Chapter Summaries

Lu Li made Sebas his butler after defeating him, leaving Ainz Ooal Gown to fear that Sebas had betrayed Nazarick. Back in the Slane Theocracy, Lu Li discussed Nazarick’s plans with Sebas and considered how to draw Ainz into confronting him.

• Lu Li told the Second Prince that Sebas would serve as his butler and warned that Nazarick contained other powerful beings; Lana and the Second Prince discussed the aftermath and the work needed to rebuild the Royal Capital.
• Ainz Ooal Gown returned to Nazarick, summoned the Floor Guardians, and worried that Sebas’s defeat and silence meant he had betrayed the Great Tomb.
• Lu Li received Fear Value as Ainz’s suspicions grew, then asked Sebas to explain Nazarick’s strategic arrangements while Chuchu teased him.
• Sebas explained that Nazarick was investigating the Slane Theocracy and that Ainz might withdraw his agents after Sebas and Solution Epsilon were captured.
• Sebas advised Lu Li that Ainz would come to confront him if Lu Li claimed he had controlled Sebas with a world-class item.

Lu Li learned from Sebas how Nazarick’s control had changed Sebas’s loyalty and what kind of attack Ainz might launch against the Slane Theocracy. Chuchu then offered a Feng Shui Barrier that could protect civilians across an area larger than the Theocracy, giving Lu Li a way to confront Nazarick without endangering them.

• Lu Li asked Sebas about being controlled by a world-class item, and Sebas explained that his loyalty had shifted while his personal sense of justice remained.
• Sebas predicted that Ainz would gather the Guardians, test Lu Li’s defenses, and launch a major attack, potentially choosing a densely populated battlefield or teleporting forces into the Slane Theocracy.
• Lu Li reflected on how Justice Value depended on civilians’ fear and gratitude, and decided he wanted to repel Ainz without staging a disaster or harming the population.
• Chuchu offered to use her Feng Shui skill and an Immortal-grade compass to create a barrier that would let only Lu Li and the invaders be injured inside it.
• Chuchu said the Feng Shui Barrier could cover an area slightly larger than the Slane Theocracy.

Ainz Ooal Gown gathered Nazarick’s Guardians after Sebas disappeared, and new intelligence suggested Sebas had been controlled by a World Item in the Slane Theocracy. Meanwhile, Lu Li told Jircniv Rune Farlord El-Nix that he would make the Baharuth Emperor ruler of a Human United Empire, leaving the other nations’ kings as his vassals.

• Ainz Ooal Gown told the Guardians that Sebas and Solution Epsilon had been defeated, and Demiurge argued that Sebas was more likely imprisoned or controlled than disloyal.
• The Guardians objected to Demiurge’s plan to keep Nazarick hidden, so Ainz Ooal Gown declared the tomb would enter its highest state of alert and prepare to retrieve Sebas.
• A head maid reported that Sebas had appeared in the Slane Theocracy and might be serving a powerful human, prompting Demiurge to conclude that Sebas had been controlled by a World Item and that Ainz had anticipated the truth.
• Ainz Ooal Gown accepted Demiurge’s interpretation and resolved to attack the Slane Theocracy, believing that killing and resurrecting Sebas might free him from control.
• Lu Li told Jircniv Rune Farlord El-Nix that the Baharuth Empire would lead a Human United Empire, with Jircniv as emperor and the other nations’ rulers remaining in place as his vassals.

Lu Li established plans to unite humanity under the Blood Emperor while becoming the Slane Theocracy’s new Martial God, hoping to earn Justice points. When Nazarick invaded the Slane Theocracy to retrieve Sebas, Lu Li prepared to face Shalltear’s advance at the Holy City.

• Lu Li planned for the Blood Emperor to govern the United Empire and for the Slane Theocracy to worship him as the Martial God, while using the arrangement to earn Justice points.
• Lu Li ordered the Blood Emperor to prepare for the arriving envoys and shut down the Empire’s arenas before teleporting to the Holy City.
• The Slane Theocracy’s leaders promoted Lu Li as the supreme god and introduced benefits for civilians, helping the new faith gain acceptance.
• Sebas reported that Ainz had entered the country with Shalltear, Albedo, and Aura, and Lu Li ordered Sebas to wait before entering the battle.
• Zesshi Zetsumei volunteered to fight, while Chuchu activated her Feng Shui Grand Formation to protect everyone in the area except the combatants.
• Shalltear arrived at the outskirts of the Holy City and destroyed buildings with a gust of wind as Lu Li watched from above.

