Chapter Summaries

Rimuru weighed whether to keep Earth open for exploitation and ultimately applied to launch a world conquest, triggering a vote among the Authority Holders. The chapter ended with him learning that his authority share was 1.7% and that Lilith also held significant influence over Extraordinary Space.

• Rimuru decided he wanted to stay on Earth longer, but told Lilith he would handle the problem of extending their stay.
• Rimuru brought Deadpool to Kamar-Taj after his attempt to place him with the Avengers failed, then froze him when he caused trouble there.
• Rimuru agreed to reveal the New York Sanctum’s location to the Avengers, and learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had arrested Scott Lang.
• As the team’s seven-day stay authority neared its end, Rimuru considered the risks of applying to conquer Earth and asked his teammates for their opinions.
• Rimuru confirmed the conquest application and discovered that he held a 1.7% authority share; Lilith revealed that she had also gained authority to influence major decisions.

Rimuru’s proposal to launch a conquest of a world passed, drawing 112 teams and putting the world at risk of devastation. The Void’s powerful factions began connecting the conquest to Rimuru, while he discovered that three cosmic gods viewed him with hostility.

• Lilith explained how Authority Holders voted on decisions affecting R'lyeh’s space, and Rimuru’s world-conquest proposal passed.
• Rimuru learned that 112 teams had accepted the conquest mission, while The Unifier realized the world he had just left was now marked for invasion.
• The Unifier ignored a probe about whether he backed an Authority Holder, inferred that Rimuru was behind the conquest, and worried that Death and Eternity would blame him.
• Ellie left the Shadow Sovereign, who suspected she had found an Authority Holder and considered the rise of a Moe King faction.
• Rimuru checked Great Sage’s Void log and found that Death, Eternity, and Infinity had viewed him with hostility.

After learning that his enemy had become a Sequence 2 Creator-level god, Rimuru prepared to advance in the Himalayan Mountains and left other teams to handle New York’s superpowered conflicts. In a bar, a Sequence 5 lone wolf challenged a powerful stranger’s claim about Rimuru and was struck down, realizing his opponent was a demigod.

• Lilith and Ye Xiaoqian discussed the danger posed by Rimuru’s new Sequence 2 enemy, while Rimuru realized his advancement ritual was ready.
• Rimuru chose the Himalayan Mountains for his advancement, and Lilith decided to accompany him in case demigods appeared among the teams entering the world.
• Tony Stark investigated rising superpowered activity and the Ten Rings’ planned New York attack, but Rimuru was away training and had left Ye Xiaoqian and the others to protect him.
• Superpowered individuals in a bar discussed Rimuru’s reputation, and a Sequence 5 lone wolf dismissed warnings about him.
• The stranger challenged the lone wolf to attack, then struck him before he could finish speaking, causing him to recognize the attacker as a demigod.

Like a Dream protected a weakened challenger from the tavern crowd after recognizing Rimuru’s strength and influence. Meanwhile, Rimuru faced growing risks of exposure as rival teams arrived, then agreed to answer Asgard’s call for help and considered using Sylphiel to explain his second authority.

• A Crowned One defeated a challenger, left powerful equipment behind, and departed while the tavern crowd eyed the weakened man.
• Like a Dream recognized the Crowned One as Rimuru and declared the challenger under Dream Garden’s protection.
• Rimuru learned that the Light Chasers and Seekers of Truth had arrived with the Avengers, raising the risk that Lina would discover his identity.
• Loki sought help from S.H.I.E.L.D. after an unknown organization attacked Asgard, and Nick Fury brought the Light Chasers and S.H.I.E.L.D. to Kamar-Taj.
• Rimuru ordered Wong to send support to Asgard, citing the danger to the Reality Stone and vowing to fight the attackers.
• Rimuru and Lilith decided to conceal their relationship and proposed using Sylphiel to account for Rimuru’s second authority, prompting Sylphiel to protest.

After advancing to Sequence 5 as a Void Demon Lord, Rimuru examined his new abilities and found they pointed toward an alarming connection to Cthulhu and the Outer Gods. He learned that becoming a god would require mastering strange laws and completing a thousand roles, leaving him bewildered by the path ahead.

• Rimuru advanced to Sequence 5, became a Void Demon Lord, and gained the Purified as his first kin race through Void Kin.
• Rimuru discovered that Dream Lord let him control dreams, alter reality within limits, and create a vast dream domain that could harm minds but not bodies.
• Rimuru reviewed his strengthened abilities, including sharing knowledge with a risk of mutation and eroding laws to reshape their fundamental rules.
• Rimuru's Trinity Demon Lord growth mission required authority over R'lyeh and mastery of the Laws of Lies, Contracts, and Transactions.
• Rimuru found that his coronation ritual, A Thousand Faces, required him to achieve remarkable accomplishments while playing one thousand different roles, with twenty-one already completed.

