Recaps

Jiang Han persuaded the Ghost Witches to design more attractive undead for advertisements aimed at little witches. Jialadiya created a zombie girl legion, though its high cost meant Jiang Han obtained only two hundred, with skeletons filling the rest of the army.

• Jiang Han learned that the Ghost Witches considered skeletons the most cost-effective undead, and that their other units were largely skeletons with added abilities or equipment.
• Dinesha defended skeletons, but Jiang Han argued that little witches would prefer attractive servant armies and might choose angels over ugly undead.
• Dinesha sent Jiang Han to meet Jialadiya, a talented designer living on Weapon Cavern's highest floor.
• Jialadiya agreed to create attractive undead and produced a zombie girl legion, but Jiang Han obtained only two hundred because they were expensive and slow to produce.

Jiang Han struggled to repair her lightsaber, so Olivia took over its maintenance before a visitor arrived. Dinesha brought the completed armed zombies to Jiang Han’s home.

• Jiang Han tried to dismantle and repair her malfunctioning lightsaber but could not figure out how to take it apart.
• Jiang Han persuaded Olivia to inspect the lightsaber, and Olivia suspected Anjie had damaged it during their last Eileen Cup match.
• A bell rang, and Jiang Han left Olivia to work on the lightsaber while she went downstairs to meet her guest.
• Cleya had already brought Dinesha inside, and Dinesha told Jiang Han that the armed zombies were ready and she had brought them all.

Dinesha visited Jiang Han’s home and brought her belongings, where she and Jiang Han shared drinks and talked about Dinesha’s habits. After meeting Olivia, Dinesha was accused of using a delivery as an excuse to play during work hours.

• Jiang Han welcomed Dinesha and ordered two bottles of Dumpling Territory Special Reserve Green Fungus Grass.
• Dinesha carefully put away her boots, parasol, and hat, then told Jiang Han that her parasol was made by Adelaide and promised to bring her an extra one.
• Dinesha admitted Ghost Witches rarely visited other people’s homes as children, and Jiang Han led her upstairs.
• Dinesha’s attention was drawn to the slide Olivia had installed over the indoor hot-spring waterfall.
• Olivia greeted Dinesha, then accused her of pretending to deliver something so she could sneak away from work and play.

Olivia teased Dinesha until she fell into Jiang Han’s hot spring, where the water washed away her makeup and revealed her softer nature. Dinesha asked for a full dragon banquet, and Jiang Han arranged for Olivia to fetch a giant cat chef and desserts from the Drowned Corpse Singing bar.

• Olivia repeatedly teased Dinesha and pushed her into the hot spring.
• Jiang Han asked Dinesha what she wanted to eat, and Dinesha requested a full dragon banquet.
• Jiang Han told Olivia to find a giant cat chef because Olivia had pushed Dinesha into the water.
• Jiang Han promised desserts from the Drowned Corpse Singing bar and accepted that she would have to go out again.
• Dinesha rose from the spring and asked Olivia for a swimsuit and bathrobe.

Jiang Han met Shana, a vampire Witch who approached her with a request. Shana turned out to be Jiang Han’s devoted fan and asked her for an autograph.

• Jiang Han waited outside a specialty shop on the border of the Five Great Lakes district and bought a large dessert.
• A vampire Witch named Shana approached Jiang Han and asked whether she was Miss Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han cautiously invited Shana to explain what help she needed.
• Shana took out a notebook and asked Jiang Han to autograph it, revealing that she followed Jiang Han’s matches and channel.
• Shana showed Jiang Han a Cat Cup featuring a chibi portrait of her, which she had bought at five and a half times the usual price.

Jiang Han returned from shopping and found Jiang Xuan using her paid hunting leave to chase Cat Lamps with a net gun. Back in her room, she found Dinesha and Sha'er Lamp competing on the hot-spring waterslide while Ovi judged them, and Carla used Vera as a pillow.

• Jiang Han thanked Shana for her support, and Shana left with her signed notebook to return to work.
• Jiang Han returned to Snow Cedar Lake Sky Island and met Jiang Xuan, who was on paid hunting leave and trying to catch Cat Lamps with a net gun.
• Jiang Han went through her garden, checked that the Giant Cat Lamps were caring for the plants and cat slimes, and headed upstairs as Cleya told her to keep quiet.
• Jiang Han entered her room and saw Dinesha and Sha'er Lamp take turns diving down the hot-spring waterslide while Ovi applauded and scored them.
• Jiang Han watched Dinesha frolic and saw Carla using Vera as a pillow.

