Chapter Summaries

Kraken took Jiang Han and the others to dive in the Sky Sea, explaining its currents and showing them the sea rabbits she had released to protect its ecosystem. Jiang Han and Jiang Zhenling explored the coral in heavily armed diving suits, and several sea rabbits later died and were eaten.

• Kraken guided Jiang Han and the others to the Sky Sea and explained how its currents and geysers worked, warning them about the dangerous barrier below.
• Kraken introduced the Sea Wraiths, or sea rabbits, as rare protected creatures that kept the ocean clean, and warned the witches not to eat them.
• Kraken equipped the group with powerful diving suits fitted with drills, needle guns, and magic-powered oxygen systems.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Zhenling dove together, admired the fiery red coral, and took photos.
• After the dive, several sea rabbits supposedly died of illness, and the group ate them.

On the last day of their trip, Jiang Han and her companions visited Gaia's market district to choose souvenirs for friends and family. Jiang Han settled on inexpensive but thoughtful local gifts and planned to enlist Manager Qin Shunying to help prepare enough for her many customers.

• Kraken took Jiang Han and the others from Sky Island to Gaia's bustling market district, where they browsed local shops and planned gifts.
• Jiang Han asked Jiang Zhenling for gift advice, but Jiang Zhenling suggested deliberately insulting presents for Comrade Xuan and Ms. Ye.
• Jiang Miao described her plan to give friends crystal flowers, handmade tofu, yellow rice wine, and potted plants, inspiring Jiang Han to choose simple, thoughtful gifts.
• Jiang Han listed her family and friends, including her two mothers, Qin Shunying, Cen Jing, Li Li, Qiao Rou, Lilith, and Anjie, then decided to ask Manager Qin Shunying to help prepare gifts for customers.
• The group bought Gaia's sugarcane wine and assembled it with gemstone-sand potted plants and flower-cake tofu into gift sets.

Jiang Han planned a route to deliver souvenirs to her friends and visited Wu Xian first. Wu Xian gave her a valuable Repulsion Rune in return, leaving Jiang Han wondering how they could both feel they had profited.

• Jiang Han mapped South City, marked her friends' addresses, and planned a route for delivering souvenirs during her extra days off.
• Jiang Han visited Wu Xian's elaborate dragon nest and gave her sugarcane liquor, a potted plant, and crystals.
• Wu Xian enthusiastically accepted the gifts and gave Jiang Han a mithril Repulsion Rune worth about five thousand.
• Jiang Han left delighted by the valuable return gift and wondered who had actually lost out.

Jiang Han visited Lilith at her luxurious city residence after returning from Gaia and recounted her trip, including meeting the mysterious Dinesha. Lilith gave Jiang Han a notebook containing a dragon-transformation spell and an A2 rune exam question bank, leaving Jiang Han surprised by the unusual return gift.

• Jiang Han explored Rain Dew Sky Island and arrived at Lilith's city garden, where ghost dragon guards escorted her inside.
• Jiang Han gave Lilith a gift and described her trip to Gaia, including the hot springs, the Coral Sea, and meeting Dinesha.
• Lilith explained that her upcoming official trip to Gaia was connected to Dinesha, whom she described as interesting and elusive.
• Lilith gave Jiang Han a black notebook as a return gift, and Jiang Han discovered it contained a dragon-transformation spell and an A2 practical-runes year-end exam question bank.

Jiang Han visited Lilian and found Du Lingxuan watching the Witch All-Stars with her. Lin Zhaojun lost to Angelite, but both were expected to get another chance in the revival match.

• Jiang Han continued her gift visits and arrived at Lilian's home on Gray Valley Sky Island late that night.
• Jiang Han found Du Lingxuan and Lilian watching the All-Stars, and the three opened her gifts and settled in to watch.
• Lin Zhaojun drew Angelite as her first opponent, prompting Lilian to suspect the matchup had been arranged for the ratings.
• Angelite defeated Lin Zhaojun by using Final Dispel Magic to counter her dispels and remove her remaining defenses.
• Du Lingxuan noted that Lin Zhaojun could still return through the revival match scheduled for the day after tomorrow.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing cleaned the passageway linking their spaces and planned natural decorations for their shared lounge. Jiang Han then saw Angelite promise Lin Zhaojun the 1994 All-Star Championship Trophy next year.

