Chapter Summaries

Meruem discovered that Eris was using a Golden Apple to drain Saori's divine power and confronted her after she invaded the Sanctuary. Eris attacked Meruem, but he took the Golden Apple and trident from her hands.

• Meruem investigated the force draining Saori's divine power while considering whether Asgard's declaration of war was connected.
• Eris summoned four resurrected Undead Saints and sent them to invade the Sanctuary.
• Meruem identified Eris as the culprit and carried Saori to meet her at the Pope Palace.
• Eris suppressed the Gold Saints with power stolen from Athena and threatened to claim the Sanctuary and seal Saori inside the Golden Apple.
• Meruem questioned Eris's power and seized her Golden Apple and trident as she attacked him with lightning.

Meruem defeated Eris, destroyed the Golden Apple, and learned that a man in a black evening dress had sent her. At a council meeting, the Gold Saints debated Asgard’s declaration of war, while Meruem warned that Poseidon and Loki might be involved and revealed Hilda’s threat to melt the glaciers unless Athena appeared within a week.

• Meruem cracked and destroyed Eris’s Golden Apple, restoring Saori’s divine power, and questioned Eris about who had sent her.
• Eris said her messenger wore a black evening dress, and Meruem identified him as Yoma before having his guards take Eris away.
• At the Twelve Round Table Conference, Aiolia urged an attack on Asgard while Mu warned that Odin’s God Warriors could be formidable.
• Meruem told the Gold Saints that Poseidon’s Sea Realm had grown restless and that Loki might also be involved in the conflict.
• Meruem revealed that Hilda had threatened to melt Northern Europe’s glaciers unless Athena appeared within a week, leading the Saints to suspect Poseidon.

After Hilda’s curse was broken, Sorento challenged the assembled warriors and used his deadly music to defeat them. He carried the unconscious Saori toward the sea whirlpool, leaving the others downed.

• Meruem examined Odin’s Cloth and Belmond Divine Sword while Saori spoke with the recovered Hilda.
• Sorento challenged Mi Ming and announced that he had come to take Athena to the Undersea Shrine.
• Siegfried attacked Sorento, but Sorento’s music overwhelmed him and Mi Ming’s attempt to counter it failed.
• Sorento played Symphony of Death's End, incapacitating the warriors and damaging several Black Iron Saints’ Cloths.
• Sorento picked up the unconscious Saori and leaped toward the sea whirlpool.

Sorento discovered that Ikki had trapped him in an illusion, leaving him carrying a reef stone instead of Athena back to the Undersea Shrine. Meanwhile, Saori, Meruem, and the remaining Saint Seiya explored the shrine as Meruem explained its secrets and worried that Yoma would soon return.

• Sorento reached the Great Black Pillar, but Baian revealed that the bundle on his shoulder was a reef stone, not Athena.
• Sorento realized an intruder had entered the Undersea Shrine and that Ikki's Phantom Demon Fist had kept him trapped in an illusion.
• Hilda and the others left the Sea Realm after Meruem returned the Odin Cloth, declaring they would no longer oppose Sanctuary.
• Saori, Meruem, and the remaining Saint Seiya wandered through the Undersea Shrine, while Meruem explained that the Black Pillars did not support it.
• Meruem hurried toward the shrine's center because he feared Yoma would return and reclaim his divine power.

Meruem and his companions were surrounded by the Sea Realm’s forces, and the Sea Fighter Three Giants confronted them. As Scylla attacked, Asura and Deathmask struck together and knocked him unconscious, leaving the Sea Fighters shaken.

• Sorento ordered the Sea Fighters to search for Meruem and his companions, who were soon surrounded by a huge force.
• Deathmask mocked the size of the Sea Realm’s army, and Asura objected to his disrespect toward Athena.
• Scylla, Cartagito, and Marlin arrived, while Thetis urged Scylla to report to the Sea Witch before engaging the intruders.
• Scylla dismissed Thetis’s warning and challenged the Saints, but Asura and Deathmask bickered instead of acknowledging him.
• Scylla moved to attack Asura and Deathmask, who hit him with Light Speed Fists and shattered his Scale.
• The Sea Fighters panicked at Scylla’s defeat, and some began considering retreat.

