Chapter Summaries

Hekate and Yunrong met the Primal Star Witch, who recognized Hekate as an outsider and questioned her about the Fantasy Era. Hekate persuaded the Primal Star Witch to pass along her request to meet Vandath, though Vandath’s response remained uncertain.

• Hekate and Yunrong entered the Primal Star Witch’s astrology chamber after Su Zi was told to wait in the living room.
• The Primal Star Witch revealed she knew of Hekate through the Stars, and Hekate blocked the Stars from reading her thoughts.
• Hekate explained that she came from another world and claimed she sought friendly exchanges with Vandath, but the Primal Star Witch’s lie-detection spell exposed the claim as false.
• Hekate said the Fate Witch had arranged her arrival and sent her to meet Vandath.
• The Primal Star Witch agreed to tell Vandath about Hekate, but said she could not promise Vandath would meet her.

Hekate reached Vandath in the Fantasy Era, but discovered that the golden-haired Creation Goddess was not the Vandath she had come to find. Black Vandath escaped the Creation Goddess with Hekate, then learned the Primal Era had been destroyed and reacted angrily when Hekate repeated it.

• Hekate told the golden-haired Vandath that the Primal Era had been destroyed, but Vandath did not recognize the truth.
• Black Vandath appeared, revealed herself as the real Vandath, and fought the Creation Goddess while carrying Hekate away.
• Black Vandath shook off the Creation Goddess and asked Hekate who had sent her to find Vandath.
• Hekate said the Fate Witch had sent her and repeated that the Primal Era was destroyed.
• Black Vandath became distressed by the words, so Hekate changed them to say that the First Era was destroyed.

Hekate questioned Black Vandath about the Fate Witch, the Star Witch, and the Primal Era, learning that the Mother World periodically resets and that the Abyss is spared. Black Vandath urged Hekate to join the Abyss, then explained that its forces were destroying the underworld’s rules to seize it from the Mother World.

• Black Vandath threatened Hekate and demanded to know why the Fate Witch had sent her.
• Hekate asked about the Fate Witch and the Creation Goddess, and Black Vandath described them and their conflict.
• Black Vandath explained that the Primal Star Witch had been the Primal Era’s hope, but had failed to save it, and urged Hekate to join the Abyss.
• Black Vandath told Hekate that the Mother World periodically reset itself and that the Abyss was unaffected.
• Hekate asked why the evil gods were destroying the underworld’s rules, and Black Vandath said they planned to take the underworld from the Mother World.

Hekate delivered the Fate Witch’s message to Black Vandath, then was captured alongside her by Golden Vandath. Golden Vandath revealed that she would willingly pass her Imagination Authority to Hekate, and began to dissipate as she entrusted the Fantasy Era to her.

• Hekate told Black Vandath that the Fate Witch had sent her to obtain the Imagination Authority and claimed she could solve Black Vandath’s problem.
• Golden Vandath attacked Black Vandath, defeated and sealed her, then took Hekate and Black Vandath away.
• Golden Vandath restored the damage from their battle, imprisoned Black Vandath in an electric chair, and brought Hekate to her palace.
• Golden Vandath explained that she and Black Vandath were parts of Vandath’s consciousness and agreed to give Hekate the Imagination Authority.
• Golden Vandath began to dissipate into golden particles and entrusted the Fantasy Era to Hekate.

Hekate gained 10% of the Primal Imagination Witch’s Authority and learned from Fate Code that it could help repair the Underworld, though Authority evolution depended on faith. She began filling the Underworld with Fantasy Power, but after a month the realm still looked unchanged.

• Golden Vandath passed her Authority to Hekate, who used Fantasy Power to conjure an electric chair and drive Black Vandath away.
• Hekate healed the unconscious Li Mengzhi and Esther, then asked Fate Code whether her Authority could repair the Underworld and how Witches’ Authorities evolved.
• Fate Code said the Authority could repair the Underworld and revealed that Hekate already held thirty-three eras’ worth of faith, but her evolution had not yet begun.
• Hekate returned to Elysion, reassured Li Mengzhi and Esther, and entered the Underworld through the Star Essence Tree.
• Hekate spent a month converting her magic power into Fantasy Power and spreading it through the Underworld, but the space showed almost no improvement.

