Koga arrives at the Gemini Temple. He and Ryuhou join forces in order to defeat Gemini Paradox. Despite their best efforts, the two of them are outclassed by the more experienced warrior, especially when her darker half comes out to fight. Incensed by Paradox's selfish nature, Ryuhou manages to awaken the Seventh Sense and pull out a desperate win at the last minute. Ryuhou and Kouga the head off to the Cancer Temple.

Eden tries to stop Abzu with no success until he gets the chance to obtain Aria's staff to confront him. Medea tries to dissuade him, but he refuses to comply and reclaims the staff by force. With Kouga's friends failing to get him back to normal despite everyone awakening their Seventh Sense, Eden eventually returns with the staff to the battle, just to find it destroyed by Abzu. Just as Eden is about to be dealt the final blow by the God of Darkness, Medea stands to protect her son, sacrificing herself for him. However, Eden is still dealt a heavy attack while the ...

Koga and Subaru return to the Palaestra which is full of refugees from the villages attacked by the Pallasites and rendezvous with their friends. Genbu approaches the Bronze Saints and, noticing how much their cloths are damaged, reprimands them for relying too much on them instead of their own abilities. When a large enemy force led by the secondary Pallasite Aegir surrounds the Palaestra, Genbu decides to face it head on by himself, while taking the opportunity to share with Koga and the others what he has learned from his teacher, the previous Libra Saint.

On their way to the palace, Koga and his friends meet Celeris, who fights to protect the refugees with the Equuleus Cloth, despite taking heed of the dreaded curse that befalls whoever dons it. They also meet Selene, a young girl who takes care of all the humans who hide underground who has not been frozen in time, and Eden, with something to protect, has to fight Thebe once again, while Subaru and Celeris encounter Hati and have a short battle with him.