Jiang Han opened the case Dinesha had brought and found Jialadiya’s collection of miniature zombie girls, outfits, talismans, and an instruction manual. Carla’s account of Jialadiya’s far greater music sales left Dinesha arguing, then retreating to play Fox Fox Soul.

• Jiang Han reminded Dinesha that she had come to deliver something, and Dinesha pointed her to the wooden suitcase from Jialadiya.
• Jiang Han opened the five-tier case and discovered hundreds of miniature zombie girls, outfits, talismans, and Jialadiya’s instruction manual.
• Jiang Han admired the collection and thanked Jialadiya for its craftsmanship and creativity.
• Carla praised Jialadiya’s instrumental music, and Sha’er teased Dinesha about her comparatively poor sales.
• Carla compared the witches’ 1995 record sales and described Jialadiya’s prolific work, prompting Dinesha to shut herself off and play Fox Fox Soul.

Jiang Han learned that she would represent her company in a historical idol project, which would combine the Stage Witches with Lady Eleanor's history forum program. Filia hinted that the project would involve Anse Elves culture and history, leaving Jiang Han uncertain about Eileen's plans.

• Jiang Han shared her reassurance about stockpiled armaments with Cat Xiumei, then sent her away before she could spread rumors.
• Jiang Han ate lunch in the company break room and lost her lunchbox contest with Filia, whose meal had been prepared by her mother.
• Filia told Jiang Han that the Stage Witches would collaborate with Lady Eleanor's history forum on a historical idol project airing during prime time in Asia and Europe.
• Filia said the company would send Jiang Han to participate in the project as a valuable opportunity.
• Filia revealed that the program would involve Anse Elves culture and history, leaving Jiang Han puzzled about Eileen's plans.

Jiang Han discussed her unusually lucrative upcoming show with Priscilla, who explained that Jiang Han’s popularity had brought her opportunities despite the low status of idol Witches. Priscilla also revealed that Eileen planned to use Jiang Han’s Anse Elves program for an unprecedented purpose, but the details remained unclear.

• Jiang Han asked Priscilla about the show, and Priscilla admitted she knew about the confidential project.
• Jiang Han described the show’s pay and benefits, then questioned why it paid far more than similar idol work.
• Priscilla explained that Jiang Han’s Eileen Cup results and merchandise popularity had made her more successful than other idol Witches.
• Jiang Han learned that many witches she had thought were idols, including Lin Zhaojun and Xiya, belonged to other professional classifications.
• Priscilla told Jiang Han that Eileen intended to use her Anse Elves program to pursue an unprecedented goal, but said they would learn more later.

Jiang Han prepared for a documentary about the Anse Elves and researched their history at Eileen’s Grand Library. She met Nyx, the gentle but formidable Witch of Winter, who agreed to fetch the books she needed.

• Jiang Han learned that the documentary crew would travel to Sea Spring Fort Sky Island to study the Anse Elves’ invasion and the witches’ victory there.
• The production crew and local Witch Association arranged security for Jiang Han, hiring Lin Zhaojun’s Blue Tulip mercenary team and sharing the cost.
• Jiang Han researched the Anse Elves at Eileen’s Grand Library and met Nyx, the Witch of Winter, at the library’s entrance.
• Jiang Han brought Nyx chicken soup, and Nyx happily recalled getting Giant Cat Lamps to cook for her.
• Jiang Han asked Nyx to retrieve The Anse Era: Anse Stories of Eileen and Olivia and two eighth-level spell theory books, and Nyx agreed.

Jiang Han searched Eileen’s library for information about Anse Elves and struggled to decipher Eleanor’s evasive account of Olivia’s foreign policy. Nyx translated the passage, revealing that Eleanor had pushed through Olivia’s impractical plan despite objections, and that it had caused losses.

