Chapter Summaries

Rimuru and Lina fought the Mech Warrior, whose Demon Lord Armor Rimuru began taking with his black mist. Elsewhere, Kaguya and the others battled Arsenal Nation’s mechanical army, while Magician noted that Words of Power Users were stubborn.

• The Mech Warrior summoned his Demon Lord Armor and attacked Rimuru, but Lina used Words of Power to disrupt him while Rimuru landed counterattacks.
• Lina brought down a building and prepared to stop the Mech Warrior, but Rimuru intervened to protect her and drove him back with ice and black mist.
• Rimuru revealed that his black mist could take the Mech Warrior’s weapons and armor, then charged as the Mech Warrior tried to fight him with a spear.
• Lina made the Mech Warrior fall, allowing Rimuru’s black mist to engulf him and overwhelm his armor.
• Kaguya summoned Nue to clear mechanical enemies, while Yuki Onna, Magician, and the others fought elsewhere on the battlefield.
• Lisa asked whether Magician was worried about Lina, and Magician called Words of Power Users a stubborn bunch.

Lina decided that Rimuru was the captain she had been searching for and went to join him on the battlefield. There, she broke through and unfolded a Words of Power domain, leaving Magician and the others stunned.

• Magician accepted that Lina could leave the Seekers of Truth, and Lisa asked Ling Ling whether the Light Chasers were still recruiting.
• Lisa remembered Lina’s dream of finding a protective captain and realized Rimuru’s fierce loyalty had won her sister’s trust.
• Lina resolved to become a god and build her own ideal team, then sought out Rimuru and offered to fight alongside him.
• Lina unleashed a Words of Power domain that bound the battlefield, and Magician, Astrologer, and Lisa recognized that she had broken through.
• Ye Fan teased Magician about handing the newly powerful Lina over to someone else.

Rimuru defeated the Mech Warrior’s defenses with Lina’s Words of Power, then devoured a Mechanical Angel to analyze Arsenal Nation’s authority. He began forcibly invading and modifying that authority, transforming the battlefield into part of the Arsenal Nation.

• Lina ordered the Arsenal Nation’s shield to disappear, allowing Rimuru to swallow the Mech Warrior and his equipment.
• When the Mech Warrior tried to escape, Lina prohibited flight and grounded him; Rimuru agreed to protect her if he attacked.
• Rimuru asked Lina to expose Arsenal Nation’s core, but changed his mind when he realized it might hurt her, earning her trust.
• Rimuru devoured the Mechanical Angel and completed its analysis, raising his Arsenal Nation authority analysis to 67.3%.
• Rimuru confirmed the forced invasion, and black tentacles transformed the surrounding streets and buildings into an Arsenal Nation filled with machinery.

Rimuru destroyed Arsenal Nation with his Devouring Domain, leaving the Mech Warrior defeated and the city in ruins. With Arsenal Nation gone, Ling Ling and the others faced the consequences of the changed balance of power and their agreements with the Seekers of Truth.

• Rimuru manifested Arsenal Nation and unleashed a black-hole-like Devouring Domain, while Lina forced the Mech Warrior to kneel and silenced him.
• The black mist consumed Arsenal Nation, including its emergency defenses and two mechanical demigods, and the Mech Warrior watched his nation and Demon Lord Armor disappear.
• Yutong, Ye Xiaoqian, and Yuki Onna discussed Rimuru's Domain and its resemblance to a black hole, connecting it to their future Star Spirit teammate.
• The black tide receded, restoring the ruined original world, and Magician, Astrologer, Ling Ling, and the others discussed Arsenal Nation's destruction and their agreement.
• Magician suggested that the Seekers of Truth find new employment among Xia Country's Light Chasers, while Ling Ling worried about the powerful figures still present.
• Rimuru checked on the defeated Mech Warrior, who admitted he could not even kill himself and accepted that he had lost.

