[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-231":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Thunder Breathing to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1676290,2141,"Chapter 231 231: A Different Aizen","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-231",231,"\u003Cp>Soul King Palace —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The activation of Auswählen by Yhwach shook the foundation of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time… it wasn't like the original tale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he left nothing behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absorbed not just the lifeforce and powers of every mixed-blood Quincy across the realms—he even wiped out the pure-blooded Sternritter without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the extinction of the Quincy race…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monster unlike any the world had ever seen was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name—Aizen Sōsuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His appearance had changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of his face was now covered by a white bone-like mask from his Hollowfication. Behind it glowed a pair of eerie twin pupils—eyes that seemed to pierce through reality itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-red heart pulsed openly in the center of his chest, encased by a jagged cage of rib-like bones. Thump… thump…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fully fused with Yhwach's heart, the core that held all the Quincy King's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that wasn't all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Gotei 13 was preoccupied with the war in Hueco Mundo, Aizen, under Yhwach's instruction, uncovered what had long been hidden in Soul Society—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hōgyoku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like in the original timeline, Urahara Kisuke had secretly sealed his creation inside Rukia Kuchiki's body during Aizen's initial rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of this escaped Yhwach's omniscient Schrift:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A – The Almighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the fusion between Aizen and Yhwach stood at the edge of perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one step remained: absorbing the last remnants of the Soul King's divine power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once that was done, the Aizen-Yhwach entity would possess the strength to dominate all Three Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why would Yhwach give up his power and allow Aizen to take control?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even with all his foresight, even with The Almighty, Yhwach saw only one conclusion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of them could defeat Tachibana Kyūjō alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And time… was not on their side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō wouldn't give them a moment's rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't allow them the luxury of a slow and methodical absorption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to gamble everything—now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by merging Aizen's potential with the limitless evolution of the Hōgyoku… did they stand a chance of balancing the scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was their final move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desperate bet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if they didn't… then Tachibana would come for them, one by one, and erase them from existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the future Yhwach had seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything—the chaos in Soul Society, the Gotei 13's deployment, the war in Hueco Mundo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all part of their plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A carefully staged distraction to pull Yamamoto and the captains away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To buy just enough time for Aizen's full rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of course, Yhwach wasn't so generous as to give up his power without conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new body was shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Split between two minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one who would rule in the end… would be the stronger of the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aizen, the cunning genius with the Hōgyoku?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or Yhwach, the all-seeing King regaining his divine might?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, within the walls of the Soul King Palace, a spiritual pressure beyond anything in history surged like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Zero Division, guardians of the divine, felt a tremble in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to confront the fusion of Aizen and Yhwach…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the one man who had always stood at the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the head of the Zero Division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who gave names to all things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oldest, most powerful Shinigami of them all—Ichibē Hyōsube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yamamoto had been the strongest for the past thousand years—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Ichibē was the origin of all that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now… he faced something not even he had seen in the fabric of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering figure stepped forward—bald head, thick eyebrows, a flowing black beard reaching his chest, and a wide nose that added to his imposing frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a full Shihakushō, with a loose-sleeved haori marked by the crest of the Zero Division on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Monk Who Calls the Real Name—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ichibē Hyōsube, Guardian of the Soul King, and the Shinigami who named the very foundations of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Entire Zero Division Was Present:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ichibē Hyōsube – The Monk Who Calls the Real Name\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenjirō Kirinji – The Hot Spring Demon, founder of Kaidō\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirio Hikifune – The Goddess of Grain, creator of soul-modification\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ōetsu Nimaiya – The Blade God of the West, creator of Zanpakutō\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senjumaru Shutara – The Great Weaver of the North, tailor of the Shihakushō\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Aizen stepped foot into the palace, Ichibē moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he raised his massive calligraphy brush—his Zanpakutō, Ichimonji—and struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I slice your name—not your body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Ichimonji's true power even before Shikai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every strike, it cut the name of the target in half—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with it, halved their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the other members of the Zero Division unleashed their own divine techniques:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenjirō Kirinji – \"Shikai: Amatsuki Issen – Kinpika!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirio Hikifune – \"Sanju!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ōetsu Nimaiya – \"Zanpakutō: Sayafushi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senjumaru Shutara – \"Bankai: Shatakaragara Saizorojū!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the middle of this divine onslaught—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aizen said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calmly reached for his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Shatter, Kyōka Suigetsu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ichibē's eyes narrowed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly what that Zanpakutō could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Total Hypnosis—Kanzen Saimin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while Ichibē saw the truth…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now… Aizen was no longer just Aizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fused with Yhwach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fused with the Hōgyoku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the next moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Zero Division turned their weapons against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shikai: Blacken, Ichimonji!