Arc 68Rosela and the Witch Nation

The Pure World expanded under Jiang Yuu and Changheng as the Defiled World was driven back, while the history shifted to Femore and the rise of Rosela White Tower. After learning that her daughter Geruiya had been killed and her history falsified, Rosela destroyed the Witch Nation, founded the Second Sera Empire, and prepared to seek answers from Tashaluona.

  • Jiang Yuu empowered Changheng to spread the Pure World’s radiance, and Changheng led its armies in reclaiming worlds and weakening the Defiled World.
  • Shalunna and Weilun led the campaign that expelled the Defiled World from Weilun’s world, while the Pure World established its Holy Court under Jiang Yuu as Sacred Emperor.
  • John Lawrence built his power in Femore, and his loyal commander Roland Mander founded the White Tower Family.
  • Aisila recognized Rosela White Tower’s talent and offered to take her to the Witch Domain, but Rosela stayed to restore her family and later became a powerful ruler.
  • Rosela defeated the king who had seized the throne, became queen of the Sella Kingdom, and agreed with Tasharona to bear a child carrying Youlun’s bloodline.
  • Geruiya White Tower inherited the throne and founded the Witch Nation, but the Ruling Witches later overthrew and killed her after Tasharona departed.
  • Rosela learned that Geruiya’s history had been falsified, destroyed the Witch Nation, and promised the elves she would restore her daughter’s reputation.
  • Rosela founded the Second Sera Empire, conquered Femore, and prepared to seek the truth from Tashaluona as Youlun’s church brought her a White Tower bloodline descendant.
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Ch. 1676Reversal

Jiang Yuu ordered Immortal Emperor Changheng to lead the Pure World Army in conquering the Defiled World and watch for the two remaining Transcendence Ones. Changheng rapidly expanded the Pure World’s territory, and Jiang Yuu anticipated that the Veil would eventually enclose the entire Defiled World.

  • Jiang Yuu told Immortal Emperor Changheng to spread the Pure World’s radiance across the Defiled World, weakening its Heaven’s Will and the First King.
  • Jiang Yuu tasked Changheng with looking for the two remaining Transcendence Ones while keeping the First King in check.
  • Changheng descended to the Sea of Transcendence, organized the Longevity Immortal Court and Star Civilization armies, and led an elite force against the Defiled World’s powerful beings.
  • The Pure World rapidly expanded as Changheng’s forces reclaimed worlds beneath the wells, drawing more Ascendants into its ranks.
  • Jiang Yuu watched the Pure World grow from the White Gold Moon and told the First King that the Veil would eventually cover the Sea of Transcendence.

Ch. 1677Wait and See

Jiang Yuu confronted the First King as the Pure World expanded, then turned his attention to the war raging along the boundary between purity and defilement. The chapter left Weilun recalling the brutal Defiled World he had fought against for tens of thousands of years.

  • Jiang Yuu told the First King he had grown stronger but still could not destroy him, and the First King replied that they would wait and see.
  • Jiang Yuu blasted apart the First King's gray-mist avatar, provoking the First King's furious roar.
  • The narration described the vast boundary where the Pure World and Defiled World met and fought across countless worlds.
  • Weilun and his Pure World allies drove the Gray Sea Empire onto a World Island as their campaign neared victory.
  • Weilun remembered witnessing instructors and Wizards in his former academy torture, dissect, and devour apprentices for potions and power.

Ch. 1678An Angel Descends to Purify Everything

After Shalunna descended into Weilun’s world and destroyed the corrupted Wizard faction, Weilun joined her campaign to purify the world. Hundreds of thousands of years later, they stood before the last polluted place, the Gray Sea Empire, as Shalunna called for an attack.

  • Weilun endured ten years in the Defiled World, refusing to abandon his convictions despite the deaths and corruption around him.
  • The Pure World’s army attacked across the Sea of Transcendence, weakening the Veil and sending forces to purify worlds beneath the wells.
  • Shalunna descended into Weilun’s world and destroyed his Wizard faction with holy fire, sparing Weilun and a few strong-willed Wizards.
  • Shalunna invited Weilun and the surviving Wizards to follow her banner, and Weilun immediately agreed.
  • Weilun followed Shalunna for hundreds of thousands of years, helping cleanse the world until only the Gray Sea Empire remained polluted.
  • Shalunna raised her arm before the Gray Sea Empire, and Weilun called for the slaughter of the Defiled World’s heretics.

