Chapter Summaries

Raine and Ultima prepared to settle their rivalry in battle while Guy bet Mo Li that Raine would win. As the two Primordials charged at each other, Guy expected victory, but Mo Li trusted Ultima’s enhanced body and strength.

• Raine confidently challenged Ultima, and the two Primordials began their second battle.
• Guy asked Mo Li to bet on the winner, and they agreed that the loser would fulfill one condition for the winner.
• Guy chose Raine and Mo Li chose Ultima, and Mo Li bound the wager with a contract invoking Rock Eater's Punishment.
• Mo Li watched as Ultima, strengthened and given a special body by him, faced a fully recovered Raine.
• Ultima struck at Raine, and Raine charged forward to meet her head-on.

Raine and Ultima fought fiercely, but Ultima's newly bestowed body gave her the advantage. After nearly a hundred exchanges, Ultima sent Raine flying and taunted her, crediting Lord Morax for her strength.

• Raine charged at Ultima, and the two became locked in fierce combat.
• Diablo judged them roughly evenly matched but believed Ultima would win because Morax's body and True Name had exceeded expectations.
• Raine grew increasingly frustrated that her full strength could not overcome Ultima, while Ultima used the fight to learn to control her body.
• After nearly a hundred moves, Ultima endured Raine's hand chop and punched her in the chest, sending her flying.
• Ultima mocked Raine and offered to let her die with less pain if she knelt and admitted she was wrong.

Ultima defeated Raine after provoking her into attacking recklessly, while believing Morax’s blessing had made the victory possible. Diablo stopped Ultima from finishing Raine and revealed that the apparent defeat had been a deception, leaving Raine’s true condition unclear.

• Ultima taunted Raine and used her rage to draw her into a trap.
• Ultima wounded Raine’s arm and pierced her chest, then threw her to the ground.
• Diablo intervened before Ultima could kill Raine, angering Ultima.
• Diablo claimed Ultima had failed to understand Rimuru’s intentions and told Raine to show herself openly.
• Raine questioned how Ultima could have defeated her before her figure faded away.

After Raine lost to Ultima, Guy came down with Mo Li and learned that Mo Li had named Ultima and crafted her powerful body. Raine grew jealous of Ultima’s strength and began considering leaving Guy to serve Mo Li, possibly taking Misari with her.

• Raine disappeared after losing to Ultima, and Guy admitted that he had lost his wager with Mo Li.
• Guy and Mo Li arrived on the battlefield, where Ultima recognized Guy as the Original Red and mocked his decision to watch the fight.
• Mo Li appeared and confirmed that he had named Ultima and personally crafted her body, leaving Guy surprised.
• Ultima boasted that her body could withstand attacks from Raine and Misari, and Raine grew angry and envious.
• Raine began considering joining Mo Li and luring Misari away from Guy.

Mo Li left Ultima and Diablo to manage the scene while he went to join Rimuru and the others, as Kronoa had awakened and the gathering was ready for its conclusion. Guy and Diablo reflected on Mo Li’s overwhelming strength, while Ultima defended her choice to serve him; Guy’s expression then went blank as if he had received shocking news.

• Raine considered leaving Guy to serve Morax and possibly bringing Misari with her.
• Mo Li told Ultima and Diablo to handle the area and left to attend to Rimuru and the others.
• Guy gave up following Mo Li when Ultima and Diablo blocked his way, then joined them in conversation.
• Diablo admitted he had once believed no one could surpass the Primordial Demons, and Guy agreed that Mo Li had changed his view of the world’s strongest beings.
• Diablo accused Ultima of betraying Rimuru by serving Morax, but Ultima argued that Rimuru had accepted her choice and Diablo had no right to interfere.
• Guy and Raine watched the argument with interest before Guy suddenly went blank at what seemed to be unbelievable news.

Shion defeated Razul after her Demonification advanced into Deification of War, while Rimuru, Hinata Sakaguchi, and Luminas fought elsewhere in the Grand Cathedral. Before the victors could celebrate, a destructive demonic aura surged toward the cathedral, leaving everyone facing a new threat.

