User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 589 - The Shooting Star Project: The Old and New Trust/@comment-24384892-20140716194511/@comment-5693502-20140716195547

I've been wondering that too. I know a few people that are more than ecstatic that he's in an incapacitated position, but I also feel he needs one more battle.

Maybe if one of the Gotei combatants is killed, or close to being killed, he'll suddenly appear and clean up the mess. Or better yet, he'll miraculously resume fighting perfectly fine, despite his extensive injuries (like only Kenpachi could), when he finally senses where Yachiru went.