Chapter Summaries

Herohero reflected on his past before Naiyuan reported that the Six Great Gods were alive and hiding in the Theocracy. After they discussed the threat and the information Naiyuan had obtained, Herohero analyzed Certain Death’s Talent and agreed to copy it while continuing to hunt True Dragon Lords.

• Herohero recalled his former life and concluded that he had become estranged from the companions who had chosen not to enter the New World.
• Naiyuan returned from the Theocracy and told Herohero that the Six Great Gods had survived and were hiding there, using accumulated Faith Power as a deterrent.
• Herohero and Naiyuan agreed to wait rather than risk a conflict, and they considered the World Item and Faith Power techniques they had obtained.
• Naiyuan gave Herohero Certain Death’s preserved heart, and Herohero discovered that her Talent let its user wield previous owners’ magic and special skills through weapons.
• Herohero confirmed he could replicate the Talent, though the process would be difficult, and said he would use [Multi-Tasking] to research it while pursuing the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.

Naiyuan found Brain training in the Fifth Floor’s deadly cold and rewarded his dedication by permitting him to drink the Platinum Dragon Lord’s blood once every seven days. After Naiyuan left, he continued on to find Cocytus and Nigunredo.

• The Yuki-onna complained that Brain’s daily cold-weather training left them responsible for his frozen body, but they let him continue.
• Brain meditated in the snow, believing the Yuki-onna had accepted his presence, until the cold brought him close to death.
• Naiyuan arrived and asked Brain how it felt to approach death, then praised his determination to improve his swordsmanship.
• Naiyuan granted Brain permission to drink the Platinum Dragon Lord’s blood once every seven days, and Brain gratefully bowed to him.
• Naiyuan left to find Cocytus and Nigunredo.

Naiyuan watched Cocytus forge a dagger and learned that Rune Script could stabilize Wild Magic in weapons while enhancing their attributes. He asked Cocytus to use the remaining Runes to strengthen the Dragon-Slaying Sword’s dragon-slaying power.

• Cocytus forged a dagger from platinum-colored material and carved eighty Runes into it before concluding that the weapon had reached its limit.
• Naiyuan examined the dagger and discussed Rune Script’s potential power with Cocytus, who believed it might rival a World Item.
• Naiyuan revealed that the Dragon-Slaying Sword had evolved through being nurtured inside his body, though its gemstone remained incomplete.
• Cocytus explained that surplus Rune Script could enhance a weapon’s attributes after stabilizing its Wild Magic.
• Naiyuan told Cocytus to use the spare Runes to strengthen the Dragon-Slaying Sword’s destruction and dragon-slaying attributes.

Naiyuan visited Frozen Prison, found Neuronist torturing captured Black Scripture members, and continued to a hidden cell to see Nigredo. Nigredo attacked him with scissors, and Naiyuan tried to calm her by showing her a doll.

• Naiyuan left Cocytus to work on engraving Rune Script onto the Dragon-Slaying Sword and went to Frozen Prison.
• Naiyuan discovered Neuronist was hosting her scheduled torture session with a captured Black Scripture squad and chose not to interrupt.
• Naiyuan passed through the prison and entered Nigredo’s concealed cell, where a mural of a mother and infant hung above a cradle.
• Nigredo rushed at Naiyuan with a huge pair of scissors, and Naiyuan addressed her calmly while taking out a doll.

Naiyuan visited Nigunredo in Frozen Prison, checked on her surveillance of the Eight Greed Kings’ Guild Base, and ordered her to help direct the Sorcerer Kingdom’s new orphanage with Pestonya. Afterward, he decided to go find someone.

• Nigunredo attacked Naiyuan during her scripted outburst, then apologized and spoke with him normally once he gave her a doll.
• Nigunredo showed Naiyuan her surveillance of the Eight Greed Kings’ Guild Base, where its residents had made no moves or left the base.
• Naiyuan told Nigunredo to keep monitoring the base and asked about her younger sisters, Albedo and Rubedo.
• Naiyuan ordered Nigunredo to leave Frozen Prison and become an orphanage director with Pestonya, and Nigunredo reluctantly accepted.
• Naiyuan considered what to do next, then decided to go find someone.

