Chapter Summaries

Hekate learned that the Bay Elves planned to settle on Anxin Island and cast the Curse of Misfortune on them. The Bay Elves remained unaware of the curse and prepared to move to the island without seeking permission.

• Hekate returned to the Astrology Tower, cleared a floor, moved Gelina's room downstairs, and resumed meditating after Echidna returned from fighting Magical Beasts.
• Hekate heard through Star News that the Bay Elves had failed to find a place to settle and that Mù Hǎinà was considering Anxin Island.
• Hekate decided to curse the Bay Elves with misfortune so they would eventually abandon their plans for the island.
• Hekate heard that Gelina's speech had gained support and that Betty had advanced to 3-star High Mage.
• Mù Hǎinà told the Bay Elf Empress they would move to Anxin Island if they could find nowhere else, and neither planned to ask the Ians Republic for permission.
• After Hekate cast the curse, Mù Hǎinà and the Bay Elf Empress felt a weight settle on their shoulders but noticed nothing unusual.

Hekate’s curses brought escalating disasters upon the Bay Elves and drew five powerful Magical Beasts into the Brilliant Moon Elves’ battle with Firehawk. The Bay Elf Empress ended the chapter proposing that her people seek refuge with a Witch to escape their misfortune.

• Hekate drew Physique Enhancement, learned the Tree of Life’s life force could sustain her, and increased her physical strength to 26 times that of a basic Archmage.
• Hekate heard that Firehawk had reached the Creation Level and was fighting the Brilliant Moon Elves, then cursed both elf groups.
• Thunderstorm Bear, Earthquake Giant Turtle, Shadow Blade Lizard, Super Shell Crab, and Star Tiger formed an alliance and flew to help Firehawk against an elf.
• Hekate’s curse attracted the five Magical Beasts to the battlefield, and she prepared to curse the Brilliant Moon Elves if Firehawk was about to lose.
• Mù Hǎinà and the Bay Elves suffered more destruction when the ground collapsed into an underground river, washing away their remaining belongings.
• The Bay Elf Empress suggested that the Bay Elves seek refuge with a Witch, like the Frost Snow Elves, to change their luck.

Ifeil and Furia entered Fantasy Garden and asked how they could invite Teacher Hekate. Ignis explained that they needed to ask the Fantasy Witch, while warning that several Witches, including the Calamity Witch, were not welcome.

• The Bay Elves wandered into Verz's territory, and Hekate hoped they would escape calamity after she stopped cursing them.
• The Moonlight Elves' Creation Ancestor retreated to Creation Space, leaving the Firehawk unable to reach her and vowing to break in once he reached Creation Level.
• The Dria royal family returned after the kingdom reclaimed its lost territory and declared support for the temporary Alliance against the Monster Invasion.
• Ifeil and Furia woke inside Fantasy Garden and went to meet the Witches there.
• Ifeil asked Ignis how she could invite Teacher Hekate, and Ignis told her to ask the Fantasy Witch while naming several Witches who were not welcome.
• Seraphina broke free from Ignis's tape and continued arguing before Ignis and Seraphina both left Fantasy Garden.

Hekate learned why the Star Witch was excluded from the Witches’ gathering and later received an invitation route through the Fantasy Witch. After evolving her Flame Curse Technique, she woke to find Loria upset because their mother wanted to arrange a marriage alliance for her.

• Elena explained that the Star Witch’s Star Speech exposed other Witches’ private matters, while Selena and the Dream Witch discussed the vanished Star and Final Witches.
• Hekate read Star News about the Bay Elves fearing Verz, Natasha reaching 9-star High Mage, and Gelina winning over a plaza crowd with a speech.
• Furia and Ifeil told Hekate that the Fantasy Witch had to invite her and that several kinds of Witches were unwelcome; Hekate said she would contact Li Mengzhi herself.
• Hekate drew a Gift of Fate, evolved her Flame Curse Technique into Blazing Curse Technique, and slept for half a day.
• Loria asked Hekate to persuade their mother not to arrange a marriage alliance for her, and Hekate agreed to speak with her mother.

