The battle between Squad Zero and Yhwach's Royal Guards for the Soul King rages on.

Ichigo and his friends hurry to the Reio Greater Palace to stop Yhwach.

Ichigo tries to remove the impaled sword from the Soul King and save his life.

Ukitake takes the place of the slain Soul King by releasing the power of Mimihagi.

Yhwach is overflowing with power from having absorbed the Soul King.

The Soul Reapers regroup to prepare their counterattack against the Quincies.

Yhwach builds his new castle, Wahr Welt.

Kenpachi and Mayuri's group advance through Vier Ast.

The change in Mayuri's Spiritual Pressure is also felt elsewhere by Urahara and Kyoraku.

Nemu ignores Mayuri's orders by intervening in his battle against Pernida.

Lille undergoes further transformation to hunt down and pass judgment on Kyoraku.

As the battle between the soul reapers and the quincies rages, Haschwalt finds himself confronted by Bazz-B inside Wahrwelt

Kyoraku has paved the way for the soul reapers to reach the enemy's stronghold within Wahrwelt, but Gerard Valkyrie prevents them from advancing any further.

Haschwalt suddenly attacks Uryu to pass judgement. The ensuing explosion and smoke draw Ichigo to the scene where he and Uryu are reunited.