Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han woke after teaching Vera in a dream and received an old book titled Secret of the Starry Sky from a mysterious witch. A note inside told her to watch for a particular stellar arrangement and then go to Guregs Royal City to inject Allison with the essence.

• Jiang Han woke and discussed Vera's extraordinary learning talent with Kang Xuezhen over lemon tea.
• Kang Xuezhen gave Jiang Han a package delivered by a ribbon-covered witch in an enormous hat.
• Jiang Han identified the book as Secret of the Starry Sky, an old work by Annabella Coleman about the stars and the origins of worlds.
• Jiang Han found a bookmark instructing her to watch for the arrangement shown in the second diagram on page 23, then go to Guregs Royal City and inject Allison with the essence.

Jiang Han spent time fishing and learning from Histeria, who explained her fishermaiden class strategy. Histeria felt prepared for the Eileen Cup, where she expected to face Teacher Ji Haijun, a matchup she considered favorable.

• Jiang Han followed Histeria around her luxurious Sky Island's fishing village and reflected on the talents she had learned from her master.
• Histeria described the magical fish she had brought from Snow Phoebe Lake and prepared to fish with Jiang Han.
• Histeria explained how fishermaidens used field-spreading and terrain spells to defend themselves before counterattacking.
• Jiang Han asked Histeria about her preparations for the Eileen Cup, and Histeria said she was ready.
• Jiang Han noted that Histeria would face Teacher Ji Haijun in the winners' bracket, and Histeria expected the match to be an easy win.

Jiang Han consulted Du Lingxuan about changing into the powerful Fisher Maiden class and ordered the vast variety of fish needed for its ritual. After Du offered her a steep discount, Jiang Han began browsing an enormous enchanted catalog of extraterrestrial fish.

• Jiang Han considered the risks of class changes and the powerful, costly Fisher Maiden class.
• Jiang Han met Du Lingxuan at the Bone Tea Pavilion to order fish for her class-change ritual.
• Du Lingxuan offered Jiang Han a one-percent service fee instead of the usual twenty percent, and Jiang Han accepted.
• Du Lingxuan gave Jiang Han a parchment catalog enchanted to hold roughly 3.14 million pages.
• Jiang Han browsed Du Lingxuan's extensive stock of unfamiliar extraterrestrial fish.

Jiang Han learned that changing jobs to become a Fisherwoman would cost far more than she could afford, so Du Lingxuan offered her a well-paid job providing magic power during an operation. The job involved helping repair Du Lingxuan’s mechanical fighting chicken, with Lilian handling the surgery.

• Du Lingxuan explained that Jiang Han’s basic Fisherwoman job change would cost millions of yuan, and Jiang Han realized she could not afford it.
• Du Lingxuan offered Jiang Han 100,000 yuan to provide magic power for a job, and Jiang Han agreed to hear the details.
• Du Lingxuan explained that her beloved mechanical fighting chicken needed a new mechanical heart and that its delicate magic-flow blood vessels required a skilled magic-power supplier.
• Jiang Han said she did not know how to perform the needed coronary bypass surgery, but Du Lingxuan assured her that Lilian, a Chicken Repair Academy graduate, would operate on the chicken.

Jiang Han learned that Lilian and Lin Zhaojun had attended the Chicken Repair Academy before Du Lingxuan explained the technical work needed to repair her mechanical chicken. Jiang Han agreed to consider helping, but learned that time-stopping would not work because top-tier fighting chickens were immune to it.

• Jiang Han looked up the Chicken Repair Academy and discovered that Lilian and Lin Zhaojun were both alumni, though Lin had studied postpartum hen care.
• Du Lingxuan demonstrated the rune circuits for her mechanical chicken, and Jiang Han suspected the design was poor despite Elrora Syndra having made it.
• Du Lingxuan explained that she wanted Jiang Han to supply magic power as an external heart while Lilian replaced the chicken's heart.
• Jiang Han suggested stopping time during the operation, but Du Lingxuan said top-tier fighting chickens were immune to time stops.

