Chapter Summaries

Koga faced Saturn and unleashed the Omega Cloth with the Cosmo of everyone on Earth behind him. As he threw his final punch, the story returned to the previous year, when Subaru’s determination to fight made the exhausted Koga choose to protect others again.

• Koga rejected Saturn’s appeal to their former bond and declared that he would fight him.
• The Cosmo of every living thing on Earth flowed into Koga, and he threw his final punch at Saturn.
• One year earlier, Koga prepared to quit fighting and tossed his damaged Cloth Stone aside, but Subaru picked it up and challenged him.
• A Pallasite attacked Subaru, and Koga initially refused to intervene as Subaru repeatedly stood up and fought back.
• When the Pallasite reflected Subaru’s attack toward him, Koga shielded Subaru with his body.
• Koga recognized his responsibility to the people on the ground and struck the Pallasite with Pegasus Meteor Fist.

Uchiha Madara defeated Mars while Koga won his duel with Saturn, but Koga collapsed as the sealed god of Darkness, Apsu, emerged through his body. Saturn and Apsu prepared to fight over Koga, and Madara intervened.

• Uchiha Madara defeated Mars with a hidden dart after warning him that Medea could unleash Apsu from Koga.
• Koga and Saturn destroyed their armor and fought with their final techniques, leaving Saturn defeated and Koga collapsed.
• Medea revealed that Athena had sealed Apsu inside Koga, while Aria had become Mars's captive.
• Apsu took control of Koga's body and challenged Saturn, who vowed to force him out without harming Koga.
• Uchiha Madara stepped between Saturn and Apsu and ordered them to stop.

Koga awakened and drove Apsu from his body, while Uchiha Madara confronted the gods’ rule and died by Athena’s hand after Apollo ordered her to kill him. Shaka told the grieving Athena that Madara’s death was only the beginning, and the chapter ended with details about the era’s expanded Saint lineups and Saga’s death.

• Athena sang the Saints’ hymn, helping Koga awaken and force Apsu out of his body.
• Uchiha Madara struck Apsu, but Athena explained that gods could only be sealed away under Zeus’s decree.
• Apollo arrived, condemned Athena for treating humans as gods’ equals, and ordered her to execute Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara urged Athena to believe in human strength, then impaled himself on her scepter to obey Apollo’s order.
• Shaka told the grieving Athena that Madara’s death was not the end, and the narration described the Saints’ expanded ranks and Saga’s earlier death.

Kanon turned against Poseidon and joined Dohko and Mu in protecting Athena, then the three Gold Saints unleashed Athena Exclamation and went to the Underworld. Saturn withdrew from the war, while Titan stayed with Pallas to fight beside Athena.

• Kanon remembered Athena's protection, shed his Sea Dragon Scale, received the Gemini Gold Cloth, and defeated Siren Sorrento and Sea Horse Baian with Galaxian Explosion.
• Kanon resisted Poseidon's control and tried to send him into Another Dimension, but Poseidon hurled his trident at Kanon.
• Dohko blocked Poseidon's trident with Libra's shield and told Kanon that Shaka had urged him to awaken Alaya Consciousness and go to the Underworld.
• Mu and Dohko joined Kanon, and the three Gold Saints unleashed Athena Exclamation despite Athena's protest.
• Saturn left the war with three Chronotectors, while Titan remained beside Pallas, who chose to fight alongside Athena.

Shaka crossed the Acheron River by giving the ferryman the cross entrusted to him by Buddha, then faced judgment in the underworld. Deemed sinless and destined for heaven, he continued onward and found a strange woman-shaped figure in the third hell.

• Shaka met the Acheron ferryman, who demanded a precious item as payment to cross the river.
• Shaka handed over the cross entrusted to him by Buddha and boarded the ferry so the Saints could follow.
• At the court of judgment, Shaka admitted that giving up the cross was his only sin, but the judge found no other sins in his ledger.
• Shaka received a judgment of entering heaven as an angel and left the court without punishment.
• In the third hell, Shaka approached what looked like a human-shaped tombstone and discovered its upper body was that of a woman.

