Chapter Summaries

Rimuru revived Karigulio and the Imperial officers with Pseudo-Souls, then explained that they had died in her army’s defeat. The chapter ended with Rimuru introducing herself as the Demon King and presenting Mo Li as Morax, leaving the revived Imperials stunned.

• Rimuru waited as Karigulio, Krishna, and the other Imperial officers awakened, then checked whether Karigulio remembered his identity.
• Karigulio realized his preserved power had vanished and asked Rimuru whether she had revived them after their deaths.
• Diablo warned the Imperials not to disrespect Rimuru, and Rimuru explained that she had destroyed their army before bringing them back to life.
• Rimuru introduced herself as the Demon King and one of the Demon Country Federation’s leaders.
• Rimuru introduced Mo Li as Morax, the Martial God and Number One Expert of the Era, stunning Karigulio and the Imperial officers.

Rimuru revealed to Karigulio that she had revived the Imperial Army to use its soldiers, then explained that they had lost their powers and could not act against the Demon Country Federation. After Karigulio and the nearly seven hundred thousand revived soldiers accepted their defeat, the Federation held a victory banquet attended by its allies and residents, with the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters honored as the main contributors.

• Rimuru introduced Mo Li to Karigulio as Morax, the Martial God who had defeated Guy Crimson, stunning the Imperial officers.
• Rimuru explained that she had revived the Imperial Army because its members still had a use, and she showed Karigulio the hundreds of thousands of restored soldiers.
• Karigulio and his officers reassured the newly awakened soldiers and explained that Rimuru had brought them back to life.
• Rimuru told the soldiers they had lost their strength and were cursed against hostile action toward the Demon Country Federation, while King of Wisdom secretly retained further control over them.
• Karigulio and the soldiers accepted their defeat and expressed gratitude to Rimuru for giving them a second life.
• Rimuru and the Federation held a victory banquet in the main square, honoring the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters as its central figures.

At the victory banquet, Rimuru and Mo Li agreed to use their stockpiled human souls to awaken the many Demon Lord Seeds among their allies, despite the risks of forced sleep. Rimuru began distributing war rewards by calling Benimaru forward first.

• Rimuru delivered a speech at the victory banquet and discussed rewarding the war’s heroes with Ari.
• Rimuru considered awakening Benimaru and many other qualified allies, while worrying that their forced sleep could weaken the federation’s defenses.
• Mo Li agreed to the awakenings and gave Rimuru a sphere containing roughly 1.4 million human souls.
• Rigurd read Benimaru’s war accomplishments aloud as Rimuru began the rewards ceremony.
• Benimaru stepped forward and knelt before Rimuru and Mo Li to receive his commendation.

Rimuru offered Benimaru an Awakening, and Mo Li reassured him that the Federation could handle any dangers while he and the others evolved. Benimaru received the title King of Wrath and a hundred thousand human souls, but his expected Awakening did not happen, leaving Mo Li intrigued.

• Rigurd recited Benimaru's wartime achievements, and Rimuru offered to help him Awaken.
• Benimaru worried that the Awakening process would leave Rimuru, Mo Li, and the Demon Country Federation vulnerable, but Mo Li and Rimuru assured him they could manage any danger.
• Rimuru named Benimaru the King of Wrath and used the King of Wisdom to send him one hundred thousand human souls.
• Benimaru's aura surged briefly before returning to normal, and the onlookers were left confused when he showed no apparent change.
• Mo Li recognized that something unexpected was happening and watched Benimaru with interest.

Benimaru failed to awaken after absorbing human souls because he resisted becoming a Ghost God, fearing he would lose the ability to have offspring and struggling to choose a partner. Rimuru learned how monsters reproduced and worried about the dangers of having a child with Mo Li, while King of Wisdom opposed the idea; Benimaru was left under the disappointed stares of his allies.

• Benimaru absorbed a hundred thousand human souls but showed no visible change, and Mo Li told Rimuru the obstacle lay with Benimaru.
• Benimaru explained that the World Voice had offered him evolution into a Ghost God, but he hesitated to explain why he had not accepted.
• Mo Li revealed that Benimaru feared losing the ability to have offspring and explained the two ways monsters could reproduce.
• Rimuru considered the risks of having a child with Mo Li, while King of Wisdom angrily resolved that she must not have one.
• Mo Li explained that Benimaru resisted awakening because Ghost Gods could not reproduce, while Benimaru also struggled to choose between Kouyou and Alvis.
• Shuna, Shion, Souei, Old Man White, and the other survivors looked disappointed as Benimaru lowered his head under their scrutiny.

