Recaps

After finishing a modeling session with Angelite and Josephine, Jiang Han returned home and met her energetic younger cousin Jiang Miao, who had fled a dragon disaster at North Central School. Jiang Miao settled in with Jiang Han and Jiang Zhenling, and Jiang Han ended the chapter teasingly chastened by her sister for trying to act like an older sister.

• Jiang Han completed her modeling session while Angelite and Josephine praised her and traded flirtatious remarks.
• Jiang Han found a girl inside her home, raised her wand, and learned that the girl was her younger cousin Jiang Miao.
• Jiang Miao explained that dragons had overrun North Central School’s folded space, forcing students to evacuate, and that she had flown to South City on her mother’s broom.
• Jiang Miao said Jiang Xuan had agreed to let her and Zhen Ling share a room, then described her past broom travels around the world.
• Jiang Zhenling sent Jiang Miao into the garden to see the Ice Bear, then told Jiang Han that her attempt to act like an older sister was unsettling.

After a family dinner, Jiang Han woke up hungover and found Jiang Miao performing “Carrying You” with magical instruments. Jiang Han recognized that Jiang Miao was a powerful mutant witch who would have been the family’s strongest of her generation if Jiang Han had not appeared.

• At the welcoming dinner, Jiang Xuan drank ten bottles of Moon Sugar, while Jiang Han passed out after half a bottle and was carried to her room.
• Jiang Han woke up still dressed in her vintage outfit, hurried to the bathroom, and realized she had risen at a land-dweller’s usual morning hour.
• Jiang Han heard piano music and found Jiang Miao playing “Carrying You” on a magical piano while conjuring an orchestra.
• After the performance, Jiang Miao blushed when she noticed Jiang Han, who offered to cook breakfast for her.
• Jiang Han observed Jiang Miao’s exceptional magical power and reflected that she would have been the strongest witch in their family’s generation if Jiang Han had not appeared.

Jiang Han made breakfast with a magical recipe box and shared a meal with her cousin Jiang Miao, who talked about her music and unusually powerful magic. Their conversation ended with Jiang Miao asking about Jiang Han’s work, and Jiang Han saying she was a barmaid.

• Jiang Han used [Steamed Treasure Trove] to get ingredients and a recipe for medicinal steamed chicken, then cooked breakfast for herself and Jiang Miao.
• Jiang Miao said she had considered foraging, fishing, or hunting a small dragon because she had no money, and the cousins shared the meal.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao discussed animation and music, and Jiang Han recognized Jiang Miao’s recorder piece as “Following You” from Castle in the Sky.
• Jiang Miao explained that she learned [Symphony Orchestra of No One] to control her strong magic, while Jiang Han said she had never struggled to control hers.
• Jiang Miao complimented Jiang Han’s outfit and asked about her job, and Jiang Han said she was working as a barmaid.

Jiang Han offered to ask Kraken whether her cousin Jiang Miao could receive special permission to take the A1 graduation exam early. Jiang Miao accepted, and the family continued teasing Jiang Han about her personality and her cousin’s fondness for her.

• Jiang Han watched a vampire drama with Jiang Miao and Ye Keshu, while Jiang Miao talked about her plans to find a school and advance through her exams.
• Jiang Han explained that she knew a good school and offered to ask its principal, Kraken, about special permission for Jiang Miao to take the A1 exam early.
• Jiang Miao accepted Jiang Han’s offer and called her a good person, then declared that she wanted to marry her when she grew up.
• Ye Keshu teased Jiang Han about being gloomy and suggested that Zhen Ling would get angry, but Jiang Miao praised both Zhen Ling and Jiang Han.

Jiang Han invited Kraken and Angelite to spend the day together, and the three met at Lucky Four-Leaf Clover. The chapter left them settling in for their outing after Kraken stopped Angelite from flirting with Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han learned that Bai Enqiu had quit being a Great Witch and discovered she could hear Jiang Han speak her name.
• Jiang Han invited Bai Enqiu and Angelite to go fishing and relax, and they agreed to meet.
• Jiang Han flew through South City, noticing its growing population of foreign witches and plans for new Sky Islands and aerial waterways.
• Jiang Han arrived early at Lucky Four-Leaf Clover and chose a table overlooking the waterways under construction.
• Bai Enqiu and Angelite arrived together, and Bai Enqiu grabbed Angelite by the throat when she began flirting with Jiang Han.

