Chapter Summaries

Hekate encouraged Verz to travel and find reasons to keep living, while Heaven and Hell withdrew from the Star of Magic. She sent Gabrielle back toward Hell in disguise to escape the Fire Demon Duke and gather information.

• Hekate healed Verz and suggested that she travel instead of giving up, and Verz agreed to try.
• A Cherubim drove the Fire Demon Duke back into Hell, while the planes withdrew and left some monsters trapped in the mantle.
• Gabrielle told Hekate that hundreds of thousands of skeletons had been captured in the Fire Demon Duke’s territory and that the Duke’s volcano had erupted.
• Hekate ordered Gabrielle to remove her distinctive Rib Equipment, stop breaking her own ribs without replacements, and set up another Teleportation Array in Hell.
• Hekate told Gabrielle to gather information from Hell and said Hell would welcome her friends.

Hekate learned that Verz’s Calamity had disrupted Hell and helped her become a 1-star Creation Mage, then prepared a Teleportation Array at a New Alliance stronghold. Little Skeleton reported that escaped slaves and skeletons had fled the Fire Demon Duke’s volcanic eruption, and Hekate urged her to stay safe while the Fire Demon Duke remained affected by Verz’s misfortune.

• Hekate watered the Little Life Tree, drew trash in the Gift of Fate lottery, and reviewed Star News about Verz’s breakthrough, a shrinking rainstorm, Betty’s corruption case, and Mù Hǎinà’s challenge to Kino Mage.
• Hekate learned that Creation Mages had visited the New Alliance stronghold, so she teleported there, cleared the site, and inscribed a large Teleportation Array.
• Hekate activated the array and planted a sign inviting people to join the New Alliance by teleporting to a place with over a hundred times the outside world’s magic concentration.
• Little Skeleton told Hekate that the Fire Demon Duke’s volcano had erupted, allowing skeletons and human slaves to escape amid falling fireballs.
• Little Skeleton said she had drawn another Teleportation Array ten kilometers from the volcano, and Hekate told her and her friends to stay away in case the Fire Demon Duke returned.

Hekate continued targeting old-era Creation Mages while her magic grew stronger, and her Star Speech revealed that many had entered Hell. The chapter left off as Verz finally prepared to travel beyond her isolated home.

• Hekate reached 4-star Creation Mage, resonated with the Star of Calamity, and increased the power of her Calamity-type magic.
• Hekate's enhanced Curse of Misfortune affected old-era Creation Mages, who discussed the meteors and received a flyer inviting them to a powerful Alliance; they decided to investigate.
• Hekate continued casting meteors and Thousand Hell Calamity Fire, while Star Speech reported that 321 Creation Mages, including 83 10-star Creation Mages, had entered Hell and returned with their clansmen.
• Verz packed her things to travel through the Ice Snow Empire or the Ians Republic, and Hekate hoped the journey would help her find joy in life.

Puli struggled with the harmful thoughts she could sense after her Angel Bloodline evolved into that of a Good and Evil Angel, but Hekate helped her see that imperfect thoughts did not make people irredeemable. Puli decided to leave teaching and become a merchant, and Hekate offered her a business project.

• During the conflict between Mù Hǎinà and Qino, Elisa invited Ivin, Furia, and Ifeil onto the Ice Palace balcony to watch.
• Hekate learned that Puli had become a 6-star High Mage and evolved into a Good and Evil Angel whose ability let her sense others’ good and evil thoughts.
• Hekate found Puli by the sea, where Puli explained that the malicious thoughts she sensed in the city and among her students made her feel unable to help anyone.
• Hekate told Puli that people could have bad thoughts without acting on them and encouraged her to guide them rather than judge them.
• After spending the day with Puli, Hekate heard that she wanted to quit teaching and become a merchant to give people work, then offered her a business project.

Puli decided to start a cola factory to help people, and Hekate persuaded Betty to support her while planning a daytime meteor strike. In Hell, the Fire Demon Duke killed the Creation Mages who entered its territory, and Gelina brought Hekate the still-unresponsive Death Replacement Doll.

• Puli decided to become an entrepreneur and start a cola factory, and Hekate told Betty that Puli wanted to help people struggling with poverty.
• Betty agreed to support the factory but said Puli would need training, while Hekate planned to release Meteors during the day after watching Star News.
• Creation Mages entered Hell through a Magic Array to search for the New Alliance's base, and the Fire Demon Duke attacked them.
• The Creation Mages damaged the Fire Demon Duke's volcano, so it killed them all and hurried back to repair the volcano.
• Gelina brought the Death Replacement Doll to Hekate and explained that the doll was awake but would only respond to commands.

