Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26830922-20150829155234/@comment-26830922-20150920150028

At the end of the Wandenreich's first battle with the Soul Society, they had to retreat because of the time spent outside of the Schatten Beireich. According to Haschwalth in the manga scans released online, it was because Yhwach had spent too much time out of it. However, in the official English translation in the viz manga novels, he said "we" have spent too much time out of it (implying their life force and/or ability to function depend on it). Therefore, it is conceivable that they did die and become souls as souls with enough reiryoku can live for thousands of years explaining the longevity you mentioned (As Bazz-B and Haschwalth are now over 1000 years old). My point is that we don't know exactly what Yhwach's Quincy, and that is likely why they are simply called "Quincy" on the race section of their page rather than "Human (Quincy)" like on Uryu's page. As for Yhwach calling Uryu "the last Quincy living in this world," Ryuken is still alive so it is unknown what he entirely meant. I used these statements based on the context of my theory by taking these words as they were. However, contrary to your third point, even if he said "the likes of a human's power" then it still supports my point as it means he considers humans inferior to himself (suggesting he no longer considers himself human). As for Pernida having Quincy powers, that means everything because a previous limb of the Soul King is a Quincy with abilities far more than conventional powers attributed to their race. This implies the Soul King's other limbs have powers beyond those conventional to their associated races. This is the idea I have been trying to point out through the entire discussion.