Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In 2026, Molly, a transmigrator, has spent three days inhabiting the body and life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl.
• Before transmigrating, Molly saved a little girl from being hit by a truck marked “Da Yun,” only to be struck herself.
• In her new life, she lives with her younger sister. Their parents are deceased, so Molly must hurry home after school to cook for them.
• At school, Molly overhears girls discussing the recent disappearances of two female students. Rumors blame mysterious creatures known as “Monster Demons,” though the government has not confirmed their existence.
• Concerned that the disappearances may indicate a dangerous criminal or supernatural threat, Molly avoids the main road and takes a quiet alley home.
• There, she finds a strange dark-blue bead. When she picks it up, it transforms into a ring attached to her wrist.
• The ring magically changes Molly’s appearance: her school uniform becomes a white dress, her hair turns long and white, and a damaged silver-white sword appears in her hand.
• Molly assumes she has become a magical girl, but discovers that neither the ring nor the broken sword responds to her attempts to use magic.
• A translucent “Proficiency Panel” then appears, displaying skill levels such as running, writing, drawing, and mining. Molly realizes this may be her true supernatural advantage and decides she can become stronger by increasing her proficiencies.

Character Development

• Molly adapts quickly to her transmigrated situation, combining practical responsibility with curiosity and humor.
• She accepts the need to care for her younger sister and remains focused on getting home to cook.
• Her reaction to the missing girls shows that she is observant and cautious rather than reckless; she actively considers both ordinary and supernatural explanations.
• Although initially disappointed that the magical ring grants no obvious magic, Molly quickly reframes the situation optimistically after discovering the proficiency system.
• Her resourceful attitude suggests she intends to compensate for the damaged ring and broken sword through training and gradual improvement.

Significant Themes

• Transmigration and adaptation: Molly must adjust to a new body, identity, family, and world.
• Hidden supernatural danger: Monster Demons may be connected to the mysterious disappearances, introducing an ominous threat beneath the modern setting.
• Responsibility and family: Despite the extraordinary events around her, Molly remains responsible for supporting her younger sister.
• Expectation versus reality: The magical transformation looks powerful, but the ring and sword are damaged and apparently useless.
• Growth through effort: The proficiency panel presents strength as something Molly can develop through practice rather than receive effortlessly from a conventional cheat ability.
• Humor amid danger: Molly’s comments about examining her new body and identifying herself as a “magical girl” lighten an otherwise increasingly threatening situation.

Character Interactions

• Molly’s only major personal relationship established in the chapter is with her younger sister, whom she supports after their parents’ deaths.
• She overhears several female classmates discussing the missing students and Monster Demons, but does not join their conversation.
• Her past interaction with the endangered little girl—saving her from the truck—serves as the cause of Molly’s transmigration and establishes her instinct to help others.

Plot points and events

• While heading home, Molly hears a disturbing sound in an alley and discovers a Tentacle Monster holding Lin Weiwei, a student from a neighboring class, unconscious.
• Molly tries to call the police, but the monster notices her. She flees, only to be caught by a tentacle.
• Her Broken Sword barely scratches the monster, and a second attack leaves her badly injured and unable to move.
• Just as the monster approaches, an unseen woman in a golden-yellow outfit casts “Holy Light Shines,” destroying it with a beam of sacred light.
• The rescuer vanishes before Molly can identify or thank her. Molly calls the police, gives a statement, and is allowed to go home.

Character development

• Molly acts despite her fear, attempting to seek help and then fighting back when attacked. Though badly outmatched, she remains concerned for Lin Weiwei and does not exploit her while she is helpless. Afterward, her curiosity and playful humor return as she speculates about magical-girl powers.
• Lin Weiwei is found unconscious and bound, but has no active role in the events.
• The golden-yellow magical girl appears as a powerful, mysterious rescuer, then disappears without revealing her identity.

Character interactions

• Molly confronts the monster to protect herself and, indirectly, Lin Weiwei; the monster attacks her after spotting her.
• The magical girl saves Molly and Lin Weiwei by destroying the monster.
• Molly cooperates with the police, who advise her to avoid deserted routes.

Significant themes

• Courage despite vulnerability: Molly is frightened and physically outmatched, yet acts rather than simply fleeing at first.
• Unexpected rescue and hidden power: The magical girl’s sudden arrival confirms that powerful protectors exist in this world.
• Compassion and restraint: Molly’s thoughts about Lin Weiwei emphasize her refusal to take advantage of someone helpless.
• Curiosity and lightness after danger: Molly quickly shifts from trauma to wondering whether magical-girl colors correspond to their abilities.

Chapter Summary: “Basic Swordsmanship”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Molly returns home after being attacked by tentacles and reporting the incident to the police. The policeman’s calm reaction suggests that monster attacks are common.
• She reunites with her younger sister, Moyan, who remains distant and emotionally reserved.
• After dinner, Molly retreats to her bedroom and transforms using the mysterious device connected to her ring. Her appearance changes into a white-haired girl in a white dress, and the broken sword appears in her hand.
• Reviewing the Proficiency Panel, Molly discovers that her earlier frantic sword swings did not count toward her skills.
• She searches online for sword techniques and experiments with flashy fictional moves, including techniques from “Myriad Swords Return to One” and “Nine Swords of Dugu,” but the panel does not recognize them.
• She then follows a basic swordsmanship tutorial focused on four fundamental movements: chopping, slashing, lifting, and thrusting.
• After repeated, precise practice, the system registers her efforts and unlocks Basic Swordsmanship: Tier 1.
• As her proficiency rises, Molly notices physical improvements, including greater strength, endurance, speed, and eyesight.
• She pauses briefly to deal with physical discomfort caused by sword training, then eats jerky and drinks milk before returning to practice late into the night.

Character Development

• Molly becomes increasingly determined and disciplined. Rather than relying on flashy techniques, she learns that the proficiency system rewards accuracy, fundamentals, and persistence.
• Her confidence grows as she sees both her skill level and physical abilities improve.
• Molly also shows practical adaptability by using online resources, correcting her posture, and solving the discomfort caused by training.
• Moyan remains quiet, detached, and difficult to approach, though she continues to participate in the household routine by eating dinner and washing the dishes.

