Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han worked as a costumed Dark Ranger while Witch House hosted the National Team’s banquet and reporters. The witches posed for photos around Lilith before the celebration began, leaving Jiang Han to notice that the seating arrangement resembled The Last Supper.

• Jiang Han asked Chen Ligu about their costumes, and Chen Ligu explained their appeal while earning a 1,000-yuan temp wage.
• Qin Shunying dressed Jiang Han as a Dark Ranger and arranged food and drinks for the National Team’s banquet.
• Kraken and the other witches urged Lilith to take the seat of honor at the center of the table.
• Li Yun opened Witch House’s doors, and witch reporters entered to photograph the venue, staff, and banquet guests.
• Jiang Han recognized that the witches’ posed arrangement around Lilith resembled The Last Supper and smiled for a reporter’s camera.

Jiang Han guided reporters around Witch House and promoted its services before joining the celebration banquet with her friends. At the banquet, she overheard Lilith and Kraken discussing political compromises and plans for Sea Shepherds teams, then returned to her meal.

• Jiang Han answered reporters’ questions about her age and introduced Witch House’s dry-steam room and companionship services.
• After the reporters left, Qin Shunying started the celebration banquet, and Jiang Han filled her plate with expensive seafood.
• Jiang Han reunited with Chen Ligu, Li Yun, and Du Ningzhuang, who drank beer and later went to the restroom together.
• Jiang Han overheard Lilith and Kraken say that great witches had to accommodate politics and discuss plans for Sea Shepherds league and club teams.
• Lilith and Kraken chatted about making smoke rings, while Jiang Han returned to her booth to eat.

Jiang Han served drinks while Kraken and Lilith negotiated business agreements with four company representatives at the Witch House. Kraken acted as though she barely knew Jiang Han, then demanded extensive oversight of a proposed contract, leaving Jiang Han to reconsider how indulgent Kraken had been with her.

• Kraken asked everyone to keep the private discussion confidential, and Qin Shunying shut and locked the reception room doors.
• Kraken pretended she had only just recognized Jiang Han, calling her an adult and a fan before asking Lilith to take their picture.
• Qin Shunying warned Jiang Han not to discuss Kraken by name or in front of her, then offered to share advice about the Great Witch.
• The company representatives presented contracts and proposals, while Lilith and Kraken rejected terms and negotiated with them.
• Kraken said she could agree to a contract in principle but demanded ninety percent supervisory authority and Sea Shepherds stationed at the aid base.

At the victory banquet, Ji Haijun told Jiang Han that her vast, continually growing magic power marked her as a rare type of witch, possibly similar to Kraken, and advised her to choose a magical specialty. Jiang Han began filling out an assessment questionnaire to discover which school of magic suited her, and Ji Haijun returned as she neared the end.

• Lilian showed off her archery at the banquet, and Du Lingxuan’s teasing pushed Lilith to pick up a bow.
• Ji Haijun explained that Jiang Han’s overflowing magic power was a rare trait and that her growth resembled Kraken’s, though their talents differed.
• Ji Haijun gave Jiang Han a questionnaire to assess which school of spells interested her most, then left to join the festivities.
• Jiang Han carefully answered the questionnaire while Lilith and Lin Zhaojun stopped by and commented on it.
• Ji Haijun returned and asked Jiang Han to give her the completed form.

Jiang Han chose a desert oasis as her ideal Sky Island and completed a magical assessment that revealed strong inclinations toward Necromancy, Illusion, and Transmutation. Ji Haijun offered to teach her privately once a week in exchange for help sorting fan letters.

• Jiang Han selected the desert oasis option on her Sky Island questionnaire and signed the form.
• Ji Haijun used magic to assess Jiang Han’s psychological spell-school inclinations and recommended gentle psychological care.
• Ji Haijun explained combinations involving Transmutation, Illusion, and Necromancy, and discussed the popularity of Evocation and Divination.
• Ji Haijun mocked Lilith’s reliance on Dragon Transformation, while Jiang Han compared her tactics with A Lin’s and the Kraken’s.
• Ji Haijun offered Jiang Han a weekly private lesson in exchange for two hours of help sorting fan letters, and Jiang Han accepted.