Hekate learned that Gelina could not fully restore the Curse Witch, so she took the doll and discovered how much it strengthened her Curse of Misfortune. She used the stacked power bonuses against the Fire Demon Duke, whose battle with Cherubim carried on into space.

• Gelina told Hekate that the Curse Witch’s soul was too fragmented to heal, and Hekate agreed to keep the doll.
• Gelina said she hoped to travel to Hell someday to help her compatriots, and Hekate advised her to become stronger first.
• Hekate found that holding the Curse Witch Doll increased her Curse of Misfortune’s power and received Star’s message that the Fire Demon Duke had entered the real world.
• Hekate activated her bonuses and cursed the Fire Demon Duke, causing Cherubim’s sword to pierce its forehead.
• Cherubim arrived to retrieve her sword, fought the Fire Demon Duke, and kicked it into space to protect the people on the Origin Star.

Hekate stole blue potatoes and corn from the Loriser Empire for Betty’s agricultural research, then followed reports of escalating conflicts and targeted Ling Anrong with repeated Curses of Misfortune. Ling Anrong was killed by Jiang Jiamiao, though Jiang mistook his death for another escape trick.

• Hekate took blue potatoes, corn, and spices from the Loriser Empire and gave them to Betty for the agricultural department to study.
• The agricultural department found the crops promising, while Hekate learned that the elf ancestors were still fighting and the Hell Main God and Angelic Main God had mediated the battle between the Fire Demon Duke and Cherubim.
• Hekate read that Fantasy Witch had become a 6-star God of Magic and gained Hell’s power, then learned that 10-star Creation Mage Ling Anrong planned to massacre people in the Far East Kingdom.
• Hekate cast an enhanced Curse of Misfortune on Ling Anrong, but Jiang Jiamiao found him first and began fighting him.
• Hekate cast another enhanced Curse of Misfortune as Jiang Jiamiao’s magic blasted Ling Anrong to pieces, and Jiang insisted that Ling Anrong must have faked his death.

Hekate visited the Fantasy Garden and heard Witches discuss the dangerous Meteors and the New Alliance. The Dream Witch could not connect to Hekate’s dream, while Hekate revealed that she had joined the New Alliance and described the invasion by Hell monsters.

• The Hell Main God removed the misfortune from the Fire Demon Duke and warned it not to ask about conflicts with Heaven.
• Hekate visited the Fantasy Garden, where the Dream Witch explained that the other Witches were leaving Creation Space because Meteors were damaging it.
• The Dream Witch realized she could not connect to Hekate’s dream and began doubting Hekate’s identity.
• On the fifth day, the Water Witch and Fire Witch warned the gathered Witches about the Meteors, their curses, and the need for soul-protection magic.
• Hekate told the Witches she had joined the New Alliance and recounted how Hell monsters had captured people and driven others toward the Myrros Empire.

Hekate questioned the Witches about the Fantasy Witch’s High Heaven inheritance and learned little about its origins or the deity she summoned. She returned to her routine, then summoned Little Skeleton and told her to resume drawing a Teleportation Array near the Fire Demon Duke’s volcano.

• The Dream Witch told Hekate that the Fantasy Witch had an inheritance called High Heaven, which seemed larger and older than Creation Space.
• Hekate wondered whether High Heaven was a plane created by a Main God, while the Witches discussed Hell, Heaven, and a distorted account of an old battle.
• After the Witches dispersed, the Dream Witch said the Fantasy Witch’s dream was full of bizarre monsters and was the only dream in which she had nearly lost herself.
• Hekate returned to her daily routine of using Fate Lottery, listening to Star News, absorbing skill knowledge, and releasing Meteor Showers to smash Creation Spaces.
• A week later, Hekate summoned Little Skeleton, admired her new clothes only perfunctorily, and ordered her to continue drawing a Teleportation Array near the Fire Demon Duke’s volcano.

Hekate planned to pump water out of Hell through Teleportation Arrays while Little Skeleton prepared Magic Arrays around the Fire Demon Duke. After a lively day with her companions, Hekate summoned Little Skeleton, confirmed the arrays were ready, and sent her back to Hell.

• Hekate decided to use Teleportation Arrays to slowly pump water from Hell and had Little Skeleton set up Magic Arrays around the Fire Demon Duke.
• Betty spent her day off teaching Puli business knowledge, while Natasha joined them in the flower garden.
• Ivin, Furia, and Ifeil returned from the Ice Snow Empire, where Mù Hǎinà and Kino Mage were still fighting, and joined the gathering beneath the Life Tree.
• Furia went to check on Little Bubble, and everyone spent the rest of the day together.
• Hekate summoned Little Skeleton at night and learned that she had completed the Magic Arrays and collected fangirls among Hell's skeletons.
• Little Skeleton joked about making Hekate her number one fangirl, and Hekate sent her back to Hell.

