Chapter Summaries

After Mo Li accidentally saw Rimuru naked, both struggled with embarrassment and uncertainty about their feelings while waiting to speak to each other. Rimuru emerged dressed, and they both apologized at the same time, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Mo Li left the room after seeing Rimuru naked, and Rimuru blamed Great Sage for not warning her.
• Great Sage analyzed Rimuru's feelings and advised her to face Mo Li, prompting Rimuru to decide he should take responsibility.
• Mo Li paced outside, wondered whether he had fallen for Rimuru, and resolved to apologize or take responsibility.
• Rimuru came out dressed, and she and Mo Li apologized simultaneously before each told the other to speak first.

Mo Li asked Rimuru to guard him while he underwent Humanoid Form, and Great Sage explained that the advancement would make him a Demon Lord Seed nearing S-rank. Rimuru learned how Demon Lord Seeds and Awakened Demon Kings compared, along with the corresponding stages in the human Hero evolution system.

• Mo Li and Rimuru apologized for their awkward encounter, then Rimuru forgave him and lifted him into her arms.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that he would be helpless and weak during his Humanoid Form advancement, and she agreed to guard him.
• Rimuru asked Great Sage about Mo Li's strength, and Great Sage said he was near S-rank and would become a high-level Demon Lord Seed.
• Great Sage explained the difference between Demon Lord Seeds, Awakened Demon Kings, and Demon King titles, naming Klayman, Freya, and Carrion as Demon Lord Seeds.
• Great Sage compared monster evolution with the human Hero's Egg, Saint, and Divine Human stages, and Rimuru understood the distinction.

Mo Li prepared to undergo an important advancement, with Rimuru promising to protect him and the village. After Rimuru left the room, Mo Li told Gamer to begin, and Gamer warned that the process could not be stopped once started.

• Rimuru asked Great Sage about her future evolution, and Great Sage said she could become a Demon Lord Seed and then an Awakened Demon King.
• Mo Li urged Rimuru to take his advancement seriously, and Rimuru promised to keep him safe and look after the village.
• Rimuru carried Mo Li to a cushion, and Mo Li asked her to leave the room in case the advancement caused danger.
• After Rimuru left, Mo Li told Gamer they could begin, and Gamer warned him that the advancement could not be stopped midway.

Mo Li began evolving into a Demon Lord Seed and chose the high-risk Rock Archon Dragon God evolution path, hoping it could let him surpass Rimuru. The Gamer warned him of the danger, but Mo Li committed to his choice and was encased in stone as his consciousness faded.

• Mo Li began evolving, and the Gamer listed three possible paths after supplying the required essence blood.
• Mo Li rejected the safer Rock Archon and Ancient Rock Dragon King paths in favor of the Rock Archon Dragon God path.
• The Gamer warned Mo Li that the third path had a very small chance of success and that surpassing Rimuru was almost impossible.
• Mo Li insisted on choosing the third path, believing even a possibility of surpassing Rimuru was worth the risk.
• Rocks gathered around Mo Li and encased him as his consciousness faded.

Rimuru guarded Mo Li while he underwent a dangerous evolution, then left to inspect newly completed weapons and protective gear after setting up safeguards. Mo Li remained asleep beneath the rock, his evolution apparently troubled.

• Rimuru cleared the area around Mo Li's house and stood guard as his aura grew stronger during his evolution.
• Great Sage told Rimuru that Morax might rival ordinary Awakened Demon Kings after evolving.
• Rigurd brought food and reported that Kaijin's first batch of weapons and protective gear was complete.
• Rimuru had Great Sage create a sensing barrier around Mo Li's house and ordered Rigurd to keep everyone away.
• Rimuru went with Rigurd to inspect Kaijin's equipment while Mo Li slept with his brows furrowed beneath the rock.

While Rimuru struggled to manage the village, a crow-masked majin named an orc Gaelut and sent him to conquer the Jura Great Forest. Rimuru learned that she had reached the peak of Special A-rank, then witnessed Mo Li complete his evolution, though he had not yet awakened.

