Recaps

At a Witch House gathering, Jiang Han secretly indulged in the lavish buffet while Qin Shunying welcomed Chai Ying’s exhausted group and explained their next steps. Chai Ying worried about the daunting study materials, and Jiang Han reassured her that Qin Shunying would help her find a suitable profession.

• Jiang Han discreetly ate desserts and savory dishes at the buffet while maintaining a ladylike appearance.
• Qin Shunying noticed Jiang Han, then turned her attention to Chai Ying’s group as they entered the game room.
• Qin Shunying spoke with the newcomers and repeated the information she had given Jiang Han and the others.
• Chai Ying told Jiang Han that the teachers’ explanations and study materials had overwhelmed her.
• Jiang Han comforted Chai Ying, saying her talent would lead her to a suitable profession.

Jiang Han visited an upscale anglers’ club on Snow Cedar Lake Sky Island to begin training as a fishermaid under the renowned ghost witch Histeria. Histeria said Jiang Han resembled a deceased land-dweller friend, leaving Jiang Han curious about the person she could no longer meet.

• Qin Shunying brought Jiang Han to the anglers’ club and warned her not to wander because the owner was important.
• Jiang Han met Histeria, a senior fishermaid known as the Witch of Revelry and a famed horror author.
• Qin Shunying introduced Jiang Han and praised her magic, talent, and charm.
• Histeria said Jiang Han resembled a friend who had been taller, thinner, and colder.
• Jiang Han asked to meet Histeria’s friend, but Histeria explained that the land-dweller had died long ago.

Jiang Han began training with Histeria to become a fishermaid, learning about hunting, monster compendiums, and the social rules of high-ranking witches. Histeria set an intensive schedule, but Jiang Han’s many plans with powerful witches forced them to make training flexible.

• Histeria explained that fishermaids needed hunting-rifle skills, knowledge of monsters, and the social standing to associate with powerful witches.
• Jiang Han told Histeria that her pet was a 1,400-kilogram Ice Bear, prompting Histeria to suggest she might acquire a Quintus Octopus instead.
• Histeria lent Jiang Han her monster compendium and explained that hunters recorded the creatures they hunted in their own expanded-space books.
• Histeria told Jiang Han to come for training five times a week for six hours and to cancel her other commitments when possible.
• Jiang Han listed plans with Angelite, Eileen, Lilith, Kraken, Siwa, and other powerful witches, so Histeria agreed to meet her whenever she had more than three free hours.

Histeria took Jiang Han to her spell-space for a practical lesson in fishing and sea monsters, beginning with the Quintus Octopus. The chapter left Jiang Han intrigued by the creature’s potential as a pet after learning how dangerous its deep-sea young could be.

• Histeria gave Jiang Han hunting gear and took her through a spatial doorway to her private sky-sea spell-space.
• Histeria explained that fisherwoman spells relied on knowledge of fish and sea monsters, then began teaching Jiang Han from her Monster Bestiary.
• Jiang Han woke from nearly dozing when Histeria mentioned Quintus Octopus and eagerly opened the guide to page 924.
• Histeria described how Quintus Octopus hatchlings grew more dangerous with depth, ranging from hunting-dog-sized at 1,000 feet to whale-hunting at 3,000 feet.

Histeria took Jiang Han to Ghost Bay, a costly club for fishing witches where she could study marine creatures and access rare goods and academic resources. After Kraken vouched for her membership, Jiang Han joined and learned that the club also controlled prestigious journal slots and Sindra Prize votes.

• During their study session, Histeria praised Jiang Han's rapid progress with marine creatures and offered to take her to Ghost Bay.
• Jiang Han used her savings to pay the 150,000 entry fee, and Histeria brought her through a folded space to Ghost Bay.
• Histeria summoned Kraken to recommend Jiang Han, and Kraken recognized Jiang Han and helped arrange her membership.
• At the entrance, Jiang Han recognized the counter clerk as Kang Xinyu, whom she had met at Witch House.
• After receiving her membership card, Jiang Han learned about Ghost Bay's services, spell records, journal submission slots, and Sindra Prize votes, and resolved to build connections there.

Jiang Han explored Ghost Bay Club’s Hunter rankings and received her diving suit from Histeria. Kraken then showed her the club’s consignment list and offered her Ghost Gold Coins on credit, while Histeria offered an additional teacher’s gift.

