Recaps

Jiang Han learned how Leruila’s Book of Creation could help witches use magic in dead-magic planes by turning failed wishes into usable magic power. Leruila also described Angelite’s extraordinary ability to fulfill wishes, leaving Jiang Han convinced that Angelite could accomplish almost anything she chose.

• Leruila explained that witches could consume their magic-filled blood in dead-magic planes to reopen the gate of magic power.
• Leruila showed Jiang Han the Book of Creation, a device that stored magic power from failed wishes and could return it to witches when its spell failed in a dead-magic plane.
• Jiang Han understood that the book was designed to make wishes fail so witches could reclaim the magic power they had used to make them.
• Leruila said Angelite had fulfilled her experiments to create a mirror world and an Earth, but refused to turn a planet into Witch Gold because it would violate the law.
• Leruila recounted that Angelite defeated another Angelite after creating a separate timeline, then mastered Witch swordsmanship without magic and rejected the world’s offered destiny of Natural Sword Saint.

Jiang Han entrusted the [Doomed-to-Fail Wishing Machine] to Mao Philia and Mao'er Lite for safekeeping in her Dark Lake demiplane. After confirming the device was secured, she left her portable nest and saw Du Lingxuan arm-wrestling Xiya.

• Jiang Han considered the growing population of Cat Lamps in her Dark Lake and summoned Mao Philia and Mao'er Lite.
• Jiang Han explained that the wishing device was a precision tool that must not be damaged or altered.
• Mao Philia praised Jiang Han for entrusting her with the device, while Mao'er Lite echoed her words.
• Jiang Han gave the two Giant Cat Lamps boxes of premium cod piles and handed Mao Philia the wishing device.
• Mao Philia tucked the device into Mao'er Lite's belly, and the two cats traveled into Jiang Han's Dark Lake demiplane.
• Jiang Han left her portable nest and saw Du Lingxuan arm-wrestling Xiya.

Jiang Han learned that Xiya wanted Mist Immortal Cat fur to build an aircraft that could escape a Dead Magic Zone. Jiang Han agreed to let Xiya use her tail fur, and Xiya prepared to open a space for them to begin.

• Xiya and Du Lingxuan arm-wrestled until Xiya broke a bone, which was quickly set.
• Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Xiya relaxed in a sunlight blanket while Jiang Han asked Xiya why she had come.
• Xiya explained that she wanted Mist Immortal Cat fur, and Du Lingxuan objected when Xiya defended love potions.
• Xiya told Jiang Han she planned to use her flame-resistant tail fur to build an aircraft that could escape a Dead Magic Zone.
• Jiang Han agreed to provide some tail fur and suggested asking scissor Cat Lamps to trim it.
• Xiya grabbed Jiang Han's tail and said they would open a space to get started.

Jiang Han and Vikania traveled through the void to scout the Dead Magic Zone and locate valuable objects hidden within it. After confirming their position above the zone, they prepared to observe it from a safe distance.

• Jiang Han emerged from a portal formed by Cat Lamps and asked Vikania to confirm their coordinates.
• Vikania confirmed that they were above the Dead Magic Zone and explained how its effects weakened Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han and Vikania discussed whether their planned search was scouting or observation, and Vikania argued that retrieving the objects was not a crime.
• Jiang Han proposed setting up an observation camp and using high-magnification scopes to watch the Dead Magic Zone from a safe distance.

Jiang Han and Vikania transported a Giant Cat Island through the web, then used a telescope to scout a dead-magic zone. They found a stitched-together landscape crawling with zombies, and Jiang Han concluded that Xuan Bao had chosen a good place.

• Jiang Han and Vikania used Vikania's tail and Jiang Han's magic to pull a Giant Cat Island from Jiang Han's territory into the Void World.
• Jiang Han recovered from the enormous spell and explained that her magic recovery was unusually fast, though still less extraordinary than Loya's.
• Jiang Han and Vikania headed to a cat tower to observe the dead-magic zone with a high-magnification telescope.
• Jiang Han explained that dead-magic zones held valuable materials and that their dangers came from natural conditions rather than concealment spells.
• Jiang Han and Vikania saw a spiraling landscape of mismatched streets and cities, along with zombies, and Jiang Han remarked that Xuan Bao had found a good place.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan investigated a dead magic zone and learned it would disappear in three years and five months. They discussed recruiting Ghost Witches to help explore it, and Olivia suddenly arrived through a portal.