• Rimuru hurried through her village duties and went to visit Mo Li, who remained encased in stone.
• A crow-masked majin gave a starving orc the name Gaelut, food, and orders to conquer the Jura Great Forest.
• Rimuru asked Great Sage about the skills she gained from swallowing Ifrit and learned that she had reached the peak of Special A-rank.
• Mo Li's stone shell began to disappear, and Great Sage confirmed that he had successfully evolved but still needed time to adjust before awakening.

Mo Li emerged from his evolution with a vastly stronger body and the true inheritance of Morax after enduring a thousand years of erosion. He inspected his status and concluded that he could contend with nearly any opponent at his current rank, while still remaining a Monster Species.

• Rimuru asked Great Sage to assess Ari's pressure, and Great Sage said Mo Li's known power rivaled an ordinary Awakened Demon King.
• The rock cocoon cracked and shattered, revealing Mo Li in a much larger, imposing dragon form whose pressure overwhelmed Rimuru.
• Great Sage confirmed that the transformed creature was Mo Li, and Rimuru praised his appearance.
• Mo Li recalled enduring a thousand years of erosion to pass Morax's trial and receive the true inheritance.
• Mo Li asked Gamer to open his status panel and saw his race, skills, authority, and traits after his evolution.
• Mo Li judged himself unbeatable among S-rank beings and capable of fighting most opponents short of Ultimate Skill users and True Dragons.

After evolving, Mo Li revealed his human form to Rimuru, who was so captivated that she got a nosebleed and let him draw her into his arms. Rigurd interrupted them, leaving Rimuru embarrassed and Mo Li annoyed as Rigurd noticed him.

• Rimuru congratulated Mo Li on successfully evolving, and Mo Li confirmed that he could take human form.
• Mo Li transformed into a handsome human, and Rimuru stared at him until she got a nosebleed.
• Mo Li teased Rimuru by inviting her to touch him, then pulled her into his arms.
• Rigurd arrived after hearing strange sounds, and Rimuru jumped away from Mo Li.
• Mo Li angrily told Rigurd to go back, but Rigurd noticed someone standing beside Rimuru.

Mo Li and Rimuru learned that a powerful monster had ravaged the goblins’ old hunting grounds, and Mo Li recognized the signs as the arrival of the Orc Lord. He kept his suspicions to himself and ordered the villagers to return to the village, leaving them to prepare for what came next.

• Mo Li revealed his identity to Rigurd, who apologized for failing to recognize him, and Mo Li reassured him.
• Rigurd reported that patrols had found many monster corpses and a badly damaged environment in the old hunting grounds.
• Mo Li asked about the bite marks on the bones, trees, and vegetables, then realized the Orc Lord Incident had begun.
• Rimuru asked Mo Li what they should do, and he ordered Rigurd to gather the villagers and forbid anyone from leaving without his permission.

Mo Li ordered Rigurd to bring the villagers inside because he had a bad feeling, then set out with Rimuru to investigate the area beyond the village. Just as they were about to leave, Ran-ga arrived to speak with them, interrupting Rimuru’s hoped-for private outing.

• Mo Li sent Rigurd to gather the villagers and asked Rimuru to accompany him outside to investigate.
• Rimuru got ready and boasted that she had managed the village well as she and Mo Li walked toward the entrance.
• Rigurd reported that he had brought the villagers back inside and explained that he had stopped to help a villager check his vegetables.
• Mo Li told Rigurd to arrange the villagers while he and Rimuru went out, and they prepared to leave.
• Ran-ga arrived and greeted Rimuru and Mo Li, while Rimuru glared at him for interrupting their outing.

Mo Li agreed to let Ran-ga accompany him and Rimuru to search for a missing Direwolf, interrupting Rimuru’s hoped-for time alone with him. After Mo Li comforted and teased her, Rimuru asked him to promise to grant her a request.

