Chapter Summaries

Rimuru brought his teammates to Illyana’s secret Void restaurant, using the meal to show them that Sprout had begun entering the circle of powerful factions. He explained the connections and obligations that came with their growing influence, then discussed his team’s shared skills and revealed that a demigod would soon join them.

• Rimuru returned with an extravagant feast of Void-creature dishes, and the team learned the ramen shop also operated as a secret restaurant.
• Rimuru identified the proprietress Illyana as a Void Primordial Witch and explained that Blackthorn and other influential allies had helped Sprout gain access to her circle.
• Rimuru told his teammates that their growing connections came from Nine Tails, the Star Spirit, the Black Merchant, and his dominance in the equipment market, and warned that favors would bring future obligations.
• Ye Xiaoqian teased Rimuru about marrying the Star Spirit Princess, and Rimuru provoked her until she threw a knife into his head before he recovered.
• Rimuru explained that his advancement required space and time laws and that he had chosen a team skill partly because he could eventually share related abilities.
• Rimuru told the team that their current Sequence 6 limit restricted which skills they could share, but a demigod would soon join Sprout.

Rimuru prepared his team for a real-world mission to Switzerland and arranged an enhancement for Kihara Tsumiki, while a powerful representative of the Collector arrived to meet him. The chapter left Mu Feng offering to pay for Tsumiki’s most expensive enhancement plan, astonishing Rimuru and Orina.

• Rimuru told his teammates that Lilith, the Blood Moon’s progenitor and leader of the Hidden Alliance, might join them, then explained that they would soon travel to Switzerland to contest Holmes’s legacy.
• After the team left R'lyeh, Ye Xiaoqian stayed with Rimuru while he trained Kihara Tsumiki and negotiated with forgers after his Moe King Manufacturing equipment disrupted the Sequence 5 market.
• Rimuru and Ye Xiaoqian waited for Kihara Tsumiki at a skill-enhancement shop, where Elven Ballad Mu Feng introduced himself as one of the Collector’s 127 current members.
• Mu Feng demonstrated a powerful charm ability that affected Ye Xiaoqian and even resisted concealment in the Shadow World.
• When Orina presented three enhancement plans for Kihara Tsumiki, Mu Feng selected the one costing one hundred million and offered to pay through the Collector.
• Orina reacted in shock at Mu Feng’s arrival, and Ye Xiaoqian contacted her teacher to ask who he was.

Rimuru learned more about Changge Mufeng and watched Kihara Tsumiki undergo her first ability enhancement. Mufeng left after confronting Mother of Shadows in the Shadow World, while Orina explained Tsumiki’s new strength and future enhancement plan.

• Rimuru and Ye Xiaoqian learned that The Collector was a rare race whose members pursued their own desires, and that Changge Mufeng was one of its ancient members.
• Mufeng told Rimuru he was investing in him because he would inevitably enter the Void, then left after naming Orina’s enhancement plan as his price.
• In the Shadow World, Mother of Shadows confronted Mufeng and worried that her disciple had caught the attention of a legendary civilization-destruction enthusiast.
• Mufeng denied that Rimuru was a Collector and revealed that he had come to Supernatural Paradise through proper channels to oversee the consortium’s territory there.
• Kihara Tsumiki returned from Orina’s first enhancement session at the peak of Sequence 7, and Orina outlined her future upgrades and the need to improve her coordinate abilities.

Rimuru devoured the Nameless Ghost Mask and gained the power to control aberration, while Great Sage monitored him for lingering effects. After returning to the Real world, he learned that his team had earned an EX rating and that its affiliation with Nine Tails meant even Light Chasers could not interfere.

• Orina explained Kihara Tsumiki’s enhancements, which improved her teleportation, spatial defenses, and potential coordinate-based attacks.
• Rimuru sent Ye Xiaoqian back and devoured the Nameless Ghost Mask, gaining a Twisted Ones talent and the ability to control aberration.
• Great Sage found no immediate mental or physical changes in Rimuru, and he asked it to warn him if anything seemed wrong after he returned.
• Rimuru reunited with Ye Xiaoqian at the hotel and learned that Yutong and Yuki Onna were likely at Superhuman Headquarters.
• Ye Fan learned that Rimuru’s team had received an EX rating and that it was a void faction involving Nine Tails, beyond Light Chasers’ ability to interfere with.

