Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

With Ishida Ryuken's barrage of arrows, the tens of thousands of miscellaneous Hollows surrounding Ishida Hospital were instantly slaughtered.

Ishida Ryuken immediately put away his spirit particle bow, took out a lighter and a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and lit one for himself. He looked up at the twinkling stars in the sky, slowly exhaling a smoke ring.

Just as he quickly finished a cigarette and was about to return to the hospital, he suddenly sensed an extremely strange spiritual pressure.

In an instant, a strange aura surged down from the dome of the sky, and a dark and eerie spiritual pressure emerged from nowhere.

A colossal gate, entirely black and red with intricate patterns engraved on its surface, suddenly appeared in the once-peaceful sky. Huge white bone skulls were embedded on either side of the gate. As soon as this gate appeared, a faint wail seemed to echo throughout the heavens and earth.

“Woo ~”

Hearing this eerie sound, Ishida Ryuken felt his hair stand on end, and goosebumps erupted all over his body.

“Could this be the legendary…?”

Seeing this scene, Ishida Ryuken immediately materialized his spirit particle bow again, firing countless sacred destruction arrows towards the suddenly appearing giant gate.

However, this time, the previously unfailing sacred destruction arrows had no effect, disappearing like a clay ox entering the sea. Not only that, an invisible sonic wave was emitted, directly blasting Ishida Ryuken in mid-air away.

“The Gates of Hell!”

Tsukishima Shukuro, hidden in the shadows, immediately frowned.

“This isn't right. How could the Gates of Hell appear when Kurosaki Ichigo is born?”

Regarding Hell, it was only mentioned briefly in the original work. Therefore, even from the perspective of a transmigrator, Tsukishima Shukuro knew very little about Hell.

However, just as Tsukishima Shukuro was about to take action, he sensed a familiar spiritual pressure and stopped, continuing to conceal himself.

In an instant, the Gates of Hell opened wide, and a terrifying suction force emanated from deep within, as if to suck the entire Ishida Hospital into that boundless hell.

At this critical moment, a low roar came.

“Bind, Benihime!”

A tall figure wearing a fisherman's hat suddenly appeared beside Ishida Ryuken, it was Urahara Kisuke.

Urahara Kisuke, who usually had a carefree appearance, was now staring vigilantly at the strange gate that suddenly appeared in the sky.

As soon as he made a move, he released his Zanpakuto, Benihime, and a black net of spiritual pressure instantly enveloped the Gates of Hell, attempting to completely close it.

“This is really something extraordinary!”

At this time, Urahara Kisuke's expression was grave. He originally thought that the child about to be born would attract many powerful Hollows, and he had specially prepared many tools to deal with them. He didn't expect the Hollows to not come, but instead, the Gates of Hell were attracted.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Creak!”

A series of teeth-aching sounds came, and the Gates of Hell above the sky instantly burst out with bursts of brilliance, directly shattering the net released by Urahara Kisuke. The terrifying suction force reappeared, wanting to swallow Urahara Kisuke, Ishida Ryuken, and the entire Ishida Hospital into Hell.

“Whirr!”

All the windows of all the rooms in Ishida Hospital shattered at the same time under the pull of this suction force.

Kurosaki Isshin, standing at the door of the delivery room, seemed to feel a throbbing originating from his bloodline, staring blankly at the Gates of Hell outside the window, his expression somewhat bitter.

“This is…”

“Fortunately, I set up a shielding device in Karakura Town in advance, otherwise such a big commotion would have alarmed the Soul Society. It seems that I can only use that method to solve it!”

Urahara Kisuke, muttering to himself on the side, looked at the Gates of Hell whistling in the sky and stuck the sword in his hand into the ground.

“Aizen Sosuke!”

Urahara Kisuke said, one word at a time, clearly recognizing the person at a glance.

“I'm even wearing the shadow cloak you made, and you still recognized me at a glance. Urahara Kisuke, you're really troublesome! Prepare that Hogyoku of yours, I'll come and get it later!”

Aizen chuckled, as if greeting an old friend he hadn't seen in many years. At the same time, he glanced at the eerie Gates of Hell in the sky and said faintly:

“Even Hell can't hinder my experiments!”

In an instant, Aizen took out a special disc the size of his palm and threw it into the sky.

“Outer Million Shield!”

The disc rose into the air, transforming into an elliptical, seven-colored barrier that enveloped the entire Ishida Hospital. With the protection of the seven-colored barrier, Ishida Hospital instantly returned to peace.

Afterwards, Aizen Sosuke looked at the Gates of Hell in the sky, his eyes turning cold. He used Shunpo, transforming into a trail of afterimages, and rushed directly in front of the Gates of Hell.

He suddenly raised his hand and shouted:

“Hado #99 — Five Dragon Destruction!”

In an instant, a purple-black Kidō dragon materialized out of thin air, carrying an unparalleled terrifying power, and charged straight into Hell.

“Rumble!”

With a loud noise, this Five Dragon Destruction solidly slammed into the Gates of Hell, exploding in that endless abyss. The terrifying suction force instantly stopped, clearly indicating that Aizen Sosuke's #99 Hadō had greatly affected the Gates of Hell.

Although the terrifying suction force of the Gates of Hell had disappeared, in the next moment, a giant, mountain-like pale hand stretched out from the Gates of Hell, grabbing towards Aizen Sosuke in front of it.

To this, Aizen Sosuke just smiled faintly, still as calm and composed as ever.

“Pfft!”

Aizen slashed out with his sword, and the pale hand was immediately cut open, black blood splattering and dripping on the ground, instantly corroding large pits.

“Old ghosts who have already gone to Hell, just stay in Hell obediently. Why do you have to run out and disrupt my experiments?”

At this moment, Aizen Sosuke's expression was icy cold, staring at the Gates of Hell, as if he was looking into the eyes of the terrifying existence within.

And Kurosaki Isshin, at the door of the ward, seemed to have sensed something and immediately shouted outside:

“Get out of the way!”

Before he finished speaking, a second miniature Gates of Hell actually appeared behind Aizen Sosuke.

A dark spiritual pressure sword energy shot out from the second Gates of Hell, taking the shape of a crescent moon, and slashed towards Aizen Sosuke's back with the force of a thunderbolt.

“Getsuga Tensho!”

This dark crescent moon was none other than the Shiba family's secret bloodline technique, Getsuga Tensho. However, this crescent moon was completely different from the pale blue crescent moon used by Shiba Isshin before, and it was covered with a dense power of Hell.

“What's going on? How could Getsuga Tensho appear in Hell?”

Clearly, Kurosaki Isshin's senses were correct, that familiar aura…

Just as this dark crescent moon was about to break through the sky, a black crack suddenly opened beside Aizen. It was the Garganta. The strange crescent moon directly plunged into the Garganta.

Inside the Garganta, Ye Chuan had been waiting for a long time, frowning as he looked at the terrifying crescent moon exuding a strange aura.

“Thunder Centipede Avatar!”

Ye Chuan shouted in a low voice, thunder light surging around him, instantly transforming into the Thunder Centipede Avatar. The Thunder Centipede's body was huge, surrounded by violent dark golden thunder arcs. Immediately afterwards, the Thunder Centipede Avatar directly charged up and collided with the dark crescent moon.

“Boom!”

The surging thunder light spewed out, colliding and tearing with the dark crescent moon, making bursts of roaring sounds.

“Thank you, Chuan-kun.”

Aizen Sosuke looked at the not-yet-completely-closed Garganta and thanked him.

“You can say thank you too? That's really surprising, Sosuke!”

Ye Chuan's voice came faintly through the Garganta.