Hekate restored Sarashir Ocanis's memories of his previous life so he could reunite with Betty, then spent nearly six months cultivating and repairing the Underworld. The Star of Magic reached 200% growth and offered to condense Hekate another Ability Seed if she helped it grow by 300% more.

• Hekate lifted the seal on Sarashir Ocanis's past-life memories, and Betty spent the day catching him up on her life.
• Sarashir decided to pursue cultivation instead of becoming chairman again, and Hekate told him to keep his reincarnation and old connections secret.
• Hekate continued her routine for nearly five months, restoring about 1% of the Underworld and gaining the Phantom Star's resonance, a stronger Stellar Godhead, and the Netherworld Curse Magic Soul Bind.
• Hekate received a Gift of Fate that added one hundred years of cultivation progress at the cost of one year of life force.
• The Star of Magic announced that its volume had grown by 200% and offered to condense another Ability Seed if Hekate helped it grow by a further 300%.

Hekate reviewed Star News about the mages and Witches across the universe, including recent breakthroughs and a newly emerged Twisted Witch. She planned to help the Twisted Witch’s family understand her unstable power while the Outer Universe continued fighting Abyss Monsters.

• Hekate considered how Star of Magic might eventually grant her the Star Witch’s abilities, though increasing its volume by 100% would take at least two and a half years.
• Hekate learned that Natasha had reached 4-star God of Magic, Betty had returned and reached 5-star Archmage, and Puli’s Angel Bloodline was evolving.
• Hekate heard that Verz’s second travel diary novel, Elisa’s breakthrough to 2-star Creation Mage, and Loria’s matured Angel of Love bloodline were attracting attention.
• Hekate decided to send a clone to tell Loria about her newly awakened Star Speech talent, while Gabrielle continued training to control the Power of Terminus.
• Hekate learned that the Dew Witch admired her but had confessed to the Sand Witch and been rejected, then decided to punish the Dream Witch with a cane-braised pork meal for spreading private information.
• Hekate learned that a Twisted Witch’s bloodline had appeared and planned to explain the girl’s potentially dangerous unstable powers to her parents; the Outer Universe still faced at least ten years of fighting Abyss Monsters.

Hekate learned that the Abyss’s expanding fog came from the sealed Dread Fog Demon God, Nefiris, and decided to keep monitoring it while avoiding the Primordial Evil Gods’ attention. In the Fantasy Era, she trapped Black Vandath and began restoring the worlds she had destroyed to gain faith and Wish Power.

• Hekate spoke with two Star Gods in the Abyss, who told her that Nefiris was sealed inside a machine that extracted power and produced the great fog.
• Hekate learned that the fog near the Breach of the Abyss had grown nearly tenfold, but believed it would not reach the present world before the Underworld was repaired.
• Hekate planned to send her avatar to the Aether Civilization to catch fish and meet Ah Hu, then entered the Fantasy Era to repair the damage Black Vandath caused.
• Black Vandath demanded that Hekate return the Imagination Authority and threatened to awaken the true Vandath.
• Hekate imprisoned Black Vandath in a cage and went to restore the destroyed civilization worlds for faith and Wish Power.

Hekate evolved Star Bridge, tested it by traveling to the Phantom Star Domain, and returned to her routine. A year later, she became a 2-Star Eternal Level Mage and resonated with two Star Gods in the Abyss, raising the Stellar Godhead's effect to 96%.