• Jiang Han inspected Ghost Bay Club’s Hunter rankings, where Kraken held first place and Yao Ling ranked last.
• Histeria gave Jiang Han a black angel velvet diving suit, and she and Kraken traded teasing remarks about their figures.
• Kraken led Jiang Han to Kang Xinyu and asked to see the consignment rankings.
• Jiang Han browsed the consigned goods, including Mana Extraction Rune Thread, while Kraken explained Hunter Points and Ghost Gold Coins.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han a credit line of 1,000 Ghost Gold Coins, and Histeria offered her another 500 as a teacher’s gift.

Jiang Han asked Kang Xinyu about the consigned goods and learned how detachable sewn add-ons and inlays supplemented enchanted clothing. With 1,500 Ghost Gold Coins, she bought a batch of useful pieces and planned to attach them herself.

• Jiang Han said farewell to Kraken and Histeria, then went to the bar to ask Kang Xinyu about the consigned goods.
• Kang Xinyu explained that most club collectibles came from valuable monster materials hunted by members under Ghost Bay's special rules.
• Kang Xinyu described sewn add-ons and inlays as detachable pieces that increased equipment capacity and avoided the drawbacks of investing in clothing that might later become obsolete.
• Jiang Han asked whether the pieces could be removed and learned that they could, while Kang Xinyu warned that passing down old enchanted clothes could lead to awkward situations.
• Jiang Han spent 1,500 Ghost Gold Coins on useful sewn-on and inlaid pieces, saving money by planning to attach them herself.

Jiang Han equipped herself with powerful, magic-hungry stitch-ons and inlays, then stayed up to watch cartoons. Her quiet viewing turned awkward when Cleya appeared and began pondering existence and the motives of her preschool admirers.

• Jiang Han spent her Ghost Gold Coins on stitch-ons and inlays, including [Crossing the River on a Reed], [Ironhead Master], [Blood of Life], [Blood Conversion], and [False Luck].
• Jiang Han checked the equipment’s heavy magic-power drain and realized she had no way to find elves or half-elves to help reduce it.
• Jiang Han changed into warm clothes, turned on the early-morning channel, and watched a cartoon while eating slime jelly.
• Cleya appeared on the sofa, told Jiang Han she was thinking about existence, and explained that someone at preschool had tried to curry favor with her.

Jiang Han checked Cleya’s homework and perfect exam scores before sleeping, then woke in the afternoon and got ready to meet a friend at Xue Nan’s club. She left after chatting with Jiang Xuan about their plans and a newspaper report on an illegal witch experiment.

• Cleya asked Jiang Han to check her homework and examination papers before she went to sleep.
• Jiang Han found Cleya’s homework correct and her three examination papers marked with full scores, then put them back outside Cleya’s door.
• Jiang Han slept until the afternoon, tidied up, and dressed to go to Xue Nan’s club for drinks and squash.
• Jiang Han met Jiang Xuan at the stairway, where Jiang Xuan said her department was going to eat hotpot, camp, and fish at Apricot Lake.
• Jiang Xuan showed Jiang Han a report that Hill Dalton had been sentenced to prison for illegally altering witch eggs to create artificial vampire witches.
• Jiang Han bade Jiang Xuan farewell and happily left the house.

Jiang Han spent the day at an arcade club, stream-sniped Tang Wen in Marite Racing, and later met Chen Ligu. The chapter ended with Chen Ligu explaining that she had spent the day finding suitable commissions for Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han shared Marite Racing techniques at her arcade club and used her alt account to stream-snipe Tang Wen until Tang Wen angrily ended her livestream.
• Jiang Han played ranked matches on her main account, then left an S-rank room rather than risk losing points to lower-ranked players.
• Chen Ligu arrived at the arcade around eight-thirty, and she and Jiang Han traded teasing remarks while playing Marite Racing.
• After Chen Ligu warmed up and regained her form, Jiang Han asked about her work, and Chen Ligu said she had been looking for suitable commissions for Jiang Han.

Jiang Han teased Chen Ligu while they played games and then went out together to find food. They settled at a barbecue restaurant, where Chen Ligu ordered a dragon meat set and Jiang Han asked for five jin of beef.