Jiang Han went with Du Lingxuan to repair her damaged electronic fighting chicken, while Lilian discovered she had brought no replacement mechanical heart. The repair stalled with the chicken dismantled and its spare-parts case holding only a sleeping dragon plush doll.

• Du Lingxuan took Jiang Han to her sky-island home after Jiang Han agreed to take the repair job.
• Jiang Han met Lilian and saw Du Lingxuan's enormous rune-armored electronic chicken, which had been damaged by Du Lingxuan's modifications.
• Lilian explained that Du Lingxuan's electronic chicken had been badly damaged after losing a fight against Dinesha's chicken.
• Jiang Han supplied magic power while Lilian dismantled the chicken and removed its mechanical heart.
• Lilian realized she had forgotten the replacement mechanical heart, and Jiang Han saw that her spare-parts case contained only a sleeping dragon plush doll.

Jiang Han and Lilian secretly repaired Du Lingxuan’s electronic chicken with a makeshift mechanical heart, then joined Du Lingxuan’s professional livestream setup to watch the Eileen Cup. The chapter ended with Lilian learning that Jiang Han’s teacher was Histeria, the Turtle Dynasty’s eldest princess, and warning that the match could get them killed.

• Lilian crushed gears into a temporary mechanical heart and installed it in the electronic chicken while Jiang Han supplied magic power.
• Jiang Han and Lilian coaxed the chicken into keeping the repair secret before Du Lingxuan returned.
• Du Lingxuan revealed that she planned to livestream commentary on the Eileen Cup matches.
• When Lilian asked who Jiang Han’s teacher was, Jiang Han named Histeria, prompting Du Lingxuan to panic.
• Lilian praised Du Lingxuan’s commentator setup, and Du Lingxuan silenced her with a sarcastic reply.

Du Lingxuan had Jiang Han gather research for her paid match commentary, while the group discussed Ji Haijun’s lack of a club and the Sea Shepherds Club’s plans for next season. The chapter left the lineup nearly settled, with the club considering whether it could afford an eighth player during the upcoming transfer window.

• Du Lingxuan gave Jiang Han a large stack of pages and explained that commentary required research on contestants, anecdotes, spells, and clubs.
• Lilian found that Ji Haijun was absent from the club roster, and Du Lingxuan joked that no team wanted her.
• Lilian and Du Lingxuan explained that Ji Haijun’s inconsistent performance and high salary made her an unattractive signing.
• Lilian outlined the Sea Shepherds Club’s likely next-season lineup, including Jiang Han, Lin Bao, Lin Zhaojun, Lilian, and herself.
• Lilian noted that the upcoming summer transfer window could let the club add an eighth player, while Du Lingxuan asked whether they might buy Teacher Yu.

Jiang Han visited the Witch House for her seasonal checkup and sampled its new grilled beef dish while catching up with Li Yun. The visit ended with Chu Yujun confronting Jiang Han over losing points to her in Marite Racing.

• Jiang Han went to the Witch House for her seasonal checkup and ate its new grilled beef dish while waiting.
• Li Yun explained that a skilled witch chef had recently joined the Witch House.
• Jiang Han praised the beef and asked Li Yun about the growing number of places hiring witch chefs.
• Li Yun greeted Chu Yujun, who had become an assistant branch manager after being promoted.
• Chu Yujun pinched Jiang Han's cheeks and scolded her for taking the points she lost in Marite Racing.

Jiang Han rescued Tang Wen from a disastrous mahjong game and negotiated payment for boosting her accounts. Tang Wen then asked to rent a room at Jiang Han’s home, and Jiang Han agreed after explaining the rent, the unfinished snowy environment, and the excellent internet.

• Jiang Han found Tang Wen losing badly to Store Manager Qin and Chai Ying at mahjong and pulled her away from the table.
• Tang Wen asked Jiang Han to boost two accounts to A+, and Jiang Han offered to do it in exchange for two construction vehicles.
• Jiang Han learned that Tang Wen had been looking for her and heard that Tang Wen wanted to rent a room at her home.
• Jiang Han agreed to charge Tang Wen five hundred a week and explained that the home’s ecosystem was still developing and the nearest exit could take a few minutes to reach.
• Jiang Han assured Tang Wen that the home had exceptionally fast non-magic Magic Web internet and said she would build Tang Wen a room if Tang Wen bought the blueprints.