Athena’s Saints crossed the Acheron River and caught up with Shaka in the Underworld, where they discovered the Lyra Saint Orpheus playing music for his beloved. They learned that Pandora had schemed to keep Orpheus in the Underworld, and Athena was asked to save him.

• The ferryman said Shaka had paid their fare, and Madara and Athena led the Saints across the Acheron River without fighting him.
• Dohko explained that Madara had died deliberately to reach the Underworld, where he had become lost until Athena’s group found him.
• The Saints defeated the judge at the Second Prison and found Shaka at the Third Prison after he had killed Cerberus.
• Madara explained that Shaka had lingered to help a woman, and Shaka revealed that Orpheus, the Lyra Silver Saint, was playing a requiem for her.
• The woman told Athena that Orpheus had entered the Underworld alive through the Eighth Sense to ask Hades to restore her, and Pandora had plotted to keep him there playing music forever.

Orpheus remained in Hades’s Underworld after Pandora deceived him with an illusion of sunlight, leaving his beloved trapped in stone. When a Specter attacked Athena’s Saints, Uchiha Madara defeated him, and Orpheus recognized Madara’s connection to the ninja world through a traveler named Otsutsuki Hamura.

• Pandora tricked Orpheus into turning back by making an Underworld Specter’s light seem like the sun, and he found his beloved sealed inside a stone hill.
• Orpheus stayed in the Underworld and played his harp for Hades and his trapped beloved without attacking Saints or Specters.
• A Specter who had created the false sunlight attacked Athena and the Saints with his Underworld Light, knocking down several Bronze Saints.
• Uchiha Madara comforted Athena and destroyed the Specter’s attack with Fire Style: Great Fireball.
• Orpheus recognized Uchiha Madara as a ninja and recalled meeting Otsutsuki Hamura, a traveler from the ninja world who trained across different worlds.

Uchiha Madara learned that Otsutsuki Hamura had been Hades's honored guest and might have been involved in saving souls. Orpheus asked Athena to free his beloved from her stone body, and Athena declared that humanity should be allowed to shape its own future as the age of the gods came to an end.

• Orpheus told Uchiha Madara that Otsutsuki Hamura had been Hades's honored guest and that Hades had mentioned the War of the Gods.
• Athena and Dohko explained that Hades could revive the dead, often turning them into Specters, and Uchiha Madara refused to believe Hamura would serve Hades.
• Orpheus begged Athena to free his beloved from her stone body, but Athena said it would remain until Hades was defeated.
• Orpheus questioned why humans had to be commanded by gods, prompting Athena to consider whether humanity wanted divine protection.
• Athena urged the Saints to fight for an era in which humanity could develop on its own, and the Saints knelt in tears.
• Uchiha Madara praised Athena for her open-mindedness and said he was glad to have been reincarnated in her world and to have met her.

Athena and the Saints took Hades’s magic circle to reach Hades Temple faster, while Kanon stayed behind to take a different route as backup. There, Shun became the vessel for Hades, who revealed that the second battlefield would be Elysion, and Uchiha Madara asked how many battlefields the war would have.

• Hades offered the Saints a magic circle as a faster route, and Athena entered it first, followed by the others.
• Uchiha Madara told Kanon to stay behind as backup, and Kanon chose a difficult route of his own.
• Athena and Shaka arrived at Hades Temple, where Shun’s Cloth separated and his hair turned red.
• Shun sat on Hades’s empty seat and revealed that he was Hades’s chosen vessel for this era.
• Hades announced that the next battlefield would be Elysion, a place only gods could enter.
• Uchiha Madara asked how many battlefields the War of the Gods would have.

Hades explained that Elysion was the second battlefield and challenged Ikki to defeat him to reclaim Shun's body. Ikki's attack failed, and Shaka and Dohko stepped forward to face Hades.

• Hades told Ikki that defeating him was the only way to reclaim Shun's body, and Ikki attacked him.
• Hades blocked Ikki's punch with a wall of air and sent him flying.
• Shaka challenged Hades and struck him with Heavenly Demon Subjugation, making Hades's seat shift slightly.
• Dohko joined Shaka and explained that Athena's blessing had preserved his body at the age of eighteen.
• Dohko declared that Hades was destined to lose as he had in the previous Holy War, and Hades invited him to attack.

