Chapter Summaries

Miluno, the Proxy, and SpiCa agreed to risk using a virtual family life to teach the Avatar of the Great Will human values and make her their obedient ally. Miluno awoke as the avatar’s mother, with the Proxy as her father, and the avatar as their three-year-old daughter, Mi Xue.

• SpiCa proposed weaving a dream to shape the Avatar of the Great Will’s consciousness, and Miluno and the Proxy agreed to the risky plan.
• SpiCa excluded A-Yao from the dream and assigned Miluno and the Proxy roles in an ordinary family life designed to make the avatar identify as human.
• Miluno woke in a realistic virtual body beside the Proxy and learned that she was the stay-at-home mother while the Proxy was an office worker and father.
• Miluno met the Avatar of the Great Will as their daughter, named her Mi Xue, and acted out their new family roles.
• Mi Xue ran to the Proxy and declared that she wanted milkies.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter is set in a virtual reality version of Skyreach City during a war against the Other Side, a year or more before the final battle.
• The protagonist and Proxy are tasked with raising Mi Xue, the Avatar of the Great Will, into a sensible child while protecting the city as Magical Girl spouses.
• Proxy prepares breakfast for Mi Xue and leaves for work, kissing both the protagonist and Mi Xue goodbye.
• The protagonist accepts a main quest to play a civilization-building game with Mi Xue and guide her to fulfill her duties as a creator.

Character Developments

• The protagonist struggles with her role as a mother, finding it challenging to communicate with Mi Xue.
• Mi Xue absorbs information from her surroundings, including news broadcasts, and displays instincts rather than thought processes.
• Proxy enjoys her role as a parent and is affectionate with both the protagonist and Mi Xue.

Significant Themes

• Parenthood and the responsibilities of raising a child.
• The struggle between instinct and reason, as seen in Mi Xue's behavior.
• The consequences of absorbing resources from other worlds, raising questions about the ethics of expansionism.

Character Interactions

• The protagonist and Proxy share a moment of affection before Proxy leaves for work.
• The protagonist struggles to connect with Mi Xue, unsure of how to interact with her as a mother.
• Mi Xue expresses her desire to create a world where everyone can be happy, leading to a conversation about the limitations of resources and the potential consequences of absorbing other worlds.

The narrator guides Little Mi Xue through a civilization simulation, then takes her shopping in Virtual Reality. When they leave a restroom stall, they find themselves in a desert Witch Domain, where the narrator receives a quest to defeat the Sand Witch.

• The narrator lets a civilization endure disasters until it reaches the game's ending, then explains her survival-first approach to Mi Xue.
• The narrator and Mi Xue shop for curry ingredients in Virtual Reality while little time passes in reality.
• Mi Xue asks for help using the restroom, and the narrator takes her into a stall.
• The narrator opens the stall door and discovers that it leads to a desert Witch Domain.
• SpiCa triggers a quest for the narrator to defeat the Sand Witch, and the narrator considers whether her Time Control will be enough.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Sand Witch attacks, transforming the desert into a giant palm.
• Mi Xue and the protagonist are trapped in quicksand; the protagonist uses Time Acceleration to free them.
• The protagonist discovers the Witch's true form and engages in a high-speed chase.
• The protagonist realizes the Witch's weakness (water) and uses a toilet to flood the desert, defeating the Witch.

Character Developments

• The protagonist demonstrates her combat skills and strategic thinking, growing more confident in her abilities.
• Mi Xue shows courage and resourcefulness, helping her mother in the battle.

Significant Themes

• Mother-daughter bond: The protagonist's love and protectiveness towards Mi Xue drive her actions.
• Adaptability: The protagonist must adapt to the Witch's environment and find a solution within the game's rules.

Character Interactions

• The protagonist and Mi Xue work together to overcome the Witch's attacks, with Mi Xue providing crucial observations and assistance.
• The protagonist's love for Mi Xue is tested and strengthened as she faces the Witch's threats.

After returning from the desert, I bathed with Mi Xue and discussed her wish to create a happy world. Mi Xue revealed that she remembered being the Great Consciousness and planned to absorb I and the Proxy, leaving I uncertain whether she could be trusted.

• The Sand Witch was taken away by Association staff, and I and Mi Xue returned to their apartment with groceries.
• I bathed Mi Xue, who admitted she had feared I would die fighting the witch.
• Mi Xue said she wanted the world she created to be happy, then suddenly grew older in the bath.
• Mi Xue revealed that SpiCa's manipulation of her consciousness had been undone and said she would absorb I and the Proxy's consciousness.
• Mi Xue said she wanted to escape the Dark Seal and claimed she was both the Great Will and I's daughter, while I told her she had to prove she could be trusted.

