Within the vast void of the Garganta lay numerous pockets of space form of souls that lost themselves in the cycle of reincarnation and within the largest of these valleys of screams was one where a great white tree grew over high above the mountains and within its trunk lay the King's seal the Oin.

However, instead of its form being an elegant golden stamp, with decorative leaves and curves. It was now pale, dark, rusted and flaking. While deep red cracks spread across it to the point that it looked like it could fall apart at any moment, and from those cracks black blobs of phosphorus leaked out and merged with the air itself, making it dark and heavy.

At the edge of the sight stood Ganryu, Riyan a man with a matching uniform with purple and Benin, a young woman with long violet hair wearing a green cap, the last two members of his clan standing by his side, and next to them was the Director Sado, and Riruka, along with three sternritter, Candice, Pepe and James, and Vanguard Ginjo, along with dozens of officers and special agents.

Sado then looked over to the Oin. 'So you are saying that the demons of hell escape from those cracks in the seal?' Yastoda asked for confirmation while Ganryu nodded.

"The king's seal is a divine instrument with power over space, time, matter and energy, made to permanently seal off realms from one another to prevent invasion..." He then focused his gaze on the cracks on the object, 'Or at least it used to…'

Candice then placed her hands on her hips. 'Okay. So, what exactly are we going to face off against, besides Shinigmai?'

Ganryu then narrowed his eyes at the broken seal. 'That would be the Togabito' He answered ominously. "The sinners of hell, who have committed terrible sins in their life, and their lust for power, control, and desire, they pushed themselves beyond the limits of their former mortal coil and achieved terrible abilities and might at their back and call'

Pepe's gaze then became stern. 'So I can guess they will be quite the handful to deal with?'

Ganryu then closed his eyes. 'Only to the average soul, for Quincy and Fullbringers of your caliber most Togabito would be little more than cannon fodder for you all. 'He opened his eyes and his gaze became more focused. 'No, the real danger is their sheer overwhelming numbers and the countless Kunshu-tachi who lead them'

Chad then raised an eyebrow. 'The Kunshu-tachi?"

'The Overlords of Hell...' Ganryu explained. "Each of whom conquered and rules over a circle of Hell and leads a legion of over a hundred thousand sinners'

Everyone in the group then gasped in uneasiness on hearing those numbers.

Ginjo then stood up. 'And how many circles of Hell are there exactly?

Ganryu then turned his head to face the vanguard and the group. 'From what I have learned...around 82,562'

At hearing that the rest of the group widened their eyes in outright horror.

'But that's...' Riruka began to stutter. 'Is over eight billion sinners we are talking about!' She shouted in disbelief. 'Are you telling me the shinigmai have an army just as big as Barragan's!?'

Ganryu then glanced at Riruka. 'Yes...and one much more powerful' he explains as he looked toward the broken seal. 'For the lower the circle of Hell is, the more powerful the sinners in there are, along with the Kunshu that lead them,' he then folded his arms and turned to face the group. 'With those in the upper hundreds rivaling the power of a Sternritter'

Everyone immediately stiffened themselves at perhaps the most troubling reevaluation of them all. But then Gannryu remained stern.

'Thankfully the Seal is strong to prevent those upper tiers from passing through and as long as we all remain vigilant none of these sinners will pass through!

Ginjo then embedded his sword into the earth. 'Which is why it is all the more important we hold our ground here until it reaches that point,' He declared, and looked over to the rest of the group. 'And since these enemies are cannon fodder we should be able to succeed so long as we all keep our heads in the game and watch each other's backs!'

James then grinned. 'Of course!' he shouted out

Candice smiled while rolling her eyes. 'Like I needed the motivation.

Sado, while remaining silent, nodded in approval.

Riruke then huffed. 'Well obviously' she said dismissively while flocking her hair.

Ganryu then walked next to Ginjo and gave a smirked. 'Your fortitude is admirable' he then looked over the cracks in Oin and readied himself. 'Now let's see if it can be put to the test!'

On hearing the leader of the Dark One's announcement everyone in the group readied themselves as countless number of Spiritual pressures radiated from the seal, while the black Phosphorous became thicker.

