Chapter Summaries

Miho told Li Chuan that Seiya had been captured, and Li Chuan rescued him without trading the Gold Cloth. After returning to the villa with Sharna and four other captives, Saori questioned them about the Sanctuary and its new Pope, Alexer.

• Miho arrived at the Kido villa and told Li Chuan that Seiya had been captured and the attackers demanded the Gold Cloth for his release.
• Li Chuan used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Seiya, defeated Sharna, Esther, and the three Ghost Fighter brothers, then healed Seiya's injuries.
• Li Chuan returned to the villa with Seiya and the five unconscious Saints, using Apparition to bring them back.
• Saori questioned the captives about Alexer and whether the Sanctuary had sent any other Saints, but Docrates refused to provide information.
• Li Chuan reflected that many Saints remained loyal to Athena despite their belief that Aiolos had betrayed her, because Saga had impersonated Pope Shion.

Tatsumi revealed that Saori Kido was Athena, and the Gold Scepter awakened her Cosmo. Saori recognized the Saints, granted Li Chuan the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, and turned Sharna and the others against the Pope.

• Tatsumi revealed that Mitsumasa Kido had received Saori and the Gold Cloth from Aiolos and disclosed that Saori was Athena.
• Tatsumi gave Saori the Gold Scepter, awakening her Cosmo and revealing a vision of Athena behind her.
• The Sagittarius Cloth flew to Saori, Ikki returned wearing the Phoenix Cloth, and constellation phantoms appeared behind the Saints.
• Saori declared herself Athena and granted Li Chuan the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, which greatly amplified his Cosmo.
• Seiya celebrated Saori's identity, while Sharna and the others began to accept that the Pope might have betrayed Athena.

After Saori Kido awakened as Athena, Li Chuan persuaded Sharna, Docrates, and the other Saints to join her side and questioned them about the Sanctuary. Their account led the group to suspect Alexer had impersonated Pope Shion, while Li Chuan knew Saga was responsible and that Kanon was Saga’s twin brother.

• Saori Kido affirmed that she was Athena, and Sharna, Docrates, and the others knelt and pledged their loyalty to her.
• Li Chuan healed the Saints and questioned them, learning that the Sanctuary had grown cruel under Alexer’s rule after Pope Shion’s death.
• Sharna explained that the Pope had hidden his face since Aiolos’s rebellion and that his attendants had been executed.
• Seiya and Li Chuan reasoned that the Pope who tried to kill Saori thirteen years earlier might have been an impostor.
• Shun suggested the Underworld might be involved, but Ikki rejected the theory, and Shiryu proposed that Alexer had killed and impersonated Shion.
• The group accepted Shiryu’s theory, while Li Chuan knew Saga had killed Shion and Alexer and that Saga had a twin brother named Kanon.

Li Chuan and the Bronze Saints planned to build their strength and weaken the Sanctuary before confronting the false Pope. Li Chuan took Seiya to the Sanctuary to find Marin and investigate, and suggested Seiya’s missing sister Seika might be in Athens or a nearby village.

• Seiya wanted to attack the Sanctuary, but Sharna warned that its Silver and Gold Saints were far stronger than the Bronze Saints.
• Li Chuan proposed finding allies and strengthening their side while defeating Saints sent by the false Pope, and Saori Kido agreed.
• The group split up: Ikki stayed to protect Saori Kido, while Hyoga, Shun, and Shiryu went to find their masters.
• Li Chuan took Seiya to the mountains near the Sanctuary using Apparition, planning to find Marin and gather information.
• Li Chuan reasoned that Seika might have stopped in Athens or a nearby village while searching for Seiya, and Seiya decided to ask Saori Kido to search there.

Li Chuan and Seiya infiltrated the Sanctuary, where Li Chuan used lightning to stop the brutal training supervisors. The trainees called it Athena’s heavenly punishment, while Saga ordered Sharna to recover the Gold Cloth and execute the Bronze Saints.

• Li Chuan cast Illusion Charms on himself and Seiya, and they sneaked into the Sanctuary while suppressing their Cosmos.
• Li Chuan and Seiya witnessed the trainees enduring deadly training, and Li Chuan stopped Seiya from intervening.
• Li Chuan used the Weather Charm to summon lightning that struck down the Sanctuary grunts supervising the training.
• The trainees hailed the lightning as Athena’s punishment, and Saga ordered training suspended after Gigars reported the supervisors’ deaths.
• Saga demanded that Sharna recover the Gold Cloth and execute the Bronze Saints, then declared that he would become god.