• Jiang Han asked Chen Ligu about suitable commissions, then playfully distracted her during a racing game.
• Chen Ligu blushed after Jiang Han teased her, and they continued playing games together until after midnight.
• Jiang Han won points from Chen Ligu and joined her for food and a walk around the city.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu found a barbecue restaurant near a park lake and ordered their meals.
• Chen Ligu ordered a dragon meat barbecue set, while Jiang Han ordered five jin of beef.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed a commission over barbecue after Chen Ligu explained how prospective witches were created. Chen Ligu offered Jiang Han a lucrative job helping the Blue-Clad Union enter another world, where the company planned to exploit its people and resources.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu ordered food and drinks at a restaurant staffed by prospective witches, and Chen Ligu explained their origins and status.
• Chen Ligu told Jiang Han that the Witch Agency had sold the Blue-Clad Union development rights to the otherworld of Testnango after intercepting and decrypting a message from Guregs.
• Chen Ligu explained that the Blue-Clad Union wanted powerful, beautiful witches to pose as Abyss dragonkin and encourage Guregs's queen to expand her world’s capacity and build a portal.
• Chen Ligu said the Blue-Clad Union intended to enslave the otherworld and use it for mining and industrial production, and asked Jiang Han whether she was free next week for the commission.

Jiang Han learned that the Blue-Clad Union’s otherworldly work would take only a few hours a day and offered generous pay, overtime, publicity fees, and a rare fifth-tier spell. She considered the offer and pressed Chen Ligu to raise the publicity fee, with Su Lanqian also on the company’s recruitment list.

• Jiang Han initially hesitated to accept the assignment because she thought it would keep her away on a months-long business trip.
• Chen Ligu explained that the job involved fixed working hours in another world, after which Jiang Han could return through a portal.
• Jiang Han asked about pay, spell benefits, and working hours, and Chen Ligu offered a weekly salary of 7,500 yuan, twenty hours of work, paid overtime, a publicity fee, and a rare fifth-tier spell.
• Chen Ligu said she could negotiate Jiang Han’s publicity fee up to at least 50,000 yuan and revealed that Su Lanqian was also marked for special attention by Blue-Clad Union.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed how their offices had worked with Su Lanqian and her owner, Zhu Yuruo, to keep their rivalry from driving down their commission prices.

Jiang Han visited the Blue-Clad Union with Chen Ligu and negotiated a contract to serve the company, whose witches planned to disguise her identity during their work in another world. With the contract details settled, Andrea welcomed Jiang Han as one of the company’s own.

• Jiang Han bought Dragon Blood Ink for Cleya and met Chen Ligu at the Dragon Bus stop.
• Chen Ligu explained that Jiang Han would need a disguise because witches had a poor reputation and risked being expelled if recognized.
• At the Blue-Clad Union workshop, Jiang Han watched Andrea build a mechanical part with a wrench after arguing with the engineers.
• Chen Ligu pitched Jiang Han’s formidable magic to Andrea and negotiated over her employment fee and promotional fees.
• Chen Ligu and Andrea reached an agreement, and Andrea began treating Jiang Han as a member of the Blue-Clad Union.

Chen Ligu negotiated Jiang Han’s contract with Blue-Clad Union while Andrea showed Jiang Han the company’s facilities and its expensive World Framework Mechanism. Andrea then brought Jiang Han to the Research Modification Department, where researcher Mia recognized her as a performer and asked for an autograph.

• Chen Ligu signed five identical contracts with Solna and negotiated Jiang Han’s compensation and benefits with Blue-Clad Union’s management.
• Andrea showed Jiang Han the company’s facilities, explained the World Framework Mechanism, and gave her a temporary employee ID and access card.
• Andrea led Jiang Han into the Level 6 Research Modification Department, where she was authorized to cooperate with the development team.
• Andrea introduced Jiang Han to researcher Mia, who recognized her as Nasha Nasha from the 303 Stage Witches and excitedly asked for her autograph.

Mia showed Jiang Han the cheaply produced Sin Dragon Armor and planned a customized demon-like appearance for her. The Blue-Clad Union rushed to send its witches to Testnango before Vera and the rebels could destroy the summoning portal and void the union’s invasion rights.

