Recaps

Jiang Han accompanied Chen Ligu to a cyberpunk-style ready-to-wear shop, where she discovered that its self-driving carts were powered by Cat Lamps rather than advanced technology. Chen Ligu emerged in a Gothic dress, and Jiang Han praised how beautiful she looked.

• Chen Ligu left Jiang Han on a sofa with the luggage while she went to change, and Jiang Han ate fruit with the shop's waitress witch and Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han asked about the shop's seemingly intelligent mechanical carts, and the waitress agreed to reveal their workings in exchange for coffee.
• The waitress opened a cart and revealed a Cat Lamp nestled inside, steering it with a remote while working; Jiang Han kneaded the color-shifting Cat Lamp in frustration.
• Chen Ligu returned in a black Gothic dress, and Jiang Han told her that she looked even prettier dressed up.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu visited the Mermaid Merchant Group, where Jiang Han placed a large order for supplies and equipment for the Cat Lamps in the territory she managed. The order left Melissa pleased, while Jiang Han planned to profit by charging witches to use the cat presses.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu met Melissa after she defeated two undersea aberrations with her Eye of Heat Tide.
• Jiang Han watched a sea-dragon fish kill a shark in the reception room’s aquarium and distracted herself by eating.
• Jiang Han introduced Chen Ligu as her lawyer and accountant, and Chen Ligu confirmed she had the necessary credentials.
• Jiang Han ordered fruit wine, fish meat, chargers, charging barrels, and one hundred cat presses from Melissa.
• Jiang Han reassured Melissa that she would use the presses to transport Cat Lamps and privately planned to charge witches a dollar per cat.

Chen Ligu confirmed Jiang Han and Melissa’s contract was lawful, and Jiang Han and Chen Ligu left to find food together. Chen Ligu gave in to Jiang Han’s indecision and agreed to order from three restaurants and eat at a scenic clubhouse.

• Chen Ligu certified that Jiang Han and Melissa’s contract had no hidden traps and would be recognized by the Witch authorities.
• Jiang Han teased Chen Ligu by clinging to her arm, while Melissa praised their friendship and discussed managing food shortages in a servant-army world.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu strolled along a food street, where Jiang Han pointed out three restaurants and asked Chen Ligu to choose.
• Chen Ligu abandoned her principles and suggested ordering food from all three restaurants to eat at a clubhouse overlooking Snow Phoebe Lake.
• Jiang Han smiled brightly at Chen Ligu’s plan.

Jiang Han rejected two Giant Cats’ plan to launch the Cat World into the Astral Realm, then heard Cat Elizabeth present a Witch Card Master class-change proposal. The chapter ended with Jiang Han confronting the class’s wildly random abilities and risks.

• Jiang Han angrily rejected the two Giant Cats’ proposal to launch the Cat World into the Astral Realm without the witches.
• Cat Carlo massaged Jiang Han and explained that the Giant Cats had been learning ways to help her relax.
• Cat Elizabeth arrived, boasted about her success on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island, and submitted research on a universal Witch Card Master class change.
• Jiang Han learned that Witch Card Masters gained unpredictable spell and alignment effects from their cards, making the class capable of either overwhelming victories or disastrous defeats.

Cat Elizabeth asked Jiang Han to fund research that would let giant cats take the Witch Card Master class, and Jiang Han agreed after realizing the cats were unlikely to choose ordinary classes anyway. She assigned Cat Doyastin to monitor the project, while Cat Elizabeth wondered whether she could get the battle-hardened cat to share her nest.

• Cat Elizabeth presented her Witch Card Master research and asked Jiang Han to fund the project.
• Cat Elizabeth explained that Witch Card Masters could use Witch Cards, learn other people's destiny specialties, and advance to Legendary Witch Card Master.
• Jiang Han worried that the class was too dependent on luck, but Cat Elizabeth argued that giant cats already chose classes for fun and fought unreliably.
• Cat Carlo pointed out that giant cats would probably avoid normal classes even without the Witch Card Master option.
• Jiang Han agreed to fund Cat Elizabeth's team and appointed Cat Doyastin to monitor the project.
• Cat Elizabeth asked whether Cat Doyastin might live in the same cat nest as her.

