Recaps

Jiang Han gave Lucia a powerful cat lightsaber after persuading her to accept it as a matter of fate, and Lucia promised her a favor. Lucia then brought Jiang Han to meet Lady Samantha, a mermaid witch whose mobile lair was a floating island carried by a Griffin Carriage.

• Jiang Han insisted that Lucia accept the lightsaber, joking that a Skywalker could not go without one.
• Lucia accepted the lightsaber and promised Jiang Han a favor in return.
• Jiang Han followed Lucia through the market, noticing its merchants, visitors, and the cold conditions in the mermaid witches' territory.
• Lucia led Jiang Han into an alley and introduced her to Lady Samantha at the mermaid witch's Griffin Carriage lair.
• Lady Samantha emerged from the lair wearing a mask that let her speak clearly underwater and complained that she needed a Heart of the Ocean to avoid choking.

Jiang Han met with Ms. Samantha to negotiate trading Giant Cat Territory’s goods for supplies and a Griffin Carriage. They neared an agreement but were still discussing the carriage’s price and specifications.

• Jiang Han greeted Ms. Samantha, who explained that she had ended her Long Sleep early after dreaming she needed a restroom.
• Jiang Han joined Samantha aboard the Griffin Carriage and discussed trading goods from Giant Cat Territory for gems, Witch Gold, servants, and a carriage.
• Samantha asked about Golden Tree Ghee, Cat Gems, and Cat Gold Pawprints, while Jiang Han offered a [Flag of Glory] in negotiations.
• Jiang Han hinted that the cat witch Carla, who had reserved one of the company’s three Griffin Carriages, could afford it.
• Samantha warned that a carriage large enough for a dragon would need reinforcement to keep pace with a Formula Broom.

Jiang Han traded Nightmare Cat Lamps’ goods to Lady Samantha for a large collection of necromancy notes from Gavaro. The deal left Jiang Han with new research material and Samantha with the Cat Lamps’ consumables.

• Jiang Han offered Samantha a hundred air-purifying Cat Lamp statues, which Samantha praised and agreed she could sell.
• Jiang Han showed Samantha three versions of the [Cat Teamwork] statues, which could grant group buffs, and Samantha asked to buy them all.
• Jiang Han explained she had only fifty of each version and needed the money to fund a cat nursery for loyal Nightmare Cat Lamps.
• Samantha offered Gavaro necromancy notes in exchange for the consumables, and Jiang Han and Samantha reached a trade agreement.
• Jiang Han received the Gavaro Necromancer Notes, while Samantha received the Nightmare Cats’ consumables.

Jiang Han studied the notebooks of Gavaro’s necromancers and learned how their supposedly happy nation had fed on negative emotions through cruelty. Her research sparked a new idea about energy collection and slightly strengthened her ability to perceive dreams.

• Jiang Han delegated Giant Cat affairs to Mouse Han and Chen Ligu, with Cat Carlo and Cat Bo assisting them.
• Jiang Han used Eileen’s materials to learn Gavaro’s language and began reading the necromancers’ notebooks.
• Jiang Han learned that Gavaro’s necromancers used the Negative Panic Spell to drain negative emotions, then created suffering to feed on them.
• Jiang Han discovered that Gavaro had been destroyed and later became a dangerous destination for Witches seeking knowledge.
• Jiang Han investigated energy collection and Cat Lamp abilities, gained a thread of destiny, and found that her dream perception had strengthened slightly.

Jiang Han discussed Gavaro’s necromancers with the Giant Cat Lamps and learned why their society was unlikely to advance. Cat Bo saw promise in their energy system, and Jiang Han and the Cats considered using it to build mobile castles among the stars.

• Jiang Han left her cat nest hungry and talked with Carlo and the Big Orange Giant Cat about the value of enjoying life.
• Jiang Han asked the Giant Cats whether Gavaro’s necromancers could become a powerful civilization.
• Cat Nesting argued that Gavaro’s necromancers would stagnate because consuming negative energy left them with too little to study and develop their necromancy.
• Jiang Han recognized that Gavaro’s lack of practical experience and negative energy could leave it vulnerable to outsiders.
• Cat Bo proposed testing whether nightmare energy could be converted into electricity to power the Cats of Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Jiang Han agreed that the Cats should use the necromancers’ knowledge to create mobile castles among the stars.

