User blog comment:Godisme/The ever evolving Sosuke Aizen/@comment-1405841-20100910220741/@comment-1268838-20100912033243

Perhaps the "Demon Lord" is the Hougyoku itself. It clearly has its own will, and it clearly has no desire to let its pawn be destroyed, especially by a "mere human." It could tie into other theories that once Aizen is dead, the orb will show its true colors. More speculation, of course.