Recaps

After Dovagon and Emesia left, Guy explained to Rimuru why people feared Diablo, the Primordial Demon known as the Original Black. Diablo objected when Guy portrayed him as a potential nation-destroyer, worried Rimuru would see him as a threat.

• Dovagon and Emesia departed, and Emesia left reassured that Morax could restrain Diablo if necessary.
• Guy noticed Emesia's wariness of Diablo and teased him about his feared identity as the Original Black.
• Rimuru asked Guy why Emesia feared Diablo, and Guy said Diablo could destroy a country as easily as he could.
• Diablo insisted he had no intention of destroying any country and feared Guy's words would make Rimuru distrust him.
• Guy laughed at Diablo, implying he knew Diablo's true nature despite his protests.

After Guy's teasing made Rimuru wary of Diablo, Diablo feared losing her trust and Guy realized he had provoked a dangerous rival. A calm voice interrupted the tense scene, but its speaker was not identified.

• Guy teased Diablo about Rimuru eventually casting him out, making Rimuru more cautious of Diablo.
• Rimuru considered keeping Diablo away by assigning him an impossible task or exiling him.
• Diablo knelt before Rimuru and swore that he had no improper thoughts and existed only to serve her.
• Diablo blamed Guy for damaging his standing with Rimuru and secretly resolved to kill him if she neglected him.
• Guy sensed Diablo's killing intent and regretted his joke, while Shion remained confused about what was happening.
• A steady, calm voice suddenly called out to Rimuru.

Mo Li intervened when Rimuru considered exiling Diablo, vouching for his loyalty and convincing Rimuru to let him stay. Diablo escaped punishment but blamed Guy for the near-exile, while Rimuru and Mo Li moved on to discuss the Great Underground Labyrinth.

• Diablo knelt before Rimuru as Guy and Shion watched, and Mo Li called Rimuru's attention to him.
• Mo Li vouched that Diablo would not betray Rimuru, surprising both Diablo and Guy.
• Rimuru trusted Mo Li, abandoned the idea of exiling Diablo, and told him to stand up.
• Diablo silently thanked Mo Li for the favor but vowed to make Guy pay for causing the trouble.
• Rimuru and Mo Li discussed the Great Underground Labyrinth as part of the Founding Festival's arrangements.

At the Founding Festival, Mo Li and Rimuru announced the Great Underground Labyrinth, a hundred-floor dungeon where adventurers could fight monsters, find treasure, and be resurrected if they died. The crowd eagerly anticipated its rewards, unaware that the hundredth-floor boss was beyond their ability to defeat.

• Diablo secretly vowed to make Guy pay after the earlier events, while Guy sensed Diablo's malice and felt troubled.
• On the third day of the Founding Festival, Souka gathered the crowd in the arena to announce something important on behalf of Rimuru and Mo Li.
• The crowd's reverence for Mo Li had grown after he defeated Velgrend, Rudra, and Guy.
• Souka introduced the Great Underground Labyrinth, which had one hundred floors, powerful monsters, treasure, and a way for those who died inside to be resurrected.
• The audience became eager to explore the labyrinth and claim its rewards, unaware that the hundredth-floor boss could not be defeated by them.

The Demon Lords learned that the Great Underground Labyrinth’s bosses grew stronger on the lower floors, with every boss from the fiftieth floor onward being at least A-rank. Mo Li revealed that the hundredth floor had two bosses: Veldora and Azhdaha.

• Guy admired the Great Underground Labyrinth and recognized that Ramiris had created it.
• Milim caught Ramiris and scolded her for settling in Tempest without telling them.
• Guy asked Mo Li how strong the labyrinth’s floor bosses were, and Mo Li explained that the later floors held increasingly powerful monsters.
• Guy guessed that Xiao guarded the hundredth floor, but Mo Li denied it.
• Mo Li revealed that Veldora and Azhdaha were the hundredth floor’s two bosses, stunning Guy and the other Demon Lords.

Mo Li explained that the Great Underground Labyrinth’s hundredth floor had Veldora and Azhdaha as bosses, shocking Guy and the other Demon Lords. He defended the challenge and described how his combat training helped address the monsters’ lack of experience, while leaders across the world grew interested in the labyrinth.

