Chapter Summaries

Histeria defeated Kraken 3–0 in an exhausting bus-tactic match, and the Eileen Cup knockout stage was postponed until the day after tomorrow. Jiang Han woke in Eileen’s house to find the witches still asleep, but Lilith appeared to have stopped breathing.

• Histeria won three drawn-out matches against Kraken, sending her to the losers' bracket.
• Dorothy Jordan announced that the remaining knockout matches were postponed, with Angelite and Lin Zhaojun scheduled to meet first when matches resumed.
• Jiang Han woke in Eileen’s house and found Angelite, Eileen, and Lilith asleep after the matches.
• Jiang Han reheated Eileen’s dinner with a re-freshening spell and began eating.
• Eileen woke and asked Jiang Han for food, while Angelite also asked to eat.
• Jiang Han, Eileen, and Angelite noticed that Lilith had stopped breathing and lay silent.

After recovering from her transformation, Jiang Han shared a meal with Lilith, Eileen, and Angelite, who negotiated over Eileen buying Jiang Han’s Sky Island. The deal was settled, and the four planned to meet again as they prepared to form a secret alliance.

• Jiang Han demonstrated her improved control of force energy after the dragon organs fused with her body, then ate with Lilith, Eileen, and Angelite.
• Eileen proposed buying Jiang Han’s Sky Island, offering five tons of pure gold, and Lilith warned that the official investment price would be lower.
• Angelite and Jiang Han explained that Lilith could take a service fee, and Lilith agreed to handle the purchase application herself.
• The four settled the deal and agreed to meet at Jiang Han’s house the day after tomorrow to watch matches.
• After several more gatherings, they planned to enter the stage of forming a secret alliance.

Jiang Han visited the newly opened Witch House Club and met Qin Shunying’s twin sister, Qin Xing, before exploring the club’s high-end setup. Qin Shunying asked whether Jiang Han could introduce her musical cousin to the club.

• Jiang Han observed the upscale lakeside district and learned about Egg Teachers who educated Witch Eggs.
• Jiang Han mistook Qin Xing for Qin Shunying because the sisters looked alike, then learned they were twins from the same egg.
• Qin Xing greeted Jiang Han sweetly and traced her fingers across Jiang Han’s palm before Jiang Han withdrew her hand.
• Qin Shunying welcomed Jiang Han into the club and described Qin Xing’s bartender training and their family’s varied talents.
• Qin Shunying asked Jiang Han whether she would introduce her cousin who knew music to the club.

Jiang Han and the Witch House elites attended training at Qin Shunying’s new club, where high-ranking witches introduced unusual service professions and their qualifications. Qin Shunying encouraged the promising trainees to choose paths suited to their ambitions and said she would invite combat-focused advanced witches next week.

• Qin Shunying introduced Pipe Keeper Linda Dreyer, who explained how she maintained enchanted pipes and described the qualifications and training she would provide.
• Jiang Han applauded when Linda said Qin Shunying would cover the training expenses, prompting the other trainees and the hired witches to applaud as well.
• Nine more high-ranking witches introduced their professions, including swan breeder, wand caretaker, and Family Political Advisory Committee Member.
• Jiang Han and the Witch House trainees moved to the second-floor card room, where Chu Yujun considered becoming a swan keeper but worried about the required exams.
• Qin Shunying praised Jiang Han and Chu Yujun’s potential, advised Chu Yujun to consider Domestic Political Committee Member as a backup, and offered to bring in combat-focused witches next week.

At a gathering for gifted witches, Qin Shunying reflected on her plans to rebuild her family’s standing in high society by cultivating talented witches. Jiang Han’s appetite and lack of career plans tested Qin Shunying’s patience, and the chapter ended with her deciding to advise Jiang Han to become a model.

• Qin Shunying watched Jiang Han eat lobster and pastries at the club and tried to reconcile her manners with her exceptional magical talent.
• Li Yun told Qin Shunying she wanted to pursue swan keeping, then studied the training materials Qin Shunying gave her.
• Qin Shunying thought about her efforts to recruit talented witches and her past failures to win over powerful Chosen Witches.
• Jiang Han praised the club’s food and said she could make a food-rating sheet, but told Qin Shunying she had not chosen a profession.
• Qin Shunying decided to advise Jiang Han to work as a model, reasoning that her mind-control ability could help.