Rimuru returned from another world and prepared with the Light Chasers for their operation in Switzerland. At the border, they encountered Japan’s Nine Abyss organization, where Lady Kaguya confronted Ling Ling and recognized Yuki Onna as the lone wolf who had rejected her invitation.

• Ling Ling and Ye Fan discussed the coming operation, the Void, and their plans to reach Sequence 5.
• Rimuru woke in Buckingham Palace, learned Lilith had kept watch over him, and checked on preparations for the Switzerland operation.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao and Ye Xiaoqian joined the Light Chasers as the teams prepared to travel to Switzerland.
• Thirteen Light Chaser teams arrived at Switzerland’s sealed border, where Ling Ling warned them to avoid diplomatic trouble.
• Nine Abyss arrived under Lady Kaguya, who greeted Ling Ling and addressed Yuki Onna as the lone wolf who had rejected her invitation.
• Ye Xiaoqian explained that Kaguya led Japan’s Nine Abyss, while Yuki Onna struggled to explain why she had chosen the Light Chasers instead.

Kaguya Miyara approached Rimuru, whom Spider Queen recognized despite his concealed aura, and openly invited him to serve as a private consultant for Nine Abyss. The Nine Abyss group left after a tense confrontation, while the Light Chasers suspected Kaguya had secretly left Rimuru a way to contact her and worried about her plans for the Void.

• Kaguya visited the Light Chasers and searched their team for Rimuru, but Spider Queen recognized him when she approached Jiang Xiaoxiao.
• Ling Ling used her ability to stop Kaguya from reaching Rimuru, but Lin allowed her to speak after judging that she would not expose his identity.
• Spider Queen explained that her instinct for danger had identified Rimuru, and Kaguya invited him to become a private consultant for Nine Abyss.
• Lin threatened to treat the recruitment as a diplomatic provocation, and Kaguya left after warning that the Void would soon swallow the world and erase the divisions between countries and factions.
• Rimuru secretly swallowed a butterfly Kaguya had left on his windbreaker, while Ling Ling and Ye Fan suspected she had left him a way to contact her.
• The Light Chasers discussed Kaguya's intentions, and Ye Fan worried that Nine Abyss was preparing for something beyond the Real world.

Rimuru and the Light Chasers reached Reichenbach Falls, where Dragon King Hanabi blocked the route to the barrier. As Hanabi prepared to clear them out, Kaguya’s Nine Abyss team watched from nearby and chose to enter the area by another route.

• Ling Ling led the group across the border and ordered Rimuru to stay with her until they reached Reichenbach Falls.
• At Reichenbach Falls, Rimuru spotted a demigod-level barrier, and Dragon King Hanabi arrived on a golden dragon.
• Hanabi admitted she had cleared away other teams and warned the Light Chasers that she would clear them out if they continued forward.
• Rimuru realized Hanabi was guarding the area for Lilith and the Esoteric Alliance rather than trying to keep them out.
• Kaguya and the Nine Abyss team saw the Light Chasers encounter Hanabi and decided to enter from another direction.

Rimuru learned that Dragon King Hanabi Parks had sent power projections to block every team exploring Switzerland, and he began eyeing one as a chance to devour dragon power. After Ling Ling’s group discovered the projections were appearing everywhere, Rimuru challenged her to reveal whether she and Ye Fan could threaten one.

• Lilith explained that demigods could divide their power into conscious projections, which ordinary teams could not defeat, and Rimuru realized the Dragon King might be using such projections across Switzerland.
• Rimuru received Kaguya’s message and warned her that a surprise awaited; Kaguya’s team then encountered a Dragon King projection and learned that other teams had met identical entities.
• Rimuru sensed the Dragon King’s overwhelming presence while exploring through Jiang Xiaoxiao, then decided to target a projection for its dragon traits and encouraged Ye Xiaoqian, Yuki Onna, and the others to act.
• Rimuru told Ling Ling and the captains that multiple Dragon King projections had appeared, and Ling Ling confirmed that neither she nor Ye Fan could defeat one outright.
• Rimuru asked Ling Ling whether she and Ye Fan had surpassed their ranks enough to threaten a demigod projection.

