After a three-hundred-year slumber, Elvira—the primordial progenitor of all magic—awakens in the body of a "tainted-blood" true-born daughter who had been bullied to death by her own family. The original owner of the body, born without a shred of magical power, had endured endless humiliation—even having the family crest burned into her skin. Inheriting the girl’s deep-seated resentment, Elvira returns to the Royal Magic Academy. She publicly humbles her tormentors, Vivian and Katerina; triumphs in the selection for royal attendants; tames an abyssal dragon; and sets out to reclaim four legendary artifacts: the Holy Grail of the Stars, the Star-Coin of the Dragon Abyss, the Serpent-Eyed Blade, and the Progenitor’s Scepter. She exposes the truth—that Vivian’s supposed "SS-rank" talent was a fabrication by the Abyssal Pope—and reveals that her brother, Lucas, had been manipulated by dark forces. The House of Thorne is made to pay the price for their cruelty. When Elvira is pierced by a "God-Slaying Black Spear" while attempting to save Crown Prince Cassius, the act shatters the seal upon her physical form. The Crown of the Twelve Stars returns to its rightful place, and she fully restores her divine status as the Progenitor. After slaying the Abyssal Pope and saving the Empire, she ascends as the Progenitor, abolishes the discriminatory hierarchy between "pure-bloods" and "tainted-bloods," and opens the path of magic to all those who possess a steadfast heart.
