Chapter Summaries

After completing his mission in the Demon Slayer World, Rota returned to Gulantalos Royal City and reunited with Nana, Bai Youyou, and Huang Luoyu. After spending a month with them, he departed again and warned the God Realm not to pursue Qian Renxue's recall.

• Rota claimed his mission rewards, including a roleplay progress boost card, and reinforced the Demon Slayer World before leaving.
• Nana, Bai Youyou, and Huang Luoyu welcomed Rota back to Gulantalos Royal City and asked him to spend time with them.
• Rota stayed with the three women for a month before preparing to travel to another world.
• Rota told Nana he would handle the God Realm matter involving Qian Renxue, then left Gulantalos Royal City.
• Rota hurled the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear into the God Realm council temple, and the gods agreed to abandon their effort to recall Qian Renxue.

Rota entered the world of Overlord, chose Sikong Zhen as his next character, and accepted a challenge that restricted him to that character’s abilities. He opened the challenge reward, a Divine Artifact Selection Pack, and saw three artifacts appear.

• Rota used the World Travel Selection Pack to travel to Overlord, hoping to meet Ainz Ooal Gown.
• Rota asked Jarvis about entering YGGDRASIL and learned that the system could open a passage to both the game and real world.
• Rota chose Sikong Zhen from the Character Selection Gift Pack and activated Illusion Transformation Mode, unlocking the character’s four basic skills.
• Rota accepted the Focused One challenge, which forbade him from using other system abilities in exchange for a Divine Artifact Selection Pack.
• Rota confirmed that he could still use the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear, then opened the reward pack and saw three divine artifacts appear.

Rota chose the Book of the Sage, unlocked new Sikong Zhen skills, and set out across the grassland to find local humans. The chapter ended with a village surrounded by Minotaurs and its people bracing for the gate to fall.

• Rota selected the Book of the Sage, whose power and resistances grew permanently with each sufficiently strong creature he killed.
• Jarvis clarified that creatures had to be at least Level 1 to count toward the artifact’s stacking effect.
• Rota used an Acting Progress Increase Card, raising his Sikong Zhen acting progress to 60% and unlocking five lightning skills.
• Rota used Extreme Thunder Flash to travel across the grassland in search of human settlements.
• A village’s defenders held its gate against the surrounding Minotaurs while the frightened villagers feared the attackers would break through.

Rota arrived in time to save Winnie and the villagers from the Minotaurs, who had broken into their settlement and were about to attack them. Mistaken for the Thunder God, Rota confronted the kneeling Minotaurs, and thunder surged as he prepared to punish them.

• The Minotaurs broke through the village gate, beat back its defenders, and threatened to kill the men and abuse the women.
• Winnie defied the Minotaur leader and refused to submit, even as he moved to attack her.
• Lightning struck the Minotaur leader, and Rota descended beside Winnie, prompting her to mistake him for the Thunder God.
• Rota told Winnie to rejoin the villagers and challenged the Minotaurs over their claims of human inferiority.
• The Minotaurs knelt and pretended to repent, but Rota warned that their crimes could not be dismissed, and thunder surged around them.

Sikong Zhen defeated the Minotaurs attacking a human village and learned that humanity was on the brink of extinction, with the Six Gods not yet known to its people. He considered protecting humanity and building a small city, then asked Winnie whether she was prepared to help shoulder humanity’s revival.

• Sikong Zhen defeated the Minotaurs with lightning, and Winnie and the villagers thanked him for saving them.
• Sikong Zhen accepted the village chief’s invitation to stay and asked about the Six Gods, learning that the villagers had never heard of them.
• Sikong Zhen concluded that he had arrived before the Six Gods and worried that his presence might change the future; he considered protecting humanity and establishing a small city.
• Winnie asked Sikong Zhen whether he could protect the village forever, and he told her humanity needed to learn to protect itself.
• Sikong Zhen asked Winnie if she had the resolve to help save humanity, and Winnie said she did.

