Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han explored Hamster Forest with the other witches and gathered rare magical plants, including a Monster Cat Flower. She then discovered a squirrel food cache and began secretly taking the materials the squirrels stored there.

• Jiang Han watched an orange giant Cat Lamp dig up Petrified Sweetgrass and received most of it after Meow Yi Ao transferred some of the Cat Lamps’ benefits to her.
• Jiang Han changed into survey gear and found a Monster Cat Flower, which she collected for her materials bag.
• Jiang Han inspected an unusually tall grove and discovered five oversized squirrels storing magical materials in a root nest.
• Jiang Han crept behind the squirrels and secretly took a little from their cache as they added more materials.

Jiang Han returned from the squirrel nest with demon cat flowers and chili radishes, then joined Lilia at a workspace set up for refining medicinal materials. Her exceptional alchemy produced a near-perfect extract, and Lester and Alesha entrusted their harvest to her for processing.

• Jiang Han secretly took materials from the squirrel nest and found two demon cat flowers and chili radishes beneath the dune.
• Jiang Han and Lilia returned to the exploration vehicle, where Lilia explained that she, Lester, and Alesha had prepared four crucibles for refining medicinal liquids.
• Jiang Han used advanced magical pharmacology to extract 99.7632% of a demon cat flower's medicinal properties and impressed Lilia with the result.
• Jiang Han offered to refine Lilia's materials for a fee, and Lilia watched her high-quality extract with astonishment.
• Lester and Alesha returned with more materials and handed them to Jiang Han after Lilia praised her refining skills.

Jiang Han secretly gathered ingredients for the Cat Lamp Witch advancement potion while disguising her choices, then joined a bonfire banquet and met two druids. Sula and Helen abandoned their plan to fight after realizing they might lose and proposed trading materials instead.

• Jiang Han scrambled her ingredient choices, brewed materials for the other witches, and secretly collected some potion liquid for her own advancement potion.
• After the others left the workroom, Jiang Han exchanged equal amounts of potion liquid and planned to check on Olivia’s pure wick.
• Jiang Han arrived at the bonfire banquet and found Alesha, Lilia, and Lester with two unfamiliar witches in antlered hats and black-swan cloaks.
• Sula introduced herself as the leader of the druids and a former great witch, then identified her master Helen.
• Sula admitted that she and Helen had come to fight Jiang Han over Hamster Forest but reconsidered because they might not win.
• Sula proposed that the witches trade materials while Hamster Forest was available.

Jiang Han secretly brewed a Cat Lamp Witch transformation potion and used it to reforge a wick aimed at producing a Night Splendor Myriad Cat Lamp. The potion succeeded, leaving her with a completed demon cat wick.

• Sula and Helen refined medicinal materials and paid Jiang Han a processing fee, while Jiang Han secretly gathered ingredients for her transformation potion.
• Jiang Han returned to the survey vehicle and began brewing the potion, aiming for a Night Splendor Myriad Cat Lamp with control over the Sea of Darkness.
• Jiang Han explained the dangers and unpredictability of Cat Lamp transformation, then protected herself against witches who might spy on her process.
• Jiang Han placed a Cat Lamp wick into the potion, which transformed it into a black-and-orange demon cat wick.

Jiang Han drank the conversion potion and transformed into a rare Mist Immortal Giant Cat Lamp, gaining powerful abilities from her fused bloodlines. After returning to human form, she discovered that her giant cat ears and tail had remained.

• Jiang Han decided to use her three-trait Monster Cat Lamp wick despite wishing she could add the rare [Multi-Tail] trait.
• She placed the wick in water, drank the finished potion, and endured the merging of her Sea Siren and Cat Lamp bloodlines.
• Jiang Han transformed into a Mist Immortal Giant Cat Lamp and recognized its traits, including control of dark lake water, weather guidance, spellcasting, and leyline energy.
• She changed back into a Witch and realized the Giant Cat Lamp form could create far more water than an ordinary Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han noticed that her enormous cat ears and broad tail remained after her transformation ended.