Lu Li watched Zesshi Zetsumei fight Shalltear in Chuchu’s feng shui formation, which protected the Holy City’s civilians while making attacks against the defenders nearly impossible to evade. Shalltear gained the upper hand after Ainz ordered her to stop testing Zesshi, and she challenged the Martial God to appear.

• Lu Li observed civilians escape Shalltear’s destructive attacks unharmed and understood that the formation redirected unavoidable attacks toward him, Zesshi Zetsumei, and Nazarick’s forces.
• Zesshi Zetsumei arrived as the Holy Queen and reassured the citizens that the Martial God protected them, prompting their faith to grow and earning Lu Li Justice Points.
• Zesshi Zetsumei taunted Shalltear and fought her with powerful weapons while Ainz watched and assessed her level and equipment.
• Ainz ordered Shalltear to display Nazarick’s dignity, and Shalltear’s increased strength sent Zesshi crashing through buildings.
• Shalltear equipped her armor and Drop Lance, overwhelmed Zesshi, and threatened to make her part of her collection.
• Zesshi mocked Shalltear and said the Martial God would love her; Shalltear invited him to appear.

Lu Li arrived in the Holy City and rescued Zesshi Zetsumei from Shalltear, then overwhelmed the vampire with his aura and abilities. After Shalltear recovered and challenged him, Lu Li revealed that his earlier display had not been his real attack and began repeatedly smashing her into the ground.

• Shalltear's strike at Zesshi Zetsumei was blocked by a rune-covered wooden pillar, and the shockwave threw Zesshi into a building.
• Lu Li descended onto the pillar, and the civilians hailed him as the Martial God while Zesshi said he was stronger than her.
• Lu Li used the Evil God Mask's Fear Aura, the God-King Fruit's gravity, and Conqueror's Haki to force Shalltear to her knees, startling Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo.
• Shalltear adapted to Lu Li's pressure and regained her composure, then aimed the Drop Lance at him and threatened to torture him.
• Lu Li appeared beside Shalltear, let her spear strike his Armament Haki and armor, then seized her and began slamming her head into the ground.

Lu Li overwhelmed Shalltear while Ainz Ooal Gown prepared to intervene, then countered Ainz’s Super-Tier Magic with a colossal Lightning Dragon. The dragon destroyed Fallen Sky and descended over the Holy City, leaving Ainz and his allies facing Lu Li’s immense power.

• Ainz Ooal Gown stacked buffs while Albedo prepared to protect him and Shalltear escaped Lu Li’s initial assault.
• Shalltear attacked with Fatal Thrust, but Lu Li blocked it, seized her, and battered her until she dropped Drop Lance and her health fell below one-fifth.
• Shalltear revealed that she had been trying to create an opening for Ainz Ooal Gown to cast Super-Tier Magic.
• Ainz Ooal Gown cast Fallen Sky as Albedo guarded him, while Lu Li allowed the spell to charge and the Holy City’s citizens panicked.
• Lu Li used Domain Expansion—Calamity to summon a colossal Lightning Dragon that smashed through Fallen Sky and coiled above him, facing Ainz Ooal Gown.

Ainz Ooal Gown mistook Lu Li’s Lightning Dragon for a world-class item and planned to exploit the Holy City’s defenses to rescue Shalltear. Lu Li killed Shalltear, and Aura activated the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram, pulling the city into its painted landscape as Chuchu warned Lu Li not to let the situation get out of hand.