Hekate expanded her magic-stealing network in Hell while monitoring Koski, a Dragon Tribe mage sent to find the person who resonated with the Origin Star. Two months later, Hekate reached 5-Star Creation Mage and spent a snowy winter with Natasha in Elysion.

• Hekate learned that Little Skeleton and her friends had been captured by Fire Demon Duke, but the volcano had stopped erupting and they were not being used as fuel.
• Hekate established a Teleportation Array linked to Hell to steal magic power and began charging it daily.
• Star Speech warned Hekate that Koski, a 5-Star Fire Element Dragon, had crossed into the Ians Republic to search for the Mysterious Mage.
• Koski investigated the Ians Republic and met Verz, introducing himself and asking to get to know her.
• Two months later, Hekate became a 5-Star Creation Mage as Star of Magic kept the heavy snowfall in the Ians Republic from causing disasters.
• Hekate and Natasha built snowmen in Elysion, where Natasha said she was content as long as she could be with Hekate.

Hekate monitored the rising magic concentration, charged Hell-connected Magic Arrays, and listened to news about Creation Mages and events across the world. In Hell, the Fire Demon Duke blamed the New Alliance Mages for falling magic concentration and ordered them whipped daily.

• Hekate played in the snow with Natasha, then counted 37,000 remaining Creation Spaces and heard that world Magic Concentration had risen by 3.8%.
• Hekate charged ten of the 38 Magic Arrays connected to Hell before returning to Elysion to listen to Star News.
• Hekate learned that empires were recruiting Creation Mages, and that she had bound attackers who tried to seize Betty's territory with Slave Contracts.
• Hekate heard reports that Koski kept crashing, Selena installed Electric Lights, Echidna summoned Hell monsters to mine, and Morse was rejected by Gelina.
• The Fire Demon Duke accused the New Alliance Mages of slacking off and ordered them to receive one hundred lashes every day.

Hekate attacked the Night Clan's Creation Space with Blazing Stars and cursed the Eternal Night Queen after learning the clan had planned to massacre civilians. She stopped the attack when Xiao Yue Liuli swore a Blood Oath, gaining the permanent status Eternal Night's Favor.

• Hekate fired a Meteor Shower at the Night Clan's Creation Space, and the Eternal Night Queen tried to defend it with a curtain of darkness.
• After nearly a hundred more Blazing Stars appeared, the Eternal Night Queen fled with her guards as Hekate attacked her with curses.
• The Eternal Night Queen transformed into bats to escape, but Hekate's evolved Hellfire ignited every bat and broke through her escape method.
• Xiao Yue Liuli begged Hekate to spare her mother and swore a Blood Oath, prompting Hekate to halt the Thousand Hell Calamity Fire.
• Hekate accepted Xiao Yue Liuli's oath and gained Eternal Night's Favor, a permanent status that reduced her presence beneath the night sky.

Hekate learned that legendary races could grant permanent blessings and that several human empires were legacies backed by powerful factions. Meanwhile, the Dragon Tribe prepared to leave Creation Space for the Red Dragon Empire, and Hekate wondered whether only the Ice Snow Empire and Atlantis Empire lacked hidden protectors.

• Hekate heard about blessings granted by legendary races and decided not to invite the Night Tribe to Elysion despite sparing its queen.
• Dragon King Obu questioned Koski about his Aura of Misfortune and the falling Meteors that destroyed Creation Spaces, but Koski had no leads on the Mysterious Mage.
• Dragon King Obu and the other dragons discussed abandoning Creation Space and returning to the human world if the Archaic Tribe and Supreme Dynasty did the same.
• Ansul asked whether the Dragon Tribe could ally with Heaven and Hell, but Dragon King Obu doubted their chief gods would help and suspected one of them was connected to Origin Star.
• Star told Hekate that the Red Dragon Empire had granted territory to the Dragon Tribe, and Hekate learned that several empires were legacies of powerful factions.
• Hekate asked whether the Ice Snow Empire and Atlantis Empire were the only powers without an ancient backer.

Hekate used Xiao Yue Liuli’s generous gift and the Eternal Night Music Box to advance her magic and finish studying the Three Thousand Blazing Flame Curse. As Magic Concentration rose, fairies began to return, while news from across the empires brought a sudden change of ruler in Loriser and more of Verz’s schemes.

