Recaps

Jiang Han learned about the Witch Agency’s new 2v2 matchmaking tournament and was asked to compete for the Sea Shepherds Club with Miyamoto Mo Na. Kraken explained the pair’s rating and rewards, leaving Jiang Han questioning why the club would not enter them at a higher matchup score.

• Lin Zhaojun introduced Jiang Han to the Sea Shepherds Club’s members, shareholders, and staff.
• Kraken told Lin Zhaojun that the new tournament would use 2v2 matches, allow unlimited club entries, and award materials for accumulated wins.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han a doubles entry with Miyamoto Mo Na, and Jiang Han agreed but questioned the pairing.
• Kraken said Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na had a matchup score of 5.7, which would earn them 15 points for reaching the round of sixteen.
• Jiang Han asked whether they could raise their matchup score to 6.5, but Kraken said the round-of-sixteen reward would then be only 5 points.

Leticia organized the Sea Shepherds Club’s duo teams and asked the witches how often they would train. After Jiang Han, Xiya, and the others traded teasing remarks, Leticia assigned Miyamoto Mo Na, Histeria, and Jiang Han to work on a spell list together.

• Leticia announced six duo teams for the Sea Shepherds Club, while Xiya was left without a partner because Ghost Witches’ benchmark ratings were inflated.
• Jiang Han laughed at Eve Harkins’s world-leading benchmark rating, and Histeria complained that Ghost Witches were being discriminated against.
• The witches proposed different training schedules, and Jiang Han suggested two sessions a week before Nana and Xiya joked about training once a week and becoming a false god.
• Xiya and Jiang Han mocked Lin Zhaojun’s playstyle, prompting Leticia to cut off the teasing and set training three times a week.
• Leticia assigned Miyamoto Mo Na, Histeria, and Jiang Han to form a group and finalize their spell list.

Jiang Han, Histeria, and Miyamoto Mo Na met at the training camp, where Xiya proposed a team tactic based on Jiang Han shielding Nana while she dealt damage. The group left with the idea that they should develop a strategy Leticia might not understand and use it to win the championship.

• Jiang Han and Xiya raced into the changing rooms with Histeria, and Jiang Han changed into combat gear enhanced by the Golden Country Cloak.
• Jiang Han greeted Miyamoto Mo Na, who explained that her combat outfit came from an alchemy shop's thought-signal machine.
• The witches rested with drinks and pastries before Xiya discussed Leticia's possible plan for their coordination.
• Xiya suggested Jiang Han act as a meat shield while Nana attacked and learned [My Vengeance Is Like Flames] to bind Jiang Han and boost her casting speed.
• Xiya said the team should bring out a tactic Leticia did not understand and win the championship.

Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na struggled to coordinate during training, trying different tactics against Histeria and repeatedly losing. They recognized that their silence and mismatched combat habits were holding them back, but the chapter ended before they found a solution.

• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na proposed dividing offense and finishing blows, but Xiya joked about their clashing tactics.
• Jiang Han and Nana practiced against Xiya and found that their teamwork was ineffective while Xiya handled them both with ease.
• Jiang Han suggested copying Agatha and Hurst Apby’s classic tactics, and she chose to play Agatha while Nana agreed to take the other role.
• Jiang Han opened their next training match with an Eternal Ice Eye, but her spells missed, while Nana struggled with long-range debuffs.
• Histeria defeated Jiang Han and Nana again, and Xiya compared their coordination to a rock and a flatbread.

Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na struggled to coordinate until Leticia arrived and gave them a detailed tactical handbook. The manual assigned Jiang Han a support role to strengthen and protect Miyamoto Mo Na, leaving them with a clear plan for their fights.

• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na practiced together for an hour but failed to synchronize their fighting styles.
• Histeria suggested asking Leticia for advice, and Miyamoto Mo Na asked Histeria to help them.
• Leticia arrived, gave them cryptic advice about coordination, and handed them her tactical handbook.
• Jiang Han read Leticia’s plan for Jiang Han to support and protect Miyamoto Mo Na, who would focus on close combat.
• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na reviewed alternative tactics for facing bombardment-focused teams.

