Chapter 641 - 641 Breakthrough To Godhood!

Regarding his failure to break through, Toshiro was also puzzled. He had only thought that breaking through to the True God-level was too difficult, or that he lacked something in some aspects.

But he never imagined that Hyorinmaru would say that the 'culprit' for his failure to break through was her.

Then Hyorinmaru said with a sad expression: "When I saw you preparing to leave, a sudden surge of strong reluctance, fear, panic, and unease welled up in my heart, as if I would never see you again. In that instant, I suddenly understood..."

"I have actually been afraid... afraid of losing you, afraid of parting from you, afraid of never being able to see you again. So..."

"I instinctively resisted deep in my heart. I resisted you breaking through, resisted you becoming True God-level."

"A Zanpakuto is evolved from a Shinigami's soul and is itself a part of the Shinigami. So for a Shinigami to break the limit and become a god, they must completely fuse with the power of their Zanpakuto."

"And after the power of the Zanpakuto fuses with the Shinigami's power, the Zanpakuto itself will revert to being an ordinary sword. It will no longer be a companion that shares one heart and one body, living and dying together with the Shinigami. In fact, the Zanpakuto's consciousness might even disappear..."

"But... I didn't want to disappear, because... then I would never see Toshiro again..."

Tears slid down her face. Hyorinmaru, whose personality had always been cold and aloof, said with a tearful voice: "So although I kept saying I was worried about you and doing things for your own good, and always acted like I was helping you train, as if I wanted you to break through soon, in my subconscious I was always resisting this matter. I really am a... selfish and despicable person!"

"Sigh, there's just no helping it. For the always cold and proud Hyorinmaru to show such a girlish side, how can I scold you?" Toshiro sighed, reaching out to wipe the tears from Hyorinmaru's face.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Toshiro..." Hyorinmaru cried even harder.

"Although I don't want to part with you, Toshiro, and want you to stay here with me forever, now it seems... it really won't work after all. Toshiro is a kind person. He can't just abandon his companions. So I can't be willful anymore..."

Having said that, Hyorinmaru wiped away her tears and forced a smile: "Thank you, Toshiro. I am very happy to have been your Zanpakuto. I hope we can meet again someday..."

Then Hyorinmaru's body suddenly became illusory and transparent.

"..."

Toshiro's heart tightened, and he instinctively reached out to grab Hyorinmaru.

But Toshiro's hand grasped empty air. Hyorinmaru's illusory and transparent figure suddenly turned into countless ice-blue points of light that merged into Toshiro's body.

Then those ice-blue points of light turned into a powerful yet pure force that flowed through Toshiro's limbs and bones.

At the same time, as the power of the Zanpakuto perfectly fused with Toshiro, Toshiro felt as if something incomplete had been repaired, becoming perfect and whole again.

Then the Reiryoku within Toshiro's body began to circulate automatically, like a vast ocean rushing endlessly, repeatedly scouring the bottleneck of the True God-level.

Crack!

Finally, with the continuous impact of Toshiro's Reiryoku, the bottleneck obstructing his breakthrough began to show cracks.

Crack...

Bang!

The bottleneck obstructing Toshiro's breakthrough shattered with a bang.

Boom!

A powerful pressure suddenly erupted from Toshiro's body. The entire inner world shook. Then, with Toshiro's breakthrough, the already vast and boundless Inner World began to expand even further.

At the same time, Toshiro's Reiryoku as a Shinigami began to completely transform into the Divine Power. In just a short moment, Toshiro's Reiryoku completely transformed into Divine Power, which was of a higher order than Reiryoku.

Moreover, this Divine Power, transformed from Reiryoku, also began to remodel Toshiro's body, causing it to evolve towards perfection.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, on the rooftop of a dilapidated building.

Unohana glanced at Toshiro beside her, then at where Rangiku was in the distance, and found herself in a dilemma.

Aizen was walking step by step towards Rangiku. If Unohana ignored him, Rangiku would clearly die at Aizen's hands. But if she went to save Rangiku, aside from the question of whether she could win, Toshiro beside her would fall into crisis.

Toshiro's body had been too severely injured in the previous battle with Aizen. Without her treatment and maintenance, it would be very difficult for him to hold on.

"Toshiro... what should I..."

Boom!!!

While Unohana was hesitating, an extremely powerful, earth-shattering Reiatsu suddenly erupted from Toshiro beside her. It even surpassed Shinigami and Hollow.

Even Unohana, at the peak of Beyond Captain-level, could not withstand it and was forced back step by step.

Then, the powerful Reiatsu rolled up violent air currents that swept in all directions.

"Hmm?"

Aizen, who was walking towards where Rangiku and Gin were, suddenly sensed a powerful, heart-palpitating Reiatsu. He involuntarily stopped and turned to look behind him.

In the distance, on the rooftop of a building, a huge blue Reiatsu Pillar shot into the sky. Violent air currents around it formed a giant tornado that raged across sky and earth. Even from a distance, the strong currents still blew Aizen's hair about.

"That direction... is where Toshiro-kun is," Aizen said with surprise.

"Heh heh heh... How interesting. As expected of the opponent I recognize. Truly a man skilled at creating miracles. But... what a pity. Even if you are reborn and return, you still won't change the outcome of this war..."

Aizen was not too worried about Toshiro suddenly erupting with powerful Reiatsu and seeming about to be reborn and return.

Because he had more confidence in his own strength at this moment. He believed that even if Toshiro's strength increased greatly and he returned, he still could not be his match.

…

Inside Toshiro's Inner World.

With Toshiro's breakthrough complete, everything returned to calm. Apart from the Inner World expanding in area, it seemed to have undergone some strange change, appearing to have gained a sense of 'vigor'.

The original Inner World had been icy cold, as if freezing all life. Now, although it was still filled with snow and ice, it also gave people a feeling of abundant vitality.

But Toshiro, after breaking through, still stood dazedly on the top of the ice mountain.

"So this is the power of the True God-level, surpassing Shinigami and Hollow? It is indeed powerful. But... why? Why do I not feel the slightest joy after breaking through? Hey, why is that, Hyorinmaru?" Two streams of tears slid down his face. Toshiro asked with a sad expression.

But apart from the howling wind, no one answered Toshiro.

"Hey, am I really useless, Hyorinmaru? I just said I wouldn't let my companions cry, and in the blink of an eye, I made you cry..." Toshiro murmured to himself, looking at an ice bead in his hand.

This ice bead was Hyorinmaru's tear. When Toshiro had wiped Hyorinmaru's tears earlier, they had fallen into his hand. The originally warm tears instantly froze into an ice bead upon falling into Toshiro's hand.

Then Toshiro looked up, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, as if trying to exhale the sadness in his heart together.

Finally, when Toshiro opened his eyes again, the sadness on his face was gone, replaced by renewed determination: "Hyorinmaru, you just watch. Watch me defeat Aizen and end this sorrowful war!"

…

Outside world.

The blue Reiatsu Pillar disappeared. Just as Unohana was about to step forward to check, Toshiro, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.