Chapter Summaries

After the auction, settlers flocked to register in the Land of Abandonment, and Lan Qingyou revealed that a city’s population increased its Protective Barrier’s defense value. She contracted with Vivian to build a large Magic array, though the work would take several months because of a shortage of staff.

• Bei Adoris ended the auction after announcing that over thirty races had been invited to settle in the Land of Abandonment, prompting attendees to seek registration.
• Vivian confronted Lan Qingyou about the secret behind the early auction, and Lan Qingyou revealed that a Protective Barrier’s defense value was directly proportional to the population inside it.
• Chu Yuan asked what defense value did, but Lan Qingyou admitted she did not know and advised everyone to raise it as much as possible.
• Lan Qingyou and Vivian agreed to sign a contract for the large Magic array, with Chu Yuan tasked with drafting it.
• Lan Qingyou explained that building the array would take a few months because there were not enough people to maintain it and only a third of the maintenance staff could be assigned to construction.

After the auction, Lan Qingyou took Orff and the others to tour her Magic Puppet Industrial Zone and arranged for the Witches to work on a construction project. During the tour, Nemo offered Shang Chuan a shipping route, while Shang Chuan revealed that he had recruited more than twenty thousand people for his fleet.

• Chu Yuan gave the World Will and Magic two documents, and they signed the contracts with their Magic Power.
• Orff asked to see Lan Qingyou's Magic Puppet Industrial Zone, and Lan Qingyou led the group there.
• Lan Qingyou arranged construction shifts for the Witches in their group chat, offering materials and wages to persuade them to work.
• Nemo offered Shang Chuan a shipping route connecting Redwood Coast, Red Mud Bay, and the Broken Isles.
• Shang Chuan checked the route on his map and said he had recruited more than twenty thousand people for his fleet.

Vivian and Lan Qingyou finalized the materials and labor arrangements for the fleet and Magic Arrays, with the work expected to finish sooner than planned. Vivian also welcomed Giovanni into the Vampire Alliance and arranged for him to move to Emerald Ridge.

• Lan Qingyou told Vivian that more than eight thousand sailors and experienced shipbuilders had joined the fleet effort, and asked her to send the first 300,000 tons of materials.
• Vivian agreed to pay for the materials and Magic Items in installments, while Lan Qingyou said the Magic Arrays would be finished in about two months because everyone was highly motivated to work.
• Patriarch Giovanni approached Vivian after the auction and confirmed that he had decided to join the Vampire Alliance.
• Vivian explained the alliance to the others and invited Giovanni to Emerald Ridge, telling him to find Lilith or Adam after he arrived.
• Giovanni accepted the move, bowed to Vivian, and headed for the Teleportation Array.

Lan Qingyou reunited with her uncle, Liu Yongfu, outside the auction house and told him Huang Xingming and Huang Wei were dead. She revealed she had killed them and held up their souls in two Soul Crystals, leaving Liu Yongfu terrified.

• Lan Qingyou and the villa members headed away from the auction house when Liu Yongfu rushed out and called her his niece.
• Lan Qingyou recognized Liu Yongfu and mocked his ragged appearance while the villa members watched from behind her.
• Liu Yongfu said he had come to see whether Lan Qingyou was the same person he remembered, and Lan Qingyou prepared to leave.
• Lan Qingyou asked Liu Yongfu to tell his family that Huang Xingming and Huang Wei were dead.
• Lan Qingyou revealed that she had killed the two men and showed Liu Yongfu their souls in Soul Crystals, terrifying him.

Lan Qingyou frightened Liu Yongfu by making him believe she had imprisoned the souls of the Huang father and son, then toured the Industrial Zone. Liu Yongfu warned his family against confronting her and urged them to become Evolutionists, while Lan Qingyou reflected that some people never changed.

• Lan Qingyou laughed as Liu Yongfu fled, then led her group to tour the Industrial Zone.
• Liu Yongfu returned to the city and told his family in their group chat that Lan Qingyou was alive, wealthy, and had killed the Huang father and son.
• Liu Yongfu's family discussed claiming Lan Qingyou's money, but he warned them that she could imprison souls and urged them to stay hidden.
• Liu Yongfu asked whether Liu Wei and Liu Jie could obtain Evolution Items for the family, but they said the items were tightly controlled.
• Lan Qingyou toured the Industrial Zone and remarked that some people never changed.

