Recaps

Shuna warned Shion to stay silent and leave her fate to Morax and Rimuru after Shion challenged them. In the cave, Mo Li explained his anger over Shion’s disregard for rules, then found the severely injured ogre hidden behind a wall.

• Shuna told Shion that Morax’s forgiveness was crucial and warned her not to speak or act when Morax and Rimuru returned.
• Mo Li told Rimuru he hated people who ignored rules and intended to teach Shion her place after she submitted to him.
• Old Man White led Mo Li and Rimuru to the hidden room where the injured ogre lay.
• Rimuru detected the ogre’s faint aura behind a wall, and Mo Li split the wall open with his Authority of Rock.
• Mo Li entered the crude room and saw the small blue-green ogre whose killing intent impressed him.

Mo Li learned that the injured Azure Kijin’s wounds and karmic burden could be treated in two ways. He wanted to save the warrior and had to choose between letting him abandon combat or making him strong enough to suppress his karma.

• Mo Li examined the injured Azure Kijin and noticed his resemblance to Xiao.
• Rimuru and Old Man White joined Mo Li, and Old Man White asked whether the kijin could be treated.
• Mo Li asked the Gamer to assess the kijin, who had severe injuries and a dense aura of slaughter that had left him unconscious.
• The Gamer explained that a Super Recovery Potion could heal his injuries, but his karma required a separate solution.
• The Gamer offered two methods: have the kijin give up killing and live as a villager, or make him strong enough to suppress his karma.

Mo Li treated the injured Azure Kijin and waited for him to awaken. The Kijin woke from a vision of his siblings’ deaths and recognized Mo Li as “Your Majesty.”

• Mo Li decided that making the Azure Kijin stronger by giving him a True Name could help him suppress his karmic burden.
• Mo Li sent Rimuru and Old Man White out of the cave, then used a Recovery Potion and immortal arts to heal the Kijin.
• While the Kijin remained unconscious, Mo Li made tea and waited for him to awaken.
• The Kijin dreamed of his Second Sister dying to protect the village and his Fourth Brother staying behind to cover his retreat, then resisted being dragged into darkness.
• The Kijin woke, took a fighting stance when he saw Mo Li, and addressed him as “Your Majesty.”

Mo Li questioned Gamer about the strange events surrounding him, while the Azure Kijin explained that he and his deceased siblings had dreamed of following Mo Li as their Archon. Mo Li suspected the Kijin carried memories of Xiao and wondered what force was shaping the world.

• Mo Li confronted Gamer, who pretended not to know what had happened, then sent a clone to confront the World Will and demand compensation.
• The Azure Kijin recognized Mo Li as the Archon from dreams he and his siblings had shared since childhood.
• Mo Li helped the Azure Kijin sit down and asked why he called him Archon.
• The Azure Kijin described the dreams, and Mo Li suspected they were memories of Xiao and the Five Yakshas following Morax.
• Gamer celebrated her compensation and decided that her clone would handle future negotiations with Mo Li.

Mo Li recruited the Azure Kijin through a thousand-year contract, promising to strengthen him and help him avenge his village. After naming him Xiao, Mo Li watched as the magicules he supplied transformed Xiao’s body and appearance.

• The Azure Kijin told Mo Li that he wanted revenge on the Pigheaded Tribe, and Mo Li warned him about their overwhelming numbers and powerful leaders.
• Mo Li offered the Azure Kijin a contract that would grant him power and aid his revenge in exchange for a thousand years of service.
• The Azure Kijin signed without reading the contract, and Mo Li completed it with the Contractor of his Special Skill as witness.
• Mo Li named the Azure Kijin Xiao and transferred enough magicules to trigger his evolution.
• Xiao fell asleep as his body changed, becoming smaller and more human-looking, with light blue hair and refined features.

Mo Li bestowed a name on the injured Azure Kijin, transforming him into Xiao and raising his strength to Pseudo Special A-rank. Xiao awoke, pledged himself to Mo Li as Lord Emperor, and reunited with Rimuru and Old Man White outside the room.

