Recaps

Jiang Han inspected her nest late at night and found that increased humidity, despite a normal thermometer reading, matched a Sea Siren ecological effect. She studied how such nests could produce unusual creatures through cooling and left wondering whether the process had a scientific basis.

• Unable to sleep, Jiang Han used the Tower Monitoring System to check her snowy home for ecological abnormalities.
• Jiang Han noticed that the air felt colder and checked that the thermometer was unchanged while the humidity had risen.
• Jiang Han consulted Mary Ankaton's Nest Effect and searched the Witch Encyclopedia for the meanings of “classic” in the author's profile.
• Jiang Han read that Sea Siren nests could cause super evolution through cooling and produce creatures such as Giant Tree Squids and Sea Tree Overlord Octopuses.
• Jiang Han compared the explanation to temperature-driven evolution and considered whether the nest effect had a scientific basis.

Jiang Han consulted a book about ecological changes caused by Witches and investigated rising humidity around her home. She discovered signs of a Fluorescent Coral Tidal Sea forming beneath the snowfield and decided to have Jiang Miao teach the Ice Bear to swim rather than change the environment.

• Jiang Han read Marie. Ancadon’s account of how Sea Siren Witches’ nest effects had transformed stormy regions into new ecosystems.
• Jiang Han copied the signs of a Fluorescent Coral Tidal Sea into her notebook, charged and fed the Cat Lamps, and headed out to inspect the snowfield.
• Jiang Han found that the hot spring river’s water level had risen thirteen centimeters and uncovered glowing coral, fluorescent mushrooms, and fluorite powder beneath the snow.
• Jiang Han recognized that the forming ecosystem could make heavy creatures fall through the snow into hot and cold water, putting the Ice Bear at risk.
• Jiang Han decided that Jiang Miao would teach the Ice Bear to swim instead of making Jiang Han change the environment.

Jiang Han watched Ji Haijun defeat Histeria, then returned to work at Testnango and learned that the company used commissions to reward witches while avoiding taxes. She browsed the commission board and considered taking on some jobs to build her savings.

• Jiang Han visited Du Lingxuan and watched Ji Haijun beat Histeria three matches in a row, earning Histeria the nickname “Xibao” through Xuanbao’s commentary.
• Jiang Han saw that Xuanbao’s commentary channel had nearly five thousand paying members.
• Jiang Han went to Testnango and met Caroline, who described the company’s population-counting work and the world’s unusually fast-growing crops.
• Caroline explained that Testnango’s commission board listed jobs for witches and could also be accessed through the V9 Login Device.
• Jiang Han learned that commissions let witches avoid about 30% of the taxes charged on wages and browsed jobs for gathering blue-thread flowers and five-colored tree saplings.

Jiang Han met the transformed Saintess Vera in Hamster Hole and learned that the rebels had a powerful explosive capable of threatening the floating city. Vera offered the rebels’ plans in exchange for knowledge, and Jiang Han prepared to report the valuable intelligence to the company and negotiate Vera’s reward.

• Jiang Han discussed the floating city’s threat with Vera, who asked whether explosives and flying attackers could bring it down.
• Vera explained that she wanted knowledge about Witches, the Starry Sky, dragons, and the universe, and Jiang Han described the Witch company’s world-invading work.
• Jiang Han offered to assess Vera’s intelligence for a reward, while Vera said she would share it as a sign of surrender and allegiance.
• Vera revealed how the Gray Crystal Flower, fire oil, bone powder, and a wyvern’s fire-sac organ could be used to make a powerful explosive.
• Vera told Jiang Han that the rebels planned to use the weapon near Ter Plain and had a mobile force ready to attack any aerial islands brought down.
• Jiang Han recognized the intelligence’s value, said she would report it to the company, and asked Vera what reward she wanted.

Jiang Han negotiated with Vera in the dreamscape, agreeing to seek equivalent items in exchange for Vera’s requested spell and weapon while providing basic potion recipes. After waking, Jiang Han reported Vera’s demands and complete witchification to Andrea, who focused on the Saintess’s transformation.

• Vera demanded potion recipes and concealed magical knowledge, and Jiang Han engraved recipes for nineteen basic level-0 cantrips on the table.
• Vera asked for the spell that destroyed Begalo Peak and a sword carried by the silver-armored witches, and Jiang Han promised to request items of equal value.
• Jiang Han woke, recharged the Tan Yue Group’s magic runes, and went to the Sky Island central office to meet Andrea.
• Jiang Han told Andrea about Vera’s terms of surrender and assessed that Vera’s witchification had reached its absolute peak.

