Recaps

Toreni sought Morax’s help against the Orc Lord and another powerful force threatening the Jura Great Forest. Morax agreed to resolve both dangers if the Tree Sprite race would assist his friend in establishing a city or nation in the forest.

• Toreni asked Morax to intervene against the Orc Lord and its army, warning that another powerful force might emerge at the same time.
• Morax confirmed that he had sensed the other force and could handle both threats, but questioned why he should accept the costs of helping.
• Toreni admitted she had no bargaining power and offered to pay any price for Morax’s aid.
• Morax offered to resolve both threats in exchange for the Tree Sprite race assisting his friend with establishing a city or nation in the Jura Great Forest.

Toreni agreed to help Mo Li and the Tree Sprites signed his magical contract, while she secretly developed feelings for him. Meanwhile, Gaviru led several hundred lizardmen into Rimuru and Mo Li’s territory, where Xiao nearly attacked them after they mocked him.

• Toreni accepted Mo Li’s request on behalf of the Tree Sprites and signed a contract enforced by Rock Eater’s Punishment.
• Toreni left after telling Mo Li to remember her name, and the Gamer warned him that she had bad intentions.
• Gaviru led several hundred lizardmen into Rimuru and Mo Li’s territory, where Xiao confronted them.
• Gaviru and a subordinate insulted Xiao’s clan and height, provoking him to tighten his grip on his spear.
• Old Man White and Souei stopped Xiao from attacking, and Xiao suppressed his anger before vanishing in a gust of azure wind.

Gaviru and his Lizardmen arrived to demand the village’s submission, and Rimuru confronted them after Rigurd reported their insults. Xiao told Mo Li about the supposed attack and warned him that Rimuru was missing after rumors spread that she had been assassinated or poisoned.

• Gaviru’s underlings threatened Rigurd’s village and demanded that its leader leave with them, while Rigurd sent for Rimuru.
• Rimuru arrived with Shion, Benimaru, and Gobta, heard Rigurd’s report, and angrily went to confront Gaviru’s group.
• A Lizardman underling insulted Rimuru as a human girl, provoking the group further.
• Xiao found Mo Li drinking tea and reported that Gaviru’s Lizardmen had come to attack the village.
• Xiao told Mo Li that Rimuru could not be found and that villagers suspected she had been assassinated or poisoned.

Rimuru beat Gaviru and his lizardmen after they provoked her, while Mo Li and Xiao watched from nearby rather than intervening. After Rimuru returned Gaviru to his subordinates and said her mood had improved, a familiar voice asked what she was doing.

• Mo Li asked Gamer to investigate Xiao's report, and Gamer confirmed that Rimuru was at the village entrance; Mo Li then flew there with Xiao.
• Gaviru provoked Rimuru, who unleashed her aura and overwhelmed him with a flurry of attacks while the lizardmen watched.
• Mo Li and Xiao arrived, but Mo Li decided to wait until Rimuru had finished venting.
• Rimuru slammed Gaviru into the ground, recognized him as a Named Monster, and kicked him back to his subordinates.
• Rimuru dusted herself off and said her mood had improved, then heard a familiar voice ask what she was doing.

Mo Li comforted Rimuru after she punished Gaviru and the Lizardmen, then used a giant stone hand to throw them away. Rimuru returned to the village with Mo Li, while Gobta headed for the kitchen and met an unseen mishap.

• Mo Li gently comforted Rimuru and offered to make her milk tea instead of his usual tea.
• Rimuru asked what to do with Gaviru and the Lizardmen, and Mo Li flung them far away with a giant stone hand.
• Rimuru transformed into a Slime and rode in Mo Li's arms as they returned to the village.
• Benimaru went to practice, Souei vanished, Shion followed Mo Li and Rimuru, and Rigurd went into the village while Gobta wondered who wanted food.
• Gobta ran toward the kitchen despite warnings that no one should enter, and a miserable scream rang out.

Mo Li revealed that the Orc Army numbered nearly four hundred thousand, prompting Benimaru and the others to offer to leave the village rather than endanger it. He rejected their request and announced that he and Rimuru would confront the army, whose target appeared to be the lizardmen’s wetlands.

