Recaps

Jiang Han explored the company’s facilities and learned about its voucher system and witch-centered workforce. Eileen offered her an alchemy idol project proposed by Anjie, and Jiang Han agreed to review it within a week.

• Jiang Han used company benefit vouchers to buy pan-fried butter fish and French herb cheese with scallops.
• Jiang Han toured the company’s recreational areas and admired its witch-designed promotional posters.
• Eileen found Jiang Han resting and warned her not to set a bad example for the other witches in her group.
• Eileen gave Jiang Han Anjie’s proposal for an alchemy idol collaboration and asked her to respond within a week.
• Jiang Han watched episodes of Alien Cuisine Interview while eating her meal.

Jiang Han developed a tank concept for Anna Emily Penko’s slime army and returned home after a productive day of work. She found Ovi, Vera, and Carla waiting in school swimsuits, while Sha'er slept nearby.

• Jiang Han accepted Anna Emily Penko’s order for equipment to improve her slime servants’ combat strength and came up with a soft tank inspired by the Slug from Metal Slug.
• Jiang Han finished her work early, assembled ten extra units, and headed home in a Cat Lamp vehicle.
• Jiang Han passed Snow Phoebe Lake’s security system and recorded the Cat Lamp driver’s wages, then accepted some kitty-coins the driver returned.
• Jiang Han arrived home to find the Cat Lamps absent and the house lit by candles.
• Jiang Han entered the living room and saw Ovi, Vera, and Carla in school swimsuits, with Sha'er asleep in human form.

Jiang Han came home to find Ovie wearing a school swimsuit and asking for help ranking up Vera. As the Sleeping Witches bickered, Ovie revealed how she had created the other Sleeping Cat Lamps, and Jiang Han settled in to play Carla’s game.

• Ovie asked Jiang Han to help Vera rank up, but Jiang Han asked for a drink and some time to recover from the shock of Ovie’s appearance.
• Vera brought Jiang Han chilled osmanthus drink, and Jiang Han observed that Ovie, Vera, and Carla were distinct people rather than ordinary avatars.
• Ovie explained that she had split off eight kittens after swallowing a fortuitous encounter that transformed her into a Cat Lamp Witch.
• Vera teased Ovie about their sisterly relationship, and the two Sleeping Witches began playfully fighting.
• Jiang Han took Carla’s controller and played the game to keep herself from angering Ovie.

Jiang Han helped Ovi climb the Marite Racing ranks while asking about her Giant Cat Wonder. Ovi described her castle and offered Jiang a chapel in exchange for designing vehicles for the Cat Lamps, and Jiang negotiated for a high-quality wonder blueprint instead.

• Jiang Han used her S-tier racing skills to seize first place in a C+ Marite Racing match while Ovi watched.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi about her Giant Cat Wonder, and Ovi got angry that Jiang had not yet visited her territory.
• Ovi explained that her enormous castle let her rule the Cat Lamps, grant fiefs, and control the Shadow Realm.
• Ovi offered Jiang a small chapel if Jiang designed a vehicle that could travel across the Cat Lamp Islands.
• Jiang proposed designing tracked, levitating all-terrain vehicles for the Cat Lamps and asked for a high-quality wonder blueprint instead of a chapel.
• Ovi agreed to Jiang's terms.

After completing a week’s worth of work in one day, Jiang Han designed a flying vehicle for Cat Lamps and learned that Priscilla had taken a week off. Jiang Han requested leave for the same period and got it approved, beginning an unexpectedly long vacation.

• Jiang Han pushed Olivia’s Vera account from C+ to A- and thanked Meow Yi Ao for two bottles of nonalcoholic wine-flavored drink.
• Jiang Han playfully groped Meow Yi Ao, then fled to her room while Meow Yi Ao threw balls of yarn at her.
• While lounging in bed, Jiang Han considered problems with her slime tank design and sketched a pot-shaped flying craft for Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han called the National Alchemy Workshop Group and learned from Bu Yuefeng that Priscilla had taken a week of leave after the team finished its weekly quota.
• Jiang Han asked Bu Yuefeng to request leave for her until Priscilla returned, and her leave was approved within two minutes.