Miluno failed to cut through the Avatar of the Great Will’s barrier as it absorbed her other self and the Proxy. SpiCa proposed breaking the barrier with an imitation crystal and urged Miluno to merge with her other self, while Aldebaran admitted she had no answer and was exhausted by the loop.

• SpiCa reported that her magic could not manipulate the Great Will’s thoughts, and the Avatar expelled her Black-and-White Silk while accelerating its absorption of Miluno’s other self and the Proxy.
• Miluno tried to cut through the Avatar’s barrier with solidified light, but her attacks failed.
• Sirius reported that Heat Haze and sanctified magical girls were arriving, and Miluno directed them to suppress Shadow Soldiers and watch the Dark Seal.
• Heat Haze and the sanctified magical girls entered the core chamber, while Metal restored the control system with a replacement Energy Crystal.
• SpiCa arrived with Vega’s imitation crystal and urged Miluno to merge with her other self after the barrier was broken.
• Aldebaran told Miluno she had never seen this future, was tired of the loop, and could not decide what Miluno should do.

After Mi Xue revealed that she was the Great Will’s avatar, she joined Ceruno and Miluno as their daughter while they prepared to teach her how to guide a world. The family agreed to keep living together and train Mi Xue, despite the possibility that she would eventually absorb them.

• Ceruno returned from her bank job and found Mi Xue, now grown into a girl, waiting at home with Miluno.
• Miluno explained that SpiCa could not restrain the Great Will’s avatar, who was absorbing their lessons while remaining willing to play their daughter.
• Mi Xue said she was the Great Will reborn and promised she would be a good daughter even if Ceruno and Miluno disappeared.
• Mi Xue estimated that they could remain in the virtual reality for three years, then changed her appearance to look about ten years old.
• Miluno proposed that they play the Genesis Simulation Game each day to teach Mi Xue to develop a world with limited resources, while maintaining a normal life.
• Miluno told Mi Xue to find her own understanding of the right path through practice rather than repeating past mistakes or blindly following the Earth Crystal.

The narrator and Miluno lived a quiet life in Virtual Reality with Mi Xue, who admitted that she still intended to absorb the narrator’s consciousness to grow into the newborn Great Will. Mi Xue said she could leave Miluno enough consciousness to survive, while the narrator warned her not to provoke the Earth Crystal and risk destroying the world.

• The narrator held Miluno in bed and asked whether Mi Xue could save the world, while Miluno said they could only believe in their daughter.
• Mi Xue burst into the bedroom and urged her parents to get up and play her world-creation simulations.
• Mi Xue told the narrator she still planned to absorb his power and consciousness, but could spare enough of Miluno’s share for her to survive in reality.
• The narrator asked Mi Xue to absorb more of him and warned her not to clash with the Earth Crystal because Light-Dark Annihilation could destroy the world.
• The narrator bathed with Mi Xue, who said she wanted to grow as tall as Miluno and have a figure like his.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with Ceruno and Mi Xue (the avatar of Great Will) having breakfast, prepared by Miluno.
• Miluno shares her idea about governing a world with scarce resources, suggesting a collaboration between the three of them and the AIs in the game to find a solution.
• A wormhole alarm goes off, and a massive amount of Black Mud (residue of Great Will and isolated part of Mi Xue) starts pouring from the sky.
• Ceruno, Miluno, and Mi Xue decide to go together to plug the hole in the sky.

Character Developments

• Ceruno: Starts to consider the possibility of escape but is torn between his mission and his desire for freedom. He shows concern for Mi Xue's feelings but remains cautious.
• Miluno: Stands by her mission to help Mi Xue become a better creator, even if it means sacrificing their chance to escape. She is determined to find a peaceful solution for both worlds.
• Mi Xue: Struggles with her emotions and the harsh realities of governing a world. She shows vulnerability and a desire to be accepted as a child by Ceruno and Miluno.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice vs. Self-interest: Ceruno grapples with the idea of sacrificing his chance to escape for the greater good, while Miluno is willing to make that sacrifice.
• Trust and Betrayal: Mi Xue asks Ceruno to trust her, but he remains cautious due to her past manipulations. The theme of trust is explored as they decide to face the crisis together.
• The Burden of Responsibility: Mi Xue feels the weight of her responsibilities as Great Will, struggling with the harsh decisions she must make and the emotional toll it takes on her.