Jiang Han relaxed at the Witch House celebration, watched a comedy with Qiao Rou, and later asked Qin Shunying about switching from Evocation to Necromancy. Qin Shunying warned that changing schools would be very difficult, leaving Jiang Han's decision unresolved.

• Jiang Han ran into Qiao Rou at the Witch House sauna and learned she was there through Dream Garden's employee benefits.
• Jiang Han and Qiao Rou watched a comedy together, and Jiang Han admitted she had never been to a movie theater.
• After the celebration banquet, Qin Shunying drove Jiang Han home while the others went to a risqué club.
• Jiang Han told Qin Shunying she was considering switching from Evocation to Necromancy.
• Qin Shunying said switching schools would be very difficult, and Jiang Han dismissed her answer.

Jiang Han introduced her younger sister Jiang Zhenling to online shopping and explained how the witches’ Chaos Network worked. She left Zhenling fascinated by the network as she began browsing its servers.

• Jiang Han listened as Jiang Zhenling exchanged gifts and pleasantries with shop owner Qin Shunying.
• Jiang Zhenling told Jiang Han to buy her own cosmetics, underwear, and socks, learn to make handmade tofu, and ask for help without letting others make decisions for her.
• Jiang Han decided against going to the clothing department store and said she wanted to try online shopping instead.
• Jiang Han connected an old computer to the telephone line and showed Jiang Zhenling how to access the Chaos Network with runes.
• Jiang Han explained the network’s disorderly magical links and revealed that she had connection keys for several servers.

Jiang Han used the witches’ developing network to seek Necromancy School spells, medical supplies, study materials, and potions. A company representative replied almost immediately and eagerly offered to meet, even suggesting a visit to either woman’s home or a barbecue.

• Jiang Han showed Jiang Zhenling the network and explained its email and message-board functions.
• Jiang Han posted a request to buy Necromancy School spells, medical supplies, study materials, and potions.
• Jiang Zhenling wondered whether the network could eventually support instant messaging, and Jiang Han suggested she send the idea to Angelite.
• A representative from Northern Frontier Pharmaceuticals replied that she was available to introduce the company’s products.
• The representative sent several more emails offering to meet at her home, visit Jiang Han, or talk over barbecue, and promised the highest discount.

Jiang Han met with Wu Xian to discuss an advertising job and buy introductory Necromancy spells. She left the business negotiations to the Chen Ligu Office and agreed to purchase two Level 1 spellbooks.

• Jiang Han chose an outfit for her meeting while Zhen Ling fretted over her older sister’s beauty and carelessness.
• Jiang Han met Wu Xian at a tea room, where Wu Xian offered her an advertising deal and repeatedly raised her own proposed terms.
• Jiang Han told Wu Xian to send the job requirements to the Chen Ligu Office rather than taking private work.
• Jiang Han asked about learning Necromancy, and Wu Xian recommended [Suture Wounds] and [Repair Undead] as foundational Level 1 spells.
• Jiang Han agreed to buy both spellbooks for 1,200 and ordered several pairs of medical thigh-high stockings from Wu Xian.

Wu Xian brought Jiang Han to Northern Frontier Pharmaceuticals’ secret demi-plane, where angels were raised and processed for their down and positive-energy magic. Jiang Han learned that positive-energy witches were born from angel blood, leaving her quietly unsettled by the witches’ treatment of angels.

• Wu Xian used her position to bring Jiang Han through the plant’s security and disinfection procedures.
• Wu Xian showed Jiang Han the demi-plane, where powerful winds helped angels with enlarged wings take flight.
• Jiang Han watched witches collect angel down and positive-energy magic while the angels waited quietly in line.
• The supervisor explained that the angels were orderly but enjoyed recreation, and that humane management increased their magic-fluid output.
• Wu Xian said the managed angel population had grown from one hundred to sixteen thousand.
• The supervisor told Jiang Han that positive-energy witches were born from angel blood, prompting Jiang Han to hide her dismay.

Jiang Han toured Northern Frontier Pharmaceuticals’ angel-down processing operation, bought discounted supplies, and returned home to study two basic Necromancy spells. She understood [Suture Wounds] and [Repair Undead] quickly, but worried about finding ingredients for Necromancy potions.

