chidori warned Kurosaki Ichigo to avoid Yhwach and sent him through a Wormhole to the Soul King Palace.
• Sajin Komamura used Black Rope Heavenly Punishment Myōō to attack the Quincy soldiers, but Meninas McAllon blocked its sword with her bare hands.
• Meninas McAllon activated Perfect Sanctification, overpowered Komamura, and injured him through the damage reflected by his Bankai.
• Meninas McAllon struck Komamura down and prepared to kill him, but Shikkōgai Musashi caught her blade.
• Shikkōgai Musashi introduced himself to Komamura as the First Generation Captain of the Gotei 13's Seventh Division.

The Original Gotei 13 captains returned to the battlefield and began turning the fight against the Quincy. Ōtōgawa Utsugi boosted Tōshirō Hitsugaya’s luck, letting him overwhelm Bazz-B until the Quincy activated Perfect Sanctification.

• Shikkōgai Musashi defeated Minina with his Bankai, but Liltotto stopped him from attacking further by explaining her pact with the Soul Reapers.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri learned that powerful fighters had joined the battle, while the Original Gotei 13 captains appeared beside the Captain Commander and received orders to wipe out the enemies.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya fought Bazz-B amid flames and ice, and Ōtōgawa Utsugi activated his Bankai to raise Hitsugaya’s luck and critical-hit rate.
• Hitsugaya’s strengthened Shikai froze Bazz-B, but Bazz-B entered Perfect Sanctification, leaving Hitsugaya preparing to use Bankai.

Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Tier Harribel overwhelmed Bazz-B and captured him alive, but Hitsugaya was then trapped by Jiji’s ability to turn Shinigami into zombies. Gen'en Kinra confronted Jiji, revealed his pain-inducing Zanpakuto, and took him into his Bankai’s Hell.

• Tōshirō Hitsugaya froze Bazz-B’s flames, and Tier Harribel joined the fight by flooding the battlefield with water.
• Hitsugaya froze Bazz-B and captured him alive after Yamabuki Chidori ordered him to preserve the Quincy.
• Jiji sent zombified Shinigami, including Hitsugaya’s squad members, against him, forcing Hitsugaya to withdraw his Bankai.
• Gen'en Kinra identified Jiji’s blood-related ability and used his Zanpakuto to multiply Jiji’s sense of pain.
• Gen'en Kinra activated Bankai, Muken, and transported himself and Jiji into a Hell-like space.

Gen'en Kinra tortured Jiji in Muken for centuries before Yamabuki Chidori sealed his ruined body, horrifying Tōshirō Hitsugaya and prompting him to question the First Generation Captains’ sanity. Elsewhere, Kuchiki Byakuya defeated Candice’s attack, then met Saitō Fubōfu, who recognized his Kuchiki heritage, as Candice prepared to fight again.

• Gen'en Kinra tortured Jiji in Muken, and after centuries of torment Jiji returned to the living world as a broken mass of flesh.
• Yamabuki Chidori sealed Jiji in a glass box, while Tōshirō Hitsugaya froze him enough for them to contain him.
• Gen'en Kinra’s brutality and Katoru Hatsunoya’s violence horrified Tōshirō Hitsugaya, and nearby Quincy surrendered in fear.
• Kuchiki Byakuya blocked Candice’s lightning with Senbonzakura and blasted her out of the air.
• Saitō Fubōfu appeared behind Kuchiki Byakuya, recognized his family name, and began reminiscing with him as Candice activated Perfect Sanctification.

Saitō Fubōfu defeated Candice and spared her after Liltotto pleaded for her, while Kuchiki Byakuya searched for an opponent. PePe Waccabrada controlled Shinigami with his Love ability, but Zendouji Yuuhin arrived and claimed he could break the control by suppressing their hormones.