• Xiao’s aura surged from B-rank to Pseudo Special A-rank before Mo Li helped him onto the bed.
• Xiao woke with pale-gold eyes and learned from Mo Li that he had nearly crossed the threshold into Special A-rank.
• Mo Li told Xiao to call him Lord Emperor, then led him out to meet the people waiting outside.
• Xiao shielded Mo Li from Rimuru until Mo Li explained that Rimuru was his friend.
• Rimuru recognized Xiao as the injured Azure Kijin after Mo Li explained that his bestowed name had changed him.
• Xiao greeted Old Man White, who was moved to see how much the young Kijin had changed.

Xiao awoke after being revived and reunited with Old Man White, while Rimuru and Mo Li followed them outside to meet the ogres. The group recognized Xiao despite his changed appearance, then teased him about his reduced height, and Mo Li ominously remarked that their happiness would not last much longer.

• Xiao woke and asked Old Man White where the young master and the others were, so Old Man White led him out of the cave after Rimuru and Mo Li agreed.
• Rimuru teased Mo Li before bouncing out of the cave, and Mo Li followed her while privately admitting he wanted to keep her close.
• Old Man White and Xiao emerged to meet Benimaru, Shion, Shuna, Souei, and the other ogres, who initially failed to recognize Xiao.
• Old Man White explained that Xiao was the little blue ogre, and the ogres questioned how he could have become shorter.
• Xiao conjured a cyan spear and threatened Shion for mocking his height, making her flee behind Shuna as the others laughed.
• Rimuru watched the ogres laugh, and Mo Li arrived and warned that their happiness would only last a little longer.

Mo Li offered Benimaru and the other Oni greater strength in exchange for lifelong submission to him and Rimuru, and they accepted. Back at the village, Rimuru named the Oni, but the effort exhausted her magicules until Mo Li replenished them.

• Mo Li asked Benimaru and the other Oni to submit to him and Rimuru in return for strength, and they agreed.
• Mo Li brought the group back to the village, ordered Xiao to guard it, and had Rigurd prepare a house for the naming.
• Rimuru named the Oni Benimaru, Jurai, Old Man White, Souei, Shion, and Kurobei.
• Rimuru's magicules ran low as she named the Oni, so Mo Li transferred some of his own to restore her.
• Rimuru collapsed into Mo Li's arms after naming Kurobei and acknowledged why Mo Li had waited until they returned to the village.

After Rimuru collapsed from naming the Great Ogres, Mo Li arranged for Xiao to train the patrol squad and went to sleep, pleased that he could delegate more work. The next morning, Mo Li quietly left the room while Rimuru pretended to sleep, then Rimuru admitted he had awakened earlier and privately admired Mo Li.

• Mo Li asked Rigurd and Xiao to arrange for the unconscious Great Ogres to be carried away so Rimuru could rest.
• Mo Li assigned Xiao to train the patrol squad the same way Xiao had been trained, and Xiao left to begin the task.
• Mo Li celebrated having delegated more work, stroked Rimuru, and fell asleep while the Gamer watched from the system space.
• The next morning, Mo Li saw Rimuru unconscious in human form, blushed, and quietly left the room.
• Rimuru revealed he had been awake earlier and, with Great Sage's help, had pretended to sleep while admiring Mo Li.

Mo Li collected a new outfit from Kaijin after assuming Humanoid Form, while Rimuru secretly worried that he had discovered her earlier fondling of him. Mo Li left Rimuru behind, unaware of what she had done.

• Great Sage privately scolded Mo Li for taking advantage of someone and admitted she had nearly been tempted by his body.
• Mo Li visited Kaijin and the three dwarf brothers to collect the outfit he had commissioned before assuming Humanoid Form.
• Kaijin explained that he had copied the outfit from the divination vision, and Mo Li took it with him.
• The dwarf brothers remarked that Mo Li looked younger than the figure they had seen in the divination, though he seemed to carry the experience of an old man.
• Mo Li found Rimuru nearby, and she blushed while worrying that he had discovered she had touched him as he slept.
• Rimuru claimed she had come to see if she could help, and Mo Li left to attend to other matters.

