Chapter Summaries

The Dark Curse Church planned to create the Forbidden Puppet Eternal World Shackles, but Hekate killed the gathered Mages and discovered the blueprint contained the previous Curse Witch’s soul. She fused it with her Death Replacement Doll, awakening the mad Witch and transforming the doll into a Sacred Artifact.

• The Dark Curse Church Mages decided to hide among ordinary people and gather girls for a plan to create Eternal World Shackles.
• Hekate’s ghostly green flames killed every Mage at the meeting.
• Star told Hekate that the blueprint had survived her Hellfire and contained something hidden inside it.
• Hekate retrieved the blueprint and learned it held the soul of the previous Curse Witch, whose curse would punish anyone who followed its creation method.
• Hekate fused the blueprint with her Death Replacement Doll, awakening the mad Curse Witch and changing the doll into the Sacred Artifact Eternal World Shackles.

Hekate brought the mad soul inside the Cursed Doll to Gelina, hoping Gelina could heal her mental state, then destroyed hundreds of Vermin Spaces and prepared to meet Gabrielle for news about Hell. The doll stayed with Gelina, while Luria and Faria realized how powerful Hekate had become and decided to win her favor.

• The Cursed Doll possessed Vitalis and behaved erratically, so Hekate took it to Gelina to recover under her care.
• Gelina accepted the doll and put it in her mage robe while she continued helping people in the Cadenas District.
• Hekate returned to the Astrology Tower, explained the doll's history to Luria and Faria, and then began clearing Vermin Spaces.
• Hekate destroyed hundreds of Vermin Spaces with Blazing Stars, felt her Divine Spark grow, and decided to meet Gabrielle for news about Hell.
• Luria and Faria counted roughly two thousand stars Hekate had fired and resolved to win her favor, while Vitalis teased them.

Hekate summoned Gabrielle to ask for news from Hell and discovered that Gabrielle had turned her own ribs into a weapon and seasoning. After raising Gabrielle to the Magus rank, Hekate sent her back to gather information and promised to repair her ribs next month.

• Hekate summoned Gabrielle, who reported seeing an Angel in Hell but admitted she had spiced the monster she asked instead of finding out where the Angel went.
• Gabrielle gave Hekate a rare weapon made from 72 Seraphim Ribs, then ground another rib into seasoning that was spicy and dangerous to Hell creatures.
• Gabrielle reported that Hell monsters were going missing while the Fire Demon Duke captured powerful monsters to use as slaves, prompting others to seek a way out of Hell.
• Hekate spent three thousand years of vitality to raise Gabrielle to the Magus rank and offered to repair her ribs next month instead of boosting her strength again.
• Hekate canceled the summoning, recalled Gabrielle when she noticed the weapon was still behind, and watched Gabrielle fuse more ribs into it.

Little Skeleton experimented with a monster pig’s brain and discovered that its desires could overwhelm her before the brain ran out. Back at the Astrology Tower, Hekate and the others saw a vast holy light fill the sky, and Natasha fainted after sensing an Angel within it.

• Little Skeleton knocked out a monster pig, removed its brain, and put it inside her skull to imitate the pig.
• Little Skeleton consumed the pig’s brain and meat, then recovered her ribs after eating its bones.
• Hekate collected Gabrielle’s bone ash and returned to the Astrology Tower, where Natasha sensed its holy scent.
• Loria brought evening desserts, and Hekate, Natasha, Furia, and Ifeil chatted together.
• A vast holy light appeared above the Ians Republic, and Natasha sensed an Angel within it.
• Natasha fainted after saying they should go find the Angel, leaving Hekate worried that her consciousness had been pulled away.

After Natasha briefly encountered the Angelic Main God, Hekate was drawn into the holy realm and learned that Natasha’s Angel of Love divinity tied her strength to Hekate’s. The Angelic Main God revealed that Betrayal Angels helped cause the ancient conflict with Hell, then asked Hekate to summon Gabrielle; back in the human world, Hekate prepared to unleash a Meteor Shower.

• Natasha collapsed after sensing the Angelic Main God, and Hekate used the Eternal Crown and Angel Summoning to wake her.
• The Angelic Main God told Hekate that Natasha could not become a god, but would grow stronger as Hekate did.
• Hekate told the Angelic Main God that Little Skeleton was now an undead skeleton in Hell, and learned that a Betrayal Angel had betrayed the Angels during the war a thousand years earlier.
• The Angelic Main God asked Hekate to summon Gabrielle and her together, but Hekate explained that Gabrielle had lost her memories from life and returned to Hell after each summoning.
• Hekate returned to her body as the holy light faded, entered her starlight state, and prepared a Meteor Shower for the parasites.

