Recaps

Gadra learned that Shinji, Mark, and Shen had defected to Rimuru’s side before he did, and confronted them about it. In Liyue City, a storyteller exaggerated Morax’s past exploits before Mo Li approved of the tale and ordered the performer rewarded.

• Gadra begged Rimuru to spare his disciples and offered to pay any price for their release.
• Rimuru told Gadra that Shinji, Mark, and Shen had done nothing wrong, then left him to speak with them himself.
• Gadra learned that the three disciples had defected and planned to offer Imperial intelligence to prove their loyalty, then scolded them; they pointed out that he had defected too.
• Rimuru listened to the argument from outside the room and remarked that the teacher and disciples were alike.
• In a Liyue City teahouse, a storyteller recounted an embellished tale portraying Morax as the world's strongest and Guy as a shameless enemy.
• Mo Li judged the story's overall assessment fairly good and ordered the storyteller rewarded.

Mo Li rewarded a storyteller with an inactive Rock Attribute Divine Eye after hearing a tale about Guy, then reflected on the coming war and decided to leave its planning to Rimuru. He headed to the market, intending to browse antiques and buy tea.

• Mo Li heard a storyteller describe Guy as the Most Evil Demon King and decided the tale deserved a reward.
• Mo Li discovered he had no money and tipped the attendant an inactive Rock Attribute Divine Eye instead.
• The crowd praised Mo Li and discussed his reputation while he quietly left the theater.
• Mo Li considered the Empire, Michael, Feldway, and the possibility of a three-faction assault on the Demon Country Federation.
• Mo Li trusted Rimuru to handle the war preparations and headed to the market to see some thrushes, browse antiques, and buy tea.

Rimuru prepared the Demon Country Federation for war by developing Divine Eyes and assigning its forces, while Mo Li warned her against using his world-shaking attacks casually. In the Eastern Empire, Gadra revealed the Great Underground Labyrinth’s treasures and Morax’s inheritance, tempting the imperial leadership and Velgrend.

• Mo Li left Rimuru to handle preparations and went to the marketplace, where Rimuru found him using the newly completed Divine Eyes and brought him to the control room.
• Gadra became a consultant to the Demon Country Federation, and Rimuru assigned his three disciples to train with Veldora and the other dragon.
• Gadra returned to the Eastern Empire to steer its army toward the Great Underground Labyrinth and recruit its scientific researchers for the Demon Country Federation.
• Rimuru, Ramiris, Veldora, and the others completed Divine Eyes, which let Rimuru monitor the Jura Great Forest and launch attacks; Mo Li added three-use limits to his World- trấn Rock Spear and All Phenomena of the World.
• Rimuru convened a pre-war meeting, distributed Gadra’s intelligence, and committed the Federation’s armies while reserving the Black Legion and Thousand Rock Army as its final defense.
• Gadra presented the Bracelet of Resurrection, Drill Weapon, and intelligence about the hundredth floor to the Imperial conference, and the officials and Velgrend were tempted by Morax’s inheritance.

Velgrend and Rudra became interested in Morax’s legacy in the Great Underground Labyrinth, falling into the trap Rimuru had prepared for the Empire. As the Empire mobilized for war and its intelligence agents were sent out, Gadra used the opportunity to recruit his old friends to defect.

• Velgrend and Rudra recalled the danger of provoking a powerful being with loved ones and planned to conquer the Jura Great Forest while restraining Morax.
• Rudra and Velgrend became interested in Morax’s legacy, and the Royal Guard Knights volunteered to retrieve it.
• Rimuru’s plan drew the Empire into the trap he had prepared.
• Gadra withdrew after stirring up conflict and noticed that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau was no longer monitoring him.
• Gadra set about persuading his old friends to defect while the Empire prepared for war.

Gadra defected to the Demon Country Federation after recruiting nearly thirty percent of the Empire’s research talent, enraging Velgrend and the Empire’s leaders. Rudra restrained Velgrend and kept his focus on the coming war and his plan to seize control of Veldora.

