Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han shared food and beer with Mona before showing her the cat lamps at Icefield Nest. Mona became captivated by the rare Sleeping Cat Lamps, but Jiang Han insisted that the pair were not for sale.

• Jiang Han and Mona ate dragon steak and sticky rice and discussed Test City's dragon-wheat beer.
• Jiang Han summoned the cat lamps at Icefield Nest and fed them, then charged two low-energy lamps.
• Vera Lamp and Olivia Lamp appeared, and Mona became eager to buy the Sleeping Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han told Mona that the pair were not for sale and recommended gemstone cat lamps instead.

After selling Cat Lamps and preparing the Sea Siren nest, Jiang Han returned home to find Vera Lamp and Olivia Lamp waiting with a way to learn new specialties. Olivia offered her special learning techniques, and Jiang Han signed a contract to test them as she prepared for the talent show.

• Jiang Han sold five Cat Lamps, organized the Cat Lamp mine, and stored its gemstones and gemstone mine in the Cat Lamp dwellings.
• Jiang Han sealed the Cat Lamps away before making rain to help form a coral lake in the Sea Siren nest.
• At home, Jiang Han found Vera Lamp holding Olivia Lamp and discovered Olivia had spent her money on a hundred waterproof books.
• Vera Lamp presented an invention contract that let Jiang Han learn Olivia's specialties for free in exchange for serving as a test subject.
• Jiang Han signed the contract, and Olivia explained that repeated use of virtual temporary specialties could help witches develop permanent ones.

Olivia persuaded Jiang Han to leave so the Cat Lamps could take over her home, while Vera worried about their missing spaceborne nest and Angelite’s attention. Olivia then returned to human form to host the Cat Lamps and secretly checked on Angelite, nearly getting caught.

• Olivia encouraged Jiang Han to choose the Heavy Casting specialty rune and visit Histeria, but Jiang Han decided to ask her Master to monitor its effects.
• Vera asked Olivia how to answer Angelite’s question about their uses of the evolution spell, and Olivia warned that Angelite was powerful but not yet invincible.
• Olivia revealed that the Cat Lamp nest was floating outside the Solar System and said she had sent a signal to bring it back.
• Jiang Han left her home and arranged for Cen Jing to bring food for the Cat Lamps.
• Olivia returned to human form, had Vera rescue two saxophone-playing Cat Lamps, and gathered the others, cola, and snacks to watch Cat Golf.
• Olivia left her body to spy on Angelite petting the Space-Time Cat Lamp, but she nearly got discovered.

Jiang Han met Histeria on her day off and accompanied her to Connaughtgrad to shop and relax. After touring the island’s bizarre attractions, Histeria led Jiang Han to try a witch headshot photo booth.

• Jiang Han visited Histeria, who invited her to join her on an outing despite being off work.
• Histeria and Jiang Han summoned a Griffin Carriage and discussed cosmetics during the ride.
• They arrived at Connaughtgrad, a Sky Island filled with recreational attractions and an amusement park.
• Jiang Han watched witches hunt monsters and pose for photos after being decapitated, finding the attractions unsettling but intriguing.
• Histeria took Jiang Han by the hand and brought her to the headshot photo booth to try it together.

Jiang Han and Histeria visited a Witch photo-sticker booth where a decapitation spell let them pose as floating heads. After taking their photos, Jiang Han learned that Wuchang handled the busy shop through an arrangement tied to the underworld’s gold-standard currency.

• Histeria paid the Witch Decapitator to take photo stickers with her apprentice, Jiang Han.
• The Decapitator used a rune-covered sofa and a huge sword to sever Jiang Han and Histeria’s heads without killing them.
• While detached, Jiang Han saw four Witches she later learned were local and out-of-town Wuchang, and the staff carried her head to the photo set.
• The photographer captured more than 300 possible poses in seconds, then Histeria paid extra for a second copy of their pictures.
• Histeria explained that underworld currency had been pegged to gold after Witches caused hyperinflation and illegally resurrected themselves to spend vast sums.

Jiang Han accompanied Histeria through Connaughtgrad Sky Island’s antique market, where Histeria bought mysterious amber and Jiang Han bargained for some strange ore. The chapter left Jiang Han with the ore and a meteorite-like arrow, intrigued by the possibility that the ore was a source-matter ingot.

