Crack... Boom!!!
The seventy-two layers of high-density reishi Barriers, regarded by the Zero Division as absolutely insurmountable and woven from the fundamental laws of the world, were like layers of fragile glass beneath Uchiha Tobirama's bare fist.
One after another, they shattered with deafening explosions.
Countless crystal-like reishi fragments rained down from the heavens like a magnificent blizzard, illuminating the previously silent night sky of the Soul Society as brightly as day.
High above the sea of clouds, within the Soul King Palace, the five members of the Zero Division had completely lost their former composure and arrogance.
"The Barrier... was completely broken?!"
On the normally expressionless face of Shutara Senjumaru, unmistakable horror finally surfaced.
The six skeletal mechanical arms behind her waved uneasily through the air, their movements producing an unsettling metallic grinding sound.
"Quick! Everyone, prepare yourselves! That savage outsider is about to come up!"
Kirinji Tenjiro, the Hot Spring Demon, spat out the toothpick between his teeth and drew the massive, oar-like Zanpakutō from his back.
His muscles tensed as he stared at the enormous opening directly beneath the main hall.
In the eyes of these gods who resided high above the clouds, once the gate had been forcibly smashed open, the madman would surely leap into the sky like a reverse-flying meteor and storm into the sacred territory of the Royal Guard.
However...
One second passed.
Then five.
The figure they expected to soar into the heavens never appeared.
"What's going on? That guy's Spiritual Pressure is clearly right below us. Why has he stopped?"
Nimaiya Ōetsu, the Sword God, pushed his sunglasses higher on his nose, a trace of uncertainty entering his voice.
At that moment, on the scorched earth of the devastated Soul Society—
Uchiha Tobirama remained standing in the same place, his fist slowly withdrawing after shattering the final Barrier.
He tilted his head upward, coldly observing the floating islands that had finally been exposed to his sight.
"Rush up?"
The corners of Tobirama's lips slowly curled into a chilling smile filled with tyranny and mockery.
"A bunch of dry bones from an old era, hiding in their tomb while calling themselves gods..."
"Do you really think you're worthy of making me climb those ridiculous stairs?"
He slowly spread his arms, his palms facing upward as though he intended to embrace the entire sky.
"Since you enjoy looking down from such a high place..."
"Then today, I'll personally help you come down with some dignity."
Buzz—!!!
As his words faded into the wind, an ultimate power that defied all physical logic erupted between Tobirama's palms.
It was not a bombardment of Chakra.
Nor was it a violent eruption of Spiritual Pressure.
Instead, it was the supreme gravitational force granted by his Rinnegan, combined with the [Realm Lord-Level Gravity Interference] he had obtained after devouring the Origin of the Three Realms.
"Banshō Ten'in: Starfall!!!"
BOOM!!!
The instant Tobirama activated the technique, the gravitational axis of the entire Shinigami Universe seemed to be forcibly reversed by an invisible cosmic hand.
The Soul King Palace high above the clouds—
The five Zero Division detached palaces, each resembling a massive mountain range—
And the magnificent Soul King Palace at their center—
Everything began to move.
Amid the instantaneous screams of the five members of the Zero Division, the entire collection of floating islands and palaces suddenly let out a sharp, terrifying roar, as though the world itself were being torn apart.
"What's happening?! The levitation formations of the detached palaces have completely failed?!"
"Gravity! The gravity is tens of thousands of times stronger than normal! And it's not simply pulling us downward—there's an even more terrifying force dragging the entire Soul King Palace down!"
Ichibe Hyosube desperately gripped the doorframe of the main hall, his massive body nearly thrown into the air by the sudden change in gravity.
The eyes of the Eye Monk were filled with unprecedented disbelief.
He wasn't coming up.
He was actually going to drag the entire Soul King Palace down from the heavens and into the mortal world!
Crack... Crack, crack, crack!!!
The invisible forces maintaining the Soul King Palace's levitation snapped one after another beneath that overwhelming gravitational pull.
Then—
An apocalyptic scene that would be forever etched into the history of the Three Realms unfolded.
The five enormous detached palaces, together with the central Soul King Palace, began falling from the clouds under Tobirama's gravitational control like falling stars.
