Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han joined Lin Zhaojun and Ji Haijun at Snow Cedar Lake as they prepared for the Eileen Cup, playing cards with them before serving as their mana source during practice. The chapter left the two top witches sparring and trading taunts in Eileen’s advanced training grounds.

• The Eileen Cup drew millions of visiting witches to South City, and Jiang Han profited by renting out rooms in her folded space.
• Jiang Han traveled to Snow Cedar Lake and met Lin Zhaojun and Ji Haijun at Red Griffin Café, where they discussed their tournament groups and played cards.
• Jiang Han and Ji Haijun secretly worked together to undermine Lin Zhaojun during the card game, leaving Lin with ten losses before she caught on.
• Lin Zhaojun took Jiang Han and Ji Haijun to the practice grounds, where Jiang Han let them draw on her mana for training.
• Lin Zhaojun and Ji Haijun began a spell battle in training field mode while trading insults.

Jiang Han introduced Eileen to several leading contestants at the Snow Phoebe Lake arena and explained the tournament’s new online viewing system. Angelite arrived in battle attire and greeted Eileen, whose old imperial authority had once granted Angelite her title, as other titled witches also paid their respects.

• Jiang Han introduced Gracia, Vera, and Beryl to Eileen and explained their backgrounds, skills, and records.
• Eileen asked why so many contestants had trained at Gray Lion’s youth academy, and Jiang Han described the academy’s role in developing witches for clubs.
• The chapter showed how Eileen’s Eightfold Island tournament used online projection tickets and entertainment to attract viewers and potentially recoup its costs.
• Angelite entered in battle attire, exchanged playful compliments with Eileen, and told Jiang Han to disregard the polite praise and listen to the final assessment.
• Eileen explained that she had granted Angelite her title in Vienna, and several other witches entered to honor Eileen as the First Witch.

Jiang Han spent time with Angelite before the tournament began, where Angelite shared stories about Gaia’s treasures and exchanged a playful farewell with her. Back in the private room, Jiang Han and Eileen discussed the championship contenders, with Eileen praising Lin Zhaojun’s abilities.

• Jiang Han met Angelite on the viewing platform, where Angelite secured her hat with a ribbon and kissed her hand before leaving for Eightfold Island.
• Angelite told Jiang Han about the many secret treasures hidden throughout Gaia Space.
• Jiang Han returned to the private room and ate with Eileen after the other contestants left to watch the opening matches.
• Eileen named Lin Zhaojun as her favored champion, praising her casting speed, dispel spells, versatility, and balanced skills across all eight schools.

Lin Zhaojun and Du Lingxuan prepared to face each other in the opening match of the E2 group stage as commentators and spectators discussed Lin Zhaojun’s reputation. After the contestants traded barbs, the match was about to begin.

• Jiang Han watched the arena feed with Eileen and listened as commentators predicted Lin Zhaojun would defeat Du Lingxuan.
• Eileen learned that the foreign commentary was sarcastically praising Lin Zhaojun and replied by sarcastically praising Angelite.
• The commentators announced the tournament sponsors as Lin Zhaojun and Du Lingxuan got ready to fight.
• Lin Zhaojun called Du Lingxuan the world runner-up, and Du Lingxuan teased her as Princess Lin.
• Du Lingxuan’s retort left Lin Zhaojun visibly irritated as the channel muted their exchange.

Jiang Han watched Lin Zhaojun dominate Du Lingxuan with a blistering blitz, then enjoyed the tournament’s other matches with Eileen. As the lower-bracket groups began, Jiang Han worried that Ji Haijun had been placed in a group with three formidable opponents.

• Jiang Han and Eileen watched Lin Zhaojun defeat Du Lingxuan in two rounds, overwhelming her with fast attacks and leaving her unable to mount an offense.
• Lin Zhaojun mocked Du Lingxuan during the post-match interview after her decisive victory.
• Jiang Han watched the upper-bracket matches and chatted with Eileen during the intermission.
• The lower-bracket matches began, with nine Great Witches distributed among the groups of death.
• Jiang Han noted that Ji Haijun had drawn a group with Angelite, Alexandra Cunningham, and Lilian, and worried about her chances of advancing.

Jiang Han chatted with Eileen during halftime before Angelite and Ji Haijun began their match. Ji Haijun countered Angelite’s terrain-shaping tactics with a vast tide-based assault that broke through Angelite’s defenses and sealed the Sovereign Scepter’s time stop.

