Chapter Summaries

Rimuru punished Saber for choosing Shirou Emiya over her current Master, then revealed the faith he had gathered across worlds and prepared to send her away. Elsewhere, Gaia asked Alaya to restore the Age of Gods to fight approaching outsiders, and Alaya agreed on the condition that humanity be given a refuge.

• Rimuru overwhelmed Saber with attacks and accused her of choosing Shirou Emiya despite knowing that Animusphere was fighting to save humanity.
• Rimuru argued that war was Hell, then revealed that people across worlds and the Clock Tower had placed their faith in him and summoned Noble Phantasms to send Saber away.
• A blonde girl woke from a dream about Rimuru in Academy City, while Rimuru appeared at the Clock Tower's Lord Assembly and silenced Waver and Barthomeloi.
• Gaia told Alaya that foreign gods were approaching the Fairy Realm and asked to use the First and Second to restore the Age of Gods.
• Alaya agreed to Gaia's plan on the condition that humanity receive a place to survive, then privately reflected on Gaia's dislike of humanity and the meaning of betrayal.

Rimuru defeated Saber and killed Shirou Emiya, ending the Holy Grail War while explaining that he wanted to break a future cycle. As Rimuru prepared to leave Fuyuki, Rin struggled with his departure and considered going to the Clock Tower, while Rimuru reflected on the people who cared for him.

• Saber dissolved into spirit particles after Rimuru defeated her, and he said he had changed his mind because she would never accept the Holy Grail's methods.
• Rimuru killed Shirou Emiya before Rin Tohsaka could use her Command Seals, explaining that sparing him would have repeated a future cycle in which Shirou became a Heroic Spirit and asked Rimuru to kill his original self.
• Rimuru told Rin Tohsaka that the Holy Grail War was won and said he would leave in about half an hour, while Animusphere prepared to contact the Holy Grail.
• Rin Tohsaka went to her room and mourned Rimuru's departure, then recalled her father's instruction to make the Mages Association owe her a favor before she came of age.
• Sylphiel told Rimuru that Rin Tohsaka planned to go to the Clock Tower, and Rimuru said he regarded her as a student before they bantered under Fuyuki's night sky.

After completing the Holy Grail mission, Rimuru returned to R'lyeh as Alaya joined it and a campaign to invade Type-Moon was assigned to him. He fled before Phoenix could confront him, then received an external communication request at the Mysterious Sea Area.

• Before leaving the Type-Moon World, Rimuru arranged for a gift and a letter asking Rin Tohsaka to dismantle the Greater Holy Grail.
• Alaya told Rimuru she wanted to join R'lyeh, and the system made him World Manager and liaison commander for the invasion of Type-Moon.
• Rimuru discovered Phoenix, a Sequence 2 Agent, would lead the invasion team and immediately tried to return to R'lyeh.
• Phoenix arrived at the Root and smiled at Rimuru, who returned to the Eternal Forgemaster's Furnace Association and avoided the mission.
• Rimuru received an external communication request at the Mysterious Sea Area and wondered whether Nine Tails had contacted him.

Rin Tohsaka arrived in London to seek out Eler and ask her to take her to Rimuru, while Rimuru learned from The Unifier about the Extraordinary Space’s history and the coming struggle among the seven Authority Holders’ inheritors. The Unifier ended by revealing that the last fallen Authority Holder was Yog, Yog-Sothoth, who sought to become Azathoth.

• Rin Tohsaka found Eler outside the British Museum and introduced herself as Rimuru’s future disciple, asking Eler to take her to him.
• Rimuru met The Unifier through a communications window, and The Unifier said Phoenix had targeted him and that the Star Spirit Clan had its sights set on him.
• The Unifier warned Rimuru to kill other inheritors if possible and explained that R'lyeh had once swept across nearly half the void during the era of the seven Authority Holders.
• Rimuru connected the inheritors to the struggle of the nine dragons and learned that the Seven Gods had fought until the Real world was reduced to a single fragment.
• The Unifier revealed that the last fallen Authority Holder was named Yog, Yog-Sothoth, and that he sought to become Azathoth.

Rimuru questioned The Unifier’s account of the seven Authority Holders and suspected that the history of the Old Gods remained hidden. After reconnecting with his team and preparing to return to New York, he learned that the Black Merchant had brought him a commission to protect a Hive civilization threatened by a demigod-level Mind Pulse.

• Rimuru listed contradictions in The Unifier’s story and considered asking Lilith what she knew about the past.
• Ye Xiaoqian reunited with Rimuru, and he learned that Ye Fan and Ling Ling had advanced to Sequence 5 before joining Ye Xiaoqian and the others.
• Rimuru returned to the Real world as Brent and prepared to go back to New York, where Emily planned to receive him in person.
• Lilith told Rimuru that the Black Merchant had brought a commission from the outer reaches of the void to protect a Hive civilization.
• Lilith revealed that the civilization feared attackers equipped with a demigod-level Mind Pulse.

