Chapter Summaries

Meruem arrived on Death Queen Island and crushed its Dark Saints, taking control of the island and declaring that they would be purged and possibly returned to Athena’s service. He then went to Ikki, found him being beaten by Esmeralda Guilty, and judged Guilty’s mind beyond saving.

• Meruem surveyed Death Queen Island and decided its weak, unruly Dark Saints could be brought under his command.
• After Dark Saints threatened to slaughter civilians, Meruem turned several of them to ash and killed their leader, Ji Gao, when he attacked with Galaxian Explosion.
• Meruem forbade the remaining Dark Saints from fleeing, claimed Death Queen Island, and announced that someone would later take charge of them.
• After Meruem left, most Dark Saints focused on competing for leadership, while the Dark versions of the Five Little Strong Ones’ Cloths were revealed among them.
• Meruem found eleven-year-old Ikki collapsed after Esmeralda Guilty beat him and concluded that Guilty’s prolonged, violent condition had made him beyond saving.

Esmeralda cared for Ikki on Death Queen Island, where her kindness helped him endure Guilty’s brutal training. Guilty targeted Esmeralda to intensify Ikki’s hatred, and the chapter ended with him approaching her as Ikki desperately clung to his leg.

• Esmeralda tended Ikki’s wounds at night, and Ikki reflected that her presence had kept him from despairing under Guilty’s abuse.
• Meruem watched Ikki and Esmeralda from the shadows, then chose not to interrupt their private moment.
• Guilty forced Ikki to fight and taunted him by threatening Shun, prompting Ikki to knock him down with a furious punch.
• Guilty continued beating Ikki and threatened to cut off Esmeralda’s legs, then brought her into Ikki’s view.
• Ikki warned Esmeralda to run and clung to Guilty’s leg, but Guilty walked toward her and said he had to kill her.

Saga sent Deathmask to assassinate Tong Hu while the Bronze Saints earned their Cloths through final training. Deathmask confronted Tong Hu at Five Old Peaks, where he bluffed the old master with Underworld Wave before Shiryu arrived.

• Saga ordered Deathmask to kill Tong Hu, and Deathmask promised to carry out the assassination.
• Seiya defeated Cassios with Meteor Fist and won the Pegasus Cloth, then faced Shaina after seeing her face behind her mask.
• Camus's disciple obtained the Cygnus Cloth, Shun demonstrated Nebula Storm after earning the Andromeda Cloth, and Ikki and Esmeralda prepared to leave Death Queen Island with Uchiha Musashi.
• Tong Hu awarded Shiryu the Dragon Cloth after Shiryu mastered the waterfall's reverse flow.
• Deathmask confronted Tong Hu and used Underworld Wave, making Tong Hu mistake the technique for a more advanced Sekishiki attack.
• Shiryu arrived in his Dragon Cloth, and Tong Hu realized Deathmask had only used Underworld Wave.

Tong Hu drove Deathmask away and warned Shiryu not to become complacent, while Seiya returned to find Meruem’s Akatsuki had grown into a powerful force and faced Shiryu’s challenge over whether Saori was Athena. The chapter then shifted to Su Chen’s Red Cliffs mission, as Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu agreed on the need for an alliance and advanced the mission to 90%.

• Tong Hu told Shiryu to retreat from Deathmask, but Deathmask fled after threatening Shiryu and promising to spare Tong Hu for now.
• Tong Hu reminded Shiryu that becoming a Bronze Saint was only the beginning and sent him to see Chun Li.
• Seiya and Jabu returned to Akatsuki’s training grounds, where Shiryu asked Seiya whether he still believed Miss Saori was Athena.
• Seiya insisted that Saori was Athena and accused Shiryu of doubting Meruem’s words.
• Zhuge Liang explained to Lu Su why Cao Cao’s large army was vulnerable, then Lu Su brought him to Zhou Yu to discuss an alliance.
• Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang began planning the campaign together, while Su Chen watched and saw his Sun-Liu Alliance mission reach 90% completion.

Seiya and Jabu returned to the Sanctuary, learned that Hyoga had cut off contact, and reunited with Meruem and the others. Meruem announced a Galactic Tournament in Area Eleven with the Sagittarius Gold Cloth as its prize, setting up a confrontation with the Pope as Hyoga prepared to monitor his former companions.

• Shiryu told Seiya and Jabu that Hyoga had obtained the Cygnus Cloth but could no longer be contacted, and they took his absence as a betrayal.
• Meruem reunited Seiya and Jabu with the others, including Esmeralda, and Saori greeted them before asking Meruem to spar with her.
• Seiya and Jabu discussed the Pope's suspicious rule over the Sanctuary, and Meruem revealed plans for a Galactic Tournament in Area Eleven where the Sagittarius Gold Cloth would be the prize.
• Silver Saints Babylon and Adryan asked the Pope to let them stop the tournament, while Saga privately worried that the Gold Cloth's return meant Athena's reincarnation had surfaced.
• Hyoga told his master Camus that he would monitor his former companions and would not regret becoming their enemy.

