Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy.

Back in her room, July took out the bloodline extractor she had obtained earlier.

[Bloodline Extractor (Pureblood Quincy): A key to obtaining Quincy power. How to use: After Shikai, pour it into your own shadow.]

The system's instructions on how to use it confused July.

It would make more sense to have him inject it into a spirit or take it directly.

"Can my shadow ability still digest and absorb this stuff...?" July, as the master of Shadow Princess, was still incredulous at the system's prompt.

In July, she decided to give it a try and drew her Zanpakuto: "Observe all things, Shadow Princess."

The Zanpakuto swiftly transformed into a black blade.

July unscrewed the cap of the bloodline extractor and poured the liquid inside, which emitted a blue glow, onto the shadow.

The blue liquid flowed onto the wooden floor, but instead of being absorbed by the floor, it clumped together.

The next instant, July's shadow seemed to surge out like boiling water in a pot.

Then countless black lines extended from the shadow, merging with the seemingly solidified blue liquid, and condensing in the air into a ball of black lines emitting a blue glow.

These black threads intertwined and formed a shape resembling a heart.

The black ball of yarn kept contracting and expanding, making it look like a beating heart.

In that instant, July felt as if her consciousness was being separated.

He actually had two perspectives at the same time!

He is Lu Qu Qiyue, and at the same time, he is this tangible shadow.

In that instant, he recalled some deeper memories:

A huge, flawless crystal statue stands in the empty hall.

And the perspective in July's memory was actually from below the giant crystal!

He is that shadow reflected through flawless crystal!

Why do I have these memories?

Memories from different periods are intertwined, making the memories of July somewhat chaotic.

A moment later, July sorted out her memories.

"Didn't I transmigrate directly into the body of a spirit corpse?"

The scene he just recalled was his memory from when he first transmigrated to the world of Death God.

But after that, he fell into a long sleep.

He only began to awaken after Shutara Senjumaru sewed him into Shikatori Hakunsai's spirit body.

Chapter 112 Dramatic Changes in the Consciousness Space

July's current state is quite peculiar.

The shadow and the spirit body have deeply merged, becoming a single entity.

The shadow is him, and the spirit body is also him.

"Did I travel into the shadow of the Spirit King, and that's why I was separated..." July wondered to herself.

He is not the complete shadow of the Spirit King; the Spirit King merely cut out this part of "him".

Therefore, the Spirit King who resides above the Heavenly Palace, as well as the fragments of the Spirit King scattered throughout the Three Realms, still retain their shadows.

"Perhaps I need to collect other shadows..." July wondered to herself.

After the shadow merged with the spirit of the Shinigami, the shadow's abilities materialized into the Shinigami's Zanpakuto.

If he can collect more Shadows of the Spirit King, his abilities are very likely to become even stronger.

July glanced at the ball of yarn that was still contracting and expanding in the air; the blue liquid on it had completely disappeared.

The ball of yarn turned pure black again.

After a moment, the ball of yarn slowly dispersed and turned back into a shadow.

July noticed a huge change happening in her consciousness space. With a thought, the scenery in the room quickly blurred, distorted, and stretched.

Then it was as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, with nothing but boundless darkness as far as the eye could see.

A few breaths later, July saw light again—from the bright, full moon hanging in the sky.

In July, standing in the black desert, the white tower in the distance remained unchanged, still towering there.

But on the other side of the black desert, a blue light seems to be emanating.

July's body melted into a shadow, moving at an extremely fast speed toward the area emitting blue light.

The sand in this area is no longer pure; it is covered with blue threads, as if some vines emitting a faint blue light have taken root in the sand.

The further you go, the denser the blue threads become.

The blue threads on the sand all extend in the same direction—a giant cocoon made of blue threads.

The giant, silken cocoon was about two people tall and emitted a faint blue light.

Upon arriving in July, it was discovered that the giant cocoon was actually translucent and not sealed, allowing one to see inside through the silk threads.

A young girl could be vaguely seen wrapped in a giant, silken cocoon.