• Mo Li revealed that Veldora and Azhdaha guarded the hundredth floor, and Guy and the other Demon Lords doubted anyone could clear it.
• Guy accused Mo Li of making the labyrinth unfair, but Mo Li insisted the two bosses were suitable guardians.
• Mo Li explained that the monsters’ rapid growth left them short on combat experience and awareness, and that he trained them to improve those weaknesses.
• The Great Underground Labyrinth attracted interest from Hero King Dovagon, Heavenly Emperor Emesia, Saint Hinata Sakaguchi, and leaders among the Demon Lords.

Mo Li supported Rimuru as she delivered the Great Underground Labyrinth’s closing presentation, while his authority silenced the audience’s calls for the Geo Archon. Rimuru finished the speech to thunderous cheers, bringing the final day of the Founding Festival’s demonstrations to a close before the grand banquet.

• The Demon Lords considered bringing promising recruits to experience the Great Underground Labyrinth after seeing its benefits.
• Honjo Masayuki’s [Heroic Tyranny] remained unstable because of Diablo’s seal, so he had to clear the labyrinth through his own strength.
• Rimuru asked Mo Li to join her onstage, but he encouraged her to give the closing speech herself.
• The audience’s cheers for Mo Li grew until he ordered everyone to be quiet and listen.
• Rimuru concluded the labyrinth presentation, and the crowd erupted in cheers as the event ended and the final banquet followed.

After the Founding Festival ended, Mo Li cooked for the final banquet, drawing nearly every powerful guest to the kitchen. The unexpected crowd left him with a much larger meal to prepare, and he returned to the banquet hall after finishing the dishes.

• Rimuru finished his account of the day's events, and the audience cheered before the final Founding Festival banquet began.
• Guy tried to help Mo Li cook but was kicked out, so he offered Raine and Misari to assist instead.
• Milim and Rimuru's request for Mo Li to make a few extra dishes drew Demon Lords, True Dragons, and other prominent guests to the banquet.
• Mo Li emerged with dishes and found the hall packed, while Milim apologized for bringing so many people.
• Mo Li comforted Milim, returned to the kitchen, and cooked until Raine and Misari carried the dishes out.
• Mo Li untied his apron and headed toward the banquet hall.

Mo Li finished preparing a feast for the powerful guests at the Founding Festival, and the final dinner began once he joined Milim and Rimuru at the table. The celebration ended in a warm, lively atmosphere.

• Raine, Misari, and the maids carried Mo Li's dishes into the banquet hall, where the guests admired their aroma.
• Milim tried to eat before Mo Li arrived, but Rimuru stopped her and insisted they wait for him.
• Mo Li came out of the kitchen, and Milim and Rimuru invited him to eat with them.
• Milim and Rimuru guarded Mo Li's seat as the guests began the banquet, while Guy finally ate the meat he had been holding.
• The guests ate and drank together as the Founding Festival's final dinner passed.

After the Founding Festival, the visiting leaders departed, while Guy anticipated trouble from the Eastern Empire. The next day, merchants gathered outside Rimuru’s office to demand repayment, encouraged by Duke Mocha, as Mo Li and Rimuru prepared to deal with the scheme.

• Dagruel returned to the Barren Land, and Dino followed him; Leon left after Mo Li promised he would soon see Chloe.
• Luminas departed with Hinata Sakaguchi and the Ten Great Saints, while Freya dragged Milim away and Mo Li kicked Guy out.
• Guy returned to the Frozen Land Continent, suspecting that Rudra might not be the true ruler of the Eastern Empire and fearing coming conflicts.
• The day after the festival, merchants gathered outside Rimuru’s office to demand repayment from the Demon Country Federation.
• Duke Mocha watched the merchants with excitement, having encouraged them as part of a scheme sent by Granbell of the Rozzo family.

Duke Mog and merchants pressed Momol for repayment, hoping to exploit a dispute over the Mora System and force the Demon Country Federation to seek their help. Rimuru and Mo Li arrived, and Rimuru recognized Mog’s scheme as the confrontation continued.

• Duke Mocha instigated the merchants’ demand for repayment while Duke Mog prepared to intervene and pressure Momol.
• The merchants confronted Momol over their contracts as he waited for Rimuru and Mo Li to arrive.
• Rimuru and Mo Li entered with their aides, silencing the merchants and frightening Mog with Mo Li’s reputation.
• Mog introduced himself to the Demon Lords, but Mo Li ignored him and went directly to give Momol instructions.
• Rimuru sarcastically excused Mo Li’s behavior and warned Mog, who privately hoped the dispute would make the Federation owe him a favor.
• Rimuru realized Mog intended to damage the Federation’s credibility and resolved that his scheme would fail.