Deathmask and Meruem taunted the Sea Fighters before four Sea Generals arrived at the Undersea Shrine. Baian challenged Ikki, but Ikki survived his attack unharmed and stood behind him wreathed in crimson flames.

• Deathmask boasted that the Sea Generals and their Sea Fighters were no match for the Saints, while the remaining Sea Fighters asked Marlin and Cartagito what to do.
• Meruem explained that the Sea Fighters' strength depended on Poseidon's awakening, and Marlin ordered the Sea Fighters to summon the Sea Generals.
• Baian, Sorrento, Isaac, and Io arrived, and Sorrento accused Saori of turning her Symphony of Death's End against her.
• Ikki revealed that Sorrento had been caught in his illusion, and Baian challenged him to a duel.
• Baian struck Ikki with Hurricane Rising Wave, but Ikki appeared behind him unharmed and surrounded by crimson flames.

Ikki defeated Baian by breaking through his Air Defense Wall and left him grievously injured. Isaac then challenged Hyoga, revealing that he had once been Athena’s Saint before becoming a Sea General after the Sea Emperor saved him.

• Baian trapped Ikki in his Breath of God storm and hurled him toward the surface, but Ikki returned and struck him down.
• Baian survived with Air Defense Wall, but Ikki shattered the barrier and explained that he knew its weakness from Misty’s similar technique.
• Baian collapsed after Ikki declared that Sea Generals were only on the level of Silver Saints.
• Io moved to fight, but Isaac stopped him and challenged Hyoga instead.
• Hyoga recognized Isaac as his senior brother and asked why he had become a Sea General, and Isaac said the Sea Emperor had saved him and questioned Athena’s strength.

Meruem’s forces attacked the Sea Generals while Hyoga fought his senior brother Isaac and defeated him. After Hyoga asked Meruem and Saori to accept Isaac back among the Saints, the Sea Dragon arrived on the battlefield.

• Isaac condemned Athena and challenged Hyoga, who refused to fight back at first.
• Meruem ordered Deathmask and Asura to attack, and the Saints and Black Iron Saints swept through the Sea Fighters.
• Asura overpowered Io, while Deathmask struggled to resist the Sea Witch’s flute with his Phosphorus Fire.
• Hyoga defeated Isaac’s Northern Lights with Aurora Execution, seriously injuring him but sparing his life.
• Hyoga asked Meruem and Saori to forgive Isaac and accept him back among the Saints.
• The Sea Dragon arrived and cleared a swath of Sea Realm grunts with his Cosmo.

After the Sea Generals were defeated, Kanon revealed that he had been Athena’s spy and helped Meruem’s forces advance toward Poseidon. Sea Witch escaped to warn Poseidon, leading the group to Atlantis, where Julian Solo was still being overtaken by Poseidon’s soul.

• Sea Dragon arrived, presented a defeated Sea General, and knelt before Saori, shocking Sorento.
• Kanon revealed his identity as Saga’s younger brother and Meruem’s spy, explaining that he had killed Sea Monster but Sea Emperor’s Son Krest had escaped.
• Sorento condemned Kanon for betraying Poseidon and unleashed Death End Climax to escape and warn Sea Emperor.
• Meruem stopped Kanon from attacking Sorento and allowed Sea Witch to escape so she could lead them to Poseidon.
• Sea Witch reached Atlantis and warned Julian Solo, who sat on the Imperial Throne as Poseidon’s soul continued to take control of him.

Julian Solo learned that Kanon had betrayed Poseidon and that Athena’s Saints were approaching the Undersea Shrine, but he remained confident in his power. When Poseidon confronted Kanon, Meruem intervened and matched the Sea Emperor’s Cosmo, leaving Poseidon demanding to know who he was.

• The Sea Witch Sorento told Julian Solo that Kanon was Athena’s undercover agent and that Athena and her Saints were heading for the Undersea Shrine.
• Krest emerged alive and confirmed that Kanon had ambushed him, while Kanon appeared in armor made by Meruem and taunted him.
• Poseidon’s Cosmo nearly forced Kanon to his knees after Poseidon confronted him for deceiving a god.
• Meruem and Saori arrived with the remaining Saint Seiya, and Meruem’s power canceled Poseidon’s Cosmo pressure.
• Meruem called himself Athena’s guardian, and Poseidon accused Athena of shielding blasphemers.

