Recaps

Wang Xun survived Tokinada’s plot, left the Second Division after investigating the disappearances with Kisuke Urahara, and joined the Fourth Division under Unohana. During a Hollow rescue mission, he advanced his healing and Kendō while Unohana defeated a coordinated Hollow force, and Aizen erased the evidence of his role in the attacks.

• Tokinada recruited Ayakawa Hiko and other resentful trainees to lure Wang Xun into a trap, but Wang Xun detected the barrier, survived the ambush, and saved the men from Nagano Masayasu’s assassins.
• After Unohana exposed and stopped an agent sent to poison the witnesses, Shunsui Kyōraku resolved the affair, and Wang Xun’s standing at the Kidō Corps recovered as he improved at Dual Incantation.
• Unohana invited Wang Xun to join the Fourth Division, and after telling Yoruichi Shihōin he would transfer, Wang Xun unlocked Shunkō and joined Kisuke Urahara’s investigation of the disappearances.
• Wang Xun and Urahara fought an Adjuchas in an abandoned house, and Urahara suspected someone had tampered with the Hollow before privately telling Yoruichi that the disappearances might involve noble powers and the Tsunayashiro Clan.
• Unohana appointed Wang Xun Fourth Seat and her personal attendant, and his advanced Kaidō work healed patients with severe spiritual injuries, earning the Fourth Division’s confidence.
• During a rescue mission in South District 7, Wang Xun treated wounded Soul Reapers and fought off Hollows while Aizen observed and planned for the injured to die.
• Unohana trained Wang Xun in Kendō, helping him overcome hesitation and strike without consciously directing each swing, while Wang Xun’s Kendō reached level six.
• As the mission ended, Unohana killed three Adjuchas and more than a dozen Gillians, Wang Xun raised his Hollowfication to Lv4, and Aizen returned to erase the traces of his bait.

Wang Xun balanced his Fourth Division duties with Urahara’s offer to investigate his Hollow power, then joined Aizen and Kiganjō on a mission to find missing Soul Reapers. He rescued Rangiku and returned with her to Seireitei, while Aizen began considering Wang Xun as a subject for his Hollowfication Experiment.

• Unohana advanced Wang Xun’s Kendō training, while Urahara showed him the improved spirit spring and offered to help him control his hidden Hollow power, and Wang Xun declined but decided to make cautious use of Urahara’s research.
• Wang Xun sparred with Soi Fon and continued training under Unohana, eventually cutting Unohana during their duel and earning instruction in the deeper Yachiru techniques.
• Unohana sent Wang Xun to investigate disappearances in Rukongai with Aizen and Kenpachi Kiganjō, where Gillian-level Hollows attacked their camp and Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu to deceive the battlefield.
• Wang Xun concealed that he could perceive Aizen’s illusion, treated the wounded, and followed a faint Reiatsu to a hut where he found Gin Ichimaru caring for the gravely injured Rangiku.
• Wang Xun stabilized Rangiku with Double Kaidō, while Gin resolved to become a Soul Reaper and seek revenge on Aizen, and Wang Xun later urged Gin to join Shin'ō Academy, but Gin chose his own path.
• During the search, Kenpachi Zaraki and his companions encountered Kiganjō’s group, but Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu to make the conflict disappear, and Wang Xun also gained Soul Splitting and reached lieutenant-level Spiritual Might.
• Wang Xun carried Rangiku back to camp and told Aizen she needed treatment from Unohana, while Aizen recognized her as the soul from whom the Soul King Fingertip had been extracted and considered Wang Xun for his next Hollowfication Experiment.

Wang Xun split off a Hollow clone, uncovered Aizen’s experiments with Urahara, and chose to infiltrate Aizen’s circle while pursuing greater power. As Aizen drew him into the Hōgyoku research, Rangiku recovered and prepared to become a Soul Reaper, while Central 46 moved to block Wang Xun’s Kidō training.

• Wang Xun brought Rangiku Matsumoto to Retsu Unohana, who found that part of Rangiku’s soul had been taken, then tested Soul Splitting and created a Hollow clone that entered Hueco Mundo.
• Wang Xun visited Kūkaku and Nanao, then treated villagers in Rukongai whose failed Hollowfication experiments had been arranged by Aizen, who used Kyōka Suigetsu to test him and exposed him to Hōgyoku fragments.
• Wang Xun met Kisuke Urahara, identified Sōsuke Aizen as the force behind the experiments, demonstrated his controlled Hollowfication, and allied with Urahara before deciding to infiltrate Aizen’s circle.
• Wang Xun confronted Aizen during a mission, agreed with his objections to Soul Society’s system, and showed him his Hollowfication in exchange for a chance to learn the truth behind the power.
• Aizen kept Wang Xun close for his unusual abilities, while Wang Xun worked with Aizen and Kaname Tōsen on Hōgyoku experiments and rapidly learned advanced Kidō, including Raikōhō and a redesigned Reiatsu guidance technique.
• Yamada warned Wang Xun that the Tsunayashiro Clan had been asking about him, while Rangiku recovered, chose to become a Soul Reaper, and was set to enter Shin'ō Academy after healing.
• Wang Xun mastered casting two Kidō spells simultaneously with Tessai Tsukabishi, but Central 46 ordered Tessai to remove him from the Kidō Corps, and Wang Xun suspected Tsunayashiro Tokinada was behind the move before Aizen asked about his trouble.

Wang Xun strengthened his Hollowfication and worked with Kisuke Urahara to gain Aizen’s trust while countering threats from the Tsunayashiro Clan. Aizen put him in charge of Garganta research, and Wang Xun sought to master the technique while planning to use his Adjuchas clone to approach the Hōgyoku.

• Wang Xun advanced his Hollowfication through Urahara’s experiments and agreed to remain undercover while Urahara investigated Aizen and Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Wang Xun revealed his Hollowfication during training with Unohana, who defeated him and healed his wound.
• Wang Xun thwarted the visiting noble physicians’ challenge by stabilizing a patient with a torn soul, and Sōya reported the failure to Tokinada.
• Urahara planted a forged fragment of Kakyō Tsunayashiro’s soul, provoking Kaname Tōsen into destroying the Tsunayashiro Clan’s base while Wang Xun salvaged records and gained Aizen’s praise.
• Aizen disclosed his ambitions for the Hōgyoku and offered Wang Xun power and freedom, but Wang Xun deferred his answer.
• Wang Xun visited Shin'ō Academy, taught Kaidō, overwhelmed Kaien Shiba in a spar, and disclosed Gin Ichimaru’s plan to Aizen, who invited Ichimaru into the Fifth Division.
• Aizen placed Wang Xun in charge of Garganta research with Kaname Tōsen assisting, and Urahara supplied an improved framework despite his caution about exposing his Hōgyoku.
• Wang Xun planned to use his Adjuchas clone as a Hōgyoku experimental subject and sought Tessai Tsukabishi’s guidance on spatial techniques after Aizen revealed his knowledge of Urahara’s help.