Chapter Summaries

After defeating Kiganjō and becoming the new Kenpachi, Wang Xun sparred with Yamamoto, whose pressure pushed him to third-class Spiritual Might. He then gained Shackle Lotus’s Bankai, which suppressed abilities within his Reiatsu domain, and resolved to watch out for Zaraki and Ichigo.

• Yamamoto acknowledged that Wang Xun had told the truth about training with Unohana, then challenged him to prove himself as the new Kenpachi.
• Wang Xun sparred with Yamamoto for nearly two hours, gaining combat experience and rising to third-class Spiritual Might.
• Wang Xun entered his inner world and asked Shackle Lotus if he could use Bankai.
• Wang Xun forced Shackle Lotus to submit, and she revealed her true name, Renge of All Kalpas Returning to Nothingness, and granted him Bankai.
• Wang Xun learned that his Bankai suppressed analyzed abilities within his Reiatsu domain while removing his Reiatsu output limit, then named Zaraki and Ichigo as threats to watch.

Yamamoto released Unohana from the Maggot's Nest and reinstated her as Fourth Division Captain as the Gotei 13 prepared for war with the Quincy. Kaien persuaded Isshin Shiba to become Tenth Division Captain, while Wang Xun recruited Soi Fon into a nighttime break-in at the Shihoin Clan residence to steal the Tenshintai.

• Yamamoto told Unohana that Wang Xun had defeated Kiganjō and become Kenpachi, then freed her to resume leading the Fourth Division.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi reported that he had located the Shadow Domain entrance, and Yamamoto announced the Gotei 13's recruitment drive for new captains.
• Unohana and Wang Xun returned to the Fourth Division, where he recommended Isane Kotetsu as a potential lieutenant.
• Kaien persuaded Isshin Shiba to undergo the captain assessment, and Yamamoto appointed him captain of the Tenth Division.
• Wang Xun found Soi Fon training and proposed helping her achieve Bankai; he then led her over the Shihoin Clan wall to search for the Tenshintai.

Wang Xun helped Soi Fon steal the Tenshintai from the Shihoin estate and train until she mastered Bankai. She passed the captain's examination and became Second Division Captain, as the captains began discussing a battle plan against the Wandenreich.

• Wang Xun used Hanki Sōsai to open Tessai Tsukabishi's barriers, and he and Soi Fon stole the Tenshintai from the Shihoin estate.
• Wang Xun took Soi Fon to the underground cavern beneath Sōkyoku Hill, where she fought her sword spirit for four days and learned the name of Suzumebachi Raikōben.
• Wang Xun recommended Soi Fon for the captain's examination, and Shigekuni Yamamoto appointed her Second Division Captain after she demonstrated Bankai.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto gathered the captains and opened a discussion about a battle plan against the Wandenreich.

The Soul Reapers planned an assault on the Wandenreich in the Shadow Domain, and Wang Xun demonstrated that his Bankai could suppress Zanpakuto abilities. Aizen and the Quincy prepared their own schemes, and the chapter ended with Isshin Shiba surrounded by three Sternritter as he activated Bankai.

• Shunsui Kyōraku proposed a three-echelon assault plan, and Yamamoto ordered the divisions to prepare while Wang Xun warned the captains that his Bankai suppressed abilities across its domain.
• Wang Xun tested his Bankai against Yamamoto and Sasakibe, showing that powerful Reiatsu could restore Shikai but not Bankai.
• Aizen considered the Hōgyoku and Kisuke Urahara, while Haschwalth sent Quilge Opie and three Sternritter to attack Aizen's former laboratory and draw Seireitei's attention.
• Quilge Opie found the abandoned laboratory empty, then fought Isshin Shiba, who wounded him before Jerome Guizbatt, Berenice Gabrielli, and Royd Lloyd joined the battle.
• Isshin Shiba killed Berenice Gabrielli but was pressured by Jerome Guizbatt and Royd Lloyd; as Cang Du reached for his Quincy Medallion, Isshin Shiba activated Bankai.

Cang Du stole Isshin Shiba’s Bankai with a Quincy Medallion, then escaped with Jerome and Loyd after Wang Xun arrived and rescued Isshin. Soul Society and the Wandenreich prepared for the coming battle, with both sides adjusting their plans around the medallions and the threat of an imminent invasion.