Saori sided with Meruem against Poseidon, trusting Meruem and his companions’ overwhelming strength. Poseidon attacked Meruem with his trident, but Meruem repeatedly blocked the divine weapon with one finger.

• Poseidon threatened to kill the people he called blasphemers, and Saori told him she would not shield them.
• Saori reflected on her long-standing loneliness and how safe she felt beside Meruem.
• Poseidon judged Meruem a dangerous human and demanded to know who he was and where he came from.
• Meruem objected to Poseidon pointing a weapon at him, then vanished and appeared before Poseidon to reach for the trident.
• Poseidon swung his trident at Meruem, but Meruem blocked it with one finger, and he stopped a second strike the same way.

Meruem forced Poseidon back before the Sea Emperor fully awakened through Julian and donned his God Scale Cloth. Poseidon then challenged Athena and turned his attention back to Meruem, who stood beside her.

• Meruem struck Poseidon's trident and forced him back onto the Imperial Throne.
• Poseidon thanked Meruem for hastening his awakening, then appeared in his God Scale Cloth as his Cosmo shook the Undersea Shrine.
• Poseidon fully revived through Julian's body, erasing Julian's soul.
• Poseidon taunted Saori and claimed she could not defeat him without her divine armor.
• Meruem reminded Poseidon of their earlier encounter, and Poseidon threatened to deal with him first.

Meruem and Poseidon fought an evenly matched battle in the ocean, where Poseidon had the advantage of his divine armor, trident, and sea power. Meruem began to use a human technique against Poseidon, ending the chapter as he unleashed Aurora Execution.

• Meruem considered the difference between human Saints, gods, and their powers, and recognized Poseidon as a powerful opponent.
• Poseidon and Meruem exchanged blows in the ocean, with Poseidon wielding his Sea Emperor Trident and Meruem fighting with his fists.
• Meruem punched Poseidon from the seafloor to the surface and taunted him about underestimating humans.
• Meruem announced he would use a human technique and unleashed Aurora Execution, calling on it to freeze the sea.

Meruem froze the sea and wore Poseidon down before joining forces with Saori to seal the Sea Emperor in her Treasure Vase. With Poseidon contained and Julian unconscious on the ice, Meruem and Saori were left together as Poseidon cursed from inside the vase.

• Meruem froze the surrounding sea, but Poseidon broke free of the ice and attacked him in a rage.
• Meruem defended himself while baiting Poseidon into exhausting his divine power, then struck him with Galaxian Explosion EX.
• Meruem called for Saori, who surrounded Poseidon with divine talismans and used her Treasure Vase to seal his soul.
• Julian fell onto the frozen sea after Poseidon was sealed, and Saori celebrated while Meruem awkwardly noticed her appearance.
• Poseidon cursed Saori from inside the vase, unable to use divine power until the seal weakened.

Meruem sealed Poseidon and returned to the Sanctuary with Saori, while news of the victory spread among the major forces. Former Sun God Abel learned of Poseidon’s defeat and rebuked Cain for warning him about Athena.

• Meruem took the vase containing Poseidon from Saori and stored it in his Four-Dimensional Mansion.
• Meruem and Saori set off for the Sanctuary, leaving Julian and the wounded Sea Fighters behind.
• The human world’s major forces learned that Athena had sealed the fully awakened Poseidon.
• Abel dismissed Poseidon after hearing his subordinate report on the defeat.
• Abel blasted Cain away and warned him not to presume to advise him.

Abel planned to seize control of the earth while Ares prepared to attack Athena’s Sanctuary, and Andreas took over the Valhalla Church. Meanwhile, Meruem’s Chimera Ant researchers studied Poseidon’s God Blood and concluded that Chimera Ants could obtain divinity only by seizing a godhead.