• Mo Li reported that the Orc Army had nearly four hundred thousand soldiers, five Orc Generals, and an Orc Lord.
• Benimaru, Old Man White, Souei, Xiao, and the others knelt and asked Rimuru and Mo Li to expel them from the village.
• Mo Li ordered them to stand and follow his plans, declaring that he and Rimuru would wipe out the Orc Army before it became a nuisance.
• Rimuru beat Gobta and threw him out after he suggested Mo Li was bragging, easing the tense mood in the conference room.
• Mo Li said the Orc Army was north of the Great River and heading toward eastern wetlands, which Rigurd identified as the lizardmen’s territory.

At the meeting, Mo Li explained how the Orc Lord’s hunger skill let the Orc Army survive by eating corpses and grow stronger, then warned Rimuru that she would lead the fight while he held back part of the enemy force. He also revealed that a mysterious threat was present in the Jura Great Forest and that he had encountered the long-absent Tree Sprite tribe.

• Shuna questioned how four hundred thousand Orc Army soldiers could find enough food, and Mo Li explained that they ate corpses and gained strength and abilities through the Orc Lord’s Special Skill, 'Starved One.'
• Mo Li warned that the Orc Lord could become a Demon King level monster if allowed to keep consuming magical creatures, and said that seizing other races’ abilities was one purpose of occupying the Jura Great Forest.
• Mo Li stole and drank Rimuru’s milk tea while the others pretended not to notice.
• Rimuru asked when they would leave, and Mo Li said she would be the operation’s backbone while he held back two hundred thousand Orc Army soldiers and the Orc Generals.
• Mo Li revealed that a mysterious force threatened the Jura Great Forest and that he had encountered the Tree Sprite tribe, prompting Benimaru to exclaim that they had not appeared for decades.
• Mo Li offered to let the Tree Sprite leader appear and speak with the group himself.

Toreni arrived at the conference and warned Rimuru and the others about a mysterious force in the Jura Great Forest, including a monster stronger than the Orc Lord. Mo Li assigned Rimuru to face the Orc Lord and the remaining orcs while he planned to confront the hidden threat alone, but Xiao insisted on joining him.

• Toreni appeared before Mo Li, Rimuru, and the others, introducing herself as a guardian of the Jura Great Forest.
• Toreni explained that another powerful force lurked in the forest, and Mo Li said one monster within it had reached Special A-rank.
• Mo Li revealed that Toreni had asked him to intervene because the Orc Lord's disturbance might awaken the hidden force.
• Mo Li assigned Rimuru and the others to face the Orc Lord and two hundred thousand orcs while he held back the rest of the army and guarded against the mysterious force.
• Mo Li refused to take anyone with him, but Xiao knelt and firmly asked to accompany him.

Mo Li agreed to let Xiao accompany him on the dangerous journey and obtained Toreni’s plant-growth magic to help Tempest feed its future population. After Mo Li and Toreni left the meeting, Rimuru laid out the battle plan against the Orc Army and assigned Souei to forge an alliance with the Lizardmen.

• Mo Li agreed to let Xiao join his journey after Rimuru and the others urged him to grant Xiao’s request.
• Mo Li asked Toreni for magic that could accelerate plant growth, and she gave him the spell and promised Treant assistance.
• Mo Li left the meeting with Xiao, and Toreni followed after saying she had more matters to discuss with him.
• Rimuru outlined a two-stage battle plan, with an advance force supporting the Lizardmen and a fallback plan involving the Treants and humans.
• Rimuru tasked Souei with forming an alliance with the Lizardmen, then adjourned the meeting as the monsters prepared for battle.

Mo Li tested Xiao’s strength in a wasteland sparring match, giving him the Harp of Peace and challenging him to unleash his best attack. Xiao passed by producing a Special A-rank strike, though it pierced Mo Li’s barrier and left him with a hidden injury; Mo Li then sent Xiao to prepare for the coming battle.

• Mo Li took Xiao to a wasteland, gave him the Harp of Peace, and began testing his combat ability.
• Xiao attacked with increasing speed and ferocity as Mo Li blocked him and urged him to fight harder.
• Mo Li sent Xiao flying and asked him to use his strongest attack, so Xiao donned a yaksha mask and unleashed Wind Wheel Both Sides.
• Mo Li used Solid as a Fortress to stop Xiao’s strike, then declared that Xiao had passed after recognizing the attack’s Special A-rank power.
• Xiao left to prepare for battle, while Mo Li discovered that Xiao’s final strike had pierced his barrier and injured his hand.

