Chapter Summaries

Alesha explained why witches conserved mana during campaigns, using the history of the Abyss conquest to show how deterrence guarded against allies turning hostile. After Lester and Lilia drove the fishmen back, Lester turned their corpses into stronger undead, and Jiang Han forced the two witches into a bath because of the stench.

• Alesha taught Jiang Han and Chen Ligu about witches' 15% and 25% mana-output systems and explained that reserved mana deterred other witches from attacking.
• Alesha recounted how French witches sabotaged a conquest of Hell to prevent Germany from gaining too much Abyss territory.
• Lester and Lilia drove the fishmen back into the Sea Sand District, while Lilia's dark ghost girls suffered no losses.
• Lester transformed the remaining fishman corpses into ten powerful heavy undead using necromantic arrays.
• Jiang Han and the giant cats shoved the survey vehicle onto the water and tossed Lester and Lilia into its hot spring to wash.
• Alesha lit butterfly ash flowers to perfume the freshly washed ghost-type witches.

Jiang Han joined Alesha and Chen Ligu on the survey vehicle’s expanded deck, where playful teasing and grilled food turned into talk of Sea Sand District’s mineral resources. The chapter left Jiang Han enjoying Alesha’s sausage and stealing the broccoli from Xia Bao’s artful plate.

• Jiang Han stepped onto the port deck after her bath and coaxed Alesha into sharing her dragon-meat sausages.
• Chen Ligu came outside, mistook the scene for something suggestive, then returned with a box of meat for the group.
• Chen Ligu asked whether Sea Sand District had valuable minerals, and Jiang Han and Alesha listed crystal salt, saltland coral, and honeybud steel.
• Alesha revealed that she had earned fourteen A2 certifications by age fourteen, while Chen Ligu said she had earned five.
• Xia Bao arranged the grilled food artistically, but Jiang Han ate the broccoli before Xia Bao could finish presenting it.

Jiang Han and her companions continued capturing Witches, leaving their survey vehicle crowded and their supplies nearly depleted. Lester proposed that they stop the fighting, and the chapter ended with the captives’ growing burden prompting a possible truce.

• Jiang Han defeated another Ghost Witch and brought her unconscious captive back to the deck, where Chen Ligu teased her about the fight.
• Jiang Han rested with Chen Ligu, who remarked that Jiang Han had improved her use of Spell Penetration.
• The newly awakened Ghost Witch ate several chocolate biscuits while Chen Ligu counted the captured Ghost Witches.
• An Investigator Witch brought more food as Chen Ligu and Jiang Han realized the captives were consuming their supplies and crowding the survey vehicle.
• Lester suggested that the Witches stop capturing one another after everyone had collected a batch of badges.

Jiang Han and the witches investigated what Chen Ligu had hooked in the waters of the Sea Sand District. They discovered a gigantic whale beneath the surface, and Jiang Han returned to find Chen Ligu pouring magic into her fishing rod.

• Jiang Han gave Lester a truce flag, and he hung it above the survey vehicle with a candle to make it visible to nearby witches.
• Chen Ligu hooked something enormous, and the witches wondered whether her line had caught a mineral or become snagged.
• Jiang Han and a Fel Giant Cat followed the fishing line and spotted a fragrant amber-colored layer on the water.
• Jiang Han dove beneath the surface and discovered that a gigantic whale had been hooked through its blowhole.
• Jiang Han returned to the survey ship, where Chen Ligu was channeling magic into her fishing rod.

Jiang Han identified a giant shallow-water fish and organized a group to capture it. After the witches hauled it back, she chatted with Lilia while riding atop its head.

• Jiang Han showed the recorded footage to the witches, who identified the creature as a giant shallow-water fish.
• Jiang Han replenished Chen Ligu’s magic power with her tail, then flew off before Chen Ligu could question her.
• Lilia located the fish and used electromagnetic explosion spells to restrict it while the Storm Giant Cat and Fel Giant Cat dragged it to the surface.
• Jiang Han knocked the fish unconscious with a Giant Cat Crush, and the group began hauling it toward the survey vehicle.
• Jiang Han and Lilia joked about Eileen’s work vouchers and Rosa Rosa’s handshake ticket as Jiang Han rode on the fish’s head.