• Mia introduced the Sin Dragon Armor, explaining that it used caster sorcery rather than witch-specific technology and could imitate abyssal demons.
• Mia demonstrated the armor’s immense speed and strength, along with green fireballs that burned for twelve days, and said each unit cost about 13,000.
• Andrea asked Mia to customize a unit for Jiang Han, and Mia designed wings, dragon-scale armor, horns, a tail, and red eyeshadow to make her look like an intimidating abyssal creature.
• Jiang Han learned that the witches would pose as demon commanders while genuine devil servants accompanied them, and that each armored witch would receive a name and detailed backstory.
• The Blue-Clad Union hurried to deploy its witches because General Lindenwan’s rebellion and farmer’s daughter Vera threatened to seize Guregs and destroy the portal before the invasion began.
• The union had produced only Sin Dragon Armor, so the witches heading to Testnango might all have to serve as the same type of commander.

Miss An Keruo approved a rookie witch’s extraordinary draft document, but Qiu Qunshan took it for a secret delivery to Great Witch Lilith. Lilith received the document and asked Qiu Qunshan to keep its contents secret.

• Miss An Keruo reviewed and approved a nineteen-year-old witch’s document, noting her 145,500 mana and exceptional reaction speed.
• A White Guard named Qiu Qunshan took the document from An Keruo, claiming her department would handle its confidential review.
• Qiu Qunshan evaded the White Guards’ sentries and entered a special office, where Great Witch Lilith’s magic restrained her.
• Lilith recognized Qiu Qunshan and apologized, then received the document she had secretly requested.
• Lilith asked Qiu Qunshan not to tell anyone about the document, and Qiu Qunshan promised to keep quiet.

Jiang Han watched the Commentary Cup with Angelite, Eileen, and Lilith, who was excited after skipping class for the first time. Dorothy Jordan dominated her match against Aoses, reminding Eileen of her formidable talent and leaving the First Witch's fighting spirit stirred.

• Angelite revealed that Lilith was holding Jiang Han's talent scouting file, and Eileen explained why the test had been kept secret.
• Angelite and Eileen said Lilith was thrilled because she had skipped class for the first time, while Angelite recalled earning her diploma from Wilston Law Academy in eight days.
• Lilian and Du Lingxuan teased Dorothy Jordan and Aoses as they commentated on the Commentary Cup.
• Dorothy answered Aoses's taunts by listing her championships and MVP awards and recalling how she led the French team to its first major tournament championship.
• Dorothy overwhelmed Aoses with her casting speed and a sudden, crushing assault, impressing Eileen.

Angelite, Eileen, and Lilith plotted to rig the draft so the Kraken Club could secure Jiang Han, while Jiang Han reflected on the dangers and rules of time magic. The chapter ended with Jiang Han asking Angelite about anti-freshness.

• Angelite said she had held back Jiang Han's draft paperwork and would personally approve it on draft day.
• Eileen confirmed that Kraken was ready to disrupt South City's draft website, while Lilith offered to take over the draft channels by claiming foreign Witch Association operatives had infiltrated the zone.
• Angelite explained that she would conceal Jiang Han's records and manipulate time during the approval process to ensure the club drafted her, even if that meant waiting until next year.
• Lilith worried that regional time magic could cause a disaster, but Angelite reassured her that she could direct the aftershocks into the Pacific Ocean.
• Jiang Han recalled the Three Laws of Time and asked Angelite whether she knew the principle behind anti-freshness.

Jiang Han cleared up her questions about alchemy, enchanting, spells, and botany while learning from Angelite, Eileen, and Lilith. When she asked for advanced specialization training, the three witches repeatedly stopped Lilith from revealing too much, leaving Jiang Han still hoping to learn Complete Spell.

• Angelite offered to answer Jiang Han's alchemy and enchanting questions, while Lilith and Eileen were praised for their expertise in botany and the eight schools of magic.
• The witches discussed the citation fees they owed Eileen and the costly publication of Jiang Han's academic paper, which Kraken had praised for its format despite criticizing its content.
• Angelite, Eileen, and Lilith each demonstrated how they could teach Jiang Han by writing explanations and illustrations directly into her notebook.
• Jiang Han asked to learn Arcane Offense as Defense, but Eileen knocked Lilith off the sofa before she could volunteer to teach it.
• Jiang Han then asked to learn Complete Spell, and Eileen interrupted Lilith again before she could offer to help.

