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Chapter 463 How Tragic, Spirit King

King Ling continued to recount how he had been deceived.

"The spirit world is too vast; I simply cannot withstand it. Even with all my might, I can only slightly slow down my descent."

At this moment, Shiba said—

At this point, the Spirit King paused, then gritted his teeth and said, "He said that all things are three. If two worlds are not enough, the Spirit Realm can be divided in two, thus recreating the cycle of three worlds."

"I was such a fool to believe his lies and followed his suggestion to split the spirit world in two, which indeed greatly reduced the speed of the fall, but it still didn't completely stop it."

"Tsunayo stepped forward. He joined forces with five wise men, including Shiba, to design a barrier that could sustain the three realms. They said that it only required a portion of my power to maintain it indefinitely."

"I was such an idiot, I believed them again, and then—"

The Spirit King patted the shattered crystal and said menacingly, "Then I was betrayed by Tsunayoshi and sealed in this barrier, never to escape again."

"Do you really think that someone as powerful as me could be outmaneuvered by such a weakling, like an insect?"

"That's because I'm stupid!"

"Under their guidance, I pushed away Hell, supported the Spirit World, and then divided the Spirit World into Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. I was exhausted to the extreme, and my power was extremely weak. That's when they ambushed me, and I have been trapped here for millions of years."

Xia Zuo pouted: "Yeah, poor Spirit King."

"So, you weren't voluntarily maintaining the operation of the Three Realms afterward?"

The Spirit King sneered, "If someone deceives you, plots against you, or seals you into a spiral seal that kills you while you're still alive—"

"It also had its arms, which controlled 'movement' and 'stillness,' cut off, its heart removed, its feet severed, its internal organs ripped open, and its power stripped away before being discarded to the lower realm—"

"And you yourself are stuck in the gap between the three worlds, like a bean stuffed into a millstone, enduring the grinding of the three worlds day and night."

The Spirit King's eyes were blazing with fury: "You'll live a life of luxury and wholeheartedly support this world so that the murderers who did these things can live happily ever after?"

"I am the Spirit King, not a fucking masochist!"

Xia Zuo laughed loudly: "I knew it would be like this. It's a pity you're sealed in a living and dead seal, and can only watch them slander you as a masochist."

The Spirit King suddenly became enraged, his entire body shrouded in thick black smoke, just like the legendary Hades.

The thick smoke was so viscous that it contained negative emotions such as anger, hatred, and resentment, a testament to the King's frustration over millions of years.

Because they were all generated by the Spirit King alone, these violent and negative emotions were able to naturally stick together and form a whole.

Therefore, King Ling was never a willing wedge; he was never willing at any time.

The Spirit King suddenly laughed, stroking the five little heads on his shoulder, and said, "So, these five are just interest."

"I will kill all the so-called five noble families. I will also go to hell and find all the five noble families from all the past dynasties, imprison them all on a divine artifact, and make them cry for me."

"Ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, I will never get tired of it."

Xia Zuo asked, "What should I call you? Do you still use the name Adnes?"

King Ling was taken aback: "How do you know my name? I remember that apart from Hyosube Ichibei, no one else should know it."

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Xia Zuo smiled and said, "That's my secret."

The Spirit King nodded: "You are such a powerful being, even above me, it is only natural that you have secrets."

"I will no longer use the name Adnes. There are too many Yhwach elements in my body, and even my self-perception has been affected by him."

"Okay, you can call me Spirit King. There will only be one Spirit King from now on, and it won't be changed."

"Then, great being, what is your name?"

Xia Zuo drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and replied softly, "My name is Xia Zuo. There's no need to add the prefix 'great' to me, because greatness is a basic attribute of guys like us."

The Spirit King chuckled softly, "Yes, you're right, Xia Zuo."

"This world is too small to accommodate two Spirit Kings, let alone one Spirit King and an even larger one like Xia Zuo?"

"I'm so sorry, we just met and now we're going to have to fight to the death."

Xia Zuo said, "The sun and moon traverse the sky, cold seasons come and heat seasons pass, following the rules to form a square and a circle, a measuring stick for the heavens!"

The Zanpakuto's Shikai form is a straight and square ruler, which Xia Zuo has now poured all his power into, fully displaying its amazing spiritual charm.

