Chapter Summaries

Silvia apologized to Azhdaha for her husband Laplace’s past actions and begged him to spare Laplace, offering to pay any price. Azhdaha had not yet answered, while Rimuru and Veldora left the decision entirely to him.

• Rimuru stayed beside Azhdaha but chose not to interfere, while Veldora hid nearby to watch.
• Silvia recognized Azhdaha, greeted him respectfully, and apologized for her husband’s offense.
• Silvia reflected that her plan to seek Rimuru’s help had fallen apart after Azhdaha and Veldora appeared alongside her.
• Silvia bowed deeply and pleaded with Azhdaha to forgive Laplace and spare him, offering to make amends at any cost.
• Azhdaha was taken aback by Silvia’s resolve, while Rimuru and Veldora remained unwilling to intervene on Laplace’s behalf.

Rimuru decided not to interfere with Ruotuo’s decision about whether to forgive Laplace and the others, while Guy learned how Silvia and Laplace were connected to Ruotuo’s past. The chapter ended with Guy teasing Ruotuo about his history.

• Rimuru concluded that only Ruotuo could decide whether to forgive Laplace and the others, and that Mo Li was the only one who might have standing to intervene.
• Guy watched Silvia apologize to Ruotuo through a crystal ball and asked Mo Li what she had done to anger the Rock Dragon King.
• Mo Li explained that Laplace and the others had attacked Ruotuo during the conquest of the Jura Great Forest, leading Mo Li to suppress them.
• Mo Li told Guy that Laplace was Silvia’s husband, the deceased Hero Sallion, who had been revived as part of the Death Spirit Race.
• Guy remarked that Ruotuo’s past was unexpected and teased him about it.

Guy and Mo Li discussed Azhdaha’s past, including how Mo Li stopped Laplace and his allies from controlling Azhdaha. They left the question of Laplace’s fate to Azhdaha, while watching him speak with Silvia.

• Guy recognized Azhdaha as an extraordinarily powerful being whose strength rivaled Velzard’s.
• Mo Li recalled rescuing Azhdaha from Laplace, Tia, and Forthman, who had tried to control him with Clayman’s cursed necklace.
• Guy asked why Mo Li had sealed Laplace instead of killing him, and Mo Li explained that destroying Laplace had not been worth his time.
• Mo Li said Laplace’s fate depended on Azhdaha, while Guy and Mo Li watched Azhdaha converse with Silvia.

Azhdaha revealed that Laplace had conspired with Clayman to ambush and control him, and that the incident had also wounded Morax. Silvia realized how grave her husband’s crimes were, but remained unwilling to give up and begged Azhdaha to punish her instead.

• Mo Li said he felt indifferent toward Laplace, while he and Guy wondered what choice Azhdaha would make.
• Azhdaha told Silvia that Laplace had teamed up with Clayman to ambush him and use Domination Magic to turn him into a puppet.
• Azhdaha explained that Clayman’s magic had forced him to fight Morax, and that Laplace’s actions had harmed his closest friend.
• Rimuru remembered Ari’s suffering and felt anger toward Laplace, while Silvia realized her husband had committed terrible crimes.
• Silvia knelt before Azhdaha and begged him to show mercy, offering to bear any punishment in Laplace’s place.

Silvia pleaded with Morax to spare Laplace, and Rimuru understood her devotion by imagining how she would respond if Ari were condemned. Morax decided to offer Laplace a chance in exchange for a price that could benefit the Demon Country Federation.

• Silvia knelt before Morax and offered to bear Sallion's punishment if he showed mercy to Laplace.
• Morax recognized Silvia's love for Laplace and remembered Rimuru's despair when he had faked his death.
• Rimuru imagined Ari being sealed away and realized she would do anything to save him.
• Veldora scribbled notes about love while Morax weighed whether to refuse Silvia or spare Laplace.
• Morax considered using Laplace as a vanguard in the coming War of Heavens and Demons and seeking benefits from Silvia's strength and status.
• Morax told Silvia he would give her and Laplace a chance.