Jiang Han and Andrea discussed Eileen’s spell rights and the uncertain origins of Hero Witches before Andrea told her about Sheila Jenix’s bitter opposition to Angelite. The chapter left Jiang Han joking that she would blame Angelite for everything.

• Andrea said Angelite could not publish Eileen’s spells without permission, and planned to arrange an eighth-level spell as a backup reward.
• Andrea and Jiang Han discussed how Hero Witches arose unpredictably and how witches sought to acquire and transform them.
• Andrea identified Sheila Jenix as a Hero Witch known as the embodiment of rebellion, recounting her repeated opposition to Angelite.
• Andrea explained that the Final Witch had turned Sheila’s home planet into a Dyson sphere to break her resistance to witchification.
• Andrea hinted that Hero Witches often hated the witch who transformed them, and Jiang Han said she would tell Vera that it had all been Angelite’s idea.

Jiang Han returned to camp and learned the group had an overnight mineral-exploration assignment. She summoned her Ice Golem double and, claiming to be on Anjie's secret mission, arranged for the double to take her place on the expedition.

• Jiang Han chose Angelite as the likely person to blame for trouble because Angelite had a reputation for causing it.
• Kang Xuezhen told Jiang Han that the group would explore the eastern mountains at half past twelve to search for minerals.
• Jiang Han went to the bathroom and used her magic to create an Ice Golem double resembling herself.
• The Ice Golem listed the many tasks she had handled at home, leaving Jiang Han unable to name anything she had done that day except acting as a go-between for Saint Vera and the company.
• Jiang Han told the Ice Golem she was carrying out Anjie's secret mission and asked her to pretend to be Jiang Han on the expedition with Tan Yue and the others.

Jiang Han infiltrated the royal palace disguised as a rare Cat Lamp and opened the sealed doors to the inner hall. She approached Allison, who sat asleep on the throne, carrying the essence Anjie had provided.

• A Witch on guard spotted Jiang Han disguised as a blue-and-gold Cat Lamp but failed to catch her as she escaped with a cloud of Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han dropped her transformation outside the inner palace and found no Witches guarding its doors.
• Jiang Han used Sharp-Clawed Cat Lamps to disguise her damage as scratches and tore open the door’s seal herself.
• Jiang Han entered the dim hall, spotted Allison seated on the throne, and approached her with Anjie’s essence.

Jiang Han revived Allison, only to discover that she was Olivia, the Sleeping Witch. Angelite revealed that she had arranged the resurrection to learn how many times Olivia had used Evolution Magic, and planned to restore Olivia fully so she could question her.

• Jiang Han gave Allison Angelite's essence while sealing spells contained the released magic, and Allison transformed into a frail, sleepy witch.
• Allison told Jiang Han that she had once been called Allison but was now Olivia, the Sleeping Witch.
• Angelite appeared and thanked Jiang Han for triggering Olivia's resurrection procedure, explaining that Olivia was the answer she had long sought.
• Angelite explained that Olivia's Sleeping Cat Lamp hid her across different worlds, so only someone unaware of Olivia's identity could awaken her fully.
• Angelite asked how many times Olivia had used Evolution Magic, but Olivia said she did not know Angelite and was not complete yet.
• Angelite said Olivia would soon be complete and replaced by an Olivia who was easier to talk to.

Jiang Han used the Cat Lamp Allison, an incarnation of Olivia, to locate valuable Whale Bone Grass for the Tan Yue Group. After the group began harvesting it, Jiang Han went farther ahead, while Allison’s evolution offered a possible path to finding the sleeping Olivia.

• Jiang Han asked the Cat Lamp beneath her cloak where to find Whale Bone Grass and Gunpowder Flower, and it pointed her toward them before falling asleep again.
• Jiang Han found Whale Bone Grass first, drawing surprised praise from Kang Xuezhen and Lin Shu.
• Tan Yue agreed that Jiang Han would receive half the plant’s value while the group split the other half, and Lin Shu began carefully digging it up.
• Jiang Han revealed that her Cat Lamp was Allison, an incarnation of Olivia whose evolution might help locate the sleeping witch.
• After the Tan Yue Group declined her offer of help with harvesting, Jiang Han went to explore farther ahead.