After the battle, Rimuru and his allies treated Lina and debated how to handle the other factions while searching for the world's lost thing. Meanwhile, Ruksinth seized control of the Hunters' headquarters and reached the sleeping place of its demigod, where she found a surprise.

• Rimuru decided not to kill the defeated Light Chasers or infiltrate Divine Radiance Industries, then helped Raphael heal Lina.
• Raphael thanked Rimuru for saving her and took over Lina's treatment, while Lina introduced herself to Rimuru.
• Rimuru, Lilith, and Sylphiel discussed the rival factions' hidden trump cards and questioned what Hell had given Sylphiel.
• Rimuru noted that The Truth Society and the Hunters had not appeared, and Lilith suspected something had happened to the Hunters.
• Ruksinth infected and twisted the Hunters at their headquarters, then opened the door to the demigod Hunter's chambers and froze at what she saw.
• Rimuru urged Ling Ling to focus on finding the world's lost thing, while Lina quietly followed him and Lisa was left standing alone.

After the factions withdrew from the battle, Rimuru's group debated whether to hold the Mech Warrior hostage, then returned to base while Lilith's side dealt with the aftermath. That night, Rimuru encountered Sylphiel in a dream and threw her out after she tried to seduce him.

• Ling Ling's group left the Mech Warrior behind and agreed not to demand ransom from Divine Radiance Industries, respecting Magician's concerns and their alliance with Magic Web.
• Yutong joked that Rimuru should give her Arsenal Nation as a gift, then realized he had actually planned to offer it and excitedly pounced toward him.
• Lilith's group returned to Hamson Building, where Sylphiel asked how they would handle the casualties and whether they should investigate the Hunters; Rimuru postponed the work until morning.
• Rimuru drove Lilith and the others to Holmes Mansion, returned alone to his safe house, and fell asleep intending to transfer to Jiang Xiaoxiao's side.
• Sylphiel appeared in Rimuru's dream and tried to seduce him, but Rimuru recognized the dream and threw her out after explaining that his body should be female.

Rimuru resisted Sylphiel’s seduction in a dream while she repeatedly asked whether he believed in fate. Oakes and Ruksinth broke into the dream, where Ruksinth confronted Sylphiel over her connection to Rimuru and Lilith.

• Rimuru rejected Sylphiel’s advances and asked why she had come to him.
• Sylphiel repeatedly asked Rimuru whether he believed in fate, and Rimuru began to answer before the dream shattered.
• Ruksinth broke into Rimuru’s apartment after Oakes revealed himself, and they found a Hell Contract radiating a powerful aura.
• Ruksinth used her corrosion trait to enter the dream, while Oakes followed with dream magic.
• Rimuru, Sylphiel, Oakes, and Ruksinth met in the dream, and Ruksinth called Sylphiel a cheating cat.
• Sylphiel replied that Lilith, not the Truth Society, was the one she would be stealing from.

Rimuru’s dream was invaded by Sylphiel and Ruksinth, whose fight revealed that The Truth Society recognized him as their Holy Son. After waking, Rimuru learned that Ruksinth had found a power fragment and faced a crowd of Twisted Ones urging him to return, though he remained wary of leading them.

• Sylphiel confronted Oakes and Ruksinth in Rimuru’s dream, and the three began fighting until Rimuru used Great Sage’s authority to shatter the dream.
• Rimuru found the parchment Mosphieto had given him and questioned Sylphiel about its opening and her nighttime visit.
• Ruksinth told Rimuru that she had found the source of the world’s power and said the Holy Son needed to return and deal with it.
• Sylphiel realized Rimuru was Lilith’s contractor, and Rimuru acknowledged Ruksinth’s efforts without denying that he was the Holy Son.
• Sequence 5 Twisted Ones appeared and welcomed Rimuru back, while he considered whether to let Ruksinth keep drawing attention as he developed in secret.

