User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 684 - The Blade/@comment-11989035-20160729220549

Honestly, I have doubts about the next chapter being the last. Why? Because we are all forgetting one big thing.

Yhwach might be dead, but the Soul King is dead as well, or rather, has been completely absorbed by Yhwach, and likely died with Yhwach. So... what's gonna happen? Without the Soul King, the balance of the world that he maintains will collapse, and reality would likely start crumbling, before Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, and the Human World all begin to meld and destroy one another.

How exactly would that be stopped? Also, how exactly is Yhwach the Soul King's son? We learned NOTHING about Yhwach's past except that as a baby, he was deprived of all senses, but could share his soul pieces with others, shortening their lifespan, and when they died, he gains his senses, so he needs people with his Soul Pieces to keep dying as he distributes them. But why did he suddenly decide to try and go kill his dad and the world?

Or why is it that the Soul King has his left and right arms, along with his Heart, be individuals, two of which became Yhwach's minions, while the other was some worshipped god in the Rukongai.

But going back to the Soul King balance thing, to do that, and the aftermath of the battle, it is impossible. In fact, if its done, it is absolutely stupid if that ended in that note. Whether the next chapter is the last or not, we will see, but if not, then maybe the last volume of chapters will be regarding the aftermath of everything.