Chapter Summaries

Mo Li discussed the war’s ambiguous morality with Toreni while worrying that trouble remained. Meanwhile, Rimuru defeated the Orc Demon King Kruger and devoured him, including his sins, after hearing why Kruger had fought for his people.

• Toreni apologized to Mo Li for being unable to attack the Jura Great Forest’s monsters, and Mo Li agreed to hold back more in future battles.
• Mo Li and Toreni discussed whether the war was just, with Mo Li calling war a dirty game won by those who could define its outcome.
• Mo Li sensed a bad feeling about Rimuru’s battle, while Toreni said Rimuru’s side had the advantage.
• Rimuru enveloped the Orc Demon King in his Slime body and began devouring him.
• Kruger told Rimuru that he had kept eating, even his own kin, to save his people after Grumid promised him hope as the Orc Lord.
• Rimuru defeated Kruger, made an agreement with him, and devoured everything he possessed, including his sins.

Rimuru defeated and devoured the Orc Demon King, ending the Orc Army’s assault and earning the Lizardmen’s gratitude. As the Lizard King learned that Gaviru had survived, Rimuru prepared to gather the monsters for a meeting.

• The Orc General surrendered after the Orc Demon King vanished, and the Orc Army stopped fighting.
• Rimuru received the skills Hungerer and Predator and successfully evolved into a Demon Lord Seed.
• Gaviru thanked Rimuru for saving the Lizardmen, and Rimuru turned her attention to the remaining Orc Army.
• The Lizard King prepared to sacrifice himself and awaken the sleeping Dragon King, believing Gaviru and the Lizardmen were doomed.
• A soldier reported that Rimuru’s reinforcements had defeated the Orc Demon King and saved Gaviru, bringing the Lizard King to tears.
• The soldier said Rimuru would soon gather the monsters for a meeting, and the Lizard King asked to thank her.

The Ancient Rock Dragon King awoke and summoned the Rock Lizard horde to attack Rimuru and the others. The chapter ended with the eyeless Dragon King emerging from underground as the exhausted Rimuru faced a new threat.

• The Ancient Rock Dragon King sensed Rimuru’s energy and awakened, deciding to kill the intruders in his territory.
• The Dragon King summoned the underground Rock Lizards, and their emergence split the ground beneath Rimuru’s group.
• Rimuru recognized the threat Ari had feared and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Thousands of Rock Lizards and the Four Great Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards appeared, prompting the Orc Army and Lizardman soldiers to ready themselves.
• The four Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards bowed as the enormous, eyeless Ancient Rock Dragon King emerged, leaving Rimuru wary and exhausted.

Rimuru tried to negotiate with the Rock Dragon King, but he agreed to let her leave only if her companions stayed behind. As the Rock Dragon King attacked, Rimuru fought to protect her allies and stalled for Ari to arrive.

• Rimuru told the Rock Dragon King that she and her companions had come to defeat the Orc Demon King at the Tree Sprites' request, but he demanded that her subordinates remain in his territory.
• Shion insulted the Rock Dragon King, provoking him and the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards to attack.
• Rimuru assigned Benimaru and Shion to fight the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards and sent Gaviru and Gobta against the other enemies while she faced the Rock Dragon King.
• Rimuru dodged the Rock Dragon King's tail and endured his Starfall attack, using Predator to devour the meteors before they struck her allies.
• Nearly out of strength, Rimuru wondered when Ari would arrive as the Rock Dragon King prepared to continue attacking.

Mo Li sensed that the powerful monster had awakened and rushed toward Rimuru, who was fighting the Rock Dragon King. Rimuru refused to abandon her companions, but the Dragon King struck her with its strongest attack, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Mo Li sensed the earth and Rock Element becoming unstable, realized the powerful monster had awakened, and flew toward Rimuru and the others.
• Mo Li told Toreni to look after Xiao and watch the orcs while he hurried toward the battlefield.
• Rimuru fought the Rock Dragon King until its attacks left her severely wounded and drained of magicules, while her companions urged her to retreat.
• Rimuru refused to leave her companions, and the Rock Dragon King gathered rock, fire, and lightning for its strongest attack.
• Rimuru thought of Ari as the Dragon King's energy wave struck her position and blasted the battlefield with shockwaves.