Rimuru struggled with a Sequence 5 ritual requiring a thousand remarkable roles, and Great Sage warned that the requirement pointed toward Nyarlathotep. Meanwhile, Rimuru arrived in Asgard with his allies amid a battle against a demigod team, where the Avengers and Asgardians were waiting for reinforcements and the Light Chasers questioned his identity as Sorcerer Supreme.

• Lilith's explanation of rituals reminded Rimuru that they helped power reach Truth, and he realized his advancement ritual required a thousand roles and remarkable achievements.
• Rimuru and Great Sage considered using upgraded Avatars to complete the ritual, but estimated the task could take nearly forty years and questioned its connection to Nyarlathotep.
• Rimuru worried about exposing his identities after agreeing to help the Avengers, then led his companions through a wormhole to Asgard.
• Rimuru's group arrived to find Asgard under attack, with Odin facing a powerful opponent while the Avengers fought extraordinary attackers.
• Ling Ling and the Seekers of Truth's magicians held back from joining the battle, believing Asgard could not win unless the peak powers attacking it were stopped.
• The Light Chasers were stunned to hear Rimuru was the Sorcerer Supreme, while Ling Ling noticed that the timeline in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s information did not match his apparent return.

Rimuru entered the battle in Asgard, and his arrival drove Odin and a demigod-led team to retreat, turning the tide in Thor’s favor. As the fighting shifted, Lina watched Rimuru with renewed admiration.

• Lisa stopped Lina from running over to Rimuru, warning her not to disrupt his team or expose their relationship.
• Nine Tails reluctantly handed Rimuru her roasted wolf leg, and Rimuru charged into battle, unfolding space and preparing time-manipulation abilities.
• Odin recognized Rimuru and immediately retreated, while his team’s two other demigods and their forces withdrew with him.
• The extraordinary beings hesitated after their leaders retreated, allowing Thor to rally Asgard’s forces and lead a counterattack.
• Magician and Ling Ling were stunned by Rimuru’s influence, while Lina admired him as the protective, commanding captain she wanted to follow.

Rimuru watched the foreign gods retreat, then spoke with Odin, who was badly wounded and nearing the end of his life. Odin asked Rimuru to guide Thor and offered his life, treasures, and Asgard in exchange, leaving Rimuru stunned by the god-king’s decision to seek his protection.

• Rimuru let the three foreign demigods leave rather than risk fighting them, then healed the wounded Odin.
• Odin thanked Rimuru for defending Asgard and reflected on his fading strength and the lack of a suitable heir.
• Odin asked Rimuru to guide Thor, and Rimuru said their ideals clashed and that the help would come at a price.
• Rimuru explained that Ancient One had paid the Eye of Agamotto, his life, and Kamar-Taj for five years of service and a promise.
• Odin offered his life, treasures, and Asgard in exchange for Rimuru’s help, leaving Rimuru baffled by the offer.

After Asgard’s victory, Rimuru agreed to guide Thor but refused to protect him, while Odin asked to spend his final days in Midgard. During a gathering with the Light Chasers, Ling Ling questioned Rimuru about his secrets, and his attempt to avoid answering brought Sylphiel into the conversation.

• Rimuru agreed to help Thor grow but told Odin he would not protect him, and Odin asked permission to spend his final days in Midgard.
• Rimuru told Odin to keep fulfilling his duties until the crisis had passed, while Odin surveyed Asgard’s heavy losses and Thor arrived with the Avengers.
• Ling Ling confronted Rimuru about his transformation and asked whether he was an Authority Holder.
• Rimuru avoided answering by summoning Sylphiel, whose scythe-bound connection to him led Magician and Ling Ling to suspect that Hell had arranged for her to acknowledge him as her master.
• Sylphiel bragged about being shaped by Rimuru, and Lina silenced her with Word Spirit while Nine Tails encouraged her.

Rimuru and his companions explained to Ling Ling and Ye Fan that their team’s loyalty came before their factions’ interests, while Rimuru stood above the factions rather than between them. Ling Ling accepted his position but warned him not to betray the Light Chasers or harm Xia Country, then raised a new concern about Sylphiel’s Authority.

• Ling Ling realized other factions had sent people to Rimuru while the Light Chasers had confined him, and Nine Tails urged her to cooperate with Rimuru in the Void.
• Rimuru told Ling Ling that his team members had chosen to fight alongside him, and Ye Fan asked whom he would support if Hell and the Light Chasers came into conflict.
• Magician explained that Rimuru expected the factions to obey his orders, and Ye Xiaoqian declared that the team’s personal ambitions mattered more to its members than their former organizations.
• Ling Ling accepted Rimuru’s explanation but warned that she would show no mercy if he betrayed the organization or harmed Xia Country.
• Tony Stark joined the conversation and argued that Rimuru in the Void and Jiang Xiaoxiao could be treated as different people.
• Ling Ling admitted that she was troubled by Sylphiel, an Authority Holder, being on Rimuru’s team, and Rimuru feared she was about to ask for something.

