Recaps

After awakening the Federation’s fighters, Mo Li arranged for Guy to train them and offered Raine and Misari a chance to gain Ultimate Skills. Guy and Chloe looked toward a future with Mo Li, while an unidentified woman found Raine and Misari.

• Ciel completed the awakening ritual, and Rimuru returned to find Benimaru, Diablo, and the other subordinates empowered with Ultimate Skills.
• Mo Li ordered the newly awakened fighters to master their skills before the War of Heavens and Demons, and they trained in the Great Underground Labyrinth and Grand Arena before Veldora and Ruotuo defeated their challengers.
• Guy read Rimuru’s novel under the pen name Beautiful Demon Country Princess and decided to seek out its author, while Rimuru began rewriting her damaged manuscript and postponed confessing to Mo Li until after the war.
• Mo Li asked Guy to train the awakened fighters, and Guy agreed after learning that Mo Li could grant Ultimate Power and that the students needed help controlling their skills.
• Guy asked Mo Li to grant Raine and Misari Ultimate Skills, and Mo Li agreed to test them before deciding whether they were worthy.
• Mo Li told Chloe he considered him a friend, while Chloe resolved not to give up on Li and explained to Velzard that he wanted Raine and Misari prepared for hidden forces in the coming war.
• Guy imagined giving Raine and Misari the White Ice Palace after the war and settling in the Demon Country Federation with Li, while Raine worried that someone had targeted her savings.
• Misari showed Raine that her savings were safe, and an unidentified woman appeared beside them and said she had found them.

Velzard took Raine’s Mora for Guy, while Rimuru and Ciel assessed the Federation’s strength and the Primordial Demons completed their training. Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera then discussed how to protect Morax’s interests by becoming his representatives, settling on Xiao as a potential ally.

• Velzard took Raine’s hidden wallet and discovered that her savings were tens of millions of Mora, then kept roughly half and delivered the rest to Guy.
• Rimuru asked Ciel to assess Morax’s strength, and Ciel judged him the strongest person she knew, though still below the Star King Dragon.
• Ciel estimated the Federation had more than a ninety-five percent chance of winning the coming war, while Rimuru decided to confess her feelings to Ari afterward.
• Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera finished training in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven and mastered their Ultimate Power.
• Ultima argued that Rimuru and the Twelve Guardian Saints King held too much influence, prompting Testarossa and Carrera to question her loyalty and motives.
• Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera agreed that their goal was to protect Morax and the Federation, not harm either, and Ultima proposed becoming Morax’s shadow and representative.
• Ultima identified Xiao as the best candidate to recruit because of his position and absolute loyalty to Morax, and Testarossa endorsed the choice.

Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera planned to use the coming war to advance their Shadow Plan, while Diablo, Benimaru, and Ze'Chion tested their strength in a fierce sparring match. Dino concluded that Mo Li was Veldanava’s reincarnation, and the fight left Benimaru weakening as the likely first fighter eliminated.

• Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera planned to draw Xiao into their scheme and delay challenging Guy until they had completed the Shadow Plan and gained strength in the War of Heavens and Demons.
• Diablo, Benimaru, and Ze'Chion began a three-way melee in the Great Underground Labyrinth, impressing the spectators with their speed and power.
• Veldora stabilized the hundredth floor, and Azhdaha expanded the floor and arena so the fighters could continue without destroying the labyrinth.
• Ramiris arrived with Dino after losing control of several floors, and Azhdaha and Veldora admitted they had caused the disturbance.
• Dino learned that nearly every awakened fighter in the Demon Country Federation had gained an Ultimate Skill and concluded that Mo Li was Veldanava’s reincarnation.
• Dino resolved to keep Mo Li’s identity theory to himself and prove his loyalty during the War of Heavens and Demons, while Azhdaha agreed to tell him about Mo Li.
• As the sparring match remained deadlocked, Benimaru’s magicules began to falter, and Mo Li confirmed to Guy that Benimaru was expected to be eliminated before Diablo and Ze'Chion.

Guy and Mo Li assessed Feldway’s plans as Michael and his allies prepared to draw the Demon Country Federation into a wider war. Silvia then arrived at the Federation seeking Laplace’s release, and Azhdaha confronted her over her husband’s past attack.

• Guy asked Mo Li to train Raine and Misari after the war, and Mo Li agreed while they discussed Feldway’s forces and the threat they posed.
• Michael gathered Feldway, Zelanus, Zalario, Obera, and the others, then acknowledged that Morax had disrupted their plans to control Velzard and Velgrend.
• Michael and Feldway planned to create chaos across the continent and draw Guy and the Federation’s strongest fighters away from their territory.
• Feldway and Michael agreed to avoid confronting Morax directly, while Zelanus considered leaving the Jura Great Forest and Obera began recruiting Pico and Garasha to her side.
• Silvia arrived at the Jura Great Forest seeking a way to reach Morax or Azhadaha and negotiate for her imprisoned husband, Laplace.
• Rimuru met Silvia at the gates, learned that she was Emesia’s mother and Leon’s teacher, and heard her plea to release Laplace.
• Rimuru said she could not authorize Laplace’s release without Azhadaha and Ari’s consent, but Azhadaha arrived and told her to invite Morax instead.
• Azhadaha recalled Laplace’s attack and grew furious when he realized Silvia was the clown’s wife, while Silvia greeted him respectfully.