Jiang Han arranged for giant cats to build parts for her experimental energy-conversion system and called Eileen to ask about her void-energy expertise. She agreed to join Eileen and others for the Sapphire Cup final the next day and planned to invite Xuan Bao.

• Jiang Han gave the giant cats her coil-design blueprints and sent them to the Giant Cat Furnace Factory to have Echo Giant Cat make the components.
• Jiang Han called Eileen and explained that she wanted to learn from her expertise in harnessing void energy.
• Eileen invited Jiang Han to watch the Sapphire Cup final between Alesha and Angelite, and Jiang Han agreed to bring Orange Giant Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han suggested inviting Xuan Bao so they could hear her thoughts on the Angelite sisters, and Eileen agreed.
• Jiang Han arranged to meet Eileen at her Dragon Nest through the Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island portal, then called Xuan Bao's home.

Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan and their friends to watch Angelite’s match, then accompanied Du Lingxuan by train to Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island. The packed carriage was about to get even more crowded when a Giant Cat Lamp charged aboard.

• Jiang Han called Du Lingxuan and agreed to join her and Tang Wen for another round of gaming.
• Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan, Eileen, Teacher Yu, and Teacher Ji to watch Angelite’s match the next day.
• After gaming through the morning, Jiang Han picked up Du Lingxuan and they headed to the train station for Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan boarded a train already packed with cats and Witches during rush hour.
• A Giant Cat Lamp charged toward the crowded train, and Jiang Han screamed as it arrived.

Eileen met Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan, who described severe commuter congestion on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island and asked for help improving transportation. Eileen suggested expanding the railway, then proposed watching the Giant Cat Conference’s match before expecting the giant cats to solve anything.

• Eileen waited in the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral lounge, considering witch politics and choosing to stay out of the tug-of-war between Alice and Angelite for now.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan arrived rumpled after squeezing onto an overcrowded commuter train, and Eileen explained she had bought a private spatial passage from Angelite.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan told Eileen that daily traffic on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island had overwhelmed the trains, with millions of cats, witches, and creatures traveling through the island.
• Jiang Han blamed the congestion partly on Eileen’s bank and tourist attractions, while Eileen defended the businesses and pointed out that Jiang Han had not anticipated the problem.
• Eileen suggested asking the Giant Cat Conference to expand the tracks and build a three-rail train, then proposed watching the match first.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan visited Eileen’s dragon nest and saw its vast stores of gold, while the group gathered to talk and joke together. The chapter ended with Jiang Han and the others caught staring at Eileen as she adjusted the television.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan entered Eileen’s dragon nest and marveled at its golden waterfall and sorting system.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan discussed Eileen’s rumored ability to eat gold and their own need for money to fund their projects.
• Eileen returned with Yu Sitong and Ji Haijun, who praised her art collection and teased each other about Kraken’s dinosaur park.
• Yu Sitong warmly chatted with Jiang Han and mocked Lin Zhaojun’s exam prospects, prompting Du Lingxuan to joke about Lin’s achievements.
• Jiang Han summoned Mao’er Lite as a sofa and accidentally slapped Du Lingxuan’s thigh while pretending she had meant to touch Yu Sitong.
• The group fell silent and stared at Eileen as she knelt to set up the television.

Du Lingxuan, Yu Sitong, and Ji Haijun commentated on the Sapphire Cup finals while criticizing the late-season ITWF meta and its dominance by four witches. Angelite and Alesha began the final by stacking Zoo buffs and fighting with longswords, with Alesha taking the first round.

• Du Lingxuan, Yu Sitong, and Ji Haijun joked about Angelite and criticized the season’s two dominant buff-stacking and transformation styles.
• Eileen argued that the ITWF rules had let Angelite, Alesha, Lilith, and Lin Zhaojun monopolize the late-season top spots.
• Ji Haijun compared the current meta to Angelite’s past dominance under unrestricted Illusion rules, and the commentators continued their sarcastic banter.
• Angelite and Alesha each stacked high-tier Zoo buffs before fighting with longswords in the first round.
• Alesha defeated Angelite by making her Zoo strategy more aggressive.