Lan Qingyou marked Liu Yongfu as he fled, then distributed the first batch of custom Magic Puppets to the manor’s members. Diana reported that the Land of Abandonment’s population had surged to a hundred million in one week, and Lan Qingyou ordered new development to strengthen the magic circle.

• Lan Qingyou placed a Mark on Liu Yongfu and noted that he had come from Twilight Canyon.
• Lan Qingyou showed the manor’s members the custom Magic Puppets and explained how the Industrial Zone supported production and Golemancy research.
• The manor’s members collected their Magic Puppets and returned to their territories, while Gu Xiaobei kept her magic circle named Joyful Restaurant after relocating it.
• Diana told Lan Qingyou that the Land of Abandonment’s population had reached a hundred million and continued to grow through immigration.
• Lan Qingyou ordered the twenty-four villages expanded and the mountain range and Harbor developed to strengthen the magic circle.
• Lan Qingyou and Diana suspected that Bei Adoris’s final addition and the arrival of many races had driven the unexpectedly rapid population growth.

Lan Qingyou reviewed the benefits and complications of the auction’s success with Diana, then met Professor Samael, who asked her for help choosing an Evolutionary Species. Samael revealed he wanted to evolve but had not decided what to become.

• Diana reported that the auction had boosted product sales by at least fifty percent and left the Witch Race short on administrative staff.
• Diana told Lan Qingyou that some newly arrived races wanted territories of their own, and Lan Qingyou left the matter in Diana’s hands.
• Diana informed Lan Qingyou that Professor Samael was waiting to see her, and Lan Qingyou went to meet him.
• Professor Samael asked Lan Qingyou about the traits of different races because he wanted to evolve.
• Lan Qingyou asked Professor Samael what he was considering.

Lan Qingyou offered to obtain Professor Sai an Evolution Item for the Demon Human race in exchange for chemistry textbooks and a teaching position at the Witch Academy. After they agreed on terms, she secured the item from the Magician and sent Professor Sai an employment contract.

• Lan Qingyou recommended the Demon Human race to Professor Sai as a way to increase his Magic Power and support his research.
• Professor Sai admitted he needed to evolve soon to overcome an impasse in an experiment.
• Lan Qingyou offered to ask the Demon Human Patriarch for an Evolution Item if Professor Sai wrote chemistry materials and taught at the Witch Academy.
• Professor Sai agreed to write the materials within ten days and let students participate in his research.
• Lan Qingyou had Diana send Professor Sai an employment contract and obtained a Demon Human Evolution Item from the Magician in exchange for blood and a small materials fee.

Samael temporarily left after receiving a Temporary Departure Scroll, while two local witches, Cinderella and Snow White, debated whether to settle in the Land of Abandonment. Their disagreement was interrupted by the World Will, whose announcement was about to change the order of the Karim Continent.

• Samael took the Temporary Departure Scroll from Lan Qingyou and returned to his shelter to move.
• Cinderella and Snow White argued over Cinderella’s self-study and Snow White’s sword practice.
• Snow White urged Cinderella to move to the Land of Abandonment to study at the Witch Academy, but Cinderella refused.
• Cinderella explained that she could study and earn a living where she was, and that the Witch Queen allowed witches to live outside the Land of Abandonment.
• The World Will spoke before Cinderella could finish, promising a change to the existing order of the Karim Continent.

After the World Will opened the Race Struggle Tournament, Lan Qingyou and the Tarot Villa members discussed the event and suspected the World Will was driving them toward some hidden purpose. Lan Qingyou set out to inspect the venue and learn the rules before deciding how her people should respond.

• The World Will announced that the Race Struggle Tournament had opened after twenty race capital cities were established, with additional racial blessings for the top three.
• Lan Qingyou joined the Tarot Villa group chat, where members debated whether the tournament was a sign of a larger problem and Freyja described the World Will’s actions as creating a sense of urgency.
• The Tower compared the Land of Abandonment to a jar for raising venomous insects and described how criminals in District 666 had been forced into deadly competition.
• The group agreed to focus on the tournament for now, and several members prepared to travel to the venue.
• Diana approached Lan Qingyou, but Lan Qingyou told her she would inspect the venue and learn the rules before giving further instructions.

Lan Qingyou entered the Competition Venue and learned that its bare-bones rules called for random individual fights between members of different races. She joined Vivian and Gu Xiaobei to watch, and the chapter left them preparing snacks as someone teased that the competition might not draw hundreds of millions of participants.