Ch. 1679Sacred Emperor above!

After Weilun’s forces defeated the Gray Sea Empire, Holiness Heaven’s Will descended and cast the Defiled World beyond the veil. Shalunna knelt in the heavens and hailed the Sacred Emperor.

  • Weilun watched the Gray Sea Empire’s forces surrender after his army defeated them.
  • The world trembled, and Shalunna told the troops that Holiness Heaven’s Will had noticed them and that a true change was beginning.
  • A vast veil appeared, and Heaven’s Will of the Defiled World was driven out of the world’s rules and sources.
  • A White Gold Moon flashed in the souls of living beings, and Weilun understood that their victory had removed the Defiled World’s foundation.
  • Holiness Heaven’s Will swept away the remaining corruption and cast the Defiled World beyond the veil.
  • Shalunna dropped to one knee in the heavens and cried, “Sacred Emperor above!”

Ch. 1680The Lands of the Pure World

After the Pure World’s armies expanded their territory and countless Ascendants emerged, Luo Changheng asked Jiang Yuu to establish a new order across the Land of Transcendence. Jiang Yuu agreed, and Luo Changheng said that Jiang Yuu alone could serve as its sovereign.

  • Angel Shalunna opened a passage to Beyond Transcendence and announced that her mission was complete, then ascended with chosen followers while Weilun and the others watched.
  • Shalunna’s legacy continued to spread, and Weilun eventually became an Ascendant and earned the right to ascend.
  • Across countless worlds, Pure World forces established new orders, drove back the Defiled World, and turned former battlefields into peaceful territory.
  • As the Pure World’s territory and Ascendant population grew, Luo Changheng entered the Primal Beginning Void to consult Jiang Yuu about creating a new order.
  • Jiang Yuu approved Luo Changheng’s plan, and Luo Changheng said that only Jiang Yuu could become the Monarch of the Pure World’s new order.

Ch. 1681Pure World Holy Court

Jiang Yuu agreed to appear as the Pure World Sacred Emperor at the founding of the Pure World Holy Court and warned Luo Changheng to watch the weakened but still indestructible First King. Years later, Changheng and the allied civilizations founded the Holy Court in a new city on the Sea of Transcendence.

  • Jiang Yuu refused to claim the Monarch title, but agreed to serve as Sacred Emperor after Luo Changheng insisted that only he could hold the throne.
  • Jiang Yuu told Changheng that the First King had grown weaker, though he could not destroy him, and warned that the First King might be plotting while keeping his eyes closed.
  • Years later, Luo Changheng led the Star Civilization, the Longevity Immortal Court Civilization, Nuoweidali, the Angel and Buddha successors, and countless Ascendants in building a Holy City on the Sea of Transcendence.
  • The allied forces established the Pure World Holy Court before all living beings.

Ch. 1682Pure World Sacred Emperor

Jiang Yuu appeared at the founding of the Pure World Holy Court, named himself its Sovereign, and placed Immortal Emperor Changheng in command beneath him. Years later, as Pure World expanded and the Defiled World shrank, Changheng watched their nearly completed undertaking with growing unease.

  • Immortal Emperor Changheng established the Pure World Holy City and Holy Court, then held a ceremony above the city.
  • Jiang Yuu appeared in radiant moonlight as the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor, astonishing the assembled people and armies.
  • Jiang Yuu declared himself Sovereign of the Holy Court and told the people that Changheng’s commands were his own.
  • Jiang Yuu departed, and Changheng ordered the armies to fight the Defiled World, build the Pure Lands, and maintain the wells.
  • Many years passed as Pure World grew and the Defiled World shrank, while Changheng watched the nearly completed undertaking and felt increasingly uneasy.