• Ran-ga asked to accompany Mo Li and Rimuru because a Direwolf had gone missing while traveling.
• Mo Li agreed to help Ran-ga search and warned him not to act alone; Ran-ga slipped into Rimuru’s shadow.
• Rimuru sulked because Ran-ga’s arrival had interrupted her time with Mo Li, and Mo Li hugged her to comfort her.
• Rimuru blushed at Mo Li’s embrace, while Great Sage warned her that she was overly excited.
• Rimuru demanded that Mo Li grant her one request, and Mo Li promised to agree.

Mo Li, Rimuru, and Ran-ga traveled into the Jura Great Forest to investigate Rigurd’s report and search for a missing Direwolf. They found a devastated area filled with monster corpses, leaving Mo Li shaken and Rimuru frightened.

• Rimuru transformed into Slime form and rode in Mo Li’s arms as he asked Ran-ga to lead them to the place where a Direwolf had disappeared.
• Mo Li told Rimuru he wanted to investigate Rigurd’s report and considered the possibility that events involving the five Great Ogres had changed.
• Ran-ga explained that monsters had been approaching the village to befriend or join them, forcing the villagers to change their hunting grounds.
• Ran-ga brought Mo Li and Rimuru to a ravaged area littered with monster corpses and broken trees.
• Rimuru jumped into Mo Li’s arms in fear, and Mo Li condemned the Pigheaded Tribe’s actions as he surveyed the destruction.

Benimaru and the other Great Ogres attacked Mo Li and Rimuru, but Rimuru overwhelmed them and demanded answers. Benimaru explained that the Pigheaded Tribe had destroyed their village and that he believed demonfolk were behind the attack.

• Benimaru arrived and confronted Mo Li and Rimuru, while Mo Li recognized him and saw that all five Great Ogres were present.
• Rimuru, angered by another interruption to her time with Mo Li, took on the five Great Ogres after Mo Li told her not to hit them too hard.
• Old Man White attacked Rimuru, but she dodged easily, and Benimaru ordered the others to attack together.
• Rimuru unleashed her overwhelming aura, immobilizing the Great Ogres and forcing Benimaru to agree to answer her questions.
• Benimaru told Rimuru that the Pigheaded Tribe had destroyed their village and that demonfolk were the masterminds behind the incident.

Mo Li questioned Benimaru about the Great Ogres’ attack while Rimuru confronted Shion for insulting her. Mo Li entrusted Rimuru with his deepest feelings, then stopped her from attacking and said he would handle the matter himself.

• Benimaru explained that the Great Ogres had mistaken Mo Li’s group for majin, and he said he no longer suspected them.
• Mo Li told Rimuru to stand down, then asked Benimaru to answer his questions; Rimuru returned to her Slime form and settled into Mo Li’s arms.
• Shion muttered that Mo Li was only strong because of Rimuru, prompting Rimuru to threaten her for looking down on Ari.
• Mo Li reflected on Rimuru’s sincerity and resolved to trust her with his life unless she betrayed him.
• Rimuru noticed Mo Li’s reddened eyes and panicked, but he quickly regained his composure and told her to leave Shion to him.

Mo Li offered Shion and the other Great Ogres a bet: if they failed to move him from a circle within ten minutes, they would submit to Rimuru. The five accepted their hopeless situation, while Rimuru wondered why Mo Li wanted them and grew jealous of the women among them.

• Mo Li proposed that Shion and the other four Great Ogres attack him together for ten minutes, with their lives at stake if they won and submission to Rimuru if they lost.
• Rimuru agreed to Mo Li's terms, while privately questioning his interest in the Great Ogres and worrying that Shuna or Shion might attract him.
• Shion sought support from Benimaru, and Old Man White, Shuna, and Kurobei encouraged him to accept the bet.
• Benimaru recognized they had no real choice and prepared to gamble on Mo Li being weaker than he seemed.
• Mo Li privately thought the five were treating the bet too seriously, and Rimuru suggested they let them go because they looked pitiful.