• Lan Qingyou used the new teleportation option to reach the Matriarch Viewing Area and met Vivian and Gu Xiaobei there.
• Lan Qingyou recognized the viewing platform as a copy of the Witch Race's grand hall and discovered that her Chaise Lounge caused the space around it to expand.
• Lan Qingyou read the Magic Tablet's rules, which said entrants were automatically registered for random individual battles beginning one hour after arrival.
• Lan Qingyou, Vivian, and Gu Xiaobei discussed the dangerous fights and planned to send combat-ready participants while others continued their work.
• Vivian and Gu Xiaobei laid out cushions and food, and Gu Xiaobei explained she had brought supplies because she expected hundreds of millions of Evolutionists to attend.
• An unseen speaker teased that the competition would not necessarily draw that many people.

Lan Qingyou and the other clan leaders gathered at the viewing platform for the competition, where they discussed who might contend for the championship. Their relaxed picnic masked a growing awareness of the rivalry, with Lan Qingyou drawing particular attention as the leader of the Witch Race.

• Lan Qingyou met the Tarot Villa group, and Gu Xiaobei discovered that Jiang Lan and Justice had been sent elsewhere.
• Freyja used her Card to invite Jiang Lan, Riesling, Shang Chuan, and other clan leaders to the viewing platform.
• Jiang Lan said the crowded second level had startled her, while Riesling settled in with food and liquor as if attending a party.
• Shang Chuan suggested that the second level held clan leaders and other prominent figures, and Riesling and Orff argued that strength made them likely championship contenders.
• A clan leader challenged Riesling's claim, noting that research ability did not necessarily mean combat strength, as Lan Qingyou observed the assembled rivals and attracted their attention.

Lan Qingyou observed the major races gathered in Karim as Kevin Goldrin, a werewolf, confronted Vivian over a raid on the Dark Forest. Vivian provoked Kevin until he transformed, and after Lan Qingyou warned him about fighting, he noticed her outfit and abruptly calmed down.

• Lan Qingyou noted that vampires were the largest race, while elves and titans had many branches.
• Kevin Goldrin accused Vivian's people of killing three members of his group and stealing supplies from the Dark Forest.
• Giovanni tried to intervene, but Kevin shoved him aside, and Vivian mocked Kevin by tossing him a chewed bone.
• Kevin transformed into an upright werewolf, and Lan Qingyou warned him that fighting there might bring punishment.
• Kevin asked who Lan Qingyou was, then calmed down as soon as he got a good look at her outfit.

Lan Qingyou met Alisa von Aurelius, the Witch of the Workshop, at the Race Assembly and learned that she was another witch-race patriarch and alchemist. As Chu Yuan and Piamon faced off, Lan Qingyou and Alisa regarded each other with hostility, until Lan Qingyou suddenly convulsed.

• Lan Qingyou saw Alisa von Aurelius arrive and heard her introduce herself as the Witch of the Workshop, recognized by the World Will.
• Alisa explained that her Magic Eye blocked Lan Qingyou's attempt to inspect her, and Piamon identified Alisa as the Workshop Clan patriarch and Lan Qingyou as the High Tower Clan patriarch.
• Piamon introduced himself as the Karim Supreme Council speaker and Leopard-man patriarch, then looked at Lan Qingyou and the others with contempt.
• Chu Yuan arrived with newly evolved lion features, and he and Piamon faced each other in a tense standoff.
• Lan Qingyou and Alisa watched each other with hostility, each measuring the other's progress.
• Lan Qingyou suddenly convulsed, startling everyone nearby, including Alisa.

Lan Qingyou chose three candidates for the individual battle and coordinated the distribution of Witch Potions after learning that a witch from the Workshop Clan had appeared. The chapter ended with the Wandering Witch sending Margaret a blueprint for a flying gadget made using the Magic Potion: Lightness.

• Diana named Nangong Lengyue, Alice, and Ursula as the candidates, and told Lan Qingyou that Ursula was the strongest and most ruthless.
• Lan Qingyou told Diana about the Workshop Witch, and Diana arranged to distribute Witch Potions across the Land of Abandonment and to witches stationed elsewhere.
• Margaret complained that distributing several thousand additional Witch Potions would interrupt her sightseeing, but agreed to do it after learning Lan Qingyou had ordered it.
• The Wandering Witch sent Margaret a blueprint for a flying gadget developed from the Magic Potion: Lightness.

Diana and the others sent Alice, Nangong Lengyue, and Ursula three hastily made Flying Magic Brooms at the Competition Venue, where the witches tested them and drew attention from the other races. Lan Qingyou watched from the Patriarch Observation Deck and noted that three High Tower Witches had joined her in the battle.