Jiang Han dressed up and invited her friends for a stroll, but most were busy until Lilian agreed to join her at the Medieval Cafe. Jiang Han reached the cafe in Garden Pipes, a dangerous broom-racing course that drew witches interested in engineering, potions, and alchemy.

• Jiang Han dressed in a sailor-collar JK dress, braided her hair into twin buns, and asked her friends to join her for a stroll.
• Jiang Han learned that Eileen, Angelite, Kraken, Du Lingxuan, and Lin Zhaojun were occupied with their own plans.
• Lilian offered to accompany Jiang Han to “that place,” while Lilith reminded Lilian to repay her debt and Lilian headed out.
• Jiang Han remembered that she owed Zhen Ling two boxes of desserts, then left for the Medieval Cafe.
• Jiang Han passed a crashed broom racer and learned that Garden Pipes was a perilous racing course popular with witches in alchemy, engineering, and magical medicine.
• Jiang Han entered the Medieval Cafe.

Jiang Han met Lilian at a café and discovered Ancient Fruit Coffee, a newly discovered drink that restored magical power. She left delighted with a huge cup of coffee and a taste of grilled mushrooms and beef.

• Jiang Han arrived at the café and found Lilian with Du Lingxuan’s parrotfish, which Lilian was holding for her while she saved money.
• Lilian ordered Ancient Fruit Coffee, smoked beef, and a Cat Lamp for herself and Jiang Han.
• Lilian explained that Ancient Fruit Coffee was made from fruit-bearing plants along the River of Time and could restore a witch’s magical power.
• Jiang Han loved the coffee and persuaded Lilian to let her order fifteen liters in her Cat Cup.
• Jiang Han watched the dwarf witch prepare the coffee, then tucked the full Cat Cup into her tail and tried grilled mushrooms with beef.

Jiang Han and Lilian prepared to hunt for discarded treasures in the Garden Pipes, hiring two Great Adventure Cat Lamps and heading toward a newly formed scrapyard. Their plans ended with Ketus threatening to doom Lilian’s thesis after Lilian mocked Water Dragon Certificate witches.

• Jiang Han researched the Garden Pipes and learned how witches found treasures in its discarded parts fields.
• Lilian haggled with a dwarven witch and hired two Great Adventure Cat Lamps for four thousand one a day each.
• Jiang Han concealed her own treasure-hunting abilities while helping Lilian prepare the cat lamps for the trip.
• Jiang Han and Lilian found information about a new scrapyard near the Garden Pipes E3 commercial street exit, where magical robots had appeared.
• Lilian mocked Water Dragon Certificate witches within earshot of Ketus, who threatened to doom Lilian’s thesis.

Jiang Han and Lilian reached an abandoned parts yard, where Qiao Rou and Chen Yu invited them to explore together. Jiang Han divided the area among the witches, then secretly used magic needles to scout their searches while preparing to hunt for loot herself.

• Lilian complained about Master Ketus’s punishment and explained that she had once angered Anjie by sending her erotic fiction about herself and other people.
• Jiang Han and Lilian reached the parts yard, where Qiao Rou and Chen Yu applauded Jiang Han’s landing and invited them to explore together.
• Lilian gave Qiao Rou and Chen Yu handmade protective scrolls and shared insider news about her Peak Witches certification votes.
• Jiang Han claimed three warehouses, prompting the others to choose separate areas to search.
• Jiang Han secretly sent 567 magic needles into the ley lines and used their feedback to monitor the other witches’ searches without being detected.

Jiang Han used magic to develop her Nightmare Extractor, which turned nightmares into monsters and materials, but needed rare prototype modules to improve it. She recruited three Mist Immortal Cat Lamps to search for parts and agreed to consider their request for legal shop franchises in Nightmare City.

• Jiang Han explained that developing an inspiration required knowledge, magic-powered turns to make it feasible, and theoretical research materials.
• Jiang Han completed the first turn of her Nightmare Extractor after spending her magic power five times over.
• Jiang Han described how the Nightmare Extractor summoned monsters from nightmares, whose deaths yielded materials and nightmare energy, though its use had driven some servants mad.
• Jiang Han summoned three Mist Immortal Cat Lamps and asked them to find prototype modules for the machine.
• The Mist Immortal Cat Lamps requested permission to open shops legally, and Jiang Han agreed to consider negotiating franchise rights with the Nightmare Cat Lamps.

