Chapter Summaries

Azhdaha survived his devastating attack on Laplace, Tia, and Forthman, but his depleted magicules left him vulnerable as the three clowns fought him together. Laplace put Clayman's purple necklace around the defeated Dragon King, and a faint blood-red color returned to Azhdaha's eyes.

• Azhdaha transformed into human form after using nearly all his magicules, but Laplace, Tia, and Forthman emerged from his attack with only minor injuries.
• Laplace approached Azhdaha with Clayman's purple necklace, but Azhdaha suddenly punched him and sent him flying.
• Laplace recovered, then fought Azhdaha; after hundreds of exchanges, Tia struck Azhdaha from behind and brought him down.
• Laplace placed the purple necklace around Azhdaha's neck, and a faint blood-red color appeared in his eyes.

Laplace successfully used Clayman's cursed necklace to control Ruotuo and prepared to take him to Clayman's territory. In the Jura Great Forest, Mo Li subdued three powerful monsters, then sensed that Ruotuo was in grave danger and grew alarmed.

• Laplace repeatedly ordered Ruotuo to rise until the necklace suppressed his resistance and left him waiting for orders.
• Laplace, Tia, and Forthman confirmed the necklace worked, and Laplace decided they should leave with Ruotuo for Clayman's territory.
• Mo Li cleared out powerful monsters in the forest, and White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu submitted to him.
• Mo Li sensed that his power within Ruotuo was fading and that the Rock Attribute near Ruotuo was unusually active.
• Mo Li realized Ruotuo had fallen into a desperate battle and sensed that something had happened.

Mo Li sensed Ruo Tuo’s location and rushed to the battlefield while White Crane went to check on her adopted disciple. Laplace’s necklace finally began to overpower Ruo Tuo, but Mo Li arrived as Laplace celebrated, declaring that he and his companions would not leave.

• Mo Li used his Authority of Rock to locate Ruo Tuo, then flew west toward the battlefield and told the two cranes and Du Lu to wait.
• White Crane considered leaving but decided instead to visit her adopted disciple, while Du Lu and the Brown Crane stayed behind to keep watch.
• Laplace and his companions struggled to control Ruo Tuo with Clayman’s necklace as Ruo Tuo continued resisting despite his exhaustion and injuries.
• Ruo Tuo’s eyes turned crimson and his hands loosened as the necklace’s control began to take hold.
• Mo Li arrived from the sky and told Laplace, Tia, and Forthman that they would not be leaving.

Mo Li arrived to find Azhdaha wounded and controlled by Laplace, Tia, and Forthman, then trapped the three inside a golden barrier. He activated his strongest buffs and drew on Veldora's magicules, preparing to fight them with only ten minutes in this state.

• Mo Li confronted Laplace, Tia, and Forthman after seeing Azhdaha's injuries and learned they had attacked his old friend.
• Laplace tried to take Azhdaha away, but Mo Li sealed the battlefield in a golden barrier and declared that none of them would leave.
• Laplace decided to fight, trusting his immortality, while Tia and Forthman prepared to support him.
• Mo Li activated Berserk Martial Arts and entered the Martial God state, then asked Gamer to restore the state he had used against Milim.
• Gamer opened the channel to Veldora's magicule reserves and warned Mo Li that he had ten minutes.

Mo Li overwhelmed Laplace, Tia, and Forthman in battle, turning aside their attacks and defeating them without suffering a scratch. After pinning Laplace to the ground and knocking the others back, he began using All Phenomena of the World.

• Mo Li’s rising aura frightened Laplace, Tia, and Forthman, but Laplace decided they had to fight rather than wait to die.
• Laplace rushed Mo Li with a killing strike, but Mo Li’s golden barrier stopped it, so Laplace ordered Tia and Forthman to attack while he sought a way through the barrier.
• Tia and Forthman attacked Mo Li, but he dodged Tia’s punch, caught Forthman’s full-force blow, and kicked him down.
• Mo Li drew the Piercing Rainbow Spear and outmatched the trio through hundreds of exchanges, kicking Tia away and sending Forthman flying.
• Mo Li ended the warm-up by launching Laplace into the air and pinning him to the ground with a Rock Spear.
• Mo Li declared that it was his turn and began casting All Phenomena of the World.