Rimuru resolved the Demon Country Federation’s economic crisis by paying its debts and blacklisting the merchants, then met with allied leaders to discuss cooperation. The meeting ended with the guests learning that both Veldora and Azhdaha guarded the Great Underground Labyrinth’s hundredth floor.

• Duke Mog tried to make the Federation owe him a favor, but Rimuru interrupted him and paid the merchants with Dwarven Kingdom gold coins.
• Rimuru ended future cooperation with the merchants and placed them on the Federation’s economic blacklist, resolving the crisis.
• Rimuru summoned Hinata Sakaguchi back to Liyue City and discussed cooperation with Dovagon, Emesia, and the other allied leaders.
• Veldora and Azhdaha complained that no challengers had come to the Great Underground Labyrinth, prompting Dovagon, Emesia, and Hinata to ask about its hundredth-floor boss.
• Rimuru revealed that both Veldora and Azhdaha were floor masters on the hundredth floor, shocking the gathered allies.

Rimuru revealed that Veldora and Azhdaha jointly guarded the Great Underground Labyrinth’s hundredth floor and explained its generous rewards, including Mo Li’s inheritance. After the cooperation meeting ended, Hinata stayed behind to challenge the labyrinth, while Rimuru began checking it for loopholes.

• Rimuru revealed that Veldora and Azhdaha were both bosses of the labyrinth’s hundredth floor, shocking Dovagon, Emesia, and Hinata.
• Rimuru disclosed the hundredth-floor rewards, prompting Dovagon, Emesia, and Hinata to express interest in obtaining Mo Li’s martial arts and spell inheritance.
• Mo Li recalled that the inheritance consisted of techniques and experience he had shared with Rimuru and the monsters.
• Rimuru, Dovagon, Emesia, Hinata, and the Blumund envoy concluded their cooperation talks, and Dovagon and Emesia departed the Demon Country Federation.
• Hinata stayed to challenge the labyrinth and help Shizue train her students, while Rimuru began inspecting the labyrinth for loopholes.

Rimuru upgraded the Great Underground Labyrinth with beginner-friendly features, survival items, rewards, and monster equipment drops, turning it into an even greater source of income. After the renovations, she relaxed in Mo Li’s arms until Diablo knelt before her with a request.

• Rimuru inspected the labyrinth and found adventurers dying or getting stuck on its simple first floor, so she added guidance, safe features, toilets, and vending machines.
• Rimuru, Ramiris, Veldora, and the others introduced Record Orbs and Return Whistles, letting adventurers save their progress and leave the labyrinth safely.
• At Momol’s suggestion, they created monthly achievement rankings and rewards for first-time defeats of Labyrinth Guardians, including a huge prize for clearing the final floor.
• Rimuru and the others added monster equipment drops and an appraisal office, prompting more adventurers to buy Return Whistles.
• After the renovations, Rimuru rested in Mo Li’s arms, and Diablo knelt before her to make a request.

Diablo asked Rimuru for permission to recruit hundreds or more than a thousand demon acquaintances as subordinates, and Rimuru approved after Mo Li judged the plan beneficial. Diablo then set out to find them, while remaining convinced that Mo Li had misled Rimuru.

• Diablo knelt before Rimuru and asked permission to recruit subordinates so he could delegate minor tasks and stay near her.
• Diablo said several old acquaintances—potentially more than a thousand demons—would be willing to serve if Rimuru provided them with bodies.
• Rimuru worried the demons could threaten the Demon Country Federation, but Diablo insisted they would not be able to force him into a difficult fight.
• Rimuru asked Mo Li for his view, and he said the recruitment would benefit the Demon Country Federation.
• Rimuru approved the request and promised to prepare more than a thousand bodies, then Diablo left to find his companions.

Rimuru learned that the pay-to-win party Green Chaos was rapidly advancing through the Great Underground Labyrinth by exploiting its rules, while Hinata Sakaguchi’s solo run reached the deeper floors. After a Holy Knight boasted that Hinata could defeat anything in the labyrinth, an Emperor devotee replaced the guardian of the ninetieth floor and waited for her party.

