Chapter Summaries

Momonga's Ten-Person Suicide Squad prepared to compete for the Great Tomb of Nazarick, while a top guild recognized them as a serious threat. At noon the next day, the team gathered outside the dungeon and waited for it to open.

• Momonga gathered the Ten-Person Suicide Squad to plan their assault on the Great Tomb of Nazarick and warned that rival guilds would obstruct them.
• Tachimi and the other members pledged to face the competition, and Rota and Tachimi encouraged Momonga to become their future guild master.
• The Fang of the Azure Wind guild master ordered his members to prepare for the dungeon and treat the Ten-Person Suicide Squad as seriously as the top guilds.
• At noon the next day, the Ten-Person Suicide Squad waited outside the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and Tachimi and Pot of Tea reassured the nervous Momonga.

Sikong Zhen entered a duel against Blue-Faced Rakshasa to secure Ten-Person Suicide Squad priority access to Great Tomb of Nazarick, accepting a wager that would let the winner recruit from the other’s guild. He left Blue-Faced Rakshasa unable to land a hit, while the duel was still underway.

• Players argued over who should raid Great Tomb of Nazarick first, and Blue-Faced Rakshasa proposed deciding priority through one-on-one guild duels.
• Momonga’s team discussed who should represent them, and Sikong Zhen volunteered to compete.
• Sikong Zhen and Blue-Faced Rakshasa advanced through the first round and met in the final duel for priority raiding rights.
• Blue-Faced Rakshasa wagered that Sikong Zhen would join his guild if defeated, while Sikong Zhen could recruit one of his members if he won; Sikong Zhen accepted.
• Blue-Faced Rakshasa charged and attacked with his katana, but Sikong Zhen dodged his strikes and blasted away a third of his HP with lightning.
• Blue-Faced Rakshasa launched a fierce series of sword attacks, but he could not touch Sikong Zhen, prompting Momonga’s team to struggle to contain their laughter.

Rota defeated Blue-Faced Rakshasa, and Momonga’s team claimed the Great Tomb of Nazarick, formed a guild, and began planning its NPCs. More than ten years later, as YGGDRASIL shut down, Momonga waited alone in Nazarick, altered Albedo’s settings to make her love Sikong Zhen, and discovered the countdown kept running past zero.

• Rota effortlessly defeated Blue-Faced Rakshasa, securing the wager and giving Momonga’s team priority to raid Nazarick.
• Momonga and the Ten-Person Suicide Squad conquered the Great Tomb of Nazarick and held a meeting where Momonga was elected guild leader.
• Momonga led a discussion about allocating Nazarick’s NPC creation points, while Rota chose not to create any NPCs.
• On YGGDRASIL’s final day, Momonga waited alone in Nazarick after his guildmates failed to join him.
• Momonga changed Albedo’s settings to say she was deeply in love with Sikong Zhen, then waited for the game to shut down.
• When the countdown reached zero, Momonga saw it change to 00:01 and continue running.

Momonga realized that he and the Great Tomb of Nazarick had transmigrated, then summoned the guardians and sent Sebas to investigate. Meanwhile, Rota returned to Chang'an City, reunited with Winnie, and spent the night with her before agreeing to spar with her the next day.

• Momonga recognized that the Great Tomb of Nazarick had become real and ordered Albedo to gather the floor guardians while Sebas went to inspect the surface.
• Winnie learned that Rota had returned to Chang'an City, hurried to meet him, and fell asleep clinging to him.
• Rota considered Momonga's arrival and reviewed letters showing that the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy still sought an alliance with Chang'an City.
• Winnie woke the next morning, and Rota invited her to spar so he could see how strong she had become.
• Winnie said she wanted to protect Rota, and he accepted her feelings while stroking her hair.

Rota sparred with Winnie, confirmed that her strength rivaled the strongest fighters in the world, and then toured Chang'an City before planning to meet Momonga. At Central Plaza, he stopped a Storyteller whose divisive tale incited human children to bully a Lizardman child, and confronted him over his suspicious motives.

• Winnie demonstrated her seventh-tier lightning magic and Over-rank Wind God's Piercing Spear, but Rota effortlessly countered her attacks and caught her with Extreme Thunder Flash.
• Rota praised Winnie's strength, warned her about dangerous World-Class Items, and shared a playful breakfast with her before leaving the city lord's residence.
• Rota toured Chang'an City and saw a Storyteller at Central Plaza recounting how the Thunder God had saved humanity from Demi-humans centuries earlier.
• Human children threw stones at a Lizardman child while the Storyteller watched approvingly, and Rota intervened, reprimanding the bullies and comforting the child.
• Rota handed the Lizardman child a towel, then stopped the Storyteller from leaving and demanded that they talk.

