Recaps

Mo Li asked Rimuru what to do with Falmuth’s imprisoned King, then realized the story’s events had diverged and wondered what had happened to Yum and Myulan. Xiao revealed that he had placed Yum, Myulan, a beastman, and three Falmuth vanguard soldiers under house arrest in Tempest.

• Rimuru asked Mo Li how they should deal with Falmuth’s King, bishop, and majin, who were still imprisoned in Tempest.
• Mo Li realized that the events he remembered no longer reliably matched the story and asked Rimuru whether she remembered Yum.
• Xiao returned as Mo Li’s bodyguard after recovering from the battle with Guy and completing three days of penance outside Mo Li’s room.
• Xiao explained that he had arrested Yum and Myulan after they protected the witch who cast the Anti-Magic Barrier, and had placed a beastman and three Falmuth vanguard soldiers under house arrest.
• Mo Li and Rimuru learned that Yum and Myulan were still alive and being held in Tempest.

Mo Li learned that Xiao had imprisoned Yum and Myulan after they protected Myulan from being killed, and he began considering how to punish them and the Kingdom of Falmuth. Xiao returned with the Mortal Realm Pot after Mo Li asked Rimuru what punishment she thought they deserved.

• Mo Li refused Xiao’s request to be punished again and learned that Yum and Myulan had been imprisoned rather than killed.
• Xiao explained that Yum and a beastman had protected Myulan, so he had kept them both in custody.
• Mo Li decided that Yum, Myulan, and the Kingdom of Falmuth needed to be dealt with, rejecting the idea of making Yum king.
• Xiao hurried away to fetch the prisoners while Mo Li asked Rimuru how they should be punished.
• Rimuru cautiously suggested a slight punishment, and Xiao returned with the Mortal Realm Pot, reporting that he had completed his mission.

Xiao brought Yum, Myulan, and Grusius before Rimuru and Mo Li, where Yum and Grusius pleaded for Myulan's life and Myulan accepted sole responsibility. Rimuru deferred the judgment to Morax, and Yum recognized the Geo Archon and trembled as Morax addressed him.

• Xiao released Yum, Myulan, and Grusius from the Mortal Realm Pot in Mo Li's office.
• Yum and Grusius begged Rimuru to spare Myulan, explaining that Clayman had controlled her.
• Xiao forced Yum and Grusius to the ground, and Myulan knelt to claim responsibility and ask Rimuru to spare them.
• Rimuru turned to Mo Li for the decision, and the three prisoners realized that Morax held authority over their fate.
• Yum recognized Morax as the Geo Archon and, trembling with fear, confirmed that he knew him.

Mo Li judged Myulan, Yum, and Grusius for their roles in Tempest’s losses and decided their fates. He spared Myulan to atone as Shuna’s assistant, while Yum and Grusius were stripped of their power and expelled from Tempest.

• Mo Li questioned Yum about protecting Myulan, and Yum insisted that she had been forced to act.
• Mo Li rejected Yum’s excuses and declared that Myulan would pay for her crimes while Yum and Grusius would be expelled.
• Rimuru asked Mo Li to spare Myulan and let her atone for her actions in Tempest.
• Mo Li stopped Xiao from killing Myulan and ordered her to serve as Shuna’s assistant for the rest of her life.
• Mo Li sealed Yum and Grusius’s memories of Tempest and their powers, then ordered Xiao to expel them from the city.

Mo Li admonished Rimuru for letting compassion cloud her judgment, hoping she would become more responsible, then had Xiao expel Yum and Grusius from Tempest after sealing their memories and powers. Rimuru was left reflecting on her dependence on Mo Li, while Yum and Grusius set out for the Beast Kingdom unaware that their seals could not be easily undone.

• Mo Li summoned Shuna and assigned Myulan to her care and future work.
• Mo Li gently stroked Rimuru's head but warned that her mercy toward enemies could endanger her and Tempest.
• Rimuru realized she had relied on Mo Li to handle problems and felt she had not grown.
• Xiao expelled Yum and Grusius from Tempest after Mo Li sealed Yum's Tempest-related memories and both men's magicules.
• Yum and Grusius headed toward the Beast Kingdom to seek Carrion's help, unaware that Mo Li's seals would be extremely difficult to break.

Diablo carried out a plan to bring the Kingdom of Falmuth under the faith of the “God of Rock,” while extracting compensation for Tempest. In the Holy Imperial Nation, Hinata Sakaguchi gathered the Ten Great Saints for a meeting about the crisis.