Hekate helped arrange for the Bay Elves to become Furia’s dependents after Elisa asked her to find them another Witch to take them in. Mù Hǎinà eagerly accepted the chance, while Hekate learned that Elisa had never heard of the Witch organization Fantasy Garden.

• Hekate persuaded her mother to stop seeking a marriage alliance partner for Loria.
• Elisa visited Hekate, discovered her 8-star Star God of Magic cultivation and unusual tree, and asked if Furia would take in the Bay Elves.
• Hekate consulted Furia, who agreed to take in the Bay Elves if Hekate thought it was a good idea.
• Elisa confirmed the Bay Elves accepted the arrangement and told them to meet her at Grants Academy.
• Hekate asked Elisa about Fantasy Garden and warned her not to mention knowing the Star Witch if she was invited.
• Hekate’s Star News reported that Mù Hǎinà wept with joy when she learned the Bay Elves could become Furia’s dependents.

Hekate learned that a 10-star God of Magic Level Star Tiger was flying toward the Eastern Primeval Forest to attack humans, and she killed him with a magically empowered arrow. She returned to the Astrology Tower, where she made sure Star Tiger was dead and ended the freezing resonance that had left Vitalis shivering.

• Teacher Ivin sensed a powerful Magical Beast approaching the Eastern Primeval Forest, and Ifeil warned that it was a 10-star God of Magic Level monster even the Devil Mermaids could not defeat.
• Teacher Ivin ordered the students to retreat as Star Tiger appeared and threatened to eat them.
• Hekate located Star Tiger and shot him through a Miniature Teleportation Array, freezing him in a block of ice.
• Ifeil learned from Cecilia that Hekate had saved the humans, and the Magical Beast Resistance Alliance cheered at their survival.
• Hekate used Angel's Judgment to drain Star Tiger's remaining life force, then canceled her resonance with Frost Star when Vitalis complained of the cold.

Hekate dealt with the Magical Beasts threatening the border and killed the Norwich Kingdom nobles plotting against Gelina. After the danger eased, Betty returned from the border and left with Hekate, while Natasha advanced in her magic training.

• After Hekate killed Star Tiger, the other Magical Beasts blamed the Moonlight Elves and redirected their hostility away from her.
• Gelina survived an attack by Death Warriors in Marin City because Echidna protected her, and Hekate ordered the plotters identified.
• Mayor Ron and Count Hajeson agreed to poison Gelina, but Hekate killed the nobles with Blazing Curse Technique before they could act.
• Several days later, Betty returned and told Hekate that intelligent Magical Beasts had retreated after Star Tiger's death, reducing pressure on the borders.
• Betty left the Astrology Tower with Hekate to handle government affairs, as Luria and Faria suspected they were being excluded.
• While training at the border, Natasha advanced her magic cultivation and credited her progress to hard work.

After the Bay Elves settled on Anxin Island, Hekate discovered a hidden route into Fantasy Garden and entered it by disguising herself as Flower Witch. She left Dream Witch believing she was a newly arrived Flower Witch.

• Firehawk and the other Magical Beasts concluded that elves had killed Star Tiger and discussed destroying the elves' Creation Space.
• Furia met Mù Hǎinà at the northern border and signed a subordinate contract, taking on her misfortune and freeing the Bay Elves from it.
• Furia arranged for the Bay Elves to settle on Anxin Island and returned to Hekate, who told her to build a house there and take Little Bubble to the sea.
• Hekate asked Star whether the Previous Star Witch had entered Fantasy Garden and learned that Star Speech could open a hidden route to it.
• Hekate used the route to enter Fantasy Garden, met Dream Witch, and disguised herself with Flower Witch's magic power.