• Jiang Han spent the week traveling between the Cat Lamp Observation Base and the camp vehicles while preparing for their plans.
• Jiang Han woke Du Lingxuan by striking her belly with a cat lamp, and Du Lingxuan retaliated with her tails.
• Jiang Han told Du Lingxuan that their experiments showed the dead magic zone was fading and would disappear in three years and five months.
• Du Lingxuan suggested recruiting other Cat Lamp Expedition Teams, and Jiang Han proposed bringing in the Ghost Witches, who specialized in dead-magic regions and the Astral Realm.
• Olivia emerged from a pitch-black portal beside Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan.

Olivia confronted Du Lingxuan for breaking the Cat Lamp Expedition Team’s rule against partnering with Ghost Witches, then agreed to help Jiang Han’s group preserve a dead magic zone. She planned to extend its life by thirty years, leaving Du Lingxuan impressed as Olivia departed.

• Olivia warned Du Lingxuan that teaming up with Ghost Witches had damaged the cats’ trust and told her not to repeat it.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia to help the group explore a dead magic zone before it dissipated in three years.
• Jiang Han explained that giant cats studied dead magic zones and mentioned that Cat Nesting was also looking for expedition teams.
• Olivia decided to use magic to create a Will of the Dead World and keep the dead magic zone alive for thirty years.
• Du Lingxuan praised Olivia’s power, and Olivia tossed a ball of yarn at her before leaving through the portal.

Jiang Han and Cat Bo investigated the disappearance of Cat Mi, a newly promoted Nightmare Giant Cat Lamp who had left without collecting her usual provisions. Jiang Han dispatched scouts and Clock Cat Lamps to search the surrounding territories and Giant Cat Island, while Cat Bo feared Cat Mi had run into trouble.

• Cat Bo told Jiang Han that Cat Mi had disappeared after leaving home that morning without taking her usual belongings.
• Mao'er Lite inspected Cat Mi's nest and confirmed that Cat Mi had left behind her giant cat pipe, thermos, and daily provisions.
• Cat Bo explained that Cat Mi had invited her to dinner, but Jiang Han recognized that the uncollected provisions suggested a genuine emergency or that Cat Mi might be trapped.
• Jiang Han asked Mao Philia to send scouts to nearby cat planes and Giant Cat Territories to search for Cat Mi.
• Jiang Han instructed Mao Philia to ask Cat Nesting to have her Clock Cat Lamps search Giant Cat Island for anything unusual.

Jiang Han reviewed March Cat Peak’s growing city and approved a giant-cat-run services office after Cat Carlo explained how it would differ from cat commissions. Cat Carlo reported that the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral’s first construction phase was complete, and Jiang Han planned to use the Grand Library to help her younger relatives study.

• Jiang Han surveyed March Cat Peak’s flourishing neutral-zone trade and returned to her studio to sign territorial documents.
• Cat Carlo proposed a cat services office staffed by witches and witches to handle cats’ optional shopping needs and reduce disruptions at shops.
• Jiang Han questioned how cat services differed from cat commissions, then approved the office’s application.
• Cat Carlo told Jiang Han that the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral’s first phase, including the first floor of the Grand Library, was complete and that powerful cats were seeking residence permits.
• Jiang Han planned to use the Grand Library’s learning-speed acceleration to help younger members of her family study.

Jiang Han’s convoy suffered heavy losses against elite Anse Elves, prompting her to reorganize and rest. Later, Histeria showed Jiang Han footage from scouts in a dead-magic zone, where blue flames suggested they might face magical zombies without being able to use spells.

• Jiang Han’s convoy fought elite Anse Elves, losing witches and suffering injuries, but destroyed six powerful elves and earned badges and resources.
• Loya Technology’s support devices let fallen witches’ souls keep fighting and attending class, while Jiang Han paid compensation and decided to reorganize the convoy.
• Histeria invited Jiang Han to watch footage recorded by two Cat Lamps scouting a dead-magic zone.
• The Cat Lamps explored a zombie-filled city, evading fast zombies and joking about being forced to work for legal residence permits.
• The Cat Lamps spotted blue flames and fled, leading Jiang Han and Xiya to conclude that magical zombies might be a threat in the dead-magic zone.