• Cang Du used a Quincy Medallion to steal Isshin Shiba’s Bankai, wounded him, and trapped him in a Reishi cage before retreating with Jerome and Loyd and Berenice’s body.
• Wang Xun freed Isshin from the cage, healed his shoulder, and brought him back to the Seireitei.
• Isshin told the captains that the Quincy could steal Bankai, and Kirio Hikifune recommended proceeding with the operation while prohibiting Bankai and investigating a countermeasure.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto approved the original schedule, ordered Isshin to report to the Twelfth Division, and decided to lead the forces against the Quincy.
• Cang Du reported the medallion’s effectiveness to Haschwalth, who ordered Sternritter members equipped with medallions and directed the Wandenreich to prepare its defensive lines.

On the eve of the Quincy war, Wang Xun joined Soi Fon’s Stealth Force on a mission to scout the Wandenreich, but their infiltration was exposed and they were forced to fight. Wang Xun killed As Nodt, while Soi Fon used Suzumebachi to defeat Cang Du.

• Wang Xun visited Kaien before the battle, and Kaien said Ganju and Kūkaku were staying away from the Seireitei.
• Wang Xun persuaded Shigekuni Yamamoto to let him accompany Soi Fon’s Stealth Force into the Wandenreich.
• Soi Fon led about a hundred Stealth Force members through the passage to Silbern, where a Quincy trap exposed their position.
• Wang Xun and Soi Fon fought the Quincy defenders, with Soi Fon facing Cang Du and Wang Xun engaging As Nodt.
• Soi Fon marked Cang Du repeatedly with Suzumebachi while Wang Xun killed As Nodt and briefly restrained Cang Du with Bakudō.
• Soi Fon landed a second strike on Cang Du’s Hornet Crest, killing him as his body crumbled into Reishi powder.

Wang Xun discovered that Devour All could intercept Quincy souls and helped the Gotei 13 advance on Silbern, where he and Shigekuni Yamamoto defeated three Sternritter. As the assault continued, Haschwalth ordered four powerful Sternritter to the front to provoke the Soul Reapers into using Bankai so the Quincy could steal them.

• After defeating As Nodt and Cang Du, Wang Xun used Devour All to intercept energy returning from fallen Quincy and treated the wounded Stealth Force members.
• Kirio Hikifune reported that the infiltration had been detected, so Wang Xun sent Quincy Medallions to the rear and informed the captains that the Gotei 13 should advance frontally.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto led the frontal assault toward Silbern, while Soi Fon took the Second Division around to scout the enemy's rear and Wang Xun waited for the main force.
• At Silbern's outskirts, Shigekuni Yamamoto killed Driscoll Berci and Jerome Guizbatt, while Wang Xun defeated BG9 and increased his Schrift awakening to 30%.
• Isshin Shiba broke through a Quincy defensive point with Getsuga Tenshō as Kyōraku advanced on the left flank.
• Haschwalth ordered Quilge Opie, Lille Barro, Pernida Parnkgjas, and Gerard Valkyrie to support the front and force Soul Reapers to use Bankai so the Quincy could steal them.

The Quincy assault pushed the Gotei 13 into battles across the Seireitei as Pernida crippled Isshin Shiba, Lille Barro fought Shunsui Kyōraku, and Gerard faced Yamamoto. Wang Xun killed Cang Du, then Aizen attacked Pernida and discovered that the Hōgyoku reacted intensely to the Quincy’s true form.

• Pernida used The Compulsory to twist Isshin Shiba’s limbs and kill several Soul Reapers, while Kyōraku began a prolonged fight with Lille Barro.
• Gerard’s Miracle made him grow stronger after Yamamoto damaged him, and Wang Xun left to lead the squad onward before Cang Du intercepted him.
• Cang Du activated Vollständig and Sklaverei, but Wang Xun used The Glutton to drain his Reiryoku, broke his Reishi cage, and killed him.
• Wang Xun learned that Kyōraku and Isshin were in danger and received word that Quincy forces were attacking the Seireitei’s rear.
• Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu and Black Coffin against Pernida, revealing its giant-hand form as the Hōgyoku reacted strongly to it.

Aizen destroyed Pernida and fed the Soul King’s arm to the Hōgyoku, while Wang Xun weakened Gerard with his Bankai and The Glutton. Lille Barro lost his powers and was killed by Kyōraku as Lille spoke of His Majesty’s imminent awakening.

