Chapter Summaries

Lan Qingyou explained that the Magic Protective Shield amplified Mana Turbulence and Mana Tide because its enchantments helped sustain the shield, and the group connected the system to the World Will’s practice of “raising a gu.” They wondered what the World Will was selecting them for, but their discussion ended when explosions erupted over the distant sea.

• Lan Qingyou explained that the Magic Protective Shield amplified Mana Turbulence and Mana Tide so it could absorb Magic Power and protect the continent over time.
• Vivian, Ruan Qingyi, and Ingrid questioned how the shield’s protection could also make disasters deadlier, and Lan Qingyou pointed out the contradiction.
• Lan Qingyou, Shang Chuan, Li Huai, and Gu Xiaobei compared the World Will’s rewards and trials to “raising a gu,” where survivors emerged strongest.
• Lan Qingyou observed that natural disasters had caused fewer deaths than monster attacks and past upheavals, suggesting the World Will focused on a small group of Transmigrators.
• Chu Yuan suggested that the World Will was selecting people to see who could fight, while the group wondered why.
• A deafening explosion sounded over the distant sea, and columns of water shot into the sky.

Tarot Villa’s battle group prepared to fight Leviathan, a colossal unranked sea monster, after Lan Qingyou briefed them on its abilities. As Vivian and the others began their attack, Jiang Lan threw golden-bean-like objects into the sea.

• A huge creature rose beneath the full moon, and the group recognized it as Leviathan.
• Lan Qingyou reported that Leviathan had no level, wielded water and fire Magic, and attacked with its fins, baleen, and poisonous mouth bumps.
• Esmeralda urged the group to attack, and Vivian led the charge toward Leviathan.
• Orff fired a twin-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun to create hovering magic flares that lit the battlefield.
• Explosions and flames marked the start of the fight as Jiang Lan threw golden-bean-like objects toward the sea.

Jiang Lan spread her giant duckweed across the sea so the group could fight Leviathan, while Lan Qingyou watched from above and studied an ancient magic circle. She invited the witches to gather at Far Sea 101 the next day, leaving them curious about her plans.

• Jiang Lan covered the sea with auxiliary duckweed, and the others jumped down to fight while Lan Qingyou waited above as backup.
• Lan Qingyou watched the battle and commented as the group attacked Leviathan, including Esmeralda joining the fight.
• Lan Qingyou photographed the magic circle's unfamiliar symbols and arrangements, then asked Diana to have them copied.
• Lan Qingyou invited the witches in the group chat to teleport to Far Sea 101 at 11 a.m. the next day, and they asked what she had planned.

Lan Qingyou invited the Witch Corps to investigate an ancient magic array at sea, while the witches discussed dividing research between it and the Cursed Corridor. She watched the battle against Leviathan continue and wondered why Tarot Villa had not defeated it yet.

• Lan Qingyou organized a long-term Witch Corps outing to study the ancient magic arrays and limited attendance because the sea location was a restricted zone.
• The witches agreed to send interested members and split their research between the sea array and the Cursed Corridor.
• Lan Qingyou watched Orff’s Steel Godzilla and the Tarot Villa patriarchs fight Leviathan.
• Lan Qingyou noticed that Leviathan was badly wounded but the battle was still raging, and wondered why the fight had not ended.

Lan Qingyou discovered that Leviathan had mutated and prepared a Meteorite strike after warning the fighters below to evacuate. Before the Meteorite could hit, Leviathan began swelling and self-destructed.

• Lan Qingyou used her Analysis Magic Eye and learned that Leviathan had mutated, gaining a mental attack and the ability to remain airborne while losing its water and fire elements.
• Lan Qingyou warned the fighters below to leave so she could attack without holding back, but they protested because they were still searching for Leviathan’s core.
• Lan Qingyou flew upward and summoned a Meteorite while Leviathan remained pinned down by Steel Godzilla, Orff, and Jiang Lan’s Vine Entanglement.
• Orff spotted the Meteorite, and the fighters fled from the area.
• Leviathan swelled rapidly while still bound, then self-destructed before the Meteorite could fall.

After the Leviathan exploded, Chu Yuan and the others took shelter from its toxic black rain aboard the World Tree Boat. Once the danger passed, Lan Qingyou and Vivian salvaged the remains, while Lan Qingyou regretted not joining the battle sooner; a nearby warship's Sailors then spotted something unexpected.

