"Then tell me, why does Hueco Mundo exist? Why are there so many souls who cannot enter Rukongai and can only fall into Hollows in despair, enduring endless hunger, madness, and the fate of being purified?"

Isn't this just a dumping ground for "failures" within the "perfect" Spirit King system, deliberately ignored or even "designed" to accommodate them?

His words were like poisonous thorns, precisely piercing the core tragedy of Hueco Mundo's existence.

Rukia and Ichigo involuntarily conjured images of Hollows howling and devouring each other in the Hueco Mundo desert.

"The Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, the Human World... the so-called 'balance of the three worlds' is nothing but a lie that maintains the Seireitei nobles' high and mighty, eternal rule, with the Soul King as the foundation of the cage and countless souls suffering through endless cycles of reincarnation!"

Aizen's voice suddenly rose, carrying a passionate fervor for the sake of creating an era of peace for all ages.

"Look here! The existence of the Netherworld proves that the fate of souls is not limited to the two dead ends of purification and becoming nothingness!"

It proved another possibility! A path to escape the instinct of hunger, to escape the fate of madness, to escape the destiny of 'purification' defined by the Soul Society!

He pointed to the Hollows struggling in battle, their eyes gleaming with the light of "awakening," and to the undead, arrayed in strict formation and bound by the cold laws of death:

"They, whether they are the undead of the underworld or the void that is 'awakening', are all proving that the soul can obtain a new 'order' form under the law of death!"

This order, though cold, brought an end to the eternal despair of Hueco Mundo!

And what I, Aizen Sousuke, must do is break down the Soul King's false cage and, with the power of Hueco Mundo and the Underworld as the foundation, build a truly free new world that belongs to all souls!

A new order where Hueco Mundo is no longer abandoned, and Soul Society is no longer stagnant and decaying, where all living things can find meaning in their existence!

Aizen spread his arms, and the light of the Hogyoku suddenly intensified, as if echoing his declaration. A grand and cold will (the Heavenly Path of the Underworld) seemed to vibrate in the void, causing the entire Skeleton Plain to hum.

"Return to Soul Society? To awaken those Shinigami who have long been blinded by lies and willingly become the guards of their cages?"

Aizen's gaze, sharp as a knife, swept over the three trembling souls, carrying a hint of pity.

"The so-called 'truth' you bring back will only be condemned as heresy, and you will only be regarded as traitors, and will be eliminated by the Seireitei without hesitation."

You, along with those you want to "wake up" on, are nothing more than victims of that corrupt system.

He leaned forward slightly, his gaze behind his glasses carrying an almost bewitching sincerity:

"Join me, Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida."

You possess power and potential that transcends boundaries. You have witnessed the despair of the void, and you have also seen the 'possibilities' here.

Join me in ending this hypocritical old world and establishing a new order that truly redeems all souls. This is the true meaning of your power!

Ichigo's Zangetsu trembled slightly. Aizen's words, like a resounding bell, slammed into Ichigo's established worldview.

Was King Ling a prisoner?

Is the order of Soul Society a lie?

Is the despair of Hueco Mundo a tragedy designed by humans?

And the "awakening" light flashing in those Hollow Eyes before him was so real... The Hollow White Power within him seemed to resonate and stir in some indescribable way under the cold laws of death and Aizen's vision of "freedom".

Rukia bit her lower lip tightly, and even the cold blade of the white snow could not calm the turmoil in her heart.

Aizen's accusations were shocking, yet... not entirely without merit.

She had witnessed countless tragedies in Hueco Mundo.

What if... what if there really was another way?

Ishida Uryu's eyes remained sharp, but that sharpness now carried an unprecedented sense of solemnity and unease.

The vision depicted by Aizen is undoubtedly the most thorough subversion of the Seireitei and even the entire existing world order.

As a Quincy, he had no fondness for the Soul Society ruled by Shinigami, but would Aizen's "New Order" be a better choice?

"I……"

Ichigo opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't make a choice immediately.

The overwhelming amount of information and Aizen's highly inflammatory words plunged him into an unprecedented state of confusion.

conflict?

To oppose Aizen at this moment is tantamount to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

But do you agree?

Chapter 281, The Old King is Dead, A New King Should Rise

"Lord Aizen!"

Just then, a masked officer flew over rapidly, knelt on one knee, and his voice carried a hint of fear.

"The army of the Throne of the Dead! The main force... the main force has appeared! The vanguard has made contact with our army, and their combat strength far exceeds that of before!"

Aizen's gaze instantly shifted from the three of them to the end of the Bone Plain.

There, the leaden horizon was replaced by an even deeper darkness—a torrent of death knights clad in jet-black skeletal armor and riding skeletal nightmare beasts!

In the center of the torrent, a mobile throne made up of countless huge, twisted, black skeletons appeared and disappeared. On the throne, a figure shrouded in dense death aura, whose face was not visible, but which exuded a terrifying pressure that distorted the space itself, slowly raised a hand formed from pure death laws.

"Ha, finally couldn't sit still anymore?"

Aizen's lips curled into a cold smile, his eyes burning with an unprecedented fighting spirit and ambition.

He stopped looking at Ichigo and the other two, as if their existence was no longer important, and simply left behind a single sentence:

"The truth is laid bare before you. Will you choose to remain blind followers of the old world, or witness the birth of a new one? The choice is yours. But for now, please quietly observe this war of the gods that will determine the future!"