At Rimuru's celebration, Benimaru was pressured to decide whom he would marry, while Kouyou and Alvis both asked to become his wives. The chapter ended with a familiar voice challenging Benimaru to speak honestly to them.

• Benimaru admitted his indecision, and Rimuru publicly turned his reward into permission to marry, prompting Mo Li to promise wedding blessings.
• Kouyou asked Rimuru and Mo Li to approve her marriage to Benimaru, and Old Man White offered his military merit to support her request.
• Alvis offered all her military merit to become Benimaru's second wife, and she and Kouyou said they had agreed to marry him together.
• Benimaru protested, but Kouyou and Alvis insisted on their decision, leaving Rimuru unsure how to respond.
• A familiar voice challenged Benimaru to say what he wanted to the two women and questioned his courage.

Benimaru faced pressure from Mo Li to stop hesitating and declare his feelings for Kouyou and Alvis. After Alvis and Fabio revealed their scheme to satisfy the marriage law, Benimaru asked Mo Li to bless their marriage, but Mo Li announced that Benimaru would first have to face a trial.

• Mo Li criticized Benimaru for hesitating while Kouyou and Alvis waited for him to make a decision.
• Mo Li revealed that Alvis had exploited a law allowing widows to remarry, and Alvis confirmed that she had once been married to Fabio.
• Alvis explained that Fabio had died and been revived in the Great Underground Labyrinth, leaving her eligible to become Benimaru's second wife.
• Fabio admitted his role in the scheme, and Rimuru realized he had sacrificed himself for the others without gaining anything.
• Benimaru asked Mo Li to bless his marriage to Kouyou and Alvis, and Mo Li said Benimaru would have to pass a trial first.

Mo Li tested Benimaru’s resolve to marry Kouyou and Alvis by challenging him to fight their suitors with his magicules and skills sealed. Benimaru faced nearly five hundred challengers as the test began, leaving his supporters and the women worried about his chances.

• Mo Li offered Benimaru a test before blessing his marriage to Kouyou and Alvis, and Benimaru accepted.
• Mo Li said Benimaru would have to fight their suitors using only swordsmanship and physical strength, with everyone’s magicules and skills sealed.
• Fabio stepped forward first, and more than a hundred monsters soon joined him as challengers.
• The crowd grew to nearly five hundred challengers, including powerful monsters, and Benimaru’s confidence gave way to near despair.
• Kouyou, Alvis, Shuna, and Old Man White began to fear that Benimaru might lose the fight.

Mo Li began Benimaru’s test, allowing Kouyou and Alvis to join him against several hundred challengers in an enlarged coliseum. Meanwhile, Rimuru rewarded the other commanders and gave Gobta a combat manual and special permission to speak casually with her and Ari.

• Kouyou and Alvis asked Mo Li to let them face the challengers alongside Benimaru, and he agreed to make it a shared test.
• Mo Li transported the banquet guests to the coliseum, expanded it, and placed Benimaru, Kouyou, Alvis, and the challengers in the arena before sending everyone else back to the celebration.
• Rimuru awarded Kloot and Gaviru Hundred Thousand Human Souls and the titles King of Defense and Heavenly Dragon King, while Ran-ga and Old Man White also received souls and kingly titles.
• Rimuru gave Gobta a Combat Manual and the right to speak and interact with her casually, while advising him to be more restrained around Ari.
• The celebration crowd fell silent, and Gobta stared in shock at his rewards.

Rimuru rewarded Gobta and the labyrinth’s defenders for their contributions to the war, then granted Nine Demon Luo an awakening. The chapter turned to Ze'Chion and Yapitto as they came forward for rewards and recalled how Rimuru and Mo Li had rescued and named them.

• Rimuru gave Gobta a legendary secret manual from Lord Morax and permission to speak freely about her figure, provoking envy among the assembled crowd.
• Rimuru recognized the Primordial Three Females as the war’s greatest contributors but left their rewards to Ari and Lord Morax.
• Beretta yielded his seat among the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters to Gadra, and Nine Demon Luo received the title of Phantom Beast King and Hundred Thousand Human Souls from Rimuru.
• Nine Demon Luo awakened, transformed into a mature beauty, and grew stronger through the strengthening of her Eight Legions before Rimuru sent her to rest.
• Ze'Chion and Yapitto came forward for rewards, prompting Rimuru to recall how she and Mo Li had found the wounded Ze'Chion protecting Yapitto, saved them, and given them names.
• Rimuru remembered that Ze'Chion and Yapitto had later trained with unusual intensity despite the Demon Country Federation’s peaceful conditions.

