Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Araki looked at his body, which hadn't changed at all, and asked the monk a question.

"Hey Araki, could you please take your Zanpakuto off your waist? I can't start the trial properly with that sword on..."

Upon hearing this, the monk's expression turned somewhat embarrassed. Without a doubt, this was the most humiliating and embarrassing day he had experienced in the Soul Society in the past hundred years since he was ordered to protect the Spirit King.

"Give."

Araki unhesitatingly took the Zanpakuto from his waist and handed it to the monk.

"Don't give me that knife, just put it on the table!"

The monk saw countless cold sweats appear on his forehead as he looked at the 'Medicine Master's Lapis Lazuli Light' approaching him.

"it is good……"

Seeing that the monk dared not take the knife, Araki placed it on the wooden table.

"Araki is still testing me..."

The monk wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he looked at the Zanpakuto on the table. Araki's sudden placement of the sword in front of him had really startled him. At the same time, the monk knew in his heart that Araki was still testing him. This made the monk curse Araki in his heart for being "too cunning" and "too cautious." He was about to gain an advantage, yet he was still threatening him.

Despite his anger and coldness, he's actually a very good person!

"Then the trial begins!"

The moment the monk finished speaking, the area around Araki suddenly changed...

In the blink of an eye, he found himself in a quiet path leading from his original room to a red torii gate.

"Um?!"

Araki was stunned by what he saw. This was completely different from what he had foreseen in the future. In other words, the level of this power was far above Araki's Observation Haki!

"This is……"

Araki's pupils trembled slightly as he looked at the familiar path before him, and in an instant, he suddenly understood everything about the monk.

"Damn it! Is this fake monk trying to make me a substitute for the Spirit King?!"

Araki's pupils contracted slightly. He had originally thought that the monk intended to forcibly forge the 'King's Key' and create the 'Departure Palace' for him, forcing him to join the Zero Division...

But when Araki arrived at this path, he realized that the monk's scheme was far greater than he had imagined.

It's true that the other party intends to help him cultivate and become stronger! In fact, every word the other party said to Araki was genuine; he truly wanted to help Araki become more powerful, and also genuinely wanted Araki to collect the scattered fragments of the Spirit King…

The monk just didn't finish what he was saying...

Inside the 'Eye Monk's' detached palace.

"Without beginning, without end, fame fades and silence reigns! The abyss of clouds surges forth in reverse, overflowing and filling into empty vessels. The pitiful vessels of inaction, bent under the weight, turn into rocks. The rocks crumble into stones and gravel, battered by rain into dust. Those who are not vessels have no way to escape, yet without entering, there is no way to worship. In the end, they will only chant the name of the dead—those who do not enter the path of worship!"

The fake monk sat in his detached palace, holding a scroll and reciting the poems on it. His eyes were serious, and his expression was extremely solemn and dignified.

"Hey! Ichibei, I've brought what you asked me to get~"

Just as the monk was holding a scroll and reciting 'scriptures' cross-legged as if worshipping something, the voice of 'Sword God' Nimaiya Oetsu came from behind him.

"Oh dear, thank you so much, Wang Yue!"

The monk turned to look at the newcomer and smiled.

"Ichibei, are we really going to do this?!"

Wang Yue held a Zanpakuto in his hand, and if you looked closely, you could still vaguely see a few drops of seawater on the scabbard.

"This is our mission!"

The monk took the Zanpakuto from Wang Yue's hand as he spoke.

"Wang Yue, remember this: we, the members of Squad Zero, will forever be loyal to Lord 'Spirit King'. In other words, we will be loyal to whoever is 'Spirit King'!"

“You’ve seen Yhwach’s power! His comeback is unstoppable; it’s part of destiny! As members of the Zero Division, we must be fully prepared. If Yhwach is defeated, all will be well. If Yhwach wins… we need a new Soul King to stabilize the three realms.”

As the monk spoke, he took the Zanpakuto he had received from Wang Yue and walked up to Araki's Zanpakuto, 'Yakushi Ruriko-o-Buddha - Touhou Jōruri Sekai'.

The monk did indeed know some secrets unknown to the rest of Soul Society, and he had also gleaned fragments of information about the future from the 'Soul King'. The problem was, he didn't know who would win! Therefore, the monk had no choice but to choose a treacherous and ruthless path…

"Araki, let me see your potential! Don't let me down..."

As the monk spoke, he threw his Zanpakuto onto 'Yakushi Ruriko'.

"Today I will lift the restrictions on you and restore your true name!"

"Alright! Zanpakuto that is not under my control! Let me see your true power..."

The monk smiled and completely removed the seal from the Zanpakuto in his hand, which he had stripped of its power and named 'Otoko- ...

"Ah……"

On that secluded path that neither Monk Yu nor Wang Yue noticed, Araki's lips curled slightly.

My third vow: "When I attain enlightenment in my next life, may I possess immeasurable and boundless wisdom and skillful means..."

Araki's Observation Haki did not allow him to see the future obscured by the Soul King, but the abilities granted to him by his Zanpakuto, which was half of his soul, and the wisdom bestowed upon him by Yakushi's Third Wish, allowed him to deduce all the possibilities of the fake monk helping him.

