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

"I am an instrument created by my Lord... I can sense my Lord's presence..."

A voice came from the big eyeball.

"Why are you here?"

I asked again in July.

"I am here...guarding the passage...the passage to hell..."

"Is there a passage to hell here?"

"That's right... My Lord has entrusted me with guarding this place... the soul of the 'Lord of Hell' sealed within the passage..."

"The Lord of Hell is sealed in this passage? As far as I know, the Lord of Hell was divided into three parts. Is this one of them?" July's heart stirred as she recalled the treatment she had previously researched.

"I don't know about other things... What's sealed in this passage is a sword... a sword created by the 'Lord of Hell' who stole my master's power... by dividing his own soul..." the big-eyed man replied. "Perhaps it should be called... a Zanpakuto now..."

"The Zanpakuto of the Lord of Hell!" July's heart trembled.

This is something not recorded in ancient books.

The struggle between the Spirit King and Hell is so ancient, even longer than the history of the Three Realms, that few ancient books record its events.

"Did the Soul King create you to use the power of the Quincy to suppress the Zanpakuto of the Lord of Hell?" July thought of the Quincy spiritual pressure she sensed from the large eyeball.

“Indeed... The power of the Grim Reaper and the power of that evil sword share the same origin... making it easier for the Grim Reaper to be corrupted and tainted by it..." the big-eyed man replied.

"The Lord of Hell actually stole the power of the Spirit King... Perhaps this is the root of the conflict between the Spirit King and Hell?" July wondered to herself.

Even the giant eyeball didn't know the answer. The Soul King created it only to guard the Zanpakuto of the Lord of Hell, without endowing it with much information or knowledge.

"The Zanpakuto of the Lord of Hell is prone to corroding and corrupting Shinigami. Will I be affected if I come into contact with it?" July continued to ask.

It would be impossible not to be curious or want to explore a big secret that is right in front of you.

“Your power is not enough to suppress the evil blade... You need to break through the limits of a Shinigami or Hollow... and master the power of a Quincy... only then can you be unaffected by the evil blade…” the big-eyed man replied.

"Breaking through the limits of a Shinigami or Hollow...that's becoming a transcendent being, which is still a long way off." July frowned slightly, noting this down, and continued to ask, "Even the Soul King couldn't destroy this Zanpakuto, so why was it only sealed here?"

July felt that with the Soul King's power, destroying a Zanpakuto was still possible, even if that Zanpakuto belonged to the Lord of Hell.

“The Evil Blade can summon spirit particles from hell... After passing through the passage... those spirit particles sink into the depths of the Great Hollow Forest... and become part of the foundation of Hueco Mundo..." the big-eyed man replied.

"I see... I sensed before that the number of Hollows in the Hollow Forest was abnormal."

July understood.

The Spirit King is drawing blood from hell to nourish the Three Realms!

Using the properties of the evil sword, the Soul King continuously lured the spiritual particles from Hell into Hueco Mundo.

Hueco Mundo seems to have become a transit station for spiritual particles. After arriving in Hueco Mundo, these spiritual particles circulate among the three realms through the activities of the Shinigami and the Hollows.

“Perhaps this is why the spiritual lands of Hueco Mundo are constantly expanding…” July stroked her chin.

"My lord... I feel it..."

A voice came from the large eyeball, "The Quincy power that is currently developing within you..."

"You can sense this..." July raised an eyebrow.

There was indeed a Quincy power gestating within his spirit.

That was the Quincy bloodline he extracted from Kurosaki Tsukisaki using the 'bloodline extractor'.

He had underestimated the time required to nurture the power of the Quincy.

Perhaps the loss from extracting blood using the 'bloodline extractor' was too great, as the Quincy bloodline extracted from Kurosaki Tsuki was too small, and it had not yet hatched after many years of gestation.

"My Lord..."

A voice came from the large eyeball, "I will offer a portion of my power... to accelerate the gestation of the Quincy power within me..."

"It can be like this?" July raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by the turn of events. These big eyes could actually accelerate the growth of the Quincy power within him.

Chapter 297 Yhwach

Blue lines slowly emerged from the golden pupil at the bottom of the lake.

These blue lines resembled the Quincy's Blood Armor ability, and the blue lines quickly turned the golden pupils blue.

A beam of blue light emerged from the pupil.

July sensed that the Quincy's power posed no threat to her, so she did not dodge.

A blue beam of light fell upon him.

The next moment, July felt something and with a thought, she looked into her consciousness space, and the scenery in the lake quickly blurred.

He did not fully enter the space of consciousness, but only used a portion of his attention to observe the movements within it.

In the space of consciousness, a blue beam of light fell from the black night sky.

The beam of light landed somewhere in the black desert, where there was a giant cocoon made of blue threads.

That is the Quincy power that is being nurtured within July's body.

A beam of blue light, cast from the night sky, fell upon the giant cocoon.

The blue silk threads that make up the giant cocoon are like dry tinder meeting a raging fire, emitting an even brighter light.

