Recaps

Velzard arrived to summon Raine and Misari back to Chii, who had business with them. Misari agreed at once, while Raine reluctantly asked why Chii wanted to see them.

• Raine checked her purse and smiled when she found all her money intact.
• Velzard emerged from a spatial portal, and Raine and Misari greeted her respectfully.
• Velzard told them Chii had asked her to bring them back to the White Ice Palace.
• Misari agreed to go immediately, while Raine hesitated and asked why Chii wanted to see them.

Velzard told Raine and Misari that Guy had summoned them for a rare opportunity rather than a mission. She left with Raine’s hidden wallet as money Guy had asked to borrow, leaving Raine stunned.

• Raine nervously asked Velzard why Guy wanted to see her, while Misari restrained her and apologized for her behavior.
• Velzard reassured them that Guy had not summoned them for a mission and said they would receive an enormous opportunity.
• Raine stopped struggling and eagerly asked Velzard for details, but Velzard kept the opportunity secret and told them not to keep Guy waiting.
• Velzard revealed that Guy had asked to borrow money from Raine and left with the wallet hidden in her clothes.
• Raine froze in shock after seeing Velzard take her wallet.

Velzard took Raine’s hidden wallet on Guy’s behalf, leaving Raine devastated when Misari confirmed the loss. Misari comforted her and urged her to meet Guy about the important opportunity Velzard had mentioned, but Raine broke down sobbing in the street.

• Velzard told Raine that Guy had asked her to borrow money and revealed she had taken Raine’s hidden wallet before departing.
• Raine asked Misari whether the wallet was hers, and Misari confirmed that Velzard had taken it.
• Raine collapsed in despair, lamenting that her savings were gone.
• Misari helped Raine up and urged her to prioritize their mission and report to Guy about the opportunity.
• Raine cried in the street, cursing Guy for taking the money she had earned from selling paintings.

Misari tried to comfort Raine after Guy took the money she had saved from selling paintings. In an unknown space, Velzard watched the scene while counting the Mora she had stolen from Raine, and her thoughts of Guy’s admiration for Morax made her angry.

• Misari blamed Guy for making Raine cry and tried to comfort her over the loss of her savings.
• Velzard watched Raine bawl in the White Ice Palace and enjoyed the spectacle she had helped create.
• Velzard opened Raine’s blue money pouch to find out how much she had saved.
• Velzard discovered the pouch held Mora forged by Morax and recalled Guy’s obsession with him.
• Velzard admitted that Mora was more useful than the currency minted by the Dwarf Kingdom.

Velzard examined Raine’s savings and discovered they were a huge stash of Mora, the Demon Country Federation’s currency, which she judged superior to the Dwarf Kingdom’s coins. The stash would benefit Guy, while Raine continued sobbing.

• Velzard recognized Raine’s savings as Mora and recalled her anger at Guy’s admiration for Morax.
• Velzard considered how the Dwarf Kingdom had gained the continent’s currency-minting role and how Guy had once enforced stability across the continent.
• Velzard noted that Morax now safeguarded the continent and that Mora could serve as both currency and forging material.
• Velzard saw that Raine’s small spatial bag held tens of millions of Mora and realized Guy would benefit from it.
• Velzard looked pityingly at Raine as she continued sobbing.

Velzard watched Guy take Raine’s savings, then secretly kept half the Mora for herself and planned to let Guy take the blame. She headed off to deliver the remaining money to him, pleased with her scheme.

• Raine’s savings had been exchanged for tens of millions of Mora, and Guy took the money without paying her.
• Velzard pitied Raine and considered keeping some of the Mora for herself.
• Velzard transferred roughly half the money into her own storage space, leaving twenty or thirty million Mora in Raine’s bag.
• Velzard decided to blame Guy for the missing Mora and went to deliver him the rest.

Velzard discovered that Raine had saved tens of millions of mora and planned to deliver the money to Guy, who amused himself imagining how he would spend it. Meanwhile, Rimuru finished a manuscript and wondered how powerful Mo Li truly was, leaving her curiosity about his strength unresolved.

• Velzard found twenty to thirty million mora remaining in Raine's stash and realized Raine had saved fifty to sixty million in total.
• Velzard decided to deliver the money to Guy, pleased that he would take the blame for their actions.
• Guy suspected Raine was cursing him and fantasized about spending the money he expected to receive.
• Rimuru finished her manuscript and complained that she could not find Mo Li, whom she called Ari.
• Rimuru asked Ciel to estimate Ari's strength and recalled his feats and many titles, including defeating Guy and the Emperor together.

