Chapter Summaries

Kagurazaka Yuuki learned that Guy had killed Morax, the Rock Spear user who had suppressed Laplace and his companions, and saw a chance to rescue them and destabilize Tempest. Meanwhile, Rimuru continued teaching the children, unaware that Yuuki and Clayman were making plans.

• A Free Guild intelligence agent told Kagurazaka Yuuki that Guy had killed a newly ascended Demon King who wielded a Rock Spear.
• Yuuki recognized the victim as Morax of the Monster Federation and told Kazarim that Laplace and the others might now be rescued.
• Yuuki decided to wait until Rimuru left before acting, hoping Tempest would collapse if it lost two founders at once.
• Rimuru sneezed while resting beneath a tree at the school, then smiled as Chloe and the other children played nearby.
• Clayman watched Tempest through a crystal ball and declared that his plan was about to begin.

Mo Li emerged after resolving the danger in his advancement and discussed Guy’s released news and looming unrest across the continent. As Rimuru said farewell to her students and gave Chloe Shizue’s mask, Guy recognized the mask’s significance, while a furious roar sounded in Tempest’s conference hall.

• Mo Li introduced Guizhong to Guy, stopped Guy’s aura from overwhelming her, and asked how the plan was progressing.
• Guy said the news had reached influential organizations, and Mo Li warned him to watch Tempest, Englasia, the Beast Kingdom, and the Puppet Kingdom.
• In Englasia, Rimuru tearfully said goodbye to her five students and gave Shizue’s Demon Seal Mask to Chloe before distributing gifts to the others.
• Guy and Mo Li secretly watched Rimuru’s farewell, and Guy grew solemn after noticing the mask in Chloe’s arms.
• A furious roar echoed through Tempest’s conference hall.

Tempest’s leaders learned that a newly awakened Demon King wielding a Rock Spear had reportedly been killed by Guy, prompting Xiao to lose control before Azhdaha calmed him. As Falmes and the Western Church invaded Tempest under sealing barriers, its defenders prepared to fight, while Rimuru encountered Hinata Sakaguchi on the road back.

• Souei reported that a newly ascended Awakened Demon King with a Rock Spear had trespassed into Guy’s territory and been killed, leading Azhdaha to suspect the victim was Morax.
• Xiao angrily rejected the report and began losing control, but Azhdaha suppressed his aura and ordered Souei to explain the situation.
• Myulan raised an Anti-Magic Barrier over Tempest, and Falmes soldiers and Western Church members cast the Four Directions Demon Sealing Barrier before attacking the city.
• Xiao put on his yaksha mask and rushed to fight, while Azhdaha and Benimaru prepared to join the defense.
• Rimuru felt his magicules suppressed while traveling back to Tempest, then met Hinata Sakaguchi, captain of the Holy Knight Order.

Hinata Sakaguchi reflected on her painful past, her bond with Izawa Shizue, and the path that made her the Holy Knight Order’s strongest fighter. After hearing that Rimuru Tempest had killed Shizue and taken her appearance, Hinata confronted Rimuru with intent to kill her.

• Hinata recalled her harsh life before and after reincarnating, and how [Usurper] and [Mathematician] gave her the strength to survive.
• Hinata met Izawa Shizue, became her student, and chose to protect the weak and uphold justice after learning from her teacher.
• Hinata joined the Western Saint's Church, rose to lead the Holy Knight Order, and discovered that the Pope was a vampire.
• Hinata fought the Pope and another vampire, but Luminas revived them and offered Hinata a chance to challenge her after the Seven Luminaries Master's trial.
• Hinata passed the trial, challenged Luminas, and later became her right-hand woman and the Holy Imperial Nation's sharpest sword.
• After learning that Rimuru Tempest had killed Shizue and taken her appearance, Hinata charged toward Rimuru and vowed to kill her.

Rimuru fought Hinata Sakaguchi, who believed Rimuru had killed and devoured Shizue, while a sealing barrier suppressed Rimuru’s magic. The two ended the chapter locked in a fierce sword fight, watched by two figures in a crystal-blue palace on the Frozen Land Continent.

• Hinata Sakaguchi confronted Rimuru and confirmed her identity before attacking her inside a Netherworld Barrier that suppressed Rimuru’s magicules and nullified her magic.
• Rimuru dodged Hinata’s first strike and insisted she had not killed Shizue, but Hinata accused her of devouring their teacher.
• Rimuru realized someone had distorted the story of Shizue’s death to turn Hinata against her, and she drew her sword to fight back.
• Rimuru and Hinata exchanged several hundred blows, with Rimuru using Great Sage’s Thought Acceleration and Mo Li’s training to counter Hinata’s attacks.
• Two figures watched the battle from a crystal-blue palace on the Frozen Land Continent.

