User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 658 - Fatal Matters Are Cold/@comment-26912075-20160114155835/@comment-26912075-20160114192732

I would say the final battle would at least start this year. There are not enough plot points to make it start in 2017. I think this year these battles will wrap up, the remaining group gathers and head to Yhwach's palace, Aizen will get off the damn chair and head up to the Soul Palace, we will see the flashback of the first invasion 1000 years ago, and then we will jump into the final battles with Haschwalth Uryu and Yhwach.