• Lu Li’s Lightning Dragon shattered Ainz Ooal Gown’s Fallen Sky, and Ainz suspected the attack came from a world-class item or primordial magic.
• Ainz ordered Albedo to prepare for close combat and planned to use magic to create an opening to rescue Shalltear.
• Lu Li snapped Shalltear’s neck and used the Soul Eater Ring to drain her remaining Life Source, killing her.
• Ainz reasoned that the Holy City’s protective formation followed special rules and could be tested by using the residents as hostages.
• Aura activated the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram on the entire city, while Chuchu warned Lu Li that the Holy City was being pulled inside.
• The diagram exchanged everyone’s surroundings for its painted landscape except Lu Li, who was protected by Nation-Toppling Beauty.

Lu Li used a hidden Shadow Clone to protect the Holy City’s people from the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram, leaving Ainz Ooal Gown’s attempt to bargain with their lives useless. He then resurrected Shalltear through Impure World Reincarnation and made her his servant, leaving Ainz and Albedo shocked.

• Ainz Ooal Gown offered peace and the return of Shalltear’s remains in exchange for Sebas’s release, but Lu Li rejected negotiations with Nazarick.
• Lu Li revealed that his Shadow Clone was inside the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram, killing its monsters and protecting the city’s people while Ainz’s plan failed.
• Ainz ordered Albedo to hold Lu Li off while he enhanced her, but Lu Li used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Shalltear with a captured vampire as the sacrifice.
• Shalltear resisted the command to attack Lu Li, then bowed and greeted him as her Master, leaving Ainz and Albedo stunned.

Lu Li used Shalltear’s resurrection and loyalty to torment Ainz Ooal Gown, then trapped Ainz and Albedo in an ambush with Sebas. As Mare and Aura joined the battle and Mare unleashed a powerful attack, Lu Li drew Prison Demon to face the summoned Dragons.

• Lu Li revealed that Shalltear now obeyed him and ordered her to kill Ainz Ooal Gown, devastating Ainz with fear.
• Albedo blocked Shalltear’s attacks while Ainz ordered his group to retreat and recover the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram.
• Sebas ambushed Ainz and declared that he had chosen a path aligned with justice, while Lu Li sent him to intercept Mare and Aura.
• Albedo wounded Shalltear and tried to cover Ainz’s escape, prompting Ainz to order Mare and Aura to abandon the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram.
• Mare and Aura left the diagram, and Mare summoned two Dragons and cast Small Calamity to cover the retreat.
• Lu Li drew Prison Demon as the Dragons charged toward him.

Lu Li overwhelmed Mare and Albedo, breaking Mare’s calamity skill, killing his dragons, and taking his world-class item before turning his attacks on Albedo. As Ainz tried to organize a retreat, Lu Li shattered Albedo’s divine armor with Collapse Fist and launched a final punch at her.

• Ainz warned Mare not to attack, but Lu Li’s blade destroyed Mare’s Small Calamity while the Lightning Dragon killed Mare’s two dragons.
• Lu Li cut Mare in half, severed his arms, and took the world-class item Greed and Avarice.
• Albedo charged at Lu Li with Hell Abyss, but the weapon damaged Prison Demon, prompting Lu Li to use gravity, Fear Aura, and Conqueror’s Haki against her.
• Ainz struggled to hold off Shalltear and help his injured Guardians while Albedo urged him to gather the survivors and retreat.
• Lu Li struck Albedo with a barrage of Collapse Fists that shattered her armor, then endured her Hell Abyss strike without being hurt.
• Lu Li drew power from the earth and drove a heavy punch toward Albedo’s chest.

Lu Li killed Albedo, reincarnated her under Impure World Reincarnation, and forced her to turn against Ainz Ooal Gown. Driven to fury, Ainz unleashed the world-class item Billions Blade, whose colossal sword tower threatened to destroy the Holy City and the Slane Theocracy.

• Aura shot Shalltear with an arrow, but Shalltear regenerated while Sebas struck Aura and sent her crashing into a building.
• Lu Li emerged from the crater dragging Albedo, and Ainz's Fallen Sky spell was shattered again by the Lightning Dragon.
• Lu Li killed Albedo, reincarnated her using a young vampire woman as a sacrifice, and strengthened his control until she knelt and agreed to attack Ainz.
• Ainz transformed into a warrior, summoned the world-class item Billions Blade, and sent its immense sword tower crashing toward Shalltear, Lu Li, and Albedo.
• Billions Blade cut Shalltear and the Lightning Dragon in half and split the Holy City, while Lu Li prepared to stop the tower before it could descend fully.

