Recaps

Roy obtained Sharan’s [World Deceiver] Innate Talent and learned how to turn summoned creatures into soul materials, prompting World City to establish an Imp-refining production line. After trading with Sharan for the talent and gaining access to the source of Wild Magic, Roy offered Dragon Queen Oriculus a chance to restore her talent or choose another, and she proposed marriage with the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry.

• Sharan explained the limits of [World Deceiver] and transferred the Innate Talent to Roy after using it to study Wild Magic.
• Sharan summoned a hundred Imps, sacrificed them for their souls, and refined them into a Soul Crystal to demonstrate a repeatable way to produce soul materials.
• Eve confirmed that World City possessed two philosopher’s stones, and Roy ordered Summoners to produce and refine summoned creatures while investigating other methods.
• Roy traded with Sharan for [World Deceiver], experienced the sea of possibility, and gained Wild Magic along with a philosopher’s stone.
• Roy offered Oriculus the chance to regain Wild Magic or choose another Innate Talent, and she asked to marry him with the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry.

Draudillon Oriculus offered the Draconic Kingdom as her dowry and became Joshua’s concubine, allowing him to take the country without bloodshed. She stayed in World City while a Double Phantom took her place as ruler, and Veronica began training her as a bride.

• Draudillon recognized Joshua’s power and offered to become his concubine in exchange for the Draconic Kingdom’s protection and support.
• Joshua accepted her offer and gave her the choice of returning to govern or staying in World City while a Double Phantom impersonated her; she chose to stay.
• Joshua established a binding contract with Draudillon and created a High-Tier Double Phantom to replace her as queen.
• The Double Phantom returned to the Draconic Kingdom with treasure and one million Universal Gold Coins, while Eve and the Chancellor arranged reforms and administration.
• The Chancellor welcomed the replacement ruler and urged the real Draudillon to remain in the Dragon Slaying Cult, while World City’s Automated Soldiers took over lower administrative roles.
• Veronica enrolled Draudillon in bride training, and Joshua turned his attention to Veronica and the Golden Princess.

Roy and Veronica became intimate while World City’s network briefly faltered with Eve’s emotional fluctuation. Lucifer then described her ambitions to marry Lord Joshua and reported that the Slane Theocracy was ready to submit to him, leaving Eve quietly moved by her own feelings for Joshua.

• Veronica used her Blood Essence to help nervous Roy relax, and the two became intimate.
• Eve’s emotional fluctuation briefly disrupted World City’s Automaton network before she regained her composure.
• Lucifer mocked Veronica as a maid and declared that she intended to become Lord Joshua’s wife and rule World City as its Holy Mother.
• Lucifer reported that the Slane Theocracy was receptive to Lord Joshua’s decrees and left Eve an Egg Tart before departing.
• Eve tasted the Egg Tart and silently repeated Lord Joshua’s name as her mecharmored soul stirred.

Roy learned that serving him benefited Veronica’s body and reviewed the Bride Training Class, where the Dragon Queen began maid lessons and discovered she could learn magic. Eve then reported that World City’s operation in the Re-Estize Kingdom had succeeded and that the Golden Princess was being positioned to reveal the Dragon Worship Cult’s secrets.

• Veronica warned Roy that serving him improved her body and showed him footage of the Bride Training Class, where the Dragon Queen and Nazarick’s maids received service lessons.
• The Dragon Queen learned from her instructor that her bloodline had strong magical potential and eagerly began studying magic so she could grow stronger.
• Roy entrusted the trainees to Veronica and called for Eve to report on World City’s work, particularly in the Re-Estize Kingdom.
• Eve reported that the Pioneer Corps had secured its front lines and prepared to bring the Wise King of the Forest to the Royal Capital, while Brain secretly contacted the Slane Theocracy.
• Eve said Nazarick’s disguised Double Phantoms would investigate the Space Dragon information and might approach Re-Estize’s leaders, so she had arranged for the Golden Princess to expose the Dragon Worship Cult’s secrets.