Angelite defeated Alesha in the Sapphire Cup finals after adapting to the restricted rules and relying on a powerful buff build. The chapter ended with Angelite exhausted by the victory and admitting she had used the build because otherwise she would have lost.

• Jiang Han and the others watched Angelite struggle against Alesha's buff-heavy setup and discussed how the ITWF ban list limited Angelite's options.
• Angelite changed her strategy in the second round, using transformation and buff spells before casting [Angelite's Ultimate Martial Arts] to fight in melee, and she won the round to tie the match 1:1.
• Eileen explained that Alesha was exceptionally strong under the current rules, but Angelite won the next four rounds and took the Sapphire Cup 5:1.
• During the post-match interview, Angelite said she was exhausted and had used the buff build because she would have lost otherwise.

Jiang Han and the Witches watched the Cat Lamp Rally as Eileen proposed marketing partnerships and investment in Jiang Han’s new company, Nightmare Media. Eileen offered to invest a racetrack, and Jiang Han accepted the idea of funding in kind rather than cash.

• Yu Sitong worried that the Witches had little chance this season after seeing Anjie become a buff-focused Witch, and Jiang Han and Ji Haijun agreed that some of them might have to wait until next season.
• Jiang Han asked the Witches what they thought of the Cat Lamp Rally, and Eileen praised the racing while Jiang Han explained its scoring system.
• Eileen suggested training Witch commentators for the Cat Lamp Rally and Giant Cat Basketball, and Jiang Han offered Rainy Night Club a partnership proposal.
• Eileen asked whether Jiang Han’s new company, Nightmare Media, would accept investment, and Jiang Han said it did not take cash.
• Eileen offered to invest a racetrack in Nightmare Media, then imitated a Cat Lamp and cried, “Meow-ow-ow!”

After securing the investment, Jiang Han visited Eileen’s territory to inspect her emotional coil project and learn from its design. The chapter left Jiang Han poised to study the city-sized experiment and apply its lessons to the cats’ servant army coils.

• Jiang Han asked Eileen to let her cats inspect Eileen’s enterprises, and Eileen agreed to share the coil design materials.
• Eileen arranged for Du Lingxuan and Yu Sitong to stay in the Dragon Nest, then took Jiang Han and Ji Haijun through a Space Tunnel aboard her airship.
• Eileen explained that she had borrowed part of Olivia’s Cat River, where cat lamps helped reinforce the tunnels in exchange for being able to travel through them.
• The airship reached Eileen’s territory, where Jiang Han saw interconnected continents, thriving settlements, and void excavators collecting minerals.
• Eileen brought Jiang Han to a metropolis housing her emotional coil model, where residents’ emotions were harvested and converted into power.

Xu Fangying explained that Jiang Han’s Giant Cat Lord status had Heaven’s Mandate missions that would activate and strengthen Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island’s leyline energy. She said the territory needed more than Cat Cities, and left Jiang Han with the first broad goal of extending facilities and technology across its towns and villages.

• Elephant Clam Han and Zhang Luer practiced the Cat Lamp Charge while Jiang Han napped beneath the Sun Cat Lamp.
• Xu Fangying woke Jiang Han and told her she had worked out the logic behind her Heaven’s Mandate status and its missions.
• Xu Fangying explained that Ovi had never directed Jiang Han to complete missions because Ovi let her develop naturally.
• Xu Fangying said a Giant Cat Lord’s territory needed facilities in Cat Townships, Cat Villages, and Cat Towns, with technology matching the Nightmare Cat Capital.

Jiang Han and Xu Fangying discussed ways to develop Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island and settled on an Engineering Cat Academy to attract Cat Lamps away from the lakes. After a chaotic cold-spring prank, Jiang Han, Xu Fangying, and Zhang Luer shared food and talked, with Xu Fangying still focused on the academy.

• Jiang Han rejected Xu Fangying's plans for technical-cat subsidies and rapid development, explaining that Cat Lamps would resist changes that disrupted their homes or benefits.
• Xu Fangying proposed an Engineering Cat Academy to draw Cat Lamps away from the crowded lakes, and Jiang Han explained their history of assisting with engineering, including the first cloudway.
• Jiang Han returned from fetching food and found Xu Fangying chasing Zhang Luer after Zhang Luer had pushed her into a cold spring.
• Zhang Luer tossed Jiang Han into the cold spring too, then ran off laughing as Jiang Han climbed out and Xu Fangying challenged her for not stopping the prank.
• Jiang Han shared food with Xu Fangying and Zhang Luer, and the three watched television and chatted while Xu Fangying continued thinking about the academy.

