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I know I'm probably not the first to add this, just re-logged onto this account purely for this as I feel it may interest some people.

So here are the light novel summaries (so far) just for those who like me, don't really have the time (I read volume 1 and can confirm the summaries are at least 99% accurate) or prefer manga reading, although the status of some characters are left to the imagination of the reader and/or are heavily implied upon.

As discussed this is (basically) canon as it was worked on by Tite Kubo partly, but SunXia has expressed in another thread about the editing procedures so don't edit anything willy nilly. I'll have the link before the summary for potential spoilers or whatever, its just a reddit post as it'll take ages to add all of the links. Link to a link containing all chapters and summaries: https://www.reddit.com/r/bleach/comments/9yvpl8/bleach_tybw_manga_sequel_novel_cant_fear_your_own/

Summaries because I find the white background hard to read on for extended periods: Ichigo and his family and friends are not involved. They are out of town.

Shūhei Hisagi is the lead character.

6 months after the quincy war.

Ichibē revived the other 4 Royal Guard members.

Yhwach's corpse is enslaved as the new undead Soul King by the Royal Guard.

Ichigo was a back-up candidate to be the new enslaved Soul King.

Only the high-ranking shinigami know the truth.

Urahara, Yoruichi, Grimmjow, and Nel are alive.

Hanatarō healed Urahara's eyes I think?

Harribel rules Hueco Mundo and arranged peace with Soul Society. She was rescued by Nel.

Harribel's Tres Bestias fracción are alive, as well as Rudbornn, and Loly and Menoly.

Tokinada, of the Tsunayashiro family, is the main villain.

Tsunayashiro is the 3rd revealed Great Noble Family. We still don't know the 4th.

The 4 Great Noble Families are more influential than Central 46 and the Royal Guard I think?

Tsunayashiro family is the most influential great noble family I think? Possibly followed by Kuchiki I think?

So Tokinada and Byakuya are kinda like political rivals in a sense.

The meeting place of the 4 Great Noble Families is the most important place besides the Royal Palace.

There hasn't been a meeting for "two generations".

Tokinada, Byakuya, and Yoruichi recently had a meeting. Yoruichi was invited over Yūshirō.

All 4 family heads are not allowed to meet at once.

Tokinada wanted to reinstate the Shiba family as the 5th great noble family.

Kaien, Kūkaku, and Ganju were from the main Shiba Family. Isshin was from the branch family.

The Shiba family were demoted after both the Kaien and Isshin incidents.

The Isshin incident was the last straw for them, so it was the most recent I think?

If all 5 Great Noble Families are present, they can request equal authority to the Soul King, from the Soul King.

In that case they would surpass Central 46. And so C46 possibly demoted the Shiba family for this reason.

Tsunayashiro family holds the secrets of the 'Original Sin of Soul Society'.

The 'Original Sin' involved the ancestors of the 5 Great Noble Families desecrating the original Soul King.

We learn someone like Rangiku had the "nail" (tsume) of the Soul King.

And Aizen previously stole the "nail" from Rangiku to complete his own hōgyoku.

The "nail" somehow relates to the conception of fullbringers I think?

Shunsui isn't too fond of Tokinada and the great nobles families.

And he recently learnt their truth about their influence over Soul Society.

Shunsui allowed Hisagi to confront Aizen as he was being escorted back to prison.

Hisagi also isn't too fond of Tokinada.

Tokinada was from a branch family I think? But now is head of the main family.

He killed the elders of the Tsunayshiro family.

Tsunayashiro Family is in charge of the Visuals Department, a cross-dimensional surveillance network.

They are hidden deep underground of Soul Society.

They suppressed public info about fullbringers for centuries.

Tokinada is the guy Tōsen hates, and the guy who killed his own wife, Kakyō, who was Tōsen's friend.

I think Tokinada was in the maggots nest for killing his wife, but was also recently under house arrest too?

Tokinada was in the Spiritual Arts Academy alongside Shunsui and Jūshirō.

Tokinada is a retired shinigami.

Hikone Ubuginu is a little kid henchman of Tokinada.

Hikone has no defined gender and is a hybrid of a human, quincy, hollow, shinigami, and arrancar.

Hikone has Hierro, and can fire Gran Rey Cero.