Eve’s intelligence led Ainz to suspect that the Platinum Dragon Lord and the Dragon Worship Cult were behind Nazarick’s troubles, prompting Nazarick to begin operations in the Re-Estize Kingdom. Roy’s agent Zoro defeated Brain, and Brain agreed to leave the kingdom and join the Dragon Slaying Cult; Roy then used Wish Upon a Star to try to copy Brain’s talent.

• Eve presented Ainz with evidence about the Dragon Slaying Cult, Nfirea, Shalltear, and the Argland Council State, leading Ainz to suspect the Platinum Dragon Lord was involved in the Players’ deaths.
• Demiurge proposed establishing bases in the Re-Estize Kingdom before attacking the Argland Council State, and Nazarick sent Sebas and Hanzō to investigate.
• Roy instructed Eve to invite Demiurge and Albedo, approach Brain about joining the Dragon Slaying Cult, and contact Renner.
• Brain considered joining the Slane Theocracy after repeated setbacks, but Swordsman Zoro challenged and effortlessly defeated him while inviting him to the Dragon Slaying Cult.
• Brain agreed to leave the Re-Estize Kingdom before pledging himself to Roy, who used Wish Upon a Star to try to copy Brain’s warrior talent.

Roy copied Brain’s genius talent, then assigned Zoro to train him while ordering him to serve Rambasa III and build influence in the Re-Estize Kingdom. After learning that Princess Renner had demanded to choose their meeting place and had cultivated new forces around herself, Roy dismissed her bargaining leverage and chose the Second Prince as his candidate for reform.

• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to copy Brain’s genius talent, and Brain knelt to ask for power in the martial path.
• Roy tasked Zoro with training Brain, gave Brain equipment, and ordered him to keep serving Rambasa III and gain influence in the kingdom.
• Eve told Roy that Renner had agreed to meet only at a place of her choosing, and Roy reviewed her reply and the available information.
• Roy learned that Climb was absent and that Renner had rescued Kiarina, who was connected to the Swords of Darkness and Cecilia Bellon.
• Eve explained that Renner had ties to the Swords of Darkness and Blue Rose, giving her more military influence than in the original history.
• Roy told Eve to inform Renner that the Lord did not care and to choose the Second Prince for the kingdom’s reform.

Roy approved Eve's plan to seize the Re-Estize Kingdom through a coup and purge of its old nobles, while using the turmoil to draw out the True Dragon Lords. As the plan moved forward, Barbro told Marquis Bolog that he desperately wanted to become king.

• Roy kept Hanzō near Renner to protect her while he waited to copy her Genius Class after obtaining Wild Magic.
• Eve explained that Eight Fingers would be turned into a Dragon Worship Cult base and used to push Barbro into a coup that would expose the old nobles.
• Eve planned for Nazarick to destroy Eight Fingers, drawing the Argland Council State's True Dragon Lords into a confrontation on World City's battlefield.
• Eve revealed that Gazef had adopted Climb and other orphans, training them as a force that could help govern the kingdom after the purge.
• Roy approved Eve's plan and ordered her to accelerate the Re-Estize Kingdom's transformation while preparing to capture the True Dragon Lords.
• At Marquis Bolog's residence, Barbro told his father-in-law that he wanted to be king so badly that he dreamed of it.

Barbro persuaded Marquis Bolog to consider a coup backed by Eight Fingers and the Dragon Worship Cult, while Bolog weighed the threat Gazef posed to the kingdom’s political balance. In the royal capital, Renner deduced that World City had approached Zanac and offered to cooperate with them.

• Barbro warned Marquis Bolog that Gazef’s growing power and ties to Zanac could threaten the noble faction, then revealed that the Dragon Worship Cult had offered to help him seize the throne through Eight Fingers.
• Marquis Bolog questioned Barbro’s plan, raised the danger of provoking the Slane Theocracy, and asked for details about the Dragon Worship Cult before deciding what to do.
• Renner learned from Crimson that World City’s Lord did not care about her conditions, and inferred that World City was working with Zanac.
• Renner offered to cooperate with World City and let Crimson choose the location and terms.

