Chapter Summaries

Jiang Rui defeated Accelerator and dragged him toward the cliff, while Maria warned the Saints that Aleister was about to act. As Accelerator asked Jiang Rui to look after Last Order, he revealed that he had opposed Jiang Rui because of Lilith, leaving Jiang Rui baffled.

• Nine Tails threatened Misaka Mikoto with a projected electromagnetic cannon while the observers focused on Jiang Rui's battle with Accelerator.
• Maria explained that Jiang Rui was overcoming Accelerator through his ability to learn and break abilities, then warned the Saints that Aleister was about to make a move.
• Jiang Rui pierced Accelerator near the neck and dragged him away after Accelerator stopped resisting.
• Jiang Rui reflected on Nine Tails' hidden resentment and his own feelings for her as he flew toward the cliff with Accelerator.
• Accelerator asked Jiang Rui to take care of Last Order, then said he had opposed him because of Lilith.

Jiang Rui confronted Accelerator’s belief that he had betrayed Lilith and then appeared to kill Misaka Mikoto, while Nine Tails struggled to control a massive railgun. Aleister emerged to rescue Kamijou Touma, but Laura Stuart and a group of Saints moved to intercept her.

• Accelerator accused Jiang Rui of devouring Lilith and condemned his pursuit of Kamijou Touma, so Jiang Rui declared he would kill Accelerator and Misaka Mikoto.
• Jiang Rui reached Nine Tails as she struggled to operate the Battleship Railgun, then threw Accelerator before Misaka Mikoto and pierced her with an ice blade.
• Accelerator attacked Jiang Rui in a rage, but Jiang Rui revealed that a golden barrier still protected Misaka Mikoto’s heart with Aiwass’ power.
• Jiang Rui challenged Aleister to appear, and Aleister seized Kamijou Touma and fled as the surrounding magicians reacted.
• Laura Stuart attacked Aleister by turning half the sky into an abyss, but Aleister dodged and found a group of Saints blocking her path.

Aleister invoked the Imperial Decree and defeated the possibility competing with him, but Aiwass betrayed him and empowered that possibility with Artificial Heaven. The newborn silver-haired Aleister declared that she would defeat Rimuru Tempest and follow him to another world.

• Jiang Rui learned from Nephtys and Niangniang that the Imperial Decree could rewrite the world's laws and rally the world behind its declaration.
• Aleister used Kamijou Touma's severed Imagine Breaker arm to stop Lola's attack while the silver-haired possibility absorbed power from across the world.
• Aleister's true form defeated the silver-haired possibility, then broadcast an Imperial Decree that froze conflicts across the world.
• Aiwass betrayed Aleister, used Artificial Heaven to suppress him, and empowered the silver-haired possibility to take his place.
• The newborn Aleister declared that she would defeat Rimuru Tempest, inherit Aleister's mission, and go to his world, prompting Jiang Rui to smack Nine Tails for calling her a silver-haired Dumpling.

Aiwass revealed her connection to Aleister and used the Imperial Decree to warn the world about R'lyeh and Kamijou Touma's role. Jiang Rui answered by exposing his group as outsiders and presenting the world's crisis as a choice between competing futures, leaving the world's people to decide what comes next.

• Aiwass explained that she was a possibility of Aleister who had become a Magic God, while arguing that the original Aleister had tried to take her power.
• Aiwass proclaimed that R'lyeh threatened the world and that Kamijou Touma was its final lock, prompting Accelerator to ask Jiang Rui if the accusation was true.
• Jiang Rui confirmed that his group had come for the world, then rewrote Aiwass's Imperial Decree with help from Niangniang and Nephtys.
• Jiang Rui argued that the world's will had turned against magic and revealed Kamijou Touma as World Rejecter, a power that could correct the world.
• Jiang Rui offered the people of the world three paths: side with the world's will, side with World Rejecter, or welcome his group to save the world.

Aiwass activated the Imperial Decree, dividing the world into rival camps and binding people’s destinies to their leaders. As the battle began, Jiang Rui discovered he could recruit wavering supporters and tried to draw them to R'lyeh.

• Aiwass and Maria used the Imperial Decree to establish competing alliances, linking people’s destinies to their chosen leaders.
• Lola attacked Aiwass, while Nine Tails and other R'lyeh forces charged Kamijou Touma and the opposing magicians.
• Maria linked the magicians to herself and distributed angelic power, while Aiwass taught Kamijou Touma to use the Cup of Life to restore Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator.
• Jiang Rui noticed that Reivinia’s loyalties connected her to several factions and realized wavering people could be recruited.
• Jiang Rui searched for undecided supporters and urged a conflicted soldier to join R'lyeh, where magic and science could coexist.

Jiang Rui used Great Sage to recruit people by promising an end to the war, and Niangniang ultimately threw her support behind R'lyeh. The chapter left Rimuru commanding the zombie and mummy forces as Egypt and Xia Country prepared to help bring peace and shelter refugees.

