Time passes quickly.

After the final battle, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

More than ten years is a trivial amount of time for the god of death.

These were also extremely peaceful decades.

After all, there are no conspirators lurking in the dark anymore, and no avengers waiting in the wings to make a comeback.

Of course, even if such ambitious people really exist, with Xia Mu’s strength, he can easily get rid of them and nip the danger in the bud.

Hueco Mundo.

This is a very familiar area for Xia Mu.

Although he has not actually stayed here for many years, this area still has extraordinary significance to him.

His life started from here.

More than ten years ago, after the end of the Aizen Rebellion, Soul Society reformed the Hueco Mundo. Especially after the changes in the structure of Soul Society, Byakuya Kuchiki, as the captain of the Sixth Division, took the initiative to give up his power and led the Sixth Division under his command to carry out reforms.

From now on, the Sixth Division is no longer a noble team, but a division specifically responsible for the affairs of the Hueco Mundo.

They established a base in Hueco Mundo to monitor it, and tried to emulate the former Hueco Mundo and transform its environment. Unfortunately, this task was not completed because the Quincy of the Sterncross Knights took the initiative to appear in Hueco Mundo, and it ended there.

Byakuya Kuchiki led the team to fight against these Quincies.

That battle was the first battle between the Shinigami and the Quincies led by Yhwach after a thousand years, and it also marked the beginning of the thousand-year bloody war.

Since then, Soul Society has entered a state of preparation for war.

It was not until the end of the war and the completion of the repair work on Seireitei that Soul Society turned its attention back to Hueco Mundo.

More than a decade has passed, and now the transformation of Hueco Mundo has begun to show results.

There are many caves in Hueco Mundo.

This was originally the cave where Xu lived.

After all, the environment on the surface of Hueco Mundo is extremely harsh.

Not only was there sand and wind everywhere, there was no sun, it was night all day long, and the climate was extremely cold. There was not a single plant on the entire ground.

The Soul Society’s recent transformation of the Hueco Mundo, which was initially interrupted, is related to these caves.

At the beginning, Soul Society wanted to transform Hueco Mundo, which was related to the Hueco-Yamundo that Aizen once commanded.

The area of ​​Kyūya Palace is very large, and there is a magnificent sky dome inside it. The sky dome can imitate the movement of celestial phenomena, making the sky blue and white clouds. In addition, Aizen used special means to cultivate flowers, plants and trees in Kyūya Palace. It can be said that it is an ultimate environmental transformation.

However, when Soul Society started doing such things, they found that it was actually very difficult.

They want to establish a base in Soul Society, different from the single Hueco-Yoya Palace located in the center of Hueco Mundo.

For his own personal enjoyment, Aizen was able to gather the resources of the entire Hueco Mundo to support the Hueco-Yaguya.

The Soul Society is established to conduct various experiments in Hueco Mundo and to effectively monitor the entire Hueco Mundo.

It is impossible for them to build Hueco-Mundo palaces all over the place.

Moreover, it is difficult for ordinary buildings to stand in the windy, sandy and dangerous environment of Hueco Mundo.

Finally, the idea changed from building buildings above the ground to building underground cities.

Anyway, the environment in Hueco Mundo is very dark, it is night all day long, and there is actually not much difference between the ground and underground.

In the underground city, one only needs to place lamps to obtain light, which undoubtedly saves a lot of effort compared to building a flashy canopy.

In an underground city.

Xia Mu is a guest here.

“It’s really hard to imagine that in a place like Hueco Mundo, you can actually drink a cup of hot tea.”

He held the teacup, looked at the person in front of him, and sighed.

“I heard that this is tea you cultivated yourself?”

Compared with more than ten years ago, Xia Mu’s appearance has not changed at all. After all, the God of Death is an immortal species, and Xia Mu is in the prime of his youth. It is unknown how many years it will take for his appearance to change.

Xia Mu is like this.

Naturally, the appearance of the person opposite him did not change much, because in terms of youth, the person opposite him was much younger than Xia Mu.

“Yes.”

Byakuya Kuchiki, the former head of the Kuchiki family, one of the most powerful nobles, and now the captain who took the initiative to stay in Hueco Mundo and lead his team to transform Hueco Mundo, answered Natsuki truthfully.