• Histeria gave Jiang Han the photo booth pictures, bought her watermelon juice, and startled her while she looked at the photos.
• Histeria took Jiang Han to the moving railway market on a rented Sand Leopard and explained why witches sold unidentified objects there.
• Histeria bought a piece of unknown amber for three thousand after dismissing the stall owner’s claim about its age.
• Jiang Han spotted ore that reminded her of a source-matter ingot and asked the stall owner its price.
• Jiang Han bought a meteorite-like arrow for two thousand, then added the pile of ore for three hundred.

Jiang Han discovered a recipe for fusing Elementium Ore with Terlis Arcane Silver into a powerful mana-resistant metal and decided to keep the formula secret. As the Source Matter Ingot took shape, Olivia Cat Lamp warned her about Eileen’s rule as Chief of the Great Witch Council.

• Jiang Han tested Elementium Ore with different minerals and found that Terlis Arcane Silver made it fuse into a black-blue metal with mana resistance, regeneration, and strong mana conductivity.
• Jiang Han determined the best ratio was one gram of Terlis Arcane Silver to 230 grams of Elementium Ore, producing 200 grams of Elementium Bar.
• Olivia Lamp assessed the metal’s defensive potential and advised Jiang Han to protect the recipe as a trade-secret patent for tournament armor.
• Jiang Han agreed to keep the ingredients secret and said she would ask Eileen for help sourcing them, while Olivia offered to purchase them through many accounts and delivery locations.
• Olivia Cat Lamp criticized Eileen’s leadership, saying freedom and open speech had been drowned out by applause after Eileen became Chief.
• Jiang Han and Olivia Cat Lamp watched the Source Matter Ingot take shape in a form neither of them had expected.

Jiang Han brought Eileen a strange, gauze-like metal that resisted Vera’s sword and Eileen’s Legendary Annihilation Spell. Eileen asked to buy its formula and proposed sharing the rights equally.

• Jiang Han and Olivia Lamp examined the soft, translucent metal, and Vera struck it with Vivaldo without leaving a tear.
• Eileen studied the metal in her World Tree reception room and took Jiang Han to her armory to test its durability.
• Eileen used a Legendary Annihilation Spell on the metal, but a thin fragment weighing 0.019 grams remained.
• Eileen asked Jiang Han whether she would sell the metal’s formula and offered to split the rights equally.

Jiang Han traded the Black Source Matter formula to Eileen for two spells of her choice and a host of additional benefits. After browsing Eileen's enormous spell catalog, Jiang Han spent over an hour agonizing before choosing two rare spells to become the core of her future arsenal.

• Jiang Han realized she was negotiating with trustworthy Eileen rather than Angelite and asked what Eileen would offer for the formula.
• Eileen offered any two spells from her library, then accepted Jiang Han's formula and added equipment modification, private library access, practice costs, casting materials, and apprentice offers to the deal.
• Eileen left to buy materials for new equipment, while Jiang Han settled in the reception room to study the spell catalog.
• Jiang Han found the catalog filled with rare and exclusive spells, including powerful ninth-level and legendary options.
• After more than an hour of indecision, Jiang Han chose two spells as the core of her future.

Jiang Han chose the legendary spells [Boundlessly Spreading Tide] and [Colorful Seabed Howl] to build her future combat system. She returned to Eileen, who was crafting a powerful new suit of armor called the Black Source Wedding Dress.

• Jiang Han decided that a legendary spell was the best choice and selected [Boundlessly Spreading Tide] and [Colorful Seabed Howl] after comparing their power, costs, and effects.
• Jiang Han brought her choices to Eileen, who approved the combination and explained how the spells could work together.
• Jiang Han watched Eileen use a machine tool and a 3D design panel to reshape armor into a dress-like form.
• Eileen explained that the Black Source Wedding Dress used layered materials and hundreds of tons of Black Source ingots to provide protection and support powerful runes and accessories.

Jiang Han and Eileen showed off their newly enhanced outfits before Jiang Han summoned a Chosen Champion Lava Cat Lamp by reciting a passage in Cat Lamp language. Olivia arrived and asked Eileen to repay her debt by letting her take items from Eileen’s treasury and Jiang Han’s treasury.