At a Witch House gathering, Jiang Han secretly indulged in the lavish buffet while Qin Shunying welcomed Chai Ying’s exhausted group and explained their next steps. Chai Ying worried about the daunting study materials, and Jiang Han reassured her that Qin Shunying would help her find a suitable profession.

• Jiang Han discreetly ate desserts and savory dishes at the buffet while maintaining a ladylike appearance.
• Qin Shunying noticed Jiang Han, then turned her attention to Chai Ying’s group as they entered the game room.
• Qin Shunying spoke with the newcomers and repeated the information she had given Jiang Han and the others.
• Chai Ying told Jiang Han that the teachers’ explanations and study materials had overwhelmed her.
• Jiang Han comforted Chai Ying, saying her talent would lead her to a suitable profession.

Jiang Han visited an upscale anglers’ club on Snow Cedar Lake Sky Island to begin training as a fishermaid under the renowned ghost witch Histeria. Histeria said Jiang Han resembled a deceased land-dweller friend, leaving Jiang Han curious about the person she could no longer meet.

• Qin Shunying brought Jiang Han to the anglers’ club and warned her not to wander because the owner was important.
• Jiang Han met Histeria, a senior fishermaid known as the Witch of Revelry and a famed horror author.
• Qin Shunying introduced Jiang Han and praised her magic, talent, and charm.
• Histeria said Jiang Han resembled a friend who had been taller, thinner, and colder.
• Jiang Han asked to meet Histeria’s friend, but Histeria explained that the land-dweller had died long ago.

Jiang Han began training with Histeria to become a fishermaid, learning about hunting, monster compendiums, and the social rules of high-ranking witches. Histeria set an intensive schedule, but Jiang Han’s many plans with powerful witches forced them to make training flexible.

• Histeria explained that fishermaids needed hunting-rifle skills, knowledge of monsters, and the social standing to associate with powerful witches.
• Jiang Han told Histeria that her pet was a 1,400-kilogram Ice Bear, prompting Histeria to suggest she might acquire a Quintus Octopus instead.
• Histeria lent Jiang Han her monster compendium and explained that hunters recorded the creatures they hunted in their own expanded-space books.
• Histeria told Jiang Han to come for training five times a week for six hours and to cancel her other commitments when possible.
• Jiang Han listed plans with Angelite, Eileen, Lilith, Kraken, Siwa, and other powerful witches, so Histeria agreed to meet her whenever she had more than three free hours.

Histeria took Jiang Han to her spell-space for a practical lesson in fishing and sea monsters, beginning with the Quintus Octopus. The chapter left Jiang Han intrigued by the creature’s potential as a pet after learning how dangerous its deep-sea young could be.

• Histeria gave Jiang Han hunting gear and took her through a spatial doorway to her private sky-sea spell-space.
• Histeria explained that fisherwoman spells relied on knowledge of fish and sea monsters, then began teaching Jiang Han from her Monster Bestiary.
• Jiang Han woke from nearly dozing when Histeria mentioned Quintus Octopus and eagerly opened the guide to page 924.
• Histeria described how Quintus Octopus hatchlings grew more dangerous with depth, ranging from hunting-dog-sized at 1,000 feet to whale-hunting at 3,000 feet.

Histeria took Jiang Han to Ghost Bay, a costly club for fishing witches where she could study marine creatures and access rare goods and academic resources. After Kraken vouched for her membership, Jiang Han joined and learned that the club also controlled prestigious journal slots and Sindra Prize votes.

• During their study session, Histeria praised Jiang Han's rapid progress with marine creatures and offered to take her to Ghost Bay.
• Jiang Han used her savings to pay the 150,000 entry fee, and Histeria brought her through a folded space to Ghost Bay.
• Histeria summoned Kraken to recommend Jiang Han, and Kraken recognized Jiang Han and helped arrange her membership.
• At the entrance, Jiang Han recognized the counter clerk as Kang Xinyu, whom she had met at Witch House.
• After receiving her membership card, Jiang Han learned about Ghost Bay's services, spell records, journal submission slots, and Sindra Prize votes, and resolved to build connections there.

