Chapter Summaries

The Knights Order debated whether to join Steve’s smear campaign against the Witches, then Hector went to seek cooperation with Bishop Marshall. The next morning, the World Channel discussed a Black Witch destroying the Birdman Race’s base and the Pure Origin Sect distancing itself from the Blue Star Demon People.

• The Knights Order considered joining Steve’s plan to smear the Witches but feared being exposed and made to take the blame.
• Lancelot suggested that Hector approach Bishop Marshall, whose feud with Steve might let the Knights Order work with the Pure Origin Sect.
• Hector slipped into Bishop Marshall’s estate to seek a way to cooperate.
• The World Channel discussed a Black Witch burning the Birdman Race’s base and scattering its people.
• The Pure Origin Sect announced that its former Pope had been a Demon Person and claimed it would abandon its previous methods to live peacefully.

Marshall and Hector joined forces to kill Pope Steve and his supporters, then the Pure Origin Sect publicly distanced itself from the Demon People. The Witches learned of the statement, but Diana said their identities and alliances did not change who the Witches intended to pursue.

• After discussing the plan, Hector and Marshall agreed to attack Steve and his allies that night.
• Marshall’s forces and Hector’s elite Knights Order troops stormed the Pope’s Palace, killed Steve, and slaughtered the bishops who supported him.
• Marshall announced that Steve had been a Demon Person, claimed the role of acting Pope, and issued a statement separating the Pure Origin Sect from the Demon People.
• The statement also sought to assure the Witches that the Pure Origin Sect and the Originalists had no part in the war against them.
• After a Witch informed Diana about the announcement, she concluded that it did not matter to the Witches who their targets were or what identities they claimed.

Lan Qingyou and Diana discussed how to handle the Originalists, deciding to seek compensation while staying cautious and letting them choose their own enemies. Later, Chu Yuan announced that the Supreme Council would disband, leaving The Tower worried about their resources.

• Diana suggested wiping out the Originalists before they could threaten the Witch Race again, but Lan Qingyou argued that leaving them alone might prompt them to attack the Demon People instead.
• Lan Qingyou told Diana to remain vigilant and gave her a list to take to the Pure Origin Sect while seeking compensation for the war.
• After Diana left, Lan Qingyou relaxed in the garden and played with her Cards as the little ones cried nearby.
• Chu Yuan announced that the Supreme Council would make a major announcement, then confirmed that it had decided to disband.
• The Tower asked what would happen to their resources.

Lan Qingyou asked how her unpaid materials would be repaid after the Supreme Council dissolved, and Judgment explained that a new, looser alliance would handle its outstanding obligations. The group learned that members could establish countries by claiming connected regions and announcing them, then began anticipating the supply demand that independence would create.

• Lan Qingyou asked who would repay her for materials supplied to the Supreme Council, and Judgment said a new organization would settle the debts and provide weekly payments.
• The High Priestess asked what the replacement organization would be, and Judgment described a loose alliance of nations formed after members established countries of their own.
• Gu Xiaobei asked whether she could declare a Forest Elf kingdom, and Judgment explained that anyone controlling connected regions could establish a country and announce it on the World Channel.
• The Pope called the country-establishing process makeshift, and the group concluded that powerful races could claim and defend their own territories.
• Shang Chuan briefly appeared and left, while the group predicted that new countries would need supplies and encouraged members to stock up and raise prices.
• Lan Qingyou considered that potions would likely be in high demand.

Lan Qingyou ordered Margaret and Bei Adoris to stockpile herbs for Basic Potions before an important announcement that evening. Bei Adoris began contacting major merchants while Margaret prepared the potion-brewing equipment and Industrial Magic Puppets.

• Lan Qingyou asked Margaret how many herbs were in stock and ordered her to buy as many more as possible, especially Life Potion ingredients.
• Margaret met Bei Adoris in Eureka City's Commercial District and told her about Lan Qingyou's order and the coming World Channel announcement.
• Bei Adoris decided they should buy supplies before the announcement could drive prices up and hurried Margaret toward the Office.
• Margaret explained that she needed to return to the factory to prepare equipment and Magic Puppets, leaving Bei Adoris to handle purchasing.
• Bei Adoris got the shopping list, returned to her Office, and contacted major merchants without reaching out to Shang Chuan.