• Rimuru and Hinata Sakaguchi subdued Granbell's otherworldly puppets, while Luminas overwhelmed Granbell.
• After Ran-ga withdrew with serious injuries, Shion faced Razul alone as Xiao guarded the wounded and Rimuru's students.
• Shion used Mo Li's teachings to break through Razul's defense, but Xiao still saw little chance she could win.
• Shion's Demonification advanced into Deification of War, and she defeated Razul.
• A powerful demonic aura surged toward the Grand Cathedral, making Luminas and Granbell stop fighting and look outside.

Kagurazaka Yuuki entered the Grand Cathedral as a devastating aura surged from the awakened Kronoa, whom the Will of Destruction had taken control of. As Kronoa opened her eyes and manifested a Mythical Grade rapier, the people inside braced for a catastrophic battle.

• After Razul was defeated, a powerful demonic aura outside the Grand Cathedral alarmed Rimuru, who judged its source to be Calamity-class.
• Kagurazaka Yuuki confronted Granbell and accused him of deceiving him, while Luminas blamed Yuuki for stealing the Sacred Chest and breaking the seal imprisoning Kronoa.
• Granbell revealed that Yuuki had shattered the seal and declared Kronoa invincible, while Yuuki realized an unknown being had destroyed the seal before he arrived.
• As Kronoa remained motionless, Leon stared at her in shock and muttered about Chloe and Kronoa.
• Kronoa opened her eyes as her bracelet shone, black mist enveloped her, and a Mythical Grade rapier appeared in her hand.

Kronoa unleashed her Calamity-class power in the Grand Cathedral, leaving Rimuru short on allies as Granbell held Luminas back and Leon remained fixated on Chloe. After Kronoa's erasing attack forced Rimuru to dodge, the King of Wisdom proposed two ways to summon powerful dragons.

• Kronoa awakened with a Mythical Grade rapier and released a devastating demonic aura inside the Grand Cathedral.
• Rimuru tried to recruit Luminas to stop Kronoa, but Granbell blocked Luminas and attacked her.
• Rimuru called to Leon for help, but he was too stunned by Kronoa's resemblance to Chloe to respond.
• The King of Wisdom assessed Kronoa as too powerful for Rimuru to defeat with her current strength.
• The King of Wisdom warned Rimuru about Kronoa's black flash, which erased everything it touched and threatened Rimuru, Granbell, and Luminas.
• The King of Wisdom offered Rimuru the choice of summoning the Storm Dragon or using a special item to summon the Rock Dragon King.

Rimuru faced the Strongest Hero and summoned both Veldora and Azhdaha to protect everyone from the attack. The two dragons descended into the Grand Cathedral, where their auras rivaled Kronoa’s.

• Rimuru considered summoning Veldora or Azhdaha, then chose to summon both to protect everyone.
• Veldora and Azhdaha argued over manga and novels in the Great Underground Labyrinth before sensing Rimuru’s summons.
• Veldora and Azhdaha realized Rimuru was in danger and agreed to go together.
• Rimuru activated Storm Dragon Summoning and Azhdaha’s Dragon Orb in the Grand Cathedral.
• Veldora and Azhdaha descended into the Grand Cathedral with auras that surpassed Kronoa’s.

Rimuru summoned Veldora and Azhdaha to the Grand Cathedral, shifting the battle against Kronoa and Granbell. As Luminas attacked Granbell, Veldora recognized Kronoa as the Hero who had sealed him and admired her beauty, leaving Rimuru and Azhdaha speechless.

• Rimuru summoned Veldora and Azhdaha, whose arrival stunned Luminas, Granbell, and Leon.
• Luminas realized the dragons could help stop Kronoa, while Granbell feared his plan to exterminate the Demon Lords had failed.
• Luminas attacked Granbell, who defended himself and searched for someone to take down with him.
• Azhdaha asked Rimuru about the crisis, and she began explaining Kronoa and the chaotic situation.
• Veldora recognized Kronoa as the Hero who had sealed him and called her beautiful, baffling Rimuru and Azhdaha.

Rimuru learned that Kronoa was connected to Chloe and told Veldora and Azhdaha to subdue her rather than kill her. They prepared to fight, while Azhdaha realized Morax was missing.