Mo Li discussed a hidden group in the Jura Great Forest with Toreni while waiting for Xiao, then prepared to leave to deal with the Orc Lord incident. The chapter ended with Mo Li, Xiao, and Toreni setting out.

• Toreni appeared before Mo Li and asked when they would leave to help the Lizardmen.
• Mo Li brewed tea for Toreni and explained that he had discovered a hidden group in the Jura Great Forest, whose strongest member was at the peak of Special A-rank.
• Mo Li said he would deal with the mysterious group and that he had intervened because the Orc Lord incident might awaken them.
• Xiao returned after preparing food, and Mo Li announced that it was time to depart.
• Mo Li, Xiao, and Toreni set out.

Mo Li and Xiao rushed ahead while Toreni followed underground, leaving the battlefield as Gaviru’s Lizardmen were pushed to the brink by the Pigheaded Tribe. Gaviru accepted a duel with an Orc General and received the Water Vortex Spear before the fight began.

• Mo Li flew off with Xiao, while Toreni complained that they had left her behind and followed underground.
• Gaviru’s Lizardmen suffered heavy losses as the Orc Army overwhelmed them, and an elite black-armored legion led by an Orc General entered the battle.
• Gaviru challenged the Orc General to a one-on-one duel, hoping to kill him and give his clansmen a chance.
• A Lizardman soldier brought Gaviru the Water Vortex Spear, the symbol of Lizardmen royal authority.

Gaviru fought the Orc General with the Water Vortex Spear but was saved by Benimaru before he could be killed. Rimuru’s forces joined the battle against the Orc Army, while Mo Li and Xiao headed to another battlefield.

• A Lizardman soldier delivered the Water Vortex Spear to Gaviru, who thanked his father and charged the Orc General.
• Mo Li told Xiao that Gaviru would lose and instructed him to save Gaviru when the time came.
• The Orc General nullified Gaviru’s strongest attack and nearly struck him down, but Benimaru blocked the blow and Gobta pulled Gaviru away.
• Ran-ga and Old Man White explained that Rimuru had sent them to support the Lizardmen, then joined the fight against the Orc Army after Benimaru’s signal.
• Mo Li flew toward another battlefield, and Xiao followed him.

Xiao confronted the three Orc Generals to avenge his sibling, while Mo Li restrained the hatred-fueled power threatening to consume him. After Xiao defeated one General but exhausted himself, the Orc Army moved to attack him until Mo Li intervened.

• Mo Li and Xiao found the remaining two hundred thousand Orc troops advancing through the Jura Great Forest, and Xiao's hatred for the Orc Generals awakened his Yaksha power.
• Mo Li suppressed Xiao's rising aura, then told him to face the three Orc Generals while Mo Li dealt with the rest of the army.
• Xiao charged the Generals and fought all three at once, matching their Chaos Eater attack with Wind Wheel Both Sides.
• One Orc General collapsed after the clash, while Xiao exhausted his magicules and struggled to stay upright.
• The Orc Army rushed toward Xiao, and Mo Li invoked All Phenomena of the World.

Mo Li arrived to save Xiao, defeated the Orc Army, and judged the three Orc Generals for the crimes of their tribe. He left the remaining Pig Head Tribe members trapped in an abyss to atone and waited with tea, hoping things were going well for Rimuru, as Toreni approached.

• Mo Li descended on a golden meteor that crushed tens of thousands of orcs, then carried the exhausted Xiao to safety and told him to rest.
• The three Orc Generals knelt and asked Mo Li to spare their people, but he said they could not bear the sins of others and sentenced them to death while giving the remaining Pig Head Tribe a chance to atone.
• The three Orc Generals turned to stone, and Mo Li trapped the remaining orcs in an abyss sealed by four stone pillars.
• Mo Li settled beside the unconscious Xiao, brewed tea, and wondered whether things were going smoothly for Rimuru.
• Toreni emerged from the woods, and Mo Li told her she was late.

Mo Li discussed the war’s ambiguous morality with Toreni while worrying that trouble remained. Meanwhile, Rimuru defeated the Orc Demon King Kruger and devoured him, including his sins, after hearing why Kruger had fought for his people.