Rimuru weighed a dangerous commission to block a Hive Mind civilization’s demigod-level Mind Pulse, then accepted after the client offered ten million Extraordinary Points, with Lilith agreeing to accompany him. Just as talks ended, Elven Ballad Mu Feng arrived and warned that Rimuru’s opponent was a client of one of his own kind.

• Lilith explained that the Hive Mind client wanted Rimuru to withstand an amplified Mind Pulse, and she warned him about the commission’s vague details.
• Rimuru delayed meeting the client until the next R'lyeh month, while the Holy Maiden of The Truth Society’s attacks and international disputes unfolded in the real world.
• Rimuru accepted the Hive Mind commission after the client offered ten million Extraordinary Points, and Lilith volunteered to go with him.
• Elven Ballad Mu Feng entered Rimuru’s team headquarters and restrained Lilith and the others with a gesture.
• Mu Feng told Rimuru that the commission’s opponent was a client of one of his own kind.

Rimuru weighed the danger of his Collector commission and his team’s upcoming advancement and Marvel mission while trying to postpone their next assignment. Back in the Real world, he was bored with routine captain duties until Ling Ling announced that Lina had come to see him.

• Changge Mufeng warned Rimuru that the Vengeance Hyena might intervene in his commission, and Lilith suspected Mu Feng was a Sequence 1 who had chosen to remain neutral because of Rimuru.
• Rimuru discussed advancement plans for his teammates and agreed that Yuki Onna could join him in a future yokai world, while Zhang Yutong became the target of the Light Chasers’ resource priority.
• Lilith warned that the team’s next Marvel mission could involve superhero battles, but Rimuru insisted that his teammates should participate and decided to delay the mission as long as possible.
• Rimuru focused on the arena and planned to challenge for first place in the mid-tier rankings while awaiting Nine Tails, whose trial was nearly complete.
• In the Real world, Rimuru complained about his boring captain duties until Ling Ling told him that Lina had come to see him.

Rimuru welcomed Lina as an alliance exchange envoy and learned that the Light Chasers were investigating an armed rebellion in Saudi Arabia. Ling Ling revealed that Prince Ser and his Mad Dogs were involved, while the rebels prepared a coronation and anticipated confronting the Light Chasers and Lord Tyrant.

• Ling Ling told Rimuru that Lina had come from the Seekers of Truth as an alliance exchange envoy, and assigned him to show her around The City of Magic.
• Rimuru discussed his plans for R'lyeh operations and the shortage of Past Stones needed for his plan involving Ghost Blade.
• Ling Ling informed Rimuru that Extraordinary Persons and rebel forces in Saudi Arabia were attacking civilians and obstructing the Ideal Nation's trust model.
• Rimuru and Ling Ling suspected that a faction from R'lyeh was backing the rebels, while the Light Chasers awaited decisions from the Ideal Nation and Town Mountain River.
• Ling Ling connected the Saudi request for aid to Prince Ser and the Mad Dogs, and Rimuru recognized the group.
• In Saudi Arabia's government building, a young girl shot a diplomatic official as a young man discussed their planned coronation and invited her to face the Light Chasers and Lord Tyrant.

Rimuru learned Lina wanted to join his team as a real member, then returned to New York, where Dixi offered to deal with the people watching him. Emily met Mors, Iron Throne’s new leader in New York, who said the city needed a stabilizing pillar.

• Rimuru learned Mad Dogs might have staged the operation and took Lina shopping after Ling Ling left.
• Lina followed Rimuru closely, then told him she wanted to join his team as a real member.
• Rimuru returned to New York and recognized Dixi, who offered to kill the people surveilling him; Rimuru refused and let Dixi follow him as a cat.
• Dixi’s warning glance frightened the surveillance teams, and some withdrew while an old man in Iron Throne ordered his people to return.
• Emily spoke with Mors, who admitted Iron Throne had suffered a crushing defeat but said New York needed a stabilizing pillar.

Rimuru learned how Black Cat Dixi had destroyed Fane’s forces and reached Sequence 7, then offered him a choice between purging his aberration or embracing it. After Dixi chose, he brought Rimuru intelligence about a new Iron Throne general, and Emily revealed that the general was coming for Rimuru.

• Dixi confessed that greed had driven him to destroy Fane’s forces and kill him after breaking through to Sequence 7.
• Rimuru explained that Dixi’s breakthrough had made him half a Twisted One and offered to remove the corruption or let him embrace aberration and become Rimuru’s believer.
• Dixi accepted Rimuru’s offer, and the two left the restaurant after discussing a dying girl Dixi had been watching.
• Dixi told Rimuru that the Iron Throne had sent a new general to New York, but Emily interrupted and said the man was coming for Rimuru.

