Chapter Summaries

Alisa revealed that her research had produced armies of Artificial Humans, then faced Lan Qingyou in a battle of thousands of troops in the Ash Land arena. The chapter ended as Alisa ordered her White-Robed Witches to charge Lan Qingyou’s steel Magic Puppets.

• Lan Qingyou asked Alisa to reveal the research she planned to use in the battle.
• Alisa summoned White-Robed Witches who attacked Lan Qingyou from clouds of smoke, forcing her to dodge their close-range strikes.
• Alisa lifted the witches’ veils and revealed that they were Artificial Humans made to resemble her.
• Alisa explained that her alchemy could grow tissue into soldiers, workers, or potion-makers, and declared that they would begin a second war beyond Magic.
• Lan Qingyou summoned her steel Magic Puppets, and both sides assembled armies estimated at two or three thousand fighters each.
• Alisa ordered her White-Robed Witches to charge Lan Qingyou’s Magic Puppets.

Lan Qingyou and Alisa tested their Magic Puppets and Artificial Humans in a drawn-out army battle during the competition, focusing more on their research than on winning. The fight continued as spectators debated their technology and the contestants’ strength.

• Alisa sent her white-robed Artificial Humans to attack Lan Qingyou’s Pink Infantry, triggering the puppets’ automatic defenses and counterattacks.
• Lan Qingyou’s Pink Infantry, Purple Knights, and Black Mage-type puppets inflicted heavy losses on the Artificial Humans with weapons and inscribed spells.
• Lan Qingyou used the battle to test her optimized puppet commands against thinking opponents, while both contestants continued sending in reinforcements.
• Spectators on the World Channel debated whether the battle was a contest between witches, alchemists, or rival technologies.
• Powerful observers noted that the contest was becoming a war of attrition and wondered where Lan Qingyou and Alisa had acquired their advanced technologies.

Alisa and Lan Qingyou continued their tournament battle, with their Magic Puppets and Artificial Humans clashing below while the two women fought in the air. Spectators feared the Witch Race’s alchemical power would make it unbeatable, and one person arrived with a supposed solution.

• Spectators discussed how Alisa’s Magic Puppets could overwhelm competitors and worried that every witch might command an army of alchemical soldiers.
• The crowd speculated that the Witch Race’s alchemy, Magic Eyes, and Flying Brooms could make it dominant, until an unexpected visitor said they had a good idea.
• Lan Qingyou and Alisa pursued and attacked each other in the sky while their forces fought below.
• Lan Qingyou taunted Alisa about her ragged robe and asked whether she would send reinforcements as the Artificial Humans counterattacked the Magic Puppets.
• Lan Qingyou praised the Artificial Humans’ potential to become an independent race and kingdom, while noting that her damaged Magic Puppets could be repaired or rebuilt.

During her battle with Alisa, Lan Qingyou learned that Alisa’s Artificial Humans were called the Children of Danu, prompting Transmigrators to rally against the possibility of an Artificial Human nation. Alisa asked what Lan Qingyou called her Magic Puppet legion, and Lan Qingyou named it the Star Guardians as their fight continued.

• Alisa told Lan Qingyou that the Artificial Humans were collectively called the Children of Danu.
• World Channel users explained the name’s mythological meaning and began organizing to report the Artificial Humans to the Supreme Council.
• Lan Qingyou considered naming her Magic Puppet legion after Alisa asked what it was called.
• Lan Qingyou named her legion the Star Guardians, and Alisa praised the name.

Alisa summoned a Chimera to end her aerial match with Lan Qingyou, revealing the Aurelius Family’s expertise in biological research. Lan Qingyou dodged its attacks and fired her Floating Cannon, but Alisa evaded the beam and left her wondering why it could not pierce her skin.

• Alisa summoned a Chimera and explained that biological research was a strength of the Aurelius Family, which had once cloned a black bull named Paton.
• Lan Qingyou said she had only graduated middle school, stunning Alisa and the arena’s spectators.
• Alisa mounted the Chimera and sent it charging at Lan Qingyou, who escaped with Space Magic.
• The Chimera attacked Lan Qingyou with a fireball, setting the fringe of her Broom and the hem of her clothes alight.
• Lan Qingyou retaliated with her Floating Cannon, but Alisa changed the Chimera’s flight path to evade the beam.
• Lan Qingyou asked Alisa why her beam could not pierce Alisa’s skin.