Jiang Han explored Ghost Bay Club’s Hunter rankings and received her diving suit from Histeria. Kraken then showed her the club’s consignment list and offered her Ghost Gold Coins on credit, while Histeria offered an additional teacher’s gift.

• Jiang Han inspected Ghost Bay Club’s Hunter rankings, where Kraken held first place and Yao Ling ranked last.
• Histeria gave Jiang Han a black angel velvet diving suit, and she and Kraken traded teasing remarks about their figures.
• Kraken led Jiang Han to Kang Xinyu and asked to see the consignment rankings.
• Jiang Han browsed the consigned goods, including Mana Extraction Rune Thread, while Kraken explained Hunter Points and Ghost Gold Coins.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han a credit line of 1,000 Ghost Gold Coins, and Histeria offered her another 500 as a teacher’s gift.

Jiang Han asked Kang Xinyu about the consigned goods and learned how detachable sewn add-ons and inlays supplemented enchanted clothing. With 1,500 Ghost Gold Coins, she bought a batch of useful pieces and planned to attach them herself.

• Jiang Han said farewell to Kraken and Histeria, then went to the bar to ask Kang Xinyu about the consigned goods.
• Kang Xinyu explained that most club collectibles came from valuable monster materials hunted by members under Ghost Bay's special rules.
• Kang Xinyu described sewn add-ons and inlays as detachable pieces that increased equipment capacity and avoided the drawbacks of investing in clothing that might later become obsolete.
• Jiang Han asked whether the pieces could be removed and learned that they could, while Kang Xinyu warned that passing down old enchanted clothes could lead to awkward situations.
• Jiang Han spent 1,500 Ghost Gold Coins on useful sewn-on and inlaid pieces, saving money by planning to attach them herself.

Jiang Han equipped herself with powerful, magic-hungry stitch-ons and inlays, then stayed up to watch cartoons. Her quiet viewing turned awkward when Cleya appeared and began pondering existence and the motives of her preschool admirers.

• Jiang Han spent her Ghost Gold Coins on stitch-ons and inlays, including [Crossing the River on a Reed], [Ironhead Master], [Blood of Life], [Blood Conversion], and [False Luck].
• Jiang Han checked the equipment’s heavy magic-power drain and realized she had no way to find elves or half-elves to help reduce it.
• Jiang Han changed into warm clothes, turned on the early-morning channel, and watched a cartoon while eating slime jelly.
• Cleya appeared on the sofa, told Jiang Han she was thinking about existence, and explained that someone at preschool had tried to curry favor with her.

Jiang Han checked Cleya’s homework and perfect exam scores before sleeping, then woke in the afternoon and got ready to meet a friend at Xue Nan’s club. She left after chatting with Jiang Xuan about their plans and a newspaper report on an illegal witch experiment.

• Cleya asked Jiang Han to check her homework and examination papers before she went to sleep.
• Jiang Han found Cleya’s homework correct and her three examination papers marked with full scores, then put them back outside Cleya’s door.
• Jiang Han slept until the afternoon, tidied up, and dressed to go to Xue Nan’s club for drinks and squash.
• Jiang Han met Jiang Xuan at the stairway, where Jiang Xuan said her department was going to eat hotpot, camp, and fish at Apricot Lake.
• Jiang Xuan showed Jiang Han a report that Hill Dalton had been sentenced to prison for illegally altering witch eggs to create artificial vampire witches.
• Jiang Han bade Jiang Xuan farewell and happily left the house.

Jiang Han spent the day at an arcade club, stream-sniped Tang Wen in Marite Racing, and later met Chen Ligu. The chapter ended with Chen Ligu explaining that she had spent the day finding suitable commissions for Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han shared Marite Racing techniques at her arcade club and used her alt account to stream-snipe Tang Wen until Tang Wen angrily ended her livestream.
• Jiang Han played ranked matches on her main account, then left an S-rank room rather than risk losing points to lower-ranked players.
• Chen Ligu arrived at the arcade around eight-thirty, and she and Jiang Han traded teasing remarks while playing Marite Racing.
• After Chen Ligu warmed up and regained her form, Jiang Han asked about her work, and Chen Ligu said she had been looking for suitable commissions for Jiang Han.