Jiang Han learned about the bodily changes behind specialties and received Bloodline Elixir and Alchemical Vision from Anjie and Eileen. At the Eileen Cup, she watched two veteran witches fight, then began mixing drinks for Anjie, Eileen, and Lilith.

• Jiang Han learned that specialties evolved abilities within a witch’s body and obtained Bloodline Elixir and Alchemical Vision from Anjie and Eileen.
• Two battle-hardened top-tier witches fought in the Eileen Cup, impressing Eileen and Anjie with their combat skills.
• During the break, Jiang Han offered drinks and took orders from Anjie, Eileen, and Lilith.
• Jiang Han admitted she did not know how to mix drinks, then gathered ingredients and began preparing the requested beverages.

Jiang Han prepared long-term maid employment contracts for the Weaving Maid Clan and arranged for them to be hired as engineers. After Mela signed, Jiang Han went with her to inspect the base vehicle intended for her family.

• Jiang Han filed Eileen's document granting her unrestricted rights to manage and develop Whiterun Island's outer southern quarter-ring.
• Jiang Han prepared employment contracts and used her personal seal to make them legally binding.
• Jiang Han offered the Weaving Maid Clan six-month maid contracts that included weekly pay, board, lodging, insurance, and legal assistance.
• Mela signed contracts for herself and said her eleven clanswomen were excellent engineers, so Jiang Han provided enough copies for them all.
• Jiang Han accompanied Mela to check the base vehicle she had prepared for her family's use.

Jiang Han visited a witch talent market with Chen Ligu to hire demon and devil servitor troops for work in another world. The chapter left her learning that demons were scarce after witches had emptied the Abyss’s first layer, while the witches joked about recruiting more for hotpot.

• The Weaving Maids finished a heavily modified base vehicle with Mela’s steam greenhouse, a traveling hot spring, and heated soil for growing potatoes.
• Jiang Han traveled with Chen Ligu to a talent market to find versatile servitor troops for gathering resources in another world.
• Chen Ligu explained that Eastern witches hired contracted servitor armies through official agencies and provided them with basic protections, while keeping the knowledge of finished magical tools from them.
• At the Witch Association’s hiring camp, Jiang Han requested demon and devil troops for production and services.
• The saleswitches said demon servitor troops were running low because witches had emptied the Abyss’s first layer and could not find the entrance to the second.
• The witches discussed rising demon-meat prices and joked about luring more servitor troops over for hotpot, leaving Jiang Han stunned by their treatment of other races.

Jiang Han toured the Abyss and learned how witches had transformed and managed it before deciding to recruit demons as auxiliary soldiers. She selected several types of demons for her plans to build a witch entourage and future army.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu traveled by airship into the Abyss and saw witches cultivating the land with demon blood and seeds.
• The sales witch showed them the Abyss's cable cars and described how witches had used lava to drive demons from underground.
• Jiang Han watched demons fighting and questioned the sales witch's claim that their lives lacked meaning.
• Jiang Han decided to visit the company's territory and personally choose servant soldiers she could transform into witches.
• Jiang Han learned that the Chinese Witch Association bred demons by modifying them to use guns and selecting stronger survivors.
• Jiang Han requested several large dragon-like demons, demons resembling sages, and two succubi.

Jiang Han toured the Chinese Witch Association’s servant-army training camps and hired five squads of demon mercenaries for the Blue-Clad Union. After learning that worm Witches cost about 1.1 million each, she abandoned the idea of buying one and continued her tour.

• Luo Lingqing showed Jiang Han demons drilling formations and explained how witches trained and equipped their servant armies.
• Luo Lingqing presented a nine-demon mercenary squad with rifles, armor, explosives, and mining gear, and quoted a price of two thousand.
• After receiving Chen Ligu’s nod, Jiang Han hired five squads and asked about their food and roaming needs.
• Jiang Han saw a giant demon worm and learned that converting one into a worm Witch cost roughly 1.1 million, so she gave up on buying one.
• Jiang Han finished touring the camps after spending tens of thousands on practical servant soldiers.