Mo Li changed into the new outfit Kaijin had made while Rimuru tried to make gunpowder at the forge. After her experiment caused an explosion, Mo Li had Rimuru confined and ordered Rigurd to keep her there.

• Mo Li changed out of his Divine Gear into Kaijin's carefully made clothes and decided to save the Divine Gear for battles.
• Rimuru went to Kaijin's forge, hoping to make gunpowder for the village's coming battle, despite Great Sage questioning whether she knew how.
• Rimuru's experiment caused an explosion that covered her and Kaijin in smoke, and Kaijin threw her out of the forge.
• Kaijin asked Mo Li to keep Rimuru away from the forge, and Mo Li agreed.
• Mo Li dragged Rimuru to his room and confined her, then told Rigurd not to let her out without permission.

Rimuru sulked at Mo Li after he locked her up, but forgave him when he apologized and promised to grant her a request. Once she had eaten, Mo Li warned her that they were in trouble and asked what she knew about the Great Ogres’ massacre.

• Rimuru asked Great Sage how to punish Mo Li, and Great Sage suggested ignoring him for half a month.
• Mo Li entered Rimuru’s room, apologized, and promised to grant her a request if she ate.
• Mo Li brought Rimuru steaming food, and she ate while admiring his new outfit before teasing him about looking old.
• Rimuru stopped eating when Mo Li prepared to leave, and he stayed to discuss serious matters.
• Mo Li asked Rimuru about the massacre of Benimaru and the others’ clan, and she said she had heard the Pigheaded Tribe wiped out the Great Ogres.

Mo Li told Rimuru that the Pigheaded Tribe numbered at least 300,000, with several powerful Orc Generals and an Orc Lord close to becoming a Demon Lord Seed. He said Tempest had to unite with other races to fight, leaving Rimuru to face the scale and urgency of the crisis.

• Rimuru assumed the Pigheaded Tribe numbered only several tens of thousands, but Mo Li corrected her.
• Mo Li revealed that his investigation had found at least 300,000 pigheaded people, and estimated the total could reach 400,000.
• Mo Li warned Rimuru that the army included at least five A-rank Orc Generals and an Orc Lord nearing Demon Lord Seed strength.
• Mo Li proposed gathering their forces and joining with other races because Tempest could not defeat the army alone.
• Mo Li explained that the pigheaded army devoured everything in its path, so Rimuru accepted that fighting was unavoidable.

Rimuru and Mo Li decided to prepare to resist the Pigheaded Tribe, and the Great Ogres gathered after receiving True Names. Rimuru learned that most had evolved into Kijin, while Xiao had become a previously unknown Yaksha.

• Mo Li warned Rimuru that they had to act before the Pigheaded Tribe wiped out the other races, and Rimuru agreed to follow Mo Li’s lead.
• Mo Li summoned the Great Ogres, and Benimaru, Shuna, Old Man White, Shion, Souei, Kurobei, and Xiao came before Rimuru.
• Rimuru observed how the Great Ogres’ appearances and strength had changed after receiving True Names.
• Great Sage explained that the Great Ogres had evolved into Kijin, but Xiao had instead become a Yaksha, a race absent from its database.

Rimuru and Mo Li revealed that Xiao had evolved into the rare Yaksha Clan and warned the gathered leaders about an Orc Army of hundreds of thousands led by an Orc Lord. Mo Li said a high-ranking majin had named the Orc Lord to help seize the Jura Great Forest, while Rimuru awkwardly listened as the others discussed Veldora’s disappearance.

• Mo Li explained that Xiao had evolved into the rare and powerful Yaksha Clan, and the others congratulated him.
• Mo Li told Rimuru to brief the leaders, including Rigurd, about the threat facing the Jura Great Forest.
• Rimuru revealed that an Orc Army hundreds of thousands strong was advancing with several Orc Generals and an Orc Lord.
• Old Man White described the Orc Lord’s terrifying power and questioned how such a monster could have appeared.
• Mo Li said a high-ranking majin had named the Orc Lord and intended to use him to seize the Jura Great Forest.
• Benimaru and Old Man White blamed Veldora’s disappearance for the threat, leaving Rimuru uneasy because she had swallowed him.

