Ironically, time Oddysey does show us that the saying comes from a bronze saint fighting someone for 1000 days
The funny thing is that nowadays there is even the concept of a battle that transcends the battle of the thousand days: the eternal battle, in which they will now fight eternally, even through the cycle of reincarnation. This is shown as something real, since Shun and Tenma nearly sacrificed themselves to stop that battle, because otherwise Athena would have lost two valuable Gold Saints forever.
Additionally, it is also curious that they mention this:
"Neither the golden saints can break the Freezing Coffin" - it's a taunt from Camus about how hard his coffin.
The original context of the phrase is not that the Freezing Coffin is indestructible, nor that not even the combined power of the Gold Saints could destroy it. The context simply indicates that the Freezing Coffin is so strong that it could withstand the power of some Gold Saints. This is a detail that Kurumada even corrected in the Final Edition, where he removed the word “several” from the text, and it now only states that a Gold Saint could not destroy it. In other words, a Gold Saint within the average of his rank would not be able to break that technique, something that is mentioned and demonstrated in the story.
Saint Seiya: Final Edition - Volumen 7, p.99
Shiryū: 老師に聞いたことがあるもしそれがカミュの作り出した柩ならば... 黄金聖闘士の力をもって破壊しようとしても不可能だと
Shiryū: “I heard from my master that if that coffin was created by Camus, it would be impossible to destroy it, even with the power of a Gold Saint.”
However, a Gold Saint above the average can destroy the Freezing Coffin. That is why we saw Aiolia, who is stronger than the average Gold Saint, destroy that technique with the Lightning Boltin in Episode G (Chapter 34). In the same way, we also saw how Minos, the weakest in terms of raw destructive power among the Three Judges, destroyed Hyoga’s Ice Wall (Freezing Coffin) with a single blow, even though Hyoga is superior to Camus.
Kurumada consistently presents the Three Judges as having remarkable power, even when compared to the Gold Saints. In terms of power, they are equivalent to the elite among the Gold Saints.
Kurumada’s lines are usually not as inconsistent as those people believe; it’s simply that sometimes the context of what Kurumada is trying to convey is ignored. In addition, there is also the problem of errors in some translations.