Mo Li arrived in time to save Rimuru from the Rock Dragon King and challenged the dragon himself. After Mo Li effortlessly dodged and blocked several attacks, the Rock Dragon King transformed into his Four Elements Form.

• The Rock Dragon King assumed Rimuru had been defeated and ordered the dragons to kill the others, but Mo Li emerged from the dust behind a golden barrier.
• Mo Li healed Rimuru with a Recovery Potion and magicules, and the Gamer confirmed that Rimuru was out of danger.
• Mo Li told the Rock Dragon King to call off his subordinates and fight him, and the Rock Dragon King ordered the Rock Lizards to stop attacking.
• The Rock Dragon King swept his tail at Mo Li, but Mo Li dodged and appeared atop his head before striking him down.
• The Rock Dragon King unleashed Thunder Prison Sea, but Mo Li blocked the lightning with a golden barrier.
• The Rock Dragon King absorbed the Fire, Rock, and Wind Elements and entered his Four Elements Form.

Mo Li overcame the Rock Dragon King’s four-element form and defeated him after unleashing his strongest state. The Rock Dragon King accepted his loss as Mo Li stood poised to kill him.

• The Rock Dragon King surpassed Special A-rank and attacked Mo Li with the Elemental Chaos Death Ray, but Mo Li’s barrier protected him.
• Mo Li activated Berserk Martial Arts and the Stone Rock Mysterious Stone Aspect, entering his Martial God State.
• Mo Li summoned the World-Suppressing Rock Spears and battered the Rock Dragon King, who survived with serious injuries.
• Mo Li attacked the Rock Dragon King with the Piercing Rainbow Spear and defeated him in their final battle.
• The Rock Dragon King admitted defeat as Mo Li stood above him with his spear against the Dragon Eye.

Mo Li defeated the Rock Dragon King and prepared to kill him after learning that he regretted never seeing the world and that the name Morax felt familiar to him. The Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards intervened and begged Mo Li to spare their King, leaving the Rock Dragon King's fate unresolved.

• The Rock Dragon King told Mo Li that his greatest regret was never seeing the world with his own eyes.
• Mo Li asked whether the Rock Dragon King knew Liyue or recognized the name Morax, and the Dragon King said the name seemed familiar despite their never having met.
• Mo Li raised the Piercing Rainbow Spear to kill the Rock Dragon King, but the Gamer shouted for him to stop.
• The four Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards attacked Mo Li with a beam of light, then the Rock Lizards gathered around their King to shield him.
• Mo Li warned the dragons that he would spare them if they did not test his patience.
• The Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards and the other Rock Lizards lowered their heads and begged Mo Li to spare the Rock Dragon King, offering even their lives.

Mo Li faced the Rock Dragon King and the Rock Lizards after they resisted his command to stand down, but he spared them when the King begged for his descendants’ lives. He restrained the Rock Lizards with thousands of boulders, leaving his allies stunned and himself weakened.

• The Rock Lizards defied the Dragon King’s authority and stood between Mo Li and the Rock Dragon King, prompting Shion, Gobta, Benimaru, and Shuna to question the decision to kill them.
• Souei suggested asking Rimuru to persuade Mo Li, and Shuna went to wake her while Old Man White stopped Benimaru from intervening.
• Mo Li asked the Rock Dragon King to order his subjects aside, but the King said they would not leave and begged Mo Li to spare them.
• The Rock Dragon King bowed his head before Mo Li and used his authority to immobilize the exhausted Rock Lizards.
• Mo Li entered the Martial God state, split a giant golden boulder into thousands of stones, and pinned the Rock Lizards, especially the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards.
• Mo Li descended pale from the effort, while the Rock Dragon King and the others marveled at the gap in his strength.

Mo Li moved to kill the Rock Dragon King, but Benimaru, Shion, Souei, and Old Man White intervened, forcing him to fight them off. He returned to the Rock Dragon King to finish the execution, but a familiar voice called out to Ari before he struck.

• Mo Li prepared to kill the Rock Dragon King after the Dragon King thanked him and accepted his fate.
• Benimaru blocked Mo Li's spear, and Shion, Old Man White, and Souei joined him in trying to stop the execution.
• Mo Li challenged the four to attack him, then fought them and knocked them all down.
• Mo Li returned to the Rock Dragon King and raised his spear to kill him.
• A familiar voice called out, “Wait, Ari,” just before Mo Li struck.