Jiang Han and Carula discussed the group playoffs and Greedy Umbrella’s daunting opponents while waiting at the arena. Jiang Han left for tea, where she startled Lilith and then kept filling her cup as another witch waited.

• Greedy Umbrella and Sea Shepherds tied for first in their group, while Mandrake Club and War Ghost Club went undefeated in theirs.
• Jiang Han worried that Blind Treasure would face hardship again, and Carula reassured her before admitting that the team feared Angelite.
• Jiang Han saw Angelite preparing in the lounge and noted that she had been rotated into the lineup.
• Jiang Han startled Lilith by grabbing her ponytail, then slipped away while Wei Changqing discussed a contract with Lilith.
• Jiang Han began filling her kitty cup with tea, and a waiting witch politely praised the tea instead of asking her to hurry.

Jiang Han met Elizabeth Austin of Greedy Umbrella and traded a playful handshake prank before rejoining the Sea Shepherds Club. Leticia then laid out a seven-versus-seven lineup designed to exploit the opponents’ likely order, with Histeria reserved as the final ace.

• Elizabeth Austin told Jiang Han that missing the tiebreaker meant losing valuable exposure, and Zhang Ya agreed that tiebreakers and overtime were exciting.
• Jiang Han pretended to accept Elizabeth Austin’s apology, scratched her palm during a feigned handshake, and slipped away; Zhang Ya teased Elizabeth about being scratched by a kitten.
• Jiang Han told Xiya that Carula was more or less one of Angelite’s fans, prompting Xiya to joke about selling Angelite cast models.
• Leticia predicted Greedy Umbrella’s likely fighter order and assigned Lin Zhaojun first, Angelite second, Jiang Han third, Du Lingxuan fourth, Lilian fifth, Chen Ligu sixth, and Histeria last.

During the witches’ tactical briefing, Leticia repeatedly judged Jiang Han while softening toward her, and assigned her a specific role in the coming battle. Jiang Han teased Xiya and Xuan Bao as the first tiebreaker match began, while Xuan Bao dismissed the competing teams as weak.

• Leticia sized up Jiang Han, softened when Jiang Han asked what would happen if their tactics failed, and joked that the opposing team must be idiots if they won by ignoring their coach.
• Jiang Han whispered with Xiya during the briefing, and Xiya called her a silly apprentice while rubbing her tail.
• Leticia assigned Jiang Han to use [Boundlessly Spreading Tide] twice more to prepare favorable terrain for Du Lingxuan, then ordered her to tie her hair up.
• Jiang Han tied her hair into a high ponytail, teased Xiya with it, and sat beside Xuan Bao to watch the first tiebreaker match.
• Xuan Bao rubbed Jiang Han’s tail and called it top-grade, then judged the teams below to be weak opponents.

The Sea Shepherds faced the Umbrella of Greed in their group match, and Lin Zhaojun’s overwhelming performance gave her team control of the fight. Angelite then finished off the remaining opposition, securing the Sea Shepherds first place with a 7:1 score.

• After an opposing witch died from stacking two incompatible mana-conversion spells, Jiang Han and the Umbrella of Greed team prepared to face the Sea Shepherds.
• Leticia eased her teammates’ nerves and provoked Angelite into her Full-Power Anjie state before both teams submitted their lineups.
• Lin Zhaojun defeated Carula by using illusions and a Magic Missile, then went on to defeat Nanazawa An and Wei Changqing.
• The Umbrella of Greed’s fourth fighter finally stopped Lin Zhaojun, who had lost a hand and not reattached it.
• Angelite defeated four more Umbrella of Greed fighters, and the Sea Shepherds won the group with a 7:1 score.

After qualifying, Jiang Han invited the witches to the Witch House and tried to introduce them to Cat Lamp companions. The others initially refused, but they reconsidered when she revealed she meant Giant Cat Lamps.

• Angelite celebrated the team’s qualification and told Leticia she would not let Euclia catch her off guard again.
• Histeria suggested celebrating at the Witch House, and Jiang Han agreed to introduce everyone to Cat Lamps.
• The witches misunderstood Jiang Han’s offer as a plan to sell ordinary Cat Lamps and explained why they made poor battlefield companions.
• Jiang Han clarified that she wanted to introduce Giant Cat Lamp companions, and Xuan Bao suggested discussing them at the Witch House.