Rimuru persuaded Ling Ling and the Light Chasers to try defeating the Dragon King’s power projection before Sword Elder arrived, arguing that they could win by sealing him. Ling Ling ordered most of the captains to retreat while Yuki Onna, Ye Xiaoqian, and Yutong advanced to fight, leaving their teammates to watch their abilities.

• Rimuru drew Ling Ling aside and urged her to join his plan to seal the Dragon King’s projection, pointing out that she wanted to challenge him.
• Ling Ling agreed to take down the Dragon King within half an hour, while Ye Fan explained that Jiang Xiaoxiao’s independent unit had authority to make its own proposals.
• The captains learned that Sword Elder would arrive within half an hour, but Ling Ling ordered everyone else to prioritize their safety and retreat.
• Ye Xiaoqian told her teammates they had not yet seen the squad’s true strength, and Yuki Onna, Ye Xiaoqian, and Yutong moved toward the Dragon King to begin the fight.

Ling Ling and her allies challenged Dragon King Spark, who revealed that his Formless Tribulation Extinction could kill with a single strike. Yuki Onna joined Ling Ling to face him, while Spark countered an attempt to pull him into a realm of shadows and realized it was not the Shadow World.

• Ling Ling attacked Dragon King Pask with her Golden Crow Manifestation, but he endured the flames while shielding his dragon hatchling.
• The Dragon King explained that he had gathered the challengers to complete his mission and felt compelled to fight them to discourage others from challenging demigods.
• Ling Ling named Spark's Formless Tribulation Extinction and said the group had challenged him knowing its lethal power, prompting him to prepare to fight.
• Spark's deathly aura pushed Ling Ling back, and Yuki Onna expanded her domain to protect the group and joined Ling Ling against him.
• Malicious tendrils spread through the surrounding shadows, so Spark used Shadow Banishment, but he discovered the shadows were not the Shadow World.

Ye Xiaoqian trapped the Dragon King in a Shadow World woven beyond the rules of the usual Shadow Realm, but his Formless Tribulation Extinction damaged the world itself. The Dragon King explained that his domain could attack other domains and challenged Ye Xiaoqian to keep hers from collapsing.

• The Dragon King recognized Ye Xiaoqian's Shadow Goddess Lineage ability after she pulled him into her woven Shadow World, and Yutong borrowed Rimuru's computing power.
• Ye Xiaoqian and her allies surrounded the Dragon King, who launched Formless Tribulation Extinction and destroyed her Shadow Dragon before Ye Xiaoqian escaped his slash.
• Yuki Onna and Ling Ling attacked, but the Dragon King evaded them and appeared between them; Ye Xiaoqian then blasted him with her sniper cannon and forced him back.
• The Dragon King explained that Formless Tribulation Extinction was an explosive domain that made every attack a killing move.
• The Dragon King revealed that his attacks could damage Ye Xiaoqian's Shadow World and challenged her to evade him until her domain gave way.

Ye Fan joined the battle against the Dragon King, revealing his extreme speed and Clairvoyance-derived ability to strike weaknesses. Rimuru learned that Ye Fan’s talents might eventually let him threaten even demigods, and Ye Xiaoqian prepared to help him fight.

• Ye Xiaoqian called for Ye Fan’s help, and he attacked the Dragon King with his electric blades while she swallowed the Dragon King’s sword qi with a shadow.
• Ye Fan evaded the Dragon King’s counterattack, fired a sniper cannon, and revealed that he had sacrificed other attributes to maximize his speed.
• The Dragon King noticed a wound from Ye Fan’s daggers and guessed that his ability was similar to the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Ye Xiaoqian explained that the Ye family’s Clairvoyance could reveal weaknesses or foresee the future, and Rimuru learned that Ye Fan possessed both traits.
• Ye Xiaoqian and Yutong prepared to support Ye Fan, whose sniper cannon was his strongest attack.