Jiang Han learned that her cousin could receive an early graduation permit and exam date while she, Kraken, and Angelite discussed witch rankings, a new club, and investing in South City. The chapter ended with Kraken enthusiastically trying to sell Angelite a stake in the Sea Shepherds Club and recruit Jiang Han as its promotional idol.

• Kraken agreed to give Jiang Han's cousin an early graduation permit and arrange an exam for early or late October.
• Angelite revealed she had begun experiencing strange premonitions, and Jiang Han told her she had fallen to rank one hundred behind Lin Zhaojun.
• Kraken recalled that Lin Zhaojun had once crushed Angelite, prompting the witches to discuss her powerful Dispel Magic.
• Kraken revealed that she had formed the Sea Shepherds Club with Lin Zhaojun, Du Lingxuan, and Lilian, and hoped to recruit Jiang Han as a future rookie.
• Kraken explained that she was investing in witch duel stars and planned to profit as witches gained value during space development.
• Angelite expressed interest in joining the club, and Kraken tried to sell her a 28% stake and pitch Jiang Han as their promotional idol.

Jiang Han, Angelite, and Kraken shared a meal, discussed Witch inheritance and the history of Witch schools, and took a censored group photo for Angelite’s social media account. The post drew a flood of comments, while Jiang Han discovered that most of her own followers were detectives and teachers.

• Angelite agreed to review Kraken’s list before deciding whether to work with her, and the three discussed Witch inheritance and family mutations over lunch.
• Kraken explained how Witches descended from different professions and schools, including alchemists, ranger swordsmen, and star arcanists.
• Angelite suggested taking a group photo, and she, Jiang Han, and Kraken took pictures of their food and posed together with their faces covered by stickers.
• Angelite posted the photos under her alt ID [French Legend], and comments quickly flooded in from her many followers.
• Jiang Han checked her own account and realized that most of her roughly 1,100 followers were detectives, Great Witch alts, and teachers.

Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite ran from Witch Market toward Crane Lake, then rested and teased one another over drinks. Angelite suggested taking a censored photo to commemorate their first run.

• Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite ran for ten minutes without using magic, then stopped at a rest station outside Witch Market to recover.
• Angelite conjured three iced green teas, and the three witches drank while discussing their spells and joking about one another.
• Kraken and Jiang Han teased each other about their chests, and Angelite joined in before asking to call a Griffin Taxi.
• Angelite took out her phone and suggested taking a censored photo to commemorate their first run.

Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite prepared to fish at Crane Lake, where Angelite’s spells kept them warm and dry in the rain. After meeting a Lamp Sea Dog and discussing possible witch species, they finished setting up their luxurious fishing pavilion.

• Angelite cast a warming spell on Jiang Han and Kraken, then adjusted it to repel water.
• The three bought fishing tickets and rented a pavilion pulled by a sea dog.
• Jiang Han leaned over to watch a Lamp Sea Dog, which splashed water in her face.
• Kraken explained Lamp Sea Dogs, and Angelite discussed the possibility of creating a sea-dog witch species.
• The three discussed animals that might make promising witch species and finished preparing their fishing pavilion.

Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite warmed themselves by a fire and went fishing in the rainy weather while discussing Angelite’s seemingly flawless childhood. Angelite admitted she had wet the bed, and Jiang Han’s clumsy analogy revealed that she considered that embarrassing history after all.

• Jiang Han told Kraken she had sent a detailed report about witches, and Kraken praised it and suggested recruiting talent for the Sea Shepherds.
• Angelite accidentally made Jiang Han inhale pepper, and Jiang Han failed to swat her because of Angelite’s thick magic shield.
• Angelite said she had missed out on childhood, and Kraken admitted that she had too; Jiang Han eased the mood by recalling Kraken as a child.
• Kraken described Angelite as talented across many fields but never quite the best at any one thing, then recommended a carp rod for fishing salmon in Crane Lake.
• Jiang Han asked whether Angelite had ever wet the bed, and Angelite said she had but initially denied that it counted as embarrassing history.
• Jiang Han compared wetting the bed to peeing during class, and Angelite conceded that the latter would count as embarrassing history.

Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite competed to catch fish in the rain, and Jiang Han landed the largest haul after a long struggle with an enormous chum salmon. The seal dragged Jiang Han into the water, leaving the round’s Fishing King title to the seal.

• Jiang Han, Kraken, and Angelite prepared their gear and cast their lines as the rain eased.
• Jiang Han’s rod was pulled down by a powerful fish, and she patiently fought it for nearly twenty minutes before landing a 21.6-kilogram chum salmon.
• Jiang Han caught two salmon, three silver carp, and a rare Dragon Rock Fish, while Kraken caught silver carp and a grouper and Angelite caught octopuses and a Sea Siren.
• The seal dragged Jiang Han into the water, becoming the round’s Fishing King.

After fishing with Kraken and Angelite, Jiang Han returned home and found Jiang Miao composing music. Jiang Miao taught her to play a magical piano and invited her to learn music.

• Jiang Han released the Sea Siren after feeding her beef, then took photos with Kraken and Angelite before heading home.
• Jiang Han decided she might build her own phone using her knowledge of alchemy and practical runes.
• Jiang Han told Jiang Miao that permission to take the A1 exam would arrive soon, and Jiang Miao showed her practice scores of 71, 72, and 73.
• Jiang Miao played music from Les Misérables and Pirates of the Caribbean, explaining that she had transcribed the latter after hearing it in Germany.
• Jiang Miao showed Jiang Han how to use a piano made from magic, and Jiang Han quickly learned to play a simple melody.
• Jiang Miao caught Jiang Han's wrist after she accidentally brushed against her hand, then asked whether she had ever considered learning music.

After repaying her debts, Jiang Han joined Cen Jing in considering a costly purchase of part of Angelite’s portable space. The witches prepared to negotiate with Angelite before she and Kraken reached an agreement.

• Jiang Han withdrew her accumulated wages and repaid Kraken, her bank loan, and the money she owed her friends, leaving herself with only a few hundred in savings.
• Jiang Han went to her Reports Department job at the Sea Shepherds camp, where she found Cen Jing and learned that their reports had helped uncover witches who could sing Sea Siren tunes.
• Cen Jing told Jiang Han that Angelite was selling Kraken a portable space with laboratories, greenhouses, hot spring rooms, and other facilities, but Kraken wanted only part of the package.
• Cen Jing proposed that Jiang Han and other witches buy the pieces Kraken did not want, including a greenhouse and alchemy laboratory that Jiang Han needed.
• Jiang Han agreed to join the purchase, and Cen Jing urged them to negotiate before Angelite and Kraken settled on a deal.

Jiang Han bought Angelite’s portable laboratory set with help from Kraken and Cen Jing, taking on a debt of more than six million. Kraken and Angelite checked that she had a repayment plan, then Angelite offered her a generous loan, which Jiang Han accepted.

• Kraken agreed to split the purchase proceeds with Jiang Han, Cen Jing, and a wealthy young witch as Jiang Han arranged loans for the 6.3-million space set.
• Kraken offered to buy Cen Jing’s gems at market price so she could pay in cash, and Cen Jing explained that a witch needed a Sky Island as a bride price to marry a Great Witch.
• Kraken asked Jiang Han to stay for a private report after Cen Jing left, and Angelite teased them about their formal titles.
• Kraken admitted she was concerned that Jiang Han’s debt might make her anxious, so Jiang Han outlined how her work and future plans would let her repay it.
• Angelite predicted Jiang Han could repay the debt in about a year if her alchemy improved, then offered her a ten-year loan with nominal interest.
• Jiang Han signed Angelite’s loan contract, and Angelite thanked her for her patronage.

Angelite showed Jiang Han her luxurious laboratory and offered to help secure its certification through one of two arrangements. Jiang Han agreed to make tofu for Angelite in exchange for a chance to attend Xuelun Curie’s lecture, while Angelite planned to tease Kraken with the meal.

