The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Then you might be disappointed. Because I'm here to kill you." Ishihara Akira shook his head slightly and chuckled.

"My death was a predetermined course of events, but if it can make this world a better place, my life and power are yours to take," the Spirit King said indifferently.

"How can you be so sure that the world will be a better place after I get everything from you?" Ishihara Akira asked curiously.

“I’m not sure,” the Spirit King replied.

"Then why..."

"Because I know that with my current power, I cannot stop your actions at all. Moreover, compared to the future I see, the unknown changes may be a better choice for this world."

"So you're gambling? Aren't you afraid of making a mistake?" Ishihara Akira asked in surprise.

“Leave that kind of thing to the people of the future.” After saying that, the Spirit King closed his eyes again: “You can do it now.”

"Tsk, this is really strange." Ishihara Sho smirked, then decisively revealed his true demon form, transforming into a gluttonous beast. He swallowed the crystal that sealed the Spirit King into his body, sat cross-legged in the Spirit King's palace, and patiently began to digest it.

The world trembled. Everyone who understood the importance of the Spirit King frowned and subconsciously looked up towards the Spirit King's palace...

Ishihara Sho ignored all of this and patiently absorbed the power of the Spirit King—mainly the Spirit King's key to the existence of the world and the Three Realms, which he then seized and made his own.

Until an unknown amount of time passed...

Ishihara Sho absorbed everything about the Soul King and replaced him as the wedge that stabilized the three realms, supporting the smooth operation of Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the real world.

At the same time, he also sensed the locations of the fragments that had disappeared from the Soul King's body. He only needed to go and retrieve them to take back all of the Soul King's power. This also meant that he would gain absolute control over the entire Shinigami world.

Even if he only devoured the Spirit King's body, his control over the world would already reach over 75%. Although it wasn't 100%, it was enough to imprint his mark onto the core of the world.

The legend has been solidified.

Afterwards, Ishihara released the five members of the Zero Division, and while completing their transformation, he also informed them that he had become the new Spirit King, thus confirming his legitimacy.

……

After resting for two more days at the Spirit King Palace, Ishihara Sho left again to begin the work of reclaiming the Spirit King's power, which was the remaining 25% of his authority...

His first stop was Yhwach's invisible empire.

Although he was still asleep at this time and in the process of recovering his power, and had not yet reached the level of near omniscience that he would later achieve, the Soul King's power was not Yhwach's power, but rather the bloodline that made Yhwach so powerful, or rather, the Quincy bloodline. Therefore, as long as he could devour Yhwach, even if he could not completely reclaim Yhwach's power, he could still reclaim his authority.

As for the missing power...

He has already swallowed Yhwach, so he can naturally inherit Yhwach's ability to be holy. Then he can just activate the holy ability and destroy the Guhyasamaja Empire!

Therefore, the next moment, Ishihara Sho appeared in the Unknown Empire. Relying on the power of the Spirit King and the overwhelming difference in their realms, Ishihara Sho silently arrived at Yhwach's sleeping palace. He once again transformed into a gluttonous beast and swallowed Yhwach whole...

As expected, Ishihara Sho got everything Yhwach had.

Without further hesitation, he immediately activated the Sanctity, reclaiming all the Quincy's power.

"what!"

"Ishida-kun, are you alright?" Inside Karakura Town First High School, a teacher who was lecturing on the podium asked with concern as Ishida Uryu suddenly hugged him tightly.

Ishida Uryu was in too much pain to speak, so he could only shake his head and rest his head on the table.

"Ichigo, Chad, could you two please take Ishida to the infirmary?" Upon seeing this, the teacher instructed the two boys in the class.

“Okay, teacher.” Then the two stood up, went to Ishida Uryu’s side, and each took one arm of his, helping him out of the classroom…

Similar incidents to those that befell Ishida Uryu were commonplace in the Wandenreich. They all collapsed to the ground, staring incredulously at Yhwach's palace, asking incredulously, "Your Majesty, why did you do this?"

"Your Majesty, are you about to awaken?" some Yhwach's fanatical loyalists murmured, gazing at Yhwach's bedchamber.