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ichibē's voice boomed like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sweeping arc, his brush slashed the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every conflicting attack around him vanished into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guard the Soul King's core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This battle… is mine alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With another flick of Ichimonji, he sent the other Zero Division members flying—pushing them deep into the palace, far from the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, raising his brush again, he painted a massive kanji character in the air—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「封」– Seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the seal shimmered above him, he turned back toward the monster before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aizen Sōsuke, the Shinigami…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or Yhwach, the Quincy King…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What… are you now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped his black brush tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What name… do you want me to give you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the mind of Aizen, a voice echoed clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yhwach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No time to toy with the monk. His abilities can be neutralized by mine. Crush him immediately. Unleash everything. Leave the defense to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tachibana Kyūjō has returned to Hueco Mundo. I can sense it… he's almost finished evolving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must act now. Fuse with the remaining power of the Soul King—only then do we stand a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aizen said nothing, but gave a silent nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that instant, the Hōgyoku's power surged forth—unleashed at full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the immense transformation happening within, Aizen's body did not mutate grotesquely as before. Thanks to the balance Yhwach's essence provided, his appearance remained humanoid… eerily perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sheer pressure radiating from his body made the very air of the Soul King Palace tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walls cracked. Floors shattered. Space itself warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hadō No 99 — Goryū Tenmetsu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hōgyoku-Modified Version—Kyūryū Tenmetsu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine colossal dragons formed from pure spiritual energy tore through the heavens—rising like meteors, all aimed directly at Ichibē Hyōsube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even far away in Hueco Mundo, where dimensions separated the realms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tachibana Kyūjō opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyōsube's face tensed. This wasn't something he could block carelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his right palm and summoned the full might of his spiritual strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senrī Tsūten Shō!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive spiritual hand surged forth to counter the incoming storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in terms of raw spiritual power, even a being as ancient as Hyōsube—who had lived for millions of years—couldn't match the current Aizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine hand crushed one dragon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the remaining eight shattered through its defenses and slammed into Hyōsube's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions erupted across the palace. The walls of reality groaned under the strain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood burst from Hyōsube's mouth as his body was thrown back—his bones cracked, his robes torn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything I see… cannot harm me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the power I was born with…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Schrift A — The Almighty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words came from Aizen's mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the voice, the weight behind them—belonged to Yhwach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyōsube collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never even had the chance to release his Bankai, Shirafude Ichimonji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Bankai capable of rewriting the true name of anything touched by his brush—rendering their power nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his brush… had never even reached Aizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if it had—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would've meant nothing before the eyes of The Almighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a question still lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Aizen and Yhwach now held such overwhelming power…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Yhwach still afraid of Tachibana Kyūjō?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Almighty could not perceive Kyūjō's Infinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yhwach couldn't see it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he wasn't All-Knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he wasn't All-Knowing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he wasn't All-Powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the reason Yhwach fused with Aizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he sought the Hōgyoku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by combining Aizen's limitless evolution, Yhwach's dominion over fate, and the fragments of the Soul King's divinity…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they possibly surpass Kyūjō's infinite spiritual threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then would they have a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desperate one—but the only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in a twisted sense of irony—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yhwach's The Almighty shared a concept similar to Kyūjō's Infinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that's where the resemblance ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yhwach, as the Soul King's son, was bound by the laws of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power was that of rules and restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō, on the other hand—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Zanpakutō, his Infinity World, was born of his soul itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not follow logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It broke it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why, in the end, Kyūjō had once defeated Yhwach without even needing to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was why Yhwach was now betting everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that happened in Soul Society—the chaos, the distraction, the deception—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all part of his final plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hidden route not found in the original tale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only path he hadn't seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now… even with The Almighty…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yhwach could no longer see what lay ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The end of this path—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was shrouded in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Join my Patreon here:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🔗 patreon.com\u002FFaaanzKun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>✅ Enjoy 115+ chapters ahead of WebNovel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>✅ 2 new chapters every day (Monday–Saturday), exclusive on Patreon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>✅ Be the first to experience Arc 7 and the new season before anyone else!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>📖 The first chapter of Arc 7 is now live!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read it right now on Patreon~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🌙 Note: Sunday is a rest day, so there will be no updates tomorrow. 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