Among the inspirations Jiang Han had conceived, one had already begun yielding considerable benefits as her own magic developed.
The price was that her 186,000 magic power—whose growth had now slowed to a crawl—had been drained completely five times. Only after being drained five times had it barely covered the cost of giving this inspiration its "first turn."
How did one contemplate an inspiration, invest destiny into it, and obtain genuine improvements?
The first condition was a sufficient quantity of knowledge. Without enough knowledge, even if one possessed several hundred thousand magic power, one could not think up even the most basic inspiration—say, an apple-tree catalyst. This was the first prerequisite, and one in which Jiang Han was at a disadvantage. Fortunately, reading every day could replenish enough knowledge.
...Though it was not quite as ridiculous as [dead muscle] and [live muscle], witches' knowledge truly did come in the distinction of [dead/live knowledge]. For someone like Jiang Han, whose knowledge had been crammed in by rote memorization, inspiration could still be triggered—after all, its principle was to use the host's own stock of knowledge and knead it together in an instant—but because it was all knowledge she had never put into practice, it led to [consequences].
Which brought them to the second condition: using magic that [turned the impossible into possible] to nurture such inspiration. Magic was an all-purpose medium, the currency witches used to exchange the knowledge in their minds. For example, magic could instantly simulate and run the real conditions of the [current blueprint]. Any unreasonable aspects in the inspiration's conception would be repaired through this simulation.
This process was called a [turn].
Thus, the second condition was:
Continuously use magic to simulate and turn the inspiration, then proceed with further thought and exploration only after it had