The number of blue threads is also increasing, and the giant cocoon is getting bigger and bigger.

At that moment, July noticed that the information on the panel was changing.

I glanced at the panel—

[The power to annihilate the Master (14% in development)]

A series of percentage numbers appeared after 'in gestation' and were jumping rapidly.

14%...20%......90%...

The percentage figures start to slow down after jumping to 90%.

90.1%...88.8%...

Soon, the percentage figure decreased instead of increasing, and the giant cocoon in the consciousness space also trembled violently.

"It seems something unexpected has happened?"

July frowned.

"My Lord... Yhwach's power has awakened... and is affecting my intervention..."

A voice came from the big eyeball.

“Yhwach…” July’s eyes narrowed. “The bloodline of the Kurosaki clan is indeed still influenced by Yhwach.”

He had already prepared himself mentally before using the 'bloodline extractor'.

Obtaining Quincy power and bypassing Yhwach's bloodline is very difficult.

All existing Quincy, except for Soul King, originated from Yhwach.

The Quincy power obtained from Yhwach will also be subject to his control.

Yhwach can reclaim Quincy power through 'Sanctuary'.

However, when multiple powers exist within the body, 'Sainthood' will not take effect.

After July, he will embark on the path of the Transcendent and will inevitably acquire Hollow power, so he did not refuse to obtain Yhwach's Quincy power.

“My lord… I will use the power of the Quincy as bait to lure out Yhwach’s will… You can then take the opportunity to destroy him…”

The blue beam of light shooting out from the pupil of the large eyeball grew several times thicker.

It aims to force out the will of Yhwach contained within the Quincy bloodline.

Given the opportunity to eliminate future troubles in advance, July did not refuse and immediately entered the consciousness space.

As soon as July entered the consciousness space, a black-haired girl slowly emerged from his shadow.

"Shadow Princess".

"The environment here is getting worse and worse. It looks like something terrible is growing on that giant cocoon!"

"Handle it immediately."

July also saw what Yingji was talking about.

On the giant cocoon made of blue silk threads, there was a black thing growing.

The black mass was absorbing the giant cocoon to grow stronger. The giant cocoon, which had already grown several times larger, quickly shrank back to about the same size as before.

The interference from the giant eyeball unexpectedly awakened Yhwach's will, which was hidden deep within the Quincy bloodline. The black substance absorbing the giant cocoon was Yhwach's will.

"This cocoon has been sucked down to several sizes."

July frowned. He couldn't act yet; he had to wait for Yhwach's will to separate from the giant cocoon.

Bathed in the blue beam of light falling from the night sky, the black substance grew rapidly and gradually coalesced into a human shape, but its contact area with the giant blue cocoon became smaller and smaller.

Black matter is being peeled off from the blue cocoon.

A moment later, the black substance, beginning to take on a human shape, detached from the giant blue cocoon and floated in the air.

At the same time, the blue light in the pupils of the large external eye gradually dissipated and turned back to gold.

However, the gold in his pupils had dimmed somewhat.

"My lord...do it..."

In the space of consciousness, the last ray of blue light falling from the night sky was completely absorbed by the black matter in the air.

The black substance rapidly deformed—

He transformed into a middle-aged man with black hair.

This black-haired man was different from the 'Uncle Zangetsu' that July remembered; he looked more like Yhwach himself.

"Is he Yhwach?" Shadow Princess suddenly held a black blade in her hand.

"It shouldn't be considered... at most it's part of Yhwach." July also had a knife in her hand.

Floating atop the giant blue cocoon, Yhwach opens its eyes, revealing a single, black pupil.

July breathed a sigh of relief, though he was still a little worried about a "double-pupiled Yhwach," which would be difficult to handle.

"The Shinigami who stole the power of the Quincy King..."

Yhwach's voice was somewhat low.

He slowly raised his arm, and a blue light arrow, resembling a spear, instantly unfolded in his palm:

"He shall be executed."

Yhwach pushed forward, and the blue light arrow in his hand flew rapidly toward July.

Holy Arrow Annihilation!

With a flash of light, the spiritual light arrow split in two, the two blue light arrows flying to either side.

Boom boom——!

After the Spirit Light Arrow exploded, it did not harm July in the slightest.

At the same time, the Shadow Princess appeared behind Yhwach.

When he turned around, the blade had already struck him down.

puff-

Yhwach was split in two.

He appeared unusually calm, seemingly unconcerned about his injuries.

No blood flowed from the cut surface, and what was inside was not flesh and blood, but blue spiritual particles.

The two halves of Yhwach rapidly transformed, quickly becoming two complete Yhwachs.

"It seems we have to completely eliminate him!" July frowned.

Although the giant eyeball forced out Yhwach's will, Yhwach's will also merged into the Quincy power projected by the giant eyeball.

This "Yhwach" is not a spirit in the usual sense; his body is composed of Quincy power projected from his large eyeball.