Rimuru confronted Sylphiel over a mysterious contract and questioned why Hell wanted an alliance with him. Sylphiel revealed that she was Satan’s sentient Demon Scythe and intended to pledge loyalty to the Demon King.

• Rimuru examined Sylphiel’s parchment and recognized its runes as a contract involving power and a covenant bearer, while Sylphiel burned it and explained that Hell’s offer was tied to her.
• Rimuru questioned why Lilith, The Truth Society, and Hell were all approaching him, and Sylphiel said she personally wanted to go with him and secure an alliance.
• Sylphiel revealed that Hell’s trump card was her, and Oakes connected her to the legendary weapon left by Satan.
• Sylphiel transformed into the Demon Scythe, swept the Twisted Ones away, and explained that she was both Satan’s offspring and the scythe itself.
• Sylphiel declared that she had inherited Satan’s will and prophecy and existed to serve the Demon King and spread Hell across the world.

Sylphiel reflected on her prophecy and her desire for Rimuru to wield her, while Mephisto supported her choice and hoped it would strengthen Hell’s ties to him. After Moriarty’s group returned from Hamson Corporation, Rimuru and his companions examined the public accusations against them and began narrowing down where the corporation’s hidden research target might be.

• Sylphiel recalled how she recognized Rimuru as the Demon Lord foretold by her prophecy and regretted hesitating before Lilith and The Truth Society claimed him first.
• Mephisto encouraged Sylphiel to pursue her own future and explained that her divine-artifact nature meant her potential wielder would need godly power.
• Magician criticized Moriarty’s chaotic hideout, while Ling Ling explained that the group represented the criminal faction and Ye Xiaoqian speculated about hacker organizations.
• Rimuru revealed that news reports had branded the group as armed criminals who had killed Hamson Corporation’s largest shareholder and abducted his daughter, Lina.
• Ling Ling and Yutong warned that public opinion and surveillance would restrict the group, while Magician suggested Hamson’s core technology might be hidden within one of the competing factions.
• Rimuru reasoned that the target was likely concealed by someone within a faction who did not know its true location, and began identifying the most suspicious party.

Rimuru delayed the others’ planned raid on the Hunters’ headquarters so Lilith could reclaim her power, while he allied with Hell and gained Sylphiel as a divine weapon. At the power fragment’s chamber, a demigod Hunter resembling an older Lilith opened its scarlet eyes.

• Magician and Ling Ling reasoned that the power fragment was at the Hunters’ headquarters, and Rimuru confirmed their guess.
• A surge of magical power and a phantom scythe appeared over the city; the group decided to raid the Hunters’ headquarters the next day.
• Rimuru had Yutong hack the information-blocking system, prompting a citywide lockdown that delayed the planned raid.
• Rimuru explained that Sylphiel had become his weapon and Hell had allied with him, then brought Lilith to the Hunters’ underground command center.
• Lilith found a demigod Hunter resembling her older self in a pool, and the figure opened its scarlet eyes as Lilith approached.

Lilith and Rimuru confronted Blood of Madness, the powerful sealed source of Lilith’s strength, inside the Hunters’ headquarters. As their fight began and the headquarters collapsed, Ling Ling’s group sensed the clash and switched to a lethal breakout through the city.

• Lilith explained that Blood of Madness held her original power and self, and warned that reclaiming it could trigger her aberration.
• Rimuru and Sylphiel agreed to help Lilith defeat Blood of Madness, whose strength matched Lilith’s peak near godhood.
• Lilith attacked Blood of Madness, which identified the group as intruders and retaliated, causing the Hunters’ headquarters to erupt and collapse.
• Ling Ling’s group sensed the clash from across the city, and Ling Ling ordered them to kill anyone blocking their escape.
• Ling Ling’s group slaughtered nearly the entire police force of thousands in under ten minutes as they fought their way through the city.

