Chapter Summaries

Velzard reflected on Morax’s overwhelming strength while Guy revealed that Morax had offered him an opportunity: to teach Awakened Ones who had gained Ultimate Power through Morax’s methods. Velzard struggled to believe it, and Guy ended by wondering how much Morax had changed.

• Velzard recalled Morax’s past victories over Dagruel, Luminas, Velgrend, Rudra, and even Guy, and admitted she feared being sealed by him.
• Guy ignored Velzard’s jealousy and said Morax had brought him a significant opportunity.
• Guy explained that Morax had found a way for Awakened Ones under his command to obtain Ultimate Power and wanted Guy to teach them.
• Velzard doubted that anyone could bestow Ultimate Power, but Guy insisted Morax would not lie and that he believed him.
• Guy gazed toward where Morax had gone and wondered whether Morax had become impossible to understand.

Chloe asked Velzard to summon Misari and Raine so Mo Li could bestow Ultimate Skills on them, strengthening their side for the War of Heavens and Demons. Velzard accepted Chloe’s decision but grew intensely jealous of the trust and affection he showed Mo Li.

• Velzard questioned how Mo Li could bestow Ultimate Skills, while Chloe watched the direction Mo Li had vanished and called him unfathomable.
• Velzard became jealous as she saw Chloe’s admiration for Mo Li, but recognized that neither Chloe nor Morax was someone she could defeat.
• Chloe asked Velzard to call Misari and Raine, saying he had secured a major opportunity for them.
• Chloe explained that he wanted Mo Li to grant Misari and Raine Ultimate Skills because he feared hidden forces might be behind the War of Heavens and Demons.
• Velzard worried that bestowing Ultimate Skills might strain Mo Li, but Chloe said he trusted Li despite having no confidence of his own.
• Velzard grew more jealous when Chloe expressed almost blind trust in Mo Li.

Velzard left Guy after seeing how completely he trusted and cherished Morax, whose place in Guy’s life filled her with jealousy and despair. Guy then fantasized about handing the White Ice Palace to Raine and Misari so he could settle in the Demon Country Federation and enjoy an easy life with Li.

• Velzard became consumed by jealousy over Morax’s strength, Guy’s trust in him, and Guy’s affection for him.
• Velzard opened a spatial black hole and left after telling Guy she would summon Raine and Misari.
• Guy asked Velzard to raid Raine’s treasury and bring him signature delicacies from the Demon Country Federation.
• After Velzard departed, Guy lounged on the sofa and decided he would give the White Ice Palace to Raine and Misari after the War of Heavens and Demons.
• Guy imagined settling in the Demon Country Federation, where he could eat, drink, and have fun with Li.

Raine worried that her persistent bad premonition meant someone had targeted her, while Misari dismissed it as imagination after considering possible threats. The two were left shopping in Liyue City, with Misari scolding Raine after she abruptly asked whether her treasury was safe.

• Guy decided he would hand the White Ice Palace to Raine and Misari after the War of Heavens and Demons, then settle in the Demon Country Federation and enjoy himself with Li.
• Raine sneezed in Liyue City and told Misari she had felt a bad premonition since that morning.
• Misari considered whether they had angered someone or left trouble behind, but found no likely explanation and concluded Raine was imagining things.
• Raine insisted she felt someone bad had targeted her, while Misari began to doubt her dismissal.
• Raine suddenly asked Misari whether she had hidden her little treasury safely, and Misari smacked her forehead and told her to be serious.

Raine worried that Battle Guy might take her savings, but Misari reassured her that she had kept the money pouch safe. Just as Raine finished counting her money, an unfamiliar woman found them.

• Raine asked Misari whether her savings were still safe, and Misari flicked her forehead for focusing on money while they were being watched.
• Raine complained that Battle Guy had already taken her money before and said she needed her savings for when he threw her out.
• Misari recalled that Raine had entrusted her with all her savings because Battle Guy would not loot the hardworking Misari.
• Misari showed Raine the money pouch, and Raine snatched it and counted the money to confirm none was missing.
• A woman with a pleasant, ethereal voice appeared beside them and said she had found them.

Velzard arrived to summon Raine and Misari back to Chii, who had business with them. Misari agreed at once, while Raine reluctantly asked why Chii wanted to see them.

• Raine checked her purse and smiled when she found all her money intact.
• Velzard emerged from a spatial portal, and Raine and Misari greeted her respectfully.
• Velzard told them Chii had asked her to bring them back to the White Ice Palace.
• Misari agreed to go immediately, while Raine hesitated and asked why Chii wanted to see them.

Velzard told Raine and Misari that Guy had summoned them for a rare opportunity rather than a mission. She left with Raine’s hidden wallet as money Guy had asked to borrow, leaving Raine stunned.

• Raine nervously asked Velzard why Guy wanted to see her, while Misari restrained her and apologized for her behavior.
• Velzard reassured them that Guy had not summoned them for a mission and said they would receive an enormous opportunity.
• Raine stopped struggling and eagerly asked Velzard for details, but Velzard kept the opportunity secret and told them not to keep Guy waiting.
• Velzard revealed that Guy had asked to borrow money from Raine and left with the wallet hidden in her clothes.
• Raine froze in shock after seeing Velzard take her wallet.