Azhdaha offered Silvia a chance to save Laplace by making him serve the Demon Country Federation as a pawn. Silvia agreed to pay the price, and Azhdaha demanded that both she and Laplace obey the Federation as the War of Heavens and Demons approached.

• Azhdaha told Silvia he would give Laplace an opportunity, surprising Veldora, who questioned whether Azhdaha had gone softhearted.
• Azhdaha explained to Veldora that he intended to use Laplace as a pawn, and Veldora asked what arrangements he had planned.
• Silvia thanked Azhdaha and declared that she would pay any price she could bear to make up for Laplace's mistakes.
• Azhdaha told Silvia he could let Laplace live, but only if both she and Laplace obeyed his—or the Demon Country Federation's—orders.

Silvia agreed to obey Azhdaha and the Demon Country Federation in exchange for Sallion’s release. Azhdaha explained that only Morax could remove the seal at Guyun Pavilion, then called for him to appear.

• Azhdaha demanded that Silvia and Sallion obey his orders in exchange for freeing Sallion.
• Silvia agreed, unwilling to abandon her husband despite the steep price.
• Silvia asked when Sallion could be released, and Azhdaha told her Morax alone could remove his seal.
• Azhdaha shouted for Morax to emerge and remove Sallion’s seal, leaving everyone present shocked.

Azhdaha called out Morax to remove the seal on Silvia’s husband, convinced that Morax was secretly watching them. After a tense wait, Mo Li appeared through a spatial crack, leaving the group face-to-face with the Geo Archon.

• Azhdaha told Silvia that only Morax could lift the seal and loudly summoned him, claiming he was watching from hiding.
• Azhdaha guessed that Guy was with Mo Li in a hidden space, surprising Guy and prompting Mo Li to decide they should meet the group.
• Mo Li opened a spatial crack and left the hidden space, while Guy created another passage and followed him.
• When Morax did not appear immediately, Rimuru doubted Azhdaha’s claim and Azhdaha privately feared he had embarrassed himself.
• Mo Li emerged before the group, and Veldora sensed his arrival just as she was about to mock Azhdaha.

Mo Li emerged from hiding with Guy, startling Azhdaha, Veldora, Rimuru, and Silvia. Azhdaha asked Mo Li to remove the formation beneath Guyun Pavilion, leaving Silvia anxious about what he would decide.

• Mo Li stepped through a dark golden rift, and Guy followed through a purple-black rift beside him.
• Azhdaha recognized that Guy had been with Mo Li, while Rimuru worried about Guy's interest in him and Silvia felt overwhelmed by the powerful beings present.
• Azhdaha greeted Mo Li and asked why he was with Guy; Mo Li said they had been having tea.
• Veldora and Rimuru approached Mo Li, and Rimuru grabbed the hem of his clothes while keeping Guy at a distance.
• Azhdaha asked Mo Li to remove the formation beneath Guyun Pavilion, making Silvia fear his answer.

Silvia feared that Morax would refuse to remove the formation beneath Guyun Pavilion, but Mo Li agreed to honor Azhdaha’s promise as long as the site remained undamaged. Afterward, Mo Li suspected that Veldanava, the Star King Dragon, was the Demon Country Federation’s true ultimate enemy.

• Azhdaha asked Mo Li to remove the formation beneath Guyun Pavilion, which he had promised to Silvia.
• Silvia trembled under Mo Li’s intimidating gaze and collapsed gasping after he withdrew it.
• Mo Li agreed to remove the formation provided Guyun Pavilion was not damaged.
• Mo Li reasoned that Kagurazaka Yuuki was only a minor character and suspected that Veldanava was the true enemy.

Mo Li realized that the Demon Country Federation’s ultimate enemy might be Veldanava, the Star King Dragon, but judged that an incomplete Veldanava could still be fought. After Laplace and his companions were allowed another chance, Silvia pledged to serve Azhdaha and Guy marveled at her unusual obedience.