Rimuru and his companions escaped the encircling army through Magician’s group teleportation and arrived amid Lilith’s battle with Blood of Madness. Sylphiel took control of Rimuru’s scythe and joined Lilith in striking Blood of Madness, leaving Rimuru stunned by how skillfully they both wielded it.

• Rimuru slowed his fighting while Ling Ling, Lin, Magician’s group, and the others fought their way through the surrounding NPC army.
• Yutong and Yuki Onna discussed Lina’s close-combat skill, prompting Rimuru to consider calling in the Hunters.
• Ye Xiaoqian pointed out Magician’s completed group teleportation, which carried Rimuru and the others into the energy disturbance above the battle.
• Rimuru attacked Blood of Madness with the Seductive Scythe, but she dodged his strike and prepared to counter while Sylphiel criticized his scythe technique.
• Sylphiel took control of the scythe and blocked Blood of Madness’s cannon blasts as Lilith rushed in to attack her.
• Sylphiel and Lilith coordinated a scythe assault that cut deeply into Blood of Madness’s waist, leaving Rimuru amazed at Lilith’s weapon skill.

Rimuru revealed that he had gained the Seductive Scythe and used its power alongside Lilith as she subdued the Blood of Madness within her Blood Moon Territory. As Rimuru confronted the group below, the Truth Society arrived on his side, leaving Magician demanding an explanation for their betrayal.

• Rimuru recalled Sylphiel and the Seductive Scythe after Lilith seized control of the Blood of Madness.
• Lilith unleashed her Blood Moon Territory while Rimuru's scythe spread its alluring black aura across the sky.
• The group questioned why Coachman Rimuru, previously Lilith's believer, now wielded a powerful demigod-level weapon and seemed aligned with Hell.
• Rimuru warned the group not to interfere with Lilith and summoned allies to surround them.
• Ruksinth and the Truth Society confronted the group, and Magician recognized Oakes among them.
• Magician asked why the Truth Society was helping Rimuru instead of stopping Lilith from reclaiming her power.

Lilith’s fusion with the Blood of Madness transformed her territory into a mutation disaster, leaving the factions divided over whether to stop her or let Rimuru help. Rimuru argued that Lilith could still be saved, but his claim that she had a certain chance of success was exposed as a lie.

• Lilith’s fusion opened a giant eye in the Blood Moon and caused the Scarlet Castle and surrounding forest to mutate, while Raphael shielded the group with her holy domain.
• Magician debated retreating as Ling Ling and the others warned that a mutated Lilith could threaten tens of thousands of people outside.
• Lina refused to leave, and Ling Ling asked Hell to help stop Lilith; Raphael agreed that salvation could justify walking alongside sin.
• Rimuru opposed interfering with Lilith while she struggled to suppress the mutation and challenged Magician’s argument that one life should be sacrificed to save many.
• Rimuru claimed Lilith might have a one hundred percent chance of success, but an archbishop called the claim a lie, prompting Rimuru to realize Sylphiel’s saying about Hell had misled him.

Sylphiel revealed that she was Hell’s ruler and that Rimuru was The Truth Society’s Holy Son, while Lilith’s attempt to contain the aberration failed. Rimuru plunged into Lilith’s collapsing sea of consciousness to save her as the others were sealed outside.

• Sylphiel revealed herself as the heir of Asmodeus and identified Rimuru as The Truth Society’s Holy Son, startling his teammates.
• Ling Ling and Magician weighed whether to trust Rimuru as the Blood Moon returned and Lilith became enclosed in a blood cocoon.
• Lilith’s aberration surged, transforming people and causing Raphael’s barrier to crack, so Rimuru rushed to save her while the others fought back.
• Lilith’s safeguard sealed the outsiders away, and Sylphiel taunted them for doubting Lilith’s concern for others.
• Rimuru entered Lilith’s sea of consciousness and found her sinking in a sea of blood after her inner world had collapsed.
• Rimuru absorbed the surrounding distortion and reached out to Lilith as she sank toward the bottom of the sea.