Character Interactions

• Ceruno and Miluno: They share a close, understanding bond, with Miluno often taking the lead in decisions. Ceruno is more cautious and analytical, often playing the devil's advocate.
• Ceruno and Mi Xue: Ceruno remains wary of Mi Xue due to her past actions but shows a growing willingness to trust her. Mi Xue, in turn, seeks Ceruno's acceptance and trust.
• Miluno and Mi Xue: Miluno treats Mi Xue like her own daughter, offering guidance, support, and unconditional love. Mi Xue looks up to Miluno and seeks her approval.

Miluno and the others fought the Avatar as it escaped its collapsing shell, but their attacks could not overcome its regeneration. After absorbing Miluno’s other self and the Proxy, the Avatar took on a human form resembling Miluno and called herself Mi Xue before suddenly charging toward the exit.

• Miluno’s imitation crystal disrupted the Avatar’s protective barrier, and the Avatar burst from the collapsing black shell and attacked at accelerated speed.
• SpiCa trapped the Avatar in a cocoon of Black-and-White Silk while Alpha prepared World-Cleansing Echo, but the Avatar survived by regenerating.
• Miluno merged with the Avatar, but the Avatar seized the imitation crystal and raised a barrier to separate them.
• The Avatar began taking human form, and SpiCa identified her as Mi Xue, the identity she had invented for the Great Will and the daughter of Miluno’s other self and the Proxy.
• Mi Xue murmured about finding the path they wanted to see, then charged toward the exit past Heat Haze and the others.

The great will emerged from the Dark Seal with the moon as her vessel and announced that she would sacrifice Earth’s inhabitants to create a new world. Mi Xue and the others could not stop her, and she declared that she would now enact the solution she had chosen after billions of simulated projections.

• Mi Xue and Liuzi reached the Seal Hall as the transformed avatar threatened the Dark Seal, while Aldebaran warned that the moon had become the great will’s vessel.
• The great will emerged from the Dark Seal and offered to spare only some of Earth’s life, calling the rest reasonable sacrifices.
• The great will knocked Aldebaran aside after she challenged its plan to destroy worlds and repeat the same mistakes.
• Mi Xue rejected the great will’s claim that life was data, while the great will caught SpiCa’s ribbons and pulled her through a portal.
• The great will threw SpiCa toward Liuzi and announced that she would put her optimal solution into practice.

As the Great Will threatened to encase the moon and hurl it at Earth, the Earth Crystal’s cellular consciousnesses gathered to debate their response. They named Ceruno as a potential Unified Will if merging became necessary, but continued considering ways to stop the Great Will as the assembly ended without a final decision.

• Miss Terra warned Ceruno that the Great Will was wrapping the moon in bubbles and might crash it into Earth.
• The Earth Crystal summoned its cellular consciousnesses to a general assembly after its seal could no longer be maintained.
• The assembly discussed using lunar magical girls, supporting Miluno, or sending the moon to the Other Side to oppose the Great Will.
• Ceruno proposed serving as the Earth Crystal’s Unified Will, and Miss Terra and the assembly approved her as their choice if they decided to merge.
• The assembly postponed merging and continued discussing interception plans, including interfering with Lunar City’s barrier and evacuating the city.

The Great Will sealed the moon in darkness and accelerated time within it, threatening to crash it into the Earth Crystal. With their options dwindling, Aldebaran sent Miluno to the Second Research Institute to rest, where she reunited with Mono and Barbara.

• The Great Will enclosed the moon in a pitch-black barrier, cut off contact with Earth, and left Mi Xue ruling the lunar domain as its god.
• The rioting prisoners in the World Center's Prison Layer tried to resist, but Zodiacal and Enheria's guards remained strong enough to suppress them.
• Miluno and Aldebaran learned that the Great Will was accelerating time in the lunar domain, and Miluno suspected she planned to drive the moon into the Earth Crystal beneath Earth's core.
• Aldebaran sent Miluno through a teleportation passage to the Second Research Institute's bathhouse so she could rest.
• Mono and Barbara joined Miluno in the bath, and Mono wept as she asked why events had turned out this way.

After a dream fragment urged Miluno to trust Mi Xue and her plan to unite the worlds, Miluno woke and went to Enheria’s meeting to learn what the organization planned to do. There, she challenged Fomalhaut over Enheria’s decision to sacrifice her and the Proxy to the Great Will.

