Recaps

Mo Li guided the children and accompanied Rimuru to the Holy Imperial Nation, where Granbell’s scheme unleashed battles across the Grand Cathedral. Ultima defeated Raine, while Mo Li’s influence over the Primordials unsettled Guy and Diablo as the conflict continued.

• Mo Li trained Rimuru’s students, defeated them in a group spar, and gave Misaki Ken'ya a reforged Legendary Grade sword.
• Mo Li, Rimuru, and their companions traveled to the Holy Imperial Nation, where Luminous explained Granbell’s conspiracy and invited Mo Li to speak privately.
• Granbell and Yuuki launched an assault on the Grand Cathedral, and Rimuru, Ultima, Diablo, Shion, and Xiao joined the fighting.
• Mo Li opened Kronoa’s Sacred Chest before Yuuki broke it, and Kronoa awakened with a destructive aura.
• Granbell empowered himself with Maria and challenged Luminous while Leon arrived and Rimuru confronted him over the children he had summoned.
• Diablo defeated Raine, and Ultima arrived to challenge her after receiving Rimuru’s permission to assist.
• Ultima defeated Raine, while Mo Li won his wager with Guy and revealed that he had named Ultima and crafted her body.
• Raine considered joining Mo Li, while Diablo argued with Ultima about whether serving Morax meant betraying Rimuru.

Rimuru and her allies sealed Kronoa, restored Hinata and reunited Chloe with her future self, then gathered the Demon Lords to prepare for conflict with the Empire. Guy uncovered Chloe and Kronoa’s shared identity and began fighting them, only for Mo Li to join the battle and overwhelm the combatants.

• Shion advanced into Deification of War and defeated Razul as a powerful aura outside the Grand Cathedral drew everyone’s attention.
• Kronoa awakened and threatened the cathedral, so Rimuru summoned Veldora and Azhdaha to help subdue her without killing her.
• Granbell shattered Hinata Sakaguchi’s spiritual body, but Mo Li restrained him and explained Kronoa’s connection to Chloe and Hinata.
• Mo Li sealed Kronoa, and Rimuru entered her Mental Space with Mo Li and Shizue to reach her and save Hinata and Chloe.
• Raphael retrieved Hinata’s soul fragments, and Rimuru and Luminas restored Hinata while Chloe awakened and embraced Rimuru.
• Rimuru, Luminas, Leon, and Mo Li held a meeting in the Demon Country Federation where Chloe explained her repeated journeys through time to save Rimuru.
• Guy arrived and pressed Rimuru and her allies to unite the western nations against the Empire, then Rimuru’s group agreed to prepare for war.
• Guy deduced that Chloe and Kronoa were the same person across timelines and challenged Chloe, but Mo Li entered their fight with Vortex Vanquisher.

Mo Li reunited with Luminas in his female form, drawing the attention of the Demon Lords and sparking a rivalry over his affection. After the commotion settled, Rimuru learned that the Eastern Empire was moving supplies near the border and began preparing the Federation for war despite its severe numerical disadvantage.

• Mo Li stopped Guy and Chloe’s battle, then agreed with Guy to wait and see whether Rudra would act before attacking the Eastern Empire.
• Luminas showed Mo Li a portrait of Li, and Mo Li revealed that Li had been one of his incarnations before agreeing to meet her in that form again.
• Mo Li transformed into Li for Luminas, but Rimuru and the others broke into their private meeting and were stunned by his appearance.
• Milim arrived, embraced Mo Li, and refused to let go until Rimuru dragged her away to punish her for monopolizing his attention.
• Milim later pretended to be upset so Mo Li would comfort her, making Rimuru jealous as the others watched their quarrel.
• Leon left after Chloe refused to go with him, Luminas returned to the Holy Imperial Nation, and the Federation prospered while its Magic Train project advanced.
• Souei reported that a mysterious force was moving supplies near the military border, and Rimuru identified the Eastern Empire as the likely source.
• Rimuru summoned the Federation’s executives and the Immortal Assembly to plan for war, but Benimaru and Diablo’s figures showed that the Federation had fewer than eighty thousand troops against the Empire’s million.

As the Empire prepared to invade, Rimuru moved the Federation into the Great Underground Labyrinth and watched its guardians overwhelm Imperial spies. Gadra and his three disciples defected to Rimuru, giving her classified intelligence and a plan to lure Imperial leaders into the labyrinth.

• Rimuru and Ramiris moved the Demon Country Federation and Liyue City into the labyrinth’s lowest level, leaving the entrance as bait for Imperial investigators.
• Shinji, Mark, and Shen decided to defect after judging the Empire unlikely to win, then struggled through the labyrinth and were swiftly defeated by Alberuth on the sixtieth floor.
• Rimuru reviewed the labyrinth’s powerful guardians and agreed to meet Gadra after learning of his friendship with Adaman.
• Gadra arrived, reunited with Adaman, and explained that he had served the Empire for centuries while seeking revenge for what the Seven Luminaries had done to Adaman.
• Shinji, Mark, and Shin asked Rimuru to spare Gadra, while Gadra offered Imperial military intelligence and revealed that Kagurazaka Yuuki was preparing a coup.
• Gadra severed his ties to the Empire and joined Rimuru, who planned to use his standing to feed the Empire false intelligence and lure its leaders into the labyrinth.