• Jiang Han began researching Anse Elven culture in Eileen’s library because ordinary applications for the books took weeks.
• Jiang Han read Eleanor’s account of witches’ dealings with the Anse Elves while Nyx watched Mei Ying’s comedy and drank chicken soup.
• Jiang Han found Eleanor’s description of Olivia’s foreign-policy shift difficult to interpret and asked Nyx for help.
• Nyx explained that Eleanor had praised Olivia’s plan, resisted revisions proposed by other Great Witches, and obscured the losses the policy caused.

Jiang Han prepared to present a program about the Anse Elves and their history, then met Fu Qi, the Mountain Dragon witch, as she took over the Grand Library’s guard shift. Fu Qi offered to accompany Jiang Han as her protector, leaving their plans for the program ahead.

• Jiang Han considered how to present Eleanor’s account of Olivia’s war against the Anse Elves, deciding to frame it as the elves having tricked the witches.
• Jiang Han found that the Winter Witch had left, fetched fried cod and shishamo bellies, and met Fu Qi arriving to guard the Grand Library.
• Fu Qi told Jiang Han she had lost six races against giant cats and admitted she had chased them without asking permission.
• Jiang Han told Fu Qi about her upcoming program related to the Anse Elves, and Fu Qi volunteered to accompany her as a protector.

Jiang Han told Eileen that Fu Qi wanted to join the production crew’s trip, and Eileen agreed, saying Fu Qi would help protect her. Eileen also revealed that the program could help ease growing tensions between Eastern and Western Witches, leaving Jiang Han tasked with keeping an eye on Fu Qi.

• Fu Qi asked Jiang Han to help her join the production crew’s trip, explaining that she wanted to collect souvenirs and could use the crew’s protection from old enemies.
• Jiang Han visited Eileen and told her that Fu Qi wanted to travel with the production crew.
• Eileen agreed to let Fu Qi join, saying the Mountain Dragon Witch could protect Jiang Han and help her return or find food if needed.
• Eileen explained that growing East-West tensions made the program a possible means of communication between Eastern and Western Witches.
• Eileen clarified that Jiang Han would be keeping an eye on Fu Qi for her.

Jiang Han’s crew stopped at a floating island for European air customs inspection before entering Sea Spring Fort, where the rules for surrendering wands revealed how status and legal duel rights affected witches. Jiang Han learned that she would have to surrender her wand because Eileen had not granted her duel rights, and she relied on Lin Zhaojun, Nyx, and Fu Qi for protection.

• The production crew stopped at a floating island for food, refueling, and an air customs inspection before entering Sea Spring Fort.
• Lin Zhaojun presented her identity card and invoked an amendment allowing her to keep her wand while accepting responsibility for any danger.
• Fu Qi explained that wand surrender was largely a formality for powerful witches, while Nyx pointed out that even Angelite would not surrender her Sovereign Scepter.
• Fu Qi told Jiang Han that she had to surrender her wand because Eileen had not granted her a duel certificate or duel rights.
• Jiang Han accepted that she would depend on Nyx and Fu Qi for security, and Fu Qi promised she would experience the European Continent’s ranger spirit.

As the airship traveled toward Sea Spring Fort, Lin Zhaojun accepted a challenge from Heather McMillan and defeated her decisively. Ranger witches continued challenging the group along the way, and the airship entered the fort after dozens of duels.

• A Lin practiced with Jiang Han's lightsword, and Lin Zhaojun identified that it had been repaired recently.
• The airship made an emergency stop when Heather McMillan blocked its path and challenged Lin Zhaojun to a duel.
• Lin Zhaojun invoked her own grievance against Heather for obstructing her work, then killed her with a swift spellblade strike and blocked her final attack.
• Ranger witches repeatedly challenged the travelers as the airship advanced, and Lin Zhaojun won more than fifty duels without being injured.
• After the group reached Sea Spring Fort, the Mountain Dragon Witch, the Winter Witch, and other guards also faced numerous challenges.

Jiang Han and the idol Witches prepared for a debate program about whether Olivia’s war against the Anse Elves was just, while the crew transformed the set. After the meeting, Clara and Mixue left angry, and Dolores approached Jiang Han to smooth over their apparent misunderstanding.

• Takeuchi Hina enthusiastically ordered the crew to add broken weapons and a damaged wall to the set as the Witches fought nearby.
• The director assigned the idol Witches to debate Olivia’s war, and Jiang Han secured the topic of its justification before Dolores claimed the historical materials and interviews.
• The director gave Clara and Mixue the debate segment, assigned reports to Linda, and asked Takeuchi Hina to prepare a meat feast.
• After the meeting, Clara and Mixue stomped past Jiang Han, and Dolores told her that the two seniors seemed to have misunderstood something.