• Jiang Han and Eileen discussed how relaxed best friends acted together and shared stories about their friends.
• Dorothy Jordan and Yu Sitong discussed Angelite’s past fights and Dorothy’s experience competing alongside Ji Haijun.
• Angelite transformed Eightfold Island into terrain suited to her fighting style, while Ji Haijun calmly summoned seawater across the arena.
• Angelite unleashed a storm of lightning spears, but Ji Haijun’s tide-based spells and fish-men blocked and counterattacked.
• Ji Haijun’s assault dispelled Angelite’s shields and sealed the Sovereign Scepter’s time stop, leaving Angelite astonished.

Angelite lost her group-stage match to Ji Haijun, prompting Jiang Han to suspect that the rules had limited Angelite’s strongest spells. Later, Jiang Han and Eileen visited Angelite, who was in high spirits and teased Eileen about becoming her temporary ward while praising Jiang Han’s dancing.

• Angelite lost her match against Ji Haijun 0–2, and commentators analyzed how the rules restricting legendary spells had helped Ji Haijun win.
• Jiang Han and Eileen discussed the match, and Jiang Han concluded that the restrictions had disrupted Angelite’s casting and prevented her from using the Sword of Annihilation early.
• After afternoon tea, Jiang Han and Eileen went to Angelite’s study and found her reading, apparently cheerful despite her loss.
• Angelite declared that she was Eileen’s temporary guardian because Eileen’s age had been set to eighteen years, eleven months, and twenty days, and teased her about their guardian-ward relationship.
• Angelite praised Jiang Han’s dancing and encouraged her to become the first witch idol, while Jiang Han privately noted that Angelite liked ordering her around and paying advances.

Jiang Han sold her stock of alchemical potions at the Snow Cedar Lake Sky Island market with help from several witches, then closed her shop and set out to shop for materials and supplies. She left eager to explore the market and work through her shopping list.

• Jiang Han opened her borrowed alchemy shop and called Chu Yujun, Tang Wen, Li Yun, and Chen Ligu to help serve the market’s busy customers.
• Jiang Han prepared custom potions, including an enhanced soothing tobacco blend for a French witch, while Li Yun handled orders and Chen Ligu recorded sales.
• Jiang Han sold nearly all her potions, shared some profits with her helpers, and closed the shop after putting away the cash.
• While touching up her makeup, Jiang Han realized how familiar she had become with it, then reassured herself that her girlish behavior was only an act.
• Jiang Han checked her memo pad for requested purchases, rejected the request to buy bamboo leaf liquor for Jiang Xuan, and headed out to explore the market.

Jiang Han visited the Snow Phoebe Lake market to shop for supplies and discovered a Phoenix Witch selling alchemical curiosities. She bought the Treasure Fleet necklace and left with the shopkeeper’s contact details.

• Jiang Han bought requested materials and bamboo-leaf liquor while browsing the market.
• Jiang Han recognized the Bo witches and met Phoenix Witch shopkeeper Jian Yunhan at her Griffin Carriage shop.
• Jian Yunhan demonstrated three storage curiosities and explained their features, drawbacks, and prices.
• Jiang Han chose the Treasure Fleet necklace for its appearance and purchased it for 81,000 yuan.
• Jian Yunhan gave Jiang Han a postcard listing her custom alchemy, potion-making, and tutoring services.

Jiang Han visited Cen Jing with a picnic dinner and learned about her new Ice Cleansing Fruit Tree. Cen Jing’s embarrassed reaction to the fruit’s taste left Jiang Han curious and plotting to try some.

• Jiang Han rented a picnic blanket at Snow Phoebe Lake Market, entered her portable space, and brought lunchboxes to Cen Jing.
• Jiang Han told Cen Jing she had rented a shopfront, and Cen Jing said she planned to sell plants there the next day.
• While they ate, Jiang Han invited Cen Jing to watch the Eileen Cup from a VIP room and they discussed Lin Zhaojun and Anjie’s match.
• Jiang Han and Cen Jing walked through the greenhouse, where Cen Jing noticed that the pipes Jiang Han had made were unusually heavy.
• Jiang Han redirected Cen Jing’s questions toward the Ice Cleansing Fruit Tree, and Cen Jing explained that she had arranged to sell its fruit.
• Cen Jing evaded Jiang Han’s questions about the fruit’s taste, leaving Jiang Han secretly planning how to try some.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing encountered Dinesha at Snow Cedar Lake Market, where the ghost witch asked Jiang Han to introduce her to Eileen. Jiang Han agreed to arrange the meeting for the next day at noon.