Mo Li overwhelmed Laplace, Tia, and Forthman with the Authority of Rock after they attacked Ruoduo. As a barrage of Rock Spears fell, Laplace sacrificed himself to shield Forthman, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Mo Li summoned a mountain-sized golden meteorite, and Forthman combined his magicules with Laplace and Tia to block its impact.
• Mo Li explained that the trio might have lived if they had not attacked Ruoduo, then gathered Rock Element and formed countless Rock Spears.
• Laplace, Tia, and Forthman despaired over their chances and blamed Clayman for bringing them into the fight.
• The trio dodged the first Rock Spears as they turned the earth to golden stone, but Forthman's barrier broke under the next barrage.
• Laplace appeared before Forthman and took the Rock Spears' attack, leaving his body pierced as Forthman and Tia cried out.

Mo Li rejected Laplace’s offer to leave and fought him, overcoming his immortal body by sealing him in an ancient formation. Laplace was trapped beneath six rune-covered pillars, while Teare and Forthman watched in terror.

• Laplace recovered from his wounds and offered to lift the curse on Mo Li’s friend if Mo Li let him and his companions leave the Jura Great Forest.
• Mo Li refused, and Laplace unleashed his full strength after sending Teare and Forthman away from the fight.
• Laplace dodged and destroyed many of Mo Li’s Rock Spears, but Mo Li struck him with the Piercing Rainbow Spear and overwhelmed him.
• Mo Li cut off Laplace’s limbs, divided his body into six parts, and arranged them in a six-pointed star.
• Mo Li summoned six dark-gold stone pillars and completed a rune-powered sealing formation around Laplace.

Mo Li defeated Laplace’s allies and reinforced the formation sealing them, then tried to remove Ruotuo’s curse. Ruotuo attacked in his madness, and Mo Li fought him while urging him to remember their contract.

• Mo Li’s Rock Spear pierced Forthman and Tia, transforming them into stone mountains, and he reinforced the formations sealing Laplace and the others.
• Mo Li approached the injured Ruotuo to remove his curse, but Ruotuo struck him and attacked in a blood-eyed frenzy.
• Mo Li fought Ruotuo with the Piercing Rainbow Spear while holding back because Ruotuo was his old friend.
• Ruotuo transformed into the Gilded Giant Dragon and brought down his claw, but Mo Li’s golden barrier resisted the attack.
• Ruotuo celebrated what he thought was victory until he heard Mo Li’s voice above him, reminding him of their contract.

Mo Li faced Azhdaha while weakened, relying on martial arts until he revealed his true dragon form. The two dragons began a fierce battle, with Azhdaha furious that Mo Li had concealed his appearance.

• Azhdaha rejected Mo Li’s appeal to their contract and attacked him.
• Mo Li fought defensively with martial arts because his magicules were low and Azhdaha’s body was difficult to pierce.
• Mo Li transformed into a majestic dark-gold dragon, startling Azhdaha.
• Azhdaha accused Mo Li of deceiving him about his true form and charged at him.
• Mo Li and Azhdaha clashed in their dragon forms.

Mo Li used the Hands of Rock to suppress Azhdaha after their elemental attacks canceled each other out, then dragged him back despite the life force the effort cost. In the Jura Great Forest, Brown Crane and Du Lu waited for Mo Li and discussed their reluctant submission to the lord from Tempest.

• Mo Li and Azhdaha unleashed their strongest attacks, which canceled each other out, and Mo Li changed into human form.
• Mo Li created enormous Hands of Rock that pinned Azhdaha down, despite Azhdaha’s protests that Mo Li was looking down on him.
• The Gamer warned Mo Li that his magicules were exhausted and maintaining the Hands of Rock would cost him life force, but Mo Li continued and dragged Azhdaha away.
• Brown Crane and Du Lu waited in the Jura Great Forest and admitted they were reluctant to submit, recalling Mo Li’s overwhelming strength.
• Du Lu told Brown Crane that other monsters said Mo Li had come from a place called Tempest.

