Recaps

Jiang Han tried to persuade Olivia to befriend Eileen and meet new people, but Olivia insisted she disliked Eileen’s elite aura and had no interest in making friends. Their conversation left Jiang Han looking for a subtler way to encourage Olivia to socialize, and she introduced her to online witch tabletop games.

• Jiang Han suggested Olivia could become friends with Eileen, but Olivia said Eileen had an elite aura she disliked and admitted she teased Eileen because she knew Eileen could never have her.
• Olivia followed Jiang Han to her room, claimed her bed, and teased her about leaving her hair fluffy like a Maine Coon.
• Jiang Han asked whether Olivia had been going out or seeing her cat-witch acquaintances, and Olivia said she was busy with chocolate while they were traveling with friends.
• Jiang Han indirectly asked whether Olivia wanted to meet new friends, but Olivia confidently refused.
• Jiang Han discovered Olivia was interested in Witch Cards and tabletop games, so she recommended that Olivia register on the tabletop gaming site and watch other witches run campaigns.

During a violent storm, Du Lingxuan came to Jiang Han’s home for internet and ended up relaxing in her hot spring while they watched a European team match. The chapter left them watching Alesha face the French Six Heroes alone after her five teammates fell.

• A thunderstorm disrupted internet service near Du Lingxuan’s home, so she went to Jiang Han’s house to use her connection.
• Jiang Han welcomed Du Lingxuan, who explored the hot spring and met the fierce Sleeping Cat Lamp.
• Du Lingxuan and Jiang Han soaked in the hot spring, adjusted the cooling system, and watched a clean feed of the European division matches.
• Jiang Han complained that Alesha had to fight six matches in a row, and Du Lingxuan explained that Alesha’s five teammates had already been defeated.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan watched Alesha, whom Du Lingxuan called Blind Treasure, fight Amalias of the French Six Heroes. Alesha used Supersonic String and a carefully prepared trap to kill Amalias in under a second, leaving Du Lingxuan cheering her on against the remaining Six Heroes.

• Du Lingxuan explained that Alesha’s Supersonic String specialty could unleash a huge amount of magic power when an enemy cast a qualifying spell.
• Alesha baited Amalias into casting the ninth-level spell Time Stop, then triggered Supersonic String to catch up with her within the stopped time.
• Alesha weakened Amalias’s fire resistance and defenses, then used a triggered dragon-breath trap to bypass her contingencies and reduce her to Witch ash.
• Jiang Han considered how she would counter Time Stop and realized she would likely endure it with Ghost Tide rather than use Alesha’s tactics.
• Du Lingxuan celebrated the result and urged Alesha to take on all six of the French Heroes.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan celebrated Alesha’s latest victory and discussed the close race between Alesha and Lin Zhaojun to break Angelite’s scoring record. The chapter ended with Du Lingxuan preparing to share a secret with Jiang Han while the curious cat lamps hid from Jiang Han’s simulated rain.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan watched Alesha sweep the French Six Heroes, earning the South City Mandrake Club a trophy and 120 points.
• Du Lingxuan explained that Alesha had 14,500 points and Lin Zhaojun had 14,400, leaving both close to Angelite’s record.
• Jiang Han confirmed she had signed up for the Eileen Cup qualifiers, while Du Lingxuan planned to train and try to reach the top eight.
• Du Lingxuan began to hint at a personal secret, then asked Jiang Han where she kept the alcohol.
• Jiang Han turned on the rain-simulation shower, sending the snooping cat lamps into hiding as Du Lingxuan ran toward the refrigerator.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan spent a cozy evening together, and Jiang Han reassured Du Lingxuan that they were best friends. When Du Lingxuan felt discouraged about her chances in the Eileen Cup, Jiang Han encouraged her until she was determined to earn a good ranking before the New Year.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan watched a movie, bathed in the hot spring, and dried off together.
• Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan into her Cat Lamp Nest, where Du Lingxuan grew shy about their exposed skin.
• Jiang Han told Du Lingxuan that they counted as besties, easing Du Lingxuan's worry that Jiang Han had romantic feelings for her.
• Jiang Han asked about Du Lingxuan's direct invitation slot for the Eileen Cup, and Du Lingxuan said her poor performance had kept her score too low.
• Jiang Han encouraged Du Lingxuan by framing the Eileen Cup as a chance to finish the year well and start the next year strongly, and Du Lingxuan vowed to earn a good ranking before the New Year.