Princess Renner agreed to Roy’s Unequal Contract and was brought under his control in World City. Roy examined her unusual Genius Class and considered her useful for researching the New World’s limits.

• Crimson secretly observed Renner after she agreed to obey Roy, then reported Renner’s twisted relationship with Kiaree and Cecilia to him.
• Roy ordered Crimson to give Renner the choice of waiting or signing an Unequal Contract before meeting him.
• Renner willingly signed the contract despite Crimson warning her that it was like selling her soul.
• The Debt-Collecting Demon appeared, and Renner was transported to World City under Roy’s control.
• Roy examined Renner’s level and classes, noting that her Genius Class might explain her stunted level cap.

Roy discovered that Princess Renner’s level cap had kept her genius class from reaching its potential, then used wild magic and the Debt-Collecting Demon to copy it. He merged it with Armed Merchant, gaining a powerful new class, but the process consumed a vast amount of souls and Philosopher’s Stone energy.

• Roy realized Princess Renner’s level cap was only 10 and that New World inhabitants were limited by their individual caps.
• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to try copying Renner’s genius class, but the spell failed because the class was too high-ranked.
• Roy used Wish Upon a Star to learn how to cast Wild Wish through the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Roy directed the Debt-Collecting Demon to copy Renner’s genius class and merge it with Armed Merchant, while Renner suffered the effects.
• Roy acquired Genius (Armed Merchant) at LV15 and ordered Veronica to control Renner and erase her memories.
• Roy discovered that the copying process had consumed a tenth of the Philosopher’s Stone and the souls of a million people.

Roy used Primordial Wish and Meng Po Soup to merge Recorder and Observer into his genius class, then rebuilt his levels around Monk classes and other abilities. After resolving his stat shortage and strengthening his soul, he sat beneath the Bodhi Tree as Princess Renner awoke and saw him shining like a Buddha Deity.

• Roy spent a million souls to merge Recorder into Genius, then spent another million to merge Observer while keeping both original classes intact.
• Roy tested Meng Po Soup by removing one Recorder level, confirming that his other classes were unaffected and that Genius retained their abilities.
• Roy used Meng Po Soup again to remove Recorder and Observer, dropping to level 70 and freeing levels for a new class build.
• Roy arranged his classes around Genius, Vajra, Arhat, Bodhisattva, Buddha, and other classes, resolving his stat shortage and raising his innate talent's capacity to 200.
• Roy sat beneath the Bodhi Tree, and Princess Renner awoke to see him radiating golden light as the Buddha Deity.

Roy acquired the Buddha Class and turned Princess Renner into his enslaved Believer after she offered her services to him. Renner returned to the Re-Estize Kingdom to carry out his will as a coup erupted around the returning Warrior Captain and the Second Prince.

• Roy completed his deal with Renner, then used Salvation when she insisted on staying by his side.
• Renner offered Roy her aid, including capturing Blue Rose and helping him control the Re-Estize Kingdom, and chose the Meng Po Soup that removed her Actress Class.
• Roy made Renner his slave and Believer, erased her former class, and ordered her to transform the kingdom while obeying his will.
• Renner returned to the Re-Estize Kingdom and told Kiaree to summon Blue Rose for a mission involving Eight Fingers.
• Rambasa III ordered the Royal Family and Nobles to welcome the victorious Warrior Captain, while Prince Zanac feared a coup and cries arose that the Warrior Captain and Second Prince were rebelling together.

The First Prince Barbro and Marquis Bolog launched a coup during the Royal Capital’s welcoming ceremony, using Eight Fingers forces to attack the procession and target Zanac. Rambasa III ordered Zanac to crush the rebels, and Roy watched the purge begin from World City.

