Recaps

Veldora and Azhdaha complained to Rimuru and Mo Li about being left out of the fighting, but Mo Li deterred them from challenging his sisters or himself. Toreni then reported that Kagurazaka Yuuki had sent Mixed Legion members into the Jura Great Forest to free Laplace, Forthman, and Tear, and that Souei had captured them after Toreni discovered their approach to Guyun Pavilion.

• Veldora complained to Rimuru that he and Azhdaha had not been allowed to fight, and Azhdaha agreed that he wanted a real opponent.
• Mo Li offered to take Veldora to fight his second sister, frightening Veldora into silence, then offered to spar with Azhdaha, who also backed down.
• Veldora urged Toreni to tell Rimuru and Mo Li what had happened, and the exhausted Toreni stepped forward as Souei guarded captured humans.
• Toreni explained that the captives belonged to Kagurazaka Yuuki's Mixed Legion, which had infiltrated the Jura Great Forest to rescue Laplace, Forthman, and Tear from beneath Guyun Pavilion.
• Kagurazaka Yuuki had equipped his subordinates with a container holding part of his Ability Erasure power to try to breach Mo Li's barrier, but Toreni discovered them as they approached Guyun Pavilion.

Toreni and Souei captured members of the Mixed Legion sent by Kagurazaka Yuuki, prompting the Demon Country Federation to recall its grudge against the Middle Clown Chain. When Veldora mocked Azhdaha over his old near-possession by the clowns, Azhdaha turned on him, and Rimuru sent them to settle the quarrel in the labyrinth arena.

• Toreni and her sisters fought the Mixed Legion in the Jura Great Forest for ten days before Souei arrived and helped capture them.
• Souei and the others identified the captured soldiers as members of the legion commanded by Kagurazaka Yuuki, who had sent them to free the clowns imprisoned beneath Guyun Pavilion.
• The group recalled how Laplace, Forthman, and Tia had nearly controlled Azhdaha before Morax suppressed them and Mo Li helped stop Azhdaha's rampage.
• Veldora mocked Azhdaha about the incident, and Azhdaha grew furious while Veldora retreated behind Rimuru and continued provoking him.
• Rimuru dragged Veldora in front of Azhdaha and told them to fight in the labyrinth arena, then hid behind Mo Li as Azhdaha demanded to know whether Veldora was joking.

Rimuru questioned three imperial prisoners, but their intelligence proved useless, so she had Souei take them away and had King of Wisdom analyze a device containing Kagurazaka Yuuki’s Ability Erasure. Meanwhile, Azhdaha beat Veldora for mocking his embarrassing past, and the chapter ended with Veldora returning battered and complaining.

• Azhdaha dragged Veldora out of the control room and beat him for bringing up Azhdaha’s humiliating past.
• Mo Li showed no interest in the prisoners or their connection to the incident involving Laplace and the others.
• Souei explained that he had brought the imperial prisoners to Rimuru because they claimed to have important intelligence.
• Rimuru learned that the prisoners knew only information the Federation already had, apart from a device containing Kagurazaka Yuuki’s Ability Erasure, which she gave King of Wisdom to analyze.
• Rimuru sent the prisoners away with Souei, then Azhdaha returned with a battered Veldora trailing behind him.

Rimuru watched Ruotuo beat Veldora while the assembled forces prepared for battle, and Misha returned to Karigulio with news that the Empire’s invading army had been annihilated. As Misha urged him to retreat, Karigulio clung to the hope that the elites sent into the Great Underground Labyrinth would return with useful intelligence.

• Ruotuo beat Veldora, leaving him battered and sulking in a corner while Rimuru and the others returned their attention to the battlefield.
• Benimaru, Kouyou, The Original Yellow, Alvis, and the other leaders finished assembling their forces on the surface.
• Karigulio anxiously awaited news from the hundred elites he had sent into the Great Underground Labyrinth two days earlier.
• Misha returned to the Imperial command headquarters and told Karigulio that the Magic-infused Tank Legion, the airships, and the rest of the main force had been wiped out.
• Misha urged Karigulio and his staff to retreat, but Karigulio insisted on waiting for Krishna, Major General Miniz, and the other labyrinth-bound elites to bring back intelligence.