• Abel told Cain he would claim control of the earth and reclaim the throne of the God King, even if he had to kill Athena.
• Ares reunited with Aphrodite, then ordered the Flame, Fire, Terror, and Disaster legions to prepare to attack Athena’s Sanctuary.
• Andreas took control of the Valhalla Church and mocked the Ice Saints.
• The Chimera Ant Research Unit studied Poseidon’s God Blood and discovered that it contained laws they could not reproduce in Chimera Ants.
• Meruem learned that the only way for a Chimera Ant to obtain a godhead and divinity was to seize a godhead.

After the Sea Realm War, Meruem nominated Kanon to succeed Shion as Pope, and the Sanctuary approved the appointment despite Saga’s objections. Kanon was crowned, while Shion looked ahead to the coming Holy War against the Underworld.

• Meruem considered the risks of taking a god’s divine spark and decided not to kill Poseidon before dealing with Hades.
• Meruem nominated Kanon as Shion’s successor, citing Shion’s age and Kanon’s service as an undercover agent in the Sea Realm.
• Saga opposed Kanon’s appointment, arguing that his brother was too unserious and objecting to having to obey him.
• The other Gold Saints and Shion supported the nomination, and Meruem finalized the decision to make Kanon Pope.
• Shion presented Kanon with the Pope’s helmet and red robe at a grand coronation attended by Saints from across the Sanctuary.
• Shion reflected that the young Saints would need to defend Athena when the Underworld awakened.

After becoming Pope, Kanon struggled with Sanctuary’s paperwork while Arubio prospered as a respected Saint and trained disciples on Andromeda Island. His growing confidence was shattered when powerful strangers attacked the island, and Arubio recognized the armor of the intruder he trapped.

• Shion brought Kanon to the Pope Palace to learn his new duties, and Kanon struggled through piles of documents while thinking of impressing his older brother.
• Arubio returned to Andromeda Island and took pride in his rising standing in Sanctuary, his Seventh Sense strength, and his disciple Shun’s status as one of Athena’s Five Royal Guards.
• Arubio recalled Athena’s encouragement and promise of funding, unaware that Meruem had asked Saori to use those assurances to win the loyalty of Saints stationed abroad.
• Several powerful strangers appeared on Andromeda Island, and one of them burned an Arubio disciple alive before Arubio could intervene.
• Arubio used Saint Cross Restraint to reveal and bind a purple-armored intruder, then recognized the armor and cried out in shock.

Arubio confronted Chris, a Berserker commander from Ares’s Legion of Fire, on Andromeda Island and learned that Berserkers had secretly gathered there to kill the Saint Seiyas. As Chris broke free of his chains and more Berserkers arrived, Arubio faced an increasingly dangerous attack.

• Arubio recognized Chris as a Berserker and asked which legion he served.
• Chris identified himself as Exploding Fist Chris of the Legion of Fire and said Berserkers had come to wipe out the Saint Seiyas.
• Arubio realized Chris had brought hidden reinforcements and ordered his disciples to bind him with their chains.
• Chris’s Cosmo made him swell against the chains, and Arubio’s disciples wrapped him in a chain cocoon.
• A group of Berserkers in fiery red armor arrived, and the leader of the Legion of Calamity mocked Chris.
• Chris told the Butcher of the Legion of Calamity to stay out of the Legion of Fire’s affairs.

The Berserkers attacked Sanctuary branches around the world, but suffered devastating defeats at Death Queen Island and the Five Old Peaks. After reviewing the losses, Pope Kanon called a meeting, where Meruem urged retaliation and Saori prepared for war.

• Chris defeated Arubio on Andromeda Island, declared the island erased, and left the Ares Army's mark before departing with the Berserkers.
• The Ares Army's forces were annihilated at Death Queen Island and the Pamir Plateau, while attacks elsewhere left many Sanctuary branches weakened.
• Berserkers who attacked the Five Old Peaks were slaughtered by Carver Taoists secretly serving Meruem's Chimera Ant Army.
• Kanon reviewed reports of Saints killed in attacks and called a Twelve Gold Meeting, inviting Saori and Meruem.
• Meruem urged the Sanctuary to strike back, and Saori put on the Thorn Ring as she accepted war.