Significant Themes

• Persistence and disciplined practice: True progress comes from repeating basic movements correctly rather than pursuing impressive-looking techniques.
• Systematic growth: The proficiency panel provides measurable advancement and motivates Molly to keep improving.
• Adaptation and self-reliance: Molly uses modern tools, personal observation, and resourcefulness to understand an unfamiliar power.
• The hidden danger of the world: The police’s lack of surprise implies that supernatural monster attacks are a routine but underreported threat.
• Transformation and identity: Molly’s changing body and abilities continue to separate her transformed self from her ordinary life.

Character Interactions

• Molly and Moyan share a quiet, emotionally distant dinner, with Moyan offering only minimal responses.
• Moyan silently helps maintain the household by clearing the dinner dishes.
• Molly avoids disturbing Moyan later at night, assuming she is asleep, and trains in secret.
• Molly’s main “interaction” in the chapter is with the proficiency system and the sword: through trial and error, she learns how the system judges her actions and begins developing a reliable training method.

Chapter Summary: “Basic Swordsmanship, Tier Two!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Molly practices the four fundamental sword movements—chopping, slashing, lifting, and thrusting—throughout the night.
• Her proficiency steadily rises as her movements become faster, stronger, and more precise. Eventually, she can perform the techniques perfectly without watching the instructional video.
• By dawn, she reaches 5,461/10,000 proficiency in Tier One Basic Swordsmanship.
• After briefly preparing breakfast for her sleepy sister Moyan, Molly returns to practicing.
• Her swordsmanship continues improving rapidly, with the four basic movements merging into one smooth, powerful sequence.
• By afternoon, Molly reaches 10,000/10,000 proficiency, fulfilling the conditions for advancement.
• Her skill advances to Basic Swordsmanship: Tier Two, 3/10,000.
• The advancement releases a powerful energy throughout her body, eliminating her fatigue and dramatically increasing her strength, speed, and endurance.
• Molly discovers that the upgrade also causes extreme hunger. She devours nearly all the food in the refrigerator before feeling satisfied.
• Inspired by her progress, she begins imagining how powerful she might become at higher tiers—even powerful enough to challenge legendary gods.

Character Development

• Molly displays extraordinary determination and discipline, willingly practicing through the entire night despite exhaustion.
• Her initial excitement evolves into confidence as she witnesses her skill becoming instinctive and her movements growing fluid and powerful.
• Advancing to Tier Two gives her a major physical boost, making her recognize the enormous potential of the swordsmanship system.
• Her hunger after advancement reveals that increased power carries physical costs, while her rapid recovery demonstrates her growing resilience.
• Molly’s ambitions expand dramatically. She begins thinking beyond immediate survival or improvement and considers reaching nearly limitless power.

Significant Themes

• Relentless effort and mastery: Repetition transforms basic techniques into instinctive skill.
• Progress through a supernatural system: The proficiency panel provides measurable advancement and rewards Molly’s dedication.
• Power and its consequences: Greater strength comes with an intense demand for food and energy.
• Ambition and limitless potential: Molly starts questioning whether there is any upper limit to her growth.
• Transformation and self-improvement: Her physical and mental development reflect her increasing confidence and determination.

Character Interactions

• Molly briefly interacts with Moyan, waking her for breakfast and preparing food for her despite having spent the night training.
• Moyan remains sleepy and quiet, providing a calm contrast to Molly’s intense excitement and energy.
• The chapter is primarily focused on Molly’s solitary training and her internal reaction to gaining power.

Plot points and events

• Molly enjoys the physical strength gained from advancing her training and buys a large supply of food, surprised by how easily she carries it.
• Outside the supermarket, she meets Luoxi, her former close friend. Luoxi warns her about recent danger in the city and gives her an unusually searching look; Molly suspects Luoxi may know more than she says.
• Molly passes the alley where she previously encountered a Tentacle Monster. It is sealed off, and she overhears two masked men in protective suits discussing their surveillance orders and a bar. Their behavior and odd speech make her suspect they may be connected to Monster Demons.
• At home, Molly shares a quiet meal with Moyan, who has begun taking small steps toward domestic closeness.
• Later, a Level 1 Slime emerges from the bathroom drain. Molly transforms and defeats it through repeated sword strikes. The monster leaves behind a fragment that enters her Broken Sword, unlocking the Warrior’s Breathing Technique: First Tier.
• The technique restores some fatigue and soreness as Molly breathes, allowing her to recover while training. She begins building its proficiency immediately.

Character developments and interactions

• Molly is increasingly confident in her new strength, but remains cautious and unsettled by the mysteries surrounding her world, the transformation device, and the Proficiency Panel.
• Her meeting with Luoxi is awkward after their recent distance. Luoxi’s concern and enigmatic inspection suggest she may have noticed something unusual about Molly.
• Molly and Moyan continue to share a largely quiet relationship, but Moyan’s willingness to eat with her and clear the dishes signals growing ease between them.
• Molly responds to the Slime with quick, practiced combat, showing that her sword training is translating into effective action.

Significant themes

• Strength as protection: Molly sees growing stronger as essential to surviving and protecting those she cares about.
• Uncertainty and hidden threats: The sealed alley, masked observers, Luoxi’s strange look, and the Slime’s appearance all imply a wider danger and a deeper mystery.
• Progress through persistence: The new breathing technique turns recovery into part of training, reinforcing Molly’s determination to improve.
• Quiet bonds: Ordinary acts—Luoxi’s warning and Moyan’s shared meal—provide moments of care amid an increasingly dangerous world.

Plot points and events

• Molly skips school to train, raising Basic Swordsmanship to Tier 3 and Warrior’s Breathing Technique to Tier 2. Her attacks are sharper and her recovery much faster, though further progress is slow.
• When her younger sister Moyan fails to come home or answer her calls, Molly fears the worst and searches the route from school.
• She finds Moyan’s student ID near an abandoned sewer entrance, along with the familiar scent of a Monster Demon. Inside, she discovers Moyan’s discarded schoolbag and phone.
• Two fast, level-two Slimes attack Molly, but she cuts them down easily.
• A level-three Corrupted Tentacle Monster confronts her. Molly uses her improved sword skills and breathing technique to defeat it, absorbing its fragment and unlocking Holy Judgment, a powerful light-attribute attack with a 24-hour cooldown.
• Molly discovers a vast chamber filled with a pool of purplish-red mucus, crawling tentacles, and a mist that causes disturbing physical and mental effects. Tentacles seize her ankles as she crosses the pool, but she cuts free and presses on.