The Galactic Tournament’s enormous prizes drew the attention of Saints and rival powers, while the Sanctuary prepared to intervene against the Cooler Group Corporation. Dolba decided to travel to Area Eleven with three Valhalla Church cadres to pursue the offered Gold Cloth.

• Silver Saints discussed the tournament’s prizes and their poverty until Dante ordered them to prepare to clear the Sanctuary’s supposed enemies.
• Hagen asked Hilda whether Asgard should join the tournament, but she refused to involve Asgard in worldly conflicts.
• The Sea Generals dismissed the tournament, while the sealed Specters left the Underworld unable to participate.
• Dolba learned that the Sanctuary had sent only Silver Saints and chose to go to Area Eleven with Loki, Rung, and Ullr to seek the Gold Cloth.

The Galactic Tournament began with contestants from around the world competing for the Gold Cloth, while Sanctuary’s Silver Saints and the Valhalla Church watched for an opportunity to seize it. Shiryu and Ikki defeated their opponents, leaving Babel wary of the Bronze Saints’ strength and hidden significance.

• Babel vowed that Sanctuary’s Saints would punish the rebels and reclaim the Gold Cloth, while Dante and his companions took heart from the Silver Saints’ arrival.
• Meruem’s hundred-contestant Galactic Tournament opened before a large audience, and the first match paired Shiryu against Rung.
• Shiryu defeated Rung with Rozan Rising Dragon Force, prompting Dolba to abandon his plan to seize the Gold Cloth after sensing powerful Cosmos nearby.
• Moses defeated Nachi in seconds and mocked the Bronze Saints before Adryan faced Ikki.
• Ikki used the Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist to defeat Adryan without moving, and Babel recognized the importance of Phoenix, Dragon, and other returning Cloths.

Seiya defeated Hyoga in the tournament after breaking free from Hyoga’s ice and overpowering his Aurora Thunder Attack with the Pegasus Comet Fist. Afterward, the Sanctuary sent Aiolia to retrieve the Sagittarius Gold Cloth with an escort whose presence revealed that his fellow Saints still distrusted him because of Aiolos’s alleged betrayal.

• Hyoga apologized to Seiya, then froze him inside the arena with Diamond Dust, but Seiya broke free and resumed their fight.
• Seiya and Hyoga exchanged attacks at superhuman speed until Seiya’s Pegasus Comet Fist overwhelmed Hyoga’s Aurora Thunder Attack and won the match.
• Dolba decided that he and his companions were not ready to claim the Gold Cloth and returned to Northern Europe to train.
• After learning about the powerful Bronze Saints, Saga ordered Aiolia to travel to Area Eleven to retrieve the Sagittarius Gold Cloth.
• Gigas introduced Kashi, Douglas, and Burton as Aiolia’s assigned escorts, and Aiolia recognized that they were not official Saints.

At the Galactic Tournament’s conclusion, Saori revealed herself as Athena, and Meruem explained the Bronze Saints’ Cloths’ potential before an attack interrupted him. Aiolia arrived to seize the Sagittarius Gold Cloth and take Saori to the Sanctuary, leaving Seiya trying to convince his former master that she was Athena.

• Saori displayed Athena’s Cosmo to the Silver Saints, who left Area Eleven to wait for her promised visit to the Sanctuary.
• Meruem offered the Sagittarius Gold Cloth to Ikki, who refused it in favor of his Phoenix Cloth, and explained that the Bronze Saints’ Cloths could advance into God Cloths.
• Meruem described Pegasus as a god-slaying Saint and began naming another person who had injured Hades before an attack interrupted him; he quietly identified that person as Mephisto Yoma.
• Aiolia of Leo arrived and struck Seiya down, then warned Burton not to challenge him and demanded the Sagittarius Gold Cloth and Saori.
• Shiryu told Aiolia that Tong Hu was his master, but Aiolia insisted he would obey the Pope’s order; Seiya rose and pleaded that Saori was Athena.

Chu Ci awakened the Villain Counterattack System after transmigrating into a fantasy world and learned that Ye Chen was approaching the medicine garden. The system warned that Chu Ci was in extreme danger as the chapter ended.

• Chu Ci woke in the Xuanqing Sect and recognized his senior sister, Su Qingyue, who had rescued him after an elder poisoned him.
• The Villain Counterattack System bound itself to Chu Ci and offered him a beginner gift pack.
• Chu Ci obtained a fake Supreme Bone, an incomplete Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, and 1,000 Villain Points, which healed his poison and transformed his aura.
• Chu Ci recalled that he was destined to die as a stepping-stone for Ye Chen, who was Su Qingyue's secret lover.
• The system warned Chu Ci that Ye Chen was approaching the medicine garden and that his safety factor was extremely low.