Bei Adoris began secretly buying herbs and other alchemy materials through regional merchants and the Witch's Tea Party. Meanwhile, Diana contacted the newly installed Pope Marshall to deliver an order from the Witch Queen, and Marshall set aside his pride to hear her out.

• Bei Adoris avoided contacting Shang Chuan and instead placed modest initial herb orders with merchants across different regions.
• Bei Adoris gradually increased her purchases, bought additional alchemy materials, and asked the witches in the Witch's Tea Party to use their own merchant connections to gather supplies.
• Diana contacted Bishop Marshall, who had just taken the papal throne and begun purging his opponents.
• Marshall accepted Diana's friend request after recognizing her as a witch and hoping to open talks with the witches.
• Diana introduced herself as the Knowledge Witch and chief executive of the Flying City of Eureka, then said she was conveying an order from the Witch Queen.

Diana delivered the Witch Queen’s demand for supplies to Pope Marshall, who realized that accepting the list meant surrendering a vast stockpile of rare materials. He was especially shaken by the demand for fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone, leaving him to weigh the cost against the danger of refusing the Witches.

• Marshall asked Diana what the Witches wanted after she said they would not make an issue of his severed ties with the Demon Person.
• Diana sent Marshall the Witch Queen’s list of requested materials and left him to decide whether to accept it.
• Marshall read through the list, recognizing that its precise quantities included many rare resources and interpreting the demand as a threat.
• Marshall considered relying on cooperation with the Knights Order and his own trump card if he eventually clashed with the Witches.
• Marshall nearly fainted when he saw the list demanded fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone, enough to exhaust the Holy City’s entire stockpile.

Marshall accepted the Black Witches’ demand for fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone and ordered the goods sent as compensation for Steve’s actions. Meanwhile, the Witches rapidly bought herbs and received supplies from the Pure Origin Sect, leaving Lan Qingyou stunned by how quickly everything on her list arrived.

• Marshall agreed to send fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone to the Witch Race rather than risk losing his position as The Pope.
• Bei Adoris led the Department of Commerce in buying herbs from merchants as quickly as possible.
• Diana assigned Margaret to receive and check the Pure Origin Sect’s supplies while Bei Adoris was busy.
• Margaret confirmed that all the listed materials had arrived and were stored in Warehouse No. 11 in the Industrial Zone.
• Lan Qingyou learned that the Pure Origin Sect had delivered everything on the list in a little over an hour and questioned Diana in surprise.

Lan Qingyou found that the Pure Origin Sect had delivered all fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone she requested and prepared to upgrade her Level 8 Shelter. She then saw the Supreme Council announce its dissolution and the freedom for territory owners to establish city-states or countries, prompting a chaotic debate among Transmigrators.

• Lan Qingyou checked Warehouse No. 11 and found all fifty tons of Holy Radiance Stone in the inventory.
• Lan Qingyou stored the ore in her Herb Bag, asked Margaret to record it, and returned to prepare the shelter upgrade.
• The Supreme Council announced that it had dissolved and that territory owners could establish city-states or countries, while the Mint would continue operating and the New Alliance would handle ongoing matters.
• Transmigrators reacted to the announcement by debating national independence, territorial power, and which factions could establish countries.
• A Transmigrator questioned whether anyone could defend a new country and survive the Mana Turbulence and Mana Tide.

People in the World Channel realized they needed witches to build defenses against Mana Turbulence and Mana Tides, but the Black Witches were hard to reach. Discussion of the witches’ enormous purchases and old magic-learning scrolls ended when someone revealed they had a Black Witch contact.

• People in the World Channel discussed seeking witches to build defensive magic arrays against Mana Turbulence and Mana Tides.
• A participant said the Black Witches had bought thousands of tons of herbs, prompting speculation that they were stockpiling supplies and driving up prices.
• Others reported that the White Witches were buying monster corpses and that several major races were purchasing goods, while estimates put the Black Witches’ herb spending above 800,000 Gold Coins.
• People reminisced about the Black Witches’ original Magic Scrolls, which taught spells directly, and a participant said nearly every Black Witch now knew a dozen or more spells.
• Someone revealed they had a way to contact a Black Witch.