• Gadra spent a month persuading the Empire’s researchers to defect and escaped to the Demon Country Federation with Rimuru’s spatial transport before the Imperial Intelligence Bureau discovered what had happened.
• The Empire’s leaders learned that Gadra had taken nearly thirty percent of its research talent, crippling several divisions and implicating the Imperial Intelligence Bureau and Tatsuya Kondo.
• Velgrend erupted in fury over Gadra’s betrayal and vowed to punish him, but Rudra stopped her and warned that Gadra’s defection had been carefully planned.
• Velgrend suppressed her anger and returned to Rudra, agreeing not to cause trouble before the war.
• Rudra suspected Gadra had joined the Demon Country Federation, then focused on Morax and his plan to seize Veldora’s Dragon Factor for the return of the person he sought.

Gadra arrived in Liyue City with dozens of the Empire’s top researchers, stunning Rimuru and the others with the scale of his defection. Rimuru assigned the newcomers to Ramiris’s research efforts and welcomed Gadra as a subordinate.

• Gadra brought dozens of recruited Imperial talents through a spatial teleportation array to the Demon Country Federation.
• Rimuru, Ramiris, and Veldora were shocked when Gadra explained that he had brought away nearly half of the Empire’s top researchers.
• Diablo interpreted Gadra’s defection as proof of his loyalty to Rimuru and admired Rimuru for supposedly planning it all along.
• Rimuru recognized the researchers’ value and felt relieved that the Federation’s shortage of research staff could be addressed.
• Rimuru tasked Ramiris with arranging the researchers to assist her and encouraged Gadra.

The Eastern Empire sent nearly a million troops and thousands of Magic-infused Tanks into the Jura Great Forest, prompting Rimuru to issue a final warning while Mo Li and Rudra sensed each other from afar. The chapter left Gasta facing Testarossa, Ganyu, and Gobta as they arrived at the Empire’s encampment.

• Rimuru monitored the Eastern Empire’s army through the Divine Eyes and sent Testarossa, Ganyu, Gobta, Ran-ga, and five hundred elite soldiers to deliver a final warning.
• Mo Li regarded the Empire’s troops as expendable cannon fodder and prepared the Authority of Rock while watching Rudra from across the distance.
• Rudra sensed Mo Li’s gaze, and Velgrend noticed that something had unsettled him.
• Gasta boasted that his Magic-infused Tanks and troops would win, then ordered everyone on alert when his unique skill detected an approaching presence.
• Testarossa and Ganyu rode into the Empire’s camp on Ran-ga, with Gobta following behind them.

Testarossa confronted Gasta and the Imperial army as an envoy of Morax and Rimuru, warning them to retreat or face death. Gasta dismissed her threat and ordered the Empire’s Magic-infused Tanks to fire, leaving the confrontation on the verge of battle.

• Gasta spotted Testarossa, Ganyu, Ran-ga, and Gobta approaching the forest entrance and failed to read Testarossa’s strange heartbeat with his Unique Skill, "Performer."
• Testarossa clarified that she served Morax, the Geo Archon, and had come to deliver a warning from Morax and Rimuru.
• Testarossa conjured a wall of fire, warned the Imperial army not to cross the scorched line, and then departed with her companions.
• Enraged and convinced Testarossa was bluffing, Gasta ordered the front-row Magic-infused Tanks to fire at the monsters in the forest.

After Gasta ordered his troops to attack Testarossa, she stopped their bullets and the Empire crossed the warning line, officially starting a war with the Demon Country Federation. Rimuru accepted that fighting was unavoidable and prepared to rely on the Federation’s advantage in powerful fighters.

• Gasta ordered Imperial soldiers to shoot Testarossa, but she casually stopped the bullets with one finger and warned that war would follow.
• Testarossa left with Ganyu and Ran-ga, while Gasta ordered the Magic-infused Tanks to continue their operation and cross the warning line, making the Empire and the Demon Country Federation officially enemies.
• Rimuru restrained herself from attacking the Imperial vanguard with Divine Tears after Mo Li stopped her.
• Mo Li told Rimuru to abandon her naive hope of avoiding war and promised to cover everything for her.
• Rimuru resolved to face the war, confident that the Federation’s high-level fighters could handle the Royal Guard Knights.

The Demon Country Federation’s forces began their battle against the Empire, and Gobta’s Wolf Demon Soldiers dodged the opening bombardment before destroying several Magic-infused Tanks with a Flame Bomb. Gobta led his unit toward the Imperial command center, while Rimuru heard his insulting remarks from the control room and reacted with quiet fury.