Jiang Han received the Mermaid Merchant Group’s delivery of liquor, construction materials, cat-sinking wood, and other trade goods, along with an invitation to the Golden Theater. The partnership also brought her a team of nearly fifty witch architects and engineers, and she left the Sea Tree Witch with a new materials list for her planned Engineering Cat Academy.

• Jiang Han and her secretaries Mao'er Lite and Mao Philia inspected the Mermaid Merchant Group’s delivery at the air harbor on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• The Sea Tree Witch gave Jiang Han a five-person invitation to the Golden Theater and explained that the Mermaid Merchant Group had obtained cat-sinking wood and other supplies from the Jellyfish Cats.
• Jiang Han’s side received construction materials, giant-cat handicrafts, and nearly fifty witch architects and engineers through the trade.
• Jiang Han asked the Sea Tree Witch to find rare construction materials for the Engineering Cat Academy project.

Jiang Han handled outreach for the Rainy Night Club and met Dorothy Jordan, who was seeking a new team and planned to pursue a class that required a powerful animal companion. Dorothy wanted a Giant Cat Lamp as her companion and was willing to risk the class-change penalty because her experience pool was nearly full.

• Jiang Han assigned Cat Lop, two giant cats, and a talented Ratfolk to help manage her affairs on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Eileen sent Jiang Han to meet witches the Rainy Night Club was contacting and gave her fifty thousand in entertainment expenses.
• Jiang Han welcomed Dorothy Jordan to a café on Rain Dew Sky Island and asked what teams she hoped to contact.
• Dorothy explained that she wanted to become a Twinborn Hunter, a class that could synchronize with an animal companion's spells.
• Dorothy decided to risk the class-change penalty because her experience pool was about to overflow.

Jiang Han showed Dorothy the Giant Cat registry and helped her look for a suitable contract partner, but Dorothy rejected a Pharaoh Giant Cat Lamp over its low morale. Jiang Han promised to find another option, leaving Dorothy’s choice and possible recruitment to the Rainy Night Club unresolved.

• Jiang Han explained that Giant Cats generally accepted only one partner contract and warned that the more demanding cats had unusual requirements.
• Jiang Han described the costs and benefits of Lamp Oil Giant Cat Lamps, but Dorothy dismissed their standard legendary spells as impractical under ITWF rules.
• Jiang Han showed Dorothy a Pharaoh Giant Cat Lamp with necromancy, illusion, and evocation spells, and Dorothy said she liked it because she liked necromancy.
• Dorothy asked whether necromancy had morale problems, and Jiang Han admitted that Pharaoh Giant Cats had somewhat low morale.
• Jiang Han stopped discussing recruitment and promised Dorothy that she would find another way.

Jiang Han took Dorothy to inspect Giant Cats, bringing Sophia along to provide health certificates. After Sophia completed the examinations, Dorothy chose a Wine Immortal Giant Cat Lamp and formed a contract with it.

• Jiang Han agreed to accompany Dorothy to see Giant Cats after Dorothy offered to pay triple her usual rate.
• Jiang Han picked up Sophia at Ghost Castle, where the witches were recovering from Olivia's brutal training.
• Dorothy and Sophia chatted about legendary spells and witch competitions on the ride to the Giant Cat lot.
• Sophia completed physical examination reports for the Giant Cats Dorothy considered.
• Dorothy contracted with a Wine Immortal Giant Cat Lamp whose spell list included the legendary spell [Three Witches!].

Dorothy used a loophole to force a class-change ritual with Mao Peng, a Wine Immortal Giant Cat, and became a Twin Hunter. The ritual discarded most of her class abilities, but let her use the Giant Cats’ spell list.

