Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

“This spiritual pressure is!”

At this moment, Kyōraku Shunsui, who was teasing his lieutenant, Ise Nanao, in the 8th Division barracks, suddenly looked up, peering into the distance through the wooden window.

At the same time, Ukitake Jūshirō, in the 13th Division, and Unohana Retsu, in the 4th Division, all looked up at the sky with astonished expressions.

“This is... Captain-Commander's spiritual pressure, and another equally powerful spiritual pressure. Who on earth could force Captain-Commander to use his Bankai!”

In the rear courtyard of the Soul Reaper Academy, Aizen, who was brewing tea, paused in his movements.

“This spiritual pressure......”

Seeing Aizen's sudden pause, Itō Makoto smiled and said:

“What's wrong, Sōsuke!”

Hearing this, Aizen smiled and shook his head.

“It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered an old friend!”

After hearing Aizen's words, Itō Makoto did not speak, but the smile on his face grew even more.

......

Within the Dangai, at the feet of Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, spiritual pressure churned, solidifying into substantial flames, lifting him into the air. This was not real fire, but the external manifestation of his spiritual pressure, tempered and refined through countless battles, to an extreme degree.

“That form of yours... what exactly is going on!”

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni stared intently at Ye Chuan, his voice deep, yet unable to conceal the astonishment within.

Although Ye Chuan, after his Resurrección: Second Stage, no longer possessed the imposing lightning armor or the manifest sky-filled lightning of his usual state.

However, the aura around him had become increasingly profound and powerful. Just facing him, Yamamoto felt as if his body surface was constantly being bombarded by heavenly lightning!

Hearing this, Ye Chuan grinned:

“You Soul Reapers have Zanpakutō, Shikai, Bankai, all sorts of tricks. We Arrancar are much simpler, Resurrección, returning to our original form, it's that simple, what's so surprising about it?”

“Arrancar?”

The more Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni listened, the more confused he became. He was clearly encountering the existence of Arrancar for the first time.

However, he no longer cared what Ye Chuan was, stepping forward with Shunpo and launching an attack with Rising Sun Blade.

Because he could afford to wait, but the Soul Society could not. If this continued, the entire Soul Society would be reduced to nothingness in his flames and Ye Chuan's lightning.

“Clang!”

Faced with Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's relentless assault, Ye Chuan also swung the long sword in his hand to clash against him.

Compared to the seemingly ordinary two swords, the blades actually contained world-destroying power. At the moment of their collision, the entire Dangai passage began to tremble.

Seeing that his always-effective Rising Sun Blade had been blocked, Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni did not speak, but his wide-open eyes did not lie!

“Four-Directional Lightning Realm!”

Ye Chuan raised his hand and released another Four-Directional Lightning Realm, but this time it had transformed into a transparent barrier resembling glass, with only faint traces of lightning arcs jumping on it.

Obviously, in the Resurrección: Second Stage state, his Four-Directional Lightning Realm had also undergone a significant change.

At the same time as the Four-Directional Lightning Realm opened, the Soul Society, which had been rapidly rising in temperature and constantly thundering, instantly returned to normal.

“Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, I've let you attack first so many times, try taking one of my moves!”

“Seven Stars Lightning Flash!”

Ye Chuan held his long sword flat and thrust it forward. The pattern of the Big Dipper on his chest shone with lightning brilliance, the seven stars seeming to come alive, flowing with a heart-palpitating energy.

A dark-golden lightning thread shot out from the tip of the sword, as thin as a hair, yet containing a terrifying power that could pierce through everything, heading straight for Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni. This move seemed inconspicuous, but Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni felt an unprecedented crisis.

“Zanka no Tachi—West!”

“Remnant Sun Prison Garb!”

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni roared, the flames on Zanka no Tachi surging wildly.

The temperature of the flames far exceeded the limit of Ryūjin Jakka in its Shikai state. With a core temperature of fifteen million degrees, Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni was like a deity born from flames, with overwhelming power.

If it weren't for the slight obstruction of the Four-Directional Lightning Realm, this heat would have burned the entire Dangai to ashes, and the two of them would probably have been in trouble, swept away by the terrifying void turbulence.

“Pfft!”

The slight sound made Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's pupils shrink sharply. The seemingly ordinary dark-golden thread ignored the terrifying heat of the Remnant Sun Prison Garb, directly pierced through it, and severed his left arm!

“How could... this be!”

Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni was indeed the strongest Soul Reaper who had stood for a thousand years, even if he was old and frail, he was still a sharp blade. Despite the pain of the severed arm, he only grunted, and then quickly used Kaidō to stop the bleeding, his movements clean and efficient, without any extra movements.

“Hadō #96—Ittō Kasō!”

Before the words fell, he used the severed arm as a medium to launch Hadō above #90 with a fierce roar.

In an instant, a scarlet blade of flame formed out of thin air behind Ye Chuan, the blade huge, engulfing the spirit of burning everything, completely enveloping Ye Chuan.

“Zanka no Tachi—South!”

“Kaka Jūman'okushi Daisōjin!”

Old Man Yamamoto clearly didn't expect a single Kidō to solve the problem, he directly inserted Zanka no Tachi into the barrier of the Four-Directional Lightning Realm. The originally transparent lightning realm was instantly dyed charcoal black, as if connected to hell.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling scene appeared. Countless charred skeletons crawled out of the barrier, densely packed, countless in number. These skeletons' eyes flickered with ghostly light, their hollow mouths opening and closing, as if silently roaring.

These were all the dead souls who had died at Yamamoto's hands, including Hollows, Soul Reapers, but mostly Quincies! Each skeleton carried the resentment and killing intent of their former life, making people shudder.

These black skeletons, carrying the aura of death, fearlessly rushed towards Ye Chuan, who was enveloped by the scarlet fire blade!

This Kidō had been going on for a long time, not only did it not show any signs of decline, but it became more and more vigorous, echoing Zanka no Tachi in Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's hand!

“His Bankai can actually amplify the power of Ittō Kasō!”

Trapped in the scarlet blade of flame, Ye Chuan did not panic.

The white robe on his body bloomed with bursts of lightning, blocking all the flames. When he saw the dense black skeletons swarming towards him like locusts, he frowned slightly.

Immediately, he circulated the spiritual pressure throughout his body, surging towards the white robe on his body. The simple white robe instantly magnified, instantly breaking through the blockade range of Ittō Kasō.

“Lightning Lord's Robe!”

In the next moment, the unremarkable white robe actually bloomed with a soft light, rippling like water waves, shattering hundreds of millions of black skeletons.

Zanka no Tachi—North!”

“Tenchī Kaijin!”

As soon as Ye Chuan escaped, he saw Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni directly use the ultimate move of his Bankai.

The invisible heat wave twisted the space, as if to turn everything into ashes, crushing towards Ye Chuan.

Faced with this devastating blow, Ye Chuan did not dare to be careless. He knew that this was the fire of the end that could burn everything.

He mobilized the spiritual pressure of his entire body, pouring it into his Zanpakutō. The pattern of the Big Dipper on his chest shone again. This time, he did not choose more complex techniques, but chose the purest, most direct, and his best—Thunderclap Slash!

Simple, brutal, but effective!

“Boom!”

The blades collided, without the earth-shattering scene that was imagined. Only a dazzling white light instantly devoured everything.

The Four-Directional Lightning Realm shattered at the moment of contact, and terrifying spiritual pressure scattered arbitrarily in the Dangai.

The white light dissipated, and a figure flew out in a disheveled state, charred all over, with an empty left arm, it was Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni. He gritted his teeth and stared at Ye Chuan, the shock in his eyes overflowing.

“Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, you've lost!”