Chapter Summaries

The Witches’ Industrial Zone steadily produced potions while the mainland’s factions reacted to the rapid growth of Li Mei’s Exorcists. The Demon People debated how to respond as the Exorcists became the mainland’s largest new race and threatened to restrict their plans for claiming territory.

• The Witches maintained a daily output of one million Basic Potions at the Industrial Zone while continuing their own research and brewing potions in their sanctuaries.
• Nearly a month after the Mana Turbulence, the mainland’s warring factions formed joint military organizations in response to the Exorcists’ rapid expansion.
• Li Mei’s Exorcists grew from one hundred million to eight hundred million with Alisa’s support, alarming the mainland’s factions and the Demon People of the Gravel Club.
• The Demon People held another meeting, complained that the White Witch had disrupted their plans, and argued over how to respond.
• The Demon People worried that the growing Exorcists would become more appealing to Transmigrators and squeeze their space for development.

Sherlock looked for a way to reclaim Steve's Legacy from the Masked Demon, but learned that the Masked Demon had already begun carrying out the plan. Sherlock then asked for help understanding the White Witch's Exorcists, though their Artificial Human nature made them impossible to interrogate.

• Sherlock considered how rising power among Transmigrators and Evolutionists was undermining his slave-trading business and concluded he needed to adapt.
• Sherlock devised a plan to reclaim Steve's Legacy by demanding proof that the Masked Demon had carried out his duties.
• Sherlock messaged the Masked Demon and learned that the Pure Origin Sect and the White Witch had already begun clashing on a small scale.
• Sherlock offered to seek more support for the Masked Demon at the Council of Elders if he produced results, then asked about the newly appeared Exorcists.
• The Masked Demon said he had captured a White Witch but could not obtain information from the Artificial Human, leaving the Exorcists' purpose unexplained.

Sherlock learned from the Masked Demon that the Black Witches had created the Necro Race, prompting him to support the Masked Demon’s research into Evolution Items. The Masked Demon began presenting his plans to Sherlock, who wanted to hear more.

• Sherlock asked the Masked Demon what he was researching, and the Masked Demon said he wanted to study an Evolution Item.
• The Masked Demon explained that the Necro Race had appeared in the Land of Abandonment and had been created by the Black Witch Clan.
• Sherlock agreed to support the Masked Demon and handle matters with the Council of Elders.
• The Masked Demon began his presentation by explaining that his research started with the Necro Race.

Sherlock listened as Masked Demon explained that the Necro Race had arisen accidentally when resurrected Transmigrators mutated over a year, and proposed recreating the process with death, witches’ blood, and a Magic Eye. Masked Demon claimed his experiments had produced tireless, selfless Quasi-Evolutionists, leaving Sherlock interested in the potential profit.

• Masked Demon told Gluttony Demon that the Necro Race had accidentally formed from Transmigrators resurrected by Black Witches during the Abandoned War.
• Masked Demon explained that death and witch-related factors were both needed to reproduce the transformation, prompting Sherlock to connect witches’ blood with the Witch’s Curse.
• Masked Demon said he had conducted experiments with witches’ blood and was refining a method to mass-produce the results.
• Masked Demon described the proposed Quasi-Evolutionists as tireless beings with no sense of self, and Sherlock recognized their potential value as tools.

After gathering the materials, Lan Qingyou upgraded her shelter to level eight, expanded it upward, and improved several facilities in Eureka. She found the changes mostly useful, but was puzzled by the upgraded bedroom.

• Lan Qingyou returned from gathering the last materials needed to upgrade her shelter to level eight.
• Lan Qingyou fed the materials, including the Holy Radiance Stones from the Pure Origin Sect, into the Small Screen and confirmed the upgrade.
• Lan Qingyou expanded the shelter upward with a seventh floor and selected upgrades for the City Flight Management Center, her bedroom, and the Herb Garden.
• Lan Qingyou inspected the upgraded facilities and found that the flight center was more stable and faster and the herbs matured sooner.
• Lan Qingyou wondered what had happened to the upgraded bedroom.