Jiang Han questioned two Cat Lamp scouts about a zombie that had released flames, but their explanations offered little certainty. The scouts left with free train passes, and Xiya asked Jiang Han for a share of the next batch of Sea Siren hair.

• Jiang Han questioned the detective and assistant Cat Lamps about the flame-using zombie, and they disagreed over whether it had used magic.
• The detective Cat Lamp concluded that the zombie had used martial arts, and Jiang Han thanked the scouts and gave them three-month Cat's River Train passes.
• The Cat Lamps departed with the remaining saury, and Xiya told Jiang Han that the other scouts had mostly returned.
• Xiya asked Jiang Han for Sea Siren hair to make a Grand Magister cloak, and Jiang Han said she could spare enough to cut it to a bob.
• Xiya agreed to the limit and planned to check whether Kraken's hair had grown back.

Jiang Han arranged heat-resistant shields for giant cats and little cats, then worked with Xiya and Du Lingxuan to assign the long-delayed Cat Lamp transportation-route planning. The chapter left March Cat Peak City’s status as a transportation hub firmly defended by Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han ordered the Cat Lamp R&D lab to develop heat-resistant shields to prevent giant cats from collapsing after fire damage.
• Xiya asked Jiang Han which giant cats should plan Cat Lamp transportation routes, and Jiang Han insisted the important work could not be outsourced to witches.
• Xiya named a trusted office director from the Concubine Daughter Faction, and Jiang Han assigned her the route-planning job.
• Du Lingxuan advised sending two giant cats to plan routes for opposite sides of the territory to prevent a single transportation-hub metropolis from forming.
• Du Lingxuan teased Jiang Han about March Cat Peak City, but Jiang Han argued that its central location and connections made it the island’s essential transportation hub.

Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Xiya finished work and watched hundreds of giant cats file out of the Giant Cat Tree. Jiang Han then took her friends to a special claypot soup restaurant on China Meow Food Street, where they began choosing their meal.

• Jiang Han and the other giant cat witches stopped working when quitting time approached, and Jiang Han joked that quitting time had arrived.
• The three witches watched office doors open in synchronized order as hundreds of giant cats emerged from the Giant Cat Tree.
• Jiang Han led Du Lingxuan and Xiya to China Meow Food Street, where their hints ruled out the cheapest dishes.
• Jiang Han brought her friends to the Scalding Cat Paw Claypot Soup House and explained its claypot soup and rice to Xiya.

After a lavish meal, Jiang Han agreed to trade Monster Cat furballs for Xiya’s Cat Spider silk brocade. Xiya also told her that next month’s Eileen Cup would be hosted by the East Japan Witches on Eileen’s newly acquired Youweixian Sky Island.

• Jiang Han’s guests Du Lingxuan and Xiya praised her cooking after eating, and Xiya asked whether she had Monster Cat furballs to trade.
• Xiya offered a hundred bolts of Great Cat Spider silk brocade, and Jiang Han agreed to exchange Monster Cat furballs, with other goods to make up any shortfall.
• Du Lingxuan grew sulky as Jiang Han and Xiya settled the deal, while Jiang Han reflected on how their past land exchanges had benefited her own territory.
• Xiya told Jiang Han that the next Eileen Cup event group would be hosted by the East Japan Witches on Youweixian Sky Island, a province Eileen had bought.

Jiang Han learned that the Eastern Isles Witch Association had leased three provinces to Eileen, Lilith, and Kraken after economic troubles, and Xiya sought to acquire Cat Spider silk production there. The chapter ended with Jiang Han agreeing to add territory in November in exchange for Xiya’s offer of two hundred bolts of silk brocade.

• Xiya explained that the Eastern Isles Witch Association had leased provinces to Eileen, Lilith, and Kraken after mishandling the F0 Broom Race and suffering economic problems.
• Jiang Han, Xiya, and Du Lingxuan walked around Maple Cat Tree Lake and discussed Giant Cats.
• Xiya proposed buying deeds to folded spaces from Eileen to bring Japan’s Cat Spider silk production under her territory and merge it into Jiang Han’s Giant Cat Island.
• Jiang Han objected that Xiya’s territory could not expand again so soon after acquiring Dragon Mountain Lake.
• Xiya offered two hundred bolts of Cat Spider silk brocade, and Jiang Han agreed that her territory could expand in November.