Rimuru awakened Lilith from the sea of blood, and she recovered her power and formed a life-sharing blood bond with him. Lilith then absorbed the aberration consuming her world and confronted the survivors, leaving Raphael to face the cost of the failed operation while she spared the rest.

• Rimuru reached Lilith in her sea of consciousness and pulled her back from the brink, restoring her to a young girl's form.
• Lilith accused Rimuru of hiding his ability to suppress aberration, then bit him and drained his magic power, causing his Vampire Sequence to surge.
• Lilith sealed a Blood Bond of Shared Life with Rimuru, tying her life to his and promising that her origin would disperse if he died.
• Lilith emerged from the blood cocoon and explained that aberration had erupted throughout her world, then absorbed the world and its aberration into her Blood Moon Pendant with Rimuru's help.
• Lilith returned the dead priests' bodies to Raphael and condemned the survivors' greedy operation, but dismissed the others as vermin and let them go.

Lilith led Rimuru and the others through Holmes' Memory Palace to retrieve Watson's relic, an S-rank sealed artifact called The Holmes Detective Files. Rimuru learned he might be able to resist distorted artifacts' side effects and eagerly asked where he could get a Luck Dice, while suspecting The Truth Society had been collecting artifacts for his sake.

• Lilith guided the group to Holmes' Memory Palace, where Rimuru saw a photograph of a man resembling Stet and learned the palace held Holmes' deepest memories.
• Lilith explained that Watson's relic was the genuine The Holmes Detective Files, an S-rank sealed artifact, and Watson revealed it could find lost objects.
• Ruksinth declared that Rimuru could suppress distortion itself, prompting Rimuru and Great Sage to consider whether his mask's side effect had ever affected him.
• Great Sage reasoned that Rimuru might be able to absorb sealed artifacts and gain their powers without suffering their side effects, so Rimuru asked where he could claim a Luck Dice.
• Rimuru rejected the idea of going to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau storage site and suspected The Truth Society had been gathering sealed artifacts for him.

Ling Ling and the others escaped the collapsing divine kingdom after Lilith defeated Blood Moon, while the factions outside withdrew rather than fight the victorious Truth Society and its allies. Raphael returned to The Church with the dead and resolved to entrust her name and angelic body to Heinna.

• Oakes explained that aberrants could ignore containment artifacts because the artifacts and aberrants shared an origin, and Ruksinth described aberration as evolution.
• Watson retrieved her first and last book with Pandora's Box, while Lilith erased the power protecting it.
• The divine kingdom cracked apart as Lilith drained its power, and the Dragon King and Sword Elder recognized that Lilith had won and Blood Moon had returned.
• Ling Ling ordered the Light Chasers to retreat, and the Magician also withdrew after Raphael returned to The Church carrying several corpses.
• Raphael ordered The Church to retreat after warning that Hell, the Council, and The Truth Society had joined forces, then resolved to entrust her angelic body and name to Heinna.

After the Purified emerged as a force allied with The Truth Society, Sword Elder attended Ideal Nation’s Board of the Court to gauge the factions’ response. The meeting devolved into accusations over the destruction of Arsenal Nation, and Sword Elder vetoed a demand for compensation from the Light Chasers.

• Rimuru’s group argued over Lilith and Sylphiel’s contracts, while Sylphiel declared she would follow Rimuru as his weapon.
• At Ideal Nation’s Board of the Court, the Queen of Britain’s proposal to recognize the Purified as a new race was vetoed by the United States.
• A representative accused the Light Chasers of destroying Arsenal Nation during the secret realm operation and demanded that they hand over their anti-machine secret art or pay compensation.
• The white bishop defended The Church’s Holy Maiden, while Russia’s director accused The Church of hypocrisy over Heinna’s disappearance.
• Sword Elder realized the reports had left out key details about Rimuru destroying Arsenal Nation, then used his veto to reject Divine Radiance Industries’ compensation proposal.