• Jiang Han and Cen Jing finished selling potions and discussed ingredients for a meal Cen Jing planned to cook.
• Dinesha appeared in an alley, startling Cen Jing, and Jiang Han led her to meet the ghost witch.
• Jiang Han introduced Cen Jing as a botanist and Dinesha as a musician and composer in the Squirrel Society.
• Dinesha asked Jiang Han to introduce her to Eileen because Eileen possessed a wonder she needed.
• Jiang Han agreed to meet Dinesha the next day at noon and make the introduction.

Jiang Han brought Dinesha to meet Eileen at the Sovereign Palace, where Dinesha asked to borrow the artifact Sunshine Rain Bath. Dinesha admitted that she needed it because she was having mental problems.

• Jiang Han escorted Dinesha through the Sovereign Palace and admired her formal dark-red dress.
• Jiang Han and Dinesha entered Eileen’s reception room, where Eileen greeted them warmly.
• Jiang Han introduced Dinesha and asked what she wanted from Eileen.
• Dinesha asked Eileen to let her use the artifact Sunshine Rain Bath.
• Eileen asked whether Dinesha had mental problems, and Dinesha firmly said yes.

Dinesha sought Eileen’s help to control her ghost-witch instincts, but Eileen also wanted Dinesha’s hair for a new wonder. With Jiang Han mediating, the two witches negotiated a contract and agreed to exchange materials and aid.

• Dinesha described how she had resisted draining life for fifty years and asked Eileen to cure her condition with the Sunlight Rain Bath.
• Eileen revealed that she needed a ghost’s long hair, and Dinesha’s anger made the room grow cold as Jiang Han intervened.
• Jiang Han proposed negotiating the method, schedule, and compensation, helping the witches settle on monthly hair powder and an equal exchange.
• Eileen and Dinesha signed three copies of the contract, changed into pajamas, and celebrated their agreement with a handshake.
• Jiang Han imagined how badly the meeting might have ended, including a fight or Kraken and Angelite beating the witches.

Jiang Han visited Li Li and heard how the Fox Witch had revived her family’s fortunes and become a single-tailed fox. Li Li ordered dragon salve from Jiang Han and revealed that she would soon lead her family, beginning with the task of finding a powerful Witch to improve their weak fox genetics.

• Jiang Han told Li Li how she had stopped two powerful witches from fighting, and Li Li teased her for showing off.
• Li Li served Jiang Han concentrated magical chicken soup, which filled her after a single bowl, and explained its use in restoring witches’ magic power.
• Li Li asked Jiang Han to make a batch of C-3-grade dragon salve, and Jiang Han recorded the unusual formula and offered to let her pay later.
• Li Li said her ancestral estate held dozens of cultivation fields, dragon ranches, and apiaries that she had begun restoring.
• Li Li explained that she would take over as head of her family and first needed to find a powerful Witch to improve the foxes’ weak genetics.

Jiang Han read letters at the Fox family’s home and asked Priscilla to take her to the Underworld to gather materials. Over afternoon tea, Priscilla explained her connection to the Ghost Realm and the Underworld, and Jiang Han asked whether Ghost Castle sold the ingredients she needed for Partial Dragon Transformation.

• Jiang Han read Agatha’s request for ten vials of Three-Child Solution and replied to Lilith’s brief letter about keeping warm.
• Jiang Han read Priscilla’s reports about the territory, including Edwina and Bridget’s repeated fights and the progress of the plantation and Qilin Sword Grass.
• Jiang Han thanked Priscilla in an old-fashioned letter and asked her to take her to the Underworld to gather materials.
• Jiang Han left the Fox family’s home the following afternoon and met Priscilla at a restaurant for tea.
• Priscilla told Jiang Han that she lived on Sea-Calming Island and that the Ghost Realm and the Underworld were different places.
• Jiang Han asked whether Ghost Castle sold high-grade ghost soul powder and wraith soul powder for her Partial Dragon Transformation spell.

Jiang Han and Priscilla entered the Underworld through Naihe Bridge Customs and went to Red Spider Lily Gorge Park to gather materials, where Priscilla tried to tempt Jiang Han with a possibly dangerous legendary adventure. While their servants worked, they watched the tournament and saw several acquaintances advance, while Angelite struggled through her group and won a do-or-die match by overwhelming her opponent with magic.