• Veldora agreed to fight Kronoa, and Azhdaha joined him as they prepared to attack.
• Luminas telepathically warned Rimuru that Kronoa was another personality of Chloe and that killing her would cause serious consequences.
• Rimuru told Veldora and Azhdaha to suppress or seal Kronoa instead of killing her because she was connected to Chloe.
• Veldora and Azhdaha hesitated when they learned Kronoa was linked to the children they regarded as juniors.
• Azhdaha recalled Morax's sealing art and noticed that Morax was nowhere to be seen.

Veldora and Azhdaha tried to restrain Kronoa while Luminas fought Granbell. Granbell struck Hinata Sakaguchi with a Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash, leaving her pierced as Luminas rushed to her side.

• Azhdaha urged Veldora to fight Kronoa while preparing a sealing formula of his own.
• Veldora charged Kronoa, and Azhdaha watched for a chance to seal her.
• Luminas lost an arm after Granbell caught her watching the fight between Kronoa and Veldora.
• Granbell redirected his next Demon-Shattering Spirit Particle Slash toward Hinata Sakaguchi, who was guarding Rimuru.
• Hinata Sakaguchi's sword was knocked away and the slash pierced her, so Luminas abandoned her fight with Granbell and rushed to her.

Mo Li arrived as Hinata Sakaguchi’s soul weakened from Granbell’s attack, and he revealed that Chloe had vanished because events involving her and Kronoa had begun early. After Mo Li restrained Granbell and entrusted him to Luminas, he explained the connection between Chloe, Kronoa, and Hinata, leaving everyone to face the problem of suppressing Kronoa.

• Luminas rushed to Hinata Sakaguchi and tried to heal her, but Rimuru learned that the attack had destroyed Hinata’s spiritual body.
• Mo Li appeared in Divine Gear and reassured Luminas and Chloe that Hinata would not die; golden light appeared, and Chloe suddenly vanished.
• Leon panicked over Chloe’s disappearance, while Mo Li told Rimuru and Luminas that events had begun earlier than expected and that everyone would be fine.
• Mo Li restrained Granbell with a Rock Element hand, then let Luminas take him for their final battle.
• Mo Li explained the relationship between Kronoa, Chloe, and Hinata Sakaguchi, and everyone realized they still needed to suppress Kronoa.

Mo Li sealed Kronoa after Veldora and Azhdaha struggled to restrain her, leaving the group to free Hinata Sakaguchi and Chloe from Kronoa’s body. Rimuru was told to put a mask on Kronoa to calm her down.

• Luminas and Granbell began their final battle while Mo Li explained the connection between Kronoa, Chloe, and Hinata Sakaguchi to the others.
• Veldora fought Kronoa and held back because Rimuru had ordered him not to kill her.
• Azhdaha struggled to form Morax’s sealing art until Mo Li corrected the pattern and cast the seal himself.
• Mo Li pinned Kronoa with dark-golden pillars and transformed them into ropes that bound her, sealing her completely.
• Rimuru and the others realized they needed to draw Hinata Sakaguchi’s and Chloe’s souls out of Kronoa, and someone advised Rimuru to put a mask on her.

Rimuru entered Kronoa’s Mental Space using a replicated Demon Seal Mask, where she met a Shizue from another timeline and was joined by Mo Li. The group encountered Kronoa, who embraced Rimuru warmly but regarded Mo Li with open hostility.

• Rimuru used King of Wisdom to replicate the Demon Seal Mask and placed it on the bound Kronoa, entering her Mental Space.
• Rimuru met Izawa Shizue, who explained that she came from a timeline where she had never been saved and learned that Morax did not exist there.
• Mo Li entered the Mental Space and greeted Izawa Shizue after Rimuru expressed surprise at his arrival.
• Rimuru, Mo Li, and Izawa Shizue moved through the Mental Space and encountered Kronoa.
• Kronoa embraced Rimuru, then turned a cold, hostile gaze toward Mo Li.

Kronoa confronted Mo Li over his relationship with Rimuru, but the group put their rivalry aside to focus on saving Hinata Sakaguchi and Chloe. Mo Li said Rimuru’s Ultimate Skill, King of Wisdom, was the key to resolving both problems.