• Jiang Han and Cen Jing cleaned the fifty-meter spatial passageway, which forbade external spells and contained spacetime dust.
• Cen Jing suggested decorating their combined lounge with grass, pebbles, miniature trees, bubblegrass, and red coral, and Jiang Han enthusiastically agreed.
• Cen Jing began designing the lounge layout while Jiang Han checked social media.
• Jiang Han saw Angelite announce that she owed Lin Zhaojun the 1994 All-Star Championship Trophy and would return it next year.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing planned an elaborate renovation for their shared spaces, including a hot spring, lounge, and greenhouses. Cen Jing offered to cover the cost and decided to hire a professional team of Crow Witches.

• Cen Jing showed Jiang Han detailed plans for a hot spring, lounge, and greenhouse, describing features such as bubble bamboo, a fishing lake, and drink-producing trees.
• Jiang Han eagerly suggested growing edible cacti and watermelon trees, and Cen Jing agreed to help her.
• Cen Jing offered to pay for the renovation, explaining that she would benefit from the upgraded shared spaces and Jiang Han’s alchemy laboratory.
• Jiang Han agreed to the changes while clarifying that she could not contribute money because she was in debt.
• Cen Jing announced that she would hire a professional team of Crow Witches to renovate the spaces.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing visited Ghost Shop, where they admired Gothic furnishings and magical decorations. Cen Jing bought a large collection of ghost-themed lamps and ornaments, then added the tea set Jiang Han had wanted to the order.

• Jiang Han entered Ghost Shop with Cen Jing and admired its shrunken Gothic furnishings, especially a culture-dish tea set priced at 1,399 yuan.
• Cen Jing asked the shop owner about the ghost Cat Lamps and other magical decorations.
• The shop owner explained how the ghost Cat Lamps illuminated rooms, floated, and cleaned, and described glowing sea flowers and jewel-firefly coral nests.
• Cen Jing ordered ten jewel-firefly coral nests, two hundred sea flowers, and twenty ghost Cat Lamps.
• Cen Jing pointed to the tea set Jiang Han liked and asked the owner to wrap it up too.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao arrived at White City for Angelite’s lucrative commission and discovered that the Great Witch had accidentally gained fox traits during an experiment. Angelite asked them to help manage her restless tails and keep the incident secret.

• Jiang Han brought Jiang Miao to White City to take Angelite’s commission, which paid 20,000 per day for two witches.
• A Night Watcher led Jiang Han and Jiang Miao into the Throne Hall, where Angelite remained hidden behind black gauze beside a strange fox-like creature.
• Angelite dismissed the Night Watcher and revealed herself after transforming the hall with magic.
• Jiang Han noticed Angelite had fox ears, glowing claws, and nine restless tails after experimenting with racialization.
• Angelite asked Jiang Han and Jiang Miao to hold her tails while she researched and ordered them never to tell anyone what happened.

Angelite showed Jiang Han and Jiang Miao her fox transformation and explained that it had strengthened her senses and abilities while slightly weakening her in combat. She then revealed that Jiang Han’s A2 exam eligibility certificate had been processed.

• Angelite served Jiang Han a cocktail and Jiang Miao a fruit juice, then asked whether they had awakened the Eternal Ice Eye.
• Jiang Han redirected Angelite’s curiosity by asking how she had turned into a fox, and Angelite explained her potion research and transformation.
• Angelite’s powerful tails swept around the bar, and Jiang Miao and Jiang Han clung to them to keep her from damaging the decorations.
• Angelite dragged Jiang Han and Jiang Miao into her potion supply room and found the envelope containing Jiang Han’s A2 exam eligibility certificate.

