Unaware of the advent of the Pallasites, Ryuhou believes that there is no reason to fight anymore and wants to return the Dragon Cloth to his father Shiryu, whose senses were restored, and live peacefully with his family. Meanwhile, Koga and the others learn that a Pallasite is after Ryuhou and rush to assist him, but when Ryuhou finds himself struggling to protect his mother Shunrei from the enemy, his renewed determination awakens his true power as the Dragon Saint and the new Dragon Cloth.

Now knowing where Pallas is located, Seiya decides to lead an attack on her stronghold with the intention to kill her. On the way to meet him there, Koga and his friends are ambushed by the Tertiary Pallasite Cyllene and Haruto stays behind to confront him. Subaru decides to assist him ignoring his friends' warning and the two find later that they must fight not only Cyllene but also his twin brother Greip.

Koga's party departs to the palace through the secret passage shown by Celeris. However, worried about him, Subaru returns to assist the Equuleus Saint, and can do little to stop him from sacrificing himself to defeat Hati. Before passing away, Celeris entrusts the damaged Equuleus Clothstone to Subaru, and upon rejoining his fellow Bronze Saints, Subaru unlocks its true power to protect them, becoming a Bronze Saint as well.

After dealing with Paradox, Gallia turns her attention to Athena and the Gold Saints, easily deflecting all their attacks until she reveals her Photontector. Meanwhile, the other three groups figure out the meaning of their endless running, figuring out that someone has put them into an endless corridor. As Seiya's attacks are easily deflected, and Gallia is about to kill him, Pallas informs her to stand back, with Gallia mocking Pallas for receiving no love in spite of being the Goddess of Love. However, Integra and Paradox combine their Cosmo, and destroy Europa's ...