Jiang Han prepared to travel to the Eastern Isles with several witches and giant cats, where she would also check on the Eileen Cup event and possibly pose for promotional magazine covers. Jiang Miao decided to join the trip and asked Jiang Han to call her three days before they left.

• Jiang Han read about the Eastern Isles’ delicacies and watched Mao Philia and Mao'er Lite pack for the journey.
• Jiang Han grumbled that Jiang Xuan and Ye Keshu had left for Fog City with her travel gear, forcing her to buy replacement blankets for herself and the giant cats.
• Jiang Han told Jiang Miao she planned to visit the Eastern Isles with a group of witches and meet Alesha to discuss Eileen Cup promotional work.
• Jiang Miao said she was already planning to visit the Eileen Cup venue and asked to travel with Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han agreed to contact Jiang Miao three days before departure so she could pack her research boxes.

Jiang Han and the witches planned a visit to Northfield Sea Plains Province and learned more about Eileen’s purchase of a Japanese province. Kraken revealed that Eileen’s land acquisitions were part of a larger, still-unclear plan, and joined the group as an observer.

• Alesha proposed visiting Northfield Sea Plains Province for its hot springs, meals, and fish ponds, while Du Lingxuan and Kraken traded insults.
• Jiang Han asked Kraken why Eileen had bought a province in Japan and why the Japanese Witch Association had sold it.
• Kraken said Eileen needed fertile land in densely populated witch regions and was pursuing a plan connected to regional companies and extraterritorial legal rights.
• Alesha asked whether the group would observe Eileen’s activities, and Kraken confirmed that she had joined them as part of an observation team.

Jiang Han reviewed Alesha’s procurement list and explained its travel supplies while Lilian asked her for help obtaining a portable Giant Cat Nest. Jiang Han shared Cat Veer’s contact and promised to take Lilian to register at the workshop, then reflected on how Cat Cup marketing had made the Giant Cat Territory’s products popular.

• Jiang Han examined Alesha’s neatly written procurement list and read out the requirement for an adaptive heating-and-cooling tent.
• Kraken said Angelite would give her a new tent, and Lilian approached Jiang Han to ask for a portable Giant Cat Nest.
• Jiang Han agreed to sell Lilian one and gave her Cat Veer’s contact information, promising to take her to the workshop to register for membership.
• Jiang Han recalled how gifts of Cat Cups had helped Lilith promote the products, while Cat Veer’s marketing helped make them a pillar industry of the Giant Cat Territory.
• Jiang Han planned to start a small stream on her Cosmic Pigeon Official account.

Jiang Han brought her friends to Cat Veer's Giant Cat Workshop to buy supplies and check on a commissioned fireproofing device. Cat Veer agreed to help them, but the chapter left the device's status unrevealed.

• Jiang Han showed Lilian and the others the Cat Spider ranch and teased Histeria about hoarding brocade.
• Jiang Han and the witches reached March Cat Peak City and watched Cat Veer try to sell Ascension Cat Earmuffs to the Hotpot Giant Cat Lamp.
• The Hotpot Giant Cat Lamp chose a cat tree instead of combat gear, and Cat Veer let her leave with it.
• Jiang Han asked Cat Veer to arrange membership cards for her friends and show them the Version 9.5 fireproofing device plan.
• Cat Veer agreed to help Jiang Han with both requests.

Jiang Han visited Cat Veer’s workshop, where Cat Veer showed her a heavy fireproof umbrella designed for use in the Dead Magic Zone. After learning the prototype’s performance was reduced there, Cat Veer thought of an improvement and pushed Jiang Han out while promising a new version in five days.

• Cat Veer woke Cat Mila and Cat Ka and ordered them to help receive the visiting witches.
• Jiang Han followed Cat Veer into an orderly workshop powered by Vitality Crystals, where Cat Veer was forging a scepter for Ovi from her shed cat tail.
• Cat Veer gave Jiang Han a heavy mechanical umbrella and explained its heat-resistant construction and temperature limits.
• Jiang Han asked whether the umbrella had been tested in the Dead Magic Zone, and Cat Veer said its effectiveness had dropped by about 26%.
• Cat Veer conceived an improvement and hurriedly sent Jiang Han out, promising to make the next version in five days.

Jiang Han hosted her sisters for a shopping trip, a meal, and an outing at Banyan Cat Lake, then joined their debate about a dinosaur program. The group agreed to sleep in Xiya’s Pharaoh Giant Cat nest and watch it together in the morning.

