Chapter Summaries

Kanon and Mo Xiao captured Clementine’s accomplice and discovered Nfirea Bareare’s talent, then brought Nfirea and his grandmother to the Siren Theocracy. Momonga grew anxious after meeting two World Tree players, while Kurumi began leveling Nfirea with a World-Class Item.

• Kanon restrained the bald old man after Clementine collapsed and died from the poisoned dagger, and Mo Xiao decided to question him.
• Mo Xiao tested Nfirea Bareare’s ability to use magic items by having him strike with a rusty sword, then arranged for Nfirea and his grandmother to move to the Siren Theocracy.
• Momon asked Mo Xiao and Kanon to discuss World Tree, and Momonga later worried that he had encountered multiple players and considered staying inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
• Nfirea arrived in the Siren Theocracy and swallowed an item at Kurumi’s command, gaining experience and levels as Kurumi took out the World-Class Item City-Toppling Beauty.

Kurumi transformed Nfirea into a girl and sent him to the Black Scripture while planning a staged secret-treasure conflict to provoke Momonga. Meanwhile, Earth discovered a newly appeared solar system containing another Earth, and humanity’s leaders considered investigating it.

• Kurumi had Nfirea dressed and styled as a girl, while Certain Death wondered how to attract Kurumi or Mo Xiao.
• Kurumi kicked Nfirea into the Black Scripture, whose mission had shifted to finding the Windflower Scripture’s lost secret treasure.
• Kurumi and Little Red planned to stage the emergence of a secret treasure near the Great Tomb of Nazarick to draw Momonga into conflict.
• Astronomers on Earth confirmed that a solar system had suddenly appeared in a previously blank region of space, complete with another Earth and a suspected moon.
• Earth’s leaders considered sending troops to investigate the seemingly habitable planet, even if it might be an alien trap.

Momonga investigated rumors of a hidden treasure in the forest near Yggdrasil, fearing it was a trap set by the Spacetime Administration. As powerful figures gathered around the treasure, he recognized the silver-haired girl and another transported predecessor among them and concluded that the Administration was involved.

• Rumors of strange lights and a hidden treasure drew adventurers and political forces to Yggdrasil, while Momonga ordered Nazarick’s guardians to stay put and went to investigate with Nabe.
• The Black Scripture welcomed Enfirea, a shy young woman who could use the powerful item City-Toppling Beauty, and its captain began considering her as a romantic target.
• At night, Momonga and Nabe joined an adventurer team entering the forest and found the treasure’s radiance and aura strangely familiar.
• Momonga sensed more than ten max-level powerhouses in the forest, including the silver-haired girl and a transported predecessor, and stopped advancing, suspecting the Spacetime Administration was involved.

Momonga watched a cataclysmic battle erupt in the Great Forest and concluded that the Spacetime Administration had set a trap, so he withdrew and hid Nazarick. In the Theocracy, Kurumi reviewed Little Red’s scripts and considered using a demon god invasion to lure Nazarick’s guardians out.

• Momonga retreated with Nabe from the Great Forest after sensing powerful auras and witnessing tenth-tier magic rise.
• Momonga secretly watched two groups of powerful beings battle with magic, martial skills, and super-tier spells while the Kingdom’s army and adventurers fled.
• A senior transmigrator trapped the fighters in a golden birdcage and dragged them through a spatial rift, leaving the Great Forest devastated and Nazarick’s outer structures damaged.
• Momonga hid the Great Tomb of Nazarick again and restricted his subordinates from leaving, fearing the Spacetime Administration would capture them.
• Kurumi reviewed scripts Little Red had written and focused on the idea of a demon god invading the New World.

Kurumi created the Book of Demons and secretly placed it in the Royal Library, choosing Lana Tiyel Chardelon Ryle Vaiself, the Kingdom’s third Princess, as its intended reader. The chapter left Lana arriving at the library while its staff prepared to assist her.

• Kurumi finished the Book of Demons by enchanting her notes with demonic magic, the passage of time, and the Charm of her beauty mark.
• Kurumi drew Lana Tiyel Chardelon Ryle Vaiself’s name from a lottery box and identified her as the Kingdom’s Golden Princess.
• Kurumi entered the Royal Library and hid the Book of Demons on its dusty top floor.
• A librarian named Old John learned that Princess would visit the library after meeting the adamantite-ranked adventurer team Azure Rose.
• Lana arrived at the Royal Library, and the librarians bowed to greet her.