Character development

• Molly’s intensive training has made her much more capable and confident in combat. She now fights deliberately, targeting the Tentacle Monster’s unarmored weak points.
• Her affection for Moyan becomes the driving force behind her decision to enter the sewer without hesitation.
• Despite the frightening and disorienting environment, Molly stays focused and continues toward her sister.

Character interactions

• Molly and Moyan do not meet in this chapter; Moyan’s silence and abandoned belongings create the central suspense.
• Molly faces several monsters, defeating the Slimes and the Tentacle Monster through increasingly skilled swordplay.
• The sewer’s hostile environment—especially its strange mist and grasping tentacles—actively threatens and tests Molly.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty: Molly risks entering a dangerous sewer to find her sister.
• Growth through effort: Her training translates directly into survival and a major new ability.
• Escalating danger and suspense: Clues of Moyan’s disappearance lead Molly toward a larger, more ominous monster-infested lair.

Key plot points and events

• Molly defeats a level 4 Three-Headed Hound by avoiding its armored heads, injuring its legs, and striking from behind. It drops no loot.
• She opens a rusted iron door and enters a breeding chamber filled with vats containing Tentacle Monsters. Five girls are suspended in the center; among them is her sister, Moyan, who is conscious but drugged and bound.
• Two black-suited defectors and a level 10 Tentacle Fiend Boss block Molly’s way. The men mock and threaten her, while the fiend attacks with armored tentacles.
• Molly’s sword strikes cannot penetrate the fiend’s defenses, and she is wounded. She relies on the Warrior’s Breathing Technique to control her pain and bleeding, then charges in and uses Holy Judgment.
• The attack destroys the fiend’s body, which turns to ash and yields a purplish-black fragment that is absorbed by the Broken Sword. But a hateful shadow emerges, revealing that the defeated fiend was only a duplicate and its real body remains alive.

Character developments and interactions

• Molly shows growing tactical skill and composure: she studies the hound’s weaknesses, applies her swordsmanship under pressure, and commits to a risky attack when she recognizes that a prolonged fight will not work.
• Seeing Moyan in danger unleashes Molly’s fury and strengthens her resolve, though the transformed Molly is not recognized by her sister.
• Moyan can only plead silently, while the two defectors treat the captured girls cruelly and regard Molly as another target. The Tentacle Fiend directly threatens to make Molly a breeding vessel, establishing the danger she faces beyond the battle.

Significant themes

• Courage and sacrifice: Molly accepts serious risk to reach her sister and the other captives.
• Adaptation and perseverance: She overcomes stronger enemies by identifying weaknesses and making effective use of her abilities.
• Escalating danger and uncertainty: The level 10 boss appears defeated, but its survival as a duplicate leaves the central threat unresolved.

Plot points and events

• After defeating the Tentacle Fiend’s clone, Molly is exhausted, but notices her swordsmanship has improved through combat. Her Holy Judgment ability remains on cooldown.
• She cuts the tentacles holding five captive girls, finding them much weaker once detached from the Fiend.
• Two Black Defectors try to escape. Molly wounds them and demands information. One reveals they belong to the Traitor Organization, which planned to use the girls to breed more Monster Demons.
• Before the Defectors can explain further, a hidden failsafe kills them, turning their bodies to ash. Molly realizes the organization is ruthless and vows to make it pay.
• Molly frees the girls and helps Moyan recover using the Warrior’s Breathing Technique, which also appears to purify the mist’s effects.
• Disguised by her magical-girl form, Molly gives Moyan the name “Pale.” Moyan briefly suspects Pale might be her sister, Molly, but dismisses the idea.
• Molly calls the police, asks them to bring female officers, clean clothes, and disinfectant, then slips away before they arrive.

Character developments and interactions

• Molly/Pale shows growing combat skill, compassion for the captives, and determination to pursue the Traitor Organization. She remains cautious about revealing her identity.
• Moyan is grateful to Pale and, while recovering, notices similarities between the magical girl and her sister. Her suspicion remains unspoken.
• The other four girls regain consciousness and express fear and gratitude toward their rescuer.
• The Defectors are terrified of Molly and reveal the organization’s plans, but are silenced by their own side’s contingency.

Significant themes

• Cruelty and secrecy: The Traitor Organization treats people as tools and kills its own members to protect its secrets.
• Heroism and compassion: Molly prioritizes rescuing and caring for the captives even after a draining battle.
• Hidden identity: Moyan’s near-recognition underscores the tension between Molly’s ordinary life and her role as a magical girl.
• Growth through struggle: The battle strengthens Molly’s swordsmanship, while highlighting the danger of facing the Fiend’s true body.

Chapter Summary: “Sister”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Molly escapes the sewer through a secluded alley and cancels her magical transformation before returning home.
• She receives a message from Moyan explaining that she will be late because of a school arrangement. Molly suspects Moyan was taken by the police to give a statement after the sewer incident.
• At home, Molly prepares dinner, cooking several of Moyan’s favorite dishes. Her reflections on their mother’s cooking highlight the sisters’ family history and Molly’s growing responsibility.
• Moyan returns with two police officers, appearing flushed, exhausted, and emotionally unsettled. Molly recognizes that she may still be affected by the mysterious purplish-red mist.
• Moyan lies about staying late for evening self-study rather than revealing what happened. Molly realizes she is a poor liar but chooses not to question her.
• During dinner, Moyan eats very little and retreats to her room, while Molly cleans up and begins swordsmanship practice in her transformed form.
• Molly trains intensely with her broken sword and Warrior’s Breathing Technique, emphasizing the importance of building a strong foundation.
• Alone in her bedroom, Moyan repeatedly recalls Pale—the magical girl who rescued her in the sewer. She notices that Pale’s scent resembles Molly’s and begins to suspect that her sister may be the magical girl.