Tang Wen asked to rent a room at Jiang Han’s villa so she could run her gaming channel from a better location. Jiang Han got permission and arranged discounted moving help through Qin Shunying, leaving Tang Wen ready to organize her move.

• Tang Wen explained why she wanted to move and asked Jiang Han about renting a room in her villa.
• Jiang Han called Jiang Xuan and received permission to build a room for Tang Wen, then told her she could move in that day.
• Tang Wen said she needed to hire a high-speed Griffin Carriage but did not know where to find one.
• Qin Shunying offered a referral to a comrade who could transport Tang Wen’s belongings and gave her contact information with a forty percent discount.

Jiang Han helped Tang Wen move into her home and showed her the surrounding grounds. After Tang Wen chose a mountaintop home and began setting it up for her research, Jiang Han left her to work privately.

• Jiang Han thanked retired witch Luo Gaojun for helping transport the moving boxes.
• Jiang Han showed Tang Wen a map of her home and introduced its residents, pets, and facilities.
• Tang Wen chose to live on the mountain with Jiang Han and sent her a blueprint for a home with several gardens.
• Jiang Han had her Ice Golem build Tang Wen's residence and garden as they discussed the area's conveniences and new developments.
• Jiang Han returned to her room while Tang Wen began setting up her research space.

Jiang Han visited Tang Wen’s new greenhouse dome, where Tang Wen set up a charging barrel and released her Cat Lamps. Tang Wen explained her plan to run a Cat Lamp mine and gave Jiang Han one before inviting her to see the streaming room.

• Jiang Han went down the mountain path to meet Tang Wen at the greenhouse dome.
• Tang Wen installed a charging barrel and told Jiang Han she planned to charge her Cat Lamps there.
• Tang Wen released more than a hundred Cat Lamps and explained her plan to run a Cat Lamp mine.
• Tang Wen gave Jiang Han an orange Cat Lamp as thanks for helping her find the place.
• Tang Wen invited Jiang Han to see her streaming room.

Jiang Han visited Tang Wen's comfortable home, where the two shared bamboo-tube wine and teased each other. Their playful contest ended with Tang Wen discovering that Jiang Han's Sea Siren claws gave her an unfair advantage.

• Jiang Han followed Tang Wen into her cave house and admired her luxurious bed and bathing box.
• Tang Wen offered Jiang Han bamboo-tube wine and explained that she drank it to help herself sleep.
• Jiang Han and Tang Wen sat on a sofa, where Jiang Han discovered Tang Wen had abs and poked her stomach.
• Tang Wen retaliated by challenging Jiang Han with her claws, but Jiang Han showed off her sharp Sea Siren claws.
• Tang Wen grabbed Jiang Han's face to retaliate, while Jiang Han enjoyed the feeling of being petted.

Tang Wen and Jiang Han finished a smooth gaming channel stream, relaxed together in a hot spring, and Jiang Han returned to her Sea Siren nest, where she admired its glowing pools and newly grown aquatic life. She ended the chapter determined to expand her treasure vault and recommended a book.

• Tang Wen ended her stream and thanked Jiang Han for helping with the broadcast.
• Tang Wen described her exhausting work and streaming routine, then said a formidable stream sniper had not appeared that night.
• Tang Wen and Jiang Han stretched on the floor and decided to soak together in the hot spring.
• Jiang Han returned to her nest and explored its glowing pools, fish, corals, and Sea Hamsters.
• Jiang Han admired her treasure vault, vowed to fill it, and recommended Green Dragon Doctor.

Jiang Han inspected her nest late at night and found that increased humidity, despite a normal thermometer reading, matched a Sea Siren ecological effect. She studied how such nests could produce unusual creatures through cooling and left wondering whether the process had a scientific basis.