Dohko remembered how he met Tenma and Alone, and how Hades’s forces killed his fellow Gold Saints. He struck at Hades in grief and rage, but Hades vanished and challenged him to cross the Wall of Lamentation to reach Elysion.

• Dohko recalled meeting Tenma at a flooded village, where Tenma shattered a boulder to save the villagers and Dohko took him as his disciple.
• Dohko remembered Tenma defending Alone from thugs and promising to become strong enough to protect him and Sasha.
• Dohko recognized that Tenma was the god-slaying Pegasus Saint, Sasha was Athena, and Alone was Hades, who had killed ten Gold Saints in their era.
• Dohko attacked Hades in anger over his fallen companions, but Hades vanished before the blow landed.
• Hades told Dohko to pass through the Wall of Lamentation and find him in Elysion.

Shun woke after Hades abandoned his body and warned that Hades had gone to Elysion in his true form. Uchiha Madara accompanied Athena through the Wall of Lamentation, leaving the Saints behind as the three reached the realm of the gods.

• Athena revived Shun, who explained that Hades had gone to Elysion in his true body to fight in the war among the gods.
• Uchiha Madara promised to help Athena confront Hades, while Ikki, Siegfried, and Hilda showed their loyalty to him.
• Athena insisted on going to Elysion alone, but Uchiha Madara argued that she would need the Saints’ protection against the other gods.
• Uchiha Madara took a drop of Athena’s divine blood and used Susanoo to smash the Wall of Lamentation.
• Athena, Uchiha Madara, and Pallas crossed into Elysion, while Dohko and the other Saints remained behind the wall.

In Elysion, Uchiha Madara represented Athena and defeated Poseidon before defeating Apsu with a blow that dispersed his soul. Apollo then watched as Artemis, the Moon Goddess, emerged to face Madara.

• Hades challenged Athena and Pallas to fight Poseidon, and Madara stepped forward as Athena's representative.
• Poseidon flooded Elysion with his trident, but Madara overwhelmed the water with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame and knocked Poseidon down with one punch.
• Apsu defeated Mars, and Hades declared that Madara would have to defeat the God of Darkness to earn the right to challenge Artemis.
• Madara dismissed Apsu and pierced the God of Darkness's soul with one finger, dispersing it.
• Apollo took greater interest in Madara's strength, and Artemis stepped out from the moon to face him.

Uchiha Madara rejected Artemis and declared that he would fight her to protect Athena and humanity. Touma intervened for Artemis, and Madara saw the memories that had made Touma devoted to her as their fight began.

• Artemis confronted Uchiha Madara, who said he would oppose her because she fought for herself rather than humanity.
• Artemis summoned Touma, who challenged Uchiha Madara to defend the person he loved.
• Touma recalled how Shaina had beaten him when he tried to reach his sister Marin in Sanctuary and had him imprisoned.
• While Touma languished in prison, Artemis's voice urged him to become strong, and he swore to fight for her.
• Uchiha Madara used the Sharingan Heavenly Eye to see Touma's memories and questioned whether his grief and love could give him his truest strength.

Uchiha Madara defeated the Dark God Apsu after Artemis and Mars fell in battle. Poseidon then faced Madara, seeking revenge for his earlier defeat.

• Uchiha Madara blasted Touma and Artemis from the sky, and Artemis died beside Touma.
• Hades urged Apollo to avenge Artemis, but Apollo refused to interfere in the War of the Gods.
• Apsu tore Mars apart and attacked Uchiha Madara, who dodged his blows and created thousands of Shadow Clones.
• Uchiha Madara's clones struck Apsu with illusory attacks that caused real pain, killing the Dark God.
• Hades praised Madara and announced Poseidon as his next opponent, and Poseidon challenged Madara to a rematch.

Uchiha Madara used Siren Sorrento’s flute to overwhelm Poseidon with memories of the benevolent Sea Emperor he had once been, killing him. Madara then challenged Hades, who prepared to fight him.