• Aizen tested Pernida’s abilities with Kidō, then watched it regenerate from Five Dragon Destruction and recognized it as a possible arm of the Soul King.
• Aizen used the Hōgyoku to absorb Pernida, strengthening the Hōgyoku, then departed after exchanging a glance with Wang Xun.
• Wang Xun treated Isshin Shiba, returned his Quincy Medallion, and joined Yamamoto against Gerard.
• Wang Xun’s Bankai reversed Gerard’s growth, and The Glutton drained his power before Wang Xun beheaded him.
• After Gerard’s soul power was drawn away toward a distant presence, Yamamoto sent Wang Xun to assist Kyōraku.
• Lille Barro’s Vollständig vanished as he spoke of His Majesty awakening, and Kyōraku seized the opening to behead him.

Haschwalth witnessed Yhwach awaken early as Quincy souls and the returned powers of Gerard and Lille restored him. As Yhwach fought Yamamoto and stole his Bankai, he discovered Wang Xun was intercepting Auswählen and invited him to join him.

• Haschwalth found Yhwach awake in the underground chamber and reported that Soul Reapers, including Yamamoto, had invaded the Wandenreich.
• Yhwach recovered as Quincy souls and the powers of Gerard and Lille returned to him, then went with Haschwalth to survey Silbern’s ruins.
• Yamamoto charged Yhwach, who activated Auswählen and drained Quincy fighters across Soul Society and the Wandenreich.
• Wang Xun used The Glutton to intercept part of Auswählen, raising his Schrift awakening as Yhwach sensed him.
• Yhwach recognized Wang Xun’s mixed Soul Reaper, Hollow, and Quincy powers while Yamamoto’s Bankai was stolen by the Quincy Medallion.
• Yhwach asked Wang Xun if he was willing to follow him.

Wang Xun refused Yhwach's offer, and Yhwach withdrew after resurrecting Gerard Valkyrie and Lille Barro. Wang Xun later found Yhwach confronting Aizen over the Hōgyoku; after their fight was interrupted, Aizen revealed that the Hōgyoku was nearly complete and that he was ready to begin the next stage.

• Yhwach offered Wang Xun the Quincy succession, but Wang Xun refused, so Yhwach warned he would destroy him if he would not join.
• Yhwach restored Gerard Valkyrie and Lille Barro, learned Pernida had been absorbed by Aizen, and withdrew with his followers into the Shadow Domain.
• Yamamoto ordered the Soul Reapers to return to Seireitei, search for Yhwach, and sent Wang Xun to investigate Aizen after hearing about the Hollowfication Incident.
• Wang Xun found Yhwach confronting Aizen in his hidden laboratory, where Yhwach demanded the Hōgyoku and Aizen refused.
• Aizen and Yhwach exchanged attacks until Yamamoto approached, prompting Yhwach to escape through the Shadow Domain.
• Aizen told Wang Xun that the Hōgyoku was nearly complete and that he could begin the next stage.

Aizen revealed his plan to take the evolved Hōgyoku to Hueco Mundo and build a new world, while Wang Xun chose to remain in Soul Society and later helped expose Aizen's role in the Captain Hollowfication Incident. After traveling to Karakura Town with Soi Fon, Wang Xun met Kisuke Urahara, who asked what had happened in Soul Society.

• Aizen told Wang Xun that he would leave for Hueco Mundo to merge with the Hōgyoku and create an army, but Wang Xun refused to join him.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi deciphered the Quincy Medallions, enabling stolen Bankai to be recovered, and Kirio Hikifune announced her promotion to the Zero Division.
• Wang Xun told Yamamoto that Aizen was responsible for the Captain Hollowfication Incident and that Kisuke Urahara and the others had been forced to defect.
• Wang Xun told Soi Fon that Yoruichi's case could be reviewed and invited her to accompany him to the World of the Living to find Kisuke Urahara.
• Wang Xun and Soi Fon traveled to Karakura Town, where Kisuke Urahara met them and asked Wang Xun to explain what had happened in Soul Society.

Wang Xun visited Kisuke Urahara in the World of the Living, learned about the recovering Hollowfied captains, and discussed the threats posed by Aizen and Yhwach. After returning to Seireitei, he learned that Central 46 had revoked the warrants against Urahara, Tessai Tsukabishi, and Yoruichi Shihōin, while Yamamoto told him to submit a formal report and promised to handle questions about his silence regarding Aizen.