Jiang Han studied Histeria’s Fisherwoman class-change manual while Olivia, revived as the Sleeping Cat Lamp, examined its design. Olivia said Fisherwoman suited Jiang Han and offered to create a Cat Lamp Witch class-change method for her if she paid.

• Jiang Han watched Tan Yue, Lin Shu, Kang Xuezhen, and Yang Daijun play a dangerous broom-riding game outside the reconnaissance craft.
• Olivia appeared beside Jiang Han, then disguised herself as a Cat Lamp to keep her revival secret.
• Olivia examined the Fisherwoman manual and explained that the class stole powers from time, space, and ghosts.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia for advice on changing to Fisherwoman and for a powerful side profession that suited her.
• Olivia offered to redesign the Cat Lamp Witch class-change method using Fisherwoman’s fish pond and told Jiang Han to prepare money.

Jiang Han and Big Eileen attacked Klockonwis, the Eastern Border’s capital, but the city’s witch towers repelled their Heat Wave Breaths. The Sleeping Cat Lamp offered a way to break the defense, leaving Big Eileen to seek Natalia’s cooperation and promising a solution within a day or two.

• Jiang Han and the witches arrived at Klockonwis and marveled at its six ring walls and two imposing mage towers.
• Natalia ordered Jiang Han and Big Eileen to breach the city walls, and Big Eileen helped Jiang Han avoid a political misstep before they launched their attack.
• Jiang Han and Big Eileen unleashed Heat Wave Breaths, but the mage towers’ defensive spell blocked them and left the city largely unharmed.
• The Sleeping Cat Lamp explained that its witch towers’ defense could withstand their spells and said Big Eileen’s true body could break it.
• The Sleeping Cat Lamp offered to add a penetrating armor-breaking spell to Jiang Han’s cloak if Big Eileen persuaded the perverted girl to pay, and Big Eileen said she would tell Natalia they could dispel the defense soon.

Natalia ordered the witches to bombard the Eastern Territory capital, where an unnatural demon wind blocked their shells and signs of the world’s final counterattack gathered. Back at camp, Jiang Han brewed Ice Roasted Tea for Olivia Cat Lamp, which offered to explain how she could improve her magical comprehension if Jiang Han made it more tea.

• Natalia ordered the witches to bombard the Eastern Territory capital and explained that the attack would break the rebels’ morale.
• An unnatural demon wind swept over the witches and blocked their shells, prompting Natalia to prepare for rain, lightning, and possible crustal upheaval.
• Jiang Han exchanged performance points for tea leaves and carefully brewed Ice Roasted Tea using Eileen’s secret recipe.
• Olivia Cat Lamp drank the tea, criticized Jiang Han’s aptitude, and explained the difference between a witch’s wisdom and comprehension.
• Olivia Cat Lamp said comprehension could be improved, then asked Jiang Han to brew more tea before explaining how.

Big Eileen delivered enchantment materials to Jiang Han, and Olivia demonstrated her gemstone enchantment skills while teaching Jiang Han how sustained, multi-point damage breaks shields. Olivia discovered that Big Eileen had supplied more materials than expected, and Big Eileen asked Olivia to enchant her cloak as well.

• Big Eileen delivered a suitcase of enchantment materials to Jiang Han while keeping Olivia hidden from other witches.
• Olivia explained that gemstones were ideal for enchantment and demonstrated turning one into fine threads of magical material.
• Olivia taught Jiang Han that sustained, multi-point damage broke shields more effectively than a single burst, and Big Eileen clarified how shifting attacks could unbalance a shield.
• Olivia noticed there were more than twice as many materials as expected, and Big Eileen placed her Golden Country Cloak beside Jiang Han's and asked Olivia to enchant it.

Jiang Han studied Olivia’s modified Heat Wave Breath spell and used the newly enchanted Golden Country Cloak to take a walk near Tan Yue Camp. She learned about Olivia’s hidden nest and overheard Witches discussing a rare Cat Lamp that was actually her, then hurried past unnoticed.

