User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 681 - THE END TWO WORLD/@comment-25467892-20160707155726/@comment-1970092-20160707185307

I'm pretty sure it's both. His sword breaking lead to his powers getting taken. So if gis sword never broke, his powers never got taken. Plus, his Hollow and Quincy powers ARE his Shinigami powers, not separate, as a lot of people are saying. He couldn't use Bankai if he didn't have the Hollow and Quincy powers back as well.

But we'll see next week~