Jiang Han explored a component warehouse with the Mist Immortal Cat Lamps, opening chests and finding a remarkable piece of Black Refined Damascus Steel. She stored the steel to sell to Anjie and planned to camp in the yard and catch up with Qiao Rou and Chen Yu.

• The Mist Immortal Cat Lamps rummaged through the warehouse and brought Jiang Han parts and component chests to inspect.
• Jiang Han opened a chest with her [Give Cat Three Shares!] ability and found several pieces of Black Refined Damascus Steel among its contents.
• Jiang Han discovered that the steel was extraordinarily cold and strong, then stored it to sell to Anjie.
• Jiang Han opened more chests, found mostly ordinary or edible components, and saved some treats for Qiao Rou and Chen Yu.
• Jiang Han decided to camp in the component yard and catch up with Qiao Rou and Chen Yu, who had been having adventures of their own.

Jiang Han hosted Qiao Rou, Chen Yu, and other witches with a feast she had prepared using pot-cooking and magic. During dinner, Qiao Rou revealed that her recent official business concerned Lady Eileen and Jiang Han’s company, prompting discussion of the Anse invasion.

• Jiang Han prepared a feast of sweet white-chocolate drink, veal, rice, and fish, relying on pot-cooking because she struggled with ordinary recipes.
• Before dawn, Jiang Han and the witches gathered around stone tables and bonfires to enjoy the meal, which the Cat Lamps also relished.
• Qiao Rou told Jiang Han that her official business involved Jiang Han’s company and Lady Eileen.
• Lilian asked whether the matter concerned the invasion of Anse, and Jiang Han pretended not to know about it.
• Jiang Han recalled how the witches’ hostility toward the Anse Elves had passed from Olivia to Eileen and later Anjie, and realized Eileen was acting sooner than she had expected.

Jiang Han returned to work and processed a core chip for a Gravity Cannon, a brutal weapon designed to distort gravity. After successfully reproducing Eileen’s chip, she suspected the company was stockpiling armaments for Eileen’s planned campaign in the Anse II Plane.

• Jiang Han returned to the National Alchemy Workshop Group after signing a Non-Disclosure Declaration and began work on a witch’s core armament.
• Jiang Han used her magical tentacles to process the Gravity Cannon’s complex chip, a weapon that reassigned gravity at twice its original strength in random directions.
• After wasting three sets of materials, Jiang Han produced a qualified chip modeled on one made by Eileen.
• Priscilla inspected the chip, praised its flawless rules and high completion rate, and told Jiang Han that even Eileen had needed two sets of materials.
• Jiang Han asked why the company was making a Gravity Cannon, and Priscilla suggested it might be for the Witch Agency.
• Jiang Han suspected Eileen was stockpiling weapons for an invasion of the Anse II Plane using her company’s extraterritorial rights.

Priscilla’s team celebrated finishing a week’s worth of work in one day, while Jiang Han privately asked whether the company was stockpiling too many weapons. Priscilla said the weapons had already been sold, leaving Jiang Han surprised and questioning her suspicions.

• Priscilla’s team completed most of an order for five gravity-nullification cannons in one day and celebrated at a company-owned sushi restaurant.
• Priscilla told her team that their performance report could wait until the end of the week, and the witches avoided asking her to submit it early.
• Jiang Han asked Priscilla about a piece of sushi, then quietly asked whether the company had been stockpiling weapons.
• Priscilla said Eileen had sold the gravity-nullification cannons and the other groups’ weapons, and asked Jiang Han why she seemed surprised.

Jiang Han negotiated with Priscilla over intelligence concerning Eileen and proposed a limited alliance. They agreed to share information that could help them benefit from Eileen’s next move, laying the groundwork for cooperation.

• Jiang Han decided to trade information with Priscilla before the witch could gather the same news herself.
• Jiang Han called Priscilla over for milk tea, while Priscilla used the moment to shape how the other witches viewed Jiang Han.
• Priscilla correctly guessed which drink Jiang Han wanted and recognized the talisman system she used to seal their conversation.
• Jiang Han proposed forming an intelligence alliance with Priscilla, and they set Eileen’s next move as the sole focus of their limited cooperation.

