The torrent of Soul King's power, explanation

Key Takeaways

• Yhwach absorbs the Soul King, releasing a small black-eyed creature.
• These entities attack Soul Society and threaten the Soul Reapers.
• Aizen easily destroys creatures with his immense strength.

The war between the Soul Reapers and Quincy slowly reaches its peak. Bleach Millennium Blood Battle. After Quincy King Yhwach absorbs his father, Soul King Adnyeus, a vast ocean of small, one-eyed black creatures pours from the palace into Soul Society.

This ominous and eerie phenomenon isn't explained as well as fans would like. In the episode's key card, the animation tells the truth behind this mysterious entity, but it's up to the audience to interpret the information. The Soul King's torrent of power is another terrifying phenomenon in the Bleach world. Here's everything you need to know about it.

The torrent of Soul King's power, the sea of ​​hatred

The true enemy is the Reaper

After Ichigo Kurosaki is defeated by his friend Uryu Ishida, the Quincy King Yhwach prepares the next stage of his plan by absorbing his father, Soul King Adnyeus, and his right-hand man incarnated as a god named Mimihagi. Mimihagi was dispatched by Captain Juushirou Ukitake to replace the murdered Soul King. However, the solution hardly lasted as Yhwach quickly tore off the king's right arm and used his powers to immediately absorb both the king and Mimihagi.

But Adnyeus' power defies understanding and measurement, and even for Yhwach he is initially too difficult to control. The immense power Yhwach absorbed leaves his body and appears as a sea of ​​small, black, one-eyed creatures. This overwhelming substance pours down from the palace into Soul Society and immediately attacks the Soul Reapers. The actual reason why the torrent attacks Gotei 13 is unknown, but the episode's key card provides viewers with important information.

Episode key card translation:

A phenomenon in which the power of the Soul King, released from the seal, overwhelms Yohwak and overflows into his body. This essence, which looks like black muddy water, is a collection of spirit bodies resembling a one-eyed infant. It attacks those it perceives as enemies, collapsing them like a tsunami and biting them with its sharp fangs. There are various theories as to the reason for attacking the Reaper, including the unconscious repulsion that the Soul King was once sealed by the Reaper, the possibility that the Soul King's identity is that of a Quincy who holds a grudge against the Reaper, etc. Yhwach's will was mixed in this torrent.

Soul King Adnyeus's feelings toward the Soul Reapers are unknown. So the audience is left to theorize why the torrent of his power immediately harms the people he is supposed to rule. Moreover, why does the Soul King's power manifest into such a terrible being? These small black creatures with circular serrated fangs do not reflect the benevolent nature that Adnieus the Soul-King is said to have possessed. Perhaps its appearance and behavior would be even more defined due to its association with Yhwach.

However, as these creatures overwhelm the Soul Reapers, the appearance of Sōsuke Aizen, who possesses overwhelming power, destroys them. Thanks to his transcendental spiritual pressure and god-like power, he can easily destroy torrents just by applying spiritual pressure and using the powerful Kidou spell Hado 90: Kurohitsugi.