• Hekate used an Ability Seed from the Star of Magic to evolve Star Bridge, and Star explained that resonance could let her travel to stars she could not see.
• Hekate resonated with the Phantom Star and used Star Bridge to visit its beautiful but dangerous domain, then traveled to Alice and returned to Elysion.
• Hekate reassured Running Star that she would still need its more flexible teleportation before starting her Star News session.
• A year passed, and Hekate broke through to become a 2-Star Eternal Level Mage after her Wish Power gains helped offset delays caused by her work in the Netherworld.
• Hekate used two vacant resonance slots to connect with Crolua and Hastaz, gaining their effects and increasing her resistance to the Abyss's distorted laws.
• The two Star Gods' addition raised the Stellar Godhead's overall effect to 96%.

Hekate returned to Elysion, caught up with Betty, and used Gift of Fate to evolve her Sacred Purification magic. Star News reported Natasha’s breakthrough and Gabrielle’s growing bloodline, leaving Hekate wondering why Sangeria still had not answered her.

• Hekate asked Fate Code about the useless equipment from Gift of Fate and learned that its rewards were random, though her wishes could sometimes influence them.
• Hekate captured Abyss Monsters for the Star Essence Tree, then returned to Elysion to collect Wish Power and help civilizations with disasters.
• Betty told Hekate that Star Ring Empire and Sharp Empire had signed a costly peace treaty, and said she wanted to join wars involving stronger civilizations.
• Hekate drew a random Magic Evolution, turning her Sacred Purification into the God-tier Sacred Angel Purification, which she planned to use as material for Alice.
• Hekate and Betty discussed Natasha’s rise to 5-Star Archmage and her evolution into the Heavenly Star Terminus Angel.
• Star News reported that Gabrielle’s bloodline had awakened a weaker Wish Power talent, prompting Hekate to wonder how many times it could grow and why Sangeria had not answered her.

Hekate tracked Gabrielle’s recovery, Moira’s ongoing breakthrough, and the spreading fog in the Abyss while arranging Betty’s next infiltration. She discovered the Star Essence Tree could nourish the Netherworld, then encouraged it to grow stronger by feeding on Abyss Monsters.

• Star News reported that Gabrielle had returned to 5-star Creation Level and had become proficient at controlling the Power of Terminus, while Moira’s breakthrough to 6-star Eternal continued.
• Three hidden Evil Gods debated whether the Dread Fog Demon God should stop spreading fog, and the Derivative Evil God urged them to leave the fog alone.
• Hekate found Betty a civilization whose weapons could harm Magus-level mages, and Betty entered it with Alice’s help to learn how to blend in.
• Hekate learned that the Star Essence Tree’s roots could reach into and nourish the Netherworld, though its effect was limited by the Netherworld’s size.
• The Star Essence Tree explained that it could become stronger beyond special grade and that the next rank was god grade, so Hekate promised it more Abyss Monsters to eat.

Hekate learned that Moira’s cultivation had accelerated because Hekate’s killing of a Space-Time Evil God had made the era’s rules more complete, then continued restoring the Netherworld and visiting Black Vandath. The chapter ended with Hekate offering Black Vandath a chance to obtain the Destruction Authority and summoning an electric chair after Black Vandath mocked her.

• Xilo congratulated Moira on becoming a 6-star Eternity Mage, and Hekate explained that killing a Space-Time Evil God had improved the rules and sped up Moira’s cultivation.
• Over the next year, Hekate restored the Netherworld to 5% and fled with the Star Essence Tree when she spotted a Primordial Evil God nearby.
• Hekate entered the Fantasy Era, found Black Vandath sulking, and offered to help her obtain the Destruction Authority in exchange for her Imagination Authority.
• Black Vandath mocked Hekate, so Hekate created an electric chair and invited her to sit.

Hekate restrained Black Vandath and explained that she could use the Imagination Authority to restore those imagined in the Fantasy Era, including Golden Vandath. After Black Vandath sabotaged the first resurrection attempt, Hekate forced her to provide the unaltered memories and successfully brought Golden Vandath back.