• Toreni apologized to Mo Li for being unable to attack the Jura Great Forest’s monsters, and Mo Li agreed to hold back more in future battles.
• Mo Li and Toreni discussed whether the war was just, with Mo Li calling war a dirty game won by those who could define its outcome.
• Mo Li sensed a bad feeling about Rimuru’s battle, while Toreni said Rimuru’s side had the advantage.
• Rimuru enveloped the Orc Demon King in his Slime body and began devouring him.
• Kruger told Rimuru that he had kept eating, even his own kin, to save his people after Grumid promised him hope as the Orc Lord.
• Rimuru defeated Kruger, made an agreement with him, and devoured everything he possessed, including his sins.

Rimuru defeated and devoured the Orc Demon King, ending the Orc Army’s assault and earning the Lizardmen’s gratitude. As the Lizard King learned that Gaviru had survived, Rimuru prepared to gather the monsters for a meeting.

• The Orc General surrendered after the Orc Demon King vanished, and the Orc Army stopped fighting.
• Rimuru received the skills Hungerer and Predator and successfully evolved into a Demon Lord Seed.
• Gaviru thanked Rimuru for saving the Lizardmen, and Rimuru turned her attention to the remaining Orc Army.
• The Lizard King prepared to sacrifice himself and awaken the sleeping Dragon King, believing Gaviru and the Lizardmen were doomed.
• A soldier reported that Rimuru’s reinforcements had defeated the Orc Demon King and saved Gaviru, bringing the Lizard King to tears.
• The soldier said Rimuru would soon gather the monsters for a meeting, and the Lizard King asked to thank her.

The Ancient Rock Dragon King awoke and summoned the Rock Lizard horde to attack Rimuru and the others. The chapter ended with the eyeless Dragon King emerging from underground as the exhausted Rimuru faced a new threat.

• The Ancient Rock Dragon King sensed Rimuru’s energy and awakened, deciding to kill the intruders in his territory.
• The Dragon King summoned the underground Rock Lizards, and their emergence split the ground beneath Rimuru’s group.
• Rimuru recognized the threat Ari had feared and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Thousands of Rock Lizards and the Four Great Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards appeared, prompting the Orc Army and Lizardman soldiers to ready themselves.
• The four Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards bowed as the enormous, eyeless Ancient Rock Dragon King emerged, leaving Rimuru wary and exhausted.

Rimuru tried to negotiate with the Rock Dragon King, but he agreed to let her leave only if her companions stayed behind. As the Rock Dragon King attacked, Rimuru fought to protect her allies and stalled for Ari to arrive.

• Rimuru told the Rock Dragon King that she and her companions had come to defeat the Orc Demon King at the Tree Sprites' request, but he demanded that her subordinates remain in his territory.
• Shion insulted the Rock Dragon King, provoking him and the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards to attack.
• Rimuru assigned Benimaru and Shion to fight the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards and sent Gaviru and Gobta against the other enemies while she faced the Rock Dragon King.
• Rimuru dodged the Rock Dragon King's tail and endured his Starfall attack, using Predator to devour the meteors before they struck her allies.
• Nearly out of strength, Rimuru wondered when Ari would arrive as the Rock Dragon King prepared to continue attacking.

Mo Li sensed that the powerful monster had awakened and rushed toward Rimuru, who was fighting the Rock Dragon King. Rimuru refused to abandon her companions, but the Dragon King struck her with its strongest attack, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Mo Li sensed the earth and Rock Element becoming unstable, realized the powerful monster had awakened, and flew toward Rimuru and the others.
• Mo Li told Toreni to look after Xiao and watch the orcs while he hurried toward the battlefield.
• Rimuru fought the Rock Dragon King until its attacks left her severely wounded and drained of magicules, while her companions urged her to retreat.
• Rimuru refused to leave her companions, and the Rock Dragon King gathered rock, fire, and lightning for its strongest attack.
• Rimuru thought of Ari as the Dragon King's energy wave struck her position and blasted the battlefield with shockwaves.

Mo Li arrived in time to save Rimuru from the Rock Dragon King and challenged the dragon himself. After Mo Li effortlessly dodged and blocked several attacks, the Rock Dragon King transformed into his Four Elements Form.