Jiang Han and Priscilla agreed to limited intelligence cooperation and exchanged information about Eileen’s weapons stockpiling. The chapter revealed that Eileen was using her holdings and development companies to prepare for a campaign against the Anse Elves on Anse II Plane.

• Jiang Han proposed limited cooperation, and Priscilla agreed, saying trust would need time to build.
• Jiang Han gave Priscilla a confidentiality contract, and both signed it.
• Jiang Han told Priscilla that a vast new Anse Elves plane had been discovered and that Eileen planned to invade it.
• Priscilla explained that Eileen had traded away her right to stockpile arms on Earth in exchange for extraterritorial rights approved by Angelite and the Witch Agency.
• Priscilla revealed that Eileen had routed weapons through companies where she held shares to prepare for the campaign, while using much of her magic to open shipping routes.

Jiang Han and Xiya discussed building materials and the wonder Jiang Han planned to create. Jiang Han realized she wanted rune abilities like Lin Zhaojun's, though Xiya pointed out that this was a personal ability rather than an architectural one.

• Jiang Han checked her lighter schedule and spent time with Xiya, who browsed online for building materials and an Inspiration Coffee Machine.
• Jiang Han exposed the seller's misleading use of Angelite's name, then urged Xiya to focus on materials for expanding her house.
• Xiya asked Jiang Han what kind of wonder she planned to build, and Jiang Han explained that Giant Cat Island needed distinctive architecture that represented Witches.
• Jiang Han reflected on what she genuinely wanted and admitted she envied Lin Zhaojun's rune abilities and quick spellcasting.
• Xiya told Jiang Han that those were personal abilities, not an effect that could be achieved through architecture.

Jiang Han invited Histeria and her friends to vacation in Cat Lower Netherworld, where she also planned to obtain Flamewood for powerful fire-based weapons. She prepared a portal and gave the group travel advice before their trip.

• Jiang Han asked Histeria whether she was free, and Histeria happily agreed to join her trip to Cat Lower Netherworld.
• Jiang Han explained that she wanted to visit the sunny beaches and gather Flamewood to make explosive tools.
• Jiang Han invited her friends in a group chat, and Qiao Rou accepted while Jiang Miao declined because of music tutoring.
• Jiang Han created a vacation group and planned to open a portal in her garden, keeping it available for three days.
• Jiang Han borrowed cat-lamp minecarts from Cat Yeta and advised the travelers to exchange Cat Coins for safety and protection.

On Anse II Plane, Adele Stormsong and Leslie welcomed the approaching Witches as a chance for destruction, death, and devouring, reflecting the Anse Elves’ brutal customs. Adele planned to prepare more victims and treasures for the Witches, leaving the elves eager for their arrival.

• Adele Stormsong saw a golden-yellow sign of calamity in the sky and recalled the disasters that had ruined Anse.
• Leslie asked Adele whether the Witches would come and whether the elves would die or be annihilated, and Adele confirmed they would.
• Leslie and Adele delighted in the prospect of being eaten or eating the Witches, drawing on the Anse Elves’ custom of consuming their dead and their gladiatorial rituals.
• Leslie drank Adele’s blood, and Adele kissed her forehead and suggested they kill more short-lived species and prepare treasures for the Witches.

Jiang Han and Xiya harvested Flamewood to make powerful powder kegs while discussing the Anse Elves’ likely attack and their reliance on vast auxiliary armies. Xiya warned Jiang Han that a few demon squads would not be enough and recommended recruiting troops from Ghost Castle.

• Jiang Han mined Flamewood with Xiya and asked why she had recommended turning it into powder kegs.
• Xiya explained that the Anse Elves favored frontal assaults and were driven by a severe self-destructive tendency.
• Xiya said the Anse Elves controlled coordinates to thousands of worlds and could field huge numbers of auxiliary troops.
• Jiang Han considered hiring demon squads, but Xiya urged her to recruit auxiliary troops from Ghost Castle instead.