• Niangniang discovered that Xia Country's immortals and ordinary people had turned against her decree, with the immortals opposing the Magic Gods and the public supporting science.
• Jiang Rui used Great Sage to recruit magicians, military leaders, and civilians, including a dying man who pleaded for the war to end.
• Great Sage proposed using peace as a unifying cause, and Jiang Rui ordered Livian to halt the fighting, calm the people, and open England and Russia to refugees.
• Jiang Rui broadcast a video calling for magic and science to coexist, and Niangniang committed her power and zombie army to R'lyeh.
• Nephtys ordered Egypt to support Rimuru and accept refugees, while mummies and ancient Egyptian pharaohs began to move.

Maria discovered that Rimuru was poaching her followers and unleashed a world-destroying Judgment against him and Academy City. As the sacred attack engulfed the city, Rimuru hid behind Niangniang while the other fighters scrambled to escape.

• A mountain avalanche revealed a horde of zombies that overwhelmed military forces, while Nephtys summoned mummies to join the conflict in Academy City.
• Maria noticed that nearly half her fate threads had vanished and found Rimuru recruiting her supporters, including an astrologer Saint, with an Angel God Power Crystal and promises of generous benefits.
• Nephtys's sand soldiers evened the numbers in Academy City, and Maria discovered that Niangniang was pouring her fate power into Rimuru.
• Furious at Rimuru, Maria used fate power to channel angelic energy, summoned eighteen wings, and called down a world-destroying Judgment.
• Rimuru dove beneath Niangniang's qipao as the attack struck Academy City, while Nephtys, Aiwass, Lola, and Kamijou Touma reacted to the devastation.

Rimuru and his allies tried to contain Maria’s overwhelming attack by creating a battlefield around the Seventh District, while Rimuru fought Kamijou Touma and sought to weaken World Rejecter. Nine Tails identified the destructive power emerging from Touma as something Rimuru could counter with fate, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Nine Tails prepared to unleash a world-exiling black hole, but Rimuru reassured her and asked Nephtys to block Maria’s attack; he then arranged a sustained Judgment to isolate the Seventh District.
• Rimuru and Nine Tails charged Aiwass and Kamijou Touma, while Nine Tails locked down space and God's Advent intercepted Accelerator as the fighting spread across the battlefield.
• Rimuru cut off and burned Kamijou Touma’s right hand, but a destructive vortex emerged from the wound and struck Rimuru, who retreated and recognized its overwhelming power.
• Nine Tails left Reivinia to hold off Aiwass, but Aiwass quickly knocked Reivinia down; Reivinia then activated her Angel Power and resumed the fight, allowing Nine Tails to return to Rimuru.
• Nine Tails explained that Touma’s new power actively exterminated its target, unlike Imagine Breaker, and told Rimuru he could neutralize it with the power of fate.

Kamijou Touma’s heart was pierced, causing World Rejecter to erupt and threaten to erase magic across the battlefield. Faced with the risk of a catastrophic backlash, Rimuru chose to continue the mission, leaving the group poised to confront the rampaging world will.

• Nine Tails pierced Kamijou Touma’s heart while Rimuru and World Rejecter were locked in a struggle over the world’s laws.
• World Rejecter manifested as black dragon heads, expelled Niangniang and Nephtys, and began destroying magic around Kamijou Touma.
• Aiwass healed Kamijou Touma and warned Rimuru that World Rejecter could erase magic in the area and kill them all.
• Rimuru’s team hesitated after Aiwass explained the danger, but Rimuru reminded them that abandoning the mission could doom them under Extraordinary Space.
• Rimuru raised his blade and stepped toward the unconscious Kamijou Touma, insisting that the team had to keep moving forward.

Rimuru killed Kamijou Touma and swallowed the self-destructing World Rejecter, leaving himself in agony as Othinus and the other gods returned to halt the world’s destruction. Nine Tails defeated Accelerator while Rimuru lost consciousness, and the Transcendents realized he was still being purified.

• Rimuru stabbed Misaka Mikoto when she tried to stop him, then pushed past Aiwass and the Transcendents to reach Kamijou Touma.
• Rimuru killed Kamijou Touma, triggering World Rejecter’s promised attempt to purify the world.
• Rimuru swallowed Kamijou Touma’s corpse and World Rejecter’s power, turning into a blue blob as Great Sage frantically tried to prevent his destruction.
• Othinus returned with The Unifier and the other demigods, halted the world’s disasters, and learned that Rimuru had swallowed World Rejecter.
• Othinus broke Accelerator’s power, allowing Nine Tails to defeat him while Rimuru lost consciousness.

