Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han was woken at dawn by Eileen, who asked her to attend Anjie's private celebration party. After Jiang Han learned why the gathering mattered and demanded compensation, she chose a punishment for Eileen and agreed to go with her.

• Eileen knocked on Jiang Han's window, startling her into falling from bed and getting buried beneath books.
• Jiang Han angrily pulled Eileen inside and attacked her before Eileen soothed her injuries with sunlight magic.
• Eileen explained that Anjie had invited friends to celebrate defeating Lin Zhaojun and asked Jiang Han to attend.
• Jiang Han rejected material compensation and demanded that Eileen accept a punishment instead.
• Jiang Han told Eileen to attend the party with her clothes rumpled and hair messy, and Eileen froze in dismay.

Eileen took Jiang Han through a paradoxical entrance into the Time Cave and showed her how Witches could perceive branching possibilities in time. They arrived at a hidden campsite where Angelite and the other Witches were gathered.

• Jiang Han teased Eileen about her appearance, and Eileen explained that the gathering place was hidden inside one of her folded spaces in the disorder of time.
• Eileen combined time acceleration and time stoppage to open a paradoxical entrance, then built a bridge of sunlight magic and led Jiang Han into the Time Cave.
• Jiang Han saw temporal possibilities, including scenes involving Kraken, Xuelun Curie, Eileen, and Anjie, while Eileen explained that each was only one possibility rather than the same person.
• Eileen stopped Jiang Han from absorbing more of the forbidden knowledge and led her onward through the cave.
• Jiang Han and Eileen reached a campsite beside a vast mountain and the Sea of Time, where Angelite and other Witches were playing in their pajamas.

Jiang Han accompanied Eileen into a witches’ carnival, where the drunken festivities quickly turned into chaos. After looking after a magically de-aged Angelite and an unconscious Eileen, Jiang Han ended the night being called “Mom” by both of them.

• Eileen fixed her hair before entering the carnival with Jiang Han, where Lilith drank Dinesha under the table and the other witches reveled.
• Angelite, drunk and singing, approached Jiang Han and Eileen, then Eileen punched her after she sang a bawdy song.
• Alice Syndra mistook Jiang Han for Anjie and challenged her to a fight, so Jiang Han knocked her down.
• Angelite used a wish scroll to become a seven-year-old, and Jiang Han carried her away before her oversized nightgown slipped off.
• Eileen tried to hit Angelite with a bottle, but Jiang Han blocked the blow and carried both drunk witches to a sofa.
• Little Angelite called Jiang Han “Mommy,” and Eileen also called her “Mom.”

After waking at her lakeside villa, Jiang Han looked forward to a Sunshine Cheese hot pot with her friends and tried to avoid discussing Angelite’s antics from the previous night. Angelite recovered the River of Time water Jiang Han had secretly collected and warned her about its danger, leaving Jiang Han chastened but still curious about rare materials.

• Jiang Han woke after a night of drinking and planned to apologize to Cen Jing before joining the Sunshine Cheese hot pot feast.
• Jiang Han remembered Angelite’s banquet antics, including her swim in the River of Time, and her own secret collection of water from Angelite’s clothes.
• Angelite caught Jiang Han in the corridor and asked her to hand over the River of Time water.
• Jiang Han gave Angelite the sample after Angelite warned that its magical contamination could cause a witch to form and give birth to a malformed creature.
• Angelite explained how the River of Time water became dangerous and cautioned Jiang Han against bringing home unprocessed raw materials.

While camping at December Lake, Lin Zhaojun reviewed her tournament loss and realized Angelite had manipulated her into abandoning her best fighting style through a concealed defensive spell and calculated mind games. She began planning how to address her weaknesses before facing Angelite again and decided she needed a powerful witch to help charge her equipment.