Rota exposed and killed a Storyteller who had stirred up conflict in Chang'an City, then continued his journey toward the Great Tomb of Nazarick. At an Adventurers' Guild, he killed a Mithril-ranked adventurer who attacked him, leaving the witnesses stunned by his strength.

• Rota confronted the Storyteller about his false tale of Sikong Zhen, killed him, and ordered guards to arrange a well-paid job for the Lizardman girl.
• The guards saluted Rota as Lord Sikong and followed his orders, while Winnie decided not to investigate his actions.
• Rota set out for the Great Tomb of Nazarick and used Extreme Thunder Flash to reach a town, where he bought a map to Karn Village.
• At the Adventurers' Guild, Rota caught Noin when a bald armored adventurer threw her aside, then crushed the man's jaw and destroyed his axe.
• The bald armored adventurer attacked Rota from behind, so Rota killed him with lightning and left the guild as the witnesses realized his power surpassed the Fine Steel rank.

Rota reached Karn Village and used his lightning powers to save its villagers from the Empire’s cavalry, while Momonga and Albedo arrived and recognized that the village’s statue resembled Sikong Zhen. The chapter left Momonga preparing to investigate the powerful attacker and whether Sikong Zhen was truly in this world.

• Rota left the Adventurer’s Guild and hurried toward Karn Village, where he spotted Gajef riding with soldiers to defend it.
• The Empire’s cavalry surrounded Karn Village’s villagers, who gathered around a statue of Rota and prayed for help.
• Rota summoned thunderclouds and destroyed the attacking cavalry with precise lightning strikes, sparing the villagers and their surroundings.
• Momonga and Albedo watched the lightning from nearby, judged its wielder to be a dangerous opponent, and went to investigate.
• Momonga and Albedo reached the village, where Albedo recognized that its statue looked like Sikong Zhen, prompting Momonga to urge her to stay calm.

Momonga investigated Karn Village’s statue of the God of Thunder and learned about Chang'an City, while Gajef confronted Slane Theocracy troops threatening the village. After Gajef withdrew, Momonga faced the angels himself and demonstrated that their attacks could not hurt him.

• Momonga questioned Karn Village’s chief, learned the statue represented the seventh god, the God of Thunder, and received a map pointing to Chang'an City.
• Rota decided to meet Momonga before he could travel to Chang'an City, while Gajef arrived and befriended him.
• A soldier warned Gajef that Slane Theocracy troops were approaching, so Gajef hired Momonga and led his soldiers to confront them.
• Gajef fought through the angels but, overwhelmed by their numbers, used Momonga’s marker to withdraw and leave the battlefield to him.
• Momonga introduced himself and Albedo to Captain Nigan, then easily resisted and destroyed two angels before preparing to cast Negative Burst.

Momonga reunited with Sikong Zhen after defeating the Slane Theocracy’s forces in Karn Village, and Albedo became infatuated with Sikong Zhen. The three returned to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, where Sikong Zhen cautioned Momonga against causing the same kind of chaos in this world as they had in YGGDRASIL.

• Momonga and Albedo watched a powerful bolt of lightning destroy the Slane Theocracy’s soldiers and angels, then met Sikong Zhen, who revealed that the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick had arrived in this world.
• Momonga explained that he had altered Albedo’s settings, while Sikong Zhen discussed his title as God of Thunder and his city, Chang'an City.
• Albedo embraced Sikong Zhen and massaged his shoulders while Momonga handled Karn Village’s affairs and arranged friendly relations with it.
• Momonga returned with Sikong Zhen and Albedo to the Great Tomb of Nazarick and told Sikong Zhen he wanted them to conquer the world together.
• Sikong Zhen warned Momonga that this world could not withstand the chaos they had caused in YGGDRASIL, and Momonga understood his caution.

Sikong Zhen visited the guardians of Nazarick and challenged Momonga and the guardians to a friendly spar. He overwhelmed their combined assault with his thunder form, then stopped before his attack could damage Nazarick, leaving Momonga dejected.

• Momonga gathered Nazarick’s major NPCs, who greeted Sikong Zhen with excitement and respect.
• Sikong Zhen invited Momonga to spar and allowed him to bring the guardians; Momonga agreed and assembled them in Nazarick’s arena.
• Albedo blocked Sikong Zhen’s opening punch, and Cocytus exchanged attacks with him after Momonga cast a lightning-resistance spell on Cocytus.
• Momonga ordered the guardians to attack together while he prepared a spell, and Sikong Zhen transformed into his thunder form and paralyzed the six guardians with lightning.
• Sikong Zhen formed a massive lightning sphere but dispersed it without attacking, then helped Aura up; Momonga sank into dejection over how outmatched he had been.