Jiang Han shared a meal with Dolores at Sea Spring Fort and used their conversation to learn how the idol witches viewed their careers. Dolores planned to build her fame but seemed unlikely to leave the idol industry, and Jiang Han considered reporting her findings to Angelite.

• Dolores led Jiang Han to a shark soup shop and ordered local dishes while explaining that she researched food wherever she worked.
• Jiang Han and Dolores discussed the Anse Elves’ invasion, and Dolores dismissed the incident as a lucky accident that had not forced out a Great Witch.
• Dolores said she hoped to gain enough fame to join expeditions conquering other worlds and earn substantial rewards.
• Jiang Han asked whether Dolores planned to leave the idol industry, and Dolores said she probably would not, citing Nasha’s connections and performance as a contrast.
• Dolores praised Rosa and the others as idols’ ultimate forms, and Jiang Han considered passing Dolores’s views to Angelite and seeking operational funding.

Jiang Han reported on the idol industry to Angelite’s avatar, then received costumes and production equipment from Nyx, who learned Jiang Han knew confidential details about professorships. The chapter ended with Jiang Han hinting that she might share the information over drinks.

• Jiang Han told Angelite’s avatar that performers were satisfied overall but wanted better income and greater fame, and Angelite approved her requested funds.
• Angelite’s avatar explained that Jiang Han should investigate spellcasting organizations more deeply but abandon most endorsement leads to avoid conflict with traditional witches.
• Nyx arrived at Jiang Han’s Burrow Bed at 1:30 a.m. with the production team’s costumes, turret, and sail-powered floating warship.
• Nyx told Jiang Han that Greedy Umbrella had recruited two professors and twelve associate professors, and Jiang Han nearly revealed that fifteen professorships were being added that year.
• Jiang Han hinted that she could disclose confidential information about professor positions, and Nyx offered to share Cold Spring Moon Sugar while they talked.

Jiang Han, Dolores, Mixue, and Clara dressed in sanitized traditional Anse Elven attire and arrived for the recording. The production team had transformed the set into a ruined nighttime scene, and Jiang Han began presenting the Anse era as filming started.

• Jiang Han changed into ornate Anse Elven clothing and struggled to walk in its high-heeled sandals.
• Dolores and Mixue joined Jiang Han, and the three met Clara at the entrance to the recording area.
• Clara asked whether they would have to wear the revealing clothes for the entire recording, and Mixue told her to use magic if she got cold.
• The witches arrived at a redesigned set featuring a fireplace, ruined walls, and a small world sphere depicting the Anse era.
• The director seated the four idol witches and warned them to hold in any need to use the bathroom.
• Jiang Han introduced the Anse era and remarked that the Anse Elves had become notorious, awaiting justice from the witches.

Jiang Han and the production team worried that their educational program had performed poorly, but Eileen responded with a livestream interview rather than a reprimand. In the interview, Eileen announced plans to use force to reclaim twenty legendary spells owed by the Anse Elves, leaving the witches stunned by the sudden escalation.

• Jiang Han reassured the idol witches that Eileen had anticipated the program’s poor ratings and would not act at a loss.
• The witches speculated about how Eileen might promote the show while waiting for her response.
• Eileen sent the production team a livestream link to Cats Watch Too! Top Witch Fortnightly Talk.
• During the interview, Eileen said she had found the Anse Elves’ plane and that the Great Witches were considering using force to reclaim twenty witch-recognized legendary spells.

Jiang Han watched Eileen turn a war against the Anse Elves into a free spectacle designed to sell accumulated Anse-era goods, while the witches succumbed to bloodlust. In an interview, Eileen framed the campaign as a righteous effort to reclaim stolen legendary spells and limited participation to witches on leave or working as mercenaries, hunters, or seekers.

