Despite having among the least impact on the outcomes of the so-called "Protection of the Soul King Great War", NaNaNa Najahkoop was among the few Sternritter to survive Yhwach's forcible removal of their powers through the Auswhlen, which normally leaves its targets dead. Beyond that, the fact that the Quincy King had abandoned him and the other survivors did not deter him from trying to stop the Shinigami on the ground from figuring out a means to get to the Soul King's Palace.