Rota spoke with Momonga about their arrival in different timelines, then revealed himself to Karn Village as the God of Thunder and gave the villagers gold. Momonga set out with Nabe under the adventurer name Momon, but the guild receptionist refused his attempt to accept a Mithril-rank quest as a Copper Plate adventurer.

• Rota told Momonga that he had arrived centuries earlier and warned him about World Items, while Momonga planned to gather information as an adventurer.
• Rota appeared atop Karn Village's statue, proved his identity with a thundercloud, and gave the villagers sacks of gold while telling them that Ainz was his friend.
• Momonga changed into black armor, adopted the name Ainz Ooal Gown for formal use, and left Nazarick with Nabe to explore the world.
• Momonga and Nabe reached E-Rantel, where Momonga used the adventurer name Momon and told Nabe to restrain herself and conserve their money.
• Momonga tried to accept a Mithril-rank quest at the Adventurer's Guild, but the receptionist refused because his rank was Copper Plate.

Momonga and Nabe completed a goblin quest, and Momonga accepted an invitation to quest with other adventurers so he could build his reputation and gather information. Meanwhile, a red-haired adventurer learned that Momonga’s replacement potion was a valuable perfect-grade healing potion, drawing Enfilia and Wilmot’s interest.

• Momonga accepted the most difficult Bronze-ranked quest to eliminate ten goblins, then threw a brute into a table while defending Nabe, accidentally smashing a red-haired woman’s blue potion.
• Momonga compensated the red-haired woman with a bright-red potion, which she took to Enfilia Bareare and Lichy Bareare for appraisal.
• Lichy identified the potion as a perfect-grade healing potion worth at least eight gold coins, but the red-haired woman refused to sell it; Enfilia followed her to investigate.
• Wilmot bought ten thousand excellent healing potions from Lichy and agreed that whoever gave away a perfect potion was worth contacting; Lichy told him Enfilia had gone to investigate it.
• Momonga and Nabe completed the goblin quest, and Momonga accepted another adventuring party’s invitation to quest with them.

Momonga and Darkness Blade joined Enfilia’s herb-gathering expedition, where Wilmot revealed extraordinary magic and prompted Momonga to consider the dangers posed by powerful natives and past YGGDRASIL players. The group reached Karn Village and discovered that Enri’s summoned goblins had become its guards.

• Momonga and Nabe agreed to accompany Peter’s Darkness Blade team on Enfilia’s request to gather herbs near Karn Village, and Wilmot joined them along the way.
• Porub asked whether Momonga and Nabe were a couple, and Nabe nearly mentioned Albedo before Momonga stopped her.
• Wilmot erased a group of goblins and trolls with Spatial Magic, and Momonga recognized that his power exceeded what he let on.
• Momonga tested Wilmot with a YGGDRASIL gold coin and learned that adventurers in the past had also carried such coins.
• Enfilia’s party reached Karn Village, where armed goblins stopped their carriage until Enri identified Enfilia as her friend.
• Momonga realized that the village’s goblin guards were the army he had summoned for Enri with a magic item.

Enfilia deduced that Momon was Ainz Ooal Gown and thanked him for saving Enri, while Momonga asked him to keep the secret. In the forest, Momonga confronted the Forest King, discovered it was an oversized Zakaria Hamster, and decided to keep it as a pet.

• Enri told Enfilia that Ainz Ooal Gown had saved her, and Enfilia offered to help find him before realizing that Momon was Ainz from Nabe's mention of Albedo.
• Momonga admitted his identity to Enfilia and warned him not to reveal it; afterward, he stopped Nabe from attempting suicide over her mistake.
• Enfilia asked Momonga to spare the Forest King because its presence protected Karn Village, and Momonga agreed to show mercy.
• Momonga followed Aura's plan to lure the Forest King into the forest, where he faced it while Wilmot stayed behind as a witness.
• The Forest King emerged as an oversized Zakaria Hamster, and Momonga lost his will to fight it until Wilmot suggested keeping it as a pet.

Momonga subdued The Forest King, registered her in E-Rantel, and met Lichy Bareare and Wilmot on the way to Enfilia’s potion shop. There they discovered a massacre and learned Enfilia had likely been abducted; Wilmot asked Momonga to locate the culprit in exchange for fame, while he would handle the rest.