Under the combined acceleration of free fall and ten-thousandfold gravity, the enormous complex of buildings, weighing hundreds of millions of tons, instantly surpassed the limits of the atmosphere.
Violent friction ignited crimson flames across the exterior of every palace, turning the entire structure into a colossal meteor.
"Oh my god..."
Bambietta, Tier Harribel, and the other women standing behind Tobirama all tilted their heads upward in stunned silence.
They watched the enormous continent of fire descend from the heavens like the arrival of the Last Judgment.
If their master's overwhelming presence had not been shielding them from the front, an impact of this magnitude would have been enough to plunge them into despair.
"Down you go!"
Tobirama's hands slammed downward.
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An indescribable collision erupted across the ruins of the Soul Society.
The entire surface of the Seireitei was forcibly driven several hundred meters downward by the catastrophic impact.
A violent circular shockwave carrying flames and debris swept outward like a tsunami, flattening everything within thousands of kilometers.
When the world-shaking disturbance finally subsided, the dust gradually dispersed beneath the cold wind.
The once-towering and sacred Soul King Palace had been reduced to a gigantic ruin.
It lay miserably embedded in the scorched earth of the Soul Society.
The white jade pillars that had symbolized royal authority and nobility were shattered into pieces. Precious reishi springs had mixed with the mud, becoming murky and foul.
"Cough... cough, cough..."
Several miserable coughs echoed from within the ruins.
One by one, dusty and battered figures struggled to push stones aside and crawl out of the wreckage.
The five members of the Zero Division.
The creator gods who had been drinking tea and discussing the situation from their lofty position only moments ago now looked utterly wretched.
Their hair was scorched and disheveled, their expensive robes were torn to pieces, and their bodies were covered in dust, mud, and injuries.
There was no trace of the dignity they had once possessed as the Royal Guard.
"You bastard..."
Kirinji Tenjirō spat out blood mixed with sand, his bloodshot eyes staring furiously ahead.
Through the falling ashes—
Uchiha Tobirama stood completely untouched in his dark-gold robes.
He casually held Shihoin Yoruichi's waist with one arm, while Soi Fon, Unohana Retsu, Nel, and the Sternritter girls followed behind him.
Like an aristocrat leisurely strolling through his own estate, Tobirama stepped onto a staircase formed from the ruins of the Zero Division's palaces and slowly walked into what had once been their sacred territory.
The contrast was almost cruel.
The lofty gods had fallen into the mortal dust, while the man they had mocked as a beast of the mire now entered their territory with overwhelming authority.
They could only kneel amid the ruins and look up at him.
"Look."
Tobirama stopped and looked down upon them.
"This is where you dry bones belong."
He smiled coldly.
"How does the taste of mud suit you?"
"You unpardonable monster!!!"
Nimaiya Ōetsu, the Sword God, had always possessed the most explosive temper.
Now, after suffering such humiliation, he finally abandoned his usual comical demeanor.
His face twisted with fury.
"How dare you reduce my Phoenix Palace to this state?!"
"Do you really think you can run rampant throughout this world simply because you possess some brute strength?!"
He suddenly drew a Zanpakutō from his waist.
Its shape was extremely strange, and its serrated blade radiated an unnerving sharpness.
"Open your eyes and look carefully!"
"I am the ancestor who created all Zanpakutō!"
Nimaiya Ōetsu gripped the hilt with both hands.
Because the blade was so sharp that it could not even be placed inside a normal scabbard, it had to be stored in a special gel.
"This blade is called Sayafushi!"
"It is so sharp that it will never dull, no matter what it cuts, and no scabbard can contain it!"
"It is the purest killing weapon in this world!"
"I'll use it to cut down your arrogance—and your body along with it!"
At the same time, Kirinji Tenjirō had completely entered a berserk state.
Seeing his proud healing hot springs destroyed, he slammed his palms together.
An extremely hot, crimson Spiritual Pressure carrying a pungent, bloody aura erupted from his body.
"Shine! Kinpika!"
"Let this ignorant madman experience what it means to have his blood and bones boiled away!"
"Blood Pond Hell!!!"
BOOM!
With Kirinji's roar, the underground water veins shattered by the impact were instantly transformed by his Spiritual Pressure.