• Uchiha Madara played Siren Sorrento’s flute, and its song caused Poseidon intense mental anguish over the destruction of his undersea world and his abandonment of his former ideals.
• Poseidon tried to kill Uchiha Madara by throwing his trident, but the pain stopped him and he collapsed, asking Siren Sorrento and Thetis for forgiveness.
• Uchiha Madara declared Poseidon dead, placed the flute on his chest, and turned to face Hades.
• Hades dismissed Madara’s method as ineffective against him and threatened to kill him.
• Uchiha Madara mocked Hades and accepted his challenge to fight.

Uchiha Madara defeated Thanatos but fell into Hypnos's Eternal Slumber, where he recognized the illusion and broke free. He rescued Otsutsuki Hamura from the same confinement, leaving Hypnos and Hades still before him.

• Thanatos attacked Uchiha Madara with Terrible Providence, but Madara's Susanoo shattered the darkness and killed him.
• Hypnos confronted Madara and used Eternal Slumber, trapping him in a dream of Konoha, his family, and Senju Hashirama.
• Madara sensed that the peaceful dream was false and awakened from Hypnos's confinement.
• Madara spotted Otsutsuki Hamura sleeping nearby and used his chakra to pull him out of the confinement.

Uchiha Madara destroyed Hades’s true body while Otsutsuki Hamura held off Hypnos and Hades, ending Hades’s life and causing Elysion to collapse. The group escaped with Athena and Pallas, while Apollo vanished and warned that the battle was not over.

• Otsutsuki Hamura revealed that Hades’s true body was inside a stone pillar and sent Uchiha Madara to destroy it while he fought Hypnos and blocked Hades.
• Otsutsuki Hamura used Shadow Clone to hold Hades back, but Hades found his true body and struck at him.
• Uchiha Madara entered the pillar and killed Hades’s true body, causing Hades to vanish and Elysion to begin collapsing.
• Uchiha Madara carried Athena while Otsutsuki Hamura carried Pallas, and they fled toward the Wall of Lamentation as Apollo vanished after threatening them.
• Uchiha Madara and the others reached safety beyond the Wall of Lamentation, and Athena joked about being called fat as everyone laughed.

Apollo awakened Artemis and Touma in the Heavenly Realm, ordered Touma to guard against Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Hamura, and warned him he might someday have to choose between Apollo and Artemis. At the Sanctuary, Athena urged the Gold Saints to awaken Cosmo Omega for the coming final battle, while Madara asked whether it was possible without Cosmo.

• Apollo awakened Artemis and Touma, then ordered Touma to strengthen patrols and keep Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Hamura out of the Heavenly Realm until the final battle in three days.
• Apollo told Touma to obey Artemis as well and asked what he would do if their orders conflicted; Touma struggled to answer, though he privately knew his heart belonged to Artemis.
• Touma carried the sleeping Artemis toward the clouds and vowed to guard her forever.
• At the Sanctuary, Athena told the Gold Saints that the Celestial Warriors were exceptionally powerful and urged everyone to awaken Cosmo Omega.
• Uchiha Madara asked Athena whether Omega could be awakened without Cosmo, and Athena suggested that ninjas might have a different fighting method.

Athena, Pallas, the Saints, Uchiha Madara, and Otsutsuki Hamura reached the Heavenly Realm near the Sunwheel Gate aboard the Vosges Battleship, beginning the final stage of the war of the gods. The chapter explained the Heavenly Realm’s hierarchy and the trials guarding Zeus, leaving the group poised to enter the realm.

• The chapter described how the Heavenly Realm magnified its gods’ power and outlined its ranks, with Zeus and Apollo at its center.
• It explained that Athena and Hades ruled coveted territories, while the gods’ rebellion and rivalries fueled the war.
• Athena and Pallas, the Saints, Uchiha Madara, and Otsutsuki Hamura arrived near the Sunwheel Gate aboard the Vosges Battleship.
• The chapter identified the twelve angels and Apollo as the Heavenly Fighter Thirteen Apostles, whose trials had to be passed before anyone could face Zeus.