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

Chapter 536 Is this God's pleasure?

An inexplicable force rippled through my heart, but vanished in an instant.

Then, time, space, and all concepts pause at this moment.

Yhwach's horrified expression remained frozen on his face, and Kiryu's incredulous look also remained unchanged.

Outside the inner palace, Yamamoto Genryusai's mighty flames, said to be able to scorch the three realms, remained stationary, unable to emit any energy.

Aizen Sousuke, who had not yet fully evolved, along with the Hogyoku within him, turned into a statue, remaining motionless.

Not only the Soul King Palace, but also the collapsing human world, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society, all came to a standstill.

The ninja world, the pirate world, and the imperial world have all returned to peace, with no further changes.

At that moment, a divine light seemed to emanate from Bane's face.

His desires, his troubles, his longings, like spring snow melting under the rising sun, gradually disappeared, merging with all of this, becoming the essence of the world.

However, just as Bane was about to truly become a 'god'.

His eyes suddenly cleared, the divine radiance receded from him, and all the desires that had just been extinguished returned to him.

"So that's how it is. My last bit of perfection is becoming a god?" Bane looked at his palm and muttered to himself.

Once he becomes a god, all his regrets, desires, and other thoughts as a 'mortal' will be purified, and he will become truly 'perfect'.

Perhaps after that, he will have divine desires, divine troubles, divine thoughts, and his actions and considerations will no longer be based on the same starting point as they are now.

Perhaps there will be new fun and new feelings at that time.

However, Bane felt that he did not want to become a god.

The once perfect Spirit King was perhaps such a god who ultimately sacrificed himself for the world. He was undoubtedly great, but Bane would never want to take him as a role model.

"I can't imagine the joy of God, but even God can't understand the joy of mortals. In the end, I still don't want to become a god. I'd rather not have that bit of perfection." Bane clicked his tongue and smiled.

He couldn't let go of any worldly concerns.

Having made up his mind, Bane sighed and turned his gaze to Yhwach.

He never regarded Yhwach as his enemy; on the contrary, considering the current situation, Yhwach was the Soul King's final gift to him.

"If you want to be the Spirit King, then so be it," Bane muttered to himself.

Bane extended a finger and gently touched the center of Yhwach's forehead. Immediately, the power of the predetermined world was drawn out, erasing all of Yhwach's consciousness.

At this moment, Yhwach still possessed immense power, but he could no longer develop a sense of self.

Then, Bane placed Yhwach into the Soul King's "throne"—amber.

Back then, when the Soul King sealed himself, he used the primal power of this world, namely, the Shinigami, Hollows, Quincy, Fullbringers, and humans.

After pondering for a moment, Bane dispersed various miscellaneous powers from his body, including Devil Fruit power, natural energy, chakra, Haki, and spiritual pressure, and then condensed them into a seal.

Like the Spirit King, one needs to possess these powers to break the seal, or like Bane, one needs to have sufficient authority; otherwise, it is impossible to break it.

Of course, there are actually quite a few people who possess this kind of power. For example, Zoro has the power of Devil Fruits, natural energy, chakra, Haki, and spiritual pressure.

Orochimaru is the same.

If they want to break the seal, they can.

It could even completely absorb the power of Yhwach, who was unconscious.

Ultimately, however, he has only become the next Spirit King. If anyone is willing to become the Spirit King, Bane would not mind taking action again and placing them in this 'Amber Throne'.

They posed absolutely no threat to Bane.

What was that saying again?

You have indeed become stronger by absorbing Yhwach, but I am still invincible.

After Yhwach was crowned king and the wedge that stabilized the three worlds was re-established, if now this predetermined world is untied and all concepts such as time and space begin to flow again, then the Soul Society, the Human World, and Hueco Mundo should no longer collapse, but will quickly return to peace.

Just like the cycle that has lasted for millions of years, it will continue.

But Bane did not end his predetermined world.

Holding stars in their hands, they pluck the sun and moon from the sky.

As if acting on his own will, Bane merged and kneaded the suns of the Ninja World, the Empire World, the Pirate World, and the Bleach World into a new sun, then fiddled with it a couple of times before throwing it out again.

Then, he threw the ninja world moon, which sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki, into the stars, turning it into an ordinary star.

He then merged the moons of the other worlds into one, and a moment later, with a mischievous grin, he poured his surging spiritual pressure into the moon, so that it would no longer need the sun's light to emit enough spiritual light on its own.

After transforming the sun and moon, Bane used the vast imperial world as a foundation and incorporated the pirate planet into it, turning it into a part of the boundless ocean outside the continental map.

Then, the ninja world was transformed into a planet not too far from the imperial planet and suspended as if it were an alien world.

After pondering for a moment, he placed the appearance of death on the other side of the sea, forming a new continent.

After doing all this, he enveloped all living beings in all the worlds with his great power, giving them the basic qualities to adapt to changes in the new environment.

To avoid the possibility of mass extinction after he has finished transforming the world and something goes wrong.

After settling these matters, Bane began to separate some 'cause and effect' from his own body, listing all those with whom he had a cognitive relationship separately. Then, he once again unleashed his power to reshape the cognition of all intelligent beings, making these people who had no personal connection with Bane fundamentally believe that the world they lived in was originally like this!