Mo Li assigned the newly evolved Great Ogres new equipment and jobs, then sent the slacking Rimuru to help Rigurd. Afterward, Mo Li worried about a powerful unknown monster beneath the Jura Great Forest and the upheaval caused by his changes to events.

• Mo Li ordered Rigurd to take the Great Ogres to Kaijin's forge for custom equipment and gather information about their abilities so they could be assigned jobs.
• Mo Li caught Rimuru dozing off and tossed her outside to help Rigurd, and Rimuru reluctantly went after Great Sage mocked her.
• Mo Li detected an unknown monster beneath the Jura Great Forest with magicules at least at Special A-rank and an aura that resonated with his Authority of Rock.
• Mo Li reflected that the Orc Army had grown and a dangerous new monster had appeared, but he believed the situation remained manageable as long as no Demon King intervened.

Rimuru arranged custom equipment and war supplies for Benimaru and the others as Tempest prepared to face the Pigheaded Tribe. At Lake Siss, the Lizardmen learned that more than three hundred thousand Pigheaded Tribe soldiers were advancing toward their territory.

• Rimuru explained that Benimaru and the others had evolved into Kijin, while Xiao had become a Yaksha, then brought them to Kaijin's forge for custom equipment.
• Kaijin arranged for Shuna and Shion to have their measurements taken, while Old Man White declined armor and requested a longsword instead.
• Rimuru stayed at the forge to oversee preparations as Rigurd went to gather weapons, equipment, food, and medicine for the coming war.
• A messenger warned the Lizard King that a large, well-equipped Pigheaded Tribe force was approaching the Lizardmen's territory.
• The messenger revealed that the Pigheaded Tribe army was divided into more than three divisions, each nearly one hundred thousand strong, shocking the Lizardmen.

The Lizard King and his ministers learned that at least three hundred thousand Orc Army troops, followed by three hundred thousand Pigheaded Tribe soldiers, were advancing through the Jura Great Forest. Suspecting that a legendary Orc Lord led them, the Lizard King sent Gaviru to seek an alliance while secretly considering releasing a monster buried beneath the ground if the Lizardmen faced destruction.

• A messenger reported that at least three hundred thousand Orc Army troops were approaching, with at least three hundred thousand Pigheaded Tribe soldiers following behind.
• A young Lizardmen minister argued that the Pigheaded Tribe could not unite such a massive force without a powerful leader above the Orc Generals.
• An aged Lizardmen minister suggested that the legendary Orc Lord might be leading the force, plunging the meeting hall into silence and despair.
• The Lizard King declared that the Lizardmen needed to unite with the other monster races and assigned Gaviru to seek their help.
• The Lizard King doubted the other races could save them and considered releasing a monster buried underground as a final weapon.

Gaviru led Lizardmen soldiers toward the Goblin settlement while plotting to take the throne from his father. Meanwhile, the Lizard King showed Souka a sleeping ancient dragon he could awaken as a last resort against the Pigheaded Tribe.

• Gaviru roused the soldiers’ support by promising to defeat the Pigheaded Tribe and lead the Lizardmen through the crisis.
• Gaviru marched with his followers toward the Goblin settlement, intending to secure reinforcements and build his prestige.
• The Lizard King dismissed his ministers, then took Souka into a sealed cave beneath the council hall.
• The Lizard King revealed a colossal, sleeping dragon and said he would awaken it if the Lizardmen had no other way to survive.
• The Lizard King warned Souka that the creature might be the Dragon King, whose wrath could destroy both the Lizardmen and the Pigheaded Tribe.

Rimuru showed Benimaru, Shuna, and Gobta the landmines she had made to defend Goblin Village. After Gobta accidentally triggered one, Rimuru assigned the others to bury the remaining mines according to her defensive map.