Lan Qingyou and Alisa fought to a stalemate until Lan Qingyou’s guesses about Alisa’s secrets prompted Alisa to surrender. Lan Qingyou was declared the final winner of the Race Tournament.

• Alisa sent more Chimeras after Lan Qingyou, who dodged their attacks and noticed Alisa deployed them from Glass Orbs called Shackle Orbs.
• Lan Qingyou taunted Alisa by speculating that her skin had an unusual defense and began to suggest she was a living creature.
• Alisa surrendered before Lan Qingyou could finish speaking, fearing she might reveal a secret during the livestream.
• Alisa accused Lan Qingyou of going too far, and Lan Qingyou’s reply confirmed Alisa’s suspicion that she had guessed correctly.
• Fireworks marked Lan Qingyou’s victory, and the arena returned to its original appearance.

The Invisible Man announced Ursula and Alisa’s rewards for placing third and second, shocking the witches and Evolutionists with benefits that strengthened the Witch Race’s knowledge and talents. Lan Qingyou discovered her talent had risen from B-Rank Drifting Art to A-Rank Levitation Art, and the chapter ended as she was named champion, before her first-place reward was revealed.

• The Invisible Man declared Ursula third place and announced that every witch’s existing knowledge would increase by one level.
• The Invisible Man named Alisa second place and announced that every member of the Witch Race would gain one talent level, prompting widespread envy and regret among Evolutionists.
• Lan Qingyou checked her information and found her B-Rank Drifting Art had become A-Rank Levitation Art, multiplying her ability tenfold.
• The Invisible Man announced Lan Qingyou as the competition’s champion, leaving everyone waiting to hear her reward.

Lan Qingyou won first place and received a racial-strength reward that the Invisible Man explained would boost the Witch Race’s four stats. As the crowd speculated about the reward, news arrived that the witches’ stats had each increased by a thousand points.

• The Invisible Man announced Lan Qingyou as the first-place winner and awarded the Witch Race +1 racial strength.
• The Invisible Man explained that racial strength referred to the four stats: strength, agility, stamina, and spirit.
• Transmigrators in the World Channel speculated that the reward could grant the witches a huge number of stat points and envied the Witch Race’s advantage.
• People noticed Lan Qingyou and the other witches checking their Personal Information and smiling as they waited to learn the reward’s effect.
• A World Channel user reported that the Supreme Council had confirmed the witches’ stats had all increased by a thousand points.

After the competition, rumors exaggerated the Witches’ stat gains, while Lan Qingyou and the other two had actually gained one hundred points in each attribute. As the contestants prepared to leave, Lan Qingyou asked Alisa to open a Portal to the Rest Area, leaving Alisa wondering what she intended.

• People on the World Channel believed the Witches had gained one thousand points in each attribute, then discussed teaming up with them to clear Dungeons.
• Lan Qingyou and the other two had gained one hundred points per attribute, including enough Spirit to increase their Magic Power by one thousand points.
• The competition ended, and the Invisible Man told the three contestants they could return by thinking the word “Return” before vanishing.
• Lan Qingyou praised the benefits of the competition, and Alisa created a Portal to leave after proposing they have a proper match next time.
• Lan Qingyou asked Alisa to open a Portal to the Rest Area, and Alisa began to ask whether Lan Qingyou wanted to go there.

Lan Qingyou and Ursula emptied the Rest Area of its food and snacks, then returned to find the managers laughing at a rumor that the Witch Race had received four thousand attribute points. The snacks went into the Group Warehouse for the witches, but Lan Qingyou realized she had left the Chaise Lounge behind.

• Lan Qingyou told Alisa she wanted to collect the Rest Area’s food and snacks, and claimed the Mushroom Spores in the drinks had only been a bluff.
• Alisa and Ursula accompanied Lan Qingyou to the Rest Area, where they gathered the food, drinks, snacks, and flowing chocolate Tower.
• Lan Qingyou and Ursula returned to find Diana, Susie, Margaret, and other high-ranking members gathered by the Teleportation Array.
• Diana showed Lan Qingyou a World Channel message claiming the Witch Race had received four thousand attribute points, and the group laughed at the rumor.
• Lan Qingyou put the collected supplies in the Group Warehouse, and the witches celebrated the snacks in their chat.
• After showering, Lan Qingyou realized she had forgotten to bring the Chaise Lounge.

Lan Qingyou realized her talent and Magic Eye needed to improve after the competition exposed their limits, so she asked the Supreme Council to prepare materials for an upgrade. A notification arrived just as she was about to sleep.