Rimuru concluded the maze group’s reward ceremony, awakening Ze'Chion, Yapitto, and Adaman while granting titles and rewards to their allies. Diablo then awakened as a Demon God, resolving to surpass Guy in response to Rimuru’s expectation.

• Rimuru rewarded Ze'Chion with a title and Hundred Thousand Human Souls, and Ze'Chion awakened with the Ultimate Skill King of Illusory Spirits.
• Mo Li gave Yapitto Hundred Thousand Human Souls, and Rimuru helped her absorb the souls of fallen Insect Race members as she began awakening.
• Rimuru rewarded Adaman with souls and the title Undead King, gave Alberuth Mythical Grade equipment, and named the Undead Dragon Wendy.
• Rimuru bestowed souls and the title War God King upon Shion, but her awakening fizzled out, so Rimuru compensated her with a special recipe.
• Rimuru named Diablo Demon God King and wondered whether he could rival Guy; Diablo awakened and resolved to surpass Guy for Rimuru.

Diablo awakened instantly, pledged to surpass Guy, and decided to pursue Ultimate Skills, while Rimuru named her twelve newly awakened subordinates the Holy-Demonic Twelve Kings. Mo Li then began awakening three immortals with human souls, astonishing Rimuru and King of Wisdom, and the chapter ended as their transformation began.

• Diablo completed his awakening without a period of weakness, and Rimuru was shocked by his power and control.
• Diablo told Rimuru he wanted to obtain an Ultimate Skill so he could defeat Guy, reassuring her that he remained loyal.
• Rimuru bestowed titles on twelve Awakened Demon King-class subordinates, who became the Holy-Demonic Twelve Kings under the Holy-Demonic World King.
• Rimuru urged Mo Li to reward his own people, and the Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Immortals—Flowing Cloud Borrowing Wind True Monarch, Water Layering Waves True Monarch, and Moon Carving Sun Forging True Monarch—stepped forward.
• Mo Li sent three hundred thousand human souls into the three immortals, beginning their awakenings and leaving Rimuru and King of Wisdom astonished.

Mo Li awakened the three immortals and the Primordial Three Females, rewarding them with souls and updated techniques. After Mo Li invited Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera to ask for another reward, Testarossa declined while Carrera and Ultima privately lamented that her answer had spoiled their chance to request something.

• Mo Li explained to Rimuru that her demonstrations had helped him master the awakening ritual, then awakened Liuyun, Lishui, and Xiaoyue and gave them updated Immortal Sect Techniques manuals.
• Mo Li gave Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera three hundred thousand human souls each, and they awakened into Demon Kings.
• Rimuru watched in surprise as the Primordial Three Females completed their awakenings without a period of weakness, while Diablo observed their improved control of their power.
• Mo Li asked Ultima, Testarossa, and Carrera whether they wanted any other reward, and Testarossa said they wanted only to serve him.
• Ultima and Carrera privately cursed Testarossa because her answer had made it difficult for them to request favors.

Mo Li rewarded the Primordial Three Females with executive-cadre status before Xiao stepped forward to receive his reward. Xiao chose to undergo his Awakening on his own, and Mo Li accepted his decision.

• Mo Li recognized Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera as executive cadres of the Demon Country Federation, and they thanked him before withdrawing.
• Xiao appeared before Mo Li and Rimuru, while the gathered Primordials and Diablo reflected on his strength and Mo Li’s special regard for him.
• Mo Li prepared to use a hundred thousand human souls to help Xiao Awaken into a True Demon King.
• Xiao asked to complete the Awakening ritual by himself, explaining that he wanted to gain the power through his own strength and better serve Mo Li.
• Mo Li saw Xiao’s resolve and agreed to let him make his own choice.

Xiao chose to awaken through his own strength, and Mo Li agreed to guard him and prepare his rewards. After the victory banquet ended, Mo Li and Rimuru went to the Great Underground Labyrinth to begin Xiao’s Awakening Ritual.

• Xiao told Mo Li that he wanted to awaken on his own, and Mo Li approved while promising to protect him and prepare additional rewards.
• Ultima, Carrera, and Testarossa envied Xiao’s closeness to Mo Li as the victory banquet continued with music, food, and Benimaru’s ongoing fight against his pursuers.
• Benimaru, Alvis, and Kouyou defeated several hundred elite monsters, while Fabio met Gobua and the two got together.
• The victory banquet ended, and Rimuru and Mo Li distributed gifts to Veldora, Ramiris, and Wakatou before heading to the Great Underground Labyrinth for Xiao’s Awakening Ritual.