After Krishna revealed that the Empire's elite force had been destroyed inside the Great Underground Labyrinth, Karigulio ordered a retreat. Agra appeared at the command post to stop them, and his murderous reaction to a question about Rimuru and Morax left the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Krishna returned from the labyrinth as its sole survivor and reported that Ze'Chion and the other labyrinth monsters had killed the Imperial elites, including Reha and Bazan.
• Krishna described the labyrinth's powerful guardians, prompting Karigulio and his officers to blame the Intelligence Bureau and fear that the Empire had been misled.
• Karigulio agreed to withdraw the remaining forces toward the Empire after his commanders, Misha, and Krishna urged him to retreat.
• Agra entered the command post and announced that the lords had ordered every Imperial soldier killed or captured.
• A vice commander asked whether Agra's lords were Rimuru and Morax, and Agra responded with a ferocious expression and murderous aura.

Agra demanded that Karigulio and the Empire’s surviving soldiers surrender to the Demon Country Federation as slaves, demonstrating his overwhelming strength by killing an adjutant who insulted Rimuru and Morax. Karigulio rejected enslavement and proposed reparations and an alliance instead, leaving Agra’s response unresolved.

• An adjutant questioned Agra about the envoys and named Rimuru and Morax, so Agra killed him with a swift sword strike.
• Agra ordered Karigulio and the surviving soldiers to disarm and surrender as slaves within half an hour.
• As Agra prepared to leave, Karigulio called him back and refused the terms of surrender.
• Karigulio proposed that the Empire pay reparations and form an alliance with the Demon Country Federation, arguing that together they could rule the continent.

Karigulio rejected Agra’s surrender demand and resolved to lead the remaining Imperial soldiers into a hopeless battle, while arranging for Misha to escape and report to the Emperor. As the Federation’s forces assembled, Kloot watched Carrera, the Original Yellow, appear above the Yellow Legion.

• Karigulio offered Agra cooperation, but Agra dismissed his proposal and demanded that the Imperials submit or die.
• Karigulio chose to fight rather than surrender, and asked Misha to escape and report his failure to Emperor Rudra.
• Karigulio’s adjutants, strategists, and the wounded Krishna pledged to fight alongside him, while Misha departed with four Immortal-level Imperial Knights.
• Karigulio ordered the remaining Imperials to begin their preparations immediately, and the Federation’s armies gathered for an attack.
• Kloot praised the Imperials’ resolve as Carrera appeared above the Yellow Legion.

Carrera prepared to unleash Nuke Magic as a warm-up before the battle, but Agra stopped her by reminding her that the armies had agreed to a half-hour truce and that Lord Morax would disapprove. When the Imperial Army suddenly charged before the deadline, Carrera turned her anger on the breach, leaving Agra fearing for his life.

• Kloot welcomed Carrera and her group into the Yellow Legion's vanguard and told them they could fight without coordinating with or protecting his forces.
• Carrera began gathering Nuke Magic to test which spell would make the grandest entrance, alarming her adjutant Agra.
• Agra reminded Carrera that their half-hour agreement with the enemy barred either side from attacking, and Carrera stopped when he warned that Lord Morax would be unhappy.
• The Imperial Army charged before the agreed deadline, enraging Carrera and making Agra fear that she would kill him.

Carrera’s Gravity Collapse devastated the Imperial Army, and Kouyou and Benimaru’s spells destroyed the remaining troops, ending the battle in under three minutes. Karigulio tried to arrange a surrender so Misha could escape with the Empire’s intelligence, but Diablo appeared and offered to become their opponent.

• Agra admitted his mistake and urged Carrera to attack, while Esprine helped redirect her anger toward the Imperial Army.
• Carrera unleashed Gravity Collapse, crushing and obliterating most of the charging Imperial soldiers.
• Kouyou’s Demonic Sky Red Flower Flame and Benimaru’s Black Flame Purgatory wiped out the remaining troops, leaving the Imperial Army with no chance to escape.
• Karigulio collapsed into despair and ordered his officers to negotiate surrender so Misha and the others could escape safely.
• Diablo appeared inside the command post and dismissed surrender, telling the Imperial officers to face him instead.

Diablo confronted Karigulio and the Imperial command, crushing their hope by revealing that their escape party and supporting soldiers were already dead. He left Karigulio alive in utter despair, intending to make him suffer rather than granting him an easy death.

• Diablo appeared in the command post and introduced himself as Rimuru’s loyal servant, while Karigulio tried to stall him so Misha could escape.
• Diablo revealed the corpses of the four guards sent to escort Misha, shattering Karigulio’s hopes and prompting Krishna and the others to attack him.
• Diablo snapped his fingers and destroyed the command post, showing that the more than one thousand soldiers outside had also been killed and their souls taken.
• Diablo killed the remaining adjutants and strategists with another snap, leaving Karigulio alive among the bodies.
• Karigulio collapsed into despair as Diablo admired the scene and resolved to torment him rather than kill him quickly.

