After leaving Taurus Palace, Xiao Xie did not continue on to seek out the other Gold Saints.
After all, among the remaining Gold Saints, only Shaka of Virgo had awakened the Eighth Sense.
Xiao Xie had already awakened the Eighth Sense. Even if he sought out the other Gold Saints, there was no way he could find a method to awaken the Ninth Sense.
"Since I've already awakened the Eighth Sense, there's no point in staying in the Saint Realm any longer. Next, it's time to take a look at Japan!"
Xiao Xie rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.
If Xiao Xie wanted to speed up the Chaos Spirit Pearl's devouring of the world, the fastest method was to disrupt this world's World Consciousness.
Fate was also a manifestation of the World Consciousness. Aside from interfering with it by stealing Seiya's opportunities, Xiao Xie could—
—also alter the fates of other supporting characters to achieve the effect of disrupting the World Consciousness. It was simply not as effective as interfering with Seiya's fate.
In this world, aside from Seiya, the protagonist, the other Four Protagonists and Athena were equally indispensable characters.
Moreover, Seiya could only be considered the protagonist of one portion of the world, while Athena was the female lead who ran throughout the entire world.
After all, the plot of the entire Saint Seiya world was about a group of Saints protecting the goddess Athena.
Xiao Xie calculated the timing. Athena and the nine Bronze Saints should have already gathered in Japan, so only by going to Japan now could he maximize his gains.
Saori Kido was the reincarnation of the goddess Athena, born once every few hundred years whenever the world was invaded by evil.
Athena's existence was the reason the Saints existed. Thirteen years