• Lin Zhaojun replayed her match against Angelite and recognized that Angelite’s taunt had deliberately provoked her.
• Lin Zhaojun realized Angelite had used Cosmic Stance to absorb her Solarflare Blast, then concealed the spell to make her believe Angelite’s defenses were impenetrable.
• Lin Zhaojun concluded that Angelite had steered her away from high-speed combat and into positional battles, where Angelite exhausted her before winning three rounds in a row.
• Lin Zhaojun identified her own weaknesses and decided she needed to raise her magic power, possibly by charging Witch attire shortly before the competition.
• Lin Zhaojun thought of a witch with beautiful Eternal Ice Eyes as the obvious candidate to act as her supercharger.

Jiang Han joined Angelite, Lilith, and Eileen for a lakeside hotpot, where magical cheeses prompted her to realize her magic had reached qualitative change. The others went to soak in the hot spring while Jiang Han stayed to watch the news with Angelite.

• Angelite made a dramatic entrance and added a huge block of Blue Chelster cheese to the hotpot.
• Jiang Han sensed that the cheese would benefit her and realized her magical power had undergone qualitative change.
• Eileen added a large block of Sunshine Cheese, and Angelite told a story about its magical effects and benefits.
• Lilith went to soak in the hot spring, and Eileen followed after joking with Angelite about their childhood.
• Eileen recalled that Angelite had beaten her all the way to the sun, leaving them both awkward, while Angelite watched the news with Jiang Han.

Angelite taught Jiang Han to control her body through magic power while making her fish under pressure, explaining that pushing magical limits helped witches evolve. Jiang Han caught a Grayback Ghost Discus Fish, and Angelite proposed turning it into a clear-broth hot pot.

• Angelite taught Jiang Han to move her body using magic power and described the traits of advanced witches.
• Jiang Han used magic to fish while Angelite suppressed her magic power to give her a controlled challenge.
• Lilith admired Jiang Han’s catch, and Jiang Han nearly lost her grip when the fish pulled hard against the rod.
• Angelite explained that pressure could help witches evolve, then rescued Jiang Han when a gigantic Grayback Ghost Discus Fish dragged her away.
• Angelite pulled the fish from the lake and told Lilith to prepare a clear-broth hot pot with it.

Jiang Han, Eileen, Anjie, and Lilith fished and ate together while discussing plans for a dedicated fishing lake. Anjie explained the different kinds of magical properties to Jiang Han and Lilith, leaving both younger witches with more knowledge about the witch world.

• Jiang Han enjoyed Anjie's fish soup and thought about bringing a fish processor on her trip to another world.
• Lilith caught a sardine, while Eileen reeled in a rare pink Sky Lake Pufferfish that Anjie identified and processed.
• Eileen said she wanted to buy a lake for fishing competitions, and Anjie explained the kinds of lakes and other magical properties available.
• Anjie and Eileen answered Lilith's questions and taught her and Jiang Han about witch-world fundamentals and the roles of Great Witches.

Jiang Han asked Angelite and Eileen how to disguise herself and her companions as demons for a commission on Testnango. They warned that the world knew demon varieties well, and Lilith offered to introduce Jiang Han to experienced former demon-servant witches.

• Jiang Han explained that Blue-Clad Union had hired her to visit Testnango and that she planned to pose as a sin dragon demon with a demon servant army.
• Angelite and Eileen identified Testnango as a poor world known for repeatedly summoning demons and warned that its inhabitants could recognize common witch disguises.
• Eileen offered to advise Blue-Clad Union, but Angelite pointed out that their company shares made their input an exercise of power and suggested consulting the majority shareholder instead.
• Lilith offered to introduce Jiang Han to former demon-servant witches who had experience with Abyss demons.
• Jiang Han asked to visit them the next day, and Lilith agreed.

Jiang Han recovered after camping and fishing, then met Caroline, a Worm Witch recommended by Lilith, to discuss professional support. Caroline explained her ability to command demons and produce demon eggs, leaving Jiang Han assessing the new recruit’s skills.

• After a relaxing camping and fishing trip, Jiang Han revised her client list and planned to meet Lilith’s recommended support staff.
• Jiang Han woke in the afternoon, washed up with Liang Cuoyu, and discussed the Marite Formula Race with her.
• Jiang Han went to a restaurant on Snow Cedar Lake Sky Island and met Caroline, whom Lilith had recommended.
• Caroline told Jiang Han that she was a Worm Witch who could command demons, provide demon servants, and gestate one-use demon eggs.
• Caroline explained that Worm Witches could use Demon Doctrine, including the spell-like ability Bestow Demonic Transformation.