The Seven-Colored Dragon King struggled to study the Guild Weapon he had secretly kept, then scrambled to hide it when Naiyuan arrived. After he used Blue Rose’s capture as an explanation for his unusual behavior, Naiyuan accepted his account and noticed a masked girl in a red robe in the Dragon Kingdom.

• The Seven-Colored Dragon King failed to uncover the Guild Weapon’s secrets and decided to keep it hidden for up to half a year before handing it over.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King stored the weapon inside his body and studied a book on Tier Magic until the Dragon Princess brought Naiyuan to see him.
• Naiyuan sensed that the Seven-Colored Dragon King and the Dragon Princess were concealing something, so the Seven-Colored Dragon King claimed he had captured humans connected to Naiyuan.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King produced crystal statues of Blue Rose, and Naiyuan said their fate did not concern him.
• Naiyuan explained that he had come to find an acquaintance and check on the Seven-Colored Dragon King, then spotted a masked girl in a red robe.

Naiyuan arrived at the Dragon Kingdom’s reception hall with the Seven-Colored Dragon King and found Ivilia among the mixed-blood descendants gathered there. He surprised her from behind just as she was leaving after failing to find Blue Rose’s missing members.

• Naiyuan teased the Seven-Colored Dragon King about his many mixed-blood descendants, then told him to take responsibility for the crowd gathered in the hall.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King accepted that he needed to resolve the situation, and Naiyuan searched the hall with him and the Dragon Princess.
• Naiyuan spotted Ivilia in red and recognized her despite her changed aura.
• Ivilia learned that her application to meet the Dragon King was still pending and worried that Blue Rose’s captain had led the group into trouble.
• Ivilia drank Dragon Blood and lamented that Naiyuan had not come looking for her before Naiyuan embraced her from behind and greeted her.

Naiyuan reunited with Ivilia, confessed that he loved her, and gave her three Vampire class-change items. Ivilia revealed her real name, Keno Fasris Invern, and Naiyuan asked her to tell him about her past.

• Naiyuan embraced Ivilia and asked why she was silent as they faced each other.
• Ivilia voiced her confusion and hurt over Naiyuan’s return, and he told her that he loved her.
• Ivilia blushed and called Naiyuan a Headpat Demon after he stroked her head.
• Naiyuan gave Ivilia three Vampire class-change items, including the Blood Soul of Cain Abel, and she accepted them.
• Ivilia told Naiyuan her real name was Keno Fasris Invern and asked him to call her Keno.
• Naiyuan asked Keno to tell him about her past.

Keno told Naiyuan how her homeland was destroyed, how she became known as Evileye, and how she later joined Blue Rose. Naiyuan suspected the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord was responsible and took Keno to investigate, while leaving the Seven-Colored Dragon King and Dragon Princess Drolong to handle matters concerning Blue Rose.

• Keno recounted her past as Inberia Kingdom's princess, the destruction of her country, and her life with the 13 Heroes and Blue Rose.
• Naiyuan concluded that a True Dragon Lord had likely destroyed Keno's homeland to collect souls, and suspected the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King and Dragon Princess Drolong appeared, and Naiyuan introduced them to Keno.
• Naiyuan reassured Keno that Blue Rose would be fine, then carried her through a Wild Magic passage to visit her former homeland.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King and Drolong sighed with relief after Naiyuan and Keno departed.

Naiyuan brought Keno to the ruins of the Inberia Kingdom on Katze Plains, where they met the Vampiric Dragon Lord and learned that Herohero had begun confronting the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord. The chapter ended with Naiyuan leading Keno toward the one responsible for destroying her country.

• Naiyuan and Keno traveled across Katze Plains, where Naiyuan encountered Undead including a Death Knight, Bone Dragons, and a Ghost Ship he stored away for Momonga.
• Naiyuan and Keno entered the ruined Inberia Kingdom, and Keno mourned the kingdom's destruction until Naiyuan comforted her.
• A blood-red streak descended before them, revealing the Vampiric Dragon Lord, who told Naiyuan that Herohero had likely begun his battle with the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• The Vampiric Dragon Lord dropped the half-dead Undead Dragon Kefontala Angulus, whose clues had helped him and Herohero locate the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• Naiyuan told Keno they would meet the culprit who destroyed her country, and Keno clenched her fists as a crimson light appeared in her eyes.

