Chapter 179 - Super Human Constitution
Raphael's journey had been arduous. From human slave to bull, from Black Wind to the fiery depths of a volcano, from chess master to a raging bull drunkard. And now, he stood on the precipice of his greatest transformation yet.
A flash of light.
And he was back in Skydom, materializing on the familiar Skybridge Dais. Lu Jade was coiled around his horn.
Berrelkitiary greeted him with a respectful bow. “Welcome back, ...
2025-01-27 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 178 - Gastaroid’s Forge
The courtyard was a disaster. Thousands of shattered wine gourd fragments glittered in the morning sunlight. A potent aroma of wine was mixed with the lingering scent of sulfur and ash from Gastaroid's presence.
Lu Jade was hanging from a low-lying branch of the Buddhi Papaya tree; his head stuck inside a wine bottle.
Raphael lay sprawled on the ground, snoring loudly.
Gastaroid was nowhere to be seen.
And Julian Rin...
2025-01-26 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 396 - An Imperial Matchmaking
Fan Li was certain Empress Yao Guang had been in Peng City since the battle began. Her delayed intervention wasn't about weakening the Chu army, he suspected, but about seizing an opportunity.
Fan Li didn't particularly care. Great Chu, with the Fan Clan’s resources and the unwavering loyalty of its people, didn't rely on outside help. But Yao Guang’s sudden appearance was a blatant power play.
“Emperor of Chu.” Yao ...
2025-01-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 410 - The Black Lily Blade
BOOM!
A mushroom cloud, hundreds of meters high, erupted from Las Noches, the force of the blast leveled the fortress. The cracks in the artificial sky above shattered, raining sand and debris, revealing the true sky of Hueco Mundo: a grey expanse under a pale crescent moon.
Ulquiorra Cifer, caught in the downpour, plummeted from the shattered canopy, buried under the sand.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, already injured from Ichi...
2025-01-26 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 395 - Loose Ends
Atop Peng City’s gatehouse, due to the excessive use of the ballistae, the air hung thick with smoke.
The battlefield below was a wasteland of shattered and smoldering mechanical beasts. A few, perhaps a dozen, had reached the city walls, leaving deep gouges in the stone, but none had breached the defenses.
Peng City, the capital of Great Chu, stood unscathed. The Later Jin’s ten thousand mechanical behemoths had been utterly annihil...
2025-01-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 177 - Drink Off!
A large stone table dominated the courtyard. Julian Ringtail sat at one end with a mischievous glint in his golden eyes. Raphael and Lu Jade sat opposite him, while Gastaroid rested against a nearby wall, observing them.
‘This lemur… Julian. He’s unpredictable. I have to make sure Raphael doesn’t get too drunk. Or tricked. I’m well aware of Julian’s antics.’ Gastaroid’s thoughts were a silent promise to protect his teammate.
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Chapter 409 - Aizen's Final Form?
“Once you’re in Soul Society, you’ll need to make your way from Rukongai to the Seireitei. That shouldn’t be a problem for you, Captain-Commander.”
“Indeed. Let us depart.”
“Yes, Captain-Commander!”
Led by Yamamoto, the Shinigami entered the Senkaimon.
Gin Ichimaru, Rangiku Matsumoto, and a few barely conscious Arrancar were left behind in the replica Karakura Town.
…
“Las Noches’ ...
2025-01-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 182 - Make Up Your Mind
Everyone stared, speechless. They hadn't imagined Crocodile, who had effortlessly defeated countless pirates, being sent flying by a single punch. He crashed into the palace wall, raising a cloud of dust. Vivi, fearing the worst, turned to Junshi.
“Is he… dead?”
“Not yet. He’s weakened, but not defeated.”
A figure stirred in the dust cloud, and Chaka and Pell instantly raised their weapons. Crocodile, however, st...
2025-01-24 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 176 - Julian’s Temple
The crowd at Gas Plain unleashed a series of gossip.
“That domain… It took them away! I can’t see the fight!”
“Who do you think is stronger? The bull or the lemur?”
“That lemur, Sly Ringtail. He’s Julian’s son, you know.”
“Yeah, but the bull… He won the Great Divine Tribulation!”
“And that snake… He’s Lu Ignis’s son!”
BOOM!
Suddenly, a tear appeared in the sky above...
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Chapter 394 - The Siege of Peng City
The Later Jin attacked. Ten thousand mechanical beasts thundered towards Peng City. The Southern Tang, too, launched its assault on the Great Ming.
Standing atop Hongzhou’s walls, Li Yu once again summoned his power, painting a million ink soldiers with rain and earth as his brush and canvas.
Ten thousand mechanical beasts and a million ink soldiers.