Character Developments

• Molly: Demonstrates her protective role as Moyan’s caretaker by cooking, comforting, and carefully observing her sister’s condition. She remains confident and somewhat amused by Moyan’s admiration of Pale, unaware—or at least not openly acknowledging—that Moyan may be close to discovering her identity. Molly also commits herself to disciplined training so she can become stronger.
• Moyan: Returns home traumatized and physically affected by the sewer incident. She struggles to eat, lies nervously to Molly, and is overwhelmed by her memories of Pale’s rescue. Her recognition of Pale’s familiar scent marks a major step toward uncovering Molly’s secret identity. Despite wanting comfort, Moyan is afraid to burden or alarm her sister.
• The sisters’ relationship: Molly acts as Moyan’s dependable guardian, while Moyan relies on Molly emotionally but is now withholding the truth from her. Their closeness is deepened by shared domestic routines, yet the secret of Molly’s magical identity creates new tension beneath their affectionate interactions.

Significant Themes

• Sisterly love and responsibility: Molly’s cooking, concern, and attentiveness show how she has taken over the parental role since their parents’ departure.
• Trauma and emotional dependence: Moyan’s fear and exhaustion reveal the lasting impact of the sewer ordeal, while her instinct to seek Molly’s comfort shows how central her sister is to her sense of safety.
• Secrets and identity: Moyan’s growing suspicion that Molly is Pale creates dramatic tension, especially as Molly continues to conceal her transformation.
• Strength through discipline: Molly’s sword practice reflects her belief that lasting power requires patience, repetition, and a solid foundation.
• Home as refuge: The warm meal and familiar household contrast sharply with the darkness and danger of the sewer.

Important Character Interactions

• Molly reassures Moyan after the police leave and gently checks her feverish forehead.
• Moyan gives a hesitant, unconvincing explanation for her late return, while Molly knowingly lets the lie pass.
• Molly serves Moyan food and urges her to eat, but Moyan remains too shaken to enjoy the meal.
• At night, Moyan longs to call for Molly’s comfort but holds back out of fear, underscoring both her vulnerability and her deep emotional dependence on her sister.

Key plot points and events

• After defeating the Tentacle Fiend, Molly trains late into the night, pushing herself to improve her swordsmanship. Her Basic Swordsmanship is nearing Tier 4.
• While doing laundry, she notices a pair of underwear is missing. She searches but finds no explanation and decides to ask Moyan the next day rather than wake her.
• Molly goes to bed exhausted. In the neighboring room, Moyan reveals she was awake and had been secretly listening to Molly’s movements.
• Moyan has hidden the missing underwear beneath her pillow. Though she knows taking it was wrong, she is overwhelmed by her attachment to Molly and admiration for Pale.
• Remembering Pale’s fight in the sewer, Moyan longs for the power to protect her sister. A mysterious voice suddenly asks whether she wants power and to understand the true meaning of life.

Character developments

• Molly is determined to become stronger so she can protect Moyan and hunt the Monster Demons. She also briefly mourns her deceased parents but pushes her grief aside.
• Moyan is revealed to be deeply devoted to Molly and increasingly consumed by envy of Pale’s strength. Her wish to become powerful makes her vulnerable to the mysterious voice’s offer.

Character interactions

• Molly and Moyan do not speak directly in this chapter, but Molly’s care for her sister contrasts with Moyan’s secret, troubling act.
• Moyan’s emotional bond with Molly—and her admiration for Pale—sets up the temptation posed by the voice.

Significant themes

• Power and protection: Molly trains to protect Moyan, while Moyan wants power for the same reason.
• Grief and devotion: Their parents’ deaths have made Molly central to Moyan’s life.
• Temptation and secrecy: Moyan’s hidden behavior and the voice’s offer hint that her desire for strength may lead to danger.

Chapter Summary: “Signing the Contract”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Moyan is awakened by a mysterious voice promising her power and the ability to become what she wants.
• A small humanoid creature appears: a violet-black, bat-winged familiar named Lilith.
• Lilith tempts Moyan with the promise of becoming a magical girl, exploiting Moyan’s desire to gain power and protect her sister.
• Moyan agrees to make a contract. A dark bracelet forms around her wrist, unleashing powerful energy and transforming her appearance.
• Instead of becoming a magical girl, Moyan becomes a Monster Demon, complete with purple hair, horns, a tail, and a revealing black outfit.
• Horrified, Moyan demands to cancel the contract, but Lilith reveals that contracts cannot be undone.
• Lilith blackmails Moyan with a recording of her transformation, threatening to upload it or expose it to her school and sister.
• Trapped, Moyan negotiates three conditions: she will not drain vital essence, commit evil acts, or harm her sister or innocent people.
• Lilith agrees, introduces herself as Moyan’s contract familiar, and secretly plans to corrupt Moyan and use magical girls as nourishment.

Character Developments

• Moyan: Her longing to protect her sister and obtain power makes her vulnerable to manipulation. Though frightened and deceived, she retains a strong moral conscience and courageously establishes boundaries against harming others.
• Lilith: Revealed as cunning, predatory, and manipulative. She deliberately deceives Moyan about the contract, uses blackmail to control her, and intends to exploit her growing Monster Demon powers.
• Moyan’s sister: Does not appear directly, but she is central to Moyan’s decisions and serves as both Moyan’s motivation and Lilith’s primary tool of coercion.

Significant Themes

• Deception and manipulation: Lilith disguises a demonic contract as an opportunity to become a magical girl.
• The cost of power: Moyan’s desire to protect others leads to a transformation that threatens her identity and morality.
• Blackmail and loss of autonomy: Once the contract is made, Moyan is trapped and controlled through the threat of public exposure.
• Moral resistance: Despite her transformation, Moyan tries to preserve her humanity by refusing to harm innocent people.
• Appearance versus identity: Moyan’s monstrous appearance contrasts with her continued human values, while Lilith’s charming form conceals her malicious intentions.