Lu Li interrupted Ainz Ooal Gown’s attempt to destroy the Slane Theocracy and confronted him over the Great Tomb of Nazarick’s world-class items. Ainz sacrificed Mare and Aura to keep their items from Lu Li, but new Explorers arrived and claimed they would take over the battlefield.

• Lu Li severed Ainz Ooal Gown’s arm and interrupted Billions Blade before it could destroy the Slane Theocracy.
• Ainz concluded that Lu Li wanted Nazarick’s world-class items more than their lives, while Lu Li let him believe he was a player and called himself an unreleased world-class Boss.
• Lu Li pierced Mare, but Ainz ordered Mare to use an item and then killed him to destroy his corpse; Aura killed herself and stored the Rivers and Mountains State Diagram.
• Shalltear recovered and Albedo moved toward Ainz, who promised to save them as new fighters arrived on the battlefield.
• Ape’s Fire and another Explorer told Ainz Ooal Gown to teleport away and hide the Great Tomb of Nazarick while they took over the battlefield.

Ape's Fire and three Ancient Wilderness Explorers arrived to protect Ainz Ooal Gown, believing their chance of victory depended on keeping him alive and using methods beyond a direct fight with Lu Li. Ainz escaped while Lu Li let him go, then Lu Li fought Ape's Fire and unleashed a devastating attack on the other three Explorers.

• Ape's Fire confronted Lu Li and stalled him so Ainz Ooal Gown could escape, while explaining that Ancient Wilderness Space had found a path to victory beyond the battlefield.
• Ainz Ooal Gown teleported away as the three Explorers accompanying Ape's Fire stopped Shalltear, Albedo, and Sebas from interrupting him.
• Ape's Fire realized Lu Li planned to let Ainz return to the Great Tomb of Nazarick so he could target its world-class items later.
• Ape's Fire activated Savage Battle Intent and struck Lu Li with a powerful flaming axe, damaging the Holy City and briefly forcing Lu Li to dodge.
• Lu Li unleashed black lightning, Conqueror's Haki, and Fear Aura, then used the Soul Eater Ring's active skill to engulf the three charging Explorers in a thunder beast.

Lu Li defeated Ape's Fire by exploiting his lightning and equipment-breaking hammer, then sent him back to Ancient Wilderness Space. There, Ape's Fire learned that their survival depended on the World War and proposed using their tester status to secure world-class items without world protection, ending as he prepared to pressure the development department.

• Lu Li used the Soul Eater Ring’s true damage to defeat the three elite Explorers, then broke Ape's Fire’s weapon and armor with Hell Abyss before killing him with Prison Demon.
• Ape's Fire returned to the upper world, where Minotaur and Tiger-man asked whether he had managed to hurt Lu Li.
• Ape's Fire explained that their organization laid off poorly performing workers through Chemical Bliss, so they could not simply give up on the World War.
• Ape's Fire gathered the Explorers and proposed defeating Lu Li by obtaining world-class items and asking the development department to remove world protection.
• When an Explorer doubted the development department would agree, Ape's Fire said he could make them cooperate and told Fatty to take something out.

After returning to Nazarick defeated, Ainz revived Aura and Mare, failed to revive Albedo and Shalltear, and prepared the tomb for a counterattack against Lu Li. Meanwhile, the Slane Theocracy celebrated its survival, and Lu Li began planning his next moves with the captured Guardians.

• Ainz returned to Nazarick, gathered the Guardians, and ordered the tomb concealed and placed on maximum alert.
• Ainz revived Aura and Mare with gold coins, but his attempts to revive Albedo and Shalltear failed because Lu Li held their souls or data.
• Ainz assessed Nazarick’s combat strength, decided to activate Rubedo, and assigned intelligence-gathering and defensive duties to the Guardians and Pleiades.
• The Slane Theocracy’s citizens celebrated their survival, and Lu Li received their cheers before returning to the sanctuary.
• Lu Li relaxed with Chuchu and Sebas, used Albedo to massage his shoulders, and began giving Albedo and Shalltear instructions for his next moves.