Jiang Han discovered that the power of her Giant Cat Lamp transformation made the Cat Trick Orb unable to restore her witch form, but she adapted to her new abilities while gathering materials in Hamster Forest. As she traveled with the Giant Cat Lamps, she learned about their social circle and a rare musician called Meow Lisateliya.

• Jiang Han tested the Cat Trick Orb repeatedly and realized her Giant Cat Lamp transformation was too powerful for its spell to reverse.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Han and the witches gathered materials, while she practiced floating and conversed fluently with Peace Benevolence and Gu'a in Cat Lamp language.
• Lilia traded Jiang Han two Witch Conflict medals to stay behind and watch the survey vehicle as the other witches gathered materials.
• Peace Benevolence told Jiang Han that Meow Lisateliya was a Volcano Leyline Giant Cat Lamp and a genius musician who had once dug a singing dragon out of volcanic lava.
• Jiang Han snapped a tree with her tail to collect thornbird eggs and shared some with Peace Benevolence and Gu'a.

Jiang Han learned several giant Cat Lamp feats before returning to the desert and accepting a duel with the ghost Witch Lisa. She overwhelmed Lisa with magic and a devastating tail strike, then got her tail stuck in the stone beneath the sand.

• Jiang Han copied the Cat Lamps' mischief and completed their [Resilient Body] training, strengthening her body and learning more of their feats.
• Jiang Han arrived at Lester and Alesha's camp, where Lester told her that the ghost Witch was seeking a dueling partner.
• Jiang Han agreed to fight the ghost Witch, Lisa, and followed her to a sandy battlefield three kilometers away.
• Jiang Han attacked Lisa with fireballs, dispelled her spells, and destroyed her undead army with an icy shockwave.
• Jiang Han teleported behind Lisa and struck her with Evil-Sundering Slash, leaving Lisa near death beneath the sand and her own tail wedged in the stone ground.

After Lester freed Jiang Han’s tail from a mithril ore chunk, Jiang Han discovered that her enormous cat ears functioned as a powerful radar and analysis system. She explored the survey vehicle with her new senses and headed to the front deck to rest in the evening sun.

• Jiang Han’s tail became wedged in a mithril ore chunk, so Lester used a chisel hammer to free it while the others helped.
• Lisa asked whether Jiang Han’s cat ears could hear, and Jiang Han concealed that they functioned as biological radar towers.
• Jiang Han’s ears scanned nearby surroundings, analyzed objects, and helped her study spells through a specialized research system.
• Jiang Han ordered a meal from the Cat Lamp kitchen, then went to the survey vehicle’s front deck to soak up the last sunlight.

Jiang Han shared barley tea with Alesha aboard the survey vehicle and discovered the nearsighted witch was an astonishingly accurate rifle shooter. The next day, the group reached a desert Transfer Station, towing a large haul of prey killed with ordinary gunfire.

• Jiang Han admired the desert scenery and met Alesha on the foredeck.
• Alesha offered Jiang Han barley tea, and Jiang Han sensed the power behind Alesha’s butterflies.
• Alesha shot down a distant dragonhawk with a rifle, impressing Jiang Han despite her poor eyesight.
• The group arrived at a Transfer Station in a desert oasis the next day.
• The giant Cat Lamps pulled the survey vehicle into the station while the group towed a storage module full of prey with gunshot wounds.

Jiang Han spent her newly acquired witch medals at Cat Lamp Camp while Lilia and Lester outfitted the exploration vehicle, then went to eat at a crowded Transfer Station restaurant. She ran into Alesha, who told her a huge magical sandstorm was expected within days.

• Jiang Han left Lilia and Lester negotiating and preparing the exploration vehicle, then explored the Transfer Station for food.
• Jiang Han ordered a large meal at a cheese-grilled sandfish shop and paid the shop owner 156 yuan.
• Jiang Han found Alesha in the crowded restaurant and joined her booth.
• Alesha told Jiang Han that a huge magical storm carrying tens of millions of tons of sand and dust was approaching, explaining that witches had gathered inside camp to avoid it.
• Alesha observed that the fresh sandfish suggested an enormous underground lake and river system nearby.