• The Rock Dragon King assumed Rimuru had been defeated and ordered the dragons to kill the others, but Mo Li emerged from the dust behind a golden barrier.
• Mo Li healed Rimuru with a Recovery Potion and magicules, and the Gamer confirmed that Rimuru was out of danger.
• Mo Li told the Rock Dragon King to call off his subordinates and fight him, and the Rock Dragon King ordered the Rock Lizards to stop attacking.
• The Rock Dragon King swept his tail at Mo Li, but Mo Li dodged and appeared atop his head before striking him down.
• The Rock Dragon King unleashed Thunder Prison Sea, but Mo Li blocked the lightning with a golden barrier.
• The Rock Dragon King absorbed the Fire, Rock, and Wind Elements and entered his Four Elements Form.

Mo Li overcame the Rock Dragon King’s four-element form and defeated him after unleashing his strongest state. The Rock Dragon King accepted his loss as Mo Li stood poised to kill him.

• The Rock Dragon King surpassed Special A-rank and attacked Mo Li with the Elemental Chaos Death Ray, but Mo Li’s barrier protected him.
• Mo Li activated Berserk Martial Arts and the Stone Rock Mysterious Stone Aspect, entering his Martial God State.
• Mo Li summoned the World-Suppressing Rock Spears and battered the Rock Dragon King, who survived with serious injuries.
• Mo Li attacked the Rock Dragon King with the Piercing Rainbow Spear and defeated him in their final battle.
• The Rock Dragon King admitted defeat as Mo Li stood above him with his spear against the Dragon Eye.

Mo Li defeated the Rock Dragon King and prepared to kill him after learning that he regretted never seeing the world and that the name Morax felt familiar to him. The Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards intervened and begged Mo Li to spare their King, leaving the Rock Dragon King's fate unresolved.

• The Rock Dragon King told Mo Li that his greatest regret was never seeing the world with his own eyes.
• Mo Li asked whether the Rock Dragon King knew Liyue or recognized the name Morax, and the Dragon King said the name seemed familiar despite their never having met.
• Mo Li raised the Piercing Rainbow Spear to kill the Rock Dragon King, but the Gamer shouted for him to stop.
• The four Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards attacked Mo Li with a beam of light, then the Rock Lizards gathered around their King to shield him.
• Mo Li warned the dragons that he would spare them if they did not test his patience.
• The Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards and the other Rock Lizards lowered their heads and begged Mo Li to spare the Rock Dragon King, offering even their lives.

Mo Li faced the Rock Dragon King and the Rock Lizards after they resisted his command to stand down, but he spared them when the King begged for his descendants’ lives. He restrained the Rock Lizards with thousands of boulders, leaving his allies stunned and himself weakened.

• The Rock Lizards defied the Dragon King’s authority and stood between Mo Li and the Rock Dragon King, prompting Shion, Gobta, Benimaru, and Shuna to question the decision to kill them.
• Souei suggested asking Rimuru to persuade Mo Li, and Shuna went to wake her while Old Man White stopped Benimaru from intervening.
• Mo Li asked the Rock Dragon King to order his subjects aside, but the King said they would not leave and begged Mo Li to spare them.
• The Rock Dragon King bowed his head before Mo Li and used his authority to immobilize the exhausted Rock Lizards.
• Mo Li entered the Martial God state, split a giant golden boulder into thousands of stones, and pinned the Rock Lizards, especially the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards.
• Mo Li descended pale from the effort, while the Rock Dragon King and the others marveled at the gap in his strength.

Mo Li moved to kill the Rock Dragon King, but Benimaru, Shion, Souei, and Old Man White intervened, forcing him to fight them off. He returned to the Rock Dragon King to finish the execution, but a familiar voice called out to Ari before he struck.

• Mo Li prepared to kill the Rock Dragon King after the Dragon King thanked him and accepted his fate.
• Benimaru blocked Mo Li's spear, and Shion, Old Man White, and Souei joined him in trying to stop the execution.
• Mo Li challenged the four to attack him, then fought them and knocked them all down.
• Mo Li returned to the Rock Dragon King and raised his spear to kill him.
• A familiar voice called out, “Wait, Ari,” just before Mo Li struck.