White Crane brought his disciple, the Blue Fur Ball, to meet Brown Crane and Du Lu, who worried that she would be caught in their unresolved crisis. When Du Lu sensed their lord returning, the three saw a hooded man arrive with a mountain-sized rocky hand carrying a powerful turtle-like being.

• Du Lu told Brown Crane rumors claimed someone from Tempest could stand against Demon King Milim.
• White Crane returned with the Blue Fur Ball and introduced her to Brown Crane and Du Lu.
• Du Lu and Brown Crane gave the Blue Fur Ball gifts, and White Crane told her to accept them.
• Brown Crane and Du Lu worried that White Crane had brought his disciple into danger, while White Crane admitted he was unsure how their lord would react.
• Du Lu sensed their lord's return, and White Crane hid the Blue Fur Ball behind himself and his friends.
• A barefoot man in a white hooded robe appeared in the sky with a huge rocky hand carrying a powerful turtle-like being.

Mo Li found Du Lu, White Crane, and Brown Crane still guarding the Jura Great Forest and considered training them to strengthen Tempest’s mid-level combat forces. As he studied the three, a frightened little creature peeked out from behind White Crane and caught his attention.

• Mo Li descended to Du Lu, White Crane, and Brown Crane, who reaffirmed that they would keep their promise and remain in the Jura Great Forest.
• Mo Li appreciated Du Lu’s loyalty and considered teaching the three monsters some of his abilities.
• Mo Li thought about forming an Immortal Assembly to improve Tempest’s mid-level combat strength.
• A small creature peeked out from behind White Crane, and it and Mo Li stared at each other.

Mo Li accepted White Crane’s disciple into his care after recognizing her Auspicious Beast bloodline. He promised to give names to the three elders and gifted Blue Fur Ball a fine bow, which White Crane agreed to keep for her until she grew stronger.

• Blue Fur Ball rushed at Mo Li to defend White Crane, but her attacks could not harm him.
• Mo Li recognized Blue Fur Ball as an Auspicious Beast and agreed to take her in.
• White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu explained that none of them had True Names, and Mo Li promised to name all four monsters in Tempest.
• Mo Li offered Blue Fur Ball a fine blue-and-white bow as a first-meeting gift.
• White Crane tried to refuse the valuable weapon, but Mo Li insisted that she keep it for her disciple until the little one grew older.

Mo Li sought a way to temporarily seal Azhdaha, who remained under Clayman's control and refused to listen to reason. He had the two cranes and Du Lu transfer their magicules to him, while the little blob joined in and fell asleep after exhausting itself.

• Mo Li realized Azhdaha's corruption had amplified his negative emotions, and decided he might need Rimuru's help to break Clayman's curse.
• Mo Li asked Du Lu, White Crane, and Brown Crane to lend him magicules so he could temporarily seal Azhdaha.
• Du Lu and the two cranes were shocked to learn that the turtle-like monster was Azhdaha, the Rock Dragon King.
• The three monsters transferred their magicules to Mo Li, who absorbed them without difficulty.
• The little blob copied them, used up its tiny supply of magicules, and fell asleep.

Mo Li, calling himself Morax and the Emperor, restrained Azhdaha with a rock hand and sealed him inside a formation of six stone pillars. Afterward, Mo Li guarded White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu while they restored their magicules, then listened as White Crane eagerly talked about her skills and clan.

• Mo Li revealed that absorbing the three beasts’ magicules had restored less than thirty percent of his power, then told them to move away while he dealt with Azhdaha.
• Mo Li pinned Azhdaha with the Authority of Rock and used six ancient stone pillars, a sealing formation, and his golden blood to imprison him.
• Mo Li told Azhdaha he would release him if he found a way, then asked White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu whether they would return to Tempest with him.
• When White Crane explained that the three beasts had depleted their magicules, Mo Li guarded them as they recovered and restored his own strength.
• White Crane woke first and told Mo Li about her abilities, then Brown Crane woke and ordered her to stop when White Crane began revealing embarrassing stories.