Rimuru negotiated with Ling Ling over the Light Chasers’ cooperation and Authority support, while Lina settled in with his team. At the banquet, the Magician sensed that Rimuru felt wrong and recalled that Rimuru had displayed time and space authorities at different moments.

• Ling Ling tested Rimuru by asking to join his team, then offered to support his Authority in exchange for a compelling contract.
• Rimuru agreed to consider cooperation with Ling Ling and said he would discuss the terms with his teammates after this world ended.
• The Magician chose not to draw Lina back toward the Seekers of Truth, and Lisa quietly accepted that her sister had found her own path.
• At the celebratory banquet, Astrologer teased the Magician about his sentimental remarks about their lost cultural spirit.
• The Magician told Astrologer that Rimuru felt eerie and recalled that Rimuru had once seemed to wield time but had displayed space authority that day.

Rimuru hosted Tony Stark at Kamar-Taj, where Tony asked about the Light Chasers instead of explaining his own troubles, then returned to New York. In Sokovia, a black cat met Pietro and Wanda, and when Hydra forces found the siblings, the cat killed the attackers and discovered they yielded points.

• The Magician worried that Rimuru's pursuit of magic might lead to a terrifying path of truth or omniscience.
• Lina joined Rimuru and the Light Chasers, while Tony visited Kamar-Taj and asked Rimuru about the Light Chasers and their enemies.
• Rimuru sent Tony back to New York through a portal, and he and Ye Xiaoqian suspected Tony was facing trouble from the Ten Rings terrorists.
• In Sokovia, Pietro offered a black cat canned meat, and Wanda scolded him before leaving to find food the cat could eat.
• Wanda rushed back after being found by pursuers, and Pietro fled with her while leaving the canned meat for the cat.
• The black cat killed the Hydra combat personnel who stormed the house and realized the organization awarded points.

Rimuru negotiated with Like a Dream over Dream Garden’s role on Earth and encouraged it to unite the void forces while maintaining order. Elsewhere, a captain decided to go to Earth with the Power Stone, and Black Cat returned to the siblings’ shelter after fighting Hydra agents.

• Tony grew furious after the Ten Rings bombed his home, despite Dream Garden’s intervention, and vowed to destroy them.
• Like a Dream asked Rimuru for permission to operate on Earth, and Rimuru agreed while tasking Dream Garden with unifying the void forces and limiting chaos.
• Rimuru told Like a Dream to control S.H.I.E.L.D.’s leadership and offered to introduce him to Kingpin as a local ally.
• A captain learned that Rimuru’s influence had made Earth a poor target for other forces, but chose to go there anyway, hoping to repay a favor with the Power Stone.
• Black Cat killed Hydra agents in Sokovia, collected their equipment, and returned to the siblings’ shelter, where the boy greeted him.

Black Cat protected Wanda and Pietro from Hydra while Rimuru prepared to intervene in the Dark Elf invasion of Asgard. After Frigga died and Thor awakened his storm power, Rimuru cleared the palace and left Thor to decide Algrim’s fate.

• Black Cat learned that Hydra was hunting Wanda and Pietro and considered letting pursuers escape to test the siblings’ abilities.
• Rimuru decided to guide Thor through the Dark Elf crisis and traveled to Asgard after Jane Foster had been taken there.
• The Dark Elf invasion met stronger resistance than expected, and Rimuru joined the battle with Lilith, Nine Tails, and Ye Xiaoqian.
• Thor tried to protect Jane Foster and Frigga, but Frigga sacrificed herself and Thor awakened his storm power.
• Rimuru wiped out the remaining Dark Elves, stopped Algrim from escaping through a portal, and asked Thor whether he wanted to defeat Algrim himself or have Rimuru kill him.

Rimuru stopped Thor from confronting Malekith by sending him into a dream of another timeline to teach him what it meant to become Asgard’s king, while he removed the Aether from Jane and left Loki to rule as Odin. The group then entered the Dark World to loot it, only to find that someone had already stripped it bare and killed Malekith.