Hekate met the Fire Witch and the Water Witch in Fantasy Garden, then returned to the Astrology Tower and endured Luria and Faria's complaints. Five days later, Teacher Ivin visited before heading to Anxin Island for the Bay Elves' welcome party, and Natasha brought Hekate a pile of treasures containing a mysterious ordinary stone.

• The Dream Witch introduced Hekate to the Fire Witch, Ignis, who said the previous Flower Witch had died and described Flower Witches as short-lived and lovesick.
• Seraphina, the Water Witch, scolded Ignis for leaving her behind, and the Dream Witch explained that Ignis had helped Seraphina recover after her family was killed.
• Hekate ended her connection to Fantasy Garden and returned to the Astrology Tower, where Luria and Faria complained that she had used some of their magic power.
• Five days later, Teacher Ivin returned and planned to visit Anxin Island for the Bay Elves' entry into the Ians Republic; Hekate warned him that the Bay Tribe's tree shared the aura of her sapling.
• Teacher Ivin recognized Hekate's sapling as the Elf Clan's Tree of Life and promised not to reveal it, while advising her to move it from its flowerpot.
• Natasha showed Hekate a mountain of treasures she had collected, including an ordinary-looking stone she could not remember picking up.

Hekate accepted the Sheep Transmutation spell and Starfall Guard, then learned the relic’s history and retrieved two of its scattered pieces. While seeking another shard from the Grand Duke of Atlantis Empire, she discovered his torture chamber and watched him drink a young woman’s blood.

• Hekate took the Sheep Transmutation Inheritance Stone and accepted the Relic-Tier Starfall Guard from Natasha.
• Hekate used blood recognition to equip Starfall Guard, then learned that it had belonged to the Previous Star Witch and that the Final Witch remained trapped in a Black Hole.
• Hekate retrieved a Starfall Guard shard from the ocean and traveled to Atlantis Empire to find another piece worn as the Grand Duke’s ring.
• Hekate heard a cry for help and discovered young women chained to the walls of the Grand Duke’s torture chamber, with one still alive and having her blood drained.
• The Grand Duke drank the young woman’s blood and complained that commoners’ quality was poor.

Hekate punished Grand Duchess Tracy, rescued a tortured girl, and recovered more Starfall Guard fragments. After charging the restored fragments with life force, she learned Tracy had been slaughtered and turned her attention to the Red Dragon Empire.

• Hekate transformed Grand Duchess Tracy into a sheep, cursed her, took the Star Shard Guardian ring's gem, and rescued a dying girl from the palace.
• Emperor Atlan kicked the sheep he did not recognize as Tracy, and a passerby later took her away to slaughter her.
• Hekate brought the rescued girl to Gelina for treatment and instruction, then cursed Emperor Atlan and learned there were no resistance groups in his empire.
• Hekate traveled to the Red Dragon Empire, took the Third Princess's Starfall Guard necklace, and returned to the Astrology Tower.
• Hekate restored and charged the Starfall Guard fragments with life force, then learned that Tracy had been slaughtered.

Hekate gained a new resonance with the Tidal Star while continuing to guide Gelina and curse Emperor Atlan. Teacher Ivin prepared to journey with Mù Hǎinà into the Eastern Primeval Forest to find the Emerald Shadow Elves, and Gelina left reassured about pursuing her ideals.

• Hekate heard that Emperor Atlan and the Red Dragon Emperor's investigators could not find her because Star Guard blocked their divinations, and she cursed Atlan with misfortune.
• The Red Dragon Emperor grew furious over the missing Star Shard Guardian necklace and smashed his desk when the Royal Astrologer reported no results.
• After a month of cursing Atlan, Hekate learned that Teacher Ivin planned to enter the Eastern Primeval Forest with Mù Hǎinà to find the Emerald Shadow Elves.
• Hekate drew a Star Resonance, sacrificed 1,000 years of vitality, and resonated with the Tidal Star, whose blessing could randomly increase a spell's power by up to 200%.
• Gelina asked whether her persuasive ability violated human rights, and Hekate told her it helped liberate the minds of those who chose to listen.
• Gelina worried that her mother's claim that strength ruled the world undermined her vision of equality, and Hekate encouraged her to pass on the flame despite an uncertain future.

