User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 676 - Horn of Salvation/@comment-11398218-20160605150204/@comment-11446176-20160607081814

he became the assumed soul king because he killed the old soul king, so whats to stop who kills him becoming soul king version 3? Ichigo, for example.

or, kubo trolls us all and ichi wakes up in hospital after the initial "attack", everything having been a dream. yay.