Jiang Han brought a Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp to the Witch House, where top-tier witches gathered hoping to recruit Giant Cat companions. Chen Ligu met the cat’s demands and secured her as a companion, while the other witches watched eagerly.

• The Sea Shepherds Club witches gathered at the Witch House after Chen Ligu welcomed Jiang Han and her group.
• Top-tier witches from the Greedy Umbrella arrived, and the witches discussed how rare and coveted Giant Cat Lamp companions were.
• Jiang Han opened a portal and summoned a plump Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp seeking work.
• Jiang Han explained the cat’s treasure-finding abilities and read out her employment requirements.
• Chen Ligu agreed to provide all the requested benefits, and the Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp quickly chose to work under her command.

Jiang Han recruited witches to hire Giant Cat Lamps through employment contracts and introduced their different abilities and terms. An Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp signed with Lilith after she offered extensive alchemy instruction, and Jiang Han prepared to summon another cat.

• Jiang Han told Alice that outside witches could hire Giant Cat Lamps but had to pay a 10% cat tax to the Sleeping Witch.
• Jiang Han explained to Ademira Harkins that Giant Cat Lamp contracts provided long-term work, not long-term service.
• Jiang Han summoned an Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp and described its potion-making, spellcasting, and rapid return after morale collapse.
• The Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp asked to work only for a witch who could teach her alchemy and offered generous contract terms in return.
• Lilith offered to teach Dragon Alchemy, and the Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp signed a contract with her.
• Jiang Han tapped the magic circle with her tail and summoned another Giant Cat Lamp.

After a tipsy gathering, Jiang Han was brought home and woke in the cat-steaming room to learn that Olivia had upgraded her Cat Lamp Kitchen and expanded the living room. Olivia rewarded Jiang Han for earning the giant cats’ trust with a choice of a powerful ring and a legendary Giant Cat Lamp companion slot, leaving Jiang Han eager to choose her new partner.

• At Witch House, Jiang Han’s companions departed, and Qin Shunying grabbed Jiang Han’s ears before asking Chen Ligu to take her home.
• Chen Ligu delivered Jiang Han to Cat Xiumei, who wrapped her in her tails and carried her to the cat-steaming room.
• Jiang Han woke to find Cat Xiumei and Cat Yeta washing their tails, Olivia steaming, and Sha'er watching cat golf.
• Olivia told Jiang Han that the Cat Lamp Kitchen had become an advanced wonder and that the living room had gained a new furnished space, in exchange for a little office.
• Cat Xiumei and Olivia explained that the giant cats praised Jiang Han for building trust between them and witches.
• Olivia offered Jiang Han a powerful ring of her choice and a companion slot for an available legendary Giant Cat Lamp.

Jiang Han prepared to visit Du Lingxuan with Cat Xiumei, stopping first at Chen Ligu’s home, where she saw a witch and a Giant Cat getting along. She reflected on Giant Cats’ fear of witches and their reasons for cautiously building friendly relationships, then set out with Chen Ligu and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat for Du Lingxuan’s house.

• Jiang Han groomed her tail, dressed for the visit, and woke Cat Xiumei to accompany her to Du Lingxuan’s house.
• Jiang Han roused the Cat Lamps sleeping on her uncleaned unicycle and told the driver to take them to Chen Ligu’s house first.
• Jiang Han saw Chen Ligu and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat sharing a peaceful morning, and considered the danger witches posed to Giant Cats.
• Chen Ligu greeted Jiang Han, and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat said she was friends with Cat Carla, the Giant Cat recruited by Du Lingxuan.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed the Giant Cat Islands and the coming Nether Festival, where Marian Horton would retire with honors and her successor would be announced. The conversation ended with Jiang Han hoping to try Du Lingxuan’s special tea while hiding her Cat Cup.

• Cat Xiumei and Cat Lieta discussed how their Giant Cat Islands produced resources, and Jiang Han explained how giant cats developed their territories.
• Chen Ligu asked about the Nether Festival, and Jiang Han confirmed the banquet would announce Marian Horton’s retirement and successor.
• Chen Ligu reacted in shock and used magic to save her spilled tea, then introduced Du Lingxuan’s rare tea to Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han took out her Cat Cup before Chen Ligu warned her not to do anything embarrassing, so she put it away and vowed to only throw cats.

Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and their Cat Lamps visited Du Lingxuan’s dramatically redesigned Sky Island, which resembled an active volcano. After exploring its strange paths and a dark, icy passage, they discovered a vast frozen cavern beneath the home.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu arrived at Du Lingxuan’s home and saw that it had been rebuilt as a huge volcanic Sky Island.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu walked the mountain path and admired the surreal scenery leading to a pool and narrow valley.
• Jiang Han tested the cobblestone path with an ice staff and crossed the pool with Chen Ligu and the Cat Lamps.
• Cat Lieta turned into a puddle of slime to squeeze through the valley entrance as the group explored the cold passage.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu emerged into a cavern of snow and ice beneath a star-filled sky.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu visited Du Lingxuan’s frigid mountain home and discovered its hot springs, snow-rabbit dessert farms, and other developed facilities. They found Du Lingxuan gaming with the Forest Wanderer Giant Cat Lamp, and she announced the new Shadow Castle expansion.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu endured the extreme cold as they followed hot springs through Du Lingxuan’s territory.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu watched snow rabbits grow desserts in greenhouse orchards and deliver them to mountain warehouses.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu toured Du Lingxuan’s campsite, including its hot-spring pools, cave houses, and cockfighting rings.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu found Du Lingxuan gaming with the Forest Wanderer Giant Cat Lamp, who beat a boss and claimed a 1–0 victory.
• Du Lingxuan argued that she would clear the game without dying and showed Jiang Han the Shadow Castle expansion for Fox Fox Secret Order.

Du Lingxuan explained how her automated prayer machine produced new ley-line energy, prompting Jiang Han to consider the roles of faith and wishes in magic. Du Lingxuan prepared to livestream an interview and lecture, then asked Jiang Han to make ice that would not melt.

• Du Lingxuan welcomed Jiang Han and Chen Ligu, while Cat Yula went to fetch food and tea.
• Jiang Han asked about Du Lingxuan’s business, and Du Lingxuan described a prayer machine that generated ley-line energy.
• Jiang Han considered how faith and wishes could power magic and asked whether Du Lingxuan had tried sacrificial ritual-circle spells.
• Du Lingxuan explained that maintaining ritual circles would be too expensive and preferred using a mysterious ritual cycle from Coldwind Frost Forest.
• Du Lingxuan set up her livestream and asked Jiang Han to make ice that would not melt after the stream.

Jiang Han helped Du Lingxuan prepare her livestream for the Nether Festival Eve Solo Invitational and installed her new Sound-Collecting Mouse, which improved recording quality. As the competition began, Du Lingxuan introduced Cat Yula to her viewers and explained that the invitational’s high prizes and lack of betting encouraged competitors to show their true skill.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu helped Du Lingxuan set up her livestream equipment while the tournament’s prize pool and format were introduced.
• Jiang Han demonstrated her Sound-Collecting Mouse and installed one in Du Lingxuan’s computer to reduce distortion in her voice recordings.
• The Giant Cat Lamps returned with food and drinks and settled in to watch the competition.
• Du Lingxuan opened the stream, introduced Cat Yula as her new partner, and drew a flood of envious comments from viewers.
• Du Lingxuan explained that the invitational had high prize money and no betting, making it a chance for competitors to reveal their real skill.

Jiang Han and the commentators received the roster for a secret invitational and realized it was being used to select Marian Horton's successor as a Great Witch. The tournament opened with Dinesha facing Great Witch Eleanor, leaving Jiang Han concerned about Dinesha’s stamina in the demanding format.

• Du Lingxuan and Chen Ligu explained that the invitational’s roster was kept secret until shortly before the matches began.
• Du Lingxuan received the bracket and saw that all ten Great Witches and the strongest Great Witch candidates, including Dinesha, were competing.
• Jiang Han inferred that the tournament was a selection process to find a powerful and reliable successor to Marian Horton.
• Du Lingxuan described the invitational’s group and elimination format, which required many matches and could strain Dinesha’s stamina.
• Du Lingxuan introduced the opening match between Dinesha and Great Witch Eleanor.