Rimuru asked Ciel to assess Morax's strength, but Ciel admitted she could not see through him and judged him the strongest person she knew, still below the Star King Dragon. Ciel then assessed Rimuru as a Calamity-class powerhouse whose combat experience lagged behind her immense abilities, leaving Rimuru surprised at how far she and Ari had risen.

• Rimuru asked Ciel how strong Morax was after hearing about his achievements and titles.
• Ciel explained that she had never been able to see through Morax and described his essence as a golden abyss.
• Ciel assessed Morax as the strongest person she knew, but said he remained below the Star King Dragon and would require two fighters on Guy Crimson's level to oppose.
• Rimuru asked Ciel to rank her own strength, and Ciel said her power matched the Calamity-class fighters, though her combat awareness and experience were immature.
• Rimuru reflected on how she had become a Calamity-class leader while Ari had become the continent's strongest.

Rimuru reflected on her unexpected rise in strength and worried about the coming great war. Ciel reassured her that their side had a greater than ninety-five percent chance of victory, while recognizing that Morax’s mysterious power remained beyond her full understanding.

• Rimuru realized she had become the leader of the continent’s strongest power, while Ari had become the continent’s strongest.
• Ciel judged Rimuru still too weak to face Guy Crimson, Milim Nava, Velzard, or Morax, and studied the sacred Authority Origin Power she had received from Morax.
• Ciel concluded that Morax’s Authority Origin Power surpassed Void Collapse Power and Star Particles in status and that Morax might eventually surpass the Star King Dragon.
• Rimuru asked Ciel whether they could survive the great war, despite the confidence others placed in Mo Li as their protector.
• Ciel estimated their chance of victory at above ninety-five percent and told Rimuru there was no need to worry.

Rimuru felt reassured about the Demon Country Federation’s overwhelming advantage and decided to confess to Ari after the War of Heavens and Demons. Meanwhile, Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera trained in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven and mastered their Ultimate Power.

• Ciel assessed the Demon Country Federation’s odds of victory as above ninety-five percent and promised to give Rimuru the God-class Skill Void God when the time was right.
• Rimuru decided she would confess to Ari after the war, while Ciel worried that Rimuru’s words sounded like a death flag.
• Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera trained in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven and became familiar with their power.
• The three Primordial Demons mastered their Ultimate Power through training and sparring.

After mastering their Ultimate Skills in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven, Carrera reflected on how reckless she had once been toward Leon and felt grateful for the power and blessings Lord Emperor had given her. Ultima and Testarossa noticed Carrera’s unusual fear but gave up trying to understand it.

• Ultima, Carrera, and Testarossa finished training and gained a better grasp of their Ultimate Skills.
• Carrera recalled provoking Leon and realized he could have killed her and forced her into submission.
• Carrera compared that fate with her current life under Lord Emperor and praised him for her True Name, physical body, and new powers.
• Ultima asked Testarossa why Carrera looked afraid, but neither of them knew.
• Ultima and Testarossa decided Carrera’s change of mood was unimportant and stopped investigating.

Ultima questioned Testarossa’s loyalty to Lord Emperor, provoking a burst of killing intent before the two affirmed their devotion. Ultima then asked what Testarossa thought of the Demon Country Federation’s internal factions, leaving Testarossa to consider the question.

• Testarossa recalled her past cruelty and said she had once considered killing Rimuru if he failed to meet her standards.
• Ultima asked whether Testarossa was loyal to Lord Emperor, and Testarossa threatened her for questioning that loyalty.
• Ultima clarified that she was just as loyal to Lord Emperor as Testarossa, and Testarossa withdrew her killing intent.
• Ultima asked Testarossa what she thought of the Demon Country Federation’s factions.

Ultima questioned Testarossa about the Demon Country Federation’s internal factions and suggested that Rimuru had too much combat power while the Emperor had too few forces. The chapter ended with Ultima weighing Testarossa’s superior strength against the other Primordial Demons.

• Ultima asked Testarossa to assess the Federation’s internal factions, and Testarossa waited for her to explain her purpose.
• Ultima argued that the balance between factions was uneven, with too much combat power under Rimuru and too little under the Emperor.
• Testarossa reacted coldly when Ultima accused her of being tempted by the idea, and Ultima warned herself not to provoke her too far.
• Ultima reflected that Testarossa ranked below only Guy Crimson and Diablo among the Primordial Demons, while Ultima and Carrera were roughly evenly matched.
• Ultima judged Misari and Raine to be the weakest Primordial Demons and believed she would have surpassed them if they had appeared at the same time.

Ultima confronted Testarossa about Rimuru’s growing influence and argued that the Twelve Guardian Saints King were not wholly devoted to Lord Emperor. Testarossa wavered as Ultima pointed out that Rimuru, not Lord Emperor, had bestowed their True Names.