Princess Lana discovered a mysterious black notebook hidden in the royal library and became captivated by its strange symbols and diagrams. Late that night, she opened it and heard a whisper asking whether she wanted to know the meaning of life and truly live.

• Princess Lana visited the royal library, where Old John watched her browse the books.
• Princess Lana climbed to the library’s dusty top floor and found an ancient book about cooking magical beasts beside a black notebook.
• Princess Lana slipped the notebook inside the book and took it back to her bedroom.
• Princess Lana hid the notebook, but its symbols distracted her throughout the day and kept her awake at night.
• Princess Lana opened the notebook and heard a mysterious whisper asking whether she wanted to know the meaning of life and truly live.

Princess Lana became enthralled by the Book of Demons and summoned a projection of the Demon Lord Old Ruler Hattes, hoping to learn how she could be with Klaim forever. She paid ten lives to make the demon take a human form, then watched it disappear wearing the appearance of a beautiful girl.

• Lana read the Book of Demons through the night and began collecting blood from different monsters with help from the Azure Rose adventurer team.
• Lana drew a summoning circle with monster blood and recited the spell to summon Old Ruler Hattes.
• Lana entered a contract with the demon and asked what price she must pay to be with Klaim forever.
• Lana agreed to sacrifice ten souls, and ten people across the Kingdom died simultaneously.
• The demon changed into a beautiful girl at Lana's request, then vanished after telling her to call again.

Princess Lana continued bargaining with Kurumi while using demon contracts to strengthen the Kingdom and crush the great nobles. She decided to pursue a deal for a long life by opening the gates of Hell and chose the great forest outside Yggdrasil as the territory required.

• Princess Lana’s reforms brought prosperity to the Kingdom, while noble opposition was thwarted by the Demon Lord’s punishments.
• The royal family commissioned investigations into rising commoner deaths, and Azure Rose joined Momon and Nabe to explore the hardest-hit areas.
• Kurumi struggled to understand Lana’s shifting feelings and theatrical behavior, while the great nobles came to fear her as the Golden Princess.
• Lana asked Kurumi what price she would pay to obtain Kurumi’s body, and Kurumi demanded the entire world.
• Lana sought a hundred years of life and a youthful body, and Kurumi required her to open the gates of Hell in exchange.
• After Kurumi said Lana needed territory within the Kingdom, Lana chose the great forest outside the fortress city of Yggdrasil.

Momonga worried over rumors of a divine artifact and watched a Shadow Ghost activate a sacrificial magic circle in the great forest. The circle turned the forest green and began killing adventurers, leaving the fate of Klaim and Azure Rose uncertain.

• The restored forest drew treasure seekers, while Momonga complained about rumors of a divine artifact and Demiurge's assumptions about his plans.
• Klaim arrived at the forest with Azure Rose on Princess Lana's mission to capture magical beasts and collect blood.
• A Shadow Ghost hidden in Klaim's shadow arranged sacrificial materials and, at night, killed itself beside them.
• Momonga watched the Shadow Ghost's actions through a projection and wondered whether it intended to harm the forest or Nazarick.
• The sacrificial circle activated, turning adventurers green before shredding a party into bloody pulp.

Momonga worried that the blood-soaked forest around Nazarick could threaten the Tomb or draw the Spacetime Administration, while a Shadow Ghost’s sacrificial array lured intruders to their deaths. Gazef led a force into the forest and found signs of a massacre, unaware that he was walking into the trap.

• Momonga watched the forest’s mysterious killer butcher humans and called for Albedo.
• An Adamantite adventurer tried to cross the forest quietly, but a soldier startled him and the chainsaw-like killer reduced him to bloody slurry.
• The soldier fled in terror after the adventurer’s badge fell into the bloody mud.
• Gazef decided to investigate the forest at night and entered with young soldiers and adventurers.
• A Shadow Ghost watched Gazef’s force enter and secretly manipulated them as part of its sacrificial magic array.
• Gazef found the adventurer’s badge and followed the trail of human flesh deeper into the forest while Momonga attended a meeting at Nazarick.

Shadow Ghost and Bald Qiang slaughtered Gazef’s force inside the great forest and used the bloodshed to summon a gate of hell. As imps and fire poured through the gate, Momonga rushed to stop the invasion while enormous hands began forcing the gate wider.