• Rimuru visited the village fence with Shuna and summoned Benimaru and Gobta to inspect her landmines.
• Rimuru explained that she had made pressure-triggered magical explosives and handed one to Gobta.
• Gobta pressed the landmine’s protrusion, setting it off and leaving himself charred in a crater.
• Rimuru gave Benimaru a Super Recovery Potion to restore Gobta, then showed them a map marking safe and mined zones.
• Rimuru ordered Benimaru, Shuna, and Gobta to bury the mines, then kicked Gobta after he called her flat-chested.

Rimuru returned to the hall excited to taste Shion’s cooking, unaware that Shion’s food terrified the others. Mo Li spent the day alone in a pavilion, while Ari remained missing.

• Rimuru stopped Benimaru and Gobta’s landmine work at noon so they could eat lunch.
• Benimaru and the others learned that Shion had gone into the kitchen, and they feared her cooking while Gobta looked forward to eating it.
• Rimuru happily headed to lunch after gaining the ability to taste, wondering where Ari had gone.
• Mo Li drank tea alone in a pavilion he had created and wondered who was thinking about him.
• Rimuru arrived at the hall, greeted Shion, and decided to eat Ari’s share because Ari was still missing.

Rimuru eagerly awaited Shion’s meal while Benimaru, Old Man White, and Souei feared her cooking and tried to escape. Shion brought out the food, leaving Benimaru panicked and Gobta delighted at the thought of having it all to himself.

• Rimuru looked forward to Shion’s feast as Benimaru and Old Man White worried about the meal, while Gobta moved closer to the table.
• Souei made six clones and convinced Rimuru to let him leave to handle urgent work.
• Old Man White also excused himself and vanished, leaving Benimaru behind.
• Benimaru nervously drank Gobta’s water while Gobta imagined eating all of Shion’s food.
• Shion announced that lunch was ready and emerged carrying two huge platters, making Benimaru shudder and Gobta excited.

Shion’s dangerously poisonous stew knocked Rimuru and Gobta unconscious, forcing Benimaru and Shion to rush them to a physician. Rimuru survived after Great Sage developed poison immunity, while Mo Li remained unaware of the commotion.

• Gobta eagerly took a seat at the dining table, while Benimaru refused Shion’s stew and Souei and Old Man White left before it was served.
• Rimuru and Gobta ate Shion’s stew, collapsed from its toxins, and Rimuru reverted to Slime form as Great Sage gained poison immunity.
• Shion carried Rimuru while Benimaru carried Gobta, and Rigurd led them to a physician.
• Old Man White and Souei watched from outside and prayed that Rimuru would recover.
• The Goblins spread conflicting rumors about why Rimuru had collapsed, while Mo Li sneezed, wondered if he sensed something, and returned to drinking tea.

Mo Li explained to Gamer why he was staying out of Rimuru’s fight against the Orc Army: he wanted Rimuru and the village to face the crisis without relying on him. He planned to intervene only if the situation became uncontrollable, leaving Rimuru room to grow.

• Mo Li relaxed in a pavilion with tea and a book while Gamer urged him to help Rimuru prepare the village and plan against the Orc Army.
• Mo Li argued that Rimuru and her capable companions could build the village without him, and that interfering might disrupt the course of events.
• Mo Li and Gamer discussed how the butterfly effect had strengthened the opposition, leaving Rimuru’s village badly outmatched by the Orc Army.
• Mo Li told Gamer that Rimuru relied on him too much and that he wanted to test her determination by letting her and the village face the crisis.
• Mo Li revealed that he would step in if the situation became uncontrollable, and admitted that his earlier display of panic had been an act to keep Rimuru from asking him for help.

Mo Li spoke with Gamer and reassured her that he trusted her, while she privately longed to become his companion. Their conversation was interrupted when Toreni, a Tree Sprite, emerged from the ground and approached Mo Li.

• Gamer worried that the commotion in the Jura Great Forest might awaken the powerful mount she had prepared for Mo Li.
• Mo Li returned to reading, while Gamer admired him and complained that Rimuru was too close to him.
• Mo Li told Gamer that he trusted her, and he agreed that she could call him Ari.
• Mo Li sensed an eavesdropper and confronted Toreni when she emerged from the ground.
• Toreni apologized, and Mo Li recognized her as a guardian of order in the Jura Great Forest and asked what she wanted.