Mo Li and Guy watched Rimuru battle Hinata Sakaguchi, with Mo Li expecting Hinata to win unless Rimuru found a way around the Netherworld Barrier. Rimuru transformed into a monster to survive Hinata’s attacks, but Hinata unleashed Spirit Particle Collapse against her.

• Guy asked Mo Li who would win, and Mo Li predicted Hinata Sakaguchi because Rimuru could not use magic inside the Netherworld Barrier.
• Hinata used [Usurper] to copy Rimuru’s abilities and struck her repeatedly with Seven Colored Final Piercing Strike.
• Rimuru recalled Mo Li’s martial training and wounded Hinata with a slash, but Hinata increased her speed and strength and injured Rimuru further.
• After [Great Sage] pointed her toward a solution, Rimuru transformed into a bizarre monster that devoured her longsword.
• Hinata summoned five High-level Elves and attacked Rimuru with Spirit Particle Collapse.

Hinata believed she had killed Rimuru and left, but Rimuru survived by using a clone and hurried back to Tempest. Meanwhile, Xiao helped repel Falmes’s army and led Dragon Lizards to attack its camp, leaving Azhdaha shocked.

• Hinata withdrew the Netherworld Barrier and departed, believing Rimuru had been reduced to ashes.
• Rimuru emerged safely after Hinata left, then hurried toward Tempest with an ominous feeling.
• Guy and Mo Li watched Rimuru’s apparent death, and Guy laughed at Rimuru’s wish to seduce Li before dying.
• The Immortal Assembly, Azhdaha, and the Dragon Lizard army drove Falmes’s twenty-thousand-strong force out of Tempest with few losses.
• Xiao captured Myulan and the three reincarnators, then led part of the Dragon Lizard army to attack Falmes’s camp.
• Gobta told Azhdaha that Xiao had taken the Dragon Lizard army to Falmes’s camp, startling him.

Xiao led the Rock Lizard army to attack the Kingdom of Falmes, furious that its invasion had killed twelve citizens of Tempest. The Falmes leaders realized their barrier had not stopped the army, and Razan launched a Fire Rain attack on two Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard elders, only to sense danger in the smoke.

• Xiao ordered the Rock Lizard army to march on the Kingdom of Falmes and make its forces pay for the deaths of twelve Tempest citizens.
• The King of Falmes, Razan, and the bishop argued over why the Four Directions Demon Sealing Barrier had failed to weaken Tempest's strongest monsters.
• The King believed the Falmes army could defeat the few monsters unaffected by the barrier, but the Knight Commander reported that Tempest's forces were attacking their camp.
• Razan and the King rushed outside and saw thousands of Rock Lizards; the King collapsed at the sight.
• Razan attacked two Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard elders with High-Level Magic: Fire Rain and glimpsed crimson eyes in the smoke.

Xiao defeated Razan and helped end the Kingdom of Falmes’ invasion, then returned to Tempest to investigate the Geo Archon’s apparent assassination. Rimuru arrived to find the city devastated and learned that Morax may have been assassinated.

• Xiao dispelled Razan’s spells, destroyed his summoned Earth Elf, and crippled him.
• An Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard elder reported that the army had killed roughly five or six thousand people and kept the remaining prisoners alive for Rimuru to judge.
• Xiao left the prisoners in the elder’s care and returned to Tempest to learn more about the Geo Archon’s assassination.
• Rimuru passed through Tempest’s barriers and found the city in ruins, with twelve dead citizens laid out in the square.
• Rigurd told Rimuru that humans had invaded, while Azhdaha stopped him from revealing more.
• Azhdaha told Rimuru that Morax may have been assassinated.

Rimuru learned that Morax had likely been killed by Demon King Guy and that Demon King Clayman had masterminded the invasion of Tempest. Overwhelmed by grief and hatred, she asked to be left alone and calmed her surging magicules with a copied Demon Seal Mask, which then cracked.

