Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 501 Yhwach's Humorous Proverbs

The 12th Division's underground research facility.

Orochimaru, wearing a captain's haori, walked into the research lab with a smile on his face.

At this time, Kisuke Urahara had been promoted to the third seat of the 12th Division, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi had become the fourth seat of the 12th Division.

Apart from Hiyori Sarugaki, who has not yet been truly "captured," the power structure of the 12th Division is now entirely composed of their own people.

"How was it? Did you learn anything?" Orochimaru asked, walking up behind Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

Kisuke Urahara, who was adjusting some kind of instrument, said without looking up, "We haven't made much progress. Based on our model calculations alone, we can't determine the trajectory of the subsequent thirty-six spell barriers. We have to open up another space and let the Heavenly Pillar Chariot of the Spirit King Palace travel back and forth once before we can make it possible."

"Aizen-kun is already thinking about how to train Zaraki to become the next Kenpachi, and how to subtly guide Kuruyashiki Kenpachi to agree to join the Zero Division," Orochimaru said, offering a word of comfort.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi, standing nearby, spoke up: "There's no need to rush this matter. It's not our top priority anyway. Captain Kiryu has been with Squad Zero for a while now, and the technology for creating souls has made initial progress. We should start exploring artificial Shinigami."

"There's not enough space," Kisuke Urahara said, turning off the equipment and leaning back in his chair. "Your and Aizen's clone Quincy experiments are taking up too much space. Either you free up some space for us to research artificial Shinigami, or you try to get the Marine Headquarters to approve more funding to expand the Research and Development Bureau's facilities."

The cloning of Quincy was a project initiated by Aizen Sousuke and Orochimaru after the end of the human world's Quincy extermination campaign.

Of course, this project was publicly advertised as a "systematic study of the Quincy," and it even swindled Kiryu Hikifune out of a lot of funding.

In private, Orochimaru and Aizen were constantly cloning Quincy, hoping to accumulate the number of Quincy as quickly as possible in order to achieve their goal of "accelerating the resurrection of Yhwach".

Actually, Orochimaru wasn't very optimistic about this project at first.

Because the Quincy clan was clearly manipulated and cultivated behind the scenes by someone with ulterior motives, the bloodline origins within them did not conform to the laws of natural growth and evolution.

In this situation, cloning the Quincy's bloodline is undoubtedly highly uncertain, and it is very likely that the power at the source of that bloodline will not be able to be cloned at all.

But after several attempts, Orochimaru discovered that the situation was unusually simple: the power of the bloodline's origin seemed to be completely unsupervised, as if the owner of this power had lost his fundamental consciousness!

It is simply continuing to perform its function in accordance with the original intended direction.

This further confirmed to Orochimaru and Aizen Sousuke that Yhwach was currently "offline," so he had no restrictions on his lost power, which made things easier for them.

Over the years, they have frantically cloned a large number of Quincy, all of them soaking in nutrient solution, just waiting for the moment when the plan is ready to sacrifice these cloned Quincy at the same time to forcibly awaken Yhwach.

In fact, long before Yhwach was "killed" by Yamamoto Genryusai in Soul Society and lost consciousness, heartbeat, breathing and other vital signs, he had already seen the future.

And he left a maxim for his followers.

That is it. He will regain his heartbeat in nine hundred years, regain his consciousness in ninety years, regain his power in nine years, and then seize the world in nine days!

This is actually what Yhwach saw in the future and said in a pretentious way.

Clearly, after that, he lost all his power and entered a state of suspended animation. It hasn't even been nine hundred years yet, so naturally he hasn't regained his heartbeat, let alone his consciousness. And back then, he obviously didn't see Bane's intrusion, so the originally predetermined future has already changed.

Whether it's Yhwach's heartbeat, consciousness, or power, the so-called "retrieval" actually hints quite clearly that during this period of apparent death, he will continuously absorb the power sacrificed to him by the Quincy of the present world after their deaths, thus slowly "resurrecting".

Now, the future has changed. Who knows, before nine hundred years have even passed, Orochimaru and Aizen might forcefully start him up through a sacrifice!

Therefore, the proverb he left behind is indeed somewhat laughable.

No wonder someone later added the line, "Nine hours of mental breakdown, nine minutes of being a subordinate of Saint Bie, nine seconds of plan failure, and promotion to 'Spirit King'," which made it seem extremely ridiculous.

"Is that so? I'll figure something out." Orochimaru didn't refuse and immediately nodded.

As the captain of the 12th Division, he naturally has to shoulder these responsibilities now, otherwise wouldn't he appear incompetent?

Just then, the young vice-captain, Hiyori Sarugaki, swaggered in and called out, "Captain Orochimaru, I just came from the Ninth Division. Lord Spirit Lord said if you have time tonight, don't forget to go back for dinner; everyone's here."

This place is usually taboo, since all the research here is illegal. Normally, Hiyori Sarugaki, who hasn't yet fallen into the "trap," shouldn't be in this room.

But clearly, both Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi remained calm, showing no signs of panic or confusion.

Because they had discovered long ago that although Hiyori Sarugaki managed the 12th Division very well, she couldn't understand a single word of anything related to scientific research, and had absolutely no interest in learning about it.

So there's no need to hide anything from her; on the contrary, this situation is perfect for subtly dragging her into the mess.