• A consciousness fragment told Miluno that Mi Xue was pursuing Enheria’s plan to unite the worlds and urged her to trust Mi Xue without telling the Earth Crystal.
• Miluno woke in a room at the Second Research Institute with Barbara and Mono, then decided to attend Sun Ji’s meeting at Enheria.
• Mono explained that the Great Will’s absorption of the Proxy had destroyed Enheria’s protective barrier, leaving the base without air or usable outdoor spaces.
• Meiya told Miluno that prisoners willing to fight the Great Will had been released to reinforce Enheria, and Liu Qilan offered to guide her to the meeting.
• Miluno arrived at the training ground, where Fomalhaut said she and the Proxy had changed since separating, and Miluno criticized Enheria for giving them to the Great Will as feed.

The witches planned to descend into the Lunar Core to absorb the Great Will’s darkness, while Zodiacal prepared to use Sanctification to empower a drilling path. Mi argued that both plans were too slow and sought a way to reach power beyond the barrier, but the chapter ended as the moon began moving.

• Fomalhaut and Sun Ji explained that Enheria’s witches would enter the Lunar Inner Sea and absorb darkness to undermine the Great Will.
• Mi warned that the witches could become offspring of the Great Will, but Sun Ji and Fomalhaut insisted they had to try.
• Fomalhaut said Zodiacal would use its Drilling Laser, and Aldebaran confirmed that Mi and the other magical girls would sanctify witch cocoons.
• Aldebaran proposed that Sanctification could spread and grow stronger, but Mi argued they needed a faster source of power outside the barrier.
• Mi learned from Terra that the Great Will’s barrier prevented contact with the Earth Crystal.
• A magical girl rushed in and reported that the moon had started moving.

As the moon drew closer to Earth, Miluno and the others continued their preparations while isolated inside the barrier. When Sun Ji arrived, Miluno confronted her over how she had treated Anjie and demanded that she apologize.

• The Zodiacal Observation Department confirmed that the moon was moving closer to Earth, and Miluno resumed the plans to sanctify Witch Cocoons and drill beneath the lunar surface.
• Zodiacal returned to Betelgeuse's Great Crater to begin drilling, while Miluno rested briefly on Satellite Island Yi and learned that the Earth Crystal still had no news.
• Anjie told Miluno that the rebels had quieted down after realizing the Great Will had abandoned them, and she refused to visit Sun Ji.
• Yuehan and Sun Ji emerged through Miluno's portal, and Miluno urged Sun Ji to face Anjie about making her a test subject and disposable pawn.
• Sun Ji defended her sacrifices as necessary for the world's future and said she would accept responsibility after the crisis, but Miluno interrupted her and demanded that she apologize to Anjie.

While Miluno bored deeper through the Moon, Yuehan urged Sun Ji to make amends to Anjie, whose wish was to preserve everyone’s image in photographs. Sirius and Metal helped Miluno improve the excavation method, but Terra then showed her red waves spreading from beyond the barrier toward Earth.

• Yuehan told Sun Ji to offer Anjie tangible compensation, and Anjie asked to take a proper photograph to preserve the present.
• Yuehan organized a photography team to record the magical girls and Modified Witches while Miluno returned to digging through the Moon.
• Sirius suggested turning Miluno’s laser into a tunnel boring machine, and Metal explained how to build one without damaging the reinforced shaft walls.
• Metal asked whether they would survive to see the next civilization, and Sirius argued that the Great Will would destroy them unless the Earth Crystal or the Will of the Stars intervened.
• Terra showed Miluno deep-red waves spreading beyond the barrier toward Earth, and Miluno wondered what Mi Xue was planning.

Miluno checked on the response to the mysterious wave, then visited a photo shoot preserving images of magical girls and witches. Mono dressed Miluno in a casual outfit for her commemorative portrait, and Dantai Xue began doing her makeup.

• Miluno asked Antarctic Star about the wave, and she said the research department was analyzing it as a possible penetrating scan that could locate the Earth Crystal.
• Betelgeuse questioned whether the Earth Crystal could stop the moon, and SpiCa said protecting human civilization mattered more than protecting the crystal.
• Miluno went to the World Center entrance hall, where Yuehan and others were making archival photos of magical girls and witches.
• Miluno met Miss Alpha and pushed her onto the photo platform, where Night Owl was taking pictures with help from the Simulacrum Core's projections.
• Mono pulled Miluno backstage, used her darkness ability to create clothes, and persuaded her to change from her Battle Dress into a casual outfit.
• Dantai Xue arrived to help with makeup and began preparing Miluno for her photo.