Hekate gave the Ians Republic the materials to begin the Industrial Revolution and supported its choice over whether to intervene in Norwich. Half a year later, the Republic backed Norwich’s rebels, Echidna defeated the royal family, and Hekate reached 9-star God of Magic.

• Hekate walked around the Academy with Puli, then spent the night at the Crofts Family home.
• Hekate heard that Gelina had resumed giving speeches, Norwich planned to suppress her town, Natasha had become a 10-star High Mage, and Mù Hǎinà and Teacher Ivin were searching for the Emerald Shadow Elves.
• Chairman Ornis visited Hekate, who gave him production materials for the Industrial Revolution and said she supported his decision on whether to annex Norwich.
• Betty asked Hekate what she had done the previous night, while Chairman Ornis had also been considering diplomatic relations with the Takuya Republic.
• Half a year later, Hekate became a 9-star God of Magic, and Chairman Ornis supported the Norwich Rebel Army.
• Echidna defeated the Norwich Royal Family without Hekate needing to intervene.

Natasha’s extraordinary luck helped her break through to Great Mage, while Gelina completed her mission in the Norwich Kingdom and shared her ambition to transform Hell. Hekate later visited the Witches in the Fantasy Garden, where their joking continued.

• Natasha beat Hekate at Rock-Paper-Scissors one hundred times, felt her Magic Bottleneck loosen, and returned to train.
• The Norwich Kingdom collapsed as the Ians Republic and Echidna moved in, and Gelina refused to lead her followers after urging them to build a better future.
• Gelina told Echidna she wanted to spread equality in Hell, and Echidna encouraged her to train until she could become Hell’s master.
• Gelina met Morse after returning to the Ians Republic, and the next day Natasha broke through to become a 1-star Great Mage.
• Hekate went to the Fantasy Garden and found the Witches joking about the Water Witch and Fire Witch joining forces.

Hekate met with witches at the Garden Gathering and persuaded Creation Witch Selena to visit the Ians Republic and help advance its industrialization. The next day, Hekate evolved her Plague Curse into Thorn Curse and read updates about the growing rebellion, political reforms, and the elves’ search for Shiva Greenvine before dizziness forced her to rest.

• Hekate joined Ifeil and Furia, who explained that Water Witch thought X was more awesome than + after struggling with math.
• Hekate spoke with Creation Witch Selena, who planned to visit the Ians Republic and share her knowledge of mechanical creations and Magic Crystal Modification.
• Hekate cursed Emperor Atlan, drew a gift that evolved her Plague Curse into Thorn Curse, and learned that Alice’s Rebel Army was capturing towns in the Atlantis Empire.
• Hekate read that Gelina had found her future path and that Morse wanted her to give speeches in Cardenas to encourage reform and help prevent a coming war.
• Hekate learned that Mù Hǎinà and Teacher Ivin had found the Emerald Shadow Elves, but Ivin found no trace of Shiva Greenvine and suspected her mother was dead.
• Hekate canceled Star Speech as her dizziness worsened and lay down to rest.

Selena Kemyril set out from the Loriser Empire for a distant kingdom, but imperial agents tried to stop her from leaving. Meanwhile, Mù Hǎinà and Teacher Ivin were rescued from Firehawk’s beasts by Hekate’s powerful magic, leaving Mù Hǎinà convinced that her luck had finally changed.

• Selena packed her notes and blueprints, left her home, and flew away on her Magic Crystal Broom toward the western Magic Continent.
• Imperial agents blocked Selena near the Loriser Empire’s border and declared that she could not leave, but she vanished with magic.
• Firehawk and the other Magical Beast lords confronted Mù Hǎinà and Teacher Ivin, accusing the elves of killing Star Tiger and demanding revenge.
• A golden beam of magic struck the beasts and destroyed them as Mù Hǎinà pulled Ivin out of danger.
• Mù Hǎinà recognized Soviel’s divine power, and Hekate confirmed through Star Speech that she had cast the spell.
• Mù Hǎinà excitedly celebrated with Ivin, saying that their luck had improved, while Ivin remained dazed.