After upgrading to a Level 8 shelter, Lan Qingyou took a bath before heading to the top floor to test her bedroom’s comfort bonus. The witches in Eureka discussed the upgrade and welcomed a researcher who had spent over a year developing an alchemy array for cooking, while Lan Qingyou reached the eighth floor and sensed something strange about her bedroom.

• Lan Qingyou saw that her new bedroom increased physical comfort and sleep quality, then turned back to bathe before trying it out.
• The World Will announced that Lan Qingyou was the first in the Cursed Corridor to upgrade to a Level 8 shelter and awarded her a self-selected reward.
• Witches in the Regional Channel discussed the upgrade and speculated that the whole Flying City of Eureka was inside Lan Qingyou’s shelter.
• A witch emerged from her workshop after more than a year and revealed that she had developed an alchemy array to turn ingredients into food.
• Lan Qingyou finished bathing, climbed to the eighth floor, and sensed something strange about the bedroom.

Lan Qingyou enjoyed the cozy bedroom she built on the eighth floor and read a travelogue describing the Sunshine Plains, a region famous for growing potent medicinal herbs. She wondered whether she could find the place and cultivate herbs there that did not grow well in the Cursed Corridor.

• Lan Qingyou entered the eighth floor and relaxed in the warm, comfortable bedroom she had made with high-quality materials.
• Lan Qingyou told her friends about the bedroom, and Knowledge Witch, High Priestess, Dream Witch, and The Emperor teased her for only now realizing that a comfortable bed mattered.
• Lan Qingyou put aside her Card and read Travels of the XX Limit Legend, whose author described places he had visited.
• Lan Qingyou read how alchemists and merchants turned the Sunshine Plains into a major herb-growing region that supplied sixty percent of the Empire's herbs.
• Lan Qingyou wished she could find the Sunshine Plains so she could grow herbs that struggled in the Cursed Corridor.

Lan Qingyou could not find the Sunshine Plains on any known map, so she asked Hersi and the Tourism Department to investigate. Diana then told her that members of the Necro Race had encountered the Undead Race, a newly discovered species resembling them.

• Lan Qingyou wondered how the unmapped Sunshine Plains could supply sixty percent of the Empire's herbs and asked Hersi whether he knew where they were.
• Hersi checked with the Map Compilation Room, but no one had heard of the Sunshine Plains, so Lan Qingyou sent him the unfinished travelogue that mentioned it.
• Lan Qingyou asked Adele's Tourism Department group about the place, but no one there knew of it either.
• Diana told Lan Qingyou that Helen had reported members of the Necro Race encountering the Undead Race.
• Lan Qingyou assumed the Undead were monsters, then learned from Diana that they were a newly discovered species resembling the Necro Race.

Lan Qingyou and Diana discussed a newly emerged Undead Race whose members had no intelligence but otherwise appeared and moved like ordinary people. Their conversation turned to the Pure Origin Sect’s attacks on White Witches, and Lan Qingyou suspected the attacks were a scheme by the dead Demon Person’s surviving followers.

• Diana told Lan Qingyou that the Necro Race had encountered an Undead Race with zero intelligence, but no other obvious flaws.
• Lan Qingyou learned that Appraisal Glasses identified the Undead as a genuine race rather than magical or alchemical creations.
• Lan Qingyou told Diana that the Pure Origin Sect seemed to be hunting White Witches and suggested the attackers might be avoiding Black Witch pursuit squads.
• Diana wondered whether the attacks were the work of the dead Demon Person’s surviving subordinates, and Lan Qingyou agreed they were likely trying to sow discord.

Lan Qingyou connected the Undead Race’s behavior to the Degenerate Species and learned that the White Witches’ Artificial Humans may have been targeted because they were easier to control with Witch blood. After warning the Pure Origin Sect and telling Alisa about the Undead, she left Alisa reconsidering why her Artificial Humans had been hunted.

