Having been tasked with a secret mission by the Oracle of Athena, Shura travels through time and space to present-day Japan. There, he becomes involved in a bloody war against a group of assassins who are targeting a new reincarnation of Athena. Along the way, he meets fellow Gold Saints who have taken the same journey, but not all of them have come out on the other side as allies. Note: The chapter count includes 118 regular chapters, 5 extra chapters, and a prologue and epilogue that were omitted from collected volume releases.