Diablo let Karigulio awaken as a Human Saint, hoping to test his own strength against a powerful opponent. Despite Karigulio's Mythical Grade armor and newfound confidence, Diablo easily killed him and harvested his soul.

• Diablo allowed Karigulio to break through to the Human Saint realm, and Karigulio regretted the soldiers’ deaths caused by his earlier foolishness.
• Karigulio donned the Mythical Grade armor bestowed by Emperor Rudra and believed his new power would let him defeat Diablo.
• Diablo eyed Karigulio’s armor as a valuable prize and dismissed Karigulio’s claim that he would destroy him.
• Karigulio attacked Diablo with a full-powered punch, but Diablo effortlessly neutralized it and called him weak.
• Diablo grew tired of Karigulio’s attacks, killed him, and harvested his soul.

Diablo defeated Karigulio, collected the Imperial soldiers’ corpses, and left to report to Rimuru. Watching the battle footage, Rimuru learned Carrera’s Gravity Collapse spell through King of Wisdom, while King of Wisdom remained wary of the unfathomable Morax.

• Diablo effortlessly killed Karigulio, harvested his soul, and considered the Empire’s Royal Guard Knights potential opponents to help him grow stronger.
• Diablo collected the fallen Imperial soldiers’ corpses for Rimuru or as possible demon-summoning sacrifices, then set off to report back.
• Rimuru watched footage of Carrera destroying the remaining Imperial troops with Gravity Collapse and admired Benimaru’s improved control of Black Flame.
• King of Wisdom analyzed Gravity Collapse and taught the spell to Rimuru, who decided to rely on its cheats to grow stronger.
• King of Wisdom reflected that it could not analyze Morax and resolved to prepare contingencies despite Rimuru’s attachment to him.

Rimuru prepared to revive the Imperial soldiers killed in the Great Underground Labyrinth, but Mo Li shattered King of Wisdom’s concealed space and appeared before she could begin. After explaining that he had come because Rimuru’s hidden location worried him, Mo Li approved the revival plan, and Rimuru and King of Wisdom prepared to start it.

• Rimuru began preparing to revive the Imperial soldiers, whose souls King of Wisdom had reserved for Rimuru’s subordinates.
• Mo Li detected Rimuru’s disappearance, used his precautionary connection to locate her, and shattered the concealed space to reach her.
• Rimuru welcomed Mo Li, while Diablo resented his sudden arrival and King of Wisdom wondered how he had found them.
• Mo Li explained why he had come, and Rimuru and King of Wisdom realized his precaution had revealed her location.
• Rimuru blamed King of Wisdom for proposing the revival plan as she explained it to Mo Li, who approved it.
• Rimuru and King of Wisdom prepared to begin the revival project.

King of Wisdom Raphael revived the Imperial soldiers with Pseudo-Souls, then questioned Mo Li about his identity and intentions. Mo Li said he was Morax of the Demon Country Federation and wanted to protect the people he cherished.

• After Rimuru agreed to the plan, King of Wisdom took control and began calculating how to revive the Imperial dead.
• King of Wisdom created Pseudo-Souls and used the Ultimate Soul Revival Technique to restore nearly hundreds of thousands of Imperials, though they remained unconscious while adapting.
• King of Wisdom approached Mo Li and identified herself as Raphael while asking what he was and why he was approaching her.
• Mo Li told King of Wisdom that he remained Morax of the Demon Country Federation and wanted to protect everything he cared about, including someone indispensable to his life.

Mo Li reassured King of Wisdom that his feelings for Rimuru and his promise to protect her were genuine, and Rimuru returned to herself after their conversation. Karigulio then awakened in a strange dark space and found Rimuru and Mo Li waiting for the others.

• Mo Li told King of Wisdom that Rimuru was indispensable to him and promised, in the name of the Contract, to protect what he cared about.
• King of Wisdom warned Mo Li that she would be watching him, then relinquished control of Rimuru’s body.
• Rimuru embraced Mo Li and grew embarrassed when she mistakenly thought he had learned about her plan to use sleeping medicine on him.
• King of Wisdom comforted Rimuru as she blamed her for the awkward misunderstanding.
• Karigulio awakened in a dark space, realized he had died, and saw Rimuru and Mo Li waiting nearby.
• Rimuru chose to wait for the others to awaken before explaining the situation to them all.