Mo Li challenged the five Great Ogres to a wager and effortlessly withstood their combined attacks. He revealed his S-rank pressure, forcing them to the ground and leaving them unable to move.

• Mo Li drew a small circle, declared the contract sealed, and invited the five Great Ogres to attack him.
• Benimaru struck Mo Li, but Mo Li's golden barrier blocked the attack without a scratch.
• The five Great Ogres launched a combined assault, but Mo Li emerged unharmed and Shion accused him of relying on strong defenses.
• Mo Li released his S-rank pressure, crushing trees and cracking the ground as the Great Ogres were forced down.
• Mo Li restrained his pressure to avoid killing the ogres and went especially easy on Shuna because she had held back.

Mo Li revealed his Disaster-class strength, accepted Benimaru and the other Great Ogres as subordinates, and agreed that Rimuru would name them. Before they left, Benimaru asked them to accept another injured Great Ogre, whose description struck Mo Li as strangely familiar.

• Mo Li revealed his overwhelming power, and Benimaru and the other Great Ogres realized he was a Disaster-class powerhouse.
• Benimaru offered the Great Ogres' submission, and Mo Li accepted them as subjects of himself and Rimuru.
• Mo Li told the Great Ogres that Rimuru would grant them names, then prepared to leave with Rimuru.
• Benimaru stopped Mo Li and Rimuru to explain that another Great Ogre was recovering at their camp after being injured in the battle against the Pig Head Tribe.
• Benimaru described the missing Great Ogre as blue-skinned, handsome, and fond of wearing a rakshasa mask, and Rimuru urged everyone to go meet him.

Rimuru and Mo Li learned that a withdrawn blue ogre had lost all four of his siblings and was now badly injured. Old Man White hoped their strength could help the survivors avenge the village, and Rimuru hurried to visit the ogre at the temporary camp.

• Shion explained that the blue ogre had become withdrawn after losing his family in two village disasters.
• Old Man White said the ogre was among the village’s strongest and revealed that his four siblings had died.
• Mo Li recognized the ogre as Xiao based on his appearance, family tragedy, and short stature.
• Old Man White recalled the Great Ogres’ defeat by the Pigheaded Tribe and hoped Rimuru and Mo Li could help them take revenge.
• Old Man White revealed that the blue ogre was badly injured and that the group had been searching for medicinal herbs to treat him.
• Rimuru told Old Man White and the others to lead him to the temporary camp.

Mo Li questioned the Gamer about the strange events surrounding his evolution and the ogre who resembled Xiao. The Gamer concealed her deal with the World Will, while Mo Li chose to trust her and set off with Rimuru to meet the injured ogre.

• Mo Li reflected on the village's shortage of strong fighters and wondered whether Morax's inheritance, the Rock Archon's blood essence, and the Xiao-like ogre were connected.
• The Gamer claimed she did not know what was happening, though she had secretly gained power from Mo Li's evolution and negotiated a deal with the World Will to help Rimuru grow.
• The Gamer revealed to herself that her first request under the deal had been for the World Will to arrange subordinates for Mo Li, resulting in the Xiao-like ogre.
• Mo Li decided not to press the Gamer and told her that he trusted her more than anyone else in the world.
• Mo Li urged Old Man White to lead the way to the ogre, and Rimuru offered to treat the ogre's serious wounds.

Mo Li and Rimuru followed Old Man White to the cave where an injured ogre was waiting. Mo Li asserted his authority when Shion questioned his orders, leaving the other ogres shaken as they watched him enter the cave.

• Old Man White led Mo Li, Rimuru, and the Five Ogres to a secluded cave where an injured ogre was being kept.
• Mo Li told Old Man White to take him and Rimuru inside while the others waited outside, but Shion challenged the order.
• Mo Li coldly ordered Old Man White to lead the way, and Shuna covered Shion's mouth as Mo Li and Rimuru entered the cave.
• After the two lords disappeared inside, Benimaru and the others collapsed from the pressure and Shuna warned Shion that questioning her superiors could have gotten her executed.