Velzard took Raine’s hidden wallet on Guy’s behalf, leaving Raine devastated when Misari confirmed the loss. Misari comforted her and urged her to meet Guy about the important opportunity Velzard had mentioned, but Raine broke down sobbing in the street.

• Velzard told Raine that Guy had asked her to borrow money and revealed she had taken Raine’s hidden wallet before departing.
• Raine asked Misari whether the wallet was hers, and Misari confirmed that Velzard had taken it.
• Raine collapsed in despair, lamenting that her savings were gone.
• Misari helped Raine up and urged her to prioritize their mission and report to Guy about the opportunity.
• Raine cried in the street, cursing Guy for taking the money she had earned from selling paintings.

Misari tried to comfort Raine after Guy took the money she had saved from selling paintings. In an unknown space, Velzard watched the scene while counting the Mora she had stolen from Raine, and her thoughts of Guy’s admiration for Morax made her angry.

• Misari blamed Guy for making Raine cry and tried to comfort her over the loss of her savings.
• Velzard watched Raine bawl in the White Ice Palace and enjoyed the spectacle she had helped create.
• Velzard opened Raine’s blue money pouch to find out how much she had saved.
• Velzard discovered the pouch held Mora forged by Morax and recalled Guy’s obsession with him.
• Velzard admitted that Mora was more useful than the currency minted by the Dwarf Kingdom.

Velzard examined Raine’s savings and discovered they were a huge stash of Mora, the Demon Country Federation’s currency, which she judged superior to the Dwarf Kingdom’s coins. The stash would benefit Guy, while Raine continued sobbing.

• Velzard recognized Raine’s savings as Mora and recalled her anger at Guy’s admiration for Morax.
• Velzard considered how the Dwarf Kingdom had gained the continent’s currency-minting role and how Guy had once enforced stability across the continent.
• Velzard noted that Morax now safeguarded the continent and that Mora could serve as both currency and forging material.
• Velzard saw that Raine’s small spatial bag held tens of millions of Mora and realized Guy would benefit from it.
• Velzard looked pityingly at Raine as she continued sobbing.

Velzard watched Guy take Raine’s savings, then secretly kept half the Mora for herself and planned to let Guy take the blame. She headed off to deliver the remaining money to him, pleased with her scheme.

• Raine’s savings had been exchanged for tens of millions of Mora, and Guy took the money without paying her.
• Velzard pitied Raine and considered keeping some of the Mora for herself.
• Velzard transferred roughly half the money into her own storage space, leaving twenty or thirty million Mora in Raine’s bag.
• Velzard decided to blame Guy for the missing Mora and went to deliver him the rest.

Velzard discovered that Raine had saved tens of millions of mora and planned to deliver the money to Guy, who amused himself imagining how he would spend it. Meanwhile, Rimuru finished a manuscript and wondered how powerful Mo Li truly was, leaving her curiosity about his strength unresolved.

• Velzard found twenty to thirty million mora remaining in Raine's stash and realized Raine had saved fifty to sixty million in total.
• Velzard decided to deliver the money to Guy, pleased that he would take the blame for their actions.
• Guy suspected Raine was cursing him and fantasized about spending the money he expected to receive.
• Rimuru finished her manuscript and complained that she could not find Mo Li, whom she called Ari.
• Rimuru asked Ciel to estimate Ari's strength and recalled his feats and many titles, including defeating Guy and the Emperor together.

Rimuru asked Ciel to assess Morax's strength, but Ciel admitted she could not see through him and judged him the strongest person she knew, still below the Star King Dragon. Ciel then assessed Rimuru as a Calamity-class powerhouse whose combat experience lagged behind her immense abilities, leaving Rimuru surprised at how far she and Ari had risen.

• Rimuru asked Ciel how strong Morax was after hearing about his achievements and titles.
• Ciel explained that she had never been able to see through Morax and described his essence as a golden abyss.
• Ciel assessed Morax as the strongest person she knew, but said he remained below the Star King Dragon and would require two fighters on Guy Crimson's level to oppose.
• Rimuru asked Ciel to rank her own strength, and Ciel said her power matched the Calamity-class fighters, though her combat awareness and experience were immature.
• Rimuru reflected on how she had become a Calamity-class leader while Ari had become the continent's strongest.

Rimuru reflected on her unexpected rise in strength and worried about the coming great war. Ciel reassured her that their side had a greater than ninety-five percent chance of victory, while recognizing that Morax’s mysterious power remained beyond her full understanding.