Saori declared the Twelve Palaces Battle and sent the Five Royal Guards ahead to reach the Pope within twelve hours, while Meruem accompanied her and gathered Saints who recognized her as Athena. The Five Little Strong Ones passed the first three palaces but faced Deathmask’s overwhelming power in Cancer Palace.

• Saori lit the Twelve Palaces Torch and ordered the Five Royal Guards to clear all twelve palaces within twelve hours.
• Mu repaired the group’s Cloths, revealed the secret of the Seventh Sense, and let them pass through Aries Palace; Aldebaran tested them in Taurus Palace before allowing them onward, and Gemini Palace was empty.
• Meruem criticized the ruined palaces as he and Saori made their way toward the summit, while Mu and many Silver and Bronze Saints swore allegiance to Saori.
• The Five Little Strong Ones entered Cancer Palace, where Deathmask fought them one against five and began preparing a deep purple attack.

The Five Little Strong Ones trapped Deathmask with a coordinated assault, but he struck Shun with Underworld Wave and threatened the others. At the World Spiritist Guild, Chu Feng reunited with Su Rou and Su Mei, learned their master Gu Tong was in critical seclusion, and followed them toward an explosion in Gu Tong’s chamber.

• Hyoga, Shun, Seiya, Shiryu, and Ikki combined their attacks to freeze, bind, and blast Deathmask into a wall.
• Deathmask broke free, hit Shun with Sekishiki Meikai Ha, and told the others they would soon join him in the underworld.
• Chu Feng revealed himself to Su Rou and Su Mei, who were overjoyed to learn he had survived the destruction of the Azure Dragon School.
• Chu Feng said he needed Gu Tong’s help to use the World Spiritist Guild’s grand spirit formation to save Zi Ling, but Su Rou explained that Gu Tong was in critical seclusion.
• An explosion shook the World Spiritist Guild near Gu Tong’s chamber, and Chu Feng followed Su Rou and Su Mei as they rushed toward it.

Seiya and Ikki battled Deathmask in Cancer Palace, but Shun awakened unharmed after an unfamiliar Cosmo briefly appeared. Wang Hu knocked Deathmask unconscious and urged the Bronze Saints onward, while Saori and Meruem identified the strange Cosmo as Hades’s; in Leo Palace, Ikki freed Aiolia from Saga’s mind control, and the group continued toward the next palace.

• Seiya struck Deathmask with a strengthened Pegasus Meteor Fist, and Ikki met Deathmask’s Sekishiki Meikai Ha with Phoenix Wings Soaring in a fierce clash.
• An unfamiliar Cosmo briefly filled Cancer Palace, and Shun woke unharmed, leaving Deathmask shocked that Shun had survived his Underworld Wave.
• Wang Hu knocked Deathmask unconscious with Fierce Tiger Gale Fist and told the Bronze Saints that Meruem expected them to hurry.
• Saori asked Meruem about the strange Cosmo, and he confirmed that Hades had possessed one of the Five Royal Guards.
• In Leo Palace, Ikki used Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist to break Saga’s Genroken and free Aiolia from mind control.
• The Bronze Saints pressed onward toward the next palace without pausing to explain the situation to Aiolia.

The Xiaoqiang and the others faced Shaka, the Virgo Gold Saint, in the Virgo Palace as they tried to reach the Pope and bring Athena back. After defeating his illusions, they earned permission to pass, leaving Shaka’s true strength and intentions unresolved.

• The Xiaoqiang and the others entered the Virgo Palace and found Shaka meditating with his eyes shut.
• Ikki warned the others that Meruem had named Shaka and Saga as Gold Saints they must never provoke.
• Shaka questioned whether they knew the Pope was wrong and whether Meruem had manipulated them, prompting Seiya and the others to attack.
• Shaka blocked Seiya’s Pegasus Meteor Fist and struck the group with his Cosmo, recognizing that Ikki had reached the Seventh Sense.
• Shaka trapped them in an alternate dimension and sent demons against them, but Ikki shattered the illusion with Phoenix Wings Soaring.
• Shaka acknowledged their strength and allowed the Xiaoqiang and the others to pass through the Virgo Palace.

Ikki and the other Bronze Saints passed through Virgo Palace after Shaka let them go, while Shaka confronted a mysterious observer. As Saga’s dark personality took control and Poseidon awakened early, Hilda declared war on the Sanctuary, and Meruem sensed the growing conflict from afar.