Mo Li agreed to spare the Rock Dragon King after Rimuru persuaded him to consider the Rock Lizards and Tempest. He bound the Rock Dragon King and his army to Tempest in exchange for granting him a True Name and eyes.

• Rimuru rushed into Mo Li’s arms, told him of her grievances, and asked him to spare the Rock Dragon King.
• Rimuru argued that killing the Rock Dragon King could endanger Tempest, and Mo Li agreed to let her try to subdue him.
• The Rock Dragon King refused to submit to Rimuru but accepted Mo Li as his master after Rimuru pointed out Mo Li’s strength.
• Mo Li offered the Rock Dragon King his life, a True Name, and eyes in exchange for protecting Tempest, fighting alongside him, and bringing the Rock Lizard army under Tempest.
• Mo Li and the Rock Dragon King sealed the contract, with Rock Eater’s Punishment set for anyone who broke it.

Mo Li and the Rock Dragon King settled their conflict with a contract: the Rock Dragon King would join Rimuru’s town, and Mo Li would give him eyes and a True Name. After the Rock Dragon King gave Rimuru his Origin Dragon Scale, Mo Li created and fitted him with Rock God Pupils, fulfilling his long-held wish.

• Mo Li told Rimuru that the Rock Dragon King had agreed to join the town in exchange for eyes and a True Name, and warned that he would kill him and destroy the Rock Lizard clan if he broke their contract.
• The Rock Dragon King apologized to Rimuru for nearly harming her, then thanked her for pleading with Mo Li and gave her his Origin Dragon Scale so she could command the Rock Lizard army.
• Mo Li told Rimuru to accept the scale as part of the contract, and she accepted it from the Rock Dragon King.
• Mo Li used his blood, the Authority of Rock, and immortal arts to create Rock God Pupils and fuse them into the Rock Dragon King's eye sockets.
• The Rock Dragon King opened his eyes, saw Mo Li and Rimuru, and rejoiced that his wish had finally come true.

Mo Li named the Rock Dragon King Azhdaha, restoring his eyes and True Name and raising his strength to S-rank. After the war ended, Rimuru organized the cleanup while Mo Li told her that the remaining Orc Army was contained nearby, and Azhdaha appeared in Humanoid Form.

• Mo Li named the Rock Dragon King Azhdaha, who accepted the name and vowed to guard what Mo Li guarded.
• Azhdaha's new eyes and True Name raised him to S-rank, and Rimuru clung to Mo Li when she saw the two share an affectionate moment.
• Rimuru announced the war's end, and everyone began clearing the devastated battlefield and tending to the wounded.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that roughly 160,000 to 170,000 Orc Army members were contained nearby under a barrier guarded by Toreni and Xiao.
• Azhdaha, now in Humanoid Form, found Mo Li as Rimuru continued organizing the aftermath.

Rimuru presided over a meeting to decide the Pigheaded Tribe’s fate after the battle. Mo Li challenged her attempt to absolve them, and the meeting ended with the tribe allowed to stay in the Jura Great Forest and atone for their crimes.

• Mo Li questioned Azhdaha about leaving the Rock Lizard Tribe’s affairs to Rimuru, and Azhdaha defended himself by saying he had lent her his ministers.
• Rimuru gathered the participating races for a meeting, with Toreni serving as notary and Rimuru in the main seat.
• Rimuru said she did not intend to punish the Pigheaded Tribe because famine and a demon’s deception had driven them to invade.
• Mo Li argued that Rimuru could not absolve the Pigheaded Tribe and that the Great Ogres who died deserved an explanation.
• Benimaru said the ogres would never forgive the Pigheaded Tribe but would give its members a chance to live, while Xiao called for punishing the chief culprit.
• Rimuru decided that the Pigheaded Tribe could remain in the Jura Great Forest and atone for its crimes.

Toreni proposed forming the Jura Great Forest Alliance to protect the forest, and Mo Li maneuvered Rimuru into becoming its leader. The alliance was formally established with Rimuru as leader and Morax as her assistant.

• Rimuru proposed ways for the Pig Head Tribe and other races to share resources and support one another.
• Toreni proposed that the forest's races form the Jura Great Forest Alliance to defend against growing threats.
• Mo Li nominated Rimuru as alliance leader, and Azhdaha, the Lizard King, Benimaru, the Goblins, and the Pigheaded Tribe supported her.
• Rimuru protested and suggested Ari instead, but Mo Li persuaded her to handle the alliance's internal affairs while he managed external matters.
• Toreni formally announced the alliance, with Rimuru as leader and Morax as her assistant, and the assembled monsters saluted Rimuru.