Character Interactions

• Lilith repeatedly pressures and deceives Moyan, presenting herself as a helpful familiar while secretly treating Moyan as a future tool.
• Moyan initially trusts Lilith’s promise of becoming a magical girl, then confronts and challenges her after discovering the truth.
• Their negotiation shows Moyan’s limited but meaningful attempt to retain control over her actions.
• The chapter ends with Lilith watching Moyan’s sister’s room and plotting to turn Moyan—and possibly the magical girls—into sources of power.

Chapter Summary: “Miasma”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In an underground laboratory in City A, members of a traitorous organization discuss the appearance of a new magical girl who destroyed one of their tentacle strongholds. They dismiss her as insignificant and focus instead on Golden Yellow, whom they consider their greatest threat because of her Constellation organization and repeated attacks on their strongholds.
• Molly wakes early after exhausting sword practice the previous night. At breakfast, she notices that the cotton underwear she misplaced is missing. Moyan nervously denies knowing anything about it, suggesting it may have blown off the balcony, then hurriedly leaves for school.
• Molly remains home under the excuse of being sick so she can continue training. After transforming into a magical girl, she practices swordsmanship and uses the Warrior’s Breathing Technique to reduce her fatigue.
• Her proficiency panel shows steady progress:
  • Basic Swordsmanship: Level 3, nearing Level 4
  • Warrior’s Breathing Technique: Level 2
  • Holy Judgment: Level 1
• Luoxi, Molly’s classmate and student council president, visits with fruit and medicine, believing Molly is ill. While inside, Luoxi notices a faint trace of Miasma coming from Moyan’s closed bedroom.
• Luoxi hides her suspicion and casually questions Molly about the room. She also offers to help Molly with any problems, while Molly remains unable to reveal her magical-girl activities.
• Luoxi eventually leaves for school after a brief, friendly conversation.

Character Developments

• Molly: Demonstrates discipline and determination by continuing intensive sword training despite physical exhaustion. Her proficiency system confirms that consistent practice is gradually making her stronger. She also begins to sense that Moyan’s behavior has become increasingly strange, though she does not yet understand why.
• Moyan: Acts suspiciously and nervously when Molly asks about the missing underwear. Her carefully controlled denial and hurried departure imply that she is hiding something connected to Monster Demons or Miasma.
• Luoxi: Reveals heightened awareness and possible investigative abilities by detecting the faint Miasma in Moyan’s room. Although concerned and suspicious, she maintains a calm, friendly façade rather than confronting Molly directly.
• The traitorous organization: Establishes Golden Yellow as its primary enemy and hints at a larger plan involving a powerful “lord” descending upon the world.

Significant Themes

• Persistence and self-improvement: Molly’s progress comes through repeated training rather than shortcuts, emphasizing effort and discipline.
• Secrets and deception: Molly hides her magical identity, while Moyan appears to conceal a more dangerous secret. Luoxi also conceals her suspicions.
• Threat beneath ordinary life: A normal breakfast and school-day routine coexist with hidden Monster Demon activity and the looming invasion plan.
• Trust and concern: Luoxi’s visit shows genuine care for Molly, even as her observations suggest she may not fully trust the situation.
• Growing danger: The faint Miasma indicates that supernatural corruption may be closer to Molly’s home and family than she realizes.

Important Character Interactions

• Molly and Moyan: Their breakfast conversation is outwardly casual but filled with tension. Molly’s question about the missing underwear causes Moyan visible anxiety, suggesting she is involved in something secret.
• Molly and Luoxi: Luoxi visits out of concern, while Molly gives vague explanations for her absence. Their conversation is warm and supportive, but Luoxi quietly investigates the home and notices evidence linked to Monster Demons.
• Luoxi and Moyan’s room: Though Luoxi never enters or directly confronts Moyan, her detection of Miasma creates an important connection between Moyan and the supernatural threat.
• The traitors and Golden Yellow: The organization’s discussion frames Golden Yellow as a major obstacle to their plan and sets up her continued conflict with the hidden enemy.

Chapter Summary: “Murder Scene”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Luoxi leaves, Molly reflects on Luoxi’s gentle but strangely distant personality, sensing that she may be hiding a secret.
• Molly resumes intense sword training with the Broken Sword and pushes her Warrior’s Breathing Technique to its limit. Her abilities improve significantly:
  • Basic Swordsmanship reaches Tier 3, 6892/10000.
  • Warrior’s Breathing Technique reaches Tier 2, 3156/10000.
  • Holy Judgment reaches Tier 1, 300/10000.
• Exhausted and extremely hungry after training, Molly discovers that she has eaten all the food in her refrigerator. She goes to the supermarket and buys a large supply of energy-rich food.
• On her way home, Molly passes the alley where she previously fought the Tentacle Monster. Hoping to encounter another Monster Demon and obtain more purple-black fragments for the Broken Sword, she enters the alley.
• Instead of finding a Monster Demon, Molly discovers the murdered body of a female student. The victim has been strangled, and a blood-covered ritual pattern resembling an altar has been drawn beside her.
• Molly recognizes the murderer as Zhao Kai, a wealthy and notorious student who had obsessively pursued the victim after she rejected him.
• Zhao Kai notices Molly and begins threatening and sexually harassing her, revealing that he intends to use her as another sacrifice for the altar.
• When Zhao Kai advances on her with a dagger, Molly transforms into her magical-girl form. Zhao Kai is immediately terrified when he realizes she is a magical girl.

Character Developments

• Molly: Continues growing stronger through disciplined sword training, but her increasing appetite highlights the physical cost of her enhanced abilities. Her curiosity and desire to obtain power draw her back into the dangerous alley. At the murder scene, her fear gives way to intense anger and moral outrage, prompting her to transform and confront Zhao Kai.
• Luoxi: Although she appears kind and gentle, Molly remains suspicious of her emotional distance and possible hidden secrets.
• Zhao Kai: Is revealed to be a violent, entitled, and depraved murderer. His obsession with the rejected girl escalated into murder, and he now intends to kill Molly as part of a sinister ritual. His confidence collapses into panic when Molly reveals herself as a magical girl.
• The murdered student: Her death establishes the brutality of the threat Molly is confronting and suggests that Zhao Kai’s actions may be connected to supernatural forces.