• Marquis Bolog coordinated the Eight Fingers and Old Nobles’ attack while the Warrior Captain and Climb were away from the capital.
• Barbro announced that Zanac had rebelled and led forces toward the city gates to seize the throne.
• Zanac told Rambasa III that Barbro had conspired with the Eight Fingers, and Rambasa III ordered him and Marquis Raven to destroy the rebels.
• Zanac led level 30 Automated Guards from World City against Barbro’s forces.
• An arrow killed Marquis Bolog, while Roy watched from World City and recognized that the kingdom’s purge had begun.

Zanac crushed Barbro’s coup with help from the Dragon Slaying Cult, killed his elder brother, and rallied the Royalists. As the rebels neared defeat, demons erupted across the capital, beginning the next phase of the slaughter.

• Aldrick, Earl Lytton, and Baron Philip were killed as Zanac’s forces overwhelmed the coup’s leaders and guards.
• Zanac killed Barbro after his elder brother begged for his life and offered to surrender his claim to the throne.
• Zanac recalled how Crimson had persuaded him to crush the rebellion in exchange for the Dragon Slaying Cult’s support in becoming king.
• Zanac cut off Barbro’s head and urged the Royalist soldiers to finish defeating the rebels.
• Demons appeared at Eight Fingers’ bases and in the noble district while Demiurge watched the battle through Clairvoyance.

Nazarick carried out its staged purge of the Re-Estize Kingdom’s Old Nobles and Eight Fingers while pretending to cooperate with the Dragon Slaying Cult. Roy then ordered World City to close its net around Blue Rose and draw out the Platinum Dragon Lord as he prepared to become a hero of the Human Nations.

• Demiurge’s imps arrested Marquis Blumlash and other targeted nobles, while Nazarick’s forces captured Eight Fingers bases and seized the Divine Dragon Gates.
• Demiurge coordinated with Sebas, who protected civilians and rescued people from Eight Fingers, then decided to target Blue Rose and use the Golden Princess’s intelligence.
• Demiurge planned to support the Golden Princess against the Dragon Slaying Cult’s chosen Second Prince and used Rigrit’s connection to the Platinum Dragon Lord to lure him out.
• Roy approved the plan to attack Blue Rose, noting the value of its members and the chance to force the Platinum Dragon Lord to act.
• Roy prepared a duplicate of himself and set out to close World City’s net, aiming to become a hero among the Human Nations.

Lakyus and Blue Rose fought the demons ravaging the Royal Capital, but the Wrath Demon General overwhelmed them and killed Gagaran. Roy appeared despite the Dimensional Lock and struck the demon down, leaving everyone stunned.

• Lakyus used her demonic sword, Floating Swords, and support magic to rally Royal Capital adventurers against the imps and hellhounds.
• Hina told Lakyus that Evileye had found a demon lair, so Lakyus left the adventurers to pursue the source with the ninja sisters.
• At Marquis Blumlash's mansion, the Wrath Demon General's Hell's Wall killed Gagaran and left Lakyus, Evileye, and the others badly injured.
• The Wrath Demon General used Pain Wave and Dimensional Lock as Lakyus prepared to make a last stand and Evileye tried to heal and escape.
• Roy appeared before the Wrath Demon General, ignored its attack, and struck it with the Arhat skill Dragon Subduing, smashing it into a mansion.

Roy fought the Wrath Demon General while the Great Tomb and World City worked to draw out the Platinum Dragon Lord. The Platinum Armor appeared to rescue Rigrit, and Roy killed the replacement Demon General after the bait was taken.

• Roy killed the first Wrath Demon General with a lucky critical hit, so Demiurge summoned a replacement to keep the staged battle going.
• Roy fought the new Wrath Demon General in front of the Royal Capital while Zanac’s forces attacked the surrounding demons.
• Demiurge considered using Roy and the Dragon Slaying Cult to make the Platinum Dragon Lord reveal himself.
• Two level 50 War Army Demons drove Rigrit into danger, and the Platinum Armor arrived to save her.
• The Platinum Armor approached Rigrit as one of the Thirteen Heroes, while Roy killed the replacement Wrath Demon General with a final blow.

Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick sprung a prepared ambush on the Platinum Dragon Lord, using Hela’s World Item and a coordinated attack to trap the Platinum Armor. The battle escalated into a desperate clash, while the Royal Capital’s citizens looked to Roy for help.

• Ainz ordered Nazarick’s elite forces to capture the Platinum Armor and sent Demiurge to lead the attack.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord tried to approach Roy and Rigrit, but Hela activated Zhuge Liang’s Eight Formation Diagram to seal the Royal Capital and prevent his escape.
• Demiurge’s Abyssal Ruler plunged the area into darkness, allowing five Hanzō to bind the Platinum Armor with Shadow Stitching.
• Demiurge sent ten Demon Generals and other monsters to overwhelm the immobilized Platinum Armor, but the Platinum Dragon Lord used Wild Magic to create a World Isolating Barrier.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord fought the Hanzō inside the barrier as the terrified citizens of the Royal Capital turned their hopes toward Roy.

The author recounted how the novel overcame repeated rejections, gained readers and a Sanjiang recommendation, and thanked readers for making that success possible. The author announced a paid launch on September 6, promised an initial burst of updates and continued posting, and recommended books by fellow authors.

• The author described four rejections before Editor Zhimo accepted the novel, which quickly gained thousands of bookmarks and reached a Sanjiang recommendation.
• The author acknowledged criticism of the crossover's pacing and writing, thanked readers for their support, and said persistence had brought the book this far.
• The author promised four chapters totaling fourteen thousand characters for the paid launch and aimed to maintain three daily updates.
• The author listed three completed novels as evidence of a record of finishing stories and said the book would go paid early Sunday morning, September 6.
• The author recommended seven books by fellow writers and thanked readers again.

Roy entered the darkness surrounding the Royal Capital as its defenders prepared for the possibility of defeat, while Zanac agreed to support the Dragon Slaying Cult’s plan for a World Government. Elsewhere, Roy watched Demiurge and Five Hanzō battle the Platinum Armor, and Eve’s divination revealed that the Platinum Dragon Lord was hiding in the Katze Plains.

• Roy agreed to confront the Demon Empress Jaldabaoth and walked alone into the darkness, while Lakyus and Evileye rallied to aid the wounded and evacuate civilians.
• Zanac ordered preparations for a retreat and proposed that the Human Nations unite, then told Crimson that the Re-Estize Kingdom would support the Dragon Slaying Cult’s World Government.
• Momon and Ainz arrived with reinforcements but said they could not join Roy’s battle, and their praise further strengthened the Royal Capital’s belief in Roy’s power.
• Roy remained nearby studying Wild Magic as Demiurge directed Five Hanzō against the Platinum Armor, while both sides tried to gather information from their opponent.
• Eve reported that divination with the World Item [Walla Witch] had located the Platinum Dragon Lord in the Katze Plains.

Roy learned that the Platinum Dragon Lord was hiding in the Katze Plains and ordered preparations to capture him. In the Slane Theocracy, Lucifer forced Certain Death to become a believer and prepared for Roy’s arrival.

• Eve explained that the Walla Witch’s divination placed the Platinum Dragon Lord’s armor in the Katze Plains, where five Hanzō were keeping it occupied.
• Roy pieced together a theory linking the Katze Plains, the Cat Re-Estize Kingdom, the Demon God Rampage, and the Platinum Dragon Lord’s role in humanity’s history.
• Roy ordered the Governors to prepare to capture the Platinum Dragon Lord alive if possible, and told Eve to have Lucifer prepare in the Slane Theocracy.
• Lucifer used her proselytizing skill to show Certain Death a vision of Judgment Day, frightening her into accepting the Lord as her god.
• Eve told Lucifer to prepare for Roy’s arrival, and Lucifer confirmed that the Slane Theocracy was ready to welcome him.

