You were right, I checked this afternoon and my ppm had gone way down. I just added another 5 jugs of bleach and think I finally got it. Reading was a very very dark yellow (off the charts for my test kit).

Also added some baking soda to try to increase the alk.

Pool water is yellowish brown. Still can't see to the bottom but looks better/lighter. I suspect there are still a ton of leaves on the bottom that I didn't scoop and couldn't see.

Pump is running now and I'll test again in a few hrs to make sure my reading wasn't misleadingly high since I had just added the bleach.

I think I have cleared my local walmart of their entire bleach supply!