Rimuru awakened in Reward Settlement Space after Great Sage saved him from being purified by World Rejecter, then discovered that his actions had earned him an EX evaluation and authority over the A Certain Magical Index World. He learned that other forces might be trying to devour Extraordinary Space, and prepared to restore himself before returning to confront World Rejecter.

• Great Sage explained that Rimuru had been pulled into the settlement space to preserve his life, but had still analyzed World Rejecter's ability to modify a world's access permissions.
• Rimuru reviewed his rewards, earned first place with an EX evaluation, received 86 attribute points and the Star of Ruin Remnant, and gained the title World Manager.
• Rimuru realized that World Manager gave him control over the source of the A Certain Magical Index World and expanded Great Sage's authority within Extraordinary Space.
• Great Sage warned Rimuru that other sets of permissions existed and that other forces might also be trying to devour Extraordinary Space.
• Rimuru learned that his world authority would let him return to his body and use the world's power against World Rejecter, but he first needed to restore his depleted life and attributes.

Rimuru searched for a Sequence to fuse with Light Prayer, weighing the need to strengthen his mind and fate abilities against the risk of spreading his power too thin. With Great Sage’s help, he fused Light Prayer with Fallen Chant to create Heartless One, then faced a choice about the direction of his Demon Lord advancement.

• Rimuru searched the exchange list for a Sequence with mind and fate traits, while Great Sage warned him against perfectionism and over-investing in a supporting Sequence.
• Great Sage found a formula using Mephisto’s Mark, and Rimuru fused Light Prayer with Fallen Chant to create Sequence 7: Heartless One.
• Rimuru examined Heartless One’s new mental and demonic abilities, noticed that its holy light powers had weakened, and decided his next Sequence should restore them.
• Great Sage outlined possible Demon Lord advancement paths, including abyss, demon, void, time, dragon, and law-related options.
• Rimuru considered how his choice could help him gain strength, repay those who had helped him, and perhaps return to his original world to revive his parents.

Rimuru chose the Void for his Sequence advancement after deciding that time-related materials were too expensive, gaining new Void abilities and the Devour Law. He discovered that his soul essence also called him to recover the Laws of Time and Space, then prepared to evolve his skills with Great Sage.

• Rimuru considered the Time and Void routes but chose the Void because advancing through time was too costly and he wanted to save points for skill-evolution books.
• Rimuru fused with a Void Walker’s Extraordinary Characteristic and became a Voidspawn, gaining Void resistance, Void Vision, Enter the Void, and the King of Gluttony template.
• Rimuru found that his Trinity Demon Lord characteristic had recovered the Devour Law and still required the Time Law and Space Law, which he decided not to pursue for now.
• Great Sage explained that the descriptions in Extraordinary Space reflected Rimuru’s subconscious, and Rimuru wondered whether he had been a Voidspawn in his previous life.
• Rimuru trusted Great Sage to choose advancements for his other Sequences but decided to evolve his skills first so he could see what Great Sage would become.

Rimuru used a Skill Evolution Book to evolve Great Sage into the demigod-level Thought Core Ciel, then considered how to use his remaining books to strengthen his other abilities. The chapter ended with Nine Tails watching a weakening Rimuru in A Certain Magical Index World while The Unifier warned that he might not last long enough for help.

• Rimuru evolved Great Sage into Thought Core Ciel, which gained independent emotions, vastly increased analysis speed, and the ability to expel Rimuru from his mental world.
• Ciel explained that Rimuru and it had become complementary halves of a twin companion race and urged him to grow stronger.
• Rimuru weighed the value of Skill Evolution Books and considered evolving an offensive or utility ability to increase his influence.
• Ciel reminded Rimuru to use a book on Glutton, but Rimuru realized he had never evolved Predator and decided to set that book aside until he could strengthen it.
• Ciel suggested improving Unlimited Blade Works with the final Skill Evolution Book.
• In A Certain Magical Index World, Nine Tails watched Rimuru weaken, and The Unifier said he might not survive long enough for it to destroy World Rejecter.

Rimuru survived devouring World Rejecter and inherited authority over the world, choosing to preserve it rather than reset it. He reshaped the world through three divine decrees and used a miracle to resurrect those who had fought in the war.

• Rimuru's Devour Law overcame World Rejecter, and he woke as Nine Tails and the others watched over him.
• Othinus revealed that her world authority had transferred to Rimuru, and the Unifier proposed that Rimuru marry Nine Tails.
• Rimuru learned that he could reset the world to create instances, but he refused and selected Kihara Tsumiki as a follower.
• Rimuru declared that the world would continue under R'lyeh, with magic and science coexisting, and chose to resurrect Misaka Mikoto despite the cost.
• Rimuru issued three divine decrees ending the war, correcting the relationship between science and magic, and bringing the dead who fought for their beliefs back to life.