Bei Adoris and a disguised Black Witch used the promise of contact with the Witch to attract ambitious settlers seeking Magic Protective Shields. Bei Adoris offered the shields for rare alchemical materials at steep prices, and the buyers began choosing the sizes they needed.

• A World Channel user claimed to know the Black Witch, drawing messages from people eager to contact her and offering referral fees.
• Inside the Flying City, Bei Adoris watched as a disguised Black Witch posed as the user's friend to lure prospective buyers.
• Bei Adoris offered Magic Circles in exchange for alchemical materials, charging an eighty-percent premium and refusing Gold Coins.
• Bei Adoris sent buyers a detailed list and price sheet for protective barriers ranging from villages to cities.
• The buyers accepted the high prices and selected the city sizes they needed, trusting the Witches' proven shields.

Bei Adoris and the witches had developed linked Magic Scrolls that let buyers create protected settlements without sending witches to the site. After obtaining a village-level setup, Nicholas Carl chose a remote mining zone in the Tanur Hills as the Blue Moon Circus's future base.

• Bei Adoris's proposal led the witches to develop Magic Scrolls that activated small Magic Protective Shields and could be linked to cover larger areas.
• The witches used their knowledge of neutralization to ensure the linked shields would not interfere with them.
• Ambitious buyers gathered the materials and payment for village-level protection and received the Magic Scrolls.
• Nicholas Carl read the instructions and learned that whoever supplied the Magic Power to activate the scrolls would control the protected area.
• Nicholas chose a large mining zone in the Tanur Hills as the Blue Moon Circus's base once the Mana Turbulence ended.

Bei Adoris celebrated the success of selling Magic Protective Shields as the Gravel Club gathered to confront the upheaval that had derailed its plans. The club blamed the Black Witches’ discovery of the Angel Race settlement for the chain of events that left them scrambling for a new strategy.

• Bei Adoris reflected on how Magic Protective Shield sales and related trade would fund the witches and their customers’ growth.
• The Gravel Club assembled amid a cascade of crises, including the loss of the Pure Origin Sect and the Supreme Council’s dissolution.
• The Gravel Club members mourned Steve’s death and blamed him for losing the Pope’s seat and the sect.
• The club members argued that the Black Witches’ discovery of the Angel Race settlement had triggered the upheaval and left them in a passive position.

After Steve died in the rebellion and the Teleportation Arrays to the Holy City were shut down, the Demon People gathered to assess the chaos and salvage their plans. A masked moderator began steering their self-interested arguments toward the most urgent issues.

• The Demon People blamed Steve for wasting the Gravel Club's funds on the unfinished Pure Origin Sect and discussed turning their existing plans into new opportunities.
• Club members argued over their investments in a torchlit plaza, and some transformed into large demon forms as tempers flared.
• A masked Demon Person struck a gavel to quiet the crowd and urged them to address the world's chaos and protect their own interests.
• The Demon People recalled that they had first summoned only military leaders after hearing of a rebellion, then learned the Holy City Teleportation Arrays were closed and Steve had died.
• Many Demon People arrived late because they assumed the crisis concerned only other factions, and the moderator struggled to bring them to order.

Sherlock Claude attended a masked gathering of Demon Persons, where they discussed how to regain control of the Pure Origin Sect after the Originalists seized it. The host proposed framing Bishop Marshall for killing a Witch, but Sherlock objected because he knew how dangerous the Witches were.

• Sherlock Claude asked the host to discuss urgent issues, especially matters involving slaves.
• The host explained that the Originalists had taken control of the Pure Origin Sect but that their people remained among its mid- and lower-level administrators.
• The Demon Persons discussed using Steve’s Magic Mobile Phones for private communication outside the Card System.
• The host proposed having Bishop Marshall kill a Witch so the Pure Origin Sect and the Witch Race would turn against each other.
• Sherlock recalled his past fight with the Witch of the Tower and warned that the Witches’ Magic Eyes could expose their scheme.