Lilia and Lester dissected the giant fish that Chen Ligu had caught, discovering that it was a near-legendary creature with valuable materials. After securing its treasure-grade brain fluid and amber fish oil, the witches divided up the rest and shared cooked fish with the captives and Cat Lamps.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu drove away Cat Lamps trying to steal the giant fish while Lilia and Lester began dissecting it.
• Lilia revealed that the fish had legendary toughness and pain tolerance, and Lester killed it by stabbing its core.
• The witches examined the fish’s brain and found amber crystals and fragrant brain fluid that eased Jiang Han’s mental strain.
• Lester identified the amber fish oil as a treasure-grade material of level eight or higher, and the witches sealed it in a compression bottle.
• The witches divided the fish’s bones, fat, and meat, then cooked portions for the captives and Cat Lamps.

Jiang Han led the group to choose Waterfall Camp, hoping to trade prisoners for medals, sell their supplies, and find experts and equipment for her research. After crossing a violent stretch of the Sea Sand District, the witches arrived at the camp’s grand waterfall and prosperous harbor.

• Jiang Han pointed out Waterfall Camp on the map as their best nearby destination for experts, equipment, and supplies.
• Chen Ligu called for seriousness as the witches joked and argued over where to go, and the group rejected Lilia’s proposed anime research-center harbor.
• Jiang Han explained that Waterfall Camp would let them exchange prisoners for medals, earn cash, and clean their fish, and the others agreed to head there.
• The witches crossed churning brine and heavy saltwater rain in their survey ship while Cat Lamps crowded inside to escape the storm.
• The group reached Waterfall Camp, a huge double-helix waterfall above a ring-shaped harbor filled with hotels and merchandise.

Jiang Han and her companions arrived at Waterfall Camp, where she overcame her fear of the thrilling waterway with Chen Ligu’s help and watched witches trade badges for repeated revivals. When the group needed an expert to examine their amber oil, Olivia Lamp arrived with Vera Lamp and Sha’er Lamp, declaring herself the feline expert.

• Jiang Han’s group rode the survey vehicle through the fast waterway into Waterfall Camp, and Chen Ligu held Jiang Han’s hand until she felt steady on the harbor deck.
• Jiang Han exchanged captured ghost witches’ badges for ransoms at the tavern and watched Anita buy another Witch Conflict ticket after being captured again.
• Blind Treasure sent Jiang Han a butterfly while Lester and Lilia left the group, and Chen Ligu asked Jiang Han to help find an expert to appraise the amber oil.
• Vera Lamp and Sha’er Lamp made a musical entrance with Olivia Lamp, who announced that the feline expert had arrived.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu met Olivia to have five test tubes of amber oil appraised. Olivia presented credentials that Chen Ligu carefully checked, then identified the oil as a rare material from the Telmous Giant Fish and began explaining the creature.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu questioned whether Olivia was trustworthy, then followed her to a tavern booth with Sha'er Lamp and Vera Lamp.
• Olivia offered to treat them to drinks, and Jiang Han ordered Volcanic Lava Milk Tea while Chen Ligu ordered charcoal-roasted black tea.
• Chen Ligu asked Olivia for professional appraisal credentials, and Vera produced certificates and a license for Olivia's appraisal office.
• Chen Ligu examined Olivia's certificates and quietly signaled Jiang Han that they appeared valid.
• Jiang Han placed five test tubes of amber oil on the table, and Olivia performed a theatrical appraisal without visibly using magic.
• Olivia identified the amber oil as a rare material from the Telmous Giant Fish and began describing the creature's abilities and habitat.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu learned that the amber grease from the Telmous Giant Fish was valuable etheric oil, and Olivia offered legendary rewards for it. Chen Ligu resisted accepting on the spot and planned to consult the others sharing the proceeds, leaving the deal for the next day.

• Jiang Han accidentally kicked Sha'er Lamp under the table, and the two Cat Lamp Witches fought until Chen Ligu and Ovi Lamp restrained them.
• Olivia explained that the amber grease was etheric oil, a rare material prized by Cat Lamps and witches, and advised bartering it in a high-end market.
• Olivia offered two Legendary curiosities, or a Legendary curiosity and a Legendary spell or boon, for the fish's etheric oil and brain oil.
• Chen Ligu declined to finalize the deal before consulting the others who would share the proceeds.
• Olivia increased her offer to one Legendary curiosity and two Legendary spells or boons if they returned the next day.