• Eileen planned to use a war against the Anse Elves to stir up the witches and sell the artworks and weapons she had stockpiled.
• Jiang Han and the other witches grew increasingly bloodthirsty as they watched Eileen’s plan, while Lin Zhaojun displayed a witch’s smile and Dolores licked her bleeding lip.
• At Eileen’s surface dragon nest, reporter Ainuofen asked about the Anse Elves, and Eileen falsely described past attacks as moral condemnations against a race that had ignored witch goodwill.
• Eileen claimed the Anse Elves had defrauded the witches of more than twenty legendary spells and called the planned armed campaign a just war.
• Eileen announced that witches could register for free, but only those on statutory weekends, holidays, or paid leave, or those working as professional mercenaries, hunters, or seekers, could participate.

After returning home, Jiang Han reunited with her household and learned that war with the Anse Elves was nearly certain. She also revealed that the Witch Agency was preparing to sell the elves’ inheritance, then went to bathe and sleep.

• Jiang Han returned to Snow Phoebe Lake and found posters of herself and growing interest in the Anse Elves throughout the city.
• Jiang Han arrived home and found the Giant Cats practicing their hobbies while Zhen Ling, Miaomiao, and her parents spent time in the lounge.
• Ye Keshu asked Jiang Han whether war with the Anse Elves had been confirmed, and Jiang Han said it was basically inevitable.
• Ye Keshu looked forward to earning overtime pay by helping the South City Witch Association after war was declared.
• Jiang Han told Ye Keshu that the Witch Agency’s diplomatic department was seeking buyers for the Anse Elves’ inheritance.
• Jiang Han excused herself to bathe and sleep, and Ms. Xuan offered to have a cat chef bring food to her room.

Jiang Han settled back into her room, caught up on work and messages, and applied to join the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association. She expected her fame from Eileen’s show to raise her value, and ended the chapter requesting an inspection of her Cat Witch identity.

• Jiang Han relaxed in her room’s hot-spring waterfall and used electricity-producing Dragon Turtles to charge her Cat Lamps while soaking her feet.
• Jiang Han noticed Ovi, Sha’er, and Carla were away, hoped Ovi’s negotiations with Angelite were going well, and read her emails and thesis-formatting work.
• Jiang Han received a poster photoshoot commission request from Blue-Clad Union and decided to delay it while considering how the idol show could increase her future worth.
• Jiang Han read an invitation from the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association, which had confirmed her transformation was not temporary.
• Jiang Han applied to join the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association and requested doorstep identity verification.

Lois Kazan visited Jiang Han to recruit her into Angelite's faith and offer her a paladin path, but Jiang Han declined and asked about the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association's trade channels and administrators. After hearing Jiang Han managed a vast Giant Cat Island, Lois agreed to discuss cooperation, and Jiang Han said a Giant Cat Lamp would negotiate for her.

• Lois Kazan inspected Jiang Han and praised her bloodline and appearance, then invited her to sell Witch Eggs in the future.
• Lois tried to introduce Jiang Han to Angelite and recruit her as a paladin, but Jiang Han declined both offers.
• Jiang Han asked Lois whether the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association could provide administrators and trade channels for her Giant Cat Island.
• Lois mentioned rumors that Lady Olivia had become active again and asked about Jiang Han's connections to the Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han guaranteed that her managed areas each held at least six thousand Cat Lamps, and Lois agreed to prepare cooperation documents.
• Jiang Han said a Giant Cat Lamp would negotiate with Lois on her behalf.

After Lois Kazan left, Jiang Han considered Cat Bo’s plan for governing Giant Cat Island and asked Ovi about their research and new Cat Lamp kin. Ovi reported that their research had been sent back for further study, Angelite would fund experiments and train thirty research Cat Lamps, and she suggested hiring Sha’er for their next project before entering Anse Elves territory.

• Jiang Han assured Lois Kazan she would handle communication with the Giant Cat Lamps if needed, then considered Cat Bo’s proposed residence permits and decided to meet with Cat Bo weekly.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi about her work with Angelite, and Ovi said the research had been sent back for further study while Angelite agreed to fund experiments and train thirty research Cat Lamps.
• Ovi told Jiang Han that Roselia Cullen would be second author, Angelite third author, and Jiang Han first author on the research.
• Ovi revealed that Jiang Han had gained a new kin of aggressive, cyan, long-eared Cat Lamps with short tails that grew Glowing Mushrooms in the Cat Netherworld.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi to recommend a research project before they entered Anse Elves territory, and Ovi suggested hiring Sha’er.