• Lan Qingyou told Diana that the Undead Race and the White Witches’ hunting were connected to the Degenerate Species, who used Witch blood to control Artificial Humans.
• Diana offered Lan Qingyou two Undead corpses to examine, and Lan Qingyou said she would inspect them in the public lab the next day.
• Lan Qingyou told Diana to warn the Pure Origin Sect that a Demon Person was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
• Lan Qingyou contacted Alisa, who said she knew who was behind the Witch Hunt but could not track them down.
• Lan Qingyou told Alisa about the Undead, prompting Alisa to realize that her Artificial Humans had been the target from the start.

Lan Qingyou arranged to give Alisa an Undead corpse for separate research, then examined another Undead at the Public Research Lab. The Magic Eye’s report revealed that the race could continue to level up and evolve, leaving Lan Qingyou to reconsider its potential.

• Alisa questioned whether Lan Qingyou had shared her suspicions to earn another favor, and Lan Qingyou offered her an Undead corpse to study the next day.
• Lan Qingyou explained that she was postponing the research because she had already bathed and was preparing to sleep.
• The next day, Lan Qingyou went to the Public Research Lab, where the staff led her to the Undead corpse Diana had arranged for her.
• Lan Qingyou examined the mostly headless Undead and read a report stating that its race could level up and evolve, giving it immense growth potential.

Lan Qingyou planted the rare herbs she had gathered while reports spread of the Undead Race in the west. In a forest lodge, the Degenerate Species prepared to exploit a coming conflict, seize territory, and take revenge on the Master who had transformed them.

• Lan Qingyou sent Alisa a note in a Card, then went to the Herb Garden and entrusted her rare herbs to Ursula's care.
• People discussed the Undead Race and described its dangerous physical and poison attacks.
• The Degenerate Species gathered in a forest lodge and argued over their past betrayal of the Witch Race and their plans to attack when fighting began elsewhere.
• The group learned that the Master who had led them into a blood sacrifice ritual was reportedly south of the central mountain range, and some vowed to kill him.
• The goblin urged the Degenerate Species to grow their population so they could eventually overwhelm those who called themselves human.

The kings of the Northeast United Kingdom gathered at the Double Ring Hills to discuss how to stop the Exorcists from advancing east. They settled on holding the natural barrier until the situation elsewhere was resolved.

• The Exorcists occupied the territory west of the Double Ring Hills, prompting the northeastern countries to send troops to defend the pass.
• A scout reported that two more groups of Exorcists, totaling around three thousand, had arrived nearby.
• The kings debated whether to launch a surprise attack while the Exorcists regrouped, but others warned that the enemy excelled at night fighting.
• The Flower Crown King argued that the armies should hold the natural barrier until the situation elsewhere was resolved.
• The kings agreed to defend the line at any cost, believing they could defeat the Exorcists once they had dealt with the other threat.

The kings learned that an important guest was arriving through the Double Ring King’s Teleportation Array and raced to greet him. The chapter ended with David, [The Magician], enjoying his renewed independence after the Supreme Council’s dissolution.

• The Flower Crown King's proposal to wait for others to find a way to deal with the Exorcists won the kings’ approval, while the Double Ring King’s rival swallowed his anger.
• A communications officer reported that the Double Ring King’s Teleportation Array was responding, and the king realized the expected guest had arrived.
• The kings rushed from their military camp toward Adventurer City, hoping to make a good impression on the arriving guest.
• The chapter described how the Adventurer Guild remained independent after the Supreme Council fell and how protective-shield and migration scrolls were encouraging people to move.
• David, [The Magician], felt pleased that the Supreme Council’s dissolution had freed him from those who had marginalized him.

Professor Samael arrived at the Adventurer Guild to test a new system developed with Chu Yuan that would let Transmigrators study Magic without relying on the World Will. He began preparing a trial with elite soldiers from the Double Ring Hills, hoping the experiment would help them fight the Exorcists.

