I'm still not sure how the whole "death" thing works anymore, since the Choujin Graveyard could just be opened up to let out anybody they want.
but damn, a nice end to the arc and a new one beginning! The final one, it sure sounds like? I really don't know where we would go from here. But I see 12 figures riding down, so that probably means we'll need 12 Choujin to face them... I just hope they give the boys some time to rest/heal/train, because jumping into another gauntlet right now would be tough.