On the plains of the Bleach World, three Void Beast of varying forms were fully born.
They gasped for breath, then bowed their heads to Li Yu's Ophiuchus Gold Cloth, showing their gratitude.
These three Void Beast had different appearances: one was completely covered in scales, resembling a leopard; another was humanoid, wearing a white bone mask on its head and a cross pattern carved into its chest.
The last one had wings on its back, a large hollow in its chest, and a black robe trailing to the ground.
The moment they were born, Li Yu's divine avatar was instantly enveloped by a golden pillar of light.
The light pillar was warm and pure, and the divine light flowed along the patterns of the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth.
Prompts kept appearing before Li Yu's eyes.
[Received Divinity +1!]
[Received Divinity +1!]
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction; he was right, the higher the world's level, the more generous the world's consciousness rewards.
Previously, when he manifested the sun, moon, and stars before Ard, Li Yu gained five points of Divinity.
Now, helping Ard transform the Void Beast into Voids rewarded him with ten points of Divinity.
In just half a day, Li Yu easily gained a total of fifteen points of Divinity in the Bleach World.
Converted into attribute points, that was seventy-five million free attributes; this gain was far more efficient than striving in a world like I Am Legend.
As more and more Void Beast were transformed, more of them emerged from the black mist.
They no longer roared and struggled but lay quietly on the ground, their eyes filled with a longing for new life.
Even with Li Yu's divine avatar and Ard exerting their full power, looking at the dense crowd of Void Beast, it was clear that it would take at least ten days to half a month to complete all transformations.
With no immediate danger, Li Yu left his divine avatar with an autonomous command to assist Ard and ensure safety, and his consciousness instantly withdrew from the Bleach World, returning to the Aquarius Palace in the Sanctuary.
He walked out of the Aquarius Palace and looked up at the Sanctuary's torch clock.
The torches representing the Twelve Palaces had all extinguished except for the last one, which flickered in the wind, its weak flame dancing like a dying candle, ready to go out completely at any moment.
Li Yu's divine sense swept through each palace; in the Capricorn Palace, Shiryu and Shura's Cosmo had become extremely weak, clearly having fought to exhaustion.
In the Aquarius Palace, Hyoga was still unconscious, his brows furrowed as he mumbled, "Mother!"
In the direction of the Pope's Chamber, the battle was still raging fiercely, with Saga's golden Cosmo covering the entire area like a mountain pressing down.
Although Seiya, Ikki, and Shun's Cosmo erupted with full power, they were like small boats in giant waves, repeatedly overturned, barely able to hold on without being completely annihilated.
A faint smile curled Li Yu's lips, showing no intention of intervening.
He recalled the original history, and his eyes held a hint of mockery.
The world believed that Saga was defeated by the Bronze Five, but in reality, this Gemini Gold Saint was moved by Athena's Cosmo at the last moment, his evil Saga personality receded, his good Saga personality awakened, and he ultimately chose suicide to atone for his sins.
The murderer who assassinated the Pope and attempted to harm the goddess's reincarnation, would he really commit suicide out of sudden enlightenment?
Li Yu's eyes were as cold as a glacier.
Even if Saga had a dual personality, it was too far-fetched.
Li Yu pondered for a moment, and a flicker of understanding passed through his eyes.
Perhaps Athena found Saga's dual personality difficult to control and did not want to bear the reputation of killing a Gold Saint, so she used the guise of inspiration to make him end his own life.
Anyway, Saga still had his twin brother Kanon, who could replace him as the Gemini Gold Saint.
Athena's methods of manipulating people were truly masterful.
However, this time, due to his intervention, Saga did not commit the grave crimes of murdering his master, usurping power, and pursuing the goddess.
He was only tempted by the power of the Pope's Chamber in the early days, wanting to assassinate Pope Shion, but was completely suppressed by Li Yu and imprisoned.
Later, upon his return to the Sanctuary, he received the unanimous forgiveness of Shion and the other Gold Saints.
In this way, no matter how Athena schemed, Saga would not commit suicide!
Moreover, the battle of the Twelve Gold Palaces was my, Li Yu's, will, and all mistakes shall be borne by me, Li Yu, alone!
As the torch on the summit was about to be completely extinguished.
Almost simultaneously, Saori Kido in the ice coffin at the foot of the Holy Mountain slowly opened her eyes.
As her long eyelashes fluttered, a vast and sacred Cosmo surged out like a tide, instantly spanning several miles to descend upon the Pope's Chamber!
Inside the Pope's Chamber, the evil Saga, who was about to launch a fatal blow at the three Bronze Saintss, suddenly froze.
His iconic black hair gradually turned aquamarine under the shroud of Athena's Cosmo, and his originally violent black eyes became as transparent and clear as a glass sea.
The good Saga personality was fully awakened by the goddess's inspiration.
He slowly lowered his hands, which were gathering the Galaxian Explosion, and gazed deeply at the three Bronze Saintss, who were covered in injuries but still refused to give up, his voice filled with gentleness and remorse.
"I feel your determination and perseverance... Go, you have passed."
Seiya and the other two were stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Just moments ago, they were in complete despair.
They were only a few dozen steps away from Athena's Shield in the goddess's statue's hand, yet the Pope before them had summoned the Gemini Gold Cloth and unleashed powerful secret techniques like Galaxian Explosion, Genro Maoh Ken, and Another Dimension, striking them down mercilessly again and again.
Their full-powered Cosmo eruptions seemed as naive and tiny as an underdeveloped infant before this Gold Saint.
"Did... did we fall under the Genro Maoh Ken?"
Seiya clutched the wound on his chest, speaking with difficulty, even he doubted if everything before his eyes was an illusion.
Ikki and Shun also exchanged glances, their eyes full of confusion; victory came too suddenly for them to accept it at once.
The good Saga sighed softly, his heart pure and flawless at this moment, with a hint of compassion in his brows.
Seeing that the Bronze Saintss hesitated and did not move, he urged them, "Hurry! The torch has already extinguished; if you're any later, Saori Kido might..."
The three finally came to their senses, disregarding their pain-racked bodies, struggled to get up, and ran with all their might towards Athena's statue at the Summit of Holy Mountain.
The statue's left hand was empty; the Staff of Nike, which should have been there, was taken away by Aiolos back then.
Its right hand held a golden round shield, its surface carved with olive branch patterns, emitting a faint divine light.
Seiya rushed forward first and tightly grasped the Shield.
As his fingertips touched the shield's surface, the Shield suddenly erupted with endless golden light, rising into mid-air and casting a straight golden beam of light that precisely shone upon the ice coffin at the foot of the Holy Mountain!
The hard ice coffin that Li Yu had previously set up to protect Saori Kido let out a crisp cracking sound, the ice instantly shattered, Saori Kido's delicate body floated up from the ice coffin, and the golden arrow embedded in her left chest was slowly pulled out by an invisible force.