Naturally formed golden runes appeared half an inch from the blade, surrounding it and forming mysterious rules, as if they were contending with the rules of the world.

The Spirit King stared wide-eyed at Xia Zuo's actions, suppressing the resentment in his eyes.

Finally, King Ling took a deep breath: "My son is a fool too!"

He pointed at Nimaiya Oue's head, which had black punk curls and wore wide-rimmed sunglasses: "I underestimated this guy. To be able to invent a Zanpakuto, he's really something."

"It's a pity you're the jailer who guarded and tortured me. If you were a member of the five great noble families, I would really have to consider letting you go and allowing you to serve me."

The Spirit King remained silent for a moment, then suddenly stretched out his hand and chanted, "Shatter all things, myriad forms!"

Countless spiritual particles gathered in the Soul King's hand, forming a slender, thin Zanpakuto that resembled a straight, translucent ribbon, and it appeared in its Shikai state.

The Spirit King laughed: "Hehehe, not bad at all. You have actually manifested the strongest severing ability in my spirit."

Xia Zuo nodded in surprise and said, "That's right, Spirit King, you once split the Spirit World in two, turning it into Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. You were indeed able to sever everything."

The Spirit King exclaimed in amazement, "What astonishing power! Thank you for reminding me, Xia Zuo!"

"You showed me the possibility of moving forward, transcending the past, constantly evolving, embracing new life, following the essence of life, and pursuing higher levels!"

"I really don't know where this endless pursuit will end?"

The path of evolution has no end!

Xia Zuo silently repeated these words to himself, without explaining them to the Spirit King, because it was impossible to explain them clearly.

A person born blind doesn't know what painting is, a person born deaf and mute doesn't know what music is, and someone who has never seen the many incredible things in the world will never understand the meaning of this sentence.

Although the Soul King claimed to be omniscient and omnipotent, he was only manifesting in the world of the Grim Reaper, and he could not understand this principle.

Xia Zuo raised his Zanpakuto and said, "The world is very, very big, and there are many, many more. If you can, you should find a way to leave the world of Bleach, go travel, and see it!"

With each word Xia Zuo uttered, the spiritual pressure within the Spirit King Palace increased by a level.

Other Shinigami wouldn't notice the change; they would only feel inexplicably uncomfortable, as if their spiritual pressure had been suppressed.

However, in the Spirit King's perception, he could feel the spiritual pressure circle that enveloped the entire world, and naturally he could feel the spiritual pressure gradually increasing.

He had no intention of backing down, and he also raised his spiritual pressure circle, which covered the entire world, to unleash an even more terrifying spiritual pressure.

Two great beings, enough to "fill the world," clashed head-on, and the entire main hall of the Great Rift instantly evaporated, disappearing completely without even a trace.

The entire Spirit King Palace collapsed completely, and the Zero Palace and the Royal Palace District, which were located in the four directions, also collapsed amidst the violent tremors.

The vast royal palace district was cracked inch by inch, with huge cracks appearing that were tens of meters wide and stretched to both ends of the Spirit King Palace. Countless cracks tore apart buildings of all sizes!

Even greater destruction occurred in the next instant.

With the collapse of the Spirit King Palace, its very existence could no longer be sustained, and the space that sealed it also began to crumble as it lost its core.

The first step in the collapse was to "spit out" the Spirit King Palace. This is a necessary function similar to a concealment barrier, so as to avoid losing important beings into the endless void in the event of an accident.

The shattered Spirit King Palace sprang from the barrier space with extremely high spiritual particle concentration and appeared in a region with extremely low spiritual particle concentration, such as Karakura Town, rather than in the higher Spirit Court.

Therefore, the matter in the Spirit King Palace could no longer be maintained and completely disintegrated into spiritual particles, leaving no trace.

The mortal world instantly became a place with a collar density no less than that of Soul Society, and many strange things are bound to happen in the coming year.

Xia Zuo floated in the air, gazing at the Spirit King from afar. He gently raised the Measuring Ruler and then swung it down suddenly.

Swish! !

A sword aura suddenly appeared, seemingly without any flight, directly above the Spirit King's head.