• Diablo took the King of Falmuth, Razan, and the bishop to Falmuth and negotiated with its nobles.
• The King persuaded Falmuth’s nobles to accept the “God of Rock” and make the kingdom’s citizens believe in the god.
• Diablo demanded and received a massive sum from Falmuth as compensation for its losses to Tempest.
• Diablo sent the bishop to infiltrate the Western Saint’s Church and took the compensation back to Rimuru.
• Hinata Sakaguchi called the Ten Great Saints together for a “Two-Winged” meeting.

Hinata convened the Ten Great Saints to discuss Tempest’s rise and concluded that the Holy Imperial Nation must avoid provoking Demon Lords. Archbishop Resum then revealed Rimuru’s overwhelming power, while the meeting turned its attention to Tempest’s other founder, Morax.

• Sary mocked Hinata over Tempest’s new Demon Lords and Veldora’s revival, but Hinata silenced him with a threat.
• Litis and the other Saints reported Tempest’s growing power, prompting Hinata to order a policy of not provoking Demon Lords.
• Sary and Gregory objected to Hinata’s decision, but she insisted their forces could not defeat Tempest.
• The Seven Luminaries Masters arrived as Archbishop Resum entered to report what he knew about Rimuru and Veldora.
• Resum’s account of Rimuru’s slaughter of Falmuth’s surviving army stunned the Saints, and he urged them to focus on Morax as their greatest obstacle.

Resum warned Hinata and the Holy Knight Order that Tempest’s Morax was its strongest figure and far beyond their ability to challenge. The assembly abandoned plans to confront Tempest, leaving Hinata questioning how to proceed and whether Luminas knew Morax’s true strength.

• Resum told Hinata that Tempest’s monsters considered Rimuru less powerful than Veldora, the Azhdaha Dragon King, and Morax.
• Resum described Morax’s feats, including suppressing much of the Orc Lord’s army, subduing the Azhdaha Dragon King, and defeating Hero King Dovagon.
• Resum revealed that Morax had fought Milim and that their battle had reportedly ended in a draw.
• The Ten Great Saints concluded that neither they nor the Holy Knight Order could handle Tempest, and they stopped advocating a confrontation.
• Hinata wondered whether Luminas had underestimated Morax’s strength and silently asked her for guidance.

After learning how powerful Tempest’s leaders were and how closely Rimuru was tied to Morax, Hinata decided to travel there and seek reconciliation. Rimuru’s recorded challenge and Morax’s crushing gaze left the Holy Knights stunned as the crystal ball shattered.

• Resum reported that Morax was revered as the Martial God, had trained Tempest’s strongest figures, and shared a close bond with Rimuru, making conflict with him unavoidable if Hinata targeted Rimuru.
• Hinata concluded that reconciliation was her only viable option and announced she would personally visit Tempest to speak with Rimuru and atone if necessary.
• Sare and Grentan supported Hinata’s plan, while the Holy Knights protested that traveling alone could put her in danger.
• Resum gave Hinata a crystal ball containing Rimuru’s recorded message, in which Rimuru challenged her to a one-on-one duel.
• A brown-robed figure appeared in the crystal ball and fixed the hall with a golden gaze, causing the crystal ball to crack and shatter.

After seeing Morax's terrifying gaze, Hinata insisted on going to Tempest to apologize to Rimuru despite her allies' fears. Meanwhile, Mo Li trained Tempest's fighters and revealed that he could revive Miss Shizue with a high chance of success.

• Hinata and the others saw Morax's golden eyes shatter the crystal ball, and the gathered leaders realized they could not fight him.
• Hinata rejected her allies' pleas to stay behind, accepted the Dragon-Breaking Holy Sword from the Seven Luminaries Masters, and ended the meeting.
• Hinata told Lui she would go to Tempest and suggested she still had a chance against Rimuru if Tempest's other powerful beings did not intervene.
• Mo Li taught Xiao and Tempest's other fighters, helping Xiao become Tempest's sixth strongest fighter and greatly improve his skills.
• Mo Li told Rimuru he had a way to revive Miss Shizue and that his chances of success had risen to ninety-eight percent.

Mo Li began preparing to revive Izawa Shizue by giving her a Half-Immortal Body, while Rimuru turned to the growing conflict with Hinata Sakaguchi and the Holy Imperial Nation. After learning that a large force of knights was advancing on the Jura Great Forest, Rimuru ordered Tempest to prepare for war.