Hikone was created using Gremmy's brain.

Hikone is Tokinada's desired Soul King candidate.

Ubuginu was a surname given to Hikone, borrowed from a family who formerly served the Tsunayshiro.

Tokinada gave Hikone a zanpakutō called Ikomikidomoe (已己巳己巴).

Tokinada stole Ikomikidomoe from Ōetsu during the quincy war.

Ikomikidomoe is a special sword created by Ōetsu.

The sword has a mind of it's own, talks to Hikone, and can also open portals through the Garganta.

Ikomikidomoe is more independent that a regular zanpakutō.

Only Hikone can wield Ikomikidomoe. But apparently Ichigo and Ginjō could too.

Ikomikidomoe was hidden underwater until Ōetsu forged true Zangetsu, and all the water evaporated.

Ikomikidomoe has 2 release commands.

One release command summons an adjuchas hollow like Hooleer, that sounds like Barragan.

"Inscribe the funeral, Ikomikidomoe!"

Another release command summons a vastolorde hollow with long tendrils.

"Orbit the stars, Ikomikidomoe!"

It can also summon many powerful huge-hollows as powerful as gillians or adjuchas.

Huge-hollows are usually stronger and bigger than regular hollows, but weaker and smaller than gillians.

The hollows can feed on spiritual-matter in the atmosphere to power-up.

Hikone fought the arrancar and quincy in Hueco Mundo, before retreating to Soul Society.

Harribel can control water even in her sealed form I think?

Quincy survivors include Liltotto, Giselle, and blood-zombie Bambietta.

They are based on Earth, in a quincy palace.

Jugram's aide saved them and possibly others.

They lost their vollständig forms due to Yhwach's auswählen.

Gremmy was the strongest Sternritter, and had a friendly relationship with Liltotto.

Liltotto can mimic abilities of anyone she eats, until she digests them fully.

Grimmjow briefly fought Ginjō and Tsukishima in Soul Society.

Grimmjow briefly fought Luppi in Soul Society.

Grimmjow has been eating Menos Grande and arrancar in order to raise his spiritual-pressure.

Luppi's aspect of death is also 'destruction', just like Grimmjow.

Luppi can also use Gran Rey Cero.

Mayuri revived Luppi as a zombie-slave. As well as NaNaNa as a new zombie-slave.

I think Candice and Meninas are Mayuri's zombie-slaves too?

Ginjō is also a Soul King candidate, with similar hybrid-like spiritual-pressure to Ichigo and Hikone.

I think Ginjō previously murdered a shinigami assassin sent after him and other fullbringers?

That's why he's no longer an agent of the shinigami.

Tokinada likely arranged the assassin, as well as possible assassins after previous fullbringers?

Hisagi interviews Ginjō.

Hisagi interviews Kūkaku.

Hisagi interviews Hanatarō.

Hisagi wanted to interview Mayuri, but Mayuri refused I think?

Nico Kuna, an assistant of Mayuri, is Mashiro Kuna's sister.

Mashiro's rank of 'Super Lieutenant' is not official I think?

Hisagi interviews Seinosuke Yamada, is Hanatarō's older brother.

Seinosuke is a retired shinigami, and was Unohana's former lieutenant 100 years ago.

He is kinda an ally of Tokinada, and works in a hospital for nobles I think?

Seinosuke healed Hikone after his battle in Hueco Mundo.

Tokinada fought off a bunch of Soifon's assassins.

The inherited Tsunayashiro family zanpakutō is Kuten Kyōkoku (but later we find out that this is not the true name).

"Venerate, Kuten Kyōkoku!" (九天鏡谷 | Nine Heavens Mirror Valley)

Similarly, Muramasa is the inherited Kuchiki family zanpakutō, and Shinken Hakkyōken is the Ise family's.

The materialised true form of Muramasa was the villain from the Zanpakutō Rebellion arc in the anime.

Kuten Kyōkoku can summon an invisible mirror-like shield to deflect attacks.

Tokinada has his own personal zanpakutō as well, but it was confiscated a while ago.

However the zanpakutō he is holding on the cover on volume 3 is likely his personal zanpakutō.

Yoruichi and Soifon briefly fought Tokinada, before he retreated using a reverse-engineered Soul Ticket.