• The Leviathan's explosion knocked the fleeing group down and damaged their Protective Barriers, so Chu Yuan urged everyone back to the World Tree Boat.
• The group activated the boat's Protective Barrier and sheltered inside as corrosive black rain fell for about a minute.
• After waiting for the barrier to clear, the group saw Lan Qingyou collecting scattered materials from the Leviathan.
• Vivian jumped off the deck to salvage materials too, while Lan Qingyou lamented that she could recover less than a tenth of the Leviathan.
• Sailors on a nearby warship shouted after spotting something unexpected.

After Leviathan’s death, its Blood triggered a mental attack that sent Lan Qingyou, Vivian, Nemo, and the sailors into an illusion while mutated swordfish attacked. Lan Qingyou exposed the deception, and the survivors realized Leviathan’s final attack had injured them even after its death.

• Blood-contaminated Fierce-Charging Swordfish burst from the sea and attacked the ships, while their strange allure drove some sailors mad.
• Lan Qingyou burned a swordfish and used a Magic Loudspeaker to order sailors with Mental attributes below 150 to return to their rooms.
• The swordfish fell silent, and the people at sea were drawn into an eerie calm before a magical signal flare snapped them out of it.
• Lan Qingyou appeared on deck and told everyone they had suffered Leviathan’s Mental Attack and been trapped in an illusion.
• Chu Yuan and the others discovered they were injured, and Lan Qingyou identified Leviathan’s posthumous attack as the sound-based Magic Sound Dream Surround.

After surviving Leviathan’s death attack, Lan Qingyou and the others recovered from the illusions that had exposed their embarrassing behavior. They put the incident behind them and began cleaning Leviathan’s blood from the sea to prevent more monsters from mutating.

• Everyone returned to the World Tree Boat, where sailors treated their wounds and the group tried to recover from the shock of the illusions.
• Vivian realized Lan Qingyou had witnessed everyone’s hallucinations, and the group persuaded Lan Qingyou to keep their embarrassing behavior private.
• Lan Qingyou teased the group by describing some of their actions in the illusions before agreeing to stop.
• The group worked out that the illusions began after the black rain ended and they went onto the deck.
• Lan Qingyou pointed out the floating Blood of Leviathan and warned it could mutate more sea creatures, so the group and the sailors began cleaning it up.

Lan Qingyou studied Leviathan’s remains and concluded that its mutation was man-made rather than natural. She fixed her gaze on Vivian, leaving the group to consider the High Priestess’s possible connection to the creature’s altered nature.

• The group finished clearing Leviathan’s blood from the sea while Lan Qingyou examined two fragments of its heart.
• Lan Qingyou identified the fresh fragment as suitable for Attribute Potions and the rotten one as suitable for Talent Potions.
• Lan Qingyou realized Leviathan’s mutation had changed it internally without altering its appearance.
• Freyja examined the fragments and noticed that their Magic Power behaved unusually.
• Lan Qingyou declared that Leviathan’s mutation was man-made and looked directly at Vivian.

Lan Qingyou exposed Esmeralda as the one who had artificially mutated the Leviathan and questioned why she had chosen such a dangerous target. Esmeralda acknowledged the risk of being discovered but left Lan Qingyou’s questions unanswered.

• Lan Qingyou noticed Esmeralda’s Magic Power had barely been disturbed by the illusion and identified her as the Wheel of Fortune.
• Esmeralda admitted that acting in front of Lan Qingyou had increased the risk of her being exposed.
• Ruan Qingyi, David, and Freyja offered possible reasons for Esmeralda’s mutation research, including testing monsters and developing mutation Magic.
• Lan Qingyou argued that Esmeralda could have used another monster and questioned why she had targeted the Leviathan.
• Esmeralda teased Lan Qingyou about her unfamiliar expression as Lan Qingyou said she still had many questions.

Lan Qingyou and Esmeralda began a one-chance Q&A game, with Esmeralda agreeing to answer honestly as long as Lan Qingyou guessed correctly. Lan Qingyou started investigating a strange connection between the Dark Forest Dungeon and the Moonlight Werewolf’s former territory.