Dinesha faced Eleanor in a high-level witch duel, using her versatile magic and enchanted firearm to seize and maintain the advantage. She exploited a brief opening to defeat Eleanor with Edict: Death.

• Eleanor and Dinesha exchanged greetings before the duel began on Eightfold Island.
• Both witches leaped backward at the start, then fought for control of the surrounding mana.
• Dinesha combined spells, prophecy, and phantom bullets to disrupt Eleanor’s summons and gain an early advantage.
• Dinesha pressed her attack while Eleanor used teleportation and transmutation to evade and counter her.
• Dinesha possessed the void to escape Eleanor’s Annihilation Singularity and defeated her with Edict: Death.

After the witch tournament’s first half, Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan left the cave room to make tea and turn a sea gemstone into unmelting ice. Du Lingxuan revealed she needed it to build a nest for a frost cockfighting egg she had obtained from Kraken.

• Eleanor lost to Dinesha after four battles, and Angelite lost to Kraken three to two.
• Agatha defeated Hilda three to nil, while Priscilla defeated Lilith with Song of Dead Souls after Lilith transformed into a dragon.
• Xuan Bao shut off the livestream and discussed the demanding tournament schedule with Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han followed Du Lingxuan to the tea room and brewed milk tea for Chen Ligu.
• Du Lingxuan showed Jiang Han a sea gemstone, and Jiang Han used the Eternal Ice Eye to turn it into unmelting ice.
• Du Lingxuan explained that she needed the ice to make a nest for a frost cockfighting egg she had swindled from Kraken.

Jiang Han showed Du Lingxuan a high-quality piece of Unmeltable Ice and explained the usefulness of a fluffy, temperature-adjusting Cat Cup. The chapter ended with Du Lingxuan ordering five cups from Jiang Han at a five-percent discount.

• Du Lingxuan inspected Jiang Han's Unmeltable Ice and praised its quality as a core for magical arrays.
• Du Lingxuan said she had bought a Cold Rejection talisman from Lilian and described Lilian's other abilities.
• Jiang Han filled her large Cat Cup and a smaller one with red bean milk tea while Xuan Bao reacted to the cups.
• Jiang Han explained that Cat Kavitell's Cat Cups felt warm, adjusted drink temperatures, and could grow with Cat Gems.
• Du Lingxuan asked to buy five Cat Cups, and Jiang Han offered her a five-percent discount.

Jiang Han visited Eileen to secure customers for a Cat Lamp workshop and pitched several curios as custom orders. Eileen agreed to a large order and offered thousands of well-paid positions for liaison Cat Lamps.

• Jiang Han left her friends after watching a match with Xuan Bao and hurried to visit Eileen with her driver cat.
• Jiang Han showed Eileen the Cat Cup, Cat Kitchen Lantern, Cat Tail Bow, and Cat Yarn Ball Portable Pasture, and explained that a workshop could produce the curios in bulk.
• Eileen inspected the curios and became interested in their craftsmanship and usefulness.
• Jiang Han told Eileen the Cat Cups could be made to resemble golden-furred cats and offered gold-and-white liaison Cat Lamps from her territory.
• Eileen ordered one thousand Cat Cups and two hundred lanterns with chef Cat Lamps, and offered two thousand liaison Cat Lamp positions at ten percent above standard wages.

Jiang Han calculated that the commissions she had secured could create thousands of Cat Lamp jobs and help her pay off most of her debts. At Foxfolk Tavern, she met Doris Demonfire and posted island-wide commissions to recruit artisan Cat Lamps and trainers for the Communication Signal spell.

• Jiang Han counted the jobs and profits her new orders could provide, concluding that Giant Cat Island could support millions more Cat Lamps and that she could repay most of her debts.
• Jiang Han visited Foxfolk Tavern and met Doris Demonfire, who thanked her for helping the foxfolk settle on Giant Cat Island.
• The foxfolk and nearby catfolk welcomed Jiang Han warmly, and the tavern manager offered her free drinks.
• Jiang Han asked Doris whether she could post commissions through the foxfolk network and learned they would spread across the Cat World within a day.
• Jiang Han posted commissions seeking artisan Cat Lamps and Cat Lamps who could train others to use the Communication Signal spell.