After the Jura Great Forest Alliance formed, Mo Li became its Vice Alliance Leader and proposed raiding other races for food to save the starving Pigheaded Tribe. Toreni offered the Tree Sprites’ ration-fruit reserves instead, and Rimuru accepted, leaving the crisis in her hands.

• Rimuru became Alliance Leader and Mo Li reluctantly accepted the post of Vice Alliance Leader after Rimuru insisted.
• Rimuru realized the alliance could not feed the more than three hundred thousand Pigheaded Tribe members until the first harvest.
• Mo Li proposed taking food from other races, and Azhdaha eagerly agreed to join him.
• Rimuru and Toreni objected to Mo Li’s plan, while the Lizard King supported it as a means of survival.
• Toreni offered the Tree Sprites’ ration fruit, which could feed the Pigheaded Tribe from their reserves, and Rimuru accepted her offer.

The Jura Great Forest Alliance resolved the Pigheaded Tribe’s crisis, and Rimuru began arranging food, names, and a larger town for its new residents. Mo Li named the planned central city Liyue, moved by its familiar style and Rimuru’s surprise for him.

• Mo Li and Azhdaha ended their standoff after Toreni helped secure food for the Pigheaded Tribe, and the Orc General thanked Toreni, Mo Li, and Rimuru.
• The Alliance’s first meeting concluded, leaving Rimuru to name more than three hundred thousand pigheaded people; Azhdaha named four Ancient Rock Dragon Lizards before leaving.
• Mo Li took Azhdaha back to town, where Kaijin and Kurobei asked him to advise them on redesigning the city to house the incoming population.
• Mo Li admired the city model’s Eastern style as Rimuru revealed it was a surprise for him and asked him to name it.
• Mo Li named the central city Liyue.

After Rimuru named the Pigheaded Tribe, the newly strengthened Pigmen received food and began farming and building Tempest’s settlements, including the central city of Liyue. Rimuru grew bored and went with Mo Li to watch Gobta train, where Gobta’s careless remark earned him a beating.

• Rimuru named all three hundred thousand members of the Pigheaded Tribe, and they evolved into Pigmen while the Orc King rose to the peak of A-rank.
• With Toreni’s help, Benimaru and the others distributed special fruits among the Pigmen so they could reclaim wasteland and grow food.
• Rimuru organized the Pigmen into farming and construction crews, and work began on Liyue and other projects.
• Rimuru complained of boredom to Mo Li and suggested they visit Gobta’s training; Mo Li agreed, and she dragged him to the training grounds.
• Gobta mocked Rimuru’s flat chest, prompting Rimuru to drag him into the woods while Mo Li looked away.

Clayman hosted a meeting with Carrion and Milim, but Freya arrived with Milim and joined despite Clayman’s objections. The four gathered in Clayman’s room as the meeting was about to begin.

• Clayman waited in his lavish room for the Demon Lords to arrive.
• Carrion arrived first, and he and Clayman discussed Milim’s expected arrival.
• Milim arrived and challenged Clayman and Carrion about whether they had been talking about her.
• Freya entered and revealed that Milim had arrived late because of her.
• Clayman objected to Freya’s presence, but she sat on the sofa as he turned to the important matter.

Clayman showed the other Demon Lords how his plan to create an Orc Lord had unfolded, revealing that Rimuru defeated and devoured the Orc Demon King. The meeting ended with Freya judging that Rimuru might be a Demon Lord Seed, though his victory did not prove he was already a Demon Lord.

• Clayman explained that Gelmud’s plan to create an Orc Lord had failed, while concealing that he had given the orders.
• Milim angrily criticized Gelmud, and Freya calmed her before Clayman could continue.
• Clayman showed the Demon Lords crystal-ball footage of Benimaru and the others fighting the Pigheaded Tribe and evolving into kijin.
• The footage revealed that the Orc Lord devoured Gelmud and gained a Demon Lord Seed, then Rimuru defeated and devoured the Orc Demon King.
• Freya said Rimuru might be a Demon Lord Seed but could not be confirmed as a Demon Lord just because he defeated the Orc Demon King.