Rimuru revived Karigulio and the Imperial officers with Pseudo-Souls, then explained that they had died in her army’s defeat. The chapter ended with Rimuru introducing herself as the Demon King and presenting Mo Li as Morax, leaving the revived Imperials stunned.

• Rimuru waited as Karigulio, Krishna, and the other Imperial officers awakened, then checked whether Karigulio remembered his identity.
• Karigulio realized his preserved power had vanished and asked Rimuru whether she had revived them after their deaths.
• Diablo warned the Imperials not to disrespect Rimuru, and Rimuru explained that she had destroyed their army before bringing them back to life.
• Rimuru introduced herself as the Demon King and one of the Demon Country Federation’s leaders.
• Rimuru introduced Mo Li as Morax, the Martial God and Number One Expert of the Era, stunning Karigulio and the Imperial officers.

Rimuru revealed to Karigulio that she had revived the Imperial Army to use its soldiers, then explained that they had lost their powers and could not act against the Demon Country Federation. After Karigulio and the nearly seven hundred thousand revived soldiers accepted their defeat, the Federation held a victory banquet attended by its allies and residents, with the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters honored as the main contributors.

• Rimuru introduced Mo Li to Karigulio as Morax, the Martial God who had defeated Guy Crimson, stunning the Imperial officers.
• Rimuru explained that she had revived the Imperial Army because its members still had a use, and she showed Karigulio the hundreds of thousands of restored soldiers.
• Karigulio and his officers reassured the newly awakened soldiers and explained that Rimuru had brought them back to life.
• Rimuru told the soldiers they had lost their strength and were cursed against hostile action toward the Demon Country Federation, while King of Wisdom secretly retained further control over them.
• Karigulio and the soldiers accepted their defeat and expressed gratitude to Rimuru for giving them a second life.
• Rimuru and the Federation held a victory banquet in the main square, honoring the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters as its central figures.

At the victory banquet, Rimuru and Mo Li agreed to use their stockpiled human souls to awaken the many Demon Lord Seeds among their allies, despite the risks of forced sleep. Rimuru began distributing war rewards by calling Benimaru forward first.

• Rimuru delivered a speech at the victory banquet and discussed rewarding the war’s heroes with Ari.
• Rimuru considered awakening Benimaru and many other qualified allies, while worrying that their forced sleep could weaken the federation’s defenses.
• Mo Li agreed to the awakenings and gave Rimuru a sphere containing roughly 1.4 million human souls.
• Rigurd read Benimaru’s war accomplishments aloud as Rimuru began the rewards ceremony.
• Benimaru stepped forward and knelt before Rimuru and Mo Li to receive his commendation.

Rimuru offered Benimaru an Awakening, and Mo Li reassured him that the Federation could handle any dangers while he and the others evolved. Benimaru received the title King of Wrath and a hundred thousand human souls, but his expected Awakening did not happen, leaving Mo Li intrigued.

• Rigurd recited Benimaru's wartime achievements, and Rimuru offered to help him Awaken.
• Benimaru worried that the Awakening process would leave Rimuru, Mo Li, and the Demon Country Federation vulnerable, but Mo Li and Rimuru assured him they could manage any danger.
• Rimuru named Benimaru the King of Wrath and used the King of Wisdom to send him one hundred thousand human souls.
• Benimaru's aura surged briefly before returning to normal, and the onlookers were left confused when he showed no apparent change.
• Mo Li recognized that something unexpected was happening and watched Benimaru with interest.

Benimaru failed to awaken after absorbing human souls because he resisted becoming a Ghost God, fearing he would lose the ability to have offspring and struggling to choose a partner. Rimuru learned how monsters reproduced and worried about the dangers of having a child with Mo Li, while King of Wisdom opposed the idea; Benimaru was left under the disappointed stares of his allies.

• Benimaru absorbed a hundred thousand human souls but showed no visible change, and Mo Li told Rimuru the obstacle lay with Benimaru.
• Benimaru explained that the World Voice had offered him evolution into a Ghost God, but he hesitated to explain why he had not accepted.
• Mo Li revealed that Benimaru feared losing the ability to have offspring and explained the two ways monsters could reproduce.
• Rimuru considered the risks of having a child with Mo Li, while King of Wisdom angrily resolved that she must not have one.
• Mo Li explained that Benimaru resisted awakening because Ghost Gods could not reproduce, while Benimaru also struggled to choose between Kouyou and Alvis.
• Shuna, Shion, Souei, Old Man White, and the other survivors looked disappointed as Benimaru lowered his head under their scrutiny.

