A thousand years ago.
The Quincy Lichtreich Castle.
As the representative of the Shinigami, Ichibe entered into peace talks with Yhwach.
"As the coordinator of the Human World, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society, I hope that Soul Society and the Lichtreich can sign a non-aggression pact. The world will be managed by us Shinigami, you only need to develop the Lichtreich. This includes your efforts to unify the Quincies, which will not be interfered with by the Shinigami."
Ichibe stood with his arms crossed, watching Yhwach, who sat opposite him at the conference table.
This treaty was clearly biased towards the Shinigami, a blatant unequal treaty. Naturally, Yhwach, the ancestor of the Quincies, could not agree to it.
"Do you take me for an ignorant infant?"
Ichibe said calmly, "I don't mean to look down on you, but you truly know nothing."
Yhwach's eyes narrowed slightly. "Then I ask you, in the past, there was only one world, and life and death did not exist. Who divided the world into three and separated life and death, bringing the fear of death to humanity?"
"That would be Lord Soul King, of course." Ichibe replied without hesitation.
Yhwach closed his eyes, activating his soul-reclaiming ability. Countless souls converged into his body in the form of Reishi.
Yhwach said, "The souls that have returned to me are filled with pain, they all yearn for eternal life. Hyosube Ichibe."
Ichibe said with considerable displeasure, "Don't call my name so casually."
"Where is the peace left in the Three Worlds?"
With that, Yhwach opened his eyes, activating Almighty. Two pupils appeared in his eyes.
Ichibe extended his left hand, and an eye with double pupils, the Left Hand of the Soul King, appeared in his palm.
Countless scenes shifted before Yhwach's eyes, and finally, he saw the Soul King, dismembered into a mere torso.
Yhwach lowered his gaze. "So this is... the Soul King."
Ichibe said, "See? You truly know nothing. It was Lord Soul King and I who together protected this world on the verge of collapse."
"How pathetic."
Reishi patterns appeared on Yhwach's body, and he instantly appeared before Ichibe, tightly grasping the Left Hand of the Soul King.
Yhwach said, "I see everything, Hyosube. Do you think you can kill me with this hand?"
"What troublesome eyes, but... your eyes cannot see through the Soul King."
No sooner had Ichibe finished speaking than the Left Hand of the Soul King instantly grew massive, crushing Yhwach, and then vanished.
At the same time, Yhwach's eyes returned to normal.
"Before you die, those eyes will go blind and never open again."
After Ichibe sealed Yhwach's Almighty ability with the Left Hand of the Soul King, he stood up and left the castle.
Yhwach sat back down in his seat and murmured, "Soul King, my father, whose will has been lost and reduced to a detestable body to be worshipped, you... shall vanish with the world."
...
Time returns to the present.
Soul King Palace.
"Is this... the Soul King Palace?"
Yhwach's gaze was fixed on the Soul King Greater Palace.
Haschwalth, seeing Yhwach standing still for a long time, thought he was moved. "I understand your feelings, Your Majesty."
Yhwach scoffed, "It's nothing more than a decaying tombstone."
"Go and end this world full of lies and deceit, and create true peace."
Haschwalth obeyed the command, constructing a Reishi space, transforming Reishi into liquid-like black shadows, forming a black hexagram, and summoning a large number of Soldats.
The other end of the Soul King Palace.
Senjumaru led the Soul King Palace's divine soldiers, standing ready. The Zero Division had already detected Yhwach and his group when they entered the Soul King Palace.
"Long time no see, Yhwach. It seems defeating Genryusai has made you quite arrogant." Senjumaru said from above.
Yhwach did not respond.
"Soldats!" Haschwalth ordered from the side.
Several Soldats charged forward, only to be cut down by the divine soldiers with a single strike.
Just then, five figures flew out of a void behind Yhwach and his group, heading straight for the five Zero Division Riden.
The sudden intruders made both sides stop.
Yhwach focused his gaze. "Arrancars? Aizen."
He secretly pondered Aizen's intentions.
"It seems more bugs have broken in." Senjumaru merely looked up, showing no intention of stopping them.
Shin, Aizen, and Ikaros did not reveal themselves, instead using Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu to hide.
Kaname and Ulquiorra each arrived at a Zero Division Riden, immediately surrounded by a large group of divine soldiers.
The group used "Caja Negación" to summon their respective Fracción and a dozen Arrancars. The divine soldiers' combat power was decent, but they were no match for the Arrancars.
The Zero Division Riden was actually quite large, and destroying it would take considerable time without going all out.
What puzzled Kaname and the others was that as they freely destroyed the Zero Division Riden, only some minor soldiers came to obstruct them, none of the Zero Division members appeared.
On the other side.
The divine soldiers, having dealt with the Soldats, collectively attacked Yhwach.
Yhwach's shadow extended, and four people in white robes emerged from it.
Gerard tore off his white robe, revealing his sword and shield. With a swing of his sword, he cut down the divine soldiers, then charged towards Senjumaru.
Senjumaru manipulated her skeletal arm to block with a blade, but it was shattered by Gerard's sword.
"How could a woman's slender arm block my sword?" Gerard grinned, mocking her.
"Second-rank divine soldiers, Soul King's Shield, stop these guys!"
Senjumaru distanced herself from Gerard and summoned a giant divine soldier.
"Hoh! So big!" Gerard exclaimed with exaggerated surprise.
Behind him, Pernida, whose figure was completely shrouded in a white robe, seemed to say something, but his voice was so faint it was inaudible.
Lille helped convey, "He said, what's so great about being big?"
Then, Pernida activated his ability. The divine soldier's body twisted and broke in mid-air, eventually being crumpled into a ball.
"Were you just thinking that the Soul King Palace wouldn't fall? How slow-witted you are."
With that, Lille pulled out his Reishi weapon—a massive black sniper rifle.
Bang!
The Reishi bullet blew off half of Senjumaru's head and she fell into a pool of blood.
...
Shin, Ikaros and Aizen were currently at the top of a nearby pillar.
With Aizen's current Kyoka Suigetsu ability, no one could discover them, including Yhwach before he fully activated his eyes.
Aizen observed the Soul King Palace, sighing, "I never imagined I would ascend to the Soul King Palace in such a way."
He had once wanted to attack the Soul King Palace, and it had taken him great effort to find a method to create the Oken, even at the cost of sacrificing a hundred thousand souls.
Shin looked down and smiled. "Now, let's enjoy the show put on by Yhwach and the Zero Division."
(End of Chapter)
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