The water became an enormous, viscous pool of boiling blood.
Its temperature reached terrifying levels.
Like a roaring crimson dragon, the blood surged toward Tobirama from the flank.
Even a single drop was capable of boiling away flesh and Soul.
"Die!"
Two of the Zero Division's strongest members attacked simultaneously.
One wielded the world's sharpest blade.
The other commanded a blood pond capable of melting Souls.
From both sides, they launched a furious pincer attack against Uchiha Tobirama.
Such a combined attack would have been enough to instantly reduce an ordinary Captain-level Shinigami to ashes.
The women standing behind Tobirama did not even have time to warn him before the attacks arrived.
Yet Tobirama did not move.
He didn't push Yoruichi away.
He didn't even bother activating the indestructible layer of Armament Haki covering his body.
"The sharpest blade?"
"The hottest water?"
A cold smile appeared on his face.
"In the face of true absolute power, these so-called concepts are nothing more than paper toys."
He simply released his arm from around Yoruichi's waist.
Then he faced the Sayafushi flashing toward his neck and the Blood Pond Hell sweeping toward him.
No hand seals.
No ocular techniques.
He simply clenched his right fist.
His Perfect Sage Body, fused with the Ten-Tails' Origin and the Luck of the Two Realms, had pushed his physical strength to an extreme that this world could not even comprehend.
Bang!!!
He threw a simple, straight punch.
The scene that followed caused the eyes of the remaining three members of the Zero Division to widen in disbelief.
Nimaiya Ōetsu's Sayafushi, which was supposedly the sharpest blade in the world and capable of cutting through anything, struck the bare skin of Tobirama's fist.
There was no Haki.
Yet it failed to cut even the slightest mark.
Instead—
Crack... Clang!!!
Under the pure physical force of Tobirama's counterattack, the ultimate weapon created through the Sword God's lifetime of work emitted a sharp, miserable crack.
The instant the fist made contact, the supposedly indestructible blade shattered.
Black fragments scattered through the air like iron dust.
"This... this is impossible!!!"
"My Sayafushi!!!"
Nimaiya Ōetsu's sunglasses shattered.
His eyes widened in absolute horror.
The blade that was so sharp that he couldn't even create a proper scabbard for it had been reduced to iron dust by a fist of flesh and blood.
But that was only the beginning.
The terrifying kinetic force contained within Tobirama's punch continued forward without the slightest reduction.
The resulting fist wind transformed into a visible vacuum storm.
BOOM————!!!!!
The overwhelming force directly pierced through Nimaiya Ōetsu's chest.
At the same time, the fist wind spread toward the flank.
The Blood Pond Hell, which claimed to be capable of dissolving anything, was like a small puddle struck by a hurricane.
The moment it collided with the vacuum fist pressure, the blood was forcibly scattered and evaporated.
"Uwaaaaaaah—!!!"
Kirinji Tenjirō didn't even have time to complete his attack.
The aftershock of Tobirama's fist, carrying power beyond the limits of physical comprehension, slammed into both him and Nimaiya Ōetsu.
There was no prolonged struggle.
No exchange of blows.
No chance to resist.
Under the horrified gazes of Shutara Senjumaru, Hikifune Kirio, and Ichibe Hyosube—
The Sword God and the Hot Spring Demon of the Zero Division, two ancient figures who had lived for countless ages and considered themselves the creators of Shinigami history, were struck by Tobirama's ordinary physical punch.
Bang!
Bang!
Two heavy impacts rang out.
Their bodies were completely overwhelmed by the force.
In an instant, they were reduced to clouds of blood mist that scattered into the cold wind.
The aftershock of Tobirama's fist swept hundreds of kilometers, leveling several ruined detached palaces before finally dissipating.
Silence.
Absolute silence descended over the ruins of the fallen Soul King Palace.
Tobirama slowly withdrew his right fist.
His knuckles were completely unharmed, without even the slightest mark.
He casually wrapped his arm around Yoruichi's waist once more and turned his cold gaze toward the three remaining members of the Zero Division.
"With strength that isn't even enough to scratch my itch..."
"You dare call yourselves the sharpest?"
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