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Chapter 1129: Yecheng's Arrival at the Soul King's Palace
Chapter 1129: Yecheng's Arrival at the Soul King's Palace
"You mean to use Yhwach as the new Trinity Keystone? But is that even possible?"
Faced with the doubts raised by the group, Yecheng nodded confidently and said, "Of course it's possible. Yhwach is a descendant of the Soul King, and he has absorbed the Soul King's power. Using him as the new Trinity Keystone is more than sufficient."
"Captain Yecheng, you must have anticipated all of this. Even Yhwach's ability to absorb the current Soul King was a result of you deliberately holding back, right?"
Upon hearing Aizen's words, several Shinigami who had a good relationship with Yecheng, such as Soifon and Rukia, glared at Aizen, feeling that he was trying to sow discord.
As for the more cunning Captain Unohana and Shunsui Kyoraku, they narrowed their eyes slightly.
"I didn't deliberately hold back, but I didn't put in my maximum effort to stop him."
Upon hearing Yecheng's candid response, many of the Shinigami present looked incredulous. Some, like Soifon and Rukia, turned to look at him, as if demanding a reasonable explanation.
"Do you know how the Soul King came into being?"
"Countless years ago, the world was a place without life or death, without progress or regression. Even becoming a Hollow was part of the cycle of spirit particles.
Hollows would devour humans, and the cycle would come to an end. If this continued, all souls would eventually become a massive Hollow.
It was then that the Soul King was born. Using the power of the Quincy, he eradicated the Hollows and restarted the cycle of the world."
"For the entire world, the Soul King was undoubtedly a savior.
However, the Five Noble Families of the Soul Society did not recognize such a world. They wanted the three realms to be separate and needed the Soul King's power to achieve this.
The ancestor of the Shiba family tried to persuade the Soul King, but the ancestor of the Kamishiro family seized the opportunity to seal him in a crystal. The Soul King, who had the power to resist, did not struggle and was used by the five founders as the keystone of the three realms with his omnipotent power."
"The ancestor of the Kamishiro family suspected the Soul King, who did not resist, and feared that he would one day break the seal and destroy them.
So they cut off the Soul King's arms, which controlled 'progress' and 'stillness,' removed his heart, severed his legs, and extracted his organs, stripping him of his power before casting him down to the lower realm.
By continuously weakening the Soul King, they aimed to create a 'King' who was easier for them to control."
"The Shinigami ancestors of the Shiba family consistently opposed the forced sealing of the Soul King by the Kamishiro family and advocated that 'our sins should be made public and judged by the world.'
He even intended to use his own body to replace the Soul King, but unfortunately, his power was insufficient.
Because of this, the ancestor of the Shiba family felt guilty towards the Soul King and recorded these secrets in the family's archives."
After hearing Yecheng's revelations, all the Shinigami present fell silent. Even Byakuya Kuchiki, who was also from one of the Five Noble Families, had never imagined that his ancestors had done such things.
It was not surprising that Yecheng knew these secrets. After all, his relationship with the Shiba family was so close that it was almost as if they were wearing the same pair of pants. Accessing these family archives was a natural thing for him.
"So the reason you allowed Yhwach to kill the Soul King was to grant the Soul King his freedom and to have Yhwach replace him as the new Trinity Keystone?"
After hearing Yecheng's words, everyone present—whether they were Shinigami, Quincy, or Arrancar—no longer spoke out against Yecheng.
After all, even when the Soul King was reduced to a mere human, he silently maintained the stability of the three realms for a million years. The entire world owed him that much.
"Yhwach possesses omniscience and omnipotence, and the even more powerful Soul King could see the future. When he was sealed by the ancestors of the Five Noble Families, he likely foresaw this day.
Even though he was reduced to a mere human, his will still guided the greater scheme. Ichigo Kurosaki's journey to the Soul King's Palace was the will of the Soul King.
And why do you think it's the fallen Shiba Family that holds the secret method to reach the Soul King's Palace among the Five Noble Families?
The Soul King has done so much for this world; he shouldn't be treated this way."
Meanwhile, at the Soul King's Palace, the four individuals—Black Kurosaki, Uryu Ishida, Masaki Kurosaki, and Hachigen Urahara—had already arrived using the Shiba Family's Pillar Carriage and the Sky Crane Cannon. They watched as Yhwach, who had absorbed the Soul King's residual power, with a look of profound emotion on their faces.
Did Yhwach do all of this just to become this way?
With the Soul King's residual power, Yhwach's strength had undoubtedly broken through to a new dimension.
However, his current appearance left the four of them feeling uneasy.
A substance resembling black mud covered the upper half of Yhwach's face, and on that black substance, there were five constantly rotating eyes, which looked extremely revolting.
"Disgusting as it is, I can no longer sense his presence. This feeling is just like when Aizen was around.
I hope Yecheng doesn't mess this up. Can he really defeat Yhwach in this state?"
The presence of Black Kurosaki and the others here was naturally due to Yecheng's initial arrangements.
The Soul King's Palace wasn't easy to reach, as evidenced by Aizen's need to create the "Key of Kings" in Karakura Town.
While the Shiba Family's Pillar Carriage could transport people, it had a clear limit on the number it could carry.
Therefore, Yecheng had the four of them use the ritual he prepared to reach the Soul King's Palace first, then connect the two points with another ritual to forcibly open a special interdimensional gate.
Of course, to forcibly break through the barriers of the Soul King's Palace and open the interdimensional gate, in addition to the connection ritual, a massive amount of spiritual pressure was needed.
However, for someone like Yecheng or Aizen, whose spiritual pressure reserves were virtually inexhaustible, this wasn't an issue.
After clearing out the black-eyed monsters formed by Yhwach's spiritual energy surge in the Seireitei, a massive golden interdimensional gate suddenly appeared above the Soul King's Palace.
As the golden gate slowly opened, a group led by Yecheng, including a number of Shinigami, remnants of the Star-Crossed Knights, and Arrancar like Halibel, arrived at the Soul King's Palace.
The Soul King's Palace had undergone a significant transformation compared to before.
Yhwach had absorbed the entire Vandenreich, which had occupied the Seireitei, into the Soul King's Palace.
In just a few seconds, the buildings of the Soul King's Palace were completely transformed into those of the Vandenreich, which Yhwach dubbed "New World Castle."
"The remaining spiritual pressure of Zero Squad is only from Iba Ikkaku and Kisuke Urahara, while Yhwach's four personal guards are all still present.
It seems that the so-called Zero Squad isn't as strong as they're made out to be." (End of Chapter)
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