• Jiang Han and Priscilla obtained a registration pass at Naihe Bridge Customs and entered the Underworld without an inspection.
• Jiang Han bought specialized excavation tools and traveled with Priscilla to Red Spider Lily Gorge Park to gather materials.
• Priscilla offered to show Jiang Han a distant adventure site that might grant a legendary-tier spell, but Jiang Han suspected a trap and refused.
• Priscilla's vampire servants searched for materials while Jiang Han and Priscilla relaxed at a pavilion and watched the tournament.
• Lin Zhaojun and Ji Haijun went undefeated in the group stage, while Lilith and Kraken also performed well.
• Angelite barely reached a do-or-die match, then defeated her opponent by unleashing powerful spells and overwhelming force.

Jiang Han continued refining potions at her temporary alchemy shop after the group stage, then served a wealthy witch-hunter who ordered several Gray Wolf Series potions. The witch-hunter left with her order and Jiang Han’s suspicion that she planned to use Sweet Talk on someone else.

• Jiang Han made the unfinished dragon salve and asked Chen Ligu to deliver it while she stayed behind to brew medicine.
• As closing time approached, Chen Ligu returned and chatted with Jiang Han and Priscilla about cosmetics and skincare formulas.
• A witch-hunter entered the shop and asked Jiang Han to make three bottles each of Tranquility, Bloodrage, and Sweet Talk.
• Jiang Han sent the shop assistants ahead to Witch House, then prepared the witch-hunter’s potions for 4,200 yuan.
• Jiang Han warned the witch-hunter about the potions’ safe daily limits, but suspected she intended to use Sweet Talk on another witch.

Laurie Leon and Zhao Hongxiu investigated the Ghost Castle passage to the Ghost World while planning to infiltrate the ghost witches. At Witch House, Jiang Han drank too much while venting about Witch Hunters and jealous over Priscilla and Cen Jing, until Qin Shunying’s strong watermelon cocktail knocked her out.

• Laurie Leon inspected the potion she had bought from Jiang Han and judged its quality above average.
• Laurie and Zhao Hongxiu flew to the Dragon Sea, landed near the Soul Vortex, and prepared protective and disguise runes before entering the forbidden zone to investigate Ghost Castle.
• Jiang Han complained to Priscilla about Witch Hunters using Honeyed Words Potion and teased her over not visiting old friends for twelve years.
• Jiang Han grew jealous as Priscilla and Cen Jing chatted, then demanded another drink from Qin Shunying.
• Qin Shunying mixed vodka into Jiang Han’s watermelon juice, and Jiang Han drank it and collapsed unconscious at the bar.

After waking up at Chen Ligu’s home following a night of drinking, Jiang Han changed into spare pajamas and ate breakfast with her. Their conversation revealed that Chen Ligu worked a four-shift schedule and used her spare time for spell experiments, while Jiang Han wondered whether she was a mutant Witch.

• Jiang Han woke beside Chen Ligu and learned that Qin Shunying had covered the expensive liquor from the night before.
• Chen Ligu told Jiang Han to change into spare pajamas and warned her not to cook with magic while recovering from being drunk.
• Jiang Han cleaned up, changed clothes, and noticed Chen Ligu’s collection of branded clothes and rune straps.
• Chen Ligu prepared chicken soup, Velociraptor meat, and other food, and Jiang Han enjoyed the meal.
• Jiang Han asked whether Chen Ligu had been conducting spell experiments, and Chen Ligu explained that her four-shift work schedule left her time to do so.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu read about a new South City development act for the folded space codenamed Gaia, which offered tax breaks to developers who recruited others and cleared hostile creatures from the area. The act promised opportunities for Chen Ligu’s agency as the Witch authorities shifted from a conciliatory approach toward forceful development.

• Jiang Han bought newspapers and Trickcraft before boarding the Dragon Bus with Chen Ligu, then blamed her for rushing her into buying the magazine.
• Jiang Han read Trickcraft and noted that its sales had surged after she returned as its poster girl.
• Chen Ligu read a daily headline about the Eileen Cup while Jiang Han searched a weekly for news useful to their business.
• Jiang Han found details of the Gaia Development Act and explained that its tax incentives required developers to recruit others, build camps, and clear nearby hostile creatures.
• Chen Ligu recognized that her agency could profit by offering development-permit certification and help securing development rights.