Du Lingxuan filled out her commentator votes, snubbing Lin Zhaojun for most awards, and told Jiang Han that Greedy Umbrella was the strongest contender for Best Club. The two settled in for the night, and Du Lingxuan teased Jiang Han about commentating her match.

• Du Lingxuan completed her commentator ballots, voting for witches other than Lin Zhaojun in nearly every category.
• Du Lingxuan predicted that Lin Zhaojun would win major international honors, while Blind would take World Witch after the awards’ prestige came under pressure.
• Jiang Han asked whether Rainy Night Club would win Best Club, and Du Lingxuan instead named Greedy Umbrella as the favorite.
• Du Lingxuan explained that Greedy Umbrella’s seven ten-thousand-point players gave the new club overwhelming individual strength.
• Jiang Han let Du Lingxuan stay the night, and Du Lingxuan teased her about commentating her match.

Jiang Han accompanied Eleanor, who asked to be called Ellie, to the Rainy Night Club to register for the Eileen Cup. There, Chen Ligu warned them about the district’s tournament bracket and offered to ask Ms. Davlin to arrange a more favorable one.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan met Agatha and Eleanor while the two great witches were jogging, and Agatha said her runs had not improved her fitness.
• Eleanor decided to register for the Eileen Cup with Jiang Han and sent Agatha jogging with Du Lingxuan instead.
• Eleanor asked Jiang Han to call her Ellie, and Jiang Han led her through the Rainy Night Club to the tournament bulletin hall.
• Chen Ligu, wearing a little yellow hat because she was underage, asked whether they had come to register for the Eileen Cup.
• Chen Ligu warned that their bracket might include super-species contestants and offered to ask Ms. Davlin to move them into a favorable bracket.

Jiang Han and Eleanor completed their Eileen Cup preliminary registration and discussed Great Witch duties, salaries, and benefits on the way to the club’s training rooms. Jiang Han then entered the magic study room and found Lin Zhaojun preparing for the tournament amid her fierce rivalry with Alesha.

• Chen Ligu brought Jiang Han and Eleanor the registration documents, and both signed them before Jiang Han asked about the preliminary groupings.
• Chen Ligu told Jiang Han that she would most likely be grouped without any super-species, though it was not certain.
• Jiang Han chatted with Eleanor about Great Witch work and learned about their generous salaries, bonuses, allowances, and retirement benefits.
• Jiang Han went to the magic study room and found Lin Zhaojun there, set to compete in the Eileen Cup while fighting intensely with Alesha over points.

Jiang Han spent the afternoon improving her legendary spellcasting and later relaxed at the Rainy Night Club with Xiya and their Giant Cat Lamps. She learned that the cats’ bottomless appetites were making everyone eat more, then watched a game stream while feeding them.

• Jiang Han practiced controlling legendary spells and simplified the components stored by the Storage Giant Cats, though she still relied on them to cast faster.
• Jiang Han reviewed two necromancy spells she had bought from Kraken: Frozen Blood Spell and Weeping Torment.
• Jiang Han found Xiya relaxing by the fireplace with several Giant Cat Lamps, and Xiya explained that their endless appetites had made both of them eat more than usual.
• Jiang Han shared her baijiu-marinated crab claw meat with the cats, then watched a Fox Fox Soul game stream and brought back extra food to feed them.

Jiang Han and Xiya discussed the Eileen Cup, the formidable forms of Lin Zhaojun and Alesha, and Angelite’s terrifying Final Witch form. Xiya left to go home after staying up all night watching a zombie drama, while Jiang Han remained with the matches and Cat Lamps.

• Jiang Han told Xiya that she had signed up for the Eileen Cup, and Xiya said a witch with enough attack power to break defenses could still become a dark horse.
• Xiya explained that Angelite’s power grew with each death until she reached her Final Witch form, which only Eileen had ever forced her to reveal.
• Xiya said Lin Zhaojun and Alesha were currently in extraordinary form, making the Eileen Cup’s top four difficult for other witches to reach.
• Xiya said she had watched fifteen episodes of Temporary Pursuit and Escape without sleeping, then announced that she was going home.
• Jiang Han recognized that the drama’s landfolk used Ludwig Rifles to fight zombies, and Xiya eagerly praised the show.