• Saitō Fubōfu used her Bankai to shatter Candice’s lightning and Sanctification, leaving her unconscious for the Shinigami to capture.
• Liltotto asked Saitō Fubōfu to spare Candice, and Saitō agreed after Yamabuki Chidori nodded.
• Gin Ichimaru and Shijima Chiru secretly killed Nanalana Najahkoop with God Killing Spear and its poison, frustrating Kuchiki Byakuya, who had been seeking an opponent.
• PePe Waccabrada used his Love ability to control a Sixth Division Shinigami and turn him against Kuchiki Byakuya.
• Zendouji Yuuhin landed on PePe and said he could suppress hormone secretion to free the controlled Shinigami.

Zendouji Yuuhin helped Kuchiki Byakuya defeat PePe Waccabrada, while Obana Danjirou killed Mask de Masciline and James with his Bankai. After the Sternritter in the lower realm were wiped out, Yhwach reached the Soul King Palace with his forces to face the Zero Division.

• Zendouji Yuuhin used medicine to free the Soul Reapers from PePe Waccabrada's control and gave Kuchiki Byakuya a pill that neutralized PePe's love ability.
• Kuchiki Byakuya defeated PePe Waccabrada with Senbonzakura Kageyoshi after the pill disrupted his Perfect Sanctification.
• Mask de Masciline nearly defeated Shinji Hirako, but Obana Danjirou arrived and used Forget Worries to trap Mask and James in an illusion before the flowers drained their bodies.
• Yamabuki Chidori ordered the Soul Reapers to clear the battlefield after the Sternritter in the lower realm were defeated.
• Yhwach arrived at the Soul King Palace with the Schutzstaffel, Haschwalth, and Uryu Ishida, where the Zero Division confronted them.
• Yhwach assigned the Schutzstaffel to fight the Zero Division as the clash began.

Yhwach escaped Shūtara Senjumaru’s illusion cage and faced Ichibē Hyōsube while Ōetsu Nimaiya killed the trapped Sternritter. Ichibē erased Yhwach’s name and half his power, but Yhwach altered the recent past to restore himself and began Auswählen.

• Shūtara Senjumaru revealed that the Sternritter had been trapped in her illusion, while Kirimaru Tsukishima explained that Reishi-devouring trees blocked their escape.
• Yhwach used Uryu’s badge to switch places with it and escape the cage, then left Ichibē to face him as Ōetsu confronted the remaining Sternritter.
• Ōetsu killed Gerard, Lille Barro, Penida, and Gillespie with his impossibly sharp blade, leaving Haschwalth and Uryu in danger.
• Yhwach reversed the recent past to undo Ichibē’s attacks, and explained that his power could only alter events from a short time ago.
• Ichibē used Name-Slaying, Flesh-Sparing to erase Yhwach’s name and half his power, but Yhwach altered the past to return to his peak state.
• Seeing that nearly all his subordinates had died, Yhwach began Auswählen to gather the power of Quincy in the lower world.

Yhwach sacrificed the Quincies to seize their power, then used control over the past and future to defeat the Zero Division and reach the Soul King. Kurosaki Ichigo arrived enraged and charged Yhwach, leaving the Soul King’s fate unresolved.

• Yhwach drained the Quincies across the lower realm, then redistributed their power to resurrect and strengthen fallen Sternritter.
• Lille Barro used All-Seeing All-Killing to pierce Nimaiya Ōetsu, Kirimaru Tsukishima, and Tenjirō Kirinji, while Shūtara Senjumaru pulled Nimaiya from the fight.
• Yhwach destroyed Monk’s White Brush Ichimonji, regained All-Knowing All-Powerful, and killed Monk after declaring that the Zero Division could not stop him.
• Yhwach altered the past to erase Shūtara Senjumaru’s Bankai, freed the Sternritter, and seized her by the neck.
• Yhwach entered the Soul King’s chamber and waited as Kurosaki Ichigo arrived, found the fallen Zero Division members, and charged at him in a rage.

Yhwach killed the Soul King through Ichigo and absorbed his power, sending the Soul King Torrent toward the lower realms as the Three Realms began to collapse. Yamabuki Chidori had Aizen destroy the torrent and then took the seat on Mayuri’s Simulated Throne to stabilize the realms.