Rota accepted Winnie as his disciple and discovered she had exceptional lightning magic aptitude. After teaching her to condense mana, he began planning a broader training regimen and prepared to teach her Lightning Shield.

• Winnie asked Rota to take her as his disciple, and he accepted while warning her not to neglect her own safety.
• A side quest called Cultivating a Confidant appeared, and its Magic Set reward gave Rota the tools and knowledge to teach magic.
• Winnie tested her aptitude and revealed an exceptional affinity for lightning; Rota's Perception identified her as a ten-year-old half-elf mage.
• Rota explained mana, and Winnie condensed it in less than an hour, producing tiny arcs of lightning at her fingertip.
• Rota planned to train Winnie's magic and physique, then began teaching her the third-tier spell Lightning Shield.

After Winnie collapsed from practicing the Lightning Shield, a nightmare about her past drove her to seek comfort from Rota. She revealed that she was a Half-elf, and Rota reassured her that he would protect her as his disciple.

• Winnie learned to cast the Lightning Shield and used it to block Rota's lightning bolt before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Winnie woke from a nightmare in which familiar voices urged her to escape demons, and Rota comforted her.
• Winnie feared Rota would abandon her and told him she was half-elven.
• Rota accepted Winnie's elven heritage without prejudice and promised to protect her.
• Rota gave Winnie rice porridge and asked her to tell him about her past.

Winnie told Rota how a werewolf had slaughtered her village and killed her parents, and Rota vowed to find the beast and avenge her. The old village chief asked Rota to protect the village and offered clues about the werewolf, beginning to share what he had heard.

• Winnie recounted how a werewolf massacred her village, forcing her to flee from one village to another.
• Rota promised Winnie that they would set out to find the werewolf and that he would avenge her.
• Winnie went to sleep reassured while Rota stayed beside her to guard her from nightmares.
• The old village chief asked Rota to look after the village, and Rota agreed in exchange for information he wanted.
• The old village chief began sharing rumors about the werewolf that he had heard from other village chiefs.

Rota learned that the werewolf who killed Winnie's family was a notorious repeat offender and prepared to confront him. After the werewolf arrived at the village and recognized Winnie's scent, Sikong Zhen returned with Winnie and faced him, while Winnie stayed back as instructed.

• Rota learned from the old village chief that the werewolf was a repeat killer known as the Pitch-black Nightmare, and gave him a lightning token to signal if the werewolf appeared.
• Rota took Winnie away to train, while the old village chief warned the villagers to watch for the werewolf and prepare to protect themselves.
• Half a month later, the wounded werewolf arrived at the village seeking treatment, and the old village chief rubbed the Thunder Token three times to alert Sikong Zhen.
• The werewolf detected Winnie's scent near her old home and planned to use the villagers to frighten her when they met again.
• Rota returned with Winnie and told her to stand aside, then Sikong Zhen confronted the werewolf as the werewolf sensed danger but forced himself to stay.

Rota killed the werewolf Pitch-black Nightmare, rescued Winnie, and addressed the villagers about building strength and protecting themselves. He named their settlement Chang'an and left them ready to begin developing it together.

• The werewolf revealed himself as Pitch-black Nightmare and lunged for Winnie, but Rota held him back and killed him with a bolt of lightning.
• Rota checked on Winnie, who thanked him and fell asleep in his arms.
• Rota gathered the villagers and urged them to become self-reliant rather than depend solely on his protection.
• The old village chief explained that the settlement had no name because named human settlements attracted Demi-humans.
• Rota named the village Chang'an, and the villagers pledged to build it together.

Half a year after Chang'an was founded, Rota managed the growing city while its people repelled repeated Demi-human attacks. As the Six Gods’ arrival approached, Demi-human leaders gathered to plan their assault on Chang'an.

• Wilmot reported that roughly a hundred refugees had arrived, and Rota reassured him that Chang'an would never fall.
• Rota reviewed the growing threat from Demi-human attacks and decided to wait for the Six Gods rather than launch humanity’s counterattack himself.
• Jarvis estimated that intense spatial activity would occur in about a week, leading Rota to expect the Six Gods’ arrival soon.
• The Tigerfolk leader demanded half of Chang'an’s territory after its capture, and the Kobold, Orc, and Werewolf leaders accepted his terms.

