Chapter Summaries

Liu Feng pursued early graduation from the Soul Reaper Academy and considered joining the Kido Corps. Aizen took him and Ichimaru Gin to Hueco Mundo for their assessment, leaving Liu Feng wary of the danger and of Aizen’s Zanpakuto.

• Liu Feng decided that the Academy’s lessons wasted his time and considered graduating early and joining the Kido Corps.
• Liu Feng demonstrated his strength in Kido class, blasting through a wall and knocking down his teacher, then applied for early graduation.
• Liu Feng met Ichimaru Gin, who suggested they work together during the assessment, and Aizen arrived to serve as their examiner.
• Aizen opened a Senkaimon to Hueco Mundo for the assessment and assured Liu Feng and Ichimaru Gin that he would protect them from any surviving Hollows.

Liu Feng and Ichimaru Gin began their difficult graduation assessment in Hueco Mundo while Aizen watched their abilities. Liu Feng quickly completed his task, but Gin struggled against a Gillian without Aizen intervening.

• Aizen warned Liu Feng and Ichimaru Gin that their early-graduation assessment would be dangerous, then left them to kill ten Hollows each.
• Liu Feng sensed a Gillian approaching and vanished, leaving Ichimaru Gin to face it while Aizen observed Gin's fight.
• Liu Feng used Observation Haki to find and kill ten weaker Hollows, completing his assessment.
• Ichimaru Gin's attacks failed to break the Gillian's defenses, and the fight became increasingly dangerous as Aizen stayed hidden.

Ichimaru Gin used Shikai against a Gillian, but his inexperience and the enormous strain of maintaining it limited his attack. Aizen observed Kamishini to learn how it worked.

• Ichimaru Gin realized he could only use Shikai and struggled to sustain it.
• Ichimaru Gin commanded Kamishini to shoot and extended his blade into the Gillian.
• Kamishini pierced the Gillian without hitting a vital point or threatening its life.
• Aizen watched Ichimaru Gin's Shikai and gathered information about his Zanpakuto.