• Ultima dismissed Raine and Misari as weak and believed she could defeat them with her Ultimate Skill and Lord Emperor’s blessing.
• Testarossa considered Ultima’s claim that Rimuru’s forces were far more powerful than Lord Emperor’s.
• Ultima warned Testarossa that Rimuru and the Twelve Guardian Saints King held great influence in the Demon Country Federation.
• Testarossa challenged Ultima to say whether she suspected the Twelve Guardian Saints King of disloyalty to Lord Emperor.
• Ultima denied accusing them directly, then argued that they served Lord Emperor differently because Rimuru had bestowed their True Names.

Ultima confronted Testarossa with her buried resentment toward the Twelve Guardian Saints King, whose True Names Rimuru had bestowed, and questioned the balance of power between Rimuru and Lord Emperor. Testarossa warned that rebellion would be futile, while Ultima denied intending to threaten unity.

• Ultima told Testarossa that the Twelve Guardian Saints King were Lord Rimuru’s subjects rather than beings utterly loyal to Lord Emperor.
• Ultima exposed Testarossa’s buried dislike of the Twelve Guardian Saints King and their ties to Rimuru.
• Testarossa considered Rimuru’s strength and influence within the Demon Country Federation, including the possibility that Veldora would side with Rimuru if the two rulers split.
• Testarossa accused Ultima of contemplating rebellion and warned that Lord Emperor would purge her.
• Ultima denied wanting to rebel and recalled Lord Emperor’s ruthless campaign against threats to the Demon Country Federation.

Ultima and Testarossa discussed the danger posed by someone who might rebel against Lord Emperor, and Carrera arrived, suspecting them of treason. After they explained their earlier remarks, Carrera condemned them for saying something so dangerous.

• Ultima reflected on Lord Emperor’s power and reaffirmed that she would never betray him.
• Carrera arrived and accused Testarossa and Ultima of harboring rebellious thoughts.
• Testarossa declared her absolute loyalty to Lord Emperor, and Ultima insisted that she was just as loyal.
• Carrera and Ultima nearly fought until Testarossa intervened and urged them to focus on the matter at hand.
• Testarossa explained their earlier treasonous-sounding discussion to Carrera, who reacted in disbelief.

Carrera reacted with alarm when Testarossa explained that she and Ultima had discussed sowing discord between Morax and Rimuru, since Carrera was loyal to both lords. Ultima dismissed Carrera from the discussion, leaving Testarossa as her only intended partner.

• Testarossa told Carrera about the rebellious ideas she and Ultima had discussed.
• Carrera condemned the plan and warned that it could get Testarossa and Ultima ostracized, stripped of their posts, or driven from the Demon Country Federation.
• Testarossa recognized that Carrera was loyal to Rimuru as well as Morax, while her own loyalty belonged solely to Morax.
• Ultima showed that she understood Carrera’s loyalties and urged her to calm down.
• Ultima told Carrera to leave if she was not interested and said that she and Testarossa could discuss the matter without her.

Carrera questioned Ultima and Testarossa about their proposal, but agreed to discuss it after they swore that their actions were for Lord Emperor and the Demon Country Federation. The chapter left them poised to explain their plan, insisting its purpose was for Lord Emperor.

• Ultima told Carrera to leave if she was unwilling to help, but Testarossa insisted that Carrera was essential to the discussion.
• Testarossa and Ultima swore that they would never harm Lord Emperor and that their actions served him and the Demon Country Federation.
• Carrera accepted their assurances and sat down to hear the proposal.
• Carrera asked who had raised the topic, and Ultima admitted she had brought it up while Testarossa had shared the idea for a long time.
• Carrera asked what they hoped to achieve, and Ultima and Testarossa answered together that it was for Lord Emperor.

Carrera agreed to hear Ultima and Testarossa out because they all served the Lord Emperor, then learned that Ultima hated Rimuru for occupying a special place in his heart. Ultima warned that Rimuru’s growing reputation and the Emperor’s feelings for her could threaten his majesty, leaving Carrera and Testarossa questioning whether Rimuru had become a weakness.

• Carrera asked why Ultima and Testarossa had raised the subject, and they said it was for the Lord Emperor.
• Carrera joined their discussion and asked Ultima when her rebellious thoughts had begun.
• Ultima said she had never felt respect or admiration for Rimuru and hated her for being special to the Lord Emperor.
• Ultima admitted she envied Rimuru’s place in the Emperor’s heart and feared his feelings could lead him to ruin.
• Carrera and Testarossa considered whether Rimuru’s special treatment could become the Emperor’s weakness as Ultima listed Rimuru’s growing titles and reputation.