Jiang Han shared a meal with Alesha, who revealed camp gossip and offered her a way to summon her in an emergency. Alesha left to handle other matters, while Jiang Han kept her butterfly projection hidden in her tail.

• Jiang Han teased Alesha over a joke about straight cars and learned that Alesha enjoyed dirty jokes.
• Alesha told Jiang Han that the Final Witch's incarnation and Eileen Habsburg had both beaten Eve Harkins, ghost witches had stolen materials from hamster witches, and the Transfer Station Arena had opened.
• Jiang Han invited Alesha to visit the arena, but Alesha said she had other things to do.
• Alesha cast her original Heart-Shadow Projection Mirror Spell and gave Jiang Han a butterfly that could summon her by receiving magic.
• Jiang Han hid the butterfly in her tail as Alesha left.

Jiang Han visited the arena, watched a witch match, and discovered that Miss Li Li had joined the Witch Conflict. She headed over to see her.

• Jiang Han returned to the assembly plant to tell Lilia and Lester where she was going and how to contact her.
• Jiang Han entered the arena, admired its facilities, and bought sugarcane juice from a young witch.
• Jiang Han spotted Eileen in a moving group photograph in the exhibition hall.
• Jiang Han watched a 3v3 match in which a fox witch defeated three ghost witches after a dragon witch choked and fell asleep.
• Jiang Han heard Miss Li Li cheer for her big sister, recognized her in the crowd, and went over.

Jiang Han reunited with Li Li at the Transfer Station, where she learned about Li Li’s family’s need for dragon eggs and her cousin’s fast cloud route. After a coming sandstorm changed their plans, Jiang Han went to investigate a nearby mine and discovered cat lamps gathered above it, hinting that witches had been trapped inside by hostile mining golems.

• Jiang Han pulled off Li Li’s fox ears, and Li Li snatched them back and reattached them before greeting her old friend.
• Li Li told Jiang Han that her family hoped to obtain dragon eggs to restart their dragon furnace, and explained that her cloud-fox cousin had brought her to the desert by a fast aerial route.
• Jiang Han left the Transfer Station to take commissions before the sandstorm arrived and spotted dozens of cat lamps floating over a suspected mine.
• Jiang Han overheard the cat lamps say that machine ghosts had driven unlucky witches underground, and she suspected hostile mining golems were responsible.
• Jiang Han compared her commission document with the terrain, located the suspected site, and descended as the cat lamps followed, accusing her of trying to monopolize the rewards.

Jiang Han tried to keep a group of cat lamps out of a dangerous mine, but their leader invited her to claim Giant Cat Lamp rights and share the mine’s resources. The cat lamps offered to hide in her tail as they prepared to enter.

• Jiang Han fended off the curious cat lamps and warned them that the mine was dangerous.
• A Persian cat lamp invited Jiang Han to visit its gathering area, but she said she had to complete her commission in the mine.
• The cat lamps insisted on joining the expedition, and Jiang Han warned that golems below might slaughter them.
• The Persian cat lamp explained Giant Cat Rights and offered to make the cat lamps Jiang Han’s subjects in exchange for 65% of the mine’s gains.
• The Persian cat lamp argued that Jiang Han’s damage to the mine tunnel made it a battlefield where the cat lamps could claim the resources after two hours.
• A Curl-eared Cat Lamp said the cat lamps could shrink and hide inside Jiang Han’s tail.

Jiang Han explored a barren but profitable mine with a group of Cat Lamps while discussing witches and their magical talents. After the Cat Lamps stored their supplies in her tail, she ventured deeper into the mushroom-filled tunnel and approached a strange chill, metallic clacking, and faint light.

• Jiang Han used her enhanced vision and a gray Cat Lamp to identify the mine as a barren mineral vein that could still turn a profit.
• Jiang Han's Cat Lamps mined ore and stored the collected materials in a patrol Cat Lamp while the Persian Cat Lamp teased her about her magic missiles.
• The Persian Cat Lamp discussed powerful witches, including Alesha, Eileen, Longsleep Meow, and the extraordinary Anjie.
• Jiang Han let the Cat Lamps store their supplies in the black lake inside her tail, then continued deeper into the mine.
• Jiang Han felt a supernatural chill and heard metal clacking as a faint light appeared ahead in the mushroom-filled tunnel.