……

The entire ceremony lasted a full day before ending with the complete return of the power.

As a result, Ishihara Shou's control over the Bleach world increased significantly again, reaching 85%, allowing him to interfere more with the operation of the Bleach world.

"Next up are the Hogyoku, Jushiro Ukitake, several members of the Wandenreich, and members of the Fullbring..."

Chapter 575 Meeting Aizen

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

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Afterwards, Ishihara Sho transformed into Yhwach and left Yhwach's chambers, going outside.

What one sees is devastation everywhere. Many members of the Sternritter have turned into pale skeletons due to the Holy Blessing, scattered all over the ground. Only a few people, perhaps for various reasons, have not died completely under Ishihara Sho's Holy Blessing, but their strength has been weakened to an extremely low level, even weaker than ordinary people.

However, upon seeing Yhwach, who was actually Ishihara Sho in disguise, appear, he still looked at him with a fanatical expression.

Because if Yhwach so desires, he can once again share his power with them, restoring them to their previous level, or even making them stronger than before.

Unfortunately, Ishihara Sho is not Yhwach, nor does he have any extra feelings for the Quincy.

Even though a large part of his spiritual manipulation techniques were obtained from Ishida Uryu's father, Ishida Ryugen, without empathy, there is no empathy. So when Ishihara Sho saw those Quincy who were still alive, his reaction was simple: he pointed his finger and shot out bolts of lightning, breaking their heads and giving them a quick death.

This also includes the two guards who possess the power of the Spirit King!

Thanks to Ishihara Sho's decisive action, the Soul King's power was reclaimed, and his authority in the Bleach world officially surpassed the 90% limit, approaching 100%.

Then, Ishihara Sho left the Wandenreich and entered the Seireitei, heading straight for the Gotei 13's barracks with an extremely clear objective.

"Who is it?" At this moment, although he was not bedridden, he did not look very healthy. Ukitake Jushiro's expression changed slightly as he looked toward the place where he sensed abnormal spiritual reactions.

Before he could finish speaking, Ishihara Akira reappeared in front of him, wielding a light blade that slashed towards Ukitake Jushiro's arm.

Jushiro Ukitake dodged with a Shunpo, and the Rokujo-kō Prison immediately followed.

Jushiro Ukitake unleashed his spiritual pressure, using it to resist the restraints of the Rokujo Light Prison while simultaneously sending out signals to call for backup.

Although his reaction was sharp, Ishihara Akira was even faster. As soon as the six-panel light prison was released, the black coffin crashed down again, giving Ukitake Jushiro no chance to react and imprisoning him inside. Ishihara Akira then stepped forward, used a hidden device in his sleeve to take away the black coffin imprisoning Ukitake Jushiro, and then disappeared from Ukitake Jushiro's room without the slightest pause...

Almost the instant he left, the door to Jushiro Ukitake's room was violently flung open—

"team leader!"

……

“I originally thought the power of the Spirit King had only fused into your arm, but I didn’t expect it to have fused with your entire soul. In that case, there’s no way to keep you here.” In the secret space created by Uramoto Kisaki in the Seireitei, Ishihara Sho looked at Ukitake Jushiro, whom he had captured, with regret.

To be honest, I felt that Jushiro Ukitake was a decent person, and if possible, I would like to spare his life.

Unfortunately, reality doesn't allow it.

“Spirit King…” Upon hearing this, Jushiro Ukitake’s expression changed, and he understood why Ishihara Sho had attacked him.

"So what if you can take away the part of me that belongs to the Spirit King? The position of the Spirit King is not something someone like you can covet." Ukitake Jushiro spat out a mouthful of blood and then said to Ishihara Sho in a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Is that so? Then you're probably going to be disappointed." Ishihara Akira feigned surprise at first, then continued with a mocking look in his eyes, "Because before I came to find you, I had already been to the Soul King's Palace, devoured the Soul King, and Yhwach, who was hiding in the Wandenreich, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to your Seireitei in the future, and usurped all of the Soul King's power and status. In other words, if I wanted to, I could break the balance of the three realms right now and restore the world to its ancient state."