Jiang Han returned to Mist Immortal Cat Nest, where Eileen invited her and Ovi to stay at the Squirrel Ball Hotel and join Du Lingxuan’s commentary channel for the Eileen Cup. Jiang Han accepted Eileen’s invitation.

• Jiang Han returned to Mist Immortal Cat Nest and found Eileen waiting at the door.
• Eileen told Jiang Han that Angelite had restricted witches from using cooling spells in the city because they had disrupted the rain schedule.
• Jiang Han and Eileen joked about Angelite’s behavior and whether Eleanor could manage her.
• Eileen invited Jiang Han and Ovi to stay at the Squirrel Ball Hotel and help commentate events for the Eileen Cup.
• Jiang Han accepted Eileen’s invitation.

Eileen gave Jiang Han a private lesson on spell structure and taught her to modify spell targeting, then accepted Jiang Han’s invitation to go out as friends. The chapter left them planning to celebrate together next time.

• Eileen explained that Jiang Han could adjust an imbuement spell’s coverage set to prevent it from replacing Haste on Elephant Clam Han.
• Eileen drew a spell model and taught Jiang Han how casting difficulty, components, effects, and targets worked.
• Eileen patiently helped Jiang Han strengthen her foundations and understand spellcasting through examples and practice.
• Jiang Han modified Frenzied Blessing so its stardust affected her but avoided Eileen.
• Jiang Han invited Eileen to go out and have fun together, and Eileen accepted while stroking Jiang Han’s cat ears.

After completing six days of tutoring with Eileen, Jiang Han tested her improved spellcasting and chatted with Priscilla while preparing for the opening ceremony. The chapter ended with Vera being stuffed into a cat-steaming machine for snoring too loudly.

• Jiang Han spent all her accumulated points on Eileen’s private tutoring and learned systematic spellcasting techniques.
• Jiang Han used an enhanced Acid Arrow to destroy a training dummy, then stopped her Giant Cat Claws from stealing food.
• Priscilla brought Jiang Han ribbons and makeup, explaining that she needed a tail ribbon for the opening ceremony the day after tomorrow.
• Jiang Han chose a ribbon, and Ovi later complimented it without reacting jealously when Jiang Han said a lovely older sister had bought it.
• Vera was put into the cat-steaming machine because her snoring was too loud.

With the Eileen Cup drawing tourists and a boom in travel to the Eastern Isles, Jiang Han woke up in her cozy game room and shared snacks and conversation with Sophia. Priscilla returned with food and newspapers, while Sophia explained why she would not attend the tournament.

• Witches from around the world traveled to the Eastern Isles for the Eileen Cup, boosting tourism and keeping transport services busy around the clock.
• Jiang Han woke in Mist Immortal Cat Nest’s Gaming Hideaway Area and stole donuts from Sophia.
• Jiang Han asked why Sophia was not going to the Eastern Isles, and Sophia said she had already visited many times to treat professional players who ignored her training limits.
• Jiang Han and Sophia heard Priscilla arrive with giant cat meal boxes and newspapers.
• Jiang Han and Sophia eagerly welcomed Priscilla’s food and began unpacking it.

Jiang Han learned that the Ghost Witches planned a luxury airship tour of Japan and heard how Eve Harkins had once advised Alice of Touring Castle to wait for a clear winner before choosing sides. Priscilla said she had a confidential matter connected to Ghost Castle’s upcoming activities, but the chapter ended before she revealed it.

• Jiang Han read a newspaper article about the Eileen Cup tournament and asked Sophia whether she would attend.
• Sophia explained that Ghost Witches stuck together and had to join their elder sisters’ group activities.
• Priscilla told Jiang Han that the Ghost Witches planned to tour Japan by luxury airship before the Eileen Cup opened.
• Priscilla recounted how Eve Harkins had advised Alice of Touring Castle to wait until a winner emerged before choosing a side.
• Priscilla said her confidential story was closely connected to Ghost Castle’s upcoming activities, but did not reveal the details.

Jiang Han learned that Ghost Castle planned to turn three castles into a global Touring Castle sequence and helped Priscilla and Sophia recruit powerful allies and destinations. In return for her favors, Jiang Han hoped to secure a Ghost Incarnation that could take over her cosplay duties.