Rimuru learned that Krimos Mors had arrived in New York and ordered Dixi to hunt him, then traveled to the Truth Society’s headquarters in Switzerland to meet its Holy Maiden. He reached the forbidden grounds above the waterfall, where a barrier stopped him from flying farther.

• Emily explained that Krimos Mors was a powerful conservative sent to centralize the Iron Throne’s New York branch, and she gave Rimuru his identification document.
• Rimuru ordered Dixi to eat Mors, while Dennis agreed to report the conversation to Emily.
• Rimuru warned Dennis that Dixi had become the future death god through belief in the Void, then vanished in black mist.
• Rimuru arrived by long-distance teleportation at the Truth Society’s headquarters, where its members recognized him as the Holy Son and directed him to the Holy Maiden.
• Rimuru flew toward the top of the waterfall but landed when a powerful barrier blocked flight into the Holy Maiden’s forbidden grounds.

Rimuru visited Ruksinth to ask her to join his group in the next world and help with forces in New York. Ruksinth agreed, but Rimuru rejected her plan to unleash a demigod and left to seek Lilith’s help instead.

• Ruksinth enjoyed her private waterfall retreat while The Truth Society expanded its influence across parts of Europe but remained weak in the void.
• Rimuru arrived, stopped Ruksinth from throwing herself at him, and asked her to accompany his group to the next world.
• Ruksinth agreed enthusiastically, then turned bitter when Rimuru revealed that the destination was the world where he had killed her.
• Rimuru asked whether The Truth Society still had usable forces in New York, and Ruksinth explained that the Night Watch had purged its members after their attack there.
• Ruksinth offered to send a demigod against Rimuru’s target, but Rimuru refused and decided to ask Lilith for help.

Rimuru sought Lilith’s advice on helping Black Cat Desi and learned that the Hunters could be reached through the Dark Council and the Bookeria Family. He visited Olyric in Albania, where he found the family torn between its ancient Hunter faith and its increasingly vampiric bloodline, and ended by demanding repayment of Olyric’s debt.

• Ruksinth sent Oakes to New York to follow Brent’s orders after venting her anger about Rimuru.
• Rimuru told Lilith about Black Cat Desi, and she advised him to approach the Dark Council and Edward to reach the Hunters’ demon-betrayer faction.
• Rimuru recalled that the Bookeria Family head owed him money and went to visit Olyric in Albania.
• Olyric weighed whether the Bookeria Family should abandon its Hunter identity and embrace Lilith’s faith as its members’ vampire powers grew.
• Rimuru greeted Olyric by demanding repayment of the seven thousand Extraordinary Points, leaving Olyric stunned.

Rimuru visited Olyric to collect a debt, but instead saw an opportunity to bring the troubled Bookeria Family under his protection. In New York, Dixi faced Night Watch agents before Oakes arrived with Golden Dawn and offered the group to him.

• Olyric recognized Rimuru and warned that he would not help the Hidden Alliance or oppose the vampires.
• Rimuru argued that his value had risen since he saved Olyric and the others, then heard Olyric insist he would consider requests involving Rimuru alone.
• Rimuru weighed the Bookeria Family’s problems and decided he might take the family for himself rather than deliver it to Edward’s Dark Council.
• Dixi ambushed two Night Watch agents who had been watching him, spared them, and continued worrying that his forces could not stand against the Iron Throne.
• Oakes and five companions attacked Dixi, identified themselves as Golden Dawn, and declared that they would serve under his command.

Rimuru urged Olyric to embrace change and recruit the Bookeria Family into a new faction under his direct protection. Olyric revealed the elders planned to preserve the family’s legacy by splitting off and letting the younger generation pursue the future, then reacted with shock as Rimuru claimed he could protect them as a god.

• Rimuru raised concerns about the Bookeria Family and told Olyric that change was necessary, while Olyric cautiously agreed to hear his proposal.
• Olyric explained that the Elder Council had once defied tradition to make the family powerful and now planned to let the younger generation leave and form a new branch.
• Olyric said the family needed protection and faced a choice between joining the United States or another power.
• Rimuru proposed that the Bookeria Family become a family directly under his command, separate from Lilith’s Hidden Alliance.
• Rimuru warned Olyric to keep his next secret forever and declared that he should regard Rimuru as a god who could protect the family.

Rimuru welcomed Nine Tails back to the team after she completed her trial, but her reunion with him turned into an awkward clash with Lilith and the other girls. The tension broke when Nine Tails took Yuki Onna’s pie, and Yuki Onna fought to get it back.