Significant Themes

• Power and responsibility: Molly’s growing strength is tied to an increasing obligation to protect others and oppose evil.
• Moral outrage versus fear: Although Molly is initially physically intimidated, her anger at Zhao Kai’s cruelty overcomes her fear.
• The cost of power: Training grants Molly greater abilities but demands enormous physical energy and resources.
• Hidden supernatural evil: The blood altar and talk of offerings suggest that human murders may be part of a larger ritual or Monster Demon-related scheme.
• Appearance versus reality: Luoxi’s kindness may conceal secrets, while Zhao Kai’s respectable social position hides his violent nature.

Character Interactions

• Molly’s brief interaction with Luoxi leaves her thoughtful and suspicious after Luoxi departs.
• Molly encounters Zhao Kai at the murder scene. He taunts, threatens, and sexualizes her while approaching with a bloodied dagger.
• Molly responds with anger rather than submission and transforms into a magical girl, reversing the power dynamic. Zhao Kai, who had believed himself in control, is left shocked and terrified by her identity.

Chapter Summary: “First Killing!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Molly pursues Zhao Kai after he tries to flee and kills him by driving her broken sword through his heart.
• Zhao Kai’s corpse lands on a blood-drawn altar. The altar activates, emitting black mist and draining the corpse of its blood and vital essence until only a desiccated body remains.
• Horrified by the altar and shaken by having killed a human for the first time, Molly cancels her magical-girl transformation and considers what to do.
• Rather than flee or tamper with the scene, Molly calls the police and reports discovering two corpses and a strange altar.
• When the police arrive, she conceals the truth about Zhao Kai’s attempted assault, her transformation, and her role in his death, presenting herself as an innocent passerby.
• Mysterious men in black examine Molly with a Miasma-Detecting Stone. It glows white, indicating she has no miasma contamination, so the police allow her to leave.
• Molly departs with many unanswered questions about the altar, the corpse-draining phenomenon, the mysterious investigators, and “miasma.”

Character Development

• Molly: Experiences the psychological shock of killing a human being for the first time. Though nauseated, frightened, and guilt-ridden, she demonstrates practical judgment by preserving the evidence and contacting the police. She also shows moral complexity: she believes Zhao Kai deserved punishment, yet remains deeply disturbed by taking his life. Her decision to lie to the police reveals her growing awareness that her supernatural identity must remain hidden.
• Zhao Kai: Is revealed to be dangerous and predatory, attempting to escape after confronting Molly. His death also makes him the first human casualty directly connected to Molly’s supernatural abilities.
• Mysterious investigators: Their ability to detect miasma establishes that a larger supernatural organization or authority exists beyond Molly’s current understanding.

Significant Themes

• Moral consequences of violence: Molly recognizes that killing can be easy physically but difficult emotionally and legally. Her guilt persists even though Zhao Kai was “a beast who deserved to die.”
• Responsibility versus self-preservation: Molly chooses to report the scene instead of abandoning it, suggesting a sense of civic responsibility despite her fear of exposure.
• The hidden supernatural world: The altar, black mist, miasma, and specialized investigators reveal that supernatural dangers and institutions operate beneath ordinary society.
• Truth and deception: Molly must lie to protect herself, creating tension between her desire to do the right thing and the necessity of concealing her identity.
• Transformation and isolation: Returning to her ordinary appearance does not restore her former normality; the experience leaves her psychologically changed and burdened by a mystery no one around her can explain.

Character Interactions

• Molly and Zhao Kai’s confrontation ends with Molly overpowering and killing him.
• Molly interacts with the police as a frightened witness, carefully fabricating a story to conceal her involvement.
• A senior police officer initially views her with suspicion but relaxes after the Miasma-Detecting Stone confirms she is uncontaminated.
• Molly encounters the black-suited investigators, whose brief examination establishes their authority and knowledge of supernatural phenomena while leaving her excluded from the truth.

Chapter Summary: “No Lubricating Oil, That’s How It Is”

Plot and events

After witnessing Zhao Kai transform into a dried corpse through a blood-drawn altar and black mist, Molly returns home at dusk carrying groceries. On the way, she is approached by a Defector recruiting workers for a suspicious organization. The Defector offers an unusually attractive job—eight thousand monthly salary, meals, lodging, insurance, housing benefits, and simple work transporting large black balls. Molly recognizes the offer as obvious bait and refuses.
Another Defector, a yellow-haired man riding a badly malfunctioning Ghostfire Electric Bike, arrives and takes the recruiter away. Their absurd exchange about the “grandfather and grandson riding a donkey” fable reveals their foolish, mocking personalities. The yellow-haired Defector jokes that the bike’s grinding condition is caused by having “no lubricant,” humorously comparing it to waist-strength training.
Once home, Molly sees her younger sister Moyan watching a news report about the Dried Corpse Case, involving five victims killed and desiccated in a similar manner to Zhao Kai.

Character development

Molly becomes increasingly wary and determined. Her encounter with the Defector organization confirms that the group is actively recruiting people through deceptive job offers, deepening her suspicion of their larger conspiracy. Rather than remaining passive, she resolves to investigate the clues and strengthen herself so she can protect both herself and Moyan.
Moyan appears frightened by the news and visibly relaxes when Molly returns, emphasizing her dependence on and trust in her older sister. The two Defectors are portrayed as unserious and foolish on the surface, despite belonging to a dangerous organization.

Themes

• Deception beneath normality: The Defectors disguise sinister activities as an ordinary, comfortable job opportunity.
• Growing danger and paranoia: The dried-corpse murders show that the supernatural threat is widespread rather than an isolated incident.
• Strength and responsibility: Molly’s fear motivates her to become stronger for her own survival and her sister’s protection.
• Dark humor amid horror: The Defectors’ ridiculous banter contrasts sharply with the disturbing conspiracy and murder cases.

Character interactions

Molly rejects the persistent Defector recruiter despite his pressure and seductive promises. The arrival of the yellow-haired Defector shifts the scene into comedic rivalry, with the two trading insults and joking over the fable and the damaged bike. At home, Molly reassures Moyan through her return and casual explanation for buying extra food, while the television report connects Molly’s recent trauma to a broader series of killings.