• Shaka let Xiaoqiang and the other Bronze Saints leave Virgo Palace, then confronted a mysterious man in a black night outfit bearing a fan emblem.
• Milo blocked Shiryu and the other Bronze Saints as they passed through Scorpio Palace.
• Saga’s Black personality overwhelmed Blue Saga, and he vowed to kill Athena and proclaim himself the world’s savior.
• Poseidon awakened early in the Undersea Shrine and summoned his Sea Fighters, alarming Kanon.
• Hilda ordered her God Warriors to declare war on the Sanctuary while Alberich watched and a red-haired priestess plotted to claim Gungnir.
• Meruem sensed a presence in Asgard and considered destroying the newly awakened Poseidon.

Xiaoqiang and the others passed through the empty Sagittarius and Capricorn Palaces, then reached Pisces Palace, where Asura, Camus, and Aphrodite blocked their way. Jabu, Ikki, and Esmeralda arrived to help, but Aphrodite’s Piranha Rose corroded Shun’s Nebula Chain.

• Milo admired Xiaoqiang and the others’ willpower and let them pass through Scorpio Palace despite their needle-like wounds.
• Xiaoqiang and the others found a message of support in Sagittarius Palace and passed through the empty Capricorn Palace.
• Hyoga found no trace of Camus’s Cosmo in Aquarius Palace and worried that his master would not abandon his post.
• At Pisces Palace, Asura, Camus, and Aphrodite confronted Xiaoqiang and the others among a field of roses, and Camus covered their Cloths in ice.
• Jabu, Ikki, and Esmeralda joined the Bronze Saints, and Shun and Hyoga countered Aphrodite’s Piranha Rose with the Nebula Chain and Diamond Dust.
• Aphrodite revealed that his Piranha Rose had corroded Shun’s Nebula Chain.

Saga overwhelmed the Bronze Saints until Seiya awakened the Pegasus God Cloth, while Lu Li confronted a man from the Xiao family at his sect. In a separate scene, Jiang Chen’s Spirit Gathering Array failed and destroyed his courtyard, but he remained determined to continue cultivating.

• Saga defeated Seiya, Jabu, Shun, Hyoga, Ikki, and Shiryu as they tried to stop him from reaching Athena.
• Saga revealed his Gemini Gold Cloth and shattered Hyoga’s Ice Coffin before defeating him.
• Seiya rose again with a white Cosmo and the Pegasus God Cloth.
• A middle-aged man accused Lu Li of seizing Xiao family property, and Lu Li broke the man’s wrist when he attacked.
• Jiang Chen found that his overloaded Spirit Gathering Array had flattened his courtyard, but gained insight from the failed attempt and went inside.

Seiya wounded Saga with his final Meteor Fist, but Mu and the other Gold Saints stopped Saga from killing him. Meruem challenged Saga to a one-on-one fight, and as Saga unleashed Galaxian Explosion, Meruem countered with Almighty Push.

• Seiya struck Saga with his Meteor Fist, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Mu used Crystal Wall to stop Saga from delivering a killing blow to Seiya, and the other Gold Saints gathered at Pope Palace.
• Meruem offered to fight Saga one-on-one, and Saori confirmed that Meruem spoke with her authority.
• Saga accepted the challenge, and Meruem faced his Galaxian Explosion with one finger.
• Meruem shouted Almighty Push as Saga's attack struck him.

Meruem ended Saga’s rebellion, helped Athena reform Sanctuary, and revived Aiolos and Shion, leaving the Saints stronger but unsure of his true nature. Meanwhile, Gu Yi entered a mysterious hospital to find its shift log and heard dragging footsteps approaching through the dark.

• Meruem blocked Saga’s Galaxian Explosion and reflected Saga’s Genroken, prompting Saga to surrender.
• Athena began ruling Sanctuary and introduced reforms that improved the Saints’ living conditions and equipment.
• Meruem kept Saga alive and revived Aiolos and the former Pope Shion, deepening the Gold Saints’ confusion about his identity.
• A guard at Sanctuary’s gate turned into icy fragments, and another guard was immobilized by spreading cold.
• Gu Yi entered the hospital, received a quest to find the director’s office and shift log within two hours, and heard dragging footsteps from the dark hallway.

God Warrior Syd infiltrated the Sanctuary and defeated Babel before attacking Seiya. Seiya broke free of Syd’s ice and recognized his resemblance to Bado, leaving him demanding to know why Bado’s brother had come.

• Syd confronted Babel at the Colonnade and defeated him with his freezing attacks, though Babel burned Syd’s left hand.
• Seiya arrived, found Babel badly injured, and was frozen by Syd’s surprise attack because he lacked his Cloth.
• Syd revealed himself as God Warrior Alioth Star Syd, Bado’s twin younger brother, and turned to leave.
• Seiya shattered the ice with his Cosmo and challenged Syd, then asked why he looked like Bado.