So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 450 : Main Quest: Cultivating a Fallen Star

"Fallen Star?"Hearing this new term that had never appeared in the first chapter of the textbook, Janna couldn’t help but frown slightly. She had specially reviewed last night in preparation.

"The stars that appeared in the 【White Tower Star Ring】, were they actually called Fallen Stars?"

Because in the 【Book World】 classroom, everyone sat separately, even if Janna had questions, she had no deskmate with whom she could discuss them. She could only jot her doubts down in her notebook first.

"The so-called 【Fallen Star】 is, in fact, the current 【Wizard World】’s colloquial term for those 【Alternate Planes】 whose 【Plane Will】 has already ‘died’. These 【Alternate Planes】 usually manifest in the cosmos in the form of 【Stars】———"

"In principle, a 【Fallen Star】 is a 【Plane】 that has already ‘died’. There is no 【Plane Will】, no complete 【Primary Law】, and even the 【Law Consciousness Group】 is extremely chaotic———"

"However, every 【Fallen Star】 shares one common trait: they were once complete 【Plane Layers】, places where native creatures had once existed. But because of the invasions of Outer Evil Gods, these 【Plane Layers】 were heavily contaminated, and the native life within was entirely wiped out, just like the 【Material Plane】 during the time of the 【Great Catastrophe】."

At this point, Janna finally gained a rough understanding of what a 【Fallen Star】 was.

【Fallen Star】 was essentially another way of referring to a wizard’s 【Law Plane】. More precisely, it should be said that a 【Fallen Star】 was the initial form before a 【Law Plane】 was fully shaped. A 【Fallen Star】 was both a “Star of Corruption” and a “Star of Death”. And their death always came from corruption or destruction at the hands of Outer Gods, leading to the death of their 【Plane Will】 and the ruin of all living beings.

Thus, if not for the wizards’ desperate defense during the 【Great Catastrophe】, then at this very moment, the 【Wizard Will】 of the 【Material Plane】 would not simply be in slumber.

In other words, it was precisely because of the wizards’ guardianship that the 【Material Plane】 was spared the fate of becoming a 【Fallen Star】. At this moment, Hephis-Stellar still stood at the podium, explaining the contents about 【Fallen Stars】, mixing in much historical detail about the 【Great Catastrophe】.

In fact, Janna had already studied this history of the 【Great Catastrophe】 during her first year at White Coral Academy, in the textbook 《Ancient Magic History》.

However, back then, she hadn’t felt much impact.

After all, she had only just “reincarnated” at that time. While she found the history of the 【Wizard World】 interesting, she mostly took it as background information to better understand the world.

But now, as her bond with this world grew deeper, she had made many good friends, and during her time living in Turin’s wizard enclave, she had personally experienced several situations that could truly be called “disasters”.

Therefore, when Janna listened again to the history of the 【Great Catastrophe】 with her current mindset, what she felt was not only heaviness, but even more—a sense of awe.

Yes, awe.

She was awed by the unprecedented extinction crisis that all life of the 【Wizard World】 had faced during the 【Great Catastrophe】.

She was also awed by the countless wizards who, in the face of life-and-death struggles, sacrificed themselves to protect this world.

Just like Ivrecia who sacrificed herself, and the countless others who, even without leaving behind names, still fearlessly gave their lives.

As Janna’s thoughts drifted, Hephis-Stellar had moved on to the key topic in the second section of Chapter One of 《Law and Plane Studies》: the hidden knowledge of how wizard apprentices could ascend to become full-fledged wizards.

"There are many paths to ascension into the transcendent. One could break the genetic chain and evolve one’s bloodline, shattering the shackles of life to ascend into a higher lifeform. Or one could employ alchemical methods to transform the body, even the soul itself, establishing a 【Mechanical Core】 to become a mechanical lifeform with endless lifespan.

But what I am here to tell you today is a different method, distinct from the two above, the very path promoted by the White Tower—the 【Wizard’s Path】."

At this, the already quiet classroom grew so silent that even the sound of breathing seemed to fade.

"The first step of the 【Wizard’s Path】 must be the insight of a 【Law Fragment】 belonging to yourselves from the order of all things. As your comprehension of the laws governing the material world deepens, you then condense the 【Law Fragment】 into a complete 【Law Seed】, thereby receiving the nourishment of 【Source Power】 and becoming a full wizard—"

What Hephis-Stellar said was something Janna had already read about in 《Secrets of the Laws》, though not explained with such detail.

"Therefore, those of you apprentices who have not yet grasped a 【Law Fragment】 must make use of the White Tower’s coordinate-link advantage with 【Subordinate Planes】. By observing within the existing 【Law Consciousness Group】 of those planes, you must strive to master your first 【Law Fragment】 as soon as possible—"

The so-called 【Subordinate Planes】 that Hephis-Stellar mentioned were 【Independent Planes】 born in dependence upon the 【Material Plane】.

One of the White Tower’s advantages was precisely its ability to link coordinates with these 【Subordinate Planes】, safely sending apprentices to them, opening their 【Law Consciousness Groups】 for wizard apprentices to gain insight into the 【Laws】.

"And for those apprentices who have already mastered a 【Law Fragment】, one of your most important tasks now is to condense it into a 【Law Seed】. And the specific method is—cultivating a 【Fallen Star】."

Cultivating a 【Fallen Star】?

Hearing this, Janna’s eyes widened slightly.

"In the current 【Material Plane】, neither the 【Law Consciousness Group】 nor the near-exhausted 【Source Power】 can ‘nurture’ further comprehension of the 【Laws】. Therefore, to resolve this problem, cultivating a new 【Fallen Star】 as a medium for the perfection of 【Laws】 will be an essential task each of you must face in the future."

Ding— Just as Janna listened intently to Hephis-Stellar’s lecture, the long-absent System notification suddenly rang in her ears.

【Main Quest: Cultivate a Dying Fallen Star:

Quest Rewards: 800 Talent EXP, 2500 Skill EXP, 3 random rewards;

Quest Duration: Unlimited——】