Herohero fought the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord on the Katze Plains, testing his dragon form and assessing the undead True Dragon Lord as a suitable sacrifice for Momonga. After deciding his slime form suited him better, Herohero began transforming to finish the battle.

• Herohero and the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord battled inside a World Isolation Barrier on the Katze Plains.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord questioned Herohero’s identity and invoked his membership in the Six Dragon Alliance, but Herohero dismissed him for being Undead.
• Herohero judged the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord to be a strong, suitable sacrifice for Momonga.
• Herohero saw Naiyuan waiting beyond the barrier and ended his test of dragon form.
• Herohero began activating his True Form of the Ancient Jet-Black Slime as the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord launched a breath attack.

Herohero defeated and devoured the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, then invited Naiyuan to spar. Naiyuan left Keno with the others and prepared to fight while the Vampiric Dragon Lord watched uneasily.

• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord attacked Herohero’s sludge form, but Herohero emerged in his transformed true form and corroded the dragon’s body.
• The Elder Coffin Dragon Lord revealed his undead dragon form and tried to destroy them both with [Soul Annihilation], but Herohero used [Special Skill: Touch of Soul Corruption] to consume the thirty million souls powering the attack.
• Herohero sealed the defeated Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and asked Naiyuan to spar.
• Naiyuan set Keno down, stretched, and readied himself while the Vampiric Dragon Lord shuddered.

Naiyuan and Herohero fought a destructive spar inside the World Isolation Barrier, testing their strongest attacks. Just as they launched their final blows, they learned that Momonga had lost communication and might be facing a True Dragon Lord, prompting them to abandon the fight.

• Naiyuan and Herohero transformed and activated numerous enhancements before clashing in close combat.
• Their attacks tore through Herohero's slime body and damaged Naiyuan, while their lasers and magic devastated the area inside the barrier.
• Herohero broke through Naiyuan's defenses and called for one final strike, so Naiyuan prepared Petit-Catastrophe and Herohero prepared the Wild Magic Heaven Fall.
• A communication reported that Momonga had lost contact and was suspected of encountering a True Dragon Lord.
• Naiyuan and Herohero halted their attacks and turned their attention to Momonga's critical situation.

Several days earlier, Momonga and Khajiit entered Zuranon's hidden stronghold, where its leaders refused Momonga's demand to submit and warned him about a mysterious person. Intrigued, Momonga transformed into a Level 100 Warrior and prepared to fight as Zuranon's members attacked.

• Momonga examined Zuranon's concealed mountain entrance, and Khajiit led him inside after discarding a flashing communication ring.
• Khajiit identified the people on the stone platform as his former teachers and companions, while their strongest member demanded to know why Momonga had come.
• Momonga offered to spare Zuranon's members if they submitted and gave him their information, but the old man refused and threatened the Sorcerer Kingdom with the power of a mysterious person.
• Momonga asked about the mysterious person, then activated Perfect Warrior and equipped World Champion Armor.
• The old man ordered Zuranon's members to attack Momonga and Khajiit, the traitor, while noting that the mysterious person regularly checked on a transformation below.

Momonga fought Zuranon's Disciples to practice combat skills while protecting himself with Warrior abilities and Martial Skills. Khajiit confronted his former teacher and began a trial meant to help him overcome his past.

• Gale attacked Momonga, who evaded the blade and used [Invulnerable Fortress] to nullify a Fifth Tier Thunderbolt.
• Zuranon's members realized Momonga could use both Martial Skills and magic, and grew excited to fight him.
• Khajiit accused his former teacher of wanting to experiment on him, while the old man declared him a traitor and prepared to kill him.
• Khajiit accepted the confrontation as a trial from Lord Momonga and Lord Naiyuan, then summoned an Abomination and a Bone Dragon King.

