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

Chapter 528 Yhwach storms the Spirit King's Palace!

The moment the portal opened in Soul Society.

Kuroshiki Kenpachi took the lead, charging out with his sword, Hungaku.

I originally thought that after I came out, I would be faced with fierce fighting.

The result was complete silence, the air was frigid, and snowflakes and frost were even falling around.

As a Shinigami who had lived in the Seireitei for hundreds of years, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was momentarily bewildered.

This doesn't make sense, does it?

Where the hell did this come from?

Is this still Seireitei?

In the distance, the area that should have been the location of the Central Forty-Six Chambers, including the iconic Confession Palace and the Grand Palace, has completely disappeared. In its place stands an unprecedented palace building, frozen with a large amount of frost.

Clearly, the manifestation of the Unseen Empire has allowed Silverframe Castle to cover the original Seireitei.

Meanwhile, above that enormous ice palace, a huge hole was blasted open in the sky, revealing many broken barriers inside.

As one of the veteran Shinigami who had witnessed Kiryu Hikifune ascend to the Soul King Palace, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki recognized him at a glance.

The huge hole that was blasted open was clearly the passage connecting Soul Society to the Soul King Palace!

This situation clearly indicates either that the people from the Spirit King's Palace were attacked when they came down, or that the so-called Unown Empire led by Yhwach has infiltrated the Spirit King's Palace.

However, this situation is not particularly shocking.

As everyone knows, there was almost no strength left in Seireitei before. Only the 12th Division, the 8th Division, and the 10th Division left a few people behind. The rest either moved to the Pure Land Sanctuary or went to Hueco Mundo to fight people.

Under these circumstances, the Wandenreich's invasion of Seireitei was effortless. After annihilating the remaining forces there, they seized the best opportunity to storm the Soul King's Palace before the main Shinigami forces returned to Seireitei. This is entirely understandable.

"What's going on? Is this still Seireitei? Why has it turned out like this? Isn't our Transcendental Gate supposed to open at the 12th Division barracks?" Although Kenpachi Kuruyashiki had a vague feeling that the area below the hole was the former Central 46 Chambers, he was still somewhat doubtful at this moment.

Just then, as if she had discovered something, Sister Hua quickly rushed towards the frost ruins ahead. Soon, she dug out several corpses of the Grim Reaper from under the ruins.

Judging from the number on the death knight's uniform, he belongs to the 10th Division.

"Here! Captain Orochimaru is here!" Kotetsu Isane's slightly impatient voice came from another direction.

Immediately, Hana-nee, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, and Shutara Senjumaru rushed over.

Beside the ruins of the collapsed street walls, Orochimaru's left side had been blown off, his injuries were severe, his blood was frozen, and he was barely breathing. Beside him was a Zanpakuto broken into three pieces.

Not far from him, Kisuke Urahara was also severely injured. He had been pierced through by his own Zanpakuto, Benihime, and was hanging from the wall that had not yet collapsed. Blood flowed down the wall, and he was barely breathing.

"Are you alright?" Sister Hua asked solemnly as she helped Orochimaru stop the bleeding.

"We messed up a bit," Orochimaru said with a wry smile. "For some reason, those Quincy were able to steal the power of us Shinigami, seal our Zanpakuto, and even use our Bankai."

This ability to seal and seize the power of the Grim Reaper is not described either in the Great Spirit Book Corridor or in other previous accounts of the Quincy's attack on Seireitei.

It was as if it appeared out of nowhere!

As a result, Orochimaru and the others were caught off guard.

After quickly stabilizing Orochimaru and Kisuke Urahara's injuries, Hana asked again, "Where are Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Aizen?"

Kisuke Urahara explained weakly, "Mayuri Kurotsuchi is probably dead, but don't worry, there's a 'reincarnation pool' for him in the large laboratory below the Technology Development Bureau. He won't just die easily. It's just that Seireitei is now covered by this strange place, so he might not be able to get out."

The death that Kisuke Urahara was referring to was probably a death in a very simple 'physical sense', but Mayuri Kurotsuchi wouldn't really die just because of physical death.

Judging from his tone, he wasn't very worried, so Sister Hua didn't ask any more questions.

Orochimaru then continued, "We underestimated the Quincy's power. We didn't even get to see Yhwach before being annihilated by those Star Knights. If it weren't for our survival skills, we probably wouldn't have survived until you arrived. After faking our deaths, they didn't test us but hastily attacked the Soul King's Palace. You saw what happened: Yhwach broke through the passage and led the Quincy into the Soul King's Palace."

"Where is Aizen-kun?" Hana asked again.

"I'm here." A voice came from around the corner of the ruins not far away.

Then Aizen Sousuke, dressed in black shihaka attire but with a significantly altered appearance, emerged from there.

Compared to Orochimaru and Kisuke Urahara's disheveled state, Aizen was clearly unharmed.

However, his originally warm and sunny curly hair has been transformed into a slightly sharp slicked-back hairstyle, and his entire aura has become more assertive and edgy.

At the same time, his chest was exposed, and in the very center, where his body met his skin, there seemed to be a mysterious bead emitting a purple light.

That is clearly the Hogyoku.

Although she had known for a long time that Aizen Sousuke was exceptionally talented and incredibly powerful, at this moment, just looking at Aizen made Hana feel pressured, as if she had returned to the time when she first met Bane.

"You?" Sister Hua asked, her expression unchanged, but the spiritual pressure emanating from her body had already begun to change slightly.