Jiang Han visited the Rainy Night Club’s video room to borrow the first season of Temporary Manhunt, where Miyamoto Mo Na shared gossip about the club’s plans. The news that Rainy Night Club was pursuing Teacher Yu and Teacher Ji left Jiang Han startled, and the chapter ended with her fearing the consequences if they lost.

• Jiang Han asked Miyamoto Mo Na for the first season of Temporary Manhunt, and Mo Na retrieved the videotape with Mage Hand.
• Jiang Han flirted with Mo Na and admired her outfit and new hair, while Mo Na blushed and accepted her compliments.
• Mo Na revealed that Rainy Night Club might buy a commentary station, and Jiang Han named several club members who could commentate.
• Mo Na told Jiang Han that Rainy Night Club was pursuing Teacher Yu and Teacher Ji.
• Jiang Han worried that losing this time would cause things on the other side to fall apart.

Jiang Han learned about Rainy Night Club’s professional commentators and joked with Mo Na about inviting Teacher Yu to dinner for her mother. After leaving the club, she met Priscilla and Dinesha fishing, learned she could sell the magic-boosting fish she had won, and went to collect it before enjoying another meal.

• Mo Na explained that Rainy Night Club had hired acclaimed commentators and discussed Jiang Han’s hope of inviting Teacher Yu to dinner because her mother was a fan.
• Jiang Han showed Mo Na a photo of her mothers, prompting Mo Na to joke about calling the police before the two left the screening room.
• Jiang Han encountered Priscilla and Dinesha fishing at Snow Phoebe Lake, where Dinesha secretly stole fish from Priscilla’s basket.
• Priscilla told Jiang Han that her Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish could not be exchanged but could be sold, and Jiang Han decided to sell it to A Lin.
• Jiang Han detoured to Bay Club to collect the fish, then ate fried chicken cutlet, hamburger steak, and fried rice.

Jiang Han brought home a large Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish and found four sleeping witches floating in her corridor. When she opened the bag, its smell woke them and drew them to the fish.

• Jiang Han received a 1.2-meter Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish at Bay Club and learned to keep it in clean ice water and cook it with plain water.
• Jiang Han carried the sealed fish home and entered her house while the Cat Lamps and witches slept.
• Olivia and Vera floated into Jiang Han’s corridor in their sleep, blocking her way, and two more Sleeping Witches joined them.
• Jiang Han discovered the four Sleeping Witches followed the fish as she raised and lowered it.
• Jiang Han opened the sealed bag slightly, and Sha’er, Vera, Carla, and Olivia woke and crowded around the fish.

Jiang Han traded the Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish to Olivia for a favor and an item, then learned the Sleeping Witches prized it as food. The chapter left them preparing to marinate the fish in sesame oil, while Olivia reluctantly offered to share one bowl with Jiang Han.

• The four Sleeping Witches argued over who would get the Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish, and Jiang Han insisted it belonged to the cat.
• Olivia offered Jiang Han a favor and an item of equal or greater value in exchange for the fish.
• The Sleeping Witches mocked Eileen for paying employees partly in company scrip and shifting corporate bond debt onto Anjie.
• Jiang Han accepted Olivia's trade, giving her the fish.
• Olivia and the other Sleeping Witches began pouring sesame oil over the fish, and Jiang Han warned them it could not touch oil.
• Carla recalled how the Sleeping Witches used to marinate this fish with sesame oil and seasonings, and Olivia offered to share one bowl with Jiang Han.

After staying up all night watching dramas, Jiang Han took paid leave and prepared to accompany Olivia on an outing. Olivia collected Jiang Han as promised and revealed that they were heading to the Astral Realm.

• Jiang Han woke among the sleeping Longsleep Meows and sent leave requests to the Witch House and Squirrel Society cabaret.
• Olivia woke early, dressed up, and told Jiang Han to come along to receive the item she had promised in exchange for fish.
• Jiang Han changed into travel clothes, packed food, and equipped her hat with two trigger-activated Dust Shield scrolls.
• Olivia and Jiang Han climbed into a specially modified unicycle driven by a cat lamp.
• Olivia told Jiang Han they were going to the Astral Realm.