• Shadow Ghost ambushed Gazef’s soldiers, and Bald Qiang killed Gazef and the surrounding troops with his chainsaw.
• Shadow Ghost lit a distress signal and planned to claim the forest for the Demon Lord, while the soldiers’ blood seeped into the earth and fed the summoning.
• Two nobles delayed the main force so Gazef might die, then the army entered the forest after nearly half an hour.
• Several max-level World Tree players blocked Shadow Ghost, while Momonga and the guardians confronted them and then hurried toward the gate of hell.
• A towering gate of hell formed, releasing tens of thousands of imps and demons that set the forest ablaze.
• Momonga cast a tenth-tier spell and began preparing a super-tier spell as enormous hands reached through the gate and tried to force it wider.

Momonga and the Guardians fought off a demon invasion that poured through the Demon Gate, defeating the army after a brutal night-long battle. Kurumi watched from above and learned that an Earth dominated by capital was moving toward this world, hinting at a future clash between modern weapons and magic.

• The Guardians fought the magma imps as a gigantic demon began forcing its way through the Demon Gate, and Momonga worried about attracting the Spacetime Administration.
• The demon broke open the gate and entered the forest with several hellish dragons, unleashing magma across the land.
• Kurumi observed the battle from the clouds as Momonga's side gained the upper hand with cash-shop items.
• At dawn, the demon army was defeated, the Guardians were wounded and low on mana, and the giant demon retreated to hell.
• Momonga withdrew to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, then disguised himself as Momon and left with Nabe to investigate plague incidents in the Kingdom.
• Kurumi learned that an Earth controlled by capital was advancing toward this world, then vanished from the clouds.

Princess Lana met with the mysterious Kurumi while Klaim was summoned to the palace and introduced to her. The chapter ended with Klaim judging Kurumi’s potential as a warrior.

• The Great Tomb of Nazarick hid again after the commotion around Yggdrasil drew investigators from across the region.
• Princess Lana enjoyed her new longevity and youthful body while the Kingdom’s unrest and conscription worried Klaim.
• A maid summoned Klaim from sword practice to Princess Lana’s reception room.
• Klaim found Kurumi, a striking girl in a black dress, sharing afternoon tea with Princess Lana.
• Princess Lana told Kurumi not to frighten Klaim, then asked him to assess Kurumi’s potential.
• Klaim said Kurumi had acceptable will but poor talent and no chance of reaching the Hero Domain without an opportunity.

Kurumi’s clone sat with Princess Lana and Klaim while reading a strange book, drawing Klaim’s attention away from the Princess. Princess Lana tested Klaim by asking him to compare her beauty with Kurumi’s, then dismissed him, leaving him unsure why she seemed displeased.

• Kurumi remained absorbed in the Theocracy’s library while her clone visited Princess Lana and read How to Cook Monster Girls during their conversation with Klaim.
• Klaim became distracted by Kurumi and snapped out of it only after she glanced at him, while Princess Lana noticed his relief.
• Princess Lana asked Klaim whether Kurumi was beautiful, and he praised Kurumi’s charm.
• Princess Lana asked who was prettier, and Klaim immediately chose Princess Lana before she coldly dismissed him.
• Klaim left wondering what he had done wrong.

Princess Lana flirted with Kurumi and then discussed the Kingdom’s unstable politics, proposing reforms and an eventual annexation of the Empire. She outlined a plan to use escaped demons to kill her eldest brother and weaken her father, while claiming her second brother would be easy to manipulate.

• Princess Lana embraced Kurumi and suggested they try something together, but Kurumi said her sexual orientation was normal.
• Princess Lana asked what Kurumi thought of Klaim, then dismissed him as unworthy of a precious treasure.
• Kurumi shaped a piece of jade into a suggestive object and gave it to Princess Lana, who later had it smashed and cleaned away.
• Princess Lana told Kurumi that the nobles had grown restless after Kingdom Warrior Chief Gazef died and praised the Blood Emperor’s methods in the Empire.
• Princess Lana proposed reforming the Kingdom before annexing the Empire, using escaped demons to kill her eldest brother and planning to manipulate her second brother.

Princess Lana’s efforts to manipulate the kingdom’s succession stalled as Momon’s adventurer group killed the demons she sent after the princes, while the ailing king’s death drew nobles into a struggle over who would inherit. Meanwhile, Kurumi and Little Red kept Momonga busy exploring the Inner World, unaware that its powerful figures were all controlled by them and two others.