• The kings rushed to greet Samael at the Adventurer Guild and asked him to help them grow stronger.
• Samael said he would solve their problem but required them to serve as test subjects.
• The chapter explained that Samael and Chu Yuan had developed a system for Transmigrators, and the Exorcists’ invasion offered a chance to collect combat data.
• The king of the Double Ring Hills presented a squad of level-fifty soldiers selected for the experiment.
• The soldiers accepted the risks because they wanted power to reclaim their former standing and fight the Exorcists.

Samael used Orff’s machinery to test a soldier’s suitability for a Profession and assigned him the Knight class. The kings watched as the process ended quickly, leaving them astonished at how casually a Transmigrator could be elevated.

• Samael had the soldiers scan their shelter icons and place their hands inside the machine, warning them that the process might hurt.
• The first soldier endured several minutes of pain while Samael entered data into the recording device.
• Samael showed the soldier’s compatibility results, which favored Knight at 96%, and asked him to choose a Profession.
• The soldier agreed to become a Knight, and Samael selected the option, completing the assignment.
• The kings marveled at how quickly the soldier had been elevated into a Profession.

Samael tested the Career System on a soldier, creating the first Professionals by increasing his attributes and granting Profession bonuses. The kings welcomed the results, but the Flower Crown King pointed out that the five-minute process could convert only 288 Warriors per day, far too few to face more than a hundred million Exorcists.

• Samael injected magic liquid into the sanctuary icon and had a soldier check his Personal Information.
• The soldier gained increased attributes and Profession bonuses, and Samael questioned him about the improvements.
• Samael assessed the soldier as comparable to the Exorcists' Quasi-Evolutionists and named the new group Professionals.
• The Flower Crown King calculated that the process could turn only 288 Warriors into Professionals per day.
• The kings realized the Career System's conversion rate might be too slow for the coming conflict.

Samael explained the price and operation of the Professional Manufacturing Machine and its required Magic Engraving Potion to the kings. They accepted the costs and considered how to recover their investment as they prepared to use the machines to strengthen people against the crisis.

• Samael suggested buying ten Professional Manufacturing Machines to improve production, and the Night Raid King secretly photographed the Flower Crown King's embarrassed reaction.
• Samael priced one machine at 10,000 Gold Coins and offered ten for 90,000, prompting the kings to agree that the purchase was worthwhile.
• Samael revealed that Magic Engraving Potion had to be bought separately and explained that it allowed the machine to enter profession information into Personal Information.
• He priced each bottle at ten Silver Coins for ten uses, and the kings discussed charging people more when they changed professions.
• Lan Qingyou had set the potion price low so the kings could afford more supplies and help her find materials.

Samael oversaw a sales event that sold more than seven hundred Engraving Machines and over three million bottles of Engraving Potion, earning substantial profits for the sellers and a share for his research. The Tarot Villa members discussed the money and confirmed that The Moon was preparing the goods for delivery.

• Samael promoted the Witch Race’s Engraving Machines and Engraving Potion as kings debated the prices and rushed to place increasingly large orders.
• The sales event ended with more than seven hundred machines and over three million bottles of potion sold.
• Samael realized the sales would earn the Tarot Villa and Witch Race enormous profits, and he welcomed the income for his research.
• Samael posted the order totals in the group chat, prompting the members to discuss splitting the money and transporting the goods.
• The Moon said she had started packing the products, and The Chariot praised her professional approach to handling the customers.

Riesling learned that a new bottled cocktail called Heaven's Fall had hurt his wine sales, and the group discussed how Black Market Merchants were selling it in war zones. He realized his business had been pushed aside by these unknown sellers.

• Justice asked The Hermit to find out whether kings wanted to buy his wine and fruit after more than forty kings ordered machines.
• Justice explained that a new kind of wine had caused his wine sales to fall, while The Empress said her spirits sales had also dropped.
• The Fool told Justice that the new drink was called Heaven's Fall and came in premixed 200-milliliter bottles.
• The Fool suggested looking for Heaven's Fall in war zones, where Black Market Merchants were hawking it.
• The Moon explained that Black Market Merchants sold goods directly, and Justice realized they had pushed his wine business out of the market.