• Jiang Han ran into Alesha, who wished she had been holding bread like a manga heroine, and Jiang Han teased her before leaving.
• Lilian said the shop’s goods were good but about thirty percent more expensive, while Xiya and the Glass Giant Cat started play-fighting until Kraken pulled them apart.
• Jiang Han treated the witches to a meal and tea by Banyan Cat Lake, and Du Lingxuan reassured her that they were sisters.
• Xiya invited the others to bathe, and Lilian proposed watching a dinosaur program using a Mars connection core she had stolen from her sister’s house.
• The witches argued over whether a Tyrannosaurus could defeat a Tarbosaurus, then agreed to sleep in Xiya’s nest and watch the program in the morning.

Jiang Han and the others visited Xiya’s lavish oasis cat nest, where Xiya showed off its desert and spring features and treated the witches to dessert. Lilian installed a Mars direct-link core, while Jiang Han thought about finding her younger sister a blond, blue-eyed cat lamp partner.

• Jiang Han admired the artificial desert outside Xiya’s oasis and listened as Xiya explained its costly earth-vein facilities.
• Xiya showed Jiang Han and the others the Peach Blossom Spring-style oasis, including its streams, hot springs, and giant cat nests.
• Jiang Han complained of hunger, pressured Xiya into providing food, and the witches enjoyed warm yellow egg tarts.
• Lilian installed the Mars direct-link core she had taken from her sister, Lilith.
• Jiang Han remembered Zhen Ling’s question about Caroline and considered finding her younger sister a blond, blue-eyed cat lamp partner.

Jiang Han toured her territory with Cat Carlo and learned that Giant Cat Lamps were secretly minting fish-bone currency. Before they could crack down on the mints, Jiang Han brought Cat Nesting into the investigation to ensure it was handled fairly, then decided to involve Cat Carl as well.

• After a night of chatting, Jiang Han tied Xiya's tail to Du Lingxuan's tail before leaving the cat nest for her inspection.
• Cat Carlo told Jiang Han that Giant Cat Lamps were secretly making fish-bone coins and using them to issue currency.
• Jiang Han agreed the private mints had to be stopped, while Cat Carlo explained she needed the lord cat's authority to enforce the rules.
• Jiang Han paused the inspection and invited Cat Nesting to join, prompting Cat Nesting to warn against letting one faction handle the case alone.
• Jiang Han decided to call Cat Carl too and said she wanted to eat her electric pickled mustard greens.

Jiang Han spent her windfall and valuable goods to secure Olivia’s authorization to build Cat Lamp railways for her expanding territory. Olivia also promised to have Carla oversee the project, leaving Jiang Han ready to develop a major freight route.

• Jiang Han invited Olivia, Vera Lamp, and Sha'er Lamp to tea and asked Olivia about buying supplies and buildings.
• Jiang Han proposed building Cat Lamp trains and railways to transport goods across her growing territory.
• Olivia explained that Cat Lamp railways required registered, military-grade construction and her authorization to establish Cat River anchor points.
• Vera and Sha'er explained how anchor points, tunnels, stations, and trains connected distant regions and circulated freight.
• Jiang Han gave Olivia her windfall, Cat Spider silk brocade, and three plots near Banyan Cat Lake in exchange for authorization and a promise to have Carla supervise the project.

Jiang Han and the others inspected the Dead Magic Zone project and discovered that Eileen’s transactions had left the territory with a 16-million Witch Gold debt and 18 million in assets. They then saw Cat Carlo unveil emergency supply capsules for Cat Lamps and witches heading into the Dead Magic Zone.

• Jiang Han recruited Bold Cats from the Cat World’s northern region to practice in the Dead Magic Zone.
• Jiang Han saw the transaction ledger showing 16 million in debt and 18 million in assets, while Histeria explained that Eileen had routed money through their project.
• Jiang Han, Xiya, and Du Lingxuan joked about how they would spend the money, then Cat Carlo arrived with the preparations complete.
• Jiang Han and the others watched a launcher fire a metal capsule, and Cat Carlo identified it as an emergency supply capsule for Cat Lamps.
• Cat Carlo showed them that the capsule held food, drinks, ammunition, medical injectors, and return backpacks, and explained that the injectors triggered witches’ self-healing.