Rimuru restored the world by spending its source essence, then settled affairs in Academy City and prepared to leave for R'lyeh. He assigned Aiwass to manage the world, entrusted Reivinia with responsibilities and a way to visit his company, and left Nine Tails a gift before departing.

• The Unifier and the red-haired man concluded that Rimuru had used the world's authority to spare its people, while the red-haired man hinted that the Last Piece of the Puzzle belonged to the Twisted Ones.
• Rimuru finished restoring the world, learned from Great Sage that its strength had diminished, and confronted Aiwass before assigning her to manage Academy City and the world for five years.
• Rimuru visited Ruiko Saten through an Avatar in London, gave Reivinia a vacant R'lyeh Contract, and asked her to teach Ruiko and lead a public magic academy called the Clock Tower.
• Yinyin Qingcao declined to join Rimuru's forces immediately and chose to explore more worlds, while Kihara Tsumiki accepted R'lyeh's judgment and became Rimuru's follower.
• Rimuru left the world as its time resumed, and the Unifier gave Nine Tails the Star of Ruin Remnant that Rimuru had left for her.

Rimuru settled Kihara Tsumiki into R'lyeh and reviewed the abilities and costs of his new Sequence 6 strength. He concluded that he had become a powerful figure, while Great Sage mocked his self-assessment.

• Rimuru offered Kihara Tsumiki the chance to change her follower contract, but she stayed and remodeled his room to resemble their former villa.
• Kihara Tsumiki expanded the room and added accommodations for Rimuru's future followers, spending 1,345 Extraordinary Points.
• Rimuru reviewed his upgraded Sequences, including his demigod-level Imaginary Domain, Blood Moon Shadow, Abyssal Lurker, Thunder Priest, and Holy Lost One.
• Rimuru swallowed a Sequence 6 Mysticism Master to improve his alchemy, then realized that alchemy consumed a great deal of money.
• Rimuru decided that Sequence 6 made him strong, and Great Sage teased him for comparing himself to weaker beings.

After reconnecting with Misaka Mikoto, Saten Ruiko decided to study at the Clock Tower and enter the Void to follow Rimuru. Rimuru returned to China, challenged the Light Chasers’ decision to make her an ordinary team member, and escaped after revealing she had advanced to Sequence 6.

• Saten Ruiko told Misaka Mikoto, Kazari Uiharu, and Shirai Kuroko that she would study under Reivinia in London and intended to enter the Void to catch up with Rimuru.
• Saten Ruiko explained Rimuru’s advice to understand evil while choosing to act kindly, and Misaka Mikoto reconsidered her view of him.
• Rimuru returned to the airport in Shanghai after being gone for thirty-eight hours and was collected by Ling Ling and Lin.
• Ling Ling and Lin told Rimuru she would join the Light Chasers as an ordinary team member and would need to report to the captain the next day.
• Rimuru refused to meet the Chief Captain, broke through Ling Ling’s attempt to stop her, and left after saying she had encountered Ghost Blade in the previous world.
• Ling Ling realized Rimuru had advanced to Sequence 6.

Rimuru rejected Light Chasers’ attempt to control him, while Long Ruoqing and Sword Elder debated the danger of alienating him and learned more about his growing influence. Afterward, Rimuru found Yuki Onna in Shanghai and appeared beside her bed, leaving her to ask who he was.

• Rimuru left the meeting with Light Chasers and realized he had no money because he could not use his followers’ Extraordinary Points.
• Long Ruoqing confronted Light Chasers’ former chief captain over their decision about Rimuru and criticized his rapid rise in strength.
• Sword Elder arrived with Ghost Blade’s report and warned that Rimuru could become a dangerous enemy if Light Chasers pushed him away.
• Long Ruoqing learned that The Unifier favored Rimuru and that the Star Spirits had taken an interest in him.
• Rimuru located Yuki Onna in Shanghai and appeared beside her bed, prompting her to cover her face and ask who he was.

Rimuru tried to recruit Yuki Onna into the Light Chasers after learning she had come to the City of Magic hoping to join them. Before Rimuru could return with breakfast, a Night Raven brought her to a divine realm, where she faced a demigod’s Divine Dragon in a clash that left the arriving captains stunned.

• Rimuru claimed to be Jiang Xiaoxiao and tried to extort Yuki Onna, but Yuki Onna produced a genuine visa and explained she was a law-abiding temporary worker hoping to join the Light Chasers.
• Great Sage confirmed Yuki Onna’s intentions, and Rimuru offered to help her join the Light Chasers in exchange for what she wanted.
• Yuki Onna spent the night sleeping on the sofa, then asked Rimuru whether she could really help her join the Light Chasers.
• Rimuru took Yuki Onna’s wallet and went out to buy her breakfast while a Night Raven watched her from above.
• A Night Raven reported Rimuru’s location, and a demigod transported her to a divine realm, where Rimuru confronted the Divine Dragon with her Devour Law and Ea.