Jiang Han hired Worm Witch Caroline as a consultant despite the steep weekly fee, then received advice on building a demon army. A scratch-off ticket unexpectedly won her a thousand-yuan cash gift pack as Caroline returned from the restroom.

• Jiang Han agreed to Caroline's weekly consulting fee of 4,500 yuan, with combat services costing more than 5,500 yuan per week.
• Jiang Han paid for their Hell-cuisine meal and received scratch-off tickets, one of which revealed a thousand-yuan cash gift pack.
• Caroline returned and found Jiang Han and the restaurant maid silently staring at the winning ticket.
• Jiang Han walked through Snow Phoebe Lake with Caroline, who recommended a mix of demonforged, crafty demon scholars, and Oks for her demon army.
• Caroline explained that demon forces were naturally disorderly, so Jiang Han's unbalanced lineup suited them.

Jiang Han consulted Caroline, the Worm Witch, about combining demons with Orcs and goblins and choosing troops for low-magic battles. They went to Blue-Clad Union Company, where Caroline received an employee card, and stopped at the cafeteria for dessert.

• Caroline recommended mixing Hellhounds and Ravager Demons with Orcs armed with nail guns for close-combat battles on Testnango.
• Jiang Han traveled with Caroline by Griffin Carriage and asked whether Orcs and goblins could serve alongside demons; Caroline said they could.
• Jiang Han and Caroline arrived at Blue-Clad Union Company, where an examiner approved Caroline's employee card application.
• Jiang Han led Caroline to the employee cafeteria, where they ate mango pudding and other desserts.

At the Blue-Clad Union Research Department, Jiang Han tried a new V9-powered cloth-band login device that projected information into her vision and connected her to the internet. Caroline asked to try it too, and Mia agreed to give her a device.

• Mia showed Jiang Han and Caroline the Blue-Clad Union's new V9-powered system and explained its use in the Fog Lamp Project.
• Mia gave Jiang Han a trial cloth-band login device, which let her see translucent displays despite covering her eyes.
• The device scanned Caroline and displayed personal information, including her measurements, embarrassing Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han used a thought thread to operate the device and open its chat channel, while Mia explained its low mana consumption.
• Caroline asked to try the device, and Mia agreed that she had made several trial models.

Jiang Han and Caroline claimed Blue-Clad Union’s free employee equipment, including combat uniforms and magic runes, after Caroline joined as Jiang Han’s unpaid consultant. Their new uniforms fit poorly around their chests, leaving both of them distressed.

• Jiang Han used her V9 Login Device to watch free potion-making lessons and visited the lounge vending machine to check the company rewards.
• Caroline told Jiang Han she had signed on as her consultant under Miss Andrea and registered to use company benefits.
• Jiang Han and Caroline opened the Important Items list and claimed the combat uniforms, runes, and transformation rune.
• They examined the equipment and learned how the runes enhanced Sin Dragon Armor and could disguise a wearer as an abyssal demon.
• Jiang Han and Caroline tried on the uniforms in the changing room, where both found the chest fit unbearable.

Jiang Han and Caroline grew closer after delivering the combat suits, and Jiang Han accepted Caroline’s invitation to visit her home and shop. At Caroline’s cozy Sky Island home, Jiang Han settled in with aloe tea and a computer while Caroline asked whether she played Marite.

• Jiang Han and Caroline delivered the combat suits to Human Resources and evaded a group of Witches passing through the corridor.
• Jiang Han invited Caroline for tea, and Caroline invited her to visit the little shop she ran.
• Jiang Han visited Caroline’s Sky Island home and learned that Caroline made and sold the shop’s merchandise herself.
• Caroline served Jiang Han aloe tea and asked whether she played Marite.