“The environment of Hueco Mundo is harsh. In order to transform it, we, together with the 12th Division, have cultivated many crops that are suitable for the growing environment of Hueco Mundo. This tea is one of them.”

“Natsuki Kenpachi, what you are drinking is this year’s new tea.”

“Then I’m really honored.” Xia Mu said with a smile.

Since the end of the war more than ten years ago, he has retired from the position of captain. The new person who became the captain of the 11th Division is not Ichimaru Gin, nor Komamura Sajin, nor Tosen Kaname. Although these people have mastered Bankai and have extraordinary strength, it always feels that there is still something missing when they serve as the captain of the 11th Division.

Therefore, the new captain is Zaraki!
Only Zaraki is worthy of the name Kenpachi.

In other words, if there was no Natsuki, Zaraki himself would be Kenpachi after Kiganjo.

Now, letting Zaraki become the new Kenpachi can be regarded as returning the thing to its original owner and returning to its original trajectory.

“How come Kenpachi Natsuki has time to come to Hueco Mundo?” After some casual chatting, Byakuya Kuchiki asked Natsuki about more important matters.

Xia Mu smiled and said, “Just strolling around casually.”

“Since I retired as captain, I’ve finally experienced some leisure time that I haven’t had for a long time. The world is so big, and I really want to go explore it. So over the years, whenever I have time, I will leave Soul Society and travel around. The real world and Hueco Mundo are all places I’ve traveled to. If possible, I’d also like to visit the Western World. I heard that there’s a Western Bureau there, and our Soul Society is called the Eastern Bureau. Previously, after the destruction of the spirit dimension in the shadow of the Seireitei, the Quincies like Yhwach fled to the Western World. This is the main reason why we can’t find them.”

“I really want to know what the Western world looks like.”

Natsuki told Byakuya Kuchiki some of his thoughts truthfully.

Ever since defeating Yhwach and briefly experiencing the ability of omniscience and omnipotence, as well as conducting further investigations on Yhwach during the battle, things about the Western world are no longer a secret.

Byakuya Kuchiki listened to Natsuki’s story quietly.

He had great respect for Xia Mu.

The reason was that after the war, Natsuki saved his wife “Hisima”. Ever since marrying Hime that year, Kuchiki Byakuya has accepted the fact that Hime is a “whole” and her life span is not as long as that of the god of death. In fact, because of her fragility, she cannot withstand the environment of Seireitei with extremely high concentration of spirit particles.

Even though later, with the help of Urahara Kisuke, a prop was created specifically for blocking high-concentration spirit particles, allowing Hime to survive, but as time passed, all of her flaws were still revealed. They did not have the same vigorous vitality as the gods of death, nor did they have such a long lifespan.

Even though Urahara Kisuke used various props to keep Hisa’s appearance forever and allow her to survive, her life was still slipping away quietly, and the outward manifestation was that her health was getting worse and worse.

This is also the reason why Hijin rarely showed up in the later period. Even if Urahara Kisuke is a true genius, he cannot change the essence of life and transform it into a god of death.

But this doesn’t mean that no one in this world can do such a thing.

Urahara Kisuke can’t do it, but Natsuki can.

In other words, in the final period, after his Zanpakuto replaced the Soul King and became the wedge of the world, Natsuki already possessed such ability.

Natsuki’s Zanpakutō actually fits in well with the Spirit King’s power.

When he first achieved Bankai, he had the ability to modify everything in the universe. This ability can be seen as a weakened version of omniscience and omnipotence. Its range is not as large as omniscience and omnipotence, but within a limited area, it is not an exaggeration to say that Xia Mu is a god.

After that, this ability continued to evolve as it devoured more and more Spirit King fragments.

Until the final battle is over.

After Natsuki used his Zanpakutō to devour the Soul King’s body and replaced the original Soul King, although Natsuki did not directly devour the Soul King, due to the connection between his Zanpakutō and his master, his essence was almost the same as that of the former Yhwach, but he was not the Soul King’s son, but the Soul King’s father.

Yhwach has the power to grant humans abilities and transform them into Quincies.

In the original work, there are even Hollows among the Stern Cross Knights, and those Hollows also possess some of the power of the Quincy. This shows that the granting of this ability is not limited to a certain person.

So, is it possible to bestow power on those who have no power?

The answer is yes.

After the war, Xia Mu did this to Fei Zhen.

