Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

Just as Katagiri Kanae was about to cry out in pain, she was surprised to realize that there were no wounds on her body.

Moreover, the sequelae of the Auswählen, which had caused her excruciating pain before, had been greatly reduced at this moment. Although her body was still weak, the pain had been alleviated a lot.

Regarding the Auswählen, only those pure-blood Quincies who had never received Yhwach's Reishi loan possessed a certain degree of resistance.

For example, Masaki Kurosaki, although the power of Hollow White was mixed into her body, and she was misjudged by Yhwach as a mixed-blood Quincy, her essence as a pure-blood Quincy did not change.

Therefore, even if she suffered Auswählen, she would only lose her power and would not leave any sequelae.

But mixed-blood Quincies like Uryū Ishida, who were young and had extremely weak Reiryoku, were not so lucky.

After suffering Auswählen, the terrifying sequelae were enough to torment him to death.

Although Katagiri Kanae used Complete Hypnosis to transfer the sequelae to herself, although her foundation was much stronger than her son's, she was essentially a mixed-blood Quincy. Moreover, she had lost the protection of Complete Hypnosis. Under the torment of the sequelae, it was already not easy for her to hold on for a few months.

What Tsukishima Shūkurō could do was to change Katagiri Kanae's past as a Quincy by modifying the past, turning her into an ordinary person, thereby exempting her from the secondary damage of the Auswählen sequelae.

However, the Reishi and abilities of her whole body had already been transferred to Uryū Ishida, so Tsukishima Shūkurō's approach could only avoid the secondary damage caused by the Auswählen sequelae, allowing Katagiri Kanae, whose original lifespan was less than three months, to live seven or eight years longer as a physically weak ordinary person.

In fact, with Tsukishima's current control over the The Book of the End, as long as he was willing to pay a certain price, he could completely exempt Katagiri Kanae from the damage caused by Auswählen.

But he was essentially a pragmatic egoist, so naturally, he would not do such a thing that harmed himself and benefited others.

Being willing to extend Katagiri Kanae's life by several years was still out of consideration for her father-in-law, Sōken Ishida. This could already be regarded as the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

"All I can do is extend your life from three months to about eight years. Enjoy the rest of your time!"

Tsukishima Shūkurō said calmly.

Hearing this, Katagiri Kanae opened her mouth weakly but sincerely:

"Thank you... you!"

After dealing with Katagiri Kanae's matter, Tsukishima Shūkurō stepped into the Ishida family's manor. There, he met an old acquaintance—Sagawa Mayuri, the personal maid of the Quincy clone back then. Decades passed in a hurry. Being in the Reishi-deficient Human World, even if Sagawa Mayuri tried her best to maintain her appearance, the traces of time still quietly climbed onto her face. The once delicate and charming beauty was now old and haggard.

Sagawa Mayuri was lying on the bed in the room, her whole body soaked in cold sweat, and she had fainted from the torment of the Auswählen sequelae. Without the slightest hesitation, Tsukishima Shūkurō used The Book of the End again to modify her past, exempting her from the Auswählen sequelae and extending her life by several years.

Afterwards, Tsukishima Shūkurō sensed slightly and found that there were still seven mixed-blood Quincies in the Ishida manor, who were also struggling in the pain of the Auswählen sequelae. He noticed that these people were all familiar with the Quincy clones during the Wandenreich era. With the thought of "Since I'm already here," Tsukishima Shūkurō followed suit and extended the lives of the remaining seven people.

After saving this group of mixed-blood Quincies, Tsukishima Shūkurō had no intention of recognizing them. Taking advantage of their half-awake state, he quietly left. As for those mixed-blood Quincies who had lived in seclusion and disappeared after the disbandment of the Silbern, they could only lament their bad luck.

...

In the main hall of the Lichtreich, Silver Tower.

The night was already deep, and Yhwach once again briefly exchanged abilities with Haschwalth, then fell into a deep sleep, fully digesting the power of all the mixed-blood Quincies in the world that came from the Auswählen.

Suddenly, an old woman in Sternritter uniform walked into the hall with an extremely respectful expression.

She cautiously raised her head and glanced at Yhwach, who was closing his eyes on the throne. When she confirmed that Yhwach had fallen into a deep sleep due to digesting power, a sharp glint suddenly burst out in the old woman's old eyes, and her face was full of undisguised resentment.

"God's Fabric!"

In an instant, a pure white pillar of Reiryoku light soared into the sky, and the old woman instantly activated her Vollständig.

This old woman was the current Sternritter F, Äs Nödt, whose ability was "Fabric".

Her descendants, except for her, were all mixed-blood Quincies. When Yhwach launched the Auswählen, those mixed-blood Quincies who had craved power from Yhwach, borrowed Reishi loans from him, and awakened their Schrift through his blood, were directly sucked into white bones by him in the Auswählen.

Among them were many descendants of Äs Nödt.

Äs Nödt came here this time to assassinate and take revenge while Yhwach was digesting power.

After Äs Nödt activated Vollständig, Reiryoku fluctuations spread wildly around like surging tides. In Silver Tower, all the Sternritter members and many Soldat felt this powerful Reiryoku.

"This is..."

Kurosaki Hiro, who was in the villa, also noticed the Reiryoku fluctuations coming from the direction of Silver Tower.

"Hiro, again..."

Behind him, Bambietta reached out a pair of jade arms and wrapped them around him. Kurosaki Hiro pushed her away, got up and walked to the window, looking towards the direction of the main hall.

...

After activating Vollständig, Äs Nödt grew a pair of pure white Reiryoku wings on his back, and a Reiryoku light sphere composed of countless threads floated above his head. As he waved his hands, countless threads instantly turned into pure white arrows, shooting towards Yhwach on the throne like lightning.

"Tyrant, return my descendants' lives!"

Äs Nödt's old voice echoed continuously in the main hall.

However, just as these threads transformed into holy arrows were about to touch Yhwach, countless arrows instantly evaporated. At the same time, Yhwach on the throne slowly opened his eyes, looking coldly at Äs Nödt, who was trying to attack him.

"You actually dare to use the power I bestowed to kill me? Extremely foolish!"

The incomplete corpse that had been split in two fell to the ground. But the next moment, countless white Reishi threads gushed out from the wounds of Äs Nödt's already dead remains, stitching her remains back together. Äs Nödt was resurrected in place like this, and at this time, the resentment in his eyes towards Yhwach became even more intense.

"You will regret giving me such great power!"

As soon as the words fell, a large amount of pure white threads gushed out from Äs Nödt's body, like a wriggling snake tide, frantically rushing towards Yhwach.

Yhwach only sneered at this, and the blue light sphere in his palm surged, followed by a terrifying suction force that sucked Äs Nödt and countless white threads into it, which was the power of Auswählen.

"Damn it... You tyrant, you will die a horrible death!" Äs Nödt had been pulled to the throne by Yhwach's Auswählen power, and Yhwach's big hand held her gradually withered head, but she was still cursing non-stop.

Yhwach didn't care about this and said lightly:

"Since you miss your descendants so much, wouldn't it be fulfilling your wish to turn into my nourishment and reunite with them in my body?"

A moment later, Äs Nödt, who had been Auswählen, only left a pure white Sternritter uniform falling to the ground, proving that she had once existed.

Before long, Haschwalth, the captain of the Sternritter, arrived late. He first glanced at the remaining Sternritter uniform next to the throne, then knelt on one knee.

"Your subordinate failed to supervise properly and disturbed His Majesty's sweet dream. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Yhwach smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter, it's just casually slapping a small bug to death in a dream!"