Alesha explained what legendary boons were and why witches valued them as highly as legendary spells. After hearing her account, the witches leaned toward choosing two boons, while Alesha said she had no need for another spell.

• Jiang Han joined the witches as they debated whether to choose legendary spells or other rewards.
• Jiang Han asked Alesha what boons were, and Alesha explained that witches had forced fate and world consciousness to grant them compensation.
• Alesha described the Boon of Immortality, the Boon of Heroes, and the Boon of Marrow Fluid and explained their benefits.
• Lester thanked Alesha for clarifying the value of boons, while the other witches listened in.
• Alesha said she was already studying six spells and did not want another; Chen Ligu concluded that the witches would likely prefer two boons.

Alesha chose a vision boon that let her see clearly and granted extraordinary observational powers for two hours. Jiang Han then met Olivia to receive her Legendary Blessings, while Olivia explained her unfinished ambition to evolve into a final-stage Giant Cat Lamp.

• Lester and Jiang Han discussed which boon Blind Treasure might choose, and Alesha emerged from Olivia’s booth.
• Alesha revealed that she had chosen Microscopic Vision, which let her see clearly and observe vast amounts of information for two hours.
• Alesha said she had also chosen a weakened version of the same vision boon, since it did not count as an identical boon.
• Jiang Han entered Olivia’s soundproof booth and found Vera Lamp asleep while Sha’er Lamp played with her tail.
• Olivia explained that she sought Void Spirit Oil to complete the final stage of her Giant Cat form, then told Jiang Han she had prepared two Legendary Blessings for her.
• Olivia teased Sha’er about nearly gambling away her fur and having to play the saxophone, prompting Sha’er to bite her tail and toot several notes.

Olivia gave Jiang Han the Marrow Fluid Boon and the Misfortune Boon, greatly enhancing her magic and granting her new ways to manipulate spells and fortune. Jiang Han glimpsed the web of luck and learned how the boons worked, then eyed Olivia’s tail as a possible source of good fortune.

• Olivia gave Jiang Han the Marrow Fluid Boon, increasing her marrow fluid and awakening her ability to alter or end spells while casting.
• Olivia advised Jiang Han to train her Divination abilities by sustaining spell models while drawing on the earth veins and ambient magic.
• Olivia explained the Misfortune Boon and used black-sand essence from a false god to let Jiang Han briefly sense the web of fortune.
• Jiang Han used Eileen’s stolen gold coins to confirm that objects carried traces of luck, then lost her glimpse of the fortune web.
• Olivia explained that Misfortune Curse could cause bad luck once per day and that Dark Ritual could trade a lucky item for seven days of good fortune.
• Jiang Han wondered whether Olivia’s tail, as a lucky-cat prototype, could be used to gain luck.

Jiang Han traded away the usual benefits of a Giant Cat Lamp to obtain Olivia’s shed tail, then used it in a Dark Ritual. The tail vanished into mist that boosted Jiang Han’s fortune, leaving her with the words “Good luck comes” in her mind.

• Sha'er explained that Sleeping Cat Lamps were exceptionally lucky and bragged about their past victories and treasures.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia for a shed tail, and Olivia reluctantly agreed to give one in exchange for both standard Giant Cat Lamp benefits.
• Jiang Han prepared a Dark Ritual in the survey vehicle’s ritual room using cola, gemstones, ritual ingredients, and Olivia’s tail.
• Jiang Han activated the ritual, causing the tail to dissolve into mist and layer bonuses onto her fortune.

After gaining extraordinary good fortune, Jiang Han redirected most of it through a ritual to obtain the power to grasp miracles, then joined her companions to watch Lester practice swordsmanship with the Storm Giant Cat Lamp. The two faced off in the reception room, each announcing a different form of Eileen Swordsmanship.

• Jiang Han tested her newfound luck by predicting that a gold coin would land upright, and it did.
• Jiang Han used a ritual to channel nearly all her good fortune into the power to grasp miracles.
• Jiang Han considered making force-field beads and Heroic Spirit Potions, then worried that doing so would waste her remaining fortune.
• Jiang Han found Alesha, Chen Ligu, and Lilia watching Lester practice swordsmanship with the Storm Giant Cat Lamp.
• Lester drew an ironwood sword and announced Ailian Viatock Form I, while the Storm Giant Cat Lamp drew its sword and announced Form VI.