Jiang Han encountered a witch-shaped mechanical golem in the mine and destroyed it with her Eternal Ice Eye, then discovered its cheap construction and recovered its staff and serial number. More golems emerged from the mine shafts, leaving her facing a growing horde.

• Jiang Han attacked the first golem with positive energy, shattering its weak defensive barrier and knocking it into a wall.
• The Persian Cat Lamp urged Jiang Han to destroy the blasphemous creation, and she froze the golem with her Eternal Ice Eye.
• Jiang Han examined the wreckage, recovered its inexpensive silver-and-wood staff, and found the serial number 3504318020.
• Jiang Han froze two more golems and endured fifteen magic missiles from five attackers without serious injury.
• More golems poured from the mine shafts, and Jiang Han prepared to strike them with her Eternal Ice Eye.

Jiang Han destroyed the golems in the mine, then opened an electrified door and rescued five trapped witches. The commission ended, but the mystery of who had created the blasphemous golems remained.

• Jiang Han unleashed her hair as a Black Lake tide and crushed the golems in the mine tunnel.
• The cat lamps scavenged the wreckage and discovered a sealed, electrified door, then recharged themselves by draining its power.
• Jiang Han wondered who had made the golems, and the Persian Cat Lamp guessed that a witch was responsible.
• After waiting for the cat lamps to finish scavenging, Jiang Han opened the door and rescued five witches.

After rescuing five resource-surveying witches, Jiang Han returned to the Transfer Station and ran into Chen Ligu, who was bargaining over rare materials. Chen Ligu discovered a Gray Mist Cat Lamp hidden in Jiang Han’s tail and invited her for a drink.

• Jiang Han brought the rescued witches back to the Transfer Station and turned in her commission for two medals.
• Jiang Han watched Chen Ligu argue with the Investigator Tavern manager over the market price of red-bearded demon foxtail grass.
• Chen Ligu recognized Jiang Han, rubbed her ears, and teased her for secretly spending three hundred of her points.
• Jiang Han poked Chen Ligu’s belly with her tail, and Chen Ligu accidentally pulled a Gray Mist Cat Lamp from it.
• Chen Ligu recognized the rare cat lamp, put it back in Jiang Han’s tail, and invited her for a drink.

Jiang Han met Chen Ligu in a private room and learned that Chen had come to the Witch Conflict area to gather materials and ease her office’s financial strain. Jiang Han arranged to bring her prospecting with her friends in exchange for office discounts and a set of witch cards.

• Chen Ligu asked Jiang Han about her cat ears and tail, and Jiang Han explained that they were an accidental result of a ritual spell.
• Chen Ligu said she was not competing in the Witch Conflict but was gathering materials while studying, since her office was short on money.
• Jiang Han offered to lend Chen Ligu money, but Chen refused and asked instead to join Jiang Han on a prospecting trip.
• Jiang Han proposed bringing Chen Ligu along in exchange for a small prospecting commission, keeping their search for gold confidential.
• Chen Ligu offered an office commission discount card and a witch card set, and Jiang Han agreed to bring her prospecting.

Jiang Han brought Chen Ligu to meet Lester and Lilia, who agreed to join the desert prospecting commission in exchange for witch cards. After the prospecting vehicle was modified and Alesha returned, the witches headed out into the sandstorm.

• Jiang Han introduced Chen Ligu and her prospecting commission to Lester outside Workshop Six.
• Chen Ligu offered Lester a Rainbow Gem edition of the 1972 Great Conference cards, and Lester agreed after requesting Agatha and the French Twin Stars.
• Lester showed Jiang Han and Chen Ligu the modified prospecting vehicle, while Lilia finished its final adjustments.
• Lilia met Chen Ligu and negotiated with Lester over the card set.
• Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, Lester, and Lilia waited in the workshop with a hotpot until Alesha returned, then they set out into the sandstorm.