• Rimuru took Izawa Shizue's coffin from her Stomach and left Mo Li to prepare the revival spell.
• Mo Li opened the coffin and began casting a spell to give Izawa Shizue a Half-Immortal Body and restore her lost life force.
• Souei reported that Hinata Sakaguchi was heading toward the Jura Great Forest with four armed Holy Knights.
• Tempest officials and members of the Immortal Assembly urged Rimuru to retaliate against the approaching Holy Knights.
• Souka reported that more Holy Knights, the Three Martial Sages, and hundreds or possibly over a thousand knights were also advancing.
• Rimuru ordered Tempest to prepare for war against the invaders.

Granbell Luo Zuo and Damrada discussed Hinata Sakaguchi’s planned attack on Tempest, learning that the Demon Country Federation was far stronger than expected. In Liyue City, Rimuru assigned defenders to the Ten Great Saints, but Tempest’s executives eagerly competed for the remaining opponents.

• Granbell Luo Zuo met with Damrada and the other Luo Zuo elders to discuss eliminating Hinata Sakaguchi.
• Damrada reported that Tempest might have two Awakened Demon Lords, Veldora, and other hidden powerhouses, making it a major threat to the Eastern Empire.
• Granbell explained that Hinata had to be eliminated because her strength and independence made her impossible to control.
• Rimuru assigned Ari’s Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Immortal Assembly and Tempest’s executives to face the Ten Great Saints.
• Diablo was disappointed when Rimuru reserved Hinata for himself and gave Diablo only one opponent.
• Morax, Veldora, Gaviru, and Gobta asked to join the fighting, leaving Tempest with more eager combatants than opponents.

Rimuru settled the dispute over who would fight Hinata and assigned Tempest’s forces to meet the incoming knights while she faced Hinata herself. After learning that Hinata had gone to Tempest to apologize, Luminas realized she was in danger and rushed to the Demon Country Federation to save her.

• Jiefeng and other members of the Immortal Assembly argued with Tempest’s executives over how many fighters each side could send against Hinata’s forces.
• Diablo, Azhdaha, and Veldora offered to take revenge on Hinata, but Rimuru persuaded Azhdaha and Veldora to watch the battle instead and ordered Diablo not to interfere.
• Rimuru announced that she would face Hinata while Gaviru, Kloot, Gobta, and other Tempest forces stopped the knights; Azhdaha and Veldora would provide support nearby.
• Luminas was interrupted while visiting Kronoa’s ice coffin, and Pope Lui told her that Hinata had gone alone to Tempest to settle matters with Rimuru and apologize.
• Luminas learned about Hinata’s conflict with Rimuru, realized Hinata was being manipulated, and hurried toward the Demon Country Federation, fearing Tempest’s powerful monsters might kill her.

Hinata Sakaguchi and six Holy Knights traveled toward Tempest, where they learned how highly humans in Blumund regarded Rimuru and Morax. After entering the Jura Great Forest, Hinata received a warning that the Three Martial Sages and Holy Knights had gone to war, while Rimuru prepared to meet her.

• Hinata ordered the six Holy Knights to return, but they insisted on accompanying her to face the Demon Kings.
• The group rested in Blumund, where Hinata recognized dishes from her former world and the Holy Knights sampled them for the first time.
• Hinata and the Holy Knights listened to a storyteller recount Morax's legendary feats, leaving them convinced they could not defeat him.
• After entering the Jura Great Forest, Hinata received a broken magical warning that the Three Martial Sages and Holy Knights had acted without authorization and gone to war, followed by a warning about the Seven Days.
• Souei reported that Hinata and the six Holy Knights would reach Tempest before noon, and Rimuru prepared to settle matters with her.

Hinata discovered that the Three Martial Sages and the Holy Knight Order had been manipulated into joining a battle, then reached Tempest and found its forces fighting the knights. Rimuru prepared to face Hinata, and the chapter ended as Hinata came face to face with her.

• Hinata learned from Lui that he had not ordered the Three Martial Sages into battle, suspected the Seven Luminaries had manipulated them, and set out toward Sare's location.
• Rimuru had Souei confirm that the Immortal Lords, Gobta, and Gaviru were fighting the knight army, then ordered Tempest's executives to prepare for Hinata and her six Holy Knights.
• Rimuru refused Azhdaha's offer to fight Hinata because his battle could devastate the Jura Great Forest, and Azhdaha agreed to stand by.
• Hinata rushed to the clearing and found the Holy Knight Order being driven back by Tempest's forces, including powerful Demon Ogres and Diablo.
• Hinata sensed the overwhelming strength of Tempest's defenders and recognized Rimuru when the Demon King approached her.

