Ikki receives a challenge from the new leader of Death Queen Island, Jango. Seiya recovers from his injuries, and goes with his friends to help Ikki. While thinking of Esmeralda, his deceased lover, Ikki realizes why he fights and swears to rid the world of the Black Saints. Jango, three Black Saints and the Black Phoenix arrive to kill Ikki. Just as he is about to be defeated, Esmeralda speaks to Ikki from the Great Beyond and tells him to keep on living. Seiya and the others arrive and kill the three Black Saints...