• Eileen finished a Black Source Matter wedding dress and reinforced Jiang Han’s Golden Country Cloak with black gauze, greatly improving their defenses and damage bonuses.
• Jiang Han admired Eileen’s radiant gemstone crown and joked about stealing it, while Eileen teased her and offered to lend her a gemstone.
• Eileen summoned a Core Lava Cat Lamp from her treasury after Jiang Han mentioned Longsleep Meow.
• Jiang Han recited a passage in Cat Lamp language, causing the Core Lava Cat Lamp to evolve into an Olivia Cat Lamp Chosen Champion, Lava Breed.
• Olivia greeted Eileen and said she had come to collect a debt from Eileen and Jiang Han by taking items from their treasuries.

Jiang Han prepared her home and bought food for a gathering with friends, then welcomed Angelite and Eileen to visit. The three great witches reunited at Jiang Han’s home, where Olivia greeted Angelite with an obscene gesture.

• Jiang Han cleaned her living room after the cat lamps drank and scattered food everywhere, then renovated it with new flooring, drainage, and a dehumidifier.
• Jiang Han bought recipes for Vodka-Braised Veal and Chicken Glutinous Rice Balls and invited her sisters and cousin to visit the next day.
• Jiang Han heard the Snowfield Grand Bell announce visitors and rode a Sand Leopard-drawn carriage to meet Angelite and Eileen.
• Angelite and Eileen discussed their histories with Olivia and their experiences as professors on the ride back to Jiang Han’s home.
• Angelite called out to Olivia, who lazily raised a claw and gave her the middle finger.

Angelite and Olivia played Marite Racing, bickered, and fought while Jiang Han and Eileen watched. The group continued gaming, with Jiang Miao affectionately teasing Jiebao as the Final Witch ruffled Ovi’s hair.

• Angelite’s Butcher Car dragged Olivia off a cliff during Marite Racing, and Jiang Han watched their ensuing scuffle with excitement.
• Eileen egged Olivia on about Angelite’s failed hook maneuver, prompting Olivia to pin Angelite down and beat her.
• Angelite and Olivia drank cola, discussed the limits of duo matchmaking, and queued for another ranked match.
• Angelite and Olivia resumed fighting while Jiang Han joined Jiang Miao and Zhen Ling, who were also playing Marite Racing.
• Jiang Miao called Jiebao cute and said Mommy loved her, while Jiebao ruffled Ovi’s silky hair.

Angelite discussed expanding the Great Witch seats and changing the competition format, while Jiang Han considered how the new rules and scarce positions affected her. The chapter ended with Jiang Han studying legendary spells as the witches moved on to the revised tournament rules.

• Angelite proposed increasing the Great Witch positions from ten to twelve, and Eileen warned that adding seats could trigger demands for more positions throughout the ranks.
• Olivia reminded Angelite that many witches from her era had made major contributions, and Angelite agreed to look into their records.
• Jiang Han reflected on how her rising status had shifted her view from witch welfare toward competition for titles and seats.
• Angelite announced a new tournament format with Opening and Closing two-versus-two matches alongside the five KOF rounds.
• Jiang Han recognized that the Closing-match rule could benefit Angelite and Lilith, while giving her a chance to exploit her magic power if paired with a reliable teammate.
• Jiang Han returned her attention to the legendary spell materials as the discussion continued.

Jiang Han went to Du Lingxuan’s home to watch the Eileen Cup finals with Du Lingxuan and Lin Zhaojun. Lin Zhaojun discussed her exam troubles and faced a wave of online ridicule over her losses to Anjie.

• Jiang Han failed to persuade Jiang Miao and Longsleep Meow to come with her, then left Jiang Miao to care for the cat lamps.
• Jiang Han arrived at Du Lingxuan’s warm, mist-filled home, where Du Lingxuan was setting up a livestream and Lin Zhaojun greeted her.
• Du Lingxuan teased Lin Zhaojun about failing to advance to A3 and struggling to match witches such as Anjie.
• Jiang Han checked the stream comments and saw that netizens had formed an Anti-Lin Conference to mock Lin Zhaojun after Anjie twice overcame her leads.

Ji Haijun defeated Angelite 5–1 in the Eileen Cup finals, winning the first tournament. After the match, the Anti-Lin Convention ended and immediately turned its attention to criticizing Angelite.