• Jiang Han learned that angels processed angel down for wages and heard about the material’s uses, quality, and high price.
• Jiang Han bought angel-down stockings, clothes, spell notebooks, and positive-energy magic liquid at a discount.
• Jiang Han returned home after socializing with Wu Xian and Northern Frontier Pharmaceuticals’ management, then made herself dinner alone.
• Jiang Han studied [Suture Wounds] and [Repair Undead] and quickly grasped their spell concepts.
• Jiang Han considered whether to buy Necromancy potion ingredients from Wu Xian or the shop owner.

Jiang Han discovered that necromancy suited her and decided to study it in a library, despite the risks witches faced there. She began looking for an affordable library and considered Lilith's, Kraken's, and Lin Zhaojun's.

• Jiang Han gave Zhenling positive-energy magic liquid and learned that her sister recognized it as partially liquefied angel halo.
• Zhenling drank the magic liquid with sugar water and cryptically suggested Jiang Han's future sex life might not go well because she disliked bitter and fishy foods.
• Jiang Han gave Liang Cuoyu positive-energy magic liquid, then went to sleep while Cuoyu and Zhenling stayed up gaming, singing, and dancing with Ice Bear.
• Jiang Han covered the sleeping Cuoyu and Zhenling with quilts and tied Zhenling into a bundle as a prank.
• Jiang Han concluded that necromancy suited her and sought a library where she could study spells, despite the dangers and restrictions of library access.
• Jiang Han considered Lilith's, Kraken's, and Lin Zhaojun's libraries as possible places to study.

Jiang Han visited Kraken at the Sea Shepherds' base to ask for access to her library and admitted she hoped to learn spells while reading. Kraken gave her a magic isolation ring and escorted her inside, where Jiang Han noticed that the Sea Shepherds used rings based on Angelite's patented technology.

• Jiang Han arrived at the Sea Shepherds' Sky Island base and examined Kraken's office, including its dangerous spellbooks.
• Kraken welcomed Jiang Han and questioned whether she only wanted to look at the library's spells; Jiang Han admitted she might learn them too.
• Kraken gave Jiang Han a lace choker that isolated her magic, and Jiang Han realized she could probably break it with her power if she needed to escape.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han three sheets of A4 paper for notes and led her to the suspended library, explaining that Sea Shepherds received four hours of access each week.
• Jiang Han saw Xu Wenji arrive without an isolation ring and learned that changing its design required an alchemy master and expertise in practical runes because Angelite held the patent.

Jiang Han visited Kraken's vast Grand Library, where Kraken showed her the spell collections and research materials. Jiang Han studied Necromancy spells and found Kraken's unusually provocative Sensitivity Aura variants.

• Kraken proudly introduced the Grand Library and its million books to Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han suspected Kraken had illegally manipulated time to build the library, then agreed to have red apple tea with witch sugar.
• Kraken directed Jiang Han to the library's Necromancy spells and research materials.
• Jiang Han read Kraken's notes on Plunder Aura and its variants, including the Sensitivity Aura spells.
• Jiang Han blushed after discovering that the Sensitivity Aura could intensify witches' sensitivity and draw out their energy.

Jiang Han chose a Necromancy School tentacle spell to study at Kraken’s library. Kraken noticed that Jiang Han’s Eternal Ice Eyes had awakened and connected them to her old customer, Lin Qiang.

• Jiang Han hesitated over a suggestive spell, then found a tentacle spellbook without a pink label and read Kraken’s explanation of its different schools and principles.
• Jiang Han chose the Necromancy School tentacle spell and gathered related books, noting its high magic cost and the materials she could find in South City.
• Kraken brought Jiang Han apple tea and said her awakened eyes reminded her of an old friend.
• Kraken identified that friend as Lin Qiang, whom Jiang Han knew as a Witch House customer who stored liquor there.
• Jiang Han told Kraken that she sold alcohol, and Kraken asked to buy some from her in the future.
• Jiang Han reflected on her growing work as a Witch House attraction, power generator, and temporary helper for the Metropolitan Police Department.

Jiang Han spent an extended session in the Kraken Grand Library, where Kraken described Sea Shepherd Island’s hot springs and broom-racing tracks. Their visit ended with breaking news that Kraken had founded the Sea Shepherds Club and recruited Lin Zhaojun and Lilian in a major trade.

