User blog comment:Transcendency/Some theory on the Hougyoku/@comment-10371091-20140711220911

The last paragraph reminds me of the evolution of Hollows. When many hollows gather you get a Menos Grande, then a Gillian, etc. The Hougyoku in that sense could be similar, but obviously there isn't one being that becomes all of those souls, instead, someone not among those souls needs to control it. Maybe this ties in with the Soul King? In that sense, the Hougyoku could be like a mini Soul King, and the Soul King is like a being made up of bunch of Hougyokus. That could also be how the Soul King keeps the balance of souls between the realms. When a soul dies, it goes to him for reincarnation. Juha Bach seems to have a similar power with controlling souls, which may connect as to why he has an emotional attachment to the soul palace.