Yoruichi confirms she does have a zanpakutō, but it prefers if Yoruichi uses hand-to-hand combat I think?

Aura Michibane is another henchwoman of Tokinada, recruited on Earth.

She's a cult leader of the new XCUTION religion, teaching humans about Soul Society, inspiring mass suicides.

She has 770,000 members I think?

The cult was formed after the cross-dimensional earthquakes caused after the original Soul King's death.

Aura is a fullbringer whose father was also a fullbringer.

Her mother was killed by a hollow during childbirth.

I think Aura's father kept her in captivity and it helped her to develop 'Aizen tier' fullbring powers?

Aura possess the "chain" of the Soul King. But we dunno what that means yet.

Karakura Town is trapped in a barrier similar to in the arrancar arc. Nobody can get in or leave.

The barrier is achieved via many small handheld devices held by the XCUTION cult members.

The handheld devices are similar to the tenkai kecchu; the four pillars used to swap Karakura Town.

Hisagi was in Karakura Town interviewing Urahara, but they are ambushed by Aura and XCUTION.

Urahara explained that Orihime is a fullbringer, and the hōgyoku gave both her and Chad their powers.

Urahara explained that Ururu is a special living mod soul like Nemu. I think Jinta is too?

Urahara and Hisagi briefly fought Aura in Karakura Town.

Urahara injected Hisagi with something for force the release of his 'gentei kaijo' (limit release).

Urahara also invented the power limiting tattoos in the first place.

Yukio helped Aura escape, and kidnapped Urahara.

Aura created a replica of the Royal Palace in a Valley of Screams dimension.

I think Tokinada learnt about the Valley of Screams from the Ryūdōji family?

The Ryūdōji family, from movie 1, are a former noble family banished to the Valley of Screams.

Tokinada's evil plan is to swap it with Karakura Town, like in the arrancar arc.

Tokinada wants Hikone to be a Soul King that he can control.

Tessai and Hiyori help to send Hisagi, Ryūnosuke Yuki, and Shino Madarame to rescue Urahara.

Ryūnosuke and Shino are the subordinates of Zennosuke Kurumadani, who oversee Karakura Town now.

They had a brief encounter with Mizuiro ad Keigo earlier.

Rikichi is Ryūnosuke's brother. And Rikichi is 3rd seat of the 6th squad.

Shino is either Ikkaku's sister or cousin.

Shino's shikai transforms her sword into a naginata.

The shinigami, arrancar, fullbringers, and quincy form an alliance to go defeat Tokinada in the other dimension.

The alliance meet at Kūkaku and Ganju's house.

Shinigami: Shunsui, Shinji, Nanao, Yoruichi, Zaraki, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Kensei, Puppet-Mayuri

Fullbringers: Ginjō, Tsukishima, Giriko

Arrancar: Grimmjow, Nel, Harribel

Quincy: Candice, Meninas, Liltotto, Giselle, Blood Zombie-Bambietta

Mayuri's Zombies: Dordonii, Cirucci, Luppi, Charlotte, NaNaNa

Harribel admires Kūkaku's authoritative presence.

Zaraki estimates Grimmjow's spiritual-pressure being a similar level to Nnoitra's.

Mayuri is maintaining a portal to the other dimension for the alliance.

Giriko used his powers to briefly hide them from Hikone's summoned hollows while they go after Tokinada.

Tsukishima and Ginjō confront Aura.

Shinji fights Hikone's summoned hollows by using his bankai, while the others go after Tokinada.

"Bankai, Sakashima Yokoshima Happōfusagari!" (逆様邪八宝塞 | Reversed Evil Eight Treasure Blockade)

It's a wide-range bankai, dangerous to use around allies.

Similarly dangerous to Shunsui's bankai, and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's bankai.

Kuruyashiki was the 7th Kenpachi who refused a Royal Guard promotion.

Found a VOL.3 summary as well: In the past, Tokinada killed Kakyō, claiming another friend of hers was her secret lover who attacked him.

Kakyō's zanpakutō was also called Suzumushi, with the same release command, which Tōsen inherited from her.

Back in present day, Shunsui directly confronts Tokinada.

We learn Hitsugaya & Byakuya were sent to Earth earlier to investigate the unusual phenomena there.

Tokinada has protected himself from being tried for any crime, and can easily manipulate evidence against him.