• Momonga had Nabe defeat The Forest King and forced the magical beast to submit.
• Momonga returned to E-Rantel with Enfilia and Darkness Blade, registered The Forest King, and met Lichy Bareare, Enfilia’s grandmother.
• Lichy, Wilmot, Momonga, and Nabe reached the potion shop, where they found three mutilated corpses and blood throughout the building.
• Wilmot reasoned that Enfilia had been targeted for his special talent and that the killer was a sadistic, mentally unstable adventurer; Nia was also found dead in the basement.
• Wilmot asked Momonga to investigate and find the culprit’s location, offering him fame while promising to deal with the killer himself.

Momonga used tracking magic to locate the murderer in E-Rantel’s public graveyard, where Wilmot destroyed an undead horde and confronted the cultists behind the attack. Wilmot killed Clementine and faced the Wu Ke Mage, leaving Enfilia’s fate unresolved.

• Momonga used a large number of Magic Scrolls to locate the murderer in the public graveyard and received a Chang’an Black Card from Wilmot.
• Wilmot, Momonga, and Nabe went to the graveyard, where Wilmot annihilated the undead with Exterminating Wind.
• Wilmot entered the graveyard church and confronted the Wu Ke Mage and his red-robed followers.
• Clementine emerged and challenged Wilmot, but he caught her twice and tore off her head.
• The Wu Ke Mage froze in shock as Wilmot turned his attention to him.

Wilmot defeated Wu Ke Mage, rescued Enfilia, and destroyed the Sage’s Crown. After returning Enfilia to Lichy, he invited Momonga to the Grand Martial Arts Tournament in Chang'an City, leaving Momonga curious about Wilmot’s connection to Sikong Zhen.

• Wilmot destroyed Wu Ke Mage’s Bone Dragons with Spatial Magic and killed Wu Ke Mage when he asked for Wilmot’s name.
• Wilmot found Enfilia unconscious in the church wearing the Sage’s Crown, removed it, and carried him out to Momonga and Nabe.
• Wilmot brought Enfilia back to Lichy, who thanked him and offered him ten thousand recovery potions; Wilmot accepted and later shattered the Sage’s Crown.
• Wilmot told Momonga about the Grand Martial Arts Tournament in Chang'an City and gave him an invitation that let him bypass the selection round.
• Momonga accepted the invitation and decided to ask Sikong Zhen about Wilmot the next time they met.

Wilmot distributed invitations to the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, recruiting Gajef and then meeting Sebas while searching for Brian. Sebas declined because he had a task from his master, but he told Shalltear that Wilmot had shared useful new information.

• Wilmot gave Gajef an invitation to the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, and Gajef accepted while voicing concern about troubles within the Re-Estize Kingdom.
• Gajef told Wilmot that Brian had recently been active along the route between E-Rantel and the capital.
• Wilmot met Sebas at a tavern and invited him to the tournament, but Sebas declined because he had a task to complete.
• Sebas returned to Shalltear and Solution and said Wilmot had given him new information, though he was unsure whether Wilmot could use martial arts.

Wilmot joined Shalltear on the way to Brian’s hideout after he defeated bandits who stopped their carriage. Brian accepted Wilmot’s invitation to the Grand Martial Arts Tournament on the condition that Wilmot fight him.

• Shalltear asked Wilmot to join her carriage, and Wilmot agreed, hoping the luxurious vehicle would draw out Brian.
• A bandit gang ambushed the carriage, but Wilmot swiftly killed all but one and spared the survivor in exchange for directions to Brian.
• Shalltear went with Wilmot to the bandits’ hideout while Sebas and Solution continued toward the royal capital.
• Wilmot told Shalltear that Brian was invited to the tournament and was reputed to be as strong as Warrior Captain Gajef.
• Brian accepted the invitation after Wilmot mentioned that Gajef would attend, then challenged Wilmot to a match.

Shalltear defeated Brian and the bandits, then set out with Wilmot for Chang'an City. After holy light erupted in the forest and enraged Shalltear rushed off, Wilmot reported to Sikong Zhen, who told him to befriend Shalltear and Sebas and gave him a magic scroll.

• Brian challenged Wilmot to a duel, but Shalltear fought in his place and stopped Brian's attacks with ease until he fled in tears.
• Shalltear transformed and killed the fleeing bandits, then asked Wilmot to join her family; he refused because of his oath to his master.
• Shalltear and Wilmot encountered adventurers arriving to clear the bandit hideout, and Wilmot persuaded them to leave safely.
• Holy light flared from the forest, and Shalltear angrily vanished after declaring that someone had touched her family.
• Wilmot went to Chang'an City and reported his discoveries to Winnie and Sikong Zhen, who told him to befriend Shalltear and Sebas and handed him a magic scroll.