The Light Chasers battled the Dragon King, whose overwhelming strength shattered their domains and left them struggling to create an opening. Yutong revealed her information domain and copied his Formless Tribulation Extinction to weaken him, and Rimuru then sent black mist toward the Dragon King, where an enormous mouth appeared.

• Ye Fan drew the Dragon King's attention while Yuki Onna attacked, but the Dragon King broke her domain and kicked her away.
• Ye Xiaoqian bound the Dragon King's shadow so Ling Ling and Yuki Onna could unleash a combined storm, but the Dragon King countered with Thunder Flash.
• Yutong revealed her information domain, copied Formless Tribulation Extinction, and struck the Dragon King alongside the others' soul attacks.
• The Dragon King survived the assault and claimed the attackers could not match his magic power, so Rimuru stepped in.
• Rimuru sent black mist behind the Dragon King, who turned and saw an enormous gaping mouth.

Rimuru and the Light Chasers defeated the Dragon King's projection, while Sword Elder chose to publicize their victory and Kaguya decided to join forces with them. The Dragon King's true body arrived, confronted Rimuru, and accused him of frightening her dragon hatchling.

• Rimuru swallowed the Dragon King's projection, ending its blockade, while Ye Xiaoqian and Yuki Onna recovered and Ling Ling watched the aftermath.
• The Dragon King woke at Reichenbach Falls, realized a strand of her origin had been taken, and vanished in frustration.
• Sword Elder decided to publicize the Light Chasers' victory, while Liu Hai spotted the Dragon King's true body approaching.
• Kaguya abandoned her plan to fight and ordered her team to join the Light Chasers because they could not defeat the Dragon King alone.
• The Dragon King's true body confronted Rimuru and scolded him for frightening her hatchling with his greedy aura.

Rimuru confronted Dragon King Spark, whose power origin had disappeared, until Sword Elder arrived and ended the standoff. After Spark left, Sword Elder explained the danger of holding a demigod’s origin, and Ling Ling revealed that Spark was the only demigod to enter the Void and return; why he resisted the Real world’s contamination remained uncertain.

• Dragon King Spark demanded to know why Rimuru had erased a trace of his origin, but Rimuru said he would not explain his abilities and relied on his allies for protection.
• Sword Elder arrived with Town Mountain River’s fighters and argued with Spark over the cost of losing a strand of origin.
• Rimuru poked Spark’s dragon hatchling, Huo'er, prompting it to panic and plead for Spark to leave.
• Spark questioned how Rimuru knew Huo'er belonged to the Herren Dragon Clan, then departed after Rimuru said he did not know how he knew.
• Sword Elder warned Rimuru that a demigod’s origin represented a vulnerable part of their life essence and could provoke a dangerous search.
• Ling Ling explained that Spark was the only demigod to enter the Void and return, while Sword Elder suggested his Void Dragon Clan pet might protect him from contamination.

Rimuru and the Light Chasers reached Reichenbach Falls, where rival factions gathered and searched for the hidden truth. As Ruksinth explained the significance of the seventh puzzle piece, Olyric Booklia led his vampires into Switzerland after killing the soldiers blocking their way.

• Rimuru learned that the void had changed the essence of his soul, while Sword Elder allowed the Nine Abyss group to follow the Light Chasers.
• The Light Chasers encountered Night Watch agents at Reichenbach Falls, and Kaguya arrived with her team and settled nearby to wait for the Hidden Alliance.
• Kaguya bowed toward Rimuru, prompting Ye Xiaoqian and the others to tease him while he considered the gathering of young supernatural geniuses.
• Atop the falls, Oakes warned Ruksinth about the arriving Booklia Family, and Ruksinth revealed that the factions were gathered around six puzzle pieces while the seventh belonged to The Truth Society.
• Olyric Booklia led Lucy and their vampires across the Swedish border, killing the soldiers who tried to stop them, and explained that Switzerland’s leaders had sent the soldiers to die.