• Unable to sleep, Jiang Han used the Tower Monitoring System to check her snowy home for ecological abnormalities.
• Jiang Han noticed that the air felt colder and checked that the thermometer was unchanged while the humidity had risen.
• Jiang Han consulted Mary Ankaton's Nest Effect and searched the Witch Encyclopedia for the meanings of “classic” in the author's profile.
• Jiang Han read that Sea Siren nests could cause super evolution through cooling and produce creatures such as Giant Tree Squids and Sea Tree Overlord Octopuses.
• Jiang Han compared the explanation to temperature-driven evolution and considered whether the nest effect had a scientific basis.

Jiang Han consulted a book about ecological changes caused by Witches and investigated rising humidity around her home. She discovered signs of a Fluorescent Coral Tidal Sea forming beneath the snowfield and decided to have Jiang Miao teach the Ice Bear to swim rather than change the environment.

• Jiang Han read Marie. Ancadon’s account of how Sea Siren Witches’ nest effects had transformed stormy regions into new ecosystems.
• Jiang Han copied the signs of a Fluorescent Coral Tidal Sea into her notebook, charged and fed the Cat Lamps, and headed out to inspect the snowfield.
• Jiang Han found that the hot spring river’s water level had risen thirteen centimeters and uncovered glowing coral, fluorescent mushrooms, and fluorite powder beneath the snow.
• Jiang Han recognized that the forming ecosystem could make heavy creatures fall through the snow into hot and cold water, putting the Ice Bear at risk.
• Jiang Han decided that Jiang Miao would teach the Ice Bear to swim instead of making Jiang Han change the environment.

Jiang Han watched Ji Haijun defeat Histeria, then returned to work at Testnango and learned that the company used commissions to reward witches while avoiding taxes. She browsed the commission board and considered taking on some jobs to build her savings.

• Jiang Han visited Du Lingxuan and watched Ji Haijun beat Histeria three matches in a row, earning Histeria the nickname “Xibao” through Xuanbao’s commentary.
• Jiang Han saw that Xuanbao’s commentary channel had nearly five thousand paying members.
• Jiang Han went to Testnango and met Caroline, who described the company’s population-counting work and the world’s unusually fast-growing crops.
• Caroline explained that Testnango’s commission board listed jobs for witches and could also be accessed through the V9 Login Device.
• Jiang Han learned that commissions let witches avoid about 30% of the taxes charged on wages and browsed jobs for gathering blue-thread flowers and five-colored tree saplings.

Jiang Han met the transformed Saintess Vera in Hamster Hole and learned that the rebels had a powerful explosive capable of threatening the floating city. Vera offered the rebels’ plans in exchange for knowledge, and Jiang Han prepared to report the valuable intelligence to the company and negotiate Vera’s reward.

• Jiang Han discussed the floating city’s threat with Vera, who asked whether explosives and flying attackers could bring it down.
• Vera explained that she wanted knowledge about Witches, the Starry Sky, dragons, and the universe, and Jiang Han described the Witch company’s world-invading work.
• Jiang Han offered to assess Vera’s intelligence for a reward, while Vera said she would share it as a sign of surrender and allegiance.
• Vera revealed how the Gray Crystal Flower, fire oil, bone powder, and a wyvern’s fire-sac organ could be used to make a powerful explosive.
• Vera told Jiang Han that the rebels planned to use the weapon near Ter Plain and had a mobile force ready to attack any aerial islands brought down.
• Jiang Han recognized the intelligence’s value, said she would report it to the company, and asked Vera what reward she wanted.

Jiang Han negotiated with Vera in the dreamscape, agreeing to seek equivalent items in exchange for Vera’s requested spell and weapon while providing basic potion recipes. After waking, Jiang Han reported Vera’s demands and complete witchification to Andrea, who focused on the Saintess’s transformation.

• Vera demanded potion recipes and concealed magical knowledge, and Jiang Han engraved recipes for nineteen basic level-0 cantrips on the table.
• Vera asked for the spell that destroyed Begalo Peak and a sword carried by the silver-armored witches, and Jiang Han promised to request items of equal value.
• Jiang Han woke, recharged the Tan Yue Group’s magic runes, and went to the Sky Island central office to meet Andrea.
• Jiang Han told Andrea about Vera’s terms of surrender and assessed that Vera’s witchification had reached its absolute peak.