• Brother Azhdaha told Rimuru that Morax might have been killed, and Rimuru collapsed when the others confirmed the news.
• Rimuru asked who had caused Morax's death, and Brother Azhdaha said a newly ascended Awakened Demon King wielding a Rock Spear had trespassed into Guy's territory and been killed.
• Brother Azhdaha identified Demon King Clayman as the likely mastermind behind the invasion, and Rimuru asked everyone to leave her alone while promising to avenge her people and Ari.
• Rimuru's magicules erupted across the square, so she asked Great Sage to copy a Demon Seal Mask after realizing she had given hers to Chloe.
• Rimuru's copied Demon Seal Mask developed several cracks, and she asked Great Sage what she had done wrong.

After Morax and the others died, Rimuru learned that legends might offer a chance to revive the dead and resolved to gain strength and seek revenge on Clayman and Guy. The chapter left her ready to use the fourteen thousand prisoners from the defeated Kingdom of Falmes invasion to become an Awakened Demon King.

• Rimuru asked Great Sage whether magic could revive the dead, but Great Sage found no such magic.
• Rimuru prepared to absorb the twelve corpses and vowed to kill Clayman and Guy for revenge.
• Elaine told Rimuru of legends about bringing the dead back to life and the Dragon Princess Milim, though she could not say whether soul fragments were needed.
• Rimuru said she would not die before avenging Ari and the others, despite Elaine recognizing her hidden desire for death.
• Xiao reported that the Kingdom of Falmes invasion had been resolved and asked what to do with the fourteen thousand prisoners.
• Rimuru welcomed the prisoners as a means to gain strength and pursue her revenge.

Rimuru declared that she would become a Demon Lord and take revenge for Morax, even if it meant war with Clayman and Guy. After Tempest’s leaders vowed to stand with her, Great Sage planned to recruit Milim and free Veldora to give Rimuru a chance of surviving the conflict.

• Rimuru announced that she would kill the Falmes prisoners, become a Demon Lord, and declare war on Clayman and Guy.
• Rimuru told anyone who disagreed they could leave, but Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, Azhdaha, and the others pledged to help avenge Morax.
• Rimuru dismissed everyone and broke down sobbing alone in the conference hall.
• Great Sage decided to strengthen Rimuru as much as possible when she awakened as a Demon King.
• Great Sage planned to use Rimuru’s evolution to become King of Wisdom, free Veldora, and seek Milim’s help against Guy.

After hearing Rimuru grieve for Morax, Rimuru went to the Kingdom of Falmes camp to collect souls and begin their evolution into a Demon Lord. The chapter ended as Great Sage confirmed the Demon Lord evolution had begun.

• Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, Kaijin, Besta, Azhdaha, and Xiao reacted to Rimuru's sobs and vowed to help avenge Morax.
• Rimuru emerged wearing the Demon Seal Mask and asked Xiao to take them to the Kingdom of Falmes army's camp so they could ascend to Demon Lord.
• Rimuru used Divine Wrath to kill the human soldiers in the camp while sparing the lizardfolk, and Xiao explained that he had spared Razan.
• Rimuru obtained the Special Skill Heartless One and used it to extract the souls of the soldiers who had surrendered or lost their will to fight.
• Great Sage announced that soul collection was complete, the Demon Lord Seed had enough nutrients, and Rimuru's Demon Lord evolution had begun.

After collecting ten thousand souls, Rimuru began her Demon King evolution and summoned three demons using the human corpses as sacrifices. As Ran-ga carried her and two survivors back to Tempest, the Original Black decided to learn how to win Rimuru’s favor.

• Rimuru fell into a deep drowsiness, ordered Xiao and Ran-ga to handle the dragon lizard army and the two survivors, and told Xiao to deal with the corpses.
• Rimuru released the Anti-Magic Barrier and summoned three demons, offering the human corpses as sacrifices.
• The leading demon, the Original Black, pledged himself to Rimuru, who told him to prove his worth before she fell unconscious.
• Ran-ga took Rimuru and the two survivors to Tempest, while Xiao warned the demons that Tempest’s people—and Rimuru—did not trust demons.
• The Original Black resolved to gather information from Xiao so he could prepare to become Rimuru’s right-hand man.

Rimuru completed her Demon Lord evolution and gained the Ultimate Skills King of Wisdom and King of Gluttony. As she began reviving the dead, the Original Black arrived with two demons and blamed Guy for Tempest’s hostility toward demons.

