Chapter Summaries

Guy explained that Mo Li held authority and status in the world equal to his own, startling the other Demon Lords. After returning to the banquet, Mo Li settled in with the sleeping Rimuru and Milim, and Velzard appeared to greet her stunned younger brother, Veldora.

• Guy told the Demon Lords that Mo Li's status in the world matched his own, prompting Ramiris and Dino to realize the extent of Mo Li's authority.
• Mo Li promised Azhdaha and Veldora he would explain what had happened after the banquet, then used the Mortal Realm Pot to return everyone to the venue.
• The Demon Lords realized the cracked Mortal Realm Pot belonged to Mo Li, while Ramiris lamented that she could no longer borrow it to study.
• Mo Li sat beside Guy with Milim dozing on his lap and Rimuru resting in her slime form, and scolded Guy for speaking too loudly.
• Guy asked Mo Li to address the Demon Lords, but Mo Li said Guy had already introduced him and he had nothing to add.
• Velzard appeared from a pale blue void and greeted her stunned younger brother, Veldora.

Velzard arrived to visit Veldora, who was terrified of his older sister and tried to avoid being alone with her. Azdaha unintentionally helped Velzard arrange a private conversation, leaving Veldora in despair as the Demon Lords learned her identity.

• Velzard greeted Veldora and tried to hug him, but he hid behind Azdaha.
• Rimuru woke at the commotion, realized Veldora's sister was another True Dragon, and dozed off again in Mo Li's arms.
• Velzard thanked Azdaha for looking after Veldora, and Azdaha dragged Veldora out from behind him.
• Veldora tried to avoid talking with Velzard by claiming he had things to do and that they should stay for the Demon Lord Banquet.
• Azdaha proposed recording the banquet and having Velzard and Veldora talk inside Morax's Mortal Realm Pot, crushing Veldora's hopes of escape.
• The Demon Lords learned that the silver-haired girl was Velzard, the White Ice Dragon and Ice Empress.

Velzard asked to borrow Mo Li’s Mortal Realm Pot, but he refused and helped Veldora avoid being disciplined by his sister. At the Demon Lord Banquet, Mo Li dismissed the need for recommendations and revealed his overwhelming power, challenging anyone who opposed his place among the Demon Lords.

• Velzard asked to borrow the cracked Mortal Realm Pot, and Mo Li refused, saying he would repair it.
• Mo Li argued that Veldora should stay for the Demon Lord Banquet, so Velzard postponed her talk with her brother.
• Guy recommended Morax for the Demon Lord position, and Ramiris and Leon supported him.
• Milim and Rimuru woke as Mo Li explained that the recommendations were already settled, while Milim offered to recommend him too.
• Mo Li said he would not go back on his agreement with Guy but questioned why others needed to acknowledge his seat.
• Mo Li released a formidable aura and invited anyone who opposed him to challenge him.

Mo Li challenged the Demon Lords, and Guy, Velzard, and others revealed how formidable they believed he was. Dagruel accepted the challenge, while Luminas said she would test Mo Li afterward.

• Ramiris asked Guy about Mo Li, and Guy said he was not confident he could defeat him.
• Rimuru stopped Milim from rushing to fight Mo Li, then cheered for him with glow sticks.
• Velzard told Veldora that only Guy and Milim among the current Demon Lords could rival Mo Li, and even she might not match him.
• Dagruel volunteered to fight Mo Li, and Luminas said she would test him after Dagruel.

Mo Li assessed the Demon Lords who accepted his challenge and decided Dagruel and Luminas would not be enough to test his strength. He challenged both of them to fight him together, leaving them enraged as the other Demon Lords watched.

• Mo Li judged Dagruel and Luminas too weak to satisfy him and turned his fighting gaze toward Dino.
• Dino tried to avoid Mo Li's challenge by going back to sleep, while Guy admitted he could not change Mo Li's mind.
• Ramiris learned that Mo Li had targeted Dino because Dagruel and Luminas could not satisfy him, and Veldora described Dagruel as an old rival.
• Mo Li waited in the center of the venue as Dagruel approached to begin their fight.
• Mo Li told Dagruel that he was not enough and challenged him and Luminas to attack together, enraging them.