Mo Li set off for Tempest with White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu after they recovered, while Blue Fur Ball clung to White Crane’s leg. Elsewhere, Xiao and the Dragon Lizard army continued fighting in the Jura Great Forest, and Mo Li left with a nagging sense that he had forgotten something.

• Mo Li checked that White Crane, Brown Crane, and Du Lu had recovered and prepared to travel with them.
• Blue Fur Ball woke, tripped, and hid behind White Crane before biting her leg as the others laughed.
• White Crane carried Blue Fur Ball on her back, and Mo Li led the group toward Tempest.
• Xiao and the two Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard elders realized they had wandered into unfamiliar territory but continued fighting to earn military merit.
• Mo Li sneezed on the way to Tempest and worried that he had forgotten something, then dismissed the feeling and continued onward.

Rimuru struggled through Tempest’s paperwork while Milim disrupted her work and begged for honey. Rimuru asked Milim how to become a True Demon King, and Milim described the human-soul method before offering to help slaughter a country.

• Rimuru lamented that Ari had left her with the paperwork and blamed Milim for causing many of the problems in the documents.
• Milim barged into Rimuru’s office, asked for honey, and persuaded Rimuru to give her half a bottle.
• Rimuru asked Milim whether she could sense Ari, and Milim said the Jura Great Forest was too vast to search without a tool like Guy’s crystal ball.
• Rimuru snatched the honey away from Milim and asked how a Demon Lord Seed could become a True Demon King.
• Milim said Rimuru needed tens of thousands of human souls and eagerly offered to help slaughter people, while Rimuru asked whether any other method existed.

Rimuru worried about finding another way to grow stronger without harming humans, then abandoned her paperwork and decided to go shopping. Milim begged to come along, and Rimuru reluctantly agreed after warning her to stay close.

• Milim admitted she did not know another way for Rimuru to gain strength, and Rimuru dismissed her with honey.
• Rimuru gave Milim a week's ration of honey and warned that Ari might take away her treats if she learned about Milim's behavior.
• Milim pleaded with Rimuru not to tell Ari, and Rimuru agreed to consider keeping quiet if Milim behaved.
• Rimuru decided to go shopping instead of reviewing documents, and Milim insisted on accompanying her.
• Rimuru reluctantly agreed to take Milim and told her to stay close.

Rimuru took Milim shopping in Tempest, where Milim’s overeating and tantrum led to a long scolding. Milim eventually coaxed Rimuru into sharing her fruit tea by bringing up a previous, embarrassingly improper massage.

• Milim offered Rimuru a half-eaten meat skewer while asking when they would reach Mo Li’s place.
• Milim choked on a mouthful of skewers, and Rimuru helped her cough it up and gave her a fruit drink.
• Rimuru confiscated Milim’s skewers and scolded her for nearly three incense sticks while Gobta won a barbecue bet from Gaviru.
• Milim pleaded for snacks and offered Rimuru a massage, making Rimuru blush as she remembered Milim’s improper massage the previous day.
• Rimuru put her fruit tea into Milim’s mouth, and Milim drank it blissfully.

Milim teased Rimuru about the sounds she had made during a massage, then bargained for honey, snacks, and desserts. When Rimuru confronted her afterward, Milim blamed a big-nosed Goblin for teaching her the trick.

• Rimuru pulled Milim into an alley and demanded she never mention the sounds she had made during the massage.
• Milim teased and groped Rimuru until Rimuru agreed to give her honey, snacks, and desserts.
• Rimuru reverted to Slime form, then stopped Milim from escaping and warned her about being allowed to stay in Tempest.
• Rimuru asked who had taught Milim to behave that way, and Milim blamed a big-nosed Goblin who said it was done in comic books.