Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20150222164638/@comment-26065687-20150222235908

It's hard to talk about Yhwach's goals since little of his history was revealed so far. Yhwach simply hates and wanted to kill the Soul King, emphasizing that he was humiliated by the latter. As long his powers allow him to see the future, I'm sure he knows a way to survive the destruction or to take control of everything after Soul King's death (or else he's just a stupid suicidal maniac, for me this would be kinda disappointing).

Buuuut, with Ukitake replacing the Soul King, I don't think there will be a real armageddon.

About Soul King, well... I don't think he's something different from a symbol, a kind of god that "only" keeps the balance between the worlds.