• Diana and the others designed Flying Magic Brooms with help from the Witch of Thorns and Fantasy Witch, then rushed three to the Competition Venue.
• Alice complained that the brooms were impractical for the frontline, but decided to try one while Nangong Lengyue and Ursula kept theirs as backup.
• Alice learned to control her broom, flew around the second floor, and explained its energy use and handling to Nangong Lengyue.
• Ursula and Nangong Lengyue tried flying their brooms as spectators from different races watched.
• Lan Qingyou observed the three witches from the Patriarch Observation Deck and remarked that the High Tower Witches had sent three participants into the battle.

Alisa challenged Lan Qingyou after learning the High Tower had sent four witches to compete for three recommendation spots, and she revealed the Workshop had sent three besides herself. Their confrontation was interrupted when Samael arrived, and he revealed that he had once taught Alisa chemistry and that Lan Qingyou was her academic sister.

• Piamon reminded Alisa that only three top spots were available, prompting her to realize the High Tower witches might be aiming to take them all.
• Alisa told Lan Qingyou that the Workshop had also sent three witches besides herself, and Lan Qingyou floated onto her Broom to challenge her.
• The two witches' public rivalry drew the attention of the gathered groups, while Piamon regretted that Alisa had escalated the tension.
• Lan Qingyou received Samael's message that his research was finished, invited him to the viewing platform, and turned off her Card's vibration.
• Samael greeted Alisa as his former student and revealed that he had taught chemistry to both her and Lan Qingyou, leaving Alisa astonished.
• Samael asked Alisa whether she had become a witch and why her eyes were blue instead of red.

Professor Samael presented his research on developing magic independently of World Will rewards and enhancing Magic Power, prompting Tarot Villa and the Masquerade to compete to recruit him. The chapter ended with Chu Yuan and Piamon listing their organizations’ researchers as they tried to outdo each other.

• Samael explained to Alisa and Lan Qingyou that he had become a witch using a potion he developed himself, giving the witches in his branch blue eyes.
• Samael handed Lan Qingyou his research paper on developing and expanding magic without relying on World Will rewards, and on enhancing Magic Power.
• Chu Yuan invited Samael to join Tarot Villa, then Piamon invited him to join the Masquerade.
• Chu Yuan dismissed the Masquerade as a knockoff, and Piamon countered by naming its researchers, including Alisa, Yu Ziqi, Jessie Kong, and Tony Doni.
• Chu Yuan responded by listing Tarot Villa’s researchers, including Hersi Mo, David, Vivian, Jiang Lan, and Gu Xiaobei.

Samael declined Tarot Villa’s invitation and confirmed that he would keep teaching at Lan Qingyou’s Witch Academy under his contract with the Witch Queen. He arranged to bring former professor colleagues to the academy and turned down Alisa’s offer to become principal of her planned school.

• Chu Yuan and the others invited Samael to join Tarot Villa, citing its research papers and academic work.
• Samael politely declined because he had committed to teaching at the Witch Academy, and Lan Qingyou offered to share the Villa Forum papers with him.
• Lan Qingyou received permission to use the others’ papers and promised to upload new research from her side in return.
• Samael told Lan Qingyou that he had found more than a dozen former professor colleagues who wanted teaching posts, and she directed him to arrange their hiring and shelter land with Diana.
• Samael showed Alisa how to contact him through their Cards and explained that he taught the Karim Continent Chemical Application Equation program.
• Alisa invited Samael to lead her planned academy, but he refused because he had a contract with the Witch Queen and preferred teaching to the work of a principal.

Alisa challenged Lan Qingyou to a duel and offered Samael’s freedom and the Emerald Tablet as stakes, while Samael confronted Alisa over her taboo research. As the fighters prepared to enter the arena, Lan Qingyou rejected Alisa’s challenge but reconsidered when Alisa offered to hand over all her research.

• Alisa threw a handkerchief at Lan Qingyou and challenged her to a duel, wagering Samael’s freedom and the Emerald Tablet.
• Samael told Alisa that he rejected working with her because her research was taboo and their principles were incompatible.
• Tony Doni warned the clan leaders that the arena had no Teleportation Array and that surrender or death were their only ways back.
• Lan Qingyou refused to accept Alisa’s challenge or follow noble etiquette, and Alisa said they would meet in the arena.
• Lan Qingyou objected that Alisa’s proposed wager was unfair, so Alisa offered to hand over all her research in exchange.