Chapter Summaries

Hekate taught Gabrielle to control the Power of Terminus, then took Puli sightseeing in the Blue Crystal Civilization. There, they heard that the Steel Alliance’s defeat had been blamed on the Tuers Family offending the Angels.

• Sangeria was shocked that Hekate had become an Eternity Mage and left without agreeing to an Angel contract.
• Hekate taught Gabrielle to control the Power of Terminus while clearing Abyss Monsters with her clones.
• Yunrong complained that Hekate favored Gabrielle, and Gabrielle revealed that she had once supported Yunrong in games before Zephira took over.
• Hekate ended Gabrielle’s lessons and took Puli for a walk in the Blue Crystal Civilization.
• At a restaurant, Hekate and Puli heard patrons blame the Tuers Family’s offense against the Angels for the Steel Alliance’s crushing defeat against the Dawn Federation.

Hekate prepared to explore the Abyss by using Future Star to preview a plan for sending an evil-god clone through the Breach of the Abyss. The preview ended with Future Hekate controlling the clone as it entered the Abyss.

• Hekate learned that Betty had once trained in the country and left after a Steel Steward tried to control her through marriage.
• Hekate reviewed her daily tasks, arranged for Alice to send Betty a photo of her as Mister White Rabbit, and learned that enhancing Netherworld Magic would take time.
• Hekate pulled Gabrielle away from games so she could practice controlling the Power of Terminus.
• Hekate visited the Aether Civilization, but Iluvia chose to remain there and study the origins of Netherworld Magic.
• Hekate fed the collected Abyss Monsters to the Life Tree and asked Future Star to show her the coming month.
• Future Star showed Hekate’s plan to transform into an evil god, create an identical clone, and send it invisibly through the Breach of the Abyss.

Hekate learned that the Abyss’s new fog was obscuring the Evil Gods and that other Evil Gods were killing those she had cursed before she could finish burning them. She decided to enter the deep Abyss with the two Star Gods to find the killer and identify it, while some Evil Gods self-destructed along the way.

• Future Hekate saw that dense fog filled the Abyss, suppressed spiritual power, and prompted her to meet the two Star Gods at the Breach in the Abyss.
• The Star Gods told Future Hekate that the fog had thickened over the past few days and might have been made by a Mythical Evil God to hinder her.
• Replication Evil God, Reverse Light Evil God, Contract Evil God, and another Evil God vanished after burning briefly, and the Star Gods explained that other Evil Gods could kill them.
• Present Hekate realized that an unsealed Evil God was helping carry out the killings and decided to search the deep Abyss with the Star Gods for the culprit.
• Future Hekate entered the Abyss with the Star Gods, who crashed into several Evil Gods, some of whom self-destructed.

Future Hekate ventured toward the deep Abyss, where she confronted an evil god that recognized her borrowed form and discovered her true identity. The evil god self-destructed after warning the others that she had arrived, leaving Future Hekate to consider how to prevent such explosions and stop the gods from reviving.

• Future Hekate had present-day Hekate mark the locations of evil gods hiding outside the deep Abyss so she could later seal and kill them with avatars.
• As her avatar neared the deep Abyss, Future Hekate sensed the surrounding malice and encountered an ancient evil god that mistook her for Death Echo Thanatos.
• Future Hekate claimed to be Death Echo’s Brother, the Grim Reaper, and attacked the evil god with the Terminus Scythe.
• The evil god recognized Future Hekate as the Curse Mage from outside the Abyss and self-destructed, blasting open the fog and damaging her avatar.
• The Stars warned Future Hekate that the evil god had told the other sane evil gods she was there, and she wondered whether destroying its fragments would prevent its revival.

Future Hekate fought the Evil Gods in the Abyss, using the Scythe of Terminus to sever their limbs and Star Seal to suppress them as they fled. After watching the future, Hekate learned that the Styx Watcher Ring could destroy the souls inside fragments left by self-destructing Evil Gods, though the Replication Evil God remained hidden.

• Future Hekate burned the first Evil God’s scattered fragments, while the Styx Watcher Ring flashed on her hand.
• Future Hekate sealed the gathered Evil Gods’ magic with Star Seal and severed one Evil God’s arm with the Scythe of Terminus.
• The Evil Gods panicked and fled, and Future Hekate pursued one of them through the fog.
• A fleeing Evil God warned the Reverse Light Evil God and its brothers that the mage had entered the Abyss to find them.
• The Reverse Light Evil God told the Contract Evil God, the Illogic Evil God, and the Myriad Forms Evil God what had happened, and the Skeleton Evil God asked whether he should kill them.
• Hekate finished watching the month of the future and realized the Styx Watcher Ring could erase souls inside the fragments of self-destructing Evil Gods.