Before the Spirit King could react, he was struck by the sword energy and plummeted to the ground, crashing into the ruins of Karakura Town with a loud thud.

The terrifying energy, following the fall of the Spirit King, raged through the flat ruins, carving out a new circular crater in the massive impact crater.

The energy burst lasted only a few seconds, and the released energy turned into high temperature, melting the surface garbage on the ruins into magma and molten iron.

At the deepest center of the pit, the Spirit King stood up, casually brushed the dust off his black robe, and then quietly waited for Xia Zuo to arrive.

The Soul King's understanding went further than Yhwach's; he knew that he was far weaker than Shazor.

Both are the ultimate power capable of filling the world, but I only have this much, while Xia Zuo can only bring this much into the world.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Spirit King to kill Xia Zuo. So he valued and respected Xia Zuo very much and tried to use the world's own repulsive force to expel Xia Zuo from the world.

To make the world's inherent repulsive force take effect, Xia Zuo must cause as much damage as possible to the world, thus triggering an automatic counterattack from the world's power.

To achieve this goal, the Soul King manipulated things at the last minute, causing the Soul King Palace to appear in the human world, rather than in Soul Society or Hueco Mundo.

Because the present world, where supernatural power is weakest, is the foundation and basis of the world, and also the place where the world's power is strongest.

If the Spirit King can achieve his goal of expelling Xia Zuo, he will be victorious, and no one in the world will be able to stop him from doing whatever he wants.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Suddenly, a fierce wind swept across the sky and earth, blowing sand and stones flying from the ruins. Molten lava and iron were also swept into the air, forming a scorching rainstorm.

Along with Xia Zuo, sword-wielding birds plummeted down, flapping their wings like real birds as they swooped down towards the Spirit King in the deep pit.

The Spirit King sneered, "That's a pretty good move, but I've also thought of my own sword technique."

He didn't make any particularly big movements; he simply swung his Zanpakuto, Banshou, and unleashed a magnificent and massive black sword aura.

The sword energy paused briefly in mid-air before violently surging upwards, continuously splitting into thin, sharp sword energies shaped like blades.

Numerous sharp sword energies intertwined, forming a sword net that completely enveloped Xia Zuo's sword-energy birds.

This is the Spirit King's response to Xia Zuo's attack.

High in the sky, the overwhelming swarms of sword-qi birds and the dense net of sword energy collided, like two armies clashing in the fiercest conflict.

The black net of sword energy and the blue-white flock of sword energy birds collided head-on, unleashing terrifying energy.

Wherever the shockwave passes, all matter is instantly decomposed and broken down until it becomes individual atoms, which are then excited into an ionic state by enormous energy.

Fortunately, this is the real world, where all matter is real, not composed of spiritual particles.

Otherwise, this attack could have caused a major spiritual collapse disaster in Hueco Mundo or Soul Society.

Even without the addition of additional spiritual particles, the rapid collision of the spiritual particles condensed in the sword energy of the two individuals alone unleashed an extremely powerful energy surge.

Fortunately, their attacks were largely balanced, and the truly terrifying forces canceled each other out at the moment of collision, rather than a one-sided super burst.

The sounds of sword energy cutting and exploding were continuous, and the bursting spiritual pressure completely blocked out the sky and everyone's senses.

This was a truly all-out battle.

Neither side launched a single, decisive attack; rather, there was a continuous stream of follow-up attacks.

The black sword energy net rising from below and the blue-white sword energy birds swooping down from the sky to the ground were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, forming a deathly layer a hundred meters thick.

Two terrifying torrents of sword energy were divided along the horizontal line, their colors and structures clearly distinct. They squeezed and collided with each other, creating a sound like the world pushing and shoving each other.

And because the place where the two of them fought happened to be the intersection of the three realms, the world-class battle that broke out here unsurprisingly caused Hueco Mundo and Soul Society to tremble.

The Shinigami of Seireitei had never experienced such a terrifying battle, and even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni could not help but feel deeply tense.

They anticipated that the battle between Xia Zuo and the Spirit King would break free from the Spirit King Palace's barrier.

No one could have imagined that the battle would continue in the present world.

No one could have imagined that the aftershocks of the battle would shake the Three Realms.

Wait, why is the world so stable now?