Lu Li and Shalltear confronted the Holy Kingdom’s leaders over joining the Human United Empire, and Shalltear killed Remedios to force them to speak. Lu Li dismissed the Holy Kingdom’s objections and resolved to eliminate anyone who obstructed his conquest.

• Calca and the Holy Kingdom’s leaders debated whether to accept the demand to submit to the Blood Emperor, while Remedios condemned the proposal.
• Lu Li entered the Great Temple with Shalltear, who shattered its stained-glass windows as they demanded to hear the leaders’ objections.
• Remedios challenged Lu Li and accused him of violating the Holy Kingdom’s sovereignty, but he mocked her threat of war.
• Shalltear invited the leaders to speak, then blocked Remedios’s sword strikes and tore out her heart.
• Lu Li gained Fear Value and reflected that he could rule through fear among the elite and gratitude among the people.

Shalltear terrorized the Holy Kingdom’s leaders, who abandoned the Holy Queen and proclaimed loyalty to Lu Li. After Lu Li killed a fawning bishop and tried to reassure the queen, Shalltear’s explanation of her own resurrection only heightened the queen’s fear; Lu Li sent Shalltear to speak with the others while he addressed the queen alone.

• Shalltear killed Remedios and intimidated the Holy Kingdom’s clergy and ministers while Lu Li observed.
• The Holy Queen tried to defend her country’s sovereignty, but her ministers restrained her and accused her of betraying the nation.
• The ministers and bishops pledged to make the Holy Kingdom a vassal of the Human United Empire, while the Holy Queen insisted she would preserve her ideal of ending the people’s suffering.
• A bishop struck the Holy Queen to prove his loyalty, and Lu Li killed him after clarifying that his praise of her ideal had been sincere.
• Lu Li wiped the Holy Queen’s face and tried to reassure her, but Shalltear described how he had revived and enslaved her, increasing the queen’s terror.
• Lu Li asked Shalltear to take the others outside for a talk while he spoke privately with the Holy Queen.

Lu Li secured Calca Bessarez's loyalty and directed his forces to bring the Great Elven Forest under his control. After Zesshi Zetsumei killed the Elven King, Ancient Wilderness Space's forces arrived with a Sky Citadel, and Sebas called Lu Li for help.

• Lu Li let Calca Bessarez continue ruling the Holy Kingdom, and she swore loyalty to him as its monarch.
• Shalltear killed corrupt officials and bishops, while Lu Li ordered the Holy Kingdom's forces to preserve stability and prepare for future peace.
• Lu Li sent Sebas, Albedo, and Zesshi Zetsumei to negotiate with the Elven King, but the talks turned into a battle after the king pursued Albedo.
• Zesshi Zetsumei killed the Elven King for a second time, and the battle devastated a quarter of the Great Elven Forest.
• Explorers from Ancient Wilderness Space and five powerful NPCs arrived at the forest beneath a Sky Citadel, prompting Sebas to urgently ask Lu Li for help.

Lu Li arrived at the Great Elven Forest as Sebas, Albedo, and Zesshi Zetsumei were being overwhelmed by Sky City’s Guardians and Ancient Wilderness Space’s Explorers, but his emergence from underground accidentally wrecked much of the forest. After healing his allies and sending them to protect the elves, Lu Li faced the assembled enemies as they prepared to test him.

• Lu Li learned that Sky City’s Guardians had joined the Explorers in the Great Elven Forest and teleported there while sending Shalltear back to the Slane Theocracy.
• Sky City’s Guardians and the Explorers attacked Sebas, Albedo, and Zesshi Zetsumei; Zesshi was pinned to a tree, Albedo was torn apart and reassembled, and Sebas was badly battered.
• Lu Li erupted from underground, accidentally overturning much of the Great Elven Forest, then blamed the destruction on the enemies and used his aura to intimidate them.
• Lu Li healed Zesshi Zetsumei and Albedo, ordered Sebas to lead them and the elves to safety, and prepared to face the Guardians and Explorers alone.
• The panda man volunteered to test Lu Li, while the dark elf took up her staff and remarked on his appearance.