Olivia took Jiang Han into the Astral Realm aboard the wheelbarrow and explained how she had prepared for Eileen’s arrival. The journey left them traveling toward the Cat Tail Route, while Cat Dehaila remained protected on a great witch’s Astral Exploration Sky Island.

• Olivia used magic to send the wheelbarrow through the barrier between reason and irrationality into the Astral Realm.
• Jiang Han saw the River of Time, the River of Origin Power, and the Cat Tail Route from the Astral Realm.
• Olivia explained that she was still recovering and needed more time and a high-energy magic source to regain her strength.
• Olivia told Jiang Han that Cat Dehaila could revert to her original size if Olivia’s magic stopped compressing her.
• Olivia revealed that Lilith had guided Cat Dehaila to an Astral Exploration Sky Island and helped compress her size.

Jiang Han and Ovi reached Lilith’s Astral Realm mining island and found Cat Dehaila, a planet-sized Giant Cat Lamp. Ovi shrank Cat Dehaila enough to take her home, but Lilith stopped them to report an accident.

• Jiang Han and Ovi traveled along the Supertrack to the Cat Tail Route and spotted Lilith’s floating island.
• They found that Cat Dehaila, a Star Cluster Giant Cat Lamp surrounded by seven enormous cat-yarn balls, was making Lilith’s moon-shaped island shake.
• Jiang Han and Ovi took a dragon train to Cat Dehaila, where Lilith and dragon witches were processing the giant cat’s shed fur and ores.
• Ovi greeted Cat Dehaila and thanked Lilith for helping bring her back.
• Ovi used her magic to shrink Cat Dehaila to twenty or thirty times the size of an ordinary Giant Cat Lamp.
• Lilith stopped Ovi as they prepared to leave and told her there had been an accident.

Lilith returned from the Cat Tail Route with Cat Dehaila and an unexpected discovery: three kittens had appeared, including the Star Cluster Cat Lamp Cat Falia. Olivia encouraged Lilith to raise Cat Falia, who had already taken a liking to her.

• Lilith reported that she had recovered Cat Dehaila and found something unexpected on the Cat Tail Route.
• Cat Dehaila arrived in an enormous cat form, then transformed into her Cat Lamp Maiden form and revealed three kittens had appeared after she ate plants and meat.
• Cat Dehaila explained that Cat Falia had been born two or three months earlier and had grabbed Lilith's tail to play.
• Olivia recognized Cat Falia's demon-cat traits and urged Lilith to care for the kitten, saying Cat Lamps should be free to choose their companions.
• Lilith hesitantly agreed to take in Cat Falia.

Jiang Han and Olivia enjoyed Lori Tang’s year-end gaming festival, sampling its attractions and grilled duck skewers while discussing Cat Falia’s affection for Lilith. Olivia then suggested they return so she could give Jiang Han the replacement item they had agreed on.

• Jiang Han and Olivia entered Lori Tang’s festival in disguise as cat Witches and watched the beast-eared girls at the mobile pool.
• Jiang Han pulled Olivia away from the pool, and Olivia explained why humanoid creatures appeared in many worlds.
• Jiang Han and Olivia ordered matching stuffed little yellow duck skewers from a red-eyed Witch and received complimentary Cat Hemp Beer.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia why she had given Cat Falia a Star Cat Lamp, and Olivia said Cat Falia liked Lilith and the gift would leave a favor.
• Olivia suggested they head back so she could give Jiang Han the replacement item they had agreed on.

Jiang Han reviewed Olivia’s treasure list and chose Adventure Bath Salts to trade to Lin Zhaojun, who needed more magic power. Olivia and Jiang Han then hinted that they planned to negotiate for Lin Zhaojun’s unusual rune sigils.

• Olivia showed Jiang Han her treasure list and explained its four types of fortuitous encounters.
• Jiang Han considered the comprehension-type encounter [Heaven, Earth, Man] but rejected it because it cost five thousand magic points and she had promised to find something for A Lin.
• Olivia suggested asking other witches about the fish, but Jiang Han learned they had already fed it to A Lin, who had eagerly traded away gems and gold for materials.
• Olivia explained that fast-attack witches such as Lin Zhaojun could preserve the quality of their prey by killing it quickly, while Cat Lamps were less suited to combat.
• Jiang Han selected a box of Adventure Bath Salts for Lin Zhaojun, and she and Olivia hinted at bargaining for her rune sigils.