Araki did this not only to covet the power of the Soul King, but also to steal the power of Mikoto, also known as the "Hollow Eater," who, like Yhwach, disrupted the Soul Society over a thousand years ago...

Araki devoured the clothes and bedding that the monk, who thought he had everything under control, brought back with a cannonball!

It's worth mentioning that the original official novel states that after Yoshitomo fought against the still somewhat childish-looking Yamamoto Shigekuni and other Shinigami, he directly wrote that Yoshitomo attempted to devour the Soul King and fought in the air, only to be defeated by the Sword God and the monk. Here, Yamamoto is referred to as Yamamoto Shigekuni, not Genryusai, so Yoshitomo's invasion must have occurred at least two thousand years ago. Also, it doesn't say that Yamamoto was defeated. It's possible that Yamamoto and his allies at that time, like Barragan, were simply unable to defeat Yoshitomo at his peak and could only watch him run rampant. However, it's certain that the young Yamamoto would have suffered a loss at Yoshitomo's hands. Of course, these are all just my speculations, so take them with a grain of salt.

Chapter 52: Subduing Jijijiba and a First-Class Spiritual Might!!

The instant the monk's discarded sword touched Araki's Zanpakuto, a burst of shimmering light illuminated the entire detached palace of the "True Name Monk"...

"hiss!"

Faced with the overwhelming, shimmering light, the fake monk's expression changed drastically, and he retreated. He then pulled the "Sword God" Nimaiya Oetsu in front of him, blocking the all-encompassing light.

"Hey! You can't act like this..."

Wang Yue protested this.

"Haha, you know what I mean! This thing is terrifying to me, I have to be careful!"

The monk smiled awkwardly; his compatibility with Araki's Zanpakuto was truly terrible.

"Haha, I remember now! I remember everything!"

On the other side, in a pure land of azure blue, a gigantic white void, as large as Mount Everest, suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, its laughter filled with the joy in its heart.

"My name isn't Yiji Siji Ba! I'm definitely not called Yiji Siji Ba! My real name is..."

With a booming voice, he opened his mouth wide and announced his true name to the whole world.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz..."

However, just as he was roaring, one ancient bell sound after another suddenly rang in his ears.

"Who's ringing the bell?!"

He was furious. He looked around and shouted angrily.

The sound of the bell made him extremely irritated! A violent emotion surged into his heart.

"Foolish child! You're attached to appearances!"

Just as Jijijiba was searching, a 'Holy King' radiating endless light and with a body of crystal appeared quietly on a lotus platform in front of Jijijiba.

"Little one, don't get in my way..."

Looking at the tiny creature in front of him, which seemed like an ant, Yijijiba's expression immediately showed a hint of disdain.

"Foolish child, since you have seen me, why don't you convert to Buddhism?!"

Seeing that Jiji was still stubbornly clinging to his delusions, the 'Holy King' had no choice but to persuade him.

"Buddha? Where is Buddha?!"

Yijisijiba looked around, but he did not see the Buddha that the 'Holy King' had mentioned.

"..."

Upon hearing this, the 'Holy King' did not answer Yijijiba's question, but instead extended a finger and pointed directly to the sky.

"Um?!"

Following the 'Holy King's' finger, Ba looked up at the sky, and his pupils trembled slightly.

In the boundless sky, sat a formless Buddha. It was not that the world encompassed the Buddha, but rather that the Buddha held up the world with his hands…

The physique that Ikkhu was so proud of was but a drop in the ocean compared to the formless and shapeless Buddha, and the sand at the bottom of the Ganges was too insignificant.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could such a gigantic being exist in this world!"

At this moment, an immense sense of inferiority arose in Ba's heart. His proudest physical form was far too insignificant in the face of that formless and immeasurable being. It was no longer the difference between a human and an ant, but a difference between dimensions, not even on the same level.

"Roar!!"

Having regained his name and power, Yotsuba roared at the 'Buddha' in the sky. Then, a red flash gathered from his mouth. It was a skill that every Hollow possessed, and also the most primitive skill of the Hollows—Cero!

In the eyes of Yijijijiba, it was nothing but an illusion; there was absolutely no such immeasurable thing in this world!

"boom!!"

Faced with the attack of Jijijiba, the 'Buddha's' face showed neither joy nor sorrow, but solemnity. Facing the scarlet flash, he simply raised his clenched hand and slapped it down towards Jijijiba.

"Boom!!"

With a series of deafening roars, it was as if the sky had collapsed!

"what!!!"

Jijiji stared at the enormous, glassy hand, roaring at the sky. He used all his strength to push towards the hand, but it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree or a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

"boom!!"

With endless roaring, it was already prostrate on the ground under the Buddha's palm, no longer arrogant as before.

"I bestow upon you the name—Gungpira!"

Once Yijisijiba had put away his arrogance, a voice that sounded like a booming bell yet was endlessly illusory entered his ears.

"I will obey His Majesty's command."

As he spoke, a pig's crown appeared on his head.