User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 567 (Rukia be like "I ain't even scared though")/@comment-10554972-20140205203959/@comment-1268838-20140206184835

Oops, my bad. Just checked the Cnet translation. I think that actually needs to be reworded... the page doesn't elaborate on him being able to use water regardless of where it is. Which I admit, makes a lot more sense than being able to create ice out of nothing.