A part of Tokinada's plan is also to simply reveal the existence of the afterlife to the humans on Earth.

Meanwhile, Shinji's bankai inverted the sense of friend-and-foe across the horde of huge-hollows he faced alone.

The huge-hollows brutally killed each other, while the flower construct of Shunji's bankai protected him.

His bankai is useless against an enemy one-on-one, and is best used against multiple enemies at once.

Meanwhile, Tsukishima and Ginjō fail to attack Aura with their swords, as she can make herself intangible.

Ginjō wishes he was better at kidō.

Yukio revealed he helped Aura to construct their replica of the Royal Palace for Tokinada.

Aura's father, Tenshiyo Agata, was one of the fullbringers originally allied with Ginjō in the past.

Tenshiyo was among the group of fullbringers assassinated by the shinigami that Ginjō killed in retaliation.

Tsukishima uses Book of the End to insert himself into Yukio's past, hoping to undo any potential brainwashing.

However, what Tsukishima learns from Yukio's past, compels him to use Book of the End on Ginjō and Giriko too.

Meanwhile, Hisagi finally is transported to the replica of the Royal Palace, and encounters Hikone.

Spiritual-matter in the atmosphere makes it hard to sense who is nearby, but Zaraki's spiritual-pressure stands out.

Hisagi and Hikone briefly debate the philosophy of justice and evil.

Hisagi fails to bind Hikone with a kidō, before Hikone paralyses Hisagi via his soul's pressure points.

Hikone escapes to battle the shinigami below.

Meanwhile, Shunsui attempts to attack Tokinda from the shadows until Hikone arrives.

Hikone's ominous spiritual-pressure has vastly increased since his last battle, and the entire alliance are on edge.

Shunsui battles Tokinada alone, while Hikone battles the alliance.

Hikone calls out a new, third, release command, and conjures another large hollow as big as a small house.

"Hatch the deceased, Ikomikidomoe!"

It is as large as an adjuchas, but more powerful than a vastolorde, or even a vastolorde arrancar.

Hikone then fires a Cero-arrow via a quincy bow, strengthened by Blut-Arterie.

The allied arrancar charge forward to attack, and all release their zanpakutō's resurreccións.

Zaraki wants to fight Grimmjow when this is all over.

Harribel comments that Ikomikidomoe is an ancient hollow sealed within the zanpakutō in the past.

Ikomikidomoe charges up and fires wide-ranging spiritual-energy blast, damaging everyone and the entire area.

Harribel blocks with a barrier of water, the quincies block with Blut-Vene, Nanao blocks with a bakudo, etc.

Meanwhile, Shunsui and Tokinada continue to fight and taunt one another.

It was a secret from the nobles that Shunsui was hiding the Ise family's Shinken Hakkyōken.

Shunsui is relieved to know that Tokinada was not involved in Nanao's mother's death.

Shunsui has a new shikai game called Yubikiri.

During the game, Shunsui is not able to lie, but if Shunsui's opponent lies once, their fingers get paralysed.

If they lie twice, their whole body feels like it's getting crushed by a fist.

If they lie three times, they feel unimaginable pain as if they are being stabbed from the inside out.

Shunsui makes Tokinada reveal that Kuten Kyōkoku is not the full release of the inherited Tsunayashiro zanpakutō.

And Kuten Kyōkoku is not the true full name either, as it's Enrakyoten (Law of the Bewitching Lucid Mirror).

Similar to how Yumichika's Ruri'iro Kujaku is released under the false name of Fuji Kujaku.

Kuten Kyōkoku is likely a deliberate reference to Katen Kyōkotsu on Tokinada's part.

"Sip from the four seas; the heavenly shores entwine. Equally duplicate ten thousands; and sharpen, Enrakyoten!"

Shunsui had stabbed Tokinada in the back, but Tokinada pulled away and kicked Shunsui away

Upon release, Enrakyoten's guard and blade shone brightly like a mirror, briefly disorientating Shunsui.

Tokinada's body, but not clothes, recovered from the damage that Shunsui inflicted, as if there was no damage at all.

And thats it so far. Again I've only read fully, Vol.1 so there may be inconsistencies by the "summarizer".

Credit goes to - tari101190 on Reddit. 