Jiang Han received her A2 alchemy and rune examination certificate and learned that the exam would take place on Angelite’s island, with witches from several allied organizations handling the questions, proctoring, grading, and review. Angelite revealed that she would serve as a reserve examiner alongside Lilith, Xuelun Curie, and Kraken, leaving Jiang Han excited to take the exam with her idol present.

• Jiang Han read her A2 examination certificate and learned that her practical exams would be held on Coldfall Sky Island, Angelite’s island.
• Angelite explained that the Sea Shepherds would set and grade the practical exams, the Secret Keepers would proctor and conduct combat assessments, and the Night Watchers would submit and review the results.
• Angelite told Jiang Han and Jiang Miao that failed candidates could retake the exam during the testing days if all four examiners agreed.
• Angelite named Lilith as chief examiner and Xuelun Curie, Kraken, and herself as reserve examiners.
• Angelite praised Jiang Han’s alchemy and rune skills, while Jiang Miao described her cousin as determined and responsible; Jiang Han protested that she was not so stubborn.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao spent the day caring for Angelite in her fox form before joining her as Night Watchers at the afternoon meeting. The meeting began with friendly chatter and a work report that irritated Angelite, who delegated its follow-up to Catherine.

• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao brushed and bathed foxified Angelite, then cleaned the throne hall after her nine tails had soaked it.
• Angelite gave Jiang Han and Jiang Miao Night Watchers uniforms and explained how deliberately imperfect clothing could signal aristocratic status.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao took their places beside Angelite’s throne as the Night Watchers arrived for the afternoon meeting.
• Catherine praised South City and suggested Angelite raise pandas, and Angelite joked about turning Catherine’s office into a bamboo grove.
• A stern witch delivered a lengthy work report during the luncheon meeting, so Angelite told Catherine to submit it to the Problem Reporting Department for review.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao spent the day with Angelite before she brought them to the potion room to process mushrooms using Xuelun Curie's alchemy method. They learned to suppress their magic and began cutting the ingredients under a ten-minute deadline.

• Jiang Han teased Angelite about seeming diligent when they first met, and Angelite argued that wisdom mattered more than hard work alone.
• After playing games until nightfall, Angelite led Jiang Han and Jiang Miao to the potion rationing room and taught them to stop relying on magic-powered heartbeats.
• Jiang Han explained the immaterial knife and the Craniotomy Method to Jiang Miao, then stopped her from twirling the knife.
• Jiang Han demonstrated how to cut a V-shaped opening into a White-An Steed Mushroom, and Jiang Miao quickly learned the technique.
• Angelite ordered them to process the mushroom crates within ten minutes, and Jiang Han and Jiang Miao began cutting despite their weakened, magic-deprived bodies.

Jiang Han and Jiang Miao helped Angelite prepare a modified fox transformation potion while learning about witch mutations and Angelite’s family bloodline. Angelite finished the potion and chose Jiang Han as its first test subject.

• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao processed the potion ingredients, and Jiang Han praised her cousin’s work.
• Angelite described her unusual alchemy talent and explained that she was not a mutated witch, then outlined her family’s Frenzy Factor.
• Angelite blended the ingredients into a modified potion designed to transform a witch into a fox and potentially enhance her abilities.
• When Angelite asked for a volunteer, Jiang Miao hid behind Jiang Han and volunteered her cousin instead.
• Angelite linked a Resurrection Stone to Jiang Han and told her to open her mouth.

After the foxification potion left Jiang Han and Jiang Miao with fox ears and tails for several days, the cousins recovered from their family’s teasing by shutting down in front of the television. Jiang Han tried to ask Manager Qin Shunying for time off, but Qin turned her transformation into a lucrative promotional event instead.

• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao remained foxified after Angelite force-fed them the potion, which was supposed to last three hours but could last three to five days.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Miao’s family laughed at their transformations and took commemorative photos, leaving both cousins emotionally shut down.
• Jiang Han called Qin Shunying after watching Seeking Vampires and complained about the potion, hoping to get time off.
• Qin Shunying proposed a fox-eared companion event and planned to charge customers extra for a day with Jiang Han.
• Qin Shunying raised the proposed fee to ten times the usual rate and asked Jiang Han to come in early for promotional photos and other extras.