• Wang Xun met Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi, and Soi Fon tearfully asked Yoruichi why she had left without her before Yoruichi reassured her and praised her as Second Division Captain.
• Wang Xun told Urahara that Yhwach had awakened, stolen Bankai with Quincy Medallions, and fled, while Aizen had taken the Soul King's left hand and planned to build an Arrancar army in Hueco Mundo.
• Urahara showed Wang Xun the recovering Hollowfied captains and explained that his suppressant had halted their transformation, though their recovery could take months or years.
• Urahara and Yoruichi chose to remain in the World of the Living, while Urahara agreed to monitor Yhwach and exchange updates with Wang Xun about Aizen and the captains' recovery.
• Wang Xun returned to Seireitei and learned from Yamamoto that Central 46 had authorized the revocation of the warrants against Urahara, Tessai Tsukabishi, and Yoruichi Shihōin.
• Yamamoto said Central 46 might question Wang Xun for withholding what he knew about Aizen, but promised to smooth things over and ordered him to submit a report the next day.

Wang Xun settled into his role as captain of the 11th Division, and Nanao Ise visited him with joint-patrol documents. He welcomed her warmly and invited her to join the division, but she declined for now because she lacked the qualifications; the chapter ended at a squad feast when Wang Xun unexpectedly spoke in a catlike voice.

• Wang Xun received word that Central 46 had withdrawn its summons and continued improving the 11th Division’s discipline, unity, and benefits.
• Nanao Ise arrived from the Eighth Division to deliver joint-patrol documents and see Wang Xun, whom she had known at the Spiritual Arts Academy.
• Wang Xun greeted Nanao, publicly placed her under his protection, and announced a squad outing at his expense.
• Nanao delivered Captain Kyōraku’s documents, and Wang Xun signed them before asking whether she wanted to become his lieutenant.
• Nanao declined the offer because she lacked sufficient Reiatsu and a Zanpakuto, and she and Wang Xun joined the 11th Division’s feast at Ichiraku Yakitori Main Store.
• Nanao praised the food, then stared in disbelief when Wang Xun said, “Delicious, meow.”

Nanao and Soi Fon competed for Wang Xun’s attention during a dinner, but their teasing was interrupted by an order for the captains to meet the arriving Zero Division. At the First Division meeting, Ichibē Hyōsube asked Yamamoto for a detailed account of the Quincy war and Yhwach’s awakening.

• Nanao challenged Wang Xun after he pretended not to have praised the food, and Soi Fon joined them at the restaurant.
• Soi Fon teased Nanao by inviting Wang Xun to her place, then revealed she had been joking and left with Ōmaeda.
• A Stealth Force messenger told Wang Xun that Yamamoto had ordered all captains to gather outside the west gate to receive the Zero Division.
• The Zero Division arrived in the Tenchūren, and its members greeted the captains before Ichibē Hyōsube asked Yamamoto for information about Yhwach and the Wandenreich.
• At the First Division meeting, Ichibē recognized Wang Xun as the Soul Reaper Yhwach had tried to recruit and asked Yamamoto to recount the Quincy war.

Ichibē Hyōsube revealed that Aizen’s Hōgyoku had absorbed the Soul King’s Left Hand, weakening the seal on Yhwach’s Almighty and creating a second major threat to Soul Society. The Zero Division arranged surveillance of Yhwach and Aizen, while Hyōsube questioned Wang Xun about his Quincy power and Tenjirō Kirinji arranged to test his Kaidō.

• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported the Quincy war’s events, including Aizen’s unauthorized battle against Pernida and his defection to Hueco Mundo.
• Isshin Shiba recalled that Aizen used a glowing object to make Pernida disintegrate, and Ichibē identified it as the Hōgyoku.
• Ichibē revealed that Pernida was the Soul King’s Left Hand, whose absorption by the Hōgyoku had loosened the seal on Yhwach’s Almighty and might allow the power to return.
• Ichibē warned that Yhwach and Aizen were both major threats, then assigned Senjumaru Shutara to search for Yhwach and Kirio Hikifune to coordinate surveillance of Aizen.
• Ichibē asked Wang Xun to explain the Quincy power Yhwach had sensed in him, but Wang Xun said he did not understand it himself; Yamamoto defended his loyalty.
• After the meeting, Tenjirō Kirinji approached Wang Xun, asked about his Kaidō training, and said he would test it the next day.