Jiang Han traveled with Du Lingxuan to Eileen’s Duel Island to find Lin Zhaojun and bring her a fortuitous encounter. They arrived at the island, where Du Lingxuan planned to seek her own fortune by other means.

• Jiang Han learned from Du Lingxuan that Lin Zhaojun was repairing Duel Island after Eileen had press-ganged her into the work.
• Jiang Han rode with Du Lingxuan in her new carriage and heard her complain about Angelite assigning top-tier witches to clear goblins, though the pay and the task were enjoyable.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan arrived at Duel Island and parked at Chicken Stop Plaza.
• Jiang Han said she had come to bring Lin Zhaojun a fortuitous encounter, and Du Lingxuan explained that she was seeking one for herself through other means.

Jiang Han visited Lin Zhaojun on Eileen’s unfinished floating island and showed her the Miracle Bath Salts, which added three thousand magic power. Lin Zhaojun eagerly admired the treasure, and Jiang Han asked what she would offer in exchange.

• Jiang Han learned that Du Lingxuan and Lin Zhaojun were feuding because Lin had turned Xuan Bao’s electronic chicken against Du Lingxuan, prompting Du Lingxuan to mock Lin during a match.
• Jiang Han crossed the suspension bridge to visit Lin Zhaojun on the floating island and encountered witches practicing socializing.
• Lin Zhaojun asked Jiang Han whether she had brought another fish, and Jiang Han accidentally pulled a rabbit-eared Cat Lamp from her tail before producing the Miracle Bath Salts.
• Jiang Han explained that the Miracle Bath Salts added three thousand magic power, and Lin Zhaojun’s eyes lit up.
• Jiang Han asked Lin Zhaojun what she would give in exchange for the Miracle Bath Salts.

Jiang Han negotiated with Lin Zhaojun for access to the secret Rune Sigil system, using the discussion to glean information about how it worked. Lin Zhaojun agreed to provide materials for two schools, and Jiang Han chose Conjuration and Enchantment.

• Lin Zhaojun brought Jiang Han to her campsite to discuss what price Jiang Han wanted.
• Jiang Han asked for the Rune Sigil usage rights and detailed documentation, but Lin Zhaojun refused to share the whole system.
• Jiang Han bargained Lin Zhaojun into offering usage rights and materials for two Rune Sigil schools, with Lin Zhaojun choosing one of them.
• Jiang Han inferred that Rune Sigils used specialized rune sequences across eight independent schools and planned to give the information to Ovi.
• Lin Zhaojun offered Jiang Han the Conjuration materials, and Jiang Han chose the Enchantment School as her second school.

Jiang Han and Lin Zhaojun negotiated an exchange involving the Enchantment School's materials and consumable-crafting knowledge. Jiang Han accepted Lin Zhaojun's offer of competition-ready magical tea formulas and a list, and the two reached a deal.

• Jiang Han agreed that she wanted the Enchantment School's materials, then asked Lin Zhaojun what would make up the trade's value.
• Lin Zhaojun explained a new Witch Agency rule allowing competitors to use consumables with a combined initial mana of up to 1,000 points before matches.
• Jiang Han and Lin Zhaojun joked about veteran players, including Lilian's struggles with a knockoff slow-attack style.
• Lin Zhaojun offered consumable-crafting formulas and a list, promising that they would be useful in competitions.
• Lin Zhaojun showed Jiang Han tea cigarettes that provided several support effects for about an hour, with a production cost under one hundred yuan each.
• Jiang Han judged the magical tea worthwhile and agreed to the deal.

Jiang Han explored Duel Island, visited a café run by cat Witches and dwarf Witches, and checked the commissions available through her intermediary network. After spotting Lilith’s anonymous search for vast grain-producing regions, Jiang Han posted a competing commission on the Cat Lamp channel.

• Jiang Han sent Cat Carlo instructions to prepare the island’s tea plantation and recruit cat lamps to cultivate it.
• Jiang Han visited a busy joint cat Witch and dwarf Witch coffee shop and ordered a meal.
• Jiang Han reviewed the many commissions circulating among agencies and personal commission companies.
• Jiang Han recognized Lilith behind an anonymous commission seeking six planet-scale grain-producing regions or folded spaces.
• Jiang Han posted her own anonymous commission offering premium cod meat and Cat Lamp supplies for food-producing plots and folded spaces.