• Esmeralda brought out wine, and Gu Xiaobei served food as the others gathered to watch her and Lan Qingyou talk.
• Esmeralda proposed a Q&A game: Lan Qingyou could keep asking if her guess was right, but one wrong guess would end the conversation.
• Lan Qingyou guessed that Esmeralda was still the same Wheel of Fortune and had not been replaced, changed, or possessed, and Esmeralda confirmed it.
• Lan Qingyou asked Vivian to recall that the Dungeon where they had been trapped was called the Dark Forest.
• Vivian confirmed that the Moonlight Werewolf’s former territory had also been named the Dark Forest, and asked Lan Qingyou what was wrong with that.

Lan Qingyou questioned Esmeralda about how Karim World’s Will used Blue Star knowledge to name places and monsters, then began probing its ability to alter and monitor Transmigrators. Chu Yuan interrupted to ask them to explain their theory before continuing.

• Lan Qingyou proposed that Karim World’s Will had learned about Blue Star and used its knowledge to name regions, Dungeons, and monsters.
• Esmeralda confirmed Lan Qingyou’s theory while continuing to divine, surprising the others, who speculated about her ability and hidden motives.
• Lan Qingyou asked whether unappraisable monsters lacked information because the World Will had not yet filled it in, and Esmeralda said yes.
• Lan Qingyou asked whether the World Will could alter Personal Information and use Transmigrators’ tattoos to monitor them and assign tasks; Esmeralda confirmed both points.
• Chu Yuan interrupted Lan Qingyou and Esmeralda, asking them to explain what they meant by the World Will altering and monitoring Transmigrators.

Lan Qingyou revealed that the World Will was weakening and might soon disappear, a prediction Esmeralda confirmed. She then explained her theory that Sanctuary upgrade materials supplied the energy behind the World Will’s rewards and surveillance, leaving the group to consider the implications.

• Lan Qingyou explained that the World Will’s surveillance might include triggering the earlier giant monster riot.
• Lan Qingyou asked whether the World Will would disappear soon, and Esmeralda confirmed that it would.
• The shocked players contacted trusted subordinates and then listened as Lan Qingyou explained her reasoning.
• Lan Qingyou theorized that Sanctuary upgrade materials supplied the energy for the World Will’s ongoing actions and that it watched who invested most and fastest.
• Lan Qingyou suggested that granting titles used little energy because it only altered Personal Information, and she compared the process to Samael’s Professional System.

Lan Qingyou argued that the World Will was too weak to act directly and relied on proxies, while the group debated who might be working for it. The chapter ended with someone claiming to know the proxy’s identity.

• Lan Qingyou proposed that the World Will could not act on its own and might be too weak to interfere directly.
• Lan Qingyou explained that proxies may have carried out tasks such as awakening the giant magical creatures during the Giant Creature Riot.
• Gu Xiaobei asked how the World Will’s proxy knew they had found the place, and Lan Qingyou suggested the World Will had sent a message.
• Orff blamed the World Will’s agents for the Giant Creature Riot, but Chu Yuan distinguished between carrying out an order and giving one.
• The group discussed finding the World Will’s agents and investigating its disappearance, and someone said they already knew who it was.

Lan Qingyou identified the Library and its Social Sciences Department head, Katie Meseta, as connected to the World Will and the Giant Creature Riot, a claim Esmeralda confirmed. Lan Qingyou then stunned everyone by addressing Esmeralda as the Wheel of Fortune and asking who she really was.

• Lan Qingyou pointed to Esmeralda as a suspected traitor, and Orff demanded to know who was responsible for the Giant Creature Riot.
• Lan Qingyou named the Library, and Esmeralda confirmed that it was involved with the World Will.
• Lan Qingyou identified Katie Meseta, head of the Library Social Sciences Department, as someone involved, prompting David and Vivian to consider her responsibility for their losses.
• Lan Qingyou recalled meeting Katie at a dinner before the auction and said she had sensed something was wrong with her.
• Lan Qingyou addressed Esmeralda as the Wheel of Fortune and asked who she really was.

Lan Qingyou deduced that Esmeralda and Katie were the same person, split into two identities, and that Esmeralda had helped the World Will deal with threats. Esmeralda asked how Lan Qingyou had figured it out, and Lan Qingyou began to explain by bringing up a card and addressing the High Priestess and Magician.