• Yhwach rewrote the future so Ichigo’s blade cut the Soul King, then knocked Ichigo from the Soul King Palace while he absorbed the Soul King’s power.
• Yamabuki Chidori told the Gotei 13 that the Soul King’s death would make the Three Realms collapse, and the Soul King Torrent broke through the Soul-Returning Membrane.
• Yamabuki Chidori returned to the 12th Division and threw Aizen Sōsuke at the torrent, where he crushed it with his Reiatsu and destroyed it with Black Coffin.
• Jūshirō Ukitake offered to use the Soul King’s Right Hand inside him to stabilize the realms, but Yamabuki Chidori stopped him.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri brought out the Simulated Throne he had built, and Yamabuki Chidori sat on it to stabilize the Three Realms.

Yamabuki Chidori took the Soul King’s place temporarily while Kisuke Urahara opened a gate to the Soul King Palace and allies gathered to fight Yhwach. As the combined forces set out, Yhwach sat on his throne after absorbing the Soul King and prepared to wield his new power.

• Yamabuki Chidori connected himself to the Simulated Throne, and the Gotei 13 thanked him for holding the Three Realms together.
• Kisuke Urahara offered to open a gate to the Soul King Palace, and the Captain Commander assigned guards to protect Yamabuki Chidori.
• Yoruichi refused to let Yushiro Shihōin join the battle, so he stayed behind with her, Retsu Unohana, Soi Fon, and Aizen Sōsuke.
• Liltotto, Ginjo Kugo, and Tier Harribel arrived with Quincies, Fullbringers, and Arrancar to join the fight against Yhwach.
• Kisuke Urahara opened the gate, and the assembled fighters prepared to travel to the Soul King Palace.
• Yhwach sat on his throne after devouring the Soul King and believed his new power placed him beyond anyone who could challenge him.

Yhwach transformed the Soul King Palace into Wahrwelt and sent the Schutzstaffel to hunt the arriving Soul Reapers. Lille Barro clashed with Gremmy, whose newly enhanced powers let him survive Lille Barro’s attacks and overwhelm him, though their battle remained unresolved.

• Yhwach changed the Soul King Palace into Wahrwelt, promised the Schutzstaffel a bright future, and ordered them to eliminate the intruders.
• Shunsui Kyōraku and the Soul Reapers arrived at Wahrwelt, then split into groups to search for the Soul King before Yamabuki Chidori’s Reiatsu failed.
• Lille Barro spotted the defected Quincy among the Soul Reapers and prepared to shoot Bazz-B, but Gremmy confronted him from behind.
• Gremmy revealed that Yamabuki Chidori had given him power that protected him from Auswählen, then attacked Lille Barro with imagined weapons, creatures, and environments.
• Lille Barro shot through Gremmy’s chest and head, but Gremmy’s imagined Immortal Body healed each wound as he taunted Lille Barro about Yhwach’s stinginess.

Gremmy defeated Lille Barro with Silver Radiant Angel, and Lille fell into the Seireitei, where he encountered Aizen Sōsuke. Meanwhile, Shunsui Kyōraku, Kuchiki Byakuya, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya fought Gerard, whose growing size hinted that he was becoming more dangerous.

• Gremmy trapped Lille Barro in an absolute vacuum, but Lille survived by awakening Perfect Sanctification and attacking Gremmy.
• Gremmy summoned meteors and then used a counterfeit Silver Radiant Angel to sever Lille Barro and defeat his ultimate bird form.
• Lille Barro crashed into the Seireitei and encountered Aizen Sōsuke as he prepared to attack.
• Gerard ambushed Shunsui Kyōraku, and Kuchiki Byakuya and Tōshirō Hitsugaya joined him in attacking the Sternritter.
• Gerard endured the Captains' Bankai attacks and appeared to grow larger, prompting Shunsui Kyōraku to notice the change.

Gerard survived the Shinigami and Arrancar’s strongest attacks, including Tōshirō Hitsugaya’s true Bankai, and returned even stronger after being frozen and shattered. As the others prepared to retreat, Zendouji Yuuhin challenged Gerard to take turns striking each other, and his blade seemed to barely nick Gerard.