• Lan Qingyou remembered the chaise lounge she had taken as repayment and lamented forgetting about it while collecting snacks.
• Lan Qingyou checked the Witch Corps chat and learned that the Witch of Thorns was testing Magan Trees for Flying Broomstick production, with a first batch expected soon.
• Alice joked with the other witches about her Flying Broomstick, then went out to train after her early elimination from the competition.
• Lan Qingyou reflected on how Hoger, Xintianle, and Alisa had shown that her current abilities might not be enough against stronger opponents.
• Lan Qingyou messaged Chu Yuan to ask the Supreme Council to prepare materials for upgrading her Level Six Shelter and find S-Rank spirit-type magical creature materials.
• Lan Qingyou decided that improving her talent and Magic Eye mattered more than upgrading her Shelter, then received a notification from her Card.

Chu Yuan learned that the Supreme Council’s warehouse could not provide the upgrade materials owed to Lan Qingyou under their agreement, and Daniel insisted she wait for a new application. Lan Qingyou threatened to take action, while Chu Yuan backed her and warned the councilors that Tarot Villa could locate anyone she targeted.

• Chu Yuan forwarded Lan Qingyou’s request for upgrade materials to the Councilor Group, where Daniel said the warehouse had none available.
• Daniel said Lan Qingyou would have to submit a new application once the warehouse was restocked, and Durandal did not respond when Chu Yuan challenged the council’s position.
• Chu Yuan told Lan Qingyou about the delay, and she declared that the Supreme Council was withholding her contractual share and warned that she would act.
• Councilors denounced Lan Qingyou’s threat, but Chu Yuan defended her and said Tarot Villa could divine anyone’s coordinates.

Lan Qingyou upgraded her shelter to Level 6, claimed the first-upgrade reward, and checked the requirements for Level 7. The chapter ended with Chu Yuan doubting the enormous list of materials she sent him.

• After Durandal asked about warehouse supplies, Daniel confirmed some materials were available, and Durandal promised the Supreme Council would provide what Lan Qingyou needed.
• Lan Qingyou asked Chu Yuan to wait while she upgraded her shelter and checked what Level 7 required, and he agreed.
• Lan Qingyou upgraded her large workshop, Herb Garden, warehouse, and shelter, transforming most of the tree into a stone tower.
• The World Will announced that Lan Qingyou was the first to reach Level 6, and she chose an S-Rank Crystal Pen as her reward.
• Lan Qingyou checked the Level 7 upgrade requirements and sent the material list to Chu Yuan, who questioned whether it could be accurate.

Lan Qingyou checked the steep material requirements for upgrading to a Level 7 Shelter, then visited Ursula to begin researching cosmetics that could help with Ursula’s birthmark. As they started work in Ursula’s mushroom-house workshop, the Supreme Council erupted over Lan Qingyou’s request for supplies.

• Chu Yuan questioned Lan Qingyou’s list of materials for a Level 7 Shelter, and she confirmed it before he submitted it to the Councilor Group.
• Lan Qingyou offered the Wandering Witch an automatic-cleaning magic broom, but the witch declined because most witches could use mind control to clean.
• Lan Qingyou remembered her promise to Ursula and traveled to Ursula’s mushroom Shelter to help develop cosmetics and support witches’ income.
• Ursula showed Lan Qingyou the cozy workshop and explained that the Toy Witch had transformed its functional Magic Items into toys.
• Lan Qingyou began researching cosmetics with Ursula as the Supreme Council erupted over her material request.

The Supreme Council struggled to gather the materials Lan Qingyou requested and asked for more time to find rare items. After recovering from her battle, Alisa resolved to pursue her long-held ambition of building an alchemical kingdom.

• The councilors realized their supplies and printing capacity could not meet Lan Qingyou’s full request, so Durandal asked Chu Yuan to negotiate for more time to find the rarest materials.
• Lan Qingyou agreed to wait for the Beast Emperor Ore and S-Rank spirit-type monster materials while continuing her research with Ursula.
• Alisa recovered from her battle and reflected on the strength of Lan Qingyou’s witches and their Magic Eye abilities.
• Alisa went to the Stone Workshop, where her Artificial Humans produced potions and grew in cultivation tanks.
• Alisa considered founding an alchemical kingdom in the Aurelius Kingdom and becoming its Alchemical Queen.