• Rimuru learned that Olyric had abandoned the Bookeria name, joined the alliance in North America, and taken the surname Tempest, leaving Edward shocked and bitter.
• Rimuru contacted Dixi and told him that additional help would arrive in about half a month, though Dixi already had six Sequence 5 mages at his base.
• Olyric informed Rimuru that his family would arrive in the United States and settle in an underdeveloped southern state, where Sylphiel said Hell could protect them.
• Rimuru met Nine Tails at an Extraordinary Space teleportation station, and she hugged him and claimed his arm while sizing up the girls behind him.
• Nine Tails and Lilith silently faced off, while Ye Xiaoqian wondered whether she could become a demigod within three worlds.
• Yuki Onna offered Nine Tails half her pie to ease the awkwardness, but Nine Tails nearly swallowed it with her hand, prompting Yuki Onna to struggle to reclaim her food.

Rimuru prepared his team for a mission to Marvel while the Void Resolution reshaped relations between factions and nations in the real world. As political tensions and preparations for a Void arms race intensified, Rimuru left the growing turmoil behind and headed for the next world.

• Rimuru discussed his mission team with Lilith, confirmed Lina would join a later mission, and planned to depart at the end of the month.
• Rimuru explained that his authority allowed him to propose wars to Extraordinary Space, while Lilith's authority involved admitting people and managing recruitment.
• Nine Tails could not return to the real world with Rimuru, so she agreed to wait in Alaya while Lilith remained there with her.
• The Ideal Nation conference granted ordinary people a role in determining the world's direction and passed the Void Resolution, shifting conflicts between nations and factions into the Void.
• The conference rejected The Truth Society's request to become a recognized faction, while the new policy and peace treaty sparked political maneuvering among countries including France.
• Rimuru led his team toward Marvel as the real world and R'lyeh descended into turmoil.

Rimuru assembled his team for an operation in Marvel and warned them to stay cautious while they planned to loot the world. Ruksinth arrived with the Past Stone, and the team finalized shared skills before setting out.

• Nine Tails excitedly demonstrated her wormhole-jumping talent as Rimuru reminded the team that Marvel's inner worlds could contain dangerous beings.
• Ye Xiaoqian, Zhang Yutong, and Yuki Onna discussed looting the Infinity Stones, Asgard, and The Collector's collection, while Zhang Yutong asked whether she could rob Stark.
• Rimuru welcomed Ruksinth, stopped Nine Tails from banishing her to the vending machine, and handed her the last Past Stone for safekeeping.
• Rimuru's team shared skills including Shadow Shelter, Authority Exemption, Physical Immunity, omnivamp, and Nine Tails's spatial abilities.
• Sylphiel shared Essence Absorption and revealed its dual-cultivation effects, leaving Rimuru furious while she proudly claimed her skill was useful specifically to him.

Rimuru and his team arrived in New York in 2012 to obtain the Tesseract, and Rimuru reunited with Tony Stark to explain the danger surrounding it. He revealed that the Tesseract held the Space Stone and warned that Earth could not protect the Infinity Stones.

• Rimuru refused to activate his World Explorer or World Conqueror authorities, then learned the team mission required them to help defeat the invaders, protect Iron Man, and seize the Tesseract.
• Rimuru's team arrived at Kingpin Tower, where Zhang Yutong erased the surveillance footage and Rimuru chose to leave Kingpin a greeting rather than target him.
• Tony Stark found Rimuru waiting in his laboratory and was surprised to see him again after four years apart.
• Rimuru introduced Nine Tails as his vice-captain and a princess of the Star Spirit Clan, then told Tony that he had returned to obtain the Tesseract.
• Rimuru explained that the Tesseract contained the Space Stone, one of six Infinity Stones, and warned Tony that Earth was in danger because it could not protect them.

Rimuru told Tony Stark about Thanos and the Infinity Stones, while Nine Tails explained that Rimuru wanted the Space Stone to advance toward godhood. Nick Fury and Pierce considered the warning as Red Fox prepared to attack Rimuru, who then weighed how to gather the hatred required for his advancement ritual.

• Rimuru explained Thanos's plan and the Infinity Stones to Tony, who agreed to pass the meeting record to Nick Fury.
• Nine Tails told Tony that Rimuru sought to become a god and needed to master the Space Stone's laws; Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce discussed the threat and resolved to act.
• Red Fox sensed that Rimuru's world was isolated and gleefully anticipated a chance to kill him.
• Pepper Potts arrived, fussed over Rimuru, and pulled Nine Tails into her arms with the promise of cakes.
• Rimuru considered his advancement ritual, which required the hatred of one hundred thousand Sequence 5s or ten demigods, and contemplated monopolizing the equipment market to provoke his customers.