• Mo Li supported Diablo’s search for his companions, and Rimuru promised him over a thousand bodies to possess before he departed.
• Momol told Rimuru that Green Chaos had used Record Orbs, Return Whistles, and multiple parties to advance quickly through the labyrinth without breaking its rules.
• Rimuru convened a meeting and learned that Green Chaos included several A-rank fighters and a captain with concealed strength.
• Ramiris reported that the Holy Knights had reached the seventieth floor before failing, after which Hinata Sakaguchi challenged the labyrinth alone and defeated the guardians of the sixtieth, seventieth, and eightieth floors.
• After a Holy Knight boasted that Hinata could defeat the labyrinth’s monsters, an Emperor devotee drove out the Nine Demon Luo and took a place beside a spear in the ninetieth-floor boss room to await Hinata.

Hinata Sakaguchi pushed through the Great Underground Labyrinth to its Ninetieth Floor, where Xiao awaited her as the boss. Xiao fought the Holy Knights first to wear himself down and make his duel with Hinata fair, leaving her with a new respect for him.

• Hinata Sakaguchi led the Holy Knights from the Eighty-first Floor through the Ninetieth, defeating each floor boss despite the growing difficulty.
• At the Ninetieth Floor boss room, Hinata sensed danger and found Xiao waiting with his spear.
• Xiao challenged Hinata and the Holy Knights to attack together, but Hinata refused to join them.
• Xiao fought and defeated the Holy Knights while Hinata watched, then faced her after his strength had been worn down.
• Hinata understood Xiao had tried to make their fight fair and regarded him with respect.

Xiao fought Hinata Sakaguchi in the ninetieth-floor BOSS room after wearing himself down to make their battle more even. He defeated her after both fighters unleashed their trump cards.

• Xiao and Hinata Sakaguchi clashed at full strength, and their battle badly damaged the BOSS room.
• The awakened Holy Knights realized Xiao had held back when he fought them earlier, while Hinata struggled to land a blow on him.
• Hinata Sakaguchi sent Xiao flying and summoned sacred armor with her Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash.
• Xiao put on his yaksha mask, gathered his strength, and charged Hinata with Wind Wheel Both Sides.
• When the dust cleared, Xiao was still standing and Hinata Sakaguchi was kneeling and exhausted.

Xiao defeated Hinata Sakaguchi and the Holy Knights on the Ninetieth Floor, though the battle left him exhausted. After Rimuru learned that Hinata’s attempt to clear the labyrinth had destroyed the floors between the Fiftieth and Ninetieth, she and the others decided to enter the fray themselves by creating alt accounts.

• Xiao defeated Hinata Sakaguchi in the Ninetieth Floor boss room, and she accepted her defeat and vanished from the labyrinth.
• Xiao ordered the Holy Knights to leave, and they used their revival bracelets to return outside before he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Rimuru watched the battle recording and marveled that Xiao had beaten a Saint while still at the Demon Lord Seed stage.
• Rimuru learned that Hinata’s attempt to clear the labyrinth had destroyed the floors between the Fiftieth and Ninetieth, which Ze'Chion and Yapitto could not yet restore.
• Rimuru, Ramiris, Veldora, and the others decided to intervene by creating alt accounts.

Rimuru and his companions created alternate bodies, leveled up in the labyrinth, and defeated Green Chaos, then continued battling adventurers until an urgent report called Rimuru back to his office. There, Shuna caught him trying to escape, while Momol waited anxiously to report and Rimuru called out to Ari for help.

• Rimuru, Ramiris, Veldora, and Ruotuo created alternate bodies and possessed them using Soul-like items and Magic Essence Cores.
• Rimuru and his companions leveled up in the labyrinth with Revival Auras and powerful equipment made by Kurobei and Kaijin.
• Rimuru and his companions defeated Green Chaos on the forty-ninth floor, ending his labyrinth conquest.
• Rimuru and his companions kept battling adventurers in the labyrinth and earned the title “The Will of the Labyrinth That Brings Death.”
• Rimuru received an urgent message and headed back to his office, where Shuna caught him and dragged him inside.
• Mo Li sat calmly with tea while Momol waited anxiously to report, and Rimuru called out to Ari for help.

