Chapter Summaries

Curo met with Certain Death after the Theocracy’s alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom and the God of Death’s return, then told her the Theocracy was preparing to invade the Elf Kingdom. Certain Death headed to confront the High Priests about capturing the Elf King alive, while Curo delivered intelligence to Clementine and Thousand Miles Astrologer for Nazarick.

• Curo visited Certain Death, who dismissed the High Priests’ summons and said she was focused on becoming stronger for the sake of someone she wanted to meet again.
• Curo told Certain Death that the God of Death had returned, the Theocracy had allied with the Sorcerer Kingdom, and the High Priests were preparing a full-scale war against the Elf Kingdom.
• Certain Death welcomed the chance to use the Elf King as a gift for her next meeting and went to discuss capturing him alive with the High Priests.
• Curo found Clementine and Thousand Miles Astrologer and handed them intelligence to send back to Nazarick.
• Clementine continued working undercover in the Theocracy, while Thousand Miles Astrologer struggled to accept that she had become an agent alongside her captain and vice captain.

The Slane Theocracy launched a war against the Elf Kingdom, whose king had betrayed the Theocracy and imprisoned Fein’s mother. As Slilshana and the Six Great Gods discussed the Sorcerer Kingdom and their plans, they sensed a concealed True Dragon Lord entering the Theocracy.

• The chapter recounted how Decem Hougan united the Forest Elves, betrayed the Slane Theocracy, and imprisoned Fein’s mother, triggering a century-long war.
• The Slane Theocracy’s soldiers rallied at the front line and prepared to attack the Elf Kingdom.
• Slilshana worried that the soldiers’ fanaticism would hinder future diplomacy with the Sorcerer Kingdom.
• Slilshana and the Six Great Gods discussed Naiyuan, the Sorcerer Kingdom’s Players, and the possibility of using their trump card.
• The Six Great Gods sensed a concealed True Dragon Lord sneaking into the Theocracy.

Deep Darkness Dragon Lord entered the Slane Theocracy to find its World Item, but encountered Slilshana and agreed to cooperate against the Sorcerer Kingdom. Slilshana enlisted him to capture the Elf King alive and bring him back to the Theocracy.

• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord searched the Central Supreme Temple for the Theocracy’s World Item, hoping to strengthen himself against the Sorcerer Kingdom.
• Slilshana appeared and used pale-gold chains to seal the area, preventing Deep Darkness Dragon Lord from teleporting away.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord recognized Slilshana as the God of Death and claimed he had come to seek the Theocracy’s cooperation against the Sorcerer Kingdom.
• Slilshana agreed to provide assistance, and the two signed a contract to formalize their alliance.
• Slilshana asked Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to capture the Elf King alive and bring him to the Theocracy, and Deep Darkness Dragon Lord accepted.

Lana met Keno in the Sorcerer Kingdom and eased the awkwardness between them by reminiscing about their past. After Keno left, Lana dropped her friendly smile and addressed Naiyuan, who praised her performance.

• Lana welcomed Keno and Keno felt awkward about their changed status and her relationship with Naiyuan.
• Lana recalled their tea gatherings and asked after Rachius and the others, helping Keno relax.
• Keno said Rachius and her group were in the Dragon Kingdom, and Lana privately decided to ask the Dragon Princess about them.
• Lana and Keno grew closer as they talked, then Lana said goodbye to Keno at the door.
• After Keno left with Clem, Lana dropped her smile and addressed Naiyuan, who emerged from the windowsill and praised her performance.

Naiyuan asked Lana to help Keno adjust to Nazarick, then discussed the Sorcerer Kingdom’s progress and approved Lana’s plan to recruit powerful demi-humans as Magic Academy teachers. He told Lana to postpone any moves toward an alliance with the Slane Theocracy until its war with the Elf Kingdom ended, then returned to Nazarick.

• Naiyuan asked Lana to guide Keno through her psychological difficulties, and Lana said her support was sincere.
• Lana reported that the Sorcerer Kingdom’s policies were progressing well but that the Magic Academy lacked enough teachers.
• Lana presented candidates for teaching positions, including Irsayas Nyakwet, a Minotaur, and Ninya, and Naiyuan approved her recruitment plan.
• Lana said Herohero had reserved the Magic Academy principal position for himself.
• Naiyuan told Lana to wait until the Slane Theocracy’s war with the Elf Kingdom ended before considering an alliance, then left for Nazarick using Teleportation Magic.

Thousand Blades Dragon Lord awakened during a volcanic eruption, and Deep Darkness Dragon Lord found him after searching for his whereabouts. Deep Darkness asked Thousand Blades to unite against the newly arrived Filth, revealing that the Council Nation had fallen and Platinum was likely imprisoned.