• Hekate restrained Black Vandath in an electric chair and demonstrated her Power of Terminus by erasing part of the void.
• Black Vandath doubted Hekate could transfer the Imagination Authority, so Hekate explained that she could imagine Black Vandath and Golden Vandath back into existence afterward.
• Black Vandath agreed to provide Golden Vandath's memories, but Golden Vandath exploded after detecting that Black Vandath had tampered with them.
• Hekate shocked Black Vandath until she separated Golden Vandath's memories without altering them.
• Hekate used the memories to resurrect Golden Vandath and reflected that memories functioned as souls in the Fantasy Era.

Hekate tested whether the Crown of Termination would recognize an Angel Contract signed by Golden Vandath, an illusion, and used it to raise her into a powerful angel. Black Vandath saw Golden Vandath gain Destructive Power and demanded the same abilities, falling for Hekate’s plan.

• Golden Vandath said she had nothing to offer Hekate, while Black Vandath accused her of betraying the original body by handing over the Imagination Authority.
• Hekate summoned the Heavenly Star Terminus Messenger Crown and asked Golden Vandath to sign a Heavenly Star Angel Contract.
• Golden Vandath signed as Creation Goddess · Vandath, and the Crown of Termination recognized her signature.
• Hekate advanced Golden Vandath into a 2-Star Eternal Starfall Creator Angel, granting her downgraded Imagination, Wish Power, Formless, and Power of Terminus abilities.
• Golden Vandath tested her abilities, and Hekate explained that Wish Power could reward her for fulfilling other people’s wishes.
• Black Vandath demanded Imagination, Formless, and Destructive Power for herself, and Hekate realized the bait had worked.

Hekate sought Black Vandath’s Imagination Authority to help restore the Netherworld, but Black Vandath refused and agreed only to consider it. Gindath explained that restoring the Netherworld could imprison the Abyss’s evil gods and prevent the Thirty-Fifth Era, while revealing that the Primordial Star was the Primal Space-Time Witch.

• Hekate asked Black Vandath to transfer her Imagination Authority, but Black Vandath refused because she feared losing control and angering the original body.
• Golden Vandath defended Hekate as someone who could help the original body’s Authority evolve, and Black Vandath agreed to think about the request.
• Golden Vandath told Hekate that Black Vandath’s hesitation meant she might accept after being given time.
• Gindath explained that restoring the Netherworld would turn the Abyss’s thirty-two layers into a prison for its evil gods and strengthen the Netherworld with the rules of past eras.
• Hekate told Gindath that the Fate Witch had instructed her to clear the Abyss of evil gods and prevent the Thirty-Fifth Era, and Gindath chose to trust her.
• Gindath identified the Primordial Star as the Primal Space-Time Witch and said that Eternity had been only the beginning of cultivation in the Primal Era.

Hekate learned more about the Primal Era and gained control of the Imagination Authority after Black Hecate handed it over. She resurrected Black Hecate and made her a Main God Angel, then received a blessing from her before Black Hecate and Gindath left.

• Gindath explained that Primal Era mages needed to master rules beyond cultivating magic power, and said her main body barely knew the other Witches.
• Hekate left the Fantasy Era, while Gindath prepared to block the entrance to the Abyss’s bottom layer.
• After half a year of Gindath’s persuasion, Black Hecate gave Hekate the Imagination Authority, which appeared as an evolving talent that also granted temporary control of the Fantasy Era.
• Hekate used a memory orb and the Imagination Authority to resurrect Black Hecate, then helped her sign a contract and become a Main God Angel.
• Black Hecate reluctantly blessed Hekate after Hekate threatened her with the electric chair, then left with Gindath; Hekate noticed the Starfall Destroyer Angel’s Blessing and thought of Natasha.

After the Memory Witch developed a persistent high fever that might signal the awakening of memories from previous eras, Hekate asked Gindath about the Primal Memory Witch and learned that the Primal Final Witch had killed her. Hekate went to the Memory Witch’s home to treat her and see whether she would recover those memories.