Hekate persuaded Creation Witch Selena to help the Ians Republic advance its Industrial Reform, and Selena agreed in exchange for the industrial materials. After seeing the Mechanical Academy Tower’s crude equipment and advanced designs, Selena began examining its blueprints and preparing to guide the work.

• Hekate welcomed Selena to the Astrology Tower and explained that the Ians Republic had reformed into a republic pursuing equality and needed help with industrial development.
• Selena agreed to assist for a few months in exchange for ownership of the industrial materials, and Hekate arranged a room for her.
• Natasha met Selena and showed suspicion, while Hekate reassured Selena that she was different from the Previous Star Witch.
• The next morning, Hekate took Selena to the Mechanical Academy Tower, where Selena inspected a crude Steam Engine and recognized the advanced design behind it.
• Hekate put the Mechanical Academy’s teachers under Selena’s direction, and Selena began reviewing their blueprints.

Hekate persuaded Selena to help with industrial reform using advanced designs and Magic Crystal Phone data, while Teacher Ivin returned grieving over the possibility that her mother was dead. In the Loriser Empire, the Emperor ordered a sweeping search for Selena after she escaped.

• Selena became absorbed in Earth Star's industrial designs and impressed the Mechanical Academy's teachers, who called her Teacher Selena.
• Teacher Ivin returned from her search with Mù Hǎinà and told Hekate she needed time to process her grief because she suspected her mother was dead.
• Selena confronted Hekate about the Magic Crystal Phone, then agreed to help with industrial reform after admitting the technology and designs had broadened her horizons.
• The Loriser Emperor berated his subordinates for letting Selena escape and ordered every mage to search the Empire for her, alive or dead.

Hekate learned Demon Summoning through the Gift of Fate and tested the spell after catching up on Star News about Selena, Alice, Morse, and Gelina. She summoned a Skeleton Soldier, but its bizarre account from Hell failed to satisfy her, so she sent it back and deducted its merit points.

• Hekate learned from Star News that Emperor Loriser, Okaros Yuli Axp, resented her over Selena and that Alice's rebel army was gaining followers while Emperor Atlan remained distracted by her Curse of Misfortune.
• Hekate asked Selena about Okaros, and Selena explained that Yuli had once been her student and that she had never married him.
• Hekate learned that Selena was helping the Mechanical Academy manufacture a Steam Engine, while Morse and Gelina had gained support in Cardenas with Echidna charming the royal family.
• Hekate accepted the Gift of Fate, mastered Demon Summoning with Earth Star Resonance, and summoned a Skeleton Soldier outside the capital.
• Hekate demanded news about Hell, but after the Skeleton Soldier told her a grim tale about poisoned meat, Hekate sent it back and deducted its merit points.

Hekate summoned the same skeleton again and learned that two Succubi in Hell had been captured, while Emperor Okaros’s protection against a hidden curse finally broke. Three months later, Cardenas announced that it would reform and merge into the Ians Republic, prompting neighboring kingdoms to form an army against it.

• Hekate summoned the skeleton, which shared a story about its friend and revealed that two Succubi in Hell had been captured by humans.
• Emperor Okaros’s Anti-curse Device shattered, but the Court Physician purified the Curse of Misfortune before it took effect.
• Hekate read that Echidna had charmed Cardenas’s high-ranking figures and that Gelina had become a beacon to ordinary people.
• King Cadenas announced that Cardenas would reform and merge into the Ians Republic as the Cadenas District, claiming the decision was voluntary.
• Several neighboring kingdoms formed a temporary allied army to annex Cardenas and stop its reforms and merger.