It's like, on the edge of the Empire's seas, there was originally a 'pirate world'; in outer space, there was originally a ninja planet; the appearance of the Grim Reaper was originally like this, and so on.

At that moment, Bane seemed to be experiencing some of the joy of God.

However, he did not become addicted to this kind of fun.

Finally, he peeled off a piece of the Pure Land, about one-third of the original, which contained the Tianzhou City, which was under construction and was about the size of a grain of sand.

He transformed this one-third of the Pure Land into a new realm, just like the realm where the Spirit King Palace is located, condensing it above the Soul Society and placing it above the Spirit King Palace.

Next, he began to merge the Pure Land, the Underworld, and the Soul Society.

This world of the dead, based on the Soul Society, was expanded countless times.

He combined the underworld and hell, creating the deepest realm, where he saw Saito, who was living as a queen in hell, immortal and ageless.

"Heh, you once said you wanted to see my Bankai, now you should have seen it, right?" Bane muttered with a smile, then gently raised his hand and removed the hell chain that was connected to Saito's immortal soul.

Perhaps someday, after Saito, who is immortal, discovers that Hell no longer holds her back, she will surely jump out again and stir up trouble, right? That would certainly be a very interesting thing.

Hmm. Bane experienced the joy of God once again.

As for Hueco Mundo and the like, it is also expanding on its own as the world grows and evolves. In the future, all souls from all worlds will be incorporated into the original 'reincarnation system' of the Bleach world.

However, with the surge in the number of souls, Seireitei is bound to become quite lively, and expansion of the Gotei 13 and other units is inevitable.

Let Yamamoto Genryusai worry about this; after all, he's the Captain-Commander.

Thinking about this, Bane felt that the Ninth Division was quite interesting, and the Seireitei was also very interesting. He didn't plan to resign and continue to be an invisible captain, which was fine, wasn't it?

After reconstructing the world, Bane felt there must be something he hadn't thought of, but it didn't matter; he could just "restart" it next time he wasn't satisfied.

Oh my, is this also God's pleasure?

However, as this thought flashed through his mind, Bane suddenly discovered that divine radiance had reappeared within him.

"Damn it," Bane's consciousness swept over it, erasing the divine radiance, then he stroked his chin and said, "Is that so? I've already reached perfection, so even if I do nothing, I'll unconsciously generate divinity. If I'm not careful, my thoughts and consciousness will change."

This was not due to any force corrupting it; ultimately, divinity was also the source of Bane's power, or more accurately, a process of change in thought.

It's like when you were a child, failing a test felt like the end of the world, but as an adult, it doesn't seem like such a big deal.

Bane is still a lecher, still indulging in romance and love. Not long ago, he was taking advantage of Kiryu Hikifune and still caring about his "bonds." But his divine side thinks these things are "nothing special."

Now, Bane is undergoing this change. His power has reached a higher level, but his mind has not yet matched his power, or rather, he does not want to match it. However, as his power continues to exist, his mind will unconsciously undergo similar changes.

After pondering for a moment, Bane began to channel his power into the Heart Crossing.

The divine aspect was also fully incorporated.

Just as he sealed his own spiritual pressure back then, he now intends to seal away the power of the world's ruler as well.

This process was exceptionally simple, which also meant that these powers belonged entirely to Bane, and there was no erosion of his will.

So a moment later, the Heart of Transcendence, which contained absolute power, appeared in Bane's hands.

Immediately, Bane placed the Heart Ferry before the Spirit King's Amber Throne.

"You're giving me a lot of face, Yhwach. You're the Soul King here, and I'm even planting my sword here to protect you. The last person to receive this kind of treatment was Im, who was known as the King of the World," Bane joked.

Unfortunately, Yhwach was unconscious and unable to respond.

However, after Xin Du was placed here, she cried and complained, as if she didn't want to be a tool here all alone.

Seeing this, Bane felt a little sorry for him, so he gently beckoned, and a soul dragon, like a small snake, emerged from the Heart Crossing. It swam around Bane twice before transforming into a dragon pattern that attached itself to the inside of the haori sleeve.

"Is this alright? You've even learned to act cute now." Bane shook his head helplessly.

The Azure Dragon, transformed from Xin Du, swished its tail contentedly, indicating its satisfaction.

Once he had completed all of this, Bane prepared to undo his so-called "Bankai".

To reiterate, the established world manifests itself through Bankai, because Bane thinks it's cool. But in reality, it's the power and authority he possesses, the power of the world's ruler, not the power of some Grim Reaper.

In fact, from the moment he achieved perfection, he was no longer something that could be described by the concept of a Grim Reaper.

Of course, now that he has sealed his great power within the blade of the Heart Crossing, it is no longer perfect. Now he has returned to his identity as the Soul Society's Spirit Lord.

"The established world, open!" Bane said softly.

The concepts of stagnation—time and space—began to flow again.

The moment Kiryu regained consciousness, it felt as if the world was in disarray. The most noticeable change was that Yhwach, who had just been confronting Bane, had inexplicably become the pitiful person trapped in amber.

"He wanted to be the Spirit King, so I granted his wish. Is there a problem with that?" Bane smiled and explained when he saw that Kiryu Hikifune looked puzzled.

(End of this chapter)