Li Chuan and Seiya found Marin speaking with Aiolia, the Leo Gold Saint, and tried to leave the Sanctuary with her. Aiolia stopped them and knocked Marin unconscious, leaving Li Chuan and Seiya facing him.

• Li Chuan and Seiya discovered Marin talking with Aiolia and tried to hide from the Gold Saint.
• Aiolia sensed their hidden Cosmos, and Li Chuan dispelled the Illusion Charm and revealed himself and Seiya.
• Marin punched Seiya and secretly told him to leave the Sanctuary and wait for her in Athens.
• Aiolia blocked Li Chuan and Seiya from leaving, refusing to let them go without answering to the Pope.
• Marin grabbed Aiolia from behind to help Seiya escape, but Aiolia broke free and knocked her unconscious.

Li Chuan tricked Aiolia with Sage Art: Tsukuyomi and escaped the Sanctuary with Seiya and Marin. Aiolia realized Li Chuan had only wanted to get them away and secretly wished Marin happiness outside the Sanctuary.

• Li Chuan explained his escape plan to Seiya through Mind Transmission as Aiolia approached with his golden Cosmo.
• Li Chuan powered up and pretended to challenge Aiolia, then trapped him in the Tsukuyomi World with Sage Art: Tsukuyomi.
• While Aiolia experienced three days in the illusion, Li Chuan carried Seiya and Marin beyond the Sanctuary's barrier.
• Aiolia emerged at the foot of Sanctuary Mountain and launched an Atomic Light Speed Punch, but stopped when Li Chuan held Marin in its path.
• Li Chuan escaped with Seiya and Marin using Flying Thunder God, and Aiolia understood that he had only been trying to flee.

Li Chuan, Seiya, and Marin escaped the Sanctuary with Hyoga and discovered that the villagers in Hyoga’s home had been forced to build a pyramid for the Pope. After Hyoga freed them, his mind-controlled master, the Crystal Saint, attacked, and Li Chuan knocked him down to remove the illusion.

• Li Chuan reappeared on the East Siberian Great Glacier with Seiya and an unconscious Marin, then explained that they had encountered Gold Saint Aiolos in the Sanctuary.
• Li Chuan and the others reached Hyoga’s deserted village, used his flying cloud to search the area, and found villagers being whipped into building a pyramid.
• Hyoga defeated the soldiers who were abusing the villagers, and Yakov told him that the Sanctuary had conscripted them and that the Crystal Saint had gone to confront the Pope.
• The Crystal Saint returned and attacked Li Chuan’s group, while Hyoga tried to explain and dodged without fighting back.
• Li Chuan knocked down the Crystal Saint and told Hyoga that an illusion had controlled his mind.

Li Chuan resisted Saga’s Phantom Demon Emperor Fist and escaped Siberia with Hyoga, the Crystal Saint, and the others. He brought them to Andromeda Island to join Shun and Cepheus Albio, but a powerful red rose attacked just as they prepared to leave.

• Li Chuan tried to free the Crystal Saint from Saga’s control, but Saga used the Phantom Demon Emperor Fist to force Li Chuan to stab himself through the heart.
• Li Chuan healed his wound and retaliated with Genjutsu: Ignis, burning Saga through their mental connection before Saga dispelled the illusion.
• After healing the villagers, Li Chuan took Seiya, Marin, Hyoga, and the Crystal Saint to Andromeda Island using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Shun welcomed Li Chuan, and the Crystal Saint decided to protect Athena after learning the truth about the Pope.
• Li Chuan prepared to teleport the group back to Saori Kido’s villa, but a powerful red rose struck his sword wheel, and Albio knocked it away.

Li Chuan fought Pisces Aphrodite while Albio and the others confronted Scorpio Milo on Andromeda Island. Li Chuan used four thousand Shadow Clones and Expelliarmus to strip Aphrodite of his Gold Cloth, then began sealing its pieces as Aphrodite struggled to stop him.

• Scorpio Milo declared Albio and the Saints on Andromeda Island traitors and attacked Albio, while Misty and Spica revealed that they had betrayed him.
• Li Chuan stopped Crystal Saint, Marin, and the Bronze Saints from fighting Aphrodite and sent them to help Albio, choosing to face Aphrodite himself.
• Li Chuan activated his strongest techniques and clashed with Aphrodite’s Piranha Rose, then taunted him and surrounded him with four thousand Shadow Clones.
• Aphrodite launched his Bloody Rose at Li Chuan, but four thousand Expelliarmus spells struck him and made his Gold Cloth explode apart.
• Li Chuan teleported among the scattered Cloth pieces and sealed them, while Aphrodite defended himself against the Shadow Clones’ lightning spears with Light Speed Punches.