• After the Imperial Legion crossed Testarossa’s warning line, Gasta ordered the Magic-infused Tanks to bombard Gobta’s Wolf Demon Soldiers.
• Gobta ordered his troops to use [Shadow Movement], causing the shells to miss, and then led a surprise attack on the Imperial troops.
• Gobchi threw a Flame Bomb into a Magic-infused Tank’s cannon barrel, destroying it and badly damaging nearby tanks.
• Gobta praised Rimuru’s suggested weapon, then made insulting remarks about her and resumed leading the Wolf Demon Soldiers toward the Imperial command center.
• Rimuru overheard Gobta’s comments in the Great Underground Labyrinth’s control room and responded with a chilling threat.

Gobta and the Wolf Demon Soldiers advanced toward the Empire’s command center, but Gasta’s forces surrounded them while the Aerial Combat Legion disrupted the monster troops with Magicule Interference Rays. In the Great Underground Labyrinth, Rimuru feared for her companions, while Mo Li stayed ready to intervene if the Empire broke the rules of the battle.

• Gobta led the Wolf Demon Soldiers toward the Imperial command center as Rimuru angrily threatened him over his insults.
• Gasta dismissed the threat posed by the Flame Bombs and ordered hundreds of Magic-infused Tanks to surround Gobta’s squad.
• The Imperial tanks opened a multilayered barrage, wounding Gobta’s companions and restricting the Wolf Demon Soldiers’ mobility.
• The Empire’s Aerial Combat Legion arrived and fired Magicule Interference Rays, severely weakening Gaviru and the Dragon Rider Corps.
• Rimuru watched anxiously from the labyrinth control room, while Mo Li resolved to intervene if the Empire used high-level fighters against the soldiers.

Rimuru watched Gobta’s unit retreat under heavy Imperial fire and wanted to use devastating skills to protect them, but Benimaru and Shuna insisted the battle was proceeding according to plan and that the Federation’s soldiers had to defend their nation themselves. The chapter ended with Rimuru abandoning her radical plan to intervene.

• Mo Li considered fighting Velgrend and Rudra to test Wakato’s newly awakened strength.
• Benimaru ordered Gobta and the Wolf Demon Soldiers to retreat through the forest, where Mo Li’s territorial blessing helped shield them from the Imperial Army’s attacks.
• Gasta ordered more than two thousand Imperial tanks to fire on the battlefield while Testarossa remained calm under the assault.
• Rimuru grew distressed at Gobta’s injuries and proposed using Divine Wrath, All Phenomena of the World, or World-trấn Rock Spear against the Imperial soldiers.
• Benimaru urged Rimuru to trust the battle plan, and Shuna reminded her that protecting the nation was the duty of her subordinates, persuading Rimuru to stand down.

Rimuru was persuaded by Shuna, Benimaru, Souei, and Mo Li to stay out of the war while the monsters protected her. She resolved to grow stronger and ordered the Demon Country Federation to launch its full counterattack.

• Shuna, Benimaru, and Souei urged Rimuru not to enter the battlefield, and Mo Li backed their counsel.
• Mo Li explained that he feared threats from Michael and Feldway, and that Rimuru was not yet strong enough to face the dangers of war.
• Rimuru realized her subordinates had built up their forces and stayed close to protect her after learning she had died in other timelines.
• Rimuru silently resolved to become stronger for Ari and the subordinates who had fought beside her.
• Rimuru used Benimaru's 'Grand Marshal' skill to order all units to crush the enemy without holding back, beginning the counterattack.

Rimuru ordered the Demon Country Federation’s forces to stop holding back and wipe out the invading Empire. Gaviru unleashed the Dragon Rider Corps and Azure Legion’s full strength, turning the aerial battle into a one-sided slaughter while Faraga watched in shock.

• Rimuru used Benimaru’s Grand Marshal skill to order all forces to crush the invaders without mercy.
• Benimaru welcomed Rimuru’s decision to fight without restraint, and Mo Li felt relieved by the change in Rimuru.
• Gaviru ordered the Dragon Rider Corps and Azure Legion to enter Asura State and use Dragon Warrior Transformation.
• The Dragon Rider Corps rose to A+ rank, while Gaviru reached Disaster-class strength and began destroying Imperial airships.
• Gaviru sank or pierced through seven airships in moments, leaving Faraga stunned by the sudden reversal.

