User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 585 - The Headless Star 4/@comment-1268838-20140619230557

A pretty cool chapter, to say the least.

Frankly, I don't think that Ichigo is going to the Royal Palace again just yet. Narratively speaking, going through the buildup of waiting for him to reach Wandenreich only to send him up again would be idiotic. Judging by the context of this plan, it's kind of clear that Yhwach was waiting for Ichigo to come down before leaving. And for what it's worth, with Yhwach, Haschwalth, and Uryuu (still waiting to see how Ichigo will react to that one) all just standing there, I highly doubt they're just going to let him follow them right away.

At any rate, with most of the surviving Sternritter here, as well as the major Shinigami combatants that aren't incapacitated in some way, it feels like we're entering the final Battle Royale stage of this arc. Plenty of opponents on the ground to keep the good guys busy, while the Royal Guard are about to have their hands full upstairs, because come on - they had to have seen this coming. With more good guy reinforcements lying in wait however, I can only wonder what else Yhwach might have up his sleeve...