• Olivia’s Heat Wave Breath: Adhesion turned the cloak’s breath magic into a persistent rain of heat that could overwhelm fortress-type shields and devastate a large area.
• Jiang Han admired Olivia’s enchantment and gained the ability to cast two different Breaths through the Golden Country Cloak.
• Jiang Han strengthened her body with Inspiration Spell and went walking near Tan Yue Camp at Big Eileen’s suggestion.
• Olivia described her Cat Lamp’s Inner World, a nest containing floating islands, hot springs, tea terraces, and a village.
• Jiang Han overheard Witches discussing a rare blue-and-gold Cat Lamp with dragon scales near Guregs Royal City and guiltily hurried away.

After the Witches attacked Klockonwis, Jiang Han and Big Eileen went to find Saint Vera in a nearby forest. Vera reunited with the Sleeping Cat Lamp and transformed into a new cat-lamp form, which returned with them to rest.

• The Witches launched an assault on Klockonwis after the city’s magical defenses failed, while Jiang Han stayed behind with Big Eileen.
• Jiang Han sensed Vera’s location in a small forest near the capital and went there with Big Eileen.
• Vera recognized the Sleeping Cat Lamp as her real family, and it told her that they were one another.
• Vera transformed into a Witch resembling Olivia and said she was both Olivia’s responsible part and Vera.
• Vera became a larger, star-speckled cat lamp, named herself Allison, and returned with the Sleeping Cat Lamp inside Jiang Han’s Golden Country Cloak.

Six days after Jiang Han obtained the Sleeping Cat Lamp, Blue-Clad Union audited the Eastern Border operation’s gains and awarded her 165,400 performance points. Jiang Han spent much of her reward on materials for her plans, including building a snowfield cat village that might persuade Olivia to move in.

• Blue-Clad Union’s Eastern Border campaign yielded valuable mineral spoils, while the rebel force was destroyed and three survivors transformed into second-rate witches.
• Zhang Zhimeng and Aisha supervised Blue-Clad Union’s audit as the Tan Yue Group received 31,226 performance points.
• Jiang Han received 165,400 performance points for her city breaches, vanguard service, and share of the group’s achievements.
• Jiang Han skipped spells and strange items in the exchange catalog and bought tea trees, fertile soil, a hot spring, lumber, steel, and other materials.
• Jiang Han learned from Vera that Olivia was a collective of Sleeping Cat Lamps, which helped explain why she was so difficult to kill.

Jiang Han woke up, fed her Cat Lamps, and cooked an extravagant meal before Olivia asked her to run an errand. The errand involved collecting five million in cash Olivia had earned by revising an eighth-level spell online, and Jiang Han wondered whether anyone had discovered her identity.

• Olivia Lamp woke Jiang Han by jumping onto her stomach, and Jiang Han hurried to the bathroom before buying a newspaper from a messenger pigeon.
• Jiang Han spotted Ms. Ye Keshu walking a bear with Miss Jiang Xuan riding it, then hurried back inside to get dressed.
• Olivia Lamp and Vera Lamp demanded elaborate meals, so Jiang Han fed the aquatic Cat Lamps and used Chef's Hand to prepare dinner.
• The Sleeping Cat Lamps appeared as witches, and Olivia asked Jiang Han to collect five million in cash for her.
• Olivia said she had earned the money revising an eighth-level spell online under an Eastern name, and Jiang Han asked whether anyone recognized her.

Jiang Han sent letters to her family and friends, then went to Du Lingxuan’s home to join Xuanbao’s match commentary livestream. There, Xuanbao teased Kraken about her losses to Angelite by revealing a “Still Talking Tough!” T-shirt.

• Jiang Han wrote letters to Jiang Luanxin and to Jiang Miao and Liang Cuoyu, then sent them off with Dragon Turtle messengers.
• Jiang Han changed clothes, asked Olivia and Vera to subscribe to Du Lingxuan’s channel, and withdrew cash for Olivia, learning her online name was SAI.
• Jiang Han went to Du Lingxuan’s home to commentate on matches with Xuanbao and Kraken.
• Kraken described Ji Haijun’s murloc build as strong but complained that Angelite had beaten her mercilessly.
• Xuanbao pulled out a “Still Talking Tough!” T-shirt, leaving Kraken speechless.

Jiang Han watched the Eileen Cup with Du Lingxuan and Kraken as Xuan roasted the witches around her and commentated on the matches. Angelite dominated the tournament, while Xuan ended by calling her the god of civil wars for eliminating four Great Witches.