Li Chuan defeated Aphrodite by wearing the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius and overpowering him with Light Speed: Evening Elephant, then sealed him instead of killing him. He hurried to the battle between Albio and Milo, where the Bronze Saints had been badly wounded.

• Aphrodite's Light Speed Punch destroyed Li Chuan's Shadow Clones, but Li Chuan pulled the blood-filled White Rose from his chest without harm.
• Li Chuan summoned and donned the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius, declaring that Athena had chosen him as its new Gold Saint.
• Aphrodite refused to abandon his loyalty to the Pope and attacked Li Chuan with a Light Speed Punch.
• Li Chuan overwhelmed Aphrodite with Light Speed: Evening Elephant and blasted him into a huge pit.
• Li Chuan sealed the injured Aphrodite inside the Totsuka Blade to preserve the Sanctuary's strength, then rushed toward Albio and Milo's battlefield.

Li Chuan tried to persuade Milo that the Pope had deceived him, then returned to the Kido family villa before teleporting to Mount Gorōhō to help Shiryu and Dohko. The chapter ended with Li Chuan sealing off the area as Deathmask tried to retreat.

• Li Chuan healed his allies and urged Milo to join Athena’s side, but Milo refused to verify the truth and returned to the Sanctuary to investigate secretly.
• Li Chuan teleported everyone except the two Andromeda Island traitors to the Kido family villa, then used Flying Thunder God to reach Shiryu at Mount Gorōhō.
• Shiryu explained that Deathmask had come to assassinate his master, Dohko, and that Mu’s arrival had prevented Deathmask from attacking.
• Deathmask decided to retreat rather than fight Dohko and Mu together, but Li Chuan sealed off the space around Mount Gorōhō and donned the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius.

Li Chuan sealed Deathmask’s escape and defeated him using his techniques and the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, then sealed him away. The chapter ended with Dohko and Mu praising Li Chuan’s potential as a future pillar of the coming Holy War.

• Li Chuan sealed the space around Deathmask to prevent his teleportation, then countered Deathmask’s Corpse Explosion Netherworld Wave with flying swords.
• Li Chuan and Deathmask traded attacks while Mu chose not to interfere, trusting the new Sagittarius Saint to fight alone.
• Deathmask restrained Li Chuan with psychokinesis, but Li Chuan trapped him in Tsukuyomi and used four thousand Shadow Clones to shatter the Crab Cloth.
• Li Chuan severely wounded Deathmask with Light Speed: Evening Elephant and sealed him with Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade.
• Li Chuan told Dohko and Mu that his Cosmo had only reached Silver, and Dohko praised his skill and predicted that he would become a central pillar in the coming Holy War.

After sealing Deathmask and learning the truth about the Pope, Li Chuan and Athena’s allies launched their assault on the Sanctuary. They defeated the ambushing Silver Saints and soldiers, exposed the staged attack on Saori Kido, and prepared to continue toward the Twelve Houses.

• Li Chuan told Mu, Dohko, and the others what had happened, and they agreed to reclaim the Sanctuary in a final battle.
• Saori Kido sent a letter requesting an audience with the Pope, then joined Li Chuan and Athena’s allies on a flight to the Sanctuary.
• At the training ground, Silver Saints and soldiers attacked the group, while Tremy of Sagitta revealed himself and fired a Golden Arrow at Saori.
• Li Chuan and the others revealed that Saori’s apparent injury was an illusion, and more than a thousand Li Chuan clones overwhelmed the attackers with water and lightning techniques.
• Li Chuan dispelled the clones and released Saori and the others from an expanded box, explaining that he had hidden them there before the attack.

Saori Kido and her allies advanced through the Twelve Temples, winning Aldebaran’s allegiance after she revealed Athena’s Cosmo. At Gemini, Saga sent Shaka and Shura to stop them, and they accused Saori of being Pandora as she tried to convince them otherwise.

• Saori Kido revealed her vast Cosmo at Taurus Temple, and Aldebaran joined her after recognizing her as Athena.
• After learning that the group had broken through Taurus, Saga ordered Shaka and Shura to eliminate the supposed Pandora and her allies.
• Mu warned the group that Saga of Gemini might be the false Pope, and Li Chuan wondered whether Saga would confront them himself.
• At Gemini, Shaka and Shura accused Mu and Aldebaran of serving Pandora, and Saori raised her Gold Scepter to show them Athena’s Cosmo.