Ch. 1683The current state of the Pure World

Immortal Emperor Changheng surveyed the flourishing Pure World and wondered why he felt uneasy as the Defiled World neared destruction. The chapter explained how the Holy Court let Ascendants build settlements and factions by earning merit against the Defiled World and exchanging it for territory and materials.

  • Immortal Emperor Changheng looked across the Pure World from the Holy Court and saw its settlements, cities, and nations thriving across the Sea of Transcendence.
  • The Longevity Immortal Court, the Star Civilization, and the Angels chose Ascendant self-governance because the endless wells held too many Ascendants to manage directly.
  • The Pure World Holy Court allowed Ascendants to form factions and establish bases while requiring them to obey its order and Immortal Emperor Changheng.
  • The Holy Court offered territory and materials in exchange for merit earned by fighting the Defiled World.
  • Immortal Emperor Changheng supplied most construction materials through his power to create something from nothing, while some higher-grade soil and stones came from Yuanshi Divine Mountain.

Ch. 1684A new Legendary prodigy

The Ascendant factions built sacred territories in Pure World using rare materials, while Immortal Emperor Changheng reflected on how far the realm had developed. He anticipated a prodigy rising within Yuanshi Divine Mountain who might become the seventh Transcendence One.

  • Ascendant factions used divine soil and other rare materials to create strongholds, including life-bearing stars, Little Spirit Mountain, and the Sky Holy City.
  • Immortal Emperor Changheng had established territories near the Holy Court for the four races of the Longevity Immortal Court.
  • Ascendant factions chose base locations near their home wells, while teleportation gates provided access to distant regions for a merit-point cost.
  • Changheng watched Pure World transform from an empty Sea of Transcendence into a realm of mountains, seas, continents, and cities.
  • Changheng reflected that the Defiled World had been suppressed and that his death would no longer threaten the overall situation.
  • Changheng looked toward Yuanshi Divine Mountain, where an unparalleled prodigy was rising and might become the seventh Transcendence One.

Ch. 1685The White Tower Family

The chapter introduced Femore Heavenly Land, its dominant religions, and the origins of the White Tower Family. It ended with the family’s ancestor serving in John Lawrence’s growing army during his successful expansion in the Northlands.

  • War God Youlun named the vast Heavenly Land Femore after the Wild Giant thighbone at its core.
  • The four Greater Gods’ faiths spread across Femore, while Elf Lord Seweier’s followers established an Elf Kingdom on the Outer Ring Sea.
  • John Lawrence gave up his claim to his family’s inheritance and received a charter to pioneer territory in the Northlands.
  • John’s father assembled an order of noblemen’s younger sons to accompany him, including Roland Mander, ancestor of the White Tower Family.
  • John conquered tribes, cleared monsters, developed gunpowder, defeated pirates, and built a powerful army, while Roland commanded a musketeer legion.

Ch. 1686Roland White Tower

The chapter recounts how Roland Mander earned John Lawrence’s trust during the Northern Border rebellion and founded the White Tower Family. It leaves Roland White Tower serving John Lawrence while White Tower Territory remains a small fishing village.

  • Roland Mander commanded John Lawrence’s musketeers and earned his trust through loyal service.
  • After the emperor imprisoned and killed Edward Filin, Roze Filin led the Northern Border nobles in rebellion and founded the Northern Border Duchy.
  • Roze Filin invited John Lawrence to join the rebels, but John chose to fight for the Empire.
  • John Lawrence helped crush the rebellion and received the title of count for killing Roze Filin; Roland Mander was made a baron for his valor and loyalty.
  • Roland built White Tower Castle, changed his surname to White Tower, and founded the White Tower Family.
  • John renamed Roland’s fief White Tower Territory, where Roland focused on serving him rather than developing the small fishing village.

Ch. 1687The history of the White Tower Family's rise

Roland White Tower left his wife and son to manage the struggling White Tower Territory while he served Count John Lawrence, whose conquests and diplomacy made him the Northern Border’s most powerful noble. After the Empire’s succession crisis, John seized the Northern Border and was crowned Grand Duke, while Roland was elevated to viscount.