Summary: "The Breath of the Great Will"

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Dantai Xue applies makeup on Miluno while joking (morbidly) that it might become a "funerary portrait," reflecting the despair of Earth being doomed due to the approaching moon/Great Will.
• Miluno learns that Tiger Cub was knocked out not by recklessness but because she ran through black fog multiple times to save people.
• Miluno goes to take a "commemorative" photo. Liuzi projects a 3D background of a breakwater and sun. Miluno originally pictures a setting sun (inauspicious), and Liuzi changes it.
• During the photo countdown, the darkness-clothing Mono created for Miluno suddenly shatters—she is left naked and the photo is accidentally taken.
• The Great Will begins reclaiming all "gifts" of darkness from Witches, Fake Magical Girls, and prisoners across the world to gather power for the moon-Earth collision.
• Aldebaran explains that the Great Will's actions are not personal malice—the deaths of Witches/Monsters are collateral damage of the god amassing power.
• SpiCa (half-sanctified by Miluno) commands the evacuation of fallen Witches to the medical department, where a mist is used to solidify and seal the leaking darkness.
• The mist is revealed to be a weapon originally developed by Stratos to fight Witches, now repurposed to save them. Miluno also brings Xiaojie and Mono inside for refuge.

2. Character Developments

• Miluno: Shows quiet resilience and grim practicality, accepting the approaching apocalypse while still helping others (reinforcing the well, taking photos for a memorial). She feels uneasy about trusting "Mi Xue" despite the fragment's insistence.
• Dantai Xue: Demonstrates familial warmth and dark humor; she tries to make Miluno look good "just in case," showing care amid chaos.
• Tiger Cub: Character redemption—revealed to be a genuine hero who risked herself to save others, not merely a reckless fool.
• Mono: Remains loyal and playful, but her power is literally being stripped away, leaving her vulnerable.
• SpiCa: Steps up as a leader during the crisis, giving orders and coordinating rescue efforts.
• Aldebaran: Acts as exposition, conveying the terrifying indifference of the Great Will (the god is not targeting them; they are merely collateral).

3. Significant Themes

• Imminent apocalypse and human response: Despair, gallows humor, and clinging to small joys (like taking photos) in the face of cosmic doom.
• The indifference of gods: The Great Will's actions are not malicious, but simply disregard the lives of Witches; no personal hatred, just catastrophic collateral.
• Sacrifice and heroism: Tiger Cub's hidden selflessness; the importance of saving others even when all seems lost.
• Irony and adaptation: A weapon built to kill Witches becomes their only means of survival, blurring lines between enemy and ally.
• Trust in spite of doom: A mysterious fragment keeps whispering "trust Mi Xue," suggesting a hidden solution Miluno cannot yet believe in.

4. Character Interactions

• Dantai Xue & Miluno: Banter about makeup and death; Dantai Xue invites Miluno to dinner, a gesture of family-like warmth.
• Mono & Miluno: Mono pushes Miluno up the queue and delivers the photo pose, but Miluno scolds her after the clothing-shredding incident.
• Night Owl & Miluno: Awkward photo session; Night Owl accidentally captures Miluno's nudity despite her using solid light to cover up.
• Liuzi & Miluno: Brief philosophical exchange about the setting vs. rising sun, reflecting their inner feelings about hope.
• Aldebaran & Miluno: Direct explanation of the Great Will's power-siphoning; Aldebaran is cold and pragmatic.
• SpiCa & Miluno: SpiCa takes command, and Miluno assists by teleporting people to the medical department, showing cooperative leadership.

With darkness supplies depleted as the great will drained the city’s Monsters and negative variants, Miluno used Sanctification to replace their darkness with light and restore them. The great will stopped draining them before she could treat everyone and prepared to fire at the moon, while the fragment inside Miluno urged her to trust Mi Xue.

• SpiCa said Minister Hefi could make more darkness-solidifying mist, but production could not keep up with its rapid use.
• Miluno began Sanctifying the exhausted Toxin Squad, starting with Xiaoyi, whose body transformed into a human form with a halo.
• Miluno accidentally reshaped the Rhinoceros Beetle Wrestler into a little girl while restoring him.
• Miluno and the other holy maidens treated many more Monsters and negative variants, but the great will stopped draining them before everyone was converted.
• The great will gathered enough energy to fire at the moon, and the fragment inside Miluno told her to trust Mi Xue.