Tenjirō Kirinji investigated Wang Xun’s abilities for the Zero Division, then challenged him to a spar under the pretext of testing his Kaidō. As Wang Xun adapted to Kirinji’s speed and grew stronger by collecting fragments, Kirinji released his Zanpakuto, Kinpika.

• Tenjirō Kirinji visited Unohana and asked whether Wang Xun had shown any unusual abilities, but Unohana denied knowing of anything special.
• Kirinji gave Senjumaru Shutara a sealed sample of Wang Xun’s Reiatsu, which showed only Soul Reaper characteristics, and Shutara reported leads in the search for Yhwach.
• Kirinji challenged Wang Xun to spar at the 11th Division training grounds before taking him to a hot spring.
• Kirinji’s speed initially overwhelmed Wang Xun, but Wang Xun collected Shunpo and Kendō fragments and adapted to his attacks.
• Kirinji praised Wang Xun’s progress, then raised his Reiatsu and released his Zanpakuto, Kinpika.

Kirinji defeated Wang Xun in a fierce Shikai battle, then took him to two healing hot springs to recover and strengthen his Reiatsu. As Wang Xun absorbed the springs’ power and fragments, Blood Pond Hell unexpectedly faded until its water turned nearly transparent.

• Kirinji used Kinpika’s speed and blinding light to overwhelm Wang Xun, who tracked him with Reiatsu perception and endured the assault using Kaidō.
• Kirinji and Wang Xun unleashed their final attacks; Kirinji gave Wang Xun a deep chest wound, but Wang Xun managed to graze Kirinji in return.
• Kirinji carried the injured Wang Xun to the hill behind the Fourth Division, where he had prepared White Bone Hell and Blood Pond Hell to aid his recovery and Kaidō training.
• Wang Xun entered White Bone Hell, which drained his blood and Reiatsu while supplying him with Advanced Kaidō Fragments, then Kirinji moved him into Blood Pond Hell to replenish his strength.
• Unohana emerged from the woods after watching over Wang Xun, while Kirinji noticed that Blood Pond Hell had faded as Wang Xun absorbed its power.

Wang Xun absorbed the Blood Pond Hell’s Reishi, strengthening his Reiatsu and learning how to create Kirinji’s healing pools, then sparred with Unohana and nearly defeated her. After Zero Division returned to the Soul King Palace, Wang Xun received a private message from Kisuke Urahara asking him to visit the World of the Living because the Hollowfied captains were recovering and might need his help.

• Wang Xun drained the Blood Pond Hell, healed his chest wound, and gained denser Reiatsu and knowledge of how to make the White Bone Hell and Blood Pond Hell.
• Kirinji angrily pulled Wang Xun from the emptied pool, then gathered a sphere of his Reiatsu and confirmed that Wang Xun qualified as a Soul King candidate despite lacking Fullbring power.
• Wang Xun and Unohana fought a sword-only spar in Sōkyoku Hill, where Wang Xun’s improvement let him disarm her defenses and point his sword at her throat.
• Unohana realized Wang Xun was approaching the strength to defeat her, smiled during their bout, and ended the spar after Wang Xun noticed her expression.
• Senjumaru Shutara, Kirio Hikifune, and Tenjirō Kirinji returned to the Soul King Palace after locating Yhwach and Aizen, leaving the monitoring system for the Gotei 13 to use.
• Wang Xun received a private message from Kisuke Urahara saying the Hollowfied captains were recovering well and asking him to come to the World of the Living to help with something.

Wang Xun returned to the World of the Living to help Kisuke Urahara train the Hollowfied former captains and lieutenants. After Wang Xun’s combat pressure helped Kensei Muguruma extend his controlled Hollowfication to six seconds, the others eagerly stepped forward to take their turns.

• Wang Xun arrived at Urahara’s house, found Soi Fon feeding Yoruichi shrimp, and went downstairs to meet the Hollowfied group.
• Urahara explained that Wang Xun would fight them while Hollowfied so they could learn to control their Hollowfication Reiatsu under pressure.
• Kensei challenged Wang Xun, but his Hollowfication became unstable and Wang Xun broke his mask and wounded him before healing him with Kaidō.
• Kensei fought Wang Xun again and maintained controlled Hollowfication for six seconds, realizing that intense pressure helped him control his power.
• Wang Xun continued sparring with Kensei until the others stopped him and asked to take their turns.