  • Ed reported that the White Tower Territory was impoverished and that Roland’s wife and son could not develop it with so few people.
  • John sent five hundred captives to the territory and ordered Roland to assign stronger subordinates there.
  • Over the following years, John conquered neighboring tribes, founded Seaside City, and expanded his population through trade and diplomacy.
  • John’s son secured elven support through marriage, and Kellen brought elven mages to serve the count and help defeat an invading werewolf tribe.
  • After the emperor died, civil war split the Empire, and the new emperor offered John the Northern Border in exchange for military support.
  • John occupied the Northern Border, helped suppress the rebellion, and became Grand Duke, while Roland received the title of viscount.

Ch. 1688The Witch Rosela

Roland White Tower helped John Lawrence conquer the Dalento Empire, founded the White Tower Family, and died without reaching Legendary. Thousands of years later, the family had fallen into decline when Rosela White Tower was born amid disrupted mana, and a Witch from the Void appeared.

  • John Lawrence marched south and joined the four grand dukes in dividing the Dalento Empire after Empress Catherine became regent.
  • Roland White Tower's Musket Legion breached the imperial palace, and Roland secretly presented Empress Catherine to John Lawrence.
  • John Lawrence founded the Lawrence Kingdom, made Roland Count White Tower, and later arranged a marriage between his granddaughter and Roland's grandson, Oak White Tower.
  • Roland died after years of lingering injuries, and John Lawrence mourned his old friend and continued favoring the White Tower Family.
  • Centuries after John Lawrence departed for the Void, Rosela White Tower was born as mana at White Tower Castle fell into disarray, and a Witch from the Void passed by.

Ch. 1689Wind Whisper Witch

Aisila, a demigod witch of the Court of the Moon, discovered newborn Rosela White Tower and declared her to be her disciple. Ten years later, after finding a crystal formed from a Wild Giant’s bone, Aisila asked Rosela whether she wanted to return with her to the Witch Domain.

  • Aisila searched the Femore Heavenly Land for Wild Giant remains to use as materials.
  • Aisila sensed Luosela White Tower’s birth in White Tower Territory and visited White Tower Castle.
  • Aisila met the newborn Rosela, recognized her as a naturally gifted witch, and named her as her disciple.
  • Ten years later, Aisila found a crystal formed from a Wild Giant’s bone.
  • Aisila asked the young Rosela whether she wanted to return with her to the Witch Domain.

Ch. 1690The Natural Disaster Witch

Luosela White Tower refused Aisila’s offer to return to the Witch Domain, choosing to stay and restore her struggling family. After rising to Legendary and earning the name Natural Disaster Witch, she rejected a deceitful royal marriage scheme, and when the new king summoned her to the capital, she raised an army.

  • Aisila offered to bring Luosela White Tower to the Witch Domain, but Luosela refused because her family needed her.
  • Aisila gave Luosela a Court of the Moon badge and instructions for entering the Witch Domain, then left.
  • Luosela became a Hero Tier Witch at fifteen and rebuilt the White Tower Family’s fortunes through maritime trade and reforms.
  • At twenty-five, Luosela froze the grasslands and fought off a barbarian invasion, earning the name Natural Disaster Witch after reaching Legendary.
  • Luosela rejected the eldest prince’s marriage proposal after discovering his faction had sent a false envoy to secure the White Tower Family’s support.
  • After the eldest prince murdered his father and seized the throne, he ordered Luosela to the capital, so she raised an army in White Tower Territory.

Ch. 1691The royal family's defeat

Luosela White Tower led a rebellion against the Lawrence king, accusing him of murdering his family, and marched on the royal capital with help from a Silver Dragon and northern nobles. After a month of fighting, the royal family was defeated.

  • After Luosela White Tower raised her army, a Legendary Silver Dragon joined her cause, and nobles of the Northern Border answered her call.
  • Rosela marched south, defeated and captured Marquis Kellen, and reached the royal capital within a few months.
  • The king denounced Rosela from the city wall, but she declared she was avenging the late king and began the battle for the capital.
  • The Legendary Silver Dragon and the Legendary Gold Dragon fought in the sky as Rosela's followers and the royal army clashed below.
  • During the month-long war, the Silver Dragon's friends arrived to help, and the Gold Dragon and royal family were defeated.