• Angelite explained that the laboratory’s six mana furnaces each needed a witch with 3,000 mana to power them.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that the laboratory required certification and offered either to arrange credentials through England or to establish a separate patent laboratory with Jiang Han, Kraken, and another member.
• Angelite proposed inviting Xuelun Curie, Jiang Han’s alchemy idol, who would visit China for book signings and a month of lectures.
• Angelite offered Jiang Han a saved album and a chance to attend Xuelun’s lecture if Jiang Han made tofu for her to eat in front of Kraken.
• Jiang Han accepted Angelite’s offer and agreed to make the tofu.

Jiang Han handcrafted a powerful, waterproof phone in the alchemy workshop, using herself as its battery and adding a small spatial-storage function. Pleased with the result, she began making lighter versions for Zhen Ling and Jiang Miao.

• After tuning her equipment, Jiang Han planned a phone with a crystal display, waterproofing, teleportation, and spatial storage.
• Jiang Han melted gray crystal into slabs, filled them with magic mist, and assembled the screen, operating system, runes, and extra memory.
• Jiang Han used conductor runes to power the phone with her own magic and fused spatial sensors from scented sachets into a storage component.
• Jiang Han transplanted her old phone’s SIM card and camera, added instant-photo equipment, then sealed the slabs together with slime glue.
• Jiang Han finished a roughly 3,000-gram phone and decided to make lighter versions for Zhen Ling and Jiang Miao.

Angelite took Jiang Han to City Hall to establish a commercial workshop and sign a contract granting Jiang Han favorable terms for her inventions. After the workshop was officially registered, Angelite promised to treat Jiang Han to barbecue and invite her when Xuelun arrived next month.

• Angelite explained that Jiang Han would be an independent researcher in the workshop, surrendering 30% of net profits from commercially valuable inventions while gaining Angelite as her mentor after the A2 exam.
• Jiang Han learned that other researchers might surrender 80% of their profits and face far stricter requirements, and she agreed to the deal.
• Angelite led Jiang Han to the High-End Spell Patent Management Department, where they signed and filed the workshop contract and received its license and plaque.
• Jiang Han saw Angelite's childhood identification photo, then Angelite offered to treat her to barbecue and call her when Xuelun came next month.

Jiang Han researched magical herb sales at the Witch Bazaar as she considered growing plants to raise capital for her alchemy work. After Jiang Miao spotted a possible bestseller, Jiang Han planned to investigate further, while Jiang Miao revealed that she was a traveler.

• Jiang Han woke from a doze when Jiang Miao arrived with cream corn, and the cousins set off to record herb-market sales.
• Jiang Han concluded that alchemy would not provide the starting capital she needed and considered growing magical herbs instead.
• Jiang Han found that plants used in pink spells were in high demand, but the shops she visited had sold out of Redroot Grass while some Dragon-Tongue Lavender remained.
• Jiang Miao explained that shops stocked far more Dragon-Tongue Lavender than Redroot Grass and suggested returning over the next few days to see whether demand persisted.
• Jiang Miao agreed to accompany Jiang Han to more markets and said she wanted to visit them because she was a traveler.

Jiang Han weighed magical herb cultivation as a way to earn startup money before her alchemy developed, then went with Jiang Miao to a Griffin Carriage shop near Wine Mist Mountain. Jiang Miao revealed her collection of questionable documents and recounted a near-fatal trip into the Spirit Sea.

• Jiang Han compared Redroot Grass and Dragon-Tongue Lavender, considering their prices, demand, and cultivation difficulty while ruling out delicate, slow-growing plants such as mandrake and Nineteen-Leaf Lucky Grass.
• Jiang Han calculated that growing magical herbs in a greenhouse could bring in about 50,000 yuan a month, though it would take around sixty months to recoup the greenhouse cost.
• Jiang Han followed Jiang Miao around Wine Mist Mountain to a mobile Griffin Carriage shop selling plum drinks and desserts.
• Jiang Miao paid for their order and showed Jiang Han a notebook filled with certificates and identity documents, including an immigrant ID under another name.
• Jiang Miao explained that she used different identities to find work and travel, then described sneaking into the Spirit Sea and nearly dying before escaping with a homemade rocket pack.
• The shopkeepers served Jiang Han and Jiang Miao their drinks and desserts.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao enjoyed desserts together before visiting Liang Cuoyu at the convenience store where she worked. They planned to meet Liang Cuoyu for barbecue after her shift, while Jiang Han and Jiang Miao went to browse the neighboring grocery shop.