Jiang Han stayed with Caroline through the night and accepted her offer to try German food, discovering that Caroline’s pet and business partner, Luowa, was a talking shepherd dog who cooked. The chapter ended with Luowa preparing dinner while Caroline explained their partnership and Luowa’s plan to save for witchification.

• While playing Marite Racing, Caroline noticed Jiang Han watching her, and the two exchanged compliments about their appearances.
• Caroline mistook Jiang Han’s remark that it was nearly dawn as a hint that she was hungry and offered French or German food.
• Jiang Han chose German food, and Caroline ended her game and went to the kitchen to prepare it.
• Jiang Han followed Caroline and watched her summon Luowa, a talking, twin-tailed shepherd dog who worked as her cooking partner.
• Caroline told Jiang Han that Luowa helped make boxed lunches for their general store and was saving her share of the profits for witchification.

Jiang Han stayed overnight in Caroline’s comfortable burrow bed and learned how the worm witches came to be. The next day, she visited Histeria, who explained the unusual spell system used by fishermaids and began with the basics of controlling ponds in space.

• Jiang Han and Caroline chatted from their neighboring burrow beds, and Caroline described the worm witches’ history as Lilith’s former servants and their later freedom.
• Jiang Han enjoyed a restful night at Caroline’s home, then headed to her master Histeria’s waterside courtyard the following day.
• Histeria offered Jiang Han roasted ghost mushroom and mentioned that she had seen Jiang Han’s Nasha Nasha poster.
• Jiang Han told Histeria that she had researched fishermaids and discovered they had a distinct spell system.
• Histeria explained that fishermaid magic combined enchantment, divination, and abjuration to influence future time through fishing rods, and said Jiang Han first needed to learn to create and control ponds in space.

Jiang Han learned about the beginner Fishing Maiden spell Questions of Tang and the Deception Game specialty, then chose Deception Game despite its incompatibility with Defense Within Offense. Histeria began her instruction by telling her that witches advanced through reading, and Jiang Han went home with two introductory theory books.

• Histeria explained how Questions of Tang created a spatial lake and how Deception Game weakened spells while making them retractable and boosting the caster’s speed and evasion.
• Jiang Han regretted that Deception Game overwrote Defense Within Offense, but Histeria described its drawbacks and explained why other witches could master melee techniques without it.
• Jiang Han decided she preferred Deception Game because she feared pain and valued evasion, and Histeria said witches advanced by reading and studying rituals, herbs, and talismans.
• Histeria told Jiang Han that Qin Shunying would cover her basic instructional fees, then gave her two introductory theory books to take home.

Jiang Han found that Jiang Xuan’s attempt to make invisibility powder had blown up her cauldron and wrecked the alchemy room. After hearing Jiang Xuan’s reasoning, Jiang Han adapted a potion formula and made five jin of invisibility powder for her.

• Jiang Han went to the alchemy room after hearing an explosion and found Jiang Xuan crying beside a damaged cauldron.
• Jiang Xuan explained that she had tried to make invisibility powder for an upcoming hunt with Ms. Ye and her coworkers.
• Jiang Han learned that Jiang Xuan had kept the plan from Ms. Ye but told Jiang Zhenling and Jiang Luanxin.
• Jiang Xuan described her idea of turning revealing powder into its opposite, invisibility powder, and Jiang Han agreed to help.
• Jiang Han adapted a potion formula and made five jin of invisibility powder.

Jiang Han successfully made invisibility powder with Jiang Xuan, then discussed her preparations to travel to another world. Jiang Xuan revealed she had visited another world before and warned Jiang Han to be careful not to bleed there.

• Jiang Han modified Miss Qiao Rou's research and successfully created invisibility powder, shocking Jiang Xuan.
• Jiang Xuan stored the powder in her little warehouse, and Jiang Han glimpsed her mother's substantial stockpile.
• Jiang Xuan offered to lend Jiang Han materials and asked about her preparations for traveling to another world.
• Jiang Han said she had nearly finished preparing and was adapting to demon armor, then watched a recorded broadcast with Jiang Xuan.
• Jiang Xuan recalled visiting Gray Township and warned Jiang Han not to bleed in the world she was going to.