Ch. 1692Why did His Majesty rebel?

Luosela White Tower put the former king on trial, established noble rule, and built a powerful northern domain. Years later, King York Lawrence slaughtered the noble councilors, and the nobles summoned Rosela to judge him.

  • Luosela White Tower captured the king, allowed nobles to join his trial, and saw him sentenced to death.
  • She kept her promise by installing a young royal as king and giving the Council of Nobles power to govern, then returned to White Tower Territory as Grand Duke of the Northern Border.
  • Over the following years, Rosela expanded her territory, built foreign ties, subdued northern tribes, and defeated the Enta and Anlun Kingdoms.
  • At age thirty-five, York Lawrence slaughtered 170 noble councilors, prompting Marquis Boluoer and allied nobles to defeat the king and call for a second royal trial.
  • The Kingdom Council of Nobles and dozens of great nobles asked Rosela to come to the capital and judge York, and she welcomed the moment.

Ch. 1693The War God's Bloodline

After crowning herself queen of the renamed Sella Kingdom, Luosela White Tower worried about finding an heir without marrying. A mysterious witch offered her a way to bear a child with a powerful bloodline and revealed that the War God Youlun’s bloodline surpassed that of the Titans.

  • Luosela returned to the capital, where nobles executed the king she had installed and stripped the Lawrence Family of its royal status.
  • At Rosela’s suggestion, the Lawrence Family returned to its ancestral lands as counts, while Luosela was crowned queen and renamed the Lawrence Kingdom the Sella Kingdom.
  • Luosela worried that she had no suitable heir and rejected men who volunteered to provide one.
  • A mysterious witch offered Luosela a spell that could let her bear a child carrying a chosen bloodline without marrying.
  • Luosela wanted to obtain Titan blood, but the witch told her that the War God Youlun’s bloodline was even nobler.

Ch. 1694Inherited from the Most Ancient Divine Blood

Rosela learned that the Witch of Mystery descended from War God Youlun’s divine envoy and wanted to reproduce the War God’s bloodline through Rosela. Rosela agreed to bear a child for the Witch’s research in exchange for protection of her kingdom, but asked why the Witch had chosen her.

  • Rosela questioned whether War God Youlun’s bloodline had reached the Femore Heavenly Land and whether it remained powerful after generations.
  • The Witch of Mystery revealed her wings and explained that she descended from War God Youlun’s divine envoy and had awakened Subspace Angel talents.
  • The Witch said War God Youlun’s bloodline was powerful enough to let him slay gods as a mortal and was connected to the ancient Creator.
  • The Witch proposed implanting her bloodline into Rosela so Rosela could bear a child for generations of observation, promising to protect her kingdom in return.
  • Rosela agreed and asked the Witch why she had chosen her.

Ch. 1695Those sacred violet eyes

Tasharona and Rosela’s bloodline magic resulted in Geruiya White Tower, whose extraordinary powers and sacred violet eyes emerged as she grew. When Geruiya prayed at the War God’s temple, Youlun recognized her as his descendant and blessed her.

  • Tasharona and Rosela agreed to cooperate as witches in the Sacred River Heavenly Land.
  • Three years later, Rosela gave birth to Geruiya White Tower, whom Tasharona recognized as the successful result of her bloodline magic.
  • By age six, Geruiya could wield Radiance and enter the Veil, and Tasharona suspected she had awakened Youlun’s divine bloodline.
  • Rosela and Tasharona brought Geruiya to the War God’s temple to seek Youlun’s blessing.
  • Youlun sensed Geruiya through their bloodline, recognized her sacred violet eyes, appeared in the temple, and blessed her.

Ch. 1696I'm sorry

Rosela returned to the Femore Heavenly Land after becoming a deity-grade witch and discovered that its history had been falsified. Geruiya’s diary revealed that her daughter had founded the Witch Nation, and it ended with a blood-written apology suggesting they would never meet again.