Mo Li challenged Luminas and Dagruel to fight him together, provoking their fury until Guy warned them to join forces. As the battle began, Mo Li caught Luminas’s sword between two fingers and openly dismissed her attack.

• Luminas and Dagruel grew furious when Mo Li said neither could match him alone and invited them to attack together.
• Mo Li said he would have liked Dino to join them, while Guy advised him to be more tactful and Ramiris worried about the challenge.
• Guy warned Luminas and Dagruel that they should fight together if they wanted to last longer against Mo Li.
• Luminas joined Dagruel in the arena, and Guy expanded the field and raised a golden barrier before starting the fight.
• Luminas charged at Mo Li with her sword, but he caught the blade between two fingers and called her attack disappointing.

Mo Li toyed with Luminas and then fought Dagruel head-on, revealing that his physical strength nearly matched the giant Demon King’s. The battle continued with Mo Li blocking Dagruel’s blows while counterattacking, leaving Luminas horrified by his power.

• Guy, Leon, and Dino recognized that Mo Li vastly outclassed Luminas in martial skill as he dodged her attacks.
• Luminas realized she could not defeat Mo Li alone and called on Dagruel to join the fight.
• Dagruel approached Mo Li openly and attacked, while Mo Li agreed to face both him and Luminas.
• Mo Li and Dagruel met each other’s fists, and Dagruel discovered that Mo Li’s physical strength was only slightly inferior to his own.
• Mo Li knocked Luminas away and traded physical blows with Dagruel, while Luminas watched in disbelief.

Mo Li fought Dagruel, then faced Dagruel and Luminas together, easily holding his own with the Piercing Rainbow Spear. Luminas struck him with Spirit Particle Collapse and Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash, leaving his fate unclear as the attacks engulfed him.

• Dagruel's powerful punches failed to overcome Mo Li's martial arts, and Mo Li blocked his all-out strike with the Piercing Rainbow Spear before knocking him away.
• Dagruel asked Luminas to join forces, and she agreed that Mo Li was stronger than she had expected.
• Mo Li fought Luminas and Dagruel together for hundreds of exchanges while sustaining virtually no injuries.
• Luminas used Spirit Particle Collapse as bait and followed it with Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash while Dagruel kept Mo Li occupied.
• Mo Li stood still as both attacks struck his position and unleashed immense shockwaves.

Mo Li survived Luminas’s strongest attacks and transformed into War God Morax, overwhelming the battlefield with his power and appearance. He summoned countless rock spears to attack Luminas and Dagruel, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Rimuru tried to rush to Mo Li after Luminas struck him, but Milim restrained her and assured her that he was unharmed.
• Mo Li emerged from the dust uninjured, shocking Luminas and Dagruel, and announced that it was his turn to attack.
• Mo Li activated Deification and Stone Rock Mysterious Stone Aspect, becoming War God Morax and raising his power dramatically.
• Mo Li flew into the sky and summoned countless enormous rock spears over the battlefield.
• Ramiris, Toreni, Rimuru, Milim, Freya, Guy, and Luminas became captivated by Mo Li’s appearance, while Dagruel recovered from his astonishment.

Mo Li overwhelmed Dagruel and Luminas with a barrage of Rock Spears, forcing both Demon Lords to concede the spar. Guy then avoided Mo Li’s apparent interest in another fight and invited him down to join the banquet.

• Luminas recognized Mo Li’s resemblance to Li and wondered about their connection, while Dagruel urged her to focus on the attack.
• Mo Li sent countless Rock Spears at Luminas and Dagruel, and Dagruel braced himself as Luminas raised a defensive magic circle.
• The Rock Spears battered Guy’s barrier but did not break it, and Guy reassured Ramiris that Mo Li had held back.
• The dust cleared to show Dagruel badly wounded and Luminas exhausted, and both admitted defeat.
• Mo Li turned his attention toward Guy, who praised the spar and invited him to the banquet instead of fighting.

After the Demon Lord Banquet resumed, Freya surprised everyone by giving up her Demon Lord position and pledging allegiance to Mo Li. Carrion also relinquished his position and chose Milim, leaving Milim flustered by his demand that she take responsibility for destroying his territory.