• Kronoa questioned Mo Li and accused him of taking the person Rimuru loved, while Shizue recognized the conflict as a love rivalry.
• Mo Li redirected Kronoa’s attention to saving Hinata Sakaguchi, whose soul Granbell had shattered, and Chloe, who was trapped in the Infinite Prison.
• Kronoa agreed to postpone her questions and work with the others to save Hinata Sakaguchi and Chloe.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that King of Wisdom, Raphael, could solve their problems, and Rimuru confidently accepted that plan.

Rimuru relied on the King of Wisdom to alter Kronoa’s skills and recover Hinata Sakaguchi and Chloe from her mental world. Shizue departed for another timeline, but Hinata still needed to be revived.

• Rimuru asked the King of Wisdom to retrieve Hinata Sakaguchi’s soul fragments from Kronoa’s Infinite Prison.
• The King of Wisdom interfered with Kronoa’s skill, and Kronoa acquired the Ultimate Skill King of Time and Space before becoming an Information Body called the Divine Consciousness Core.
• The King of Wisdom found the skill preserving Hinata’s spiritual fragments, and Hinata and Chloe appeared in Kronoa’s mental world.
• Rimuru and Shizue were reassured when Hinata and Chloe awakened, then Shizue thanked Mo Li and departed for another timeline.
• Rimuru and Mo Li left Kronoa’s mental world to continue trying to revive Hinata.

After Granbell lost to Luminas, Rimuru and Luminas revived Hinata, and Chloe and Kronoa awakened. Chloe reunited with Rimuru, leaving Veldora and the others wondering about her affection for him.

• Shizue faded away after speaking with Mo Li, and Rimuru and Mo Li left Kronoa's spiritual world to focus on saving Hinata.
• Granbell's despair awakened his Ultimate Skill King of Hope, while Luminas gained the King of Lust, and Luminas defeated him in their final battle.
• Rimuru and Luminas combined their abilities to restore Hinata's shattered soul and return her to life.
• Chloe awakened and ran into Rimuru's arms as Kronoa's body became a child and Mo Li's seal lifted.
• Leon grew angry while Veldora and Ruotuo noticed Chloe's affection for Rimuru.

After the battle, Ultima told Mo Li that Guy had fled after Diablo and Ultima verbally overwhelmed him, and the ruined Holy Imperial Nation canceled its music festival. Rimuru, Luminas, Leon, and Mo Li returned to the Demon Country Federation for an intelligence exchange meeting that became a Mini Demon Lord Banquet.

• Azhdaha and Veldora speculated that Chloe had romantic feelings for Rimuru, then dismissed the concern because Rimuru loved Morax.
• Ultima reported that Guy had agreed to visit the Demon Country Federation, then fled with Raine after Diablo and Ultima berated him.
• The Holy Imperial Nation canceled its music festival because of the battle’s casualties and the damage to the country, though Shion and the others gave a small performance in the Grand Cathedral.
• Rimuru, Luminas, Leon, and Mo Li chose the Demon Country Federation as the venue for a meeting because the Holy Imperial Nation was overwhelmed and Leon’s Golden Country lacked spatial markers.
• Luminas left Hinata Sakaguchi in the Holy Imperial Nation to purge Granbell’s followers and consolidate the remaining Rozzo family forces.
• Rimuru, Luminas, Leon, and Mo Li rested after arriving in the Demon Country Federation, then began an intelligence exchange meeting dubbed a Mini Demon Lord Banquet.

Rimuru, Luminas, Mo Li, and Leon heard Chloe explain her two-thousand-year cycle and learned how the War of Chaos unfolded in the original timeline. Chloe and Kronoa revealed that they loved Rimuru because Rimuru had saved them in the future, leaving Leon heartbroken and the others stunned.

• Rimuru, Luminas, Mo Li, and Leon held an intelligence exchange meeting after arriving in the Demon Country Federation.
• Chloe described how she had repeatedly acted as a Hero over two thousand years to change the Federation’s fate and save Rimuru.
• Rimuru reasoned that the Eastern Empire had killed her and Hinata in the original timeline, then recounted how the deaths led to wars involving Milim, Guy, Luminas, Dagruel, and Kronoa.
• Rimuru asked why Kronoa had feelings for her, and Chloe and Kronoa said Rimuru had saved them in the future.
• Veldora was moved by their love, Wato lamented that Rimuru liked Mo Li, and Leon felt devastated.