• Lan Qingyou proposed that Clone Magic might have been suppressed by the World Will, prompting the group to debate why it would be restricted.
• Lan Qingyou pointed out that the mutated Leviathan meat carried Katie’s Magic Power, whose structure matched Esmeralda’s, and deduced that the two were one person split into separate identities.
• Lan Qingyou connected Esmeralda’s identity to the old Pope’s discovery of the Outer Sea barrier and the Giant Creature Riot, concluding that Esmeralda had been helping the World Will.
• Esmeralda asked Lan Qingyou how she had figured it out, and Lan Qingyou said several clues had come together when she examined the material.
• Lan Qingyou pulled out a card and asked the High Priestess and Magician whether they remembered it.

Esmeralda revealed that she had arranged the creation of Cards as a backup for the Magic Desk and had prepared Eureka City’s shelters and supplies before the transmigration. As her drunken accusations exposed how Lan Qingyou’s Witch Potion research had disrupted her plans, Lan Qingyou questioned whether the world’s leveling system had been modeled on a game.

• Esmeralda told the group that she had proposed making Cards as a substitute in case the World Will vanished and the Magic Desks stopped working.
• Vivian, David, Chu Yuan, Jiang Lan, Hersi, and the others reconsidered how Esmeralda’s Magic code had enabled the Cards and their features.
• Esmeralda assured Lan Qingyou that the shelters would remain functional because they were physical structures and had received energy from the World Will.
• Esmeralda said she had prepared more than twenty billion shelters, Shackle Treasure Chests, supplies, and other content using ideas from Blue Star, including help from a game company.
• Esmeralda blamed Lan Qingyou’s Witch Potion research for starting the Bloodline Era before everyone reached level ten and disrupting her plans.
• Lan Qingyou asked whether the levels and other appraised details had been designed according to a game.

Esmeralda explained that Personal Information displayed estimates rather than exact measurements, and that talent ranks reflected a person’s physical condition. The group learned why Clone Magic was restricted, while Lan Qingyou left with a clearer understanding of the system’s levels, attributes, and talents.

• Esmeralda said the displayed Life points, Magic Power, and other figures were imperfect references, while levels and attributes were more reliable.
• Esmeralda explained that Clone Magic was restricted because combining it with Transformation Magic could let people impersonate others anonymously on the World Channel.
• Esmeralda told Lan Qingyou that talent ranks reflected people’s physiques and that everyone had the potential to reach SSS-Rank talent.
• Esmeralda said the Tower’s poor physical condition had given her E-Rank talent, while Li Huai’s regular exercise had contributed to his SSS-Rank talent.

Lan Qingyou explained that Magic Power had changed everyone’s bodies, while ranks limited how much power they could access until their consciousness and skills improved. After resolving her long-standing question, she relaxed on the deck, pleased that her theory had been right.

• David questioned why athletic people did not more often have SSS-Rank talents, and Esmeralda explained that talent rankings also depended on sensitivity to Magic Power.
• Lan Qingyou connected the discussion to an earlier conversation about how their bodies had changed after they first breathed air containing Magic Power.
• Lan Qingyou explained that their bodies could reach SSS-Rank, but ranks acted as a valve until their consciousness and skills improved, releasing more power as they leveled up.
• Esmeralda teased Lan Qingyou for picking at her own limits, and Lan Qingyou defended her past choices as necessary for survival.
• Lan Qingyou relaxed on the deck beneath the moon after finally settling her question, reflecting that she had sent the Witch Corps to study the Magic array because she suspected the World Will might disappear.

Lan Qingyou and the others questioned Esmeralda about how she had secretly supported two billion transmigrators, and she described the exhausting work behind the supplies and books. Lan Qingyou then asked why Esmeralda had risked exposing herself by using a mutation, leaving the group focused on the flaw in her actions.

• Orff asked whether Esmeralda had personally managed the treasure chests, supplies, and shelters, and she said she had handled them herself.
• Esmeralda recounted printing and translating the basic books, while the others realized how much of the Library’s beginnings she had managed.
• Gu Xiaobei asked why Esmeralda had not printed the books on Blue Star, and the group understood that she had needed the copying process to make her act convincing.
• Lan Qingyou asked how long Esmeralda had been doing the work, and Esmeralda said she had first met the World Will when she was eighteen but refused to reveal her current age.
• Lan Qingyou questioned why Esmeralda had hurried and used a mutation in front of her when doing so risked exposing her.