• Mo Li restored the banquet venue with his Authority of Rock, and the Demon Lords returned to their seats.
• Guy asked whether anyone objected to Tempest's war or Rimuru and Morax declaring themselves Demon Lords, and the others indicated they had no objections.
• Freya knelt before Mo Li, announced she would return her Demon Lord position, and pledged allegiance to him for his strength and protection.
• Carrion removed his mask, gave up his Demon Lord position, and chose Milim as his leader.
• Carrion reminded Milim that she had destroyed his territory, leaving her panicked as the Demon Lords watched the two new allegiances.

At the Demon Lord Banquet, Mo Li agreed to take responsibility for Milim’s destruction of Carrion’s Beast Kingdom, with Tempest providing aid and Carrion helping Milim develop her territory. After Freya and Carrion gave up their Demon Lord positions, the remaining Demon Lords panicked over renaming their group and turned to Rimuru for help.

• Carrion demanded that Milim take responsibility for destroying the Beast Kingdom, and Milim pleaded with Mo Li to rescue her.
• Mo Li accepted Freya’s request and agreed that Milim would compensate Carrion, with Tempest’s aid; Carrion would also help Milim manage her territory.
• Milim agreed to develop her territory on the condition that Mo Li fulfill a request later, leaving him uneasy about her scheme.
• Guy revoked Freya and Carrion’s Demon Lord positions, and Carrion moved behind Milim’s throne.
• Jiraya pointed out that only nine Demon Lords remained, prompting a tense debate over what to call the group.
• Ramiris and Milim pushed the naming problem onto Rimuru, and the Demon Lords turned to him expectantly.

Mo Li took over the task of naming the Demon Lords and proposed the title “Nine Heavens Governing the World,” which they accepted. Raine introduced all nine members, marking the start of the new Demon Lords’ era.

• Rimuru feared Guy’s proposal that she name the Demon Lords, so Mo Li volunteered to do it instead.
• Mo Li asked whether Demon Lords stood above all living beings, then proposed the title “Nine Heavens Governing the World,” also called the “Nine Administrators of the Mortal World.”
• Guy, Milim, Ramiris, Luminas, Dagruel, Dino, Rimuru, and Leon praised or accepted Mo Li’s title.
• The Demon Lords agreed to call themselves “Nine Heavens Governing the World.”
• Raine introduced Guy Crimson, Milim Nava, Ramiris, Dagruel, Luminas Valentine, Leon Cromwell, Dino, Rimuru Tempest, and Morax as the nine members.

At the Demon Lord Banquet, Guy assigned the Jura Great Forest to Rimuru, prompting her to worry that Mo Li would leave Tempest. The Demon Lords then competed to recruit Mo Li by offering him territories and positions, with Milim making the most extravagant offer.

• Guy began dividing the Demon Lords' territories and assigned the Jura Great Forest to Rimuru because Mo Li had already contracted with him.
• Rimuru objected that Tempest had been built by her and Ari together, but Mo Li told her the territory rules had to be followed and said he might not leave.
• Guy offered Mo Li half of the Frozen Land Continent, while Leon, Luminas, Dagruel, and Ramiris also tried to recruit him.
• Milim offered Mo Li the Dragon's Capital and Carrion's Beast Kingdom, and said she would listen to him if he came to the Dragon's Capital.
• Rimuru stared in disbelief as the Demon Lords competed for Mo Li, while Mo Li sighed.

At the Demon Lord Banquet, Mo Li rejected the Demon Lords’ invitations but agreed to Milim’s demand to return to the Dragon’s Capital, mostly to stop her from making a scene. He then chose Clayman’s Puppet Kingdom as his domain, leaving Guy curious about his plans.

• Mo Li rejected all the Demon Lords’ offers to recruit him and was told to choose a territory.
• Milim offered Mo Li the Dragon’s Capital, and Carrion backed her attempt to bring him there.
• Milim threatened to cry unless Mo Li returned with her, and Mo Li reluctantly agreed to appease her.
• Mo Li stopped Rimuru and Milim from arguing further and told them to discuss the matter after the banquet.
• Mo Li chose Clayman’s Puppet Kingdom as his domain, and Guy wondered what he planned to do with its strategic location.