Hekate’s half-year meteor shower destroyed the Sea Scale Mermaid Clan’s Creation Space, forcing the Mermaids to return to the real world as its Magic Concentration rose. After reaching 3-star Creation Mage, Hekate used Gift of Fate to fuse Blazing Curse Technique and Hellfire into a stronger forbidden spell.

• The Fire Demon Duke ordered its Volcanic Rock Spirit to capture every God of Magic Level monster and force them to dig, preventing them from escaping through Teleportation Arrays.
• After half a year of Blazing Stars fell toward Creation Spaces, the Mermaid Creation Ancestor opened his people’s space and led the Mermaids out before it was destroyed.
• The Mermaids watched their Creation Space collapse, then followed the Mermaid Creation Ancestor’s order to seek an underwater home in the real world.
• At Grants Academy, Hekate learned from Star Speech that the Sea Scale Mermaid Clan’s Creation Space had been destroyed and world Magic Concentration had risen by 0.1%.
• Hekate rested her smoking Star Wand and used Gift of Fate, gaining Thousand Hell Calamity Fire by fusing Blazing Curse Technique with Hellfire.

Hekate received a divine key to Elysion, an independent subworld created by the Star of Magic, and transplanted the Life Tree sapling there for her companions to grow up and advance. The Star of Magic began lowering the world’s Magic Concentration as a Creation Level Magical Beast attacked the Atlantis Empire.

• Hekate fed the Life Tree sapling Seraphim Rib Powder and her blood, causing its leaves and veins to show signs of several kinds of magic.
• The Star of Magic told Hekate it would limit Magic Concentration to the level needed to reach Archmage and would create a private subworld for her companions.
• Hekate received the Key of Elysium, opened a gate to the new subworld, and shaped its empty landscape into a garden beneath blue skies.
• Hekate had Vitalis transplant the Life Tree sapling into Elysion, where Luria and Faria cheered at the flowers.
• Star reported that the world’s Magic Concentration was declining as the Star of Magic grew, and that a Whale Shark Tribe Magical Beast was fighting Emperor Atlan over Atlantis Empire territory.

Hekate teleported to the Ice Snow Empire and destroyed seven Creation Mages who were attacking Elisa, only to discover Elisa had been safe in her Ice Palace. Elisa then sent Qino Mage away and hinted that she had private intentions toward Hekate.

• Hekate decided to curse the Creation Mages threatening the Red Dragon Empire and teleported to help Elisa in the Ice Snow Empire.
• Seven Creation Mages attacked Elisa, while Aishalin mocked them as they destroyed the snowy battlefield.
• A hidden mage struck Elisa with Sword of Light, but she revealed she was using an Ice Snow Clone and remained safe in her Ice Palace.
• Hekate cast Soviel Impact and annihilated all seven Creation Mages with Blazing Sun Divine Power.
• Elisa ordered Qino Mage to leave and shut the doors, then teased the wary Hekate while she continued listening to the Star news.

Hekate explained the Final Witch and gave Elisa access to Elysion, then learned that Chairman Ornis planned to step down in favor of Betty. She hoped to reach the Main God Level in time to guide Ornis’s reincarnation and congratulated Betty on becoming the new Chairman.

• Elisa was shocked to learn that Hekate had reached the level of a 3-star Creation Mage, and Hekate told her the Final Witch had been sent beyond the heavens to prevent the planet’s destruction.
• Hekate had Elisa bind her blood to the Key of Elysium so she could enter and leave Elysion freely.
• Chairman Ornis told Hekate that he was stepping down because of his age and that Betty would become the next Chairman of the Ians Republic.
• Hekate planned to reach the Main God Level so she could control Ornis’s reincarnation, and she intended to do the same for her parents.
• Hekate visited Betty, congratulated her on becoming Chairman, and learned Betty had wanted to visit without an excuse.

Hekate settled into life in Elysion and drew a battered diary belonging to Final Witch through her Gift of Fate. She resonated with Devouring Star to learn more, and saw Final Witch imprisoned at the edge of a black hole’s event horizon.

• Hekate moved into Elysion and helped Betty, Puli, Natasha, Furia, and the other Witches establish their homes there.
• Hekate cared for the Little Life Tree, then used Gift of Fate and lost a thousand years of life force to obtain a burned diary that asked how to escape its place.
• Star identified the diary as Final Witch’s, and Hekate asked about Final Witch’s condition.
• Hekate resonated with Devouring Star, gaining faster magic power cultivation, and used the connection to see Final Witch trapped at the black hole’s event horizon.