• Rimuru realized she had become the leader of the continent’s strongest power, while Ari had become the continent’s strongest.
• Ciel judged Rimuru still too weak to face Guy Crimson, Milim Nava, Velzard, or Morax, and studied the sacred Authority Origin Power she had received from Morax.
• Ciel concluded that Morax’s Authority Origin Power surpassed Void Collapse Power and Star Particles in status and that Morax might eventually surpass the Star King Dragon.
• Rimuru asked Ciel whether they could survive the great war, despite the confidence others placed in Mo Li as their protector.
• Ciel estimated their chance of victory at above ninety-five percent and told Rimuru there was no need to worry.

Rimuru felt reassured about the Demon Country Federation’s overwhelming advantage and decided to confess to Ari after the War of Heavens and Demons. Meanwhile, Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera trained in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven and mastered their Ultimate Power.

• Ciel assessed the Demon Country Federation’s odds of victory as above ninety-five percent and promised to give Rimuru the God-class Skill Void God when the time was right.
• Rimuru decided she would confess to Ari after the war, while Ciel worried that Rimuru’s words sounded like a death flag.
• Testarossa, Ultima, and Carrera trained in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven and became familiar with their power.
• The three Primordial Demons mastered their Ultimate Power through training and sparring.

After mastering their Ultimate Skills in Mo Li’s Rock King Grotto-heaven, Carrera reflected on how reckless she had once been toward Leon and felt grateful for the power and blessings Lord Emperor had given her. Ultima and Testarossa noticed Carrera’s unusual fear but gave up trying to understand it.

• Ultima, Carrera, and Testarossa finished training and gained a better grasp of their Ultimate Skills.
• Carrera recalled provoking Leon and realized he could have killed her and forced her into submission.
• Carrera compared that fate with her current life under Lord Emperor and praised him for her True Name, physical body, and new powers.
• Ultima asked Testarossa why Carrera looked afraid, but neither of them knew.
• Ultima and Testarossa decided Carrera’s change of mood was unimportant and stopped investigating.

Ultima questioned Testarossa’s loyalty to Lord Emperor, provoking a burst of killing intent before the two affirmed their devotion. Ultima then asked what Testarossa thought of the Demon Country Federation’s internal factions, leaving Testarossa to consider the question.

• Testarossa recalled her past cruelty and said she had once considered killing Rimuru if he failed to meet her standards.
• Ultima asked whether Testarossa was loyal to Lord Emperor, and Testarossa threatened her for questioning that loyalty.
• Ultima clarified that she was just as loyal to Lord Emperor as Testarossa, and Testarossa withdrew her killing intent.
• Ultima asked Testarossa what she thought of the Demon Country Federation’s factions.

Ultima questioned Testarossa about the Demon Country Federation’s internal factions and suggested that Rimuru had too much combat power while the Emperor had too few forces. The chapter ended with Ultima weighing Testarossa’s superior strength against the other Primordial Demons.

• Ultima asked Testarossa to assess the Federation’s internal factions, and Testarossa waited for her to explain her purpose.
• Ultima argued that the balance between factions was uneven, with too much combat power under Rimuru and too little under the Emperor.
• Testarossa reacted coldly when Ultima accused her of being tempted by the idea, and Ultima warned herself not to provoke her too far.
• Ultima reflected that Testarossa ranked below only Guy Crimson and Diablo among the Primordial Demons, while Ultima and Carrera were roughly evenly matched.
• Ultima judged Misari and Raine to be the weakest Primordial Demons and believed she would have surpassed them if they had appeared at the same time.

Ultima confronted Testarossa about Rimuru’s growing influence and argued that the Twelve Guardian Saints King were not wholly devoted to Lord Emperor. Testarossa wavered as Ultima pointed out that Rimuru, not Lord Emperor, had bestowed their True Names.

• Ultima dismissed Raine and Misari as weak and believed she could defeat them with her Ultimate Skill and Lord Emperor’s blessing.
• Testarossa considered Ultima’s claim that Rimuru’s forces were far more powerful than Lord Emperor’s.
• Ultima warned Testarossa that Rimuru and the Twelve Guardian Saints King held great influence in the Demon Country Federation.
• Testarossa challenged Ultima to say whether she suspected the Twelve Guardian Saints King of disloyalty to Lord Emperor.
• Ultima denied accusing them directly, then argued that they served Lord Emperor differently because Rimuru had bestowed their True Names.

Ultima confronted Testarossa with her buried resentment toward the Twelve Guardian Saints King, whose True Names Rimuru had bestowed, and questioned the balance of power between Rimuru and Lord Emperor. Testarossa warned that rebellion would be futile, while Ultima denied intending to threaten unity.

• Ultima told Testarossa that the Twelve Guardian Saints King were Lord Rimuru’s subjects rather than beings utterly loyal to Lord Emperor.
• Ultima exposed Testarossa’s buried dislike of the Twelve Guardian Saints King and their ties to Rimuru.
• Testarossa considered Rimuru’s strength and influence within the Demon Country Federation, including the possibility that Veldora would side with Rimuru if the two rulers split.
• Testarossa accused Ultima of contemplating rebellion and warned that Lord Emperor would purge her.
• Ultima denied wanting to rebel and recalled Lord Emperor’s ruthless campaign against threats to the Demon Country Federation.