The dogman chief proposed luring Rota out of Chang'an City by abducting Winnie, and the tigerman chief approved the plan. Three days later, Winnie disappeared and Rota received a letter, leaving him to prepare for the scheme against him.

• The dogman chief warned that Chang'an City's guards were formidable, and the tigerman chief agreed that the tribes needed a way to minimize casualties.
• The dogman chief suggested using Winnie to lure Chang'an City's powerful human protector out of the city, and the tigerman chief accepted the plan.
• The dogman chief promised to signal when everything was ready, and the Demi-human tribes began their scheme against Chang'an City.
• Three days later, Rota noticed Winnie had not come to see him and then learned from a guard that she had gone missing.
• Rota ordered an emergency lockdown, kept the disappearance secret, and concluded that someone inside Chang'an City had targeted Winnie to lure him out.

Rota rescued Winnie from a Demi-human ambush and returned with her to Chang'an City, where the city was under attack. As Wilmot’s exhausted defenders faced defeat at the hands of the armored tigerman leader, Wilmot stood back up after being struck down, still determined to protect the city.

• Rota deduced that humans had helped kidnap Winnie, followed the letter’s directions, and found her bound as nearly a thousand Demi-humans surrounded him.
• Rota destroyed the Demi-human army with lightning, freed Winnie, and encouraged her to become stronger before carrying her back toward Chang'an City.
• While Rota was away, Wilmot ordered the guards to defend Chang'an City against the Demi-human army, and they held the attackers back with arrows, shields, and spears.
• The tigerman leader donned the Tiger King Armor, broke through the city’s defenses, and slaughtered the guards as Wilmot tried to buy time.
• Wilmot challenged the tigerman leader to a duel, was kicked into a wall, and forced himself back to his feet, declaring that the battle was not over.

Rota arrived in time to save Wilmot and wiped out the Demi-human army that had attacked Chang'an City. After honoring the city's fallen and visiting Wilmot in the hospital, Rota focused on developing Winnie and prepared for the Six Gods' arrival and his plan to recruit one as a partner.

• The tiger-man leader nearly killed Wilmot, but Rota arrived, sent Winnie to help Wilmot, and defeated the leader with lightning.
• Rota unleashed Divine Punishment Thunder on the Demi-human army and killed every attacker, while Chang'an City mourned its two hundred fallen guards.
• Rota awarded the surviving guards medals and ordered a martyrs' cemetery built, prompting more citizens to enlist in the Chang'an Guard Corps.
• Rota visited Wilmot in the hospital and discussed the need to develop more capable fighters; Winnie vowed to grow stronger and Rota said she would eventually take his position.
• Over the next three days, Winnie learned five fifth-tier spells, while Rota prepared for the Six Gods' arrival and planned to win one over as a partner.

Rota met the Six Gods after they arrived in the New World, brought them to Chang'an City, and arranged for them to help protect it while he was away. He prepared Wilmot to manage the city and made arrangements for Winnie before his departure.

• Rota watched the Six Gods emerge from a spatial tunnel, then approached them while pretending to gather herbs and invited them to Chang'an City.
• Rota tested the Six Gods' speed on the way to Chang'an City, where they were impressed by the city and welcomed by its guards.
• Rota hosted the Six Gods with a meal and explained the world's circumstances, and they agreed to stay in Chang'an City and help protect it.
• Rota told Wilmot about the Six Gods, left him a development plan and a token for emergencies, and gave him some of his lightning power.
• Rota told Winnie a story, then arranged for her magic lessons to continue through direct transmission while he was away.

Rota entered YGGDRASIL and rescued Momonga from six players who were attacking him for being an undead. He befriended Momonga and met Tachimi, who revealed that players of heteromorphic races had been facing discrimination.