Hekate learned that former Creation Mages were forming a New Alliance to rule the resurgent-magic era and asked Verz for help spreading Calamity among them. Verz decided to join the Alliance herself, and Hekate left without telling her where it was.

• Hekate spoke with Teacher Ivin, combed her messy golden hair, and watched her leave through a spatial gate to Anxin Island.
• Star News reported that Creation Mages had formed a New Alliance, including a 10-star Creation Mage, and that the world's Magic Concentration had risen by 5.3%.
• Hekate told Origin Star to slow its reclamation of magic so the Alliance would not notice anything unusual.
• Hekate asked Verz for an item to strengthen the Curse of Misfortune and explained that the Alliance's members had caused the Magic Low Tide and planned to rule the era.
• Verz chose to join the New Alliance to oppose the trouble it might bring to the Ians Republic, and Hekate Blinked away without revealing its location.

Hekate listened to Star News, welcomed Lucky Star’s gift, and visited Selena at the Mechanical Academy after its first train station opened. She gave Selena electric power research materials, which amazed Selena and caused her Divine Spark to grow.

• Hekate decided to delay confronting the Creation Mages and planned to use the Alliance to help lure the worms out of Creation Space.
• Hekate heard that Creation Mages had cornered Emperor Atlan and started fighting over Atlantis Empire’s territory.
• Lucky Star left Hekate a toll, giving her the temporary status Lucky Moment.
• Hekate celebrated the railway line linking the Capital of Ians Republic with Cadenas District and went to find Selena.
• Hekate gave Selena electric power research materials, and Selena’s Divine Spark grew as she realized ordinary people could wield lightning through mechanical technology.

Hekate intervened after a Creation Mage defeated Emperor Atlan and forced four other Creation Mages to submit, turning all five into sheep. The four survivors surrendered, and Hekate decided they could serve as Creation Level bodyguards.

• A victorious Creation Mage forced four defeated Creation Mages to sign Slave Contracts, then killed Emperor Atlan and attacked Alice and the Devil Mermaids.
• Hekate appeared and blocked the mage’s spell with the Eternal Crown, then transformed him into a white sheep.
• Hekate burned the transformed mage away and turned the remaining four Creation Mages into sheep.
• The four sheep knelt and surrendered, and Hekate decided to keep them as bodyguards who looked like humans.

Hekate gave Alice Angel Heritage and assigned four Creation Mages to help her rebuild the ruins into a new, equal society. After establishing her Creation Domain and returning to Elysion, Hekate supported the future Orion Republic and focused on cultivation.

• Hekate placed the four Creation Mages under new Slave Contracts and promised to free them if they helped Alice establish order.
• Alice agreed to receive Angel Heritage, and Hekate used the Eternal Crown to grant it to her.
• The four Creation Mages asked Hekate for Angel Heritage, then agreed to follow Alice’s orders.
• Alice told the mages to bring their clansmen, rebuild society, and capture the Atlan Royal Family.
• Hekate turned the land into her Creation Domain and returned to Elysion.
• Hekate sent resources to the Orion Republic to support its Industrial Revolution, then focused on cultivation.

Hekate tasked Little Skeleton with preparing a false Teleportation Array for Hell and collected her ribs to make Angel Rib Powder. She disguised the powder as milk powder for Loria, hoping it would help her Angel Bloodline grow.

• Hekate summoned Little Skeleton and asked her to make a Teleportation Array that would trick Hell’s monsters into leaving Hell.
• Little Skeleton snapped off fresh ribs for Hekate, who restored them with life force and sent her back to Hell.
• After returning to Elysion, Hekate ground the ribs into powder and learned it could stimulate Angel Bloodline growth.
• Hekate mixed the powder into a drink for Loria, called it milk powder, and watched her younger sister drink it.
• Loria said her body felt warm, and Hekate concluded the powder worked on people who had become Angels later in life.

Hekate used Lucky Moment to evolve her Blazing Curse Technique into the Divine Skill Three Thousand Blazing Flame Curse, then began studying it and planned to infiltrate the New Alliance. She joined the alliance by claiming her Creation Space had been destroyed by Meteor, and learned that it was gathering old-era Creation Mages to claim territory.