Jiang Han teased Chen Ligu while they played games and then went out together to find food. They settled at a barbecue restaurant, where Chen Ligu ordered a dragon meat set and Jiang Han asked for five jin of beef.

• Jiang Han asked Chen Ligu about suitable commissions, then playfully distracted her during a racing game.
• Chen Ligu blushed after Jiang Han teased her, and they continued playing games together until after midnight.
• Jiang Han won points from Chen Ligu and joined her for food and a walk around the city.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu found a barbecue restaurant near a park lake and ordered their meals.
• Chen Ligu ordered a dragon meat barbecue set, while Jiang Han ordered five jin of beef.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed a commission over barbecue after Chen Ligu explained how prospective witches were created. Chen Ligu offered Jiang Han a lucrative job helping the Blue-Clad Union enter another world, where the company planned to exploit its people and resources.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu ordered food and drinks at a restaurant staffed by prospective witches, and Chen Ligu explained their origins and status.
• Chen Ligu told Jiang Han that the Witch Agency had sold the Blue-Clad Union development rights to the otherworld of Testnango after intercepting and decrypting a message from Guregs.
• Chen Ligu explained that the Blue-Clad Union wanted powerful, beautiful witches to pose as Abyss dragonkin and encourage Guregs's queen to expand her world’s capacity and build a portal.
• Chen Ligu said the Blue-Clad Union intended to enslave the otherworld and use it for mining and industrial production, and asked Jiang Han whether she was free next week for the commission.

Jiang Han learned that the Blue-Clad Union’s otherworldly work would take only a few hours a day and offered generous pay, overtime, publicity fees, and a rare fifth-tier spell. She considered the offer and pressed Chen Ligu to raise the publicity fee, with Su Lanqian also on the company’s recruitment list.

• Jiang Han initially hesitated to accept the assignment because she thought it would keep her away on a months-long business trip.
• Chen Ligu explained that the job involved fixed working hours in another world, after which Jiang Han could return through a portal.
• Jiang Han asked about pay, spell benefits, and working hours, and Chen Ligu offered a weekly salary of 7,500 yuan, twenty hours of work, paid overtime, a publicity fee, and a rare fifth-tier spell.
• Chen Ligu said she could negotiate Jiang Han’s publicity fee up to at least 50,000 yuan and revealed that Su Lanqian was also marked for special attention by Blue-Clad Union.
• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed how their offices had worked with Su Lanqian and her owner, Zhu Yuruo, to keep their rivalry from driving down their commission prices.

Jiang Han visited the Blue-Clad Union with Chen Ligu and negotiated a contract to serve the company, whose witches planned to disguise her identity during their work in another world. With the contract details settled, Andrea welcomed Jiang Han as one of the company’s own.

• Jiang Han bought Dragon Blood Ink for Cleya and met Chen Ligu at the Dragon Bus stop.
• Chen Ligu explained that Jiang Han would need a disguise because witches had a poor reputation and risked being expelled if recognized.
• At the Blue-Clad Union workshop, Jiang Han watched Andrea build a mechanical part with a wrench after arguing with the engineers.
• Chen Ligu pitched Jiang Han’s formidable magic to Andrea and negotiated over her employment fee and promotional fees.
• Chen Ligu and Andrea reached an agreement, and Andrea began treating Jiang Han as a member of the Blue-Clad Union.

Chen Ligu negotiated Jiang Han’s contract with Blue-Clad Union while Andrea showed Jiang Han the company’s facilities and its expensive World Framework Mechanism. Andrea then brought Jiang Han to the Research Modification Department, where researcher Mia recognized her as a performer and asked for an autograph.

• Chen Ligu signed five identical contracts with Solna and negotiated Jiang Han’s compensation and benefits with Blue-Clad Union’s management.
• Andrea showed Jiang Han the company’s facilities, explained the World Framework Mechanism, and gave her a temporary employee ID and access card.
• Andrea led Jiang Han into the Level 6 Research Modification Department, where she was authorized to cooperate with the development team.
• Andrea introduced Jiang Han to researcher Mia, who recognized her as Nasha Nasha from the 303 Stage Witches and excitedly asked for her autograph.