• Mo Li reasoned that the light novel timeline could make Veldanava the Demon Country Federation’s ultimate enemy, though he believed the revived dragon would need time to regain his strength.
• Azhdaha noticed Mo Li spacing out, pushed his shoulder, and heard him say he was fine.
• Rimuru accepted that Laplace and his companions could be released after Ari assured him Guyun Pavilion would remain safe.
• Silvia thanked Mo Li for sparing her husband and promised that she and Sallion would faithfully serve Azhdaha.
• Guy remarked that Silvia’s submission was rare because she had chosen to obey willingly.

Silvia spoke with Guy about her late teacher, the Divine Ancestor, while Mo Li recalled that the Divine Ancestor might still be hidden within Velzard. Ruotuo interrupted them and reminded Silvia that they needed to save her husband.

• Guy remarked that Silvia's deferential manner was unusual and recognized that Mo Li and Ruotuo had leverage over her through Laplace, her husband.
• Silvia greeted Guy respectfully, and Guy said he had never cared for the Divine Ancestor because of his dangerous experiments.
• Silvia said she regretted her teacher's death but had opposed his experiments and grieved that he had gone astray.
• Mo Li remembered that the Divine Ancestor might be lurking within Velzard and decided he would deal with the danger later.
• Ruotuo impatiently interrupted the conversation and asked whether Silvia intended to save her husband.

Mo Li took Silvia and the others to Guyun Pavilion to release Laplace and showed them the powerful formation he had created there. The group arrived at the pavilion, where Silvia sensed its immense sealing power but found no sign of her husband.

• Azhdaha interrupted Mo Li and Silvia's conversation and urged them to focus on rescuing Laplace.
• Mo Li stopped Silvia from bowing and assured her that he would keep his promise to release Laplace.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that he needed no preparations and warned the group to get ready.
• Mo Li used his power to transport everyone from the Jura Great Forest to Guyun Pavilion.
• Silvia examined the pavilion and discovered six enormous rune-covered stone pillars forming a seal she believed could suppress any being in the world.

Silvia saw the powerful sealing formation beneath Guyun Pavilion and questioned why Mo Li had used it to suppress Sallion and his companions. Mo Li explained that the formation grew stronger with his own power, revealing that he had already sealed them when he was only a Demon Lord Seed.

• Silvia examined the enormous formation beneath Guyun Pavilion and realized it could suppress even an existence on Guy’s level.
• Guy admired the formation, which he had analyzed with King of Pride, and recognized that it could restrain beings with immortal natures.
• Silvia asked Mo Li if the formation had sealed her husband, Sallion, and Mo Li confirmed that it suppressed Laplace and his two companions.
• Mo Li explained that the formation had been weaker when he first established it and that its power increased as he grew stronger.
• Silvia realized that Mo Li had suppressed Sallion and the other Demon Lord Seed-level companions while Mo Li himself was only a Demon Lord Seed.

Mo Li reassured Silvia that Laplace, who had taken Sallion’s place, was still alive and told her why he wanted to speak with her before releasing him. He explained Laplace’s history, leaving Silvia with the truth about her husband’s identity and past.

• Silvia realized Mo Li had created his powerful formation while he was still a Demon Lord Seed, deepening her admiration for him.
• Guy admitted he had analyzed and learned Mo Li’s formation, while Mo Li acknowledged his talent.
• Silvia remembered she had come to save Sallion and anxiously asked whether he was alive.
• Mo Li reassured Silvia that Laplace had an immortal body and that the formation was meant mainly to seal him.
• Mo Li warned Silvia that the person sealed was Laplace, chairman of the Middle Clown Chain, and might not recognize her as his partner.
• Mo Li told Silvia how Sallion had become Laplace after driving back the Chaos Dragon and being treated by Kazarim.

Mo Li explained that Sallion had become Laplace, lost his memories of Silvia, and been saved by Kazarim, whom Leon had killed. Silvia struggled with the tangled debts and loyalties, while Woduo pointed out that Kazarim and Kagurazaka Yuuki were both under Michael’s control.