Kisuke Urahara has a lot to say about this, because he unknowingly got on a pirate ship that he could never get off!

As for Hiyori Sarugaki, she trusted Orochimaru and the others implicitly and never meddled in their affairs.

Orochimaru nodded and said, "I understand. Let's go back together then."

"Mmm-hmm," Hiyori Sarugaki happily agreed.

Not long after Captain Kiryu Hikifune ascended to the Spirit King Palace, the Ninth Division suddenly became lively. The reason was that the retainers of the Spirit Lord had come from the Pure Land. Hiyori Sarugaki had been going to the Ninth Division a lot lately to get to know everyone.

Not only Hiyori Sarugaki, but many people in the Gotei 13 were very curious and interested in the retainers of these spirit masters.

At the same time, the ambitious Pure Land Development Plan has also been officially launched.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai, along with Ninth Division Captain Bann, the Shihōin family, the Kuchiki family, the Tenshōin family, and a host of other noble families, including the Kyōraku family, the Hachi family, and the Ukitake family, joined forces to launch the first phase of development of the Pure Land.

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Currently, partial demolition work is underway in the western part of the Seireitei West Gate/White Gate area of ​​Rukongai.

The demolition of part of West Rukongai was to create a huge, permanent portal connecting Soul Society and the Pure Land.

At that time, more civilians from Rukongai will be organized to go to the Pure Land for the first wave of development and reclamation. The initial goal is to cultivate a large amount of land in the Pure Land to solve the population pressure problem in Rukongai as much as possible.

Subsequently, a new noble city will be built there, following the design of the Seireitei.

Indeed, including the three noble families, their ambition regarding the Pure Land was to transform it into something with the same attributes as the Spirit King's Palace.

Then, the noble district within the Seireitei was relocated, transferring some of the family bloodlines and roots to the Pure Land.

To some extent, this can be considered an exchange of benefits and an explanation to Bane, because once they enter the Pure Land, it feels somewhat like they have "changed allegiance." Before, they were "loyal" to the Spirit King, but after coming to the Pure Land, they must be "loyal" to the Spirit Venerable.

The reason they did this was because after Bane opened up some access to the Pure Land, they learned more about it and compared it with Soul Society, and found that the Pure Land was safer.

In Soul Society, no matter what, the three noble families can never wash away the original sin of murdering the Soul King. Moreover, in their minds, Soul Society is in a very unstable state, and everyone's life and death are all tied to the Soul King!

If the Spirit King were to die one day, wouldn't everyone have to perish along with him in the Three Realms' Ruins?

Even though the Zero Division and the Spirit King Palace repeatedly assured the nobles that they had the means and reserves to "recreate the Spirit King", who could really believe such an unreliable thing?

The Pure Land is still the best. It connects the three worlds, is self-sufficient, and has a long-term cycle without any pressure. Even if the Spirit Lord dies, the Pure Land will not suddenly begin to collapse like the Soul Society. This is a stable home!

In the future, just like the Soul King Palace, the Pure Land will take root in the Soul Society, but will travel outside the Soul Society and gradually transform the Soul Society into the location of the Gotei 13 and other ordinary Shinigami and souls. Meanwhile, the nobles will go deep into the Pure Land and enjoy wealth and honor forever. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Just as Orochimaru and the others were talking about these things, suddenly, there was a slight earthquake, so little that no one paid any attention to it.

It even feels like I've gotten used to it.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi glanced at the dust that had settled on the ceiling and sighed softly, "They're really something. The Second Division isn't that close to us, are they? The shockwaves from their fight are affecting us. Come to think of it, they haven't been in Soul Society for very long, have they? They haven't even mastered Bankai yet, so how come they seem so strong? Orochimaru, when you first arrived, you weren't this impressive."

Orochimaru chuckled upon hearing this, then shook his head and said, "How can I compare to them? I'm relatively junior, and my combat strength is among the lowest. I'm mainly responsible for theory and scientific research."

"No wonder," Kisuke Urahara smacked his lips.

Two days ago, he took some time to return to the Second Division, thinking of seeing his childhood friend, Yoruichi Shihōin, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. However, before he even arrived at the Second Division, he heard intense fighting noises coming from the Shihōin family's fighting arena inside the barracks.

When he arrived, he saw Yoruichi Shihouin engaged in a fierce battle and sparring with Nami, who was known as the "Phoenix".

When Urahara Kisuke first heard that the Soul Lord's retainers and wives had arrived, he didn't take it too seriously. When Orochimaru first arrived, wasn't he just a nobody? He spent many years in Soul Society before gradually rising to power.

Presumably, the same applies to the Spirit Lord's retainers.

The result was astonishing. Although their spiritual pressure and other aspects seemed insignificant, each of these guys had their own unique skills and were extremely capable fighters!

They'll start with at least the strength of a seat commander upon their debut, and once they adapt to Soul Society, they're very likely to reach captain level at an extremely fast pace!

Especially Uchiha Sasuke and Roronoa Zoro!

The spiritual pressure and strength of these two guys are increasing at a rate that changes almost every day—it's terrifying! Urahara Kisuke wouldn't be surprised if they reached the captain level someday; it would seem like it was only natural!

(End of this chapter)