• Priscilla and Sophia explained Ghost Castle’s plan to turn its sixth, seventh, and eighth castles into Touring Castles linked to the Cat Under-Under-Underworld.
• Sophia described how Priscilla was seeking Witch Agency support, a Great Witch Association meeting venue, Water Dragon vacation destinations, and Ovi’s Shadow Grand Cathedral for the sequence.
• Jiang Han proposed involving Ketus and Kraken to persuade the Water Dragon Certificates to establish a resort at Ghost Castle.
• Sophia offered Jiang Han a vacation floating island and five-star service, while Jiang Han considered using the favor to obtain a Ghost Incarnation for her cosplay work.
• Jiang Han suggested inviting Sula and Helen, the leaders of the Forest Watch Witch Organization, and Priscilla said their participation would help a lot.

Jiang Han arranged for elite witches and two cat lamp cathedral wonders to join Ghost Cruise Castle, and received a mobile Sky Lake Territory in return. At Ghost Castle's C-1 Great Plains, she found Cat Dehaila helping modify the territory, which Olivia had already named Cat Lamp Lake Island.

• Jiang Han contacted witches who agreed to negotiate with Ghost Castle, and Ketus and Li Rodjielin later returned her calls.
• Shadow Grand Cathedral and Cat Sea Grand Cathedral moved into Ghost Cruise Castle, and Eve Harkins gave Jiang Han ownership of their Sky Lake Territory.
• Jiang Han and the tour-group witches arrived at the C-1 Great Plains to prepare the territory's equipment and teleportation gates.
• The group spotted Cat Dehaila nudging the Sky Lake Territory, while Du Lingxuan explained its scale and the rarity of Star Cluster Cat Lamps.
• The guide said Olivia had arranged for her cat to modify the territory and had already named it Cat Lamp Lake Island.

Olivia prepared Cat Lake Island for Jiang Han’s tour group and worried about making a good impression on the visiting guests. When the group arrived, a sarcastic exchange sent the Sleepless Giant Cat Witch flying out of the bookstore, and Olivia went downstairs to greet everyone.

• Olivia scolded Sha'er for lazily using an air-purification spell and ordered her to spray the lodging area with Warm Cat Spray before Jiang Han’s tour group arrived.
• Olivia surveyed the four islands and reviewed the attractions and facilities she had built for visitors.
• Jiang Han and her companions arrived at Cat Book Bookstore and asked for Olivia while Sha'er offered to find her.
• Blind Treasure and Xuan Bao traded sarcastic remarks, and the Sleepless Giant Cat Witch flew out through the bookstore window.
• Olivia decided to go downstairs to greet the group and try to get Alesha’s autograph and a photo.

Jiang Han settled into the bookstore and ran into Qiao Rou, who introduced her to her colleague Deng Ran, vice-captain of an emergency response squad. After wondering about the squad’s work and benefits, Jiang Han returned to her own plans and hoped to go have fun with Xuan Bao another day.

• Jiang Han unpacked her belongings and claimed the uppermost cat nest, while Alesha and Du Lingxuan joked about where they liked to sleep.
• Jiang Han went to the buffet through the crowd of Cat Lamps and found Qiao Rou eating with witches in matching uniforms.
• Qiao Rou introduced Jiang Han to Deng Ran, her friend and vice-captain of the emergency response squad, and Jiang Han exchanged polite greetings with her.
• Jiang Han brought food back for her sister and wondered whether Qiao Rou’s group was a genuine emergency squad or a secret police force.
• Jiang Han envied the squad’s pay, training, and opportunities but admitted she was not suited to office work and planned to have fun with Xuan Bao another day.

Jiang Han brought a feast to the witches staying in the bookstore, and they gathered to eat and discuss who would take the top spot in the Commentary Cup. Xuan Bao was mocked for failing to qualify as a player and having to commentate instead.

• Jiang Han had cat lamps carry the buffet food to the lodging room, where Kraken and Blind Treasure reminisced about facing Eileen.
• The witches stopped arranging their belongings and gathered around the food, with Lin Zhaojun grabbing a ham slice first.
• Jiang Han watched the witches eat while Xuan Bao teased Little Li about her fish documentary.
• Kraken and Alesha joined the meal, and Xuan Bao declared that Blind Treasure had to take top 1 in the Commentary Cup.
• Blind Treasure mocked Xuan Bao for missing the competition as a player, and the witches laughed at her impending tearful commentary after she had been eliminated in the qualifiers.

