The new flashback was really interesting. None of that was in the manga, and it hinted at stuff that were only revealed in the sequel novels by Narita. We're probably going to get the Soul King's full backstory at some point.
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So back in the day Ichibe actually tried to make peace between Yhwach and the Soul Society, wanting the Quincies to just sit back and relax in their splendor and leave things be...but Yhwach wasn't having it. He feels that separating life from death is an aberration that causes nothing but problems, and he won't be deceived into thinking this three separate worlds created by the Soul King is correct  .
In fact it seems like Yhwach...is actually the Soul King's son? In some form? And the Soul King passes on this multiple pupil powers onto both Yhwach and Ichibe (who was there during his birth, apparently?). And Ichibe uses it to seal up Yhwach's powers, not that he's too fussed about it  . |
Ichibe doesn't have the multiple pupil powers, he was using the left arm of the Soul King (if you recall his appearance, all of the SK's limbs were missing) to seal Yhwach's powers. It's not like it was his own arm, so he doesn't care. This of course only made Yhwach more disgusted by Ichibe.
This also means Yhwach was nerfed when he faced Yamamoto a thousand years ago.
We pretty much entered new territory even for anime watchers here. Yhwach escaping the cage now and with this method to boot is a major change. Depending on how things go next week, cour 3 and 4 could be very different from the manga.