Lester challenged the Storm Giant Cat to learn Eileen’s sword technique but was repeatedly knocked unconscious by the cat’s superior swordplay. Jiang Han then gained an advanced swordsmanship specialty through inspiration and struck the Storm Giant Cat with the Tail Sword Technique.

• Lester circled the Storm Giant Cat and launched a sword thrust, but the cat countered with a paw strike that sent her crashing into the bedroom.
• Lester returned for a second bout using Transfiguration and Xia Ji’s Eight Strikes, but the Storm Giant Cat parried her and knocked her unconscious again with Eileen’s Eight Sword Techniques.
• After Lester admitted she could no longer continue, Jiang Han asked to try the training and gained the specialty Olivia’s Eight Secret Swords through a burst of inspiration.
• Jiang Han identified the Tail Sword Technique as a spell, broke the Storm Giant Cat’s anti-magic field with her sword, and thrust her energized tail at the cat.

Jiang Han began her overnight watch aboard the survey vehicle and used her new magic to wake the Giant Cat Lamps so they could pull it along the route. After getting them moving, she made herself a cozy hiding place and settled in to read while she waited for the next witch to relieve her.

• Jiang Han discovered that gaining her powerful specialty had consumed only a tiny portion of her remaining good luck.
• Jiang Han woke the two Giant Cat Lamps on the deck with a wool ball infused with leyline energy and magic, then ordered them to pull the vehicle along the route sent to the Cat Network.
• Jiang Han set up a blanket and cushion beneath a table, while a Fel Giant Cat took over the tabletop.
• Jiang Han began her five-hour watch by reading Chen Ligu's novel, whose blurb complained about Angelite's rapid technological progress.

Jiang Han prepared for the journey to the Sea Sand District, then reached its dangerous battlefield after two days and nights of travel. At the ring-shaped sand hills, she deduced that Eileen had refined gold there and believed some gold remained in the deep hollow and water.

• Jiang Han read The Ninety-Sixth Revision, then offered to make Chen Ligu a filtering charm while Chen studied beneath the table.
• Chen Ligu asked Jiang Han for a Cat Lamp with a softer light, chose a black one, and began studying under the table.
• Jiang Han and her companions traveled for two days and two nights, with Giant Cat Lamps rotating to pull their vehicle.
• Jiang Han arrived at the dangerous Sea Sand District and kept Giant Cat Island outside the combat zone while adding anti-aircraft guns to protect the group.
• Jiang Han found the ring-shaped sand hills and enormous hollow, then concluded that Eileen had refined gold there and likely left some behind.

Jiang Han and the witches prepared the sandy island for underwater exploration, cooling it with an unmelting ice block and testing Chen Ligu’s diving equipment. The derrick lowered Jiang Han into the sea, where she reached the ocean floor and glimpsed a fluorescent abyss.

• Alesha built a dock and sand houses while Jiang Han used her magic to cool the island and create an unmelting ice block.
• Chen Ligu showed Jiang Han the air stakes and explained that they created pressure-proof air bubbles underwater.
• Chen Ligu placed Jiang Han in the derrick’s cage and lowered it into the water to test the equipment.
• The air shield kept water out and pumped air into the cage, ruffling Jiang Han’s fur as she looked around underwater.
• Jiang Han used her Eternal Ice Eye to see a vast abyss filled with fluorescent marine plants.

Jiang Han explored the deep seabed, discovered healing Golden Dandelions and a large cache of gold left by Eileen’s Heatwave Breath, and gathered what she could. As she prepared to return, she spotted an icy-blue light in the abyss and swam toward it.

• Jiang Han made an air shield, ate Golden Dandelions, and learned they reduced heat damage and replenished leyline energy.
• Jiang Han planted air stakes as she descended, then dug through ash and found a large lump of gold.
• Jiang Han collected gold and golden plants, estimating that the visible treasure alone was worth several million in cash.
• Jiang Han noticed an icy-blue gleam in the abyss and drifted closer to investigate it.