• Ran-ga brought Rimuru and two people to Tempest’s plaza, where the officials and immortals prayed for her success and vowed to avenge Mo Li.
• Rimuru evolved into a Demonic Viscous Spiritual Lifeform, and Great Sage and Predator evolved into the Ultimate Skills King of Wisdom and King of Gluttony.
• Rimuru’s evolution bestowed blessings on monsters in her lineage, causing many of them to collapse asleep, while she rose into the air in her new form.
• Rimuru used King of Gluttony to consume the magicules and soul fragments within the barrier as she prepared to revive the twelve corpses.
• Three demons appeared beside Rimuru, and Xiao stopped the immortals from attacking after explaining that Rimuru had summoned them.
• The Original Black sensed the immortals’ disgust toward demons and blamed Guy, vowing to risk his life against him if Rimuru came to despise him.

Rimuru used the Ultimate Soul Revival Technique to restore twelve monsters, then fell into a slumber from exhausting her magicules. The revived citizens and the newly awakened Benimaru and his companions eased Tempest’s grief somewhat, while The Original Black began plotting to win Rimuru’s loyalty by killing Chi Yi.

• Rimuru completed preparations and used the Ultimate Soul Revival Technique to return soul fragments to the monsters’ bodies.
• The Original Black learned how important Morax’s death was to Rimuru and decided to seek Chi Yi’s head to earn Rimuru’s loyalty.
• The twelve monsters revived, and Rimuru fell asleep from magicule exhaustion.
• The Original Black wrapped Rimuru in the fallen white cloth, placed her on a high platform, and stood guard as the immortals watched in confusion.
• Benimaru and the others awakened after receiving the Demon Lord’s Blessing, and then the twelve revived monsters woke as well.

After recovering from her awakening as an Awakened Demon King, Rimuru learned that Milim and Freya had destroyed the Beast Kingdom and that they were heading toward Clayman’s territory. She accepted the Original Black as her subordinate and named him Diablo, gaining an ally who knew Guy.

• Rimuru awoke after three days of recovery, confirmed her evolution into an Awakened Demon King, and learned that Benimaru and the other monsters had grown stronger.
• Benimaru told Rimuru that Milim had killed Carrion and that Freya had helped destroy the Beast Kingdom; Rigurd had already arranged shelter for its people.
• Fabio reported that Milim and Freya had headed toward Clayman’s Puppet Kingdom, and Rimuru decided to help the Beast Kingdom’s warriors, who temporarily stayed in Tempest.
• The Original Black appeared before Rimuru and asked to remain by her side, offering his knowledge of Guy.
• Rimuru accepted the demon as her subordinate and named him Diablo.

After naming Diablo, Rimuru learned that releasing Veldora could improve her chances against Guy, and Raphael calculated that gathering more allies might make victory possible. Rimuru resolved to release Veldora first and then try to bring Milim onto her side.

• Naming Diablo drained nearly half of Rimuru’s magicules, and Raphael explained that Diablo was The Original Black, a Primordial Demon.
• Diablo evolved into a Demon Duke, pledged himself to Rimuru, and decided to protect her in the coming war against Guy.
• Raphael announced that its analysis of Infinite Prison was nearly complete and that Veldora would soon be released.
• Raphael estimated Rimuru’s group had nearly a forty percent chance of defeating Guy, rising by more than thirty percent if Milim joined them.
• Rimuru decided to release Veldora first and try to recruit Milim to avenge Ari.

Rimuru prepared to confront Guy and revived Veldora by giving him a new body, intending to avenge Mo Li. Veldora emerged from his seal and vowed to unleash his wrath on Guy.

• Diablo offered Rimuru his strength against Guy and said he had fought him in the Underworld.
• Rimuru told Diablo she planned to recruit Storm Dragon Veldora, then sent Diablo back to Tempest.
• Veldora asked Raphael when he could leave Rimuru’s Stomach Space, determined to avenge Mo Li.
• Rimuru returned to the cave and used Raphael to create a body for Veldora and release him from Infinite Prison.
• Veldora revived in his new body and vowed vengeance against Guy.

After Mo Li’s death, Rimuru and Veldora grieved and agreed they needed to prepare before taking revenge on Guy. They left the cave for Tempest, with Rimuru planning to deal with Clayman, win Milim over, and eventually fight Guy.

• Raphael copied Veldora’s [King of Ultimate Revelation] and created [King of Vows], completing Rimuru’s four Ultimate Skills.
• Veldora mourned Mo Li and urged Rimuru to avenge him by killing Guy, while Rimuru insisted they prepare first.
• Rimuru told Veldora they needed to deal with Clayman and bring Milim to their side before confronting Guy.
• Rimuru teleported herself and Veldora out of the cave, and Veldora restrained his aura to protect Tempest’s residents.
• Rimuru and Veldora set off toward Tempest as Rimuru planned to declare herself a Demon King and pursue her strategy against Guy.