• Princess Lana failed to draw the First Prince out of the city after Momon killed the imps, necromancers, and hellhounds she sent to carry out her plans.
• The old king’s health continued to deteriorate as poisoned food and tea weakened him, and the kingdom’s nobles hesitated between supporting the First Prince and the Second Prince.
• Kurumi’s clone read How to Cook a Demon king in the Royal Library while Kurumi and Little Red played role-playing games and used World Tree accounts to confuse Momonga.
• Momonga encountered a Spacetime Administration temp worker, drove the worker away with paid items, and grew more convinced that the world was targeting him.
• Momonga explored the Inner World, where he encountered powerful figures, faction conflicts, and the rusty-sword-wielding GM, without realizing that four people controlled all its big shots.

After the Kingdom of Re-Estize’s old and new kings died in quick succession, the Second Prince unexpectedly took the throne and began reforming the country under Princess Lana’s influence. Alarmed by the Kingdom’s growing strength, the Blood Emperor considered marrying Princess Lana and the mysterious young woman at her side.

• The old king died of illness, and the First Prince died while leading an expedition against imps, leaving the Second Prince to become king.
• With Marquis Raeven’s help, the new king purged most lesser nobles and introduced policies that strengthened the Kingdom.
• Princess Lana secretly prepared to use her brother’s remaining life to place a renewed Kingdom in her hands.
• The old mage warned the Blood Emperor that the Kingdom’s advantages would grow over time and proposed marrying the Golden Princess to counter them.
• The Blood Emperor rejected the proposal and ordered a shadow guard to investigate the young woman often seen with Princess Lana.
• After hearing that the two women shared an extraordinary friendship, the Blood Emperor declared he would marry both of them if necessary.

The new king learned about the Spirit Kingdom’s growing power and ordered Marquis Raeven to seek a steel trade while Raeven raised the question of choosing consorts. During a tour of the Royal Library, the king spotted bare feet dangling from the top floor and headed upstairs to investigate.

• The new king questioned Marquis Raeven about reports that the Spirit Kingdom had centralized its rule, repelled the Siren Theocracy, and recovered the Life Mother Tree.
• The new king ordered Marquis Raeven to find a way to buy refined steel from the Spirit Kingdom, even if they had to smuggle it through the strait.
• Marquis Raeven presented the king with a list of noblewomen as potential consorts, but the king postponed the decision and asked to walk outside.
• The king visited the Royal Library with Marquis Raeven and saw a pair of bare feet dangling from the top floor.
• Old John signaled the young clerk after noticing the king’s attention, but the king ignored them and started up the stairs.

The newly crowned king and Marquis Rehnbu climbed to the Royal Library’s top floor to confront an unauthorized visitor, only to find Kurumi reading with earphones on. The king’s anger faded as he became captivated by her, and the chapter ended with him staring at her.

• Old John worried that the king would punish the girl in the library and hesitated to explain her royal writ.
• The king and Marquis Rehnbu climbed the spiral stairs, suspecting the woman on the top floor might be a threat.
• They found Kurumi leaning on a beanbag chair and reading while wearing earphones.
• Marquis Rehnbu warned the king that Kurumi might be dangerous and demanded an explanation from Old John.
• Old John explained that Kurumi was Princess Lana’s friend and had permission from the old king to use the library.
• Kurumi removed her earphones, stood, and put on her shoes as the king stared at her.

Kurumi helped Princess Lana take control of the king and later the Blood Emperor, allowing the Kingdom of Re-Estize to navigate a state visit and forge closer ties with the Bahamut Empire. A month later, a strange machine crashed in a forest outside Yggdrasil and announced that it would begin collecting data on Blue Star.

• The drunken king visited Princess Lana's room to pursue Kurumi, then offered to arrange Lana's marriage to Klaim if she helped him win Kurumi over.
• Kurumi gave Princess Lana control of the king's body, and Lana used her knowledge and acting skills to handle the kingdom's affairs.
• The Blood Emperor, Jircniv Rune Farlord El Nix, visited the Kingdom of Re-Estize with Fluder Paradyne, and King impressed him with his political judgment.
• King took the Blood Emperor to meet Princess Lana and Kurumi, where Kurumi asked whether he had a brother named Gilgamesh and showed them images of Gilgamesh's power.
• Princess Lana took control of the Blood Emperor's perspective, and news of a marriage alliance between the Kingdom of Re-Estize and the Bahamut Empire spread across the continent.
• A strange machine crashed in a forest outside Yggdrasil and announced that it had arrived on Blue Star and would begin collecting data.