After a tiring day of work, Jiang Han returned home and discovered that her younger sister’s witch egg was hatching. She called Angelite for help, and Angelite moved the egg to the hot spring, where they waited for the newborn witch to emerge.

• Jiang Han came home in the snow, found her family away, and ate the food Liang Cuoyu had left in the thermal cooker.
• Jiang Han opened the refrigerator for cola and noticed that the last witch egg had grown large and developed colorful patterns.
• The witch egg began cracking, and Jiang Han urgently called Angelite von Ludwig for help.
• Angelite arrived, explained that the egg was hatching prematurely, and placed it in the hot spring so the newborn witch could hatch underwater.
• Angelite told Jiang Han she had slipped away from a Peak Witch Magazine banquet by claiming she was going to the washroom.

Jiang Han learned that the newly hatched witch was healthy and discovered she was a rare Balrog witch. After Angelite explained the responsibilities of raising her, Jiang Han waited for her family to return so they could decide on a name and prepare a room.

• Angelite explained that premature witches were healthy and revealed that she herself had been born prematurely.
• Angelite comforted and handled Jiang Han’s fox tails while describing how she sought to patent other witches’ unfinished ideas.
• Angelite used magic to lift the eggshell and reveal the newborn witch, whom she identified as a rare Balrog witch.
• Angelite explained the witch’s registration, guardianship, feeding, and education requirements, and discussed possible lessons with Jiang Han.
• Angelite returned to the banquet, while Jiang Han stayed with the sleeping young witch and planned to hold a family meeting about her name and room.

Jiang Han and her family marveled at the powerful newborn Infernal Witch and debated how to raise and name her. After rejecting several suggestions, they settled on Cleya.

• Liang Cuoyu returned and admired the infant witch while Jiang Han said the family was waiting to choose her name together.
• Ye Keshu and Jiang Xuan discussed the baby's education, and Jiang Han revealed her 6,000 magic power and powerful innate abilities.
• Jiang Han, the two mothers, and the returning relatives agreed to enroll the child in advanced mathematics, music, and potion botany.
• Jiang Zhenling eagerly welcomed the infant, then objected that she was neither blonde nor green-eyed.
• The family rejected several names before settling on Cleya.

Jiang Han attended her A2 Alchemy Examination interview, where she met her idol, the renowned alchemist Xuelun Curie. Curie praised Jiang Han’s successful experimental achievement while warning her against unsafe methods, and Angelite hinted that Jiang Han’s success had involved luck.

• Jiang Han arrived early at the alchemy examination venue and waited among wealthy, well-educated candidates.
• Jiang Han entered the interview room and met examiners Kraken, Lilith, Angelite, and Xuelun Curie.
• Jiang Han told Curie that her textbooks had inspired her to study alchemy and described her studies and projects, including her patent for Three Sons Solvent.
• Curie cautioned Jiang Han against repeating hazardous procedures but praised her achievement as a victory worth more than she might realize.
• Curie compared experimental outcomes to Angelite’s dice games and warned Jiang Han not to rely on luck; Angelite called her a lucky Witch.

Jiang Han took the A2 alchemy exam, where Angelite outlined her philosophy of making alchemy widely reproducible and accessible. Jiang Han passed both practical questions, and the examiners said they would send her results on December 1st.

• Angelite addressed the examinees and described alchemy as a way to make complex creations universal, reproducible, and widely circulated.
• Angelite announced questions requiring the examinees to produce Gemini Solvent and a Magic Power Burst Potion, or more advanced equivalents.
• Jiang Han chose ingredients and used an improvised method to produce Three Sons Solvent, impressing Xuelun Curie and the other examiners.
• Jiang Han easily made a Magic Power Burst Potion, passing the A2 alchemy exam.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that her specific results would be sent on December 1st.