Before he could finish speaking, Aizen's figure had already disappeared from the top of the fortress.

The next moment, an indescribable purple-gold blade of light, seemingly tearing apart the entire sky of the Netherworld, like a giant axe splitting the heavens and earth, carrying the greedy roar of the Hōgyoku and endless fluctuations of the laws of death, fiercely slashed towards the direction of the pitch-black bone throne!

"Sing, Hōgyoku!"

boom--!!!

An indescribable roar instantly swallowed up all other sounds.

The pale bones were wailing, and the leaden sky was completely torn apart by a storm of purple-gold and pitch-black energy!

The mere aftershocks of the collision instantly reduced countless low-level Hollows and Undead that were approaching to dust!

Ichigo, Rukia, and Uryu were forced to retreat repeatedly by the earth-shattering energy impact, desperately maintaining their spiritual pressure shields, their faces filled with utter horror.

This level of combat has completely exceeded their understanding of "power"!

"This...is this Aizen's current power?!"

As Ichigo gazed at the figure who stood against the entire legion of the King of the Underworld like a god or demon, an indescribable shock surged within him.

Aizen's words, his subversive worldview, seemed even more weighty and... strangely persuasive in the face of this world-destroying power.

They could only watch helplessly as this earth-shattering war, which would determine the fate of two worlds, erupted before their very eyes.

Aizen, single-handedly wielding the power of the Hogyoku, invoked the death laws of the Underworld and engaged in an unimaginable battle with the King of the Underworld who ruled over countless corpses.

Every strike shakes the very foundations of the world, and every collision of energy rewrites the rules of this land of death.

The great battle lasted for an unknown period of time, leaving the Plains of Bones shattered and the leaden gray of the sky permanently stained with purple-gold and pitch-black cracks.

Ultimately, with the Hogyoku's almost cheating infinite evolution and Aizen's unfathomable wisdom, the scales of victory began to tip.

When the body of the King of the Hollows, formed from the pure laws of death, was pierced by Aizen's ultimate "King Hollow Flash: Prelude to the End," a wailing filled with resentment and decay that resounded throughout the world.

Aizen stood atop the shattered throne, holding aloft a strange object that emitted a deep, dark light and resembled a section of dried, ancient root—the very "Divine Tree Root" artifact he had exchanged from the Great Luo Heavenly Court!

"In my name, with the Hōgyoku as the catalyst, the myriad voids as the sacrifice, and the Divine Tree as the witness! The Heavenly Dao of the Netherworld submits!"

Aizen's voice, like a cold law, resounded throughout the universe.

The roots of the divine tree in his hand suddenly swelled, transforming into billions of tiny yet incredibly resilient root phantoms. Ignoring the barriers of space, they deeply penetrated the void, the earth, and even the bodies of those remaining powerful undead in the Netherworld!

The entire Netherworld trembled violently!

A massive, mysterious network of runes formed from roots emerged in the leaden sky, and the laws of death deep within the earth hummed in agony as they were forcibly extracted, bound, and integrated into the veins of those roots!

The light of the Hogyoku reached its peak at this moment, greedily devouring the world's origin that had been forcibly restrained and refined by the roots of the divine tree!

An unprecedented, terrifying pressure, seemingly above the entire world, erupted from Aizen!

That was no longer Captain-level, no longer Vasto Lorde-level, and even surpassed the limits of the "Hogyoku Fusion State"!

Space around him spontaneously distorted and surrendered, and time itself seemed to thicken.

On the battlefield below, both Hollows and Undead instinctively trembled and prostrated themselves under this oppressive force. Even the arrogant Grimmjow and the composed Ulquiorra revealed a shock and awe from the depths of their souls.

Super Kage level (Hashirama Senju level)!

Aizen finally broke through that boundary, using the Heavenly Dao of a world as a price to push himself into the realm of gods and demons!

The light from the roots of the divine tree gradually faded, eventually transforming into a tiny mark that was imprinted on the core of the Hogyoku.

The sky over the Underworld was still leaden gray, but within that omnipresent, chilling death aura, there was now an unquestionable will to control belonging to Aizen.

This world of death has completely changed hands!

Aizen slowly turned around, his gaze once again falling on Ichigo and the other two, who looked as insignificant as dust in the distance.

At this moment, his aura was ethereal yet vast, and his eyes were deep, as if they contained the birth and death of the universe.

"Did you see that?"

His voice was calm and even, yet it carried immense weight.

"The old gods are dead, a new king shall rise. This is power! This is the key to break the shackles of fate! How laughable are the 'truth' of Soul Society and the 'justice' of Seireitei in the face of absolute power!"

He slightly raised his hand, pointing towards the Soul Society, and the space rippled like water at his fingertips.

"Choose, wanderers. Will you return with fear and lies, awaiting final judgment in a decaying cage? Or will you stay, witness firsthand, and participate in... the creation of this new world?"

Ichigo gripped Zangetsu tightly, his knuckles white, and veins throbbing on his forehead.

Rukia's face was as pale as paper, and her body trembled slightly.

Ishida Uryu's eyes remained sharp, but beneath that sharpness lay an unprecedented confusion and solemnity. The power Aizen displayed and the "truth" he revealed weighed heavily on their hearts like an insurmountable mountain.

conflict?

There is absolutely no chance of winning.

Agree?

That would mean a complete betrayal of the entire past and all the bonds we have formed.

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