The Masked Demon persuaded the Gravel Club to target the White Witches as a way to reclaim or divide the Pure Origin Sect and undermine Marshall. He revealed that he wanted greater authority and planned to obtain Magic Eyes and witches’ blood through the ensuing chaos.

• Sherlock questioned the Masked Demon's claim and raised concerns about provoking the Witch of the Tower and her Black Witch lineage.
• The Masked Demon proposed targeting the White Witches, arguing their vengeance could be used against Marshall and the Originalists controlling the Pure Origin Sect.
• The Masked Demon explained that White Witches were harder to track because most were Artificial Humans with weaker Magic Eyes, reassuring the demons that they could hide their identities.
• Sherlock asked what the Masked Demon stood to gain, prompting him to admit he wanted more authority within the Club.
• The Masked Demon said his research required Magic Eyes and witches’ blood, shocking the demons.

The Masked Demon secured the demons’ approval to take over Steve’s Legacy and then raised whether they should buy Magic Protective Shields from the Black Witch and build a city on the Karim Continent. The demons split over whether gathering in a city would offer security and strength or create a dangerous weakness.

• Sherlock and the other Demon People approved the Masked Demon’s proposal, making him a rising power in The Club and the successor to Steve’s Legacy.
• The Masked Demon thanked the group and introduced a second topic after the demons complained about the meeting’s length.
• The Masked Demon asked whether the demons should buy Magic Protective Shields from the Black Witch and decide on a city’s size.
• Several Demon People supported building a city to gather their scattered people, while others opposed it because a city could become a target and a liability.

As the Warring States era began, Li Mei, leader of the Exorcists, visited Alisa to request her biological research and Evolution Cell information for all Transmigrators. Alisa warned him about the cells’ drawbacks, but Li Mei insisted on improving Transmigrators’ basic attributes.

• Alisa studied the Emerald Tablet she had received from Lan Qingyou in an exchange.
• Li Mei arrived at Alisa’s oasis and asked for her biological research reports and information about Evolution Cells for lesser evolution.
• Alisa challenged Li Mei’s request, asking whether he wanted the research for the Exorcists and warning him that Evolution Cells had drawbacks.
• Li Mei said he wanted to help all Transmigrators improve their basic attributes.
• The chapter revealed that Li Mei’s Exorcist organization had been founded by chuunibyou Transmigrators from Blue Star, whose unusual talents had earned them powerful abilities.

Alisa gave Li Mei a package of Evolution Cells after warning him that the Witch of the High Tower's Black Witches were hunting Exorcists with red Magic Eyes. Li Mei set out to recover the Evolutionist parts and Magic Eyes, while Alisa and Lan Qingyou discussed his plan.

• Alisa agreed to give Li Mei the Evolution Cells but warned him that the Witch of the High Tower's Black Witches were hunting Exorcists with red Magic Eyes.
• Li Mei said he had people gathering Magic Eyes and Evolutionist parts, and planned to resolve the conflict by collecting the parts rather than immediately fighting.
• Alisa handed Li Mei a package containing about a hundred million Evolution Cells and cautioned him to choose carefully who received them.
• Li Mei left through the Teleportation Array, and Alisa messaged Lan Qingyou that he would handle the situation.
• Lan Qingyou explained that she had ordered Black Witches to attack only Exorcists with red Magic Eyes, and Alisa said she owed her a favor.

Alisa told Lan Qingyou that she had given Evolution Cells to someone who planned to make more New Humans, and Lan Qingyou explained how the cells differed from Evolutionists’ transformations. In Eureka, Bei Adoris and Margaret tracked booming potion sales as another order arrived.

• Alisa told Lan Qingyou that the chuuni planned to use Evolution Cells to turn more people into New Humans, and Lan Qingyou asked whether Alisa had given him the cells.
• Lan Qingyou said Evolution Cells caused an inferior evolution that kept people human, unlike the changes undergone by Evolutionists, and teased Alisa about being tsundere.
• Bei Adoris told Margaret that the Department of Commerce had booked orders for about 480,000 potions that day.
• Margaret noted sales had already exceeded the previous day's total and predicted they might pass 500,000 by nightfall.
• A witch burst into the office with another order, prompting Margaret to complain and Bei Adoris to check whether the Magic Puppets were overheating.