Du Lingxuan introduced the guests at the Commentary Cup and kept the audience entertained with jokes about their reputations and rivalries. She ended by teasing Teacher Yu and Teacher Ji, while the introductions and commentary continued.

• Jiang Han watched Du Lingxuan explain that she had missed the Wheelchair Cup because the contestants were too elite for her.
• Du Lingxuan introduced Linbao, Kraken, Xiya, Jiang Han, Jiang Miao, and Miss Tang Wen, while Jiang Han joked about the guests and their past gaming antics.
• Du Lingxuan introduced Little Li and A Lin, joking that Little Li had considered stopping Sister Dorothy from competing and teasing A Lin about switching her loyalty.
• A Lin insulted Du Lingxuan, who fired back by upgrading her from toilet paper to facial tissue before returning to the introductions.
• Du Lingxuan joked that Teacher Yu might reach the round of sixteen and contrasted Teacher Ji’s career with Teacher Yu’s.

Jiang Han listened as Du Lingxuan recounted the China Witch Association’s history of importing star players and the national team’s repeated failures, especially under Ji Haijun. The chapter ended with Jiang Han asking Du Lingxuan to introduce the Commentary Cup contestants.

• Du Lingxuan described how China witches dominated foreign clubs and recalled Aigelisi’s performance against Angelite after Red Wolf Club rejected her.
• Du Lingxuan said the national team’s history of near-successes was tied to Ji Haijun’s poor play, despite the powerful teammates around her.
• Jiang Han recalled that peak Lin Zhaojun had never lost to Justice Descending from Heaven, while Lin Zhaojun looked numb at Du Lingxuan’s story.
• Jiang Han asked Xiya about the Ji Haijun sisters, and Xiya and Xi Fu described them as inventors whose strategies often failed.
• Du Lingxuan asked Jiang Han to fetch her contestant-profile book, and Jiang Han said she wanted to hear about the Commentary Cup contestants.

Du Lingxuan introduced the Wheelchair Cup competitors and joked with Blind Treasure about selling billboard advertising. Jiang Han then watched Teacher Yu face Grace and realized the supposedly unserious tournament could be entertaining; the chapter ended with Grace’s team turning Teacher Yu’s spell against her.

• Du Lingxuan introduced the competitors while Jiang Han and Xiya laughed together.
• Blind Treasure asked Du Lingxuan about Wheelchair Cup sponsorship, and Du Lingxuan tried to sell her billboard space.
• Du Lingxuan announced the match between Teacher Yu and Grace as Jiang Han reconsidered her assumption that the Wheelchair Cup was dull.
• Teacher Yu used Steel Protection, and Grace’s team mistook its appearance for magic immunity and changed their spell-secret sword into a physical attack.
• The spectators fell silent after Grace’s unexpected play, and Du Lingxuan called the match an even contest between worthy opponents.

Jiang Han learned about Cosmic Bomb Build, a competition strategy that stacked spell penetration to make a single lethal attack, and heard how Bennett Pulan used it to defeat Eileen. The chapter left Jiang Han with a new appreciation for Eileen’s decision to accept the loss before changing the rules.

• Jiang Han watched a Death Finger strategy send Teacher Yu into the losers’ bracket, where he was matched against its user again.
• Du Lingxuan explained that Cosmic Bomb Build used metamagic and Sacrificial Enchantment to empower Death Decree into a one-shot attack.
• Olivia recalled how Bennett Pulan had sought advice from Cat about strengthening her mana and had taken the advice as a lesson about money.
• Du Lingxuan described how Bennett’s victory over Eileen led to the creation of the Competition Rules Administrative Committee, which banned the self-sacrificing tactic.
• Jiang Han learned that Eileen had allowed the tactic during the competition and only banned it after Bennett ended her hopes of a Grand Slam.

Angelite dominated the Wheelchair Cup with a string of victories, while Du Lingxuan ended her stream before the Eileen Cup draw. Afterward, the witches stayed up together and watched the sunrise on Quiet Cat Colony Island.

• Angelite used zoo compositions and late-patch tactics to win match after match and take the Wheelchair Cup championship.
• Du Lingxuan ended her stream, noting that the witches would attend the Eileen Cup opening ceremony and draw the next day.
• Little Li praised Angelite’s strength and her instinct for knowing when it was time to win.
• Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, Little Li, and Lilian gathered their sleeping companions and walked through the cat bookshop toward the coast.
• The witches watched the sunrise, then Du Lingxuan and Jiang Han said they needed to use the restroom, and Little Li suggested they go together.