• Rota transferred into YGGDRASIL, where Suzuki Satoru began playing as the undead player Momonga.
• After leveling up and leaving the beginner's village, Momonga traveled the world maps and was chased through a forest by six hostile players.
• Rota appeared and defeated the six attackers with lightning, then helped Momonga to his feet and comforted him.
• Rota called out the silver-white-armored player watching from the woods, and the Pure White Paladin introduced himself as Tachimi.
• Tachimi told Momonga that players of heteromorphic races had been having a difficult time.

Tachimi, Momonga, and Sikong Zhen formed an alliance to unite heteromorphic players and discussed building a guild around a top-tier dungeon. They entered the newly opened Sage's Proving Ground as a three-person party, despite spectators mocking their chances, and Momonga worried that his weak equipment would hold them back.

• Tachimi explained that players were bullying heteromorphic races, and Sikong Zhen proposed uniting them in a guild; Tachimi, Momonga, and Sikong Zhen agreed to form an alliance.
• The three discussed choosing a high-level dungeon as their guild base and settled on roles, with Sikong Zhen and Tachimi handling offense while Momonga supported them.
• After YGGDRASIL announced the limited-time Sage's Proving Ground, the three decided to attempt it and watched a strong party fail to clear it.
• The trio entered the dungeon while spectators ridiculed their three-person party, especially Momonga's beginner's magic staff.
• Momonga apologized for feeling like a burden, and Rota encouraged him to relax and leave the fighting to them.

Momonga, Tachimi, and Rota fought through the waves of the Sage's Proving Ground, with Rota's overwhelming magic turning the raid into a likely clear. They reached the final wave and faced the Immortal Sage, whose immense health, attack, and resistance made the boss seem nearly indestructible.

• Momonga slowed the first wave and attacked, but his spell dealt only 100 damage while Tachimi killed the monsters with his greatsword.
• Tachimi took the lead against the first wave, then yielded to Rota when the second wave's heavily armored knights countered his physical attacks.
• Rota instantly destroyed all ten armored knights with Raging Thunder Strike, stunning the players watching the broadcast.
• Tachimi drew aggro during the third wave while Rota annihilated the monsters with lightning, and the pair advanced through the remaining waves.
• The three reached the tenth wave, where the Immortal Sage appeared; Momonga and Tachimi checked its attributes and found its health, attack, and 50% physical and magical resistance daunting.

Rota, Tachimi, and Momonga defeated the Immortal Sage and claimed the limited-time dungeon’s first-clear rewards, greatly improving Momonga’s equipment and strength. As they prepared to leave, Rota warned that other players might try to rob them.

• Tachimi tested the Immortal Sage in close combat, while Rota discovered that the boss focused its attacks on one target at a time.
• Rota drew the Immortal Sage’s aggro and dodged its attacks as he and Tachimi steadily damaged it.
• Tachimi used Dimension Slash to weaken the boss, then let Momonga deliver the final blow for bonus experience.
• Momonga claimed the first-clear rewards, including the powerful Grace of the Magic King armor set and Sorrow of the King staff.
• Rota warned Tachimi and Momonga to prepare for hostile players who might try to steal their rewards as they left the dungeon.

Momonga, Tachimi, and Rota were confronted by Nightmare Scythe after leaving the dungeon, but Rota defeated the guild leader and wiped out nearly a hundred of its players. The three returned to their meeting place with a mountain of loot and decided to use it to develop a guild and recruit companions.

• Momonga refused to hand over his divine equipment when a Nightmare Scythe player demanded it, and the guild surrounded him, Tachimi, and Rota near the teleportation point.
• The Black Feather Assassin attacked Momonga, but Rota interrupted him with a lightning strike after Tachimi's attempt to stop the assassin failed.
• Rota defeated the Black Feather Assassin and killed nearly a hundred Nightmare Scythe players with a lightning attack, while Momonga collected their dropped equipment and items.
• Momonga, Tachimi, and Rota returned to their meeting place, where they agreed to use the loot to develop a guild and recruit new companions.