In July, she went closer to observe and saw that the young girl inside the giant silken cocoon had long, wavy orange hair.

When July saw the orange-haired girl's face clearly, he was slightly taken aback, and thought of the Quincy who had left a deep impression on him—Kurosaki Tsuki!

The orange-haired girl inside the giant silken cocoon looks exactly like Kurosaki Tsuki.

However, July quickly realized the truth.

His Quincy power was being nurtured within the giant, silken cocoon.

This orange-haired girl is the embodiment of his Quincy power.

"Somewhat similar to the relationship between Uncle Zangetsu and Yhwach...?" July thought of Ichigo Kurosaki's consciousness space.

"After my Quincy power has been processed by the 'Bloodline Extractor,' is it still related to Yhwach?" Before July, I thought there would be another 'Zangetsu Uncle' in my consciousness space.

Ichigo Kurosaki inherited his Quincy powers from his mother, but their source is Yhwach, the Quincy King. Therefore, in his consciousness space, he materialized in the form of Yhwach.

July's Quincy power materialized into the form of Kurosaki Tsukisaki, unlike Kurosaki Ichigo's situation.

This is a situation that July would like to see.

Yhwach, the Quincy King, possesses the ability to reclaim Quincy powers.

If the system helps him sever the connection between the Quincy power and Yhwach, then he will have no worries.

"It should take some time to develop," July concluded after examining the giant silken cocoon.

That Quincy bloodline is the key to obtaining Quincy power, but it cannot immediately grant him Quincy power; Quincy power needs to be nurtured for a period of time before it takes shape.

"Shadow Princess," July called out.

"I'm here." Shadow Princess emerged halfway out of his shadow.

"Have you been affected since these things appeared in your consciousness space?" July asked.

He wanted to know if the Quincy's power affected the Shinigami's power.

"Of course it is! The consciousness space is even more crowded now!" Shadow Princess said indignantly.

"This desert is so big, it can't be that bad..." July scratched her face. "That's not what I'm asking..."

“That’s all,” Shadow Princess said.

July nodded. It seemed that the Quincy power had not yet affected the Shinigami power, and they were still in a state of separate existence.

With a thought, his consciousness returned to the real world.

After recalling his deepest memories, his connection with the space of consciousness became even stronger.

You can enter the consciousness space without even using blade meditation.

In July, she glanced at the basic panel and saw a new line of information:

[The power to annihilate the master (in development)]

July glanced at the intact floor; this change in the consciousness space hadn't caused much of a commotion in reality.

"I need to try other Spirit King shadows to see if they work on me, but that will require collecting Spirit King fragments..." July thought to herself.

The Spirit King in the heavens had his body dismembered into countless parts.

The portion that remained in the Spirit King's Palace served as a wedge to stabilize the Three Realms.

Collecting fragments of the Spirit King is not easy; most of the Spirit King fragments scattered throughout the Three Realms are not unclaimed.

The fragments of the Spirit King will merge into the soul and reincarnate along with the soul.

Those beings and spirits that possess fragments of the Spirit King have great potential.

This can probably only be attempted after July has reached captain-level strength.

Collecting fragments of the Spirit King rashly could easily attract the attention of others.

It was already late at night, and dawn would break in an hour or two. July had intended to rest, but the events that had transpired in the courtyard made him change his mind.

When July arrived in the courtyard, the figures in the courtyard immediately froze in place.

But from July's perspective, the courtyard was deserted.

He walked slowly toward the kitchen without making a sound.

Aizen Sousuke breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his teacher walk into the kitchen.

He had just thought that the teacher had discovered his sneaking out.

Aizen Sousuke quickly left the courtyard and returned to his room.

A moment later, July brought out a bowl of noodles from the kitchen and sat down under the eaves to eat them.

He didn't see Aizen Sousuke in the courtyard, but he saw Aizen Sousuke in his shadow.

During the battle with the Kasumigaoka Exiles in the back mountain, he had been keeping an eye on the situation of Kana Azajo, Shinji Hirako, and others, so he also saw Aizen Sousuke unleash his Zanpakuto.