Then without warning a gigantic mouth instantly appeared in front of the group much to their shock aside from the Dark One's and a second later it open up to to reveal a black pit of tar like substance, before thousands of human like beings dressed in tattered black clothes emerged from the substance while grinning viciously at their foes with glee and then quicky, drew out their dark and twisted weapons before them. Which consisted of blackened chains, spears, swords, axes, claws, and even a few guns, and next to them were the ghouls, demonic-looking horned hollows that lack masks and have their holes merging out of their bodies, and unlike the sinners, they radiated no form of spiritual pressure.

Then as the portal enlarged out came one of the Kunshu-tachi. Who was a massive muscular giant of a man, whose arms were decorated in various tribal tattoos while his hairy chest lay bare, his lower body was fastened with a leather loincloth with a black metal belt and his head completely covered in a matching spiked helmet. Then when he roared he stretched out his hands and out of his palms sprouted two massive black jagged broadswords, that dripped with their master's blood.

Ganryu then narrowed his eyes at the massive enemy. 'He is the first of the overlord that we must face,' he said, while the rest of the group looked on uneasy.

'Now let's begin'

The Fullbingers, Quincy, and the Dark Ones then readied themselves and lunged at the legions of Hell.

Knowing that if they falter for a moment, the world they know would be doomed.

Meanwhile, within the outskirts of the Dangai. A group of Quincy, consisting of Yuzu, Shinji, Jensnnok, Ohi, and Bazz-B stood surrounded by a horde of Kushinia and above them stood two shinigami and an Arrancar, who were Aizen, Touse,n and Stark standing on top a barrier in front of the titans. While in center of the Quincy Squadron stood the leader of the regiment.

Kyiv Jager.

'All right, here are your orders, s' Kyiv announced with enough authority as possible. 'We all have eight months in the dangai to train ourselves for the upcoming invasion of hell, and due to the time displacement within this dimension, only half an hour will pass in the outside world,' he then looked at all of the Sternritters who stood at attention. 'Each of you is chosen to participate in this training not just because you are recruits but also for your potential,' he then snapped his fingers and the two shinigami and Stark jumped down to meet the recruits. 'And they along with myself will be your training partners'

Jensnnok then eyed questionably. 'Uh I don't want to complain but are you sure we should allow the shingmai to train with us?' He asked uncertainty. 'Like handling the Kushinda?'

Aizen then stepped forward. 'I and Tousen have already created a barrier to ward off the Kushinda from attacking any of you sort of like a warding marker and if you have doubts of any of us training you...'

Both Aizen and Tousen manifested both of their zanpakuto from black orbs of photophasm and grasped hold of them.

'I can assure that in this realm our powers are not bounded by the Oin Seal,' he said with a hint of bloodlust, and upon feeling their Spiritual power, the rest of the recruits realized that they are going to be in the toughest training regiment in their lives.

During that time Ichigo went to the underground training hologram training rooms of the Quincy Academy with the setting being the grassy hills with the two clear moons. While staring deeply at his two zanpakuto in thought.

Then he heard someone sliding the door open, who turned out to be the alternate version of his sister Karin, much to his surprise.

'Sup?' She asked casually while playing with her fullbringer ball. While Ichigo looked on bemused.

'Uh...Hi' he raised his hand and Karen looked at it blankly before continuing to play with her ball.

'Yep...despite looking like him, you are a different version of my brother' she commented. "Especially since he would never act so dorky when someone says hi to him"

Ichigo then gave her sister an annoyed scowl. 'Well, you pretty much are exactly like my sister back home. Right down to playing the same sports'

Karen then huffed. 'I'll take that as a compliment...so what exact training are you doing here? Because I was curious about how much stronger you could be with you still recovering and all'

Ichigo sighed. "I was thinking of how I could get strong enough to beat Yamamoto, before he arrives here by next year...and I am completely stumped'

The young Kurosaki then stopped playing with her ball and looked at Ichigo puzzled. 'Couldn't you like get stronger by just sparing with someone?' She asked but Ichigo shook his head.