• Thor avenged Frigga by killing Algrim, then planned to take Jane and the Aether to Malekith, but Rimuru condemned his reckless plan and sent him into a dream of another timeline.
• Rimuru absorbed the Aether from Jane, exposed Loki’s attempted attack, and explained that Thor needed to learn how to rule before taking the throne.
• Rimuru asked Loki to impersonate Odin while Thor slept, and Loki agreed after Rimuru pointed out that he could not yet win the people’s support as king.
• Rimuru and his squad traveled to the Dark World, where Nine Tails hoped to collect Dark Matter, but they found the realm looted and Malekith dead.
• Lilith concluded that someone had raided the Dark World within the past hour, and Nine Tails demanded that Rimuru find them.

Rimuru discovered Phoenix’s team near the edge of the Dark World and confronted its captain and Gale. In Sokovia, Black Cat Dixi refused Hydra’s offer to cooperate, choosing to keep protecting Wanda and her brother.

• Rimuru sensed the captain and Gale near the Dark World’s border and opened a portal to meet them, accompanied by Nine Tails and Lilith.
• The chapter explained that Phoenix had joined the Imperial Domain after leaving Extraordinary Space and had been weakened by the Unifier’s retaliation and the loss of recruits.
• Hydra troops surrounded Wanda and her brother, but an energy shield repelled Black Cat’s abilities and a combatant noticed him hiding nearby.
• The combatant proposed cooperating with Black Cat, and Dixi refused because he would not hand the two children over.

Black Cat rejected two Extraordinary Ones’ offer in Sokovia and attacked them with a death-powered scythe, prompting Rimuru to sense his believer through their Command Seal. Rimuru then resumed talks with Zhi Ge’s notorious Peacemakers aboard their spaceship, easing the tension between the teams.

• An Extraordinary One threatened Black Cat after he refused to join them, while his companion recognized Black Cat’s connection to Bleach and tried to negotiate.
• Black Cat transformed into a hooded youth, revealed his Command Seal, and shattered the enemies’ barrier with a death-powered scythe slash.
• Rimuru sensed that a believer was using his bestowed power in Sokovia and decided to keep an eye on them, suspecting the two children there might be Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
• Rimuru apologized to Zhi Ge for ignoring his group and used information from Extraordinary Space’s records to assess the Peacemakers and their reputation for exploiting conflicts.
• Rimuru’s apology opened a conversation with Zhi Ge’s team, whose members were reluctant to yield after Rimuru had entered their spaceship.

Rimuru negotiated with Zhi Ge’s team, publicized Sylphiel as his future successor, and arranged for allies to help Black Cat Desi in Sokovia. After returning from Asgard, Rimuru left Black Cat facing the consequences of letting two Hydra collaborators escape.

• Rimuru negotiated with Zhi Ge’s team and asked them to detour to Morag to retrieve a Stone for a delivery fee.
• Rimuru revealed Sylphiel as his team’s future boss to attract support from factions in Extraordinary Space.
• Rimuru ordered Ruksinth to go to Sokovia and help Black Cat Desi fight Hydra.
• Rimuru and his companions returned to Asgard, where Loki took the throne after the Dark Elf army’s defeat.
• Black Cat Desi regretted hesitating to kill two Hydra collaborators, who escaped while the rest of Hydra’s forces were destroyed.

Black Cat Dixi took Wanda and her brother from Sokovia, intending to teach them to control their powers, and learned that powerful factions were driving extraordinary beings out of the United States. The chapter ended when a message in the world channel revealed that someone had destroyed the Hydra branch in Sokovia and was calling for the little black cat to come home.

• Wanda asked to leave after seeing the dead, but Black Cat urged her to accept her powers and learn to protect herself.
• Wanda agreed to train with Black Cat, and her brother asked why he was willing to teach them; Black Cat revealed his human form and said they reminded him of his former self.
• Black Cat led the siblings out of Sokovia and toward New York, teaching them along the way as Wanda grew more confident.
• At a bar, Black Cat learned that Dream Garden and the Light Chasers were driving extraordinary beings out of the United States and that Sokovia had also fallen.
• Black Cat checked the world channel and saw a message from someone who had wiped out Sokovia's Hydra branch and demanded that the little black cat come home.

Rimuru reunited with Ruksinth, admitted that he was the Holy Son, and comforted her before she returned to Mexico. At Tony Stark's Christmas dinner, Tony turned the conversation toward Rimuru's many female companions, leaving him under everyone's scrutiny.

• Black Cat learned that a woman named Ruksinth had mentioned him and decided to travel to New York.
• Rimuru explained to Ruksinth why he was hiding his identity, then admitted that he was the Holy Son and let her embrace him.
• Ruksinth cheered up, returned to Mexico, and left before Rimuru's other companions came back.
• Rimuru and his group attended Tony Stark's Christmas dinner after Tony and Like a Dream had defeated Killian's Extremis forces.
• Tony teased Rimuru about his relationships, and the gathered women turned their attention to Rimuru when he could not answer whether he had chosen someone to marry.