Recaps

Yoriichi became Captain-Commander and spent most of his power keeping the Three Realms from collapsing after Yhwach killed the Soul King. As the Gotei 13 advanced on Wahrwelt with Aizen and Azashiro as uneasy allies, Gin and Komamura fought the Sternritter while Yoriichi remained weakened.

• Di Jun revealed to Yoriichi that he had crossed dimensions and fused with Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s soul, then vanished before his presence could destroy the realms.
• Yamamoto appointed Yoriichi Captain-Commander, and Yoriichi rallied the captains for the coming war as Yhwach ordered the Sternritter to attack Seireitei and the Soul King Palace.
• The Gotei 13 countered the Bankai theft with Urahara’s Shadow-Invasion Drug, but Yhwach defeated Ichibē and pierced the Soul King while Senjumaru trapped the elite guards in her Bankai.
• Yoriichi strengthened Ukitake’s use of the Soul King’s Right Arm and sacrificed most of his core power to halt the collapse of the Three Realms.
• Yoriichi recruited Azashiro and arranged for Urahara to release Aizen, then collapsed from exhaustion as Yhwach formed Wahrwelt from the Wandenreich and the Soul Palace ruins.
• The Gotei 13 united with Aizen and Azashiro’s support and traveled toward Wahrwelt, while Ichigo and Renji entered a hidden passage to confront Yhwach.
• Komamura defeated Bambietta with his humanized Bankai but became a mindless wolf as its cost took effect, while Gin drove off the other Quincy girls and Giselle turned Bambi into a zombie.
• Gin rescued Rangiku from Cang Du, disabled the Sternritter’s healing and Vollständig with his Bankai, and killed him before checking on her.

The Soul Reapers fought the Sternritter across Wahrwelt as Kenpachi, Mayuri, Yoruichi, Gin, and Shunsui faced powerful opponents. Shunsui’s Bankai appeared to defeat Lille Barro, but Lille transformed and continued threatening Shunsui and Nanao.

• Gin Ichimaru found the injured Rangiku Matsumoto, told her to stay out of battle until she healed, and left to seek other wounded fighters.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya fought the Bambi squad, but Giselle Gewelle turned him into a Captain-level zombie after the Quincy girls overwhelmed him.
• Yachiru Kusajishi killed Gremmy’s imagined creation Guenael Lee, but Gremmy trapped her beneath rubble until Kenpachi Zaraki freed her.
• Kenpachi released Nozarashi, split Gremmy’s meteor, and defeated him, then found only Yachiru’s folded Shihakushō and lieutenant’s armband.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Nemu fought Pernida, whose evolving nerve tendrils overcame Mayuri’s Bankai until Yamamoto intervened and Mayuri’s drug caused Pernida to proliferate uncontrollably.
• Aizen overwhelmed Sōya Azashiro and entered Wahrwelt, while Yoruichi and Yūshirō fought Askin until Urahara arrived and Yoruichi’s shifting Reiatsu overcame Askin’s poison.
• Askin incapacitated Urahara with his Poison Domain, but Gin Ichimaru struck him with Kamishini no Yari and detonated its poisonous fragment, dispersing the domain.
• Shunsui Kyōraku used his Bankai against Lille Barro, sharing wounds and draining Lille’s strength before sinking him into a black pool and severing his head.
• Lille Barro’s headless body transformed into Vollständig: Jiliel and threatened Shunsui and Nanao Ise.