Rimuru and Hinata prepared to fight after Hinata insisted the invasion was not her choice, while Tempest’s forces confronted the Holy Knight Order and the Ten Great Saints. The chapter ended with Hinata facing Rimuru and Diablo facing Litis as battles spread across the field.

• Azhdaha judged Hinata weaker than he had expected, while he and Veldora watched the confrontation from the cliff.
• Rimuru challenged Hinata over the invasion, and Hinata drew her sacred sword and explained that she had not ordered the attack.
• Rimuru drew her Mythical Grade blade Nian Li, while Hinata sent Renard and the other Holy Knights to support Sare and protect their comrades.
• Diablo confronted six Holy Knights, but Benimaru intercepted Sare’s ambush and began fighting him.
• Liuyun, Lishui, Xiaoyue, Old Man White, and Souei each chose a Saint-level opponent, leaving Litis to face Diablo.
• Hinata focused on Rimuru as the two prepared to fight, while Litis trembled under Diablo’s Demon King’s Aura.

Rimuru and the Demon Country Federation fought Hinata and the Ten Great Saints after their invasion of the Jura Great Forest, while Luminas rushed to intervene. The chapter ended with a young man in Liyue City sensing Luminas’s approach.

• Rimuru faced Hinata Sakaguchi as the Demon Country Federation’s executives and the Immortal Assembly took on the other Ten Great Saints.
• Veldora and Azhdaha watched the battles, with Azhdaha recognizing Diablo’s unsettling power and later sensing an approaching powerhouse.
• Rimuru used Thought Acceleration, Intuition, and Raphael’s assistance to counter Hinata, who realized Rimuru had grown beyond the reach of Usurper.
• Benimaru overwhelmed Sare, while the other Ten Great Saints struggled against the Federation’s fighters and the Immortal Assembly.
• Luminas hurried toward the Jura Great Forest to help Hinata, and Azhdaha sensed her approaching aura.
• In Liyue City, a young man in a black robe paused while drinking tea and recognized Luminas’s presence.

Rimuru defeated Hinata Sakaguchi after withstanding her strongest attack, and Hinata surrendered and begged Rimuru to spare her subordinates. A familiar voice warned that it might already be too late, while Luminas rushed toward the battlefield.

• Mo Li continued Izawa Shizue’s Half-Immortal Body conversion ritual as Rimuru and Hinata Sakaguchi fought on the battlefield.
• Rimuru used Raphael and Future Attack Prediction to counter Hinata’s swordsmanship, while Hinata realized she was outmatched and prepared her final attack.
• Luminas sensed Hinata’s Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash and hurried toward the Jura Great Forest, fearing Hinata had challenged one of Tempest’s strongest residents.
• Hinata unleashed Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash, but Rimuru emerged unharmed, leaving Hinata too weak to fight.
• Hinata admitted defeat and asked Rimuru to spare her subordinates and the ordinary knights, but a familiar voice warned that it might be too late.

Rimuru’s forces defeated the Ten Great Saints, leaving Hinata as the sole survivor, and Rimuru prepared to kill her after she begged to die. Luminas arrived just in time, interrupting the execution with an attack and confronting Rimuru over Hinata.

• Diablo admitted that he and the other commanders had killed or mortally wounded the Holy Knights, and Benimaru and the others returned with the defeated Saints.
• Hinata saw her comrades dead or dying, blamed herself for their fate, and begged Rimuru to kill her.
• Rimuru decided to grant Hinata’s request and raised Nian Li to deliver the final blow.
• Wakasagi sensed Luminas approaching, and Veldora and Diablo also detected her aura.
• Luminas’s crimson shockwave was blocked by Diablo, and she appeared before Rimuru demanding to know what she was doing to Hinata.

Luminas arrived in the Jura Great Forest to retrieve Hinata and the Holy Knights, apologized to Rimuru for their actions, and tried to resurrect the fallen Ten Great Saints. Diablo stopped her and invoked Hinata’s contract with Rimuru, while someone watching from the Demon Country decided it was time to appear.

• Luminas confronted Rimuru after Diablo, Azhdaha, and Veldora challenged her for attacking Rimuru and entering her territory.
• Luminas apologized and explained that she had come for Hinata and the Holy Knights, then rebuked Hinata for provoking Rimuru and bringing disaster on the Holy Imperial Nation.
• Luminas began casting Holy Magic to resurrect the Ten Great Saints, but Diablo blocked her and revealed what she was attempting.
• Diablo said Luminas could neither resurrect the dead nor take Hinata because Hinata had agreed that her life would belong to Rimuru if she lost their battle.
• Someone watching Diablo from a room in the Demon Country said that Diablo had taken matters far enough that they would have to show themselves.