  • War God Youlun blessed Geruiya, and fourteen years later she reached Legendary before succeeding Rosela as queen of the Sella Kingdom.
  • Rosela entered the Witch Domain, trained under Aisila, and eventually became a deity-grade witch who chose the authority of natural disaster.
  • When Rosela returned to the Femore Heavenly Land, she found it ruled by the Witch Council and learned that Geruiya was absent from its ten Ruling Witches.
  • Rosela read that public histories named the Ruling Witches as founders and Geruiya as their greatest obstacle, then found Geruiya’s diary confirming the history had been falsified.
  • The diary revealed that Geruiya had founded the Witch Nation and ended with her blood-written apology to Rosela.

Ch. 1697A walking natural disaster

After learning that the Witch Nation’s rulers had killed Geruiya, Rosela became the Natural Disaster Witch and destroyed the Witch Nation while seeking revenge. She found the tenth Ruling Witch, the Witch of Blood, and subdued her as she begged for mercy.

  • Rosela read Geruiya’s diary and learned that the Witches had overthrown and killed her daughter after Tashaluona left the Femore Heavenly Land.
  • Rosela swore to avenge Geruiya and began her rampage in the Northern Continent.
  • Rosela destroyed the domains of the Ruling Witches, killing nine and causing the Witch Nation to collapse.
  • Rosela continued searching for the surviving tenth Ruling Witch and destroyed everything belonging to the Witch Nation.
  • Rosela found the Witch of Blood on an island in the Outer Ring Sea and subdued her despite her resistance.
  • The Witch of Blood begged Rosela for mercy as Rosela prepared to kill her.

Ch. 1698The Truth

Rosela learned that Tashaluona had extracted Geruiya’s bloodline, causing her death. After discovering the truth, Rosela refused to spare the Witch of Blood, condemning her for helping tarnish Geruiya’s name.

  • Vilovi told Rosela that the rebels found Geruiya already dead on her Throne, with her guards slain.
  • Vilovi revealed that she had found a mechanical phonograph beneath the Throne containing Geruiya’s words to her mother: “If you want it, take it!”
  • Rosela realized that Tashaluona had extracted Geruiya’s bloodline and caused her death.
  • Vilovi asked Rosela to let her leave, but Rosela declared that she would still kill her for distorting Geruiya’s history.

Ch. 1699The Second Sera Empire

Rosela killed the Witch of Blood, then learned from the elves’ preserved records more about Geruiya’s life and the history of the Witch Nation. Though she doubted Tashaluona had killed her daughter, Rosela vowed to investigate, promised the elves their ancestral territory, and prepared to rebuild the Sera Empire.

  • Rosela destroyed the Witch of Blood after the witch claimed she was not Geruiya’s killer.
  • The elves explained how they had preserved records of Geruiya’s deeds and helped Rosela locate the Witch of Blood.
  • Rosela read the elves’ histories but remained unable to believe Tashaluona had murdered Geruiya.
  • Rosela promised the elves the Omoji Plain and Tyren Forest, and asked them to restore Geruiya’s good name.
  • Rosela announced that she would return to the Northern Continent and rebuild the Sera Empire.

Ch. 1700A bloodline descendant

Rosela reestablished the Second Sera Empire, restored Geruiya’s good name, and ordered the destruction of the ten Ruling Witches’ bloodlines. After honoring Geruiya across the continents, she prepared to seek out Tashaluona, but the War God Youlun’s church presented a descendant of the White Tower Family.

  • Rosela returned to Withan City with the Elves’ fleet and summoned the former Sera Empire’s nobles and their descendants.
  • The Western Highlands’ noble lords arrived first to swear allegiance, followed by imperial remnants from across the Northern Continent.
  • Rosela learned the White Tower Family had been targeted for extermination by the Ruling Witches and that a bloodline spell had helped wipe them out.
  • Rosela founded the Second Sera Empire, restored Geruiya’s good name, and decreed the destruction of the ten Ruling Witches’ bloodlines.
  • Rosela conquered the Femore Heavenly Land and, more than a decade later, prepared to leave to seek the truth from Tashaluona.
  • The church of War God Youlun brought a bloodline descendant of the White Tower Family.
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