Both Emperors, as if sharing a single mind, had refrained from deplo...
2025-01-24 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 408 - The Final Getsuga Tenshō
“The Ōken… It requires the sacrifice of over one hundred thousand souls from the World of the Living to allow a Shinigami to ascend to a higher level of existence.”
“I’m not fighting for the Soul Society. I’m fighting for my family and friends who live in Karakura Town. If I back down now, and Yuzu, Karin, Tatsuki, Mizuiro, or Keigo are among those sacrificed…”
Ichigo gripped his Zanpakutō tighter. “So,...
2025-01-24 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 175 - Red Mane Lemur
Sly Ringtail stood cockily before Raphael with his Banana Scythe’s sharp blade reflecting the firelight of Gas Plain. Behind him, his minions – Ma Osu, Ge Vanisher, and King Wa – exuded a smug confidence. They were eager to witness their leader’s strength and to savor the bull’s defeat.
The crowd buzzed with excitement.
“That bull… he’s huge!”
“But can he match Sly Ringtail’s speed?”
“I’m betti...
2025-01-23 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 407 - Urahara's Last Resort
Yasutora Sado’s strength had increased considerably after his battles in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo. At the very least, Reigai-Komamura, in his base form, couldn't defeat him while he wielded his Brazo Derecha de Gigante.
BOOM!
Both Sado and Reigai-Komamura were driven back by the force of their colliding spiritual pressures. They clashed again, Komamura’s Zanpakutō descended, but Sado’s shield deflected the blow effo...
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Chapter 393 - Declarations of War
The grand army marched.
Xiang Chong, Fan Li, and the assembled officials escorted them sixty li beyond Peng City. As the troops receded into the distance, Fan Li observed the somber expressions on the officials’ faces.
They resembled mourners at a funeral, not celebrants sending off a victorious army. He knew they weren't fools. They recognized the army's glaring weaknesses, its near-certain doom.
Only Xiang Chong, rubbi...
2025-01-23 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 181 - A Pirate's Pride
“Retreat!”
A Marine’s cry sent both allies and enemies scrambling for safety.
Beasts Pirates Gifters, Waiters, and Pleasures. Big Mom Pirates Homies. Marines. All fled from the same threat – a tsunami of liquefying liquid, unleashed by Lycoris.
A tsunami in the middle of the desert seemed absurd, but the parched sand, compacted and impermeable, wouldn’t absorb the liquid. It flowed across the surface like a corrosiv...
2025-01-23 16:43:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 174 - Kongming Mountain
Raphael exited the Amethyst Spider Clan’s inner sanctuary. He took a deep breath, savoring the fresh air, the absence of those unsettling amethyst webs, and that pungent aroma from the Corpse Nectar derivatives.
He spread his massive black wings and soared into the sky.
The spider guards watched him leave.
“What was his business with Pi Muram? Could it be… a challenge for leadership?”
“Nonsense. That bull is ...
2025-01-22 17:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 392 - An Army of One Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Everything unfolded precisely as Fan Li had foreseen. Xiang Chong issued the decree to mobilize the regional armies, bypassing the garrison troops and thus, Fan Li’s authority. The decree was meticulously detailed, outlining the precise number of soldiers to be levied from each province and commandery, totaling one hundred and eighty thousand.
“One hundred and eighty thousand?” Fan Li thought. “Ambitious...
2025-01-22 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 406 - Orihime Inoue's Confidence
The unseen enemy had used the Kōtotsu to erase two weeks from the Dangai’s timeline, but returning from Hueco Mundo didn’t require traversing the Dangai. They could simply use a Garganta.
Byakuya Kuchiki recalled two captains had been sent to Hueco Mundo, both among the strongest in the Gotei 13. Without hesitation, and without informing Renji, he used Shunpo to reach the Eleventh Division barracks.
…
“Oh? ...
2025-01-22 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 173 - Amethyst Silk Scriptures
The twenty-four Gos pieces on the North Druid Chessboard reset themselves. They returned to their starting positions. Then, the entire board shrunk and hovered before Pi Muram like a miniature replica of the grand game they’d just played.
The board projected a holographic image of a figure radiating ancient wisdom and power. It was a colossal spider. Its sixteen legs were adorned with intricate silver bands. He wore flowing rob...
2025-01-21 22:42:48 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 405 - A Dimensional Gap
Aizen’s high-speed regeneration and near-limitless spiritual pressure, fueled by the Hōgyoku, rendered most attacks useless.
Even if Shunsui Kyōraku used his Bankai to transfer his own injuries onto Aizen, they would instantly heal. And Kyōraku's strongest attacks, even in his Bankai state, were ineffective against Aizen’s overwhelming spiritual pressure. Kyōraku’s abilities were completely countered by Aizen.