Plot points and events

• Molly sees news of five “Dried Corpse” cases matching Zhao Kai’s death and wonders whether the Defectors are behind them and what they are sacrificing to.
• At home, Moyan struggles to hide her growing hunger for Molly’s vital energy. Molly’s healthy aura strongly attracts her, and Moyan’s demonic energy begins to show.
• Lilith repeatedly urges Moyan to feed on Molly, arguing that it would help her recover and that refusing to feed will eventually kill her.
• Moyan refuses, insisting she will not hurt her sister. She suppresses her hunger through dinner, washing dishes, and a cold shower, but breaks down in private.
• That night, the hunger worsens and keeps Moyan awake. She harms her palms with her nails as she tries to resist, ending the chapter exhausted and still hungry.

Character development and interactions

• Moyan is caught between her Monster Demon survival instinct and her love for Molly. Her determination to protect her sister remains firm, even as hunger and weakness intensify.
• Molly is caring and protective, comforting Moyan and making her nourishing soup, but she does not realize that her own vital energy is tempting her sister. She remains focused on strengthening herself and improving her swordsmanship against the growing threat.
• Lilith acts as Moyan’s tempter, using the truth of Moyan’s need to feed—and mockery and reassurance—to pressure her into giving in.
• Molly’s affectionate gestures heighten Moyan’s inner conflict: the closer Molly gets, the harder Moyan must fight the urge to consume her energy.

Significant themes

• Instinct versus choice: Moyan resists what Lilith describes as an essential survival instinct.
• Love and self-sacrifice: Moyan accepts suffering rather than endanger her sister.
• Identity and shame: Moyan hates what she has become and fears the desires her transformation has created.
• Hidden danger and foreboding: The corpse cases suggest a wider threat, while Moyan’s secret creates danger inside the household as well.

• Molly trains to survive: After practicing swordsmanship through the night, Molly brings her Basic Swordsmanship to Stage Three, 8120/10000, then continues training until noon. She is driven by the dangers around her and her determination to protect her sister.
• Moyan’s condition worsens: At breakfast, Moyan is pale, exhausted, and evasive about what is wrong. Touching Molly makes her struggle against a powerful hunger: Lilith, a voice in her mind, urges her to drain Molly’s life essence. Moyan resists and retreats to her room without eating properly.
• Molly discovers the truth: When Moyan fails to answer at lunchtime, Molly unlocks her door and finds her collapsed, barely breathing, and showing black wings and dark claws. Molly realizes Moyan has become a Monster Demon—and suspects her sister’s earlier hungry looks were signs of the same urge she fought that morning.
• Molly faces an impossible choice: She fears the research institute would treat Moyan as a specimen, but doing nothing may let her sister die. She considers allowing Moyan to take some of her life essence, yet cannot decide what to do.
  Character developments and interactions: Molly remains focused and disciplined, but her protective resolve is shaken by the revelation that her sister may be dangerous. Moyan’s behavior is reframed as a painful struggle to control her hunger rather than simple secrecy; despite Lilith’s demands, she has tried not to harm Molly. Their loving sisterly bond is tested by the conflict between Moyan’s survival and Molly’s safety.
  Themes: The chapter explores the cost of survival and strength, the tension between monstrous instinct and self-control, and the limits of love when protecting someone may require personal sacrifice.

Chapter Summary: “You Must Listen to Me”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Molly replenishes her sister Moyan’s depleted magic, though the exact method is deliberately left unexplained.
• Moyan awakens after fainting from hunger and discovers that her physical condition has greatly improved. Her strength has returned, her skin and nails look more normal, her wings have shrunk, and the violet markings caused by her transformation have nearly faded.
• Moyan realizes that Molly—known publicly as the magical girl Pale—is standing by the window with her broken sword.
• Terrified that Molly has come to kill her for being a Monster Demon, Moyan retreats in fear and silently prepares for death.
• Molly deliberately pretends to regard Moyan as a dangerous Monster Demon, threatening her with the sword and questioning whether she has harmed humans or worked with traitors.
• Moyan tearfully explains that she was transformed against her will. She reveals that a familiar named Lilith has been speaking inside her mind and encouraging her to drain human vital essence.
• Moyan insists that she has not harmed anyone and would rather starve than hurt innocent people, especially her sister.
• Molly decides not to kill her. Instead, she offers to provide Moyan with vital essence periodically so she can survive without attacking humans.
• Molly imposes strict conditions: Moyan must obey her orders, avoid harming anyone, and conceal her Monster Demon identity unless Molly permits otherwise.

Character Developments

• Moyan: Regains much of her health but remains frightened and ashamed of her demonic transformation. Her terror reveals how deeply she fears rejection and death, while her concern for Molly proves her compassion and moral restraint. She is also introduced as a victim of Lilith’s influence rather than a willing predator.
• Molly: Demonstrates both a playful, teasing side and a protective, authoritative one. She intentionally frightens Moyan to test her reaction, but quickly softens when she sees her sister’s genuine distress. Molly accepts responsibility for Moyan’s survival and establishes herself as her protector and controller.

Significant Themes

• Family loyalty and protection: Moyan’s refusal to harm others, especially Molly, reflects the strength of their sisterly bond. Molly’s decision to sustain and protect her reinforces her commitment to family.
• Fear of transformation and rejection: Moyan believes that becoming a Monster Demon makes her irredeemable, showing her internalized fear that others—including her sister—will see her only as a monster.
• Moral identity versus appearance: Although Moyan possesses demonic traits and an urge imposed by Lilith, her choices prove that appearance and supernatural nature do not determine morality.
• Control and trust: Molly’s offer of protection comes with commands and restrictions, creating a relationship based on both trust and unequal authority.
• Hidden threats: Lilith’s influence suggests a larger danger behind Moyan’s transformation and raises questions about the forces manipulating Monster Demons.