• Jiang Han ate lychee-longan ice pudding, ice cake, and other desserts with Jiang Miao, then said she wanted a proper meal too.
• Jiang Miao suggested a barbecue restaurant beside Liang Cuoyu's workplace, and Jiang Han ordered more desserts while they waited.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao visited Sea Forest Convenience Store and surprised Liang Cuoyu at the counter.
• Liang Cuoyu said her shift would end in a little over an hour, so Jiang Han and Jiang Miao went to browse the neighboring witch grocery shop before returning to take her to barbecue.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao visited a Naughty Bear general store, where Jiang Han offered to enchant her cousin’s tent for a desert trip. Jiang Miao prepared to seek musical inspiration at Greenfield Oasis, saying she had never met an angel of music in the north.

• Jiang Han explained the differences between Black Cat and Naughty Bear general stores as she and Jiang Miao entered the shop.
• Jiang Han offered to enchant Jiang Miao’s tent with a Cactus Flower spell, and Jiang Miao thanked her while buying backup spells.
• Jiang Han explained that enchanting the tent would take five or six days.
• Jiang Miao said she had booked a two-day trip to Greenfield Oasis with a musical theater club and planned to find inspiration in the wilderness.
• Jiang Han asked how composing music in the south compared with the north, and Jiang Miao said she had never met an angel of music there.

Jiang Han spent the first week of October studying magic and copying an alchemical formula, then sorted through the household’s mail. She found a warning letter addressed to her from the Squirrel Committee, O.G.

• Jiang Han learned the touch spells Vampire's Touch and Healer's Touch and considered how necromantic tentacles could extend their range.
• On October 3rd, Jiang Han copied an activating-oil formula borrowed from Wu Xian while the other household members were away.
• Jiang Han received a stack of letters and sorted them by color, noting the many love letters addressed to Jiang Miao and the others.
• Jiang Han found one black warning letter addressed to her and signed by the Squirrel Committee, O.G.

Jiang Han received a warning from the Squirrel Committee that she needed to accept a commission or risk losing access to borrowed books. She decided to visit the Committee and find work before the deadline.

• Jiang Han read Shu Xiaowei's letter demanding proof of recent commissions or an explanation within two days.
• Jiang Han recalled that the Squirrel Committee had lent her several alchemy books on unusually generous terms.
• Jiang Han considered how the Committee oversaw witches in the arts and maintained strict standards for its reviewers and library.
• Jiang Han decided to visit the Squirrel Committee to find a commission and earn pinecone coins rather than submit a late application.

Jiang Han auditioned for two musical commissions at the Squirrel Society, but the first troupe rejected her because she did not fit its idea of a character. The second troupe began questioning her background, and the chapter ended before the audition proceeded.

• Jiang Han arrived at the Squirrel Society and was called to audition for a commission in Room 2102.
• The first troupe debated whether Jiang Han suited the role of young Miliya and rejected her as too well-nourished for the part.
• Jiang Han returned to the lounge, drank white chocolate cocoa, and watched the musical [Landing Battle].
• A staff member led Jiang Han to a second audition in Room 2008.
• The second troupe asked Jiang Han whether she was a Sea Siren witch.

Jiang Han auditioned for a Sea Siren role and was hired by a newly established troupe to work for two days. Ke Qin took her to the lounge, where Jiang Han unexpectedly met her old friend Qiao Rou.

• The production team discussed struggling to find a short, flat-chested Sea Siren Witch for a brief role and duet.
• Jiang Han asked Ke Qin about new spells available at the Squirrel Society, and Ke Qin described several unusual ones.
• The production team hired Jiang Han for the next two days and asked Ke Qin to arrange her paperwork and vocal recording.
• Ke Qin led Jiang Han to the lounge and called over Qiao Rou, who ran up to greet them.