'Simply doing that isn't enough. What I need is to become one with my zanpakuto just like what the old man of this world did... but the only technique I know that can do that would just result in me losing my powers...' Ichigo then gripped his fist and narrowed his eyebrows in frustration. 'And I seriously doubt it would be enough to take someone like that down in a single hit'

Kain then looked out into the distance. 'Well if you put it like that does seem like a rather useless technique' she bluntly spoke and Ichigo at her dispassionately.

'I rather not say it like that but...' Ichigo then let out reluctantly. 'You have a point.' he then looked towards Kain. 'I don't suppose you don't have any pointers do you?'

Karin Shurged. 'I am honestly just as clueless as you are,' she admitted casually, while Ichigo exhaled a breath of disappointment. 'But...' she spoke out and Ichigo looked at her interest. 'Maybe you could like...use all your soul abilities to merge your zanpaktou into your soul or something?'

The shinigami stared at Yuzu momentarily and then looked at his twin zanpaktou. 'I am not sure if it is that simple...' he said uncertainly. 'For a zanpaktou isn't like a regular tool, it is an extension of yourself that represents everything about you,' Ichigo explains, while picking up the two blades. 'The good, the bad, the ugly, your weakness, your strength, resolve, instinct, everything, and to truly master one's zanpaktou one needs to understand and accept all of that. Otherwise, you can never unleash its true potential'

The younger Kurosaki stared at the blades and then at Ichigo before looking at the twin moons in the holographic sky. 'I can't say I understand since it sounds a bit too psychological for my tastes.' She then looked at her ball. 'You may already know this, but my Fullbring is a tool and weapon for me. That I have just enough fondness for to pull out its soul and activate its abilities'

Ichigo then let out a short laugh. 'Yeah, it was the same thing for my substitute badge,' he then pulled it out from his pocket and showed it to Kain. "Used this to go into my shinigami form whenever a hollow was nearby. But since everyone knows about that stuff in this world, it was no longer necessary...heck, it doesn't ring out a single time when a Hollow is near anymore.

'A world where spirits were kept a secret huh?' Kain mused. 'Given all I have seen that sounds a bit mundane,' She then looked at the badge. 'But still, I think that if you managed to become one with your zanpaktou or whatever. I think the idea of using all your abilities to merge with yours is still worth a shot; after all, what could you lose?'

Ichigo then looked over to Karin, then to his two zanpaktou, and eventually his badge deep in thought.

Until he heard a call from his iPhone and answered it

'Yeah?' he answered.

'Ichigo!' Uryu called out in an urgent tone. 'You need to get up to the Black City now, for the sensors have detected three shinigami within the dimension!'

The teen's eyes widened," What!?' he shouted in panic, much to Kain's concern. While Uryu continued.

'Two of which are lieutenants...and one of them a captain!

Later, within the streets of the black city, three individuals dressed in black robes and one of them with red hair walked among the ruined districts.

'So this is the Black City, huh?' the voice of a rough man spoke out. 'Definitely looks mighty robust and high tech compared to the burn out ruins on the surface'

A woman's voice responded with the coldness of ice yet the softness of snow. 'Which as one of the few places not touched by Barragan's forces it is to be expected...' she looked over the tall buildings and the carnival across the lake. "A shame that will soon be covered in flames"

'Indeed sister…' Another male's voice spoke out, though it sounded deeper and a bit more refined. Because I am expecting a new challenge after spending centuries of battling just sinners and ghouls'

They then appeared in front of the main headquarters of the building while being surrounded by a whole squadron of Fullbrigners who pulled out all their weapons. Along them with them they were soon join by Ichigo, Karin and Uryu.

And upon seeing them the Shinigmi's eyes widen in despair and resignation. While reluctantly barring his two zanpakuto at them.

One was a brown-eyed red-haired man with spiky red hair tied in a ponytail and a black bandana wrapped around his forehead wielding his zanpaktou over his shoulder.

The woman next to him was short, with purple eyes and black short hair. With a few bangs of it going over her forehead while folding her arms.

And in between them was a tall man with gray eyes and black hair held together with a white hairpiece.

For they were friends and allies in his Home universe.

Byakuya, Renji and Rukia.