Hekate learned that her ring could weaken resurrected Evil Gods by sending the souls in their fragments to the River Styx, then turned down the Dragon God and Pillar God’s offer to merge their nations into the Ians Republic. As the Star Essence Tree prepared to become a high-grade Life Tree, Hekate told it to extend its branches into nearby bubble universes before she left for the Abyss.

• Hekate ended her resonance with Future Star and decided to wait until the month had passed before searching for the Replication Evil God again.
• The Dragon God and Pillar God offered to merge their nations into the Ians Republic, but Hekate asked them to join Creation Ash instead.
• Hekate helped Gabrielle practice controlling the Power of Terminus, and Gabrielle said she had a tongue now.
• The Dragon God and Pillar God joined the Revival Alliance, and Hekate spent the next three days cultivating quietly.
• Vitalis told Hekate that the Star Essence Tree was ready to become a high-grade Life Tree, and Hekate ordered it to extend its branches into nearby bubble universes.

The Star Essence Tree transformed into a special-grade Life Tree, awakened an ability to open a space leading to a mysterious gray river, and began sensing an aura like Hell. Hekate postponed investigating the space to enter the Abyss and destroy the Abyss Monsters she had seen in the future, but she discovered that the mist flowing from the Abyss's Breach carried corruptive power.

• Vitalis told Hekate that the Star Essence Tree was transforming and extending its main root outside Origin Star, so Hekate went to supply it with magic power.
• As the Star Essence Tree grew, Hekate and the tree sensed a strange aura awakening inside it and a call from an unknown place.
• After ten days, the Star Essence Tree became a special-grade Life Tree and told Hekate it could open a space leading to a vast, murky river.
• Hekate used her future resonance to inspect the space, then decided to delay investigating it and travel to the Abyss to eliminate the Abyss Monsters she had seen in the future.
• Hekate said farewell to Betty and traveled to Pasture Seat, where she summoned a clone controlled by Running Star to approach the Abyss's Breach.
• Hekate sensed that the mist pouring from the Breach contained the Abyss's corruptive power.

Hekate entered the Abyss, killed the Blood Moon Evil God Morgantis, and copied its Touch of Perception ability. She continued toward the Evil Gods she had encountered in the future, aiming to stop the mist from spreading beyond the Abyss.

• Hekate found that the contaminating mist had spread outside the Abyss and decided to kill the Evil God responsible for releasing it.
• Hekate met the two Star Gods in the Abyss and brought them along to translate for her.
• Hekate sealed the Unknown Evil God’s magic and killed it with the Scythe of Terminus in three seconds.
• The Star Gods identified the dead Evil God as Blood Moon’s Touch Morgantis, which could summon a blood moon and absorb flame damage.
• Hekate used the Mask of Mirth to transform into Morgantis and gained its Touch of Perception ability, which enhanced danger perception and formed spiritual tentacles to attack enemies.

Hekate continued hunting Evil Gods after sensing a Primordial Evil God awaken, while two Outer Gods discussed the falling number of Evil Gods and the Primal Fate Witch’s influence. After three days, Hekate had killed 187 Evil Gods but still had not found the Replication Evil God or the Evil God that released the mist.

• Hekate returned in the Blood Moon Evil God’s form, confirmed her identity to the Star Gods, and felt a terrifying gaze sweep across the outer Abyss.
• The Star Gods told Hekate that Primordial Evil Gods had awakened unusually close together, and suggested she ask the deeper Stars how many were in the Abyss.
• In the first layer of the Abyss, the Void Outer God Galal and the Fate Weaver Outer God Tagma discussed the sudden decline in Evil Gods and suspected the Primal Fate Witch’s power was influencing the era.
• Galal returned to silence, leaving Tagma to handle what came next.
• Hekate spent three days quietly killing 187 Evil Gods, but she could not locate the Replication Evil God or the Evil God that released the mist, so she cursed the latter whenever it revived.

Hekate returned from her ten-day Abyss cleanup, received the Soul Imprint spell from her daily Gift of Fate, and learned that the Replication Evil God was hiding near several dead Evil Gods. Meanwhile, Betty's fleet was ambushed by the Sharp Empire, and Hekate planned to hunt down the Evil Gods when she next entered the Abyss.

• Hekate ended her Abyss cleanup, returned to Elysion, and canceled her resonance with Gemini Star.
• Betty watched the Star River fleet approach a trap, then the Sharp Empire's cloaked fleet ambushed it and sparked a Great War.
• Hekate's Gift of Fate evolved Shadow Curse into the special-grade spell Soul Imprint, which eroded a target's soul until purified.
• Hekate learned that the Star of Magic had grown to 183% of its original volume and would need another 170 days to condense an Ability Seed.
• The Star Gods told Hekate that a Primordial-level Evil God had searched the outer Abyss after she left and that the Replication Evil God was hiding near several Evil Gods left in a state of death.
• Hekate told the Star Gods to keep away from the hiding place and said she would kill the Evil Gods on her next visit to the Abyss.