Mu and Aldebaran held off Shaka and Shura while Li Chuan escorted Athena and Albio toward the Golden Temples. Saga ambushed them at the Gemini Temple, but Li Chuan trapped him with Tsukuyomi and sent Albio and Athena onward.

• Mu challenged Shaka, while Aldebaran blocked Shura and began the battle of Gold.
• Li Chuan and Albio continued toward the Golden Temples with Athena as Shaka agreed to let them pass and fight Mu without counterattacking.
• Saga, disguised as the Pope, confronted Li Chuan and revealed himself as the Gemini Saint before attacking with Galaxian Explosion.
• Li Chuan used Sage Art: Tsukuyomi to make Saga disappear, then ordered Albio to take Athena and flee the Gemini Temple.

Li Chuan confronted Saga in Gemini Temple and endured his attacks by relying on his powerful body and unusual eyes. He unleashed his strongest combined assault against Saga, destroying the temple, but the chapter left the outcome of the clash uncertain.

• Saga reappeared, blamed Li Chuan for Athena’s disappearance, and struck him with Galaxian Explosion.
• Li Chuan healed almost instantly and attacked Saga again, but his Light Speed: Evening Elephant could not seriously harm him.
• Saga deprived Li Chuan of all five senses, but Li Chuan’s Sharingan, Rinnegan, and divine sense let him recover and continue fighting.
• Li Chuan summoned his Three Heads Six Arms form and combined its arrow, Sagittarius’s Golden Arrow, and Light Speed: Evening Elephant into one attack.
• Saga answered with a Galaxian Explosion ten times stronger than before, and their collision destroyed Gemini Temple as the nearby Gold Saints looked on.

Li Chuan escaped Saga’s dimensional banishment, captured him with Sage Art: Chibaku Tensei, and exposed him as the false Pope. After Saori returned, the Saints debated whether to kill Saga or uncover what had happened to him, while Li Chuan warned that his seal would not hold for long.

• Saga sent Li Chuan into Another Dimension Space, but Li Chuan used his spatial abilities and Golden Rope to return and bind him.
• Li Chuan hurled Saga into the mountains and sealed him inside a floating rock sphere with Sage Art: Chibaku Tensei.
• Shaka and Shura confirmed that the Pope would not respond, and Shaka realized the girl they had pursued might have been the real Athena.
• Saori returned with Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, while Seiya and the others awoke to find the Gemini Temple gone and a giant rock sphere in the sky.
• Li Chuan warned the gathered Saints that Saga was weakening the seal, and Shura urged Athena to let him kill Saga while Shaka and Li Chuan called for the truth to be uncovered first.

Li Chuan and the Gold Saints restrained Saga and extracted the evil spirit controlling him, restoring Sanctuary to Athena's side. Three days later, Saori Kido appointed Li Chuan the new Pope, giving him authority as Sanctuary prepared for the coming Holy War.

• Saori Kido and the Gold Saints joined Li Chuan in restraining the wounded Saga after he tried to flee.
• Li Chuan used the Human Path to separate Saga's original soul from the evil spirit, then absorbed the evil soul into the Great Sumeru Profound Yin Cauldron.
• Saga regained control of his body, returned to his original blue-haired appearance, and accepted punishment, while Saori Kido comforted him.
• Sanctuary returned to Athena's control, and the Saints who had been freed from the evil spirit's influence returned to her side or accepted confinement.
• Three days later, Saori Kido appointed Li Chuan Pope of Sanctuary, and he accepted the office.

Li Chuan stopped Kanon’s plan to use Sea Witch Sorrento against Asgard, then returned to Ego’s planet as Star-Lord’s newly awakened Celestial power clashed with Ego’s. Li Chuan rescued Peter from Ego’s attack and realized he would have to face Ego himself because Peter had fought before learning to control his power.

• Li Chuan trained to comprehend the Seventh Sense and strengthened his Sagittarius Gold Cloth while serving as Pope.
• Shaka reported that he had captured Sea Witch Sorrento, and Li Chuan ordered him held in Sanctuary.
• Li Chuan explained how he had allied Sanctuary with Hilda and sent Shaka to protect her from Kanon’s scheme.
• Li Chuan returned to Ego’s planet, sensed Star-Lord fighting Ego, and sent Mantis, Gamora, and the others to search for Ego’s core.
• Li Chuan used Flying Thunder God to reach the temple and blasted apart Ego’s humanoid avatar with Light Speed Punch.
• Star-Lord admitted he had attacked Ego before learning to use his Celestial power, leaving Li Chuan to take the fight to Ego.