Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

Several months have passed since Yhwach awakened and initiated the Auswählen, purging all Quincy hybrids from the world.

Now, Yhwach has completely assimilated the immense spiritual pressure brought about by the Auswählen. At this moment, he is touring the Wandenreich he created, accompanied by Haschwalth.

Yhwach and Haschwalth ride on specially made warhorses, leisurely traversing the boundless territory of the Wandenreich.

Yhwach raised his eyes and looked at a low, white house at the end of the road, and said softly:

"We're here."

"Creak."

Yhwach slowly pushed open the door, and a ray of sunlight instantly penetrated the crack, illuminating the dim space inside the house.

The interior of the house was extremely simple, with only a few basic living utensils, a simple Reishi collection device, and a crude bed.

Lying on the bed was a young man with withered yellow hair and a gaunt figure, resembling a hungry ghost. If it weren't for the faint rise and fall of his chest, anyone who saw him would have thought it was a corpse that had been dead for many days.

This man's name is As Nodt. As a Quincy hybrid, he also suffered from Yhwach's Auswählen.

However, with his tenacious willpower and a self-made simple Reishi collection device, he managed to survive until now.

However, the sequelae of the Auswählen are like maggots attached to the bone, continuously devouring the little Reishi left in his body, and his life is on the verge of ending.

Lying on the bed, As Nodt turned his head with difficulty. What came into his eyes was a figure he never thought he would see.

"Your Majesty…"

As a member of the Wandenreich, Yhwach's appearance has long been deeply imprinted in As Nodt's mind.

At the end of his life, being able to see with his own eyes Yhwach, the creator of the Wandenreich and the origin of all Quincies, As Nodt did not have the slightest resentment in his heart, only deep fear and awe.

"It is not easy for you to survive until today. I am here to grant you power, join my Stern Ritter, and fight for me!"

Yhwach said. Hearing this, a trace of excitement flashed across As Nodt's gray face as he looked at Yhwach.

"I… obey… Your Majesty!"

Nearly exhausted, he squeezed out these few words with difficulty.

Yhwach flashed and instantly arrived in front of As Nodt's bed. His right hand bloomed with a blue light, gently placed on the top of As Nodt's head. In an instant, a vast spiritual pressure poured into As Nodt's body like a flood.

"Ah!"

As Nodt let out a scream, and an unbearable pain instantly swept through his body. But at the same time, he clearly felt that the Reishi that had already dried up in his body was filled up again, and the power was a hundred times stronger than before.

What was even more surprising was that the sequelae of the Auswählen, which had tormented him for several months, disappeared without a trace at this moment.

In an instant, a powerful spiritual pressure surged from As Nodt's body. His originally withered body regained its vitality, and his withered yellow hair became black and smooth. However, his face became even more terrifying than before, and the eyebrows and lips on his face completely disappeared, becoming extremely strange.

He quickly got up from the bed and tore off the self-made simple Reishi absorption device inserted in his mouth and nose. The reborn As Nodt immediately prostrated himself on the ground and bowed to Yhwach.

"Remember your fear today, do not forget it. From today onwards, you are Stern Ritter Schrift "F" - "The Fear" - As Nodt."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. As Nodt is willing to fight for Your Majesty's great cause."

As Nodt responded, his head lowered even more.

At this moment, his body trembled slightly with excitement. He was excited because he not only escaped the shadow of death and was reborn, but also became a member of the Stern Ritter.

The trembling was due to Yhwach's terrifying and supreme power, which could arbitrarily control his life and death.

As Nodt remained prostrate on the ground, not daring to get up for a long time.

Until Haschwalth's voice slowly came from Yhwach's side:

"Stern Ritter Schrift "F" As Nodt, shouldn't you return to the Silverden with His Majesty? What are you waiting for?"

Only then did As Nodt hurriedly get up and followed in the footsteps of Yhwach and Haschwalth, heading towards the Silverden together.

"Clop clop."

Riding on his warhorse, Yhwach closed his eyes and used his own ability to sense the various changes that had taken place in the Wandenreich since he had been asleep for nearly a thousand years.

Suddenly, in the countless intertwined future images, a blonde figure came into his mind.

He saw this descendant of the Kurosaki family from the northern tribe, saw his tenacious will, his childhood experiences, and saw him praying devoutly in front of his statue. When he saw Kurosaki Hiro, who possessed the Schrift "C", nearly fanatical worship of himself, Yhwach couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Obviously, what Yhwach saw with his incomplete omniscience was the false past carefully woven by Kurosaki Hiro with the Book of the End.

"Interesting. Haschwalth, let's go see someone later!"

Not long after, Kurosaki Hiro, who was leisurely sipping red wine in his villa in the Silverden, suddenly heard a loud spiritual transmission:

"Adjutant Kurosaki, His Majesty summons you!"

Hearing this, Kurosaki Hiro grinned:

"It's finally here?"