Hekate fed the Star Essence Tree a huge haul of Abyss Monsters and prepared to hunt the Replication Evil God. Guided by the two Star Gods, she reached its location and waited for the guarding Evil God to appear.

• Betty destroyed a third of the Sharp Empire's warships with a fighter, earning a billion-bounty manhunt and a recall from the Star Ring Empire's emperor.
• The Nature Witch rose to 3-star Intermediate Mage strength after one of Hekate's Evil God kills.
• Hekate helped the Fifth Faction fight Abyss Monsters and collected roughly a hundred thousand for the Star Essence Tree from the Aether Civilization.
• Hekate fed the monsters to the Special-grade Star Essence Tree, then checked the future before returning to the Abyss to hunt the Replication Evil God.
• The two Star Gods guided Hekate to the Evil God's location and told her to wait until the other Evil Gods revived and were killed again.

Hekate defeated the Skeleton Evil God in the Abyss and gained its Perfect Bone talent, which made her bones indestructible. She burned the remains of the other Evil Gods, changed a future in which the world was destroyed, and left the skeleton in the Abyss for the Star Gods to store.

• Hekate attacked the Skeleton Evil God, sealed its magic power, restrained it, and killed it with a Shadow Curse when her scythe could not damage its bones.
• Hekate used the Mask of Mirth to copy the skeleton's form and gained the talent Perfect Bone, which made her bones impossible to destroy or affect with abilities.
• Hekate tested the skeleton's durability and decided to keep it as possible equipment or a shield, but her avatar could not carry it out of the Abyss.
• Hekate burned the Evil Gods' scattered remains, and the Styx Ring glowed as their weakened minds could be sent to the River Styx for reincarnation.
• Lucky Star told Hekate that she had changed a future in which the world was destroyed and gained one Lucky Moment use, while the Stars pressed Hekate for praise.
• Hekate had the Star Gods store the skeleton in the Abyss after it proved impossible to take outside.

Hekate visited Betty before the Star Ring Empire’s grand ceremony to name her a Valkyrie and captain of the Star River. Betty’s senses had grown stronger, and she chose to let Hekate remain visible to the maids, though she still avoided angering the Third Princess before returning to the battlefield.

• Hekate returned to Elysion, read that the Star Ring Empire planned to honor Betty as a Valkyrie, and traveled alone to the empire’s main star system.
• Hekate visited Betty in her room and praised her appearance before hiding from the returning maids.
• The next morning, Betty noticed her senses had sharpened, and Star suggested that Hekate’s ability had awakened Betty’s Touch of Perception.
• Betty took Hekate’s hand and told her she did not need to hide from the maids, but then let go because she wanted to avoid a dispute with the Third Princess before returning to the battlefield.

Hekate watched Betty’s investiture and warship repairs, then used a divine-artifact net to feed Abyss Monsters to the Star Essence Tree while investigating its mysterious connected space. Fate Code revealed that the space was the ruined Netherworld, which could let Hekate reach the Primordial Evil Gods or be restored to strike them.

• Betty completed her three-day investiture celebration and showed Hekate the repaired Valkyrie, saying the war with Sharp was helping her approach a breakthrough.
• Hekate learned that the Star Gods had found some hidden Evil Gods but still could not locate the Fog God obscuring them.
• Hekate collected a divine-artifact fishing net from the Aether Civilization, caught Abyss Monsters, and fed them to the Star Essence Tree while exploring its connected space for nearly a month.
• Hekate asked Fate Code about the space, and the Fate Witch identified it as the ruined Netherworld, the deepest layer of the Abyss.
• Fate Code explained that Hekate could use the Netherworld to reach the Primordial Evil Gods or restore it and strike them.

Hekate learned from the Fate Code that she must obtain the Primal Imagination Witch’s authority and repair the Netherworld to keep Primordial Evil Gods from interfering with the current era. She left with recordings for Li Mengzhi and pressed the Light Cone Federation to find alternatives to using mages as batteries.

• The Fate Code told Hekate to kill Fantasy Terminus Vandas and seize its authority with Lucky Moment and the Mask of Mirth so she could repair the Netherworld.
• Hekate learned that restoring the Netherworld would isolate the Abyss, and that Vandas might give her its authority if she entered its imagined era and appealed to its hope as the Star Witch.
• The Fate Code explained that the current era’s Fantasy Witch could reach Vandas’s Fantasy Era by imagining the Primal Era, and it gave Hekate recordings for Li Mengzhi to use.
• The Fate Code revealed that it was a trace of power left by the Primal Fate Witch to ensure her predictions, including Hekate’s appearance, came to pass.
• Hekate left the Fate Prism chamber with the Light Cone Leader and ordered the Light Cone Federation to research alternative energy sources rather than keep using mages as batteries.

