User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 611 - The Soul King Dies (edgy as ever, Kubo)/@comment-24531362-20150114002500

So I been thinking, as the next chapter edges ever closer, and had an idea. What if the Soul King is the actual Shinigami, as in an actual being with dominion over life and death. It would explain why he is so crucial to the existence of both the Human world and the various spiritual planes, as his existance is the crux of how all other worlds operate. It would also explain why his palace is so far removed from all other planes, and why his closest servants have displayed an inability to die.