• Hekate received the Divine Skill Three Thousand Blazing Flame Curse, which could burn targets across unlimited distances, including stars, but consumed immense magic power and life force.
• Hekate began studying the skill and estimated it would take half a year to master.
• Hekate planned to help Hell's monsters enter the New Alliance's territory through Teleportation Arrays and use misfortune curses to aid the plan.
• Hekate disguised herself as a twelve-year-old from the Youyan Dynasty and asked to join the Old Days New Alliance in its Ten Thousand Mountains headquarters.
• Hekate told the Deputy Alliance Leader that Meteor had destroyed her Creation Space and that divination had led her to the alliance.
• The Deputy Alliance Leader explained that the alliance was gathering old-era Creation Mages and claiming territory, while the Alliance Leader handled investigating the person behind Meteor.

Hekate fed the New Alliance locations of Creation Spaces, helping it grow rapidly while secretly planning to eliminate its mages. After Verz joined, her calamity repeatedly sabotaged the Alliance, which prepared to invade the Myrros Empire as Hekate considered summoning Little Skeleton.

• Hekate gave the New Alliance many Creation Space locations and received Magic Crystals from its Alliance Leader as a reward.
• The New Alliance expanded to ten thousand members, and its Alliance Leader set his sights on occupying the Myrros Empire.
• Verz joined the New Alliance and was assigned to work at its registration desk after Enladen and the Deputy Alliance Leader welcomed her.
• After Verz arrived, a meteorite struck the Alliance’s main hall, and its defensive Magic Array repeatedly failed, drawing Magical Beasts to besiege the base.
• The New Alliance planned to invade the Myrros Empire, while Hekate decided to summon Little Skeleton before its Alliance Leader could reach the Transcendent Level.

Hekate summoned Ugly Skeleton to Elysion and learned how she had helped the Fire Demon Duke’s forces by making a Teleportation Array with Rib Powder. After sending Ugly Skeleton back to Hell, Hekate scolded Luria and Faria for their talk of self-destruction, and they taunted her about Natasha, Betty, and Puli.

• Hekate summoned Little Skeleton directly into Elysion, where the Life Sprite, Flower Witch, and Forest Witch were startled by her new appearance as Ugly Skeleton.
• Ugly Skeleton said she had drawn a Teleportation Array on the Fire Demon Duke’s volcano after his subordinates captured her skeleton friends to dig dirt.
• Ugly Skeleton explained that she made Rib Powder from her friends’ bones and accidentally scattered it through the volcano, making the demons dance and giving the eruption a spicy taste.
• Hekate accepted a bag of Rib Powder, told Ugly Skeleton to have the Hell monsters activate the Teleportation Array, and canceled the summoning before hearing more news.
• Vitalis, Luria, and Faria called Ugly Skeleton terrifying, and Hekate pointed out that the sisters had also self-destructed over disagreements.
• Luria and Faria teased Hekate by telling her to bully Natasha, Betty, and Puli, so Hekate threatened to punish them once they were born.

Hekate’s plan brought Hell monsters beneath the Old Days New Alliance, and the resulting disaster devastated its stronghold. The Alliance Leader was left furious and bewildered as his members tried to recover their fallen clansmen and treasures.

• Hekate activated a Teleportation Array beneath the Old Days New Alliance and returned to Elysion to monitor Verz.
• The Alliance Leader announced that the Old Days New Alliance would invade the Myrros Empire, but tremors interrupted the celebration.
• Hell monsters emerged through the tunnels, and the Curse of Misfortune caused the Alliance’s territory to collapse around them.
• The Alliance Mages fought the Hell monsters while lava erupted from the mantle, killing many on both sides.
• The Old Days New Alliance defeated the surviving monsters, but its stronghold became a lava lake and many clansmen and treasures were lost.
• The Alliance Leader beat the 8-Star Creation Mage responsible for the defensive formation and blamed him for the destruction.

The Fire Demon Duke pursued the slaves who escaped from his volcano and enslaved the Creation Mages at their base in the Ten Thousand Mountains, killing the Alliance Leader. After he recognized Verz as a Calamity Witch and hurled her away, Hekate rescued her and offered her a safe place in her territory.

• A servant reported that nearly five hundred thousand of the Fire Demon Duke’s slaves had escaped through a Teleportation Array, and the Duke killed him before heading to the volcano.
• The Fire Demon Duke emerged from the magma beneath the Ten Thousand Mountains and captured the Alliance Leader, while several Creation Mages offered to submit and others tried to flee.
• The Fire Demon Duke burned the fleeing mages, imposed Slave Contracts on those present and their clansmen, and cooked the Alliance Leader to ashes.
• The Fire Demon Duke recognized Verz as a Calamity Witch and hurled her over a million kilometers away, leaving her severely injured and wrapped in misfortune.
• Hekate teleported to Verz, told her that her Calamity would not take effect in Hekate’s territory, and offered to let her live there as an ordinary person.