• The volcano erupted, scattering the Lava Elemental Spirits, and Thousand Blades Dragon Lord awoke within it.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord spotted Thousand Blades and greeted him after locating him through reports from Zuranon.
• Thousand Blades challenged Deep Darkness to spar and then became wary when Deep Darkness agreed.
• Deep Darkness asked Thousand Blades for help and told him the Council Nation had been destroyed and Platinum was likely imprisoned by the Filth.
• Deep Darkness warned that the Filth had descended again and urged the remaining True Dragon Lords to unite.

Deep Darkness Dragon Lord told Thousand Blades Dragon Lord that Filth had trapped and captured Platinum Dragon Lord, prompting them to plan to gather allies against the threat. They agreed to travel to the Great Forest of Evasha, but Thousand Blades Dragon Lord attacked Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to begin a sparring match.

• Thousand Blades Dragon Lord sensed Platinum Dragon Lord’s condition and learned that Filth had captured him.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord explained that Filth had lured Platinum Dragon Lord into a trap and had also tried to capture him.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord named Seven-Colored and Saint Heaven as possible allies and said he would reveal his plan when the True Dragon Lords gathered.
• Thousand Blades Dragon Lord agreed to travel with Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to the Great Forest of Evasha, where Deep Darkness Dragon Lord needed to fulfill a contract.
• Thousand Blades Dragon Lord unexpectedly struck Deep Darkness Dragon Lord into the sea, and the two began sparring.

Naiyuan arranged for Entoma and Nabe to bring Water of Life to Hamsuke, then learned from Pandora that Albedo was planning to awaken Rubedo and recruit Solution for her Supreme Search Squad. He refused Pandora’s suggestion to eliminate Albedo and said he would handle Rubedo himself, leaving Pandora worried that Albedo’s plans could drive a wedge between the Supreme Beings.

• Naiyuan learned that Samilt and Walking Five Hundred Thousand were incapacitated, and ordered Entoma and Nabe to bring Water of Life from the Sixth Floor for Hamsuke.
• Naiyuan gave Entoma and Nabe dragon jerky before Pandora arrived with a report on Nazarick’s items.
• After Entoma and Nabe left, Pandora told Naiyuan that Albedo intended to awaken Rubedo and recruit Solution, and had asked him and Sephis to sound out Naiyuan and Momonga.
• Pandora suggested that Naiyuan use Wild Magic to kill Albedo and resurrect her later, but Naiyuan refused and said he would handle Rubedo himself.
• Naiyuan took Pandora’s item report to deliver to Herohero, while Pandora decided to discuss Albedo’s plans with Sephis after his transformation.

Herohero refined a new power called [Corruption] and handled Nazarick’s documents while Naiyuan visited him. They discussed preparations for the sacrificial ritual involving Momonga, which were expected to take about half a month, and agreed that Momonga’s safety mattered more than success.

• Herohero developed [Corruption] by combining corrosion and decay after his battle with Naiyuan.
• Herohero finished reviewing documents and gave Naiyuan and Solution pulsing snacks when Naiyuan entered.
• Naiyuan told Albedo to take a vacation and visit Nigunredo at the Sorcerer Kingdom’s new Orphanage.
• Naiyuan asked about preparations on Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s side, and Herohero estimated they would take around half a month.
• Naiyuan and Herohero discussed the third [Caloric Stone] and Cocytus’s progress, then agreed to prioritize Momonga’s safety during the ritual.

Certain Death and Curo led the Theocracy’s assault into the Elf army, where they confronted the Elf King, Decem Hougan. Decem summoned Behemoth and protected himself with resurrection magic as Certain Death prepared an instant-death attack, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Certain Death led the Theocracy’s elite forces into the Elf army while five Shrine Maiden Princesses healed the soldiers.
• Certain Death and Curo broke through the Elves’ attacks, and Decem Hougan killed his son for attempting to flee.
• Decem urged Certain Death to return to the Elf Kingdom, but she refused and charged him alongside Curo.
• Decem summoned the level 87 Primal Earth Elemental Behemoth and cast [Mercy of Shorea Robusta] to guard against instant death and grant resurrection.
• Certain Death overlaid [The Goal of All Life is Death] on her scythe’s [Death] spell, while Decem laughed and gathered magical power.

The Elf King confronted Certain Death and Curo, but they overpowered him and took control of his summon, Behemoth. After the Elf King fled to his kingdom, two unknown figures ambushed him and knocked him unconscious.

• The Elf King recalled his ambition to breed powerful Wood Elf descendants and his plan to reclaim Certain Death, his daughter, during the war with the Theocracy.
• Certain Death and Curo injured the Elf King on the battlefield, forcing him to retreat while ordering his Wood Elf warriors to delay them.
• Curo used a Sacrifice Pact to sever the Elf King's bond with Behemoth, then bound the weakened elemental to himself with a new contract.
• The Elf King returned to his room furious over losing Behemoth, but an unknown figure with a Dragon Scaled arm struck him down.
• Two figures discussed checking the Elf King's memories before he lost consciousness.