At Rimuru's celebration, Benimaru was pressured to decide whom he would marry, while Kouyou and Alvis both asked to become his wives. The chapter ended with a familiar voice challenging Benimaru to speak honestly to them.

• Benimaru admitted his indecision, and Rimuru publicly turned his reward into permission to marry, prompting Mo Li to promise wedding blessings.
• Kouyou asked Rimuru and Mo Li to approve her marriage to Benimaru, and Old Man White offered his military merit to support her request.
• Alvis offered all her military merit to become Benimaru's second wife, and she and Kouyou said they had agreed to marry him together.
• Benimaru protested, but Kouyou and Alvis insisted on their decision, leaving Rimuru unsure how to respond.
• A familiar voice challenged Benimaru to say what he wanted to the two women and questioned his courage.

Benimaru faced pressure from Mo Li to stop hesitating and declare his feelings for Kouyou and Alvis. After Alvis and Fabio revealed their scheme to satisfy the marriage law, Benimaru asked Mo Li to bless their marriage, but Mo Li announced that Benimaru would first have to face a trial.

• Mo Li criticized Benimaru for hesitating while Kouyou and Alvis waited for him to make a decision.
• Mo Li revealed that Alvis had exploited a law allowing widows to remarry, and Alvis confirmed that she had once been married to Fabio.
• Alvis explained that Fabio had died and been revived in the Great Underground Labyrinth, leaving her eligible to become Benimaru's second wife.
• Fabio admitted his role in the scheme, and Rimuru realized he had sacrificed himself for the others without gaining anything.
• Benimaru asked Mo Li to bless his marriage to Kouyou and Alvis, and Mo Li said Benimaru would have to pass a trial first.

Mo Li tested Benimaru’s resolve to marry Kouyou and Alvis by challenging him to fight their suitors with his magicules and skills sealed. Benimaru faced nearly five hundred challengers as the test began, leaving his supporters and the women worried about his chances.

• Mo Li offered Benimaru a test before blessing his marriage to Kouyou and Alvis, and Benimaru accepted.
• Mo Li said Benimaru would have to fight their suitors using only swordsmanship and physical strength, with everyone’s magicules and skills sealed.
• Fabio stepped forward first, and more than a hundred monsters soon joined him as challengers.
• The crowd grew to nearly five hundred challengers, including powerful monsters, and Benimaru’s confidence gave way to near despair.
• Kouyou, Alvis, Shuna, and Old Man White began to fear that Benimaru might lose the fight.

Mo Li began Benimaru’s test, allowing Kouyou and Alvis to join him against several hundred challengers in an enlarged coliseum. Meanwhile, Rimuru rewarded the other commanders and gave Gobta a combat manual and special permission to speak casually with her and Ari.

• Kouyou and Alvis asked Mo Li to let them face the challengers alongside Benimaru, and he agreed to make it a shared test.
• Mo Li transported the banquet guests to the coliseum, expanded it, and placed Benimaru, Kouyou, Alvis, and the challengers in the arena before sending everyone else back to the celebration.
• Rimuru awarded Kloot and Gaviru Hundred Thousand Human Souls and the titles King of Defense and Heavenly Dragon King, while Ran-ga and Old Man White also received souls and kingly titles.
• Rimuru gave Gobta a Combat Manual and the right to speak and interact with her casually, while advising him to be more restrained around Ari.
• The celebration crowd fell silent, and Gobta stared in shock at his rewards.

Rimuru rewarded Gobta and the labyrinth’s defenders for their contributions to the war, then granted Nine Demon Luo an awakening. The chapter turned to Ze'Chion and Yapitto as they came forward for rewards and recalled how Rimuru and Mo Li had rescued and named them.

• Rimuru gave Gobta a legendary secret manual from Lord Morax and permission to speak freely about her figure, provoking envy among the assembled crowd.
• Rimuru recognized the Primordial Three Females as the war’s greatest contributors but left their rewards to Ari and Lord Morax.
• Beretta yielded his seat among the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters to Gadra, and Nine Demon Luo received the title of Phantom Beast King and Hundred Thousand Human Souls from Rimuru.
• Nine Demon Luo awakened, transformed into a mature beauty, and grew stronger through the strengthening of her Eight Legions before Rimuru sent her to rest.
• Ze'Chion and Yapitto came forward for rewards, prompting Rimuru to recall how she and Mo Li had found the wounded Ze'Chion protecting Yapitto, saved them, and given them names.
• Rimuru remembered that Ze'Chion and Yapitto had later trained with unusual intensity despite the Demon Country Federation’s peaceful conditions.