Since then, the relationship between Hime and Natsuki has been similar to that between the Quincy and Yhwach.

As long as Xia Mu is willing, he can deprive Fei Zhen of her life and soul, leaving her without even the chance to enter reincarnation.

Of course, Xia Mu couldn’t do that.

His act of bestowing power upon Hime only gave Hime spiritual power, transforming her from an entire being into a spiritual being. Perhaps because her spiritual power was not enough, she could not live for thousands or even tens of thousands of years like the powerful God of Death, but her lifespan was still beyond that of an ordinary being, which allowed her to stay with Byakuya Kuchiki for a long time.

It can be said that Natsuki owes a life-saving debt to Byakuya Kuchiki’s wife.

Kuchiki Byakuya naturally became more respectful towards Natsuki.

In the base of Hueco Mundo, after Natsuki had a conversation with Byakuya Kuchiki, he traveled around Hueco Mundo alone again.

Over the past decade, Soul Society has made many changes to Hueco Mundo.

But compared to the lifespan of the world itself, compared to the lifespan of the gods of death and the hollows, there haven’t been many changes in the Hueco Mundo at the moment.

You must know that even the originally magnificent Kyonyakū took Aizen nearly a hundred years to create.

“I hope that one day, this dead and hopeless world will be revitalized!”

Xia Mu said this while looking at the Hueco Mundo covered with yellow sand.

Although Soul Society is also pretty good, among the three realms, Hueco Mundo is actually very worth developing.

The balance of the three realms does not mean that Hueco Mundo must be in a state of desolation.

As he walked along, his powerful spiritual perception allowed him to easily sense many situations in Hueco Mundo.

In the current Hueco Mundo, there are only a few Great Voids.

The war with Hueco-Yoya and the destruction of the Great Hollow Forest were devastating blows to Hueco Mundo.

Although as long as humans exist and desires exist, there will always be an endless supply of Hollows being born, even the God of Death cannot stop this. As long as the number of Hollows is large enough, Big Hollows will still be born, but all of this takes time.

In the current Hueco Mundo, these conditions are obviously not met.

“Ok?”

Through spiritual perception, Xia Mu discovered a familiar Hollow.

He took a step forward.

The next moment, his figure suddenly appeared in front of the other person.

“long time no see!”

Looking at the four Arrancars in front of him, Natsuki greeted them.

In the desert, four Arrancars were playing happily.

After hearing Xia Mu’s words, they were stunned, and then two of the guys showed expressions of horror.

They were Pei Xue and Don De Cha Ka, both of whom were subordinates of Nelliel, one of the original Ten Blades.

After Nellie was murdered and expelled from the Kyon Palace, they had been guarding Nellie who had lost her memory. Later, after the battle at the Kyon Palace, they even mingled with Roca. Natsuki returned to the Hueco Mundo from hell and encountered them in the Kyon Palace. He learned many reasons for the battle and then returned to the real world with the help of Roca.

They haven’t seen each other since then.

I never thought that we would meet here again today.

Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka naturally recognized Xia Mu, otherwise they would not have shown such expressions.

Even though Xia Mu let them go at the beginning, they must know that the person in front of them is the God of Death. The relationship between the God of Death and the Hollows is not very harmonious, especially in recent years, the God of Death has been carrying out drastic construction in the Hueco Mundo, and many Hollows have been killed by the God of Death because they took the initiative to provoke trouble.

“Don’t be so nervous.”

Natsuki said to the two Arrancar.

“It is fate that we can meet in this vast virtual world.”

“I won’t do anything to you.”

He spoke, calming the two Arrancar.

Then, he looked at the other two female Arrancars.

Unlike the frightened Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka, these two did not show much expression.

Luo Jia herself doesn’t have any independent opinions, so she looks confused.

And Nilu looked at Xia Mu with some confusion.

Xia Mu ignored Luo Jia and went to the confused Nilu. He didn’t know what he was thinking about, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. “I wonder if you are interested in becoming the king of Hueco Mundo?”

Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka were shocked when they heard this.

Nilu became more and more confused.

Xia Mu didn’t explain too much.

He just felt that sometimes, it would be better to have a king in Hueco Mundo to control the Hollows in the entire Hueco Mundo, rather than having the God of Death directly manage Hueco Mundo. (End of this chapter)