"

"What!? How is this possible?" Jushiro Ukitake exclaimed in disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible. Just like you wouldn't have imagined that one day you would die because of the so-called god residing inside you."

Having said that, Ishihara Akira stopped wasting words with Ukitake Jushiro and transformed into a gluttonous beast, swallowing Ukitake Jushiro whole...

After all, death gods and the like look exactly like real people, with flesh and blood, but they are just creations of spiritual particles. In essence, they are still souls, so they can be directly devoured and digested by the Heavenly Demon.

Of course, the premise is that you can handle the other party. So as long as you can suppress the enemy, the entire Seireitei is a large buffet restaurant for Ishihara Akira, where he can eat however he wants!

Especially now that his current level is enough to crush the Spirit King, in the current situation where he is rampant in the entire world of Death God.

"Now, only the Hogyoku and those Fullbring members remain..."

However, before that, he wouldn't mind meeting Aizen. If they could communicate, Ishihara Akira wouldn't mind transferring the wedge-like characteristics attached to the Soul King's position to Aizen, allowing him to sit on the Heavenly Throne.

After all, he was going to leave this world afterward, and he couldn't stay here forever to maintain the stability and smooth operation of the world.

A few moments later, Ishihara Akira arrived at the Fifth Division.

……

"Hinamori, I want to be alone for a while. You can go and do other things." After an unknown amount of time, Aizen's voice came from outside the captain's lounge.

"Okay, Captain, I'll go take care of team affairs now, and I'll come back to listen to your teachings later," Hinamori Momo's voice rang out in response.

"Ah."

Then footsteps sounded, gradually fading into the distance...

Then the door was opened from the outside by a figure—

The person who arrived was none other than Aizen Kaeru, the captain of the Fifth Division whom Ishihara Akira had been waiting for.

"Crash, bang."

"Since I became a Shinigami, you're the first person to dare to blatantly barge into my room." Aizen, who casually closed the door behind him, stood motionless in front of the door, his expression still gentle and calm, as if he had already sensed the situation inside. He spoke softly to Ishihara Sho, who was sitting there reading the internal intelligence data of the Fifth Division with great interest.

"As expected of you, Aizen. Even with the enemy at your doorstep, you don't forget to maintain your composure. Now, let me formally introduce myself. Ishihara Akira, the new Soul King." Ishihara Akira put down the documents in his hand, looked up and stared directly at Aizen in front of him, and chuckled.

"The new Spirit King? My apologies, my apologies." A look of surprise flashed in Aizen's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and spoke in a tone that was not as respectful as he had said.

"Then what brings this Lord Spirit King, who doesn't stay in the Spirit King's Palace, to the Seireitei and my Fifth Division?"

Chapter 576 The Agreement

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

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“What if I told you I came to assess you and was preparing to hand over the throne to you?” Ishihara Akira said with interest.

He didn't care at all what kind of reaction the Grim Reapers would have if they heard his words.

"Oh? Why?" Aizen paused for a moment, then asked with an even brighter smile.

“Because your strength, intellect, and magnanimity are among the best in the world right now, and you also have this idea, don’t you? In that case, it seems like I have no problem granting your wish,” Ishihara Akira said, spreading his hands.

"But as far as I know, the position of Spirit King can only be filled by a new Spirit King after the death of the previous one. Judging from your expression, you don't seem to have any desire for death. So how do you plan to pass the position of Spirit King to me?" After a pause, Aizen continued, "Or do you have another way to make me the new Spirit King without harming your own life?"

"What is the Spirit King in your eyes?" Ishihara Sho asked with a smile, quite leisurely.

"The Soul King is the cornerstone of the world. According to certain secret documents preserved in the Great Library of the Seireitei, the reason the Three Realms exist today is entirely because the Soul King created them and then divided them into their current forms. In other words, if something were to happen to the Soul King, the Three Realms would be destroyed in an instant, returning to the chaotic state before recorded history, where the Three Realms were one." Aizen spoke with great confidence as he walked back to the table opposite Ishihara Akane and sat down.