Momol told Rimuru that the Council had invited her and Morax to a meeting about recognizing the Demon Country Federation as a member state, and Rimuru prepared to attend alone. Mo Li revealed that he would stay to oversee Azhdaha’s awakening, which was ready to begin.

• Rimuru fled into Mo Li’s arms to hide from Shuna, who had caught her after she played in the Great Labyrinth.
• Momol reported that the Council had invited Rimuru and Morax to discuss the Demon Country Federation’s membership and terms.
• Rimuru impressed Momol and Shuna with a confident explanation informed by [King of Wisdom], then planned to travel west for the meeting.
• Mo Li declined to accompany Rimuru because he needed to handle Azhdaha’s awakening personally.
• Mo Li confirmed that Azhdaha was ready to awaken and said he would watch over the process in case anything went wrong.

Mo Li prepared to oversee Azhdaha’s awakening with human souls obtained from Guy, while Rimuru left with several Demon Country Cadres for the Western Council Meeting. The chapter ended with Azhdaha heading to the Great Underground Labyrinth to break through his Demon Lord Seed bottleneck.

• Mo Li decided to personally guard Azhdaha’s awakening, wary of the danger if anything went wrong.
• Rimuru accepted that she could not accompany Ari and considered how Azhdaha’s awakening could strengthen the Demon Country Federation ahead of a possible war with the Empire.
• Azhdaha eagerly asked Mo Li whether he could awaken, driven by his frustration at repeatedly losing to Veldora.
• Mo Li confirmed that the human souls he had traded for from Guy should be enough for Azhdaha to awaken.
• Mo Li chose the Great Underground Labyrinth as the awakening site, while Rimuru departed for the Western Council Meeting with several Demon Country Cadres.

As Mo Li prepared Brother Azhdaha for his awakening, Kagurazaka Yuuki warned John Rostia and Mariabell that the Demon Country Federation’s strength made a direct confrontation too dangerous. The chapter ended with Mo Li and Brother Azhdaha ready to begin the awakening, which had not yet started.

• Rimuru left with several Demon Country Cadres to attend the Western council meeting while Mo Li prepared Brother Azhdaha’s awakening.
• Kagurazaka Yuuki told John Rostia that Rimuru suspected him, that Rimuru was too powerful to challenge lightly, and that the Demon Country Federation’s other powerhouses were even more frightening.
• Mariabell and John Rostia discussed avoiding a direct clash with the Demon Country Federation while Mariabell pursued economic dominance instead.
• Kagurazaka Yuuki said he might defeat Rimuru under certain conditions but warned that the consequences of attacking him could be unbearable.
• On the Great Underground Labyrinth’s 100th Floor, Mo Li asked whether Brother Azhdaha was ready, and Brother Azhdaha eagerly agreed to begin his awakening.

Mo Li supplied Azhdaha with human souls to begin his Demon Lord awakening, while Guizhong secretly sent him additional power from afar. Azhdaha completed his evolution as an Earth Elemental Dragon King and became a Complete Dragon.

• Mo Li gave Azhdaha one hundred thousand human souls, triggering his Demon Lord evolution.
• Veldora and Ramiris arrived on Floor 100 and watched as Azhdaha's evolution began.
• The World Voice confirmed Azhdaha's sacrifices and began reforging his race.
• Guizhong sensed Azhdaha's awakening and used her King of Games authority to send him a glowing white mass of power.
• Azhdaha's race evolved successfully into Earth Elemental Dragon King (Complete Dragon).

Azhdaha completed his awakening in the Great Underground Labyrinth, evolving into the Rock Dragon King and gaining the Ultimate Skill [King of Earth]. His Demon Lord’s Blessing empowered the dragon lizards he had named, and the chapter ended with his strength fully stabilized.

• Azhdaha’s evolution began, and his body transformed into a massive Gilded Giant Dragon as Mo Li contained his growing pressure.
• Azhdaha gained numerous resistances and inherent skills, then evolved [Guardian of Earth] into the Ultimate Skill [King of Earth].
• The World Voice announced Azhdaha’s Demon Lord evolution and bestowed its blessing upon the dragon lizards connected to him.
• Azhdaha’s named dragon lizards fell asleep from the blessing, then awoke with greatly increased strength.
• Azhdaha opened his eyes on the hundredth floor and emerged as the Complete Dragon Rock Dragon King.