Jiang Han followed Histeria through a secret route to Ghost Castle to inspect a batch of death knights, while Histeria planned to persuade Dinesha to fund them as advertising. Their arrival ended in a collision with another Ghost Witch, leaving all three tangled on the floor.

• Jiang Han questioned whether undead servant armies could withstand the Anse Elves, and Histeria offered to show her one in person.
• Xiya used strange powder to open a ghostly portal in the sea and led Jiang Han through it to the bathroom in her room at Ghost Castle.
• Histeria explained that Dinesha had recently acquired death knights and hoped to persuade her to invest in a cute cat witch and ghost cat witch as advertising.
• Jiang Han followed Histeria through her messy bedroom, and the pair rushed out the door to find Dinesha.
• Xiya crashed into a passing Ghost Witch, and Jiang Han then struck the witch's chin, sending the three of them tumbling into a heap.

Jiang Han and Histeria accidentally collided with the Great Ghost Witch Cassandra in Ghost Castle’s dormitory district and were reprimanded for their behavior and attire. Cassandra helped Jiang Han find castle clothing and learned that she had come to recruit an undead servant army, which Cassandra enthusiastically praised.

• Jiang Han and Histeria crashed into Cassandra while running through the dormitory district.
• Cassandra scolded Histeria for being unladylike and unreliable, then told Jiang Han that her behavior as a guest was discourteous.
• Cassandra asked Jiang Han to change into Ghost Castle attire, and Histeria hurried back to the dormitory to change as well.
• Cassandra asked what business had brought Jiang Han to Ghost Castle, and Jiang Han said she wanted to recruit a servant army through advertisements.
• Cassandra defended undead servant armies and boasted about their strengths as Jiang Han went to change into the dress she offered.

Jiang Han changed into the Ghost Castle’s lavish uniform and joined Cassandra and Histeria to meet Dinesha. Cassandra led them to the game room, where Dinesha was waiting to settle their business.

• Jiang Han dressed in the Ghost Witches’ tailored Cat Witch outfit and adjusted to its high-heeled sandals.
• Cassandra praised Jiang Han’s appearance, briefly mistook her glowing tail for a hallucination, and complained about a newspaper report.
• Cassandra chatted with Jiang Han about her magazine cover as they walked through the castle.
• Jiang Han and Cassandra met Histeria, who suggested that they find Dinesha and settle their business.
• Cassandra led Jiang Han and Histeria to the game room to see Dinesha.

Xiya sought Dinesha’s help securing high-quality servant troops for herself and Jiang Han, and Dinesha agreed to invest in Jiang Han through an advertising campaign. The chapter left Jiang Han set to film an advertisement promoting undead-type servant troops.

• Jiang Han saw Eve defeat Dinesha in Witch Cards with her expensive Cat Lamp deck, then watched Dinesha consider spending more on Longsleep Meow cards.
• Cassandra collected Dinesha’s contribution to the Ghost School scholarship fund and went back to the card table.
• Xiya asked Dinesha to support her and Jiang Han with a large group of high-quality servant troops, suggesting that Jiang Han was worth advertising.
• Dinesha tested Jiang Han’s expressions and agreed to have her film an advertisement for undead-type servant troops the afternoon after tomorrow.

Jiang Han toured the Ghost Castle’s sealed cavern warehouse, where Dinesha demonstrated how the Ghost Witches stored and protected their necromantic armies. Dinesha showed her an array of elaborate skeleton designs, leaving Jiang Han wondering why the collection consisted entirely of skeletons.

• Jiang Han tested the cavern with a Fire Arrow, which went out because the sealed warehouse lacked oxygen, and teased Dinesha about trying to turn her into a Ghost Witch.
• Dinesha used high-level spells to create a livable ecosystem in the cavern, and ordered Xiya to teach Jiang Han Omitted Casting and Silent Casting.
• Dinesha led Jiang Han past glass-walled tunnels filled with necromantic servant armies and explained the qualifications needed to study necromancy.
• Dinesha described the Ghost Witches’ varied, customized skeletons and their combat abilities, including a skeleton that could sing.
• Jiang Han noticed that every displayed necromantic creation was a skeleton and asked why.