• Mo Li told Silvia that Sallion had survived the Chaos Dragon’s attack, been treated by Kazarim, and joined the Middle Clown Chain as Laplace, but no longer remembered her.
• Silvia expressed gratitude to Kazarim, and Guy revealed that Leon had killed Kazarim and taken his Demon Lord seat.
• Mo Li reflected on the tangled connection between Kazarim, Leon, Silvia, and Sallion, while Silvia struggled with the situation.
• Woduo told Silvia that Kazarim and Kagurazaka Yuuki were both being controlled by Michael, so she could not repay either of Sallion’s benefactors.
• Silvia gave Woduo a resentful look after he said there was little point in repaying them.

Silvia agreed to focus on freeing Sallion, while Azhdaha and Veldora argued over whether to rescue Kagurazaka Yuuki and Kazarim. Mo Li began the ritual-breaking process at Guyun Pavilion, leaving the group watching as he raised his hand.

• Azhdaha argued that the Demon Country Federation should not save Kagurazaka Yuuki or Kazarim, and Silvia acknowledged she lacked the power to rescue Kazarim from Rudra.
• Veldora condemned Azhdaha's proposed treatment of their enemies, and Azhdaha defended his ruthless approach.
• Rimuru and Ciel marveled at Mo Li's feat of transferring everyone beneath Guyun Pavilion without spatial teleportation magic.
• Mo Li reflected that Laplace might not abandon Kazarim and the others, but left their arrangements to Azhdaha.
• Silvia asked Mo Li when he would act, and Mo Li approached Guyun Pavilion and raised his right hand to begin breaking the magic array.

Silvia steadied herself before Mo Li began the ritual to break the formation sealing Sallion beneath Guyun Pavilion. As the formation began to resonate with Mo Li’s power, Ciel sensed that a hidden force was lurking behind the War of Heavens and Demons.

• Silvia overcame her fear that Sallion had forgotten her and resolved to make him fall in love with her again.
• Guy, Wakato, Veldora, and Rimuru noticed or praised Silvia’s renewed confidence, while Rimuru professed his love for Mo Li and Ciel felt jealous.
• Ciel sensed that an unseen force was lurking behind the War of Heavens and Demons and resolved to uncover it when she had the chance.
• Mo Li raised his hand, transformed into a white-robed figure radiating divine power, and caused Guyun Pavilion and the sealed formation beneath it to glow and tremble.

Mo Li manipulated the immense power of the sealing formation beneath Guyun Pavilion and dismantled it, revealing six parts sealed beneath the stone pillars. The parts assembled into a body as Sallion’s life force appeared, leaving Silvia to recognize her partner’s presence.

• The formation beneath Guyun Pavilion unleashed overwhelming power, and Silvia feared no one could have survived within it.
• Mo Li controlled the formation effortlessly and raised six stone pillars, each concealing a golden-sealed object.
• Ruo Tuo recognized Morax’s sealing method, while Silvia sensed Sallion’s aura in the six objects.
• The six golden spheres converged and revealed a torso and five limbs, which assembled into a body.
• White light erupted as Laplace’s life force—and Sallion’s—appeared in the air.

Mo Li released the seals on Laplace’s six body parts, allowing his immortal body to reassemble and begin reviving. As Laplace neared the end of his reconstruction, Silvia recognized Sallion’s aura, while Yato resolved to punish Laplace for his past betrayal.

• Mo Li released the seals, and Laplace’s six body parts joined together as his healing aura filled the sky.
• Silvia recognized Sallion’s aura within Laplace and watched his revival with excitement.
• Veldora called Mo Li’s method cruel, and Yato defended it while recalling Laplace’s betrayal.
• Yato decided to beat Laplace despite needing him as a vanguard in the coming War of Heavens and Demons.
• Laplace’s revival reached its final stage as a heartbeat sounded from the white light, and Sylvis waited beneath it.