User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 611 - The Soul King Dies (edgy as ever, Kubo)/@comment-24726378-20141227054308/@comment-2211792-20141227190126

> The line "for I have seen the future, my father" really seems almost like yhwach is stopping the soul king from doing something awful, and the only way to stop him is to kill him.

I hope this won't lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy where Yhwach is to blame for whatever he saw.