Faraga confronted the Dragonewts’ overwhelming strength and ordered the Empire’s Magic Essence Jamming Radiation fired, expecting it to stop them. The weapon crippled the airships and some Dragonewts, but Gaviru kept moving, leaving Faraga wondering what he was.

• Faraga blamed the Intelligence Bureau after its report described the Dragonewts as an average higher race with no members stronger than A-rank.
• The adjutant revealed that the Intelligence Bureau had classified the trident-wielding Gaviru as an academic talent because his combat strength was unknown.
• Faraga ordered the airships to fire Magic Essence Jamming Radiation despite knowing it would also bring down their own forces.
• The radiation made the airships plummet and immobilized some Dragonewts, while nearly half remained aloft and unable to move.
• Gaviru continued moving despite the radiation, and Faraga stared at him in shock as a startling possibility occurred to him.

Faraga mistook Gaviru for the weakened Storm Dragon Veldora and convinced the airship crew that the dragonewt was hiding his identity. The crew planned to strike Gaviru again, eager to claim the military merit of defeating him.

• Faraga watched Gaviru withstand the Magic Essence Jamming Radiation and concluded that he was Veldora, weakened after breaking free of his seal.
• Faraga explained that Veldora had defeated the Empire centuries earlier, and most of the crew accepted his reasoning.
• When an officer pointed out that the Federation's dragonewt leader was named Gaviru, Faraga insisted the name was an alias.
• The crew decided that two more Magic Essence Jamming Radiation blasts could immobilize Gaviru and grew eager to earn credit for defeating him.

Faraga celebrated after the airships trapped Gaviru in the Magic Essence Jamming Radiation, believing he had secured a career-making victory over Veldora. As his officers prepared wine and food, an unknown purple-haired girl suddenly appeared beside him.

• Faraga ordered the airships to fire repeated blasts of Magic Essence Jamming Radiation at Gaviru, pinning him within the affected area.
• The airship crews celebrated, and Faraga imagined receiving great rewards and rising above Karigulio and the God of War.
• Faraga demanded wine despite wartime rules, and his adjutants flattered him and began arranging a feast.
• A quiet, beautiful girl with long purple hair tied in a side ponytail suddenly appeared in the adjutant's seat beside Faraga.

Ultima appeared aboard the airship while Faraga and the officers celebrated, and Faraga confronted her at gunpoint. After Ultima revealed her name and devotion to Mo Li, Faraga guessed she had come to save Veldora.

• Ultima silently appeared in the adjutant's seat and asked for tea or red wine.
• Faraga drew his sidearm, pointed it at Ultima, and demanded to know who she was.
• Ultima introduced herself as Ultima, a name bestowed by Lord Morax, and expressed her devotion to him.
• Faraga recognized Ultima as a powerful demon and concluded that she had come to save Veldora.

Ultima confronted Faraga aboard an Imperial airship, but their conversation revealed that they misunderstood each other about Veldora and Morax. After Ultima demanded intelligence and threatened Faraga, he attacked her, only for her to block his bullets and remain unaffected by the Magic Essence Jamming Radiation.

• Faraga assumed Ultima had come on Morax's orders to rescue Veldora, but Ultima said Rimuru had sent her to gather intelligence.
• Faraga and Ultima argued over whether Veldora was in danger, with neither understanding the other's claims.
• Ultima demanded details about the airship and the Empire's leaders, then told Faraga to cut off his own head after answering.
• Faraga ordered his subordinates to prepare Magic Essence Jamming Radiation and fired eight bullets at Ultima.
• Ultima blocked the bullets with her hand and showed no effect from the radiation, so Faraga drew his sword to fight her in close combat.

Faraga tried to kill Ultima by sealing her magic and challenging her to close combat, but his attack failed. Ultima killed the adjutant who had denied her wine, then took the centuries-old bottle to offer to Lord Morax.

• Faraga drew his sword and challenged Ultima to close combat, believing Magic Essence Jamming Radiation had sealed her magic.
• Ultima revealed that the radiation could not seal her magic and warned Faraga that she would kill him last.
• Faraga swung his magic sword at Ultima, but his strike missed and pierced the chair behind her.
• Ultima chose the adjutant who had refused to give her wine and killed him with a slicing attack.
• Ultima took the bottle of centuries-old red wine and said she would offer it to Lord Morax.