• Du Lingxuan argued with viewers and teased Kraken and Jiang Han, while Kraken explained she had bought Xuan because A Lin had said she would quit if Xuan stopped playing.
• Xuan previewed the Eileen Cup’s key matches, and Ji Haijun came back from a 0–3 deficit to defeat Gil and send her to the losers’ bracket.
• Gil suffered more defeats and became the fourth Great Witch eliminated, while Histeria defeated Kraken and other strong opponents before Lin Zhaojun eliminated her.
• Eleanor swept away a Water Dragon Certificate witch, leaving Angelite as the only top-tier Water Dragon Certificate witch in the playoffs, and Angelite showed her strength.
• Du Lingxuan pointed out that Angelite had eliminated Loya, Lilith, Kraken, and Gil, then called her the god of civil wars.

Du Lingxuan and Kraken explained the new Professional Witch Competitive League format to Jiang Han as the Sea Shepherds prepared to draft her. Jiang Han learned she would start in the Secondary League with four support witches, coached by Du Lingxuan.

• Du Lingxuan ended her stream and asked Kraken whether the draft arrangements had been settled.
• Kraken explained that the Witch Agency was establishing the Professional Witch Competitive League to standardize competition rules and improve oversight.
• Kraken outlined the restructured leagues, cup competitions, qualification system, and protected youth academy teams.
• Jiang Han learned the Sea Shepherds would draft her into the Secondary League and assign four youth academy support witches to assist her.
• Du Lingxuan announced that she would coach the Secondary League team and promised to make Jiang Han its core.

Jiang Han visited Histeria to train her specialization and brought her homemade tofu, but the lesson turned into a meal and a discussion of rare Flame Red Dragon meat. Histeria revealed that Dinesha had shared the meat with the witches, and Jiang Han left with more evidence of how readily ghost witches could be won over by food.

• After Du Lingxuan drained her points, Jiang Han declined an invitation to fish and have a cockfight because she planned to visit Histeria for specialization training.
• Jiang Han arrived at Histeria’s lair with homemade tofu and watched Histeria prepare to cook in her bubbling bath lake.
• Histeria showed Jiang Han a platter of Flame Red Dragon meat and explained that Dinesha had generously divided a large batch among the witches.
• Jiang Han recalled how ghost witches had stolen prized food from Anjie and Angelite, whose police report was dismissed as a prank.

Jiang Han practiced Gem Spellcasting Specialty and learned from Histeria about several ways witches could acquire specialties. After Jiang Han failed to create a Dispel Magic gem, Histeria explained that she could recycle the gemstone powder, though its cultivated spiritual essence would be lost.

• Jiang Han practiced storing spells in industrial gemstones and felt her specialty proficiency increase.
• Histeria listed five methods witches used to learn specialties, including the Chimera Method.
• Jiang Han recalled Angelite's notorious plagiarism lawsuit against Joan Miller and Lily Cabell, which ended with Angelite winning and Lily breaking with her mentor.
• Jiang Han failed to turn an industrial ruby into a Dispel Magic gem, and it crumbled into powder.
• Histeria packed the powder into her stomach pouch and explained that she could remake it into industrial gemstones, but the spiritual essence would need to be infused again.

Jiang Han learned the Gemstone Specialty while practicing spellcraft with Histeria, then found a buyer for Tang Wen’s rare Cat Lamps through the players’ group chat. She arranged for the trade to take place on Trade Street.

• Histeria showed Jiang Han how to make industrial gemstones, and Jiang Han used them to inscribe Flash Dust spells, causing two explosions.
• Jiang Han gained the Gemstone Specialty, and Histeria praised her talent while explaining how the specialty could improve with practice.
• Miyano Mona asked the players’ group chat for rare Cat Lamps, and Jiang Han offered to connect her with Tang Wen.
• Jiang Han negotiated a fifteen-percent commission with Tang Wen and told A Mo that the trade would take place on Trade Street.

Jiang Han met the Eastern Witch Miyano Mona at a café to discuss cat lamps, and Mona shared stories about her hometown’s shrines and Water Sky Islands. The chapter ended as their enormous dragon-meat-and-sticky-rice meal arrived.

• Jiang Han met Miyano Mona at a café on Trade Street after saying goodbye to Histeria.
• Mona ordered dragon meat stuffed with sticky rice, and Jiang Han showed her photos of cat lamps.
• Mona described cat lamp shrines, shrine gardens, and the Water Sky Islands of her hometown.
• A server brought the giant dragon-meat-and-sticky-rice dish with about ten liters of dragon-wheat beer.