As Kyōrak...
2025-01-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 391 - When There’s a Policy, There’s a Counter-Policy
Within the Rivers and Mountains Pavilion of Fan Manor, Fan Li’s network of informants within the Chu Imperial Palace had doubled since Bai Rong's ascension to Empress.
This wasn't due to an influx of new servants; rather, previously dormant agents within Fan’s trading company, posing as loyal servants to Xiang Chong and Grand Empress Dowager Li, were now activated.
Consequently, Fan Li possess...
2025-01-20 23:44:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 404 - Do Me a Favor
The moment Gin Ichimaru released Kyōka Suigetsu, he fell under its influence. The cellular toxin within Shinsō, meant to spread throughout Aizen’s body, retreated from his head. However, because Gin had immediately activated his Bankai, Kamishini no Yari, the rest of Aizen’s body dissolved.
For Aizen, as long as he wasn’t completely annihilated in a single instant, his immense spiritual pressure and high-speed regeneration, fueled b...
2025-01-20 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 172 - Gos Monarchs
The rows on the North Druid Chessboard began to turn, grinding against each other with a low rumble that resonated through the chamber.
Pi Muram’s hourglass Gos, the Chronos Viper, slithered into position. It reared its head, its forked tongue flicking out as it hissed, and the hourglass in its grasp became active. The sands within swirled, then froze.
The opposing King Leviathan's forces, caught in the Chronos Viper's time-bending m...
2025-01-19 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 403 - Gin Ichimaru’s Killing Blow
Even if Captain-Commander Yamamoto had been at his peak, he likely couldn't have killed Sōsuke Aizen in his current state. He might have even inadvertently triggered further evolutions.
“Captain Aizen, allow me to deal with these… remnants.”
Gin Ichimaru appeared behind Aizen just as he was about to address the assembled Shinigami. He moved to Aizen's right side and placed a hand on his raised Zanpakutō. A sens...
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Chapter 180 - Mr. 3 & Miss Goldenweek
In order to escort Vivi and Igaram to the royal palace, the Straw Hat Pirates faced off against Baroque Works while riding on the backs of the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad. They were maintaining a distance to avoid being overheard. They kept their hoods raised.
The rebel army and the royal army had already clashed. While a peaceful resolution was no longer possible, Vivi refused to give up.
“Vivi, we’ll hold them off...
2025-01-18 17:25:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 402 - Hitsugaya, Cornered
“My, my. What a spectacular duel. I wonder who will emerge victorious, Captain-Commander Yamamoto or Sōsuke Aizen?”
Ailin stood in a corner of the replica Karakura Town, enveloped in a golden aura. Thousands of Zanpakutō, radiating golden light, hovered around him, shielding Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, Soi Fon, and the other Shinigami from the intense heat of Ryūjin Jakka.
Kyōraku, wrapped in white bandages, sig...
2025-01-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 171 - Rules of Play
Raphael landed roughly on a large, circular platform made of hard, dark metal. The impact reverberated through his human form, a jarring sensation he wasn't accustomed to, not in this fragile body.
He groaned, “Oof! That was… unexpected.”
The platform floated in a sea of utter darkness. An oppressive, infinite void stretched in every direction. Eerie chittering sounds, like a thousand insects whispering secrets, came from the da...
2025-01-18 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 390 - A Million Soldiers with a Single Stroke
Lu Chunqiu departed, taking little Diao Chan with him. Fan Li escorted them out of the city while a surprising pang of sadness touched his heart. Diao Chan’s cries of “Daddy, don’t forget me!” even brought tears to his eyes. But the sentimental moment was short-lived. Urgent news arrived, demanding his attention.
“Your Majesty!” an official reported. “Crown Prince Wanli of the Great Ming, leading two ...
2025-01-17 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 170 - North Druid Chessboard
Raphael reached the top of the purple web stairway. He looked back at the sticky strands that had an unsettling iridescence.
“Damn, those were some crude steps.”
Before him stood an ominous torii gateway. Its dark wood was weathered and had strange symbols that seemed to writhe and shift as he observed them.
With Lu Jade coiled around his horns, Raphael cautiously approached the gateway.
“This place… It fe...
2025-01-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 401 - Aizen vs. Yamamoto
A surge of purple spiritual pressure erupted as Wonderweiss transformed. His limbs elongated, his shoulders and hips broadened, his torso becoming hollow. The wound inflicted by Shunsui Kyōraku vanished, healed by his high-speed regeneration.
He roared, rising into the air, and a purple Cero gathered in his mouth, expanding into a powerful beam that shot towards Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
Yamamoto’s spiritual pressure flared,...
2025-01-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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