Lan Qingyou and Ursula successfully developed a freckle-removal cream, and Ursula’s birthmark visibly lightened during a trial. After Ursula raised the possibility that Lan Qingyou controlled gravity rather than weight, urgent knocking interrupted them.

• Lan Qingyou told Chu Yuan to have the Supreme Council gather and deliver all the ordinary research materials at once.
• Ursula tested the newly developed cream on her face and saw her birthmark fade from black to brown.
• Ursula tearfully thanked Lan Qingyou, who reminded her that they still needed to observe whether the discoloration returned.
• Ursula suggested that Lan Qingyou’s talent might control gravity instead of weight, and Lan Qingyou recalled signs that supported the idea.
• Someone urgently knocked on the sanctuary door.

Lan Qingyou learned that flying magic beasts were converging on the Land of Abandonment and ordered the witches to test whether they could pass through the Protective Barrier. When the first flock passed through unhindered, she concluded they likely meant no harm but told the witches to keep watch.

• Steel Wool and Little Spoon rushed into Ursula’s shelter, where a black stuffed cat snatched Little Spoon before Ursula rescued it.
• Steel Wool and Little Spoon pulled Lan Qingyou outside, and Diana arrived to report that magic beasts were approaching the Land of Abandonment from every direction.
• Lan Qingyou checked the Witch Corps messages and learned that Lucia had spotted a vast flock of flying beasts near the Northern Snow Mountain.
• Lan Qingyou told Lucia to let the beasts approach the Protective Barrier and attack only if the barrier stopped them.
• Lucia reported that the white owls had passed through the barrier, so Lan Qingyou told the witches to remain alert until the danger was confirmed over.

Lan Qingyou explained that the Perching Giant Tree was attracting migrating Flying Magic Beasts, opening up new choices for Familiars. The Witch Corps agreed to visit Typhon City in shifts after Cynthia made Flying Brooms, while Lan Qingyou and her companions found Aurora Snowy Owls gathering in the tree.

• Pandora interrupted the Witches' bickering and asked Lan Qingyou what was happening.
• Lan Qingyou explained that a plant from a Dungeon could attract and sometimes tame Flying Magic Beasts, and that the newcomers were likely migrating rather than attacking.
• The Witch Corps members started preparing to visit, but Lan Qingyou told them to wait until more beasts arrived and Cynthia finished making Flying Brooms.
• Lan Qingyou said the Witch Corps would travel to Typhon City in four groups of 22 people, two days later.
• Lan Qingyou brought Diana, Ursula, and the two little ones to the Tree Hole Teleportation Array and found that the giant tree was now named the Perching Giant Tree.
• Aurora Snowy Owls settled in the tree, and Steel Wool flew over to inspect them with Little Spoon.

Lan Qingyou watched Flying Magic Beasts settle in the Perching Giant Tree while people across the World Channel puzzled over the spectacle. She told Diana to invite people to Typhon City to try taming the beasts for a fee, with a much larger charge for anyone who succeeded.

• Little Spoon escaped Steel Wool and took refuge in Lan Qingyou's arms.
• Lan Qingyou watched many kinds of Flying Magic Beasts arrive and nest in the Perching Giant Tree.
• People on the World Channel learned that the beasts had gathered in the Witch Habitat at the center of Typhon City and wondered why they were there.
• Diana told Lan Qingyou that people were discussing the beasts on the World Channel.
• Lan Qingyou told Diana to invite people to a platform south of the tree to try taming the beasts for a fee, and to charge successful tamers a hundred times more.

The Witch Race announced that it would sell tamed Flying Magic Beasts as companion pets in Typhon City in fifteen days, prompting widespread interest and discussion among the Transmigrators. After leaving Ursula with instructions for a clinical trial, Lan Qingyou returned to her shelter to prepare a guide to the beasts so buyers could choose suitable pets.

• Diana sent the Witch Race's announcement through the Supreme Council's saturation-style screen flooding, saying the pets would be available in fifteen days and forbidding coercion, enslavement, and charm skills.
• Transmigrators speculated about the flying pets' abilities and potential uses, while some pointed out the sale would take place after New Year.
• The announcement reminded the Transmigrators that nearly a year had passed since their arrival, and they reflected on the hardships and deaths they had endured.
• Lan Qingyou left Ursula with instructions to apply the medicine properly and record the clinical trial results.
• Lan Qingyou returned to her shelter to write a guide to the Flying Magic Beasts' traits, attributes, and skills, planning to sell them for rare materials.