Ultima destroyed the Empire’s airship fleet and killed Major General Faraga, then discovered that Gaviru had been experimenting on himself with Magic Essence Jamming Radiation. Gaviru reported that the radiation had strengthened his Dragon Warrior Transformation, leaving Ultima baffled by his dangerous scientific curiosity.

• Ultima slaughtered the soldiers aboard the flagship as Faraga ordered every airship to direct its Magic Essence Jamming Radiation at her.
• Ultima demonstrated that the radiation could not stop her, froze Faraga’s Flame Giant, and revealed her overwhelming power by casting Flame of Ruin.
• Faraga recognized Ultima as the Primordial Ancestor Purple and died as the Flame of Ruin consumed him and the surrounding Imperial airships.
• After destroying the Imperial Aerial Combat Legion, Ultima found Gaviru moving slowly and asked what he was doing.
• Gaviru explained that he had exposed himself to the radiation as an experiment and discovered it extended his Dragon Warrior Transformation, leaving Ultima unable to understand his recklessness.

Ultima decided to train the Dragonewts to gain Morax’s favor and offered to guide Gaviru. On the battlefield, Rimuru ordered Gobta’s unit to stop holding back, and Gobta and Ran-ga wiped out the Empire’s land vanguard.

• Ultima judged Gaviru’s battlefield experiment reckless, then realized the Dragonewts could benefit from her guidance and improve the Demon Country Federation’s strength.
• Ultima offered to help Gaviru and the others train during future battles, and Gaviru eagerly welcomed her offer.
• Ultima and Gaviru led the Dragon Rider Corps toward the battlefield while Gobta’s unit retreated under the Empire’s heavy fire.
• Rimuru and Benimaru ordered Gobta’s unit to fight at full strength, and Gobta called Ran-ga to perform Wolf-Demon Fusion.
• Gobta and Ran-ga transformed into a humanoid giant wolf, destroyed the Empire’s linked tank unit with Black Lightning, and routed the remaining land forces.

Gobta and the Demon Country Federation devastated the Imperial Army, forcing Gasta to order a retreat. Testarossa confronted him, killed his subordinates by consuming their souls, and faced Gasta’s ultimate move, Funeral Song.

• Gobta destroyed the Empire’s tank forces, while the Demon Country Federation’s troops overwhelmed the Imperial Army and annihilated its air corps.
• Gasta ordered the remaining Imperial soldiers to retreat and regroup.
• Testarossa appeared before Gasta and reminded him that she had warned him not to cross the line.
• Gasta ordered his soldiers to attack Testarossa, but they collapsed dead before they could act.
• Testarossa said she had consumed their souls because she was hungry, and Gasta unleashed his ultimate move, Funeral Song.

Testarossa defeated Gasta’s attempt to bargain and waited for Imperial reinforcements to arrive. When three Royal Guard Knights trapped her in a Legendary Grade formation, she greeted them as old acquaintances.

• Testarossa revealed that Gasta’s sonic ultimate move had no effect on her and declared him her enemy.
• Gasta offered Imperial intelligence and military expertise in exchange for his life, but Testarossa refused and toyed with him.
• Debos, Barut, and Gorton arrived to protect Gasta and assessed Testarossa as a formidable demon.
• The three knights used the Imperial Banishing Formation to bind Testarossa with holy silver chains.
• Testarossa looked at the knights with nostalgia and said it had been a long time since they had met.

Testarossa revealed herself as the Original White, the Primordial Demon whom Debos, Barut, and Gordon had once sealed. As she confronted them, she exposed the gap between the Empire’s heroic account of the Blood-Soaked Lakeside Incident and what the three knights knew had actually happened.

• Testarossa greeted Debos, Barut, and Gordon as old acquaintances and reminded them that they had once defeated her.
• Testarossa released her demonic aura, prompting Debos and the others to recognize her as the Original White.
• Debos recalled the Empire’s story of the Blood-Soaked Lakeside Incident, in which his squad was credited with sealing Testarossa after she destroyed a small nation.
• Debos remembered that Testarossa had simply lost interest and allowed herself to be sealed, and he and the other knights grew wary of her.
• Testarossa mocked the knights’ fear and arrogance, while Gasta began considering whether he should flee.