The Slane Theocracy's leaders debated the angel's revelations and whether to deploy the Highest Scripture, then summoned Certain Death to assess the situation. Lucifer declared that the Savior was descending, and the Theocracy's leadership knelt as Roy arrived.

• The Pontifex Maximus and the Cardinals rejected deploying the Highest Scripture to investigate the powerful magic reported in the Draconic Kingdom.
• The leaders discussed the angel's dream revelations and agreed to summon Certain Death before deciding how to respond.
• The Slane Theocracy's leaders sang a hymn asking the Savior to descend, and Lucifer appeared before them.
• Certain Death identified Lucifer as the Lord's angel and knelt before her, while Lucifer announced that the Savior was descending.
• Veronica commanded the Slane Theocracy's leaders to bow as Roy arrived, and they prostrated themselves in welcome.

Roy established Lucifer as his angel and ordered her to capture the Elf King, then left the Slane Theocracy to decide his fate. After freeing the Theocracy from its ancient enemy and revising its doctrine, Roy learned that humanity’s final stronghold lay in the Cat Mausoleum, which World City planned to reclaim.

• Roy named Lucifer his angel and sent her to capture the Elf King with the [Chains of Heaven].
• Lucifer returned almost immediately with the Elf King, broke his resistance, and made him sign a contract submitting to the Slane Theocracy.
• Roy gave the contract to Certain Death, lifting the burden she had carried and earning the gratitude of the Theocracy’s leaders.
• Roy ordered the Slane Theocracy to protect friendly and ordinary races, revise its doctrine, end the enslavement of elves, and avoid relying entirely on him.
• Lucifer’s inquiries revealed that humanity’s final stronghold was the Cat Mausoleum near [Cat Castle], and World City prepared to reclaim it.

Roy and Eve uncovered the Slane Theocracy’s hidden records about the Vampiric Dragon Lord and concluded that the Platinum Dragon Lord was likely based in the Cat Mausoleum. Roy launched a heavily armed surprise assault using the Trojan Horse, while the Platinum Dragon Lord remained unaware of the approaching attack.

• Eve reported that the Slane Theocracy’s Six Great Gods had turned the Vampiric Dragon Lord into a golem, which likely caused the Katze Plains’ undead conditions.
• Eve identified three possible Platinum Dragon Lord hideouts and judged the Cat Mausoleum to be his most likely residence near humanity’s hidden bunkers.
• Roy ordered forces to secure all three locations, protect the human bunkers, and use the Trojan Horse to attack the Cat Mausoleum.
• Eve warned that the Vampiric Dragon Lord might still be active and that the enemy could include several True Dragon Lords, so Roy summoned World City’s forces and equipped them with World Items.
• Roy entered the Trojan Horse with Herlock, Jellor, and Brunhilde, then launched it toward the Platinum Dragon Lord as he considered abandoning the Cat Mausoleum.

Roy and his allies ambushed the Platinum Dragon Lord, defeated him, and imprisoned him after he exhausted his resurrection options. As the Cat Mausoleum lay in ruins, the seal on the Vampiric Dragon Lord broke, unleashing a new threat against Players.

• Roy prepared his party with anti-dragon buffs and had Herlock, Jellor, and Brunhilde charge their attacks inside the Trojan Horse.
• Roy's Silver Bullets of Allure and Herlock's Origin Bullet battered the Platinum Dragon Lord, but he revived using a hidden Golem and a Resurrection Ring.
• Jellor's Pure Throwing Spear wounded the Platinum Dragon Lord, who summoned more than a hundred armed Golems to counterattack.
• Brunhilde used Valkyrie: Hundred Forms to destroy the Golems and killed the Platinum Dragon Lord before he could unleash Ultimate Explosion.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord used Wild Magic: Wish to escape and resurrect, but Roy's Wish Upon a Star kept him in place, and Roy knocked him unconscious and sent him to World City's prison.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord's defeat broke the seal on the Vampiric Dragon Lord, which began erupting from Cat Castle's ruins to attack Players.