Character Interactions

• Molly confronts Moyan with a drawn sword and cold accusations, intentionally exploiting Moyan’s fear.
• Moyan responds with panic, tears, and desperate pleas, explaining her innocence and asking Molly to believe her.
• Molly listens carefully, recognizes Moyan’s sincerity, and abandons her threat of execution.
• Their interaction shifts from apparent hunter and monster to protective older sister and frightened younger sister, though Molly firmly establishes that Moyan must obey her.

Summary: “Disguise and Happiness”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Moyan, a Monster Demon who requires vital essence to survive, agrees to obey the mysterious magical girl “Pale” after being threatened with death.
• She explains that she must absorb vital essence approximately once a day; otherwise, she becomes weak, hungry, and may lose consciousness.
• Pale secretly transfers a small amount of vital essence to Moyan, discovering that the process costs her very little health.
• Pale arranges to visit Moyan’s room every night at eleven to provide the needed essence, ordering Moyan to keep their agreement secret—even from her sister.
• After leaving through the window, Pale circles back to the house, returns through the front door, and dispels her transformation. It is revealed that Pale is actually Molly, Moyan’s older sister.
• Molly pretends she has just finished cooking and invites Moyan to eat. Moyan checks that her demonic features have disappeared before leaving her room.
• The sisters share a warm meal, while Molly privately resolves to grow stronger so she can protect Moyan and others.
• Lilith realizes the truth: Molly is a magical girl, while Moyan is a Monster Demon. She chooses to keep this discovery secret.

Character Developments

• Moyan: Initially frightened and desperate, Moyan becomes relieved and deeply grateful after Pale promises to sustain her. She associates Pale’s stern behavior with Molly’s hidden gentleness and develops an unexpected fondness for being ordered around. Her affection and trust in Molly grow stronger during their meal.
• Molly/Pale: Molly successfully deceives Moyan through her disguise and carefully manages the situation to keep her sister alive. Although she enjoys having fooled Moyan, her actions are motivated by genuine protectiveness. She becomes more determined to improve her abilities and safeguard Moyan.
• Lilith: Lilith notices the sisters’ secret identities and reacts with amusement, deciding not to reveal what she knows.

Significant Themes

• Love expressed through deception: Molly hides her identity not to harm Moyan, but to protect her from fear and possible consequences.
• Family and protection: Molly’s secret assistance demonstrates the lengths she will go to preserve her sister’s life.
• Trust and dependence: Moyan willingly accepts Molly/Pale’s commands because she trusts her and values staying by her sister’s side.
• Happiness amid danger: Despite the threat surrounding Moyan’s nature, the simple shared meal creates a moment of warmth, safety, and domestic happiness.
• Strength and responsibility: Molly recognizes that protecting the people she loves requires her to become stronger.

Character Interactions

• Pale/Molly intimidates Moyan into agreeing to secrecy, then reassures her by promising regular vital essence transfers.
• Moyan responds with obedience and gratitude, interpreting Pale’s sternness as similar to Molly’s caring lectures.
• After resuming her ordinary appearance, Molly treats Moyan tenderly, offering her food and comforting her as a sister.
• Moyan’s happiness at being cared for contrasts with the fear she felt earlier, while Molly’s internal thoughts reveal that her affection and responsibility are sincere.
• Lilith observes the hidden relationship between the two sisters and silently keeps their secrets.

Chapter Summary: “Basic Swordsmanship, Tier Four!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At 10:30 p.m., Molly practices with the silver broken sword in her bedroom and discovers that her Basic Swordsmanship has advanced to Tier Four. Her Warrior’s Breathing Technique is already at Tier Three, while Holy Judgment remains at Tier One.
• The breakthrough greatly enhances her physical abilities. Her swordsmanship becomes smoother, her grip steadier, her senses sharper, and she gains the ability to release nearly invisible wind blades from the broken sword.
• Molly tests her new strength by repeatedly slashing at the wall. The wind blades become faster and stronger, leaving increasingly deep marks.
• She realizes that she could now defeat several versions of her former self with ease and begins dreaming of eventually comprehending the legendary sword intent, which would allow sword strikes to possess overwhelming destructive power.
• The breakthrough causes an intense surge of hunger. Molly consumes a tableful of beef, chicken, bread, and milk in less than ten minutes, yet feels only half full.
• She concludes that ordinary food no longer provides enough energy for her increasingly powerful body. This leads her to consider learning alchemy, particularly the creation of energy-dense pills.
• Near 11 p.m., Molly visits her younger sister, Moyan, by leaping nine meters through the night and entering through her window.
• Molly replenishes Moyan’s strength by transferring vital essence through her fingertip. Moyan’s health and complexion improve further, and her wings remain concealed.
• Molly reminds Moyan not to leave or reveal her identity before departing through the window and canceling her transformation in a nearby alley.

Character Developments

• Molly: Experiences a major increase in combat ability and confidence after reaching Tier Four swordsmanship. She becomes more ambitious, setting her sights on sword intent and alchemy. At the same time, she recognizes the practical consequences of increased strength, particularly her enormous energy requirements. Despite maintaining a cold outward demeanor, she continues to care for Moyan.
• Moyan: Shows signs of steadily improving health after receiving additional vital essence. Her dependence and trust in Molly remain evident, and she willingly follows Molly’s instructions about secrecy and staying indoors.

Significant Themes

• Growth and cultivation: Molly’s advancement demonstrates the rewards of persistent training and the escalating possibilities offered by the proficiency system.
• Power and its costs: Greater strength brings increased physical demands, especially the need for far more energy and nourishment.
• Ambition and legendary achievement: Molly begins looking beyond immediate improvement toward sword intent and the possibility of mastering alchemy.
• Protection and secrecy: Molly’s relationship with Moyan is shaped by their need to conceal Moyan’s identity and keep her safe.
• Hidden tenderness beneath a cold exterior: Molly speaks bluntly and acts detached, but her nightly visit and continued energy transfer reveal genuine concern for her sister.

Character Interactions

• Molly interacts mainly with Moyan, combining strict instructions with protective care.
• Moyan addresses Molly as “Lady Pale” and responds with gratitude and trust.
• Their relationship reflects a guardian-and-dependent dynamic: Molly provides strength and protection, while Moyan obeys her and relies on her support.