After half a month of war, the Slane Theocracy continued to overwhelm the Elf Kingdom while Certain Death waited at the rear. At the Katze Plains, Momonga began a Dragon Transformation Secret Technique ritual, as Shalltear approached Keno with an offer to meet her son.

• The Slane Theocracy's army kept advancing against the exhausted Wood Elves, whose resistance had weakened since their king vanished.
• Certain Death complained to Curo that she was forbidden from ending the battle and demanded to see the animal when she returned to the Theocracy.
• Naiyuan, Herohero, and the dragons prepared the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, and Momonga sat at the altar to begin the ritual.
• Lana and Keno watched the ritual from a distance as Shalltear arrived and frightened Keno by teasing her about becoming Naiyuan's wife.
• Shalltear asked Keno whether she wanted to meet her big son.

Elder Coffin Dragon Lord awoke inside a ritual vessel as Naiyuan, Herohero, Seven-Colored, Saint Heaven, and Vampire Dragon Lord performed the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique. The sacrifice erased Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s existence while Momonga transformed into a powerful Human Form.

• Elder Coffin Dragon Lord regained consciousness inside a fluid-filled container and realized he had been defeated by Filth.
• Naiyuan, Herohero, and the True Dragon Lords accelerated the ritual as Wild Magic circles formed and drew power from Elder Coffin Dragon Lord.
• Elder Coffin Dragon Lord recognized the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique and understood that it would sacrifice him and erase him from the world.
• Elder Coffin Dragon Lord tried to burn his Dragon Soul and use [Soul Annihilation] on himself, but Naiyuan’s chant and the dragons’ ritual stopped him.
• Vampire Dragon Lord urged Seven-Colored and Saint Heaven to continue, and the ritual stripped away Elder Coffin Dragon Lord’s existence as Momonga’s skeleton grew flesh and became a complete Human Form.

Momonga tested the power inherited from the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord by fighting four Dark Young, while Naiyuan and the True Dragon Lords discussed how to deal with the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord. In the Theocracy, Slilshana discovered that the mysterious Sorcerer Kingdom adventurers belonged to Ainz Ooal Gown and realized how dangerous their guild was.

• Momonga summoned four Dark Young and used them to spar with his newly transformed dragon form at Katze Plains.
• Naiyuan and the Seven-Colored Dragon King concluded that the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique changed memories and records rather than erasing the past, and that Transmigrators and Keno retained access to the truth.
• Naiyuan declined to capture the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord immediately and agreed to hear the Seven-Colored Dragon King's plan to make him despair, potentially with the Platinum Dragon Lord's help.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord delivered the dying Elf King, Decem Hougan, to Slilshana in the Theocracy in exchange for honoring their contract.
• Slilshana learned from a scroll that the Sorcerer Kingdom adventurers were named Ainz Ooal Gown and recognized them as members of the powerful Nazarick guild.

Slilshana and the Six Great Gods discussed Ainz Ooal Gown’s history and Naiyuan’s power, deciding not to provoke their current ally. Slilshana sent Rufus to deliver information about the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to the Sorcerer Kingdom, then found that his companions had slipped away from their paperwork.

• Slilshana recalled how Touch Me and Naiyuan led a group of Heteromorphic Race Players to found Ainz Ooal Gown and claim Nazarick as their base.
• The Six Great Gods considered killing the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord or confronting Ainz Ooal Gown, but Slilshana said the cost was too high and there was no need to attack their ally.
• The God of Wind urged the group to deal with the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord so their ally would not misunderstand, and the Six Great Gods agreed there was no need to test him further.
• Slilshana called Rufus and gave the Vampire Kitten a scroll containing information about the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to deliver to the Sorcerer Kingdom.
• After Rufus vanished into the shadows, Slilshana asked his companions to help with documents and discovered the room was empty.

The True Dragon Lords gathered in the Dolor Desert to prepare for the Players’ descent, but the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord questioned the White Frost Dragon Lord’s presence and clashed with the Seven-Colored Dragon King. The White Frost Dragon Lord revealed he had joined the operation to earn an Ability Seed, then began displaying a spell he had prepared.