Hekate examined the Light Cone Federation’s Causality Code, then asked Li Mengzhi to recreate scenes from the Primal Era recordings. Five days later, Iluvia and several others began hearing a mysterious call linked to the Star Essence Tree and the Netherworld, while Hekate remained unaffected.

• Hekate examined the Causality Code with Sybill, who sensed that its power resembled her own, but they could not determine its origin.
• Hekate asked Li Mengzhi to use her imagination to reconstruct the things shown in Fate Code’s Primal Era recordings, and Li Mengzhi agreed to work on them for several days.
• After five days, Hekate brought Iluvia back from the Aether Civilization because Iluvia said the Life Tree related to her was calling her.
• The Star Essence Tree said it had not called Iluvia, while Star Voice informed Hekate that the Hell Main God, some demons, Gelina, and the Black Tide Lord had also been drawn toward locations connected to the Netherworld.
• Hekate realized that the called beings were connected to the Netherworld and wondered why she had not heard the call; Star suggested her Star Guard ability might have blocked it.

Hekate investigated a mysterious call and found that the Black Tide Lord also sensed it but knew nothing about its source. After discovering that Li Mengzhi’s constructed scenery had become an expanding world tied to a Fantasy Evil God, Hekate entered it and began speaking with the planet itself.

• Hekate questioned the Black Tide Lord about the strange call and the Netherworld, but he only said both felt familiar.
• Hekate ate the gathered Terminus Seaweed, saw that the Crown of Termination was still growing, and cleared seaweed from more than five thousand planets before Star told her Li Mengzhi was calling.
• Hekate visited Li Mengzhi and Esther, who showed her the immense world that had expanded beyond Li Mengzhi’s constructed scenery.
• Hekate explained that the world belonged to a Fantasy Evil God who had once been a Fantasy Witch corrupted by the Abyss.
• Hekate used Star Speech to contact the planet, which questioned how she could speak to it.

Hekate entered Vandath’s Fantasy Era, but the Stars there rejected her claim to be the Star Witch, and she was arrested and sentenced to a thousand years in confinement. After returning to reality, she sought Yunrong’s help and brought her to Li Mengzhi’s home, where Yunrong feared Hekate intended to show her the adult world.

• Hekate asked a Star in the Fantasy Era about Vandath, but it insisted Vandath was the Creation Goddess and refused to believe Hekate was the Star Witch.
• Hekate threatened the Star with barbecue and cast the Three Thousand Blazing Flame Curse, but mages disrupted her spell, arrested her, and sentenced her to a thousand years in confinement.
• Hekate escaped the Fantasy Era by withdrawing her consciousness and learned from Star that Vandath’s world isolated its inhabitants and could only be overcome by someone stronger than Vandath.
• Hekate returned to Grants Academy and took Yunrong from class, telling Alice they needed to handle something.
• Hekate brought Yunrong to Li Mengzhi’s home in the Myllos Republic, where Yunrong saw Esther and Li Mengzhi on the bed and asked if Hekate meant to show her the adult world.

Hekate brought Yunrong into the Fantasy Era to help find Vandath, but a magic-sealing alarm forced them to flee. Yunrong gathered information about Origin Star and its witches, and Hekate learned about the imprisoned Destruction Witch Hesmila and the Painting Witch Su Zi.

• Hekate returned to the Fantasy Era with Yunrong, but authorities announced that a Destruction Faction member had escaped into Jingtian Mall and activated a magic-sealing environment.
• Hekate Blinked away with Yunrong and explained that the Fantasy Era was a world imagined by Vandath.
• Yunrong failed to reach Vandath's dream, so she entered ordinary people's dreams to learn about Origin Star and its witches.
• Yunrong learned that Vandath was the sole Creation God of the Creation God Cult and that Hesmila, the Destruction Witch, was imprisoned on another planet.
• Yunrong found information about Su Zi, a university student and virtual-avatar singer who had been warned by law enforcement after drawing currency during a livestream.

Hekate and Yunrong sought the Painting Witch to learn how to meet Vandath, but she could not help them directly. She brought them to a mysterious senior Witch, who recognized that they were far older and stronger than the newly awakened Witches the Painting Witch had assumed they were.

• Yunrong told Hekate that the nineteen-year-old Painting Witch had refused to let her enter her dream, and Hekate decided to meet her in person.
• Hekate and Yunrong waited in the Painting Witch’s apartment, where they discovered that the world’s math textbooks covered only basic arithmetic.
• The Painting Witch returned, heard that Hekate and Yunrong wanted to find Vandath, and warned them to refer to her as the Creation Goddess.
• The Painting Witch offered to take Hekate and Yunrong to meet a mysterious senior Witch who could help them find other Witches.
• The senior Witch told the Painting Witch that Hekate and Yunrong were not newly awakened, and Yunrong revealed she was nearly six hundred years old.