Ultima warned Testarossa and Carrera that Rimuru’s growing power and influence could threaten Lord Emperor if their interests ever diverged. Carrera agreed to consider their course of action but set firm limits against harming Lord Emperor or the Demon Country Federation.

• Ultima argued that Rimuru’s reputation and activity had grown excessive, and suggested that all twelve of the Twelve Guardian Saints King might possess Ultimate Skills.
• Testarossa agreed with Ultima and said they could not rely on Rimuru remaining loyal to Lord Emperor forever.
• Ultima and Testarossa waited for Carrera to decide whether she would stand with them.
• Carrera asked what they wanted her to do and declared that she would not harm Lord Emperor or do anything detrimental to the Demon Country Federation.

Ultima and Testarossa convinced Carrera to hear their proposal after confirming that none of them would betray Lord Emperor or harm the Demon Country Federation. Ultima rejected spreading rumors about Lord Rimuru or attacking the Twelve Guardian Saints Kings, leaving her plan undisclosed.

• Carrera demanded that Ultima and Testarossa promise not to harm Lord Emperor or the Demon Country Federation, and they agreed.
• Ultima swore that she would take her own life if she ever harmed Lord Emperor.
• Carrera asked Ultima to explain her plan and said she would not spread rumors about Lord Rimuru or hunt down her subordinates.
• Carrera warned that the Twelve Guardian Saints Kings were too powerful to attack, especially Diablo and Ze'Chion.
• Ultima said she had no intention of crossing those taboos and feared that Lord Emperor would punish her if she did.

Ultima, Carrera, and Testarossa discussed how to prepare for Rimuru’s growing influence without violating taboos or defying the Emperor. Ultima proposed becoming the Emperor’s shadow and projection in the world, leaving Carrera and Testarossa stunned.

• Ultima warned that spreading rumors about Rimuru or harming the Twelve Guardian Saints King would bring severe punishment from the Emperor.
• Testarossa explained that those actions would damage the Demon Country Federation and could lead to the Primordial Demons’ expulsion or imprisonment.
• Carrera asked how they could guard against or restrain Rimuru, and Ultima clarified that she wanted precautions, not restraint.
• Ultima declared that she wanted to become the Emperor’s shadow and projection in the world.
• Ultima told Carrera and Testarossa that this would give them the qualifications and ability to guard against threats beyond their limits.

Ultima proposed that she, Carrera, and Testarossa become Lord Emperor’s shadow emissaries and exercise his authority in the mortal world, hoping to restrain Lord Rimuru and guard against threats. Testarossa agreed the idea had merit but questioned how they could earn that role given their low seniority.

• Ultima told Carrera and Testarossa that she wanted to become Lord Emperor’s shadow and projection in the mortal world.
• Ultima explained that becoming his representative could let them act beyond their current status and guard against dangers that exceeded all limits.
• Carrera reacted with shock and accused Ultima of seeking to divide Lord Emperor’s authority from Lord Rimuru.
• Testarossa called the proposal a good method but asked how they could become emissaries when the Twelve Guardian Saints Kings and the Immortal Assembly had greater seniority.

Ultima outlined a plan for her, Carrera, and Testarossa to become Lord Emperor’s shadow emissaries despite their low seniority. She identified Rimuru as their greatest obstacle and decided to win over someone important to Lord Emperor.

• Testarossa questioned whether the three of them had enough seniority to serve as Lord Emperor’s shadows and representatives.
• Ultima said she had already devised a way, and Carrera eagerly asked her to explain it.
• Ultima argued that being personally named and given bodies by Lord Emperor gave them an advantage over Lord Rimuru’s Twelve Guardian Saints King.
• Ultima said the Immortal Assembly lacked interest in power and that its members’ desire for emissary status could be negotiated.
• Testarossa pointed out that Rimuru was their main obstacle, so Ultima proposed winning over someone who mattered greatly to Lord Emperor.

Ultima revealed that the three demons planned to win Xiao over so his standing with Morax could help them gain the authority they sought. Testarossa and Carrera agreed he was an ideal candidate, but Carrera wondered how they could persuade him.

• Ultima named Xiao, the Guardian Yaksha and Great Sage of Demon Subjugation, as the ally she intended to recruit.
• Ultima ruled out Azhdaha because he stood beyond their reach and Guizhong because she was distant and difficult to approach.
• Ultima explained that Xiao’s status, responsibilities, and position in Morax’s heart made him the best candidate.
• Ultima argued that Xiao’s absolute loyalty to Morax would make him easy to persuade if their plan benefited Morax.
• Testarossa endorsed Xiao as a perfect candidate, and Carrera questioned how they could win him over since she barely knew him.