• The True Dragon Lords assembled in the Dolor Desert, where Deep Darkness objected to the Seven-Colored Dragon King bringing Orlasadek Heliliar, the White Frost Dragon Lord.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King defended his decision, and Deep Darkness’s anger prompted the Holy Dragon King to prepare for battle while the Thousand Blades Dragon Lord welcomed the prospect of a fight.
• The Vampiric Dragon Lord urged the others to calm down, and the Holy Dragon King and Thousand Blades Dragon Lord withdrew their auras.
• Deep Darkness questioned what use the White Frost Dragon Lord could have in the coming battle, while the Seven-Colored Dragon King explained that he had earned his place through persistence.
• The White Frost Dragon Lord revealed he hoped to earn the Ability Seed “Accelerated Magic Learning” and began casting a prepared Tier Magic spell.

The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord confronted the White Frost Dragon Lord after mistaking his boosted resurrection spell for ninth-tier magic, but the Seven-Colored Dragon King intervened. The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord then revealed a secret about the Dragon Emperor’s research and an opportunity to become a god, leaving the True Dragon Lords bound by a contract as he began explaining.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord accused the White Frost Dragon Lord of secretly mastering ninth-tier Resurrection Magic and pressured him to explain.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King blocked the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord from searching the White Frost Dragon Lord’s memories and demanded an explanation.
• The White Frost Dragon Lord explained that his seventh-tier Resurrection Magic had been raised two tiers through a ritual using [Magic Boost (Ove Magic)].
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord offered to reveal his trump card against Filth, including the Dragon Emperor’s research and a possible path to godhood, if the other Dragon Lords signed his contract.
• The Thousand Blades Dragon Lord, Seven-Colored Dragon King, Holy Dragon King, Vampiric Dragon Lord, and White Frost Dragon Lord signed the contract.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord began recounting the Dragon Emperor’s research from centuries earlier.

Deep Darkness Dragon Lord explained how the Dragon Emperor developed Erosion Wild Magic while trying to reach godhood, and how the Eight Greed Kings interrupted his transformation. He revealed that he could use a version of Erosion to approach the Dragon Emperor’s power and persuaded the Dragon Lords to join his attack on Filth.

• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord told the Seven-Colored Dragon King and the others that the Dragon Emperor had created Erosion Wild Magic to erode the shell of World Items.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord explained that the Eight Greed Kings’ pollution of the world disrupted the Dragon Emperor’s transformation, forcing him to sacrifice himself to help the Dragon Race escape.
• Holy Dragon King recognized the aura he had sensed from the Dragon Emperor as the result of Wild Magic and a World Item intertwining.
• Thousand Blades Dragon Lord asked whether Erosion was Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s trump card for attacking Filth and seizing its Guild Weapon, and Deep Darkness Dragon Lord confirmed it.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord offered the Dragon Lords first-generation Erosion Wild Magic and promised they could surpass the Dragon Emperor and attain godhood.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King, Vampiric Dragon Lord, and the other Dragon Lords agreed to the operation and began discussing its details.

Naiyuan, Momonga, and Herohero discussed the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and planned to use a Sorcerer Kingdom festival to lure it into a trap while addressing hidden unrest. They set the festival for half a month later, considered whom to invite, and returned to their studies in Nazarick.

• Naiyuan reviewed the report on the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, and Momonga agreed it was a potential threat that should be dealt with soon.
• Naiyuan proposed a festival to lure the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, and Momonga suggested serving the Blue Sky Dragon Lord and Obsidian Dragon Lord while claiming the meat was Platinum Dragon Lord flesh.
• The three discussed Faith Power, the Six Great Gods, and the possibility of taking the Twenty from the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord to complete Momonga's transformation into a World Boss.
• Naiyuan set the festival for half a month later and suggested inviting Enri; Momonga and Herohero agreed that friends from E-Rantel could decide for themselves whether to attend.
• Naiyuan returned to the Eighth Floor, while Momonga and Herohero stayed in the Ancient Library to read and Khajiit continued his work as a trainee librarian.

Niles Bahamut discovered the Platinum Dragon Lord being tortured by the Demon Tree and transformed into a giant dragon, attacking it in a furious attempt to vent his anger. The Seven-Colored Dragon King and the Vampiric Dragon Lord arrived, revealing that they had deliberately stirred Niles’s emotions before confronting the Platinum Dragon Lord.

• Niles Bahamut entered the cave and found the Demon Tree repeatedly tearing apart and consuming the Platinum Dragon Lord while the Holy Grail healed him.
• Niles reacted to the Platinum Dragon Lord’s suffering, transformed into a giant dragon, and struck the Demon Tree with a Calamity-infused breath attack.
• The Demon Tree counterattacked with thorn-covered vines, but Niles tore through its tentacles and charged it with a powerful fist.
• The Seven-Colored Dragon King and the Vampiric Dragon Lord appeared beside the Platinum Dragon Lord, while the Vampiric Dragon Lord used a barrier to isolate their conversation.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord accused the Vampiric Dragon Lord of using Wild Magic to provoke Niles, and the Vampiric Dragon Lord admitted he had added that safeguard before proposing they talk.