Jiang Han attended Eileen’s Underworld Cup opening ceremony, where Eileen showcased food, games, merchandise, prizes, and plans for the tournament. The individual competition draw placed Angelite, Eileen, Olivia, Lin Zhaojun, Alesha, and Loya in the same group.

• Jiang Han enjoyed the opening ceremony’s snacks while Olivia and Lin Zhaojun bickered over seating space.
• Eileen’s ceremony screened highlights from past cups and revealed fifteen games in development, including an AI game whose characters would think like Cat Lamps.
• Eileen promoted tournament merchandise and announced generous rewards, including the champion’s choice of two legendary spells.
• Eileen outlined plans to develop the cup with the local Witch Association in the Eastern Isles.
• The individual competition draw put Angelite, Eileen, Olivia, Lin Zhaojun, Alesha, and Loya in the same group.

After the tournament draw, Jiang Han and her friends lamented their difficult matchups before Jiang Han and Xiya went to train together at the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral. They found Cat Lamps turning the training ground into a candy-making and farming operation, and Jiang Han ordered them to prepare the arena for practice.

• Du Lingxuan celebrated the dramatic tournament group draw, while Jiang Han, Xiya, and Lilian discussed the witches’ matchups.
• Jiang Han and Xiya agreed to practice together after Ovi disappeared to worry about her difficult group.
• Jiang Han and Xiya entered a vast Giant Cat training room at the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral.
• Xiya spotted Cat Lamps making candy and processing fruit beneath an earth-vein tree, and Jiang Han discovered the Nightmare Cat Lamps were behind the operation.
• Jiang Han scolded the Cat Lamps and told them to prepare the training ground, then allowed them to keep their setup around the tree.

Histeria encouraged Jiang Han to stop relying on exposed tricks and train to face stronger opponents with her own power. Jiang Han agreed to train seriously, leaving her fear behind for the moment.

• Histeria asked Jiang Han how she felt about her Eileen Cup performance, and Jiang Han admitted she had little confidence against top-tier certificate holders.
• Jiang Han explained that her earlier victories had depended on opponents' blind spots and tactics that had since been exposed.
• Histeria pointed to Aoses and several champions as examples of witches who won through hard power as well as strategy.
• Histeria told Jiang Han that, as her master, she needed to show her a better path and help if she chose to take it.
• Jiang Han thanked Histeria and quietly agreed to train properly.

Jiang Han met her idol Aoses, who had been invited by Histeria to train her against Water Dragon Certificate players. Aoses declared that such players played too cautiously and that she had beaten Angelite five to zero, leaving Jiang Han with Aoses’s bold approach to dueling.

• Histeria introduced Jiang Han to Aoses, and Jiang Han eagerly asked her idol for an autograph.
• Aoses signed Jiang Han’s notebook in French, delighting Jiang Han and her cat tail.
• Histeria asked Aoses to teach Jiang Han about playing against Water Dragon Certificate users.
• Aoses claimed she was ten for ten against Water Dragon Certificate players and had beaten Angelite five to zero.
• Aoses argued that Water Dragon Certificate users relied too much on cautious data and needed to seize unlikely chances to win.

Aoses taught Jiang Han how to exploit Water Dragon Certificate Witches’ habit of stacking shields at the start of a duel. She advised Jiang Han to use the brief opening to dry-pull buffs, leaving Jiang Han tempted to try the risky tactic.

• Aoses explained that Water Dragon Certificate Witches often opened by layering shields because they expected opponents to rush them.
• She argued that even Witches who knew a rush was coming could not resist relying on defensive counterattacks, and Jiang Han recognized the same flaw in her zoo family.
• Aoses estimated that a top-tier Witch would spend at least 0.2 seconds stacking shields and urged Jiang Han to exploit the opening by dry-pulling buffs.
• Jiang Han questioned the danger of skipping shields, but Aoses insisted that taking greater risks and being greedier could overcome a Water Dragon Certificate.
• Xi Fu joined the conversation, and Jiang Han found herself tempted by Aoses’s advice.