• Jiang Han and Sophia watched as the Dorothy sisters prepared to exploit a loophole for their class change.
• Dorothy asked Jiang Han to correct the Chinese character in Mao Peng’s name, and Mao Peng angrily smacked the sisters with a ball of yarn.
• Jiang Han drew the Velos Curse ritual diagram for Dorothy.
• Dorothy invoked Angelite’s authorization to force the class-change ritual despite its unmet requirements.
• Dorothy and Mao Peng completed the Twin Hunter class change, and Dorothy celebrated gaining access to the Giant Cats’ spell list.

Dorothy split into three duplicates, and Sophia tested their abilities before the group turned to cooking. Mao'er Lite took charge in the kitchen, where the Dorothy sisters were tossed around and quickly repaired themselves.

• Dorothy split into three porcelain-doll duplicates, each with the same reduced amount of magic power.
• Sophia tested the duplicates and concluded that they retained normal witch abilities, though their spell quality was weaker.
• Jiang Han secured the specially brewed wine fruit in her tail with a dimensional lock.
• Sophia offered a cheese herring steak to lure a giant cat into helping her cook, and Dorothy led Mao'er Lite to the kitchen.
• Mao'er Lite tossed the Dorothy sisters out of the kitchen, and they crashed into the giant cats before repairing themselves.

Sophia served Jiang Han and Dorothy a lavish dinner before explaining how she learned to cook and revealing her tragic origins as a Ghost Witch from another world. She left them with the story of the foolish second contractor who taught her to weave feelings into her food.

• Sophia served Jiang Han and Dorothy a lavish meal, and the guests praised her cooking.
• Dorothy and Jiang Han asked Sophia where she had learned to cook, while nearby Cat Lamps gathered to listen.
• Sophia explained that she had awakened from a supposedly dead Ghost Witch egg in an abandoned research institute in another world.
• She said the world that birthed her tried to eliminate her, so she devoured its inhabitants to survive.
• Sophia recalled traveling with her second contractor, who taught her to cook and weave her emotions into her dishes.

Dorothy Jordan told Jiang Han and Sophia how her childhood wandering with her mother led her to become a competitive witch. She left them with stories of their unusual travels, their studies at Annobelli Academy, and her one-sided duel with Agatha.

• Dorothy Jordan described scavenging a battlefield with her mother when she was six and collecting remains for witch rituals.
• She recounted how her mother fell into a flesh-digestion pool, where Dorothy awakened her magic and rescued her mother, who found a valuable Sin Ruby.
• Dorothy explained that her mother once mistook her for an egg and put her in the fridge while under the influence of Dragon Hemp.
• Dorothy said she and her mother traveled across America, attended university lectures, and eventually enrolled together at Annobelli Academy.
• Dorothy revealed that she crossed blades with Agatha at fifteen, who defeated her thirteen to zero.

After returning to Mist Immortal Cat Nest, Jiang Han talked with Sophia about Ghost Castle’s strict rules before visiting Olivia to ask for help with risky side jobs. Olivia silently agreed to contact the Underworld if Jiang Han’s experiments caused magical power disturbances.

• Jiang Han and Sophia returned to Mist Immortal Cat Nest and found Priscilla was out again.
• Sophia complained that Priscilla could leave Ghost Castle without following the rules, while her own request for leave had been denied.
• Jiang Han and Sophia discussed why Ghost Witches wanted jobs that let them spend more time outside the castle.
• Sophia stayed behind to watch Mayna Faros livestream a lesson on psychedelic cuisine, while Jiang Han went to find Olivia.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia to help contact the Underworld and remove information streams if her side jobs caused magical power disturbances, and Olivia agreed.

Jiang Han pressed Olivia for a firm promise that she would help if Jiang Han died, and Olivia agreed to take her to the Underworld and secure Water of Forgetting. The two chatted about Olivia’s influence and the Underworld before Olivia revealed that their Eileen Cup doubles match had already been confirmed.

• Jiang Han repeatedly scratched Olivia’s chin until Olivia promised to take her to the Underworld and obtain Water of Forgetting if something happened to her.
• Olivia told Jiang Han about keeping her Vanwal Wands membership and beating a shop owner who tried to revoke her gold status.
• Olivia explained that her ties to the Underworld helped felines find work there, and Jiang Han grimaced after tasting bitter coffee.
• Jiang Han asked whether they had confirmed their Eileen Cup doubles match, and Olivia said another cat had already confirmed it for them.