• Jiang Han asked Kraken how the Sea Shepherds stayed warm at night, and Kraken explained that she had made hot springs by using heat from demons in a folded space of Hell.
• Kraken described the Sea Shepherds’ cylindrical broom-racing tracks and invited Jiang Han to stay overnight to enjoy the hot springs and watch races, but Jiang Han declined.
• Jiang Han asked Kraken about the news playing on her tablet, and Kraken waited expectantly for a sports bulletin.
• Miss Elsa Stern announced that the Sea Shepherds Club had officially been established with Kraken von Kolkraft as its president.
• The Sea Shepherds Club completed a four-way trade with the Absolute City Club, Horsehead People Club, and Forest People Club, bringing Lin Zhaojun and Lilian from Absolute City.

Jiang Han learned how Sea Shepherds had paid enormous sums to acquire Absolute City’s stars and other witches, leaving Absolute City to rebuild. Kraken offered to sign another star of Jiang Han’s choice, and Jiang Han named Dorothy Jordan.

• Sea Shepherds traded 330 million in cash and goods for Lin Zhaojun, Lilian, Du Lingxuan, several role witches, and all the draft picks from Absolute City, Forest People, and Horsehead People.
• Jiang Han considered the clubs’ financial motives and learned that Absolute City had received 220 million while bringing in Di Lanxin to begin rebuilding.
• Kraken explained that she had wanted Lin Zhaojun and Agnes, but bought Lilian as part of a package after Lin Zhaojun refused to play without her.
• Du Lingxuan announced in a televised interview that she was joining Sea Shepherds, and Kraken praised her bearing.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han a choice of another star to sign, and Jiang Han chose Dorothy Jordan.

Jiang Han copied a spellbook by hand, grew sore and worried she was gaining weight, then agreed to join Kraken and Du Lingxuan for racing and a hot spring boat. She noticed Du Lingxuan wore no magic isolation ring, and Kraken’s evasive reaction left her confused.

• Kraken handled calls and emails for the newly established Sea Shepherds Club while Jiang Han copied a spellbook and complained about the strain of writing by hand.
• Jiang Han felt a little softness around her waist and resolved to exercise more and cut down on barbecue, but denied that she wanted to lose weight when Kraken teased her.
• Kraken offered to massage Jiang Han’s sore hand and invited her to join Du Lingxuan for a visit to the Sea Shepherds racing station and the Cloudtop Hot Spring Boat.
• Du Lingxuan arrived and asked Jiang Han which aircraft she liked, and Jiang Han chose the Erin-G19.
• Jiang Han noticed that Du Lingxuan wore no magic isolation ring, and Kraken turned away with an evasive smile.

Jiang Han’s attempt to prank Du Lingxuan with a mana-isolation choker injured her waist, prompting Kraken and Du Lingxuan to examine her health and watch recordings of her squash matches. They discovered Jiang Han was healthy but extraordinarily gifted, and both witches offered to teach her necromancy.

• Jiang Han got Kraken to switch her mana-isolation ring out of isolation mode, while Du Lingxuan asked Kraken for a lace choker of her own.
• Du Lingxuan slipped the choker around Jiang Han’s thigh, isolating her mana, and Jiang Han tackled her in anger, straining her waist against Du Lingxuan’s damage-reflecting armor.
• Kraken used healing necromancy on Jiang Han’s waist, and Du Lingxuan advised Jiang Han to get regular checkups.
• Jiang Han showed Du Lingxuan and Kraken recordings of her astonishing squash moves, which alarmed them until they confirmed she was healthy.
• Du Lingxuan and Kraken competed to teach Jiang Han necromancy, praising her talent.

Jiang Han recovered from her strain with Kraken’s restorative magic, then joined Kraken and Du Lingxuan aboard a cloud-top hot spring airship. The outing ended with Du Lingxuan hauling the two Sea Sirens out of the water because she could not speak underwater.

• Kraken healed Jiang Han and revealed she could have given her copies of most spells instead of making her copy them by hand.
• Kraken and Du Lingxuan teased Jiang Han about her exhausting spell-copying session.
• Kraken took Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan to a cloud-top hot spring airship prepared with food, a sauna, and a barbecue hall.
• Jiang Han changed into a swimsuit and explored the hot spring, admiring the view over Sky Island and the Great Library.
• Kraken and Jiang Han chatted underwater until Du Lingxuan grabbed them and lifted them out because she could not talk underwater.