• Du Lingxuan fired back at viewers criticizing Lin Zhaojun and explained her call-in debate system.
• Lin Zhaojun explained that Ji Haijun excelled in the current version through durability, strong single-target attacks, and efficient spell use.
• Jiang Han and the others discussed how Ji Haijun's low magic-power consumption contrasted with Angelite's enormous expenditure.
• Ji Haijun beat Angelite 5–1 in the BO9 finals and became the first Eileen Cup champion.
• The Anti-Lin Convention shifted its target to Angelite, who had lost to Ji Haijun three times in the tournament.

Jiang Han visited Witch House on payday and collected her and Tang Bao’s wages from Qin Shunying. When she returned home, she found Cat Lamps had taken over the snowy grounds and Miss Jiang Miao had joined their revelry.

• Jiang Han visited Witch House and laughed at the Japanese witch twins’ Chinese xiangsheng routine.
• Qin Shunying confirmed that Du Lingxuan had booked Jiang Han’s whole week and praised the results of Jiang Han’s work at Du Lingxuan’s home.
• Jiang Han reminded Qin Shunying that it was payday, and Qin Shunying reluctantly paid wages to Jiang Han and Tang Bao.
• Jiang Han stored her check in her innate storage space and left Witch House, leaving Qin Shunying astonished.
• Jiang Han returned home and found thousands of Cat Lamps partying across the snowfield, while Miss Jiang Miao meowed along with them.

Jiang Han watched television with Angelite and the Cat Lamps while Angelite discussed the Witch Agency’s talent show and an exceptionally promising candidate, Elessa Wellington. The chapter left Elessa’s exaggerated draft profile amusing and bewildering everyone.

• Olivia Lamp panicked during a horror movie and demanded that Jiang Han change the channel, so Angelite switched the television to the news.
• The news reported that an expedition to Olivia’s Tomb found two cat-paw rods but no Great Ashes, suggesting Olivia might still exist.
• Angelite explained that Eileen and Lilith were looting a small other world after its inhabitants tried to seal it off from supposed extraterrestrial demons.
• Angelite revealed that the Witch Agency’s talent show was promoting Elessa Wellington, a twenty-year-old witch with formidable magical power and broad skills.
• Angelite read Elessa’s draft profile, which compared her to Angelite and Eileen, then recalled that the previous year’s top pick had been profiled as Lin Zhaojun with Angelite’s magic power.

Jiang Han watched Angelite explain why cat lamps could not enter witch talent shows, then saw her tutor Jiang Miao and learned that Eileen and Lilith had finished gathering supplies. Lilith gave Jiang Han a flight assistance device made from Black Source Matter, while Eileen's knowing smile left Jiang Han wondering about its familiar appearance.

• Angelite told Olivia Lamp that cat lamps could not participate in witch talent shows, and Olivia and Vera Lamp debated whether they were truly cat lamps or witches.
• Jiang Han and Angelite agreed they would welcome the Longsleep Cat Lamps appearing in witch form, but Olivia and Vera chose to keep lounging instead.
• Jiang Miao brought drinks and homework, and Angelite explained her lessons clearly in about twenty minutes.
• Eileen and Lilith returned with their gains and rubbed the Longsleep Cat Lamps together.
• Lilith gave Jiang Han a flight assistance device made from Black Source Matter and explained how it worked, while Eileen smiled knowingly at Jiang Han.

At the 1995 International Tournament Witchgci Federation Draft, the South City Mandrakes selected Alesha Wellington first overall, while Bonita Brown went second to Greenland. Jiang Han was later drafted by the Sea Shepherds Club, and the witches learned that Alesha could hear people say her name.

• Elsa Stern announced that the South City Mandrakes had selected Alesha Wellington with the first overall pick, and the Greenland Bloodthirsters chose Bonita Brown second.
• Angelite explained that the Mandrakes could afford to draft Alesha for her potential because their no-relegation privilege protected them from the consequences of tanking.
• Eileen blocked the group’s conversation after Alesha sensed people speaking her name, and Angelite warned them to use a barrier before saying it.
• The regional drafts began after the overall draft, and Jiang Han was selected by the Sea Shepherds Club with the nineteenth pick in the Asian division.