• Hekate continued converting Fantasy Power into the Netherworld and calculated that it would now take about twenty-three years to restore it.
• Ten months passed as Hekate approached 3-star Eternity and the Star of Magic neared completion of its third Ability Seed.
• Hekate read news that the Memory Witch had an unresolved high fever and asked Star whether she was awakening memories from a previous era.
• Hekate summoned Gindath, who explained that the Primal Final Witch had killed the Primal Memory Witch and described how magic and Authorities had weakened across eras.
• Gindath advised Hekate to wait and see whether the Memory Witch truly awakened memories from earlier eras, so Hekate sent Gindath back to watch Black Hecate and teleported a clone to treat the Memory Witch.

Hekate helped Monet awaken memories spanning the eras before the Sixth and learned how brutally the Abyss and other forces had hunted Star Witches. Monet described the Primal Star Witch Istra as a lonely figure who carried the world's hope and fought the Primal Final Witch, but ultimately failed.

• Hekate treated Monet, and after waking a month later, Monet recognized that Star Witches had helped her awaken memories in past eras.
• Monet explained that she had awakened memories from the Sixth Era and earlier, and Hekate told her that Vandath had entered the Abyss and become an evil god.
• Monet recounted the Star Witches' tragic fates: the Second Era Star Witch died rather than become an evil god, the Third Era Star Witch was torn apart, and later Witches were hunted by Abyssal forces and by other lifeforms.
• Monet told Hekate that the present was the Thirty-Third Era and that the Abyss's evil gods had largely reduced their attention to it.
• Monet described Istra as the only Star Witch she had seen live gloriously, explaining that Istra bore everyone's hope and fought on the front lines against the Primal Final Witch before failing.
• Monet revealed that many Primordial Evil Gods in the Abyss had once been companions of the Star Witch.

Hekate questioned Monet about the Primal Era’s Witches and then consulted the Fate Code to learn why the Primordial Evil Gods opposed Star Witches. She discovered that the Evil Gods planned to usher in the Thirty-Fifth Era, while Primordial Star Elora had been tasked with eliminating them.

• Monet told Hekate about the Primal Star Witch’s companions and described Elora Chronos as a powerful Witch and a close friend.
• Hekate spoke with Monet for nearly two hours, learning about the Primal Era but little about the Evil Gods’ plans.
• Hekate summoned Gindath to meet Monet, then went to the Light Cone Federation to question the Fate Code.
• The Fate Code revealed that many Primordial Evil Gods blamed the Primal Star Witch’s failure on later Star Witches and had worked to prevent them from resisting the End.
• The Fate Code said the Evil Gods would awaken in the Thirty-Fourth Era to accelerate the arrival of the Thirty-Fifth Era, while Fantasy Terminus Vandas sought to evolve her Authority into Creation.
• Hekate learned that Primordial Star Elora had been arranged by the Primal Star Witch to eliminate the Primordial Evil Gods.

After reaching 3-Star Eternal Level and continuing to restore the Netherworld, Hekate gained the Star Spirit ability and summoned the Stars as spirit bodies. She discovered that the newly embodied Stars had distinct forms and personalities, and ordered Void Star to put on clothes.

• Hekate reviewed her progress after a year and two months, noting that she had reached 3-Star Eternal Level Mage and restored nearly 10% of the Netherworld's rules.
• The Star of Magic reached the threshold to grant Hekate an Ability Seed, which evolved her Star Witch talent and gave her the Star Spirit ability.
• Hekate used Star Spirit on Lucky Star, summoning her as a pink-haired human spirit body.
• At the Stars' request, Hekate summoned more of them and saw their varied spirit forms, including Death Star, Future Star, Curse Shackles Star, and Void Star.
• Hekate kicked the unclothed Void Star and ordered her to wear clothes, while Lucky Star and Death Star's gazes clashed.