Mo Li completed the technique that transformed Izawa Shizue into a Half-Immortal Body while Rimuru and Luminas disputed Hinata Sakaguchi’s fate under their contract. Luminas revived the Six Holy Knights and Holy Knight Order elites under Diablo’s conditions, but the chapter ended with Luminas demanding Hinata and Diablo, Azhdaha, and Tempest’s executives preparing to fight her.

• Mo Li finished transforming Izawa Shizue’s body and watched for her to awaken while following the battlefield.
• Azhdaha, Liuyun, and Rimuru insisted that Hinata Sakaguchi’s contract gave Rimuru power over her fate, despite Luminas’s objections.
• Hinata asked Rimuru to let Luminas revive her fallen subordinates, and Diablo agreed on the conditions that the Holy Imperial Nation compensate Tempest, pay ransoms, and prevent further attacks.
• Luminas accepted the conditions, chose to revive the Six Holy Knights and the Holy Knight Order elites, and left the Three Martial Sages unrevived.
• Luminas asked what price she had to pay to take Hinata away, and Diablo warned her not to insist as Tempest’s fighters readied themselves for battle.

Luminas fought Diablo after refusing to surrender Hinata, while Azhdaha and the others watched. As the battle began to turn in Diablo’s favor, Azhdaha sensed Morax’s arrival, exciting Rimuru and the Tempest leaders.

• Luminas refused to hand Hinata over and prepared to fight Azhdaha and Diablo, while Hinata worried about her.
• Diablo persuaded Azhdaha to let him fight Luminas, then challenged her in the sky.
• Diablo and Luminas fought fiercely, and Diablo gradually gained the upper hand as Hinata watched anxiously.
• Diablo sensed someone’s arrival and stopped pressing his advantage, while Azhdaha also turned toward the distance.
• Azhdaha announced that Morax had arrived, and Rimuru, Benimaru, and the others reacted with excitement.

Mo Li arrived at the Demon Country Federation with Shizue, and Luminas pleaded with Rimuru to let her take Hinata away. Mo Li refused, declaring that Hinata and Rimuru’s contract could not be broken, then suppressed Luminas and the Holy Knights with his overwhelming pressure.

• Veldora and Rimuru sensed Mo Li approaching with a weak presence, and Rimuru realized Shizue had been resurrected.
• Diablo ended his fight with Luminas and returned to Rimuru, while Luminas went back to Hinata and vowed not to surrender her.
• Luminas offered Rimuru any price to take Hinata away, but Rimuru said the decision required Mo Li’s arrival.
• Mo Li appeared before the assembled leaders, greeted Rimuru, and told Luminas that Hinata’s contract with Rimuru could not be altered.
• Mo Li warned Luminas that he would oppose anyone who broke the contract, then unleashed pressure that forced her and the Holy Knights to the ground.

Mo Li overwhelmed Luminas and demanded that she leave the Demon Country, but she refused to abandon Hinata even when he threatened to kill her. Guy Crimson intervened to save Luminas, and Mo Li withdrew his aura after agreeing not to attack her if she left.

• Mo Li's aura pinned Luminas and the others down, while the onlookers marveled at his power and resolved to train harder.
• Luminas refused to give up Hinata, and Mo Li's killing intent made her close her eyes and accept the possibility of death.
• Guy Crimson emerged from a magic circle and asked Mo Li to spare Luminas, explaining that she was an important piece on his board.
• Mo Li agreed not to attack Luminas if she left the Demon Country, then withdrew his aura and left her collapsed on the ground.

After Rimuru clarified that she had never intended to kill Hinata, Luminas apologized and negotiated for Hinata’s release. Mo Li allowed Hinata a chance to leave by challenging her to endure half an incense stick against him using only martial arts and swordsmanship, and Hinata accepted.

• Luminas insisted on taking Hinata away, but Hinata urged her not to sacrifice the Holy Imperial Nation and admitted responsibility for her actions and her lost contract with Rimuru.
• Rimuru explained that she never planned to kill Hinata and had only wanted to teach her a lesson for breaking into Tempest and causing trouble.
• Luminas apologized to Rimuru, and Mo Li agreed that Rimuru’s decision did not violate Hinata’s contract.
• Luminas offered to pay compensation to take Hinata away, and Diablo volunteered to handle the negotiations.
• Mo Li set a condition for Hinata’s departure: she had to last half an incense stick against him in martial arts and swordsmanship without either of them using skills.
• Hinata accepted Mo Li’s challenge, determined to earn her freedom.