Mo Li, Azhdaha, and Veldora arranged to guard Xiao’s awakening on the Great Underground Labyrinth’s hundredth floor. With the preparations complete and a gathering of powerful onlookers present, Xiao stood ready to begin his awakening using one hundred thousand human souls.

• Veldora learned Xiao was about to awaken and insisted on watching over him alongside Mo Li and Azhdaha.
• Azhdaha suggested that Xiao awaken on the hundredth floor, and Mo Li accepted the offer of protection from both Azhdaha and Veldora.
• Rimuru left to arrange accommodations for the resurrected Imperial Army members while Mo Li and the others went to the hundredth floor.
• Ramiris used her Labyrinth Creation authority to prepare a suitable place for Xiao’s awakening.
• Mo Li released Xiao from his Rock King Grotto-heaven, and Xiao declared himself ready to begin his awakening with one hundred thousand human souls.

Xiao began the Demon Lord evolution ritual in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven after absorbing one hundred thousand human souls. As the World Voice started remaking his Immortal Yaksha body, Mo Li sensed Guizhong’s voice coming from distant Gui Li Country.

• Mo Li entrusted Xiao with the Hundred Thousand Human Souls, and Xiao prepared to undergo Awakening as Veldora, Azhdaha, and Dino watched.
• Xiao crushed the crystal sphere and absorbed the human souls, then weakened, sat cross-legged, and lost consciousness.
• The World Voice confirmed Xiao had met the conditions for Demon Lord evolution and began the ritual.
• The World Voice identified Xiao’s current race as Immortal Yaksha and began preparing his body’s evolution.
• Mo Li sensed Guizhong’s voice from distant Gui Li Country as Xiao’s evolution began.

Mo Li gave Xiao five drops of heart’s blood and one drop of essence blood to help him complete his evolution, despite his companions’ alarm. Guizhong discovered what he had given Xiao and, fearing the cost to Mo Li, broke down in tears as Ping'er comforted her.

• Guizhong told Mo Li that Xiao needed his blood to evolve successfully and hinted that Xiao’s arrival had been her doing.
• Mo Li cut open his chest, drew five drops of heart’s blood, and condensed one drop of essence blood while Ruotuo stopped Veldora from interfering.
• Mo Li placed the blood on Xiao, whose complexion recovered as he entered the Administrator Platform and continued evolving.
• Guizhong inspected Xiao’s advancement panel, realized Mo Li had given him heart’s blood and essence blood, and panicked over the harm it might cause him.
• Ping'er entered Guizhong’s office, and Guizhong clung to her and sobbed that she had hurt her Ari; Ping'er listened to her explanation.

Guizhong comforted Ping'er after realizing she had misunderstood Ari's gift, then teased and groped Ping'er until Ganyu walked in on them. Ping'er reminded Guizhong to focus on awakening Xiao, so Guizhong began using Ari's heart's blood and essence blood to plan Xiao's evolution into a powerful being.

• Ping'er persuaded the tearful Guizhong that Ari had deliberately entrusted her with the heart's blood and essence blood, and Guizhong resolved to fulfill the task perfectly.
• Guizhong teased and groped Ping'er, leaving her limp on the sofa and mortified when Ganyu entered the office with a document.
• Guizhong began teasing Ganyu too, but Ping'er stopped her and reminded her to awaken Xiao as Ari had entrusted her to do.
• Guizhong opened an azure system screen and began designing Xiao's evolution, realizing Ari's blood could raise his potential far beyond her original plan.

Xiao completed his evolution from an Immortal Yaksha into a Holy-Demonic Asura and gained the Ultimate Skill Holy-Demonic King. Mo Li then granted him an immense power that the World Voice transformed into a second Ultimate Skill, King of Slaughter.

• Guizhong completed the preparations for Xiao’s evolution, and the World Voice transformed him into a Holy-Demonic Asura.
• Xiao’s awakening released immense pressure that astonished Azdaha, Veldora, Morax, and the other witnesses, while Dino grew wary of him.
• The World Voice granted Xiao new resistances and intrinsic skills, then evolved his Unique Skill Holy-Demonic Envoy into the Ultimate Skill Holy-Demonic King.
• Mo Li appeared beside Xiao and gave him an unknown power, which the World Voice converted into the intrinsic skill Heart of Slaughter.
• The World Voice skipped the evolution challenge and transformed Heart of Slaughter into the Ultimate Skill King of Slaughter, leaving Xiao stunned and Guizhong dumbfounded.