Mo Li took control of the Puppet Kingdom and agreed to help Milim manage her territory, while explaining that he and Velzard had asked Guy to spare Clayman. The Demon Lords called Clayman out so they could question him about the organization behind him, and the chapter ended with Clayman appearing before them.

• Guy assigned the Puppet Kingdom to Morax after the Demon Lords raised no objections.
• Milim asked Mo Li to help manage her Dragon's Capital, and he reluctantly agreed.
• Dagruel questioned why Clayman was still alive, and Mo Li admitted that he had asked Guy to spare him so he could confirm certain things.
• Milim suggested that the Middle Clown Chain was connected to Clayman, and Velzard joined the discussion.
• Mo Li asked Guy to release Clayman, and Guy summoned the Puppet Master before the Demon Lords.

Milim, Guy, and the others told Clayman that he had lost his Demon King title and territory, then Rimuru questioned him about the people backing him. Clayman refused to reveal anything before an unknown speaker challenged his faith in the clowns.

• Milim interrogated Clayman about the person behind him and the Middle Clown Chain, while Carrion revealed that he had survived.
• Carrion and Guy told Clayman that he was no longer a Demon King and that the Puppet Kingdom had been repossessed.
• Freya told Clayman that she had surrendered her Demon King position to Morax, while Carrion said he had acknowledged Milim as his boss.
• Clayman insulted Morax, prompting those gathered to turn against him, and Freya offered to deal with him herself.
• Mo Li let Rimuru question Clayman, who refused to betray Laplace, Lord Kazarim, and the others.
• An unknown speaker asked Clayman if he meant the people who called themselves clowns.

Mo Li exposed Clayman’s ties to Kazarim and revealed that Laplace, Tear, and Forthman had been sealed, leaving Clayman in despair. Velzard executed Clayman by freezing him into an ice sculpture.

• Mo Li stopped Milim from attacking Clayman and identified Kazarim as Clayman’s former Demon Lord sponsor and the chairman of The Middle Clown Chain.
• Leon explained that he had killed Kazarim, while Mo Li said the former Demon Lord might have survived and had a connection to Leon.
• Mo Li told Clayman that Laplace, Tear, and Forthman had been sealed by Ari, and Rimuru used Raphael to show a recording of Mo Li defeating them.
• Clayman broke down after recognizing the recording as real, and Mo Li declared him useless and handed him over to Velzard.
• Velzard froze Clayman into an ice sculpture, killing him.

At the banquet, Velzard told the Demon Lords how Guy and Mo Li first met, revealing that Mo Li had invaded Guy’s territory and nearly sunk the Frozen Land Continent. The conversation ended when Guizhong arrived through a spatial portal and threw herself into Mo Li’s arms.

• Milim asked Guy how he and Mo Li had met and why news had spread that Mo Li was dead.
• Velzard recounted how Mo Li invaded Guy’s territory, injured his subordinates, and nearly sank the Frozen Land Continent.
• Guy said he later invited Mo Li to White Ice Palace, where they made plans that Velzard would not explain.
• Ramiris eased the tension when the Demon Lords grew wary of Guy and Mo Li’s secret plans.
• A spatial fluctuation opened in the hall, and Guizhong appeared and embraced Mo Li, saying she had missed him.

Guizhong reunited with Mo Li and explained that she had come because she missed him, while Rimuru, Milim, and others grew jealous of their closeness. Guizhong provoked Rimuru and Milim by declaring that she and Mo Li were the closest people in the world.

• Guizhong complained to Mo Li that she had been bored and lonely in the White Ice Palace, and Mo Li reassured her that he was not tired of her.
• Mo Li recalled how Guizhong had supported him and helped him gain strength, while Rimuru became increasingly jealous watching them together.
• Veldora and Azhdaha both felt that Guizhong was familiar, though neither could recall why.
• Milim, Rimuru, and several others grew jealous of Guizhong's intimacy with Mo Li, and Rimuru and Milim agreed to confront her.
• Rimuru questioned Mo Li about Guizhong, and Milim demanded that Guizhong explain herself and stop clinging to him.
• Guizhong declared that she and Mo Li were the closest, most intimate people in the world, provoking Rimuru and Milim.