Rimuru and Lilith encountered Ruksinth and the Truth Society at the waterfall, but Lilith chose to retreat rather than risk a fight. As the helicopter departed, Rimuru questioned the factions’ motives in Switzerland, while a separate battlefield confrontation ended with Olyric proposing cooperation with the Bookeria Family.

• Rimuru’s group landed atop the waterfall and discovered Ruksinth and hidden Truth Society members, including members of the Zurich Alchemical School.
• Ruksinth ordered the Truth Society to prepare for battle, but Lilith turned away and led the group back to the helicopter.
• Rimuru pulled Anna, Ster, and Watson into the helicopter, and the group left after the Truth Society made no attempt to pursue them.
• Rimuru and the others questioned why so many factions had come to Switzerland and suspected something in Holmes’s relics was drawing them there.
• Rimuru asked Lilith where her Esoteric Alliance followers were, and she assured him there was no problem.
• On a battlefield, Olyric killed an attacker while protecting the man in the white shirt, then proposed cooperation with the Bookeria Family.

At the banquet, Kaguya Miyara approached Rimuru and offered to recruit him part-time for Miya Group, then explained how the major forces of Ideal Nation were organized. The chapter ended with Rimuru asking to hear more about the Council of Gods and its followers.

• Rimuru and Lilith went down to the banquet, where Lilith became its main attraction as the factions gathered below the waterfall paused their search and guarded their teams.
• Kaguya Miyara approached Rimuru and explained that Emily had cooperated with Hell, then offered Rimuru a part-time position with Miya Group.
• Ye Xiaoqian interrupted Kaguya's recruitment pitch, teased Rimuru, and learned that Kaguya had entered the Light Chasers' camp with a valid passage code.
• Rimuru asked which factions had gathered, and Kaguya described Ideal Nation's six major forces: Heaven, Hell, Light of Technology, Magic Web, the Council, and the Celestial Host.
• Kaguya identified Divine Radiance Industries as Light of Technology's flagship and said the Blood Princess and the Old Ones belonged to the Council of Gods, also called the Hidden Freemasonry.
• Rimuru eagerly asked Kaguya what she knew about the Council.

Rimuru learned Kaguya Miyara’s account of Ideal Nation’s ancient origins and pondered how its factions connected to the seven puzzle pieces. After Sword Elder warned him away from questions about gods, Rimuru decided to ask Lilith about the secrets she had withheld, but chose to wait until she was ready to tell him.

• Kaguya Miyara explained that Ideal Nation’s factions had influenced world politics and recounted a legend in which survivors of an ancient war named the last intact fragment Ideal Nation.
• Sword Elder interrupted Kaguya’s story, and she left for Nine Abyss after exchanging a parting remark with Rimuru.
• Ling Ling warned Rimuru that Kaguya was dangerous, while Sword Elder cautioned him not to investigate gods or their legends.
• Rimuru considered whether the factions and seven puzzle pieces were connected, then took control of Brent to confront Lilith about hiding information.
• Lilith denied concealing anything out of a desire to deceive Rimuru, and Rimuru decided to wait until she chose to explain.

Rimuru and Lilith arrived at the waterfall, where the revelation that Belial had come from Hell drew powerful factions into a tense standoff over Holmes' relic. As Rimuru learned the relic was a fragment of divinity and a source of Lilith's power, the chapter ended with him asking what the fragment actually was.

• Rimuru and his allies descended by helicopter, and Lilith made a dramatic entrance as the Dragon King blocked a Church cardinal from approaching.
• Belial emerged from the cabin, and the white-haired cardinal fell to his knees while the assembled factions reacted to her presence.
• Sword Elder explained that Belial was a ruler of Hell who had reached Sequence 3 and entered through a Gate of Hell.
• The Dark Council, Olyric, and Lilith's hidden allies gathered around the waterfall, turning the relic meeting into a dangerous standoff.
• Lilith told Rimuru that the fragment was the source of her power and that she had already stepped halfway onto the throne by projecting the Blood Moon.
• Sword Elder described the relic as a fragment of power, laws, or divinity, and Rimuru asked Lilith what the fragment was.