As if noticing Unohana's wariness, Aizen paused for a moment, then stopped approaching, pointed to his chest, and said, "Captain Unohana, you don't need to be so wary. I am still me, and I am not controlled by this bead."

"Really?" Sister Hua replied, but she did not let her guard down.

"That's the Hogyoku," Orochimaru explained. "Even the exceptional Aizen seemed unable to fight against the entire Wandenreich and Yhwach alone at that time. Therefore, in desperation, we chose to buy him time by having him fuse with the Hogyoku to increase his power. But now it seems a little too late."

"Is it getting a little late?" Hana glanced at the blasted-open passage to the Spirit King's Palace, then looked at Urahara Kisuke, Orochimaru, and Aizen Sousuke, but didn't say anything more.

But she knew in her heart that it wasn't too late; on the contrary, it was exactly what the three of them wanted.

In fact, Sister Hua is not entirely sure whether the three of them are acting or not, given their current behavior.

However, it didn't matter. Considering their identities, Sister Hua was still willing to cooperate with their performance.

"Unohana-senpai, I'll leave the situation here to you. Captain Shutora and I think we shouldn't stay here any longer. Since there's been a change at the Soul King Palace, and Yhwach has led the Quincy to attack that side, we should go and provide support!" Kenpachi Kuruyashiki said as he walked over from a short distance away.

Clearly, while Hana was treating them, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki and Shutara Senjumaru were discussing how to deal with what was to come.

Both of them felt that the most urgent task was to rush to the Spirit King's Palace to provide support.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Sister Hua didn't intend to say anything more and immediately replied.

Soon, at Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's command, the Shinigami from the 10th and 11th Divisions whose spiritual pressure exceeded that of a captain followed him and Shutara Senjumaru, quickly heading towards the passage to the Spirit King's Palace.

As for the remaining Shinigami, they were responsible for finding the wounded in Seireitei, maintaining order, and waiting for the next wave of Shinigami to return from Hueco Mundo.

They also don't need to go to the Spirit King's Palace because the spiritual pressure isn't enough.

The concentration of spiritual particles in the Spirit King's Palace is extremely high, so the environment is completely different from that of the Seireitei. Even a captain-level expert would be suddenly suppressed by the massive concentration of spiritual particles if he were to enter the Spirit King's Palace without warning, and might even be unable to stand.

It will take some time to adjust to the situation there.

If this applies to captains, then it goes without saying that ordinary Shinigami soldiers would only cause trouble; there's no need for them to go.

However, just after Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, Shutara Senjumaru, and the others entered the barrier passage of the Spirit King Palace, the situation changed again. The remaining passage was completely sealed off in the blink of an eye!

Seeing this, Sister Hua frowned and looked at Orochimaru and the others, saying, "Was this also part of your calculations?"

There was no one else around at the moment, and the members of the Fourth Division had followed the other Shinigami to search for survivors.

So I'm not afraid that some of my words might be overheard.

Orochimaru, after a moment of silence, said, "So-so. It seems the Spirit King Palace's barrier has repaired itself. But it's alright. With the spiritual pressure of the Spirit Lord or Aizen, who is now combined with the Hogyoku, we can break through this barrier at any time, just like Yhwach. Besides, we've already grasped the secrets of the barrier, so we can reopen it even without using force. So it's fine."

"I'm asking, is the current situation still within your plans and control?" Sister Hua lowered her eyes slightly, exuding a murderous aura.

At this moment, even Aizen, who had just merged with the Hogyoku, felt the terrifying power emanating from Hana.

He immediately said, "Captain Unohana, please rest assured, everything is still under control. Even if you don't trust us, don't you trust our teacher? Although there are many things we haven't told our teacher, you should know very well that there are no secrets in Seireitei that can be hidden from our teacher. All our actions are with our teacher's tacit approval, aren't they?"

Upon hearing this, Sister Hua slowly withdrew the faint killing intent emanating from her, her face regaining its gentle expression. Her tone was slightly worried as she said, "Yhwach was strong back then, and now that he's returned, he must be even stronger, right? Do you think Shutara Senjumaru might die in the Soul King's Palace?"

Indigo dye? ???

He carefully observed Hana's expression, but for a moment he couldn't tell whether Captain Unohana hoped Shutara Senjumaru would be safe or if she would die quickly.

Just then, another fluctuation came from inside the interdimensional gate.

Then, Yamamoto Genryusai and Bane walked out of the interdimensional gate together, followed by the rest of the Shinigami from the other divisions.

When Bane came out, he was somewhat bewildered by the drastically changed appearance of Seireitei.

But soon, his attention was drawn to Aizen, and he stared in astonishment at the Hogyoku on Aizen's chest, unable to help but ask, "What's wrong with you? Have you lost your humanity?"

Before Aizen could answer, Yamamoto Genryusai asked in a deep voice, "Where is Yhwach, that rat in the gutter?"

"Captain-Commander, please calm down." Hana stood up and looked at Yamamoto Genryusai, saying, "The Quincy led by Yhwach had already stormed into the Soul King's Palace before we arrived. Kenpachi Kurosaki and Captain Shutara have already led some Shinigami to the Soul King's Palace to provide support."

"The Soul King's Palace?" Yamamoto Genryusai turned to look at the empty sky, his brows furrowed. After a moment of contemplation, he looked at Orochimaru and the others and said, "Quickly report the Quincy's information and capabilities!"

(End of this chapter)