Khajiit fought his former teacher in the Dark Cave, using the Bone Dragon King and the Orb of Death to counter the Abomination. As the old man empowered the Abomination with a mysterious power, Momonga appeared, restrained him, and prepared to investigate the creature himself.

• The old man summoned a level 55 Abomination and was surprised when Khajiit revealed the Bone Dragon King.
• Khajiit ordered the Bone Dragon King to attack and used Ability Swap to turn its magic defense into physical defense, shifting the fight against the Abomination.
• The old man guessed that Khajiit had awakened the bloodline of the Six Great Gods, but Khajiit dismissed his theory.
• The old man poured blood into the Abomination, causing its body and level to surge while he proclaimed the power of the gods.
• Momonga used Control Undead to restrain the old man, then covered his face with a skeletal hand as the surrounding battle lay ended.

Momonga uncovered the history of Corpus of the Abyss and learned that its former members had been forced to guard a sealed object underground. He followed an Abomination into the depths with Khajiit, sensing that the seal was connected to him.

• Momonga examined the dead Zuranon leader's memories and discovered that Corpus of the Abyss had been an organization of Undead researchers before a powerful lord defeated and controlled it.
• Momonga learned that the lord had ordered the remaining members to continue their research and guard something sealed underground.
• Momonga stored the valuable research memories in a magic crystal and recognized that the Abomination's blood was tainted by the Underground Sealing Altar.
• Khajiit gathered the dead Zuranon members' belongings, and Momonga praised him and planned to reward him.
• Momonga followed the Abomination toward the underground seal, while Khajiit took his dead teacher's body into his Storage Space and followed.
• Momonga and Khajiit leaped into a dark cave after the Abomination as Momonga's sense that the seal was important grew stronger.

Momonga and Khajiit escaped an endless magical fall and followed the old man’s memories to an ancient altar. After the Abomination’s blood awakened the seal, Momonga used the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown to crack it further, while elsewhere someone realized the prisoner was about to break free.

• Momonga used the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown to shatter the endless-fall illusion and collected a magic item that could seal eighth-tier spells.
• Momonga and Khajiit followed an old path through a tunnel filled with Undead until they reached an altar covered in Magic Circles.
• Momonga released the Abomination, which stepped onto the altar and disintegrated, leaving a drop of blood that triggered a violent reaction beneath it.
• Momonga recognized that the altar concealed a powerful being and saw that its deepest Triple Magic Circle remained intact.
• Momonga thrust the staff into the altar, causing cracks to spread through its seal.
• Elsewhere, an angry voice warned that the seal was collapsing and the prisoner was about to escape.

Momonga watched the newly awakened Player Samilt battle the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, then struck when the Dragon Lord tried to take him away. The Dragon Lord fled through a World Teleport, and Momonga apologized to the fallen Samilt.

• A sealed Player awakened in a frenzy, and Momonga recognized him as someone who had crossed over from Yggdrasil.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord arrived, isolated the area, and used Wild Magic to try to control Samilt.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord attacked Samilt and taunted him with the news that his pet had died, causing Samilt to lose consciousness.
• Momonga cut the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord with Current Severance as he reached for Samilt.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord escaped through World Teleport, and Momonga approached Samilt and apologized.

Naiyuan, Momonga, and Herohero found Samilt broken by the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s Wild Magic and could not restore his soul. Naiyuan sealed Samilt in stopped time while the three friends prepared to pursue the Dragon Lord and continue their plans.

• Naiyuan and Herohero arrived at the ruined border and learned from Momonga that Samilt’s fractured soul could not be healed without risking its destruction.
• Naiyuan explained that Samilt was the Guildmaster of World Explorers and an old friend he had met near the end of Yggdrasil.
• Naiyuan sealed Samilt in dark red crystals and used Time Stop to prevent his condition from worsening.
• Naiyuan promised to help Momonga prepare the sacrificial ritual and planned to return to the Katze Plains before visiting the Sorcerer Kingdom to discuss the alliance with Lana.
• Herohero offered to take Khajiit and the others back to Nazarick, while Momonga arranged a reward for Nigunredo.
• Momonga congratulated Naiyuan before leaving, and Naiyuan teased him about delaying his relationship with Albedo.