• Hekate accepted Xiao Yue Liuli’s enormous gift, including an Eternal Night Music Box that improved comprehension, and gave the remaining treasures to Betty for the treasury.
• After a month and a half, Hekate finished digesting the Three Thousand Blazing Flame Curse and continued tending the tree and charging the Teleportation Arrays.
• Hekate learned that fifty Teleportation Arrays were operating, the Star of Magic had grown, and rising Magic Concentration was reviving fairy life.
• The Dragon King Obu confronted the Loriser Empire over its war with the Red Dragon Empire, and an Archaic Mage killed Emperor Loriser after he said he wanted to find Selena.
• Hekate told Selena about the former emperor’s death, but Selena chased her away when she teased her about grieving for her disciple.
• Hekate learned that Verz had escaped harm when a shady factory burned down and concluded that the Calamity Witch had been using herself as bait to punish criminals.

The Eternal Night Queen faced an invasion by the Ghouls, whose Chief had grown stronger and overwhelmed her. When he was about to capture her and Xiao Yue Liuli, a Hellfire Curse killed him, showing that Liuli’s master was protecting them.

• The Eternal Night Queen wondered why the being behind the meteors had not come to take Liuli away.
• The 8-Star Ghoul Chief arrived with his tribe and attacked the Night Tribe, seeking revenge and slaves.
• The Ghoul Chief defeated the Eternal Night Queen, while Xiao Yue Liuli stayed to protect her injured mother.
• The Ghoul Chief sealed the area and threatened to enslave the Queen and make her kill her allies.
• Xiao Yue Liuli warned the Ghoul Chief that her master had released the meteors, but he dismissed her.
• A powerful Hellfire Curse burned the Ghoul Chief to ashes, and the Eternal Night Queen realized Liuli’s master had intervened.

Hekate learned that the Hell Main God had destroyed the magic-draining Teleportation Array, then broke through to become a 6-star Creation Mage. When Star News reported that an alien civilization had discovered Earth Star, Hekate prepared to protect it as the Seratis Civilization dispatched a fleet to seize it as a resource base.

• Hekate burned the ghouls outside the Night Tribe's cave, allowing the Eternal Night Queen and Liuli to emerge safely.
• The Angelic Main God questioned Hekate about the Teleportation Array in Hell and warned her that the Hell Main God had destroyed it.
• Hekate asked Star about 10-star Transcendent Mages and learned that they all disappeared after reaching that rank.
• Half a month later, Hekate broke through to become a 6-star Creation Mage and received news that an alien civilization had discovered Earth Star.
• The Seratis Civilization's Main Brain Council ordered a fleet to turn Earth Star into a resource base for an essential element in its Quantum Consciousness Network.

Seratis launched an invasion of Earth Star to harvest plutonium-244, while humanity could only watch as the aliens began encasing the planet. A mysterious Mage then set the Seratisian fleet and home planet ablaze, leaving the commander stranded and Seratis facing extinction.

• A Seratisian ship emerged from a wormhole near Earth Star, and its vessels began building a metal shell around the planet.
• Humanity panicked as governments failed to contact the aliens, and Xiao Hong suggested seeking help from the Mage Hekate.
• The Seratisian commander dismissed the possibility of a threat from the Magic Civilization after reviewing sealed videos and scans of the system.
• Flames suddenly engulfed the Seratisian ships, defeating their shields and destroying the vessels setting up the furnace.
• The Seratisian AI reported that Seratis's home planet and other planets had burned, its engines were destroyed, and the wormhole was losing power.

Hekate burned the Seratisian fleet and the survivors who reached Earth Star, ending the immediate alien threat. Afterward, she wondered about the mysterious Central Civilization that even Star did not know about.

• The Central Civilization's members discussed the Seratisians' extinction report and decided to wait for scan results before notifying their superiors.
• The Seratisian fleet commander escaped with his remaining subordinates as Hekate's magic destroyed their warship and home planet.
• Hekate used her magic to burn the surviving Seratisians in space and the aliens captured on Earth Star.
• People on Earth Star realized a powerful mage had defeated the aliens and celebrated their survival.
• Hekate told Luria and Faria that her magic was an innate ability they could not learn.
• Hekate asked Star about the Central Civilization and wondered whether it was the universe's strongest civilization.

Hekate attacked the Dragon King's Creation Space and fought Dragon King Obu with curses and Angel's Judgment. After five days of draining his life force, she forced him to admit defeat by destroying his own Creation Space.

• Hekate learned that Dragon King Obu was still searching for her and decided to attack his Creation Space.
• The Dragon King returned to his Creation Space and blocked Hekate's Meteors with a Magic Shield.
• Hekate struck Obu with Thousand Hell Calamity Fire, Thorn Curse, and Wraiths, but he endured the assault and used a Curse-Immune Artifact.
• Hekate cast Angel's Judgment on Obu, draining his life force while losing some of her own.
• After five days and the loss of five hundred thousand years of life force, Obu destroyed his Creation Space and admitted defeat.