• Gerard grew larger and stronger, defeated the Shinigami’s attacks, and sent Renji Abarai flying while knocking the others down with a shockwave.
• The Arrancar arrived and attacked Gerard, but Baraggan’s aging power reduced him to bones before Gerard struck Shunsui Kyōraku and activated Perfect Sanctification.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya froze Gerard with his true Bankai, but Gerard rose again as a giant of light after his frozen body shattered.
• Gerard overwhelmed the Shinigami and Arrancar, injuring Baraggan and Tōshirō Hitsugaya as Momo Hinamori carried Tōshirō away from the battlefield.
• As the others prepared to retreat, Zendouji Yuuhin challenged Gerard to a no-dodging duel and stabbed him with his Zanpakuto, apparently causing little harm.

Zendouji Yuuhin used Yamabuki Chidori’s blood to strip Gerard of his power, while Kurosaki Ichigo regrouped with his allies and headed for the Soul King Palace. Meanwhile, Captain Commander Yamamoto’s group encountered Penida, and Yamamoto destroyed the Soul King’s left hand with Zanka no Tachi before they continued searching for Yhwach.

• Zendouji Yuuhin revealed that he had coated his blade with Yamabuki Chidori’s blood, which allowed Yamabuki Chidori to drain Gerard’s power and crush the Soul King’s heart.
• Kurosaki Ichigo awoke among his friends and family, learned that Yamabuki Chidori was sustaining the Three Realms, and set off for the Soul King Palace.
• Kurosaki Ichigo met Shihōin Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara, who told him that the Gotei 13, Arrancar, Quincy, and Fullbringers had gathered to confront Yhwach.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri, Kenpachi Zaraki, Captain Commander Yamamoto, and Chōjirō Sasakibe encountered Penida, whose nerves twisted Kenpachi Zaraki’s body.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri advised Yamamoto to use Bankai, and Yamamoto’s Zanka no Tachi destroyed Penida with its heat.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi gathered Penida’s ashes for research, and Yamamoto’s group continued on to find Yhwach.

Gillespie ambushed Kurosaki Ichigo with his poison ability, but Sakurane Saizo rescued Ichigo and stayed behind to fight him. Yoruichi, Urahara, and Hane Hane Chiyo joined the battle, and Gillespie activated Perfect Sanctification as the allies prepared to counter him.

• Gillespie lured Kurosaki Ichigo into his Poison Prison and paralyzed him with The Compulsory Quantity.
• Sakurane Saizo rescued Kurosaki Ichigo, restored his ability to move, and let him leave to pursue Yhwach.
• Yoruichi and Urahara attacked Gillespie, but Gillespie poisoned Yoruichi by designating Reishi as deadly poison.
• Sakurane Saizo poisoned Gillespie with a snake, and Hane Hane Chiyo used Kiri ni Kagami to blind him with mist.
• Gillespie activated Perfect Sanctification to remove his negative conditions, prompting Sakurane Saizo to call for a corresponding counter.

Sakurane Saizo, Kisuke Urahara, Gin Ichimaru, and Shijima Chiru defeated Gillespie through poison resistance, body reconstruction, and a concealed long-range strike. As Yhwach moved to create a new world, Liltotto challenged him, Haschwalth secretly freed Bazz-B, and Kurosaki Ichigo’s group continued toward the depths of the Soul King Palace.

• Sakurane Saizo revealed his poison-resistant body and transformed himself into poison, while Kisuke Urahara used Bankai to adapt to the poisoned domain.
• Gin Ichimaru and Shijima Chiru struck Gillespie from a thousand meters away with a poisoned blade, and Kisuke Urahara opened a passage so the group could leave him to die.
• Yhwach announced that he would create a new world, then defeated Liltotto and left her alive to witness its arrival.
• Bazz-B confronted Haschwalth, who secretly gave him something that freed him from Yhwach’s control and asked him to trust him for one final day.
• Bazz-B chose to accompany Haschwalth, while Haschwalth kept his hidden plan secret to avoid Yhwach discovering it.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and his companions headed deeper into the Soul King Palace, where Ichigo heard someone call him to wait.